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MARTIN  KELLY  TALKS  OF  ABE  RUEF 


Vol.  XX.    No.  1036 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JULY  6,  1912 


PRICE,  10  CENTS 


Country  Life  the  Year  Around — It's  Not 
Expensive — It  Means  Everything  to  the 
Wife  and  Children — Learn  About  the 


Burlingame  Foothills " 


Where 


The  Businessman's  Desk 

Home  Less  than  an  Hour  Apart 

— Twenty-five  minutes  from 
the  Third  and  Townsend 
Depot. 

— Interurban  service  from 
Market  and  Fifth  streets. 

— Forty-five  minutes  by  au- 
tomobile. 

— No  Fogs — No  Ferries. 
— Postoffice  and  Wells  Fargo 
on  tract. 

— Primary  school  in  center  of 
land. 

— Fire  and  police  protection. 


Everything  Good  from 
the  City  Linked  with  the 
PI  easures  of  Real 
Country  Life 


ONE 
LOOK 
MEANS 
A  LOT 


"  It'«  Cheaper  to  Become  Your  Own 
Landlord  than  to  Remain  a  Tenant." 

The  First  Tract  South  of  San  Francisco 
with  Building  Restrictions. 

Nearly  Two  Hundred  Houses  Erected. 

Monthly  Payments  if  Desired. 


The  foys  of  the  Open  Country 
With  Most  of  the  City's  Comfort 

— You  want  open  fields,  gar- 
dens, chickens,  clean  clear 
air,  quiet  restful  nights. 

---You  want  other  things  too. 

—Cement  sidewalks  in  winter, 

'  .•ist5efet..*lights,  sewers,  elec- 
•  •  •  •  «  • 

'*  tficfty,  gas,  shade  trees. 
— You  want  pure  water  at  a 
low  rate. 

— You'd  like  daily  free  deliv- 
eries by  the  larger  city 
stores. 


AllTheseThingsYou'll 
Have  with  the  Country, 
If  You  Live  in  the 
"Burlingame  Foothills" 


225  Mills  Building 
San  Francisco 


OFFICE  OF  EASTON  ESTATE 


225  Mills  Building 
San  Francisco 


Leading'  Hotels  and  Resorts 


TO 

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IN  THE  GOOD  OLD  SUMMER  TIME 

we  want  you  at 

Hotel  Del  Monte  or  Pacific  Grove  Hotel 

where  we  have  the  most  glorious  climate  on  the  coast;  never  a  hot 
day.  Here  you  can  Golf,  Motor,  Ride,  Swim,  and  Fish  with  perfect 
comfort. 

OUR  GOLF  COURSE 

is  now  pronounced  the  best  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  equal  to  any  in 
the  Eastern  States.     Write  for  rates  and  literature  to 

H.  R.  WARNER,  Del  Monte,  California 


H    I    CORONADO  BEACI?yeALkf"ORNIA"\^:l 

cy  (      j'k  m 


/""ORONADO'S  excellent  winter  climate  is  sur- 
^  passrd  only  by  its  superb  Summer.  Open  the 
year  round  this  famous  hotel  is  the  mecca  of  tour- 
ists from  every  State  Golf.  Tennis.  Bay  and  Surf 
Bathing  are  among  the  many  attractions.  Sta 
fishing  bcUcT  than  tvtr  before.  New  Sail  and  Fishing 
Boats.     Write  for  booklet. 

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H.  F.  Norcroij,  AsL.  334  So.  Sprini  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cil 


CLIFF  HOUSE 

SAN    FRANCISCO'S    MOST   FAMOUS  RESORT; 

Unsurpassed  Cuisine 

(a    la    carte    service)        \*  *,  < 

Dancing  in  Ball  Room  Every  E>vrtifh^  *  • 
Private  Banquet  and  Dining  Rooms 
Friday  Fish  Dinner 

(table  d'hote) 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Entertainment 


PARAISO 

HOT  SPRINGS 

Grandest   and   Most  Accessible. 
California's  Real  Paradise 

Only  four  hours  from  San  Francisco.  Wonderful 
natural  hot  soda  and  sulphur;  guaranteed  for 
rheumatism,  liver,  kidney  and  malaria,  all  stomach 
troubles.  Expert  masseurs.  Rates  $12  to  $16,  in- 
cluding baths.  Round  trip,  $6.35,  including  auto. 
Autos  running  daily.  Leave  Third  and  Townsend 
7  a.  m.  and  4  p.  m.  Booklets  Peck-Judah,  687 
Market  street. 

H.  H.  McGOWAN,  Proprietor  and  Manager. 
Paraiso  Springs,  Monterey  County 


CASA  DEL  REY 


New  3(X)-room,  fire-proof  hotel 
located  near  the  beach 
and  Casino. 


OPEN  ALL  YEAR  ROUND 
AMERICAN  PLAN 


Tennis  Courts,  Good  Boating, 
Bathing  and  Fishing.  Numer- 
ous drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  Mountains. 

SUPERIOR  GOLFING 


Santa  Cruz  Beach  Hotel  Co. 


CRAGS  FARM 

;  :    '.':'ry?^^*.MT.  shasta 

' CanTtrhfa's*  Most  Delightful  Mountain 
Resort 

Real  pine  log  cabins,  with  great  stone 
fireplaces;  hot  and  cold  shower  baths;  elec- 
tric lights;  fine  table  with  home  cooking. 


HOTEL  VICTORIA 

COR.  BUSH  AND  STOCKTON  STS. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

A  downtown  residence  hotel  of  the  high- 
est order,  appealing  particularly  to  those 
who  value  comfort  and  convenience  more 
than  mere  ostentation  and  who  appreciate 
excellence  of  cuisine  and  service  at  mod- 
erate expense. 

American  Plan,  from  $3.00  per  day  up 
European  Plan,  from  $1.B0  per  day  up 

For  rates  and  reservations  address 

MRS.  W.  F.  MORRIS 

Proprietor 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


HOTEL  ST.  FRANCIS 


Turkish  Baths 

12th  Floor 
Ladies  Hciir  Dressing  Parlors 

2d  Floor 
Cafe 

White  and  Gold  Restaurant 

Lobby  Floor 
Electric  Grill 
Barber  Shop 

Basement,  Geary  St.  entrance 

Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated  on  Market  Street 
In  the  Center  of  the  City 

Take  Any  Market  Street  Car  frorn  the  Ferry 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

Tlie  Most  Beautifully  Situated  of  .Any  City 
Hotel  in  the  World 

Take  Sacramento  Street  Cars  from  the  Ferry 

TWO  GREAT  HOTELS 
LNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 
PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


Hotel  Rowardennan 


BEN  LOMOND.  CAL. 


In  the  Mountains  by  the  Sea 
Open  All  Year  Round 
Under   New  Management 
Rates  $17.50  to  $25.00  per  Week 
Excellent  Cuisine  and  Service 
Automobile   parties   will   find   this  resort 
place   to    stop    at.     Fishing    season    now    open.  For 
information  and  booklet,  address, 

J.  M.  SHOULTS 

Ben   Lomond,  Cal. 

Or  the  Peck-Judah  Co.,  San  Francisco. 


good 


Golf,  Bathe  and  Rest  at 

Paso  Robles  Hot  Springs 

Five  Hours  from  San  Francisco 


WILLOW  RANCH 

REDWOOD  HEIGHTS— Grandest  view  of  the 
Santa  Cruz  Mountains;  overlooking  ocean  and  beach. 
Delightfully  located  in  the  Redwoods,  5  miles  from 
Santa  Cruz.  Spring  water.  Excellent  table,  bath 
houses,  swimming  pool,  dance  pavilion,  hunting  and 
fishing.  Splendid  auto  service  free.  Daily  mail. 
Phone  Santa  Cruz  8  J  13.    $8.00  per  week. 

MRS.  M.  J.  CRANDELL, 
Santa  Cruz.  Cal. 


GILROY  HOT  SPRINGS 

SANTA  CLARA  CO. 

Most  favorably  noted  for  its  health-healing  waters, 
ideal  climate,  grand  mountain  scenery  and  first-class 
table. 

Only    four   hours   from   San    Francisco,  including 
delightful  stage  ride  over  the  best  kept  mountain  road 
in  California.    Hunting  and  trout  fishing.    Send  for 
booklet  or   see   Peck-Judah.   687   Market  street. 
W.  J.  McDonald.  Proprietor 


Vol.  XX. 


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THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


San  Francisco,  July  6,  1912 


No.  1037 


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The  Expected 

It  was  in  the  power  of  the  Baltimore  con- 
vention to  conserve  and  promote  the  inter- 
ests of  President  Taft,  and  the  President  is 
now  under  profound  oblitjations  to  that  hite, 
unlamented  body.  What  the  followers  of 
Jefferson  and  Jackson  and  Bryan  did  at 
Baltimore  was  what  might  have  been  ex- 
pected. They  have  a  happy  talent  for  doing 
the  wrong  thing  at  the  psychological  mo- 
ment. It  was  in  the  exercise  of  this  talent 
that  they  nominated  the  flexible  pedant  who 
pleads  in  vindication  of  his  self-stultification 
that  he  taught  "bosh"  for  twenty  years  at 
Princeton.  With  Professor  Wilson  as  the 
Democratic  standard-bearer  and  President 
Taft  as  the  leader  of  the  Republican  hosts 
the  issues  are  as  clear  and  distinct  as  in 
each  of  the  campaigns  when  Bryan  was  try- 
ing to  break  into  the  White  House.  In  the 
circumstances  it  is  naturally  to  be  hoped  by 
all  good  and  loyal  Republicans  that  the 
third-party  movement  will  not  peter  out  and 
that  the  Colonel  will  personally  conduct  the 
forlorn  hope.  With  the  Colonel  and  the 
Professor  as  competitors  in  the  three-cor- 
nered race,  there  is  bound  to  be  something 
of  bewilderment  among  Progressives  and  a 
clear  apprehension  of  the  "lay  of  the  land" 
on  the  part  of  conservatives.  Of  course  it 
may  be  that  the  country  has  gone  crazy,  but 
even  the  insane  ha\e  lucid  intervals. 


The  Kindness  of  Nature 

Notwithstanding  our  politicians,  in  despite 
their  most  strenuous  efforts  to  derange  busi- 
ness and  dislocate  our  whole  commercial 
system,  the  signs  of  prosperity  are  multiply- 
ing. Thus  far  the  resources  of  the  countiy 
are  beyond  the  blighting  influence  of  the 
men  who  are  said  to  be  able  to  circumvent 
the  devil.  The  farmer  everywhere  sees 
good  times  ahead.  Our  captains  of  industry 
view  with  elation  the  growing  demand  for 
copper  and  iron.  There  is  comfort  for  all 
in  the  building  figures  for  May,  which  are 
seventeen  millions  above  last  year;  and  ma- 
terial men  are  cheerful  over  the  prospect  of 
the  spending  shortly  of  a  few  hundred  mil- 
lions in  subways.  There  is  much  reason  for 
us  to  felicitate  ourselves.  Nature  is  exceed- 
ingly kind  to  us.  It  is  doing  its  best  to  make 
us  happy,  and,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
gloom  of  the  politicians  is  wholly  subjective. 
Indeed,  the  unrest  that  is  everywhere  is 
nothing  more  than  a  psychological  phenom- 
enon.   Business  is  brisk,  the  industries  are 


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abnormally  active;  but,  alas!  the  politician 
also.  Our  only  calamity  is  the  politician, 
whose  roar  is  portentous.  Of  him  we  should 
be  apprehensive.  It  would  be  well  for  pub- 
lic opinion  to  apply  the  curb  where  it  would 
do  the  most  good. 

The  Baltimore  Convention 

It  would  need  the  singer  of  the  battle  of 
the  frogs  and  mice  to  do  justice  to  the 
tragi-comedy  that  had  its  beginning  in  the 
beautiful  city  of  Baltimore  last  week.  A 
spirited  performance  throughout  was  the 
spectacular  show  pulled  off  by  the  Democ- 
racy. The  elements  of  tragedy  and  comedy 
were  nicely  mingled.  How  tragic  the  futile 
efforts  of  the  delegates  to  promote  the  feel- 
ing of  brotherly  love  and  make  harmonious 
their  big  pow-wow !  How  comic  the  slap- 
stick antics  of  Big  Bill,  the  thunder-mouth 
from  Nebraska  who  played  the  part  of  the 
death's-head  at  the  feast !  It  was  at  once 
tragic  and  comic,  the  conflict  between  the 
spoiled  darling  of  his  patient  party  and  his 
timid  but  somewhat  recalcitrant  disciples. 
No  longer  disposed  to  follow  the  perennial 
candidate  to  inevitable  defeat,  yet  from 
motives  of  expediency  eager  to  placate  him 
without  sacrificing  every  vestige  of  their 
self-respect,  their  situation  was  at  once 
pitiful  and  laughable.  As  to  the  underlying 
motif  of  the  piece  it  was  truly  dramatic. 
There  was  the  old  reliable  Doctor  of 
Democracy,  bland  and  plausible,  with  but 
one  object  in  view,  and  that  unattainable. 
There  were  the  delegates,  eager  to  con- 
ciliate, but  opposed  to  the  only  means  of 
conciliation.  And  so  the  conflict  raged. 
Baffled  of  his  cherished  purpose  the  old 
Doctor,  who  so  long  has  filled  the  nation 
with  the  odor  of  his  sanctity  while  countless 
thousands  basked  in  his  beams  and  fed  on 
his  wisdom,  bestrode  the  convention  like 
some  giant  spectre  of  the  Brocken — awful, 
mysterious,  desolating.  The  great  heart  of 
fire  that  for  sixteen  years  has  burned  with 
sympathy  for  the  dear  people,  on  this  occa- 
sion reeked  with  impotent  envy  and  malice. 
No  harmony  for  him.  Nothing  .so  inspiring 
to  him  as  the  jangling  note  of  discord  as  os- 
tentatiously he  washed  his  hands  of  imper- 
fections before  the  glass  of  his  vanity,  im- 
pugning the  while  the  motives  of  the  whole 
assemblage  and  challenging  them  to  give 
token  of  their  honesty  by  canting  professions 
that  only  an  accomplished  and  ingenious 
mc^untebank  could  conceive.  If  the  old  Doc- 
tor did  not  get  what  he  wanted  at  Baltimore, 
it  was  nevertheless  most  gratifying  to  his 
spleen  to  see  the  delegates  eating  out  of  his 
hands.  This  of  course  they  did  with  consid- 
erable reluctance,  and  they  are  not  much  to 
blame  for  their  servility.  They  merely 
bowed  to  the  genius  of  democracy  which 
demands  for  its  heroes,  however  contempt- 
ible, worship,  adulation,  obedience.  Bryan 
at  Baltimore  was  the  Robespierre  of  his 
party.  If  he  was  more  moderate  in  his  de- 
crees than  the  bloody  leader  of  the  Jacobins 
it  was  only  because  of  a  difference  in  the 
temperature  of  their  respective  times. 

Our  Politicians 

After  all,  the  people  are  enraptured  by 


July  6,  1912 

it, — the  kind  of  spectacle  the  job-chasing 
politicians  furnished  in  Chicago  and  again  in 
Baltimore.  The  people  are  proud  of  their 
politicians ;  believe  in  them ;  look  up  to 
them ;  yield  their  emotions  to  them.  The 
heavy  moral  artillery  and  detonating  in- 
vective of  the  political  convention  are  music 
to  the  soul  of  the  ravished  multitude.  Per- 
haps we  ought  to  find  consolation  in  the  re- 
flection that  the  attitude  of  the  people  to- 
ward their  politicians  bespeaks  the  optimism 
of  democracy.  But  unfortunately  the  peo- 
ple are  more  than  optimistic;  they  are  en- 
thusiastic. If  they  were  only  complaisant 
the  aspect  of  affairs  would  not  be  so  dis- 
couraging. It  is  bad  enough  to  tolerate  the 
spirit  and  manners  and  methods  of  our 
politicians.  It  is  worse  to  approve  and  ap- 
])Iaud.  The  politicians  are  our  parasites 
and  we  treat  them  as  though  they  were  our 
gods.  When  they  get  together  to  intrigue, 
to  invent  schemes  of  imposture  in  the  sight 
of  men,  we  view  them  as  mere  mortals 
might  view  the  performances  of  the  deities 
on  Olympus,  as  though  it  were  not  for  us  to 
be  shocked  by  the  doings  of  beings  so  far 
above  the  levels  of  puny  mankind.  It  ought 
to  be  irritating  and  disquieting  to  men  of  in- 
telligence to  ponder  their  eminent  politicians 
in  convention  assembled.  \\'hat  a  brazen 
and  brutal  lot  these  politicians  are!  W^hat 
a  commentary  on  the  mentality  of  the  peo- 
ple that  such  scum  should  ever  have  come 
to  the  surface !  Take  them  by  and  large — 
what  are  they?  It  is  fair  to  judge  them  by 
one  of  the  loftiest  standards  among  them — 
the  standard  incarnated  in  the  person  of  the 
Hon.  William  Jennings  Bryan,  who  for 
nearly  two  decades  has  dominated  the  party 
of  the  plain  people.  Bryan  is  the  Peerless 
One  of  Democracy — peerless  among  patriots. 
.Active  in  public  life  for  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  there  is  not  to  his  credit  a  single 
achievement  on  which  to  base  a  claim  to  the 
gratitude  of  his  countrymen.  The  apostle 
of  free  silver,  the  apologi.st  of  Debs  during 
the  great  railway  strike,  the  compounder  of 
c|uack  remedies  for  every  ill  the  body  politic 
is  heir  to,  this  perennial  idol  of  the  masses 
has  not  a  single  quality  of  mind  or  heart  to 
vindicate  his  pretensions  or  warrant  his  as- 
pirations. We  saw  Mr.  Bryan  in  action  in 
Paltimore.  and  what  a  figure  did  he  cut!  It 
was  Partisanship  on  its  legs  in  bitter  mood, 
making  insulting  imputations.  How  char- 
acteristic of  the  eminent  politician  of  the 
day!  .A  vested  interest  in  calumny  is  the 
only  vested  interest  that  our  distinguished 
demagogues  will  acknowledge.  Their's  is 
always  a  beatific  bias.  They  prove  their 
own  honesty  by  impugning  the  honesty  of 
their  opponents.  The  soundness  of  their 
principles  is  demonstrated  not  by  logic  but 
by  wholesale  vilification  of  dissenters.  Now 
a  high  order  of  character  cannot  coexist 
with  an  habitual  inclination  to  calumny. 
The  man  who  never  scruples  at  traducing 
his  opponents  must  necessarily  pass  many 
false  judgments  and  be  guilty  of  many 
brutalities  and  cruelties,  and  his  rage  is  not 
to  be  justified  by  persuasion  of  superiority 
of  motive.  The  politician  who  goes  about 
blasting  reputations  has  not  convinced  him- 


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5 


self  that  he  is  the  civil  arm  of  a  spiritual 
power.  He  is  just  a  ruthless  job-chaser 
with  his  own  sordid,  selfish  purposes  in 
view,  and  nobody  knows  it  better  than  him- 
self. In  Chicago,  and  again  in  Baltimore, 
how  conspicuous  and  noisy  were  the  politi- 
cians of  the  Bryan  type.  They  were  the 
whole  show  in  both  cities,  and  though  not 
always  triumphant,  their  opponents  they 
filled  with  apprehension,  and  the  paramount 
problem  was  how  to  placate  and  conciliate 
them.  It  inclines  one  to  the  mood  pessim- 
istic to  consider  the  doings  of  our  politicians 
— their  huckstering  and  trimming,  their  in- 
triguing and  scheming — and  reflect  that  they 
have  presumed  to  take  to  themselves  the 
task  of  improving  the  morals  of  the  man  who 
is  not  in  politics  and  directing  the  destinies 
of  the  nation. 


A  Propaganda  Against  Ragtime 

Considering  the  volume  of  lofty  moral 
enthusiasm  in  this  country  how  strange 
that  the  devil  should  anywhere  have  a  foot- 
hold !  This  is  an  age  of  rampant  and 
riotous  reform.  With  uplift  movements  of 
daily  inception,  wickedness  abolished  every 
month  in  the  magazines,  prophets  of  public 
righteousness  qualifying  for  salvation  in  all 
sections  of  the  country,  the  Money  Devil 
on  the  run,  all  the  frontiers  of  morality  oc- 
cupied by  vigilance  committees  ready  to  ap- 
ply lynch  law  wherever  there  is  a  manifesta- 
tion of  the  disposition  that  entered  into  our 
composition  with  the  primeval  Adam  ;  with 
so  much  holy  zeal  in  action,  with  so  many 
earnest,  single-hearted  souls  rushing  up 
and  down  the  land  intent  on  regenerating 
the  species,  vice  must  be  fast  vanishing  from 
this  venerable  world,  Satan  must  realize  that 
he  is  losing  his  grip.  Were  it  not  for  rag- 
time we  should  be  convinced  that  the  Sons 
of  Belial  had  been  dispersed  and  driven 
from  the  land.  And  of  ragtime  we  should 
not  have  been  mindful  had  it  not  been  for 
the  organization  in  New  York  the  other  day 
of  a  propaganda  against  what  has  been  pro- 
nounced the  "rythmically  attractive  degen- 
erator."  Ragtime  is  "vulgarizing  the  young 
and  undermining  our  respect  for  sacred 
things."  So  say  the  propagandists,  and 
to  prove  it  they  quote : 

"Who  are  you  with  tonight,  tonight. 
Who  are  you  with  tonight? 
Will  you  tell  your  wife  in  the  morning 
Who  you  were  with  tonight?" 

Abominable  trash !  And  there  is  much 
worse.  For  example,  a  song  entitled  'T 
Want  One  Like  Pa  Had  Yesterday" ;  an- 
other entitled  "Can't  a  Man  Love  More 
Than  One?";  another  with  this  refrain: 

"I  can  see  that  you  are  married. 
And  you  know  I'm  married  too, 
And  nobody  knows  that  you  know  me. 
And  nobody  knows  that  I  know  you. 
If  you  care  to  we'll  have  luncheon  every 

day  here  just  the  same, 
But,  sweetheart,  if  you  talk  in  your  sleep 

please  don't  mention  my  name." 

The  sentiments  of  these  songs  are  bad 
enough  from  the  moral  standpoint,  but  how 
they  must  jar  the  soul  of  the  purist!  It  is 
not  to  be  gainsaid  that  the  writing  and  sing- 


ing of  them  should  be  discouraged.  There 
is  this  to  be  said  however:  that  our  song 
writers  are  not  makers  of  public  sentiment 
and  public  feeling.  Songs  have  had  a  great 
influence  in  the  world;  and  though  there 
was  shrewdness  in  the  philosophy  of  the 
man  who  said  he  didn't  care  wdio  made  the 
laws  of  the  country  so  long  as  he  wrote 
the  songs,  he  was  certainly  not  thinking  of 
vulgar  ragtime.  As  songs  inspire  the  peo- 
ple so  also  do  the  people  inspire  song- 
sters. In  the  songs  of  a  people  are 
reflected  the  manners  and  thoughts  and 
morals  of  the  day.  Our  songs  grow  out  of 
the  condition  of  modern  modishness.  Con- 
sequently it  is  hard  to  believe  that  all  rag- 
time is  vulgar.  Indeed  it  must  be  that  very 
little  of  it  is  vulgar,  since  the  popular  song 
is  sensitive  to  the  ambient  hour.  It  stands 
to  reason  that  the  great  bulk  of  our  pop- 
ular songs  reflect  the  sublime  purity  of  our 
politics,  the  exalted  ideals  of  our  society, 
the  delicacy  and  discrimination  of  our  daily 
press,  the  universal  respect  for  learning,  the 
general  indifiference  to  the  mere  material. 
As  our  song  writers  cannot  be  insensate  to 
social  influences,  it  follows  that  our  stub- 
born probity  and  our  reverence  for  the  mar- 
riage tie  inust  find  esthetic  expression  in 
the  popular  lyrics  of  the  day.  The  prop- 
agandists against  ragtime  are  simple-minded 
folk.  They  are  making  war  on  windmills. 
Mistaking  effect  for  cause  they  are  im- 
pugning the  fundamentals  of  our  high-toned 
civilization. 


A  Mere  Convention 

All  the  worlds  are  but  stages  in  evolution, 
and  this  world  of  man,  the  civilized  part 
thereof  we  swear  by,  but  a  woman's  con- 
vention. What  a  week  of  women  and  song 
we've  had — enough  to  drive  a  man  to  the 
third  of  the  great  trio!  It  began  by  such 
a  weeping  of  the  All-mother  as  the  skies  of 
California  have  not  seen  in  many  a  long 
June  day.  Why  these  unprecedented  tears, 
whether  for  our  (men's)  sins,  or  over  what 
we've  come  to  politically,  or  to  remind  us 
that  it  never  rains  reform  but  it  bores,  we 
know  not.  Not  possibly  could  California, 
the  personification  of  lovely  smiling  woman- 
kind have  wept  so  on  account  of  woman- 
cruel,  that  kills  with  one  stone  heart  nest- 
ing white  sister  of  the  stork  and  nestlings, 
and  flaunts  the  resulting  aigrette — a  feather 
in  her  cap?  True,  when  woman  dresses  up 
to  kill — or  down — she  aims  but  to  be  stun- 
ning. None  knows  that  better  than  poor 
nurse-proud  man.  If  she  succeed  in  being 
but  killingly  funny,  whose  fault  is  it?  The 
fault  of  the  more  deadly  manufacturing 
male  that  for  his  own  personal  and  pecun- 
iary ends  subsidizes  Dame  Fashion?  That 
we  are  coming  to  the  pannier  skirt  we  men 
have  ourselves  to  thank.  We  had  altnost 
said  wee  men,  so  insignificant  we  felt  by 
the  time  the  lady  from  Illinois  had  reduced 
us  to  her  dress  standard.  Woman,  self- 
anotheosized,  was  become  a  brobdingnagian 
thing  in  panniers,  with  pockets,  and  a  lil- 
liput  husband  in  either  pocket,  like  the 
monstrous  suffragette  beastie  of  which 
science  tells  us.  Heaven  forfend  the  vision 
be  prophetic !    To  such  a  pretty  pass  are  we 


come,  now  face  to  face  with  Woman.  One 
word  was  indeed  said  ripping  woman  up  the 
back  in  behalf  of  him  who  buttons  her  up, 
and  says  things  behind  her,  a  word  calling 
for  and  forth  more  laughter  than  applause. 
The  consensus  of  opinion  was  one  with 
Sancho  Panza's  that  soft  words  butter  no 
parsnips.  Few  women  seem  left  us  who 
know  well  enough  on  which  side  their 
bread  is  buttered  to  speak  the  butterer 
softly,  gently,  and  lowly,  a  most  excellent 
thing.  The  women  had  lots  to  say  for 
themselves,  little  for  us.  They  spoke  of 
woman,  for  woman,  to  woman,  at  man.  We 
men  had  left  undone  those  things  which  we 
ought  to  have  done ;  and  we  had  done  those 
things  which  we  ought  not  to  have  done ; 
and  there  was  no  health  in  us.  We  were 
convicted  by  our  peerless  jury  of  committed 
sins  and  omitted  many  and  grievous,  and 
they  had  the  courage  of  their  convictions, 
the  women  had,  God  bless  'em !  To  buy 
rights  at  the  more  than  likely  high  price 
of  privileges  is  a  noble  thing  to  do,  and  a 
courageous,  and  no  mistake.  'Tis  possible 
that,  fooling  with  the  working  machinery 
of  things,  starting  something  they  cannot 
stop,  women  will  get  more  than  they  bar- 
gained for.  Their  own  word  for  it,  they  in- 
tend to  stop  at  nothing  this  side  equality. 
Right  they  are.  Logic  is  on  their  side,  as 
it  is  on  the  side  of  determinism.  But, 
though  logic  and  facts,  also,  are  against 
us,  we  feel  free-willed,  even  we  mar- 
ried men.  Suppose  that,  together  with 
the  right  to  vote,  we  should  grant 
woman  the  right  to  make  her  own 
living,  pay  her  own  carfare,  us  alimony, 
plaster  our  broken  hearts  with  bills  of  big- 
gest denomination,  to  sit  with  her  back  to 
the  engine,  to  present  us  with  carbon 
harder,  more  brilliant,  and  many-sided,  than 
the  graphite  of  our  editorial  pencil,  to  bead 
her  low  brow  to  encircle  it  with  the  lustre 
wherewith  the  mute  oyster  covers  his  ir- 
ritation, the  right  to  be  served  last  and  to 
the  drumstick,  to  stay  with  the  ship  and  go 
down  gurgling  to  posterity,  and  many  an- 
other the  like  right  now  equally  unequal, 
all  rights  reserved  by  man  for  his  own  self- 
ish use  and  benefit.  The  world  do  move, 
needs  must,  though  the  times  be  out  of  joint. 
But  after  all  is  said  in  convention  and  done 
to  us,  is  the  gynecocentricity  of  the  more 
deadly  species  of  female  crank  mere  eccen- 
tricity? Are  these  women,  who  would  a 
voice  in  our  government,  a  most  unexcel- 
lent  thing,  a  voice  hard,  harsh  and  loud, 
"sports"  to  make  sport  of  or  normalities  to 
beweep?  Great  Goethe's  ghost!  What  are 
the  sorrows  of  Werther  compared  with  ours 
who  must  needs  have  with  us  always  in- 
stead of  the  eternal  womanly  the  infernal 
feminine?  There  is  a  tide  in  the  aflPairs  of 
men  so  dead  set  against  mere  man  as  not 
to  be  stemmed  by  any  swishing  of  Parting- 
ton pen.  The  house-cleaning  was  thorough, 
not  a  grease-spot  of  subsuperman  left  on 
the  wiped  up  floor  of  the  skating  pavilion. 
Will  posterity  bless  the  raucous  voice  raised 
in  its  behalf?  That  is  for  posterity,  if  such 
there  be,  to  say.  That  it  will  get  along 
very  well  without  us,  its  fathers,  goes  with- 
out saying. 


6 


TOWN  TALK 


July  6,  1912 


Correspondence 


The  Old  Story 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  I  see  that  Spring 
Valley  and  the  Supervisors  have  come  to  a  dis- 
agreement again.  Also,  I  see  that  Spring  Val- 
ley stock  took  a  drop  the  other  day.  All  of 
which  is  astonishing,  and  mystifying.  This  water 
problem  seems  like  the  Tennysonian  brook,  but 
it  will  have  to  be  solved  some  day.  Everybody 
knows  that  if  we  are  to  have  a  water  system  we 
shall  have  to  have  the  Spring  Valley  plant. 
Every  sensible  man  knows  that  the  sooner  we 
get  it  the  better.  It  would  have  been  profitable 
if  we  had  bought  it  years  ago.  Every  time  it 
has  been  offered  there  has  been  complaint  about 
the  price,  and  the  price  goes  steadily  up.  The 
company  is  denounced  for  raising  the  price,  but 
why  shouldn't  the  company  raise  the  price.  As 
the  city  grows  the  property  increases  in  value, 
and  if  you  stop  to  think  that  it  took  fifty  years 
to  gather  together  all  the  component  parts  of  the 
system  and  that  it  required  a  mighty  high  order 
of  brains  to  perfect  the  system,  you  will  have  to 
acknowledge  that  the  price  put  upon  it  is  far 
from  exorbitant.  Then  why  don't  our  leading 
citizens  get  together  with  our  public  officials  and 
fix  this  matter  up?  They've  got  to  do  it  some 
day.  In  a  very  few  years  our  water  supply  will 
be  inadequate,  and  if  something  isn't  done  the 
city  will  suffer.  By  the  way,  I  wonder  what's 
the  matter  with  Billy  Bourne.  When  he  took 
hold  we  were  told  he  was  a  great  financier,  a 
wizard  and  that  he  was  going  to  do  things.  He 
himself  promised  to  take  the  public  into  his  con- 
fidence and  force  the  issue.  Billy  isn't  getting 
results.  It's  easy  to  sit  back  and  draw  big 
di-  idends  out  of  a  mine,  but  dealing  with  the 


dear  people  and  their  representatives  is  another 
matter.  I  think  Billy  has  lots  to  learn.  I  fear 
that  financiering  has  made  him  a  little  too  self- 
confident  and  cocksure  and  self-satisfied. 

Yours  truly, 

— A  Reader. 


The  Complaint  of  a  Mere  Man 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Wasn't  it  awful  the 
way  the  newspapers  spread  themselves  over  the 
convention  of  clubwomen  or  whatever  it  was  that 
brought  all  those  "fair  visitors"  here?  "Fair 
visitors!"  Those  are  the  words  that  glared  at  me 
every  time  I  took  up  a  newspaper,  and  always 
somewhere  on  the  same  page  was  a  group  of 
faces — and  oh!  such  faces!  Why  do  the  news- 
papers do  such  things?  I  read  the  morning 
paper  at  breakfast,  and  it  makes  me  mad  to  have 
my  appetite  taken  away.  I  don't  object  to  a 
woman  merely  because  she  isn't  beautiful.  I 
know  and  respect  many  women  who  are  not  good 
to  look  upon.  I  know  some  who  are  good  to 
look  upon  whom  I  do  not  respect.  The  good 
women  who  are  unbeautiful  are  all  right  as  friends 
and  acquaintances,  especially  when  you  don't  have 
to  meet  them  all  at  once  and  together,  but  the 
newspapers  are  heartless — they  just  thrust  faces 
upon  you  without  the  slightest  regard  to  your 
feelings.  And  then  to  make  matters  worse  they 
label  them  "fair  visitors."  Now  between  our- 
selves, Mr.  Editor,  did  you  meet  a  "fair  visitor" 
at  any  time  during  that  convention?  You  don't 
have  to  answer  if  you  don't  want  to,  but  what- 
ever you  do  don't  lie. 

Respectfully. 

• — Richard  L.  Bronte. 


His  Old  BeUef 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Some  time  ago  you 
quoted  from  Mr.  Roosevelt's  life  of  Gouverneur 
Morris  and  you  excited  my  curiosity.  I  don't 
think  much  of  Roosevelt  as  a  historian  or  as  a 
writer,  but  I've  been  wading  through  his  life  of 
Morris,  and  I'm  grateful  to  you  for  having  started 
me  on  it.  I  find  that  as  you  say  Mr.  Roosevelt's 
sentiments  have  undergone  a  great  change.  When 
he  wrote  that  book  he  had  great  faith  in  our 
republican  system  as  it  stands.  Perhaps  it  might 
interest  your  readers  to  look  over  a  paragraph. 
He  says: 

"(Morris)  denounced,  with  a  fierce  scorn  that 
they  richly  merit,  the  despicable  demagogues  and 
witless  fools  who  teach  that  in  all  cases  the  voice 
of  the  majority  must  be  implicitly  obeyed,  and 
that  public  men  have  only  to  carry  out  its  will, 
and  thus  'acknowledge  themselves  the  willing  in- 
struments of  folly  and  vice.  They  declare  that, 
in  order  to  please  the  people,  they  will,  regardless 
alike  of  what  conscience  may  dictate  or  reason 
approve,  make  the  profligate  sacrifice  of  public 
right  on  the  altar  of  private  interest.  What  more 
can  be  asked  by  the  sternest  tyrant  of  the  most 
despicable  slave?  Creatures  of  this  sort  are  the 
tools  which  usurpers  employ  in  building  despot- 
ism.' Sounder  and  truer  maxims  never  were 
rttered." 

Mr.  Roosevelt  would  be  shocked  today  if  it 
were  suggested  to  him  that  to  carry  out  the  will 
nf  the  majority  is  to  be  the  instrument  of  folly 
and  vice. 

Yours  truly, 

— Thos.  L.  Oxnard. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


The  Poisoner  of  India 

Arsenic  is  commonly  employed  by  the  profes- 
sional poisoner  in  India,  who  will  poison  a  whole 
family  to  make  sure  of  one  victim.  The  reports 
of  the  Bombay  Government  analysis  throw  some 
light  on  the  methods.  The  poison  is  usually 
given  in  sweetmeats,  and  generally  by  a  "strange 
woman"  who  has  been  met  in  the  street,  and  who 
mysteriously  disappears.  This  "strange  woman" 
is  found  in  every  analysis'  report  for  the  last 
twenty  years,  and  in  circumstances  so  identical 
that  it  would  almost  seem  to  be  the  same  person. 
Will  this  elusive  person  ever  be  captured  by  the 
Indian  police? 


Denationalization  of  France 

Unusual  attention  has  been  given  in  France  to 
the  recent  figures  of  vital  statistics  showing  an 
excess  of  deaths  over  births.  As  Paul  Leroy- 
Beaulieu  remarks  in  the  Economiste  Francais,  the 
story  is  an  old  one,  and  at  each  recurring  demon- 
stration of  the  falling  birthrate,  people  sigh  and 
exclaim,  but  nothing  is  done.  There  are  even 
those  who  say  that  the  steady  decline  of  the 
purely  French  population  does  not  greatly  matter. 
France  remains  a  fine  and  attractive  country  to 
live  in,  and  if  there  are  not  enough  of  the  native 
stock  to  populate  it  fully,  why,  Belgians  and 
Italians  and  Spaniards  and  Poles  will  flow  in  to 


By  Robert  McTavish 

make  up  the  deficiency.  But  then,  as  M.  Leroy- 
Beaulicu  insists,  if  it  is  not  depopulation,  it  is 
denationalization.  Those  are  the  alternatives 
with  which  France  is  seemingly  confronted. 


Faust's  Wine  Shop 

A  world  famous  wine  shop  is  about  to  dis- 
appear at  Leipsic.  This  is  Auerbach's  cellar,  or 
drinking  place,  which  owes  its  special  celebrity 
to  the  fact  that  Goethe  located  in  it  the  scene  in 
"Faust"  in  which  Mephistopheles,  standing  upon 
a  wine  cask,  takes  his  flight  into  space,  to  the 
stupefaction  of  the  drinkers.  The  old  building  in 
which  the  cellar  is  found  was  built  by  Dr. 
Stromer  D'Auerbach  between  1530  and  1538,  and 
the  worthy  doctor  began  by  putting  there  the 
wine  which  he  intended  for  his  own  use.  Later, 
as  the  wine  was  good,  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
selling  it,  and  in  this  way  was  established  the 
tavern  to  which  his  name  has  since  been  at- 
tached. From  the  earliest  years  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  legend  placed  in  this  cellar  the 
famous  adventure  of  Faust  and  Mephistopheles. 
Goethe,  studying  at  Leipsic  from  1765  to  1768, 
frequented  the  cellar,  and  there  talked  with  his 
friend  of  art,  literature  and  politics,  and  later 
turned  the  legend  to  account. 


Richard  Baxter's  Tomb 

Christ  Church,  Newgate  street,  stands  partly 


upon  the  site  of  the  ancient  church  of  the  Grey 
Friars,  or  Franciscans.  It  was  formerly  famous 
for  magnificent  monuments,  most  of  which  were 
destroyed  at  the  Reformation.  Here,  amid  the 
dust  of  "Popish"  Queens  and  murderers  from  the 
neighboring  prison,  lies  the  great  Noncon- 
formist minister,  Richard  Baxter,  whose  tomb 
bears  the  brief  but  expressive  epitaph:  "The 
Saint's  Rest."  A  very  different  cleric  from  Bax- 
ter, buried  near  the  pulpit  in  1814,  was  James 
Boyer,  the  flogging  headmaster  of  Christ's  Hos- 
pital during  the  school  days  of  Coleridge  and 
Charles  Lamb.  About  him  Coleridge  remarked: 
"It  was  lucky  the  cherubim  who  took  him  to 
heaven  were  nothing  but  faces  and  wings,  or  he 
would  infallibly  have  flogged  them  by  the  way." 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


July  6.  1912  TOWN  TALK 


In  this  generation,  abounding  as  it  does  in 
politicians  incredibly  virtuous,  amazingly  right- 
eous, angelically  unselfish,  it  is  like  a  breeze  from 
the  breakers  on  a  muggy  day  to  meet  a  frank, 
candid  enemy  of  reform,  an  unashamed  veteran 
of  the  machine,  that  alien  body  which  formerly 
interposed  between  the  people  and  their  govern- 
ment. "Such  a  man,"  as  they  say  on  the  floor  of 
the  convention,  is  Martin  Kelly.  Martin  Kelly 
comes  down  to  us  from  the  bad  glad  days  when 
the  boss  aspired  not  to  political  office,  when 
"slates"  were  made  in  back  rooms.  In  those 
evil  days  Governors  were  beholden  to  bosses,  and 
were  allowed  to  go  only  so  far.  Nowadays  the 
boss  and  the  Governor  are  one,  and  go  as  far  as 
they  like.  Such  is  Martin  Kelly's  description  of 
the  difference  efifected  in  the  interest  of  the  dear 
pee-pul. 

Martin  Kelly  has  quit  the  firing  line,  withdrawn 
from  the  fray.  He  views  from  the  seclusion  of 
private  life  the  contests  for  civic  redemption  con- 
ducted by  the  rectitudinous  reformers  hotfooting 
for  jobs.  Now  approaching  the  three-score-and- 
ten-year  period,  pleased  with  himself  as  the  father 
of  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  he  is  responsible 
to  no  one  but  himself,  and  this  responsibiltiy  rests 
lightly  on  care-free  shoulders.  Martin  Kelly  has 
grown  old  somewhat  gracefully.  In  his  day  he 
wielded  great  influence  in  the  politics  of  this  city 
and  State,  and  he  is  still  a  man  whom  a  vivid  and 
forceful  personality  makes  interesting.  In  con- 
versation he  has  not  the  garrulity  that  might  be 
expected  of  a  man  of  his  years  whose  career  has 
been  full  of  drama.  His  thoughts  and  views  are 
elicited  rather  than  volunteered,  and  are  crisply 
and  happily  phrased.  As,  for  example,  when  he 
made  answer  on  being  asked  what  he  thought  of 
the  Life  of  Abraham  Ruef  now  running  serially 
in  the  Bulletin.  "It  is  interesting,"  he  said,  "only 
because  Ruef  remains  a  rogue."  He  added:  "Ruef 
has   talent   for   interesting  misrepresentation." 

As  I  talked  with  Martin  Kelly  about  the  lit- 
erature that  is  now  flowing  from  a  prison  cell 
I  realized  how  true  it  is  that  one  anecdote  of  a 
man  may  be  more  valuable  than  a  whole  volume 
of  his  life  even  from  so  authoritative  a  source 
as  himself.  What  is  most  human,  most  genuine, 
the  auto-biographer  is  strongly  tempted  to  omit. 
Ruef  has  told  us  of  the  county  convention  of 
1886  when  he  thought  he  broke  the  slate,  only 
to  learn  later  that  it  was  the  boss  that  broke  it. 
He  tells  us  nothing  of  the  contest  for  assessor 
between  John  Daly  and  John  Siebe.  Yet  it  was 
his  conduct  in  that  contest  that  made  him  a 
marked  man  for  years.  Martin  Kelly  tells  the 
story.  "Ruef,"  he  said,  "though  counted  on  for 
Daly  voted  himself  and  his  two  delegates  from  the 
Beach  for  Siebe,  but  Daly  was  nominated.  Ruef 
saw  that  he  had  blundered.  So  he  rushed  off  to 
Daly,  and  he  said,  'Say,  John,  I  knew  you'd  win. 
I  got  three  hundred  dollars  a  piece  for  those 
three  votes.  I  knew  they  wouldn't  matter,  and 
I  thought  I'd  take  the  money  and  spend  it  in 
your  fight  to  elect  you.'  Daly  was  no  fool.  He 
told  Ruef  he  wanted  nothing  more  to  do  with 
him,  to  keep  his  money." 

Martin  Kelly  the  politician  is  also  a  literary 
critic,  and  as  such  he  sees  in  Ruef's  autobiography 
an  entertaining  compilation  greatly  in  need  of 
annotation  and  correction.  Accordingly  he  takes 
up  the  text  and  interlards  it  with  scraps  of  his 


Varied  Types 

LXXXI— MARTIN  KELLY 
By  Theodore  Bonnet 

own,  with  notes  and  commentaries.  You  might 
call  him  a  collaborator  as  well  as  a  critic. 

"Ruef,"  he  says,  "makes  it  appear  that  he  was 
a  fine  young  man  when  he  came  out  of  college, 
and  that  he  was  corrupted  by  the  bosses  after  he 
had  fought  them  for  years.  Ruef  as  a  matter  of 
fact  was  strictly  business  from  the  ground  up — 
but  his  business  was  never  straight.  His  early 
environment  and  associates  were  bad,  and  by  the 
time  he  got  into  politics  there  was  nothing  left 
of  him  to  be  tainted.  The  truth  is  the  bosses 
kept  him  fairly  straight.  If  he'd  been  left  to  him- 
self he'd  have  landed  in  San  Quentin  long  ago. 
He  says  he  was  affiliated  with  Kelly  and  Crim- 
mins  for  ten  years.  He  represents  me  as  trying 
to  tempt  him.  I  never  asked  him  to  do  a  thing 
in  his  life." 


MARTIN  KELLY 


Let  not  Martin  Kelly  be  understood  as  deny- 
ing any  soft  or  even  hard  impeachments.  He 
doesn't  give  himself  any  certificates  of  character. 
He  isn't  supersensitive,  but  it's  apparent  enough 
that  it  wounds  him  to  be  represented  as  one  of 
Ruef's  seducers. 

"Ruef  says  he  fought  me,"  Kelly  observed  with 
a  cynical  smile.  "That  was  in  1890,  I  believe.  I 
remember  well  meeting  him  in  that  year.  That 
was  when  I  first  got  onto  his  game.  He  was 
then  young  in  politics,  but  he  knew  where  the 
stuff  was.  His  ambition  was  to  name  the  Public 
Administrator  and  handle  the  fees  of  that  office. 
He  was  brought  to  me  the  night  before  the  con- 
vention in  a  saloon  on  Third  street.  Dr.  Meyers 
and  Myer  Jacobs  had  told  me  what  he  wanted, 
and  they  brought  him  to  me  to  fix  the  matter  up. 
I  remember  I  called  for  a  bottle  of  wine.  Ruef 
didn't  drink.  He  had  no  vices,  but  I  never  could 
see  that  he  had  any  virtues  either.  I  said,  'Ruef, 
the  trouble  with  you  is  that  a  man  can't  bet  his 
money  on  you  over  night.'  He  said,  'Is  that 
your  opinion  of  me,  Mr.  Kelly.'    Said  I,  'That's 


the  opinion  your  conduct  compels  me  to  have. 
After  some  further  talk  with  Ruef  and  Dr.  Meyers 
I  turned  them  over  to  Phil  Crimmins.  Now  at 
that  time  Lou  Wadham  was  programed  for  Pub- 
lic Administrator,  and  he  had  an  attorney  who 
agreed  to  split  the  fees  with  Ruef.  Wadham  was 
nominated,  and  he  was  beaten  by  Captain  Freese. 
The  next  election  Ruef  bobbed  up  again — still 
after  the  Public  Administrator's  job.  Finally,  1 
think  it  was  in  1896,  he  got  Drinkhouse,  and  you 
remember  what  happened — Jack  Chretien  went 
to  jail  and  we  all  know  how  Ruef  kept  out.  Next 
time  Ruef  wanted  Drinkhouse  renominated.  Tom 
Riordan  objected.  Tom  wanted  to  be  attorney 
for  the  Administrator  for  awhile.  Ruef  whined, 
said  he  made  no  money;  was  getting  poor  in 
politics.  I  went  out  to  the  City  Hall,  got  the 
Public  Administrator's  reports  and  got  a  line  on 
Ruef's  fees.  I  found  he  had  made  thousands  of 
dollars.  When  I  showed  him  the  figures  he  said, 
'Oh,  those  figures  are  phoney.  I  swelled  them 
to  make  Tom  Riordan  jealous.'  Now  what  can 
you  do  with  a  fellow  like  that?" 

Kelly  went  over  with  me  each  chapter  of  the 
Ruef  auto-biography.  He  has  them  all  in  a  scrap- 
book.  He  confesses  that  they  make  him  angry 
because  of  the  malice  that  is  in  them.  And  it  is 
because  of  the  malice  that  he  has  no  hesitation 
in  picturing  the  former  boss  in  his  true  colors. 
"The  whole  thing  is  a  boost  for  himself  and  a 
knock  for  the  other  fellow,"  is  the  way  Kelly 
characterizes  the  performance.  "A  pretty  mean 
sort  of  thing,"  he  added.  "See  what  he  said  about 
Pillsbury.  I  don't  know  what  Pillsbury  ever  did 
to  him.  I'm  not  very  friendly  with  Pillsbury 
now,  but  I  know  he  never  split  any  two-Iumdrcd- 
and-fifty  dollar  fee  with  Ruef.  He's  not  that 
sort  of  man." 

The  veteran  boss  next  directed  my  attention 
to  the  story  of  the  Schmitz  election.  "You'd 
think  Ruef  did  it  all,"  he  said.  "Now  I  was  run- 
ning the  Republican  Alliance  in  that  campaign. 
We  had  12,000  names  on  the  roll.  I  did  busi- 
ness with  Schmitz  direct,  not  with  Ruef.  Schmitz 
promised  me  to  make  Fred  Esola  chief  of  police. 
He  promised  to  put  Al.  Berthier  on  the  Board  of 
Public  Works.  He  promised  me  one  police  com- 
missioner and  two  fire  commissioners.  I  got  in 
behind  him.  After  election  I  had  an  engagement 
with  him.  He  didn't  show  up,  but  in  came  a 
clerk  from  Ruef's  office,  telling  me  that  Schmitz 
would  see  me  there.  I  went  and  Ruef  met  me. 
As  soon  as  he  saw  me  he  said,  'Say,  Kelly,  if  you 
get  all  those  jijbs  there'll  be  nothing  left  for  us.' 
(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


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Perspective  Impressions 


Talk  like  ready  money  even  if  you  don't  look 
it.    Talk  is  cheap  and  it  goes  a  long  way. 


The  lady  who  brought  her  knitting  to  the 
Convention  of  women's  clubs  has  a  fine  sense  of 
irony. 


"Battle  Bob"  says  that  Roosevelt's  success  in 
the  primary  campaign  was  of  no  benefit  to  the 
Progressive  cause,  being  only  the  kind  of  suc- 
cess that  intoxicates  and  deceives  the  people. 
How  astonishing  to  hear  a  Progressive  talk  of 
the   intoxication   and   deception   of   the  people! 


James  J.  Hill  who  went  on  a  fishing  trip  the 
other  day  is  the  one  man  in  the  world  able  to 
prove  by  facts  and  figures  that  there  are  not  as 
good  fish  in  the  sea  as  ever  were  caught. 


Great  is  Bryan!  Did  he  not  thrice  poll  several 
millions  of  enlightened  American  vote.s?  What 
further    proof    want    ye,    O    fat-witted  fellow 


citizens,  of  the  prodigious  greatness  that  passeth 
understanding?  It  is  the  premier  paradox  of 
Democracy  that  popularity  is  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  genius  and  is  almost  the  exclusive  pos- 
session of  Mediocrity. 


Now  that  two  bleeding  and  quivering  hearts 
have  been  exposed  to  view  how  interesting  it 
would  be  to  learn  the  exact  number  of  American 
sovereigns  who  remain  steadfast  in  their  faith 
and  proud  of  their  powers  of  discernment! 


The  prosaic  man  may  be  satisfied  with  a  mar- 
riage that  gives  him  nothing  but  a  wife;  the 
modish  woman,  with  a  marriage  that  gives  her 
everything  but  a  husband. 


A  sane  Fourth  is  much  to  be  desired,  but  not 
any  more  so  than  a  sane  attitude  toward  the  other 
good  things  for  which  we  are  indebted  to  the 
Founders. 


Once  more  we  are  told  the  Apostle  Paul  was 
mistaken  about  woman.  Well,  if  we  may  judge 
from  the  scandal  news  in  the  daily  press  there 
are  many  modern  preachers  who  could  give  the 
.■\postle  pointers  about  the  sex.  Yet  Saul  of 
Tarsus  was  no  anchorite  before  he  saw  the  light. 


If  there  is  anything  in  the  old  superstition  that 
you  can  get  your  dearest  wish  by  thinking  of  it 
while  gently  stroking  the  hind  quarters  of  a 
jackass,  the  Hon.  Francis  J.  Heney  might  find  it 
profitable  to  charge  a  small  fee  for  the  privilege 
on  the  Chautauqua  circuit. 


The  Rev.  A.  A.  Hull  of  Sacramento  has  been 
found  guilty  of  immoral  conduct.  From  which 
circumstance  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  he  was 
very  zealous  for  the  regeneration  of  all  devotees 
of  the  sins  he  wasn't  inclined  to. 


The  Gypsy 


Lisa  was  an  ordinary  girl.  She  had,  indeed, 
black  eyes  and  black  hair;  but  are  there  so  few 
girls  likewise  blessed?  She  is  a  trifle  above  .the 
average  in  height,  but  many  of  her  chums  are  as 
tall.  Lisa  graduated  from  the  Gymnasium  with 
high  honors,  but  did  not  her  friends  read  the 
newest  of  books,  Chekhov,  Gorky  and  Andriev? 
All  her  friends  and  acquaintances  are  at  home 
with  these  authors. 

Withal  she  is  but  an  ordinary  girl;  that  is, 
when  she  is  present  at  a  gathering,  at  a  ball 
or  wedding,  she  does  not  possess  that  something 
which  might  tend  to  single  her  out  from  her 
sisters.    She  is  lost  in  the  crowd  of  other  girls. 

Lisa  knows  this  well,  and  the  knowledge  of  it 
brings  her  pangs  of  sorrow.  In  this  respect  she 
is  not  ordinary.  Lisa  wishes  to  be  marked  out 
by  some  extraordinary  trait.  In  an  assemblage 
of  people  she  does  not  like  to  be  identified  with 
the  crowd,  but  wishes  to  be  known  apart  from 
it.  This  feeling  was  developed  in  her  to  the 
extent  of  a  disease,  and  if  people  were  better  able 
to  peep  within  her  soul,  Lisa  would  be  regarded 
as  out  of  the  ordinary.  This  would  perhaps  bring 
her  comfort  and  rid  her  of  a  constant  sense  of 
unworthiness.  Lisa  did  possess  good  qualities, 
but  these  virtues  were  not  the  superficial  ones 
which  folks  could  point  out,  but  inner  ones.  For 
instance,  if  she  found  herself  at  a  ball,  or  a  sim- 
ilar public  gathering,  where  all  the  company 
would  talk,  laugh  and  jest,  she  would  retire  to 
a  corner  in  studied  thoughtfulness,  making  her- 
self romantically  sad  and  pretending  that  she 
saw  no  one  but  her  inward  self.  At  such  mo- 
ments she  was  indeed  extraordinary.  But  the 
crowd  did  not  even  notice  her,  and  Lisa  would 
become  lonesome  in  her  retreat  and  in  her  anger 
she  would  keep  herself  aloof  from  the  circle. 

And  the  pain  would  be  more  intense  whenever 
it  happened  that  among  those  about  her  there 
was  one  who  caught  the  eyes  and  the  attention 
of  all.  At  these  moments  Lisa  would  keenly  feel 
her  unattractiveness,  and  feelings  of  hatred  for 
the  unconscious  object  of  her  jealousy  would 
mingle  with  her  pain.  But  she  usually  remained 
with  the  crowd  dancing  around  the  star,  who 
was  indeed  proud,  but  gracious  and  friendly  to 
Lisa. 


By  Abraham  Reisin  (From  the  Yiddish) 

In  the  circle  in  which  Lisa  found  herself  it  was 
decided  to  have  a  ball.  A  certain  happy,  jolly 
girl,  an  intimate  friend  of  Lisa,  advised  that  it 
should  be  a  costumed  affair.  , 

"A  masquerade  ball?"  the  other  asked. 

"No;  not  a  masquerade  ball,"  she  explained, 
"without  masks,  but  in  costumes." 

The  suggestion  met  with  approval,  and  Lisa, 
having  black  hair,  selected  the  costume  of  a  gypsy, 
upon  the  advice  of  her  many  friends. 

Her  long,  black  tresses  she  let  fall  loosely  in 
seeming  disorder  upon  her  shoulders;  in  the  cen- 
ter of  her  coiffure  she  placed  a  clasp  of  brilliant 
jewels  and  draped  her  shoulders  with  a  deep  red 
shawl. 

Thus  she  appeared  at  the  ball.  At  the  cloak- 
room she  could  not  help  seeing  the  attendant  gaze 
upon  her  and  her  costume  with  a  look  of  interest 
and  smiling  satisfaction.  Lisa  was  frightened  and 
at  the  same  time  overjoyed,  and  with  this  feeling 
she  entered  the  ball-room. 

She  was  met  with  an  acclaim  of  bravos  by  a 
whole  retinue  of  young  people. 

For  the  moment  she  was  embarrassed,  but  a 
friend  at  once  approached  her  and  reassured  her. 

"Oh,  how  beautiful  you  are,  how  interesting!" 

"Really?"  Lisa  naively  asked,  and  her  heart 
commenced  to  flutter. 

"Wonderful!    See  how  all  are  staring  at  you." 

Lisa  raised  her  eyes  and  met  the  gaze  of  a 
hundred  others.  She  lowered  her  own,  but  soon 
accustomed  herself  to  the  attention  she  was  at- 
tracting. 

A  moment  later  a  young  man  walked  up  to  her, 
one  of  the  prominent  ones  who  had  heretofore 
never  noticed  her. 

"I  seek  the  good  fortune,  fraulein,  of  the  first 
dance  with  you." 

Before  she  had  time  to  reply,  another  ap- 
proached her  and  with  an  admiring  look,  not 
speaking,  but  almost  singing: 

"Beautiful  gypsy — let  me  be  fortunate  for  once 
in  a  short,  foolish  life— do  not  deny  me— to  dance 
the  first  dance  with — " 

"Already  taken,"  the  other  announced  in  a  tone 
of  decision  and  pleasure. 

She  danced  with  both.  Both  pleased  her.  Both 
pressed  her  tenderly,  gazed  upon  her  lovingly. 


She  could  not  dance  much  with  these  two. 
Others  were  there  to  claim  her.  They  snatched 
her  from  the  chair  when  she  would  sit  to  try  to 
steal  a  minute's  rest. 

"Oh,  how  beautiful  is  the  gypsy,  how  interest- 
ing!"   Words  like  these  greeted  her  on  all  sides. 

She  wished  for  a  moment  of  rest  in  which  she 
could  fully  realize  the  good  fortune  which  had 
so  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  come  upon  her. 

But  this  was  denied  her. 

"I  beg  of  you,  beautiful  gypsy,  a  quadrille?" 

Like  a  fairy  she  glided  about  the  large  dance 
hall.  The  red  shawl  upon  her  shoulders  was  like 
wings  which  would  lift  her  on  high;  the  loose 
flowing  hair,  raven  black,  flowed  out  in  gypsy 
wildncss  and  entangled  itself  in  the  red  drapery, 
and  all  of  this  rendered  Lisa  the  more  remark- 
able and  picturesque. 

They  "devoured  her  with  their  eyes."  One,  of 
whom  Lisa  had  never  dared  before  this  even  to 
think,  made  love  to  her  during  the  dance.  She 
felt  that  he  kissed  her  black  hair  and  she  caught 
her  breath  for  joy. 

Finally  the  crowd  in  the  hall  thinned  out,  the 
clock  struck  four,  and  many  voices  were  heard 
in  favor  of  ending  the  dance.  Lisa  felt  as  if  there 
was  coming  a  close  to  a  great  holiday,  which  per- 
haps would  never  come  again. 

She  was  lost  in  thought.  , 

"Adieu,"  spoke  the  one  who  had  announced  his 
love  to  her.  "Thanks  for  the  pleasure  you  have 
given  me  with  your  beautiful  costume." 

"Adieu,"  Lisa  forced  herself  to  smile,  but  she 
did  not  succeed.  There  was  a  cloud  upon  her 
face,  and  it  seemed  that  even  the  red  shawl  paled. 

Returning  home,  Lisa  stood  before  the  glass 
and  once  more  looked  at  her  costume. 

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Poems  About  San  Francisco 


("Jimmy"  Linen,  as  he  was  affectionately  called,  wrote  a  rather  long  poem  called  "The  Golden  Gate"  which 
was  published  here  many  years  ago  and  is  now  quite  scarce.  The  following  lines  are  from  the  opening  pages  of 
this  poem.) 


XLVII— THE  GOLDEN  GATE 
By  James  Linen 


O  ye  men  of  thought  and  with  hearts  elate, 
Come,  muse  with  me  by  the  Golden  Gate; 
Your  seat  be  a  rock  where  the  sea-weeds  grow, 
And  the  restless  tides  ever  ebb  and  flow — 
Where  the  rushing  waves  on  their  shoreward  track, 
Swirl  their  seething  surf  round  the  bowlders  black: 
Let  the  brow  of  Care  by  the  breeze  be  fanned. 
And  with  rapture  gaze  on  the  rugged  strand 
Of  the  Golden  Gate  of  the  golden  land. 
Where  the  winds  are  cold  and  the  skies  are  bleak. 
And  the  tempests  rage  and  the  sea-birds  shriek; 
Where  the  surf-crowned  waves,  as  they  seaward  go. 
Seem  like  long  white  wreaths  of  the  drifted  snow; 
Where  rocks  upon  rocks  are  fearfully  piled, 
And  winds  whistle  tunes  that  are  weird  and  wild; 
Where  thunders  are  heard  and  the  lightnings  play, 
O'er  the  beetling  crags  that  are  dashed  by  spray, 


And  where  billows  rave  with  a  restless  roar. 
Tower  Bonita's  peaks  by  a  jagged  shore; 
And  where  Lobos  frowns  with  its  shaggy  steep 
And  defiance  bids  to  the  surging  deep; 
Where  the  hungry  wolves  of  the  dreary  past. 
Howled  over  the  cliffs  to  the  howling  blast; 
Where,  near  to  Seal  Rock  the  sea-lions'  wail 
Is  heard  in  the  sound  of  the  sweeping  gale, 
And  the  screaming  gulls  finding  crcwless  decks. 
Rest  their  weary  wings  on  the  drifting  wrecks; 
And  a  stormy  sea  and  a  stormy  sky 
Speak  in  thunder  tones  of  the  dangers  nigh — 
Of  the  dreaded  Bar  with  its  awful  waves 
That  in  fury  roll  over  dead  men's  graves. 
So  dreadfully  wild,  so  terribly  grand. 
Is  the  Golden  Gate  of  the  golden  land. 


Joy  in  the  Phelan  Clan 

The  nomination  of  Woodrow  Wilson  brought 
gloom  to  the  delegates  from  California,  but  it 
gladdened  the  hearts  of  some  of  our  noblest 
patriots.  Hardly  had  the  news  of  the  Princeton 
professor's  success  been  flashed  over  the  wire 
when  the  call  to  arms  was  sounded  for  the 
Phelan  clan,  and  at  once  the  leading  orators  were 
busy  burnishing  their  rhetoric  for  the  fray. 
Jimmy  himself  emerged  from  umbrage  with  a  face 
wreathed  with  smiles  and  whiskers.  Of  late 
Jimmy  has  been  sulking  sadly  in  the  background. 
With  a  consuming  passion  for  the  limelight,  the 
studied  and  systematic  neglect  of  him  has  been 
anguish  to  his  soul,  and  when  it  looked  as  though 
Clark  would  be  nominated  he  was  the  most  mis- 
erable man  in  all  the  land.  If  Clark  had  been 
nominated  Hearst  would  have  been  the  director- 
general  of  the  campaign  in  California,  and  our 
young  millionaire  whose  ambition  to  be  United 
States  Senator  remains  the  moving  principle  of 
him  would  not  have  been  vouchsafed  a  look-in. 
Hence  the  tumultuous  elation  of  him  when  the 
man  from  New  Jersey  carried  off  the  prize. 
Jimmy  was  for  holding  a  ratification  meeting 
right  away.  His  mind  soused  in  the  cant  of 
progressive  politics,  the  familiar  language  of 
Presidential  campaigns  was  foaming  on  his  eager 
lips.  He  was  in  fine  fettle  for  eulogiums,  his 
vocabulary  of  ringing  words  was  at  his  tongue's 
end,  and  he  was  wild  with  desire  to  utter  bugle 
notes  to  civic  patriotism.  So  hurry  calls  were  is- 
sued at  the  Public  Administrator's  ofiice  and  at 


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every  public  club  where  a  Democratic  friend  of 
the  people  is  proving  his  devotion  to  them  in  the 
strenuous  role  of  taxeater.  Tommy  Hickey  and 
Alex  Voelsang  came  on  the  run.  Dr.  Taylor  tod- 
dled up  to  report  for  duty.  Senator  Caminetti 
was  Johnny-on-the-spot.  Frank  Gould  teleplioned 
from  the  Union  League  Club  the  news  of  his 
loyalty  to  Jefifersonian  principles.  It  was  soon 
apparent  that  there  would  be  speakers  enough  for 
half  a  dozen  ratification  meetings.  And  Jimmy 
felt  strong  enough  to  talk  at  all  of  them,  and  he 
was  for  celebrating  that  very  night  ostensibly  the 
nomination  of  Wilson  but  in  reality  the  golden 
opportunities  that  had  come  to  himself. 


Behold  Honest  Tom 

Scant  notice  have  the  dailies  given  us  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Riley  Marshall  of  Indiana,  running 
mate  of  Woodrow  Wilson.  Perhaps  they  are  not 
well  acquainted  with  this  odorous  blossom  of 
Democracy.  Thomas  is  a  characteristic  product 
of  progressive  politics,  a  self-righteous  reformer, 
almost  too  good  even  for  the  sanctimonious  com- 
panionship of  the  author  of  the  History  of  the 
American  People.  Thomas  is  a  lawyer,  but  the 
law  as  a  profession  is  too  demoralizing  for  him. 
He  is  too  highminded  and  pure  to  be  associated 
with  the  law.  This  I  learned  two  months  ago 
when  Thomas  addressed  an  audience  at  a  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  mass  meeting  in  Washington,  D.  C.  What 
the  Governor  of  Indiana  said  on  that  occasion  was 
printed  in  the  newspapers  of  the  country  and 
commented  on  by  many  of  them.  I  pigeon-holed 
it  for  future  reference.  He  asked:  "Do  you  know 
why  I  forsook  the  practice  of  the  law  in  Indiana 
to  enter  politics?"  And  he  explained:  "Well,  it 
was  to  preserve  my  self-respect.  I  wanted  to  get 
into  a  profession  where  my  conscience  could  be 
given  breathing  room,  where  I  would  not  have 
to  wink  one  eye  at  the  truth."  Thus,  you  see, 
Thomas  is  a  genuine  Progressive  son  of  righteous- 
ness, a  worthy  representative  of  the  sterling  band 
of  patriots  which  now  finds  favor  with  the  virtue- 
loving  and  incredibly  unsophisticated  American 
people. 


The  Slowness  of  His  Disillusionment 

It  is  of  no  consequence  in  this  era  of  invincible 
gullibility  that  it  took  Governor  Marshall  a  long 
time  to  get  wise  to  the  debasing  influence  of  the 
law  on  his  sensitive  conscience.  Nevertheless 
when  he  lifted  up  his  eyes  in  Washington  to 
thank  Heaven  for  his  moral  resurrection  the  in- 
quisitive of  the  press  proceeded  to  scrutinize  the 
record  of  his  career.  They  found  that  Thomas 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1875.  He  practiced 
steadily  and  lucratively  until  the  summer  of  1908 
when  the  Democratic  party  of  Indiana  nominated 
him  for  Governor.  It  was  politics  that  saved  the 
soul  of  the  sinner.  For  thirty-three  years  Tom 
Marshall's  conscience  was  panting  for  breathing 
room  as  the  hart  for  the  water-brooks.  And 
it  might  have  been  panting  yet  had  not  a  nice, 
fat  job  been  handed  to  him  by  the  Democratic 
party.  Yet  Tom  did  not  enter  the  demoralizing 
profession  with  his  eyes  closed.  He  was  no  self- 
made  lawyer.  A  college  graduate,  he  never  had 
to  struggle  for  bread.  The  disillusioning  of  him, 
despite  his  education,  was  a  slow  process.  His 
change  of  heart  did  not  come  till  he  reached  his 
fifty-fifth  year,  but  it  might  have  came  earlier 
had  Tom  known  of  the  purifying  effect  of  politics. 
Here  is  a  profession  that  affords  illimitable  space 
for  respiration.  It  is  almost  as  good  for  the  soul 
as  theology  and  just  as  good  for  the  opportunities 
it  holds  for  the  uplifting  of  mankind.  I  will  as- 
sume that  the  Bar  Associations  of  the  whole  coun- 
try will  organize  Marshall  clubs  in  this  campaign. 


Their  Abortive  Scheme 

The  Mercantile  Trust  Company  is  doing  busi- 
ness at  the  old  stand,  and  there  has  been  no 


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Branch  Offices — Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore.,  Seattle,  Wash,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


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July  6,  1912 


perceptible  change  in  the  personnel  of  the  ftock- 
holders.  Yet  but  a  few  weeks  ago  it  was  rum- 
ored that  the  Spreckels  brothers — Gus  and 
Rudolph — were  going  to  get  a  controlling  in- 
terest in  that  institution.  First  it  was  rumored 
that  they  wanted  to  sell  about  one  thousand 
shares  of  stock  which  came  to  them  through  their 
father's  estate.  It  is  said  they  would  have  sold 
had  they  been  able  to  obtain  a  price  far  above 
the  market  value.  When  they  found  they  could- 
n't get  it  they  sent  a  letter  to  each  of  the  stock- 
holders offering  a  dollar  a  share  for  an  option 
on  the  stock  at  a  price  that  might  have  been 
considered  tempting.  All  who  might  be  disposed 
to  make  a  little  easy  money  were  asked  to  step 
up  and  deposit  their  shares.  Financiers  sat  up 
and  took  notice.  Which  was  quite  natural,  see- 
ing that  the  two  Spreckels  brothers  have  the 
"goods"  behind  them  and  are  somewhat  uncon- 
ventional in  their  financiering.  It  was  supposed 
that  the  men  who  control  the  Mercantile  Trust 
would  get  scared  to  death.  But,  so  far  as  I  can 
learn,  they  didn't  bat  an  eye.  Indeed,  rumor  has 
it  that  they  went  about  their  business  as  if 
nothing  could  happen.  And  as  a  matter  of  fact 
nothing  did  happen.  Not  one  stockholder  of  the 
company  accepted  the  Spreckels'  proposition. 
Now  the  question  is.  What  will  the  Spreckels 
brothers  do  next?    You  never  can  tell. 


Peter's  Pence 

Our  young  confrere  and  townsman,  Peter  B. 
Kyne,  continues  to  fill  the  honor  places — and 
his  purse — in  the  best  buying  magazines  at  such 
a  rate  as  to  incur  the  envy,  if  not  enmity,  of 
burners  of  midnight  oil  that  cannot  so  make  their 
light  shine  before  men,  nor  the  good  work  they 
are  doing  to  appear  in  any  publication,  glory  be 
to  the  Father  which  is  in  heaven!  The  green- 
eyed  talk  as  if  Peter,  through  his  namesake,  the 
doorkeeper,  had  a  pull  with  Providence.  But  in- 
siders well  know  that  all  the  pull  Peter  has  is 
push,  plus  the  gift  of  story-telling.  They  dis- 
credit the  author  of  "A  Little  Matter,"  etc.,  with 
being  stronger  on  fictitious  than  genuine  literary 
values.  To  be  stronger  on  fiction  than  on  fine 
writing  is  to  have  the  greater  strength,  such  as 
is  acquired  in  no  gymnasium  known.  Certain  it 
is,  the  honor  accorded  Peter  of  the  editors  is  not 
without  profit.  Save  in  his  own  country  he 
could,  if  he  had  a  mind  to,  the  need.  Peter 
Kyne's  nose  for  a  saleable  story  smelling  of  the 
sea,  is  prodigious.  Prodigious,  too,  is  his  good 
horse-power  and  horse  sense.  While  the  en- 
vious are  wringing  hands  or  folding,  or  holding 
up  in  horror,  posing  for  art  her  sake,  Peter  is 
nosing  round  the  \vater  front,  fishing  for  real 
live  men,  the  makings  for  a  savory  mess  for, 
say.  The  Saturday  Evening  Post,  the  Sunset,  or 
The  Popular,  seeking  adventures  to  be  featured 
of  Adventure.  Arrived  home,  he  uncorks  a 
corker,  sits  down  to  his  typewriter,  and  rattles 
off  a  rattling  good  one  as  if  he  had  all  letters  at 
his  fingers'  ends.  The  proof  of  the  plum-pud- 
ding is  in  the  pot-boiling.  If  a  man  does  good 
work,  he  eats.  Peter  B.  Kyne  eats  his  own 
words,  five  cents  a  piece,  but,  brave  lad,  seldom 
takes  them  back.  This  is  no  fish  story.  If  you 
don't  believe  me,  run  and  read  his  "Open  Sea- 
son." the  fishmen  in  oils,  appetizing  as  sardines, 
put  up  by  X.  C.  Wyeth,  for  Street  &  Smith, 
caterers,  and  the  first  June  number  of  The  Pop- 
ular. Mr.  Kyne  keeps  his  typewriter  hot  and 
humming,  likewise,  the  type  of  Walter  Pater, 
pure  food  law.  writer.  If  the  knocker,  to  whom 
it  has  not  been  opened,  knock  him,  failure  fail  to 
see  what  on  earth  the  editor  sees  in  him,  his  is 
success  w-ith  a  vengeance. 


The  Amazing  Wingfield 

George  Wingfield  of  Nevada  has  become  an 
object   of   universal   interest.    All    over  these 


United  States  men  are  talking  of  the  Nevada 
miner  who  took  under  advisement  his  appoint- 
ment to  a  seat  in  the  Senate  of  the  nation,  and 
finally  decided  that  he  preferred  private  life.  There 
is  hardly  a  newspaper  in  the  country  that  hasn't 
expressed  its  wonder  at  his  incredible  incertitude. 
It  is  hard  for  some  of  them  to  conceive  of  a 
man  being  at  all  disinclined  to  accept  the  high 
honor  which  some  men  would  give  millions  to 
attain.  Men  have  struggled  through  many  years 
for  a  seat  in  the  Senate.  It  has  cost  men  for- 
tunes to  get  what  came  unsolicited  to  Wingfield 
only  to  find  him  indifferent  and  in  doubt  as  to 
the  advisability  of  accepting  it.  There  are  men 
in  the  Senate  so  eager  to  remain  there  that  they 
have  sacrificed  their  self-respect  on  the  altar  of 
popularity.  There  are  men  who  have  made  the 
Senate  the  goal  of  their  ambition,  who  would 
spend  a  million  to  get  there,  who  have  worn  a 
mask  through  the  years  in  the  hope  of  getting 
there,  and  to  whom  nothing  shall  ever  come  but 
disappointment.  So,  what  manner  of  man  is  this 
Nevada  miner  who  is  so  slow  to  be  enticed  by 
the  glitter  of  the  Capital  from  the  dust  and 
alkali  of  the  sagebrush  State?  This  is  the  ques- 
tion the  big  dailies  of  the  East  have  been  an- 
swering. Space  writers  have  been  making  money 
off  what  information  they  possess  regarding 
George  Wingfield.  Whole  pages  of  the  New 
York  dailies  have  been  devoted  to  the  romantic 
career  of  this  somewhat  odd  young  man. 


From  Poverty  to  Affluence 

At  twenty-six  years  of  age  George  Wingfield 
was  penniless.  He  had  been  a  cowboy  in 
Oregon,  had  dealt  faro  in  the  Klondike  and 
roughed  it  in  Nevada.  One  day  he  was  grub- 
staked by  Senator  Nixon.  In  four  years  he  was 
worth  about  $30,000,000.  The  first  bit  of  money 
he  made  was  in  a  poker  game.  He  got  up  from 
the  table  $1,800  winner.  The  next  day  with  his 
winnings  as  a  bank  roll  he  founded  the  Tonopah 
Club,  destined  to  become  the  most  famous 
gambling  house  the  West  has  ever  known.  All 
the  time  he  conducted  that  club  he  scrupulously 
regarded  the  unwritten  law  of  the  grubstake.  One 
half  of  the  winnings  were  banked  to  the  credit 
of  Senator  Nixon.  One  day  Wingfield  quit  the 
faro  bank  and  opened  the  other  kind  of  bank,  and 
he  has  been  a  business  man  ever  since,  with  a 
reputation  for  honesty  and  integrity  in  every 
nook  and  corner  of  Nevada. 


The  Gameness  of  Him 

Wingfield  also  has  a  reputation  for  courage. 
How  well  he  deserves  it  everybody  knows  who 
was  in  Goldfield  in  1906  when  the  young  million- 
aire was  managing  the  Goldfield  Consolidated 
properties.  There  had  been  a  good  deal  of  steal- 
ing in  the  mine.  To  put  a  stop  to  it  Wingfield 
established  "change  rooms"  where  the  miners 
were  required  to  change  from  ordinary  apparel 
to  underground  gear  when  going  on  shift  and 
back  to  ordinary  apparel,  leaving  mining  clothes 
for  inspection,  when  coming  off  shift.  The  men 
struck  as  soon  as  they  were  told  of  the  new  rule. 
Also  they  boycotted  the  Goldfield  News,  a  paper 
that  championed  the  cause  of  the  mine  owners. 
One  day  the  word  went  through  the  streets  of 
Goldfield  that  before  the  day  was  done  George 
Wingfield.  known  to  have  framed  the  order 
against  enforcement  of  which  the  miners  struck, 
would  defy  the  union  and  publicly  purchase  a 
copy  of  the  boycotted  newspaper.  Came  the 
luncheon  hour,  and  Wingfield  strolled  nonchal- 
antly across  Main  street  from  the  Cook  Bank, 
of  which  he  was  vice-president,  to  the  Palm 
restaurant.  Almost  at  the  same  moment  a  news- 
boy took  stand  at  the  entrance  of  the  restaurant, 
a  bundle  of  the  boycotted  newspapers  under  his 
arm.    The  moment  had  arrived  when  the  staying 


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TOWN  TALK 


11 


qualities  of  the  striking  miners  were  to  be  tested. 
Fourteen  hundred  exasperated,  rough  and  ready, 
husky  men,  some  of  whom  were  suspected  of  be- 
ing unpunished  dynamiters  and  murderers,  packed 
the  street  between  restaurant  and  bank,  each  man 
eager  to  enforce  the  penalty  clause  in  the  boy- 
cott order.  In  the  restaurant  George  Wingfield 
finished  his  luncheon,  seemingly  heedless  of  the 
gathering  or  of  the  tense  murmur  that  came 
through  the  near  plate  glass  windows  of  Gold- 
field's  leading  food  emporium.  Paying  his 
reckoning  at  the  end  of  the  meal  he  made  his 
way  to  the  front  door  and  stepped  outside.  At 
the  doorway  he  stood  a  moment  before  his  eyes 
seemed  to  light  on  the  trembling  newsboy  by  his 
side.  Then,  in  quite  a  casual  way,  he  reached 
into  his  pocket,  drew  forth  a  dime  and  exchanged 
it  with  the  newsboy  for  a  copy  of  the  Goldfield 
News.  The  newsboy  made  hot  haste  to  parts 
where  "gats"  were  fewer  and  bullets  less  likely 
to  fly.  His  part  in  the  carefully  staged  drama 
had  been  played.  Oblivious  of  situation,  crowd 
and  surroundings  Wingfield  leaned  against  the 
door  jamb,  and  began  scanning  the  paper. 
There  was  a  mob  murmur  as  the  strikers  shifted 
feet  and  took  a  step  forward.  They  did  not  kill 
instantly  as  many  threatened.  If  executioners 
they  waited  at  least  for  the  offender  to  notice 
their  existence  before  putting  him  to  death. 
Wingfield  read  on.  Nor  did  he  stop  until  he  had 
scanned  the  eight  pages  of  the  paper.  Then, 
folding  it  and  stuffing  it  in  his  pocket,  he  seemed 
to  notice  the  crowd  for  the  first  time.  In  appar- 
ent wonderment  he  glanced  over  the  densely 
packed  "rednecks"  and  then:  "Gangway,  there!" 
As  the  command  flashed  forth  Wingfield's  arms 
went  straight  out  in  front  of  him  and  he  walked 
straight  toward  the  mob.  In  each  clenched  fist 
was  an  11  shot  automatic  revolver.  The  mob  had 
no  time  to  think.  Sure  death  was  there  for  a 
score  or  more  of  its  members.  Silently  and  sul- 
lenly it  parted,  and  George  Wingfield  walked 
through  the  human  alleyway  to  personal  safety 
behind  the  doors  of  his  bank.  The  mob  had 
been  cowed  and  beaten,  and  its  bluff  called  pub- 
licly. In  a  week  the  strike  ended,  the  miners 
acceding  to  the  mine  owners'  requirement.  One 
man  had  done  in  Goldfield  what  was  only  ac- 
complished in  the  Coeur  d'Alene  by  United 
States  regulars,  and  in  Colorado  by  a  six-years 
warfare,  in  which  the  entire  State  militia  aided 
the  mine  owners.  And  the  man  who  turned  the 
trick  in  Goldfield  was  only  31  years  old,  raw  in 
the  game  of  mining,  rawer  still  in  finance,  but 
estimated  at  the  prevailing  price  of  mining  stocks 
to  be  worth  a  million  dollars  for  every  year  he 
had  lived. 


What's  Going  To  Be  Done 

Former  Speaker  Stanton  came  to  town  the 
other  day  to  find  out  what  was  to  be  done  for 
President  Taft  in  this  section  of  the  country.  He 
is  wondering  whether  the  campaign  is  to  be  per- 


mitted to  languish  for  lack  of  funds  after  the 
manner  of  the  primary  campaign.  Without 
money  there  can  be  no  political  enthusiasm.  And 
there  was  very  little  money  in  sight  during  the 
primary  campaign.  While  the  Johnson  machine 
had  oodles  of  money  and  spent  it  lavishly,  the 
men  who  were  conducting  the  Taft  boom  were 
obliged  to  practice  the  most  rigorous  economy. 
Chairman  Newhall  of  the  financial  committee 
made  desperate  efforts  to  swell  the  campaign  fund, 
but  met  with  discouragement  everywhere.  Mr. 
Stanton  says  his  experience  was  the  same  in  Los 
Angeles.  "But,"  he  adds,  "I  think  we  shall  find 
money  a  little  easier  now.  The  men  who  have 
been  having  the  benefit  of  the  protective  tariff 
for  years  in  Southern  California  are  bound  to 
wake  up  and  loosen  up.  This  is  naturally  the 
most  hidebound  protection  State  in  the  Union, 
and  the  protected  interests  must  perceive  the 
urgency  of  getting  together  and  supporting  the 
straight  Republican  ticket.  President  Taft's 
friends  are  wondering  whether  the  directors  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  will  continue  to 
pay  deference  to  the  selfish  interests  of  Governor 
Johnson.  There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  criticism 
of  the  men  who,  though  willing  enough  to  ac- 
knowledge their  obligations  to  the  President, 
have  done  nothing  to  further  his  political 
interests.  The  only  one  of  them  who  took  an 
active  interest  in  the  primary  campaign  was 
James  McNab,  and  he  certainly  was  an  in- 
dustrious worker.  In  some  quarters  it  is  believed 
that  the  National  Committee  will  pay  a  little  at- 
tention to  California  in  this  campaign  and  suc- 
ceed in  stirring  up  the  men  who  are  indebted  to 
the  party. 


Hadley  a  Comer 

The  most  level-headed  of  all  of  Roosevelt's 
followers  in  Chicago  was  Governor  Hadley  of 
Missouri,  and  his  refusal  to  continue  to  further 
the  ambition  of  the  Third  Termer  was  the  sever- 
est blow  that  gentleman  suffered.  Hadley  is  a 
man  to  be  kept  in  view.  He  is  only  forty  years 
of  age.  In  temperament,  he  is  warranted  by 
Missourians  as  being  absolutely  safe  and  non- 
e.xplosive.  This  should  not  be  construed  to  read 
that  he  lacks  stamina,  moral  or  physical.  Quite 
the  contrary;  Hadley's  success  in  his  own  State 
has  been  due  to  unobtrusive  persistency  in  the 
pursuit  of  a  fixed  purpose.  He  started  out  to 
"clean  up"  Missouri,  and  his  party  believes  that 
he  did  it.  He  is  not  a  political  handshaker;  he  is 
a  worker  in  the  vineyard  who  brings  home  the 
grapes.  Hadley  first  attracted  attention  as  Cir- 
cuit Attorney  of  Jackson  County,  Mo.,  when  he 
prosecuted  successfully  a  number  of  City  Hall 
"grafters"  and  Kansas  City  gamblers.  For  a 
while  his  work  in  that  respect  was  overshadowed 
by  the  greater  achievements  of  Joseph  Folk,  the 
militant  reformer  who  looks  like  pictures  of 
Napoleon.  Folk  was  Circuit  Attorney  of  St. 
Louis,  and  had  just  sent  nineteen  "boodling"  Al- 


Telaphona  Kearny  11 


Armor  Plate  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 

OF  UNION  SAFE  DEPOSIT  COMPANY  IN  BUILDING  OF 

Union  Trust  Company 
=  of  San  Francisco  = 

JUNCTION  OF 

MARKET  and  O'FARRELL  STS. 
and  GRANT  AVE. 

Largest,  Stronge»t  and  Most  Conveniently 
Arranged  Safe  Deposit  West  of  New  York 

BOXES  $4.00  PER  ANNUM  AND  UPWARDS 


A  GOOD  JUDGE 

of  fine  whiskey 
pronounces 


HUNTER 


5*ltimoreI1ye 

V    Baltimore,  y 


BALTIMORE 


RYE 


A  Perfect  Product  of 
the  Still,  Because 
Whiskey  Cannot  Be 
More  Carefully  Made, 
Aged  and  Perfected 


Sold  at  nil  first-clafis  cafes 

and  by  jobbers. 
VVM.  LANAHAN  &  SON. 
Baltimore,  Md. 


i 


HOTEL  ARGONAUT 

Society  of  California  Pioneers  Building 
FOURTH  STREET  NEAR  MARKET 

California's  Most  Popular  Hotel 


400  Rooms,  200  Baths;  European  Plan;  $1.00  per  Day 
and  up.  Dining  Room  Seating  500.  Table  d'hote  or  a 
la  carte  service  as  desired. 

Special  Sunday  Dinner,  including  Wine,  $1.00 

Edward  Rolkin,  Mgr.  Geo.  A.  Oixon,  Asst.  Mgr. 


dermen  to  the  State  penitentiary  when  Hadley 
was  heard  of  by  people  living  outside  his  own 
county.  Both  men  were  laboring  in  the  same 
field,  with  tiie  same  kind  of  tools,  and  both  were, 
in  the  opinion  of  Missourians,  worthy  of  their 
hire.  But  because  of  his  greater  opportunities 
in  the  largest  city  in  the  State,  the  Democrat  got 
away  from  the  tape  first  in  the  race  for  popular 
favor.  Folk  was  nominated  by  Democrats  and 
elected  Governor  in  the  same  year  that  Hadley 
was  nominated  by  Republicans  and  elected  At- 
torney-General by  both  Democrats  and  Repub- 
licans. Yet  Hadley  received  the  greater  honor 
in  that  ho  was  the  first  Republican  Attorney- 
General  since  the  days  of  what  in  Missouri  is  al- 
ways called  "the  infamous  Drake  Constitution." 
The  bushes  were  full  of  Democratic  ex-Gov- 
ernors. For  a  while  the  rivalry  between  the  two 
young  attorneys,  Folk  and  Hadley,  attracted  at- 
tention. Members  of  both  parties  sang  their 
praises.  Then  there  appeared  a  rift  in  the 
Democratic  pitch-pipe,  and  it  became  plain  that 
some  powerful  voices  in  the  Democratic  chorus 
were  straying  from  the  key.  The  Republicans, 
however,  stayed  with  Hadley.  They  were  heart- 
ened by  the  Joshua  who  had  led  them  to  their 
first  victory  in  forty  years.  There  could  be  but 
one  conclusion  to  such  a  race — Hadley  was  sure 
to  win.    He  did. 


Fire  of  Big  Guns 

All  the  way  from  Vienna  comes  the  Baronness 
von  Suttner,  bearing  in  her  mouth,  so  to  speak, 
the  olive  branch  grown  in  the  blood-rich  soil  of 
Germany,  land  of  Krupp  and  Kaiser,  to  us  pas- 
sively rcsistent  Californians,  with  a  host  of 
prodigious  maxims  preaching  down  the  hearts 


12 


TOWN  TALK 


July  6,  1912 


of  the  sons  of  Mars,  and  with  an  ardor  more 
glorious  than  that  of  war  itself.  The  local  dove 
is  all  aflutter  and  a-preening  of  her  feathers. 
Against  the  sword's  might  slie  pits  the  tongue, 
and  her  woman's  weapon  is  fine-edged  as  a  prun- 
inghook  of  unturnable  Damascus.  Ruthlessly, 
doing  herself  and  her  cause  poetic  justice,  she 
runs  her  well-turned  ploughshare  througli  the 
best  laid  military  plans  of  men,  telling  them  in 
time  of  war  to  prepare  for  peace.  Daughter  and 
wife  of  the  regiment,  praying  God  and  keeping 
her  powder  dry,  the  baroness  wages  war  on  war 
and  death  and  incidentally  earns  living  wages. 
Rising  erstwhile  in  her  righteous  indignation, 
Bertha  von  Suttner  took  in  hand  her  subject 
and  her  mightier-than-the-sword,  to  the  end  that 
we  might  lay  down  our  arms  or  ever  the  cannon 
ball  shot  oflF  our  legs,  and  just  to  prove  that 
peace  has  her  victories  no  less  than  war,  won 
the  Nobel  prize  and  the  pretty  penny  of  $40,000. 
That  the  baroness  was  justly  entitled  to  the 
honor  and  the  honorarium,  no  one  that  has  read 
her  "Ground  Arms"  and  knows  the  history  of 
the  noble  endowment,  doubts  for  a  hostile 
moment.  The  book  is  an  eloquent  appeal  to 
man's  better  nature  to  seek  and  ensue  her  whose 
paths  are  pleasantness,  lined  with  tree  of  fair- 
est fruit  in  lieu  of  ambushes.  'Tis  extremely 
captivating,  a  cultured  antitoxin  for  the  bacillus 
belli.  The  enemy  is  utterly  routed,  his  stock-in- 
trade  arguments  arc  shot  all  to  pieces,  the  dust 
is  bit  of  the  biter,  peace  to  his  ashes.  While 
she  gives  us  freely  her  moving  picture  of  peace, 
the  nickel  "odium"  gives  us  its  costly  picture  of 
war,  rumors  whereof  still  reach  our  ears.  If  we 
remember  aright,  sometime  about  the  beginning 
of  this  Era,  a  great  man  dying  in  the  Place  of 
the  Skull,  left  us  a  Pax  Vobiscum  of  irresistible 
persuasion.  Yet  is  the  red  star  in  the  ascendent. 
The  fatherland  at  the  mercy  of  France  the  im- 
memorial foe,  Vienna  invaded,  would  the  author 
of  "Ground  Arms,"  we  wonder,  be  up  in  them, 
play  Tolstoi  of  Lightest  Russia  or  Joan  of  Arc? 


Gingerbread 

Well-made  Gingerbread,  never  soggy,  but 
fluffy  and  light,  delights  the  children  and  is 
pleasing  to  grown-ups.  To  make  it  creamy, 
fluffy  and  light,  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

REriPK— Ueat  oiif-balf  pound  hotter  and  six  onnces  of 
8u«ar  to  arn*ani,ailil  six  well-bfaten  eKUS  atnl  beatUior- 
oiiylily.    Dissolve  une  tfasMountiil  B<»ia  in  a  halt  hot 
wuter,  add  it  t"  two  rnps  molasses;  nilx  and  stir  into  the 
first  mixture;  then  add  six  tabiespootifnla  Ka^le  Hrand 
C">ndeiiKt'd  Milk  diluted  with  one 
and  three-foui  ths  cups  water,  and 
one  cjnart  and  a  pint  of  iUtwr.  Heat 
smooth,  add  two  heaptnf;  tahle- 
sp'toiifuls  of   KinnPr.  mix,  ponr 
into  wi'll -greased  shallow  pans 
and  hakf  in  a  moderateoven  about 
forty  minutes. 

Write  for  Borden's  RtdpeBooh 

BORDEN'S 
CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

"Leaders  of  Quality'* 

Est.  1857  New  York 


Alexander  the  Great 

We  have  with  us  in  the  flesh,  as  we  once  had 
Henry  Holmes,  a  great  teacher.  Great  teacliers 
are  rare  as  the  name  Agassiz.  So  to  have  Herr 
Heinemann  with  us,  held  thrall  by  the  charms 
of  our  city  is  no  small  blessing.  Herr  Heine- 
mann does  not  teach  violin,  he  teaches  voice,  so 
we'll,  in  such  wise,  that  the  taught  with  one  ac- 
cord lift  up  their  voices  and  call  him  blessed. 
He  makes  no  secret  of  how  he  does  it.  But 
"Go  thou  and  do  likewise!"  is  easier  said  than 
done.  His  method  is  not  German  as  opposed  to 
Italian,  or  any  odorous  nonsense  of  the  sort,  but 
the  method  of  gifted  intelligence,  of  him  that 
knows  what  he's  talking  about,  as  opposed  to 
gab-gifted  pretention.  Method  is  one  thing,  re- 
sult, another;  as  is  to  sing  a  liedcr  and  to  make 
you  sing  it.  Many  a  teacher  has  to  all  seeming 
and  sounding,  a  like  method,  but  none,  I'm  told, 
a  like  result.  Again,  I  do  not  have  to  ask  you 
to  take  my  word  for  it.  'Tis  Rivalry  that  speaks. 
I  but  report.  Do  you  see  many  ads  in  the  news- 
papers for  love  lost  between  singing-teachers? 
Noticeably  few  and  far  between  as  angels'  visit. 
'Tis  a  year  now  since  Herr  Heinemann,  the  good 
angel  Heinemann,  visited  us,  till  he  come  again 
will  be  another.  The  great  singing  master  does 
not  claim  to  be  a  Svengali,  though  he  thinks  he 
looks  like  one.  Heinemann  thinks  a  good  deal, 
but  not  much  of  the  brains  of  Apollos,  and,  in- 
cidentally, himself  the  ugliest  of  men.  With  no 
world  of  music  to  conquer,  the  great  .Mexander 
is  all  smiles.  Born  to  make  a  noise  in  the  world, 
the  least  disagreeable,  he  has  fulfilled  his  destiny 
and  the  delighted  cars  of  the  critics.  Pearls  of 
pianissimo  fall  from  his  lips.  He  whispers  his 
own  voice  into  your  ear  for  music  and  draws 
yours,  if  you  have  one  of  your  own,  out  of  your 
mouth.  If  voice  you  haven't,  he  is  like  as  not 
to  tell  you  to  go  home,  cook,  and  keep  your  good 
money  for  grand  opera  tickets,  your  role  being 
obviously  that  of  the  listener.  He  may  even 
ofTer  you  your  money  back,  and  some  of  his  to 
boot,  for  time  pre-empted.  We  do  not  make  it 
so  hot  for  him  here  as  to  cause  him  to  "schwindle," 
that  is  to  say,  faint,  as  he  needs  must  where  it 
is  too  warm.  Herr  Heinemann  has  English  words 
for  our  equitable  climate.  For  our  voices  he 
must  needs  fall  back  on  the  German.  Incom- 
parably glorious  he  finds  them.  We  don't  know 
how  well  off  we  arc  in  this  matter  of  natively 
beautiful  voices.  But  some  of  us  do  know  when 
we're  well  off.  I  know  of  some  seven  w-ise  vir- 
gins and  matrons  who  are  willing  to  go  hatless 
till  Easter  next,  in  order  to  sit  at  his  feet  and 
gatlier  the  pearls  aforesaid  or  sung.  I'rom 
morn  to  night  he  works  like  a  lumnd, 
without  eating,  mixing  much  humor  witli  the 
pathos  inseparable  from  voice-building,  regaling 
himself  from  time  to  time  with  black  coffee  and 
cofTec-colored  cigar. 


Getting  Ready  for  the  New  Era 

Tlic  consolidation  of  the  pioneer  houses  of  the 
H.  S.  Crocker  Company  and  Cunningham,  Cur- 
tiss  &  Welch  is  a  matter  of  some  significance. 

EVERY  LUNCH  BASKET 

should  contain  a  couple  of  split  bottles  of  Itali.in- 
Swiss  Colony  TlPO  (red  or  white).  They  will 
make  cold  lunch  digestible. 


The 


Egyptiotn 
CigdLrette 
of  Quality 

AR.OMAT1C  DELICACY 
MILDNESS 
PURITY 


At  your  Club  or  Dealer's  or 
THE  SURBRUa  CO.,  Maker*.  New  York 


It  was  doubtless  effected  by  way  of  anticipation. 
The  trade  of  the  near  future  will  be  handled  in 
San  Francisco  as  it  is  now  handled  in  New  York 
— by  firms  able  to  take  care  of  a  vast  volume 
(  f  business.  The  members  of  the  two  pioneer 
1  ook,  stationery  and  printing  houses  looked  into 
the  future,  and  decided  to  be  ready  to  do  busi- 
ness on  the  scale  that  will  soon  be  demanded. 
The  probability  is  they  will  expand  their  manu- 
facturing departments,  and  certainly  they  will  cut 
a  big  figure  in  the  trade  of  the  whole  coast,  as 
they  will  have  branch  houses  in  Los  Angeles, 
Sacramento,  Portland  and  Seattle.  I  hear  that 
Ji  hn  Gilmartin  will  be  general  manager  of  the 
new  concern.  Gilmartin  has  been  secretary  of 
the  Crocker  Company  for  many  years.  He  is  a 
shrewd  business  man  of  rare  executive  ability, 
affable  and  popular,  in  every  sense  qualified  for 
his  new  and  important  position. 


Delegates  Visit  Oakland 

.Many  of  the  delegates  to  the  biennial  conven- 
tion of  Women's  Clubs  w-ent  sight-seeing  in  Oak- 
land and  confessed  themselves  charmed  by  the 
many  beautiful  homes  and  home-sites  on  the 
other  side  of  the  bay.  They  were  especially  en- 
thusiastic on  the  trip  over  the  forest  slopes  of 
Rockridge  Terrace  with  its  many  viewpoints 
wlicnce  may  be  seen  so  many  and  varied  stretches 
of  landscape  and  marinescape.  In  Rockridge  is 
to  be  seen  a  very  fine  example  of  the  "group 
building"  movement  which  has  become  the  hobby 
of  the  landscape  artist,  and  that  is  one  reason 
why  the  tract  is  now  exciting  a  great  deal  of  in- 
terest. 


MURPHY,  GRANT  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS 

FLRNISHIXG  GOODS,  NOTIONS, 
WHITE   GOODS,  LACES. 

Northeast  corner  BUSH  and  SANSOME  STS. 

S.\X  FRj\NCISCO 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 


Issued  to  All  Parts  of 


PORTLAND 

Sails  12  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $10,  $12,  $15.    2d  class  $6.00. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

.\.   OTTIN-GF.R.  General  Agent. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In  connection  with   These   Magnificent   Passenger  Steamers 

LOS  ANGELES 

Sails  11  a.  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $8.35.     2d  class  $5.35. 

Ticket  Office,  722  Market.    Phone  Sutter  2344 
8    East    Street,    opp.    Ferry    Building.    Phone    Sutter  2482 
lUrkcIcy     Office.     2105     Sh.ittuck.       Phone     Rerkeley  331 


July  6,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


13 


STATEMENT 

of  the  Condition  and  Value  of  the  Assets  and  LiabiHties  of 

The  Hibemia  Savings  and  Loan  Society 


HIBERNIA  BANK 

(A  CORPORATION) 
(Member  of  the  Associated  Savings  Banks  of  San  Francisco) 


DATED  JUNE  30,  1912 


ASSETS 

1—  Bonds  of  the  United  States  ($8,585,000.00),  of  the 

State  (if  California  and  Municipalities  thereof 
($4,091,137.50),  of  the  State  of  New  York 
($650,000.00),  the  actual  value  of  which  is  $14,566,400.65 

2 —  Cash  in  United  States  Gold  and  Silver  Coin  and 

Checks   $1,785,621.29 

3—  Miscellaneous    Bonds    ($6,185,000.00),    the  actual 

value  of  which  is   $6,200,644.06 

$22,552,666.00 

They  are: 

"San  Francisco  and  North  Pacific  Railway  Com- 
pany 5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($476,000.00),  "Southern 
Pacific  Branch  Railway  Company  of  California 
6  per  cent  Bonds"  ($306,000.00),  "Southern 
Pacific  Company,  San  Francisco  Terminal  4  per 
cent  Bonds"  ($150,000.00),  "Western  Pacific 
Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($250,- 
OOO.OO),  "San  Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley 
Railway  Company  5  per  cent  IBonds"  ($120,- 
000.00),  "Northern  California  Railway  Company 

5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($83,000.00),  "Northern  Rail- 
way Company  of  California  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($54,000.00),  "Market  Street  Cable  Company  6 
per  cent  Bonds  ($758,000.00),  "Market  Street 
Railway  Company  First  Consolidated  5  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($753,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company  of  California  Refunding  5  per 
cent  Bonds"  ($400,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Rail- 
way Company  of  California  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($334,000.00),  "The  Omnibus  Cable  Company  6 
per  cent  Bonds"  ($167,000.00),  "Sutter  Street 
Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($150,- 
000.00),  "Gough  Street  Railway  Company  5  per 
cent  Bonds"  ($20,000.00),  "Ferries  and  Cliflf 
House  Railway  Company  6  per  cent  Bonds" 
($6000.00),  "San  Francisco,  Oakland  and  San 
Jose  Railway  Company  5  per  cent  Bonds" 
($5000.00),  "The  Merchants'  Exchange  7  per 
cent  Bonds"  ($1,450,000.00),  "San  Francisco  Gas 

6  Electric  Company  4^  per  cent  Bonds" 
($553,000.00),  "Los  Angeles  Gas  &  Electric 
Company  5  per  cent  Bonds"  ($100,000.00), 
"Spring  Valley  Water  Company  4  per  cent 
Bonds"  ($50,000.00). 

4 —  Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  secured, 

the  actual  value  of  which  is  $32,260,268.29 

The  condition  of  said  Promissory  Notes  and 
debts  is  as  follows:  They  are  all  existing  Con- 
tracts, owned  by  said  Corporation  and  are  pay- 
able to  it  at  its  office  which  is  situated  at  the 
corner  of  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets, 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  and  the  payment  thereof  is  secured 
by  First  Mortgages  on  Real  Estate  within  this 
State.  Said  Promissory  Notes  are  kept  and  held 
by  said  Corporation  at  its  said  office,  which  is  it 
principal  place  of  business,  and  said  Notes  and 
debts  are  there  situated. 


5—  Promissory  Notes  and  the  debts  thereby  secured, 

the  actual  value  of  which  is  '  $297,879.00 

The  condition  of  said  Promissory  Notes  and 
debts  is  as  follows:  They  are  all  existing  Con- 
tracts, owned  by  said  Corporation,  and  are  pay- 
able to  it  at  its  office,  which  is  situated  as  afore- 
said, and  the  payment  tliereof  is  secured  by 
pledge  and  hypothecation  of  Bonds  of  Rail- 
road and  Quasi-Public  Corporations  and  other 
securities. 

6—  (a)  Real  Estate  situated  in  the  City  and  County  of 

San  Francisco  ($1,035,150.97),  and  in  the 
Counties  of  Santa  Clara  ($13,891.54),  Alameda 
($2997.80)  and  of  Los  Angeles  ($5,396.62),  in 

this  State,  the  actual  value  of  which  is   $1,057,436.93 

(b)  The  Land  and  Building  in  which  said  Corpora- 
tion keeps  its  said  office,  the  actual  value  of 

"''li^h       ■  ,  :-y   $976,089.93 

1  he  Condition  of  said  Real  Estate  is  that  it 
belongs  to  said  Corporation  and  part  of  it  is 
productive. 

7 —  Accrued  Interest  on  Loans  and  Bonds   $276,496.47 

TOTAL  ASSETS   ...$57,420,836.62 


LIABILITIES 

1—  Said  Corporation  Owes  Deposits  amounting  to  and 

the  actual   value  of  which   is  $54,099  874  46 

(Number  of  Depositors,  83,378;  Average  Amount 
Deposits,  $648.45.) 

2 —  Contingent  Fund — Accrued  Interest 

on  Loans  and  Bonds   $276,496.47 

3—  Reserve  Fund,  Actual  value  $3,044,465.69  $3,320,962.16 

TOTAL  LIABILITIES   ...$57,420,836.62 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY, 

By  JAMES   R.   KELLY,  President. 
THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  &  LOAN  SOCIETY, 

By  R.  M.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 


STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City   and   County  of  San   Francisco — ss. 

JAMES  R.  KELLY  and  R.  M.  TOI'.IN,  being  each  duly  sworn,  each  for 
himself,  says:  That  said  J.\MES  R.  KELLY  is  I'rcsident  and  that  said 
R.  M.  TOBIN  is  Secretary  of  THE  IIIHERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN 
SOCIETY,  the  Corporation  above  mentioned,  and  that  the  foregoing  state- 
ment is  true. 

JAMES  R.  KELLY,  President. 
R.  M.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  1st  day  of  July,  1912. 

CHARLES  T.  STANLEY, 
Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 


14 


TOWN    TALK  juiy  6.  1912 


Social  Prattle 


It's  a  Love  Match 

Her  friends  duwn  tlic  peninsula  are  saying  that 
Dan  Cupid  has  made  a  new  woman  out  of  Jenny 
Crocker;  that  is,  the  lovc-sniitten  maiden,  they 
say,  who  was  once  whimsical,  capricious  and 
frivolous  is  now  as  sedate  and  prim  as  a  Pilgrim 
daughter.  According  to  reports  from  every  re- 
liable, authentic  source  Jennie  Crocker  has  been 
touched  by  the  divine  spark.  It  used  to  be  said 
that  she  was  destined  to  bachelorhood  because 
she  was  fearful  of  being  married  for  her  money. 
It  is  her  good  fortune  to  be  loved  by  a  man  who 
has  as  much  money  a.s  herself,  and  so  thcir's  is 
the  genuine  love-match  that  isn't  made  every  day. 
And  ever  since  it  was  made  the  Californian  heiress 
has  been  bubbling  over  with  sentiment. 


Her  Fiance  Arrives 

Malcolm  Whitman  arrived  from  the  East  in 
time  to  spend  the  Fourth  with  his  fiancee  at  San 
Mateo,  and  the  young  couple  are  being  entertained 
right  and  left.  At  the  last  moment  Miss  Crocker 
had  decided  not  to  go  to  Chicago  for  her  brother- 
in-Iaw-to-be's  marriage  to  Miss  Chatfield  Taylor 
last  week,  but  she  welcomed  her  betrothed  at  the 
Oakland  mole  on  his  arrival  and  accompanied  him 
to  Uplands  where  he  is  the  guest  of  the  Temple- 
ton  Crockers  who  gave  a  large  dinner  in  his 
honor  on  the  fifth.  The  Crockers  came  all  the 
way  from  Honolulu  for  sister  Jennie's  wedding 
and  will  return  after  Templeton  has  given  the 
bride  into  the  groom's  keeping  on  the  sixteenth. 
Mrs.  Walter  Martin  has  invited  a  house-party  to 
Stag's  Leap  to  meet  the  New  Yorker  who  is 
carrying  off   the   little   California  heiress. 


Our  Beautiful  Women 

The  beauty  of  women!  A  fine  phrase  that,  and 
pregnant  with  inspiration.  Especially  beautiful, 
says  sweet  Baroness  von  Suttner,  are  the  women 
of  California.  Isn't  she  the  dear?  She  attributes  the 
heroic  size,  the  brilliant  minds  and  exquisite  pol- 
ish of  our  women  to  our  wonderful  climate. 
Which  somewhat  leads  me  to  think  that  she  took 
as  typical  one  of  the  ladies  she  met  at  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Martin's  tea — the  fairest,  most  brilliant 
and  most  polished  of  all  of  them.  No,  her  name 
I  keep  to  myself,  for  she  adds  to  her  other  qual- 
ities the  noblest  of  all  of  them—modesty.  To  be 
sure  we  have  not  a  few  woman  of  the  kind  de- 
scribed by  the  Baroness,  and  I  quite  agree  with 
her  that  our  women  have  the  lusciousness  of  our 
fruits  and  the  spirit  of  our  clear,  blue  warm 
skies.  But  their  beauty  is  something  more  than 
climatic.    As  our  population  is  a  fusion  of  many 


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paa|um,  tju*  moinA  tl'une  ^avAin 


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TRANSLATION:  "So  concentr.lrd  ii  the 
fracrancc  ol  this  perfuim:,  that  Icii  than  a  drop 
suffices." 


At  all  dri'cM.    Sen  I  V.  for  Sample  of  Extract. 


By  TANTALUS 

climes,  so  is  the  beauty  of  the  women.  Here  are 
to  be  seen  the  lissom  Greek  figure  of  the  Sicil- 
ian, the  flashing  black  eyes  of  Spain,  the  win- 
someness  of  the  daintiest  Parisienne,  the  wild- 
rose  bloom  and  hill-wind  freshness  of  the  Eng- 
lish downs  and  the  hair  touched  with  gold  and 
eyes  haunted  by  a  living  memory  of  the  Kil- 
larney  sky. 


Our  Comely  Buds 

Now  that  the  fashionable  schools  are  closed  for 
the  summer  the  beauty  of  our  young  girls  is  much 
in  evidence.    How  many  there  are  of  these  buds 


I'hoto,  Uentlie 

MISS  liLANCIIE  ML'RR..\Y 
Daughter  of  the  Duncan  Stanley  Murrays,  one  of 
San   Francisco's   beautiful  buds. 

to  whom  the  gift  of  loveliness  has  been  vouch- 
safed. I  have  before  me  a  photograph  of  one, 
which  is  reproduced  on  the  printed  page — Miss 
Blanche  Murray,  daughter  of  the  Duncan  Stan- 
ley Murrays,  just  out  of  the  West  school  and  now 
to  pursue  her  studies  under  the  guidance  of 
special  teachers,  after  which  she  will  go  to  Eng- 
land where  her  father  has  very  high  social  con- 
nections. Besides  being  a  beauty  Miss  Murray 
has  the  benefit  of  a  rearing  in  sweetest,  old- 
time  simplicity,  which  makes  for  an  indescribable 
air  of  loveliness,  so  often  found  wanting  in  the 
bud  of  the  period  in  whom  very  often  priggish 
precocity  is  a  painful  characteristic. 


The  Baroness  and  the  Man 

I  met  a  gentleman  who  met  Baroness  von  Sutt- 
ner at  the  Martin  tea,  where  by  the  way,  the 
hostess  was  assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs.  Garret 
McEnerney  and  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Ferguson. 
Though  the  gentleman  doesn't  take  the  peace 
propaganda  seriously,  the  Baroness  he  does.  He 
pronounces  her  one  of  the  sweetest  women  he 
ever  met.  "She  talked  to  me,"  he  said,  "of  the 
horrors  of  war,  and  she  put  up  a  mighty  stiff  argu- 
ment in  favor  of  universal  peace,  and  I  was  sorely 
tempted  to  emulate  Disraeli.  You  know  Dis- 
raeli listened  one  day  to  a  beautiful  vifoman  who 
held  forth  on  the  rights  of  women.    She  grew 


more  beautiful  as  her  eyes  flashed  in  the  course 
of  her  impassioned  argument.  Disraeli  listened 
spellbound.  The  lady  thought  she  was  making 
a  convert  of  the  eminent  man.  When  she  finished 
he  exclaimed,  'You  darling!'  It's  related  that 
she  was  very  much  displeased,  being  prouder  of 
her  intellect  than  of  her  beauty." 


Miss  Buckley's  Mystery 

There  was  some  mystery  about  the  engagement 
of  Miss  Buckley,  the  pretty  navy  belle  who  ar- 
rived from  Honolulu  last  week  and  declined  at 
first  to  divulge  the  name  of  her  betrothed.  Be- 
fore she  departed  for  the  East  the  young  lady  ac- 
knowledged that  her  heart  and  hand  were  prom- 
ised to  Bayard  Hyde  Smith  who  is  well  known 
in  local  society.  She  will  return  to  Honolulu 
where  the  young  man  is  engaged  in  business,  to 
be  married  at  the  home  of  her  step-father.  Com- 
mander Gill,  U.  S.  N.  Bayard  Hyde  Smith  comes 
of  one  of  the  best  known  families  in  the  State. 
His  grand-father  for  whom  Hyde  street  was 
named  was  the  first  alcalde  of  San  Francisco  and 
his  grandmother  was  a  famous  Spanish  beauty, 
related,  I  believe,  to  the  Castro  family.  His  sis- 
ters are  Mrs.  Baldwin  Wood  of  this  city  and  Mrs. 
Harold  Dillingham  of  Honolulu  who  is  at  pres- 
ent visiting  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker.  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander Garceau  is  the  young  man's  aunt  and  Mrs. 
Will  Horne  of  San  Rafael  is  his  cousin.  He  has 
been  in  Honolu  for  the  past  year  engaged  in  busi- 
ness with  his  brother-in-law.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Har- 
old Dillingham  came  up  on  the  same  steamer  with 
Miss  Buckley  and  will  remain  for  the  Crocker- 
Whitman  nuptials  on  the  sixteenth.  They  will 
sail  for  the  islands  the  latter  part  of  the  month 
when  the  Templeton  Crockers  will  return  to  com- 
plete their  summer  visit. 


Cupid's  Quick  Action 

Fred  Knight  sailed  for  Honolulu  last  week  to 
be  present  at  the  marriage  of  his  step-daughter 
Miss  Thelma  Parker  and  Henry  Gaillard  Smart 


MANZANITA  HALL 

PALO  ALTO.  CALIFORNIA 

Makes  a  specialty  of  preparing  boys  and  young 
men  for  entrance  to  the  universities.  The  location 
adjacent  to  Stanford  I'niversity  and  to  Palo  Alto, 
a  town  of  remarkable  culture,  makes  possible  a  school 
life  of  unusual  advantages  and  privileges. 

Twentieth    year    opens     August     27.     1912.  For 
catalogue  and  specific  information,  address 
W.  A.  SHEDD,  Head  Master 


Puckett's  College  of  Dancing 

Assembly  Hall 

1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  Van  Neu  and  Polk 

Ji  ^oTc  beautiful  ballroom 
Could    Hardly  Conceived 


Classes— Mondays.  .Assemblies — Frid«yi 

Advance  Class  and  Social— Wednesdays. 

Private  Leaaona 

Hall  for  Rent  Phone  Franklin  1 1 8 


July  6,  1912 

which  will  be  celebrated  at  Waimea,  the  famous 
Parker  plantation  which  yields  the  young  heiress 
an  enormous  revenue.  Harry  Smart  is  the  son  of 
a  poor  Methodist  clergyman  in  Virginia  who 
went  to  Honolulu  to  engage  in  business,  sailing 
from  San  Francisco  on  the  same  steamer  that 
carried  Miss  Parker  and  her  mother  to  the  islands 
several  months  ago.  The  courtship  was  brief  and 
has  been  followed  by  a  brief  engagement  to  cul- 
minate in  the  marriage  on  July  26.  The  young 
couple  will  spend  their  honeymoon  in  the  islands 
returning  to  spend  the  winter  in  this  city. 


The  O'Brien-Pier  Marriage 

The  many  friends  of  Mr.  James  H,  O'Brien 
received  a  surprise  this  week  when  they  received 
from  him  announcement  of  the  marriage  of  his 
beautiful  daughter  Genevieve  and  Mr.  Carl  Har- 
riman  Pier.  This  is  the  third  member  of  the 
O'Brien  family  to  go  to  the  altar  within  the  last 
two  years.  Mrs.  Pier  is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Hart- 
ley Peart.  She  is  a  very  charming  girl  who  has 
had  the  benefit  of  travel,  having  spent  several 
months  in  Europe  with  her  father  and  her  aunt 
Miss  Kate  Handley  of  Santa  Cruz.  Mr.  Pier  is 
a  Stanford  man,  a  young  lawyer  who  has  already 
won  distinction  in  his  profession.  He  is  now  an 
assistant  to  the  United  States  District  Attorney. 
The  Piers  were  averse  to  a  formal  wedding. 
They  were  married  Wednesday  at  Santa  Clara  by 
Father  Morrissey,  the  President  of  Santa  Clara 
College,  an  old  friend  of  the  O'Brien  family. 
The  young  folk  are  spending  their  honeymoon 
at  Del  Monte. 


Illness  of  Laura  Baldwin 

I  am  told  that  the  health  of  Miss  Laura  Bald- 
win which  has  given  her  family  deep  concern  in 
the  past  two  years  is  greatly  improved.  Now  it  is 
hoped  she  will  be  able  to  be  an  attendant  at  her 
sister's  wedding  to  James  Lowe  Hall  in  Novem- 
ber. Laura  and  Mildred  Baldwin  are  the  beauti- 
ful daughters  of  A.  S.  Baldwin  who  has  amassed 
a  fortune  in  San  Francisco  real  estate  and  owns 
a  mansion  in  Presidio  Terrace.  Mildred,  the 
younger,  has  been  devoted  to  her  sister  during 
the  latter's  invalidism  following  an  attack  of 
typhoid  which  left  her  partially  crippled  by  an 
affection  of  the  nerves  of  the  feet.  A  few  weeks 
ago  on  her  return  from  Europe  she  underwent  an 
operation  at  Adler's  and  the  results  are  said  to 
have  been  highly  satisfactory  with  every  hope  that 
this  pretty  and  charming  young  girl  will  soon  be 
completely  restored  to  health.  After  her  mar- 
riage Miss  Mildred  Baldwin's  home  will  be  in 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  where  Hall  has  exten- 
sive lumber  interests  but  she  has  declared  her  in- 
tention of  making  frequent  visits  to  California. 


TOWN  TALK 

'Winslow- Wallace  Wedding 

One  of  the  weddings  of  the  month  will  be  that 
of  Mrs.  Sarah  Stetson  Winslow  and  Colonel 
Hamilton  Wallace,  U.  S.  A.  It  will  be  very  quiet 
with  only  relatives  and  a  few  intimate  friends 
present.  Mrs.  Winslow  who  is  a  daughter  of  the 
late  J.  B.  Stetson,  chief  owner  of  the  California 
street  cable  system,  was  divorced  from  her  first 
husband,  Chauncey  Rose  Winslow,  the  father  of 
Miss  Rose  Winslow,  one  of  the  popular  debut- 
antes of  last  year.  Winslow  after  married  a  Port- 
land belle  and  his  death  occurred  two  years  ago 
in  the  northern  city.  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard  who 
was  Nellie  Stetson  is  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Winslow 
and  she  also  was  a  widow,  Mrs.  Ricardo  Pinto, 
when  she  married  Oxnard. 


Photo,  Genthe 


MRS.   C.\RL   H.VRKIMAN  PIER 
She  was  Miss  Genevieve  O'Brien  until  Wednesday  of 
this  week  when  she  became  a  bride  in  Santa  Clara. 

Nellie  Grant  Sartoris 

Mrs.  NelHe  Grant  Sartoris  who  was  married 
Thursday  to  Frank  H.  Jones,  Assistant  Post- 
master General  in  Cleveland's  Administration 
and  now  Secretary  of  a  Chicago  bank,  was  the 
only  daughter  of  President  Ulysses  S.  Grant.  She 
was  married  in  the  White  House  during  her 
father's  Administration  as  President  on  May  21, 
1874  She  was  then  17  years  of  age  and  had  been 
her  father's  favorite.  She  met  Algernon  Sartoris, 
a  member  of  the  British  Diplomatic  Corps,  before 
she  was  even  a  debutante.  The  meeting  took 
place  on  board  the  steamship  Russia,  and  gave 
rise  to  a  romantic  attachment.  Their  marriage 
was  a  brilliant  social  affair.  Mr.  Sartoris  was 
the  son  of  Edward  Sartoris.  His  mother  had 
been  Adelaide  Kemble,  sister  of  Fannie  Kemble 
the  actress.  Mr.  Sartoris  took  his  bride  to  Eng- 
land. He  established  her  in  a  handsome  country 
place  at  Cadogan,  England,  but  their  married  life 
proved  unhappy.  Mr.  Sartoris  died  after  she  had 
borne  him  three  children.  The  eldest  was  Al- 
gernon Sartoris,  who  served  as  a  Captain  in  the 
American  Army,  and  later  as  Consul  to  Guate- 
mala, a  post  he  was  forced  to  resign  because  of 
being  credited  with  supplying  information  to  a 
magazine  which  offended  the  Guatemalan  Gov- 
ernment. The  author  of  the  offending  magazine 
article  denied  that  young  Sartoris  had  furnished 

CANDY  FOR  HER  VACATION.  It  will  add 
to  the  pleasure  of  her  stay  in  the  country.  Can 
be  sent  by  express  from  any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


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Makers  of 

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420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


La  Questa 

One  of  the  FINES!  RED  WINES 

in  the  world.     Served  at  First-Class 
Hotels,  Cafes,  Clubs,  Etc. 

Producer,  E.  H.  RIXFORD 

California-Pacific  Building,   105  Montgomery  St. 
San  Francisco 

Customer — I  wish  you'd  quit  dunning  me  for 
that  suit  of  clothes.  Do  you  object  to  giving  me 
time? 

Tailor — Oh,  no;  but  it  looks  as  if  you  expected 
me  to  give  you  the  suit. 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years ; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient) :  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S  ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
For  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

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Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  r\t\\  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

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Victor  Talkinj  Machine,    '^heet  iVlusic  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Streets,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  StreeU.  Oakland 


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TOWN  TALK 


July  6,  1912 


him  the  information.  Both  of  Mrs.  Sartoris's 
daughters  are  married.  They  are  Mrs.  George 
H.  Woolston,  formerly  Miss  Rosemary  Sartoris, 
and  Mrs.  Frederick  Roosevelt  Scovel,  formerly 
Miss  Vivian  Sartoris. 


resentative  gathering  of  the  smart  folk  at  this 
cafe.  One  comes  to  Tait's  to  see  and  to  be  seen. 
The  management  is  featuring  a  special  luncheon 
every  day  and  it's  well  worth  the  half  dollar  asked 
for  it. 


A  Prophetess  Not  Without  Honor 

Our  Kathleen  continues  to  be  heard  from.  A 
cellist  brother  of  Miss  Parlow  tells  me  that  he 
heard  her  in  Boston,  as  soloist  of  the  Symphony, 
with  unqualified  delight;  that  of  women  violinists 
she  plays  second  fiddle  to  none,  not  even  Maud 
Powell;  that  her  interpretation  is  mastery  itself, 
her  bowing  virility,  her  whole  playing  virtuosity, 
plus  personality;  that  she  is  the  same  sweet  child 
she  was,  only  more  mature.  Fritz  Kreisler  may 
have  as  much  technique,  but  not  even  he  can  boast 
of  more.  The  great  fiddle  Alexandra  gave  her 
speaks  to  you  as  man  to  man,  and  asks  nothing  of 
gallantry.  His  praise  was  damned  by  no  faint- 
est breath  of  Great  for  a  woman!  Now,  though 
the  cello  and  the  violin  have  the  viola  between 
them  to  keep  peace  in  the  family,  and  though 
competition  is  ever  keenest  betwixt  the  most 
closely  allied  species,  I  have  heard  cello  and 
violin  quarrel  like  Kilkenny  cats  till  there 
was  nothing  left  for  the  horse-tail  to  wail  over. 
It  was  not  generosity  disinterested  spoke,  but 
intensely  interested  enthusiasm.  Henry  Holmes 
had  taught  both,  but  the  best  of  education  can- 
not draw  out  of  you  what  is  not  in  you.  Kath- 
leen had  it  in  her,  has  in  double  measure.  Such 
was  the  sum  and  substance  of  a  common  friend's 
encomium,  to  which  I  lend  ready  ear.  It  warns 
the  cockles  of  one's  heart  to  hear  artists  speak 
well  of  the  living.  A  recent  paper  in  The  Strand 
Magazine  on  great  women  musicians,  puts  Miss 
Parlow  second  only  to  Maud  Powell,  and  accom- 
panies the  praise  with  a  speaking  likeness — 
speaking  volumes  of  greatness. 


Our  Famous  Cafe 

When  the  question  of  "Where  shall  I  dine" 
arises,  one's  thoughts  naturally  turn  to  Tait's. 
Dining  at  this  famous  establishment  is  "quite  the 
thing"  nowadays.  At  no  other  cafe  in  town  is 
enjoyment  more  thorough  than  it  is  here.  On 
entering  this  establishment  you  immediately 
"sense"  the  charm  of  the  place,  and  you  are  filled 
with  the  Bohemian  spirit  that  pervades  the  atmo- 
sphere. Here  even  the  blase,  languid  idler  is 
roused  to  enthusiasm.    And  there's  always  a  rep- 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Rosenthal  and  a  party 
of  friends  are  enjoying  the  beautiful  scenery  of 
the  Feather  River.  The  friends  of  the  talented 
specialist  are  expecting  great  quantities  of  fish,  as 
the  doctor  is  a  wonder  with  the  rod  and  reel. 

The  John  J.  Barretts  have  decided  to  spend  a 
week  in  the  Yosemite. 

General  L.  W.  Cooke,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  Cooke 
are  at  the  Victoria.  General  E.  S.  McClernard 
and  Mrs.  McClernard  are  also  settled  at  the 
Victoria  for  an  indefinite  stay.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Homer  Wood  returned  during  the  week  from 
their  honeymoon,  and  arc  spending  a  few  days 
at  the  Victoria  before  leaving  for  their  home  at 
Salinas.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Decker  of  Denver 
and  Mrs.  E.  B.  Critchlow  of  Salt  Lake  are  guests 
at  the  Hotel  Victoria.  Mrs.  Josephine  Stokes 
Adams,  Miss  Lida  Stokes  Adams,  Miss  Emma 
Klater  and  Dr.  Eleanor  C.  Jones  of  Philadelphia 
are  registered  at  the  Victoria. 

There's  nothing  like  a  few  days  in  the  open 
air  for  rejuvenation  and  relief  from  the  "tired- 
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TOWN  TALK 


17 


Where  An  Artistic  Building  Scheme  is  in  Process  of  Development  by  Which 
Homes  are  to  be  in  Harmony  with  Environment 


The  effort  in  America  to  evoke  sympathy  with 
schemes  of  building  in  accord  with  landscape  op- 
portunities, and  with  intelligent  perception  of  the 
possibilities  of  grouping  has  failed  in  almost 
every  instance.  It  has  been  practically  impossi- 
ble to  make  the  individual  builder  feel  that  it  is 
worth  while  to  attempt  to  co-operate  with  his 
prospective  neighbor,  in  whom  he  almost  in- 
variably foresees  an  animal  destitute  of  the  first 
principles  of  good  taste  and  an  invader  animated 
with  the  desire  to  humiliate  the  original  intruder 
upon  tlic  horizon. 

The  result,  as  a  rule,  is  a  sort  of  competitive 
building  that  swells  eventually  into  a  discordant 
clamor  affrighting  the  timid  pilgrim  in  quest  of 
a  restful  refuge  and  makes  him  seek  a  sanctuary 
in  the  tall  timbers.  And  yet  the  immediate  and 
enthusiastic  response  to  a  suggestion  to  develop 
the  "city  beautiful"  shows  that  the  aspiration  of 
"the  people"  to  beauty  is  undying.  It  is  as 
strong  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  the  ancients,  but 
it  is  inarticulate.  It  lacks  the  power  of  expres- 
sion, and  perishes  in  a  futile  struggle  to  assert 
itself. 

The  reason  for  the  failure  of  American  com- 
munities, in  the  past— i.  e.  the  most  recent  and 
strenuous  past — to  grow  harmoniously  was  well 
indicated  by  Joe  Redding  in  an  address  before 
the  Down  Town  Association  of  San  Francisco. 
Mr.  Redding  was  discussing  public  improvements, 
notably  proposed  monuments  for  the  center  of 
the  business  district,  and  endeavored  to  impress 
upon  his  hearers  the  necessity  of  a  general  scheme 
of  development  instead  of  sporadic  and  unrelated 
efforts  to  achieve  the  esthetic  ideal  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. He  delved  to  the  roots  of  the  flower  of 
esthetic  growth  in  public  art  when  he  cited 
Pericles  of  Athens  and  the  lost  Napoleon  of 
France  as  illustrating  the  fact  that  no  great 
logical  plan  of  a  city  has  ever  been  accomplished 
except  where  one  man  has  dominated  the  tre- 
mendous work  of  giving  form  to  the  complex  as- 
semblage of  units  that  composes  a  metropolis. 
This  truth  has,  of  course,  been  illustrated  through 
all  history. 

With  these  facts  in  mind  the  development  of 
the  region  across  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco  not 
only  compels  our  profound  admiration,  but  ex- 
cites our  civic  pride;  for  while  the  transbay 
cities  have  as  yet  been  reluctant  to  unite  with  us 
literally  as  one  huge  world  center  they  are  the 
home-places  of  thousands  of  the  wealthy  men 
who  are  striving  to  give  the  San  Francisco  of  the 
immediate  future  its  "place  in  the  sun."  The 
planning  of  great  tracts  across  the  Bay  and  their 
realization    in    groups   of   what   are  practically 


beautiful  rural  estates  within  a  city  afford  not  only 
the  most  notable  achievement  of  its  kind  in 
America,  but  an  accomplishment  unsurpassed  in 
the  world.  This  is  a  fact  conceded  by  discrim- 
inating travellers  and  one  whose  significance  is 
obvious  to  any  visitor  who  rides  or  drives 
through  the  miles  of  gardened  and  forested  hill 
country  that  form  the  natural  amphitheatre  of 
Alameda  County.  Here  not  one  but  a  group  of 
men  owning  vast  estates  have  developed  in  per- 
fect harmony  with  each  other  the  most  extensive 
and  impressive  scheme  of  landscape  gardening  in 
the  United  States.  Through  their  inspiring  con- 
ceptions of  community  growth  they  have  stim- 
ulated some  of  the  best  individual  expressions 
of  architecture  and  landscape  treatment  that  have 
ever  originated.  Not  only  is  each  home  and  es- 
tate in  harmony  with  its  environment,  but  all 
tracts  of  various  owners  are  improved  in  ab- 
solute sympathy  with  the  general  ideal  of  realiz- 
ing the  full  opportunity  of  an  incomparable  in- 
spiration of  Nature. 

The  best  example  of  the  informing  impulse  that 
is  revealed  through  the  hill  region  back  of  Oak- 
land is  found  in  Rockridge  Terrace,  where  the 
scheme  of  Naples,  giving  to  each  villa  its  own 
place  in  the  landscape,  is  developed  upon  far 
more  beautiful  lines  than  the  original  which  in- 
spired it.  Among  the  great  decorative  features 
here  which  distinguish  Rockridge  are  the  seven 
parks  that  were  giv^n  to  the  City  of  Oakland 


by  the  Laymance  Real  Estate  Company.  In  or- 
der to  realize  the  landscape  treatment  one  must 
understand  that  in  this  beautiful  residential  sec- 
tion there  are  no  small  cities.  Each  home  is  in 
itself  a  park  and  a  viewpoint.  The  roads,  of 
course,  follow  the  natural  lines  of  the  slopes, 
leaving  as  in  Naples  a  commanding  marine  view 
and  a  landscape  opportunity  for  each  dweller. 
To  this  advantage  the  parks  and  sunken  gardens 
with  their  masses  of  foliage  and  color  lend  a 
splendid  approach.  Classic  stairways  lead  up  the 
slopes  of  the  park  and  from  decorative  landing 
to  landing  continue  over  the  ridge  of  the  hill  dis- 
appearing into  the  forest.  Italian  balustrades  fol- 
low the  winding  line  of  the  roads  on  each  crest, 
gleaming  in  white  through  the  floral  mass.  The 
entire  district  is  a  wonderful  illustration  of  the 
compelling  influence  of  a  big  landscape  plan  upon 
the  independent  esthetic  development  of  its 
units,  and  makes  Rockridge  the  fullest  and  most 
satisfying  expression  of  the  group  idea  in  Amer- 
ican cdumiunity  building. 

Just  as  the  amalgamation  of  large  business  in- 
terests on  both  sides  of  the  Bay  hints  at  the 
ultimate  union  of  the  group  of  cities  facing  the 
Golden  Gate,  so  the  recent  establishment  in 
Rockridge  of  a  group  of  San  Francisco's  million- 
aires in  stately  homes  and  estates  foreshadows 
the  closer  communion  of  the  sister  cities  as  they 
approach  their  common  destiny. 


A  SECTION  OF  ROCKKIDGE 


It 


Even  at  the  risk  of  seeming  obtrusively  dog- 
matic 1  must  assert  with  all  possible  emphasis 
that  the  playwrights  whose  brain-child  is  caper- 
ing listlessly  at  the  Alcazar  this  week  have  no 
reason  to  be  proud  of  their  offspring.  Yet  the 
thing  is  not  irredeemable.  Even  a  very  bad  play 
may  be  made  presentable.  Almost  any  clever 
playwright  can  do  the  trick.  And  even  so  me- 
diocre a  critic  as  myself  can  give  Joseph  Medill 
Patterson  and  Hugh  Ford  some  pointers  that 
might  enable  them  to  do  some  effective  patch- 
work. Perhaps  it  may  be  well  to  do  so  in  a  little 
essay  on  the  essentials  and  non-essentials  of 
dramaturgy.  By  way  of  introduction  I  will  say 
that  there  is  no  penal  statute  in  the  Republic  of 
Letters  which  prohibits  a  playwright  from  rapiug 
the  plot  of  a  story-writer.  There  is  therefore  no 
reason  for  the  apparent  diffidence  of  playwrights 
who  dramatize  stories.  In  the  old  days  the  play- 
wright seized  a  story  wherever  he  found  one  that 
looked  good  to  him.  He  made  no  bones  about 
it.  He  did  what  he  liked  with  it.  It  is  to  this 
picarooning  practice  of  the  playwright  that  we 
are  indebted  for  some  of  our  best  dramas;  for. 
indeed,  the  most  popular  play  ever  written, 
which  is  what  I  take  Hamlet  to  be.  Nowadays 
when  a  playwright  lifts  a  plot  he  tells  the  world 
about  it,  and  then  on  some  mysterious  ethical 
principle  he  tries  to  vindicate  his  fidelity  to  the 
original  story  by  putting  as  much  as  possible  of 
it  on  the  stage.    This  endeavor  is  fatal  to  good 


TOWN  TALK 

A  Conglomerate  Drama 

By  Theodore  Bonnet 

drama.  The  business  of  the  dramatist  is  to 
eliminate  exerything  that  isn't  absolutely  essential 
to  perfect  depiction.  Moreover  it  is  the  privilege 
of  the  dramatist  to  make  the  borrowed  story  his 
own,  to  make  it  conform  to  the  exigencies  of  the 
stage.  Now  this  is  precisely  what  Joseph  Medill 
Patterson  and  Hugh  Ford  did  not  do  with  the 
plots  they  took  from  O.  Henry's  "Cabbages  and 
Kings."  Behind  the  phenomena  of  the  Henry 
stories  is  an  inexorable  cynicism.  This  is  not 
easily  transferred  to  the  stage.  But  enough  of 
the  touches  of  it  remain  to  make  the  drama  ring 
unpleasantly  false.  The  playwrights  did  not  de- 
pend sufficiently  on  their  own  imagination.  They 
gave  their  mechanical  ability  the  upperhand  just 
as  the  epicure  gives  the  reins  to  his  palate.  It  re- 
quired a  deal  of  imagination  to  tell  those  Henry 
stories  successfully  in  the  new  form,  to  fuse  the 
discordant  elements  of  farce  and  comedy-drama 
and  compass  a  new-fangled  blend  of  sentiment 
and  silliness.  The  difficulty  is  in  the  very  at- 
mosphere of  the  piece.  The  atmosphere  of  the 
average  South  American  republic  is  the  atmo- 
sphere of  farce  comedy.  Henry  made  it  even 
more  farcical  than  it  is.  While  the  playwrights 
have  not  toned  down  the  farce  they  have 
brightened  the  sentiment.  One  might  as  well  try 
to  compound  a  play  out  of  Pickwick  and  Madame 
Marneffe.  Fancy  being  called  upon  to  accept  as 
a  tender,  romantic  heroine  a  lady  who  tried  to 
poison  her  husband!    Yet  an  Alcazar  audience 


July  6.  1912 


has  been  chided  for  not  knowing  when  to  weep 
and  when  to  laugh.  In  the  theatre  sense  plays 
havoc  with  nonsense.  No  wonder  that  "Cab- 
bages and  Kings"  gets  more  of  our  snickers  and 
sneers  than  of  our  sympathies.  But  to  come  back 
momentarily  to  my  essay.  In  writing  a  play  it's 
a  good  thing  to  employ  a  foot-rule  and  a  tape- 
line,  for  building  a  drama  is  much  like  building 
a  house.  There  must  be  a  nice  distribution  of 
parts  and  there  must  be  equilibrium.  The  ascent 
to  the  catastrophe  must  be  gradual,  and  also  the 
descent  to  the  final  curtain.  In  "Cabbages  and 
Kings"  the  descent  is  like  going  over  a  precipice. 
All  ends  are  brought  together  in  a  jiffy.  The 
last  act  is  of  the  rapid-fire  variety,  and  you  don't 
know  whether  to  accept  it  as  farce  or  genuine 
sentiment.  Indeed  it  is  in  this  respect  that  the 
play  puzzles  from  beginning  to  end,  ringing  true 
nowhere.  Nevertheless,  as  I  have  said,  it  is  not 
hopeless  despite  the  difficulty  of  steering  safely 
through  the  Scylla  and  Charybdis  that  stretch 
along  the  progress  of  the  story.  If  the  play- 
wrights would  not  attempt  to  transform  their 
tigress  into  a  nightingale,  and  if  they  would  soft- 
pedal  their  farce  and  be  just  a  little  less  forty- 
second-and-broadwayish  in  their  dialogue  they 
might  succeed  in  fashioning  a  pretty  fair  comedy- 
drama.  That  the  Alcazar  players  manage  to  hold 
an  audience  with  it  in  its  present  state  is  evi- 
dence of  the  ability  of  our  stock  organization. 


A  Mighty  Hunter  in  Motion  Pictures 

The  Paul  J.  Rainey  African  Hunt  Pictures  come 
to  the  Cort  for  a  two  weeks'  engagement  begin- 
ning tomorrow  (Sunday)  afternoon.  It  is  said 
tliat  they  are  the  most  marvelous  motion  pic- 
tures ever  taken.  They  have  been  exhibited  at 
the  Smithsonian  Institute  and  have  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  world's  greatest  scientists.  Mr. 
Rainey  is  a  millionaire  sportsman  of  Cleveland. 
Ohio,  and  has  the  reputation  of  being  the  most 
noted  and  fearless  hunter  of  wild  game  in  the 
world.  The  films  to  be  shown  at  the  Cort  were 
made  on  Mr.  Rainey's  last  expedition  to  Africa. 
They  show  the  hunter  and  his  associates  hunting 
lions,  tigers,  leopards  and  other  wild  animals  in 
the  jungles  of  Africa.  Many  hair-breadth  escapes 
from  death  are  depicted  on  the  screen.  Among 
other  views,  a  picture  of  a  herd  of  zebra  led  by  a 
member  of  the  gnu  family  is  shown.  When 
driven  out  of  his  own  tribe  this  beast  always 
seeks  out  a  herd  of  zebra,  appointing  himself 
its  leader.  Mr.  Rainey  is  shown  capturing  a 
wild  dog,  a  feat  that  stands  unparalleled  in  the 
annals  of  natural  history.  It  is  said  that  Hagen- 
back,  the  famous  animal  dealer  of  Hamburg,  af- 
ter having  spent  much  time  and  something  like 
$10,000  in  an  endeavor  to  secure  a  specimen 
alive,  gave  up  in  despair  and  declared  that  no  one 
would  be  able  to  take  one  of  these  animals.  An- 
other picture  shows  a  herd  of  several  hundred 
Thompson  gazelles.  They  are  declared  by  scient- 
ists to  be  the  most  timid  creatures  in  the  world. 
The  photographs  were  taken  but  seventy-five 
yards  distant  from  the  animals.  A  baby  rhin- 
oceros that  was  captured  is  also  seen.  This 
baby  rhino  is  now  in  the  London  Zoological 
Gardens.    It  is  proven  by  these  pictures  that  the 


Gossip  of  the  Hieatre 

li  ni,  which  has  always  been  regarded  as  the  King 
of  Beasts,  is  a  coward.  One  was  brought  to  bay 
1  y  a  pack  of  Mississippi  bearhounds. 


ALICK  LAUDER 
Harry    Lauder's    brother,    who    will    make    his  first 
American  appearance  at  the  Pantages  Theatre. 


At  the  Columbia 

"Louisiana  Lou,"  the  Columbia  Theater  musical 
comedy,  is  a  most  entertaining  combination  of 
bright  lines,  gay  music  and  pretty  women.  Its 


principal  fun-makers  are  Barney  Bernard  and 
Sophie  Tucker,  a  very  clever  pair  of  mimes. 
With  them  are  Bessie  De  Voie  and  Eleanor 
Henry,  pulchritudinous  damsels;  Harry  Hanlon 
and  Helena  Salinger  admirable  in  character  roles. 
The  chorus  is  of  triple  Class  A  construction. 


Vaudeville  at  the  Pantages 

Excellent  entertainment  is  provided  at  the 
Pantages  Theatre  this  week  and  the  vaudeville 
house  is  crowded  these  afternoons  and  evenings 
with  audiences  that  are  most  enthusiastic  in 
praise  of  "The  Five  Columbians,"  as  the  Caro 
Miller  family  is  called,  in  their  spectacular  sing- 
ing and  dancing  act;  Tallman,  the  wizard  of  the 
cue,  in  his  pool  performances;  the  Gordon  High- 
landers, in  their  novel  musical  act;  Lew  Pistel 
and  O.  H.  Gushing,  "the  stranded  minstrels,"  and 
the  many  other  good  features  of  the  bill.  For 
the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon  no  less 
a  personage  than  Alick  Lauder,  brother  of  Harry 
Lauder,  has  been  engaged  to  head  the  program. 
Lauder  comes  direct  from  Australia,  where  he 
has  been  making  a  great  hit  and  this,  his  first 
American  appearance,  is  looked  forward  to  with 
great  interest.  In  England  he  is  a  tremendous 
favorite  and  his  original  songs  and  characteriza- 
tions are  said  to  be  wonderful  studies.  Sig.  G. 
Frizzo,  the  famous  quick  change  artist  of  Rome, 
will  also  be  new  here,  presenting  his  transforma- 
tion sketch,  "Eldorado,"  in  which  he  imperson- 
ates nine  entirely  different  characters  and  gives  a 
complete  theatrical  entertainment.  Lordy's  dog 
actors  and  acrobats,  direct  from  London  via  Aus- 
tralia, will  appear  here  for  the  first  time,  offering 
their  novel  skit,  "The  Burglar's  Fate."  The  Mar- 
meen  Four,  clever  singers  and  instrumentalists. 


July  6,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


including  a  couple  of  pretty  girls,  will  offer  a 
melange  of  musical  oddities  and  the  Lessos,  whose 
juggling  feats  have  won  them  fame  all  over  the 
world,  will  present  their  entirely  original  act. 
Those  musically  inclined  will  experience  a  treat 
in  the  violin  playing  of  Henri  Kubelik,  nephew  of 
the  famous  Jan  Kubelik,  who  is  now  making  his 
first  American  vaudeville  tour. 


Bennett's  Farewell  Week 

Richard  Bennett's  farewell  week  at  the  Alcazar 
commences  next  Monday  evening  with  a  revival 
of  Charlts  Klein's  great  play  of  love  and  finance, 


a  curtain  raiser  for  "Naughty  Anthony."  In  a 
fashion  typical  of  Martin  Beck  the  production  as 
designed  by  Belasco  will  be  of  the  finest.  Mr. 
Belasco  has  given  this  presentation  the  first  he 
has  ever  made  for  vaudeville  the  best  of  his  mas- 
tery of  stage  craft.  Clara  Blandick,  a  clever  and 
popular  young  actress,  has  been  selected  for  the 
part  of  Cho-Cho-San  and  Earl  Ryder  will  enact 
the  role  of  Sharpless  the  American  Consul.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  classify  Brown  and  Blyer 
who  come  ne.xt  week,  except  in  their  own  terms 
"Just  Entertainers."  In  their  act  there  is  some 
patter,  a  little  song,  a  bit  of  music  and  a  dance 


I'.AUL  J.  R.\INEY'S  AFRICAN  HUNT 

Scene   from  the   wonderful   sportsman's   African  expedition,  to  be  shown  in  motion  pictures 
at  the  Cort  Theatre  Sunday. 


"The  Lion  and  the  Mouse,"  in  which  the  clever 
actor  scored  one  of  his  earlier  successes.  Indeed, 
his  impersonation  of  Jefferson  Ryder,  the  auto- 
crat-millionaire's rebellious  son,  was  the  means  of 
elevating  him  to  stardom,  for  he  originated  the 
part  and  made  so  much  of  it  that  the  New  York 
critics  gave  him  first  honors  in  a  roster  embrac- 
ing several  prominent  histrions.  In  the  cast  with 
him  will  be  Mabel  Morrison  as  Shirly  Rossmore 
(her  au  revoir  role),  in  which  she  made  a  pro- 
nounced hit  last  season  at  the  Alcazar,  and  the 
full  strength  of  the  stock  company  appropriately 
bestowed. 


Belasco  at  the  Orpheum 

David  Bclasco's  magnificent  production  of  his 
own  play  "Madame  Butterfly"  will  be  the  Or- 
pheum headline  attraction  next  week.  The  im- 
pression that  it  is  a  condensed  version  has  become 
current  and  is  erroneous.  "Madame  Butterfly" 
has  always  been  a  one-act  play  and  Mr.  Belasco's 
present  presentation  is  exactly  the  same  as  when 
the  piece  was  used  originally  in  New  York  as 


step  or  two.  A  trio  of  pretty,  vivacious  and 
symmetrical  girls  bearing  the  name  of  the 
O'Meers  Sisters  and  Company  will  furnish  a  most 
attractive  novelty  in  wire  performances.  Their 
stunts  are  new  and  thrilling.  They  open  with 
a  pretty  little  song,  then  flit  about  on  the  wire 
and  conclude  with  a  Russian  folk  song,  for  which 
they  wear  a  picturesque  and  correct  costume. 
Honors  and  Le  Prince,  a  team  of  French  acro- 
bats and  recent  arrivals  from  Paris  will  make 
their  first  appearance  in  this  city.  Like  most 
Frenchmen  they  are  superior  pantomimists  and 
they  enliven  their  acrobatic  feats  with  genuine 
comedy.  Ray  L.  Royce,  a  splendid  actor  with  a 
gift  of  mimicry,  will  introduce  his  artistic 
sketches  of  eccentric  characters.  Next  week  will 
conclude  the  engagements  of  Graham  Moffat's 
Company  of  Scottish  players  in  Mr.  Moffat's  own 
sketch  "The  Concealed  Bed";  The  Five  Piriscoffis 
and  also  of  George  "Honey  Boy"  Evans,  the  peer- 
less monologist  who  is  convulsing  the  audiences 
with  laughter  at  every  performance  and  making 
the  biggest  kind  of  a  hit. 


AMUSEMENTS 

Jit. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sti. 
f hones,  Franklin  ISO  and  Home  C  5783 

Nightly  Including  Sunday 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
FOR  TWO  MORE  WEEKS 
The  Great  La  Salle  Theater,  Chicago  Success 

"LOUISIANA  LOU" 

The  Musical  Comedy  with  Real  Fun  and  Jingly  Music 
BARNEY   GERNARD,  SOPHIE  TUCKER  and  others. 
Bargain    Matinee,   Wednesday,   25c,   50c,   75c   and  $1.00. 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinee,  25c  to  $1.50. 
Coming— JAMES  K.  HACKETT  in  "The  Grain  of  Dust." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  Sunday.  July  7th 
INTERNATIONAL  ATTRACTIONS! 
Alick  Lauder,  lirother  of  Harry  Lauder,  in  Character 
Songs  and  Studies :  Frizzo,  World's  Greatest  Quick  Change 
.\rtist ;  Marmeen  Four,  in  a  Melange  of  Musical  Oddities ; 
Lord's  Dog  Actors  and  Acrobats;  Henri  Kubelik,  Distiiig- 
guished  Hungarian  Violinist;  The  Lessos,  Famous  Jugglers: 
Jones  and  Mayo,  Comedy  Conversationalists  and  Sunlight 
Pictures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1  :30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  .M' 
Magnificei'i 
Theatre  t 
America 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.  Matinee  Every  Da> 
MARVELOUS  VAUDEVILLE 

DAVID  BELASCO  Pn. 


cnts 


MADAME  BUTTERFLY, 


a  one  act  play  by  David  Belasco,  Based  on  John  Luther 
Long's  Japanese  Story;  BROWN  and  BLYER,  "Just  En- 
tertainers"; O'MEERS  SISTERS  &  CO.,  3  Girls  on  the 
Wire;  HONORS  &  LE  PRINCE,  French  Pantomimic 
Gymnasts;  R.\Y  L.  ROYCE,  in  Eccentric  Character 
Sketches;  GRAHAM  MOFFAT'S  SCOTTISH  PLAYERS: 
FIVE  PIROSCOFFIS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION 
PICTt  RES:  Last  Week— Great  Laughing  Hit,  GEORGE 
EVANS.  "The  Honey  Boy." 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellii  and  Market 

Phone  Sutter  2460 


This  Afternoon  and  Tonight,  Last  Times  of  the 
Durbar   in  Kinemacolor 
Beginning  Tomorrow    (Sunday)  Matinee 
Matinee  Daily  at  2;30.    Nights  at  8:30. 

PAUL  J.  RAINEY'S 
AFRICAN  HUNT 

The  Most  Marvelous  Motion  Pictures  Ever  Taken 
Prices — 25c  and  50c 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday  Evening,  July  8th,  and  Throughout  the  Week 
Farewell   Appearances  of 

RICHARD  BENNETT 

And  Mabel   Morrison,  in 
Charles  Klein's  Great  Play 
THE  LION  AND  THE  MOUSE 

Prices:  Night,  25c  to  $1.00;  Matinee,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:   Thursday,   Saturday   and  Sunday. 
To  Follow:  BESSIE  BARRISCALE  in  "The  Rose  of  the 
Rancho." 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK,  316  Montgomery  St.  For 
the  half  year  ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend  upon  all  de- 
posits at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum,  free  of 
taxes,  will  be  payable  on  and  after  July  1,  1912.  FRED 
W.  RAY,  Secretary.  1 


TOWN  TALK 


July  6,  1912 


SANTA  CRUZ  WATER  CARNIVAL 

A  fairy  lake,  viewed  from  the  decks  of  a  huge 
phantom  ship,  erected  on  a  grass-grown  island  in 
San  Lorenzo  River, — this  is  to  be  the  scene  of 
the  great  water  pageant  and  carnival  at  Santa 
Cruz,  starting  on  July  20th  and  lasting  an  entire 
week.  Hundreds  of  workmen,  under  the  direct 
personal  management  of  Mr.  Fred  Swanton,  are 
gradually  transforming  the  sandy  flats  just  south 
of  Hotel  Casa  del  Rey  into  a  veritable  fairyland, 
soon  to  be  peopled  with  strange  and  wonderful 
gnomes,  genii  and  pixies  and  guarded  by  a  fleet 
of  mystic  water  craft,  each  vessel  of  which  will  re- 
mind you  of  Shakespeare's  "A  Midsummer  Nights 
Dream."  It  is  a  bold  idea  of  Manager  Swan- 
ton's  and  one  that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten  by 


Los  Angeles 


$25  Round  Trip 


San  Diego  $29  Round  Trip 

Tickets  on  sale  daily 

Good  for  return  until  October  31,  1912 

Santa  Fe's  new  train 


Leaves  San  Francisco 
daily  at  4:00  p.  m. 
This  is  California's 
finest  train 


Angel 

On  the  return  trip  the  Saint  offers 
the  same  superior  service. 

Phone  or  call  on  me  for  reservations. 

Jas.  B.  Duffy,  Gen.  Agt.,  673  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.   Phone:  Kearny  315  and  J  3371. 

J.  J.   Warner,   Gen.   Agt.,   1218   Broadway,  Oakland. 
Phone:   Oakland  425   and  A  4425. 

Santa  Fe 


OCEAN  SHORE  RAILROAD 

"Reaches  the  Beaches" 

NEW  SERVICE 

8  TRAINS  DAILY    12  TRAINS  SUNDAY 


TRAINS  LEAVE: 


8  A.M.  3  P.M.  EXTRA  SUNDAY  TRAINS 
10  A.M.   5:45  P.M.    6:55  A.H.      1:30  P.M. 


DEPOT 
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San  Francisco 


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Fast  Express  Steamers.    Sailing  Tuesdays 
Twin-Screw  Passenger  Steamers.    Sailing  Thursdays 
S.  S.  "GEORGE  WASHINGTON" 
Largest  and  Newest  German  Steamer  Afloat 

NAPLES,  GENOA 
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Good  for  Two  Years.    Price  $618.00 
Travelers'  Checks  Good  All  Over  the  World 

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Telephones:  Kearny  4794  and  Home  C  3725 


those  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  witness  the 
festival.  It  contemplates  the  damming  of  the 
San  Lorenzo  River,  a  stones-throw  from  where 
it  joins  the  mighty  Pacific,  in  order  to  create  a 
charming  lake;  the  decoration  of  the  southern 
banks  of  that  river  until  it  shall  resemble  Arcady; 
the  construction  on  an  island  of  a  huge  amphi- 
theatre in  the  shape  of  a  Spanish  Galleon,  capable 
of  seating  four  thousand  persons;  and  then  a 
nightly  parade  of  gorgeous  floats  and  boats,  filled 
with  singing  and  dancing  girls,  robust  steersmen 
and  soldiers  and  happy  children.  Rome,  in  its 
days  of  splendor,  never  conceived  anything  moie 
entrancing.  And  then,  to  be  sure,  there  will  he 
the  hundred  daylight  diversions  for  the  visitor, — 
the  yacht,  motor-boat,  shell,  swimming  and 
hydroplane  races;  the  airships  encircling  the  lofty 
blue;  the  bathing,  fishing,  dancing,  riding  and 
skylarking  on  the  mile-long  board  walk.  More 
than  fifty  great  white  birds,  belonging  to  the 
Corinthians  and  other  yachtsmen,  will  be  in  the 
harbor;  an  equal  number  of  motor-boats;  a  pair 
of  Uncle  Sam's  cruisers  and  two  of  his  submar- 
ines; an  even  dozen  of  the  world's  famous  swim- 
mers, under  the  direction  of  Sidney  Cavill;  and 
to  crown  it  all,  thousands  of  dollars'  worth  of  fire- 
works, which  will  illuminate  the  sky  at  the  close 
of  each  evening's  entertainment.  In  the  prepara- 
tion of  his  program.  Manager  Swanton  has  been 
aided  materially  by  Commodore  Conney,  of  the 
Corinthians,  and  ex-Commodore  Hogg,  each  of 
whom  has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  the  carnival. 
The  railroad  company  is  offering  exceptionally 
low  fares  for  the  week  and  the  hotels  and  cottage 
cities  of  Santa  Cruz  have  pledged  themselves  to 
make  no  advance  over  their  regular  rates.  ."Mto- 
gether,  "water  week"  at  Santa  Cruz  should  be  the 
biggest  thing  ever  attempted  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
and  Manager  Swanton  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
designing  such  a  meritorious  entertainment. 


In  the  Limelight 

"Pinafore"  has  been  selected  as  the  opening 
bill  for  the  great  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  comic 
opera  festival  which  is  scheduled  to  begin  at  the 
Cort  on  Sunday  night,  July  21.  "Patience,"  "The 
Mikado"  and  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance"  are  the 
other  operas  that  will  be  given  during  the  four 
weeks'  engagement.  The  Messrs.  Shuhert  and 
William  A.  Brady,  producers,  will  send  the  orig- 
inal New  York  cast  from  the  Casino  direct  to 
the  Cort  Theatre  for  the  season.  Following  is 
the  correct  cast  that  will  interpret  the  operatic 
masterpieces;  De  Wolf  Hopper,  Blanche  Duffield, 
Eugene  Cowles,  George  J.  MacFarlane.  Kate  Con- 
don, Arthur  Aldridge,  Viola  Gillette,  Arthur 
Cunningham,  Alice  Brady  and  Louis  Barthcl. 

Following  "Louisiana  Lou"  at  the  Columbia 
Theater  will  appear  the  noted  actor,  James  K. 
Hackett,  who  since  his  famous  success  in  "The 
Prisoner  of  Zenda"  has  not  triumphed  to  such 
extent  as  he  has  in  his  new  play,  "The  Grain  of 
Dust."  Mr.  Hackett's  engagement  will  cover  a 
number  of  weeks  and  during  his  stay  here  will 
produce  a  new  Booth  Tarkington  play  called 
"The  Man  on  Horseback." 


Legal  Advice 

"It's  this  way,"  explained  the  client.  "The 
fence  runs  between  Brown's  place  and  mine.  He 
claims  that  I  encroach  on  his  land,  and  I  insist 
that  he  is  trespassing  on  mine.  Now,  what  would 
you  do,  if  you  were  in  my  place?" 

"If  I  were  in  your  place,"  replied  the  lawyer, 
"I'd  go  over  and  give  Brown  a  cigar,  take  a  drink 
with  him,  and  settle  the  controversy  in  ten  min- 
utes. But,  as  things  stand,  I  advise  you  to  sue 
him  by  all  means.  Let  no  arrogant,  domineering, 
insolent  pirate  like  Brown  trample  on  your  sacred 
rights.  Assert  your  manhood  and  courage.  I 
need  the  money." 


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TOWN  TALK 


21 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — The  banking  community  and  the  hold- 
ers of  the  bulk  of  securities  have  refused  through- 
out the  week  to  allow  political  contests  to  shake 
their  confidence  in  ultimate  prosperity  as  fore- 
shadowed by  improving  crop  conditions.  Fur- 
ther progress  has  therefore  been  made  in  the  di- 
rection of  higher  prices  for  securities  and  the 
outlook  for  still  higher  levels  has  brightened. 
The  distraction  of  attention  from  the  market  by 
politics  has  reduced  the  daily  total  of  transac- 
tions in  both  stocks  and  bonds,  but  it  has  not 
caused  unloading  or  pressure.  On  the  contrary, 
the  trend  of  the  speculative  securities  market  has 
been  upward.  Upheavals  from  radical  acts  and 
policies  of  a  new  President  are  no  longer  con- 
sidered within  the  bounds  of  possibility  by  the 
banking  and  industrial  communities,  who  share 
the  conviction  that  politics  and  business  will 
hereafter  move  along  separate  lines,  and  that  fur- 
ther improvement  in  the  securities  market  may 
therefore  be  looked  for  as  soon  as  the  conven- 
tion is  ended.  Back  of  this  seeming  indifference 
on  the  part  of  the  banking  and  business  world 
as  to  the  outcome  of  the  convention  is  to  be 
found,  however,  the  knowledge  that  the  iron, 
steel  and  copper  metal  trades  are  doing  their  ut- 
most to  counteract  even  the  restraining  influences 
hitherto  exercised  by  political  disturbances. 
Favorable  weather  in  all  portions  of  the  cereal 
and  cotton  growing  belts  has  necessitated  re- 
peated raising  of  the  estimates  on  the  yields  of 
wheat,  corn,  oats,  cotton  and  hay,  and  there  is 
every  reason  for  adding  to,  rather  than  lowering, 
the  recent  estimate  on  the  value  of  farm  product 
for  this  year  of  about  $9,000,000,000.  With  the 
growing  confidence  of  satisfactory  yield  of  ag- 
ricultural products,  there  has  also  come  the  de- 
sire to  provide  for  the  harvesting  of  the  crops 
with  agricultural  implements  and  machinery  and 
to  prepare  for  expansion  in  many  other  industries 
with  more  liberal  purchases  of  supplies.  Evi- 
dence of  the  improvement  has  been  furnished  by 
one  of  the  commercial  agencies  which  has  de- 
scribed it  as  uniformly  satisfactory  in  all  the 
leading  trade  centers  in  various  portions  of  the 
country,  and  by  the  unceasingly  large  volume  of 
bank  clearings  and  railroad  earnings.  Even  be- 
fore all  the  looked  for  improvement  materializes 
in  the  business  world,  however,  the  securities 
market  will  likely  anticipate  it  with  rising  prices. 

Cotton — The  cotton  market  the  past  week  has 
been  a  very  quiet  aiTair  with  fluctuations  in  a  very 
narrow  range,  but  failed  to  decline  in  keeping 
with  tlie  weakness  at  Liverpool  and  the  reports 
of  more  favorable  weather  in  all  sections.  Ex- 
cept for  a  few  light  scattered  showers  at  several 
points  in  the  central  and  south  Atlantic  States 
which  were  not  needed,  the  weather  could  be  con- 
sidered ideal  for  the  rapid  growth  and  develop- 


ment of  the  CLOp.  There  were  quite  a  few  notices 
sent  out  on  July  contract  but  these  were  promptly 
stopped  by  one  of  the  large  spot  houses  and  had 
little  or  no  effect  on  the  market.  There  are  some 
reports  creeping  in  daily  of  insects  appearing  over 
important  areas  in  the  Memphis  district  where 
the  outlook  is  said  to  be  less  encouraging  than  it 
was  ten  days  ago,  and  a  prominent  local  operator 
and  mill  man  returning  to  his  home  gave  a  some- 
what gloomy  account  of  the  crop  all  along  the 
route  from  Virginia  to  Alabama.  Very  few  are 
willing  to  risk  going  short,  as  nine  times  out  of 
ten  the  most  serious  injury  to  the  crop  occurs  af- 
ter July  1st.  It  is  obvious  that  a  wide  area  of 
dccirledly  high  temperatures  would  send  the 
market  up  and  July  is  the  month  of  high  tem- 
peratures. Furthermore  the  strength  in  the  spot 
situation  is  a  factor  not  to  be  ignored. 

Wheat — The  wheat  trade  the  l;ist  week  has  been 
conihicted  along  conservative  lines,  and  part  of 
the  time  the  trade  has  labored  under  a  feeling  of 
discouragement  and  depression.  The  price  being 
higher  than  a  year  ago  has  caused  some  nervous- 
ness iin  the  part  of  holders,  and  has  fostered  a 
i)elief  that  present  values  could  not  be  main- 
tained. This  has  caused  a  pretty  general  liquida- 
tion of  long  wheat  and  considerable  short  selling 
as  well.  The  milling  and  jobbing  trade  have  con- 
tinued their  persistent  attitude  of  withholding 
their  l)uying  orders  until  the  new  crop  movement 
is  under  way.  But  there  arc  now  indications 
that  these  procrastinating  tactics  will  soon  end, 
because  the  very  necessities  of  the  consumptive 
demand  will  compel  it.  It  is  a  threadbare  saying 
that  there  is  always  enough  wheat  to  go  around, 
but  tlie  trade  all  civcr  tlie  world  has  seemed  to 
have  fallen  in  with  that  idea,  and  to  have  been 
conducting  its  business  in  the  most  unconcerned 
way,  regardless  of  crop  losses,  or  exhaustion  of 
supplies,  or  anything  else.  France  is  the  country 
to  be  ruthlessly  awakened  to  the  fallacy  of  the 
belief  that  there  is  always  plenty  of  everything, 
eipecially  of  wheat,  and  for  many  months,  and 
until  recently,  that  country  paid  but  a  careless 
regard  to  the  serious  loss  of  its  own  crops,  or  to 
the  greater  loss  of  that  of  Russia.  The  French 
trade  has  continued  to  sell -wheat  for  future  de- 
livery at  a  large  discount  under  the  market  for 
cash  supplies,  only  to  buy  it  back  at  an  immense 
loss  when  the  month  rolled  around  in  which  the 
contract  matured.  What  is  true  of  France  is  also 
true  of  Germany  and  other  foreign  countries. 
The  present  values  of  wheat  all  over  continental 
Europe  emphasize  the  belief  that  there  is  ample 
foundation  for  serious  apprehension  rc.garding  the 
future  supply  of  food. 

Corn — The  corn  market  has  had  a  decline  of 
II  ci  nts  a  bushel  and  recovered  5  cents  of  it, 
and  while  the  price  is  still  high  the  conditions  are 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1858  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member   of   tlie   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branclies  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION    BRANCH,   2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  2Ist  and  22nd 
RICHMOND    DISTRICT    BRANCH,    601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 
HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 
No.  2  MONTGOMhKY  S  1  REET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.1  1 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10.519.217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers — Isaias  W.  Hellnian,  I'res.  ;  I.  \V.  liellman  Jr., 
V.-I'res. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias   W.    Hellman,    I.    W.    Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph   Sloss,   A.    Christeson,    I*ercy   T.    Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,    F.    W.    Van    Sicklen,    Hartland    Law,    Wm.  F. 
llerrin,   Henry   Rosenfeld,   John   C.   Kirkpatrick,  James 
Flood,   J.   Henry   Meyer,   Chas.   J.   Deering,   .\.  H. 
P.iyson,   James    K.    Wilson    and    F.    L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.    New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   .Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  .'\ssistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    lioardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

Tames  C.   Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G,  H.  Umbscn 

A.  A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 

p.  m.,  Sunilavs  and  Holidays  included. 


Telephone   DOI'GLAS  2487 


R.   E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch.  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago   and   New  York 


Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New  York,  31-33-35   New  Street 


22 

snch  that  present  vahics  seem  likeljr  to  be  main- 
tained, if,  indeed  they  do  not  work  considerably 
higher.  There  has  been  a  liberal  ran  of  receipts 
and  these  are  now  tapering  down  and  will  doubt- 
less continue  light  or  only  moderate  on  til  the  new 
crop  is  assnred.  We  believe  the  demand  will  be 
more  than  sufficient  to  absorb  all  the  offerings  at 
the  present  price  making  a  situation  that  is  in- 
viting to  the  investor  on  all  reactions. 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

Sam  Parker  on  his  way  to  Honolulu  from 
Washington,  D.  C,  talked  while  in  town  of  the 
enterprise  of  the  Kon  and  Hilo  Ditch  Co.  which 
has  an  application  before  Congress  for  a  water 
franchise  which  will  involve  the  expenditure  of 
between  three  and  fonr  million  dollars  and  un- 
der which  78,000  acres  of  rich  land  will  be  ir- 
rigated. The  Kou  and  Hilo  Ditch  Co.  is  a  hold- 
ing company  owned  by  Mr.  Parker  and  an  as- 
sociate. It  has  completed  a  ditch  with  laterals 
for  the  Hamakna  Irrigation  Co.,  which  irrigates 
20XIC((  acres  and  it  has  another  system  in  opera- 
tion over  10,000  acres  for  the  Koholo  Irrigation 
Co.  These  companies  receive  from  $2,500  to 
S6,Wj  per  million  gallons  a  year. 

Charles  F.  Wood,  vice-president  of  The  Break- 
water Co.  of  Xew  York,  is  en  route  to  Honolulu. 
His  company  has  the  contract  for  the  government 
breakwater  to  cost  $2,000,000.  It  will  take  live 
years  to  complete  the  work  and  give  steady  em- 
ployment to  250  men. 

The  sugar  market  is  depressed  owing  to  the 
tariff  question  and  the  position  Cuba  occupies  as 
a  producer  of  sugar.  English  and  French  capital 
are  very  active  in  the  islands.  The  English  house 
of  Da  vies  &  Co.  has  taken  over  the  "Kukaiau," 
one  of  the  largest  sugar  plantations  in  Hawaii 

The  National  Conduit  and  Cable  Company,  one 
of  the  largest  consumers  of  the  metal,  continues 
bullish,  as  indicated  by  its  current  monthly  cir- 
cular, which  says  that  "the  world's  demand  is  now 
able  to  prevent  any  accumulation  at  any  of  the 
leading  centres."  The  signincancc  of  this  state- 
ment becomes  all  the  more  pronoonced  as  it  fol- 
lows an  earlier  statement  to  the  effect  that  this 
year's  production  of  copper  will  be  at  an  unpre- 
cedented rate.  It  hardly  seemed  possible  that  the 
selling  price  of  copper  could  be  lifted  from  12^ 
to  1714  within  a  little  over  eight  months,  and  yet 


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this  is  exactly  what  has  occurred.  .\nd  coincident 
with  the  rising  tide  of  values  an  enormous  baying 
movement  developed  on  both  sides  of  the  ocean, 
revealing  a  revival  of  confidence  absolutely  im- 
possible a  year  ago.  Domestic  prices  arc  now  the 
highest  in  over  four  years,  and  predictions  of 
further  substantial  advances  are  made  by  en- 
thusiastic believers  in  aerial  market  flights.  It 
must  strike  every  sensible  student  of  the  copper 
simation,  however,  that  it  is  essential  to  the  best 
interests  of  every  one  that  market  values  are  kept 
at  a  reasonable  level.  .\  repetition  of  the  blunder 
of  1907  should  not  be  permitted. 


The  Gypsy 

(Coatinned  from  Pa^  8.) 

She  looked  and  she  looked,  and  she  tried  to  find 
out  the  secret  of  her  recent  success.  She  is  really 
beautiful,  really  interesting  in  the  gypsy  costnme. 
But  she  cannot  put  it  on  the  following  day;  there- 
fore tomorrow  she  would  become  again  tbe  or- 
dinary Lisa,  so  like  unto  thousands  of  others. 
She  removed  the  clasp  from  her  hair,  and  it  ap- 
peared to  her  as  if  she  were  casting  away  a  for- 
tune with  her  own  hands. 

She  pinned  the  clasp  again  to  her  hair. 

Fortune  had  come. 

But  how  can  she  retain  it? 

She  cannot  go  around  every  day  in  gypsy  cos- 
tume. If  she  would  put  it  on  tomorrow  and  go 
Oct  upon  the  street,  would  they  not  ridicule  her? 

What  is  this  thing.  Lisa  thinks,  in  fear  and 
dread. 

She  has  already  grasped  fortune.  She  possesses 
it,  yet  she  cannot  retain  it. 

By  accident  she  bounded  into  luck,  but  it  lasted 
for  a  night  only. 

How  many  nights,  long  and  dreary,  will  she  be 
forced  to  wait  till  fortune  comes  again?  And  will 
it  ever  come?  Xo!  The  luck  would  never  re- 
turn. 

How  extraordinary,  how  strange!  Her  fate 
lies  in  a  gypsy  costume — in  a  clasp — in  a  red 
shawl,  and  loose  flowing  hair. 

She  pressed  her  lips  together  in  a  bitter  smile. 

"Wild  and  foolish  are  your  hopes,"  the  gypsy 
answered  her  from  the  glass,  and  angrily  Lisa 
pulled  the  clasp  from  her  hair,  the  red  shawl 
from  her  shoulders. 

"Gene,  fortune  I  Ha,  ha,  ha  I"  and  she  broke 
out  in  hysterical  laughter. 

V^r-.ir  -he  was  bet  an  ordinary  g:-' 


Photographs 

Whigham's  Art  Studios 

739  Market  Street,  Cpp.  GrMt  Avesac 
1615  Fillmore  Street.  Near  Geary 
Phone*:         We*t  7831         Home  J  1223        S  3757 
San  Francisco 


Jnly  6.  1912 

Varied  Types 

(CoctinDCti  from  Page  7.) 

I  saw  right  away  what  I  was  up  against  We 
talked  it  over  and  I  made  an  engagement  to 
meet  Ruef  at  the  Pup  restaurant  the  night  before 
the  day  Schmitz  took  office.  To  show  me  how 
things  stood,  he  handed  me  a  letter  that  he  had 
just  written.  It  was  a  letter  addressed  to  him- 
self, which,  he  said,  he  was  waiting  to  have 
Schmitz  sign.  It  was  the  letter  published  the  next 
day.  the  letter  serving  notice  on  everybody  who  had 
business  with  the  city  to  'see'  Ruef.  You  re- 
member it,  don't  you?" 

I  remembered  it  very  welL 

"Pretty  raw,  wasn't  it?"  Kelly  asked. 

Yes,  it  was  pretty  raw. 

"Well  you  can  see,"  Kelly  observed  with  a 
broad  smile,  "that  the  bright  young  lawyer  cor- 
rupted by  the  bosses  was  in  need  of  a  g^nardian 
to  keep  him  out  of  jail.  Ruef  always  thought 
that  because  he  was  a  lawyer  he  could  go  much 
further  than  any  ordinary  boss.  He  used  to  tell 
us  that  his  relations  in  politics  were  the  relations 
of  attorney  and  client  He  thought  he  had  a 
cinch,  and  when  he  had  full  swing  with  nobody 
to  hold  him  he  put  his  neck  in  the  halter.  Bah! 
he  didn't  even  have  a  sense  of  the  honor  that's 
among  thieves.  His  business  went  to  smash  be- 
cause he  didn't  deal  squarely  with  the  supervisors. 
He  gave  one  man  more  than  another,  made  them 
suspicious  of  one  another,  till  they  began  doing 
business  on  their  own  hook." 

You  can  see  that  Martin  Kelly,  the  boss  of  the 
old    school    that    recognized    certain  inviolable 
ethics  has  given  much  thought  to  the  downfall 
of  Ruef.  and  that  he  has  accounted  for  it  oa  a 
very  plausible  theory.    What  he  likes  to  emphas- 
ize and  drive  home  is  that  Ruef  is  in  jail  not 
because  of  the  firm  of  Kelly  and  Crimmins  but 
because  he  did  not  have  the  benefit  of  the  re- 
straints which  it  was  the  custom  of  that  firm  to 
impose.    "It  was  all  I  could  do."  said  Kelly,  "to 
keep  him  straight  at  the  Santa  Cruz  convention. 
I  went  down  there  with  him.  and  I  pointed  out 
that  as  he  had  the  balance  of  power  he  might  by 
using  it  judiciously  'oecome  a  State  boss.  Pardee 
was  willing  to  make  any  kind  of  deal  with  him 
He'd  promise  him  anything  for  his  delegates.  V 
I  told  him  that  the  doctor  wasn't  straight,  tV 
he  couldn't  be  depended  on.    Ruef  wanted  " 
name  Mr.  Hayes  of  San  Jose,  but  Hayes  didr.  : 
have  a  chance.    Ruef  finally  stood  in  with  the 
program,  but  he  acted  in  such  a  way  that  V 
didn't  do  himself  much  good.    The  trouble  »  ' 
Ruef  was  he  was  too  avaricious." 

Martin    Kelly    concluded    that    he  had 
enough  about  Ruef.    But  before  going  he  had 
few  words  to  say  about  the  present  state 
politics.    "Things  are  in  quite  a  mess  now." 
observed,  "and  I  feel  somewhat  responsible  f  - 
conditions  in  this  State." 

"How  is  that?"  I  asked. 

"Well  you  see,"  he  said,  "I  became  a  reform  .  - 
some  years  ago.  You  know  I  drew  the  hr-t 
primary  law  ever  drawn  in  this  State.  It  wa- 
declared  unconstitutional,  but  the  meat  of  it  wri-; 
handed  down.  Yes.  I  think  I  started  this  reforn 
wave,  and  I'm  afraid  God  will  punish  men  t'j- 
my  sins.  I  know  the  people  will  never  forgiv- 
me — when  they  wake  up." 

.\nd  Martin  looked  the  part  of  the  penitent 
sinner. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE 
HUMBOLDT  S.WINGs  B.\.NK.  783  Mak«  St.,  ntar  J  h 
For  the  half  year  ending  Jane  30.  1912.  a  diridn'i  ha 
been  declared  at  the  rate  of  foar  (4)  per  cent  per  annum 
on  all  saving*  deposits,  free  oi  taxes,  payable  on  and  after 
Monday,  July  1.  1912.  DiTidends  not  called  for  are  added 
to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the  principal  fro« 
July  1,  1912.    H.  C  KLEVES.\HL.  Cashier. 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  DANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

PAfO-UP    CAPITAL  »^.000.000 

Suepuis  AND  uMOnccD  p«o«^rrs     s  i.eoo  ooo 

TCfTAC  RESOURCES  t40.000  000 

OFFICERS 
HESBEBT    FLEISHHACKER  PRCSlOEMT 
$16.    GREEN  ESAUM         CHAIS  MAM  OF  THE  BOAAS 


JOS  frieclandeb 

C    F  HUNT 

«  ALTSCHUl. 

C  a  PARKER 

WH  H  HIGH 

H  CHOYMSKI 

6  R  BURDICK 

A    L   LANG  E  B  »"  A  V 


V1CE-PPESI0EMT 
VICE-PRESIOEMT 
CASHIER 
ASSISTAMT  CASHIER 
ASSISTANT  CASHIER 
ASSISTAJfT  CASHIER 
ASSiSTAMT  CASHIER 
SEC BETA BY 


July  6,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


23 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Caliiornia,  in  and  foi 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,177; 
Department  No.  10. 

CLARA  JESSURUN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  WALTER  S.  JES- 
SURUN,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Walter  S.  Jessurun,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  else- 
where. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  money  or  damages  in  the  complaint  as 
arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any 
other  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, this  7th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  L  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  L  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
HENRY  ACH,   Atty.   for  Plaintiff, 

Rooms   316-320   Balboa    Building,   Southeast    Corner  ot 
Market  and  Second  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cai.    .S- 18-10 

CERTIFICATE  OF  NAME  OF  BUSINESS 

I,  the  undersigned,  Victor  R.  Ulman,  do  hereby  state 
that  I  am  engaged  in  business  and  am  doing  business  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  un- 
der the  name  and  style  of  Victor  R.  Ulman  &  Co. 

That  I  am  the  only  one  interested  in  the  said  business 
and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

That  my  name  and  residence  is  as  follows:  Victor  R. 
Ulman,  314  Locust  Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 

That  my  place  of  business  is  No.  149  New  Montgomery 
Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California. 

Dated  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  this  11th  day  of  .Tune,  1912. 

VICTOR   R.  ULMAN. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

On  this  nth  day  of  June,  1912,  before  me,  Julius  Cal- 
mann,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  residing  therem,  duly 
commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared  Victor  R. 
Ulman,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  sub- 
scribed to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  he  acknowledged 
to  me  that  he  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  the  day  and  year  m 
this   certificate   first   above  written. 

(Seal)  JULIUS  CALMANN, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 
OTTO    IRVING  WISE,  Atty.   at  Law, 

First  National  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-15-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  ELIA  DUTEIL  (also  called  ELIA  OZANNE), 
Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Executor  of 
the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  Elia  Duteil  (also  called 
Elia  Ozanne),  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after 
the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  Executor  at 
his  law  office  No.  333  Kearny  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  his  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Elia  Duteil   (also  called   Elia  Ozanne),  deceased. 

A.  COMTE,  JR., 
Executor  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  Elia  Duteil 
(also    called    Elia    Ozanne),  Deceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  Tune  8,  A.  D.  1912. 
A.  COMTE,  JR.,  in  Pro.  Per.  6-8-5 

ORDER    TO    SHOW   CAUSE   WHY    SALE   OF  REAL 
REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,438; 
Department  No.  10. 
In    the    Matter   of   the    Estate   of   MAJOR  CONWAY, 
Deceased.  . 

Annie  Conway,  the  Administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  having  filed  in  this  Court  her  petition 
for  an  order  to  sell  the  real  estate  of  said  decedent  for 
the  purposes  therein  set  forth,  and  it  appearing  from  said 
petition  that  it  is  necessary  to  sell  the  whole  or  some  por- 
tion of  said  real  estate,  and  good  cause  appearing  there- 

Now  therefore,  it  is  hereby  ordered,  adjudged  and  decreed 
that  all  persons  interested  in  the  said  estate  of  said  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  be  and  appear  before  the  above  en- 
titled Court,  Department  No.  10  thereof,  on  Wednesday, 
the  31st  day  of  July,  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.  of  said  day, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  said  Court,  Room  No.  519,  in  the 
temporary  City  Hall  on  Market  Street  near  Eighth  Street, 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, then  and  there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should 
not  he  granted  to  the  said  Administratrix  to  sell  the  whole 
or  some  portion  of  the  real  estate  of  said  deceased. 

Tt  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  said  order  be  pub- 
lished for  at  least  four  successive  weeks  in  "Town  Talk," 
a  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  said  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

Done  in  open  Court  this  2Ist  day  of  June,  1912. 

(Signed)       THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM, 

Judge. 

HUGH  K.  McKEVITT.  .\tty.  for  Administratrix, 

Hearst  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-5 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE 

FRENCH-AMERIC.\N  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  (Savings 
Department),  108  Sutter  Street.  For  the  half  year  ending 
June  30,  1912,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of 
four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  free  of  taxes, 
payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  1,  1912.  Dividends 
not  called  for  are  added  to  and  bear  the  same  rate  of 
interest  as  the  principal  from  July  1,  1912. 

A.  LEGALLET,  President.  2 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,026; 
Department   No.  10. 

LUCILE  V.  LARM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  G.  LARM,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
G.  Larm,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  Required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  Summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  Wilful  Desertion  and  Habitual  Intemperance; 
also  fr>r  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San   Francisco,  this  27th  day  of  April.  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
McGOWAN  and  WESTLAKE,  Attys.  for  Plaintiff, 

Humboldt  Bank  Bldg..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-1-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOI-  ETTA  WILMOTH.  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard   Wellington   Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff; also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court    for   any   other   relief   demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ.  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE 

TTTE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY  (The 
German  Bank),  526  California  St.  Mission  Branch,  2572 
Mission  St.  near  22d.  Richmond  District  Branch,  601 
Clement  St.  corner  7th  Ave.  Haight  St.  Branch,  1456 
Haight  St.  bet.  Masonic  and  Ashbury.  For  the  half  year 
ending  June  30,  1912,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the 
rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits,  free 
of  taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  1,  1912.  Divid- 
ends not  called  for  are  added  to  the  deposit  account  and 
earn  dividends  from  July  1,  1912.  GEORGE  TOURNY, 
Manager.  2 


5%  Per  Month 

SAVED  on  the  Investment  by  Buying 

THE 

ALASKA  REFRIGERATOR 

900.000  SOLD  SINCE  1878 

We    have    a    Test    Refrigerator   to   prove    what  we 
claim   for  it.    Please  call   and   see  it. 
Pacific  Coast  Agents 

W.  W.  MONTAGUE  &  CO. 

557-563  MARKET  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Patrick  &  Company 

RUBBER  STAMPS 

Stencils,  Seals,  Signs,  Etc. 

560  Market  Street  San  Francisco 


Phones,   Pacific   Douglas  4113;   Home   C  2519 
Typewriters  Rented  and  Inspected 

WALTER  J.  WOLF 

Rebuilt  Typewriters 
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from  the  Press  of  the  Pacific  Coast 

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Vol.  XX. 


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The  Friend  of  the  People 

It  has  been  said  tliat  whatever  is  popular 
deserves  attention.  Unfortunately  what- 
ever is  popular  escapes  analysis.  The  mob 
is  emotional,  nothing  else;  it  loves  with  no 
more  reason  than  it  hates.  Hence  the  suc- 
cess in  all  ages,  among  all  people,  of  the 
man  who  deliberately  plays  the  demagogue. 
More  than  a  century  ago  there  lived  in  the 
Rue  des  Cordeliers  in  Paris,  a  Progressive 
politician,  an  ardent  reformer.  His  name 
was  Marat.  He  was  the  editor  of  L'Ami 
du  Peuple.  All  Paris  knew  him  as  the 
"People's  Friend."  The  people  loved  him, 
and  when,  in  the  convention,  he  called  for 
"heads"  they  were  always  forthcoming. 
With  the  assistance  of  Robespierre  and 
Danton  he  was  slowly  floating  France  in 
blood.  One  day,  a  good  woman,  Charlotte 
Corday  plunged  a  dagger  into  his  breast, 
and  he  never  breathed  again.  Paris  was  in 
consternation  and  in  mourning.  In  the 
streets  men  repeated  like  a  tragic  chorus 
"II  est  mort,  1'  Ami  du  People!  1'  Ami  du 
Peuple  est  mort !"  The  Jacobins  dressed  his 
bust  in  crepe.  The  Convention  voted  him 
to  the  Pantheon.  An  immense  concourse 
conducted  the  body  to  the  grave.  Twenty 
orators  spoke  at  his  tomb.  Sculptors  carved 
his  features  with  the  glory  of  the  Agonist, 
twisting  his  headband  into  something  of 
semblance  to  a  crown  of  thorns.  In  the 
course  of  time  a  journalist  scrutinizing 
some  manuscripts  of  the  deceased  discov- 
ered a  passage  advocating  monarchy.  The 
fact  was  made  public.  "What !  Marat,  the 
People's  Friend,  a  royalist?  "Le  miserable!" 
The  rabble  rose  in  its  rage,  burnt  him  in 
effigy,  scraped  up  the  ashes,  put  them  in  an 
urn,  and  carrying  it  along  with  ribaldry 
and  execration,  flung  it  down  a  sewer  of  the 
Rue  Montmartre.  In  all  the  years  that 
elapsed  since  that  memorable  "second 
funeral"  of  Marat  no  change  has  been 
wrought  in  human  nature.  The  self-pro- 
claimed People's  Friend  must  die  to  be 
properly  appraised.  In  life  there  is  no  in- 
famy he  cannot  live  down.    Marat  was  in- 


San  Francisco,  July  13,  1912 


famous  even  before  he  was  taken  to  the 
bosom  of  the  people.  They  cared  naught 
for  his  infamies.  By  affirming  himself  to 
be  a  friend  of  the  people  an  American  cit- 
izen acquires  a  franchise  for  anything  from 
pitch-and-toss  to  manslaughter.  By  merely 
keeping  out  of  jail  and  demanding  more 
power  for  the  people  some  men  have  estab- 
lished a  title  to  all  the  virtues.  We  have 
two  men  running  for  President  the  samples 
of  whose  matchless  mendacity  might  stand 
as  models  for  all  future  generations.  If  it 
were  not  for  their  professed  friendship  for 
the  people  their  conduct  in  their  relations 
with  their  own  personal  friends  might  cause 
it  to  be  taken  for  granted  that  they  aspired 
not  to  political  power  but  to  eternal  in- 
famy; yet  when  they  go  about  with  the  stars 
mirrored  in  their  eyes,  and  the  swish  of 
their  coat-tails  is  heard,  the  multitude  pricks 
its  long  ears  and  thinks  it  hears  the  rustling 
of  angels'  wings. 

Party  Spirit 

"There  has  never  been  a  clearer  justifica- 
tion than  there  is  now  for  a  new  party," 
says  the  Evening  Mail  of  New  York.  What 
the  justification  is  the  Mail  does  not  make 
clear,  but  doubtless  the  Mail  is  sincere. 
Likewise  the  Pittsburg  Leader,  a  Roosevelt 
paper,  which  says  "The  Nation's  crisis  has 
arrived";  also  that  "the  billions  of  the  great 
interests,  piled  up  like  mountains  are 
matched  against  the  lives  of  the  people,  men, 
women  and  children."  The  editors  that  say 
these  queer  things  are  aflame  with  what  is 
known  as  "party  spirit,"  and  "party  spirit" 
is  the  most  ravishing  of  all  intoxicants, 
affecting  as  it  does  the  heart  as  well  as  the 
mind.  Stern  warnings  against  it  have  come 
down  to  us  through  the  ages,  but  in  vain. 
We  are  told  that  it  reverses  all  the  prin- 
ciples which  a  benevolent  nature  dictates, 
that  it  "enlists  a  man's  virtues  in  the  cause 
of  his  vices,"  and  that  no  sophism  is  too 
gross  to  delude  minds  disordered  by  it. 
It  is  the  penalty  that  God  imposes  on  his 
creatures  when  they  disdain  the  rule  of  a 
tyrant.  All  political  philosophers  have 
written  about  it,  but  none  of  them  ever 
hoped  to  see  it  extinguished.  George 
Washington  spoke  of  it  in  his  Farewell  Ad- 
dress. He  said  that  it  produced  "the  most 
horrid  enormities,"  and  that  "it  gradually  in- 
clines the  minds  of  men  to  seek  security  and 
repose  in  the  absolute  power  of  an  individ- 
ual" who  eventually  avails  himself  of  party 
spirit  "to  the  purposes  of  his  own  eleva- 
tion on  the  ruins  of  Public  Liberty."  Per- 
haps it  ought  to  be  a  consolation  and  a 
moral  strengthening  to  all  of  us  that  the 
greatest  man  since  Washington,  according 
to  the  conception  of  many  people,  is  not  at 
all  averse  to  the  rousing  of  public  spirit;  is 


No.  1038 


indeed  strongly  in  favor  of  it.  Fle  says : 
"This  has  now  become  a  contest  which  can- 
not be  settled  merely  along  the  old  party 
lines.  The  principles  that  are  at  stake  are 
as  broad  and  as  deep  as  the  foundations  of 
our  Democracy  itself."  This  great  man  is 
party  spirit  incarnate.  He  is  the  very 
vortex  of  party  dissension.  All  interests 
and  considerations  are  subservient  to  the 
principle  of  attachment  to  his  person.  The 
only  original  sin  is  that  of  declining  to  re- 
gard him  as  a  demi-Atlas  engaged  in  prop- 
ping a  declining  world.  This  is  no  time  to 
stand  on  trifles  and  moot-points.  The 
grand  object  to  be  achieved  is  the  elevation 
of  this  great  man  to  high  office,  and  this 
must  be  achieved  though  sun  and  moon  be 
in  the  flat  sea  sunk.  Now  this  is  no  new 
experience  in  the  history  of  politics.  Nor 
are  the  sentiments  of  our  great  man  orig- 
inal. History  is  full  of  mischief-makers 
who  expressed  precisely  the  same  senti- 
ments. Not  one  of  them  but  insisted  that 
attachment  to  himself  meant  attachment  to 
a  great  principle.  And  all  of  them  were 
leaders  of  party  loved  and  adored  by  simple- 
minded  patriots  blind  to  the  fact  that  what 
they  regarded  as  zeal  for  the  public  good 
was  nothing  but  chaotic  vanity  employing 
a  shibboleth  as  the  stalking  horse  to  am- 
bition. 


The  Paramount  Principle 

What  is  the  "nation's  great  crisis,"  which 
has  arrived,  according  to  the  followers  of 
Roosevelt?  What  is  it  that  the  former 
President  purposes  doing  in  the  event  of 
his  election?  What  are  the  principles  for 
which  nobody  else  stands?  These  are  ques- 
tions for  which  it  has  not  been  easy  to  find 
answers  in  the  mass  of  verbiage  accumulat- 
ing in  the  public  prints.  We  have  been  get- 
ting chiefly  glittering  generalities.  A  good 
deal  is  said  about  the  Colonel's  hostility  to 
the  predatory  rich,  but  it  is  no  secret  that 
the  sinews  of  war  are  supplied  by  George 
W.  Perkins,  Dan  Hanna  and  Frank  Mun- 
sey  of  the  steel  trust.  Nor  is  to  be  gainsaid 
that  the  Colonel  has  the  friendship  and 
President  Taft  the  emnity  of  the  harvester 
combine  and  the  National  Cash  Register 
Company.  And  it  was  only  the  other  day  in 
the  course  of  the  Money  Trust  investiga- 
tion we  learned  that  it  was  Mr.  Roosevelt, 
when  he  was  President,  who  went  to  the 
rescue  of  the  panic-stricken  gamblers  of  the 
stock-market  in  October,  1907,  allowing  Mr. 
Morgan  to  draw  $2.S.000,000  from  the  Treas- 
ury for  the  accommodation  of  the  neces- 
sitous. Mr.  Morgan  is  surely  not  opposed 
to  the  Colonel.  The  trust  magnate  is  not 
ungrateful.  He  owes  much  to  Mr.  Roose- 
velt. Ever  since  the  panic  he  has  been 
celebrated  as  "the  uncrowned  king  of  fin- 


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July  13,  1912 


ance"  for  what  he  did  in  that  memorable 
month  of  October.    In  other  words  he  has 
been    glorified    under   a  misapprehension. 
His  most  intimate  friends  were  unaware 
that  it  was  the  Colonel  who  put  up  the 
money.    In  the  circumstances  one  is  jus- 
tified in  being  cynical  when  told  that  "the 
billions  of  the  great  interests,  piled  up  like 
mountains  are  matched  against  the  lives  of 
the  people,"  which  lives  are  represented  by 
the  standard  bearer  of  the  Bull  Moose  ticket. 
Even  the  Colonel  himself  has  ceased  to  pre- 
tend that  he  is  the  mighty  hunter  of  the 
Money  Devil.    He  is  shrewed  enough  to 
perceive  that  the  pretension  is  too  raw. 
And  so  he  has  attached  other  strings  to  his 
harp.    Indeed   he   is   getting  new  strings 
every  day.    Just  before  leaving  Chicago  for 
Oj'ster  Bay  he  said  it  was  time  for  all  men 
"who  believe  in  the  elementary  maxims  of 
public  and  private  morality  to  join  in  one 
movement."    This  is  a  good  plank  but  not 
sufficiently  specific.    A  man  njay  be  for  free 
silver,  for  high  protection,  for  9-foot  bed 
sheets — for   almost  anything — and   at  the 
same  time  for  the  "elementary  maxims  of 
public  and  private  morality."    After  read- 
ing the  Chicago  and  Baltimore  platforms  the 
Colonel  was  blessed  with  an  accession  of 
new  ideas,  and  he  struck  a  new  popular 
chord — reduction  of  the  high  cost  of  living 
and  more  money  for  the  toilers.    There's  a 
plank  worth  standing  on,  and  the  Colonel 
is  there  with  both  feet.    Frankly  he  con- 
fesses he  doesn't  know  why  the  cost  of  liv- 
ing is  high.    This  was  the  first  time  in  his 
whole  life  he  made  a  confession  of  ignor- 
ance, and  by  this  sign  we  know  he  is  really 
progressive.     The    Colonel    is  disdaining 
flubdub  and  getting  down  to  brass  tacks. 
At  length  he  has  made  it  clear  why  there  is 
necessity  for  a  third  party.    What  the  plain 
people   really   want   is   more   money  and 
cheaper  grub,  and  neither  of  the  old  parties 
has  promised  to  gratify  them.  Their  neglect 
is  the  Colonel's  opportunity,  and  thus  it  is 
that  the  nation  has  at  once  a  crisis  on  its 
hands  and  the  one  man  to  meet  it  whom 
Providence  in  its  infinite  mercy  always  pro- 
vides in  a  great  emergency.    So  the  issue 
is  clean-cut  and  distinct,  but  will  Medill 
McCormick  and  Munsey  and  Pinchot  be  sat- 
isfied   with    the    new    shibboleth — More 
Money,  Cheaper  Grub ! 


"Stover  of  Yale" 

The  country  is  so  crowded  with  college 
students  and  college  graduates  it  is  no 
wonder  that  "Stover  of  Yale"  is  a  best-seller 
and  has  caused  much  heat  and  provoked 
much  discussion.  "Stover  of  Yale"  is  an  in- 
dictment of  our  universities  in  the  form  of 
that  abominable  thing  called  a  novel  with 
a  purpose.  The  purpose  of  Owen  Johnson, 
the  author  of  "Stover  of  Yale,"  is  to  prove 
that  our  universities  are  hotbeds  of  ignor- 
amuses and  social  climbers,  and  that  they 
rouse  no  intellectual  interests,  and  send 
men  into  the  world  without  opinions  on  any 
subject.  This  Johnson  indictment  is  not 
wholly  new.  It  has  been  frequently  said 
that  the  most  striking  thing  about  an 
American  college  student  is  his  illiteracy. 


But  all  college  students  are  not  illiterate. 
Perhaps  the  bulk  of  them  are,  but  this  is 
probably  because  of  the  American  idea  that 
higher  education  is  not  only  within  the  reach 
but  within  the  capacity  also  of  every  human 
bemg.  The  proverb  that  you  cannot  make 
a  silk  purse  out  of  a  sow's  ear  is  not  taken 
seriously  enough  in  this  country.  Every 
mother's  son  is  believed  to  be  capable  of 
being  inspired  with  aspirations  above  the 
herd  and  of  being  fitted  for  leadership  of  his 
countrymen  in  virtue  and  intelligence.  We 
see  the  effect  of  this  pride  of  parenthood  on 
the  daughters  of  the  land.  All  are  believed 
to  be  musicians  by  temperament  and  in- 
stinct, and  all  are  given  piano  lessons,  with 
what  terrible  and  pathetic  consequences  who 
that  has  heard  the  pounding  of  innumerable 
prodigies  does  not  well  know !  Of  course 
ignoramuses  abound  in  our  universities,  and 
the  really  educated  alumnus  is  so  extremely 
rare  as  to  seem  miraculous.  If  it  were 
otherwise,  considering  the  bulk  of  the  ma- 
terial put  into  the  hoppers,  it  would  not  be 
unreasonable  to  regard  our  college  system 
as  divine.  But  how  about  the  charge  that 
young  men  emerge  from  our  colleges  with- 
out opinions  on  any  subject?  We  have  re- 
ceived the  impression  that  the  spirit  of 
dogmatism  is  rampant  in  our  universities. 
Arrogance  and  intellectual  pride  being  char- 
acteristics of  the  half-baked  philosophers  of 
our  university  faculties  it  is  natural  to  in- 
fer that  the  spirit  of  dogmatism  has  been 
communicated  to  their  disciples.  The  prin- 
cipal and  most  dogmatic  expounders  of  the 
isms  of  the  era  are  college  professors  dis- 
tinguished for  their  opinionativeness  and  for 
their  intolerance  of  views  that  do  not  coin- 
cide with  their  own. 


A  Pretty  Kettle  of  Fish 

The  public  long  suffering  of  high  prices, 
have  dyspepsia  and  food  experts  for  their 
sins.  Sitting  on  the  high  stool  at  our  get- 
it-quick-and-rich  counter,  we  are  like  to 
come  a  cropper  between  experimenting  Yale 
and  experimenting  Stanford.  We,  the  peo- 
ple, fear  to  open  our  mouth  lest  dietetically 
we  put  our  foot  in  it.  Not  minded  to  die 
yet,  we  diet,  ever  with  an  eye  to  our  tum- 
tum.  Says  Stanford  in  effect,  having  tried 
it  out  on  the  rodent:  "Man  does  not  live  by 
bread  alone;  'tis  meat  that  he  should  eat." 
"'Tis  vegetables,"  says  Yale.  Confronted 
with  the  cardinal  facts,  the  records  of  the 
meat-eaters,  does  the  eastern  university  feel 
blue?  Not  a  bit.  "Rats!"  she  screams, 
and  points  the  finger  of  pride  to  the  feats 
of  her  vegetarians,  who  also  ran  and  went 
some.  "Lo  the  endurance  of  the  rice-fed 
Jap !"  "The  Jap  fed  meat,  beri-beri  went 
by  the  board !"  And  so  it  goes.  Earning 
her  living  by  the  sweat  of  her  high  brow,  an- 
other institution  of  learning  will  take  her 
dying  oath  that  the  family  of  Eve  is  frugiv- 
orous,  and  roots  for  fruits,  while  yet  an- 
other lauds  the  peanut,  pure  and  perfect 
food.  The  question,  all-absorbing,  is  not : 
"Do  we  eat  today?  but  May  we?  What 
must  the  great  body  of  mankind  do  to  be 
saved?  To  save  our  soul,  we  cannot  say. 
Doctors  swallowed  whole  disagree  with  us 


and  we,  the  patient,  the  poor  as  Job's  turkey, 
die.  We  are  strongly  minded  to  tell  the 
professors  to  go  to  grass,  as  if  they  wert 
crazy  Nebuchadnezzars  all.  Stomach  them 
we  cannot.  Let  this  alma  mater  say  which 
and  that,  t'other,  we  are  driven  by  hunger 
to  believe  that  the  benign  mother  knows  her 
business.  We  intend  to  intrust  our  life  to 
our  tongue,  to  eat  when  we  are  hungry, 
drink  when  we  are  thirsty,  sleep  when  we 
are  made  tired,  cuss  when  we  are  mad.  We 
are  subtracting,  if  not  cubits  from  our 
statures,  then  from  our  span  of  life,  by  tak- 
ing entirely  too  much  thought  for  the  mor- 
row, what  we  shall  eat,  what  we  shall  drink, 
and  wherewithall  shall  we  be  clothed.  Fast 
as  Hygiene  comes  in  at  the  door  health  goes 
out  at  the  window.  Let's  be  merry  and  not 
too  body-conscious;  else  tomorrow  we  die. 


The  System 

King  George  and  the  Tories  are  reported 
to  be  very  indignant  at  Sir  Sidney  Lee  for 
his  biography  of  King  Edward  VII  which 
recently  made  its  appearance  in  the  second 
supplement  to  volume  I  of  the  "Dictionary 
of  National  Biography."  The  King  is  said 
to  have  pronounced  the  biography  insulting 
and  disrespectful  to  the  monarchy.  The 
author,  it  appears,  has  given  us  too  much 
intimate  detail.  But  from  the  historical 
standpoint  this  is  not  to  be  considered  a  de- 
fect, however  painful  it  may  be  to  the  feel- 
ings of  His  Majesty  to  have  removed  the 
veil  behind  which  may  be  seen  the  manners 
of  his  immediate  ancestors.  From  what  we 
have  read  of  the  biography  we  conceive  it 
will  serve  one  good  purpose — that  of  warn- 
ing parents  against  a  too  rigorous  system- 
atic rearing  of  children.  This  warning  was 
voiced  by  George  Meredith  in  one  of  his 
best  novels.  Meredith's  hero  Richard  Fev- 
erel  was  raised  according  to  system,  and 
singularly  enough  it  appears  that  the  sys- 
tem was  a  duplicate  of  the  one  employed  in 
the  case  of  Albert  Edward,  and  that  the  re- 
sults in  both  cases  were  almost  the  same.  It 
was  the  aim  of  the  little  Prince's  parents 
to  make  him  a  model  of  morality,  of  piety, 
of  deportment,  and  of  intellectual  accom- 
plishment. During  his  childhood  he  re- 
ceived from  the  Queen  long  written  ex- 
hortations on  the  minutest  matters  of  con- 
duct. His  tutors  strove  to  stuff  him  with 
knowledge.  They  excluded  him  from  the 
society  of  children.  And  then  they  com- 
plained that  he  was  wanting  in  enthusiasm 
and  imagination  and  subject  to  fits  of  ill 
temper.  Lord  Granville,  asked  for  advice, 
bluntly  remarked  that  the  boy  ought  to  be 
let  out  of  his  cage.  But  the  advice  was  not 
taken.  He  was  sent  abroad,  but  the  cage 
went  also.  Vigilance  was  never  relaxed. 
Even  when  he  went  to  Oxford  he  was  not 
permitted  to  mix  with  other  students.  Nat- 
urally the  boy  did  not  come  up  to  expecta- 
tions. Perhaps  it  is  to  be  wondered  at  that 
he  was  not  as  badly  dwarfed  of  soul  as  of 
body,  for,  the  system  notwithstanding,  Al- 
bert Edward  became  a  pretty  decent  sort 
of  man.  If  he  had  not  been  a  King  he 
might  have  been  a  success  as  a  merchant  in 
a  country  town. 


July  13,  1912 


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5 


Varied  Types 

LXXXII— JOHN  HOYLE 
By  Theodore  Bonnet 


Failing-  to  find  Charles  Edward  Russell,  sociol- 
ogist, though  I  looked  for  him  in  many  places,  I 
took  as  a  substitute  John  Hoyle,  penologist,  and 
we  talked  of  sociology,  penology  and  kindred 
topics.  I  had  just  been  reading  Charles  Edward 
Russell's  letter  to  Fremont  Older  wherein  the 
somewhat  maudlin  sociologist  inveighs  against 
the  failure  of  civilization  as  evidenced  by  its  im- 
perfections and  complains  that  society  punishes 
criminals  instead  of  devising  some  means  of  pun- 
ishing itself.  According  to  Mr.  Russell,  prisons 
are  "frightful  places"  filled  with  "indescribable 
horrors"  and  with  men  who  are  compelled  to  un- 
dergo torments  "because  of  the  common  fault 
of  all  of  us,  because  we  have  provided  conditions 
under  which  it  is  impossible  for  them  to  do  any- 
thing else  but  break  our  laws,  because  they  have 
been  brought  up  in  our  slums  and  educated  in 
our  streets  and  trained  to  evil  in  our  schools  of 
crime,  and  sent  forth  with  minds  darkened  and 
embittered  with  that  poverty  that  we  insist  upon 
maintaining."  Warden  Hoyle  had  read  this  let- 
ter of  Russell's,  and  when  I  spoke  to  him  about 
it  he  smiled.  Warden  Hoyle  is  a  most  amiable 
man,  bubbling  over  with  good  nature.  It  is  as 
natural  for  Warden  Hoyle  to  smile  as  it  is  for 
Charles  Edward  Russell  to  darken  his  gloomy 
visage  with  frowns.  All  reformers  are  given  to 
frowns,  they  are  all  so  solemn,  so  sour  and  so 
sad.  If  they  were  otherwise  they  would  not  be 
reformers.  Getting  into  the  presence  of  one  of 
them  is  like  plunging  into  a  well  of  woe  and 
extinguishing  utterly  the  lamp  of  hope.  So,  after 
all,  when  I  met  Warden  Hoyle  I  was  glad  I  had 
missed  Charles  Edward  Russell.  Hoyle  is  so 
diflferent.  A  light-hearted  man  is  the  warden, 
with  the  average  human  share  of  imagination  and 
sympathy.  Something  of  a  philosopher,  too,  is 
Hoyle,  not  at  all  averse  to  ideals,  but  holding  that 
they  are  to  be  striven  toward  not  mourned  over. 
When  I  mentioned  the  dolorous  Russell  epistle 
and  asked  the  warden  what  he  thought  of  it,  he 
said  it  seemed  hardly  worth  while  to  make  reply 
to  such  lugubrious  observations.  "It  is  too  bad," 
he  remarked,  "that  such  nonsense  is  taken 
seriously.  As  absurd  as  it  is  it  does  some  harm. 
It  makes  for  unrest  among  prisoners  for  whom 
we  are  trying  to  do  some  good." 

I  found  that  Warden  Hoyle  would  rather  talk 
about  what  is  being  done  toward  improving  our 
prison  system  than  about  the  maunderings  of 
doleful  sociologists.  He  told  me  that  the  new 
cell-house  at  San  Quentin  would  soon  be  finished, 
and  that  there  would  then  be  eight  hundred  more 
individual  cells  in  each  of  which  would  be  run- 
ning water  and  other  luxuries.  When  this  build- 
ing is  finished  there  will  be  more  yard  space,  and 
it  will  then  be  possible  to  segregate  prisoners  and 
grade  them,  and  give  the  good  ones  more  breath- 
ing space,  more  recreation,  more  sunshine.  It  is 
the  purpose  of  the  warden  to  establish  three 
grades  of  prisoners  in  the  first  of  which  men  will 
have  many  privileges  which  it  is  now  impossible 
to  give  them.  By  this  method  there  will  be  great 
inducement  to  good  behaviour. 

"How  about  the  strait-jacket?"  I  asked.  "Mr. 
Rus'^ell  mentions  that  among  the  'horrors'  of 
prison  life.  Is  that  one  of  the  essential  induce- 
ments to  good  behaviour?" 

The  warden  smiled.    "Have  you  ever  seen  a 
man  in  a  strait-jacket?"  he  asked. 

Yes,  I  had  seen  many.  Long  years  ago  when 
I  was  a  police  reporter  I  made  the  acquaintance 
of  the  strait-jacket.    There  were  two  or  tnree 


strait-jackets  in  the  city  emergency  hospital. 
They  were  used  not  as  instruments  of  torture, 
but  for  the  protection  of  delirious  patients  against 
themselves. 

"Well,"  said  the  warden,  "a  strait-jacket  may 
be  made  very  uncomfortable.  It  all  depends  on 
how  tight  it  is  strapped  on.  To  strap  it  on  in  a 
way  to  inflict  physical  pain  would  be  a  mighty 
cruel  thing  to  do.  But  I  am  quite  sure  there  is 
nothing  like  barbarism  in  San  Quentin.  A  strait- 
jacket  isn't  conclusive  of  torture.  As  a  mat- 
ter of  fact  its  principal  purpose  is  to  inspire  fear, 
and  when  you  have  nineteen  hundred  men  to  taT<e 
care  of,  the  most  of  whom  are  far  from  gentle, 
many  of  whom  are  inclined  to  be  disagreeable, 
you  will  generally  find  a  few  who  have  to  be  ruled 
by  fear." 

I  asked  the  warden  if  it  was  hard  to  maintain 
discipline  at  San  Quentin.  He  said  it  was  not, 
that  the  great  majority  of  prisoners  were  disposed 
to  obey  the  rules.  He  characterized  as  nonsense 
the  idea  industriously  disseminated  by  reformers 
that  the  average  man  leaves  hope  behind  when 
he  enters  the  prison  walls.  The  prospect  of 
parole,  he  told  me,  gladdened  the  heart  of  the 
average  convict.  He  is  very  enthusiastic  for  the 
parole  system,  though,  as  he  says,  it  causes  un- 
rest inasmuch  as  many  of  the  petitions  for  parole 
are  denied  owing  in  some  cases  to  the  failure  of 
the  petitioners  to  get  the  required  signatures.  He 
believes,  however,  that  conditions  will  go  on  im- 
proving, and  that  we  are  rapidly  approaching  a 
solution  of  one  of  the  most  perplexing  of  all  the 
problems  that  civilization  has  to  deal  with.  Jolm 
Hoyle  is  an  optimist  of  the  first  order  and  also 
a  man  of  tender  sensibilities  who  while  scoffing  at 
the  Utopian  absurdities  of  the  sentimental  sociol- 
ogists looks  forward  to  a  very  satisfactory  ad- 
justment of  the  compromise  between  the  ideal  and 
the  practicable. 

"As  a  matter  of  fact,"  said  Hoyle,  ""the  whole 
aim  of  our  prison  authorities  is  to  make  genuine 
reformatories  out  of  our  penitentiaries,  and  that 
is  what  they  will  eventually  be.  The  State  has 
purchased  land  near  Napa  where  there  is  to  be 
built  a  reformatory  for  prisoners  between  six- 
teen and  thirty  years  of  age.  When  we  get  that 
great  strides  will  be  made  toward  the  ideals  of 
the  reformers.  We  shall  then  use  San  Quentin 
for  prisoners  of  the  second  class  and  Folsom  for 
incorrigibles.  But  even  now  our  prison  system 
is  not  so  bad  as  sentimental  critics  would  have  the 
people  believe.  I  see  that  Mr.  Russell  says  that 
men  become  criminals  because  we  have  provided 
conditions  which  make  it  impossible  for  men  to 
do  anything  else  but  break  the  laws.  If  this 
were  so  our  parole  system  would  be  futile.  If  all 
that  he  says  were  true  it  would  be  a  very  fine 
tribute  to  our  prisons.  Unconsciously  he  has 
praised  the  prisons.  He  says  that  criminals  are 
men  who  have  been  brought  up  in  the  slums  and 
sent  forth  with  minds  darkened  and  embittered. 
If  that  be  so  then  the  penitentiary  system  must 
tend  to  enlighten  their  minds  and  soften  their 
feelings,  for  when  we  let  them  out  on  parole 
very  few  come  back.  The  parole  system  is  a 
great  success.  Not  more  than  fifteen  per  cent 
violate  their  parole,  and  the  violation  is  usually 
by  leaving  the  State.  Only  two  per  cent  of 
paroled  criminals  are  again  arrested  for  felonies. 
This  being  so  how  can  it  be  said  that  conditions 
make  it  impossible  for  men  to  do  anything  else 
but  break  the  laws?    If  ex-convicts  can  get  along 


without  breaking  the  laws,  I  should  think  that 
other  men  could  get  along  too." 

And  Warden  Hoyle  smiled  as  he  made  his 
points. 

I  asked  him  if  many  reformers  visited  San 
Quentin.  He  said  that  women  came  there  oc- 
casionally who  took  an  interest  in  prisoners,  and 
that  they  were  quite  sincere  and  desirous  of  do- 
ing good.  While  on  this  subject  the  warden  told 
me  a  story  by  way  of  answer  to  a  question  re- 
garding the  personality  of  a  feminine  reformer 
of  the  sloppy  sentimental  variety  and  Charles 
Edward  Russell  school  of  sociology. 

"You  want  to  know  what  she  is  like?"  he  asked 

I  did. 

"Well  one  day  she  was  in  a  room  adjoining  my 
office  talking  to  another  woman.  She  remarked 
that  it  would  be  dangerous  for  a  woman  to  go 
unprotected  through  the  prison.  A  convict  work- 
ing in  the  office  heard  her,  and  he  muttered 
audibly,  'She  could  go  through  in  her  night-shirt 
without  the  slightest  danger.'" 

From  which  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  even 
among  the  "crushed,  tormented  and  tortured  souls" 
behind  prison  walls  is  occasionally  to  be  found 
a  man  with  a  very  lively  wit. 

The  outbreak  that  occurred  in  San  Quentin 
about  two  months  ago,  I  learned  from  Warden 
Hoyle,  is  still  the  subject  of  investigation,  and 
some  important  information  has  been  obtained 
regarding  the  inspiration  of  it,  which,  in  the 
course  of  time  will  become  public  property.  But 
on  this  subject  the  warden  is  somewhat  reticent. 
All  that  he  will  say  is  that  it  is  now  known  posi- 
tively that  there  were  twenty-five  conspirators 
who  started  the  revolt.  All  of  them  are  pretty 
tough  characters.  Thirteen  of  them  are  serving 
time  for  robbery,  three  for  grand  larceny,  eight 
for  burglary  and  one  for  murder  and  all  were  in 
the  jute  mill;  not  one — and  this  the  warden  re- 
gards as  significant — was  employed  in  any  of  the 
factories  which  supply  the  institutions  of  the 
State  with  shoes,  clothes  and  furniture.  Immedi- 
ately after  the  outbreak  an  effort  was  made  to  stir 
up  sympathy  for  the  prisoners.  It  was  said  they 
had  many  grievances,  one  of  which  was  that  their 
food  was  unfit  to  eat.  It  is  now  known  that  no 
such  grievance  existed.  The  purpose  of  the  out- 
break was  to  occasion  criticism  of  the  prison  au- 
thorities. "In  time,"  said  Hoyle,  "we  shall  get 
to  the  bottom  of  it." 

1  came  away  from  my  interview  with  Warden 
Hoyle  with  the  very  pleasant  impression  that  he 
is  a  public  official  with  enthusiasm  for  his  duties 
who  realizes  that  though  perfection  is  unattain- 
able we  ought  to  keep  an  eye  on  the  compass 
which  tells  us  where  it  lies. 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zeppelin  Airship? 

Gel  prosrams  of  our  Famous  Pleasure  Cruises 
Handsomely  illustated  pamphlets  gratis. 

HAMBURG -AMERICAN  LINE 

160  POWELL  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


TOWN  TALK 


July  13,  1912 


Correspondence 


Watterson  on  Wilson 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  see  that  the  old  war 
horse  of  Democracy,  Marse  Watterson,  would 
rather  cling  to  the  "devil"  (Wilson)  than  support 
cither  President  Taft  or  Roosevelt.  What  the 
Colonel  means  is  that  he  cannot  afford  to  make 
his  paper  disloyal  to  his  party  no  matter  how 
evil  the  hands  into  which  it  is  fallen.  The 
Colonel's  courage  is  not  of  the  moral  variety.  I 
have  before  me  a  clipping  from  the  Courier- 
Journal  of  a  week  before  the  opening  of  the 
Baltimore  convention.  This  is  what  he  says  of 
the  man  he  is  now  constrained  to  support: 

"Drawn  into  his  support  by  the  casual  incident 
of  a  week  end  at  a  country  house,  he  was  cap- 
tivated by  the  outer  aspects  of  the  then  head 
of  Princetmi;  a  man  of  leading  and  learning.  To 
find  in  such  a  place  and  such  a  person  a  Democra- 
tic nominee  for  President  looked  like  finding  a 
fortune  in  tlie  lining  of  an  easy  chair.  Of  a  sud- 
den there  came  a  revelation  of  personality,  as 
by  flashlight,  making  it  plain  that  when  the  fairy 
godmother  bent  over  the  cradle  of  the  little 
Woodrow  Wilson  to  give  him  so  many  blessings, 
she  withheld  the  virtue  of  fidelity,  without  which 
the  rest,  however  shining,  are  tainted.  May  we 
not.  in  passing,  remark  that  the  occasion  of 
difference  given  out  by  the  Wilson  Press  Agency, 
silently  ac(iuiesced  in  by  Governor  Wilson  and 


since  exploited  by  the  Wilson  promoters  from 
one  end  of  the  land  to  the  other — Thomas  F. 
Ryan's  money — had  no  existence  whatever,  and 
was  not  remotely  a  cause,  or  in  issue.  No  hon- 
orable man  can  learn  the  facts  and  inspect  the 
proof  which  the  editor  of  the  Courier-Journal 
liolds  and  has  repeatedly  offered  to  produce  un- 
der proper  restriction  as  to  personal  rights  and 
party  interest,  and  remain  of  the  opini<m  that 
the  Governor  of  New  Jersey  is  either  a  trust- 
worthy or  a  safe  man  to  be  invested  with 
Democratic  leadership  and  the  Presidential  office. 
Unfortunately,  good  breeding  and  integrity  are 
not  convertible  terms,  while  austerity  and  virtue 
are  often  wide  apart." 

Marse  Henry,  it  is  evident,  will  make  a  gallant 
figlit  for  the  professor,  his  heart  being  in  it. 

Yours  truly, 

— R.  L.  B. 


Women  and  the  Election 

h'ditor  Town  Talk.  Dear  Sir:  One  of  the  un- 
known factors  in  the  next  Presidential  election  is 
the  women's  vote.  A  good  many  things  may 
happen  between  now  and  November,  but  I  doubt 
if  the  ac(iuisition  of  common  sense  by  the 
suffragettes  is  apt  to  be  one  of  them.  Some  of 
these  newly  enfranchised  voters  actually  believe 
that  their  l^eloved  "Teddy"  is  going  to  sit  up 


in  his  Presidential  high  chair  and  dictate  to  the 
corner  grocery  man  and  the  butcher  across  the 
street  the  daily  price  of  beefsteak  and  potatoes. 
They  have  got  the  word  "Trust"  wedged  cross- 
wise into  their  heads  and  there  is  no  dislodging 
it.  They  don't  know  what  a  trust  is.  don't  want 
to  know.  It  is  some  vague  thing  which  has 
made  high  prices  and  Roosevelt  will  force  them 
to  let  go  if  he  has  to  call  the  managers  up  be- 
fore his  footstool  and  rap  their  knuckles  with  his 
big  stick.  You  would  have  a  good  time  trying 
to  make  a  woman  understand  that  ten  hours' 
pay  for  eight  hours'  work  alone  has  added  one- 
fourth  to  the  time  cost  of  every  manufactured  ar- 
ticle and  that  the  salaries  of  all  the  commission- 
ers and  inspectors  eventually  come  out  of  their 
pockets.  Every  fool  woman  is  in  favor  of  every 
fool  bonding  project  for  parks,  play  grounds  and 
"free"  improvements.  "The  Government"  will 
pay,  and  the  Government  is  as  vague  an  idea  as 
the  trusts.  Those  who  own  property  will  weep 
and  wail  over  the  high  taxes  and  be  ready  to  em- 
brace any  reform  that  promises  a  reduction,  but 
the  last  idea  to  enter  their  heads  will  be  that  they 
themselves  have  raised  first  the  tax  to  establish 
these  affairs  and  next  the  perpetual  tax  for  main- 
tenance and  supervision. 

Respectfully  j'ours, 

— S.  C. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Signifi  cant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


Memorial  to  Chinese  Revolutionists 

Some  time  ago  it  was  pmposeil  to  build  a 
memorial  in  the  form  of  a  temple  in  Canton  to 
those  who  lost  their  lives  in  connection  with  the 
revolution  in  China.  Now  a  large  meeting  of  in- 
fluential people  has  been  called  and  it  has  been 
decided  to  Iniild  near  the  five  storied  pagoda  in 
a  garden  a  temple  to  be  called  "Chung  Lit  Chi" 
to  commemorate  those  who  were  killed,  both  in 
the  unsuccessful  revolt  last  .April  and  in  the  suc- 
cessful rising  in  November. 


Tabloid  Drama 

Tile  influence  of  vaudeville  is  now  being  felt 
in  tlie  theatre  devoted  to  the  drama,  as  evidenced 
from  the  fact  that  Charles  Frohman  is  to  make 
an  evening's  entertainment  consist  of  three  short 
plays  by  Shaw,  Barrie  and  Pinero.  The  three 
authors  held  a  meeting  last  week  and  agreed 
upon  the  length  of  tlieir  separate  works,  then 
adjourned  to  meet  again  at  the  first  rehearsal. 
The  first  pcrfurmance  of  the  plays  will  be  gi\en 
at  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre  near  the  end  of 
September.  There  will  be  a  separate  cast  for 
each  play  selected  by  the  author.  This  theatrical 
stunt  will  be  repeated  in  New  York  about  the 
time  of  the  production  here  witli  three  other 
separate  casts. 


Morgan  and  the  Kaiser 

J.  Pierpont  Morgan  was  never  so  feted  by  the 
Kaiser  as  during  the  week  of  the  yacht  races  at 
Kiel.  Mr.  Morgan  was  the  almost  constant 
companion  of  the  Kaiser,  who  seemed  to  take 


By  Robert  McTavish 

the  greatest  pleasure  in  c(jnversing  with  him.  He 
was  the  Kaiser's  guest  at  numerous  luncheons  and 
dinners  and  usually  sat  next  to  or  close  to  the 
Emperor.  He  was  aboiird  the  Kaiser's  yacht 
Meteor  when  slie  won  the  first  race.  None  of 
tlie  military  or  naval  officers  or  tiie  titled  Eng- 
lish or  German  personages  were  accorded  so 
nuich  .-ittention  by  the  Kaiser  as  was  Mr.  Morgan. 

The  Menace  of  Cocaine  in  Paris 

Coc.'iine  is  destroying  Paris  society,  according 
to  an  article  by  .Alfred  Edwards,  founder  of  the 
Matin  newspaper.  The  drug,  he  says,  is  now  in 
full  vogue,  especially  among  the  gilded  youth  of 
the  capital,  on  whom  it  is  working  frightful 
h;iv()C.  mentally,  morally  and  physically.  The 
writer  says  he  is  induced  to  give  the  cry  of  alarm 
in  consequence  of  statements  of  a  number  of 
medical  friends,  who  see  day  by  day  a  proces- 
sion of  victims  more  or  less  irremediably  injured. 
Cocaine,  he  points  out,  from  being  of  the  greatest 
benefit  to  humanity  in  minor  surgical  operations, 
has  now  become  one  of  its  most  frightful  scour- 
ges, in  Paris  at  all  events.  Tlie  facility  with 
which  it  can  be  taken  has  caused  it  altogether  to 
displace  morphine  as  a  means  of  obtaining 
".Asiatic  dreams."  Young  people  of  both  sexes, 
says  Mr.  Edwards,  hoping  to  install  a  minor  par- 
adise of  Mahomet  at  home,  take  cocaine  in  larger 
and  larger  quantities,  without  any  knowledge  of 
its  effects  on  the  system.  The  result  is  that  fatal 
accidents  are  of  daily  occurrence,  while  if  those 
who  become  its  slaves  are  not  killed  at  once,  they 
in  many  cases  become  utterly  demoralized  or 
brutalized. 


Art  Is  Soaring 

There  have  been  remarkable  happenings  in  tiie 
art  world  in  the  last  year.  The  rise  in  values  as 
shown  by  the  Doucet  and  Corcano  sales  in  Paris 
has  been  tremendous.  What  concerns  people  in 
the  United  States  more  closely  than  the  high 
prices  is  the  fact  that  Americans  have  been 
among  the  chief  purchasers  at  both  the  public 
auctions  and  the  private  sales.  More  and  more 
of  the  art  treasures  of  the  Old  World  are  com- 
ing to  the  New.  The  drain  is  so  great  as  to 
awaken  alarm  in  England,  They  complain  there 
that  the  art  accumulations  of  centuries  in  great 
houses  are  being  shipped  to  .America.  States- 
men like  Mr.  Asquith  and  Mr.  Balfour  have  dis- 
cussed the  danger  and  the  remedy.  The  custom 
house  figures  tell  the  tale.  Not  England  alone 
but  all  Europe  is  supplying  masterpieces  to 
American  collectors.  Within  the  last  year  the 
valuation  of  works  of  art  received  in  the  port 
of  New  York  free  of  duty  is  estimated  at 
$,32.(X)0.(X)0. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


July  13,  1912  TOWN  TALK 

Perspective  Impressions 


The  husband  who  allows  his  suffragette  wife 
to  register  for  him  at  a  hotel,  designating  him 
merely  as  "and  husband,"  has  just  the  sort  of 
wife  he  deserves. 


A  lot  of  Progressive  ardor  is  going  to  cool  be- 
tween now  and  the  fifth  of  August  when  the 
"bull  moose"  convention  is  scheduled  to  begin  in 
Chicago. 


Mr.  Hearst  will  support  the  nominee  of  the 
Baltimore  convention — on  a  pruning  hook. 


Women  in  Paris  arc  now  wearing  suspenders 
just  like  men  only  that  they  are  attached  to  the 
skirt.    The  other  garment  is  worn  as  of  old. 


One  of  the  visiting  clubwomen  went  slumming 
and  studied  the  "sensuous  abandon"  of  the  Bar- 
bary  Coast.  If  there  is  any  "sensuous  abandon" 
on  the  Coast  hardened  San  Franciscans  have  failed 
to  discover  it. 


"Soldiers  Rescue  Steers  Imprisoned  for  Years; 
Large  Herd  Grows  From  Few  Animals." — Ex- 
aminer headline.  This  remarkable  freak  of  nature 
is  respectfully  referred  to  Professor  Loeb  for  the 
light  that  it  may  throw  on  the  secret  of  life. 


On  his  own  initiative  Bill  Kent  has  recalled 
his  determination  not  to  run  again.  Perhaps  the 
result  of  the  popular  referendum  in  November 
will  make  him  sorry  he  changed  his  mind. 


Would  it  be  impertinent  to  ask  Bill  Kent  how 
much  he  intends  to  pay  for  votes  on  the  hoof  in 
the  next  campaign? 


Chester  Rowell  has  been  harking  back  to  the 
iniquity  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Convention.  No  small 
part  of  it  was  Chester. 


"Now  what  are  the  American  people  going  to 
do  about  it?" — Fresno  Republican.  Why  not 
ask  the  Colonel.  He  keeps  his  ear  at  the  public 
mouth. 


So  strong  is  the  demand  among  the  virtuous 
Progressive  newspapers  for  calumnies  against  the 
President  that  it  requires  great  courage  for  a 
Cabinet  officer  to  discharge  a  janitor. 


Boum-Boum 


The  cliild,  deadly  pale,  was  lying  stretched  out 
in  his  little  white  bed,  and  his  eyes,  grown  big 
from  the  fever,  gazed  fixedly  in  front  of  him, 
with  that  strange  look  of  dying  people,  who  seem 
already  to  see  things  invisible  to  others. 

At  the  head  of  the  bed  the  mother,  biting  her 
fingers  to  keep  from  crying,  anxiously  followed 
the  progress  of  the  disease  upon  the  thin  face  of 
the  poor  little  creature.  The  father,  a  good  work- 
man, forced  back  into  his  red  eyes  the  tears 
which  burnt  his  eyelids. 

The  sun  rose,  clear  and  sweet,  on  a  beautiful 
June  morning,  and  the  early  light  filled  the  room 
on  the  Rue  des  Abbesses,  where  little  Francois, 
the  child  of  Jacques  and  Marie  Legrand,  lay 
dying.  He  was  seven  years  old,  and  only  three 
weeks  ago  he  had  been  fair  and  rosy,  gay  as  a 
sparrow.  But  a  fever  had  attacked  him.  One 
evening  he  came  home  from  school  with  an 
aching  head  and  hands  as  hot  as  fire.  And  while 
he  was  there  in  bed  he  sometimes  said  in  his 
delirium,  as  he  looked  at  liis  carefully  polished 
shoes,  which  his  mother  had  placed  in  a  corner: 

"You  can  throw  away  little  Francois's  shoes, 
for  he  will  never  wear  them  again.  Little  Fran- 
cois will  never  go  back  to  school — never,  never!" 

Then  the  father  said,  "Be  quiet!"  and  the 
mother  buried  her  blond  head  in  the  pillow  so 
that  little  Francois  should  not  know  that  she 
was  crying. 

That  night  the  child  had  not  been  delirious, 
but  for  two  days  past  he  had  made  the  doctor 
very  anxious  by  a  sort  of  strange  prostration, 
which  seemed  like  a  giving-up  of  everything,  as 
if,  at  seven  years  old,  the  sick  child  had  already 
grown  weary  of  life.  He  was  tired,  silent,  sor- 
rowful, turning  his  head  upon  the  pillow,  not 
wanting  to  take  anything,  without  a  smile  upon 
his  poor  shrivelled  lips,  and  his  haggard  eyes 
still  searching,  seeing  one  knew  not  what,  very 
far  off.  When  they  wanted  him  to  take  his 
medicine  or  some  soup  he  utterly  refused. 

"Do  you  want  something,  Francois?" 

"No,  I  want  nothing!" 

The  doctor  said:  "He  must  be  roused  out  of 
this  state.  His  torpor  alarms  me.  You  are  his 
father  and  mother,  and  you  know  your  own  child 
perfectly.  You  must  find  something  to  bring 
back  the  life  to  this  little  body,  and  to  recall  to 
earth  this  spirit  which  is  hovering  in  the  clouds.' 
And  he  left  them. 


By  Jules  Claretie 

They  must  find  something!  Yes.  surely  the 
good  people  knew  all  about  their  little  Francois. 
They  knew  how  he  enjoyed  plundering  the  hedges 
on  Sunday,  and  coming  back  to  Paris  loaded  with 
hawthorn  blossoms,  and  seated  upon  his  father's 
shoulders.  They  knew  how  he  loved  to  go  to 
the  Champs  Elysee  to  see  Punch  and  Judy. 

Jacques  Legrand  had  bought  paper  toys  for  the 
little  one,  gilded  soldiers,  queer  Chinese  figures. 
Now  he  cut  them  out,  put  them  on  the  child's 
bed,  made  them  dance  before  his  eyes,  and  tried 
to  make  him  laugh,  though  his  own  heart  was 
full  of  grief. 

"See,  Francois!  That  is  a  broken  bridge,  and 
there  is  a  general!  Don't  you  remember?  You 
saw  a  general  one  day  in  the  Bois  de  Boulogne. 
If  you  take  your  medicine  I'll  buy  you  a  bigger 
line,  with  a  cloth  uniform  and  gold  epaulets. 
Tell  me,  do  you  want  the  general?" 

"No!"  the  child  answered,  in  his  dull,  fever- 
ish voice. 

"Do  you  want  a  pistol,  some  marbles,  a  cross- 
bow ?" 

"No,"  repeated  the  little  voice,  clear  and  al- 
most cruel.  And  to  all  that  they  said  to  him, 
to  all  their  offers  of  balloons  and  jumping-jacks, 
there  came  the  same  monotonous  answer,  "No, 
no,  no!"  while  the  unhappy  parents  looked  at 
each  other  despairingly. 

"But  what  do  you  really  want,  my  little  Fran- 
cois?" his  mother  asked.  "Let  us  see,  there 
surely  must  be  something  which  you  would  like 
to  have.    Tell  me,  tell  your  own  mamma!" 

She  laid  her  cheek  upon  the  sick  boy's  pillow, 
and  whispered  this  into  his  ear  as  though  it  were 
a  secret. 

Then  the  child,  in  a  strange  tone,  sitting  up  in 
bed,  and  stretching  out  his  eager  hand  toward 
something  invisible,  answered  all  at  once  in  a 
voice  which  was  earnest,  beseeching,  imperative: 

"I  want  Boum-boum!" 

"Boum-boum !" 

Poor  Marie  turned  her  frightened  face  toward 
her  husband.  What  was  the  little  boy  saying? 
Was  this  another  attack  of  delirium? 

Boum-boum ! 

She  did  not  know  what  he  meant,  and  she  was 
frightened  by  these  strange  words  wliich  the 
cliild  kept  repeating,  as  if,  not  having  dared  until 
then  to  give  any  expression  to  his  dream,  he 


"lung  to  it  with  an  obstinacy  notiiing  could 
change. 

"Yes,  Boum-boum!  Bouni-bouni !  I  want 
Boum-boum !" 

The  mother  seized  her  husband's  hand,  and 
said,  "Oh.  Jacques,  what  does  lie  mean?  He  has 
Irst  his  mind!" 

But  the  father's  rough  face  had  an  expression 
which  was  almost  happy,  although  bewildered; 
the  smile  of  a  condemned  man  who  has  caught  a 
glimpse  of  the  possibility  of  freedom. 

Boum-boum!  How  well  he  remembered  the 
Easter  Monday  when  he  had  taken  Francois  to 
the  matinee  at  the  circus.  He  still  seemed  to 
hear  the  boy's  shouts  of  delight,  his  bursts  of 
laughter  when  the  clown,  all  covered  with  gold 
'pangles,  and  wearing  a  glittering  butterfly  on  the 
l  ack  of  liis  costume,  frisked  across  the  ring, 
tripped  up  a  rider,  stood  upon  his  head  in  the 
sruid,  or  tlirew  the  felt  hats  high  up  in  the  air, 
skillfully  catching  them  on  his  head,  where  they 
formed  a  pyramid.  And  at  every  trick,  at  every 
joke,  his  broad  mouth  uttered  the  same  cry,  like 
a  merry  refrain,  repeated  the  same  word: 

"Boum-boum !" 

And  whenever  he  appeared  the  whole  audience 
cried  Bravo!  and  the  little  boy  laughed  joyfully. 
It  was  this  Boum-boum,  the  great  clown,  whom 
Francois  wanted  to  see,  and  whom  he  could  not 
see,  because  he  lay  there,  without  any  strength, 
on  his  white  bed. 

That  evening  Jacques  Legrand  brought  the 
child   a   jointed   clown,   covered    with  spangles, 


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Poems  About  San  Francisco 

(Bret  Harte  loved  Lone  Mountain,  perhaps  a  bit  more  than  he  loved  the  other  distinctive  elements  that  went 
to  make  up  the  San  Francisco  he  knew.  For  Bret  Harte  was  given  to  the  moralizing  vein,  and  the  hill  which 
sheltered  the  city's  dead  made  a  strong  pull  upon  his  somewhat  melancholy  imagination.  The  cemeteries  of  Lone 
Mountain  he  celebrated  in  a  poem  which  has  already  been  given  in  this  scries.  In  "The  Two  Ships"  he  is  found 
standing  upon  the  hill  straining  his  eyes  to  pierce  the  mystery  of  the  "ultimate  sea."  As  usual  in  such  moments 
Harte's  thoughts  turn  to  religion,  and  he  interprets  the  scene  which  he  surveys  in  terms  of  religious  hope.) 

XLVIII— THE  TWO  SHIPS 
By  Brete  Harte 


As  I  stand  by  the  cross  on  the  lone  mountain's  crest. 

Looking  over  the  ultimate  sea, 
In  the  gloom  of  the  mountain  a  ship  lies  at  rest, 

And  one  sails  away  from  the  lee: 
One  spreads  its  white  wings  on  a  far-reaching  track, 

With  pennant  and  sheet  flowing  free; 
One  hides  in  the  shadow  with  sails  laid  aback, — 

The  ship  tliat  is  waiting  for  me! 


But  lo,  in  the  distance  the  clouds  break  away! 

The  Gate's  glowing  portals  I  see; 
And  I  hear  from  the  outgoing  ship  in  the  bay 

The  song  of  the  sailors  in  glee: 
So  I  think  of  the  luminous  footprints  that  bore 

The  comfort  o'er  dark  Galilee, 
And  wait  for  the  signal  to  go  to  the  shore. 

To  the  ship  that  is  waiting  for  me. 


Divided  Progressives 

It  is  asking  too  much  of  Progressives  to  stick 
together  in  this  campaign  with  two  such  charm- 
ers as  the  Colonel  and  the  professor  ravishing 
the  susceptibles  with  their  blandishments  at  one 
and  the  same  time.  See  what  has  already  hap- 
pened in  California.  Curtis  Lindley,  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  Johnson  machine,  was  Johnny- 
on-the-spot  with  a  telegram  of  felicitation  to  Wil- 
son as  soon  as  the  nomination  was  made.  Now 
Lindley  by  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case 
ought  to  be  for  Roosevelt.  I  cannot  speak  au- 
thoritatively as  to  Lindley's  politics,  but  assuredly 
his  recent  activities  have  compelled  the  infer- 
ence that  his  leanings  were  toward  the  Republi- 
can party.  It  was  not  so  long  ago  that  the 
Johnson  machine  was  thought  to  be  grooming 
Lindley  for  United  States  Senator.  But  here  he 
is  for  Wilson,  riding  on  the  band-wagon  cheek 
by  jowl  with  Rudolph  Spreckels  than  whom  there 
is  not  a  more  bitter  enemy  of  the  current  Sac- 
ramento dispensation  in  all  the  State.  And 
where,  Oh,  where  in  this  great  crisis  is  Senator 
Works,  the  sweetest  flower  that  ever  grew  in  the 
Progressive  garden?  Is  Senator  Works  in 
syinpathy  with  Governor  Johnson's  pet  scheme? 
Not  by  a  jugful.  Works  is  off  the  reservation, 
tripping  the  light  fantastic  ghost  dance,  and 
making  horrible  faces  at  everybody.  He  will 
probably  be  for  Debs. 


Getting  Back  to  Camp 

Notwithstanding  the  dithyrambic  protestations 
of  the  Colonel  the  real  danger  at  this  time  is 
the  danger  of  his  not  running.  California  is 
not  the  only  State  where  defections  are  occurring. 
Some  of  the  hoarsest  of  the  Chicago  shouters 
have  taken  the  back  trail.  The  dailies  have  re- 
ported only  the  capital  losses  and  not  all  of  them. 
There's  Ormsby  McHarg.  for  instance.    I  haven't 


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seen  anything  about  his  change  of  heart  in  the 
despatches.  Ormsby  is  back  with  the  G.  O.  P. 
Boss  Flinn  is  still  true  to  Poll  but  the  Flinn 
machine  like  Johnson's  is  disintegrating.  Flinn's 
county  chairman.  Mayor  Magee,  I-'linn's  partner, 
David  B.  Johns,  S.  C.  Jamison,  the  coroner, 
William  H.  Coleman,  the  county  clerk  and  Con- 
gressmen Barchficld  and  Porter — all  have  swung 
into  line  for  the  Republican  nominee.  To  make 
matters  worse  the  "Thou  Shalt  not  Steal" 
slogan  is  losing  its  force.  President  William 
Murray  Butler  of  Columbia  University,  a  gen- 
tleman in  whom  even  "Faithful  Friend"  Ben 
Wheeler  has  confidence,  has  been  spreading  the 
light  in  the  Eastern  press,  and  he  says  there  was 
no  stealing  in  Chicago.  Nay,  he  goes  so  far  as 
to  say  that  the  contest  instituted  by  Editor  Hogue 
of  the  Post  was  the  cleanest-cut  of  all,  and  that 
there  was  nothing  more  clear  than  that  the  John- 
son delegates  of  the  Fourth  district  were  not  en- 
titled to  seats  in  the  convention.  This  assertion 
of  course  entitles  William  Murray  Butler  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Ananias  Club. 


Hearing  from  Home 

"They  have  heard  a  great  deal  from  home  in 
this  convention,"  said  William  J.  Bryan  in  Balti- 
more. "They  have  been  hearing  a  great  deal 
from  home  in  that  convention,"  said  Woodrow 
Wilson  at  Sea  Girt.  The  peerless  one  of  the 
sweating  chin  and  the  New  Jersey  pedagogue 
spoke  with  an  exultation  that  could  not  be  con- 
cealed. Not  that  they  wanted  to  conceal  it;  for 
they  are  wont  to  lift  up  their  voices  in  loud- 
mouthed exultation  whenever  they  speak  of  the 
dear  pee-pul.  But  with  a  bit  more  of  finesse  they 
might  have  concealed  the  wheels  of  their  political 
machinery.  There  was  an  overplus  of  team  work 
in  the  remark.  Of  course  the  Bourbons  at  Balti- 
more heard  from  their  unterrified  brethren  at 
home!  It's  as  plain  as  the  nose  on  Bill  Bryan's 
classic  face  that  the  delegates  heard  from  home 
because  Bryan  and  Wilson  inspired  the  stayers- 
at-home  to  bombard  the  delegates  with  messages 
.\11  the  delegations  which  stood  stubbornly  for 
Clark  ballot  after  ballot  were  inundated  with 
billows  of  yellow  paper.  Wire  after  wire  was 
tired  at  them  and  every  wire  was  to  the  same 
effect.  The  folks  at  home  expected  them  to  do 
their  duty  by  breaking  to  Wilson.  There  can  be 
no  doubt  that  these  multitudinous  messages  had 
their  share  in  bringing  about  the  final  result. 
The  men  who  received  them  were  in  a  highly 


nervous  state,  not  prepared  to  withstand  the 
urgings  of  their  party  leaders  at  home.  But  if 
they  had  known  that  these  messages  were  not 
spontaneous  expressions  of  widespread  sentiment, 
but  paper  bullets  molded  by  Bryan  and  Wilson 
for  the  stayers-at-home  to  fire,  would  they  have 
been  so  almightily  impressed  with  them?  I  am 
inclined  to  answer  "no." 


Bombardier  Phelan 

Not  all  these  messages  from  home  were  equally 
successful.  Take  those  which  came  from  Cali- 
fornia for  instance.  They  were  signed  with  the 
name  of  James  D.  Phelan.  A  most  energetic 
bombardier  was  Phelan  who  recked  not  of  tel- 
egraph tolls  when  it  became  a  question  of  sug- 
gcstionizing  the  California  delegation  in  favor  of 
his  dear  friend  Woodrow.  .Across  the  continent 
from  San  Francisco  to  Baltimore  flashed  mes- 
sage after  message  wherein  he  pleaded,  exhorted, 
argued  and  demanded  on  behalf  of  the  Cali- 
fornian  Democracy  that  the  men  who  had  been 
instructed  for  Clark  forget  their  instructions  and 
give  their  twenty-six  votes  to  Wilson.  But  the 
pleadings,  the  exhortations,  the  arguments  and 
the  demands  of  Bombardier  Phelan  fell  on  stony 
ground.  The  men  who  received  them  were  a  bit 
amazed,  mayhap  to  some  extent  indignant.  Why 
should  Bf)mbardicr  Phelan  train  his  mortar  on 
them?  Had  not  the  Wilson  ticket  headed  by 
Phelan  been  beaten  five  to  one  in  the  primary 
election?  Did  he  mean  to  tell  them  that  the 
Democrats  of  California  had  suflFered  an  over- 
whelming change  of  mind  and  heart?  They  were 
sceptical.  They  doubted  the  genuineness  of  these 
instructions  voiced  for  the  dear  pee-pul  by  the 
enthusiastic  bombardier.  They  read  the  messages, 
laughed  at  them  and  kept  on  voting  for  Clark. 


When  Raker  Subsided 

Out  of  Washington  comes  a  story  about  our 
Congressman  Raker  which  has  caused  a  good  deal 


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of  merriment  in  the  cloakroom  of  the  lower 
chamber.  Representative  Curley  of  Massachu- 
setts was  addressing  the  House  on  a  measure  of 
considerable  importance.  He  clinched  his  argu- 
ment by  declaring:  "Not  one  distinguished  mem- 
ber of  my  party  opposes  this  bill."  Then  up  rose 
Raker  of  Modoc  and  said:  "The  gentleman  from 
Massachusetts  forgets  that  I  oppose  this  bill." 
Congressman  Curley  looked  at  Raker  and  smiled 
a  bland  Massachusetts  smile.  "The  gentleman 
from  California  is  hasty,"  he  explained;  "I  spoke 
of  the  distinguished  members  of  my  party." 
Whereupon  Raker  subsided  and  was  heard  no 
more. 


A  Wizard  at  Figures 

Which  reminds  me  that  when  Raker  was  mak- 
ing his  final  effort  to  commend  his  Asiatic  Ex- 
clusion measure  to  a  House  which  would  have 
none  of  it,  he  submitted  figures  compiled  by 
Aleck  Yoell  of  the  Asiatic  Exclusion  League 
showing  the  number  of  Asiatics  who  had  been 
admitted  to  the  United  States  during  the  year 
ending  June  30.  The  figures  were  arresting  fig- 
ures, but  it  happened  that  they  were  presented  in 
April.  And  so  when  one  of  the  members  of  Con- 
gress remarked,  "A  wizard  like  the  gentleman 
from  California  who  can  forecast  the  emigration 
figures  for  May  and  June  must  forgive  us  if  we 
attach  less  than  face  value  to  the  figures  which 
he  obtained  without  clairvoyance,"  the  House 
guffawed  and  tossed  Raker's  bill  into  the  discard. 


Huntington  a  Collector 

Friends  of  Henry  E.  Huntington  tell  me  he  is 
bringing  to  Los  Angeles  one  of  the  finest  collec- 
tions of  works  of  art  in  the  country.  It  is  not 
generally  known  that  Huntington  has  become  a 
competitor  of  J.  Pierpont  Morgan  at  the  big  art 
sales  in  Europe.  Not  long  ago  he  paid  a  fabulous 
price  for  a  bible.  Last  month  he  got  hold  of 
three  Gainsboroughs,  and  the  total  price  paid 
was  $600,000.  They  were  all  pictures  with  a  his- 
tory. One  of  them  was  a  portrait  of  Penelope, 
wife  of  General  Edward  Ligonier  (Earl  Ligonier.) 
They  were  exhibited  in  the  Royal  Academy  the 
very  year  the  lady  eloped  with  the  poet  Count 
Alfieri.  Mr.  Huntington  also  has  a  portrait  of 
the  Duchess  of  Cumberland  by  Gainsborough.  It 
is  said  he  paid  $200,000  for  it.  The  Duchess  was 
a  favorite  subject  with  Gainsborough.  He  painted 
no  less  than  seven  portraits  of  her.  A  good  deal 
of  "Uncle  Colis"  Huntington's  money  is  going 
into  art.  Mrs.  C.  P.  Huntington  is  one  of  the 
notable  collectors  of  old  masterpieces.  She  has 
in  her  collection  a  number  of  Rembrandts.  Some 
time  ago  she  presented  to  the  Hispanic  Society 
of  America  a  Velasquez  which  cost  $400,000. 


Mrs.  Atherton  and  Her  Play 

Not  long  ago  I  wrote  a  paragraph  about  what 
I  called  Mrs.  Atherton's  "belated  discovery." 
From  an  interview  in  the  New  York  Sun  I  judged 
that  it  was  not  until  after  her  play  "Julia  France" 
was  written  that  she  received  her  first  lessons 
in  technique  from  Harrison  Grey  Fiske.  On  the 
fact  that  she  had  not  learned  her  technique  before 
tackling  playwriting  I  laid  the  blame  for  the 
play's  failure.  Perhaps  the  interviewer  misun- 
derstood Mrs.  Atherton;  or  perhaps  I  misunder- 
stood the  interviewer.  At  any  rate  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton writes  to  tell  me  that  the  play  was  not  a 
failure.  She  informs  me  that  it  was  merely  given 
a  tryout  on  the  last  night  of  Mrs.  Fiske's  engage- 
ment at  Toronto.  Mrs.  Fiske  had  discovered  af- 
ter beginning  rehearsals  that  the  big  part  was  the 
part  of  a  young  girl,  and  she  wanted  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton to  see  a  performance  before  building  up  the 
part  which  she  was  to  play.    But  Mrs.  Atherton 


likes  the  young  girl's  part  best,  so  she  has  de- 
cided not  to  strengthen  the  part  of  the  older 
woman.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fiske  have  expressed 
the  opinion  that  Mrs.  Atherton  has  more  theatre 
sense  and  more  instinctive  knowledge  of  the 
drama  than  many  old  hands  at  playwriting.  Mrs. 
Atherton  writes  me  that  it  was  not  the  technique 
which  bothered  her  but  the  dramatic  method  of 
writing  which  is  so  different  from  the  novelistic 
method  to  which  she  is  accustomed.  One  state- 
ment in  Mrs.  Atherton's  letter  will  commend  it- 
self strongly  to  all  who  know  anything  about  the 
drama.  "One  knows  nothing  about  playwriting," 
she  says,  "until  the  experience  of  rehearsals." 


Archer's  Strange  Advice 

In  this  connection  I  cannot  resist  quoting  an 
extraordinary  passage  from  William  Archer's  re- 
cently published   "Playmaking."    Here  it  is: 

"On  the  other  hand,  the  advice  one  is  apt  to 
give  to  beginners — 'Go  to  the  theatre,  study  its 
conditions  and  mechanism  for  yourself, — is,  in  fact, 
of  very  doubtful  value.  It  might,  in  many  cases, 
be  well  to  warn  the  aspirant  to  keep  himself  un- 
spotted from  the  playhouse.  To  send  him  there 
is  to  imperil,  on  the  one  hand,  his  originality  of 
vision;  on  the  other,  his  individuality  of  method. 
He  may  fall  under  the  influence  of  some  great 
master,  and  see  life  only  through  his  eyes;  or  he 
may  become  so  habituated  to  the  current  tricks 
of  the  theatrical  trade  as  to  lose  all  sense  of  their 
conventionality  and  falsity,  and  find  himself,  in 
the  end,  better  fitted  to  write  what  I  have  called 
a  quack  handbook  than  a  living  play.  It  would 
be  ridiculous,  of  course,  to  urge  an  aspirant  posi- 
tively to  avoid  the  theatre;  but  the  common  ad- 
vice to  steep  himself  in  it  is  beset  with  dangers." 

This  strikes  me  as  the  most  arrant  nonsense. 
The  man  who  expects  to  write  a  play  while  keep- 
ing himself  "unspotted  from  the  playhouse"  will 
never  produce  anything  but  closet  drama.  A  car- 
penter might  just  as  reasonably  try  to  preserve 
his  originality  in  house-building  by  keeping  aloof 
from  houses.  Must  the  novelist  refrain  from 
reading  fiction?  or  the  painter  shut  his  eyes  to  the 
old  masters?  William  Archer,  it  may  be  noted, 
is  not  a  playwright  but  only  a  translator  of  plays. 


"Jim"  Hill — Empire  Builder 

A  grand  old  man  is  James  J.  Hill,  the  last  of 
the  great  empire  builders  of  the  Far  West,  whose 
position  in  the  railway  world  has  been  unique 
since  the  death  of  Colis  P.  Huntington,  of  whom 
he  is  reminiscent  in  the  matter  of  force  of  char- 
acter, breadth  of  vision  and  executive  ability.  On 
his  seventy-fourth  birthday  which  occurred  two 
weeks  ago  James  J.  Hill  laid  down  the  work  in 
which  he  had  been  engaged  for  nearly  forty 
years.  At  midnight  of  that  day  he  ceased  to  be 
chairman  and  active  general  manager  of  the  Great 
Northern  Railway,  one  of  the  great  transporta- 
tion systems  of  the  country  which  he  projected, 
developed  and  completed.  Mr.  Hill  has  earned 
the  leisure  which,  as  he  says,  "every  man  looks 
for  who  has  borne  the  burden  and  heat  of  the 
day."  He  is  a  man  to  whom  much  honor  is  due; 
more,  perhaps,  than  to  any  other  living  American, 
but  who  thinks  of  him  as  a  man  especially  de- 
serving of  the  admiration  and  respect  of  his 
fellow  men?  None  but  the  thousandth  man  of 
the  multitude,  who  has  discernment,  who  realizes 
what  it  means,  what  it  has  meant  to  millions  of 
human  beings — the  opening  up  of  vast  stretches 
of  virgin  territory,  the  providing  of  essential 
facilities  to  home-builders  and  the  founders  of 
American  families.  How  innumerable  the  op- 
portunities that  James  J.  Hill  has  created  for 
men!  But  James  J.  Hill,  according  to  the  pop- 
ular conception  inspired  by  our  darling  politi- 
cians, the  voracious,  pestiferous  taxeaters  of  the 


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Whatever  may  be  thouglit  of  "Jim"  Ilill  it  will 
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volume  and  the  efficiency  of  its  service,  the  Great 
Northern  has  at  the  same  time  carried  to  market 
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July  13,  1912 


lines."    Something  lie  has  reason  to  be  proud  of. 
but  how  strange  that  the  Octopus  should  take! 
pride  in  such  a  matter!    "Jim"  Hill  is  also  proudj 
that  he  has  done  well  as  a  manager  and  made| 
money  for  others.    He  says:  "All  the  other  trans- 
continental lines  had  received  large  subsidies  inj 
cash  or  land  grants,  or  both.    They  suffered  thcl 
check  of  financial  .stresses  and  passed  throughl 
receiverships    and    reorganizations.     The  Greall 
Northern,  which  includes  the   Manitoba,  never 
failed,  never  passed  a  dividend,  never  was  fin-| 
ancially    insecure    in    any    time    of   panic.  Fori 
thirty-three  years  its  credit  has  been  unimpairedl 
and  its  resources  equal  to  any  demands  uponi 
them,  and  in  times  of  financial  distress  it  hasl 
been  able   to  assist  materially  in   moving  thc| 
crops  of  the  Northwest.    The  security  of  the  in- 
vestments of  the  holders  of  stock  and  bonds  haij 
always  been  a  first  consideration,  and  the  suc- 
cess and  prosperity  that  attend  the  company  to- 
day have  not  been  purchased  either  by  any  doubt- 
ful transactions  in  the  stock  market  or  at  thel 
cost  of  one  dollar  ever  committed  by  man  orl 
woman  to  this  company  in  trust."    Even  in  thel 
railroad  business,   it  appears,  a   man   may  find| 
pleasure  in  realizing  that  he  is  a  benefactor  ofj 
his  countrymen. 


The  Financing  of  the  System 

Nowadays  the  impression  prevails  that  whcnS 


Mr.  Phelan  Honored 

What  a  melancholy  world  this  would  be  for 
the  Hon.  James  Duval  Phelan  were  there  no  ar- 
tists in  it?  Mr.  Phelan  is  beloved  of  artists. 
\nii  their  passion  is  reciprocated.  Mr.  Phelan  is 
our  most  liberal  patron  of  the  arts.  Mr.  Phelan 
s  a  cultured  man;  that  is,  he  knows  what's  what 
tnd  who's  who  in  the  world  of  art.  He  has 
taste  for  works  of  art.  He  knows  a  daub  from 
1  masterpiece,  a  poem  from  a  handsaw;  and  when 
le  meets  a  lady  novelist  he  can  quote  her  own 
vorks  to  her,  which  is  a  form  of  flattery  that 
not  even  the  most  eminent  literary  person  can 
esist.  It  is  really  too  bad  that  Mr.  Phelan 
doesn't  devote  all  his  time  to  artist  folk  and  thus 
ivoid  the  irritations  of  public  and  commercial  life. 
These  reflections  were  induced  by  a  little  book 
jf  poems  that  came  to  me  the  other  day  all  the 
.vay  from  Clifford's  Inn,  London,  where  it  was 
Trinted  for  the  author  Hermann  Scheflfauer,  a 
San  Francisco  poet  of  international  reputation, 
by  no  means  unknown  to  the  readers  of  Town 
Talk  who  have  had  the  pleasure  of  reading  both 
his  prose  and  poetry  first  hand.  The  book  is  en- 
titled "Drake  in  California."  It  is  a  book  of  bal- 
lads and  poems.  It  is  dedicated  to  James  Duval 
Phelan,  an  honor  far  from  novel  in  the  ex- 
perience of  our  cultured  millionaire,  but  none  the 
less  welcome.  Other  poets  have  been  similarly 
i'kind  to  Mr.  Phelan,  thus  compensating  him  for 


dealing  with  public  service  corporations  the  peo-j,(;^  ■  ^  o    --- 

pie  should  remember  nothing  but  that  they  madeFTthe  honors  which   he  has  sought  elsewhere  in 

possible  whatever  success  and  wealth  have  at-'|  |  vain,  honors  which  I  regard  as  much  less  worthy 

tended   corporate   enterprise.    As  public   service  '  of  his  ambition.    There  are  men  remembered  for 

corporations  derive  their  revenue  from  the  pub-.  '  nothing  but  the  love  that  poets  had  for  them. 

lie  therefore  gratitude  should  all  be  on  the  side  '  It  may  be  a  cheap  form  of  immortality,  but  even 

of  the  corporations.    Such  is  the  argument  of  the'  it  is  better  than  the  kind  Carnegie  is  buying 

political  polemic.    With  this  sentiment  in  mind     f,,_       „r^^;„;^„„  ;        -m     r  i- 

f  lor  a  prodigious  price.    My  felicitations  to  our 

It  IS  instructive  to  read  the  history  of  the  Great         ,  , 

patrf)n  of  the  arts. 

Northern  as  told  by  Mr.  Hill.  The  big  railway 
project  had  its  inception  just  after  the  panic  of 
1873  when  the  payments  of  the  old  St.  Paul  and 
Pacific  Company  were  in  the  hands  of  a  receiver. 
The  holders  of  the  securities  in  Holland  were 
anxious  to  recover  what  they  could  from  the 
wreck.  They  would  invest  no  money  in  improve- 
ments and  extension.  The  only  value  lay  in 
potentialities,  and  the  reorganization  of  the  prop- 
erty was  regarded  as  visionary.  So  it  required  a 
visionary  to  take  hold,  and  James  J.  Hill  was  the 
man.  The  prf)blcni  was  to  pay  off  an  indebted- 
ness of  $44,0(X),(XX),  and  he  wrestled  with  it.  He 
first  obtained  an  option,  and  there  was  not  a 
financial  house  in  Europe  or  America  that  would 
take  the  bargain  off  his  hands.  Today  the  Great 
Northern  has  a  bond  issue  of  $600,000,000,  and 
there  is  no  private  estate  in  the  country  more  care- 
fully provided  against  the  future  than  this  big  rail- 
road system.  Touching  this  subject  Mr.  Hill  says: 
"It  has  a  provision  made  now,  deliberately  and 
not  under  any  pressure  of  necessity,  for  the 
work  of  years  to  come.  That  provision  may  be 
utilized  in  lean  years  and  held  in  suspense  in  fat 
years,  so  as  always  to  realize  the  best  prices  for 
securities  and  to  keep  the  credit  of  the  company 
unimpaired.  No  emergency  can  surprise  it.  It 
is  financed  for  a  period  beyond  which  it  would 
be  fanciful  to  attempt  to  provide.  And  the  de- 
velopment of  its  business  throughout  every  part 
of  the  practically  half  a  continent  which  it  serves 
makes  the  payment  of  dividends  on  the  stock  as 
certain  as  that  of  its  bond  coupons.  There  has 
never  been  a  default  in  either.  There  has  never 
been  a  dollar's  worth  of  stock  or  bonds  issued 
that  was  not  paid  for  in  cash,  property,  or  services 
at  its  actual  cash  value  at  the  time.  The  stock 
has  paid  a  dividend  ever  since  1882,  and  since  1900 
the  rate  has  remained  steadily  at  7  per  cent."  It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  nobody  begrudges  Mr.  Hill 
his  vacatiom. 


His  Verses 

Poet  Scheffaucr  has  become  converted  to  the 
perpetual  peace  propaganda.  In  his  opening 
verses  "The  Ballad  of  the  Battlefield"  he  scoffs 
at  the  glory  of  war  thus: 

"The   red   hands   shall   be  dead  hands,   the  red 

cheeks  shall  be  grey, — 
Yesterday  all  red  with  life,  white  with  death  to- 
day. 

What  is  a  soldier's  wife? 
No  more  than  a  soldier's  life! 
For  his  red  hands  soon  are  dead  hands,  his  red 
cheeks  soon  are  grey." 

mm^  :  ■ 

In  this  ballad  the  poet  gives  us  the  lamentations 
in  the  other  world  of  three  victims  of  war — a 
father,  a  son  and  a  bridegroom-to-be.  There  is 
spirited  writing  in  this  ballad,  and  it  might  well 
serve  the  peace  propagandists  as  a  dramatic  piece 
for  recitation.  The  title  poem  "Drake  in  Cali- 
fornia" is  good  metrical  narrative  written  in  the 
archaic  style.  The  movement  of  the  verse  is 
sometimes  uncertain,  but  there  is  much  in  it  to 
return  upon  and  to  admire.  In  this  little  volume 
the  San  Francisco  poet  shows  the  effect  of  new 
influences.  He  has  broadened  and  become  surer 
of  himself,  and  his  poetry  is  the  poetry  of  a 
strong,  keen  mind,  full  of  rapture,  full  of  definite 
pictures  and  clear  imagery.  One  of  the  most 
striking  of  his  pieces  is  "The  Ballad  of  the  Leper" 
of  which  he  says: 

"In  Euston  Road  in  London  Town 
I  saw  and  felt  and  wrote  this  down." 

There  is  a  touch  of  Baudelaire  in  the  ballad,  and 
it  is  in  the  deepest  and  most  perfect  vein  of 
poetry.    For  example: 


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She  stood  enrapped  with  charnel  air 

And  pestilence's  breath; 
The  winds  of  life  had  whipped  her  bare 

And  given  her  to  Death. 

It  seemed  his  voice  of  doom  and  blight 

Rang  round  her  like  a  dirge, 
And  from  her  face,  like  spectral  light, 

Gleamed  forth  the  Great  White  Scourge. 

Again  in  "The  Prayer  of  Beggarman  Death," 
"a  rime  macabre"  as  he  calls  it; 

Oh,  when  shall  India's  famine  maw 
Grant  me  her  bronzen  bodies  thick? 

Or  Cholera,  grey  in  tooth  and  claw, 
Strike  gasping  cities  cold  and  sick? 

By  Peace  and  Doctors  I  am  doomed 
Like  War  and  my  ally  Disease; 

Scant  food  I've  had  since  I  consumed 

Shag  Russians  and  plump  Japanese. 

In  several  of  the  poems  which  I  would  like 
to  quote,  sweetness,  gravity  and  strength  are 
blended  in  the  spirit  of  a  calm  contemplativeness. 
I  haven't  the  space  to  give  my  readers  an 
adequate  idea  of  the  varied  interest  of  the  con- 
tents. 


Walter  Parker 

The  civic  patriots  of  the  Progress  press  of 
California  have  been  bereaved  of  one  of  their 
favorite  objects  of  obloquy.  Walter  Parker  died 
in  Los  Angeles  last  Sundaj.  For  many  years 
Walter  Parker,  by  reason  of  iiis  duties  as  an 
official  of  the  Southern  Paciiic  Company,  was 
quite  active  in  politics.  He  was  known  as  a 
"machine  politician,"  a  "performer,"  by  which 
designations  it  was  implied  that  he.  was  a  most 
undesirable  citizen.  And  so  when  any  of  the 
civic  patriots  of  the  immaculate  press  wished  to 
impress  the  public  with  the  urgent  necessity  of 
political  regeneration  they  spoke  in  a  vague  way 
of  "men  like  Walter  Parker"  whose  malign  in- 
fluence ought  to  be  destroyed.  Whenever  the 
civic  patriots  were  urging  the  election  of  one  of 
their  own  kind  or  promoting  any  selfish  scheme 
of  putative  reform  they  represented  Parker  as  one 
of  the  active  opponents,  thus  suggesting  the  in- 
ference that  virtue  was  all  on  side  and  evil  on 
the  other.  And  in  this  way  they  probably  cre- 
ated a  vivid  impression  of  Walter  Parker  in  the 
susceptible  minds  of  their  followers.  Now  what 
sort  of  man  was  Walter  Parker?  In  Walter 
Parker  there  predominated  those  traits  of  char- 
acter that  win  for  the  individual  the  esteem  of 
his  fellow-men.  An  educated  man  was  Walter 
Parker,  a  man  with  a  very  nimble  wit,  a  most 
agreeable  companion,  and  above  all  a  most  loyal 
friend,  with  such  lovingkindness  in  his  nature 
that  he  was  placable  even  toward  his  most  un- 
just critics.  Morally  Walter  Parker  was  far 
above  the  average  even  of  civic  patriots  and  pious 
reformers.  If  he  was  ever  cynical  it  was  when 
he  was  discussing  the  reform  activities  of  such 


men  as  Earle  and  Lissncr  and  Rovvell,  with  all 
of  whom  he  had  had  some  personal  experience. 
But  he  never  spoke  of  them  harshly  or  in  anger. 
Walter  Parker  was  in  politics  many  years,  and 
there  is  not  a  man  in  the  State  who  can  recall 
anything  dishonorable  in  his  career.  Men  of  the 
Parker  type  are  deeply  lamented  when  gone. 


Farewell  to  Trinity 

"Next  Sunday  will  be  my  last  appearance  in 
any  church,"  Louis  Eaton  told  me  the  other  day. 
I  was  shocked.  "That  is  to  say,"  Louis  added 
iiastily,  "my  last  appearance  as  a  musician."  I 
was  greatly  relieved  to  find  that  he  hadn't 
turned  ungodly.  "I'm  through,"  he  said.  "Forty 
years  of  church  work  is  enough.  Henceforth  I 
devote  myself  to  my  pupils.  The  church  choir 
knows  me  no  more.  The  work  is  too  wearing; 
it  tears  too  strenuously  at  your  nerves.  And 
church  singers  are  hard  to  handle.  Some  people 
may  think  that  their  religious  devotion  would 
hold  them  together.  Not  so.  Their  devotion  is 
devotion  to  music  alone.  After  next  Sunday 
night  I'll  be  free.  I'll  feel  like  a  boy  on  a  vaca- 
tion. Do  you  know  where  I'll  spend  the  first 
free  Sunday  night  in  forty  years?  At  Caesar's!" 
Louis  H.  Eaton  has  been  organist  and  choir 
director  at  Trinity  for  eleven  years,  and  it  is 
owing  to  his  good  work  that  Trinity  boasts  the 
besf  choir  this  side  of  Salt  Lake  City.  He  came 
to  this  city  from  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 
at  the  time  of  the  Episcopal  General  Convention, 
and  Dr.  Clampett  induced  him  to  remain.  He  or- 
ganized a  vt)Iuntecr  choir  (if  thirty-six  singers 
for  Trinity,  and  has  recruited  it  principally  from 
liis  own  pupils  during  the  last  few  years.  Some 
of  the  best  singers  about  town  have  graduated 
from  Trinity  and  Louis  Eaton's  direction.  Among 
them  may  be  mentioned  Mrs.  J.  D.  Gish  (Millie 
Flynn),  Mrs.  J.  E.  Birmingham,  Una  Fairweather 
and  Harry  Barnhard.  '  Needless  to  say,  Trinity  is 
very  sorry  to  lose  Louis  Eaton,  but  his  teaching 
work  so  engrosses  his  time  that  he  finds  it  im- 
possible to  continue  at  the  head  of  the  choir  any 
longer.  Besides,  he  is  busily  engaged  writing  the 
music  for  the  Family  Club's  farm  play.  j 


The  Lady  Clubsters 

A  fine  body  of  women  was  that  which  tarried 
with  us  during  the  convention  of  women's  clubs. 
The  intellect  as  well  as  the  purely  sexual  charm 
of  the  dear  sex  was  splendidly  represented.  They 
liked  the  city  and  were  enchanted  with  our  shops. 
And  so  they  spent  money  freely,  in  the  main. 
There  were  exceptions,  as  there  always  must  be 
in  such  a  gathering.  A  friend  who  has  a  good 
but  modest  restaurant  on  the  south  side  just  a 
few  steps  from  the  busiest  part  of  Market  street 


ALL  SUMMER  RESORTS 

serve  Italian-Swiss  Colony  wines  In  tlieir  guests. 
TlPO  (red  or  white)  is  especially  popular. 


told  me  of  some  of  the  exceptions.  Naturally  he 
caters  to  men  and  women  of  slender  purse.  But 
his  experience  of  San  Francisco  men  and  women 
of  slender  purse  had  not  prepared  him  for  the 
economical  methods  of  some  of  the  dear  ladies 
who  came  here  from  Akron  and  Kokomo  and 
Kalamazoo.  "One  day  six  of  them  came  into  my 
place,"  he  says,  "and  after  making  careful  in- 
quiries about  prices,  ordered  six  cantaloupes  at 
ten  cents  apiece.  Every  one  made  a  luncheon  of 
her  cantaloupe  and  on  leaving,  every  one  paid  her 
separate  ten  cents.  Another  time  two  of  the 
delegates  came  in  and  each  of  them  bought  three 
unsliccd  tomatoes,  also  paying  separately.  There 
were  other  instances  of  the  same  sort.  It  struck 
me  as  funny,  because  San  Francisco  people  don't 
do  tli.it  sr>rt  of  thing." 


Notable  Cousins 

Now  that  Mr.  Phelan  and  Mr.  Spreckels  and 
the  other  Progressives  of  California  are  filled 
with  enthusiasm  for  the  Democratic  ticket  it  may 
interest  them  to  learn  that  the  most  active 
booster  behind  Tom  Marshall  of  Indiana  was  that 
gentleman's  cousin  who  happens  to  be  no  less 
a  personage  than  Mr.  Patrick  Calhoun,  traffic 
magnate  of  San  Francisco  and  Cleveland.  Cal- 
houn and  the  Governor  of  Indiana  are  descend- 
ants of  the  revered  Chief  Justice  of  the  early  days 
of  the  Republic. 


Court  Room  Repartee 

"You  liavcn't  been  around  for  a  story  in  some 
time,"  remarked  the  Man  Who  Winds  the  Ferry 
Clock  when  I  hailed  him  on  the  Enibarcadero.  I 
acknowledged  the  soft  impeachment  and  con- 
fessed that  I  was  in  a  receptive  mood.  "Ever 
hear  the  retort  Tom  O'Connor  made  to  Hiram 
Johnson  in  the  Collins  case?"  he  asked.  I  ad- 
mitted that  it  had  escaped  me.  "Judge  Lennon 
was  sitting  for  Lawlor  at  the  time,"  explained 
the  Man  Who  Winds  the  Ferry  Clock.  "George 
Collins  who  had  been  using  every  means  in  his 
power  to  delay  the  trial  came  into  court  one 
morning   and    announced    that    he   was  witnout 


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HAMMOCKS 

We  have  an  overstock  aiul  will  sacrifice  these 
Hammocks  at  a  very  low  price.  We  arc  making  a 
specialty  of  liluc  and  White  Canvas  Striped  Ham- 
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TOWN  TALK 


July  13,  1912 


counsel.  To  consume  time  he  asked  that  Peter 
Dunne  or  Delmas  or  Charlie  Wheeler  or  Charlie 
Heggerty  be  appointed  to  represent  him.  None 
of  these  attorneys  was  in  court.  Judge  Lennon 
noticed  that  Tom  O'Connor  wa.'^  sitting  in  the 
room  and  he  appointed  him  to  handle  the  case. 
Collins  immediately  instructed  O'Connor  to  ask 
for  a  continuance  in  order  that  he  might  familiar- 
ize himself  with  the  case.  O'Connor  did  so,  and 
Hiram  Johnson  who  was  special  prosecutor  ob- 
jected. 'This  is  all  bosh,'  he  exclaimed.  'This 
young  man  will  have  little  to  do  with  this  case, 
your  honor.  What  he  may  have  to  say  will  pro- 
ceed from  the  mouth  of  O'Connor  but  it  will 
come  from  the  brain  of  Collins.'  Whereupon 
O'Connor  said  to  the  court:  'Your  honor,  counsel 
has  been  kind  enough  to  describe  me  as  a  human 
phonograph.  In  that  case  it  is  only  fair  that  I 
be  given  time  to  prepare  my  record.'  And  he  got 
the  continuance." 


Purely  Personal 

When  Frank  Drew  traveled  through  Europe  he 
met  interesting  men  and  women  everywhere 
whom  he  wouldn't  have  met  except  for  his  knowl- 
edge of  Esperanto. 

If  you  want  to  get  Sam  Ruckcr.  the  furniture 
magnate,  furious,  just  say  a  few  words  in  praise 
of  the  Baltimore  hotels. 

Ed  Hurlburt  of  the  Post  made  such  a  hit  with 
his  police  reporter  stories  in  Collier's  that  the 
magazine  people  are  begging  him  for  more. 

Bob  Fitzgerald  of  Oakland  made  an  epigram 
at  the  Baltimore  convention.  "This  man  Bryan," 
he  said,  "replied  to  a  hypothetical  question  with 
a  hypocritical  answer." 

Those  who  haven't  heard  John  McGregor  of  the 
Union  Iron  Works  sing  "Annie  Laurie"  don't 
know  what  they've  missed. 

Between  Mr.  E.  O.  McCormick  and  Mr.  George 
Pippy  there  is  a  strong  resemblance  not  only  in 
the  matter  of  whiskers  but  in  the  matter  also  of 
temperament  as  expressed  by  the  glad  hand  which 
member,  in  both  instances  has  the  exceptional 
accompaniment  of  a  warm  heart.  Their  friends 
are  trying  to  solve  the  question  as  to  which  of 
them  derives  the  most  benefit  from  the  similarity 
of  whiskers.  As  Pippy  travels  a  good  deal,  and 
as  the  conductors  and  porters  mistake  him  for 
Mr.  McCormick  1  think  he  has  a  shade  on  his 
double. 

Eugene  de  Sabla  is  reckoned  the  greatest  pro- 
moter in  the  United  States.  A  prominent  fin- 
ancier, asked  what  quality  is  most  essential  in 
the  promotion  game,  promptly  replied:  "The 
quality  of  looking  like  millions  when  you  have 
something  to  sell."  De  Sabla,  by  the  way,  is  now 
in  Europe  promoting  something  which,  he  says, 
will  make  the  whole  United .  States  sit  up  and 
take  notice  when  the  deal  goes  through. 


so  much  activity  in  the  real  estate  market  all  over 
Alameda  County.  A.  C.  Parsons  &  Co.  report  the 
sale  of  208  lots  in  the  Pullman  Center  tract.  The 
Laymance  Company  has  sold  a  large  number  of 
high  class  residence  properties  in  the  Rockridge 
Park  and  also  in  other  locations,  the  aggregate 
price  of  which  runs  well  up  into  six  figures. 

The  indications  are  that  building  operations  will 
be  carried  on  this  year  on  an  extensive  scale  in 
Oakland.  George  W.  Nickerson  has  begun  the 
construction  of  four  cottages  on  32nd  street,  and 
the  Eagles  have  had  plans  drawn  for  a  building 
at  the  Boulevard  and  Pullman  avenue. 


CARNIVAL  TIME  IN  SANTA  CRUZ 

Fred  Swanton,  ambassador  extraordinary  from 
the  joyous  kingdom  of  Santa  Cruz,  announces  the 
completion  of  all  arrangements  for  the  water 
pageant  and  summer  festival  planned  for  that  re- 
sort during  the  week  commencing  July  20  and 
ending  July  28.  According  to  official  bulletins 
from  the  throne-room  of  King  Pleasure — situated 
for  the  next  four  weeks  in  the  big  Casino,  facing 
the  beach — Santa  Cruz  has  been  transformed  into 
a  veritable  "City  o'  Dreams"  in  anticipation  of 
the  great  crowd  of  merrymakers  that  will  assem- 
ble there  during  "Water  Week."  No  expense  has 
been  spared  to  make  the  Sea  Breeze  City  attrac- 
tive and  insure  the  happiness  of  a  throng.  The 
hotels,  the  Casino,  the  attractions  lining  the 
mile-long  board-walk,  have  all  been  polished  and 
put  in  order — while  a  hundred  new  sensations 
await    the   visitor    who    comes    to    Santa  Cruz, 


whether  it  be  for  rest,  recreation  or  a  rollicking 
romp  beside  the  sea.  Even  the  usually  indifferent 
fishermen  on  the  long  wharf  near  Lighthouse 
Point  can  be  seen  scouring  up  their  launches  and 
preparing  for  the  jolly  parties  which  will  want  to 
troll.  The  mystic  island  upon  which  is  con- 
structed an  immense  phantom  ship  seating  4,000 
persons,  commands  a  beautiful  view  of  the  re- 
inforced San  Lorenzo  river,  down  which  will  come 
nightly  a  procession  of  flower-decked,  electric- 
lighted  floats,  filled  with  pretty  maids  and  stal- 
wart youths.  The  background  of  hillocks,  reach- 
ing down  to  the  water,  has  also  been  sprinkled 
generously  with  twinkling  lamps,  making  a  pic- 
ture of  exquisite  beauty.  A  wonderful  lake  has 
been  formed  around  the  island,  while  the  bridge 
leading  to  it  will  remind  one  of  the  Pont  du  Gar 
on  carnival  nights  in  Paris.  The  day's  sports  in 
Monterey  Bay,  off  shore  from  the  Casino,  will 
be  continuous.  Coupled  with  the  bathing,  fishing 
and  boat-riding  will  be  the  great  yacht  and  motor- 
boat  races;  the  fleet  of  warships  and  submarines; 
the  hydroplanes  in  their  flights  'twixt  wind  and 
water;  and  a  dozen  other  novelties.  On  shore 
will  be  golf,  tennis,  dancing,  driving  and  kindred 
diversions.  The  railroads  are  offering  special 
low  fares  from  all  California  points  to  Santa  Cruz 
during  pageant  week.  The  hotels — among  them 
the  beautiful  new  Casa  del  Rev  and  the  St. 
George — have  announced  that  no  "extras"  will  be 
charged,  the  regular  rates  being  maintained 
throughout  the  festivities.  Reservations  for  the 
Casa  del  Rey  and  the  Cottage  City  may  be  made 
now,  to  take  eflfcct  on  July  20  or  thereafter,  as 
preferred. 


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Across  the  Bay 

That  new  electric  railroad  which  will  soon  con- 
nect Oakland  with  the  Sacramento  Valley  is 
causing  investors  to  sit  up  and  take  notice.  This 
is  the  most  important  of  all  the  enterprises  that 
of  late  have  given  new  impetus  to  business  across 
the  bay.     It  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  there  is  L 


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on  the  peerless 

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This  rate  good  on  many  days  in  June 
July,  August  and  September 

Similar  low  rates  to  many  other  eastern  points 
Return  Limit  October  31,  1912 


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Sails  12  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $10,  $12,  $15.    2d  class  $6.00. 

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13 


A  MOTOR  CAR  MUSEUM 

Great  interest  has  been  aroused  in  this  country, 
as  well  as  abroad,  by  the  recent  opening,  in  the 
fashionable  West  End  of  London,  of  the  per- 
manent Motor  Museum  founded  by  the  English 
automobile  journal  "Motor."  It  is  intended  that 
in  time  the  museum  shall  be  a  treasure-house  of 
historical  motor-cars,  motor-cycles  and  acces- 
sories; and  a  good  start  in  this  direction  has  al- 
ready been  made.  The  wonderful  progress  of 
the  automobile  industry  could  not  be  illustrated 
better  than  it  is  in  this  British  collection — unless 
some  one  should  found  a  similar  American 
Museum,  as  enthusiasts  have  suggested.  Such  an 
American  collection  might,  indeed,  put  the  British 
exhibit  in  second  place.  For  the  most  notable 
relic  the  Londoners  have  is  the  "Blue  Belle" 
steamer  which  is  hardly  a  motor-car  at  all  in  the 
modern  sense;  and  a  French  car  of  1891  is  the 
oldest  specimen. of  the  present-day  type  of  atito- 
mobile — spoken  of  by  English  writers  as  "the  old- 
est in  the  world,"  though  there  is  said  to  be  in 
the  Smithsonian  Institution's  collection  in  Wash- 
ington an  American  car  dating  back  to  the  same 
year.  If  the  plan  proposed  for  establishing  an 
American  Motor  Museum  comes  to  fruition,  the 
United  States  will  be  able  to  make,  from  the 
work  of  its  own  inventors,  as  good  a  showing  of 
antiquities  as  London's,  which  are  drawn  from 


lill  over  the  world.  And  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
Ithe  stages  of  progress  in  automobile  building  can 
ibe  even  more  interestingly  illustrated  by  the 
American  cars  than  by  foreign  cars.  According 
'to  Col.  A.  W.  Bradbury,  president  of  the  Pacific 
Motor  Car  Company,  distributors  of  the  well 
known  Stevens-Duryea  motor  cars,  the  American 
motor  car,  from  the  first  workable  gasoline,  which 
J.  Frank  Duryea  brought  out  in  1891,  has,  it  is 
fair  to  say,  progressed  faster  than  the  European. 
No  other  industry,  in  this  country  of  astonishing 
industrial  achievements  has  had  any  such 
spectacular  growth  or  has  made  such  startling 
progress.  Nor  has  it  by  any  means  been  a  mat- 
ter of  simply  going  on  from  the  work  of  foreign 
inventors.  The  American  motor  car  is  in  many 
respects  a  distinct  creation — the  unit  power-plant 
and  three  point  support,  for  instance,  (both 
Duryea  inventions)  have  had  their  influence  on 
the  continental  designers.  And  almost  from  the 
day  of  the  "Duryea  Wagon,"  American  cars  have 
competed  sharply  with  the  European  ones  in  their 
own  countries,  till  now  there  is  an  export  busi- 
ness which  makes  the  foreign  builders  decidedly 
uncomfortable. 


Customer- — This  is  an  absurdly  small  steak. 
Waiter — Yes,  sir,  but  it'll  take  a  long  time  to 
eat  it,  sir. 


POINTED  PARAGRAPHS 

Fusing  as  a  good  example  is  an  easy  job. 

When  you  meet  a  trouble-borrower  lend  him 
all  you  have. 

Lies  may  fool  a  few  people,  hut  the  truth  fools 
a  great  many. 

French  self-taught  is  usually  confined  to 
French  self-understood. 

Tile  coat  may  ncjt  make  the  man,  but  hiwsuits 
make  the  attorney. 

When  some  doctors  disagree  the  patient  has 
a  tigluing  chance  for  his  life. 

Small  favors  are  always  thankfully  received, 
but  often  unthankfully  remembered. 

Occasionally  a  man  has  nothing  to  say  on  a 
subject  because  he  knows  all  about  it. 

In  addition  to  the  criticism  he  is  entitled  to, 
every  man  gets  a  lot  tliat  lie  can't  account  for. 

It's  a  safe  bet  tliat  every  woman  who  owns  a 
princess  gown  honestly  believes  that  she  has  a 
perfect  figure. 

A  spinster  thinks  it's  up  to  her  to  take  a  bach- 
elor seriously — otherwise  she  may  not  get  a 
chance  to  take  him  at  all. 

Wlien  a  young  man  sits  W  feet  away  from  a 
girl  and  calmly  informs  her  that  she  is  the  first 
and  only  love  she  can  bank  on  his  veracity. 


You  Can  t  Fool  a  Motor  Car 

It  knows  a  good  oil— and  a  bad— and  if  you  feed  it  poor  oil,  it 
will  tell  you  so  before  long  in  the  very  unwelcome  language  of 
cylinder  troubles;  pounding,  misfiring  and  carbon  deposits,  if 
you  lubricate  it  with 


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you  reduce  lubrication  troubles  to  the  minimum.  This  is  because  Zerolene 
is  produced  by  a  special  process  which  we  have  worked  out  with  great 
care  in  order  to  secure  the  peculiar  lubricating  qualities  required  for  a  gas 
engine. 

You  secure  the  benefit  of  our  many  years  of  experience  when  you  buy 
Zerolene.    In  addition  to  Cylinder  Oil,  the  Zerolene  Brand  includes — 

Zerolene  Transmission  Lubricants 
Zerolene  up  Grease 
Zerolene  Fibre  Grease 

These  cover  the  lubricating  requirements  of  ever})  part  of  automobile  machineiy 
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TOWN    TALK  juiy  13,  1912 


Catholic  Families  United 

When  Ed  Tobin  takes  Abby  Parrott  to  wife 
two  of  our  oldest,  strictest  and  staunchest 
Catholic  families  will  be  united.  For  your  life 
you  can't  think  of  a  more  representative  Catholic 
family  than  the  Tobins  unless  it  is  the  Parrotts. 
And  if  anybody  said:  "The  Parrotts  are  our  most 
distinguished  Catholic  family,"  you  would  be 
perfectly  justified  in  raising  a  doubt  by  inter- 
jecting, "Perhaps  so,  but  don't  overlook  the 
Tobins."  Old  Mrs.  Abby  Parrott  and  "Old  Lady" 
Tobin,  as  she  is  affectionately  called  by  those 
who  have  the  distinction  of  her  friendship  are 
props  of  the  Church.  While  they  have  always 
maintained  a  high  position  in  society  they  have 
done  so  without  mingling  in  the  giddy  whirl,  be- 
ing in  this  regard  quite  unlike  that  vigorous 
dowager  Queen  Eleanor  Martin.  Mrs.  Parrott 
and  Mrs.  Tobin  spend  more  time  in  church  than 
anywhere  else.  If  you  happen  to  run  across  Mrs. 
Tobin  in  the  lobby  of  the  Fairmont  where  she 
lives  very  quietly,  as  likely  as  not  you  will  notice 
that  she  carries  her  prayer  book.  The  same 
would  hold  good  if  you  happened  to  meet  Mrs. 
Parrott  in  the  neighborhood  of  her  home  "Bay- 
wood"  in  San  Mateo.  So  the  marriage  of  Miss 
Parrott  and  Ed  Tobin  will  be  a  great  religious  as 
well  as  a  great  social  event.  Wherever  it  is 
celebrated  there  are  sure  to  be  dignitaries  of  the 
church  on  the  altar.  If  they  are  married  in 
Paris  a  cardinal  is  likely  to  be  present. 


A  Popular  Bachelor 

Abby  Parrott,  the  fiancee  of  Ed  Tobin,  has  not 
been  seen  much  in  this  part  of  the  world.  After 
she  graduated  from  the  College  of  the  Sacred 
Heart  at  Menlo  she  went  abroad  with  her  parents, 
the  Jack  Parrotts.  They  have  a  beautiful  villa 
in  Switzerland  near  the  historic  spot  where  Gib- 
bon wrote  the  "Decline  and  Fall."  But  they 
spend  most  of  their  time  in  Paris.  Still,  Abby  made 
her  debut  here  and  was  seen  at  a  few  Greenways 
two  years  ago.  Since  then  she  has  been  abroad. 
She  was  joined  not  long  ago  by  her  sisters,  Emilie 
and  Josephine  who,  their  grandmother  thought, 
were  having  too  good  a  time  in  this  giddy  com- 
munity. But  if  Abby  Parrott  is  a  comparative 
stranger,  Ed  Tobin  is  one  of  us.  He's  one  of  the 
most  popular  bachelors  in  San  Francisco.  And 
despite  the  fact  that  he  loves  travel  and  has 
spent  a  good  deal  of  his  time  on  the  other  side 
he  is  enamored  of  San  Francisco.  I've  heard  him 
say  many  a  time  that  it  has  charms  which  Paris, 
London  and  Vienna  can't  touch.  Ed  has  never 
been  what  might  be  called  a  devotee  of  social 
affairs.  He  attended  a  tolerable  number  of 
Greenways  and  so  on,  but  he  never  took  such 
things  as  seriously  as  some  of  our  other  young 
men  did.  The  last  time  I  saw  him  was  at  the 
Mardi  Gras.  He  was  dressed  like  a  Tommy 
Atkins  and  made  one  of  the  distinct  hits  of  the 
evening  in  his  close-fitting  scarlet  and  his  perky 
little  cap. 


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Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

The  Tobin  Culture 

Like  all  the  other  Tobins  Ed  is  cultured,  un- 
oDtrusively  but  soundly  so.  He  likes  good  books, 
good  pictures,  good  music  and  good  plays;  likes 
them  and  likes  the  society  of  those  who  sin- 
cerely appreciate  them.  That's  a  Tobin  trait. 
The  most  conspicuous  instance  of  it  is  his  sister 
.•\gnes  who  is  one  of  the  most  highly  cultivated 
women  California  has  produced.  Her  position  in 
the  holy  of  holies  of  London's  intellectual  so- 
ciety is  secure.  People  like  Mrs.  Meynell,  the 
Chesterons,  the  Bellocs  and  the  rest  of  that  bril- 


rii"ti..    K,:ithryn  Hopkins 


MISS  CORO.N.A  (;hir.\rdklli 

The  charming  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Domigo 
Chirardelli.  She  is  a  prominent  girl  in  the  younger  set 
who  possesses,  among  other  attractions,  a  voice  of  rare 
quality. 

liant  coterie  are  her  intimate  friends.  Dick  Tobin  is 
another  instance.  He  is  as  much  at  home  in  a 
library  as  on  the  polo  field,  which  is  saying  a 
great  deal.  And  Joe  Tobin  is  never  too  busy  with 
his  law  or  his  social  engagements  to  keep  abreast 
of  the  times  in  matters  of  the  mind.  The  Tobin 
boys  are  all  college  men  who  distinguished  them- 
selves before  taking  their  degrees  and  never  out- 
lived the  lure  of  their  books. 


The  Coming  Debutantes 

The  debutantes  for  next  season  have  not  as 
yet  been  duly  heralded.  Two  of  the  most  prom- 
inent. Miss  Louise  Janin,  the  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Harry  Mendell,  and  Miss  Louise  Brice,  a  grand- 
daughter of  the  house  of  Tallant,  have  been  an- 
nounced but  beyond  these  little  has  been  said  of 
the  buds  of  1912.  Added  to  the  two  named,  how- 
ever is  Miss  Katie-bell  McGregor  who  has  just 
won  her  sheepskin  at  Vassar  and  will  be  formally 
presented  early  in  the  season.  FoUovi^ing  her 
graduation  she  was  entertained  in  the  East  by 
the  Schwabs  who  are  old  friends  of  the  McGre- 
gors. Her  father  John  McGregor  came  to  Cali- 
fornia a  few  years  ago  to  take  charge  of  the 
Union  Iron  Works  and  established  his  residence 
in  a  handsome  house  in  Green  street  that  will 
be  the  scene  of  many  social  functions  in  the 
future.  Another  belle  will  be  Miss  Charlotte  Tut- 
tlc  of  Colusa  who  has  been  entertained  by  Mrs. 
Tubbs.  The  Tuttles  are  New  Englanders  who 
have  been  in  California  a  comparatively  short 


time,  and  have  large  horticultural  interests  in 
Colusa  County.  Miss  Tuttic  was  educated  in  the 
East  and  while  she  has  not  made  a  formal  debut 
enjoyed  many  of  the  gayetics  of  the  younger  set 
when  she  visited  Mrs.  Tubbs  last  winter.  Miss 
Ruth  Zeile,  I  am  told,  is  contemplating  a  debut 
next  winter  when  her  favored  sister  Miss  Marian 
will  make  her  path  to  popularity  an  easy  one. 
The  Zeile  girls  spend  a  great  deal  of  their  time 
at  the  home  of  their  uncle  E.  W.  Hopkins  since 
the  death  of  their  father,  while  their  stepmother 
occupies  an  apartment  in  Van  Ness  avenue. 
Should  the  younger  sister  decide  to  come  out 
she  will  be  entertained  by  her  cousins,  the 
Mesdames  Taylor  and  McNear.  ' 


Wedding  Podsnappery 

Not  .since  my  dear  old  friend  Charles  Dickens 
let  me  into  the  secrets  of  Podsnap  grandeur  at 
that  celebrated  dinner  where  every  bit  of  table 
ware  was  solid  gold  and  looked  it,  have  I  been 
so  delighted  as  I  was  when  I  picked  up  the  morn- 
ing paper  and  read  the  itemized  bill  for  the 
Crocker-Whitman  wedding.  It  is  a  great  thing 
to  be  initiated  into  the  ruysteries  of  expenditures 
made  by  millionaires.  Reading  that  account  item 
by  item  1  felt  much  the  same  thrill  which  would 
come,  I  have  no  doubt,  if  I  got  the  chance  to 
peep  over  Miss  Crocker's  shoulder  while  she  was 
balancing  her  check  book.  It  seems  eminently 
fitting  that  a  wedding  which  is  to  have  the 
musical  accompaniment  of  unreeling  picture  films 
should  be  exploited  in  public  to  the  last  Lincoln 
penny.  But  at  that,  the  items  arc  not  exhaustive. 
Strangely  enough,  the  bill  for  the  moving  pictures 
has  not  been  included  in  the  statement.  Is  it 
possible  that  some  enterprising  concern  is  to 
donate  the  films  and  the  operators  in  exchange 
for  the  privilege  of  exhibiting  the  pictures  in  the 
nickelodeons?  Then  too,  I  note  items  which 
arouse  my  curiosity.  The  dinner  to  the  grooms- 
men is  to  cost  a  paltry  $500  while  the  wedding 
breakfast  will  eat  up  a  cool  $3,000.    Now  this 


MANZANITA  HALL 

PALO  ALTO.  CALIFORNIA 
Makes  a  specialty  of  preparing  boys  and  young 
men  for  entrance  to  the  universities.  The  location 
adjacent  to  Stanford  I'nivcrsity  and  to  Palo  Alto, 
a  town  of  remarkable  culture,  makes  possible  a  school 
life  of  unusual  advantages  and  privileges. 

Twentieth    year    opens     August     27,     1912.  For 
catalogue  and  specific  information,  address 
W.  A.  SHEDD,  Head  Master 


Puckett's  College  of  Dancing 

Assembly  Hall 


1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  V«n  New  and  Polk 

Jl  ^ore  beautiful  ballroom 
Could    Hardly  Conceived 


Classes — Mondays.  .Assemblies — Fridays 

Advance  Class  and  Social— Wednesdays. 

PriTate  Leitona 

Hall  for  Rent  Phone  Franklin  118 


July  13,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


seems  unfair.  The  groomsmen  cannot  conceiv- 
ably have  a  very  good  time  when  they  are  tub- 
ject  to  the  restraining  influence  of  the  entire 
wedding  party.  So  why  not  spend  a  little  more 
money  and  give  them  the  blow-out  of  their  lives. 
$300!  That  wouldn't  buy  enough  wine  to  inspire 
one  of  them  with  a  wedding  epigram.  Why,  they 
are  even  going  to  spend  more  money  on  secret 
service  men.  Decidedly,  the  groomsmen  are  to 
be  shabbily  treated. 


Her  Gilded  Majority 

Mrs.  Christian  de  Guigne  Jr.  comes  of  age  next 
month.  Nothing  inherently  remarkable  about  a 
girl  coming  of  age.  But  there  are  comings-of-age 
and  comings-of-age.  It  happens  that  when  Mrs. 
Christian  de  Guigne  Jr.  comes  of  age  she  will 
come  into  a  tidy  plum  of  three  millions.  That 
makes  her  majority,  her  gilded  majority,  stand 
out  for  tlic  awed  attention  of  the  proletariat. 
The  money  comes  to  her  from  her  grandfather. 
Felton  Elkins  came  of  age  some  time  ago  and  got 
his  plum.  Now  his  sister's  turn  is  at  hand. 
Everybody  knows,  of  course,  that  youthful  Mrs. 
de  Guigne  was  Marie  Louise  Elkins.  Felton  has 
been  spending  his  money  pretty  freely.  I  wonder 
if  Marie  Louise  will  follow  suit?  Perhaps  not. 
There  are  fewer  free  spenders  among  our  gilded 
girls  than  among  our  golden  boys. 


Is  He  Still  Heart-Whole? 

Speaking  of  Felton  Elkins,  is  he  to  be  added  in 
the  near  future  to  the  list  of  Benedicks?  They 
are  saying  about  the  tea  tables  and  in  other  places 
where  gossip  is  not  disdained  that  Felton  Elkins 
is  enamored  of  Josephine  Parrott  who  went  to 
Paris  recently.  He  used  to  lend  her  his  big  tour- 
ing car  until  she  smashed  into  the  depot  at  Bur- 
lingame  one  day  and  got  her  name  in  the  papers. 
It  is  whispered  that  he  entrusted  her  with  more 
than  his  touring  car — that  he  gave  her  his  heart, 
to  use  the  language  beloved  of  bavardage. 
Whether  she  still  has  it  I  don't  know.  No  doubt 
if  she  has  she  will  be  more  careful  of  it  than  she 
was  of  the  motor  car.  Still,  a  man's  heart  is 
harder  to  control  than  a  steering  wheel.  But 
maybe  Felton  Elkins  still  has  his  heart.  There's 
no  denying  that  during  his  recent  stay  at  the  Von 
Schroeder  place  in  San  Luis  Obispo  he  was 
quite  attentive  to  another  charming  girl  wlidse 
name  is  not  Josephine  Parrott. 


Lord  Curzon  and  Hearst 

Lord  Curzon  of  Kedleston  got  ahead  of 
William  Randolph  Hearst  the  other  day.  Not  in 
a  very  great  matter  perhaps,  for  it  only  concerned 
a  fireplace.  An  old  fireplace  at  that — some  three 
or  four  hundred  years  old.  But  Hearst's  heart 
was  set  on  that  ancient  fireplace.  He  was  crazy 
to  get  it.  Wanted  to  set  up  his  modern  house- 
hold gods  on  its  antiquated  shelf,  no  doubt.  The 
great  publicist  was  cheated  of  his  desire.  Lord 
Curzon  captured  the  fireplace.  The  fireplace  be- 
longed to  Tattershall  Castle  in  Lincolnshire, 
England.  The  castle,  like  a  lot  of  other  castles 
of  Merrie  England,  had  fallen  on  evil  days.  It 
was  more  or  less  dismantled.  Among  other 
pieces  of  furniture  the  fireplace  was  sent  up  to 
Christie's  in  London  to  be  sold  to  the  highest 
American  bidder  (American  bidders  always  be- 
ing the  highest).  But  it  happened  that  Lord 
Curzon  bought  Tattershall.  He  could  buy  it,  for 
the  same  reason  that  other  English  peers  have 
been  able  to  buy  and  rehabilitate  old  castles. 
Curzon  has  oodles  of  American  money — has  had 
ever  since  his  alliance  with  the  late  lamented 
Mary  of  the  Chicago  house  of  Leiter.  But  Lord 
Curzon  didn't  want  to  have  a  castle  without  a 
fireplace.  He  sent  posthaste  to  London  and 
bought  back  the  old  fireplace.  He  got  it  just 
in  time,  for  an  agent  of  Hearst  was  even  then 


dickering  for  it.  Lord  Curzon  warms  his  aristo- 
cratic feet  before  the  old  fireplace  and  is  happy. 
Hearst  is  not  happy — won't  be  till  he  finds  one 
from  a  castle  as  old  as  Tattershall. 


A  Provincial  Town 

It  must  gall  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan,  citizen  of 
cosmopolis  that  she  is,  to  note  how  provincial 
her  home  town  of  Chicago  can  be.  Here  is 
Chicago  going  to  pieces,  so  to  speak,  because  Mrs. 
Atherton  smoked  a  cigarette  in  public.  Think  of 
it!  A  reporter  actually  hunted  up  Mrs.  Atherton 
to  ask  her:  "Is  it  true  that  you  smoked  a 
cigarette  last  Monday  night  at  the  South  Shore 
Country  Club?"  Her  reply  was  a  rebuke  to 
Chicago  provincialism.  "A  cigarette?  Bless  me, 
I  suppose  I  smoked  several."    No  San  Francisco 


MISS    M.\RY  MEARES 

The  only  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  I..  Meares. 
formerly  of  this  city  but  now  of  Seattle.  Her  en- 
gagement to  Lieutenant  William  Kirk  Scammell  of  the 
navy  was  announced  recently. 

reporter  would  think  of  pursuing  Gertrude 
Atherton  or  any  other  woman  of  prominence  to 
ask  such  a  silly  question.  If  our  women  want 
to  smoke  they  smoke,  and  there  are  no  gaping  re- 
porters to  be  bewildered  at  the  incident.  We've 
been  used  to  our  women  smoking  for  ever  so 
long.  Not  so  Chicago,  provincial  little  Chicago. 
Surely  Chicago  can't  even  keep  up  its  light  sum- 
mer reading.  In  all  the  novels  of  the  day  the 
heroines  smoke  nonchalantly. 


A  Seaside  Drama 

Talking  of  jewels  reminds  me.  Caramel-by-the- 
sea,  as  a  sweet-toothed  gossip  of  my  acquaint- 
ance calls  our  beautiful  manufacturing  town  of 
literary  brummagems,  seems  to  be  experiencing 
the  sweet  uses  of  adversity,  which,  like  The  Toad, 
ugly  and  venomous,  wears  yet  a  precious  jewel 
in  his  head.  Now,  to  do  The  Toad  belated  poetic 
justice  in  the  light  of  modern  science  and  higher 
criticism,  it  is  not  venomous,  neither  hath  it  a 
precious  jewel  in  its  head.  Rumors  are  rife  of 
war,  plagiarism  and  toadyism,  but  we  are  left  in 
Egyptian  darkness  as  to  the  true  casus  belli. 
Jimmy  Hopper  ought  to  have  written  The  Toad, 
but  left  it  undone,  the  sinner.  The  present  situa- 
tion, the  true  inwardness,  of  The  Toad,  is  said 
to  be  funnier  than  that  of  The  Jumping  Frog  of 
Calaveras,  but  dry  champagne  seems  to  be  the 

Candy  Sent  to  the  Country.  A  box  of  candy 
is  always  welcomed  by  friends  in  the  country. 
Easily  sent  by  express  from  any  of  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


Any  Victrola 

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Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
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"Hightowcr,  the  big  centre,  doesn't  play  with 
the  'varsity  team  this  season." 
"Hurt?" 

"No.  He's  got  a  weak  memory,  and  can't 
learn  the  rulei." 


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July  13,  1912 


word,  the  sayers  smile  exasperatingly  and  saw 
wood,  deaf  as  Baalpeor  to  all  prayers  of  Lighten 
our  darkness,  we  beseech  thee!  Is  the  morsel,  we 
wonder,  really  any  more  toothsome  than  the 
Caramel  wont?  If  so,  what  unheard-of  cruelty 
to  keep  it  to  themselves!  They  be  the  true  chil- 
dren of  light,  God's  chosen,  and  we  but  Phil- 
istines, we  well  know  as  they,  but  we  would  fain 
be  enlightened  as  to  what  of  divine  fire  and  what 
of  diabolic  is  at  the  bottom  of  this  pillar  of  smoke 
by  day  and  burning  gusher  of  midnight  oil  by 
night;  as  to  what  way  the  Toad  jumps,  and  why, 
whether  of  creative  rank  or  rank  imitation. 


The  Spreckels  Home 

The  new  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph 
Spreckels  is  to  be  an  elaborate  study  in  decora- 
tive effects.  The  best  schools  are  to  be  beauti- 
fully represented  in  the  ornamental  eflfects  con- 
trived for  the  various  rooms.  Thus,  the  mag- 
nificent entrance  hall  and  the  library  will  be  of 
the  daintiest  Georgian;  the  dining  room  will  be 
Marie  Antoinette;  the  guest  chambers  will  be 
purest  Adam;  and  there  is  to  be  a  splendid  Pom- 
peian  court..  Those  who  are  invited  to  inspect 
the  completed  domicile  must  brush  up  their  learn- 
ing if  they  wish  to  exhibit  the  proper  degree  of 
intelligent  appreciation. 


Fair  Ones  Admitted 

The  Olympic  Club  has  introduced  an  innovation 
in  the  Sunday  night  dinners  at  which  women  are 
permitted  to  be  present,  and  it  promises  to  be 
popular  with  the  wives  and  sweethearts  of  mem- 
bers who  gathered  in  large  numbers  last  Sun- 
day night.  The  big  dining  room  of  the  club  pre- 
sented an  unusual  appearance  and  the  ladies 
greatly  enjoyed  the  occasion  which  is  to  be  re- 
peated weekly.  The  Olympic  is  the  first  local 
club  to  allow  women  in  the  main  dining  room  and 
the  Sunday  night  privilege  could  be  extended  to 
other  clubs  with,  I  am  sure,  equally  successful 
results.  A  number  of  years  ago  the  Uni- 
versity Club  maintained  a  Ladies'  dining  room. 
A  separate  entrance  to  the  basement  of 
the  building  where  it  was  located  prevented  any 
encroachment  on  the  domain  of  the  members. 
The  Olympians  in  extending  to  their  fair  guests 
the  freedom  of  the  dining  and  reception  rooms 
once  a  week,  have  established  a  precedent. 


The  Fays  in  Germany 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Fay  who  are  spending  their 
honeymoon  in  Europe  have  been  enjoying  the 
sights  of  Paris  but  are  now  in  Germany  where 
they  are  visiting  the  former's  sister  Maud  Fay 
who  has  been  singing  in  Munich  this  season. 
The  gifted  California  girl  is  hailed  as  one  of 
the  operatic  stars  of  Europe.  Mrs.  Paul 
Fay  who  was  pretty  Katherine  Oliver  be- 
fore her  recent  marriage  is  a  great  favorite 
with  her  talented  sister-in-law  who  has  been  an- 
ticipating this  visit  of  the  young  couple.  The 
two  families  are  intimate  and  Miss  Fay  was  en- 
tertained by  the  Olivers  on  the  occasion  of  her 
last  visit  to  San  Francisco. 


The  Charm  of  Tait's 

"Tell  me  where  you  eat  and  I  will  tell  you 
what  you  are"  is  paraphrasing  an  old  saying.  It 
also  expresses  local  sentiment  on  the  subject  of 
dining  out.  Where  you  dine  in  San  Francisco  is 
just  as  important  as  where  you  shop,  where  you 
live.  Each  expresses  your  taste  and  your  taste 
indicates  where  you  "belong."  Of  course  there 
is  always  the  quiet  retreat  to  be  considered 
where  one  can  dine  in  seclusion  and  take  pleasure 
in  being  "diflferent,"  but  continued  pilgrimages 
to  such  places  soon  turn  the  unique  into  the 
ordinary.  It's  human  nature  to  want  to  be  on  the 
"firing  line" — where  things  happen  fast  and 
furious;  and  it  seems  that  the  San  Francisco  pub- 


lic has  made  Tait's  the  "firing  line"  of  its  dining 
"engagements."  ■  This  popular  cafe  is  always 
crowded  and  every  face  you  see  there  is  beaming, 
expectant.  That  "bored  look"  so  peculiar  to  the 
habitual  diner-out  is  never  seen.  And  the  sea- 
soned diner-out  constitutes  a  large  percentage  of 
the  establishment's  patronage.  I  overheard  the 
following  fragments  of  a  conversation  there  last 
night:  "Say,  Bob,  what  makes  you  always  come 
here;  why  do  you  like  the  place?"  "Blamed  if  I 
know,  Bess,"  the  man  answered;  "ask  me  why 
I  like  one  book,  one  painting,  or  one  piece  of 
music  better  than  another.  Guess  the  charm  of 
the  place,  while  hard  to  define,  is  on  the  same 
key  with  my  temperament.  Whenever  I  leave 
home  to  dine  out,  my  feet  naturally  point  this 
way,  and  by  the  crowd  I  see  here  every  time  I 
come,  I  guess  I'm  not  the  only  one  who  lik^s  the 
place."  And  there  really  is  a  charm  about  Tait's. 
You  feel  you're  one  of  a  number  of  babes  in  Toy- 
land,  and  you  therefore  proceed  to  enjoy  yourself 
according  to  your  most  impulsive  whim  and 
fancy.  And  you  prove  to  yourself  that  you  did 
have  a  good  time  by  coming  again. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  P.  Giannini  and  family  and 
Mrs.  and  Miss  Scatena,  of  San  Francisco,  who 
have  been  automobiling  in  Italy  and  the  South 
of  France  for  several  months,  have  arrived  in 
Paris,  says  the  Paris  edition  of  the  New  York 
Herald.  Mr.  Giannini,  who  is  vice-president  and 
manager  of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  in  San  Francisco, 
has  left  again  for  a  fortnight's  trip  to  Tripoli. 
His  family  will  remain  in  Paris  pending  his  re- 
turn. 

Judge  Thomas  F.  Graham,  Mrs.  Graham  and 
Miss  Ethel  Graham  are  going  to  spend  their  vaca- 
tion in  Shasta  County. 

Leo  Alexander  and  Michael  Alexander  will 
spend  a  short  vacation  at  Yellowstone  Park. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Pedar  S.  Bruguiere  and  their  lit- 
tle daughter  are  at  Del  Monte  for  a  few  weeks. 

Miss  Virginia  Walsh  has  been  at  .'\etna  Springs 
with  her  aunts  Mrs.  C.  P.  Overton  and  Mrs. 
Edgar  A.  Jones. 


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-Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Shilling  and  Miss  Shilling 
motored  down  from  Mr.  Shilling's  home  at  Wood- 
side  to  enjoy  a  few  days  rest  and  recreation  at 
Casa  del  Rey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Westphal 
have  taken  apartments  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey  for 
the  summer.  J.  W.  Chapman,  William  A.  Lange, 
and  N.  A.  Stringer,  well  known  San  Francisco 
club  men,  motored  down  in  Mr.  Lange's  Winton 
for  the  week  end.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Dor- 
oughtey  are  at  Casa  Del  Rey  for  the  summer. 
Mr.  Doroughtey  is  a  well  known  rancher  and 
land  owner  at  Pleasanton. 


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finest  train 


On  the  return  trip  the  Saint  offers 
the  same  superior  service. 

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July  13.  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Showman  and  Playwright 

By  Theodore  Bonnet 


David  Belasco  would  rather  be  celebrated  for 
his  ability  as  a  playwright  than  for  anything  else, 
but  however  kindly  disposed  criticism  may  be  it 
halts  at  the  task  of  paying  the  tribute  most  de- 
sired. This  is  a  trick  that  Fortune  is  pleased  to 
play  with  its  darlings.  It  endows  them  at  once 
with  genius  and  futile  aspirations.  David  Bel- 
asco is  a  playwright  only  incidentally.  He  is 
above  all  things  a  showman — perhaps  the  most 
artistic  showman  the  world  has  ever  seen.  In- 
deed to  him  may  be  given  the  credit  of  having 
raised  the  science  of  stage  management  to  the 
dignity  of  a  fine  art.  Before  him  there  was 
Henry  Irving  who  did  much  with  the  gas-jet,  the 
painted  scene  and  with  "properties"  to  create 
illusion  suitable  to  the  action  of  the  play,  but 
Irving  never  handled  the  tools  of  his  trade  with 
the  facility  with  which  Belasco  starts  emotion 
and  piques  the  imagination.    Belasco  has  lifted 


the  art  of  stage  illusion  into  the  very  realm  of 
intellectual  endeavor.  To  call  him  artist  is  not 
to  abuse  the  word.  He  certainly  has  command 
over  the  senses  of  his  audience,  as  you  may  learn 
at  the  Orpheum,  where,  through  the  medium  of 
Madame  Butterfly  he  is  giving  a  liberal  educa- 
tion in  the  science  of  the  stage.  The  drama  it- 
self is  unadulterated  theatricalism,  but  the  art  of 
the  stage  manager,  or  if  you  will,  the  skill  of 
the  great  intellectual  and  spiritual  machinist 
makes  it  palpitant  with  a  tender  melancholy,  in- 
vests it  with  a  profound  fantasy  and  strange 
poetry.  This  in  a  large  measure  is  a  case  of 
capturing  the  imagination  by  mechanism;  by 
lights  and  shades,  by  an  atmosphere  in  which  the 
piece  has  been  steeped  by  wizard  hand.  It  is 
none  the  less  an  example  of  the  art  of  a  crafts- 
man of  keen  imagination,  with  the  delineative 
power  of  a  painter,  and  with  an  immense  and 


vivid  instinct  of  the  picturesque.  The  subtlety 
of  the  thing  is  all  the  more  remarkable  because 
of  its  insubstantiality.  It  is  more  poignant  in 
its  decorative  silences  than  in  its  iterations.  If 
Madame  Butterfly  would  not  so  often  remark  that 
she  was  waiting  till  the  robins  nest  again  the 
theatricality  of  the  little  drama  would  be  less 
obtrusive.  But  it  is  the  delight  of  Belasco  the 
playwright  to  wallow  in  his  material.  He  is  al- 
ways striving  for  eflPect,  with  the  result  that  he 
makes  elaboration  obvious.  If  he  would  only  be 
a  little  more  economical  with  his  inventions  his 
plays  would  be  less  striking  in  their  insincerity. 
It  is  too  bad  that  the  anecdotist  in  color  and 
light  who  has  attained  a  degree  of  perfection 
beyond  which  it  would  seem  impossible  to  go, 
does  not  refrain  when  play-writing  from  over- 
emphasis by  means  of  incident  and  utterance. 


A  Surprise  from  Chicago 

I  didn't  know  anything  as  good  as  Louisiana 
Lou  cvrr  came  out  of  Chicago — the  city  of  dread- 
ful abattoirs  and  excellent  canned  goods.  Hav- 
ing seen  the  charming  musical  comedy,  Chicago 
has  risen  in  my  estimation.  Barney  Bernard  is 
the  star  of  a  very  good  show.  Pretty  music, 
bright  lines,  pretty  girls,  stylish  clothes,  beautiful 
scenery — everything  that  makes  for  a  delightful 
evening  at  the  theatre.  The  old-time  favorite  of 
Fischers,  Barney  the  Yiddisher,  has  improved 
wonderfully.  He  always  had  something  of  mag- 
netism and  he  had  few  peers  as  a  portrayer  of 
the  popular  conception  of  the  Ghetto  type.  His 
present  role  suits  him  perfectly.  The  long, 
strong  applause  he  receives  nightly  must  make 
him  very  happy  if  he  likes  it  as  much  as  his 
audiences  like  him.  Sophie  Tucker  coon  shouts 
and  acts  "funny"  and  dresses  stunningly.  Bessie 
de  Voie,  a  pretty  girl  with  a  fascinating  way  of 
walking  about  and  a  darling  coiffure,  dances  well, 
and  Eleanor  Henry,  Mortimer  Gelden,  Lester 
Crawford  and  Robert  O'Connor  are  all  bright, 
nimble  and  tuneful.  But  notwithstanding  the 
capabilities  of  these  folks  there  is  one  obscure 
person  in  the  company  who  stands  out  con- 
spicuovsly.  He  is  only  a  "chorus  boy."  He  has 
the  best  voice  in  the  company.  You  can  hear  him 
distinctly  above  the  rest,  especially  in  the  stein 
song.  He  is  also  an  exceptionally  clever  dancer, 
and  he  is  always  in  the  picture  and  in  the  spirit 
of  it,  availing  himself  of  very  meagre  opportun- 
ity to  prove  that  he  has  both  talent  and  tempera- 
ment. In  the  last  act  he  stands  by  the  tree  in 
the  foreground.  Some  day  that  boy  will  be  a 
fixture  right  in  the  center  of  the  stage. 

— H.  M.  B. 


James  K.  Hackett  Coming 

James  K.  Hackett  and  the  splendid  organization 
which  will  assist  him  in  the  presentation  of  his 
plays  at  the  Columbia  leave  New  York  for  San 
Francisco  on  Friday,  July  12.  The  trip  will  be 
made  without  a  stopover.  The  company  will  ar- 
rive on  Wednesday,  preceding  the  opening  date 
of  Monday  night,  July  21.  During  the  New  Work 
engagement  of  Mr.  Hackett  his  offering  "The 
Grain  of  Dust"  received  the  endorsement  of  both 
press  and  public.  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  was 
made  for  Mr.  Hackett's  use  from  David  Graham 


Gossip  of  the  TTieatre 

Phillips'  novel  of  the  same  name,  and  it  is  said 
to  be  one  oi  the  most  forceful  dramas  produced 
in  late  years.    Of  special  interest  to  the  theater- 


MAY  TULLY 

Wlio  will  appear  in  the  Reno,  Nevada,  divorce  sketch 
"The  liattle  Cry  of  Freedom"  this  Sunday  matinee 
at   the  Orpheum. 

goers  of  San  Francisco  is  the  list  of  players  com- 
ing here  with  Mr.  Hackett.    Included  in  the  cast 


are  E.  M.  Holland,  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffen,  Frazer 
Coulter,  Frank  Burbeck,  Eva  Vincent,  Vaughn 
Trevor,  Luke  Martin,  Beatrice  Beckley  and 
Oliver  Oliver.  "Louisiana  Lou"  at  the  Colum- 
bia is  at  the  full  tide  of  success.  The  engage- 
ment has  another  week  to  run.  The  last  per- 
formance will  be  the  matinee  and  evening  per- 
formances of  Saturday,  July  20.  There  will  be 
the  regular  bargain  matinee  on  Wednesday. 


Bessie  Barriscale  as  "The  Rose" 

Bessie  Barriscale's  engagement  at  the  Alcazar, 
commencing  Monday  night  and  continuing  two 
weeks,  promises  to  be  a  most  popular  one,  for 
the  advance  demand  for  seats  is  unprecedentedly 
strong.  While  this  is  sterling  proof  of  Miss 
Barriscale's  artistic  worth  and  personal  popular- 
ity, the  fame  of  her  opening  vehicle,  "The  Rose 
of  the  Rancho"  must  also  be  given  some  of  the 
credit.  Indeed,  the  local  reputation  of  the  actress 
and  the  play  are  to  some  extent  interdependent, 
as  she  is  the  only  person  who  has  interpreted  the 
title  role  in  San  Francisco.  Her  first  appearance 
under  Belasco  &  Mayer's  management  was  as 
Juanita,  and  the  hit  she  scored  was  responsible 
for  her  retention  as  the  Alcazar's  ingenue 
throughout  three  seasons.  Since  then  she  has 
ascended  to  stardom,  having  been  engaged  to 
lead  in  a  high-price  production  next  September 
on  Broadway.  David  Belasco  and  Richard  Wal- 
ton Tully  constructed  "The  Rose  of  the  Rancho." 
It  depicts  California  life  during  the  late  fifties, 
when  land-hungry  Americans  were  dispossessing 
the  Spaniards  who  had  held  the  soil  for  centuries 
— when  Spanish  pride,  resentment,  passion  and 
inertia  were  pitted  against  business  shrewdness 
and  activity.  The  scene  of  the  play  is  a  rancho 
near  the  Mission  of  San  Juan  Bauista,  with  none 
but  three  generations  of  women  to  defend  it 
against  the  "Gringo"  invaders.  "The  Rose  of 
the  Rancho"  will  be  presented  during  one  week 
only,  as  "Smith,"  a  delicious  English  comedy  in 
which  Miss  Barriscale  made  her  greatest  recent 
success,  is  to  be  the  medium  of  her  farewell  ap- 
pearances. 


All  Tastes  Suited  at  the  Orpheum 

"The  Battle  Cry  of  F'reedom,"  a  breezy  satire 
on  Reno  divorces  will  be  presented  next  week 


TOWN  TALK 


July  13,  1912 


at  the  Orphcum  by  May  Tully  who  will  be 
pleasantly  recalled  for  her  sketch  "Stop,  Look  and 
Listen."  The  piece  was  written  by  Miss  Tully  and 
Bozeman  Bulger,  the  well-known  sporting  writer 
and  co-author  of  "Curves,"  the  baseball  skit.  The 
playlet  has  bright  lines  and  exhibits  Miss  Tully 
at  her  best.  The  Kaufman  Brothers  Jack  and 
Phil,  will  amuse  with  their  tuneful  originalities. 
These  black-face  comedians  are  among  the  best 
in  their  class.  Harry  Atkinson,  the  .Australian 
Orpheus,  will  present  his  monologue  of  nursery 
rhymes  and  his  imitations  of  musical  instruments. 
The  act  to  be  presented  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elliott 
next  week  is  decidedly  out  of  the  ordinary.  These 
two  gifted  artists  arc  virtuosi  on  that  most  dif- 


ficult instrument,  the  harp  on  which  they  play 
everything  from  grand  opera  to  ragtime.  They 
are  also  vocalists  of  merit.  Next  week  will  con- 
clude the  engagements  of  Ray  L.  Royce  in  his 
eccentric  character  impersonations;  the  O'Mcers 
Sisters  and  Company,  and  Honors  and  Le  Prince. 
It  will  also  be  the  last  of  David  Belasco's  superb 
production  of  "Madame  Butterfly." 


The  African  Films  at  the  Cort 

That  the  motion  pictures  of  the  Paul  J.  Rainey 
African  Hunt  have  lived  up  to  their  advance  no- 
tices is  proved  by  the  capacity  houses  which  have 
been  the  rule  at  the  Cort  ever  since  last  Sunday. 
They  were  acclaimed  the  "most  marvelous  mo- 


tion pictures  ever  taken,"  and  that  this  statement 
is  true  has  been  conceded  by  the  entire  local 
press  as  well  as  by  the  patrons  of  the  Cort.  The 
pictures  start  on  the  second  and  tinal  week  of 
their  engagement  tomorrow.  These  films  repre- 
sent an  expenditure  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  dol- 
lars as  well  as  years  of  effort  and  research.  An 
expedition  of  350  men.  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  Rainey.  spent  a  year  in  the  wilds  of  .\frica 
and  braved  death  from  fever  and  wild  beasts  in 
order  that  science  might  be  enriched.  Mr.  Rainey 
who  is  a  millionaire  sportsman  of  Cleveland,  un- 
dertook his  first  .-\frican  big  game  hunt  purely 
for  sport,  but  he  eventually  came  to  hunt  for  the 
camera  and  not  for  fun.    The  result  is  that  he 


has  done  much  for  such  institutions  as  the  Smith- 
sonian Institute  and  the  .American  Geographic 
Society.  The  London  Zoological  Gardens  and 
the  Bronx  Zoo,  of  New  York,  are  also  consider- 
ably in  his  debt.  An  illuminative  lecture  is  given 
which  adds  much  to  the  entertainment.  Matinees 
are  given  daily  in  addition  to  the  evening  per- 
formances. On  Sunday  night,  July  21,  comes  the 
New  York  Casino  star  cast  in  a  four  weeks'  sea- 
son of  revivals  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  comic 
operas. 


Pantages  Offers  Novelties 

The  diversified  bill  at  Pantages  is  serving  to 
crowd  the  popular  vaudeville  house  to  the  doors 


these  afternoons  and  evenings.  On  Sunday  there 
will  be  the  usual  complete  change  of  program  and 
as  a  distinct  novelty  the  moving  pictures,  in  their 
entirety,  of  the  Wolgast-Rivers  fight  will  be 
shown.  Every  incident  in  the  thirteen  exciting 
rounds,  including  the  sensational  knockout  which 
has  created  so  much  talk  and  dispute  in  the  pugil- 
istic world,  will  be  faithfully  portrayed  and  every- 
one will  have  an  opportunity  of  judging  for  him- 
self as  to  the  justice  of  Referee  Welsh's  decision. 
The  vaudeville  portion  of  the  entertainment  will 
be  up  to  the  usual  high-class  Pantages  standard. 
"A  Night  in  the  Edelweiss,"  a  miniature  musical 
comedy  presented  by  Howland,  Lane  and  their 
company  of  ten  musical  comedians,  heads  the  at- 
tractions. Carl  Rosine,  European  magician,  as- 
sisted by  Marguerite  Rosine,  will  present  a 
mysterious  act  in  a  special  setting.  The  Romano 
brothers,  exponents  of  physical  culture  and 
Grecian  art,  will  offer  a  posing  exhibition.  Docsch 
and  Zilbauer,  Viennese  street  musicians,  will  offer 
a  musical  specialty.  Bond  Morse,  "the  man  from 
nowhere,"  will  appear  in  a  tramp  monologue  and 
an  eccentric  dance.  Clark  and  Verdi,  the  Italian 
comedians  who  made  a  hit  here  the  early  part  of 
the  year,  will  return  in  their  original  act  which 
has  been  impruved  upon. 


A  Rhapsody  on  Pavlova 

London  critics  are  quite  capable  at  times  f>f 
"going  off  their  heads,"  as  the  Londoners  say. 
They  rise  to  the  vertiginous  heights  of  panegyric 
with  the  same  ease  as  provincial  play-weighers. 
They  arc  not  ashamed  to  be  carried  away  by  their 
emotions.  Just  now  it  is  the  fashion  in  London 
Town  to  throw  ecstatic  fits  about  Pavlova's  danc- 
ing. But  some  of  the  critics  throw  their  fits  ac- 
cording to  rule  of  thumb.  For  instance,  here  is 
a  carefully  calculated  fit  which  was  thrown  by 
the  critic  of  the  London  Telegraph: 

"You  may  as  well  try  to  describe  sunlight  as 
dancing.  The  charm  of  both  is  something  which 
will  not  go  into  words.  A  thermometer  is  as 
capable  of  expressing  what  light  is  like  as  the 
most  careful  description  of  preserving  the  beauty 
in  a  dance.  If  you  like  to  be  pedantic  you  may 
talk  aesthetics  and  analyze  your  sensations,  so 
much  for  color,  so  much  for  music.  But  all  this, 
even  if  you  have  the  luck  to  make  it  interesting, 
will  tell  nothing  of  the  dance  itself.  That  is,  if 
the  dancer  was  an  artist.  The  dancing  which  is 
not  art  can  be  described  easily  enough.  More 
easily  described  than  endured.  If  it  is  an  athletic 
display,  if  it  is  acrobatics  masquerading  under  an- 
other name,  if  it  is  an  imholy  mixture  of  sinuosity 
and  ferocity,  if  it  is  grovelling  upon  the  ground 
which  claims  interest  as  the  effect  of  something 
quite  nasty,  then  a  phrase  will  deal  with  it 
adequately,  and  one  glimpse  of  it  suffice  for  those 
who  know  what  dancing  can  be.  Of  all  these 
eccentricities  wc  have  enough,  and  as  there  will 
always  be  many  people  who  want  to  see  how 
queer  their  species  can  look,  such  performances 
will  never  lack  an  audience.  But  the  best  of 
dancing  ranks  with  the  other  arts  in  its  beauty 
and  its  power  over  the  emotions.  Just  as  music 
can  give  an  ctat  d'ame  which  is  not  in  the  power 
of  painting,  and  the  painter  express  a  landscape  in 
a  fashion  beyond  the  poet's  reach,  so  dancing 
has  its  own  mission.  That  is  the  ultimate  reason 
why  description  cannot  describe  it.  No  one  ever 
thought  that  Ruskin  put  all  of  Turner  into  words. 
No  one  ever  expected  a  painter  to  show  us  the 
agony  of  Lear.  The  dancer,  of  course,  calls  the 
aid  of  the  other  arts  to  her  finest  work.  Music 
and  a  fine  scheme  of  color  are  needed  for  the 
thrill  of  Pavlova's  Bacchanale.  But  the  dance  is 
itself  a  unity.  Color  and  music  are  inextricably 
mingled  with  the  dancer's  own  charm  and  mas- 
tery.   You  cannot  describe  it  except  by  similes. 


I'.M  I-  J.  R.MNEY'S  .\1-K1CAN  HUNT 

Scene  from  the  great  hunter's  expedition  which  is  l)eing  shown  in  motion  pictures  to  capacity 

audiences  at  the  Cort. 


July  13,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


You  may  find  it  in  the  cry  and  throb  of  one  of 
Swiiiburne's  rushing  lyrics.  It  has  the  surge  and 
laughter  of  a  spring  wind  in  sunshine.  But  the 
glowing  life  of  it  and  its  wild  excitement  are  its 
own.  Words  only  illustrate,  they  cannot  express 
its  beauty  and  its  appeal." 


A  Ray  Cox  Story 

Ray  Cox  who  was  at  the  Orpheum  recently, 
is  one  of  the  most  superstitious  individuals  you 
will  find  in  a  day's  run.  Her  knuckles  on  both 
hands  are  worn  to  the  bone  as  a  result  of  con- 
tinually knocking  on  wood  and  her  faith  in  the 
uncanny  would  do  justice  to  a  Georgia  coon.  But 
this  may  or  may  not  have  anything  to  do  with 
the  facts  in  a  story  she  told  to  a  party  of  friends 
over  a  St.  Francis  supper  table.  For  many  years 
she  numbered  among  her  acquaintances  m  the 
South  an  old  lady  of  whom  she  was  extremely 
fond.  The  old  lady  was  getting  on  in  years,  and 
like  many  old  people,  assumed  some  of  the  gay 
and  giddy  habits  of  youth  as  life's  sun  began  to 
set.  One  of  her  oddities  was  a  passion  for  a  cer- 
tain peculiar  perfume  with  which  she  loved  to 
surround  herself.  "I  can't  tell  you  what  it  was 
like,"  Miss  Cox  said,  "and  I  never  knew  anyone 
els;  who  used  it,  but  it  always  reminded  me  of 
lavender  and  old  lace,  and  I  will  always  associate 
it  in  my  mind  with  her.  While  I  was  i}n  my  way 
to  San  Francisco  1  received  a  letter  from  a 
mutual  acquaintance,  giving  a  very  good  account 
of  my  friend  whom  I  had  every  reason  to  believe 
was  in  her  usual  health.  One  night  in  a  Pull- 
man, after  I  had  fallen  asleep,  I  was  suddenly 
awakened  and  discovered  that  I  was  sitting  up- 
right fighting  for  breath  while  the  air  seemed 
heavy  with  the  odor  of  that  peculiar  perfume.  I 
opened  the  curtain  and  poked  my  head  through; 
the  air  outside  was  entirely  different,  but  when 
I  turned  my  nose  back  into  the  berth  there  was 
that  odor  again.  I  looked  at  my  watch  and  it  was 
exactly  two  o'clock.  Twenty-four  hours  later  I 
received  word  that  the  old  lady  had  died  at  that 
very  hour." 


Guests  at  Our  Hotels 

At  Casa  del  Rey 

Recent  arrivals  at  Casa  del  Rey  include:  E.  C. 
Miles  and  wife,  W.  H.  Edwards  and  wife,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  T.  H.  Beaver  and  Miss  Beaver,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  P.  F.  Kingston,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  James  T.  Grace,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Over- 
ton, Santa  Rosa;  W.  G.  Perkins  and  Miss  Ruth 
Perkins,  Mr.  J.  M.  Masten  and  Miss  Eugenie 
Masten,  Mr.  J.  C.  McKinstry,  John  S.  Partridge, 
J.  C.  Rollifs,  Miss  K.  Crawford,  San  Francisco; 
Mrs.  B.  P.  Cook,  Berkeley;  Mrs.  B.  F.  Norse, 
James  A.  Cole,  San  Francisco;  Mrs.  C.  F.  Mac- 
Dermont,  Mr.  A.  J.  MacDermot,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Proctor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  F.  Rossiter, 
Oakland;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Garden,  Mrs.  S. 
Gaylot,  Berkeley;  Mrs.  E.  B.  Davis  and  family, 
Mrs.  N.  S.  Rhcem  and  family,  Oakland;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Cook,  Miss  Lucy  Cook,  San  Rafael; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Lion,  Mr.  P.  Lion,  San  Jose; 
James  R.  McElroy  and  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  O. 
McCormick,  Miss  Henry,  Mr.  J.  B.  Morehcad, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Leavy,  Dr.  G.  Herzog,  A.  P. 
Marion,  Olive  Donavan,  Eva  Rhodes,  Mrs.  C.  M. 
Reiss,  W.  T.  Power  and  wife,  San  Francisco;  Mr. 
S.  E.  Slade,  R.  C.  Slade,  Mineral  Park;  Dr.  Mc- 
Crowe  and  wife,  San  Jose;  J.  T.  Baxter  and  wife, 
Jack  Dean,  Mrs.  G.  Ellison,  W.  G.  Knowltnn, 
Bowie  Dctrick,  S.  W.  Dcjohns,  William  Johnson, 
Mrs.  B.  Weil,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wick- 
ham  Havens,  Miss  Sallie  Havens,  Miss  Pem- 
berthy.  Piedmont;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Newell, 
Berkeley;  Herbert  Proctor,  Walter  M.  Lemert, 
Piedmont;  Maurice  McLoughlin,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wil- 


son and  children,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Downey  and  chil- 
dren, H.  W.  Baker,  Mrs.  Neimeyer,  Melville  H. 
Long,  Herbert  E.  Long,  R.  G.  Hunt,  San  Fran- 
cisco; Mrs.  R.  J.  Davis,  Miss  Constance  Davis, 
R.  J.  Davis,  Ross;  P.  S.  Minot,  Mrs.  George 
Wilhelm,  San  Francisco;  Mrs.  C.  A.  Belden,  Miss 
Margaret  Belden,  Ross. 


At  the  Victoria 

Mrs.  L.  L.  Blankenburg,  wife  of  Philadelphia's 
mayor,  Mrs.  George  A.  Peirsal,  Mrs.  Harry  C. 
Baden  of  Philadelphia,  Mrs.  Emmons  E.  Crocker 
of  Pittsburg,  Mrs.  S.  Blair  Lucke  of  Chester  and 
Miss  M,  L.  Dock  of  Fayetteville,  Penn.,  are  a 
party  of  Keystone  State  club  women  who  spent 
several  days  at  the  Hotel  Victoria  after  the  close 
of  the  biennial  convention  here.  Mrs.  L.  D.  Bax- 
ter of  Washington,  D.  C,  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
George  S.  Gillis  spent  several  days  at  the  same 
hotel  before  leaving  for  Monterey  where  Lieut. 
Gillis  and  Mrs.  Gillis  will  be  stationed  for  the 
coming  months.  Mrs.  Baxter  accompanied  the 
Gillises  to  their  new  home.  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Myers 
of  New  Orleans  and  Thomas  J.  C.  Mathewes  of 
that  city  have  been  registered  at  the  Victoria 
during  the  past  week.  Mrs.  Frank  Gray  of  Fort 
Worth,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Crawford,  Cincinnati,  E.  D. 
Buss  of  Bakersfield,  Charles  H.  Stephens  of  Cin- 
cinnati are  among  the  week's  arrivals. 


At  Castle  Crags  Farm 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Boone,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W. 
Colby,  W.  D.  Potter  and  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robert  H.  Fletcher  are  San  Franciscans  who 
are  enjoying  the  July  weeks  at  Castle  Crags  Farm. 
A  Fourth  of  July  dance,  unusually  fine  fishing, 
tramping  and  riding  are  pastimes  which  have 
been  shared  by  the  guests  at  the  Farm  during  the 
past  week.  Mrs.  E.  H.  Simonson  and  Miss  Caro 
Simonson  of  Alameda,  Commander  J.  M.  Reeves, 
U.  S.  N.,  and  Mrs.  Reeves  with  their  sons,  J.  M. 
Reeves  Jr.  and  W.  C.  Reeves  are  at  the  Farm  for 
a  fortnight  or  more. 


At  Del  Monte 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benno  Hart  and  their  two  chil- 
dren, Constance  and  Benno  Jr.,  were  among  the 
San  Franciscans  spending  a  part  of  the  holiday 
week  amid  Del  Monte's  restful  surroundings.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Abraham  Stern  and  their  son  John  are 
enjoying  their  summer  at  Del  Monte,  motoring 
with  friends.  Mr.  C.  S.  Stanton,  Cuyler  Lee, 
Knox  Maddox,  W.  Prescott  Scott,  C.  H.  Turner, 
Ernest  Folger,  Arthur  Vincent,  Vincent  Whitney 
and  H.  McDonald  Spencer  were  among  the  en- 
trants in  the  Del  Monte  tournament  of  the 
Fourth.  Mrs.  John  C.  Breckenridge  who  with  her 
father,  Mr.  S.  G.  Murphy  and  valet,  is  spending 
some  weeks  at  Del  Monte,  was  joined  this  week 
by  her  son  Master  John  C.  who  has  just  returned 
from  Paris.  Mr.  M.  E.  Pinckard  of  San  Fran- 
cisco is  spending  much  of  his  time  at  Del  Monte 
with  Mr.  Gardner  Williams,  Mrs.  W.  Mein  and 
Miss  Dorothy  Williams  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burke  Corbett,  with  Francis  and 
Charles,  motored  down  early  in  the  week.  Messrs. 
F.  M.,  Russell  and  their  father  J.  E.  Slade  went 
down  in  their  car  the  other  day  for  a  few  days 
of  golf.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Heynemann 
with  their  son  and  daughter,  Lloyd  Gibbs  and 
Rosalie  Gibbs,  have  taken  a  suite  of  rooms  for  a 
long  stay.  The  next  train  out  of  Santa  Clara 
after  the  marriage  of  Miss  Genevieve  O'Brien  and 
Earl  Harriman  Pier  bore  the  happy  couple  to- 
ward Del  Monte  where  they  spent  ten  days  of  an 
ideal  honeymoon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Hopkins 
went  motoring  on  their  honeymoon,  but  they 
wound  up  at  Del  Monte  just  the  same.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  R.  D.  Girvin  are  there  for  the  summer. 


AMUSEMENTS 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.  Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday    Evening,   July    IStli,   and   Throughout   the  Week, 

BESSIE  BARRISCALE 

Assisted  by  the  Alcazar  Company,  in  David  Belasco  and 
Richard   Walton   Tully's   Famous    Play  of 
Early  California 

THE  ROSE  OF  THE  RANCHO 

A    Magnificent    Pictorial  Production 
Prices:  Night,  25c  to  $1.00;  Matinee,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:   Thursday,   Saturday  and  Sunday. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Stt 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

beginning  -Sunday  Night,  July  Uth— Third  and  Last  Week 

Ti      r      c.  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 

Ihe   La  Salle  Theater,   Chicago  Musical   Comedy  Triumph 

"LOUISIANA  LOU" 

With   BARNEY   BERNARD,  SOl'IUE  TUCKER  and 
Many  Others 
Bargain   Matinees  Wednesday— Prices,  25c  and  $1. 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinees — 25c  to  $1.50. 
Monday,    July    21st— JAMES    K.    HACKETT    and  his 
Criterion  Theater,  N.  Y,  Coni/i.iny  in  '■The  Crain  of  Dust." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  Sunday,  July  14th 
MIRTH,  DANCE  AND  MELODY! 
"A  Night  at  the  Edelweiss,"  with  10  Musical  Comedians; 
Carl  Rosine  &  Co.,  in  Mystery  and  Magic;  Romano 
Brothers,  Physical  Culture  and  Grecian  Art;  Dolesch  and 
Zillbauer,  Viennese  Street  Musicians;  Clark  and  Verdi 
Ital  ian  Comedians;  Bond  Morse,  "Tlie  Man  from  Nowhere, 
and 

WOLGAST-RIVERS  MOVING  PICTURFS 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30.  ' 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and 
Magnihc*  - 
Theatre  • 

O'f  (^RRE\-\.        SlOCVsTOVA  £r  PQVJtVV  America 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.  Matinee  Every  Daj 

THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

••THE  BATTLE  CRY  OF  FREEDOM,"  a  one  act  comedy 
of  Divorce  Life  in  Reno,  Nev.,  introducing  M.\Y  TL'LLY 
and  her  Company;  K.'\UFM.'\N  BROTHERS  in  Tuneful 
Originalities;  HARRY  ATKINSON,  the  .\ustralian  Or- 
pheus; MR.  and  MRS.  EIXIOTT,  Harpists  and  Singers; 
RAY  L.  ROYCE;  (VM  EERS  SISTERS  &  CO.;  HONORS 
&  LE  PRINCE;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
Tl'RES.  Last  Week — Immense  Success  of  D.WID  BEL- 
.\SCO'S  Superb  Production  of  ■'MADAME  BUTTERFLY." 

Evening   Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellit  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


YOU'LL  H.WE  TO  IRIRRY 
Second   and   Last    Big   Week   Starts  Toinorrw 
Matinee   Daily  at  2:30.    Every   Night  at  8:30 

PAUL  J.  RAINEY'S 
AFRICAN  HUNT 

The  Most  Marvelous  Motion   Pictures  Ever  Taken 
Interesting  Lecture 
Prices — 25c  and  50c. 
.Sunday,  July  21st — N.   Y.  Casino  Star  Cast  in  Revivals 
of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Comic  Operas. 

Governess — Tommic,  -what  is  the  future  of  "I 
diagnose?" 

Physician's  child — "I  operate,"  Miss  Brown. 


TOWN  TALK 


July  13,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — The  only  really  important  element  of 
uncertanity  which  has  restricted  the  growth  of 
confidence  is  that  regarding  the  crop  yields. 
Granted  only  a  favorable  outcomt  of  the  hay, 
cereal  and  corn  crops  and  we  shall  have  the 
feeling  of  confidence  needed  to  insure  a  further 
forward  movement.  This  will  easily  shake  off  the 
restrictions  on  new  enterprises  exercised  by 
political  considerations.  The  opinion  prevails  in 
the  financial  community  that  the  choice  of  the 
majority  of  the  people  can  still  be  counted  upon 
to  place  the  right  sort  of  man  in  the  White 
House,  and  that  the  political  situation  should  not 
be  permitted  to  be  a  restraining  factor  in  busi- 
ness and  finance.  The  proposal  to  eliminate 
financial  influence  was  slow  at  first,  but  is  now 
favored  by  all  who  have  had  opportunity  to  study 
the  character  of  the  fundamentals  on  which  the 
business  and  financial  fabric  is  being  constructed, 
without  regard  to  politics  and  the  Presidential 
campaign.  First  and  foremost  among  these  fun- 
damentals are  the  crops.  Recent  reports  on  the 
condition  of  all  growing  vegetation  have  been 
satisfactory.  The  burden  of  advices  upon  the 
winter  wheat  is  still  that  the  harvest  will  be  much 
better  than  was  indicated  a  month  ago  by  the 
Government,  while  private  reports  on  the  spring 
wheat  conditions  state  that  the  recent  rains  in 
the  Northwest  have  improved  that  crop.  With 
the  partial  removal  of  the  political  influence,  it 
was  perceived  that  the  iron,  steel  and  copper 
metal  industries  bad  continued  to  improve,  al- 
though the  la^t  mrntioncd  suffered  a  brief  set- 
back due  to  the  operations  of  speculative  in- 
terests in  London.  Among  the  developments 
which  supplied  new  evidence  of  increasing  activ- 
ity and  profits  were  the  decrease  of  $1  a  ton  in 
prices  on  bars,  plates,  beams  and  angles,  shapes 
and  numerous  minor  steel  products,  and  the  un- 
checi:ed  buying  by  consumers  at  the  higher 
quotations.  The  market  in  the  meantime  con- 
tinues to  mark  time,  but  we  believe  stocks  should 
be  bought  around  present  levels  for  a  good  ad- 
vance later  on. 

Wheat — E.Tch  week  it  has  been  a  spurt  of 
activity  and  an  upturn  in  prices,  only  to  turn 
round  for  a  retrograde  movement  to  the  starting 
point.  The  market  has  been  invariably  dull  and 
weak  just  at  this  time  every  year.  This  for  the 
reason  that  cash  wheat  from  the  harvest  fields 
always  has  been  crowded  on  the  market  faster 
than  the  demand  could  assimilate  it.  The  result 
was  of  course  an  accumulation  of  stocks,  neces- 
sitating hedging  sales  for  the  speculative  trade 
to  carry.  But  this  is  not  the  case  now.  This 
year  is  a  noticeable  exception  to  the  conditions 
of  other  years,  especially  to  that  of  last  year 
wlien  the  receipts  in  Chicago  were  twelve  million 
trshcls  during  the  month  of  July  and  the  visible 


increased  eighteen  million  bushels  during  that 
time  and  continued  to  increase  until  it  reached 
seventy-one  million  bushels.  We  commenced  the 
crop  year  with  a  trifle  smaller  visible  supply  than 
a  year  ago,  and  if  the  stocks  in  private  elevators 
were  excluded,  as  was  the  case  last  year,  the 
visible  supply  would  be  considerably  less  than 
that  of  a  year  ago.  But  this  of  itself  is  of  but 
slight  consequence.  It  is  the  question  of  future 
supplies  that  is  the  most  important  feature.  In 
this  respect  there  is  but  little  soft  wheat  that 
will  not  be  required  in  the  immediate  locality 
where  it  grew.  There  are  large  areas  that  are  so 
bare  of  wheat  that  local  mills  will  have  to  import 
it  from  the  beginning  of  the  season  to  the  end 
of  the  crop  year.  The  first  results  of  threshing 
returns  are  of  course  conflicting.  Some  good 
yields  are  reported,  but  many  more  that  are  small, 
of  light  weight  and  inferior  grade.  There  is  al- 
most an  entire  exhaustion  of  interior  reserves 
to  begin  with,  which  was  not  the  case  last  year. 
In  our  opinion  it  is  only  a  question  of  time  when 
the  situation,  both  foreign  and  domestic,  will  ex- 
ercise such  a  compelling  force  as  to  cause  a  re- 
turn to  active  and  appreciating  markets. 

Corn — The  corn  market  has  had  the  depressing 
influence  of  unfavorable  climatic  conditions. 
Values  have  suffered  in  consequence.  While  the 
crop  is  backward  it  is  doing  well.  The  question 
of  receipts  is  the  most  important  factor  at  pres- 
ent. It  is  claimed  that  farmers'  deliveries  will 
be  light  until  the  new  crop  reaches  maturity.  The 
demand  will  be  sufficient  to  maintain  present 
values,  if  indeed  it  does  not  show  some  apprecia- 
tion in  this  respect. 

Cotton — The  week  should  be  classed  as  favor- 
able, for  progress  was  made  in  the  growth  of 
cotton  and  in  cultivation  also.  Temperatures 
averaged  near  normal  which  was  a  very  favorable 
thing,  but  in  the  States  of  .'\rkansas,  Tennessee, 
Mississippi,  Alabama  and  Georgia  the  rainfall 
vas  continuous  and  in  many  places  quite  heavy, 
so  that  cultivation  was  checked  and  in  a  few 
localities  altogether  suspended.  There  is  some 
danger  of  grass  if  rains  continue  in  these  States, 
as  the  plant  has  not  attained  its  normal  size  for 
the  season.  It  does  not  appear  that  any  recent 
damage  has  been  done  which  a  week  of  bright 
warm  weather  would  not  rectify.  In  all  other 
States  cultivation  and  growth  proceeded  together 
and  the  crop  status  is  improved.  In  Texas  and 
Oklahoma  the  crop  is  excellent  in  promise,  the 
only  bar  being  its  lateness  which  some  corres- 
pondents in  Oklahoma  fear  will  expose  it  to 
damage  from  frost.  The  greatest  complaint 
lodged  against  the  plant  is  its  small  size,  for 
there  are  fields  in  all  States  save  Texas  which 
contain  cotton  not  more  than  six  inches  higli 
which  is  far  below  normal  size  for  the  season. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.   A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  .\ssistant  Cashier 

F.    \V.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McN'ab 

Alfred  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  S,)ring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  (',.  H.  l„mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 

p.  m.,  Sundays  and   Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA   ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
I  )ep<)sits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH.   2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT    BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 
HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
c'pl  .Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 
No.  2  MON1GUMLHY      i  KEET 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits ...  .$1 1 .055.471. 1 1 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10.519.217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers — Isaias  VV.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
v. -Pres.  ;  F.  L,  Lipman,  V. -Pres.  ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-I'res. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier ;  W.  McGavin.  Asst. 
Cashier;  F.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L,  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  VV.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Hans.  1".  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  I. aw.  VVm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Kosenfeld.  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering.  A.  H. 
Payson.  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Telephone    DQI^GLAS  2487 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO. 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


]490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


R.   E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Two  Private  Wire*  to 
Chicago   and   New  York 


Washington,  D.  C.  1301  F  Stre« 
Los  Angeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Strtet 


July  13,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


It  is  noteworthy,  however,  that  growth  is  now 
more  rapid  and  will  continue  so  with  warm 
weather.  Cotton  is  beginning  to  open  as  far 
north  as  La  Grange,  Tex.  The  cotton  caterpillar, 
although  found  in  several  localities,  has  as  yet 
made  little  headway  and  the  same  may  be  said 
of  the  boll  weevil. 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  Oakland,  Antioch  and  Eastern  Railroad 
Company  has  placed  its  full  issue  of  bonds  for 
five  million  dollars,  and  will  receive  its  second 
payment  of  twenty  per  cent  in  August.  The  road 
will  be  completed  and  in  operation  from  Oak- 
land to  Bay  Point,  a  distance  of  thirty  miles,  by 
the  first  of  January.  When  finished  the  road  will 
extend  from  Oakland  to  Sacramento,  a  distance 
of  seventy-eight  miles,  and  will  open  up  a  pro- 
ductive area  of  country  rich  in  market  and  dairy 
produce.  The  system  will  be  electric,  the  cars 
of  the  latest  style  and  appointments.  The  Hol- 
man  Car  Works  of  San  Francisco  were  awarded 
a  contract  for  twelve  cars  for  December  delivery. 
There  are  four  hundred  men  engaged  at  present 
on  construction  work.  Just  now  they  are  build- 
ing the  three-thousand  foot  tunnel  at  Redwood 
Canyon. 

Tonopah  stocks  are  showing  a  great  deal  of 
strength  these  days.  The  properties  are  in  a 
flourishing  condition,  and  the  prospect  for  larger 
output  is  very  bright.  Those  who  are  on  the  in- 
side are  watching  the  Tonnpahs  with  lively  ex- 
pectations of  great  improvement  in  values. 

The  trade  journals  are  optimistic  about  the 
business  outlook.  They  find  that  the  first  half 
of  the  year  closed  with  much  actual  achievement 
i::  the  betterment  of  business  and  much  promise 
for  the  remainder  of  the  year.  There  is  strength- 
ened confidence  among  manufacturers,  traders 
and  investors.  Railroad  gross  earnings  in  June 
increased  4.3  per  cent.  The  money  market  is  re- 
ported to  be  in  good  shape. 


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The  stork  left  her  with  a  flutter. 

Smith  named  her  Oleomargerine, 
For  he  hadn't  any  but  her. 


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Boum-Boum 

(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

which  he  had  bought,  very  dearly,  at  a  toy-shop. 
It  had  cost  him  his  wages  for  several  days' 
work.  But  he  would  have  given  much  more  to 
bring  back  a  smile  to  those  pale  Hps. 

The  child  looked  for  a  moment  at  the  toy 
glittering  on  the  white  sheets,  then  said  sadly: 

"This  is  not  Boum-boum!  I  want  to  sec 
Boum-boum !" 

Ah,  if  Jacques  could  only  have  wrapped  him 
up  in  the  bed-clothes,  carried  him  off  to  the  cir- 
cus, and  said  to  him,  "See,  there  he  is!" 

Jacques  did  better  than  that.  He  went  to  the 
circus,  asked  for  the  clown's  address,  and  timidly, 
with  legs  trembling  from  anxiety,  he  went  up 
the  steps  which  led  to  the  artist's  apartment  at 
Montmartre.  What  he  was  doing  seemed  very 
rash;  yet,  after  all,  the  actors  often  went  to  the 
houses  of  rich  people  to  sing  or  to  recite  mono- 
logues. Perhaps  the  clown  would  be  willing  to 
come  to  say  good  day  to  Francois.  And  then 
he  wondered  how  Boum-boum  would  receive  him. 

But  this  was  not  Boum-boum!  It  was  M. 
Moreno,  a  charming  man  who  greeted  Jacques 
in  his  beautiful  home,  full  of  rare  books  and 
choice  paintings.  Jacques  looked  at  him,  not 
able  to  recognize  the  clown,  and  stood  helplessly 
twirling  his  felt  hat  between  his  fingers,  while 
the  other  man  patiently  waited.  Then  the  father 
made  his  excuses.  He  had  come  to  ask  a  most 
astonishing  thing.  It  was  all  about  the  poor 
little  one.  A  pretty  little  boy,  Monsieur,  and  so 
intelligent!  Always  at  the  head  of  his  classes 
at  school — except  at  arithmetic,  which  he  could 
not  understand.  A  dreamer.  Monsieur,  yes,  a 
dreamer;  and  the  proof  of  it  is  that  he  wants  to 
see  you,  that  he  thinks  of  no  one  but  you,  and 
that  you  are  before  him,  like  a  star  which  he 
longs  to  have,  and  at  which  he  is  always  gazing. 

When  he  had  finished,  Jacques  was  pale,  and 
the  big  drops  stood  upon  his  forehead.  He  dared 
not  look  at  the  clown,  who  stood  with  his  eyes 
fixed  upon  the  workman.  What  would  Boum- 
boum  say?  Would  he  send  him  ofif  roughly, 
would  he  take  him  for  a  crazy  man? 

"Where  do  you  live?"  Boum-boum  asked. 

"Oh,  quite  near — in  the  Rue  des  Abbesses!" 

"All  right,"  said  the  clown.  "Does  your  boy 
want  to  see  Boum-boum?'    He  shall  see  him!" 

Wlien  the  door  opened,  Jacques  Legrand  called 
joyfully  to  his  son: 

"Francois,  be  happy,  my  boy!  Here  is  Boum- 
boum!" 

A  gleam  of  joy  lighted  the  child's  face.  He 
raised  himself  upon  his  mother's  arm,  and  turned 
his  head  toward  the  two  men  who  were  coming 
to  his  bedside.  He  looked  earnestly  for  a  mo- 
ment at  the  gentleman  in  the  frock  coat,  smiling 
so  gaily  at  him,  and  whom  he  did  not  know. 
But  when  they  told  him  that  this  was  Boum- 
boum,  he  slowly  and  sadly  let  his  head  fall  back 


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upon  the  pillow,  and  his  eyes  became  fixed  again, 
his  beautiful,  large  blue  eyes,  which  looked  be- 
yond the  walls  of  the  little  room,  still  searching, 
searching  so  anxiously  for  Boum-boum's  make- 
up, his  tinsel,  spangles,  and  butterflies,  even  as  a 
lover  pursues  his  dream. 

"No,"  the  child  said,  and  his  voice  was  no 
longer  dull,  but  sorrowful,  "No,  this  is  not 
Boum-boum !" 

The  clown,  standing  near  the  little  bed,  gazed 
upon  the  boy's  face  with  an  earnest  look,  very 
serious  and  infinitely  tender.  He  shook  his  head, 
glanced  at  the  anxious  parents,  and  said,  with  a 
smile: 

"He  is  quite  right!  This  is  not  Boum-boum!" 
And  he  went  away. 

"I  shall  never  see  him!  I  shall  never  see 
Boum-boum  again!"  said  the  child. 

All  at  once — it  was  not  half  an  hour  since  the 
clown  had  gone — the  door  was  suddenly  thrown 
open,  and  there  stood  the  real  Boum-boum,  in 
his  black  spangled  tights,  with  the  little  yellow 
tuft  on  his  head,  the  golden  butterflies  upon  his 
breast  and  his  back,  and  a  broad  smile,  like  a 
slot  in  a  money-box,  spreading  across  his  jolly 
powdered  face.  Yes,  it  was  the  real  Boum-boum 
of  the  circus,  little  Francois's  Boum-boum! 

The  joy  of  life  shone  in  the  child's  laughing, 
weeping,  happy  eyes.  He  clapped  his  thin  hands, 
and  cried  "Bravo!"  and  exclaimed  with  all  his 
old  gaiety: 

"That  is  he!  That  is  he  this  time!  There  is 
Boum-boum!    Good-day,  Boum-boum!" 

When  the  doctor  came  back  that  day  he  found, 
seated  on  the  foot  of  little  Francois's  bed  a  white- 
faced  clown,  who  was  making  the  boy  laugh  and 
laugh  again,  and  who  said,  as  he  stirred  a  lump 
of  sugar  at  the  bottom  of  a  cup  of  herb-tea: 

"You  know,  if  you  don't  drink  this,  Francois, 
Boum-boum  won't  come  back  any  more!" 

And  the  child  drank. 

"Isn't  it  good?" 

"Very  good!    Thanks,  Boum-boum!" 

"Doctor,"  said  the  clown,  "don't  be  jealous! 
But  it  really  seems  to  me  that  my  grimaces  have 
done  him  as  much  good  as  your  prescriptions!" 

The  father  and  mother  were  weeping,  but  this 
time  it  was  from  joy. 

And  until  little  Francois  was  on  his  legs  again, 
every  day  a  carriage  stopped  before  the  work- 
man's door,  at  Montmartre,  and  a  man  got  out 
of  it,  wrapped  in  a  cloak,  with  the  collar  turned 
up,  and  underneath  it  he  wore  the  circus  costume, 
and  his  merry  face  was  powdered. 

"What  do  I  owe  you.  Monsieur?"  said  Jacques 
Legrand  to  the  great  clown,  when  the  child  went 
out  of  doors  for  the  first  time. 

The  clown  stretched  out  his  big  hands  to  the 
parents,  like  a  gentle  Hercules,  and  said: 

"Only  the  clasp  of  your  hands!" 

Then,  kissing  the  rosy  cheeks  of  the  child,  he 
added  laughingly: 

"And  you  must  permit  me  to  put  upon  my 
visiting  cards:  "Boum-boum,  acrobatic  doctor; 
physician-in-ordinary  to  little  Francois!'" 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


July  13,  1912 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Caliiornia,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,177; 
Department  No.  10.  „ 

CLARA  JESSURUN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  WALTER  S.  JES- 
SL'RUN,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greetmg  to : 
Walter  S.  Jessurun,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  else- 
where. , 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  money  or  damages  in  the  complaint  as 
arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any 
other  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, this  7th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  L  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
HENRY  ACH,  Atty.   for  Plaintiff, 

Rooms  316-320   Balboa   Building,   Southeast   Corner  ot 
Market  and  Second  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  5-18-10 

CERTIFICATE  OF  NAME  OF  BUSINESS 

I.  the  undersigned,  Victor  R.  Ulman,  do  hereby  state 
that  I  am  engaged  in  business  and  am  doing  business  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  un- 
der the  name  and  style  of  Victor  R.  Ulman  &  Co. 

That  I  am  the  only  one  interested  in  the  said  busmess 
and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

That  my  name  and  residence  is  as  follows:  Victor  R. 
l  lman,  314  Locust  Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 

That  my  place  of  business  is  No.  149  New  Montgomery 
Street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California.  ,    ,        ,  , 

Dated  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  this  11th  day  of  June,  1912. 

VICTOR  R.  ULMAN. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

On  this  nth  day  of  June,  1912,  before  me,  Julius  Cal- 
mann,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  residing  therein,  duly 
commissioned  and  sworn,  personally  appeared  Victor  R. 
Ulman,  known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  sub- 
scribed to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  he  acknowledged 
to  me  that  he  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco.  State  of  California,  the  day  and  year  in 
this   certificate   first   above   written  .,^t 

(Seal)  JULIUS  CALMANN, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 
OTTO    IRVING  WISE,  Atty.   at  Law, 

First  National  Bank  Bldg.,  San   Francisco,  Cal.  6-15-5 

ORDER   TO    SHOW   CAUSE   WHY    SALE   OF  REAL 
REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,438; 
Department  No.  10.  a 
In   the    Matter   of   the    Estate   of   MAJOR  CONWAY, 

^nnie  Conway,  the  Administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  having  filed  in  this  Court  her  petition 
for  an  order  to  sell  the  real  estate  of  said  decedent  for 
the  purposes  therein  set  forth,  and  it  appearing  from  said 
petition  that  it  is  necessary  to  sell  the  whole  or  some  por- 
tion of  said  real  estate,  and  good  cause  appearing  there- 

Now  therefore,  it  is  hereby  ordered,  adjudged  and  decreed 
that  all  persons  interested  in  the  said  estate  of  said  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  be  and  appear  before  the  above  en- 
titled Court,  Department  No.  10  thereof,  on  Wednesday, 
the  31st  day  of  July,  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.  of  said  day, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  said  Court,  Room  No.  519,  in  the 
temporary  City  Hall  on  Market  Street  near  Eighth  Street, 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, then  and  there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should 
not  be  granted  to  the  said  Administratrix  to  sell  the  whole 
or  some  portion  of  the  real  estate  of  said  deceased. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  said  order  be  pub-_ 
lished  for  at  least  four  successive  weeks  in  "Town  Talk, 
a  newspaper  printed   and  published  in  the  said  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 

Done  in  open  Court  this  21st  day  of  June,  1912. 

(Signed)       THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM, 

Judge. 

HUGH  K.  McKEVITT,  Atty.  for  .-Xdministratrix, 

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SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,026; 
Department  No.  10. 

l.UCILE  V.  LARM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  G.  LARM,  Defendant. 

-Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
(i.  I.arm,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  Required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  Summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  Wilful  Desertion  and  Habitual  Intemperance; 
also  for  genera!  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for   any  other   relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  27th  day  of  Aprti,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
McGOWAN  and  WESTLAKE,  Attys.  for  Plaintiff, 

Humboldt  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-1-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036  ; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOU  ETTA  WILMOTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to; 
Howard   VVellington   Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  P'rancisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  fiefendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff; also  for  genera]  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appe.ir 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court   for   any   otller   relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  .\.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  T.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.  M.  GETZ,  ROBINSO.V  &  GETZ,  .\tty.  for  Plaintiff. 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  6-29-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
ICstate  of  LIP1'M.\X.\'  SACHS.  Deceascil— No.  \(,.M,}. 
N.  S. ;  I)ei>artment  No.  10. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Mary  Sachs 
and  Albert  liaruch.  Executors  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Executors  at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  P'hrman,  Room 
713  Nevatla  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
select  as  their  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
the  said  estate  of  Linpmann  Sachs,  deceased. 

MARY  SACHS. 
ALBERT  BARUCH, 
Executors  of  the   Last   Will   and  Testament  of  Lippmann 
Sachs,  Deceased. 
Dated:   July   13,  1912. 
HELLER,  POWERS  &  EIIRMAN, 
.Attorneys  for  Executors, 

Xev:rfla  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  7-13-5 

Senator  Hoar's  Changed  Letter 

Medical  men  tell  with  unction  a  .story  at- 
tributed to  Senator  Hoar  and  told  at  the  expense 
of  a  close  friend  of  his  and  some  hospital  doctors 
;it  Washington. 

The  story  goes  that  the  friend  was  stricken  ill, 
suddenly,  so  ill  that  he  was  rushed  off  to  a 
private  hospital.  The  case  was  hurriedly  diagno- 
sed as  acute  appendicitis,  and  Senator  Hoar  was 
notified  that  an  operation  would  in  all  probability 
be  performed  at  once.  The  Senator  immediately 
prepared  to  send  a  note  of  condolence  and  en- 
couragement to  the  patient,  when  a  second  mes- 
sage arrived  informing  him  that  the  original 
diagnosis  was  incorrect,  and  that  the  case  was 
merely  one  of  acute  indigestion.  The  Senator 
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Saved  the  Man  With  the  Red  Hair 

It  requires  great  coolness  and  experience  to 
steer  a  course  down  the  rapids  of  Sault  Ste.  Marie, 
and  a  short  time  ago  two  bold  Ameri- 
cans ventured  to  descend  them  without  boat- 
men, and  were  consequently  upset.  As  the  story 
is  told,  one  of  them  owed  his  salvation  to  a  sing- 
ular incident.  As  the  accident  took  place  im- 
mediately opposite  the  town,  many  of  the  in- 
habitants were  attracted  to  the  bank  of  the  river 
to  watch  the  struggles  of  the  unfortunate  men, 
thinking  that  any  attempt  at  a  rescue  would  be 
hopeless.  Suddenly,  however,  a  person  appeared 
rushing  toward  the  group,  frantic  with  excitement. 

"Save  the  man  with  the  red  hair!"  he  vehe- 
mently shouted;  and  the  exertions  which  were 
made  in  consequence  of  his  earnest  appeals 
proved  successful,  and  the  red-haired  individual, 
in  an  exhausted  condition,  was  safely  landed. 

"He  owes  me  eighteen  dollars,"  said  his  res- 
cuer, drawing  a  long  breath,  and  looking  ap- 
provingly on  his  assistants. 


July  13,  1912 


TOV/N  TALK 


23 


Letters 


Sad  But  Not  Disheartening 

"And  the  Lord  God  said:  Behold  this  man  has 
become  one  of  us."  This  is  the  genesis  of  the 
title  of  Ezra  Brudno's  novel,  "One  of  Us,"  a 
psychological  study  given  in  the  form  of 
biography,  in  which  a  crippled  artist  tells  in  sim- 
ple but  strong  language  the  story  of  his  growth 
and  development.  Raphael  was  born  with  a  de- 
formed back,  and  his  misfortune  appears  to  have 
excited  neither  affection  nor  compassion  from  his 
parents  who  looked  upon  him  as  just  one  more 
failure  in  their  unsuccessful  lives  until  he  devel- 
oped a  talent  for  music.  The  boy  was  passion- 
ately attached  to  his  violin  and  the  father  was 
looking  forward  to  an  exploitation  of  his  prodigy 
when  the  sensitive  lad  caught  sight  of  himself 
in  a  mirror  while  at  practice  and  was  appalled  at 
the  incongruity  of  his  ambition  and  his  appear- 
ance and  refused  to  pursue  his  studies.  A  little 
tact  and  sympathy  might  have  tided  him  over 
the  difficult  time  but  neither  was  forthcoming, 
and  being  reproached  for  his  idle  dependence 
it  is  scarcely  to  be  wondered  at  that  he  ran  away. 
Afoot  and  penniless  it  should  not  have  been 
difficult  to  reclaim  him  but  apparently  no  effort 
was  made  in  that  direction,  and  the  first  friend 
the  little  waif  made  was  an  escaped  convict,  with 
a  promising  chance  of  beginning  a  career  of 
crime,  had  he  not,  fortunately,  been  arrested  on 
the  first  venture.  The  burglar  escaped  arrest,  but 
the  singular  ontcoi-Hc  of  the  attempt  was  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  identity  of  Jack  Jessup,  escaped 
convict,  as  a  brother  of  Alfred  K.  Jessup,  many 
times  millionaire  and  local  magnate,  and  the 
placing  of  the  lad,  Raphael,  on  probation  as  a 
sort  of  protege  of  the  millionaire.  The  Jessups 
were  an  example  by  no  means  unique  in  Ameri- 
can history,  a  worthless  father,  an  abnormally 
large  family  struggling  in  poverty,  one  brother 
more  selfish  and  less  patient,  striking  out  for 
himself,  developing  his  talent  and  reaping  its  full 
value  while  the  other  remained  at  home,  shoulder- 
ing the  domestic  burden  until  he  broke  under 
the  weight  of  the  accumulation,  the  family  dis- 
integrating and  losing  touch  with  each  other  un- 
less something  as  unexpected  as  the  burglarizing 
of  a  namesake's  mansion  out  of  sheer  bravado, 
leads  to  revelations.  Raphael  developed  a  sec- 
ondary talent  for  drawing  and  painting,  which,  in 
time,  leads  us  into  the  Latin  quarter  of  Paris 
where  Mr.  Brudno  shows  us  less  of  the  cocotte 
and  the  cabarets  than  most  writers.  Possibly  a 
sensitive  hunchback  would  find  them  less  enter- 
taining than  the  average  student,  but  in  any  case, 
some  one  must  attend  to  some  work  sometimes. 
Here  again  we  meet  with  the  Jessups,  Walt,  the 
son,  a  pleasant,  handsome  lad  having  developed 
into  a  handsome,  weak  and  vicious  young  man 
who,  though  he  has  not  come  within  the  clutches 
of  the  law,  is  a  far  worse  citizen  than  his  convict 
uncle.  Walt  is  the  typical  son  of  the  American 
millionaire  who  expects  to  buy  everything  and 
is  seldom  disappointed.  Here  again  we  meet 
with  other  Americans,  more  especially  with  the 


wife  and  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lennox,  of  the 
Jessup  metropolis.  Mrs.  Lennox  is  a  type  of  the 
able  and  managing  mother,  quite  overshadowing 
her  husband  and  carefully  cultivating  her  one 
daughter  for  a  marriage  of  money,  Jessup  money 
for  choice.  Norma  Lennox  had  inspired  the  boy 
Raphael  with  a  passionate  and  renunciatory  affec- 
tion, for  his  morbid  fancy  had  pictured  himself 
as  repulsive  and  altogether  outside  the  common 
experiences  of  mankind,  and  on  the  theory  that 
since  Walt  Jessup  was  what  she  wanted  Walt 
Jessup  she  should  have,  when  a  very  ugly  trans- 
action in  which  Jessup  was  involved  came  to 
light,  it  was  Raphael  who  assumed  the  responsi- 
bility, a  mistaken  form  of  generosity  which  en- 
abled Mrs.  Lennox  to  accomplish  her  end,  with 
the  usual  result  of  a  miserably  unhappy  marriage 
for  Norma  with  a  dissolute  and  untruthful  mate 
who  could  blubber  of  his  love  for  his  wife  but 
walk  out  into  any  form  of  dissipation,  and  a  swift 
slide  into  the  depths  of  tragedy  from  which  there 
came  forth  two  who  knew  definitely  good  from 
evil.  "One  of  Us"  is  a  sad  but  not  a  dishearten- 
ing story.  Ezra  Brudno  is  not  a  prolific  writer 
as  such  things  are  measured  in  these  days  when 
some  of  our  industrious  authors  turn  out  two 
full  sized  novels  a  year,  but  all  he  does  is  worth 
consideration.    From  J.  B.  Lippincott. 


A  Novel  of  Paranoiac  Society 

"His  Worldly  Goods"  which  appears  to  be 
Margaretta  Tuttle's  first  novel  takes  us  into  the 
highest  of  high  American  society — nothing  less 
than  the  circle  in  which  move  the  paranoiac  multi- 
millionaires. A  young  girl,  beautiful,  accom- 
plished, of  good  family  but  poor,  with  a  grudging 
domicile  among  relatives,  married  the  heir  to 
thirty  millions,  and  everyone  was  ecstatic  over 
the  match  and  her  astounding  good  luck.  To  be 
sure  Colin  Carson  was  "eccentric,"  "original,"  "in- 
dependent," and  all  the  other  synonyms  for  what, 
in  slang  phrase  and  amongst  humbler  folk,  would 
be  just  plain  "nutty."  No  one  would  dare  to 
question  the  sanity  of  thirty  millions  until  their 
possessor  commits  a  crime  which  brings  him  be- 
fore a  criminal  court  and  then  a  sanatorium  is  in- 
finitely preferable  to  a  penitentiary,  so  Colin 
Carson  did  pretty  much  as  whim  dictated  until 
two  years  after  his  marriage,  when,  he  developed 
a  mania  for  arson  and  was  privately  committed 
to  an  institution  designed 'for  the  care  and  re- 
straint of  his  class.  Meanwhile  his  young  wife, 
unable  to  divorce  a  lunatic,  was  enjoying  herself 
and  his  wealth  in  her  own  way,  more  or  less 
legitimate  and  laudable,  but  including  prolonged 
flirtations  with  eligibles  of  the  other  sex.  Of 
course  there  wasn't  a  bit  of  harm  in  it  except  in 
the  eyes  of  the  female  relatives  of  the  semi- 
detached and  those  of  other  women  who  would 
have  been  glad  to  attach  them  permanently. 
The  manager  of  the  Carson  estate  was  a  lawyer, 
one  Harding  who,  assuming  that  Mrs.  Carson  was 
too  ignorant  of  business  and  too  busy  spending 
money  to  pay  any  attention  to  details,  was  in- 
dustriously feathering  his  own  nest  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the   Carson   estate,   when  just  in  the 


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depth  of  his  transactions  he  discovered  that  she 
had  been  quietly  observant  and  was  about  to  have 
him  removed.  Just  as  quietly  he  made  his  own 
move,  and  it  was  quite  by  accident  that  Mrs.  Car- 
son discovered  he  had  taken  steps  for  a  re-ex- 
amination of  the  incompetent,  taking  advantage 
of  a  lucid  interval  which  would  further  his  plans, 
and  once  free  from  restraint,  with  Carson  under 
his  control,  he  would  have  a  free  hand.  To  cir- 
cumvent Harding  called  for  quick  work  and  a 
trusty  friend,  and  of  all  the  host  whom  she  had 
known  and  played  with  and  substantially  helped 
in  one  way  or  another,  the  choice  was  speedily 
narrowed  down  to  one,  the  rector  of  the  parish 
in  which  she  resided.  Out  of  the  incidents  relat- 
ing to  the  frustration  of  Harding's  plans,  the  sub- 
sequent escape  of  the  lunatic,  aided  and  con- 
cealed by  those  who  expected  to  profit  from  his 
control,  there  was  developed  a  genuine  love  be- 
tween Mrs.  Carson  and  Rev.  Rex  Thorne  which 
could  come  to  nothing  since  divorce,  besides  be- 
ing distasteful  to  the  minister,  was  impossible  to 
the  lady,  who  meanwhile  received  some  severe 
lessons  in  the  matter  of  the  advantages  there  are 
for  even  a  very  rich  and  charming  woman  in 
heeding  the  social  conventions.  Apparently  the 
affair  had  reached  an  impasse,  and  there  seemed 
to  be  nothing  to  do  but  wait.  However  a  way 
out  was  discovered  in  the  disclosure  of  a  secret 
marriage  years  before  and  sufficient  hush  money 
paid  over  at  the  crucial  moment  to  insure  silence. 
It  is  only  heroines  in  books  who  succeed  in  hav- 
ing their  cakes  and  eating  them  too.  Much  is 
made  of  the  unsophisticated  Nadine's  lack  of 
warning  of  the  character  of  the  man  she  was 
about  to  wed,  but  of  what  avail  has  warning  ever 
been?  What  girl  has  ever  listened,  even  when 
dissipation  has  been  ungilded,  and  what  mother 
would  counsel  her  daughter  against  wealth  no 
matter  what  accompanied  it?  Side  by  side  with 
the  main  interest  there  are  two  other  love  stories 
which  travel  an  uninterrupted  path  towards  mar- 
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of  social  and  clerical  vagaries.  The  story  is 
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THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


Vol.  XX.  San  Francisco,  July  20,  1912  No.  1039 


JAMES  K.  HACKETT 

Who  comes  to  the  Columbia  Theater  on  Monday  night,  July  22,  to  inaugurate  a  nutable  dranialic  season.  His  first 
play  will  be  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  to  be  followed  by  other  plays  by  well  known  and  accepted  authors  that  will  have  their 
premieres  here. 


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A  Plea  for  Tradition 

The  legends  of  a  country  are  among  its 
most  valuable  assets.  Legends  have  served 
as  the  inspiration  of  some  of  the  most  bril- 
liant exploits  of  history.  It  was  a  legend, 
for  example,  that  nerved  the  arms  of  the 
Normans  in  the  Battle  of  Hastings.  For 
was  it  not  the  Song  of  Roland  that  served 
as  the  signal  for  the  onset  when  the  gallant 
minstrel  Taillefer  advanced  on  horseback 
tossing  his  sword  in  the  air  and  chanting 
the  metrical  story  of  the  stirring  romance? 
If  a  legend  or  anything  that  goes  by  the 
name  of  tradition  does  nothing  more  than 
raise  national  enthusiasm  it  is  of  priceless 
value  and  should  be  cherished.  Because 
the  truth  of  it  cannot  be  established  is  not 
sufficient  reason  for  putting  it  on  an  index 
expurgatorius.  If  we  were  such  sticklers 
for  the  truth  as  to  reject  everything  that 
]>artakcs  of  the  nature  of  the  apocryphal  we 
should  have  to  turn  our  back  on  many  pages 
of  history.  Now  what  we  are  coming  to  is 
this, — that  being  a  very  young  nation  we 
have  a  very  meagre  supply  of  the  kind  of 
literature  that  serves  for  wholesome  inspira- 
tion, and  therefore  we  should  guard  jealously 
our  small  stock  of  tradition  and  resent  with 
indignation  every  attempt  to  deplete  it. 
This  observation  we  make  because  we  learn 
that  a  Philadelphian,  Joseph  Jackson,  de- 
scribed in  the  Eastern  press  as  "Pennsyl- 
vania's best  known  historian,"  after  "years 
of  study  and  research,"  has  come  forward  in 
a  spirit  of  iconoclasm  to  shatter  the  tradi- 
tion that  has  clung  through  the  years  to 
the  dear  old  Liberty  Bell.  Joseph  Jackson 
is  a  stranger  to  us.  Hitherto  we  had  not 
heard  of  him  as  a  historian  or  anything  else, 
but  it  is  not  necessary  to  our  purpose  to 
deny  that  he  is  a  writer  of  history.  We  have 
eminent  authority  for  it  that  history  is  no 
more  respectable  than  an  old  woman's  tale. 
Frederick  the  Great  called  for  "my  liar" 
when  he  wanted  to  read  history.  Napoleon 
pronounced  all  history  "a  fable  agreed 
upon."  It  is  absurd  to  challenge  tradition 
when  it  cannot  be  traced  to  a  writer  of 
history  who  was  contemporaneous  with  the 
event.  But  that  is  what  Joseph  Jackson 
has  done  in  the  matter  of  the  story  of  the 
bell  that  proclaimed  liberty  through  all  the 
land.    A  great  mass  of  history  we  should 


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have  to  reject  as  worthless  if  we  accepted 
the  principle  which  Joseph  Jackson  pre- 
sumes to  apply  to  the  story  of  the  ringing 
of  the  Liberty  Bell  on  a  certain  memorable 
day  in  1776.  Everybody  that  makes  his- 
tory doesn't  have  time  to  write  it.  Nor 
when  history  is  in  the  making  is  everybody 
aware  that  it  is  worth  preserving.  By 
tradition  alone  has  many  a  virtuous  action 
been  rescued  from  oblivion.  Some  of  the 
greatest  historians  are  unknown.  They 
were  old  women  with  veracity,  good  sense, 
memory  and  imagination.  In  many  a 
woman  of  this  type  we  may  find  the  history 
of  her  times  or  neighborhood  enriched  by 
circumstances  never  to  be  found  in  books. 
And  so  we  say  to  this  unimaginative  person 
Joseph  Jackson,  Get  thee  gone  with  thy 
dry-as-dust  data  and  worthless  negative 
testimony !  Our  faith  in  the  sweet  tradition 
of  our  native  land  is  not  to  be  shaken  by  an 
old  fogy  of  Philadelphia  who  spends  his 
time  in  the  role  of  devil's  advocate.  The 
echoes  of  the  old  bell  have  come  down  to  us 
from  the  swaddling-clothes  days  of  the  Re- 
public, and  its  historic  utterance  is  not  to 
be  misinterpreted.  As  well  try  to  blot  out 
from  the  retina  of  the  eye  the  picture  of 
Paul  Revere  astride  his  foaming  charger  on 
the  eighteenth  of  April  in  seventy-five,  or 
of  Sheridan  sweeping  down  the  valley  of  the 
Shenandoah,  or  of  Barbara  Frietchie  in  her 
window  casement.  We  have  never  seen 
George  Washington's  hatchet,  but  we  are 
as  firmly  convinced  that  it  existed  as  that 
there  was  a  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  At  any 
rate  there  is  much  more  of  truth  attached  to 
the  cherry  tree  incident  than  to  the  Roose- 
velt incident  at  San  Juan  which  was  re- 
corded by  contemporary  historians. 

The  Lorimer  Case 

Guilty  or  innocent,  ugly  as  he  has  been 
pictured  by  his  enemies,  we  cannot  ponder 
the  colossal  humiliation  of  William  Lorimer 
without  feelings  of  compassion  and  com- 
miseration. The  best  of  us,  it  has  been  said, 
are  but  poor  wretches  just  saved  from  ship- 
wreck. In  the  presence  of  what  is  tragic 
then, — a  fellow-pasenger  swallowed  up  by 
the  waves — it  is  but  natural  for  us  to  be 
touched  with  awe  and  pity.  There  were 
tears  in  the  Senate  we  are  told  when  Will- 
iam Lorimer  was  cast  into  outer  darkness. 
We  are  convinced  that  also  there  was  heard 
the  ironic  laughter  of  the  gods  in  the  back- 
ground. For  whatever  be  the  truth  regard- 
ing the  manner  of  Lorimer's  election  to  the 
Senate  the  fact  is  he  was  made  to  serve  as 
the  scapegoat  of  that  once  serene  delibera- 
tive body  now  become  extremely  sensitive 
to  the  ephemeral  mood  of  the  masses.  There 
are  times,  as  Schiller  tells  us,  when  the  gen- 
eral belief  of  the  people  works  its  efTect  as 
sure  as  truth  itself.  On  such,  we  believe, 
has  \\'^illiam  Lorimer  fallen.  Aside  from 
the  fact  that  thumbs  were  down  on  the 
bleachers,  the  sentiment  prevailed  in  the 
Senate  that  something  should  be  done  to  re- 
pair the  damaged  reputation  of  a  body  that 
has  been  the  object  in  recent  years  of  much 
calumny  as  well  as  of  much  honest  and  just 
animadversion.    As  the  expulsion  of  Lori- 


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mer  might  tend  to  expunge  the  impression 
that  the  Senate  holds  its  honor  lightly,  Lori- 
mer was  belled,  booked  and  candled  with 
all  the  sins  of  all  the  Senators  that  were 
ever  seated  by  corrupt  means  woven  in  a 
crown  of  thorns  on  his  obstinate  head.  We 
do  not  mean  to  impugn  the  honesty  and 
courage  of  all  the  Senators  who  voted  for 
Lorimer's  expulsion.  Even  a  Senator  may 
think  with  his  heart,  which  is  an  organ  sub- 
ject to  many  influences.  Town  Talk  is  of 
the  faith,  however,  of  Senator  Tillman,  ven- 
erable statesman,  victim  of  paralysis,  now 
feebly  approaching  his  grave,  his  thoughts 
chiefly  of  the  hereafter.  Senator  Tillman 
is  no  longer  subject  to  the  cravings  of  am- 
bition. The  curtain  is  slowly  descending 
on  the  last  scene.  He  is  conscious  of  its 
shadow.  And  Senator  Tillman  affirms  his 
belief  in  Lorimer's  innocence.  Senator 
Tillman  is  of  the  minority  wherein  so  often 
have  resided  truth,  justice,  rectitude.  But 
he  is  also  with  the  majority,  for  of  the  com- 
mittee of  eight  Senators  that  investigated 
the  charges  against  Lorimer,  the  court 
that  heard  all  the  testimony  and  saw 
all  the  witnesses,  five  members  rendered 
judgment  for  the  accused.  Five  of  the  eight 
members  of  that  court  reported  not  only 
that  the  charges  had  not  been  proved  but 
that  the  innocence  of  the  accused  had  been 
established  by  an  overwhelming  preponder- 
ance of  evidence.  Certain  newspapers  have 
told  us — the  same  unscrupulous  newspapers 
that  pictured  Lorimer  as  pleading  for  mercy 
when  he  was  challenging  and  defying  his 
enemies — these  newspapers  have  told  us 
that  Lorimer  was  "whitewashed"  by  the 
committee.  The  truth  is  that  never  in  the 
history  of  inquisitions  was  accused  man  so 
fully  and  emphatically  cleared  of  a  charge 
as  was  William  Lorimer.  The  majority  of 
the  committee  did  more  than  pronounce  him 
innocent;  They  cited  affirmative  proof  of 
the  infernality  of  the  men  who  were  trying 
to  compass  his  downfall,  and  they  paid  a 
tribute  to  the  character  of  the  accused  which 
an)'  man,  whether  in  public  or  in  private  life, 
might  he  proud  to  deserve.  Was  it  the  pur- 
pose of  these  judges  to  deceive  the  Senate? 
If  so  they  should  be  driven  from  its  portals. 
Now  what  about  the  three  Senators  who  dis- 
sented from  the  majority?  What  we  know 
of  them  is  this,— that  day  after  day  during 
his  argument  in  his  own  behalf  William 
Lorimer  challenged  these  three  Senators  to 
produce  any  kind  of  proof,  hearsay  or  legit- 
imate, of  some  of  the  things  which  they 
charged  in  their  report  and  on  which  they 
based  their  findings.  Not  one  of  them  came 
forward  to  deny  what  was  implied — that  he 
had  deliberately  falsified  the  record.  Now 
the  worst  that  has  been  said  of  William 
Lorimer,  even  by  his  enemies,  is  not  that 
he  committed  bribery,  but  that  he  was  the 
beneficiary  of  a  corrupt  transaction.  It  is 
not  even  asserted  that  he  was  aware  of 
wrongdoing.  All  things  considered,  per- 
haps it  is  to  be  hoped  for  the  honor  of  the 
United  States  Senate  that  this  was  one  of 
those  rare  instances  of  the  minority's  being 
in  the  wrong. 


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Proof  Conclusive 

Let  us  not  be  contemptuous  of  our  neigh- 
bors' prepossessions  and  prejudices.  The 
minds  of  all  of  us  are  warped  by  them  in 
some  degree.  They  are  not  to  be  dis- 
pensed with.  They  are  an  inseparable 
element  of  human  weakness.  So  instead  of 
sneering  at  the  crotchets  and  whimsies  of 
our  neighbors  we  should  be  mindful  of  our 
own  and  modest  about  them,  since  they  may 
not  stand  the  cold  pervading  light  of  rea- 
son. With  no  disposition  to  sneer,  then, 
being  conscious  of  our  weakness,  we  draw 
attention  to  our  neighbor  the  Bulletin  in 
one  of  its  fine  frenzies  induced  by  attach- 
ment to  what  is  at  once  a  prepossession  and 
a  prejudice.  We  allude  to  the  principle  of 
the  recall.  On  this  subject  our  neighbor 
delivers  brawling  judgments  unashamed  all 
week  long.  If  to  be  wise  were  to  be  ob- 
stinate the  Bulletin  might  set  itself  up  as 
one  of  the  profoundest  of  all  Progressive 
philosophers,  its  conclusions  being  as  in- 
corrigible to  proof  as  the  most  absurd  that 
emanate  from  the  new  primary  school  of 
political  thought.  Listen  to  our  neighbor: 
"Ji-idge  Archbald  of  the  United  States  Court 
of  Commerce  has  conclusively  proved  that 
it  is  a  mistake  to  put  any  judicial  officer  be- 
yond the  reach  of  the  recall."  How  has 
Judge  Archbald  proved  this?  By  getting 
impeached.  Here  is  a  clear  case  of  a  man 
impressing  on  himself  as  a  conviction  what 
is  obviously  nothing  but  a  prepossession. 
Of  course  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin  has  a 
reason  for  his  singular  dictum.  And  doubt- 
less he  thinks  that  having  a  reason  for  a 
thing  makes  it  right.  Men  have  had  a  rea- 
son why  two  and  two  make  five.  The  truth 
is  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin  doesn't  reason. 
He  merely  strikes  as  by  intuition  at  what 
he  conceives  to  be  the  result  of  an  intel- 
lectual process,  and  affirms  as  a  conclusion 
what  is  only  a  gratuitous  assertion.  The 
case  of  Judge  Archbald,  according  to  the 
Bulletin,  conclusively  proves  the  necessity 
of  the  recall  because  it  appears  that  he  is 
not  fit  for  the  bench  and  because  "Dem- 
ocrats and  Republicans  alike  agreed  on  ar- 
ticles of  impeachment."  Now  it  is  no  easy 
matter  to  follow  the  processes  of  the  think- 
ing machine  that  produces  argument  of  that 
sort.  Watchmakers  have  gone  crazy  study- 
ing the  derangements  of  an  extraordinarily 


bad  watch,  and  the  same  thing  might  hap- 
pen to  any  frail  being  who  would  attempt 
to  follow  the  windings  of  thought  resulting 
from  the  anatomical  lesion  in  this  particular 
case.  We  shall  therefore  curb  curiosity 
and  merely  observe  what  is  obvious, — that 
if  the  case  of  Judge  Archbald  proves  any- 
thing it  proves  there  is  no  necessity  of  the 
recall  since  a  bad  judge  may  be  reached  in 
the  sane,  orderly  manner  prescribed  by  the 
Constitution.  If  a  bad  judge  may  be  im- 
peached by  competent  authority  why  apply 
the  recall  ?  To  be  sure  Judge  Archbald  has 
not  yet  been  impeached.  And  that  appears 
to  be  the  Bulletin's  reason  for  regarding  as 
conclusive  the  necessity  of  the  recall ;  not 
the  recall  by  the  people,  however,  but  a  re- 
call by  Congress.  More  speed  is  what  the 
lUilletin  regards  as  essential  to  our  happi- 
ness. Be  precipitous  and  you  will  be 
blessed,  appears  to  be  the  Bulletin's  motto ; 
in  other  words,  administer  hemlock  today 
and  recompense  with  a  statue  tomorrow. 


The  Quizzer  of  Collier's 

Our  dialecticians  of  the  Progressive  school 
have  great  admiration  for  one  another. 
What  one  says  the  others  quote  as  though 
it  were  a  divine  emanation.  In  this  way 
nonsense  receives  wide  and  rapturous  dis- 
semination. As,  for  instance,  the  Norman 
Hapgood  editorial  in  Collier's  quoted  by  the 
Bulletin  the  other  day.  Taking  William 
Barnes  of  New  York  to  task  for  charging 
Roosevelt  with  being  a  demagogue  and  an 
apostle  of  "reckless  change,"  Editor  Hap- 
good wants  to  know  what  the  education 
which  the  New  York  politician  received  at 
Harvard  has  done  for  him.  "Has  it  failed 
to  teach  him,"  the  erudite  of  Collier's  sol- 
emnly demands,  "that  the  United  States  in 
social  adjustment  is  behind  nearly  every 
hiohly  civilized  nation  in  Europe?"  Again: 
"Has  it  failed  to  teach  him  that  .practically 
all  of  what  Mr.  Roosevelt  advocates  has 
been  tried  out  and  every'  item  is  conserva- 
tive in  England,  in  Germany,  in  Denmark, 
in  Italy  or  in  Switzerland?"  Also:  "Does 
Mr.  Barnes  think  he  can  prevent  this  coun- 
try from  taking  part  in  the  march  of  the 
world  conscience?"  Thus  is  Mr.  Barnes 
reproved,  rebuked  and  refuted  according  to 
the   polemic   system   that   was  hammered 


into  Mr.  Hapgood's  noddle  in  the  halcyon 
days  of  his  brilliant  university  career.  It 
is  evident  that  education  has  done  much  for 
the  editor  of  Collier's.  It  has  familiarized 
him  with  the  interrogatory  method  of  ar- 
riving, not  at  truth,  but  at  triumph  over  an 
adversary.  This  method  is  especially  to  be 
recommended  to  editors  of  moderate  men- 
tality, plenty  of  intellectual  dishonesty  and 
some  rhetorical  fluency.  For  the  editor  has 
an  immense  advantage  over  an  adversary. 
He  is  complete  master  of  the  situation,  be- 
ing sole  occupant  of  the  forum.  Every 
question  must  go  unanswered.  He  must  be 
careful  only  to  measure  accurately  the 
stupidity  of  his  readers.  Now  Mr.  Hap- 
good is  somewhat  reckless  in  this  respect. 
It  may  be  true  enough,  as  he  suggests,  that 
the  United  States  in  social  adjustment 
(whatever  that  means)  is  behind  nearly 
every  highly  civilized  nation  in  Europe,  but 
it  is  difficult  to  see  how  this  argues  that  we 
need  Mr.  Roosevelt  to  drive  us  to  the  front. 
If  Editor  Hapgood  means  that  the  United 
States  is  behind  the  civilized  States  of 
Europe  in  the  best  characteristics  of  men 
and  society,  in  the  elements  which  con- 
stitute the  direct  converse  of  rudeness  or 
barbarism,  he  is  not  to  be  gainsaid,  but 
surely  the  Rough  Rider  of  the  range,  the 
standard-bearer  of  the  Bull  Moose  faction, 
the  Mighty  Hunter  whose  hat  is  in  the  ring, 
is  not  the  person  to  be  looked  to  for 
"sweetness  and  light."  If  Mr.  Hapgood 
has  been  reading  any  of  the  leading  news- 
papers of  civilized  Europe  since  the  Chicago 
convention  he  must  be  aware  that  with  re- 
markable unanimity  they  pronounce  Mr. 
Roosevelt  the  most  pernicious  demagogue 
and  dangerous  innovator  that  ever  threat- 
ened the  integrity  of  a  republic.  The 
Chicago  chapter  in  the  Roosevelt  career  was 
an  eye-opener  to  Europe.  Now  as  to  the 
question  whether  Mr.  Barnes  hasn't  learned 
that  practically  all  of  what  Mr.  Roosevelt 
advocates  has  been  tried  out  in  England, 
Germany,  Denmark  and  Italy,  the  truth 
is  that  practically  nothing  advocated  by  him 
with  the  e-xception  of  the  Decalogue  has 
been  tried  out  anywhere.  Surely  the  recall 
of  decisions  is  not  in  operation  in  any  of 
the  civilized  countries  mentioned.  Mr.  Hap- 
good has  been  confounding  Europe  with 
Mexico. 


Perspective  Impressions 


Nat  Goodwin  has  now  reached  the  Angora  cat 
stage — that  is  he  sees  Angora  cats.  Nat  prob- 
ably changes  his  brands  as  he  does  his  wives. 


"I  want  to  show  the  hypocrisy  running  ram- 
pant through  the  country." — Senator  Lorimer. 
Right  there  the  blond  boss  put  his  finger  on  the 
bad  spot  in  the  body  politic. 


Notice  to  Senator  John  D.  Works:  Please  stop 
sending  copies  of  your  "Independent  Health 
Service"  speech  to  this  office.  The  seventeen  so 
far  received  are  clogging  the  waste  paper  basket. 


Would  you  object  to  being  pinched  by  a  lady 
cop? 


What  is  called  the  unrest  of  a  nation  is  in 
reality  a  national  brainstorm. 


"I  did  it"  exclaimed  Theodore  Roosevelt,  point- 
ing with  pride  and  exultation  to  the  downfall 
;ind  humiliation  of  William  Lorimer.  Precisely 
the  same  ecstasy  that  uttered  itself  when  the 
same  proud  one  was  gloating  over  the  shot  in 
the  back  that  laid  a  Spanish  soldier  low. 


Every  time  two  young  fools  marry  on  a  dare 
some  divorce  lawyer  rubs  his  hands  and  chuckles. 


To  perceive  the  burlesque  contradictions  of 
American  politics  is  one  of  the  priceless  gifts  en- 
joyed by  the  amiable  cynic. 


A  Providence  despatch  says,  "When  a  detective 
tried  to  arrest  Annie  Curric,  aged  22  today  on 
a  charge  of  larceny  she  held  him  at  bay  by  dis- 
robing." A  detective  who  permits  himself  to  be 
foiled  in  that  fashion  ought  to  be  dismissed  for 
incompetency. 


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July  20,  1912 


A  Bored  Observer 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  As  one  who  never 
misses  an  issue  of  your  bright  paper  let  me  say 
that  I  admire  your  stand  on  political  questions. 
Your  untiring  persistency  in  smashing  away  at 
the  humbuggery,  the  hypocrisy  and  the  fakery  of 
so-called  Progrcssivism  fills  me  with  delight.  At 
the  same  time  I  don't  see  how  you  keep  up  the 
pace.  Don't  you  ever  get  weary  of  exposing  pre- 
tense, puncturing  buncombe  and  unveiling  the 
hidden  motives  of  the  pseudo  reformers?  I  think 
you  must.  It  seems  to  me  there  must  be  times 
when  you  throw  down  your  pen  in  disgust  and 
throw  up  your  hands  in  fatigue,  saying,  "What's 
the  use?"  Of  course  there  is  a  use,  a  great  and 
good  use  for  all  you  write  on  the  subject,  but 
how  hard  it  must  be  at  times  to  continue  the 
assault  on  popular  purblindness  I  can  judge  from 
my  own  experience.  There  was  a  time  when  I 
was  eager  in  the  fight;  when,  in  my  own  small 
circle,  I  dealt  swashing  blows  for  truth  and  com- 
mon sense.  I  used  to  think  that  I  succeeded  in 
unmasking  some  of  the  pretenders.  But  that 
time  has  passed.  I've  given  up.  "A  plague  on 
both  your  houses"  represents  my  attitude.  I'm 
through.  Let  the  Montagus  and  the  Capulets 
light  it  out  among  themselves.  Let  them  eat  one 
another  like  the  Kilkenny  cats,  for  all  I  care. 


Correspondence 

I'm  bored  with  the  whole  shooting  match.  I've 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  politics  is  like 
Tincombe  Hill.  Do  you  know  the  old  wheeze? 
It  runs  like  this: 

Tincombe  Lane  is  all  uphill. 

Or  downhill,  as  you  take  it; 
You  tumble  up  and  crack  your  crown 

Or  tumble  down  and  break  it. 

Tincombe  Lane  is  crooked  and  straight 

.■\s  pothook  or  as  arrow. 
'Tis  smooth  to  foot,  'tis  full  of  rut, 

'Tis  wide,  and  then  'tis  narrow. 

Tincombe  Lane  is  just  like  life 

From  when  you  leave  your  mother. 
'Tis  sometimes  this,  'tis  sometimes  that, 
'Tis  one  thing  or  the  other. 

Sincerely  yours, 

— A  Blase  Republican. 


The  Moving  Picture  Man  Speaks 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  Say,  kiddo,  it  was 
some  class!  I  been  around  some  in  my  day,  but 
believe  muh,  them  nupshals  beat  anything  1  have 
every  saw.  The  bride  was  a  Poughkcepsie  dream, 
and  the  groom — Huh?    What's  a  Poughkcepsie? 


Why,  just  a  bit  above  Auburn.  You  obtain  me, 
Stephen?  Thanks.  As  I  was  saying,  the  groom 
was  there  million.  Never  for  a  minute  let  on  he 
knew  I  was  unwinding  the  film  on  him.  Do  you 
make  me?  Haughty  and  unconscious,  all  through 
the  wedding  stunt.  Of  course  he  knowed  we  was 
making  the  pitchers,  but  he  never  let  on.  I  didn't 
even  have  to  tell  him  to  look  pleasant.  He  en- 
joyed his  wedding  all  through.  But  then  they 
tell  me  he's  been  there  before.  And  say,  them 
bridesmaids  was  swell  dames.  Huh?  No,  they 
wasn't  what  you'd  call  chickens  exactly;  been  out 
of  the  shell  too  long  for  genu-ine  Petalumas,  but 
swell  lookers  just  the  same,  and  the  dresses — 
why  you  couldn't  buy  'em  for  a  month's  salary, 
on  the  square.  But  the  best  of  it  was  the  wed- 
ding breakfast.  They  call  it  breakfast  in  our  set, 
donchakow,  even  if  it  was  a  few  hours  too  late 
for  lunch.  Huh?  Yeh,  some  of  'em  did  get  a  bit 
frisky,  but  I'm  not  a-going  to  give  'em  away.  I 
was  there  to  take  pitchers,  not  to  do  the  bayvard 
stunt.  Huh?  Most  certainly  not!  The  very 
idear!  Of  course  the  Indoor  Yacht  Club  can't 
borry  them  wedding  pitchers.  They  aint  that 
kind  of  pitchers. 

Yours, 

—The  "Movie"  Man. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


French  Race  Suicide  Again 

Paul  Leroy-P)caulieu,  the  eminent  French  econ- 
omist, has  issued  a  striking  appeal  to  Frenchmen 
and  Frenchwomen,  in  which  he  points  out  the 
grave  danger  of  depopulation  and  the  denational- 
ization of  France  by  the  reduced  birth  rate.  Last 
year  the  deaths  exceeded  the  births  in  France 
by  almost  35,000,  and  the  total  number  of  births 
in  1911  was  263,000  less  than  the  annual  birth 
rate  during  the  second  period  of  the  Second  Em- 
pire. M.  Leroy-Beaulieu  declares  that  the  drop 
in  the  French  birth  rate  is  immoral,  due  to  the 
universal  wish  to  limit  the  family  to  the  minimum. 
It  is  not  alone  due  to  the  fear  of  the  expense 
of  bringing  up  children,  but  also,  he  claims,  to 
the  pure  egotism  of  married  couples  who  do  not 
wish  to  be  bothered  by  the  rearing  of  infants. 
The  economist  has  several  remedies  for  what  he 
considers  a  very  threatening  situation  for  the 
future  of  France.  First  he  thinks  it  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  teach  the  Frenchman  that  the  nor- 
mal family  should  include  not  fewer  than  three 
children.  This  teaching  should  begin  in  the 
schools,  both  public  and  denominational,  so  that 
it  may  be  propogated  as  a  truth  essential  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  nation.  Furthermore,  he 
favors  the  adoption  of  a  law,  to  be  applied  with- 
out exception,  providing  that  no  persons  shall 
hold  public  positions  or  be  eligible  for  govcrn- 
nunt  employment  of  any  kind  unless  they  have 
three  children.  The  need  of  the  third  child — that 
is  what  must  be  insisted  upon  throughout  France, 
M.  Leroy-Beaulieu  declares.  He  estimates  that 
of  tiie  average  ten  marriages  usually  one  or  two 
bring  forth  no  children,  while  the  remaining 
couples  content  themselves  with  either  one  or 
two  children.    As  an  additional  encouragement. 


By  Robert  McTavish 

the  economist  recommends  the  establishment  of 
a  system  of  State  premiums. 


New  Seal  has  Forty-eight  Stars 

The  House  of  Representatives  is  to  have  a  new 
great  seal.  The  old  seal  was  adopted  in  1830. 
The  old  seal  bears  twenty-four  stars.  The  new 
one  will  have  forty-eight.  The  score  and  four 
which  make  the  difference  spell  the  nation's 
growth  since  the  time  when  statesmen  wore 
beaver  hats  and  tight  trousers,  came  to  Congress 
in  stage  coaches  and  didn't  have  to  make  speeches 
about  the  right  to  draw  20  cents  a  mile  for  travel- 
ing expenses. 


The  Portuguese  Republic  and  the  Vatican 

What  has  taken  place  between  the  Vatican  and 
the  Republic  of  Portugal  is  most  interesting  and 
instructive,  as  showing  the  trend  of  European 
politics.  When  th-;  house  of  Braganza  was  de- 
throned and  the  republic  proclaimed  in  Lisbon 
in  October,  1910,  complete  separation  was  also 
decreed  between  Church  and  State,  and  the  Por- 
tuguese Embassy  of  the  Vatican  was  suppressed. 
About  a  year  and  a  half  have  now  passed,  and 
without  any  move  on  the  part  of  the  Vatican 
both  the  Senate  and  the  Chamber  of  the  Por- 
tuguese Republic  have  voted  for  the  re-establish- 
ment of  diplomatic  relations  with  the  Pontiff. 
This  would  be  inexplicable  without  knowing  what 
has  been  going  on  behind  the  scenes.  The  men 
w-ho  are  in  power  at  Lisbon  are  not  converted  to 
clericalism,  but  have  come  to  understand  the 
great  danger  that  their  country  is  facing  and  the 
necessity  of  not  creating  more  enemies.  It  has 
come  out  that  one  of  Germany's  greatest  aspira- 


tions is  to  seize  the  Portuguese  colonics  and 
that  England,  notwithstanding  her  traditional 
friendship  for  Portugal,  would  not  have  sufficient 
interest  in  the  question  to  prevent  the  seizure. 
Of  course  Germany,  before  making  the  coup, 
would  have  to  prepare  the  ground,  and  one  of  the 
many  ways  to  reach  her  object  would  have  been 
that  of  taking  advantage  of  the  broken  relations 
between  Church  and  State  in  Portugal.  Consid- 
ering the  w-ay  the  republic  was  treating  the 
Vatican,  the  former  could  not  expect  that  the 
Church,  having  acquired  complete  liberty  of  ac- 
tion, would  send  to  the  Portuguese  colonies 
patriotic  Portuguese  clergy.  On  the  other  han.d, 
it  was  anticipated  that  the  Church  would 
gradually  substitute  for  them  German-speaking 
Portuguese.  Steps  to  gain  this  end  had  already 
been  taken  by  the  German  Government,  whose 
relations  with  the  Vatican  have  been  constantly 
improving,  when  the  politicians  woke  up  in  Lis- 
bon and  saw  the  risk  they  were  running.  They 
now  think  they  have  avoided  the  danger  by  de- 
ciding to  send,  if  not  an  Ambassador,  at  least  a 
Minister  to  the   Holy  See. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


u  V  .\   912  TOWNTALK  7 

Varied  Types 


LXXXIII— FRANK  C.  DREW 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


To  know  a  man  in  his  putilic  relations  is  to  see 
only  one  side  of  him.  It  may  (ir  may  not  be 
the  better,  the  more  important  s'.de;  it  is  seldom 
the  more  interesting. 

Take  Frank  Drew  for  instance.  It  is  very 
well  to  know  Frank  Drew  as  a  member 
of  a  law  firm  and  as  a  business  man  with 
great  lumber  interests.  Those  who  find  delight 
in  such  things  may  appraise  his  standing  at  the 
bar,  his  skill  as  a  financier.  But  you  might  know 
Frank  Drew  as  a  public  man  for  a  long  time,  and 
still  be  ignorant  of  his  ardor  for  Esperanto. 
When  you  learn  that  fact  about  his  private  life 
you  sit  up  and  take  a  notice  of  Frank  Drew  which 
you  would  not  accord  to  his  more  prosaic  ac- 
tivities. There  are  so  many  good  lawyers  and 
able  financiers;  there  are  so  few  Esperantists. 

In  San  Francisco,  aside  from  Frank  Drew,  the 
only  followers  of  Dr.  Zamenhof  whose  names  I 
can  recall  are  former  Judge  Daingerficld  and 
present  Judge  Treadwcll.  But  in  the  city  of 
Athenian  culture  across  the  l!ay  there  is  (|nite  a 
group  which  includes  prominent  railniad  men  and 
civil  engineers.  You  never  know  when  you  are 
going  to  run  across  somebody  who  speaks  the 
ingeniously  constructed  and  thoroughly  prac- 
tical international  language.  That  must  be  part 
of  the  charm  of  mastering  it.  In  this  connec- 
tion Frank  Drew  told  me  a  story. 

"Dr.  Yemans,  a  student  of  Esperanto  who  is 
now  with  the  army  in  Manila,  was  crossing  the 
Atlantic  to  America  at  the  same  time  that  a 
delegation  of  Esperantists  was  journeying  from 
this  country  to  the  Esperanto  Congress  at 
Antwerp.  He  sent  them  a  pleasant  message  in 
Esperanto  by  wireless.  Before  the  delegates  on 
the  other  steamer  had  a  chance  to  reply,  the  wire- 
less operator  who  had  received  the  message 
flashed  an  answer  to  Dr.  Yemans  in  Esperanto, 
stating  that  the  doctor's  and  his  were  the  first 
wireless  messages  in  Esperanto  ever  exchanged 
at  sea.  Now  who  would  expect  to  find  a  wireless 
operator  who  knew  Esperanto?" 

"In  this  connection,"  continued  Drew,  "it  may 
be  mentioned  among  the  advantages  of  Esperanto 
that  if  it  were  adopted  for  the  international  wire- 
less code  there  would  be  no  such  disastrous  mis- 
takes as  occurred  recently  when  the  English,  the 
Japanese  and  the  Norwegian  operators  misun- 
derstood the  messages  which  they  were  exchang- 
ing. 

"Esperanto  supplies  a  common  ground  of  inter- 
course on  which  all  people  can  meet.  In  travel- 
ing it  is  invaluable.  All  over  the  world  there 
are  clubs  or  groups  of  Esperantists,  and  if  the 
traveler  wears  in  his  buttonhole  the  little  green 
star  which  is  the  Esperanto  emblem,  he  will 
come  in  contact  everywhere  with  interesting  peo- 
ple whom  otherwise  he  would  be  unable  to  con- 
verse with. 

"Once  in  Chalons-sur-Marne  I  met  a  French 
army  officer  named  Dr.  Jenny.  He  knew  no 
English  and  at  the  time  I  knew  no  French,  and 
yet  we  had  a  delightful  conversation  for  half 
an  hour  in  Esperanto.  The  first  ten  minutes  of 
our  talk  were  a  bit  unsatisfactory,  but  after  that 
it  was  smooth  sailing. 

"There  is  absolutely  no  other  cominon  means 
of  communication.  During  the  past  few  years  I 
have  corresponded  with  people  who  spoke  twenty- 
one  different  foreign  languages,  but  no  English. 
Using  Esperanto  I  have  been  able  to  exchange 


letters  with  men  whose  native  tongues  were 
French,  German,  Spanish,  Italian,  Portuguese, 
Danish,  Dutch,  Norwegian,  Swedish,  Russian, 
Polish,  Czech,  Dalmatian,  Magyar,  Arabian, 
Syrian,  Chinese,  Slovak,  Javanese,  Hindustance 
and  Grecian.  Without  Esperanto  that  would  be 
impossible. 

"Esperanto  has  come  to  stay.  This  is  par- 
ticularly evident  in  Europe.  You  will  find  Es- 
peranto books  and  pamphlets  at  the  railway 
stations,  especially  in  Russia,  Poland  and  Bo- 
hemia. In  Belgium  the  government  has  en- 
couraged the  study  ever  since  the  Esperanto 
Congress  was  held  in  Antwerp.  In  that  city  the 
policemen  speak  it,  and  so  do  the  conductors 
on  the  street  cars.  The  cars  contain  signs  and 
n(  lices  in  Esperanto. 


Photo,  Vaughan  and  Fraser 


FRANK  C.  DREW 

"More  than  that,  Esperanto  is  the  international 
means  of  communication  used  by  the  anarchists 
of  Europe.  When  Francisco  Ferrer  was  arrested 
by  the  Spanish  authorities  he  had  on  his  person 
a  kodak  and  an  Esperanto  grammar.  Now  if  the 
forces  of  evil  use  Esperanto  to  advance  their 
cause,  it  will  be  necessary  for  the  opposing  forces 
of  good  to  fight  them  with  it.  If  anarchy  is  to 
be  combatted  by  arguments,  pamphlets  and  so 
forth,  Esperanto  must  be  used,  for  there  is  no 
other  way  of  appealing  at  one  and  the  same 
time  to  people  of  difTerent  nationalities.  The 
use  which  the  anarchists  make  of  Esperanto 
shows  that  it  has  ceased  to  be  a  fad;  it  is  an 
eminently  practical  means  of  communication. 

"The  world  is  alive  to  the  need  of  a  universal 
auxiliary  language.  Some  think  that  the  tendency 
is  to  use  French  for  this  purpose.  But  there 
are  serious  objections  to  French.  It  is  impossi- 
ble for  the  ordinary  adult  to  learn  to  pronounce 


French  correctly,  or  even  to  write  it  correctly, 
there  are  so  many  idioms.  The  same  thing  is 
true  of  English.  Both  are  objectionable  too  on 
account  of  international  jealousies.  And  the 
same  thing  applies  to  German.  For  instance, 
would  the  Germans  be  willing  to  use  French? 
Would  the  English  be  willing  to  adopt  German? 

"Esperanto,  on  the  other  hand,  is  easy  to  learn. 
I  am  still  studying  it,  but  I  obtained  a  working 
knowledge  of  it  by  devoting  one  hour  a  night  to 
its  study  for  six  weeks.  At  the  end  of  that  time 
I  could  read  and  write  it  with  a  good  deal  of 
ease. 

"You  see,  there  are  no  idioms  in  Esperanto. 
And  there  will  be  none.  There  are  no  excep- 
tions to  its  grammatical  rules.  It  does  away 
with  irregular  verbs  which  are  such  a  terror  to 
people  attempting  to  learn  French  and  other 
European  languages.  There  is  no  such  difficulty 
as  the  student  has  with  the  German  pronouns 
either. 

"Esperanto  has  a  literature  of  its  own.  I  re- 
call a  novel  called  'The  Pharaoh'  in  three  vol- 
umes which  describes  the  Egyptian  life  of  ancient 
days  with  its  religious  doctrines,  ceremonies  and 
so  on.  Esperanto  is  capable  of  describing  such 
scenes  and  incidents  just  as  minutely  as  any  of 
our  mother  tongues.  It  can  convey  the  various 
shades  of  meaning;  the  delicate  distinctions  be- 
tween our  own  synonyms  can  all  be  expressed. 

"Esperanto  also  has  a  large  translated  liter- 
ature. The  Bible  has  been  translated  into  Es- 
peranto. So  have  a  number  of  Shakespeare's 
plays,  notably  Hamlet,  Julius  Caesar  and  The 
Tempest.  Goldsmith's  She  Stoops  to  Conquer  is 
in  Esperanto;  so  are  Schiller's  dramas  and  many 
Polish  novels.  In  addition  there  are  many 
medical  journals,  mathematical  and  other  scien- 
tific treatises.  The  advantage  of  Esperanto  for 
scientific  works  is  obvious.  How  many  great 
treatises  invaluable  to  physicians  and  others  are 
beyond  the  reach  of  students  because  they  are  in 
a  foreign  tongue!  Sometimes  these  works  are 
not  translated  for  years;  sometimes  the  great  ex- 
pense prevents  them  from  being  translated  at  all. 
If  they  were  written  in  Esperanto,  as  the  scholars 
of  old  wrote  their  books  in  Latin,  they  would  be 
immediately  available  for  all  nations. 

"But  one  of  the  greatest  goods  which  would 
come  out  of  the  use  of  Esperanto  was  that  which 
Dr.  Zamenhof  had  in  mind  when  he  invented  it. 
He  was  a  college  student  at  Warsaw,  and  was 
painfully  aware  of  the  racial,  political  and  re- 
ligious misunderstanding  which  kept  the  students 
in  a  constant  state  of  warfare.    He  came  to  the 

(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zeppelia  Ainhip? 

Get  prosranu  of  our  Famoui  Pteaiure  Cruiae* 
Handioinely  illuttated  pamphleti  gralii. 

HAMBVRG- AMERICAN  LINE 

160  POWELL  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


8 


TOWN  TALK 


July  20,  1912 


The  Last  Rapture 


Before  the  war  Colonel  Champlenac  lived  at 
Ban-Saint-Martin,  quite  at  the  end  of  the  modest 
little  street  which  goes  up  towards  Plappcville 
between  the  vines  and  the  iron  gratings.  He 
lived  in  a  clean  little  white  house  with  a  tiled 
roof,  upon  which  flocks  of  pigeons  disported  them- 
selves, with  a  garden  scarcely  bigger  than  a  nap- 
kin spread  out  to  dry  in  the  sun,  a  garden  in 
which  chimps  of  rose-bushes  marked  out  the 
lawn. 

He  was  a  tall  old  man,  dry  and  thin  as  a 
vagabond's  stafif,  with  a  straight-cut  moustache 
which  marked  with. a  white  line  his  long,  wrinkled 
face,  the  stretched  skin  of  which  had  the  tawny 
hues  of  old  parchment. 

He  limped  upon  his  left  leg,  especially  in  rainy 
weather;  he  had  the  rough  air  of  a  trooper  who 
has  played  his  life  fifty  times  as  one  throws  dice, 
and  he  constantly  took  snufT  from  a  gold  snuflF- 
box  which  the  Emperor  had  given  him  in  the 
field-hospital  after  the  battle  of  Champaubert. 
He  spoke  in  a  sharp,  strong  voice,  as  if  he  were 
still  shouting  his  orders  in  the  midst  of  a  furious 
cannonade. 

He  had  as  many  scars  as  campaigns,  and  yet 
held  his  own  right  well  and  made  death  mark 
time — as  he  was  wont  to  say,  laughing  his  great 
merry  laugh. 

Of  all  the  pensioners — the  veterans  covered 
with  chevrons,  who  had  taken  part  in  the  great 
epic,  and  who  now  made  much  of  themselves, 
sitting  close  together  in  their  corner  of  the  Cafe 
Colignon — of  all  these  the  Colonel  seemed  the 
strongest  and  soundest;  and  when  he  was  a 
little  warmed  by  stirring  up  the  far-off  memories 
of  his  glorious  marches,  when  he  had  drunk  a 
little  more  than  usual,  he  would  start  up  like  an 
old  cavalry  horse  who  suddenly  hears  the  familiar 
trumpet-call,  and  would  swear  that  he  would 
return  to  service  upon  the  first  occasion  which 
offered.  He  would  take  down  his  heavy  cuiras- 
sier's sword,  which  had  been  hacked  and  red- 
dened in  so  many  battles.  They  would  see  that 
Colonel  Eusebe  Champlenac  was  no  more  broken- 
down  than  any  conscript  twenty  years  old,  and 
that  he  could  still  sit  in  his  saddle  and  charge 
at  the  head  of  his  troop  as  in  the  good  old  days. 

These  heroic  boasts,  these  oaths  of  an  old 
trooper  who  dealt  out  his  words  like  trumpet- 
calls,  woke  up  all  the  others,  filled  them  with  a 
contagious  intoxication,  made  young  again  all 
those  poor  old  cracked  heads;  and  when  they 
went  home  afterwards,  still  full  of  illusions  and 
pursuing  their  dreams,  they  rummaged  in  the 
bottoms  of  closets,  brought  out  the  uniforms 
carefully  kept  as  relics,  put  them  on  and  put  on 
also  their  tarnished  epaulets.  Then  they  viewed 
themselves  in  the  glass  for  a  long  time,  without 
seeing  that  their  figures  were  bowed  down,  that 
they  had  acquired  stomachs,  and  that  in  these 
laced  and  moth-eaten  garments,  with  their  big 
shakos  and  broken  plumes,  they  looked  like  the 
carnival  masqueraders  whom  the  street  boys  fol- 
low with  mocking  shouts. 

This  close  of  life,  haunted  by  memories,  flowed 
quietly  along,  tranquil  and  almost  mechanical. 
The  few  sous  which  he  possessed,  together  with 
his  pension,  enabled  the  Colonel  to  have  good 
wine  in  his  cellar,  to  entertain  a  guest  now  and 
then,  to  be  always  well  clad  in  his  long  coats, 
buttoned  up  to  the  throat  in  the  old-fashioned 
style,  and  to  doze  at  home,  with  his  old  relics, 
his  old  maid-servant,  Nanine,  and  his  old  friends, 
in  an  idleness  of  mind  and  body  which  nothing 


By  Rene  Maizeroy 

disturbed,  neither  disquieting  anxiety  for  the 
morrow,  nor  the  torments  of  a  fierce  struggle 
with  poverty,  nor  the  bitterness  of  regret-S. 

He  had  only  one  relative,  a  sister  who  lived 
in  Paris.  Upon  certain  anniversaries  they  wrote 
to  each  other,  more  from  habit  than  from  af- 
fection, and  they  never  saw  each  other,  both 
having  that  instinctive  selfishness,  that  dread  of 
traveling,  which  keeps  old  folks  at  home.  How- 
ever, when  the  terrible  battle-storm  which  had 
laid  waste  the  country  was  at  last  over.  Mile. 
Hortense  Champlenac,  receiving  no  tidings  and 
guessing  all  that  her  brother  must  be  suffering 
in  his  solitude,  the  tragic  overthrow  of  his  be- 
liefs, the  wound  which  his  patriotism  had  re- 
ceived, this  black  cloud  of  defeats  which  covered, 
like  a  pall,  the  splendid  visions  of  the  past — 
considering  these  things,  she  packed  a  few  gar- 
ments in  a  trunk  and  hastened  to  pay  a  visit  to 
the  Colonel. 

She  found  him  looking  old,  dejected,  sitting 
in  his  big  arm-chair,  from  which  he  did  not  rise 
without  moaning  like  a  sick  man,  as  if  he  were 
paralyzed.  He  no  longer  went  out;  he  had  for- 
bidden Nanine  to  open  the  blinds;  he  closed 
his  ears  in  a  kind  of  rage,  so  as  not  to  hear  the 
heavy  steps  of  the  German  sentries  who  passed 
through  the  little  street.  From  time  to  time  he 
shook  his  fist  at  some  imaginary  enemy;  his 
whole  body  trembled,  shaken  by  furious  anger; 
and  he  cried  in  his  rough  voice:  "Blackguards, 
blackguards !" 

Ah!  The  gallant  discourses  at  the  Cafe 
Colignon,  the  youthful  thoughts,  the  outbursts 
of  enthusiasm,  the  little  glasses  which  clinked  to- 
gether, the  blustering  plans  which  had  frightened 
the  plump  cashier,  seated  at  her  counter  and 
silent  behind  her  open  account-book  and  her 
plates,  upon  which  the  pieces  of  sugar  were  ar- 
ranged in  rows!  How  they  had  humiliated  tiic 
wretched  people!  How  the  people  had  suffered 
during  those  days  when  the  cannon  never  ceased 
to  growl,  and  in  which  they  were  caught  in  a 
network  which  still  grew  tighter  round  them 
day  by  day,  while  they  were  crushed  by  famine 
and  by  hatred! 

Then  the  downfall  had  come!  That  beautiful 
army,  which  had  always  been  victorious,  was 
decimated,  dragged  like  a  sick  herd  into  Ger- 
many, the  horses  turned  loose  on  the  outskirts 
of  Metz,  the  flags  burnt  or  surrendered,  and 
hope  failing.  Bad  tidings  followed  each  other, 
and  then  the  peace  which  dismembered  the  land 
like  a  dead  beast  of  prey. 

These  strokes  had  been  like  the  terrible  blows 
of  a  hammer  falling  upon  the  Colonel's  worn- 
out  brain,  following  each  other  in  an  unfailing 
procession.  The  finale  came  when  there  was  im- 
posed upon  him  the  humiliation  of  being  forced 
to  entertain  some  of  the  Bavarian  cavalrymen 
in  his  own  home,  to  be  the  host  of  those  men 
whom  he  had  formerly  ordered  as  a  master; 
in  the  midst  of  his  dear  relics,  arms  hanging  upon 
the  walls,  portraits  of  marshals,  tattered  stan- 
dards riddled  by  bullets,  to  see  these  lumbering 
conquerors  who  spat  upon  his  floors,  who  jab- 
bered a  hateful  language,  who  stole  everything 
that  they  found,  and  who  laughed  in  his  face  with 
a  heavy,  brutal  laughter. 

Hortense  hastened  to  snatch  the  Colonel  from 
this  cruel  contemplation,  which  was  killing  him 
like  a  cleverly  protracted  torture.  She  took  hiin 
off  to  Paris  with  her.  He  made  no  resistance, 
and  let  himself  be  taken  away  by  these  two 


women,  his  sister  and  Nanine,  like  a  little  child. 
He  did  not  weep  when  he  heard  the  gate  close 
behind  him.  He  did  not  even  turn  his  head 
sadly  to  take  a  last  look  at  the  white  front  of 
his  house,  at  the  rose-bushes  which  the  butter- 
flies surrounded  with  a  fluttering  of  white  wings. 
He  said  not  a  word,  sad  or  gay  or  anxious. 
Only,  at  times,  his  cry  of  rage  contracted  his 
lips:  "Blackguards,  blackguards!" 

It  was  not  insanity,  but  a  suspension  of  his 
being,  an  absolute  failure  of  all  his  powerful 
faculties,  something  like  death  without  being 
dead.  In  their  small  apartment  on  the  Rue  Tur- 
bigo,  the  old  man  remained  prostrate  for  days, 
watching  through  the  window-panes  the  move- 
ments of  the  pedestrians  and  of  the  carriages. 
He  did  not  reply  to  the  questions  addressed  to 
him.  They  rolled  him  from  room  to  room  in  a 
wheel-chair.  The  years  followed  each  other  with- 
out bringing  any  change  in  his  condition,  without 
quickening  this  extinct  mind  or  reviving  these 
broken  forces. 

One  summer  evening,  a  stifling  evening  in 
July,  when  Nanine  had  propped  him  up  on  the 
pillows  by  the  window-sill,  the  old  man  sud- 
denly started  and,  before  the  sight  which  met  his 
eyes,  seemed  to  be  miraculously  restored.  He 
leaned  forward  to  see  better,  to  see  everything, 
and  in  an  eager  voice  he  called  to  his  sister: 

"Little  sister!  Little  sister,  look  there!  Sec 
those  flags  everywhere,  those  lanterns — " 

In  the  golden  mist  of  the  twilight  which  was 
covering  the  depths  below  with  a  vague  haze, 
from  all  the  windows,  from  all  the  balconies, 
floated  the  tri-colored  flags,  joyous,  flaunting, 
waving  before  the  least  breath  of  air  which  came 
from  the  Seine.  The  radiant  hues,  melted  to- 
gether, shone  like  a  bunch  of  rockets  and  dif- 
fused through  all  this  tranquil  nightfall  a  fairy 
light,  red,  white  and  blue.  The  shrill  cries,  the 
shouting  of  songs,  all  the  gayety  of  a  careless, 
happy  people,  rose  up  from  the  swarming  street, 
rose  from  the  four  corners  of  Paris  like  the 
heavy  sound  of  a  fabulous  tide.  Now,  standing 
erect,  no  longer  trembling  upon  his  legs,  drawing 
himself  up  to  his  full  height,  the  Colonel  strove 
to  understand,  brought  together  the  confused 
ideas  scattered  in  his  brain,  restrained  with  his 
hand  the  wild  beating  of  his  heart.  A  holiday, 
the  flags  hoisted,  their  glory  hovering  over  the 
crowds,  the  salvos  of  artillery  sounding  above  the 
triumphal  music — all  these  things  could  only  mark 
the  end  of  a  victorious  war,  could  only  be  in 
honor  of  the  armies  returning  from  the  frontier. 

"Little  sister,  you  are  hiding  something  from 
me.  We  have  beaten  them,  have  we  not?  We 
have  retaken  Metz  and  Strasburg  from  them, 
and  have  swept  away  all  those  vermin?" 


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July  20.  1912  TOWN  TALK 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


(Ralpl 
Cisco  newspaperman 


E.    Renaud    the  author  of  the  following  excellent  parody,  was  for  many  years  a  well  known  San  Fran- 
.aperman.    Less   than   a   year  ago   he  left   this  city   for  the  larger  field  of  New   York     The  ••Refueees- 
Ruba.yat      was   wntten    very   shortly   after  the   disaster   of  April,    1906,    and    was    published   in   the    Bulletin  Pro- 
of the  F^"[^:    ^t""  ^J^%^"'^  "ked  it  so  much  that  he  declared  he  would  embalm  it  in  the  pages  of  his  great  History 


XLIX— REFUGEES'  RUBAIYAT 
By  Ralph  E.  Renaud 


I 

Wake!  for  the  Shock  which  scattered  into  flight 
The  sleepers  in  their  underclothes  bedight 
Has  raised  the  roof  and  brought  the  chimneys  down 
And  given  Mrs.  Grundy  such  a  fright. 

II 

Before  the  glimmer  of  the  flames  had  died 
Methought  a  Voice  within  the  Tavern  cried, 
"When  all  the  bottles  are  set  up  within, 
Why  lags  the  thirsty  traveler  outside?" 

Ill 

But  no  cork  popped,  and  those  who  stood  before 
The  Tavern  shouted,  "Open,  then,  the  door!" 
Yet  still  the  stern  policeman  barred  the  way. 
And  still  the  thirsty  refugees  foreborc. 

IV 

Ah,  not  a  drop  that  from  our  cups  we  threw 
For  earth  to  drink  of  but  we  keenly  rue; 
To  quench  this  inner,  unextinguished  fire 
What  profits  ginger  ale  or  iron  brew? 

V 

Would  but  this  desert  of  the  barroom  yield 
One  glimpse — if  dimly,  yet  indeed  revealed! 
But  posted  on  the  swinging  door  appears 
The  Mayor's  proclamation — unrepealed! 

VI 

Ah,  sadly  pour  the  ginger  pop  which  clears 
The  toper's  eye  despite  protesting  tears. 
Tomorrow!    Why,  tomorrow  he  may  be 
In  roaring  Oakland,  throwing  dice  for  beers. 


VII 

The  seismograph  but  writes,  and  having  writ, 

The  scientists  can't  seem  to  make  it  quit. 

And  yet  how  comforting  these  daily  quakes 

Which  soothe  the  nerves  and  calm  the  temper — NIT! 

VIII 

A  can  of  corned  beef  underneath  the  bough, 
A  coffee  pot,  a  loaf  of  bread— and  Thou 
Beside  me  cooking  in  a  vacant  lot. 
Ah,  wilderness  were  Paradise  enow. 

IX 

A  moment's  halt — a  momentary  taste 
Of  army  rations  o'er  the  camp  fire  placed. 
And  then  the  weary  refugee  creeps  back 
The  route  he  took  in  such  unseemly  haste. 

X 

Think,  in  the  battered  caravanserai 

They  called  the  Palace  no  one  needs  to  pay. 

Now  anyone  can  run  a  hotel  bill 

And  pitch  his  tent  where  once  the  clerk  got  gay. 

XI 

They  say  the  homeless  and  the  hoboes  keep 
The  courts  where  Nob  Hill  gloried  and  drank  deep. 
And  while  the  bread  line  lasts  the  millionaire 
Rubs  elbows  with  the  grimy  chimney  sweep. 

XII 

Ah.  Love,  could  you  and  I  with  Fate  conspire 
To  wreck  this  sorry  scheme  of  things  entire — 
If  we  would  shatter  it  to  bits — why,  then 
We'd  surely  choose  an  earthquake  and  a  fire! 


Ruef  a  Frost 

Thus  far  Mr.  Abe  Ruef  has  not  made  good 
from  the  standpoint  of  yellow  journalism.  Up 
to  Monday  of  this  week  his  autobiography  has 
been  flat,  stale  and  unprofitable.  He  has  not 
kept  the  town  on  the  qui  vive.  There  has  been 
nothing  like  breathless  interest  in  his  narrative. 
The  circulation  that  Donald  Lowrie  stimulated 
till  Publisher  Crothers  almost  died  with  elation 
has  been  steadily  dropping  back  to  normal,  and 
though  Publisher  Crothers  has  kept  on  posting 
the  figures  he  is  about  to  utter  a  Macedonian 
cry  for  an  Alfred  David  witness  of  the  Rider- 
hood  type.  It  is  no  secret  that  Editor  Older  has 
been  much  disgruntled.  Day  after  day  he  has 
prodded  his  San  Quentin  correspondent  in  the 


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The  Spectator 

hope  of  inducing  him  to  come  through  with  some 
intimate  details  of  a  really  sensational  character, 
but  Ruef  has  proved  obstinate.  He  has  been 
going  through  the  same  experience  that  he  so 
graphically  describes  in  the  affidavit  which  he 
made  when  the  immunity  contract  was  broken. 
Expostulated  with  to  put  a  little  ginger  into  his 
narrative  he  has  responded  with  a  lot  of  verbiage 
about  his  own  wonderful  achievements  as  a 
political  strategist.  Indeed,  he  has  deftly  em- 
ployed the  Bulletin  as  a  means  of  glorifying  him- 
self and  swatting  the  people  who  have  been  try- 
ing to  get  him  out  of  jail.  He  has  told  us  that 
during  Schmitz's  first  term  in  office  the  attacks 
made  on  him  were  inspired  by  a  desire  to  destroy 
the  Union  Labor  party.  It  was  the  Bulletin, 
be  it  remembered,  that  made  most  of  the  attacks. 
Ruef  has  pictured  himself  as  a  public  spirited 
citizen  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  averting 
serious  labor  troubles,  but  he  has  said  nothing 
of  his  proposal  to  Rudolph  Spreckels  to  "tie  up 
the  whole  city"  and  scare  ofif  bond  buyers.  Ruef 
is  not  confessing  anything  that  would  be  dis- 
cordant with  the  rhapsody  of  self-laudation  that 
runs  through  his  serial  story. 


A  Johnsonite  Crucified 

What  Ruef  has  told  us  about  his  employment 
as  attorney  for  public  service  corporations  is  not 
new.  Nor  is  it  untrue.  But  the  story  is  not 
satisfactory  to  the  men  who  prosecuted  the  graft 
cases.  It  was  for  sticking  to  that  story,  for  not 
interlarding  it  with  a  few  misrepresentations  cal- 
culated to  support  scores  of  indictments,  that  the 
immunity  contract  was  broken.  So  the  Bulletin 
has  kindly  enabled  Ruef  to  make  a  liar  of  the 
Bulletin,  for,  of  course  the  Bulletin  is  now  en- 
dorsing Ruef's  story.  Also  the  Bulletin  has  en- 
abled Ruef  to  crucify  one  of  the  warmest  friends 
of  the  Johnson   administration,   a  distinguished 


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civic  patriot  who  is  now  one  of  Governor  John- 
son's jobholders,  no  less  a  personage  than  the 
Hon.  George  C.  Pardee.  The  chapters  on  the 
Tartuffe  of  Oakland  are  the  most  interesting  of 
all  of  Ruef's  contributions.  They  were  read  with 
something  of  satisfaction  in  Town  Talk's  office 
because  they  are  corroborative  of  much  that  haS 
been  said  in  these  columns  with  reference  to 
the  great  man  who  was  "turned  down"  by  the 
Santa  Cruz  convention. 


Pardee  and  the  Octopus 

For  having  "turned  down"  Dr.  Pardee  the 
Santa  Cruz  convention  is  remembered  by  the 
dear  people  as  the  most  infamous  body  that  ever 
transacted  any  political  business  in  this  country — 
only  up  to  the  time,  to  be  sure,  that  Roosevelt 
was  "turned  down"  in  Chicago.  The  perform- 
ance at  Santa  Cruz  was  iniquitous  because  Dr. 
Pardee  was  a  reformer,  and  like  the  Colonel  he 
was  the  implacable  enemy  of  the  bosses.  Now  we 
learn,  thanks  to  the  Bulletin,  that  Abe  Ruef  was 
a  most  welcome  guest  beneath  the  Pardee  roof- 
tree,  at  the  Pardee  fireside,  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  Pardee  family.  We  learn,  thanks  to  the  Bul- 
letin, that  Pardee  was  supported  by  the  Octopus, 
but  that  in  the  hope  of  cancelling  his  obligations 
he  affected  the  suspicion  that  the  beast  had  been 
disloyal  to  him,  and  that  Ruef  had  to  give  him  the 
assurance  that  the  S.  P.  put  up  large  wads  of 
money  for  his  campaign  expenses.  What  a 
luminous  sidelight  is  thus  thrown  on  one  of  our 
typical  reformers!  Here  is  a  man  who  has  been 
posing  as  a  victim  of  Southern  Pacific  vengeance. 
H  the  Southern  Pacific  put  him  in  office  surely 
the  Southern  Pacific  ought  not  to  be  execrated 
for  kicking  him  out  of  office.  It  appears  from 
Ruef's  story  that  Dr.  Pardee  is  doubly  obligated 
to  the  Southern  Pacific.  He  is  indebted  to  the 
Southern  Pacific  for  a  great  honor  he  once  re- 
ceived, and  he  is  indebted  to  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific for  the  office  he  now  holds.  For  if  the 
Southern  Pacific  had  not  kicked  him  out  of 
office  he  would  be  bearing  its  brand  today.  The 
Southern  Pacific  made  a  reformer  out  of  him  in 
the  way  that  most  reformers  are  made,  and  as 
a  reformer  he  became  eligible  to  the  favor  of 
Reformer  Johnson. 


There  Was  No  Flag 

That  Abe  Ruef  is  showing  considerable  talent 
as  a  writer  of  romance  is  the  opinion  of  some 
who  are  able  to  check  up  from  memory  the  in- 
accuracies in  his  published  story.  A  politician 
with  a  keen  memory  who  has  at  his  finger-ends 
the  details  of  every  political  meeting  held  "south 
of  the  slot"  for  twenty-five  years  told  me  the 
other  day  that  Ruef's  story  about  wrapping  the 
American  flag  around  Pardee  to  prevent  the 
crowd  from  attacking  him  was  fiction  unadulter- 
ated by  any  element  of  truth.  "I  remember  that 
meeting  well,"  he  said.  "Ruef's  crowd  was 
pretty  nervous  when  Pardee  entered  the  meeting 
place,  but  there  was  no  danger  of  personal  vio- 
lence, and  there  was  not  much  noise  until  Pete 
Kelly  in  announcing  that  Mayor  Schmitz  was  for 
Pardee  mispronounced  the  mayor's  name  rid- 
iculously by  a  slip  of  the  tongue.  That  started 
the  uproar,  principally  of  laughter.  The  noise 
continued  when  Pardee  appeared,  and  there  were 
some  hisses.  Congressman  Julius  Kahn  was  with 
Pardee,  and  there  was  considerable  curiosity  as 
to  what  he  would  do.  Julius  had  never  been 
hissed  during  his  political  career.  Without  hes- 
itating he  sprang  to  the  front  of  the  platform, 
told  the  crowd  how  the  Republican  party  had 
built  the  city  a  Postoffice  on  the  lot  where  soup 
kitchens  stood  during  the  Democratic  administra- 
tion, and  held  the  crowd  without  difficulty.  He 
was  applauded  when  he  got  through.  Then  Par- 
dee spoke.    But  there  was    no  American  flag 


wrapped  around  him.  Ruef  invented  that  little 
touch  of  color." 


World's  Fair  Progress 

The  work  on  the  World's  Fair  seems  to  be 
progressing  very  satisfactorily.  The  filling-in  of 
the  water  lots  goes  along  at  a  good  pace,  and 
pretty  soon  the  fence  around  the  exposition 
grounds  will  be  in  course  of  construction.  That 
fence  will  look  like  business,  and  will  no  doubt 
silence  the  few  grumblers  who  think  that  the 
Fair  is  not  going  ahead  rapidly  enough.  Mean- 
while the  various  States  are  picking  out  the  sites 
for  their  buildings.  Fifteen  States  and  territories, 
including  Hawaii  and  the  Philippines,  have  al- 
ready chosen  the  spots  where  they  will  display 
their  resources  in  1915.  Before  the  month  is 
ended  the  first  foreign  country  will  have  its  com- 
missioners in  San  Francisco  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. That  country  is  Japan  which  has  despatched 
three  representatives  to  this  city. 


Hiram  Not  in  Evidence 

Governor  Johnson  is  very  sorry  he  attacked  the 
officials  of  the  World's  Fair,  and  has  let  -  them 
know  as  much.  But  he  doesn't  take  any  part  in 
exposition  business.  There  has  been  no  direct 
communication  between  him  and  the  exposition 
officials  since  the  clash  which  occurred  in  the 
primary  campaign.  He  has  not  honored  the  head- 
quarters in  Pine  street  with  his  presence.  It's 
doubtful  whether  he  has  ever  gone  out  to  Harbor 
View  to  look  things  over  since  the  work  began. 
He  didn't  even  take  the  trouble  to  extend  the 
hand  of  welcome  to  Governor  John  K.  Tencr  of 
Pennsylvania  who  was  here  over  the  Fourth  of 
July  to  pick  out  a  site  for  the  Keystone  btatc 
building.  Governor  Tener  chose  the  site  on  July 
5,  and  naturally  the  occasion  was  a  ceremonious 
one.  But  Governor  Johnson  was  not  present. 
Then  there  was  a  reception  to  Governor  Tener 
at  the  Fairmont.  On  this  occasion  also  Governor 
Johnson  did  not  put  in  an  appearance.  Governor 
Tener  paid  a  visit  to  the  Elks  Club  and  to  the 
Bohemian  Club.  At  both  of  these  places  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  was  conspicuous  by  his  absence. 
No  doubt  he  was  too  busy  attending  to  the  interests 
the  Bull  Moose  party  in  California,  Besides, 
Governor  Tener  is  not  a  Progressive.  He  be- 
longs to  that  wing  of  the  party  which  Governor 
Johnson  is  so  fond  of  calling  "thieves"  and 
"bandits." 


To  Celebrate  Magna  Charta 

On  June  15,  1215,  bad  King  John  met  his 
barons  on  the  field  of  Runnymede  and  gave  Magna 
Charta  to  the  people  of  England.  So  during  the 
Exposition  the  English-speaking  world  will  cel- 
ebrate the  seven  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
Great  Charter  of  liberties.  It  is  proposed  to  have 
a  special  celebration  of  this  anniver.sary  at  our 
World's  Fair.  The  plan  is  to  invite  the  hundred 
best  legal  minds  of  the  world  to  meet  in  con- 
vention in  San  Francisco  and  to  consider  ways 
and  means  of  uplifting  the  judiciary  and  improv- 
ing legal  proceedure.  When  this  convention  ol 
one  hundred  makes  its  report,  the  idea  is  to  sub- 
mit it  to  a  great  gathering  of  other  distinguished 
lawyers  for  their  approval  or  disapproval.  In 
this  way  the  best  legal  minds  of  the  world  will 
be  trained  upon  problems  of  immense  importance, 
and  no  doubt  far-reaching  reforms  will  thus 
come  out  of  San  Francisco.  In  addition  to  this, 
it  is  proposed  that  a  great  historical  pageant  of 
Runnymede  be  prepared  for  the  entertainment  of 
ordinary  people  who  cannot  be  expected  to 
take  an  absorbing  interest  in  the  deliberations  of 
the  lawyers'  convention.  The  plans  for  this  great 
commemoration  of  Magna  Charta  have  not  been 
worked  out  in  detail,  but  no  doubt  we  shall  hear 
from  John  Brisben  Walker,  the  director  of  pub- 
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July  20,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


11 


Percy  Distinguishes 

When  our  ingenious  city  attorney,  Percy  Long, 
was  called  upon  to  justify  the  employment  of  a 
New  York  expert  to  draw  up  a  schedule  of  street 
railway  improvements  for  the  municipality,  he 
pointed  out  that  the  hiring  of  a  non-resident 
would  not  be  against  the  provisions  of  the  Charter 
because  such  a  man  was  not  an  "employe"  in 
the  meaning  of  the  Charter  but  merely  a  "con- 
tractor." A  contractor,  according  to  Percy,  is  a 
man  who  issues  "special  orders,"  not  necessarily 
a  man  who  bids  on  city  work.  But  when  "Teddy" 
Vogt  who  lives  across  the  bay  was  a  candidate 
for  the  position  of  municipal  orchestra  leader, 
and  it  was  deemed  inexpedient  to  give  him  the 
job,  Percy  found  that  an  orchestra  leader  was  a 
city  employe  and  must  therefore  live  in  the  city. 
Vogt's  friends  tried  to  show  that  the  position  was 
that  of  a  contractor.  Did  not  an  orchestra  leader 
issue  "special  orders"  to  his  musicians?  But  there 
was  nothing  doing.  Percy  interpreted  the 
Charter  so  as  to  bar  out  "Teddy."  Perhaps  he 
thought  Vogt's  friends  were  "kidding"  him. 


The  Nevada  Apex  Case 

In  Carson  City  they  talk  of  nothing  these  days 
except  the  trial  of  the  Apex  case  in  which  the 
owners  of  the  Mammoth  National  and  National 
mines  are  lined  up  against  one  another  for  a 
fight  to  the  finish.  Carson  has  never  before  seen 
such  a  gathering  of  legal  luminaries  and  minera- 
logical  scientists.  The  Mammoth  National  mine 
is  controlled  by  a  group  of  Californians,  mostly 
millionaires,  which  includes  Will  Tevis,  R.  G. 
and  Al  Hanford,  Charles  Holbrooke  Jr.,  William 
McGuire,  A.  C.  Eisen  and  Robert  Cords  Jr.  The 
case  is  being  handled  for  them  by  W.  H.  Metson 
of  this  city.  With  Metson  in  Carson  is  his 
secretary,  Miss  Ryan,  herself  a  lawyer,  who  ap- 
pears in  the  court  room  every  day  with  her 
stenographer  and  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the 
case.  Needless  to  say,  the  judge,  the  opposing 
lawyers  and  the  spectators  take  a  lively  interest 
in  Miss  Ryan.  Rufus  Thayer  is  associated  with 
Metson  in  the  handling  of  the  case.  Among  the 
experts  retained  by  the  local  people  are  Professor 
Lawson  of  the  University  of  California  and  Pro- 
fessor Jones  of  the  University  of  Nevada.  These 
and  other  scientists  are  receiving  an  honorarium 
of  one  hundred  dollars  a  day,  and  it  is  conceded 
that  they  are  all  earning  their  money,  for  Apex 
litigation  is  most  complicated  and  the  present 
case  is  one  of  the  most  intricate  of  its  kind.  The 
National  mine  is  controlled  by  a  group  of  capit- 
alists with  headquarters  in  Chicago.  They  are 
represented  by  W.  H.  Dickson  of  Salt  Lake,  an 
attorney  who  has  the  reputation  or  Tiefng  one 
the  best  authorities  on  mining  law  in  the  world. 
George  W.  Bartlett  of  Nevada,  former  Congress- 
man, is  his  associate.  The  National  people  have 
matched  the  array  of  scientists  assemtired  by  the 
Mammoth  National  owners,  and  the  case  is  in 


reality  a  battle  of  highly  specialized  scientific 
testimony.  The  local  men  occupy  thirty-three 
rooms  in  one  of  Carson's  hotels,  and  the  fight 
is  costing  them  thousands  of  dollars  every  day  it 
continues.  And  the  lawyers'  fees  will  be  tre- 
mendous. But  the  stake  is  a  large  one.  If  the 
local  men  win,  it  will  mean  many  millions  to 
them,  for  the  National  mine  has  taken  at  least 
fourteen  millions  out  of  what  is  claimed,  in  pa;t, 
as  Mammoth  National  ground.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  they  lose  they  will  at  least  gain  two 
million  dollars. 


The  Split  in  the  French  Colony 

There  were  two  celebrations  of  the  Fall  of 
the  Bastile  in  this  city  last  Sunday.  The  French 
colony  is  split  into  two  factions,  and  there  is 
so  much  bitterness  that  a  harmonious  celebration 
of  the  whole  colony  under  one  roof  was  im- 
possible. So  the  adherents  of  one  faction  cele- 
brated the  great  day  in  the  Sutter-street  Pa- 
vilion with  dear  old  Fuzzy  Wuzzy  as  the  prin- 
cipal speaker,  while  the  adherents  of  the  other 
faction  filled  Scottish  Rite  Hall  and  listened  to 
Supervisor  Caglie  ri  and  Mayor  Stitt  Wilson  of 
Berkeley.  Henri  Merou,  the  French  consul, 
refused  to  take  sides,  and  cut  the  Gordian  knot 
of  his  difficult  position  by  refusing  to  attend 
either  celebration.  Mayor  Rolph  solved  the  prob- 
lem in  much  the  same  way,  except  that  instead 
of  refusing  to  attend  he  was  "unable"  to  at- 
tend. The  differences  in  the  colony  have  been 
aired  for  some  time  in  the  two  hostile  Frencn 
newspapers,  but  it  would  take  an  expert  to  state 
them  clearly.  It  is  not  so  long  ago  that  the 
Irish  societies  had  a  similar  fracas  over  the 
celebration  of  St.  Patrick's  Daj . 


He  Answered  McCombs 

The  selection  of  William  F.  McCombs  of  New 
York  to  head  the  committee  which  will  handle 
Woodrow  Wilson's  Presidential  campaign  will 
naturally  bring  out  a  lot  of  information  about 
this  comparatively  unknown  young  iawyer.  Let 
me  get  in  on  the  ground  floor  with  a  story  When 
Judge  Parker  was  running  for  President  Mc- 
Combs was  a  candidate  for  the  New  York  As- 
sembly, and  was  beaten.  One  night  he  was  ad- 
dressing an  open-air  meeting  on  the  subject  of 
the  tariflf.  He  recounted  the  varioiis  necessaries 
of  life  upon  which  the  consumer  is  compelled 
to  pay  a  tax,  and  then  paused  dramatically.  "What, 
my  friends,  is  there  left?  What  is  there  upon 
which  the  American  workingman  does  not  have 
to  pay  a  premium  for  the  support  of  special 
privilege?"  McCombs  didn't  expect  an  answer, 
but  he  got  one.  From  a  disgruntled  auditor  came 
the  response:  "Hot  air  and  kids!"  And  Mc- 
Combs ceased  orating. 

Italian-Swiss  Colony  TIPO  (red  or  white)  has 
a  larger  sale  than  any  other  American  wine.  You 
will  know  the  reason  why  when  you  drink  it. 


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TOWN  TALK 


July  20,  1912 


Satire  From  Alameda 

Iking  only  an  editor  1  am  permitted  to  lose 
my  tranquility  of  temper,  if  not  when  I  fail  to 
get  applause  commensurate  with  my  merit,  at 
least  when  I  see  a  smartaleck  indulging  his  pro- 
pensity to  ridiculous  display.  If  I  have  one 
weakness  it  is  that  I  permit  the  smartaleck  to 
be  my  pet  aversion.  Now  I  have  flattered  my- 
self that  of  this  breed  there  is  not  one  among 
all  the  fortunate  readers  of  Town  Talk.  In  my 
pride  I  have  said,  "There  is  never  anything  in 
this  paper  to  attract  the  attention  of  a  smart- 
aleck. It  is  just  the  sort  of  paper  that  no  smart- 
aleck would  ever  care  to  read."  Fancy  my  chagrin 
then  to  receive  this  letter: 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir.  I  have  always 
been  of  the  opinion  that  the  Spectator  did  not 
know  whereof  he  wrote  and  I  am  strength- 
ened in  this  on  reading  that  the  name  of  the 
President  of  Columbia  University  is  William 
Murray  Butler.  When  did  he  change  his 
name  from  Nicholas  Murray  Butler?  Or  is 
Nicholas  his  standpat  name  and  William  his 
progressive  name?  Would  the  Spectator 
kindly  take  a  week  or  two  off  and  look  this 
matter  up  for  me.  I  would  be  very  thankful 
to  him  if  he  would  put  me  right  in  the  matter. 

Very  truly  yours, 

— Walter  R.  Graham. 
Mr.  Graham  vindicates  his  confidence  in  him- 
self not  only  by  signing  his  name  but  also  by 
giving  his  address  which  is  552  Santa  Clara  ave- 
nue, Alameda. 


Philosophic  Scrutiny 

Mr.  Graham  has  the  brand  of  the  smartaleck 
blown  in  the  bottle.  You  can  tell  him  because 
unconsciously  he  has  written  himself  down  what 
he  is.  Being  something  of  a  philosopher,  for  the 
edification  of  my  readers  I  will  examine  him  as 
a  scientist  would  a  beetle.    I  will  not  admonish 


Gingerbread 

Well-made  Gingerbread,  never  soggy,  but  \» 
fluffy  and  light,  delights  the  children  and  is 
pleasing  to  grown-ups.  To  make  it  creamy, 
fluffy  and  light,  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

RECIPE— Heat  one-half  pound  ImtUr  and  six  ounces  of 
sugar  to  a  cream,  add  six  well-bealeii  rges  and  l>eat  thor- 
oughly. Dissolve  one  teaspoontnl  8"da  in  a  little  hot 
water,  add  it  t'»  two  cups  molasses;  ndx  and  slir  into  the 
first  miiture;  then  add  .six  tabiespoonfuls  Kagle  Hrand 
Condensed  Blilk  diluted  with  one 
anil  tliree-fonrths  cnps  wat«r,  and 
one  (mart  ami  a  pint  of  flour.  Beat 
sifiooth.  add  two  heaplni;  tahle- 
nifnls  of  ginuer.  mix,  pour 
well -greased  shallow  nans 
il  bake  in  a  moderate  oven  about 
lurty  minutes. 

Write  for  Borden 's  Redpe  Book  = 
0 


him,  knowing  that  admonition  would  fall  on  his 
head  like  the  tap  of  a  woodpecker  on  a  steel 
rail.  Observe,  my  beloved  disciples,  the  smirk  of 
conceit  in  the  face  of  our  smartaleck  as  he  gazes 
at  me  while  I  stand  before  him  convicted  in  his 
opinion  ot  having  perpetrated  a  gross  blunder  in 
what  ought  to  be  a  common  heritage  of  knowl- 
edge. "I  have  always  been  of  the  opinion"'  he 
solemnly  observes,  "that  the  Spectator  did  not 
know  whereof  he  wrote,  and  I  am  strengthened 
in  this  on  reading,"  etc.  Observe  how  my  cor- 
respondent felicitates  himself  on  having  made  the 
discovery  of  prodigious  importance  that  I  ap- 
peared to  be  unfamiliar  with  the  Christian  name 
of  President  Butler.  Mr.  Graham  himself,  know- 
ing President  Butler's  true  name,  and  being 
swollen  with  the  pride  of  his  wonderful  knowledge, 
hastens  to  grin  at  me  through  a  horse-collar.  The 
smartaleckncss  of  my  correspondent  is  evidenced 
by  this, — that  he  has  always  suspected  me  of 
being  ignorant  of  what  I  wrote  and,  presumably, 
has  been  lying  in  wait  to  trip  me  by  the  heels 
without  getting  the  opportunity  till  I  wrote 
"William"  instead  of  "Nicholas."  Thui  his  un- 
conscious confession.  The  average  reader  of 
Town  Talk  knows  that  my  blunders  are  not  at 
all  like  angels'  visits.  Almost  anybody  but  a 
smartaleck  would  be  able  to  catch  me  in  one 
every  week.  I  have  discovered  a  few  myself  and 
gasped  at  them.  He  has  missed  a  very  poignant 
sensation  who  has  not  blushed  in  secret  over 
some  very  hideous  lapse  and  felt  like  hiding  his 
diminished  head  from  the  accusing  light  of  day. 
But  to  return  to  Mr.  Graham  of  Santa  Clara 
avenue.  I  have  given  him  much  space  by  way  of 
warning  not  to  himself  but  to  others  whom  I 
would  admonish  to  renounce  the  ways  of  the 
village  cut-up  ere  Death  snatches  them  to  the 
lowest  ring  of  Dante's  inferno.  It  is  men  with 
intellects  of  the  smartaleck  order  who  rock  the 
boat,  strike  at  objects  in  their  path  with  the  butt 
end  of  a  loaded  gun  and  most  enthusiastically 
devote  themselves  to  the  service  of  mankind  iu 
general  and  T.   R.   in  particular. 


"Interpretations" 

To  one  wearied  of  the  intellectual  reflections 
and  subtle  abstractions  of  poets  mystical  and 
jjoets  with  philosophic  messages,  poets  with 
blinding  doubts  and  pallid  passions,  it  is  most 
agreeable  and  refreshing  to  come  across  a  book 
of  verse  that  appeals  to  the  general  heart.  Es- 
pecially is  it  agreeable  and  refreshing  when  the 
poet  is  a  young  woman  who  knows  something 
of  the  significance  of  life,  of  the  quality  of  ele- 
mental love  and  of  the  joys  and  sorrows  that 
are  the  perdurable  stuff  of  existence.  Such  a 
woman,  I  fancy,  is  Zoe  Akins,  whose  first  book 
of. poems,  "Interpretations,"  has  been  brought 
out  by  Mitchell  Kennerley,  a  publisher  who  is 
bringing  out  many  good  things  these  days.  As 
these  poems  of  Zoe  Akins  pique  curiosity  it  is 
interesting  to  learn  that  she  is  not  far  away. 
Whatever  it  is  in  California  that  appeals  to  tlic 
literary  mind  the  author  of  "Interpretations"'  has 
felt,  and  she  is  now  one  of  us,  living,  alas,  not  in 
Carmel,  but  in  San  Diego.  Miss  Akins  is  a 
fine  lyric  poet  in  the  sense  that  her  poems  re- 
flect her  emotions  and  impressions.  She  is  also 
a  verj'  captivating  poet  because  she  writes  witli 


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an  engaging  clearness  and  convinces  you  that 
there  is  a  very  sweet  woman's  heart  beating 
in  unison  with  her  numbers.  Perhaps  the  most 
ambitious  of  her  poems  is  one  in  which  she 
appears  as  the  imaginative  cxegetist  of  Mary 
Magdalen.  This  is  the  poem  or  a  aramatic 
thinker  in  which  she  gives  expression  to  her 
ideas  in  the  fetters  of  monologue  and  with  con- 
siderable force  and  beauty.  She  pictures  the 
Magdalen  as  a  woman  with  a  craving  for  im- 
mortality, eager  to  live  "as  long  in  legend  as  the 
Spartan  queen,"  scorned  by  the  world  but  "too 
imperial  for  scorn  to  touch,"  a  courtesan  whose 
lovers  were  nothing  more  than  her  friends  or 
slaves,  a  wanton  who  "lived  in  ultimate  virginity." 
To  quote  is  tempting,  but  to  do  justice  by  mere 
fragments  is  impossible.  The  poem  is  full  of 
dramatic  fervor  blended  with  sweet  melancholy 
and   religious  rapture. 


The  Tragedy  of  Woman 

Far  be  it  from  me  to  suggest  that  there  ii  any- 
thing of  misanthropia  in  Miss  Akins'  poetry. 
Something  there  is,  however,  of  a  melancholy  dis- 
position. Indeed  it  is  the  keynote  of  her  finest 
poems,  melodious  outpourings  of  a  soul  leaning 
passionately  backwards  to  the  ecstasies  of  a  past 
vibrant  with  ardent  sentiment.  But  there  is  one 
poem  in  which  I  find  something  of  protest  against 
the  lot  of  woman.  Herein  she  takes  for  her  text, 
as  it  were,  the  observation  of  Balzac  "The  life  of 
every  woman  is  one  of  three  tragedies — celibacy, 
marriage  or  unchastity."  By  means  of  the 
monologue  she  expresses  revolt  against  each  of 


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tlie  three,  grouping  them  all  as  tragedy.  The 
niDiiologue  of  the  wife  will  probably  meet  with 
warm  approval  in  club  circles: 

For  at  the  altar  was  my  freedom  slain, 

My  dreams  have  all  been  shattered  past  retrieve, 

And  servitude  has  dulled  and  broken  me    .    .  . 

I  am  a  cloud  that  sends  a  little  rain 

To  bring  forth  harvest  I  shall  never  see. 

It  is  hard  to  say  which  of  the  three  women 
finds  her  lot  the  most  tragic. 


A  Sonnet 

Zoe  Akins  is  not  a  poet  of  a  single  mood,  but 
her  melancholy  is  the  dominant  note  of  her  tem- 
perament. Her  verses  abound  in  heart-cries  of 
a  melodious  tenderness  that  moves,  and  they  are 
vivid  with  the  circumstances  of  real  existence. 
Though  she  has  great  admiration  for  Swinburne, 
as  I  learn  fiom  one  of  her  poems,  unlike  him 
she  is  not  interested  in  words  and  phrases,  but 
rather  in  the  great  truths  of  life  and  emotion. 
There  is  one  splendid  excellence  which  her 
poetry  has — the  excellence  of  sincerity,  courage 
and  clarity.  She  has  thought  to  express,  and  she 
does  not  weight  it  down  with  wordy  decoration 
or  besmear  it  with  verbal  color.  Here  is  a  son- 
net the  subject  of  which  has  induced  mawkish- 
ncss  in  many  a  poet,  but  which  Zoe  Akins  handles 
with  sympathy  and  with  dignity: 

Since  I  liad  heard  them  speak  of  her  great  shame 
I  looked  upoti  her  face  with  curious  eyes. 
But  pity  in  my  heart  became  surprise, — 

Finding  not  any  havoc  there,  nor  flame; 

Only  a  little  smile  that  went  and  came, 
As  if  she  knew  a  mirth  too  great  and  wise 
And  far  too  proud  to  serve  the  world  with  lies, 

Disdaining  as  she  did  its  praise  or  blame. 

She  who  had  passed  through  sin,  as  through  a  door. 
Stayed  not  upon  the  steps  to  wail  and  beat 

Against  the  portal  closed  for  evermore: 

But  smiled  and  went  her  way  with  tireless  feet. 

When  night  had  passed  and  the  long  day  begun; — 
So  Hagar  faced  the  desert  with  her  son. 


Mary  Is  a  Genius 

Mary  Austin  is  a  genius.  I  don't  have  to  prove 
it  because  she  admits  it.  The  interesting  admis- 
sion will  be  found  in  the  preface  of  her  new 
book,  "A  Woman  of  Genius"  which  is  soon  com- 
ing out  and  which,  Mary  modestly  admits,  is 
largely  autobiographical.  "The  book  is  auto- 
biographical in  essence,"  says  Mary,  and  of 
course   the   title  describes   herself.    She  is  the 


woman  of  genius.  The  dictionary  defines  a 
genius  as  "a  person  of  phenomenal  faculties,  or 
extraordinary  and  original  powers  for  intellectual 
invention,  construction,  interpretation  or  ex- 
pression." That  Mary  has  proved  her  right  to 
be  considered  such  a  person  by  reason  of  writing 
"The  Land  of  Little  Rain,"  "The  Arrow  Maker" 
and  other  books  and  plays,  Mary  is  quite  willing 
to  affirm.  But  she  takes  her  position  as  a  genius 
rather  sorrowfully  than  with  exultation.  Thus,  in 
her  preface  to  the  new  book  which  is  auto- 
biographical she  says:  "If  I  know  anything  of 
genius  (and  of  course  Mary  must  because  she 
is  one)  it  is  wholly  extraneous,  derived,  imper- 
sonal, flowing  through  and  by.  I  cannot  tell  you 
what  it  is,  but  I  hope  to  show  you  a  little  of  how 
I  was  seized  of  it,  shaped;  what  resistances  op- 
posed to  it,  what  surrenders.  I  mean  to  put  as 
plainly  as  possible  how  I  felt  it  fumbling  at  my 
earlier  life  like  the  sea  at  the  foot  of  the  tidal 
wall,  and  by  what  rifts  in  the  structure  of  living 
its  inundation  rose  upon  me;  by  what  practices 
and  passions  I  was  enlarged  to  it,  and  by  what 
well  meaning  to  my  friends  I  was  cramped  and 
hardened.  But  of  its  ultimate  operation,  once 
it  had  worked  up  through  my  stiff  clay,  of 
triumphs,  profits,  all  the  intricacies  of  technique, 
gossip  of  rehearsals,  you  shall  hear  next  to 
nothing." 


No  Credit  to  Herself 

But  Mary  takes  no  credit  to  herself  for  being 
a  genius.  Slie  just  couldn't  help  it.  It  wasn't 
her  fault  or  her  merit,  as  you  please.  Listen  fur- 
ther: "What  I  mean  to  go  about  is  the  exploita- 
tion of  the  personal  phases  of  genius,  of  which 
when  it  refers  to  myself  you  must  not  under- 
stand me  to  speak  of  it  as  a  peculiar  merit,  like 
the  faculty  of  presiding  at  a  woman's  club  or 
baking  sixteen  pies  of  a  morning;  rather  as  a 
seizure,  a  possession  which  overtook  me  un- 
awares, like  on  of  those  insidious  Oriental  dis- 
orders which  you  may  never  die  of,  but  which 
can  never  be  cured.  You  shall  hear  how  I  did 
stave  it  off  in  my  youth  for  the  sake  of  a  work- 
ing tailor  and  men's  outfitter,  and  was  nearly  in- 
timidated out  of  it.  by  the  wife  of  a  Chicago  at- 
torney who  had  something  to  do  with  stocks; 
how  I  was  often  very  tired  of  it  and  many  times, 
especially  in  the  earlier  periods,  I  should  hs\ve 
been  happiest  to  have  been  quit  of  it  altogether." 
So  you  see,  being  a  genius  is  no  small  job,  no 

A  Treat  in  the  Country.    Especially  if  it  is  a 

box  of   Geo.  Haas   &  Sons'   delicious  candies. 

Sent  by  mail  or  express  from  any  of  their  four 
stores. 


George  R.  Shreve 

Having  severed  his  connection  with 
Shreve  and  Co.  announces  that  he  is  now 
associated  with 

TREAT  &  EACRET 

Jewelers  and  Silversmiths 

136  GEARY  STREET 


primrose  occupation.  Poor  Mary!  fate  decreed 
that  she  should  be  a  genius,  and'  she's  not  quite 
reconciled  to  the  decree.  No  doubt  she  would  be 
much  happier  if  fate  had  allowed  her  to  be 
a  housewife  baking  sixteen  pies  of  a  morning! 


To  Give  Up  the  Desert 

Friends  of  Mary  Austin,  by  the  way,  will 
regret  to  learn  that  she  was  overcome  by  the 
terrific  heat  in  New  York  a  few  days  ago.  Her 
prostration  occurred  in  the  street.  She  was 
hurried  to  the  National  Art  Club  nearby,  and 
afterwards  taken  home.  Her  condition  was  not 
serious.  Mrs.  Austin  is  not  going  to  miss  the 
opportunity  to  vote  this  fall  any  more  than  Mrs. 
Atherton  is.  She  will  come  home  soon,  and  take 
up  her  residence  at  Carmel  among  the  lights  of 
literature.  No  more  books  about  the  desert  will 
come  from  Mary  Austin's  pen.  "I  shall  never 
write  another  book  about  the  desert  or  about 
primitive  life  in  the  Far  West,"  she  says.  "The 
desert  was  generous  to  me  with  its  material,  but 
I  feel  that  I  have  gone  as  far  with  it  as  I  care 
to.  But  others  will  find  plenty  of  material  m 
the  desert  for  years  to  come,  for  the  fascination 
of  the  life  is  great." 


That  Desert  Fascination 

What  Mary  Austin  says  about  the  fascination 
of  the  desert  cannot  be  gainsaid.  I  wonder  if  the 
desert  places  exercise  their  lure  chiefly  on 
women?  Mary  Austin  is  not  the  only  Californian 
woman  who  has  surrendered  to  that  call  of  the 
arid  places,  but  she  was  one  of  the  first.  When 
very  young  she  went  with  her  family  and  took 
up  a  homestead  claim  on  the  edge  of  the  desert 
slope  of  the  Sierras.  She  was  married  there  and 
went  with  her  husband  who  was  a  Registrar  of 
the  United  States  Land  Office,  further  into  the 
desert  to  a  mining  country  about  a  day's  journey 
north  of  Death  Valley.  She  was  the  only  white 
woman  within  thirty  miles.  Another  Californian 
who  had  this  experience  was  Gertrude  Boyle,  the 
sculptor,  now  Mrs.  Kanno.  She  spent  a  long 
time  alone  on  the  Arizona  wastes.  And  more 
recently  the  lure  of  the  Sahara  was  so  strong  for 
Mrs.  Hugo  Mansfeldt  that  she  made  two  trips 
into  the  Garden  of  Allah. 


"I  understand  bathing  suits  arc  higher  this 
year,"  remarked  the  summer  girl. 

"Yes,"  replied  the  callow  salesman,  blushing 
slightly.  "I  believe  they  have  gone  up  several 
inches." 


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DE  WOLF  HOPPER 

Ihc  (iistiiigiiishcd  singer-comedian,  who  will  be  seen  in  "The  Mikado"  at  the  Cort  Sunday  night. 


Across  the  Bay 

There  is  a  steady  drift  of  home  buyers  from 
all  sections  to  Berkeley.  In  the  Cragmont  dis- 
trict alone  which  is  handled  by  Harold  Havens 
&  Co.  one  thousand  lots  have  been  sold  of  late, 
the  average  price  being  $1,200.  Several  new 
homes  are  now  in  course  of  construction  in  this 
district,  and  there  are  fewer  houses  vacant  this 
season  than  ever  before.  There  is  also  a  steady 
demand  for  home  sites  in  the  Northbrae  prop- 
erties comprised  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
tracts  across  the  bay,  which  has  been  artisically 
embellished  by  Mason,  McDuffie  &  Co.  A  fran- 
chise has  been  granted  to  the  Euclid  Avenue  Rail- 
road to  extend  its  system  to  the  center  of  this 
tract.  When  this  road  is  built  the  section  will 
have  unsurpassed  transportation  facilities — local 
connections  with  four  depots,  two  of  the  Key 
Route  and  two  of  the  Southern  Pacific.  Build- 
ing operations  are  active  in  this  tract.  Among 
the  other  attractive  Berkeley  tracts  is  Kensing- 
ton Park  up  among  the  Berkeley  hills.  Homes  in 
this  park  are  subject  to  restrictions.  Running 
through  it  are  beautiful  boulevards  and  there  are 
monumental  entrance  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
in  width.  The  indications  are  that  Rockridge  will 
soon  have  the  most  cultured  colony  across  the 
bay.  It  is  attracting  artistic  folks  and  people  of 
wealth  and  taste.  One  resident  has  embellished 
his  home  at  a  cost  of  $125,000. 


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in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Chartreuse,  and  have  never 
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Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


Jennie  Crocker,  Adieu! 

"Siie  married  and  rode  away."  Yes,  she  mar- 
ried in  millionaire  splendor  and  rode  away  in  her 
private  car,  "Mishawaka."  And  so,  we  shall  have 
no  more  occasion  to  speak  of  Jennie  Crocker  of 
Hillsborough.  Henceforth  it  must  be  Mrs.  Mal- 
colm Whitman  of  Fifth  avenue.  New  York.  We 
are  all  sorry  to  see  her  go;  for  we  all  had  reason 
to  be  proud  of  her.  Our  richest  daughter,  she 
was  at  the  same  time  one  of  our  sweetest,  our 
most  attractive,  our  most  unafifected  and  our  most 
loyal  girls.  The  difficulties  of  her  gilded  position 
she  solved  easily,  for  she  was  modest,  well 
behaved.  She  always  showed  a  dislike  for 
vulgar  display  and  ostentation.  Her  wealth 
was  not  a  curse  but  a  blessing.  She  used 
it  to  make  other  people  happy.  She  was  a  true, 
a  steadfast  friend;  she  loved  little  children.  She 
had  a  healthy  delight  in  God's  great  Out-of- 
Doors.  She  was  athletic,  in  moderation,  as  be- 
came a  girl  who  valued  her  feminine  qualities  and 
abhorred  aping  rough  masculinity.  No  blue- 
stocking, she  was  known  for  her  honest  apprecia- 
tion of  good  things  in  art,  literature,  music  and 
the  drama.  She  was,  withal,  an  example  to  girls 
not  so  bountifully  favored  by  fortunte.  She  was 
never  impressed  with  her  own  importance,  know- 
ing that  the  inheritance  of  money  is  one  of  this 
world's  accidents,  arguing  no  special  merit  in  the 
heir.  She  has  left  us,  following  her  husband  to 
his  home,  and  there  is  none  to  take  her  place. 
A  dainty  personality  has  been  withdrawn  from  our 
midst.  Its  fragrance  remains,  but  that  too  must 
inevitably  disappear.  And  so  we  say,  in  all  sin- 
cerity, "Jennie  Crocker,  adieu!  and  God  bless 
you !" 


The  Note  of  Simplicity 

After  regaling  us  for  weeks  with  details  of  the 
approaching  wedding  that  fairly  bristled  wifh  dol- 
lars and  corruscated  with  precious  stones,  the 
bavardes  accentuated  the  note  of  simplicity  in 
their  accounts  of  the  marriage  ceremony  and  the 
subsequent  festivities.  Simplicity  was  the  kcy- 
;.ote  of  the  church  decorations,  we  learn.  It 
showed  itself  in  the  profusely  scattered  white 
Japanese  hydrangea  before  the  chancel,  the  gilt 
vases  filled  with  pink  tiger  lilies  on  the  altar, 
the  garlands  of  ferns  that  hid  the  beamed  ceil- 
ing, the  bay  trees  along  the  sides  with  hundreds 
of  white  gardenia  flowers  tied  to  them  which  sug- 
gested "a  summery,  e.xotic  garden,"  the  pink  and 
white  hydrangea  that  hedged  the  centre  aisle  and 
the  armsful  of  the  same  flower  which  were  tied 
to  each  pew  with  bows  of  white  tulle.  The  same 
note  of  simplicity  was  evident,  we  learn,  in  the 
dresses  of  the  wedding  party  and  the  feminine 
guests,  ninety  per  cent  of  which  dresses  were 
specially  imported  from  Paris  for  the  ceremony. 
The  note  of  simplicity  was  struck  again  by  the 
pavilion  which  George  Howard  designed  for  the 
wedding  breakfast.  This  pavilion  was  so  sim- 
ple that  it  reminded  one  bavarde  of  "one  of  those 


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higlily  impressionistic  arched  palaces  put  on  can- 
vas by  Paolo  Veronese,  the  Venetian  painter." 
Reading  that  gem,  I  turned  to  the  other  papers, 
confident  that  another  bavarde  would  be  reminded 
of  "the  stately  pleasure  dome"  which  Kubla  Khan 
decreed  "where  Alph,  the  sacred  river,  ran."  but 
was  disappointed.  Yes,  simplicity  was  undoubt- 
edly  the  keynote  of  the   whole  gorgous  affair. 


I'liuto,  Kathryn  Hopkins 


MISS    CAMILLE  DORN 
The  attractive  eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  S. 
Dorn  who  is  spending  the  summer  with  her  family 
at   Lake  Tahoe. 

L!ut  it  was  a  simplicity  of  superlative  complex- 
ity, the  most  elaborate,  the  most  splendiferous, 
the  most  munificent  and  the  most  magnificent 
simplicity  ever  displayed  in  these  parts. 


A  Belasco  Wedding 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  wedding  had  all  the 
simplicity  which  David  Belasco  would  give  it  if 
he  presented  it  as  a  scene  in  one  of  his  melo- 
dramas. Hordes  of  beggars  were  at  the  church 
to  supply  the  note  of  contrast  so  necessary  in 
all  dramatic  portrayals.  Intrusive  lunatics  were 
hustled  away  by  the  police.  Constables  on  horse- 
back and  detectives  in  plain  clothes  from  this  city 
guarded  the  presents  against  porch-climbers  and 
thieves.  A  mob  of  women  stormed  the  church 
and  attacked  the  bride,  tearing  her  veil  to 
pieces  and  despoiling  her  of  her  orange  blossoms. 
The  men  of  the  wedding  party  bunched  in  foot- 
ball formation  to  clear  a  way  to  the  motor  cars 
when  the  ceremony  was  over.  And  when  the 
bride  was  boarding  her  special  car,  the  groom 
guarded  her  luggage  with  a  drawn  revolver. 
That  was  the  final  Belasco  touch.  A  drawn  re- 
volver in  the  hand  of  a  groom  at  a  wedding  in 
a  San  Francisco  suburb!  And  this  in  the  year 
of  grace  1912!  'Twas  a  note  that  would  have  ac- 
corded with  the  armed  simplicity  of  the  red  shirt 
days  of  forty-nine,  but  surely  it  was  out  of  tone 
with  twentieth  century  simplicity. 


fountain,  all  reflect  the  personality  of  the  bride." 
I  should  like  to  know  how  church  decorations,  a 
pavilion  and  a  garden  can  reflect  anybody's  per- 
sonality. The  fountain  might  reflect  Miss 
Crocker's  face  if  she  took  the  trouble  to  bend 
over  it,  Narcissus-like,  when  the  water  was  still. 
But  how  her  personality?  Then  again,  I  am 
troubled  about  the  architecture  of  that  pavilion.' 
One  bavarde  said  it  suggested  a  Durbar  edifice, 
so  it  must  have  been  oriental  in  architecture. 
Another  found  it  "impressionistic,"  whatever  that 
means.  This  bavarde  further  complicates  mat- 
ters by  combining  impressionism  with  a  refer- 
ence to  Paolo  Veronese  who  was  everything  the 
impressionists  were  not.  Still  another  suggests 
that  it  was  classic  in  design.  I  give  it  up.  Will 
Architect  George  Howard  please  set  them  all 
right?  Another  mystery — best  man  Harold  Fitz- 
gerald was  described  as  "a  member  of  an  old 
Knickerbocker  family  of  New  York."  Now,  how 
in  the  name  of  that  interesting  branch  of 
philology  which  deals  with  patronymics,  can  a 
Fitzgerald  be  a  Knickerbocker?  Did  some 
branch  of  the  royal  Irish  house  of  the  Fitzgeralds 
settle  in  Holland  and  go  thence  with  other  Dutch 
settlers  to  New  York? 


Threats  of  Injury 

When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  drove 
away  from  their  wedding  in  a  shower  of  rice  and 
flowers  the  guests  noticed  a  second  automobile 
that  rounded  the  house  and  followed  in  the  wake 
of  the  limousine  that  held  the  bride  and  groom. 
Many  supposed  it  was  for  the  young  couple  to 
finish  the  drive  to  the  station  after  leaving  the 
grounds  in  the  gayly  decorated  car  that  dragged 
a  dainty  white  slipper  behind  it.  But  the  ini- 
tiated knew  it  carried  plain  clothes  men  to  guard 
the  person  of  the  bride  who  had  been  threatened 
in  letters  from  cranks  in  the  past  weeks.  At 
the  station  the  detectives  took  up  their  stand  be- 
fore bride  and  groom  alighted  and  as  they  made 
their  way  to  the  private  train  awaiting  them 
young  Whitman  held  his  revolver  in  plain 
view  of  any  possible  assailant.  To  the  solic- 
itude of  Whitman  and  Henry  T.  Scott  were  due 
these  precautions.  Mrs.  Whitman  herself  scouted 
thoughts  of  fear  for  her  safety  although  she  ar- 
ranged to  have  the  wedding  gifts  well  guarded. 
It  is  generally  agreed  that  not  excepting  Helene 
Irwin  when  she  married  Templeton  Crocker  no 
California  bride  has  received  anything  like  the 


Crocker-Whitman  Bavardage 

There  were  some  things  in  the  accounts  of  the 
wedding  which  it  is  rather  difficult  to  understand. 
For  instance:  "The  decorations  in  the  church,  the 
tented  pavilion,  the  almost  magical  garden  and 


tJout  man  Ao/Coir  oX.  man  in- 
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have  been  applied  to  miking  Djer-Kiss  perfume 
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collection  of  gold  and  silver  plate,  jewels  and 
works  of  art  bestowed  on  the  heiress  of  Crocker 
millions.  Mrs.  Whitman  told  a  friend  that  much 
cif  the  silver  plate  and  many  bits  of  valuable 
bric-a-brac  would  be  left  in  her  California  home 
at  San  Mateo.  The  remainder  of  the  collection 
will  be  duly  installed  in  the  Fifth  avenue  man- 
sion to  be  occupied  by  the  Whitmans  in  New 
York. 


Templeton  Didn't  Ktiow 

I  have  just  heard  that  Jennie  Crocker  kept  her 
engagement  to  Malcolm  Whitman  an  absolute 
secret  up  to  the  time  of  the  formal  announce- 
ment. When  I  say  "an  absolute  secret,"  I  mean 
it  literally.  Most  secrets  are  entrusted  to  a 
favored  few,  but  not  even  her  brother  Templeton 
Crocker  or  her  grandmother  Mrs.  Easton  knew 
that  Jennie  was  engaged  until  she  wired  the  news 
from  New  York.  Just  how  she  managed  to  keep 
so  important  a  bit  of  news  from  her  closest 
relatives  I  am  not  prepared  to  say,  but  it's  the 
fact  nevertheless.  Perhaps  the  circumstance 
that  the  courtship  was  an  epistolary  one  in  the 
main  may  help  to  account  for  Jennie's  success  in 
keeping  everybody  in  the  dark.  At  any  rate,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker  were  astonished 
beyond  measure  one  evening  about  seven  o'clock 
when  they  received  from  Jennie  in  New  York  a 
brief  wire  stating  that  she  was  prepared  to  an- 
nounce her  coming  marriage  to  Mr.  Whitman. 
They  hadn't  had  an  inkling  of  the  truth.  They 
knew  of  course  that  Jennie  and  Malcolm  were 
friends,  but  attributed  that  to  Jennie's  affection 
for  the  deceased  Mrs.  Whitman  for  whom  she 
had  been  a  bridesmaid.  That  her  heart  was  in  the 
friendship  they  learned  for  the  first  time  from  that 
short  telegram.  Templeton  Crocker  rang  up 
Mrs.  Easton  at  San  Mateo  and  read  the  wire  to 
her.  Mrs.  Easton  was  just  as  much  astonished 
as  the  Templeton  Crockcrs  were.  Needless  to 
say,  all  of  them  were  delighted  with  the  news. 
They  all  knew  Whitman  and  approved  of  him. 
Templeton  Crocker  immediately  communicated 
the  news  to  the  papers.  In  one  newspaper  of- 
fice his  telephone  call  was  answered  by  a  young 
reporter  who  failed  to  realize  the  importance  of 
the  engagement  as  a  newspaper  "story."  He  made 
a  note  of  the  names,  asked  no  questions  and  said 

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TOWN  TALK 

"much  obliged."  When  his  city  editor  learned 
what  he  had  done  he  went  up  in  the  air. 

Lost  California  Fortunes 

Jennie  Crocker's  is  the  third  Crocker  fortune  to 
go  to  New  York.  But  we  are  getting  used  to 
that  sort  of  thing.  Nearly  every  large  fortune 
founded  here  in  earlier  days  has  gone  away,  at 
least  in  part.  The  Mackay  fortune  which  went 
to  Clarence  and  the  Princess  Colonna  is  no 
longer  with  us.  The  Hopkins  fortune  went  to 
Boston  when  Mrs.  Hopkins  married  Searles.  The 


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MISS   IRENE  C.AUBU 
The  youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierre  Caubu 
whose    engagement    to    Oliver    M.    Rousseau    was  an- 
nounced  recently.    The  wedding  will  take  place  when 
the   Caubus   return   from  abroad. 

Sharon  millions  went  to  England.  So  did  a  large 
part  of  the  Huntington  millions.  The  Fair  for- 
tune went  to  New  York  with  Mrs.  Oelrichs  and 
Mrs.  Willie  Vanderbilt.  The  Whitelaw  Reids  ab- 
sorbed a  large  part  of  the  Mills  money.  Part  of 
the  O'Brien  estate  went  East.  "Billy"  Bourne's 
daughter  took  her  dot  to  Ireland  when  she  be- 
came Mrs.  Vincent.  A  large  part  of  the  Murphy 
fortune  crossed  the  continent  too.  Much  of  the 
Parrott  money  has  been  spent  abroad.  And  the 
Hastings  millions  went  the  same  way.  But  to 
balance  matters,  we  have  Mrs.  Carolan  who 
brought  hither  the  Pullman  millions.  And  there 
are  others. 


Miss  Clover  Was  There 

Miss  Eudora  Clover  of  Washington  was 
among  the  Eastern  guests  who  came  in 
for  a  lot  of  attention  at  the  wedding.  She 
was  there  with  her  parents  Admiral  and 
Mrs.  Richardson  Clover  who  came  from  their 
summer  home  at  St.  Helena  for  the  occasion. 
Mrs.  Clover  was  a  belle  in  society  as  Dora  Miller, 
when  the  bride's  mother  was  a  girl  in  the  same 
circles.  The  rumor  that  Miss  Clover  is  engaged 
to  young  Franklyn  Ellis  of  Washington  who  is 
now  in  California  caused  interested  speculation. 
A  friend  ventured  to  ask  the  Admiral  if  rumor 
was  true  and  received  an  evasive  answer:  "Ask 
Mrs.  Clover."  As  for  Miss  Eudora  she  neither 
denied  nor  affirmed.  Young  Ellis  is  the  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Ellis  whose  sensational 
divorce  suit  startled  Washington  society  last 
week.  Mrs.  Ellis  is  a  close  friend  of  Mrs.  Taft. 
They  were  girls  together  in  Cincinnati.  She  has 
filed  suit  for  absolute  divorce  the  papers  in  the 
case  being  sealed.  Since  this  action  was  taken 
her  husband  has  resigned  his  membership  in  the 
fashionable  Chevy  Chase  and  Metropolitan  Clubs. 
Their  son,  the  reputed  fiancee  of  Miss  Clover, 


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is  said  to  have  come  to  California  to  avoid  the 
notoriety  of  his  parents'  domestic  troubles  and 
has  been  visiting  in  St.  Helena.  Eudora  Clover 
is  one  of  the  heiresses  of  Washington  society  and 
the  Ellis  family  is  wealthy  so  the  marriage  would 
unite  two  large  fortunes. 


Dorothy  Tennant  Married 

Some  of  the  New  York  papers  gave  a  lot  of 
space  the  other  day  to  news  of  the  marriage  of 
Dorothy  Tennant,  the  actress,  to  Robert  M.  Catts, 
concerning  whose  financial  standing  there  has 
been  much  speculation  and  various  contradictory 
reports.  Mrs.  Catts  is  described  as  "the  daughter 
of  John  Tennant,  a  wealthy  real  estate  man  of 
San  Francisco."  This  description  is  misleading. 
Dorothy  Tennant  was  very  well  known  in  San 
Francisco  about  ten  years  ago,  but  not  as  the 
daughter  of  a  wealthy  real  estate  dealer.  She 
came  from  San  Jose  where  her  family  was  at  one 
time  quite  prominent  and  in  prosperous  circum- 
stances. In  this  city  she  worked  as  a  stenog- 
rapher in  the  office  of  Hall  McAllister,  the  at- 
torney, and  she  went  on  the  stage  about  the  time 
that  he  abandoned  the  law  and  took  to  the  drama. 
A  beautiful  and  most  vivacious  girl  was  Dorothy 
Tennant,  somewhat  of  the  same  temperament  as 
Eleanor  Sears,  given  to  athletics,  skilled  as  an 
equestrienne,  a  fine  shot  and  so  fond  of  pistol 
practice  that  she  carried  a  pistol  on  her  graceful 
person.  Some  years  ago  she  went  to  England  to 
visit  her  cousin,  the  wife  of  Sir  Henry  Stanley 
the  explorer,  also  a  Tennant,  and  christened 
Dorothy,  too.  The  Californian  girl  had  a  taste 
of  English  country  life,  and  astonished  the  na- 
tives with  her  riding  feats.  There  were  several 
daughters  in  the  Tennant  family — Emily  who 
married  Henry  Spring  of  San  Jose;  Mary,  who 
married  Robert  Gardner  of  San  Rafael,  and  Mar- 
guerite who  married  Otto  Zeigler,  the  cyclist. 
When  last  seen  in  this  city  Dorothy  Tennant  was 
with  the  College  Widow  Company.  According 
to  the  Eastern  press  her  marriage  with  Catts 
took  place  last  December,  but  the  fact  was  known 
only  to  a  few  friends  along  Broadway  until  the 
other  day.  In  July  of  last  year  they  were  in- 
jured while  joy-riding  and  Miss  Tennant  spent 
several  weeks  in  a  hospital. 


Many  September  Brides 

September  promises  to  be  as  prolific  in  wed- 
dings in  the  smart  set  as  June.  Five  of  society's 
belles  will  be  September  brides  while  August  will 
see  but  one  fashionable  wedding,  that  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Stetson  Winslow  and  Colonel  Hamilton 
Wallace.  This  will  be  a  very  quiet  affair  in  the 
first  week  of  August  at  the  bride's  Pacific  avenue 
home  and  Mrs.  Winslow  has  declared  the  guest 
list  will  number  just  six.  They  may  be  counted 
as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Oxnard,  the  latter  be- 
ing Mrs.  Winslow's  sister,  the  Harry  Stetsons, 
Miss  Ruth  Winslow  and  a  brother  ofificer  of  the 
groom  who  will  serve  as  best  man.  Colonel 
Wallace  who  is  connected  with  the  pay  depart- 
ment of  the  army  in  this  city  has  secured  only 
ten  days'  leave  of  absence  so  the  wedding  journey 
will  be  a  short  one.  Of  the  September  brides 
Miss  Julia  Langhorne  who  will  wed  Lieutenant 
Parker  on  the  fourteenth  is  the  most  important 
and  probably  the  most  popular  bride  of  the  sea- 
son. She  was  one  of  the  bridesmaids  at  the 
Crocker-Whitman  wedding  and  displayed  her  en- 
gagement ring  for  the  first  time.  It  is  of  sap- 
phires and  diamonds,  the  stones  quite  large  and 
set  in  platinum.  Miss  Marian  Miller  will  prob- 
ably prove  the  beauty  of  the  group.  On  the 
eleventh  she  will  be  the  bride  of  Bernard  Ford 
who  by  the  way  is  grandson  of  a  former  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  and  nephew  of  Sir  Sydnciy 
Waterlow  who  married  a  Miss  Hamilton  of  this 
city.  His  mother  was  Hilda  Waterlow.  The 
s:inie  week  will  see  Miss  Ruth  Casey  the  bride 


of  Arthur  Brown  and  the  beauty  of  debutante's 
row  last  winter,  Miss  Isabel  Beaver  will  be  maid 
of  honor.  Miss  Bessie  Ashton  and  John  Piggott 
will  be  married  later  in  the  month  as  will  Miss 
Miriam  McNear  and  Leo  Korbel.  The  last  will 
be  a  country  wedding  at  the  McNear  place  near 
Petaluma.  Only  one  of  the  brides  will  be  lost 
to  San  Francisco  society.  Julia  Langhorne  as 
Mrs.  Parker  will  live  at  Newport  Navy  Yard 
where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  have 
promised  to  visit  her  in  the  fall 


Wins  Beaux  Arts  Honors 

John  McMullin  is,  I  hear,  winning  honors  at 
the  Beaux  Arts  and  his  venerable  grandmother 
who  went  to  Paris  last  month  to  visit  him  is  well 
pleased  with  his  progress.  He  will  spend  an- 
other year  studying  architecture  and  may  decide 
to  enter  one  of  the  important  Eastern  firms. 
Young  McMullin  is  said  to  have  evidenced  talent 
of  a  high  order  and  from  all  accounts  bids  fair 
to  be  famous  one  of  these  days.  His  pretty  sis- 
ter. Miss  Eliza  McMullin,  is  at  present  visiting 
him  in  Paris.  The  European  trip  of  Mrs.  McMul- 
lin was  an  unusual  undertaking  for  a  lady  of  her 
years.  She  is  well  past  the  three  score  and  ten 
mark,  but  planned  the  journey  with  enthusiasm 
and  is  enjoying  the  Paris  shops  and  theaters  with 
all  the  zest  of  her  young  granddaughter.  The 
family  party  will  tour  Germany  later  in  the  sea- 
son. 


She  Has  Changed  Her  Name 

Any  bit  of  news  about  Mrs.  Gouraud,  the  for- 
mer Amy  Crocker  of  San  Francisco,  is  accept- 
able. So  let  me  chronicle  the  fact  that  she  has 
changed  her  name.  She  is  no  longer  Amy  bui 
Aimee.  The  change  seems  appropriate.  In  the 
first  place  Mrs.  Gouraud  now  makes  her  home  in 
Paris,  and  Aimee  is  distinctively  French.  But 
more  important  than  this,  Aimee  fits  the  per- 
sonality of  our  temperamental  expatriate  where 
Amy  does  not.  Amy  is  mid-Victorian,  domestic, 
comfortable.  It  is  housewifely  and  uninspiring. 
An  Amy  presides  at  the  range  or  dusts  the  parlor, 
but  seems  out  of  place  presiding  over  a  salon 
where  the  low  lights  awaken  eerie  thoughts  and 
subtle  perfumes  soothe  the  senses.  Aimee.  on 
the  other  hand,  is  a  name  consecrated  to  the 
emotions.  It  means  Beloved.  It  connotes  tni" 
varying  moods  of  one  who  has  experienced  the 
grand  passion.  So  it  is  eminently  fitting  that 
Mrs.  Gouraud  should  be  Aimee  and  not  Amy. 
I  wonder  that  she  didn't  make  the  change  years 
ago. 


Her  Magnificent  Home 

Mrs.  Aimee  Gouraud  lives  in  a  magnificent 
house  in  the  Rue  Alfred-Dehodencq  which  is  one 
of  the  new  streets  off  the  Bois  in  the  Avenue 
Henri  Martin.    When  she  chose  the  house  she 


was  impatient  to  occupy  it,  so  she  employed  an 
army  of  workmen  who  labored  night  and  day, 
completing  the  necessary  alterations  within  a 
week.  Her  gorgeous  furniture,  including  a  col- 
lection of  Chinese  and  other  Eastern  pieces,  has 
been  installed.  The  house  is  now  ready  for  the 
series  of  brilliant  and  bizzare  entertainments 
which  Mrs.  Aimee  plans  to  give  this  season.  One 
of  the  guests  at  some  of  these  will  be  Truly 
Shattuck.  A  friendship  has  sprung  up  between 
Aimee  and  Truly,  and  they  are  a  good  deal  to- 
gether in  Paris. 


Tait's  Very  Latest 

When  it  comes  to  doing  the  "right  thing"  we 
must  take  off  our  hats  to  John  Tait.  His  latest 
departure  from  the  ordinary  is  giving  away  a 
beautiful,  high  power  $1250  Oakland  automobile 
— the  prize  car.  The  machine  is  to  be  given  to 
lady  patrons  of  the  cafe  and  full  particulars  as 
to  how  the  car  will  be  awarded  will  be  given  every 
afternoon  in  the  Tait  Cafe,  "  'tween  the  hours  of 
3  and  6  o'clock."  "  'Tween  the  hours  of  3  and  6 
o'clock"  is  another  innovation  started  by  John 
Tait.  Every  afternoon  between  the  hours  men- 
tioned he  has  arranged  a  special  treat  for  patrons 
of  the  place.  When  asked  what  the  "treat" 
would  be  he  replied,  "Come  and  see."  And  judg- 
ing by  his  past  efforts  we  can  imagine  the  "treat" 
being  well  worth  while.  There's  a  particularly 
good  entertainment  bill  at  this  popular  cafe  this 
week  and  the  cuisine  and  service  are  up  to  the 
usual  high  standard. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Among  the  recent  arrivals  at  Hotel  Rowarden- 
nan  are  Reginald  Paget,  Arthur  Paget  and  W.  V. 
Bokklen. 

Motoring  parties,  often  consisting  of  golfers, 
think  nothing  of  making  the  run  down  to  Del 
Monte  the  latter  part  of  the  week  and  returning 
home  Monday  or  Tuesday.  But  all  roads  lead 
to  Del  Monte.  A  few  weeks  ago  Roy  Francis 
and  Frank  Bryant  came  by  the  air  route.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Shaw  accompanied  by  Mrs.  L.  E. 
Wood  and  Mr.  E.  M.  Wood  arrived  early  in  the 
week  in  Mr.  Shaw's  fine  Cadillac.  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Barneson  and  Miss  Barneson  arrived  Thurs- 
day in  his  Cadillac,  while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Barneson  drove  a  Stutz.  Miss  Kiingston  was 
also  a  member  of  this  family  party  which  was 
making  quite  a  tour  down  the  coast.  Mr.  G. 
Bliss  Hermann  and  Mr.  Gerald  F.  Hermann  with 
Dr.  Frank  Kinslow  went  down  Thursday  for  a 
few  days'  visit.  Mr.  Herman  drives  a  fine  Winton 
car.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Silverberg  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Maurice  Liebmann  have  been  playing  golf 
for  some  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Kauffmann 
have  just  returned  home  after  an  enjoyable  week. 
Mr.  Whitney  Palache,  a  frequent  visitor  from 
San   Francisco,  paid  a  week-end  visit. 


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TOWN  TALK 


July  20,  1912 


Wild  Animals  1  Have  Met 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


All  the  years  of  an  adventurous  life  I  have 
hunted  tlie  dangerous  animals  of  the  jungle  and 
the  veldt.  Like  Spartacus,  I  have  "never  yet 
lowered  my  arm";  like  Bwana  Tumbo,  I  have 
never  missed  a  shot.  As  a  child  all  the  animals 
of  Xoah's  Ark  succumbed  to  my  prowess.  I  can 
recall  vividly  tearing  tigers  limb  from  limb,  be- 
heading elephants  and  sucking  the  paint  off 
ferocious  leopards.  Later  on  I  subdued  grizzlies 
with  Harry  Castlcman  and  potted  giraffes  in  the 
Transvaal  with  Captain  Mayne  Reid.  Stanley 
and  Livingston  and  Paul  du  Chaillu  were  my 
pals  on  many  a  ticklish  expedition  against  the 
man-eaters  of  darkest  Africa.  Sanford  and  Mer- 
ton  and  I  were  present  on  that  interesting  occa- 
sion when  the  soft-hearted  Greek  drew  the  thorn 
froin  the  lion's  paw.  But  such  exploits  were 
mere  child's  play  to  those  which  came  later. 
With  Sir  John  Mandeville  I  penetrated  the 
mysterious  recesses  of  Prester  John's  domain 
(where  Marco  Polo  had  been  before  us)  and 
subdued  tliose  monstrous  ants  that  dug  the 
precious  metal  from  Mother  Earth.  I  accom- 
panied Baron  Munchausen  on  many  a  perilous 
trip,  and  can  verify  all  the  stories  told  by  that 


greater  than  Doctor  Cook.  With  Lewis  Car- 
roll I  stalked  the  jabberwock  to  his  lair.  With 
Childe  Harold  I  dared  the  aw^ful  beasts  of  dark- 
ness that  hindered  the  onward  march  to  the  Dark 
Tower.  I  lent  a  hand  when  old  Hercules  chopped 
the  Hydra  and  gave  moral  support  when  St. 
George  lambasted  the  dragon.  Othello  and  I 
bagged  many  a  savage  animal  in  the  land  of  the 
Anthropophagi.  With  dear  old  Sir  Thomas 
Browne  I  hunted  specimens  of  the  basilisk  that 
slew  with  its  glance,  prepared  griffins  for  the 
taxidermist  and  twisted  the  sharp  weapon  of  the 
unicorn.  1  was  with  Ursus,  "the  first  man  who 
threw  the  bull,"  when  he  laid  the  aurochs  low. 
More  sophisticated  hunting  was  that  on  which  I 
accompanied  a  poet  when  he  "followed  some  rov- 
ing lion's  spoor  across  the  copper-colored  plain" 
or  hunted  "the  river-horses  in  the  slime"  or 
tracked  "the  ivory-horned  tragelaphos."  In  short, 
all  my  days  I  have  been  a  Ximrod,  dealing 
bloody  execution  upon  dumb  brutes.  I  have 
hunted  through  the  lairs  of  Woodwards  Gardens, 
through  the  jungled  Zoos  of  three  Chutes, 
through  the  corridors  of  the  gone  Academy  of 
Science,  through  the  glass  cages  of  Sutro's  Baths 
and  through  all  the  circuses  that  ever  came  to 


town,  not  forgetting  the  perilous  animal  acts  at 
the  Orpheum  and  Adgie  with  her  lions.  But 
never  in  a  career  of  such  hair-breadth  adventure, 
never  since  with  Teddy  I  waylaid  the  situtungo 
and  the  bushbuck  and  the  bongo,  subdued  the 
wagtail  and  the  mongoose  and  the  hartebcest,  the 
springhaas  and  the  dikdik;  never  since  I  dipped 
into  the  nambypamby  pages  of  Seton-Thompson 
(or  is  it  Thompson-Seton?)  and  decided  that  he 
knew  no  wild  animals  that  I  should  care  to  know — 
never,  I  repeat,  have  I  had  such  good  hunting 
as  I  had  the  other  night  when  I  went  to  Africa 
with  Paul  Rainey.  I  had  the  time  of  my  life 
trapping  the  gentle  jackal  and  the  handsome 
hyena.  I  absolutely  forgot  my  danger  as  I  fol- 
lowed the  leopard  to  his  lair  and  laid  him  low. 
The  tough  rhinoceros  had  no  terrors  for  me. 
The  lion  keeled  over  at  the  crack  of  my  rifle,  and 
I  nonchalantly  lit  my  pipe!  It  was  a  great  ex- 
perience. As  you  have  seen,  my  hunting  ex- 
periences have  been  many  and  perilous,  but  my 
hat  is  off  to  Paul  Rainey  and  his  splendid  dogs. 
They  can  hunt  with  me  again  any  day  in  the' 
week. 


Bessie  as  "The  Rose"  Again 

In  compliance  with  popular  demand  the  Alcazar 
management  has  decided  to  retain  Bessie  Bar- 
riscale  and  "The  Rose  of  the  Rancho"  a  second 
week,  commncing  next  Monday  night,  which  will 
aflford  positively  the  last  opportunities  to  sec  the 
charming  little  actress  in  the  famous  Belasco- 
Tully  play.  It  was  planned  to  have  her  appear 
in  another  of  her  successful  vehicles,  but  the  in- 
ability of  thousands  of  her  admirers  to  again  wit- 
ness her  entrancing  portrayal  of  Juanita  and  their 
request  that  it  be  continued  one  more  week 
necessitated  the  change  of  schedule.  She  has 
scored  the  greatest  artistic  and  pecuniary  suc- 
cess in  the  history  of  the  O'Farrell-street  home 
of  drama,  and  her  entrance  to  stardom  in  New 
York' will  be  accompanied  by  very  pleasant  mem- 
ory of  the  farewell  tributes  bestowed  upon  lur  by 
San  Francisco.  It  is  the  unanimous  opinion  that 
"The  Rose  of  the  Rancho"  has  never  been  given 
a  more  perfect  production  at  the  Alcazar  than  it 
is  now  receiving.  While  the  lion's  share  of  the 
acting  honors  are  awarded  Miss  Barriscale,  of 
course,  her  support  comes  in  for  no  small  share 
of  the  plaudits  so  lavishly  bestowed  after  each 
curtain  fall.  Asa  Lee  Willard  who  was  especially 
engaged  to  play  the  heroic  Kearny,  gives  a  more 
than  satisfactory  performance,  and  Andrew  Ben- 
nison  who  was  borrowed  to  fill  the  role  of  Juan- 
ita's  erratic  Spanish  suitor,  has  proved  himself 
a  young  actor  of  rare  promise.  Burt  Wcsner  as 
the  Padre,  Louis  Bennison  as  the  land-grabber, 
Charles  Gunn  as  the  militia  officer,  Adele  Bel- 
garde  as  the  little  senorita's  haughty  mother  and 
Viola  Leach  as  the  coquettish  Trinidad  are  more 
than  equal  to  the  requirements  of  their  respective 
roles,  and  none  of  the  minor  characters  are  in- 
adequately represented. 


"The  Drums  of  Oude"  at  the  Orpheum 

There  will  be  seven  new  acts  in  next  week's 
Orpheum  bill.  Chief  among  them  will  be  "The 
Drums  of  Oude,"  a  one-act  drama  produced  and 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

presented  by  David  Belasco.  Its  author  is  Aus- 
tin Strong,  and  it  packed  the  Duke  of  York 
Theatre,  London,  for  two  years.  The  scene  is 
the  tower  of  an  ancient  palace  in  India  where  a 
few  British  soldiers  with  their  women  folk  are 


LUCIA    LOTTIE  COLLINS 

The   English  singing  comedienne,  at  the  Pantages 
Theater. 

preparing  for  the  coming  of  the  Sepoys.  The 
Sepoys  have  taken  advantage  of  the  absence  of 
the  regiment  usually  stationed  at  the  garrison, 
and  unless  it  returns  in  time  there  is  but  one 
thing  left  for  the  beseiged  soldiers  to  do  and  that 
is  to  blow  up  the  powder  magazine  beneath  their 


feet  and  thus  save  the  women  from  the  unspeak- 
able fate  which  will  be  theirs  if  they  fall  into  the 
hands  of  the  fanatical  and  barbarous  Hindustani. 
The  story  is  thrilling  and  every  moment  is  tense 
with  dramatic  suspense.  When  the  climax  comes 
with  one  of  the  most  impressive  battle  scenes 
ever  created  by  the  masterly  combination  of  ar- 
tistically used  stage  effects  and  the  power  of  sug- 
gestion, an  appeal  is  made  to  the  enthusiasm  of 
the  audience  that  it  finds  it  impossible  to  resist 
The  cast  includes  E.  J.  RatclifFe,  Jack  Standing, 
Harry  Rose,  John  Thomson.  W.  S.  Phillips,  H. 
H.  McCollum  and  Eleanor  Scott  L'Estelle.  Lew 
Sully,  the  popular  minstrel,  will  appear  in  an 
original  conceit  entitled  "Feminine  Fads"  in 
which  he  will  introduce  his  famous  burlesque  of 
.Alice  Lloyd.  The  Four  Florimonds  are  a  family 
'  f  foreign  equilibrists  and  jugglers  of  the  free 
ladders.  Stein,  Hume  and  Thomas,  "the  Melod- 
ious Merrymakers,"  also  come  next  week.  Mad- 
emoiselle Sealby  and  Monsieur  Duclos,  two  fam- 
ous French  dancers  and  the  creators  of  the  "No 
Clasp  Waltz."  will  be  seen  for  the  first  time  in 
this  city.  Bert  Terrell,  the  Dutch  character  vo- 
("alist.  will  also  appear.  The  Eugene  Trio  are 
daring  and  clever  gymnasts.  May  Tully  will  be 
the  only  holdover  and  will  repeat  her  Reno  skit 
"The  Battle  Cry  of  Freedom." 


"The  Toad"  at  the  Greek  Theatre 

The  Musical  and  Dramatic  Committee  of  the 
University  of  California  announces  that  on  Sat- 
urday evening.  July  20,  at  8:15.  "The  Toad:  a 
Drama  of  .Ancient  Egypt."  by  Bertha  Newberry, 
will  be  produced  in  the  Greek  Theatre.  Written 
especially  for  production  in  the  open  air  and  re- 
quiring no  change  of  scene,  this  drama  which  re- 
ceived its  first  presentations  in  the  Forest  Theatre  » 
at  Carmel-by-the-Sea  on  the  third  and  fourth  of  | 
this  month,  is  admirably  adapted  for  perform- 
ance in  the  Greek  Theatre  and  an  even  more  suc- 
cessful production  than  those  in  the  forest  Theatre 
is  anticipated.    The  cast  will  be  the  same  as  at 


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the  initial  performances  and  includes  many  of  the 
most  prominent  members  of  the  artistic  colony. 
The  drama  contains  twenty-two  speaking  parts 
and  requires  some  seventy-five  persons  for  its 
presentation.     Popular  prices  will  prevail. 


Several  Features  at  Pantages 

On  Sunday  there  will  be  the  usual  change  of 
bill  at  Pantages,  one  of  the  many  features  being 
Jules  B.  Simon's  Seven  Aviator  Girls,  nifty  sing- 
ers and  dainty  dancers,  headed  by  Miss  Carlie 
Lowe,  well-known  in  musical  comedy.  "Happy's 
Millions"  is  a  bright  little  sketch  to  be  presented 
by  William  Morrow,  Donna  Harris  and  company. 
A  feature  of  special  interest  to  San  Francisco 
will  be  the  first  appearance  upon  the  vaudeville 
stage  of  Estelle  Allison,  well-known  in  local  so- 
ciety circles  and  an  actress  of  unusual  ability. 
She  will  present  her  own  musical  problem  play- 
let, "The  Question,"  staged  in  splendid  style  with 


ELK.\NUR  SCOTT  L'ESTEl.LK  and   E.  J.  R.VTCLIFFE 
Who    will    appear    in    David    Belasco's    production  of 
"The    Drums    of    Oude"    this    Sunday    matinee  at 
the  Orpheum. 

beautiful  scenic  accessories  and  with  capable  sup- 
port. "The  Question"  is  expected  to  create  some- 
thing of  a  sensation.  Another  feature  is  the  first 
American  appearance  of  Lucia  Lottie  Collins,  the 
famous  English  singing  comedienne  and  daughter 
of  Lottie  Collins  who  brought  "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de- 
ay"  to  America  and  first  made  that  song  famous 
in  this  country.  Miss  Collins  does  not  have  to 
depend  upon  her  mother's  reputation,  however, 
as  she  is  an  artist  of  recognized  ability  and  has 
made  great  hits  in  the  principal  English  and  Aus- 
tralian music  halls.  Many  hearty  laughs  should 
be  provided  by  Si  Jenks,  late  of  the  "Get-Rich- 
Quick-VVallingford"  company  and  a  Yankee 
monologist.  Max  Witt's  "Four  Harmonious 
Girls"  are  dainty  and  pretty  singers  and  instru- 
mentalists. The  Ausonia  Trio  are  Olympic 
gladiators.  Sunlight  Pictures,  showing  several 
surprises,  will  complete  the  bill. 


New  York  Casino  star  cast  which  includes  De 
Wolf  Hopper,  Blanche  Duffield,  Eugene  Cowles, 
George  MacFarlane,  Kate  Condon,  Arthur  Ald- 
ridge,  Viola  Gillette,  Arthur  Cunningham,  Alice 
Brady  and  Louise  Barthel  are  to  commence  their 
long  heralded  season,  limited  to  four  weeks,  of 
revivals  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan's  most  popular 
works,  with  an  elaborate  production  of  "The 
Mikado"  the  bill  for  the  entire  first  week.  After 
the  public  has  renewed  its  acquaintance  with  this 
delicious  travesty  on  Old  Japan,  another  delight 
of  our  early  days,  "Pinafore,"  will  be  given,  this 
opera  being  scheduled  for  the  second  week.  On 
August  4  "Patience"  will  have  its  turn  and  later 
on  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance"  will  be  offered. 
It  was  two  years  ago  that  Messrs.  Shubert  and 
William  A.  Brady  with  so  many  well  known 
musical  stars  at  their  disposal  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  the  time  was  ripe  for  a  revival  of 
these  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  operettas,  provided 
they  were  properly  cast  and  presented  with  re- 
ligious adherence  to  tradition.  That  the  man- 
agers reckoned  well  is  a  matter  of  record,  as 
every  revival  established  the  fact  that  the  wit  and 
satire  of  Gilbert  and  the  melodic  charm  and 
vivacity  of  Sullivan's  music  still  preserved  their 
potency  to  the  fullest  degree. 


Hackett  at  the  Columbia 

Beginning  Monday  night,  July  22,  James  K. 
Hackett  will  appear  in  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  at 
the  Columbia.  The  book  has  had  more  vogue, 
probably,  than  any  publication  in  recent  years, 
and  Mr.  Hackett  who  is  one  of  the  greatest  of 
latter  day  stars,  has  given  a  dramatic  version  that 
has  intensified  the  interest  in  David  Graham 
Phillips'  remarkable  story.  Those  who  have  read 
the  book,  and  are  familiar  with  Mr.  Hackett's 
work  in  other  plays,  will  readily  understand  why 
he  fits  the  role.  The  story  narrates  the  amatory 
and  professional  adventures  of  a  New  York  law- 
yer whose  love  for  an  insignificant  stenographer 
leads  him  to  break  off  his  engagement  with  an 
lieiress,  whose  father  was  an  important  client  of 
the  firm  of  which  the  younger  lawyer  was  a 
member.  He  leaves  the  firm  and  marries  the 
stenographer.  His  clients  were  taken  away  from 
liim;  his  income  declined  and  disappeared  and  he 
was  on  the  verge  of  ruin,  when  a  chance  came 
for  him  to  turn  the  tables  on  his  enemy.  In  that 
hour  his  wife  left  him,  and  embittered  against  her 
and  the  world  at  large,  he  set  to  work  with  heroic 
energy  and  ground  his  enemy  into  submission, 
and  rehabilitated  himself  again  in  the  financial 
world.  Mr.  Hackett,  as  Frederick  Norman,  has 
another  characterization  to  add  to  his  gallery  of 
famous  stage  portraits.  In  the  admirable  cast 
that  will  be  seen  in  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  and 
other  plays  that  are  to  have  their  premieres  here 
are  E.  M.  Holland,  Frazer  Coulter,  Joseph  Her- 
bert, Frank  Burbeck,  Brandon  Tynan,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Whiffen,  Beatrice  Beckley,  Lily  Cahill, 
Olive  Oliver,  Mabel  Inslee,  Elaine  Innescourt, 
Albert  Dantzer,  Charles  Lane,  Eva  Vincent,  Fred. 
A.  Sullivan  and  others. 


The  Gilbert-Gullivan  Operas  at  the  Cort 

At  the  Cort,  beginning  Sunday  evening,  the 


"Apostles  of  Mirth" 

That  is  what  Press  Woodruff  and  Cyrus  Brown- 
lee  Newton  call  themselves.  They  have  com- 
bined their  laugh-provoking  and  elocutionary  re- 
sources, much  as  Twain  and  Cable  did  in  the  old 
days,  and  after  a  tour  of  the  Californian  summer 
resorts  will  go  on  the  road  for  a  long,  and  they 
hope,  a  prosperous  season.  Both  are  well  known 
in  San  Francisco  and  elsewhere,  and  their  tour 
begins  under  favorable  auspices.  Woodruff's 
specialty  is  humorous  monologue,  while  that  of 
Newton  is  emotional  recitation.  To  the  summer 
resort  guests  looking  for  novelty  their  coming 
should  be  particularly  welcome. 


AMUSEMENTS 

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Leading  Theatre 

Ellia  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Last  Time  Tonight  Paul  J.  Rainey's  African  Hunt  Pictures 
Beginning  Tomorrow    (Sunday)  Night 
The  New  York  Casino  Star  Cast 

De   Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche   Duffield  Geo.  MacFarlane 

Kate    Condon  Arthur  Aldridgc 

Viola  ( iillette  Arthur  Cunningham 

Alice  lirady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene  Cowles 

In  a  Revival  Festival  of  Gilbert  &  Sullivan's  Greatest  Comic 
Operas  Presenting  for  the  First  Week 

"THE  MIKADO" 

Second  Week — "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore,"  with  Productions  of 
"Patience"    anrl    "Tlie    Pirates   of    Penzance"    to  follow. 
Price — 50c  to  $2.00. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Karrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  445.'i 
Monday  Evening,  July  22nd,  Begins  the  Second  and  Final 
Week    of    BESSIE    BARRISCALE,    Assisted    by  .  the 
.\lcazar  Company,   in   David   Belasco  and  Richard 
Walton  Tully's  Famous  Play  of  Early  California 

THE  ROSE  OF  THE  RANCHO 

A    M  agnificent    Pictorial  Production 
Prices:   Night,  25c  to  $1.00;  Matinee,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:   Thursday,   Saturday   and  Sunday. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  St« 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  578J 

Beginning  Monday,  July  22ntl 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Special  Prices  at  Wednesday  Matinee,  25c,  50c,  75c  and  $1. 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinee,  $1.50  to  25c. 
JAMES  K. 


HACKETT 


and  his  company  of 
FAMOUS  NEW  YORK  PLAYERS 
In  the  dramatization  of  David  Graham  Philipp's  Story 
"THE  GRAIN  OF  DUST" 

No  Sunday  Performances 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  Sunday,  July  21st 
SEVEN  AVIATOR  GIRLS 
With  Carlie  Lowe;  William  Morrow  &  Co.,  Presenting 
"Happy's  Millions";  Ausonia  Trio,  Olympic  (iladiators ; 
Estelle  Allison  &  Co.,  in  Her  Musical  Playlet,  "The  Ques- 
tion"; Lucia  Lottie  Collins,  English  Singing  Comedienne: 
Si  Jenks,  Yankee  Comedian ;  Max  Witt's  4  Harmonious 
Girls  and  Sunlight  Pictures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  > 
Magnificfi 
Theatre  ii 

O'f  ^RRt\-\-  all  POV^tVV  America 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.  Matinee  Every  Da> 
A  GREAT  NEW  SHOW 

"THE  DRUMS  OF  OUDE"   on  .  . 

drama  by  ,\ustin  Strong  presentcil  and  produced  by  DAVID 
liELASCO;  LEW  SULLY,  the  Popular  iVliiistrcl;  FOUR 
FLORIMONDS,  Jugglers  on  Free  Ladders;  STEIN,  HUME 
and  THOMAS;  SEALBY  &  DUCLOS;  BERT  TERRELL; 
EUGENE.  TRIO;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURE.S.  Last  week  of  MAY  TULLY  &  CO.  in  "THE 
BATTLE  CRY  OF  FREEDOM." 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


TOWN  TALK 


July  20,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Finding  in  the  elimination  of  the  sur- 
plus reserve  of  the  Clearing  House  banks  the  am- 
munition which  they  needed  for  continuing  their 
attack  upon  speculative  securities,  the  bear  trad- 
ers in  the  stock  exchange  made  a  successful  raid 
on  the  list.    Prices  in  the  most  active  stocks 
dropped  from  one  to  three  points  and  some  of 
the  specialties  showed  even  heavier  losses.  Prom- 
inent in  the  drive  was  a  Boston  operator  of  spec- 
tacular campaign  renown  in  copper  properties. 
The  attack  was  directed  especially  against  the 
copper  and  steel  issues.    Extensive  unloading  of 
steel  was  explained  by  the  bear  pool  as  being 
due  to  the  belief  that  the  Stanley  congressional 
committee   was   preparing  a    report   of   an  ex- 
tremely   adverse    character    on    the  company. 
Selling  was  also  said  to  be  based  on  the  under- 
standing that  the  tariff  on  foreign  steel  products 
will   be   lowered    materially  in   the   revision  of 
present  duties.    Only  half-hearted  support  was 
given  to  the  market  by  the  banking  interests  un- 
til toward  the  close  of  the  week  when  there  was 
a  gradual  hardening  of  prices  with  a  fair  rally. 
The  selling  was  thought  to  be  almost  entirely  in 
the  nature  of  an  extension  of  the  short  account. 
All  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  diminished  bull 
forces  to  explain  that  the  wiping  out  of  the  sur- 
plus reserve  of  the  Clearing  House  institutions 
was  due  merely  to  the  heavy  July  interest  and 
dividend  disbursements  and  that  this  reserve  will 
soon  be  restored  to  foimer  proportions  by  the  re 
turn  of  a  large  part  of  the  money  so  distributea, 
proved  futile.    The  bear  contingent  selected  the 
weakened  condition  of  the  banks  as  an  excuse 
rather  than  as  a  well  founded  reason  for  its  sell- 
ing operations.    Despite  the  weakened  bank  con- 
ditions the  call  money  markets  ruled  around  3 
per  cent.    Crop  reports  continue  very  favorable, 
and  we  see  nothing  to  warrant  a  further  decline 
in   stocks  and  advise  purchases  at  the  market. 

Wheat — The  important  feature  in  the  wheat 
situation  during  the  past  week  was  the  report  of 
the  agricultural  crop  bureau.  The  yield  of  win- 
ter wheat  was  given  at  358  million  bushels,  and 
the  spring  wheat  as  271  million  bushels,  making 
a  total  of  629  million  bushels  compared  with  703 
million  last  year.  It  must  be  remembered  that 
the  condition  on  the  Pacific  Coast  is  very  high, 
indicating  a  yield  of  110  million  bushels  which 
is  unavailable  for  use  east  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains. At  the  Government's  estimated  rate  per 
capita  of  six  bushels  for  bread  and  seed  re(|uirc- 
ments  of  87  million  people,  this  would  amount 
to  522  million  bushels.  The  amount  of  wheat  re- 
maining on  the  farms  from  last  year's  crop  is 
given  out  as  24  million  bushels.  This  amount  is 
so  small  as  to  indicate  that  farm  supplies  are 
practically  exhausted.  There  is,  to  be  sure,  a  fair 
visible  supply  left  over  from  the  previous  crop, 
hut  it  is  quite  evident  tliat  a  considerable  part 


of  this  will  be  in  requisition,  to  piece  out  some 
of  the  deficiencies  in  the  soft  winter  wheat  sec- 
tions of  the  country.  The  movement  of  wheat 
to  primary  markets  is  noticeable  only  for  the 
smallness  of  it,  and  it  is  a  complete  and  em- 
phatic verification  of  the  Government  report,  cer- 
tainly as  far  as  the  winter  wheat  crop  is  con- 
cerned, and  doubtless  will  be  more  and  more  in 
evidence  as  the  season  advances. 

Corn — The  Government  report  on  corn  was 
about  as  expected.  It  shows  an  increase  of 
2.300,000  acres  over  a  year  ago,  with  condition 
but  .4  higher  and  an  estimated  yield  of  2,811,- 
f(X),O00  bushels.  Our  reports  indicate  that  the 
crop  is  backward  and  of  a  very  irregular  growth, 
though  it  is  now  favored  with  ideal  weather.  The 
decline  has  been  severe,  the  liquidation  complete, 
the  country  movement  is  small  and  will  probably 
continue  so  until  the  new  crop  reaches  maturity. 
The  demand  is  good  and  prices  are  now  attrac- 
tive to  investors,  especially  for  the  December 
future. 

Cotton — Over  a  territory  producing  approxim- 
ately 50  per  cent  of  the  cotton  crop  the  week  was 
very  favorable,  excellent  growth  and  develop- 
ment being  made.  Over  the  remaining  50  per 
cent  there  was  little  or  no  advancement,  while 
in  a  part  of  the  territory  there  was  actual  dete- 
rioration. West  of  the  Mississippi  river  the 
crop  has  become  generally  very  promising.  The 
outlook  in  Texas  is  the  most  brilliant  in  many 
years  and  in  Oklahoma  the  crop  is  in  the  best 
condition  of  the  season.  In  Texas  there  is  a 
very  slight  need  of  rain.  A  few  localities  were 
affected  by  what  one  correspondent  terms  a  light 
drought.  All  States  east  of  the  Mississippi  suf- 
fered from  an  excess  of  moisture  and  a  lack  of 
sunshine.  Light  showers  fell  nearly  everywhere 
and  a  number  of  local  heavy  rains.  These  latter 
were  of  damaging  nature  in  /Mabama,  Georgia 
and  South  Carolina.  There  is  considerable  com- 
plaint of  grass,  but  while  some  fields  arc  foul, 
others  are  in  a  fair  state  of  cultivation.  The  cot- 
ton market  has  been  advancing  the  past  week 
due  to  numerous  reports  of  insect  damage  in  the 
southeastern  States  and  the  dry  weather  in 
Texas.  The  Liverpool  market  has  led  in  the  ad- 
vance, and  daily  prices  from  there  have  averaged 
higlier  with  pronounced  strength  in  their  spot 
markets.  Prices  at  the  close  of  the  week  are  at 
the  highest  on  this  upward  trend.  We  believe 
around  this  level  profits  should  be  accepted  and 
the  investor  should  await  a  reaction  before  again 
taking  the  long  side. 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  local  stock  and  bond  market  was  firm  dur- 
ing the  week  and  remarkably  active  for  this  off 

season  of  tlie  year.    Stable  securities  that  have 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10.519,217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  HcMman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  I,ipman,  V.-Pres. ;  lames  K.  Wilson. 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  VV.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  \V.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Hcrrin,  Henry  Roscnfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
I,.  Flood.  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  WiUon  and  F.  L.  Lipm.nn. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,763,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639.482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

.\l(red  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  .Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McXab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein       Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7 :30  a.  m.  to  12 

p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m..  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  j).  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only- 


Telephone   DOUGLAS   2487  R.   E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO. 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


Member? 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  rioard  of  Trade 


490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Branch.  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago   and   New  York 

Washington.  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,   31  33  35   New  Street 


July  20,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


made  gains  recently  arc  holding  their  own  and 
making  a  strong  showing. 

The  unusual  July  activity  is  not  confined  to 
the  stock  and  bond  market.  Reports  from  the 
wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  the  city  all  tell  of 
a  general  awakening  of  business.  One  of  the 
city's  largest  retailers  is  authority  for  the  state- 
ment that  the  retail  trade  is  twenty-five  per  cent 
more  active  than  at  the  same  time  last  year. 

The  jockeying  of  our  power  companies  for  posi- 
tion in  several  sections  of  the  State  is  a  matter 
that  is  now  exciting  much  interest  among  fin- 
anciers. Rivalry  among  the  several  power  in- 
terests is  exceedingly  keen.  Power  development 
is  really  in  its  infancy  in  this  State,  and  great  are 
the  potentialities  of  which  financiers  in  the  East 
and  even  in  Europe  are  well  aware.  Every  day 
or  so  one  hears  rumors  of  consolidation. 

The  demand  of  merchants  for  money  on  com- 
mercial paper  throughout  the  country  is  increas- 
ing.   Commercial  paper  is  abundant. 

The  world's  stock  of  merchantable  copper  has 
for  months  been  below  normal,  a  circumstance 
that  has  given  rise  to  rumors  of  hidden  stocks 
of  the  metal. 

Recent  inquiries  for  cars  total  10,000,  and  will 
require  100,000  tons  of  steel  to  fill.  Of  these  in- 
quiries 4,000  are  from  the  Harriman  lines. 


Varied  Types 


Nervous  Passenger  (during  fog) — But  surely 
you're  not  leaving  the  bridge,  are  you,  officer? 

Officer  (who  has  just  been  relieved) — Oh,  yes. 
It's  no  good  stopping  up  there;  you  can't  see 
anything. 


Mrs.  Nubride — I  am  heartbroken.  I  find  that 
my  husband  doesn't  resemble  my  ideal  in  the 
slightest. 

Mrs.  Wise — Then  take  my  advice,  my  dear,  and 
try  to  make  your  ideal  resemble  your  husband. 


Patience — Do  you  remember  my  sister  who  was 
on  the  stage? 
Patrice — Oh,  yes. 
Patience — Well,  she's  married. 
Patrice — Oh,  got  a  speaking  part  at  last,  has  she? 


Against  the  loss  of  your  Will,  Deeds  and 
other  valuable  papers  by  placing  them  in  a 
safe  deposit  box,  where  fire  and  burglars  are 
unknown.    4  per  year. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  p„^.r.^d'M.;i!'i"/u. 

John  F.  Cunninghmm,  Manager 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 
conclusion  that  if  they  had  a  common  means  of 
communication  much  of  this  misunderstanding 
would  cease.  Esperanto  was  the  result.  Dr. 
Zamenhof  is  a  great  oculist,  but  he  has  lost 
thousands  of  dollars  because  his  heart  is  in  Es- 
peranto and  he  answers  the  call  of  the  cause 
whenever  it  comes,  forgetting  his  professional 
work. 

"It  is  very  important  to  remember  that  Es- 
peranto is  not  to  be  used  as  a  substitute  for  any 
language.  It  is  an  auxiliary  language.  When 
Esperanto  is  universally  used,  every  man  will 
have  two  languages,  his  own  and  Esperanto." 

"Do  you  think  it  will  be  universally  used?"  I 
asked. 

"I  do,"  answered  Drew.  "Esperanto  has  a 
great  future.  The  most  serious  obstacle  to  its 
immediate  adoption  by  the  intellectual  world  con- 
sists in  the  many  innovations  attempted  by 
cranks,  faddists  and  egotists  who  either  want  to 
improve  on  Zamenhof's  invention  or  to  substitute 
one  of  their  own.  Esperanto  undoubtedly  can 
be  improved  in  some  respects,  but  this  is  not  the 
time  to  make  any  changes.  Until  it  is  adopted 
as  a  universal  auxiliary  language  there  should  be 
no  changes.  Afterwards  a  World's  Congress 
could  be  called  together  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing needed  reforms." 

"Are  Americans  putting  it  to  any  practical  use?" 
I  asked. 

For  answer  Frank  Drew  handed  me  an  illus- 
trated pamphlet  written  in  Esperanto.  It  was 
a  pamphlet  issued  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
of  Los  Angeles  and  was  devoted  to  glowing  ac- 
counts of  the  many  advantages  of  life  in  South- 
ern California. 

"That  pamphlet  will  be  read  by  people  in  every 
corner  of  the  world,"  said  Drew.  "That's  prac- 
tical enough,  isn't  it?" 

All  I  can  say  is.  Why  doesn't  the  San  I'ran- 
cisco  Chamber  of  Commerce  take  the  hint? 


Shreve  in  New  Firm 

For  the  first  time  since  its  incorporation  over 
half  a  century  ago  the  firm  of  Shreve  and  Co. 
is  without  a  Shreve.  George  R.  Shreve,  formerly 
president,  has  joined  the  jewelry  house  of  Treat 
and  Eacret,  and  the  new  firm  will  be  known 
hereafter  as  Shreve,  Treat  and  Eacret.  Inc. 
Messrs.  Treat  and  Eacret  were  formerly  with  the 
older  house,  so  the  association  will  be  the  con- 
tinuance of  an  old  business  relation.  The  new 
firm  has  already  obtained  a  solid  footing  in  this 
city. 


"Do  you  think  it  will  always  be  summer  in  the 
Garden  of  Eden?"  asked  Eve. 

"No,"  replied  Adam,  pointing  to  the  ripening 
apples.    "I  think  we  shall  have  an  early  fall." 


H  It 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4.000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1.600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHU.XCKER  Piesiclcnt 
Sir,  GREENEn.M'M  Chairman  of  tlic  lioard 

JO.S.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYN.SKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.   BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


The  Last  Rapture 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

Then  Hortense  had  not  the  courage  to  un- 
deceive him,  to  rob  him  of  this  sweet  and  con- 
soling illusion.  Yes,  they  had  declared  war,  they 
had  chased  them,  battle  after  battle,  from  the 
stolen  lands,  they  had  regained  the  lost  flags 
which  were  rotting  in  their  museums,  and  peace 
had  been  declared,  a  lasting  and  a  glorious  peace. 
As  soon  as  he  wished,  the  trunks  would  be 
packed  and  he  would  go  back  to  Ban-Saint- 
Martin,  to  the  little  house  which  had  been  closed 
so  many  months,  in  that  quiet  street  where  the 
red  trousers  passed  today  and  where  French  was 
again  spoken.  He  would  resume  all  his  old 
habits,  he  would  go  to  the  Cafe  Colignon,  to  find 
again  all  his  old  friends  of  other  days.  But  the 
Colonel  did  not  hear;  motionless,  stifif,  eyes 
filling  with  this  fancied  apotheosis,  weeping  from 
joy,  he  murmured  incoherent  words  in  his 
bristling  moustache. 

"Ah!  The  blackguards,  the  blackguards!"  he 
repeated.  "Have  we  killed  enough  of  them? 
Have  we  humiliated  them  enough?  How  happy 
I  am,  little  sister,  how  happy  I  am!  And  how  gladly 
I  would  have  been  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight, 
to  pay  them  back  for  all  that  they  have  made  me 
suffer !" 

And  suddenly,  like  a  man  intoxicated,  as  he 
used  to  rise  in  his  stirrups  at  reviews,  saluting 
the  regimental  colors  with  his  lowered  sword, 
he  cried  with  all  his  strength  and  all  his  voice, 
so  loudly  that  he  could  be  heard  in  the  street: 
"Vive  la  France!"  Then  he  sank  into  the  arm- 
chair, exhausted  by  this  last  effort,  his  eyes  fixed 
upon  the  flags  which  waved  in  the  gathering  dark- 
ness,"and  his  face  transfigured  by  an  infinite  hap- 
piness. 

So  died,  on  the  evening  of  July  14,  in  his  eighty- 
second  year.  Colonel  Eusebe  Champlenac,  who 
had  been  decorated  upon  the  field  of  battle  at 
Austerlitz. 


ARRIVALS  AT  CASTLE  CRAG  FARM 

Recent  arrivals  at  Castle  Crag  I-'arm  include: 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Scales  and  son,  Mrs.  Cullen  F.  Welty 
and  maid.  Misses  Elenor  and  May  Welty,  San 
Francisco;  Mrs.  Carl  Beeger,  Misses  Marie  and 
Lulu  Beeger,  Redwood  City;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Page, 
Miss  Laura  Page,  Los  Angeles;  C.  A.  and  Mrs. 
Knight.  A.  L.  Noyes,  Medford,  Oregon;  G.  L. 
Blair,  San  Francisco;  Prof.  C.  M.  Gayley,  Berk- 
eley; W.  D.  Ford,  Oakland;  Misses  Rosa  G.  and 
M.  A.  Taussig,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Ziel,  John  G. 
and  Charlotte  Ziel,  Misses  Nellie  and  Blanche  L. 
Rowden,  Miss  May  Collins,  J.  A.  Levensalor,  San 
Francisco;  Mrs.  H.  K.  Defendorf,  Oakland;  L.  E. 
Burton,  Alameda;  J.  A.  Wertner,  Miss  Ruther- 
ford, Mrs.  C.  Bcrtheau,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  E. 
Volkmann,  Mrs.  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Stockwell  and  Master  Roland,  Miss  Rcttie  Ilor- 
tenstinc,  San  Francisco. 


Citizens*    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

I  11  ion  ism  has  nothing  in  common 
with  democracy  or  socialism.  Uiiion- 
ism  is  Autocracy,  begotten  by  Poli- 
tics and  Intolerance  and  its  name  is 
Monopoly. 

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San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


July  20,  1912 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,026; 
Department  No.  10.  „  ,  , 

LUCILE  V.  L.'^RM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  G.  LARM,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County.  ^     ,  - 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to : 
G.  Larm,  Defendant.  .  ■      u  u 

You  are  hereby  Required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  I'rancisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  Summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty   days.  .  , 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  Wilful  Desertion  and  Habitual  Intemperance; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  'as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment fur  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  27th  day  of  April    A    D  1912 

(Sean  H.  I.  MI  LCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
McGOWAN  and  WESTLAKE,  Attys.  for  Plaintiff, 

Humboldt  Bank  Bide..  San  Francisco.  Cal.  f,-i  \0 

The  Return 

.'\  little  hand  is  knocking  at  my  luart, 
.\n<l  1  have  closed  the  door, 
"i  pray  thee,  for  the  love  of  God,  depart; 
Tliou  shalt  conic  in  no  more." 

"Open,  for  I  am  weary  of  the  way. 
The  night  is  very  black. 

I  have  been  wandering  many  a  night  and  day. 
Open.    I  have  come  back." 

The  little  hand  is  knocking  patiently; 
I  listen,  dumb  with  pain: — 
"Wilt  tlii'n  iiMt  open  ;iny  more  to  me? 
1  have  come  back  again." 

"I  will  not  open  any  more.  Depart. 
1.  that  once  lived,  am  dead." 

The  hand  that  had  been  knocl  ing  at  my  liL'art 
Was  still.    ".Vud  I?"  she  said. 

There  is  no  sound,  save,  in  the  winter  a>. 
The  sound  of  wind  and  rain. 
.Ml  that  I  loved  in  all  the  world  s'.ands  there, 
.\nd  will  not  knock  again. 

— Arthur  Symons. 


Lovely  Woman 

Her  waist  begins  just  below  her  neck.  Her 
hips  have  been  planed  off  even  with  the  rest  of 
her  body.  She  is  usually  buttoned  up  the  back, 
and  around  her  neck  she  wears  a  section:  of  barbed 
wire,  covered  with  lace.  She  wears  on  her  head 
a  blond  haystack  of  hair,  and  on  top  of  this  a 
central  dome  with  rings  about  the  same  size  as 
those  of  Saturn.  She  is  swathed  in  her  gown  like 
an  Indian  papoose,  and  on  the  end  of  her  feet  are 
dabs  of  patent  leather.  She  walks  on  stiltlike 
heels  with  the  expcrtness  of  a  tight-rope  dancer. 
The  pores  of  her  skin  are  full  of  fine  white 
powder. 

This  is  a  woman. 


All  Kinds 


"Football!"  growled  the  angry  father.  "Ugh!" 
"But  surely,"  said  his  friend,  "your  son  won 
high  honors  in  football  at  his  college?" 
"He  did,"  assented  the  father. 
"First  he  was  a  quarter  back — " 
"Yes." 

"Then  a  halfback — " 
"Yes." 

"Then  a  fullback — " 
"Yes." 

"And  now — what  is  he  now?" 

"Now,"  roared  the  father,  "he  is  a  hunchback!" 


ORDER   TO    SHOW    CAUSE   WHY    SALE   OF  REAL 
REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
lor  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — >Jo.  12,43ii; 
Uepartment  No.  10. 
In    the    Matter   of   the   Estate   of   MAJOR  CONWAY, 

Deceased. 

Annie  Conway,  the  Administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  having  tiled  in  this  Court  her  petition 
lor  an  order  to  sell  the  real  estate  of  said  decedent  tor 
the  purposes  therein  set  forth,  and  it  appearing  Irom  said 
petition  that  It  IS  necessary  to  sell  the  whole  or  some  por- 
iiuti  ot  said  real  estate,  and  good  cause  appearing  there- 
for, 

isow  therefore,  it  is  hereby  ordered,  adjudged  and  decreed 
that  all  persons  interested  in  the  said  estate  of  said  Major 
Conway,  aeceasea,  be  and  appear  betore  the  above  en- 
titled Court,  Department  No.  10  thereot,  on  V\  ednesday, 
tne  Jlst  clay  ol  July,  iyi2,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.  ol  said  day, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  said  Court,  Koom  No.  519,  in  the 
temporary  City  Hall  on  Market  Street  near  Eighth  street, 
in  tiie  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
lurnia,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should 
not  be  granted  to  the  said  Administratrix  to  sell  the  whole 
or  some  portion  of  the  real  estate  ot  said  deceased. 

it  IS  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  said  order  be  pub- 
lished for  at  least  tour  successive  weeks  in  *'Town  Talk, 
a   newspaper  printed   and  published  in  the  said  City  and 
County  ol  San  I'rancisco. 

uoiie  in  open  Court  this  21st  day  of  June,  1912. 

tSigned;        THUMAS  F.  GRAHAM, 

Judge. 

HLGH  K.  McKEVITT,  Atty.  for  Administratrix, 

Jtlearst  lildg.,  San  1-rancisco,  Cal.  6-29-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036; 
Department  No.  10. 

LUL  ETTA  WILMUTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMUTH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
Calitornia,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  F'ran- 
cisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard   \\  ellington   \\  ilmoth.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  I'laintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  ot  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
hied  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service;  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilHul  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff ;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

."Xnd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court   for  any  other  relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  F'rancisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate  of  LIPPMANN  S.\CIIS,  Deceased— No.  16,663, 
N.  S. ;  Department  No.  10. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Mary  Sachs 
and  Albert  Baruch,  Executors  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  Lijipmann  Sachs,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Executors  at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  Room 
713  Nevada  Bank  Building,  So.  14  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
select  as  their  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
the  said  estate  of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased. 

MARY  SACHS, 
ALBERT  BARCCH, 
Executors  of  the   Last   Will   and  Testament  of  Lippmann 
Sachs,  Deceased. 
Dated:   July    13,  1912. 
HELLER,  POWERS  &  EHRMAN, 
-Attorneys  for  Executors, 

Nevada  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  7-13-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  ot  Calitornia,  in  and  fo, 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  42,177 ; 
Department  No.  10. 

CLARA  JESSURUN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  WALTER  S.  JES- 
SURUN,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Walter  S.  Jessurun,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  else- 
where. 

.•\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  money  or  damages  in  the  complaint  as 
arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any 
other  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, this  7th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
HENRY  ACH,   Atty.   for  Plaintiff, 

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23 


Letters 


A  Novel  by  Vaughan  Kester 

When  Vaughan  Kester  died  within  a  few  days 
of  the  publication  of  "The  Prodigal  Judge"  he 
left  the  completed  manuscript  of  another  novel 
which  had  been  written  before  the  last  published 
book  and  laid  aside  for  final  revision.  Therefore, 
"The  Just  and  the  Unjust"  is  not  to  be  classed 
with  that  large  volume  of  posthumous  work 
which  represents  the  discarded  fragments  hastily 
gathered  by  thrifty  relatives  after  the  author  is 
beyond  power  of  protest.  Vaughan  Kester  was 
always  a  careful  workman  and  never  afraid  to 
take  as  large  a  canvas  as  he  thought  his  picture 
would  require,  and  there  is  no  stint  of  character 
or  background  in  "The  Just  and  the  Unjust." 
The  scenes  are  laid  in  an  Ohio  community  and 
though  no  definite  date  is  set  the  time  is  evidentl}- 
within  the  last  half  of  the  nineteenth  century. 
The  situations  are  tense  and  dramatic,  involving 
a  trial  for  murder  in  which  the  evidence  is  mainly 
circumstantial  but  helped  out  by  judicious  per- 
jury. The  accused  cannot  clear  himself  because 
to  establish  an  alibi  at  the  hour  when  the  crime 
was  perpetrated  he  would  be  obliged  to  subpoena 
the  wife  of  a  friend  with  whom  he  had  been 
carrying  on  an  intrigue  and  besides  involving  her 
in  a  scandal  he  would  reveal  the  unsavory  episode 
to  the  girl  whom  he  loved  and  hoped  to  marry. 
Mrs.  Langham  will  say  nothing  because  to  come 
forward  with  her  testimony  would  not  only  place 
her  in  an  unpleasant  predicament  but  also  be- 
cause she  had  stumbled  upon  the  fact  that  her 
husband  was  the  guilty  one.  The  judge  who 
presided  at  the  trial  of  an  innocent  man  and  saw 
him  convicted  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged  knew 
that  his  own  son  should  have  been  arraigned  and 
public  opinion,  with  few  exceptions,  followed  the 
line  of  least  resistance.  There  were  just  six  per- 
sons who  knew  positively  that  John  North  was 
not  guilty.  These  were  himself,  tongue-tied  by 
consideration  of  a  woman's  reputation  and  con- 
vinced that  justice  could  not  go  astray;  Judge 
Langham,  his  son  Marshall  who,  unknown  to  the 
community  at  large,  was  in  desperate  need  of 
money,  and  who,  besides  the  consideration  of  his 
own  neck,  had  a  bitter  enmity  for  North  on 
account  of  the  intrigue  he  had  discovered;  Mrs. 
Langham  who  had  her  own  reputation  and  her 
hus  band's  life  at  stake;  Andy  Gilmore,  the 
gambler  with  a  spite  against  North  and  a  desire 
for  a  hold  over  the  younger  Langham;  and  Joe 
Montgomery,  an  idle,  half-criminal  ne'er-do-well 
who,  though  he  did  not  witness  the  murder,  was 
in  the  vicinity  and  saw  Langham  make  his  escape 
from  the  premises.  Montgomery,  half  frightened, 
half  coaxed  into  jerjury,  had  not  brains  enough 
to  understand  the  magnitude  of  his  ofifense  and 
after  having  been  spirited  away,  it  was  supposed 
for  good  and  all,  it  was  his  inopportune  return 
and  the  further  attempt  of  Langham  to  silence 
him  which  led  to  disclosures  long  after  the 
eleventh  hour  had  struck  and  too  late  to  save 
Judge  Langham  who  committed  suicide  on  the 
night  before  John  North  was  to  be  hanged.  As 


a  relief  to  the  strain  of  the  apprehension  and  trial 
of  North  we  turn  to  Shrimplin,  the  mild  and 
meager  little  lamp-lighter,  timid  and  shrinking 
to  a  degree,  yet  with  such  an  admiration  of 
courage  and  prowess  that  he  has  managed  to 
transform  himself,  in  the  eyes  of  his  fourteen- 
year-old  son,  into  a  typical  bad  man  of  the  West. 
An  omniverous  devourer  of  dime  novels,  "Shrimp" 
commits  homicides  by  the  score,  defies  law  officers 
and  "busts"  bronchos  to  the  credulous  delight 
ni  the  youngster  who  never  once  doubts  the 
truth  of  the  yarning,  nor  suspects  that  the  myster- 
ious strangers  met  in  dark  alleys  on  the  lamp- 
lighting  tours  exist  only  in  the  parental  imagina- 
tion and  that  all  the  time  the  mild-mannered, 
blue-eyed,  blonde-mustached  hero  is  scared  of  his 
own  shadow.  Singularly  enough,  the  boy,  intent 
on  living  up  to  the  high  standard,  does  really 
develop  a  fair  degree  of  practical  courage  and 
acquits  himself  creditably  when  the  demand  is 
made.  Vaughan  Kester  seems  to  have  been  at 
home  in  the  midwest  in  its  transition  days  and 
this  is  not  the  first  time  that  we  have  visited  it 
under  his  guidance.  Though  unusual,  there  is 
nothing  strained  or  improbable  about  "The  Just 
and  the  Unjust."  There  is  no  padding  and  not  a 
dull  passage  in  the  four  hundred  pages.  It  is 
probably  the  last  time  the  author's  name  will 
appear  in  a  publisher's  catalogue  unless  for  a 
reissue  of  some  earlier  work,  and  emphasizes  the 
loss  we  have  sustained  in  the  capable  writer  who 
has  done  so  much  towards  preserving  pictures 
of  our  frontier  States  between  the  period  of  first 
settlements  and  final  crystallization.  From  Bobbs- 
Merrill. 


"The  Melting  of  Molly" 

"The  Melting  of  Molly"  was  no  figure  of  speech, 
for  ALaria  Thompson  Daviess's  heroine  was  a  be- 
witching young  Tennessee  widow  who  was  be- 
ginning to  take  notice  again.  In  her  girlhood 
she  had  been  quite  becoming,  in  love  and  beloved 
by  the  ideal  youth  who,  alas,  had  not  the  where- 
withal to  support  her  "-harms.  There  was  no 
positive  engagement  between  them,  but  when 
Alfred  went  away  it  was  with  the  understandin.g 
that  on  his  return  Molly  would  still  be  Molly 
in  the  same  enchanting  blue  muslin  frock.  Molly, 
however,  had  an  abundance  of  worldly-wise  rel- 
atives who  married  her  off  to  a  rich  old  fellow 
because  it  would  be  "so  safe,"  v/ithout  much 
consideration  of  other  fitness.  Now  Mr.  Carter 
had  been  dead  for  the  traditional  years  demanded 
by  old  fashioned  conservatism,  Alfred  Bennett 
was  coming  back  in  three  "months,  and  Molly's 
heart  was  all  aflutter  with  joyous  anticipation, 
but  the  sylphlike  maiden  of  eighteen  was  a  de- 
cidedly plump,  if  not  absolutely  fat  matron  of 
twenty-five,  with  the  carefully  preserved  blue 
muslin  not  even  a  snug  fit.  There  were  thirty 
pounds  of  superfluous  flesh  to  be  got  rid  of,  and 
poor  Molly  did  love  good  things  to  eat.  Her 
ever  present  help  in  trouble  was  her  next  door 
neighbor,  a  young  doctor,  a  widower  with  one 
little  son  whom  Molly  mothered.  Dr.  Moore 
prescribed  a  heroic  course  of  rigid  diet,  exercise 


DO  YOUR  EYES  TROUBLE  YOU? 

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and  baths  warranted  to  reduce  the  "peach"  to  a 
"string  bean"  if  followed  up,  and  the  whimsical 
account  of  her  sufTerings  recorded  in  a  sort  of 
go-as-you-please  journal  would  be  warranted  to 
put  flesh  on  a  skeleton  as  a  laugh-and-grow-fat 
prescription.  It  is  not  to  be  assumed  that  Molly 
Carter  had  only  one  lover  and  that  all  her  efTorts 
were  confined  to  accommodating  herself  to  his 
standards.  On  the  contrary,  it  was  about  all  she 
could  manage  to  fend  off  half  a  dozen  more,  each 
of  whom  had  reasonable  hopes,  nor  was  she 
herself  irrevocably  committed  to  the  absent  Al- 
fred Bennett.  There  was  Cousin  Tom  Pollard 
who  had  all  the  cousinly  privileges  and  assumed 
a  few  more;  and  Judge  Wade,  decidedly  the  lead- 
ing man  of  the  community,  with  his  perfect  man- 
ners, high  professional  standing  and  fine  char- 
acter, and  there  was  Dr.  Moore  who  kept  him- 
self in  the  background  and  wisely  or  innocently 
let  little  Billy  do  all  the  courting,  so  it  is  ob- 
vious that  the  gossipy  little  village  of  Harpeth 
was  never  in  lack  of  a  topic  for  discussion.  It 
is  a  friendly  community  where  everyone  knows 
everybody,  and  there  is  a  flavor  of  old-time  and 
almost  forgotten  neighborliness  in  the  matter 
of  course  contributions  of  all  the  notable  house- 
wives when  there  is  a  dinner  to  be  served  or  an 
entertainment  planned.  It  is  a  delicious  bit  of 
comedy,  as  light  as  whipped  cream,  with  just  one 
touch  of  tragedy — when  the  long  expected  and 
eagerly  anticipated  absentee  for  whom,  at  least 
in  theory,  the  widow  Molly  Carter  has  been 
literally  melting  herself,  returns  and  behold,  he 
is  fat.  "It  took  two  good  looks  to  take  him  all 
in  and  then  I  must  have  missed  some  of  him, 
for  all  in  all  he  was  so  large  that  he  stretched 
your  eyes  to  behold  him.  He's  grow  seven  feet 
tall  and  I  don't  know  how  many  poimds  he 
weighs,  and  I  don't  want  anybody  ever  to  tell 
me."  Molly  fled  from  the  sight,  fled  for  protec- 
tion and  by  instinct  to- — well,  read  the  book  and 
find  out.  This  is  a  "little  book,"  only  two  hun- 
dred pages,  but  there  is  nothing  to  skip.  From 
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TOWN  TALK 

THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


Vi,l.  XX. 


Published  Weekly  by 
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A  Tired  Kansan 

According  to  the  New  York  World  E.  W. 
Howe,  an  editor  of  Atchison,  Kan.,  is  the 
wickedest  man  in  the  world,  the  reason  be- 
ing that  he  is  "tired  of  Francis  J.  Heney 
and  his  tale  about  Abe  Ruef."  This  confes- 
sion without  profession  of  repentance  the 
World  considers  to  be  proof  of  sin  and  de- 
pravity, since  "to  be  tired  of  Heney  is  to 
be  tired  of  purity  and  goodness  and  virtue 
and  consecration.  It  is  to  be  tired  of  Roose- 
velt. It  is  to  be  tired  of  the  Ten  Command- 
ments and  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott."  Finally, 
the  World  says :  "The  man  who  would  still 
the  voice  of  Heney  and  stifle  the  story  of 
Abe  Ruef  would  muzzle  the  celestial  choir." 
Fancy  a  Kansas  editor  revolting  at  the 
righteousness  of  Heney!  Kansas  is  Gov- 
ernor Stubbs's  State.  Kansas  is  full  of  civic 
patriots  and  reformers.  Yet,  judging  from 
the  impatience  of  Editor  Howe,  none  of  his 
fellow  citizens  is  in  Heney's  class.  And 
Heney  is  not  among  the  top-notchers  of 
holiness  in  unregenerate  California.  Now, 
if  Mr.  Heney  gives  Editor  Howe  that 
tired  feeling  what  would  be  the  effect  on  the 
Kansas  journalist  of  a  sojourn  in  this  State 
reeking  as  it  is  with  the  righteousness  of 
such  noble  and  invincible  enemies  of  wick- 
edness as  Governor  Johnson,  Chester  Row- 
ell,  R.  A.  Crothers,  Dr.  Taylor,  Billy  Kent, 
Meyer  Lissncr,  Colonel  Weinstock  and 
others  too  numerous  too  mention?  Cali- 
fornia, which  justly  claims  precedence  over 
all  other  States  for  the  variety  of  her 
products,  is  pre-eminent  in  the  number  and 
intensity  of  her  pests  on  two  legs,  and  the 
wild  ass  of  the  desert  is  by  no  means  entitled 
to  rank  with  the  foremost.  For  producing 
languor  his  bray  ma}^  be  potent  in  foreign 
parts,  but  here  at  home  it  wakes  neither  to 
ecstasy  nor  to  sorrow.  Here,  where  all  the 
orbs  of  reform  are  shedding  their  translucent 
beams  into  the  warrens  of  wickedness  the 
Heney  rush-light  is  not  to  be  seen.  So  doth 
the  greater  glory  dim  the  less. 


San  Francisco,  July  27,  1912 


Works  and  the  Progressives 

It  was  a  little  unreasonable  for  our  im- 
petuous Progressives  to  call  upon  Senator 
Works  to  resign  his  high  ofifice.  And  as  the 
outcome  proves  it  was  also  somewhat  rash. 
It  was  unreasonable  because  there  is  no 
ethical  principle  on  which  a  thief  may  de- 
mand the  return  of  stolen  goods  from  the 
receiver  thereof.  The  people  alone  have  au- 
thority in  the  matter,  and  unfortunately 
they  have  provided  no  method  of  compell- 
ing the  receiver  to  disgorge  in  a  case  of 
this  kind.  Senator  Works  is  privileged  to 
hold  his  stolen  seat  till  the  end  of  his  term. 
Furthermore,  were  he  to  return  it  to  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  he  would  be  an  accessory 
after  a  fashion  to  the  compounding  of  a 
felony.  Now  as  to  the  rashness  of  the  un- 
reasonable request.  Our  fatuous  Progres- 
sives bared  their  backs  for  a  clawing,  and 
Senator  Works  is  a  bear  when  roused. 
There  is  no  escape  from  the  logic  of  his  ar- 
gument on  the  immorality  of  the  Progres- 
sive program  in  California.  "They  cannot," 
as  Senator  Works  says  of  Governor  John- 
son and  his  followers,  "belong  to  two  polit- 
ical parties  at  the  sanie  time,  or  use  their 
official  positions  in  the  Republican  party  to 
further  the  interests  of  a  candidate  of  an- 
other party,  new  or  old."  Moreover,  as  Sen- 
ator Works  points  out,  "A  candidate  for 
the  legislature  must  make  oath  that  he  is 
a  Republican  and  will  vote  for  a  majority 
of  the  candidates  of  that  party,"  and  if  legis- 
lative candidates  take  their  oatlV  with  "a 
mental  reservation"  intending  to  nominate 
electors  "who  belong  to  a  new  party  or  who 
will  vote  for  the  candidate  of  a  new  party 
their  conduct  will  be  wholly  indefensible." 
Senator  Works  assumes  with  shrewd  satire 
that  the  Progressives  of  California  would  do 
nothing  so  dishonorable,  though  well  he 
knows  that  the  course  he  condemns  is  pre- 
cisely the  course  which  they  purpose  to  pur- 
sue. It  is  precisely  the  course  which  they 
have  brazenly  outlined  for  themselves.  And 
it  is  precisely  the  course  the  great  moralist 
T.  R.  expects  them  to  take.  So  it  is  evi- 
dent that  the  Progressives,  forgetting  the 
old  proverb  that  if  you  raise  a  raven  it  will 
scratch  your  eyes  out,  exposed  themselves 
rashly  to  the  blistering  satire  of  their  Sen- 
ator. He  has  made  them  ridiculous  in  the 
sight  of  men.  What  they  took  for  a  javelin 
turned  out  to  be  a  boomerang.  We  con- 
p'ratulate  our  chaste  champion  of  Christian 
Science  on  the  dexterity  with  which  he  put 
the  Pharisees  to  flight.  We  admire  his 
logic  insofar  as  it  applies  to  the  over- 
righteous  ones,  and  we  regret  that  he  is  not 
cfjually  convincing  in  his  discussion  of  the 
rights  and  duties  of  all  Republicans.  The 
.Senator's  argument  is  somewhat  hazy  on 
this  subject.    His  views  seem  irreconcilable, 


No.  1040 


reminding  us  of  his  decision  in  the  Spring 
X'allcy  Water  Works  suit  and  of  other 
decisions  which  he  dashed  off  when  he  was 
a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court.  So  great 
was  his  ability  for  rendering  confusion 
worse  confounded  that  for  twenty  years 
after  he  was  droj^ped  from  the  bench  the 
court  was  kept  busy  straightening  out  the 
law  of  the  State. 


Jean  Jacques  Rousseau 

We  are  going  to  hear  a  great  deal  about 
Jean  Jacques  Rousseau  in  this  year  of  un- 
rest. For  this  is  the  year  of  the  second 
centennial  of  the  Father  of  the  French  Rev- 
olution, and  it  is  to  be  celebrated  not  only 
in  France  but  wherever  in  this  restless 
turbulent  world  men  and  women,  dissatis- 
fied with  the  existing  order  of  things,  are 
agitating  for  a  new  deal,  or,  like  the  losing 
gambler,  are  demanding  a  fresh  deck  of 
cards.  Rousseau's  centennial  ought  to  have 
many  celebrants.  He  was  the  great  apostle 
of  Change.  He  was  the  original  man  with 
a  grouch,  or,  at  least,  the  first  kicker  against 
the  pricks  with  ideas  worth  while  and  the 
ability  to  render  them  accessible  and  cap- 
tivating to  the  common  mind.  The  best 
way  to  celebrate  Rousseau  is  to  read  him. 
But  we  fear  he  will  not  be  read.  This  is 
the  age  of  short-cuts  to  everything  includ- 
ing knowledge.  Instead  of  getting  ac- 
quainted with  one  of  the  immortals  by  read- 
ing him  the  average  man  reads  what  some- 
body else  has  said  about  him.  Thus  is  mis- 
information disseminated  by  the  innumer- 
able hack  writers  of  England,  who  are  grind- 
ing out  "Lives,"  "Studies,"  and  "I'iographi- 
cal  Essays"  by  the  ton.  Thus  has  Rous- 
seau come  to  be  misunderstood  b}-  the 
many.  Rousseau  is  popularly  known  as  a 
writer  of  riscpie  Confessions,  lie  is  reputed 
to  have  inspired  both  Thomas  Jefferson  and 
the  French  Revolution,  and  therefore  it  is 
concluded  that  he  was  the  first  Democrat 
and  something  of  a  Jacobin  and  a  man  with 
unbounded  confidence  in  the  intelligence 
and  morality  of  the  plain  people.  Some- 
times wc  are  told  that  he  was  a  disciple  of 
Voltaire,  and  that  his  philosophy  supplied 
the  formulas  for  all  the  excesses  of  the  Rev- 
olution. It  would  be  well  were  Rousseau's 
Contrat  Social  to  become  a  best  seller  dur- 
ing the  year  of  his  centennial.  It  would  be 
well  not  only  for  us  to  become  familiar  with 
his  preachments  but  to  reflect  on  the  conse- 
(]ucnccs  of  them.  For  though  Rousseau 
was  a  great  reformer,  he  never  contem- 
plated the  kind  of  reforms  that  his  disciples 
instituted.  Great  dreamer  though  Rous- 
seau was  he  never  dreamt  that  his  dreams 
would  be  so  fruitful  of  evil  as  they  have 
proved. 


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July  27,  1912 


His  Influence  On  Mankind 

Let  us  correct  a  few  misapprehensions  re- 
garding Jean  Jacques.    He  was  not  a  dis- 
ciple of  Voltaire.    He  was  opposed  to  Vol- 
taire.   Voltaire   was   apprehensive   of  the 
storms  which  Rousseau's  writings  had  the 
very  natural  effect  of  raising.    Voltaire  was 
the  enemy  of  the  Church.    Rousseau  be- 
lieved in  the  efficacy  of  religion  as  a  means 
of   insuring   good   government.  Voltaire 
supported  the  existing  institutions  of  gov- 
ernment.   Rousseau     railed    against  the 
whole  temporal  fabric.    Each  exercised  a 
dissolvent  influence  of  a  distinctive  char- 
acter.   Rousseau's  was  the  more  far-reach- 
ing and  the  more  varied.    His  ideas  are 
popular  to  this  day.    His  political  ideas 
were  born  of  the  conviction  that  the  exist- 
ing" order  of  things  reduced  civilization  to  a 
nullity  for  the  great  majority  of  mankind 
who  were  wearing  their  lives  away  in  in- 
cessant toil  that  a  few  might  live.    He  be- 
lieved in  a  Utopia  in  which  all  men  would 
be  really  equal,  and  he  kindled  in  the  many 
a  hope  never  to  be  extinguished.    A  great 
visionary  and  sentimentalist  was  Rousseau, 
a  strange  combination  of  sophist  and  sound 
reasoner.    Of  course  he  was  a  Democrat 
in  the  true  sense  of  the  term,  but  he  had  no 
delusions  about  Democracy.    The  full  prac- 
tice of   Democracy,   he  said,   was  better 
suited  to  angels  than  to  men.    If  he  had 
lived  to  be  a  citizen  of  this  twentieth  cen- 
tury republic  the  Progressives  would  regard 
him  as  a  standpatter,  for  of  one  thing  Rous- 
seau was  most  assured — that  strength  is  not 
the  basis  of  authority.    Rousseau  was  a  man 
of  far-reaching  influence  not  only  in  politics, 
but  in  literature  and  art.    He  made  music 
the  fashion  in  France,  writing  about  it  with 
as  much  fervor  as  he  wrote  of  his  project 
for  perpetual  peace.    Yes,  Rousseau  was  the 
Carnegie   of   his   day.    He   was   also  an 
esthete,  and  he  roused  interest  in  interior 
decoration.    He  had  a  passion  for  manner 
in  writing,  and  formed  a  new  French  style. 
He  was  the  apostle  of  the  cult  of  nature- 
lovers,  the  first  of  rustic  ramblers  to  rouse 
general  interest  in  sermons  in  stones  and 
books  in  the  running  brooks.    When  we 
consider,  however,  the  number  of  his  dis- 
ciples who  are  glutting  the  market  with 
books  to  prove  their  superior  sympathy  with 
nature  in  her  varying  moods  we  are  not  at 
all  inclined  to  acknowledge  gratitude  to  the 
beloved   author   of   the   Confessions.  On 
the  whole  Rousseau  was  a  man  of  wonderful 
genius  and  of  many  beautiful  sentiments 
who  rendered  great  service  to  mankind.  If 
he  did  much  mischief  with  his  theories  of 
government  he  also  did  much  good. 


Steffens  At  It  Again 

Come  with  us  into  that  meadow  of  medioc- 
rity where  platitudes  pass  for  profound 
learning,  and  unctuous  egoism  for  a  divine 
mysticism,  and  sit  in  becoming  humility  at 
the  feet  of  the  little  Gamaliel  of  the  school 
of  theoretic  government — Mr.  Lincoln  Stef- 
fens. Perched  on  the  witness  stand  in  Los 
.Angeles,  a  self-satisfied  owl  in  the  midst  of 


darkness,  he  has  pity  for  the  Ijlindness  of 
the  infeiior  animals  by  whom  he  is  sur- 
rounded. 1  he  air  of  him  is  of  one  who 
might  have  invented  the  nebular  hypothesis. 
Me  is  the  picture  of  egoistic  complacency. 
Hearken  to  him,  and  you  might  suspect  that 
through  him  some  strange  spirit  dictates 
charades  for  the  mystification  of  the  be- 
nighted. He  was  in  sympathy  with  the  Mc- 
Xamaras,  he  tell  his  hearers,  because  in  con- 
versation with  them  he  learned  that  from 
experience  they  came  to  feel  that  there  was 
no  other  way  of  getting  justice.  He  did  not 
wish  to  see  them  punished  as  they  had  only 
committed  a  "revolutionary  crime";  that  is 
they  expressed  resentment  against  condi- 
tions. Besides,  believing  in  Christianity,  he 
is  not  satisfied  with  mere  justice;  he  is  in 
favor  of  "good  will,  and  understanding  and 
mercy."  The  adoring  lady  reporter  of  the 
Bulletin  tells  us  that  Mr.  Stefifens  "spoke 
carefully  and  with  infinite  patience,  as  if  he 
realized  that  these  ideas  were  new  to  the 
District  Attorney."  And  of  course  they 
were  new  to  that  painfully  sane  and  or- 
thodox individual.  To  the  lady  reporter, 
whose  brain  is  probably  a  congenial  nidus 
for  sublimated  flubdub,  Mr.  Steffens  spoke 
like  an  oracle,  only  with  less  of  equivoca- 
tion. Our  dogmatic  philosopher  disdains 
the  equivoke.  With  a  complex  web  of  con- 
tradictions for  a  creed  he  assigns  to  his 
dogmas  the  place  and  authority  of  first 
truths.  He  is  in  favor  of  more  than  jus- 
tice. He  recommends  mercy  and  good  will. 
Therefore  he  is  in  sympathy  with  the  Mc- 
Namaras  who  did  nothing  more  than  ex- 
press the  resentment  of  a  class  by  slaught- 
ering innocent  men  who  had  the  presump- 
tion to  earn  a  living.  If  in  cowardly  fashion 
the  McNamaras  made  widows  of  poor 
women  and  rendered  children  fatherless, 
why,  they  were  in  a  sense  justified  because 
they  were  personally  conducting  a  revolu- 
tion. This  is  Christianity  according  to  the 
Steffens  interpretation,  which  of  course  is 
infallible.  Also  it  is  justice  plus  mercy, 
good  will  and  understanding.  Justice  ac- 
cording to  the  Steffens'  concept  reminds  us 
of  charity  according  to  the  concept  of  an 
Englishman  whom  R.  B.  Cunninghame 
Graham  tells  us  about  in  the  preface  of  his 
book  entitled  "Charity."  This  Englishman 
was  stranded  in  Gibralter  where  he  won  the 
affections  of  a  woman  of  the  town  who  for 
many  months  fed  him  and  supplied  him  with 
money.  One  day  to  the  Englishman  came 
a  windfall  from  London.  He  packed  his 
duds  and  started  for  home.  Pacing  the 
deck  of  the  steamer  the  first  morning  out 
he  said  to  an  acquaintance :  "The  women, 
blast  them,  never  leave  a  man  alone.  I 
don't  know  if  you  saw  a  tall,  dark,  Spanish 
girl  talking  to  me  just  as  we  came  aboard. 
Well,  you  know,  don't  you  know,  I  was 
pretty  friendly  with  her  when  I  was  stuck 
in  'Gib,'  and  damn  it  all,  there  she  was  up 
on  the  mole  with  a  cow-hair  trunk,  corded 
with  bass  rope,  a  goldfinch  in  a  cage,  tears 
running  down  her  cheeks  and  bothering  me 
to  take  her  with  me.  Good  God,  a  pretty 
sight  I  should  have  looked  traveling  about. 


dra^^ging  a  Spanish  — .  I  like  her  well 
enough ;  but  what  I  say  is.  Charity  begins 
at  home,  my  boy.  Ah,  there's  the  dinner 
bell."  The  virtues  in  this  age  of  half-baked 
philosophy  are  as  defined  according  to  the 
individual  concept. 


The  Standpatters  of  Other  Days 

The  Bulletin  is  not  the  only  paper  dissat- 
isfied with  the  method  of  impeachment  pre- 
scribed by  the  Constitution  and  now  be- 
ing pursued  in  the  case  of  Judge  Archbald. 
There  are  other  theorists  who  regard  the 
method  as  too  slow,  and  who  would 
empower  the  representatives  of  the  people 
in  the  Lower  House  to  terrorize  the 
judiciary.  More  power  for  the  politicians 
fresh  from  their  constituents  is  what  our 
speed-lust  friends  of  the  Progressive  cult 
are  in  favor  of.  From  them  we  find  it 
refreshing  to  turn  to  the  slow-going 
standpatters  of  other  days.  Let  us  con- 
sult Joseph  Story  that  we  may  learn 
the  why  and  wherefore  of  the  method  of 
impeachment  established  by  the  old  fogy 
founders  of  this  ramshackle  republic.  "The 
great  objects  to  be  attained  in  the  selection 
of  a  tribunal  for  the  trial  of  impeachments," 
says  Story,  "are  impartiality,  integrity,  in- 
telligence and  independence,"  and  to  insure 
these  qualities,  "the  body  must  be,  in  some 
degree,  removed  from  popular  power  and 
passion,  from  the  influence  of  sectional 
prejudices  and  from  the  still  more  danger- 
ous influence  of  party  spirit."  It  was 
thought  in  the  old  days,  before  there  was 
any  thought  of  electing  Senators  by  direct 
vote  of  the  people,  that  the  Senate  was 
more  likely  to  possess  the  requisite  qualities 
as  a  court  of  impeachment  than  the  House 
of  Representatives  or  the  Congress.  The 
great  desideratum,  according  to  the  found- 
ers, was  the  safeguarding  of  accused  of- 
ficials from  public  clamor  which,  they  fore- 
saw, would  influence  Congressmen  elected 
by  the  people.  "Nothing  is  more  easy  in 
republics,"  says  Judge  Story,  "than  for 
demagogues,  under  artful  pretences  to  stir 
up  combinations  against  the  regular  ex- 
ercise of  authority  in  order  to  advance  their 
own  selfish  projects.  The  independence 
and  impartiality  of  upright  magistrates  often 
interpose  barriers  to  the  success  of  their 
schemes,  which  make  them  the  secret  en- 
emies of  any  regular  and  independent  ad- 
ministration of  justice."  Judge  Story 
wrote  in  1840  as  though  he  were  anticipat- 
ing the  Progressives  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury. 


I.VVIT.\TIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  Pt.ATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


I  uiv  27.  1912  TOWNTALK  o 


Varied  Types 


In  the  seventies  there  stood  at  Twenty-second 
and  Valencia  streets,  opposite  the  Horace  Mann 
school,  a  large  unpretentious  wooden  house  sur- 
rounded by  nearly  a  block  of  straggling  unkept 
garden.  The  street  had  been  graded,  and  the 
house  and  grounds  were  elevated  five  or  six  feet 
above  the  sidewalk.  That  old  house  and  the 
garden  with  its  tangle  of  fruit  trees  and  its  un- 
tended  rose  bushes  have  long  since  disappeared. 
But  oldtimers  in  the  Mission  will  remember  the 
place  as  the  home  of  the  Klumpke  family.  Out 
of  that  old  house  the  four  Klumpke  girls  went 
to  Paris  to  make  their  mark  in  the  big  world. 

The  eldest  girl  Augusta,  now  Mrs.  Jules 
Dejerine,  became  a  great  cancer  specialist.  She 
was  the  first  woman  admitted  to  medical  prac- 
tice in  the  Paris  hospitals.  The  second  girl 
Dorothea,  now  Mrs.  Isaac  Roberts,  became  a 
famous  astronomer  and  mathematician.  She 
was  deputed  one  year  to  study  the  Leonids  for 
the  Paris  Observatory.  The  city  was  enveloped 
in  dense  fog  during  the  three  nights  when  the 
phenomena  were  looked  for,  and  she  astonished 
Paris  by  making  a  balloon  ascension  above  the 
clouds,  remaining  in  the  upper  spaces  from  mid- 
night till  eight  in  the  morning  and  obtaining  per- 
fect observations  and  photographs.  A  third  sis- 
ter Julia  made  a  name  for  herself  in  music;  she 
is  a  well-known  violinist.  The  fourth,  Anna,  is 
the  most  famous  of  all.  She  studied  art,  dis- 
tinguished herself  in  the  Salon  and  became  the 
lifelong  associate  of  the  great  Rosa  Bonheur. 
She  devoted  years  to  the  preparation  of  Rosa 
Bonheur's  biography,  and  the  book,  written  in 
French,  is  the  standard  life  of  the  animal  painter. 
When  Rosa  Bonheur  died,  Anna  Klumpke  in- 
herited her  fortune  of  several  million  francs  and 
her  famous  home  and  studio  at  By-Thomery  near 
Fontainebleau. 

Anna  Klumpke  is  now  in  San  Francisco.  She 
has  come  to  paint  the  portrait  of  her  octogenarian 
father,  John  G.  Klumpke,  before  he  dies. 

Anna  Klumpke  has  a  European  reputation  as 
a  portrait  painter.  Yet  outside  of  her  relatives 
very  few  indeed  seem  to  be  aware  that  she  is  in 
San  Francisco.  Her  family  connections  are 
large,  consisting  mostly  of  cousins.  These  are 
Mrs.  Emma  Brackett  of  Alameda,  Mrs  Sophie 
Jensen  of  Burlingame,  Mrs.  Lillie  Farnsworth, 
Mrs.  M'liss  Boothby  and  Oscar  Tolle  of  this 
city.  Miss  Klumpke  has  been  visiting  among 
them,  and  making  quiet  preparations  for  an  ex- 
hibition of  her  pictures  which  she  intends  to  give 
later. 

Miss  Klumpke  is  not  a  young  woman  in  years, 
but  devotion  to  art  has  kept  her  spirit  youthful. 
She  has  a  sweet  smile  which  illuminates  a  face 
that  bespeaks  strong  character  in  every  feature. 
She  likes  to  talk  of  art,  but  she  loves  to  talk 
of  Rosa  Bonheur,  and  when  the  name  of  the 
great  artist  who  was  her  friend  is  on  her  lips 
her  face  is  radiant. 

Sitting  with  her  in  the  parlor  of  the  very  old 
house  in  Chestnut  street  which  is  the  home  of 
her  father,  I  was  fascinated  by  the  pleasure  she 
took  in  turning  over  the  leaves  of  her  biography 
of  Rosa  Bonheur  and  pointing  out  beautiful  re- 
productions of  the  great  masterpieces  one  after 
the  other. 

"When  I  was  a  little  girl  in  San  Francisco," 
she  said,  "I  heard  a  great  deal  about  Rosa  Bon- 
heur.   Her  'Horse  Fair"  was  being  exhibited  in 


LXXXIV— ANNA  KLUMPKE 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

the  large  cities  of  the  United  States,  and  like 
so  many  other  families  we  had  a  copy  of  it  hang- 
ing in  our  parlor.  My  mother  used  to  talk  to 
me  about  Rosa  Bonheur.  Some  times  she  would 
remark  how  fine  it  would  be  if  I  should  grow  up 
to  be  a  great  artist  like  her. 

"About  1880  I  went  to  Paris  and  began  to  study 
art.  I  saw  Rosa  Bonheur's  picture  'Plowing  in 
the  Nivernais'  in  the  Luxembourg  Gallery  and  set 
myself  to  copy  it.  I  could  not  paint  from  life 
yet,  but  I  could  copy  pretty  well.  Copying  that 
picture  brought  me  good  luck.  I  sold  it  for  two 
hundred  dollars  and  used  the  money  to  enter 
Julian's  Academy  where  Tony  Robert  Fleury  was 
the  master  and  Jules  Lefebvre  was  one  of  the  in- 
structors. 


riioto,  Vaughan  and  Fraser 


MISS  ANN.\  KLUMPKE 

"There  were  several  girls  at  Julian's.  One  of 
t!icm  was  Marie  Bashkirtchefif.  Marie  was  ex- 
ceedingly gifted,  as  you  know,  and  a  very  nice 
comrade.  At  the  end  of  the  term  we  had  what 
the  French  call  'concours,'  a  competition  for  a 
medal.  Marie  worked  just  in  back  of  me  and  she 
said  to  me  one  day  during  the  competition,  'Do 
you  expect  to  get  the  medal?  You  will  be  dis- 
appointed. I  am  going  to  win.'  I  replied  to  her, 
'Nevertheless  I  am  going  to  try.'  'If  you  win,' 
she  said  laughing,  'I'll  pay  for  the  punch,"  re- 
ferring to  the  little  festivity  we  had  on  these  oc- 
casions. Our  work  was  not  signed,  so  the  jury 
did  not  know  one  picture  from  another.  They 
decided  that  there  were  two  equally  good,  and 
that  two  silver  medals  should  be  given.  The 
winners  were  Mile.  Real  Delsarte  who  had  won 
medals  before,  and  myself.  Marie  Bashkirtchefif 
was  not  even  given  a  mention.  She  was  quite 
angry  and  stayed  away  for  two  weeks.  And 
when  she  came  back  I  didn't  have  the  courage 
to  remind  her,  'You  promised  the  punch.' 

"All  this  time  I  continued  to  be  interested  in 
the  works  of  Rosa  Bonheur.  Often  I  used  to  say, 
'Oh,  if  I  could  only  meet  this  wonderful  woman!' 


In  1885  I  received  an  honorable  mention  at  the 
Salon.  And  in  1889  I  received  the  Temple  gold 
medal  in  Philadelphia  for  the  best  figure  paint- 
ing. That  was  my  great  year,  for  I  also  re- 
ceived that  year  a  silver  medal  at  Versailles,  a 
bronze  medal  at  the  Universal  Exposition,  and 
on  the  second  of  October  I  met  Rosa  Bonheur." 

"You  see,"  said  Miss  Klumpke  smiling,  "I  re- 
member the  date.  Every  detail  of  that  first  meet- 
ing, every  word  that  was  spoken  is  impressed 
vividly  on  my  mind. 

"It  happened  that  she  wanted  a  wild  horse  from 
the  prairies  for  one  of  her  pictures,  and  a  gentle- 
man I  knew  obtained  it  for  her.  But  he  spoke 
no  French,  and  he  asked  me  to  go  with  him  to 
Rosa  Bonheur's  studio  at  By-Thomery. 

"  'Oh,  I  have  seen  your  work,'  she  cried  when 
we  met.  'I  have  seen  your  portait  of  your 
mother.' 

"That  portrait  was  in  the  Salon  of  that  year. 
Rosa  Bonheur  was  good  enough  to  praise  it  as 
well  as  others  of  my  pictures.  I  was  surprised 
that  she  knew  them. 

"After  that  I  was  persuaded  by  one  of  my 
friends  to  ask  her  to  pose  for  me.  She  consented 
and  I  went  to  By-Thomery  again.  After  I  had 
finished  the  portrait  she  asked  me  to  live  with 
her.  She  thought  that  I  looked  like  her  mother 
whom  she  had  lost  when  quite  young.  She  also 
asked  me  to  write  her  life. 

"I  did  not  live  with  Rosa  Bonheur  for  a  very 
long  time,  but  it  is  not  the  length  of  time  which 
makes  friendship;  it  is  the  expression  of  sj'm- 
pathy  which  comes  from  the  companionship. 

"At  her  death,  as  you  perhaps  know,  she  gave 
me  all  she  had,  asking  me  to  care  for  her  people 
according  to  her  desires. 

"I  keep  her  studio  just  as  it  was  during  her 
life.  I  allow  it  to  be  visited,  and  many  people 
go  to  By-Thomery  to  see  it.  I  charge  a  small 
sum  which  goes  to  a  bed  I  founded  in  Rosa  Bon- 
heur's memory  in  the  hospital  at  Fontainebleau. 
I  have  also  founded  in  her  honor  a  yearly  prize 
rf  three  hundred  dollars  at  the  Salon.  It  is 
awarded  for  the  best  picture  containing  animals. 
The  greatest  satisfaction  I  have  in  life  is  to 
keep  her  memory  green. 

"It  is  a  wonderful  thing,  is  it  not?  for  a  girl 
to  go  to  Paris  from  our  beautiful  Golden  Gate 
and  become  the  friend  of  Rosa  Bonheur." 

And  I  agreed  heartily. 

Miss  Klumpke  showed  me  copies  of  many  of 
her  portraits.  She  has  painted  many  distin- 
guished people,  among  thein  Madame  Marches!, 
Madame  Flammarion,  the  wife  of  the  astronomer, 

(Cuiitinucrl  on   Page  13.) 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zeppelin  Airship? 

Get  profframi  of  our  Famous  Pleasure  Cruises 
Handsomely  illustated  pamphleU  gratis. 

HAMBURG-AMERICAN  LINE 

160  POWELL  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


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July  27,  1912 


Correspondence 


Clemency  for  Ruef 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  One  of  your  con- 
temporaries commenting  on  Ruef's  application 
for  a  hearing  before  the  Pardons  Board  says, 
"No  one  has  yet  advanced  the  faintest  reason 
why  clemency  should  be  directed  to  this  par- 
ticular criminal  except  the  inanely  weak  plea 
that  there  are  bad  men  outside  the  prison  as 
well  as  in";  also,  "The  only  valid  plea  that  could 
be  made  in  favor  of  Ruef  is  the  plea  that  he  is 
innocent."  This  was  probably  written  by  an 
editor  in  a  state  of  disgust  induced  by  the  maw- 
kish sentimentality  and  sickening  hypocrisy  of  the 
men  behind  the  freedom-for-Ruef  movement. 
One  may  sympathize  with  the  nauseated  editor 
and  at  the  same  time  dissent  from  his  views.  I 
have  no  interest  in  Ruef,  but  I  believe,  and  I  am 
sure  you  will  agree  with  me  that  a  man  in  a 
civil  or  criminal  action  is  entitled  to  a  fair  and 
impartial  trial  and  that  if  he  has  not  had  such  a 
trial  he  should  not  be  punished  in  pocket  or 
person.  These  principles  are  of  more  importance 
than  the  fate  of  a  thousand  Ruefs.  They  lie  at 
the  foundation  of  justice  even  as  justice  is  the 
foundation  of  every  government  worth  preserv- 
ing. The  real  question  then  is  not  whether  Ruef 
is  an  objectionable  or  vicious  character;  not 
whether  he  debauched  supervisors  and  preyed 
on  the  community;  not  whether  he  has  or  has 
not  committed  crimes  for  which  he  merits  his 
present  punishment;  but  whether  within  the  laws 
of  the  land  to  which  he  and  all  others  are  en- 
titled to  look  for  justice  and  equal  protection,  he 
was  fairly  tried  and  convicted.  If  not,  if  in  sub- 
stantial particulars  he  was  denied  such  a  trial, 
then  it  must  be  admitted  that  the  nauseated 
editor  erred  in  saying  that  the  Ruef  case  is  not 
to  be  differentiated  from  that  of  any  "murderer, 
burglar  or  thug."  Were  there,  then,  any  matters 
essential  to  fair  and  orderly  judicial  procedure 
in  which  Ruef  was  deprived  of  his  rights?  The 
answer  is:  Many. — 

1.  He  was  tried  before  Judge  Lawlor,  upon 
whose  conduct  in  this  and  like  cases  the  Bar 
Association  of  San  Francisco  has  recently  set  the 
seal  of  its  disapproval  by  refusing  him  an  en- 
dorsement for  re-election.  A  brief  of  542  pages 
is  of  record  in  the  Court  of  Appeals,  every  word 
of  it  addressed  to  the  misconduct  of  Lawlor. 

2.  The  jury  was  a  packed  jury  secured  by  the 
Hcney  and  Burns  of  the  Jones  case  of 
Oregon  and  by  the  same  methods  employed 
in  that  case;  methods  which  the  very  Depart- 
ment of  Justice  of  the  United  States  which  em- 
ployed Heney  has  declared  so  outrageous  to  fair- 
play  and  decency  as  to  demand  the  pardon  of 
the  man  so  convicted.  That  pardon  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  himself  a  high  judge, 
has  granted:  Because  of  these  practices,  Heney 
himself  should  be  disbarred  and  Burns  forever 
forbidden  to  produce  evidence  before  a  court  of 
justice. 

3.  Haas  shot  Heney  during  this  trial.  That 
shooting  spelled  conviction  for  Ruef  before  that 
jury.  He  made  every  effort  for  continuance  un- 
til passion  should  cool,  but  his  motions  were,  of 
course,  denied.  It  was  venomously  suggested 
and  charged  that  Ruef  had  inspired  the  shooting, 
and  subtly  to  impress  this  on  the  jury  Judge  Law- 
lor ordered  Ruef  in  custody  and  kept  him  in 
custody  during  the  remainder  of  the  trial,  not- 
withstanding his  heavy  bail.  Thus  with  devilish 
ingenuity  he  conveyed  the  idea  to  the  jury  that 
while  free  on  bail  as  to  the  charge  on  trial  Ruef 
•was  held  in  imprisonment  on  the  charge  of  mur- 
dering Heney. 


4.  At  this  time  Hiram  Johnson  came  into  the 
case.  Johnson's  ability  to  tear  a  passion  into 
tatters  and  invoke  the  "living  God  on  High"  for 
self-aggrandizement  or  for  lucre  is  his  conspicous 
as  it  has  proved  his  most  valuable  asset.  The 
shooting  of  Heney,  so  the  court  solemnly  de- 
clared, should  not  be  commented  on.  Yet  here 
follow  extracts  from  the  speech  of  Johnson  which 
could  be  multiplied  a  hundred  times:  "All  this 
tommy-rot,  all  this  wandering  about,  all  this  trial, 
trouble,  tribulation — all  this  blood — all  to  deter- 
mine what?"  "Away  with  the  bribers  of  wit- 
nesses; away  with  the  bribers  of  jurors;  away 
with  the  dynamiters;  away  with  the  assassins; 
away  with  them  all,  and  if  you  don't  do  it  we 
want  to  know  the  reason  why."  Mr.  Johnson 
knew  the  city  was  aflame  with  passion  over  the 
shooting  of  Heney,  knew  the  jury  knew  it,  and 
knew  that  with  a  complacent  judge  he  could 
threaten  the  jury.  Read  these  extracts  from  his 
"argument"  delivered  in  a  court  of  law.  "Are 
you  in  the  face  of  that,  to  turn  him  loose  and 
tell  him  hence  to  go:  And  if  you  are  ready  to  do 
it,  by  the  gods  above,  we  will  know  the  reason 
you  are  ready  to  do  it  before  this  trial  is  past." 
But  Mr.  Johnson  is  as  versatile  in  his  religious 
beliefs  as  in  his  political.  Elsewhere  he  becomes 
a  monotheist;  as  witness:  "Why,  if  you  don't 
convict  this  man,  may  God  in  his  infinite  mercy 
or  worse  call  upon  you  the  consequences  of  your 
act.  If  when  he  pleads  himself  guilty  as  he  has 
in  this  case,  you  dare  to  violate  your  oaths  and 
say  he  is  not  guilty,  may  the  good  God  deal  with 
you  because,  by  Heavens,  the  People  will  not." 
Is  comment  on  this  necessary? 

5.  Judge  Lawlor  instructed  the  jury  as  did 
Judge  Dunne  in  the  Coffey  case  that  Gallagher, 
particeps  criminis  with  Ruef  was  not  .in  accom- 
plice. The  Coffey  case  had  been  ordered  to 
hearing  before  the  Supreme  Court  because  of  this 
very  instruction.  The  same  question  was  in  the 
Ruef  case  and  the  same  order  for  hearing  before 
the  Supreme  Court  was  naturally  made.  For  here- 
in the  two  cases  were  identical.  The  Supreme 
Court  in  the  Coffey  case  by  six  of  its  justices. 
Justice  Angellotti  for  some  undisclosed  reason 
failing  either  to  concur  or  dissent,  held  and 
showed  that  the  instruction  was  in  conflict  with 
the  law  and  with  every  decision  of  this  State  and 
of  every  other  State  save  one,  and  granted  Coffey 
a  new  trial.  At  the  time  the  order  was  granted 
a  hearing,  before  the  Ruef  case  in  the  Supreme 
Court  became  operative.  Justice  Hen^ihaw,  who 
had  signed  it  before  his  departure,  was  absent 
from  the  State.  The  very  technical  ground  was 
advanced  and  upheld  that  his  signature  under 
these  circumstances  was  without  legal  efficacy. 
Concededly  it  was  a  new  point;  concededly  the 
members  of  the  court  had  always  acted  in  the 
same  way  never  doubting  the  validity  of  an  order 
so  made.  For  it  is  unbelievable  that  Justices 
Shaw  and  Sloss  who  concurred  in  the  Coffey 
decision,  would  not  themselves  have  signed  the 
order  had  they  not  believed  it  carried  sufficient 
signatures.  Yet  because  of  this  technical  matter, 
and  through  no  fault  of  his  own  Ruef  was  denied 
a  rehearing  which  could  have  resulted  only  in  one 
way. 

I  am  a  lawyer  who  writes  with  absolute  in- 
difference to  Ruef  as  a  man,  but  with  a  pro- 
found interest  in  the  due  administration  of  jus- 
tice. But  this  at  least  should  be  remembered  and 
recorded  to  his  credit.  He  is  not  in  prison  for 
any  crime  which  he  did  commit.  Heney  and 
Spreckels  and  Older  gave  him  complete  immunity 
as  to  all  of  them.    He  is  in  prison  for  the  crime 


he  would  not  commit —  the  crime  of  bearing  false 
witness  against  his  fellow  .  man.  Who  doubts 
but  that  Ruef  would  be  free  today  had  he  been 
willing  to  testify  as  the  public  prosecutors  de- 
manded? Who  shall  measure  the  force  of  the 
temptations  and  coercions  that  were  employed  to 
break  his  will  to  this  base  end?  That  they  failed 
to  bend  him,  that  depraved  as  he  is  said  to  tie, 
he  steadfastly  refused  to  buy  his  freedom  at  the 
price  of  this  infamy,  stamps  him  in  the  judgment 
of  the  writer  a  better  man  than  his  tempters.  So 
I  appeal  from  the  editor  nauseated  to  the  editor 
composed,  and  ask  you  whether  there  are  not 
here  circumstances  which  differentiate  Ruef's 
case  from  the  ordinary;  whether  he  has  not  been 
denied  his  constitutional  right  to  a  fair  and  im- 
partial trial,  and  whether  the  Governor  of  the 
State,  to  repair  the  part  he  took  in  this  judicial 
outrage,  ought  not  to  extend  executive  clemency 
to  Ruef — as  the  President  of  the  United  States 
upon  a  showing  not  half  so  black  has  felt  im- 
pelled to  do  in  the  case  of  Jones? 

Respectfully, 

— A  Lawyer. 


Not  a  Bad  Idea 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Why  don't  you  appl 
to  Terrible  Teddy  the  words  which  Lor 
Beaconsfield  used  with  reference  to  Gladstone 
Beaconsfield  called  Gladstone  "a  sophistica 
rhetorician  inebriated  with  the  exuberance  of  hi 
own  verbosity  and  gifted  with  an  egotistical  im 
agination  that  can  at  all  times  command  an  in 
terminable  and  inconsequent  series  of  argument 
to  malign  an  opponent  and  to  glorify  himself.' 
Seems  to  me  these  words  fit  Teddy  much  mor 
closely  than  they  ever  fitted  Gladstone. 

Respectfully, 

— Historicus. 


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TOWN  TALK 


Perspective  Impressions 


Why  does  Grandmother  Works  insist  on  being 
accouched  of  his  ideas  in  public? 


We  miss  Mary  Garden.  Isn't  it  time  she  got 
into  the  papers  again? 


Rudolph  Spreckels  must  be  a  boon  to  the  tel- 
egraph companies. 


We  are  for  the  public  ownership  of  wild  game, 
but  opposed  on  ultra-progrcssive-humanitarian 
grounds  to  the  killing  of  wild  game.  Let  the 
public  catch  the  wild  game,  and  make  household 
pets  of  the  graceful  duck  and  the  musical  quail. 
Thus  will  direct  action  go  hand  in  hand  with  the 
uplift. 


The  forty  politicians  who  want  Works  to  re- 
sign ought  to  try  Christian  Science. 


A  problem  in  State  politics:  Of  the  forty 
Progessives  who  called  for  the  resignation  of 
Senator  Works  how  many  want  his  job? 


Anyway  "Mission  Jim"  has  given  us  a  "munic- 
ipal band."  But  has  municipal  music  charms  to 
soothe  the  overpulled  taxpayer's  leg? 


The  Prohibitionists  demand  uniform  marriage 
and  divorce  laws.  Will  unifortnity  in  these  mat- 
ters solve  the  problem  of  the  high  cost  of  living? 


If,  as  the  New  York  World  says,  suicide  in- 
creases with  education,  should  we  not  on  the  prin- 
ciple of  all  our  popular  prohibitions  either  close 
our  schools  or  hang  our  dangerous  college  pro- 
fessors? 


Comely  girl  in  Macon,  Ga.,  dragged  from  her 
bed,  stripped  and  scourged  by  two  men  because 
a  youth  was  infatuated  with  her. — News  item. 
Brethren,  we  are  today  receiving  contributions  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  Mission  in  China.  Let 
us  not  forget,  we  who  are  enjoying  all  the  benefits 
of  a  Christian  civilization,  that  it  is  our  duty 
to  rescue  the  heathen  from  eternal  damnation. 


"Scandal  In  The  Police  Department." — News- 
paper headline.  That's  one  thing  the  police 
never  arrest. 


The  club  woman  of  Chicago  have  started  a 
crusade  against  tight  skirts  because,  says  a  press 
despatch,  "tight  skirts  are  constructed  with  the 
sole  idea  of  displaying  feminine  charms."  How 
unreasonable!  The  sole  idea  is  the  tight  skirt's 
sole  justification. 


How  singular  that  a  society  girl  should  go  to 
Los  Angeles  to  voice  a  protest  against  chaperons! 
Los  Angeles  is  the  chaperon  of  cities.  Los  An- 
geles is  the  municipilization  of  Mrs.  Grundy.  Los 
.\ngeles  is  paternalism  run  mad.  Los  Angeles  is 
Puritanism  incorporated.  Los  Angeles  is  Peck- 
sniff communized.  In  Los  Angeles  everybody 
has  a  virtuous  eye  for  sins  he  has  no  mind  to 
and  rebates  on  sins  that  he's  inclined  to. 


The  Rag 


Jean  Pornic,  seaman  in  the  ship  commanded  by 
Romainville,  had  conducted  himself  well.  He  had 
been  a  good  sailor,  faithful  to  duty.  He  was 
frank,  exact,  neat  and  willing.  His  officers  re- 
gretted that  his  lack  of  education  forbade  his  pro- 
motion. As  he  was  active  and  quick-witted  (a 
quality  even  more  desirable  at  sea  than  ashore), 
Romainville  had  taken  him  for  his  personal  at- 
tendant. While  the  ship  was  in  the  harbor  of 
Brest,  Pornic  was  admirable.  If  he  was  a  little 
the  worse  for  cider  once  or  twice,  the  fact  was 
not  known  to  the  crew.  What  was  known  was 
that  he  was  obedient,  faithful,  and,  in  short,  every- 
thing that  a  seaman  ought  to  be. 

But  Romainville  was  ordered  to  a  ship  in  the 
harbor  of  Toulon,  and  in  a  wine  shop  near  the 
wharves  Pornic  fell  under  the  spell  of  an  anarchist 
propagandist.  Sitting  in  the  wine  shop,  elbows 
on  the  table,  chin  in  hands,  he  listened  on  until, 
won  by  the  fiery  eloquence  of  the  radical,  he  be- 
lieved and  felt  in  his  inmost  soul  all  that  he 
heard. 

His  calm  nature  and  the  lack  of  occasion  pre- 
vented an  exposure  of  his  new  ideas.  In  the  ship 
he  was  close  to  the  commander,  and  the  com- 
mander's indulgence  gave  him  no  excuse  for  re- 
volt. But  as  his  convictions  gained  strength,  his 
manner  changed  and  his  mocking  air  and  the 
strange  look  in  his  brown  eyes  attracted  the 
officer's  attention.  Romainville  attributed  the 
man's  defiant  looks  to  consciousness  of  some 
secret  business  of  a  purely  personal  character;  so, 
shutting  himself  in  his  room  with  Pornic,  he 
talked  as  a  father  talks  to  a  son  of  temptations 
and  the  dangers  of  life. 

Pornic  did  not  answer. 

A  little  later  the  ship  received  sailing  orders. 
The  roll  was  called.    Pornic  was  not  there. 

"I  guessed  aright!"  thought  Romainville.  "He 
has  been  bewitched  by  a  girl,  and  now,  when  I 
am  ready  to  sail,  he  is  gone!" 

He  held  the  ship  and  a  search  gang  went  ashore. 

They  found  Pornic  in  a  wine  shop  with  three 
anarchists.    All  four  were  on  fire   with  drink. 


By  Leon  Berthaut  (From  the  French) 

Pornic  cursed  the  navy,  threatened  to  blow  up 
the  ship,  and,  aided  by  the  anarchists,  fought  the 
seamen.  The  seamen  sent  them  rolling  under  the 
tables;  then  they  dragged  their  drunkard  back  to 
duty. 

In  the  commander's  office,  alone  with  Romain- 
ville, Pornic  opened  his  heart. 

"Absent  without  leave?  I'm  a  free  man,  ain't 
I?  The  Navy?  Sheep!  The  country?  One 
country's  as  good  as  another!  The  flag?  A  rag! 
Let  it  go  hang!" 

Romainville  eyed  him;  then,  taking  him  by  the 
arms,  he  shoved  him  toward  the  door. 

"Go  to  bed!"  he  said  sternly.  "Turn  in  at  once! 
You  are  drunk  and  a  man  drunk  is  a  beast.  I 
will  talk  to  you  tomorrow." 

Pornic  glared.  "I'll  sleep  here!"  he  said 
roughly.  "I  like  this  place.  What's  good  for  you 
is  good  for  me!" 

Romainville  spoke  in  a  low  voice.  "Be  still! 
If  you  are  heard  discipline  will  force- me  to  punish 
you." 

A  flood  of  abuse  rushed  to  the  sailor's  lips. 
The  commander  forced  him  to  the  door.  At  the 
door  Pornic  turned  and  struck  the  commander  in 
the  face;  the  blow  fell  just  above  the  jaw.  "If 
it  leaves  a  mark,"  Romainville  said  to  himself,  "I 
can  say  that  I  ran  against  my  door  in  the  dark. 
The  man  is  drunk;  he  is  not  responsible." 

Using  but  little  of  his  herculean  strength,  he 
threw  the  sailor,  held  him  down  with  one  hand 
and  with  the  other  opened  a  cupboard  and  took 
out  a  roll  of  stout  webbing.  With  that  he  bound 
Pornic  hand  and  foot.  Then  he  laid  him  on  the 
floor  by  the  wall. 

"Lie  there,"  he  said  calmly.  "Sleep  off  your 
drink.    In  the  morning  we  will  talk." 

Morning  came.  Pornic  was  sober.  Romain- 
ville set  him  free. 

"Now,  Pornic,"  said  he,  "Attention!  Mark  well 
what  I  say  to  you.  This  matter  is  between  you 
and  me.  Last  night,  when  senseless  from  drink, 
you  struck  me.  May  the  Eternal  Judge  deal 
with  me  as  I  deal  with  you!    .    .    .    In  my  own 


country  I  have  a  brother.  His  eyes  are  like  your 
eyes.  .  .  .  When  I  look  at  you  I  think  of 
him." 

In  silence  Pornic  listened.  Romainville  said  in 
a  low  voice:  "You  may  go,  Pornic.  The  ship 
sailed  at  midnight.  We  are  on  blue  water.  When 
the  sea  has  spoken  to  you  with  all  its  voices,  I 
will  talk  to  you  again." 

Pornic  saluted,  and  without  a  word  passed  from 
the  commander's  presence.  Romainville  said  to 
himself,  "I  have  ignored  discipline,  but  before  the 
law  of  Arms  comes  the  law  of  Love.  It  was  not 
the  man  that  did  the  evil;  it  was  the  drink.  He 
is  in  my  hands,  he  is  weak,  I  am  strong.  The 
vast  solitude  of  the  sea  will  bring  him  to  him- 
self. He  will  come  back  to  me,  and  at  the  last 
I  shall  be  glad  that  I  spared  him." 

But  the  days  passed  and  Pornic  showed  no  sign 
of  softening.  He  did  his  work,  but  his  averted 
eyes  were  hard.  They  reached  the  west  coast  of 
Africa.  The  ship  entered  a  harbor  shut  in  by 
mountains.  The  day  was  closing,  and  the  flag, 
hailed  by  the  clarions,  had  fluttered  down.  The 
rich  light  of  the  African  sunset  gave  mysterious 
meaning  to  the  always  impressive  beauty  of  the 
salute  to  the  colors.  Romainville's  eyes  rested 
on  the  grave  faces  of  the  seamen  and  his  heart 
thrilled.    Pornic  saw  the  tears  on  the  bronzed 


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Poems  About  San  Francisco 

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L— SAILING 

By  Herbert  Bashford 


Wind  and  wave  and  gold-washed  weather, 
Wind  flung  loose  and  wave  set  free; 

She  and  I  alone  t<jgether 
Sailing  on  a  sapphire  sea. 

Clang  and  clamor  of  the  crowded 
City  street  we  hear  no  more — 

Only  billows,  foam  enshrouded. 
Freighting  music  to  the  shore. 


Sail  full-blown  and  sharp  prow  flinging 

Floods  of  song  on  either  side; 
White  gulls  in  the  wide  blue  winging — 
■  Gipsies  of  the  roving  tide! 

Peaks  afar  that  know  the  splendor 
Of  the  sunset's  waste  of  wine; 

Twilight  sky  grown  strangely  tender. 
Like  the  eyes  that  look  in  mine! 


George  Wingfield  Explains 

George  Wingfield  never  had  any  intention  of 
accepting  Governor  Oddie's  ofTer  of  the  United 
States  senatorship.    "I  took  a  couple  of  days  to 
think  it  over,"  he  told  me  the  other  day,  "but  my 
mind  was  made  up  the  moment  the  oflFer  was 
made  to  me.    It  was  very  flattering.    It  was  very 
nice  of  the  Governor  to  offer  me  my  old  partner's 
place.    And  it  was  fine  to  have  every  newspaper 
in  the  State,  Republican  and  Democratic,  with 
just  two  exceptions,  say  that  they  approved  of 
me  for  the  Senate.    I  appreciate  all  that  very 
much.    But  I  decided  not  to  take  it  the  minute 
the  Governor  made  the  offer.    .\nd  I  didn't  recon- 
sider my  decision.    Besides,  I  didn't  like  to  think 
of  going  away  from  my  place  in  Lassen  County." 
George  Wingfield  has  a  wonderful  estate  in  Cali- 
fornia.   His  eye  sparkles  when  he  talks  about  it. 
There  are  twenty-one  hundred  acres  of  land,  farm, 
orchard,  water  and  game  preserve  surrounded,  as 
he  informed  me,  by  a  close-meshed  wire  fence 
eight  feet  high.    There  is  a  comfortable  home  on 
this  great  place;  there  are  two  lakes  and  a  stream 
plentifully  stocked  with  fish.    In   the  preserves 
are    deer,    elk,    grouse,   partridge,    pheasant — all 
sorts  of  game  to  gladden  the  hearts  of  Wing- 
field's  sportsmen  friends.    The  place  is  still  in  the 
making.    It  is  only  two  years  old,  and  it  will 
take  at  least  three  more  to  get  it  into  good  shape. 
It  is  only  four  miles  by  motor  from  Reno,  and 
Wingfield   likes   to  run   across   the   border  fre- 
quently to  look  it  over.    Washington  is  a  long 
way  from  that  estate  in  Lassen.    So  Diocletian 
sticks  to  his  cabbages.     Cincinattus  refuses  to  leave 
his  plow. 


As  To  Newlands 

It  is  pretty  well  known  that  Xewlands  and 
Wingfield  are  not  the  best  of  friends.  So  I  asked 
him  if  he  intended,  later  on,  to  give  battle  for 
the  United  States  Senatorship  to  the  dapper 
little  part-owner  of  our  Palace  Hotel.  "I've  never 
given  it  any  thought,"  he  answered.  Which  is 
an  answer  sufficiently  vague  to  lend  itself  to  the 


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speculative  purposes  of  those  who  figure  out 
future  political  events.  The  nearest  I  came  to 
making  Wingfield  commit  himself  in  the  matter 
was  when  he  discussed  political  parties.  I  asked 
him  whether  he  was  a  Republican  or  a  Democrat. 
"The  parties  are  so  shot  to  pieces  that  it's  hard 
for  anybody  to  say  what  he  is,"  was  his  reply. 
"But  if  you  ran  for  office,"  I  said.  "Oh,  if  I  ran 
for  office  I  suppose  I'd  run  as  a  Republican,"  he 
answered.  If  Senator  Newlands  can  decide  from 
that  whether  George  Wingfield  is  to  be  his  next 
opponent  for  the  Senatorship,  he's  a  better 
guesser  of  Delphic  riddles  than  I  am. 


He  Was  Not  Grub-Staked 

"How  much  truth  is  there  in  that  story  about 
Senator  Xixon  grub-staking  you?"  Wingfield  was 
asked.  The  reference  was  to  that  yarn  about 
Nixon  passing  a  stack  of  twenties  across  the 
counter  of  his  bank  to  the  impecunious  Wingfield, 
and  about  Wingfield  taking  Nixon  in  on  his  pros- 
pects when  he  struck  it  rich.  "I've  never  taken 
the  trouble  to  deny  that  story,"  said  Wingfield. 
"The  fact  is  I  didn't  like  to  deny  it.  But  it's 
just  about  as  true  as  that  story  a  New  York 
paper  had  about  the  notches  on  my  gun.  Nixon 
never  grub-staked  me  any  more  than  you  did.  I 
knew  Nixon  from  the  time  when  I  was  a  boy  in 
Winncmucca.  In  1902  I  went  to  Tonopah  to  look 
things  over.  While  I  was  there  Nixon  wrote  to 
me.  asking  what  I  thought  about  the  camp.  I 
wrote  to  him  that  I  thought  it  was  worth  while. 
He  came  to  Tonopah  and  went  in  with  me.  That's 
how  we  started  together.  And  we  stayed  to- 
gether for  seven  years." 


Overheard  in  Grant  Avenue 

It  was  a  motley  crowd  of  the  great  unsoaped. 
Concerning  their  character  it  need  only  be  said 
that  they  were  not  as  bad  as  Lincoln  StefTcns 
professes  to  be,  for  they  were  not  Christians; 
merely  socialists  and  anarchists.  One  sweating 
Won't-Work  was  telling  the  toilers  present  about 
their  wrongs.  "Look  about  you  at  the  homes 
in  this  great  city,"  he  cried  raucously.  "Who 
built  'em?  Why,  you  workingmen!  And  who 
ought  to  live  in  'em?  Why,  you  workingmen! 
Every  worker  is  entitled  to  the  fruit  of  his  hon- 
est toil."  He  paused  for  applause  and  got  it. 
Then  up  spake  a  mild  little  man  with  a  mild  lit- 
tle voice.  "I'm  a  tailor,"  he  confessed.  "Do  you 
mean  to  say  that  if  I  make  a  pair  of  pants  for 
one  of  my  customers  I  ought  to  wear  'em?"  The 
sweating  Won't-Work  regarded  the  little  man 
with  scorn.  "Men  like  you,"  he  thundered,  "are 
a  bar  to  progress." 


She  Thinks  Bacon  Wrote  'Em 

Gertrude  Atherton  is  the  very  latest  to  an- 
nounce herself  a  Baconian.  In  a  recent  interview 
she  thus  declared  herself:  "Bacon  wrote 
Shakespeare,  and  there  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind 
but  that  Bacon  was  the  son  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
and  Dudley.  Some  friends  of  mine  in  England 
have  been  urging  me  to  write  a  novel  with  Bacon 
as  the  hero.  I  should  of  course  tell  how  he 
wrote  the  plays  while  he  was  in  priscjn,  and  the 
book  would  be  to  the  Baconians  what  "Julia 
France'  is  to  the  suflfragettes.  The  difficulty  is 
that  most  people  who  have  not  gone  into  the 
subject  consider  the  advocates  of  the  Bacon  au- 
thorship cranks.  In  a  novel  one  does  not  prove 
statements,  nor  can  one  bring  out  a  body  of  au- 
thority, so  by  making  the  Baconian  theory  the 
underlying  idea  of  the  story,  I  should  in  all 
likelihood  lay  myself  open  to  ridicule — instead  of 
consideration.  Moreover,  I  prefer  to  depict 
modern  life." 


A  Thesis  Novel 

In  saying  that  one  cannot  bring  out  a  body 
of  authority  in  a  novel  Mrs.  Atherton  slights  the 
work  of  our  fellow-townsman  Wilbur  Zeigler. 
Before  Wilbur  turned  to  the  dryasdust  activities 
of  the  law  he  wielded  a  literary  pen.  It  was  his 
pet  idea  that  the  plays  of  Shakespeare  were 
written,  not  by  "Sweet  Will,"  not  by  "the  wisest, 
brightest,  meanest  of  mankind"  but  by  that  swash- 
buckling, carousing  and  wenching  molder  of  "the 
mighty  line,"  good  old  Kit  Marlowe.  Zeigler 
called  his  romance  "It  Was  Marlowe"  and  tried 
to  prove  it.  The  apparently  insuperable  difficulty 
that  Marlowe  was  killed  in  a  tavern  brawl  in 
1593  before  the  great  bulk  of  the  Shakespearian 
plays  were  given  to  the  world  was  no  real  dif- 
ficulty to  Zeigler.  The  romance  showed  that 
Marlowe  wasn't  killed,  and  that  the  entry  in  the 
parish  record  at  Deptford  was  a  delusion  and  a 


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snare.  "It  Was  Marlowe"  made  interesting  read- 
ing, because  Zeigler  knew  the  period  whereof  he 
wrote,  but  it  was  no  more  convincing  than 
Ignatius    Donnelly's   "Great  Cryptogram." 


Another  Bacon  Adherent 

"So  Gertrude  Atherton  has  joined  the  ranks  of 
the  Baconians,"  said  Richard  Bennett  to  a  choice 
circle  of  friends  who  were  whiling  away  a  half- 
hour  in  the  club  room  of  the  St.  Francis.  "Well, 
she's  in  mighty  good  company,  for  there  are 
many  distinguished  men  and  women  who  insist 
on  robbing  poor  old  Stratford  Will  of  his  laurels. 
But  I  fancy  Mrs.  Atherton  would  not  care  for 
the  support  of  a  faded  tragedian  I  know  who  be- 
longs to  the  gallant  army  of  Coast  Defenders." 
"Let's  have  the  story,  Dick,"  said  Tom  O'Connor. 
"My  Coast  Defender  friend  was  present  when 
the  Baconian  theory  was  being  discussed,"  ex- 
plained Bennett.  "Somebody  had  ventured  the 
bromidic  argument  that  the  play-going  public 
would  never  accept  Bacon  as  the  author  of  the 
plays.  'I'm  not  so  sure  of  that,'  said  my 
tragedian  friend  moodily.  'When  I  played  Ham- 
let at  Petaluma  the  audience  were  clearly  of  the 
opinion  that  we  were  playing  Bacon.'  'How  did 
you  know?'  the  Coast  Defender  was  asked.  'They 
all  brought  eggs!'" 


Childe  Charlie's  Pilgrimage 

There  was  a  sound  of  revelry  by  night. 
And  all  the  beach  resorts  had  gathered  then 
Our  beauty  and  our  sousery,  and  bright 
The  bulbs  shone  o'er  fair  women  and  gay  men; 
A  thousand  sports  drank  happily;  and  when 
Music  arose  in  turkey-trotting  swell, 
Soft  eyes  looked  love  to  eyes  which  winked  again. 
And  all  went  noisy  as  a  dinner-bell; 
But  hush!  hark!  a  deep  voice  strikes  like  a  ris- 
ing knell. 

Did  ye  not  hear  it? — No;  'twas  but  the  wind. 
Or  auto  honking  round  the  Cliff  House  turn; 
On  with  the  dance!  let  joy  be  unconfined; 
No  sleep  till  morn,  when  Youth  and  Pleasure 
yearn 

To  rag  their  heads  off  and  their  money  burn. 
But  hark!  that  heavy  sound  breaks  in  once  more, 
As  if  the  waves  its  echoes  did  return; 
And  nearer,  clearer,  deadlier  than  before! 
Vamoose!  Skidoo!  it  is — Kid  Fickert's  football 
roar! 

And  there  was  cranking  in  hot  haste:  the  squab 
And  "model"  husband  in  the  touring  car 
Went  skidding  homeward  with  impetuous  throb 
Of  high-power  engine;  from  the  busy  bar 
And  the  piano  that  did  gaily  hum 
They  beat  it  quickly,  shooting  like  a  star, 
While  thronged  the  singers  all  with  terror  dumb. 
Or  gasping  wildly — "Fickert's  men!    They  come! 
they  come!" 


Tim's  White  Hope 

Tim  McGrath,  the  man  who  invented  Tom 
Sharkey,  has  a  white  hope  named  Charlie  Miller. 
Charlie  is  as  big  as  the  facade  of  a  skyscraper, 
and  although  he  hasn't  shown  white  hope  "class" 
just  yet,  has  acquitted  himself  well  enough  in 
several  professional  encounters.  I  was  present 
the  other  day  when  Tim  was  asked  how  he  came 
to  discover  Charlie.  "Well,  it  was  this  way," 
said  Tim  with  that  bashful  air  of  his.  "I  was 
in  the  country  one  day  and  I  lost  my  way.  I 
went  up  to  a  farmer  who  was  plowing  and  asked 
him  the  right  way.  He  picked  up  his  plow  and 
pointed  with  it.    That  was  Charlie." 


Two  Generations  of  Friends 

In  the  lobby  of  the  Columbia  this  week  are  dis- 


played two  old  playbills.  One  tells  of  the  last 
appearance  on  any  stage  of  the  elder  Hackett. 
The  other  is  the  bill  of  a  benefit  given  to  the  elder 
Holland.  The  bills  tell  the  story  of  a  friendship 
which  has  been  inherited.  The  elder  Hackett  and 
the  elder  Holland  were  pals  through  life.  Their 
sons  were  boys  together  and  have  been  pals 
throughout  their  stage  careers.  It  is  said  that 
the  friendship  existing  between  James  K.  Hackett 
and  Edward  M.  Holland  has  never  been  inter- 
rupted by  a  misunderstanding  or  quarrel.  That 
the  two  men  find  great  delight  in  being  together 
was  apparent  to  everybody  at  the  Columbia  Mon- 
day night.  Hackett  insisted  that  Holland  share 
his  curtain  calls.  At  the  end  of  the  third  act 
when  Hackett  had  to  make  a  speech  lie  said  that 
when  he  first  produced  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  he 
supposed  that  Holland  was  supporting  him.  "But 
for  some  time  now  I  have  realized  that  I'm  sup- 
porting Holland."  Then  he  insisted  that  Holland 
make  a  speech,  and  the  latter  modestly  insisted 
that  he  was  only  a  small  part  of  the  show.  But 
nobody  who  saw  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  agreed 
with  him. 


Last  of  the  Victorians 

"He  collaborated  with  Rider  Haggard  in  'The 
World's  Desire.'  "  That  is  what  a  press  despatch 
tells  us  of  Andrew  Lang  who  died  last  Sunday 
in  Scotland.  Nothing  more.  What  a  curious 
thing  is  fame!  Andrew  Lang  was  so  prolific  a 
writer  that  somebody  once  observed,  "A.  Lang 
isn't  a  man;  it's  a  syndicate."  Yet  Andrew  Lang 
on  his  death  is  remembered  by  the  press  as  a 
literary  partner  of  Rider  Haggard,  the  one  cir- 
cumstance in  his  career  which  might  just  as  well 
have  been  forgotten.  With  the  death  of  Andrew 
Lang  is  dissolved  one  of  the  last  of  the  links 
in  the  chain  that  connected  the  Victorian  and 
our  own  period  of  English  literature.  Born  in 
the  early  forties  of  the  last  century,  he  mingled 
in  the  society  of  Carlyle,  Ruskin,  Rosetti,  Brown- 
ing, Tennyson,  Arnold,  Swinburne  and  Meredith, 
and  he  lived  to  become  the  dean  of  English  let- 
ters. Andrew  Lang  was  in  the  true  sense  of  the 
term  a  man  of  letters.  He  was  poet,  critic,  his- 
torian, folklorist.  His  first  work.  Ballads  and 
Lyrics  of  Old  France,  was  published  in  1872. 
One  of  the  most  notable  of  his  works  was  pub- 
lished less  than  three  years  ago,  a  life  of  Joan 
of  Arc,  entitled  "The  Maid  of  France."  This 
work  was  inspired  by  Anatole  France's  life  of 
Joan  wherein  the  Frenchman  to  prove  his 
hypothesis  regarding  the  achievements  of  the 
saviour  of  her  country  misled  his  readers  by  many 
perversions  of  the  official  records.  Lang  exam- 
ined all  of  France's  references,  and  convicted  him 
beyond  peradventure  of  gross  intellectual  dis- 
honesty. Among  other  notable  productions  of 
Lang's  pen  are  his  translation  of  the  Odyssey 
and  the  Illiad,  his  History  of  Scotland  from  the 
Roman  Occupation,  his  Mystery  of  Mary  Stuart 
and  John  Knox  and  the  Reformation. 


Stevenson's  Tribute 

In  recent  years  Andrew  Lang  has  been  a  con- 
stant contributor  to  the  leading  magazines  of 
London  and  he  spent  much  of  his  time  in  that 
city  where  he  enjoyed  the  warm  esteem  of  his 
junior  contemporaries — such  men  as  Chesterton, 
Shaw,  Bennett  and  Galsworthy,  to  whom  his  was 
a  venerable  voice  from  the  past,  from  a  period 
rich  inmemories  dear  to  the  heart  of  aspiring 
literary  genius.  A  man  of  very  sweet  temper,  of 
noble  ideals,  was  Lang  as  one  may  learn  from 
his  critical  essays  on  Dumas,  Lever,  Dickens, 
Kipling  and  Stevenson.  Lang  and  R.  L.  S.,  by 
the  way,  were  intimate  friends,  and  to  that 
friendship  we  are  indebted  for  a  poem  from  the 
pen  of  the  man  who  lies  buried  in  Samoa: 


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Dear  Andrew,  with  the  brindled  hair, 

Who  glory  to  have  thrown  in  air, 

High  over  arm,  the  trembling  reed, 

By  Ale  and  Kail,  by  Till  and  Tweed: 

An  equal  craft  of  hand  you  show 

The  pen  to  guide,  the  fly  to  throw: 

I  count  you  happy  starred;  for  God, 

When  he  with  inkpot  and  with  rod 

Endowed  you,  bade  your  fortune  lead 

Forever  by  the  crooks  of  Tweed, 

Forever  by  the  woods  of  song 

And  lands  that  to  the  Muse  belong; 

Or  if  in  peopled  streets,  or  in 

The  abhorred  pedantic  sanhcdrin, 

It  should  be  yours  to  wander,  still 

Airs  of  the  morn,  airs  of  the  hill, 

The  plovery  Forest  and  the  seas 

That  break  about  the  Hebrides, 

Should  follow  over  field  and  plain 

And  find  you  at  the  window  pane; 

And  you  again  see  hill  and  peel. 

And  the  bright  springs  gush  at  your  heel. 

So  went  the  fiat  forth,  and  so 

Garrulous  like  a  brook  you  go. 

With  sound  of  happy  mirth  and  sheen 

Of  daylight— whether  by  the  green 

You  fare  that  moment,  or  the  grey; 

Whether  you  dwell  in  March  or  May; 

Or  whether  treat  of  reels  and  rods 

Or  of  the  old  unhappy  gods; 

Still  like  a  brook  your  page  has  shone, 

And  your  ink  sings  of  Helicon. 


A  Zangwill  Witticism 

By  way  of  anecdote  I  will  repeat  a  little  story 
that  was  going  the  rounds  of  literary  circles  years 
ago.  Andrew  Lang  being  master  of  ceremonies 
on  a  certain  public  occasion  invited  Israel  Zang- 
will to  participate,  suggesting  that  he  give  the 
audience  a  short  talk.  He  received  this  answer: 
If  A.  Lang  will  I.  Zangwill." 


New  Light  on  Oscar  Wilde 

Getting  hold  of  a  suppressed  book  and  reading 
it  arouses  a  special  sort  of  intellectual  excite- 
ment. It  is  much  the  same  sort  of  excitement 
which  a  naughty  monk  must  have  felt  as  he  took 
Boccaccio  from  the  shelf  after  the  Congregation 
of  the  Index  had  thundered  against  the  Decam- 
eron. Somehow  or  other,  it's  like  catmg  stolen 
sweets,  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  the  book  supply- 
ing the  same  zest  that  comes  in  the  other  case 
from  the  danger.  This  is  only  partly  true  of 
Arthur  Ransome's  "Oscar  Wilde."  The  diffi- 
culty of  obtaining  the  book  exists  only  in  Great 
Britain,  not  in  this  country.  Nevertheless,  know- 
ing that  it  was  suppressed  by  its  English  pub- 
lishers, one  naturally  opens  it  with  a  curiosity 
which  is  not  wholly  literary.  The  book  was 
.suppressed  in  London  immediately  after  pub- 
lication, for  the  reason  that  Lord  Alfred  Douglas 
who  had  been  Oscar  Wilde's  pathic  but  who  now 
seems  to  be  rehabilitated  in  the  esteem  of  London 
society,  brought  suit  against  the  publishers  for 
libel.  The  publishers  promptly  withdrew  the 
book.  But  that  did  not  prevent  its  circulation 
in  America;  no  doubt,  if  the  fact  were  better 
known,  it  would  help  the  sale  on  this  side. 
Naturally,  one  turns  over  the  pages  to  find  the 
basis  for  that  libel  suit.  The  name  of  the  de- 
generate son  of  the  Marquis  of  Queensberry  is 
never  once  mentioned  in  the  book.  But  the 
references  to  him  are  so  plain  that  they  cannot 
be  mistaken. 


How  Douglas  Behaved 

Ransome  tells  how,  after  Wilde  was  released 
from  prison,  his  faithful  friends  Robert  Ross  and 
Reginald  Turner  did  all  they  could  to  make  his 
new  start  in  the  world  easy  and  comfortable. 
They  helped  him  to  fit  up  a  chalet  at  Berncval  in 


France.  "He  had  left  prison."  says  Ransome. 
"with  an  improved  physique,  and,  now  that  he 
was  able  to  work,  there  was  hope  that  he  would 
not  risk  the  loss  of  it  by  leaving  tnis  lite  or  com- 
parative simplicity.  Suddenly,  however,  he  flung 
aside  his  plans  and  resolutions,  desperately  ex- 
plaining that  his  folly  was  inevitable.  The  iterated 
entreaty  of  a  man  whose  friendship  had  already 
cost  him  more  than  it  was  worth,  and  a  newly- 
felt  loneliness  at  Berneval,  destroyed  his  resolu- 
tion. He  became  restless  and  went  to  Rouen, 
where  it  rained  and  he  was  miserable;  then  back 
to  Dieppe;  a  few  days  later,  with  his  poem  still 
unfinished,  he  was  in  Naples  sharing  a  momentary 
magnificence  with  the  friend  whose  conduct  he 
had  condemned,  whose  influence  he  had  feared." 
This  friend  was  Lord  Alfred  Douglas,  Wilde's 
evil  spirit.  The  unfinished  poem  was  the  Ballad 
of  Reading  Goal.  "Soon  after  Wilde  left  Berne- 
val for  Naples."  continues  Ransome,  "those  who 
controlled  the  allowance  that  enabled  him  to  live 
with  his  friend  purposely  stopped"  it.  His  friend, 
as  soon  as  there  was  no  money,  left  him.  'It 
was,'  said  Wilde,  'a  most  bitter  experience  in  a 
bitter  life.'"  I  have  read  lengthy  diatribes  on 
Lord  Alfred  Douglas,  but  it  seems  to  me  that 
in  that  one  sentence  about  his  flitting  when 
the  money  was  exhausted,  Ransome  puts  the 
final  odium  on  the  miserable  creature. 


De  Profundis  Emasculated 

In  this  same  connection  the  author  gives  us 
something  new  about  De  Profundis.  He  says 
it  '"is  not  printed  as  it  was  written,  but  is  com- 
posed of  passages  from  a  long  letter  whose  com- 
plete publication  would  be  impossible  in  this 
generation.  The  passages  were  selected  and  put 
together  by  Mr.  Robert  Ross  with  a  skill  that  it 
it  is  impossible  sufficiently  to  admire.  The  letter, 
a  manuscript  of  'eighty  close-written  pages  on 
twenty  folio  sheets,'  was  not  addressed  to  Mr. 
Ross  but  to  a  man  to  whom  Wilde  felt  that  he 
owed  some,  at  least,  of  the  circumstances  of  his 
public  disgrace.  It  was  begun  as  a  rebuke  of  this 
friend,  whose  actions,  even  subsc(|uent  to  the 
trials,  had  been  such  as  to  cause  Wilde  con- 
siderable pain.  It  was  not  delivered  to  him,  but 
given  to  Mr.  Ross  by  Wilde,  who  also  gave  in- 
structions as  to  its  partial  publication.  It  is  not 
often  possible  to  detect  the  original  intention 
of  rebuke  in  the  published  portions  of  De  Pro- 
fundis. I  suppose  that  as  Wilde  pointed  out  his 
friend's  share  in  his  disaster,  and  set  down  on 
paper  what  that  disaster  was,  he  came  to  examine 
its  ulterior  efTect  on  his  own  mind,  for  those 
pages  that  are  open  to  us  contain  such  an  ex- 
amination." 


As  to  Mrs.  Wilde 

Ransome  doesn't  think  much  of  Mrs.  Wildc. 
"Wilde's  marriage,"  he  says,  "was  not  felictous, 
though  he  regretted  it  more  for  his  wife's  sake 
than  for  his  own.  It  is  said  that  Mrs.  Wildc 
was  rather  cruelly  made  to  pose  for  Lady  Henry 
Wotton  in  Dorian  Gray,  that  "curious  woman 
whose  dresses  always  looked  as  if  they  had  been 
designed  in  a  rage  and  put  on  in  a  tempest 
She  tried  to  look  picturesque,  but  only  succeeded 
in  being  untidy.  .    looking  like  a  bird  of 

paradise  that  had  been  out  all  night  in  the  rain.' 
She  was  sentimental,  pretty,  well-meaning  and 
inefficient.  She  would  have  been  very  happy  as 
the  wife  of  an  ornamental  minor  poet,  and  it  is 
possible  that  in  marrying  Wilde  she  mistook 
his  for  such  a  character.  .  .  .  She  became 
more  a  spectacle  for  Wilde  than  an  influence  upon 
him,  and  was  without  the  strength  that  might 
have  prevented  the  disasters  that  were  to  fall 
through  him  on  herself.  She  had  a  passion  for 
leaving  things  alone,  broken  only  by  moments 
of  interference  badly  timed.    She  became  one  of 


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11 


those  women  whose  Christian  names  their  hus- 
bands, without  malice,  preface  with  the  epithets 
'poor  dear.'  Her  married  life  was  no  less  inef- 
fectual than  unhappy."  This  is  rather  hard  on 
the  poor  wife,  though  not  spiteful,  like  the  picture 
which  the  brilliant  woman  who  writes  under  the 
name  of  Frank  Danby  drew  of  her  in  "The 
Sphinx's  Lawyer."  It  is  well  to  remember  that 
Wilde  wrote  of  his  wife  in  De  Profundis:  "My 
wife,  always  kind  and  gentle  to  me,  rather  than 
that  I  should  hear  the  news  (of  his  mother's 
death)  from  indififerent  lips,  traveled,  ill  as  she 
was,  all  the  way  from  Genoa  to  England  to  break 
to  me  herself  the  tidings  of  so  irreparable,  so 
irredeemable,  a  loss." 


Why  Oscar  Came  to  America 

A  thing  not  generally  known  is  the  reason  of 
Wilde's  trip  to  America.  It  was  part  of  a  press 
agent  scheme  to  boost  the  Gilbert-Sullivan  opera 
of  "Patience."  D'Oyly  Carte  wished  to  repeat 
the  London  success  of  the  opera  in  America,  but 
realized  that  Americans  would  miss  much  of  its 
satirical  fun,  not  knowing  the  members  of  the 
esthetic  cult  as  London  knew  them.  So  he  "con- 
ceived the  Napoleonic  scheme  of  sending  over  a 
specimen  aesthete  to  show  what  'Patience'  was 
laughing  at.  This  somewhat  ignominous  position 
was,  with  due  diplomacy,  offered  to  Oscar  Wilde, 
on  account  of  his  extravagance  in  dress,  and 
proudly  accepted  by  him  on  the  wilful  supposition 
that  it  was  a  fitting  tribute  to  his  recently  pub- 
lished poems."  The  fact  is,  Wilde  needed  the 
money. 


When  His  Downfall  Started 

Wilde's  second  son  was  born  in  1886,  two  years 
after  his  marriage.  In  that  year,  Ransome  tells 
us,  he  began  the  course  of  conduct  which  had  be- 
come a  habit  by  1889  and  led  to  his  downfall  in 
1895.  "The  vice  needs  none  but  a  pathological 
explanation.  It  was  a  disease,  a  malady  of  the 
brain,  not  the  necessary  consequence  of  a  delight 
in  classical  literature.  Opulence  permitted  its 
utmost  development,  but  did  not  create  it."  Wilde, 
we  also  learn,  "had  been  in  youth  a  runner  after 
girls,  but,  as  a  man,  he  ceased  to  take  any  in- 
terest in  women.  In  the  moment  of  his  success, 
when  many  were  ready  to  throw  themselves  at 
his  feet,  one,  perhaps,  of  the  reasons  of  his  power 
was  his  own  indifference  to  his  conquests."  There 
are  interesting  details  of  Wilde's  last  days.  While 
he  was  in  Rome  he  became  a  devotee  of  the 
camera,  and  found  great  delight  taking  snapshots. 
"He  was  blessed  by  the  Pope,  not  once  only  but 
seven  times."  Just  before  the  end  in  Paris  he 
took  to  excessive  drinking.  "His  death,"  we 
learn,  "was  hurried  by  his  inability  to  give  up  the 
drinking  to  which  he  had  become  accustomed. 
It  was  directly  due  to  meningitis,  the  legacy  of 
an  attack  of  tertiary  syphilis."  So  Wilde  was  a 
victim  of  the  curse  which  is  supposed  to  have 
blighted  the  lives  of  Schopenhauer,  Nietzsche  and 


other  geniuses.  Ransome's  book  is  most  inter- 
esting. It  .is  full  of  illuminating  criticism  and 
of  arresting  phrases,  as  when  he  calls  Dorian 
Gray  "the  first  French  novel  to  be  written  in 
the  English  language."  Throughout  there  is 
shown  a  necessary  restraint.  The  author  doesn't 
go  into  details  which  might  just  as  well  be  for- 
gotten. The  book  has  nothing  in  common  with 
one  which,  Ransome  says,  is  soon  to  be  pub- 
lished anonymously,  containing  a  full  and  accur- 
ate account  of  the  legal  proceedings  for  and 
against  Wilde.  That  book  will  be  avidly  read, 
but  it  will  serve  no  good  purpose. 


The  Prophet  of  "The  Hour" 

A  new  prophet  has  appeared  in  the  field  of 
journalism.  His  name  is  J.  A.  Kinghorn-Jones. 
The  name  is  more  or  less  familiar  to  newspaper 
readers,  for  Mr.  Kinghorn-Jones  has  been  writ- 
ing letters  to  the  press  for  several  years,  but  as 
his  views  are  somewhat  heterodox  his  letters 
have  frequently  gravitated  to  the  waste-basket 
instead  of  to  the  lineotype.  So  in  order  to  insure 
publicity  for  his  thoughts  Mr.  Kinghorn-Jones 
started  a  paper  which  he  calls  Industrialism,  and 
which  has  for  its  motto,  "Love  one  another  and 
work  out  your  own  salvation."  The  editor's  mis- 
•ion  is  to  show  the  way.  His  purpose  is  to  abol- 
ish wage  slavery,  destroy  usury,  and  win  recogni- 
tion for  one  hour  as  the  scientific  unit  of  value. 
Editor  Kinghorn-Jones  is  an  economist  who  be- 
lieves that  he  has  devised  "the  only  plan  which 
will  allay  the  general  discontent  and  avert  the 
impending,  expected  revolution."  His  plan  is  to 
induce  the  Government  "to  issue  $500,000,000  in 
greenbacks,  make  them  good  for  all  debts  public 
and  private,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  two  hun- 
dred thousand  homes  at  a  cost  of  $2,500."  These 
homes,  according  to  the  Kinghorn-Jones  plan,  are 
to  be  given  to  workmen,  and  the  homes  are  to 
be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  $20  per  month  for  ten 
and  a  half  years  at  the  end  of  which  time  the 
deeds  shall  be  delivered  to  the  owners.  Editor 
Kinghorn-Jones  would  also  provide  for  the  spend- 
ing of  the  money  paid  for  homes  for  the  build- 
ing of  more  homes.  It's  a  sort  of  an  endless 
chain  idea.  He  would  make  up  a  nation  of  homes 
— every  man  his  own  landlord.  The  editor  of  In- 
dustrialism is  a  very  earnest  philosopher  with 
faith  in  his  mission  and  contempt  for  most  of 
the  vociferous  reformers  of  the  day.  He  is  far 
and  away  the  most  progressive  man  of  his  day. 
He  regards  such  men  as  Gompers  and  Roosevelt 
as  hopeless  conservatives.  Gompers,  he  says,  is 
satisfied  with  "a  fair  day's  pay  for  a  fair  day's 
work."  This  principle  he  pronounces  reactionary, 
going  back  as  it  does  to  the  New  Testament — 
"The  Laborer  is  worthy  of  his  hire."  The  idea, 
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July  27,  1912 


she  must  know  from  reading  'Roland  of  Roland- 
week'  that  it's  a  better  play  than  this  and  this 
and  this."  Whereupon  in  his  most  vehement 
manner  Harry  drew  from  different  pockets  paper- 
bound  copies  of  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray, 
Ghosts  and  Lady  Windermere's  Fan. 


Has  Written  Fielding's  Life 

Out  of  the  University  of  California  there  is 
soon  to  come  a  scholarly  book.  Start  not,  too 
credulous  reader,  I  don't  refer  to  Morse  Stephen's 
History  of  the  Earthquake  and  Fire.  That  work 
is  not  yet  ready.  I  allude  to  a  life  of  Henry 
Fielding,  the  great  creator  of  Tom  Jones,  Joseph 
Andrews  and  poor  broken-nosed  Amelia.  The 
author  is  Fred  Blanchard,  an  instructor  in  Eng- 
lish. Blanchard  is  credited  with  knowing  more 
about  Fielding,  Smollett  and  the  other  novelists 
of  that  period  than  any  other  man  in  the  West. 
At  the  summer  school  he  has  been  lecturing  to 
large  and  interested  classes  on  the  eighteenth 
century  novelists.  Blanchard  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1904  and  bore  the  reputation  even  then 
of  being  a  wizard  on  English  literature.  His 
life  of  Fielding  will  fill  a  long-felt  want.  Watson 
published  a  life  in  1807  and  Lawrence  another  in 
1855.  There  is  a  good  work  on  Fielding  in  the 
Men  tif  Letters  series.  But  an  exhaustive  work 
is  needed,  and  Blanchard  has  produced  it. 


"A  Three  Times  Winner" 

San  Francisco  is  a  long  way  from  being  the 
literary  Nazareth  New  York  once  deemed  it. 
Good  things  come  out  of  her  galore.  For  notable 
only  because  newest  example,  there  are  "The 
Lanagan  Stories,"  three  of  them  taken  by  Col- 
lier's at  one  fell  scoop.  The  man  that  writes 
a  series  of  tales  acceptable  by  the  National  Weekly 
has  proven  himself  capable  of  delivering  the 
goods.  These  Chronicles  of  a  San  Francisco 
Police  Reporter  are  the  work  of  a  young  news- 
paper man  with  a  literary  conscience,  a  native 
tendency  to  artistic  restraint  w'orth  the  cultivat- 
ing, the  gift  of  story-telling,  and  a  determination 
to  make  a  name  for  himself.  That  name,  Edward 
H.  Hurlbut,  it  will  pay  the  mystery-unraveling 
reader  to  gumshoe  through  the  highways  and  by- 
ways of  magazinedom.  To  write  something  good 
and  saleable  is  not  as  easy  as  it  sounds.  To  seek 
art  first  and  then  have  dollars  added  to  you,  to 
write  to  please  yourself  and  succeed  in  pleasing 
editor  and  public,  to  keep  on  friendly  terms  with 
yourself  and  yet  find  a  ready  market:  this  is 
to  do  something  worth  a  man's  while,  and  this 
is  what,  if  I  do  not  miss  my  guess,  Edward  H. 
Hurlbut  has  done  in  The  Lanagan  Stories. 


A  Good  Loser 

Mr.  Hurlbut's  experience  with  Collier's  is  not 
as  common  as  we  could  wish.  We  know  a  young 
man  who  has  done  admittedly  good  work,  lost  and 
laughed.  His  experience  would  make  a  cat 
laugh,  and  he  is  merely  an  unlucky  dog.  We  dis- 
tinctly remember  him  showing  us  a  letter  from 
an  editor  somewhat  to  this  effect:  "You  really 
didn't  expect  us  to  print  this,  did  you?  Why, 
man  dear,  this  is  art.  Should  we  forget  ourselves 
and  pay  you  our  good  money  for  it,  do  you 
imagine  Mrs.  Vast  Majority  would  pay  us  hers? 
Alack  the  day,  she  would  not.  It  is  our  business 
to  know  her,  and  we  know  our  business.    If  you 


can  bring  yourself  to  do  stuff  to  please  her,  send 
it  along.  We  will  be  only  too  happy  to  print 
it  and  pay  for  it.  Hang  it  all,  I'd  like  to  use  that 
story  of  yours!"  This  is  not  the  letter  of  the 
letter,  but  it  is  its  unforgettable  spirit.  "This  is 
art!"  is  no  faint  praise,  but  it  is,  at  times,  damn- 
ing. Times  were  when  we  made  a  nice  distinc- 
tion between  what  was  art  and  what  wasn't,  when 
we  smiled  at  St.  Elmo,  when  the  hack  pocketed 
his  fifty  for  a  penny  dreadful,  and  called  himself 
d — n  lucky,  but  never,  in  his  wildest  cups,  a  literary 
man.  To  call  down  the  critic  of  a  big  daily  for 
not  taking  him  seriously  would  never  occur  to  the 
jokesmith  of  our  school  boy  days.  Fortunes  are 
now  made  every  books-without-end  day  out  of 
stuff  no  better  than  the  old  fifty-dollar  novel  we 
wouldn't  be  found  dead  with  in  our  hands.  There 
is  a  marked  tendency  of  the  times  to  think  that 
the  literary  equivalent  of  much  gold  must  needs 
itself  stand  the  acid  test.  As  a  horrible  example 
of  what  I  mean,  let  me  instance  the  fact  that  Mrs. 


FK.\NK  TKRR.XMORSE  JR. 

;\  young  Californian  with  a  remarkable  tenor  voice  who 
has  mastered  fourteen  roles. 

Vast  Majority  inclines  to  deem  a  Shakespeare 
the  poet  that  brings  home  the  bacon.  Then,  the 
editor,  the  god  of  the  writer's  destiny,  but  withal 
human,  is  minded  to  think  with  Mrs.  V.  M.,  on 
the  side  of  his  bread  and  butter,  to  know  well  as 
the  arbiter  of  less  elegant  things  which  siue  nts 
bread  is  buttered  on,  and  to  be  mignty  caretui 
that  it  doesn't  fall  on  that  unprofitable  side.  To 
paraphrase  Epictetus:  Better  great  art  in  adobe 
cottages  than  small  art  in  brownstone  fronts. 
Best  of  all,  of  course,  the  well  done  well  housed. 
Nothing  is  easier  than  for  the  editor  to  "pass 
up  the  buck"  to  the  business  end,  for  it  to  plead 
the  written  law  of  demand  and  supply;  in  a 
word,  one  needs  be  no  Sherlock  Holmes  to  lay 


the  blame  where  it  belongs,  bring  home  the  crime 
to  the  door  of  the  pot-boilcr-devouring  reader, 
who  doubtless  has  diamonds  and  pearls  but  not 
the  rarer  jewel,  discernment. 


Purely  Personal 

George  Wingfield  lost  ten  thousand  fish  on  his 
Lassen  county  place  the  other  day.  The  dam 
broke,  the  lake  leaked  and  the  fish  sneaked. 

Paul  Cowles.  formerly  of  this  city,  has  been 
promoted  from  the  management  of  the  Associated 
Press  in  Atlanta  to  the  charge  of  the  Central 
division  at  Chicago. 

Burke  Corbet,  attorney  and  president  of  the 
Ingleside  Golf  Club,  showed  versatility  the  other 
day  by  licking  a  husky  who  tried  to  steal  the 
lamp  of  his  motor.  Golfers  at  Ingleside  enjoyea 
the  spectacle  of  Corbet  sitting  on  the  bad  man's 
head. 


A  Tenor  With  a  Future 

Musical  critics  say  that  Frank  Terramorse  Jr  , 
a  native  of  this  city,  is  destined  to  distinguisli 
himself  in  grand  opera.  He  has  a  superb  dram- 
atic voice  of  great  range,  flexibility,  sweetness 
and  volume.  He,  takes  D  flat  with  the  greatest 
ease.  His  teacher  is  the  well  known  Sign<ir 
Wanrell  with  whom  he  has  been  studying  for  the 
past  fifteen  months.  In  that  period,  so  great  is 
his  memory,  he  mastered  the  leading  tenor  roles 
in  "Faust,"  "Traviata,"  "Trovatore,"  "Aida,"  "La 
Giaconda,"  "La  Boheme,"  "Cavalleria  Rusticana," 
"L'.\fricaine,"  "Lucia,"  "Pagliacci,"  "Otello," 
"Rigoletto,"  "Les  Huguenots"  and  "Carmen." 
Terramorse  is  only  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and 
he  is  bubbling  over  with  temperament. 


Older's  Altruria 

.Altruria  is  to  be  established  in  the  hills  beyond 
Los  Gatos  and  the  Altrurians  who  will  there  take 
up  their  abode  and  lead  lives  of  altruistic  beauty 
and  brotherhood  are  led  by  none  other  than  that 
passionate  uplifter  of  his  fellow  men  Fremont 
Older  who  conceived  the  idea  of  the  colony.  A 
tract  of  land  has  been  purchased  and  homes  are 
in  process  of  erection,  I  am  told.  They  are  de- 
signed for  the  use  of  members  of  the  colony 
more  as  retreats  from  the  world  for  periods  of 
rest  and  recuperation,  than  permanent  homes. 
There  the  Altrurians  will  find  the  sympathy  and 
encouragement  necessary  to  their  best  endeavors 
in  uplift  and  will,  I  take  it,  do  better  work  in  up- 
lift than  ever  before  after  sessions  of  the  mutual 
appreciation  society.  The  place  will  be  run  on 
a  co-operative  plan  worked  out  by  Editor  Older. 
Of  the  Altrurians  interested  in  it  I  may  mention 
Lincoln  Steffens,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Edward 
Russell,  Miss  Helen  Todd  and  Brand  Whitlock. 


As  to  the  Mysterious  "M.  L.  G." 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  a  book  with  the 
mystifying  title  "To  M.  L.  G."  was  published, 
with  the  intimation  that  it  was  no  work  of  the 
imagination  but  most  distinctly  "a  novel  with  a 
purpose."  The  writer  represented  herself  as  an 
actress  who  had  been  ground  fine  in  the  mills  of 
theatrical  life  and  accepted  all  that  came  to  her 
as  a  matter  of  course.  Having  met  a  British 
army  officer  with  whom  she  fell  in  love  her  eyes 
were  opened  and  she  would  not  consent  to  marry 


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him  until  he  knew  all  of  her  past  life  in  minutest 
detail,  but  in  order  to  make  her  confession  and 
at  the  same  time  leave  him  free  from  any  de- 
mands on  his  chivalry  she  decided  to  write  the 
book,  trusting  that  a  copy  would  fall  into  his 
hands  and  reading,  he  would  understand.  If  he 
could  condone  and  ignore,  he  would  seek  her  out, 
and  if  not  they  would  go  their  several  ways  keep- 
ing up  the  fiction  of  silence.  The  story  was 
evidently  written  by  some  one  who  knew  more 
of  stage  life  than  is  picked  up  at  random,  and 
it  has  been  variously  attributed  to  nearly  every 
actor  and  author  of  prominence  in  both  England 
and  America,  and,  it  need  not  be  said,  the  book 
has  been  a  best-seller  in  consequence.  Now 
comes  a  postscript  to  the  effect  that  the  bullet 
has  found  it  billet.  The  love-lorn  army  man  read 
first  the  reviews  and  then  the  book,  and  has  done 
all  that  could  be  expected  of  him.  The  wedding 
is  set  for  October  8,  but  it  is  to  be  noted  that 
the  names  of  the  high  contracting  parties  are 
still  withheld.  To  a  generation  which  still  re- 
members the  excitement  that  was  worked  up  over 
"An  Englishwoman's  Love  Letters,"  and  the  dis- 
cussions of  the  whys  and  wherefores  that  led 
to  the  sorrowful  separation — only  to  have  a  sub- 
sequent edition  brought  out  with  the  author's 
name  displayed  on  the  title  page,  the  identity  of 
"M.  L.  G."  and  the  lady  in  the  case  ought  scarcely 
to  be  of  great  importance.  There  was  that 
"Manuscript  in  a  Red  Box"  too,  an  alleged  mas- 
terpiece which  was  left  by  an  unknown  at  a 
prominent  publisher's  office,  with  neither  title 
to  the  tale  nor  clue  to  the  author,  but  which  was 
quite  too  good  to  be  lost  to  humanity,  so  it  was 
given  to  the  world  under  that  vague  title  in  the 
hope  that  its  author  would  be  discovered.  When 
Upton  Sinclair  decided  that  he  was  a  genius  and 
tried  to  convince  the  world  with  his  "Journal  of 


Arthur  Sterling,"  he  went  to  the  length  of  having 
a  fictitious  death  notice  inserted  in  some  of  the 
New  York  papers.  In  fact,  the  dodge  of  work- 
ing on  the  susceptibility  of  the  sentimentalists 
has  been  tried  so  often  and  the  real  biographies 
and  autobiographies  are  so  manipulated  that  it 
takes  extraordinary  credulity  to  be  interested  for 
more  than  a  passing  moment. 


Varied  Types 

(Continued  from  Page  5.) 
Professor    Eberhardt,   the   violinist,    Wilfred  de 
Fonvielle,    the    friend    of    Gambetta,  Jefferson 
Coolidge,  and  many  others. 

One  picture  she  showed  me  was  of  particular 
interest.  It  is  called  "Old  Recollections"  and 
contains  the  figure  of  an  old  peasant  woman. 

"That  old  woman,"  Miss  Klumpke  explained, 
"worked  for  Millet  at  Barbizon  when  she  was 
younger.  She  posed  for  'The  Angelus.'  Her 
daughter  did  my  washing.  The  picture  was 
bought  by  Mrs.  William  Thaw,  the  mother  of 
Harry  Thaw,  who  has  been  a  kind  friend  to  me." 

Miss  Klumpke  has  painted  many  wonderful 
portraits  of  old  people. 

"I  think  there  is  something  very  beautiful  in 
old  age,"  she  said. 

And  so  she  is  going  to  paint  the  portrait  of  her 
aged  father  whose  splendid  head  with  its  long 
white  locks  would  be  an  inspiration  to  any  ar- 
tist. But  in  Miss  Klumpke's  picture  there  will  be 
a  great  deal  more  than  the  mere  inspiration  of 
art. 


Knicker — Look  how  many  circles  a  stone  can 
make. 

Bocker — Especially  if  you  give  it  to  more 
tlian  one  girl. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Frederico  Arce,  Mexico's  Consular  attache  at 
Tokio,  stopped  at  the  Hotel  Victoria  during  the 
week,  en  route  to  his  home  in  Mexico.  Senor 
Arce  returns  to  Mexico  on  official  business.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Catlin,  Miss  B.  M.  Catlin,  Miss 
M.  H.  Catlin  and  R.  M.  Catlin  Jr.,  are  a  party  of 
New  Jersey  people  registered  at  the  Victoria.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Ellicott  of  Baltimore,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  H,  Hall  of  Cincinatti  are  at  the  hotel 
during  a  stay  in  town.  Dr.  Sophia  Morgenthaler 
and  Miss  Rose  Morgenthaler  are  at  the  Victoria 
from  Auburndale,  Mass.  Other  arrivals  include 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  O.  Bracken,  San  Francisco;  Mrs. 
M.  B.  Harris  and  Miss  M.  Harris,  Fresno;  J. 
Park  McDougall,  M.  D.,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  A.  J. 
Gorham  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  McMahon,  Salt  Lake; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Thompson,  Miss  Florence 
Thompson  of  Los  Angeles,  F.  H.  Thompson  of 
Manila;  Mrs.  Isaac  Bird,  Miss  Henrietta  Bird, 
Mrs.  B.  B.  Dixon  and  Victor  Dixon  of  Merced. 

Mrs.  William  Whitman  of  Brookline,  Mass., 
with  her  maid,  Mrs.  Mary  Bullard  and  Miss 
Bullard  left  San  Mateo  immediately  after  the 
Whitman-Crocker  wedding,  going  to  Del  Monte. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  B.  Alexander,  Miss  Harriet, 
Miss  Jeannette,  Miss  Mary  Crocker  Alexander, 
Miss  M.  P.  Luce  and  Miss  Edith  Chesebrough 
arrived  late  in  the  week,  and  while  it  is  only  a 
preliminary  visit  to  their  more  extended  stay  in 
August,  the  young  ladies  are  enjoying  the  new 
golf  course  hugely.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  Hart, 
as  well  known  in  San  Francisco  as  in  'Weywolde,' 
San  Jose,  will  remain  several  weeks.  Mr.  Pedar 
Bruguiere  arrived  Thursday,  joining  his  wife  and 
small  daughter.  Mrs.  O.  A.  Robertson,  son  and 
daughter,  are  among  the  members  of  the  San 
Francisco  colony  who  motor  about  the  peninsula 
every  day,  and  Mr.  O.  A.  Robertson  was  at  Del 
Monte  for  a  week-end  visit.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Y. 
Hayne  of  San  Mateo  with  Mr.  John  Parrott  are 
"camping  along  the  line  of  battle"  for  a  few  days, 
and  expect  to  be  in  the  front  ranks  in  September. 
They  made  the  trip  by  motor.  Mr.  Leon  Roos 
motored  down  Saturday  to  join  Mrs.  Roos  and 
Miss  S.  Beinenfeld.  Other  week-end  travelers 
were  Morris  Meyerfeld  and  Albert  Baruch.  Emil 
Greenbaum  joined  his  mother  who  is  enjoying 
Del  Monte. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Dallas  and  family  of  Mer- 
ced are  at  the  Casa  del  Rey.  Mr.  Dallas  is  a  well 
known  real  estate  man.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W. 
Morgan  and  Miss  Eleanor  Morgan,  prominent 
San  Franciscans,  are  also  at  the  Casa  del  Rey. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Pike  of  Reno  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
O.  R.  Morgan  of  the  same  place,  motored  down 
from  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  J.  P.  Sargent  and  Miss 
Sargent  of  Sargent's  are  at  the  Casa  del  Rey  for 
an  extended  stay.  Mrs.  Sargent  is  the  mother  of 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Anderson,  who  is  prominent  in  the 
social  life  of  Santa  Cruz.  Mrs.  Robert  Tibbetts, 
Miss  N.  F.  Wilson  and  Miss  Sonia  Rarvard  motor- 
ed over  from  Los  Gatos  for  the  week-end.  Among 
the  many  navy  people  who  are  making  the  Casa 
del  Rey  their  headquarters  for  the  Water  Pa- 
geant are  Asst.  Pay  Master  Arthur  Middleton  of 
the  S.  S.  "Denver,"  and  his  wife;  Ensign  Edwin 
Guthrie  and  wife  of  the  U.  S.  "Denver,"  and  Asst. 
Surgeon  C.  B.  Camerer  and  wife. 

Among  the  bathers  at  Paso  Robles  may  be 
mentioned  Mr.  W.  F.  Weiss  of  Grand  Canyon, 
Arizona,  who  like  many  another  has  in  previous 
visits  realized  the  value  of  the  baths  for  his 
rheumatic  tendency  and  is  back  again  for  another 
scries  before  the  strenuous  winter  season 
begins.  Mr.  Weiss  is  connected  with  the  famous 
El  Tovar,  one  of  the  prize  hotels  of  the  Harvey 
System.  Judge  M.  H.  Hyland,  with  Mrs.  Hyland, 
went  down  from  San  Francisco  for  a  leisurely 
siininur  visit  at  Paso  Robles,  and  is  indulging  in 
various  baths  to  his  great  comfort  and  pleasure. 


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July  27.  1912 


A  Waiter's  Lamentation 

This  is  the  story  of  a  plot  that  failed.  But  the 
plot  was  a  perfectly  good  plot,  so  the  story  is 
worth  recording.  The  story  begins  at  the  Bur- 
lingamc  Country  Club  where  a  waiter  is  wring- 
ing his  hands  and  giving  other  outward  signs 
of  extreme  mental  perturbation.  The  waiter 
hasn't  dropped  any  dishes  or  spilled  a  gin  fizz  on 
anybody.  He  is  perturbed  because  he  is  needed 
at  the  Crocker-Whitman  wedding  breakfast,  and 
he  doesn't  know  how  to  get  there  in  time  to  lend 
his  aid.  For  some  reason  or  other  he  has  been 
left  behind.  And  it's  as  much  as  his  waiter's  job 
is  worth  to  miss  the  breakfast.  While  he  is  la- 
menting his  predicament,  Jack  Densham,  reporter, 
and  Carl  Wallen,  photographer  for  the  Exam- 
iner, appear  on  the  scene  in  a  big  automobile. 
They  have  been  detailed  to  attend  the  wedding, 
and  have  already  looked  it  over  a  bit.  But  Wal- 
len's  efTorts  to  get  photographs  have  all  been  in 
vain.  Densham  and  Wallen  are  racking  their 
brains  for  some  way  to  outwit  the  detectives  and 
snap  the  members  of  the  bridal  party.  They  see 
the  waiter,  learn  the  cause  of  his  lamentations 
and  immediately  form  a  brilliant  plot. 


A  Photographer  in  Disguise 

"Come  with  us.  We'll  take  you  to  the  wedding." 
No  sooner  said  than  done.  The  waiter,  greatly 
relieved,  jumps  into  the  machine  and  the  driver 
whirls  off  to  the  Crocker  place.  Just  before 
they  approach  the  police  lines  Wallen  the  photo- 
grapher deftly  plucks  off  the  waiter's  coat  and  the 
waiter's  cap  and  disguises  himself  in  them.  He 
jumps  from  the  machine.  Before  the  real  waiter 
can  protest  he  is  being  driven  back  to  the  Bur- 
lingame  Country  Club.  Wallen  in  the  coat  and 
cap  of  a  waiter  easily  passes  the  scrutiny  of  the 
detectives.  Trying  to  behave  as  much  like  a 
waiter  as  possible  he  hurries  over  the  lawn. 
His  little  pocket  camera  is  ready.  He  chuckles 
to  himself  as  he  thinks  of  the  cameramen  from 
the  other  papers  who  are  ever  and  anon  darting 
out  of  the  urush  like  quails  and  snapping  their 
cameras,  only  to  be  driven  back  by  the  police. 
He  feels  himself  the  master  of  the  situation.  But 
just  as  he  is  about  to  take  his  first  picture,  a 
member  of  the  wedding  party  recognizes  him; 
has  seen  him  taking  golf  pictures  at  the  country 
club.  "This  man  is  not  a  waiter,  he  is  a  photo- 
grapher," says  the  wedding  guest  dramatically. 
And  immediately  a  couple  of  cops  hustle  Wallen 
off  the  sacred  preserves. 


The  Wine  Did  Not  Flow 

There  was  very  little  champagne  at  the  Crocker- 
Whitman  wedding.  The  glasses  were  filled  once 
for  the  toast  to  the  bride.  That  was  all.  Even 
the  best  man  liad  to  make  special  efforts  to  get 
his  glass  filled  a  second  time.  Of  course  this 
was  not  parsimony.  It  was  Jennie  Crocker's 
good  sense.     She  has  been  to  many  weddings. 


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and  knows  the  danger  of  wine  on  such  festive 
occasions.    So  she  didn't  take  any  chances. 


Their  Car  Broke  Down 

Many  of  Miss  Enid  Gregg's  friends  wondered 
why  she  was  absent  from  the  Crocker-Whitman 
wedding.  They  knew  that  both  Enid  and  her 
sister  Ethel  intended  to  appear  in  rare  creations 
of  the  modiste's  art  which  they  had  purchased  in 
Paris.  But  dashing  Enid  and  pretty  Ethel  were 
not  there.  It  seems  that  Mrs.  Gregg  and  her 
charming  daughters  started  for  the  wedding  at 
ten  in  the  morning.  Their  limousine  broke  down 
twice  and  at  three  in  the  afternoon  the  Greggs 
in  desperation  took  the  electric  car  home.  Natur- 
ally they  were  greatly  disappointed  at  their  ill 
luck. 


Mrs.  Alexander's  Thoughtfulness 

One  fine  trait  in  Mrs.  Alexander's  (Hattie 
Crocker's),  character  is  her  great  loyalty  to  her 

old  time  friends,  especially  to  those  less  fortunate 


Photo,   H.    I'ierre  Smith 


MISS  K.\TIE   BELLE  McGREGOK 

The    accomplished    daughter   of   the    President    of  the 
L'nion  Iron  Works.    She  graduated  this  year  from 
Vassar  and   will  make  her  debut  this  winter. 

than  herself.  One  friend  in  Sacramento  recently 
had  the  mortgage  on  her  home  paid  off  by  Mrs. 
Alexander.  Of  all  the  guests  at  the  Crocker- 
Whitman  wedding  there  was  one  who  probably 
will  never  forget  the  joyous  day.  She  was  an 
early  girlhood  friend  of  Hattie  Crocker  Alexan- 
der's, and  is  now  living  way  down  in  the  country 
far  removed  from  pleasures  and  festivities  of  any 
kind.  Mrs.  Alexander  sent  for  her,  made  it  pos- 
sible for  her  to  appear  at  the  wedding  and  saw 
to  it  that  she  thoroughly  enjoyed  the  day.  I 
have  heard  of  many  other  acts  of  thoughtful 
kindness  on  the  part  of  Mrs.  Alexander,  but  as 
Mrs.  Alexander  is  exceedingly  unobtrusive  in  her 
charities  I  can  but  hint  at  them  in  deference  to 
her  wishes. 


Another  Simple  Wedding 

The  "note  of  simplicity"  which  is  insisted  on 
these  days  in  all  real  society  weddings  was  struck 
with  a  resounding  whack  at  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Thclma  Parker  of  Honolulu  and  Henry  Gailiard 


Smart  of  Virginia.  Miss  Parker  is  an  heiress  with 
an  astounding  income,  so  the  note  of  simplicity 
was  struck  on  a  golden  scale.  The  wedding  took 
place  amid  the  simple  surroundings  of  Miss 
Parker's  plantation  at  Waimca  on  the  island.  A 
Kanaka  orchestra,  simply  attired  in  garlands  of 
leis  and  native  costumes  containing  all  the  prim- 
ary colors,  played  simple  Hawaiian  melodies. 
At  the  same  time  a  bevy  of  dusky  beauties,  more 
simply  attired  still,  gyrated  in  the  simple,  the  ex- 
cessively simple  contortions  of  the  pretty  hula- 
hula  which  is  the  national  wedding  dance  of  the 
islands.  Then  there  was  a  luau  or  wedding  feast, 
at  which  the  hundreds  of  wedding  guests  partook 
of  a  simple  repast  consisting  of  innumerable 
Hawaiian  viands.  After  the  honeymoon  the 
couple  will  divide  their  time  between  a  simple 
mansion  in  San  Francisco  and  an  equally  simple 
home  in  Honolulu,  both  specially  built  for  them 
at  a  cost  running  simply  into  six  figures. 


Miss  Langhorne's  Wedding 

Miss  Julia  Langhorne  has  selected  the  dashing 
Miss  Newhall  to  be  maid  of  honor  at  her  mar- 
riage to  Lieutenant  Parker  next  month.  Miss 
Newhall  is  nearly  as  tall  as  the  lithe  Miss  Lang- 
horne and  they  will  tower  above  the  bridesmaids 
following  behind,  although  Miss  Sara  Cunning- 
ham and  Miss  Louise  Boyd  who  will  fill  the  role 
of  bridesmaids  are  above  the  average  height.  It 
will  be  a  very  impressive  and  stately  bridal  party 
at  St.  Luke's  on  the  evening  of  August  14,  with 
the  groom  measuring  six  feet,  three  inches,  fall- 
ing just  one  inch  below  the  height  of  Malcolm 
Whitman.  There  will  not  be  the  striking  differ- 
ence, however,  between  bride  and  groom  that  was 
noted  at  the  Crocker-Whitman  wedding  where 
the  dainty  bride  who  stood  five  feet  one  in  her 
slippers  was  fifteen  inches  below  the  groom's 
six  feet  four.  Miss  Langhorne  herself  is  sfx 
feet  tall.  The  winsome  bride  elect  is  greatly  dis- 
appointed, I  hear,  that  her  intimate  friend 
Martha  Calhoun  will  not  be  among  her  attend- 


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ants.  Miss  Calhoun  is  as  petite  and  dainty  as  Jennie 
Crocker  Whitman  and  her  presence  in  the  bridal 
party  would  have  necessitated  another  small  maid 
to  match  her  height.  Miss  Katherine  Duane  of 
Morristown,  New  Jersey,  cousin  to  Miss  Lang- 
horne,  is  another  who  had  been  originally  in- 
cluded in  the  bridesmaids  but  will  not  take  the 
journey  to  California  after  all.  The  Duanes  are 
very  prominent  in  the  exclusive  Morristown  set 
and  Miss  Katherine  was  much  entertained  by  our 
smart-setters  on  the  occasion  of  a  visit  to  the 
Langhornes  several  years  ago. 


Two  Young  Catches 

The  youthful  Prince  Stanislaus  Poniatowski 
who  is  visiting  his  aunt  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  at 
Burlingame  is  too  young  to  be  considered  a 
matrimonial  possibility  by  belles  down  the  penin- 
sula. He  is  not  yet  fifteen  years  old  but  is  a 
handsome  sturdy  lad  of  whom  the  mothers  of 
future  debutantes  are  taking  note.  He  is  seen 
driving  about  the  roads  of  Burlingame  with  his 
young  cousin,  Billy  Crocker  Jr.  who  himself  will 
be  a  great  catch  in  a  few  years.  Young  Crocker 
!3  a  motor  maniac  whose  father  presented  him 
with  a  machine  when  he  returned  East  to  school 
!ast  year.  He  is  soon  to  enter  Yale  University. 
Prince  Stanislaus  who  is  one  of  three  brothers 
will  spend  the  remainder  of  the  summer  with  his 
California  relatives.  I  am  told  he  is  preparing 
to  enter  an  American  university  to  complete  his 
education. 


The  Crockers  Assembled 

There  is  quite  a  gathering  of  the  rising  gen- 
eration of  the  Crocker  clan  at  Burlingame  this 
summer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  of  New  York 
brought  their  three  daughters  out  for  the  Whit- 
n.an    wedding.    They   are   Harriet,   Janetta  and 


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May,  the  last  not  yet  numbered  among  the 
debutantes.  The  son  and  two  daughters  of  the 
Will  Crockers  are  all  at  New  Place  where  an- 
other season  or  two  will  see  Helen,  the  younger 
girl,  a  debutante.  The  Henry  Crocker  children 
went  down  for  the  wedding  and  young  Frank 
Crocker,  a  cousin  from  New  York,  is  also  visit- 
ing at  Burlingame.  The  Prince  may  be  included 
by  virtue  of  his  relationship  to  Mrs.  Will  Crocker, 
the  sister  of  his  mother  Princess  Poniatowski. 


Mrs.  Carolan's  Latest 

Mrs.  Carolan  has  been  playing  in  Paris  with 
a  new  fad.  She's  studying  Apache  slang.  That's 
the  thing  to  do  in  Paris  just  now,  and  Mrs.  Caro- 


Plioto,  Bianca  Conti 

MRS.   WILL.-VRD  WILLIAMSON 

W  ho  is  prominent  in  the  exclusive  set  of  Oakland  and 
does   a   great   deal   of  entertaining   in  her 
Hillside  avenue  home. 

Ian  is  always  au  courant  with  the  times,  as  the 
American  says  on  the  boulevards.  The  argot  of 
the  slums  is  heard  in  the  best  drawing  rooms, 
bandied  to  and  fro  over  the  best  tea  tables.  Slang 
dictionaries  are  in  demand.  Language  teachers 
are  giving  lessons  at  exorbitant  prices  per  lesson. 
The  Parisian  interest  in  the  under-world,  always 
strong  since  Hugo  wrote  "Les  Miserables,"  was 
intensified  by  the  exploits  of  the  motor  bandits. 
That  led  to  the  fad  of  Apache  talk.  Mrs.  Caro- 
lan, they  tell  me,  is  an  expert  at  it.  But  of  course 
there  are  some  Apache  terms  which  she  doesn't 
use. 


GRANT  AVLAT  POST  ST. 


Tweedmouth  in  the  Lists 

Walter  Hobart,  Tom  Driscoll,  Dick  Tobin  and 
others  in  Burlingame  will  be  sorry  to  hear  that 
"Tweedy"  is  a  mighty  poor  tilter.  "Tweedy"  is 
a  gallant  and  expert  polo  player,  as  we  all  know, 
but  he  doesn't  shine  in  the  lists.  "Tweedy,"  to 
give  Lord  Tweedmouth  the  nickname  by  which 
Eleanor  Sears  always  called  him  at  Coronado. 
took  part  in  the  tournament  at  Earl's  Court, 
London,  a  few  days  ago.  The  tournament  was  the 
piece  de  resistance  of  Mrs.  Cornwallis-Wcsrs 
spectacle,  "Shakespeare's  England,"  the  same  that 
she  is  thinking  of  bringing  to  San  Francisco  for 
the  World's  Fair.  Other  lords  took  part,  notably 
the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  Lord  Ashby  St.  Leger, 
the  Earl  of  Craven  and  Viscount  Crichton.  But 
the  few  San  Franciscans  who  were  present  as 

City  Candy  in  the  Country.  Specially  packed 
for  sending  by  mail  or  express.  Can  be  sent 
from  any  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores 
in  San  Francisco. 


spectators  were  most  interested  in  "Tweedy." 
"Tweedy"  looked  funny  in  armor.  He  resembled 
;i  cross-section  of  a  boiler  factory  as  much  as 
anything  else.  Some  say  he  wore  a  ton  of  metal, 
Init  that's  an  exaggeration.  He  was  very  hot, 
and  complained  that  he  couldn't  wipe  away  the 
perspiration  which  trickled  down  his  face  and 
tickled  his  chin.  And  he  spoiled  the  historical 
effect  by  smoking  a  cigarette  through  a  long 
tube.  He  wasn't  happy,  and  the  actual  tilting 
completed  his  misery.  He  couldn't  have  tilted 
worse  if  he  tried.  His  lance-in-rest  missed  his 
opponent  every  time.  His  horse  stumbled,  un- 
i  sed  to  the  tonnage,  and  didn't  want  to  carry  him. 
No,  "Tweedy''  was  not  a  success.  Walter  Hobart, 
Tom  Dris.coll,  Dick  Tobin  and  the  rest  should 
cable  their  sorrow.    But  perhaps  Walter  Hobart 


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will  be  secretly  delighted.  If  "Tweedy"  hadn't 
walked  upstairs  on  his  handi  in  Coronado  Walter 
would  have  been  spared  humiliation  and  sprains. 


The  automobile  that  is  to  be  given  away  is  cer- 
tainly a  beauty  and  one  that  any  woman  would 
be  proud  to  own. 


To  Have  a  Bachelor  Establishment 

Loring  Pickering,  the  young  man  who  will  one 
day  control  the  fortunes  of  the  Bulletin,  is  hav- 
ing the  time  of  his  life  in  Europe.  He  went 
abroad  for  study  and  recreation,  and  will  prob- 
ably matriculate  at  the  Paris  Sorbonne.  But 
Pickering  is  in  no  hurry  to  buckle  down  to  the 
grind.  Europe  has  so  many  attractions  for  a 
young  man  with  a  handsome  income,  tTiat  it  is 
but  natural  the  Sorbonne  should  wait  a  little. 
He  has  been  spending  a  good  deal  of  time  in 
Florence,  Siena  and  San  Remo  and  at  last  re- 
ports was  seeing  Rome  and  doing  as  the  Romans 
do,  which  means  that  he  was  having  a  good  time. 
Incidentally  he  went  to  Viterbo  to  see  the  Cam- 
orra  criminals  sentenced.  In  the  Autunw  he  will 
go  back  to  Paris.  He  intends  to  set  up  a  bachelor 
establishment  there  and  enter  into  the  gay  Win- 
ter festivities  of  the  American  set.  And  he  will 
try  to  see  something  of  the  Paris  capital  from 
the  inside. 


An  Interesting  Engagement 

Society  circles  about  the  bay  are  showering 
congratulations  upon  Mrs.  Doris  Hopkins  since 
she  has  made  public  the  announcement  of  her 
engagement  to  M.  Marcel,  a  popular  and  wealthy 
member  of  Paris  society.  Close  friends  have 
known  of  her  happiness  ever  since  Mrs.  Hopkins 
came  from  France  to  visit  Mrs.  Edward  Lacy 
Brayton  of  Kelton  Court,  Oakland,  but  it  is  only 
in  recent  weeks  that  transbay  society  in  general 
has  been  made  acquainted  with  the  news  of  the 
approaching  marriage  which  will  occur  early  next 
year.  Possessed  of  infinite  tact  and  graciousness, 
Mrs.  Hopkins  has  been  extremely  popular  with 
the  Claremont  Country  Club  set  and  her  Novem- 
ber departure  for  Paris  will  be  deeply  deplored. 


Honeymooners  North  and  South 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irwin  Brought<m,  bride  and 
groom  of  the  week  are  on  their  way  to  Canada 
to  spend  the  honeymoon  at  Banff.  This  is  revers- 
ing the  direction  for  wedding  trips  generally 
lead  southward.  Santa  Barbara  is  becoming  as  fam- 
ous for  honeymooners  as  was  Niagara  in  the  days 
of  Artcmus  Ward  and  Mark  Twain's  early  efforts. 
A  few  years  ago  Del  Monte  was  favored  by 
brides  and  grooms,  of  whom  it  was  said  ninety- 
eight  per  cent  of  those  married  in  this  city  spent 
their  honeymoon  at  the  famous  hostlery.  A 
goodly  number  still  find  their  way  there,  but  gen- 
erally continue  on  to  the  old  southern  mission 
town  after  a  brief  stay.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams, 
the  latter  of  whom  was  Mrs.  Nelle  Towlc,  her 
former  husband  having  been  a  Towle  of  Towle's 
station,  are  among  those  at  present  honeymooning 
in  the  South  but  the  bride  has  introduced  the  nov- 
elty into  the  trip  of  driving  her  own  automobile 
on  the  wedding  journey. 


'"Tween  the  Hours  of  3  and  6" 

The  interior  of  Tait's  Cafe  presents  a  gay  and 
animated  appearance  these  days  "'tween  the  hours 
of  3  and  6  o'clock."  During  these  hours  fashion- 
able and  Bohemian  San  Francisco  gathers  to  make 
merry  and  to  enjoy  a  light  repast.  The  "atmos- 
phere" of  the  place  is  very  compelling;  and  the 
impression  made  is  a  pleasant  one.  There's  a 
young,  petite  Chinese  girl  who  goes  from  table 
to  table  in  native  attire  giving  out  neat  little 
announcement  cards  which  bear  the  interesting 
information  that  the  cafe  is  going  to  give  away 
a  beautiful  $1250  Oakland  automobile — the  prize 
car.  This  young  Chinese  lady  speaks  very  good 
English  and  affords  patrons  of  the  place  much 
amusement  by  her  quaint  replies  to  questions 
asked  as  she  moves  among  the  merrymakers. 


Nicholas  I.  and  Liszt 

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sian court,  Nicolas  I.  requested  the  eminent  artist 
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Tsar,  who  was  not  listening  to  the  music,  but 
talking  to  a  general.  Liszt  continued  to  play  and 
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asking  what  had  happened. 

"When  the  Emperor  talks,"  answered  Liszt, 
"everybody  else  must  be  silent." 

"But  when  Liszt  plays  the  Emperor  must  be 
silent,"  answered  Nicolas,  and  began  to  listen 
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**The  Toad  in  the  Greek  Theatre" 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


"The  Toad"  by  Mrs.  Bertha  Newberry  is  not 
the  great  American  play.  It  is  not  even  the 
great  Egyptian  play.  There  is  no  danger  that 
it  will  set  either  San  Francisco  Bay  or  the  Nile 
on  fire.  After  seeing  it  one  wonders  why  it  was 
produced  at  the  Greek  Theatre  at  all.  I  felt 
like  asking  Professor  Dallam  Armes  about  that, 
but  refrained.  I  also  felt  like  asking  George 
Davis  who  was  there  whether  he  intended  to  se- 
cure "The  Toad"  for  the  Alcazar.  But  he  would 
have  accused  me  of  joking  him.  Down  at  Car- 
mel,  where  the  Carmelites  love  one  another  with 
real  family  intensity,  there  is  a  division  of  opinion 
about  "The  Toad."  In  San  Francisco  and  Berk- 
eley there  should  be  none.  There  is  no  reason 
why  we  shouldn't  be  unanimous  in  considering 
"The  Toad"  a  poor  play.  Mr.  Garnet  Holme 
made  a  good  production,  "Choragus"  Paul  Stein- 
dorff  acquitted  himself  well,  the  costumes  were 
beautiful,  the  night  with  its  yellow  moon  was 
exquisite  and  some  of  the  actors  were  not  so 
bad.  But  "The  Toad" — well,  it  was  too  bad  that 
such  a  production,  such  music,  such  costumes 
and  such  a  night  should  be  wasted  on  it.  "The 
Toad"  labors  under  the  difficulty  of  not  being 
built  according  to  tlie  rules.  It  works  up  to  no 
big  situation.  It  jogs  leisurely  through  three  acts 
to  an  uninteresting  conclusion.    You  don't  take 


Hackett,  Holland  and  Company 

Any  play  by  the  author  of  the  delicious  "D'Arcy 
of  tile  Guards"  ought  to  be  worth  while.  And 
"The  Grain  of  Dust"  by  Louis  Evan  Shipman  is 
decidedly  worth  while.  To  those  of  us  who 
hadn't  read  the  Graham  Phillips  novel  the  play 
we  witnessed  at  the  Columbia  Monday  night  un- 
folded a  very  interesting  story  of  contempor- 
aneous New  York  life.  Graham  Phillips  was  a 
misogynist.  He  was  pitiless  in  his  depiction  of 
the  woman  of  today  as  she  appeared  to  him.  In 
"The  Grain  of  Dust"  he  developed  a  theme  which 
must  have  given  him  great  satisfaction.  It  deals 
with  the  overpowering  love  which  a  great  lawyer 
has  for  his  stenographer.  Characteristically 
enough,  (if  we  may  take  it  for  granted  that  the 
play  follows  the  book),  Phillips  does  not  repre- 
sent the  lawyer  as  being  infatuated  in  the  ordinary 
sense  of  the  term.  He  gives  up  everything  for 
his  passion,  not  in  blind  impetuosity  but  in  rea- 
soned, calculated  consciousness.  If  he's  a  fool, 
he's  a  fool  with  his  eyes  open.  He  breaks  his 
engagement  to  a  beautiful  girl  of  society,  he 
withdraws  from  the  law  firm  which  handles  the 
affairs  of  the  girl's  millionaire  father.  The  stenog- 
rapher tells  him  that  she  does  not  love  him. 
That  makes  no  difTerence.  He  is  determined  to 
communicate  the  warmth  of  his  own  absorbing 
passion  to  her.  He  marries  her.  The  father  of 
his  jilted  fiancee  sets  about  ruining  him  and  pretty 
nearly  succeeds.  Then  his  stenographer-wife 
leaves  him.  But  in  the  end  he  turns  the  tables. 
He  recovers  his  position  at  the  bar  and  his  wife 
comes  back,  to  love  him  at  last.  No  doubt  a  lot 
of  all  this,  notably  the  desertion  and  return  of 
the  wife,  are  worked  out  in  the  novel  with  Phil- 
lips' usual  mordant  cleverness.  In  the  play  much 
must  be  left  to  the  imagination.  The  motives  be- 
hind the  ups  and  downs  of  the  love  affair  are 
hastily  indicated,  but  not  altogether  without  plau- 
sibility. The  best  parts  of  the  play  deal  with  the 
duel  between  the  lawyer  and  the  millionaire.  It 
is  war  to  the  knife  and  both  have  their  victories 


the  slightest  interest  in  any  of  the  characters. 
They  do  nothing,  say  nothing  to  excite  your 
sympathies.  You  don't  care  a  rap  whether  the 
bad  Prince  Aahmes  kills  his  brother  and  takes 
the  throne  of  Acortis.  In  fact,  on  the  two  or 
three  occasions  when  the  King  appears  he  proves 
himself  a  good  deal  of  a  bore.  Perhaps  that  is 
why  Aahmes  dislikes  him.  You  don't  blame 
Queen  Ismar  for  throwing  the  King  over.  The 
lady  with  the  fortune-telling  name  has  an  awful 
crush  on  Aahmes,  but  Aahmes  is  a  thorough 
good-for-nothing  who  uses  the  Queen  for  his 
ambitious  plans  and  laughs  at  her  love  in  his 
Egyptian  sleeve.  Aahmes  is  very  strong  for 
Cleis,  the  seeress,  but  she  is  what  we  so  pic- 
turesquely call  "dead  stuck"  on  Pasara,  the  King's 
younger  brother.  Aahmes  is  a  good  deal  of  a 
bungler  when  it  comes  to  having  the  King  killed. 
The  Toad  is  the  champion  foiler  of  Acortis,  and 
he  foils  Aahmes  several  times.  Being  the  King's 
dwarf  the  Toad  is  very  close  to  the  King  and 
guards  him  closely  until  the  third  act.  In  the 
third  act  Aahmes  borrows  the  key  of  the  royal 
chamber  from  Queen  Ismar,  borrows  a  knife 
from  one  of  his  friends — he  is  quite  a  borrower — 
and  knifes  the  King.  For  some  reason  or  other 
the  Toad  is  not  around  to  prevent  him,  probably 
because  the  author  thought  it  was  high  time 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

and  their  defeats.  In  these  scenes  Hackett  is  at 
his  best.  There  is  something  of  his  "Sampson" 
in  the  character  of  Frederick  Norman.  The 
pugnacity  of  the  man,  his  iron  will,  his  refusal 
to  accept  defeat,  his  almost  brutal  insistence  on 


MRS.    LOUIS  JAMES 
Who  will  appear  in  the  triangular  comedy  "Holding  a 
Husband"   this   Sunday   matinee   at   the  Orpheum. 

revenge,  his  implacability,  all  are  masterfully 
portrayed.  Hackett  does  these  things  well,  does 
them  much  better  than  he  does  the  less  intense 
parts  of  the  play.  Perhaps  he  is  too  much  the 
actor  when  he  makes  love,  when  he  converses 
with  his  sister.  But  put  him  face  to  face  with  a 
man  who  is  trying  to  get  the  better  of  him,  and 
he's  superb.  Holland  is  a  joy  forever.  He  plays 
the  part  of  a  middle-aged  bachelor  with  the  kind- 
liest of  hearts  and  little  serio-comic  mannerisms 


to  get  the  King  killed  off.  Aahmes  naturally 
thinks  he'll  be  King  now,  but  he  bungles  again. 
He  makes  violent  love  to  Cleis  in  the  presence 
of  the  Queen.  Of  course  she  is  furious.  Al- 
though she  was  a  party  to  the  King's  death  she 
denounces  Aahmes  to  the  people  and  orders  that 
he  be  burned  to  death.  Then  the  good  brother 
Pasara  announces  his  engagement  to  Cleis  and 
the  Queen  gives  him  the  crown.  This  is  the 
signal  for  an  amazingly  bad  dance  by  a  group  of 
airy  Egyptian  maidens.  Then  we  are  given 
ocular  proof  that  the  King  is  dead;  we  see  him 
lying  on  his  couch  with  a  knife  in  his  ribs.  That 
brings  the  play  to  an  end.  It  would  be  unfair 
to  the  actors  to  blame  them  for  not  making  "The 
Toad"  interesting  or  impressive.  Such  a  thing 
couldn't  be  done  by  a  company  of  Irvings,  Mans- 
ficlds,  Ellen  Terrys  and  Julia  Marlowes.  Not 
that  "The  Toad"  was  given  by  any  such  company. 
The  actors  were  amateurs,  and  rather  unpolished 
amateurs  at  that.  The  one  player  who  stood  out 
was  Sophie  Treadwell  who  plays  Queen  Ismar. 
Miss  Treadwell  was  a  stunning  queen.  She  had 
a  queenly  carriage  and  made  queenly  gestures. 
Besides,  she  showed  dramatic  intensity.  .She  read 
her  lines  well,  but  alas!  they  were  not  very  good 
lines. 


of  face  and  walk  and  gesture.  He  draws  his  por- 
trait to  the  life,  to  the  last  stroke  of  naturalness. 
That  he  is  one  of  our  best  actors  is  as  apparent 
in  this  play  as  it  has  always  been.  The  rest  of 
tlic  company  is  notable.  Frazer  Coulter,  Frank 
lUirbeck,  Vaughan  Trevor,  Charles  Lane  and  Fred 
Sullivan  are  all  good  actors.  So  are  the  women. 
Beatrice  Beckley  as  the  stenographer  who  be- 
comes the  lawyer's  wife,  plays  an  ultra-modern 
role  with  a  great  deal  of  understanding.  The 
action  revolves  about  this  part,  but  the  circum- 
stances of  the  drama  make  it  necessary  that  the 
character  be  unobtrusive,  a  significant  figure  but 
not  too  much  in  the  foreground.  Miss  Beckley 
realizes  this  throughout.  Olive  Oliver  and 
Elaine  Inescourt  also  acquit  themselves  well. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Revival 

Have  we  been  surfeited  with  musical  comedy? 
It  would  seem  so  now  that  the  wise  men  who 
cater  to  public  taste  in  matters  theatrical  have 
given  us  a  revival  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan.  And 
dear  old  comic  opera  twain,  long  though  they 
have  been  gathering  dust  on  the  shelf,  back  in 
the  limelight  they  seem  just  as  fresh  as  the 
flowers  that  bloom  in  the  spring.  Gilbert  and 
Sullivan  must  now  be  hailed  as  classics.  We  are 
their  posterity  and  we  enjoy  them.  At  the  Cort 
Theatre  Sunday  night  they  were  given  a  recep- 
tion even  warmer  than  the  greeting  which  the 
old  favorites  in  the  cast  of  The  Mikado  received. 
And  the  comic  opera  that  first  came  to  America 
so  many,  many  years  ago  was  presented  in  all 
its  pristine  purity.  There  is  no  attempt  to  brmg 
it  down  to  date;  that  is,  to  give  it  any  adventitious 
aids  such  as  might  be  designed  by  the  twentieth 
century  stage  manager  enthusiastic  for  new 
wrinkles  of  the  kind  that  have  helped  to  make 
insipid  and  colorless  musical  comedies  go.  The 
Mikado  as  seen  and  heard  at  the  Cort  is  notable 
for  its  reverent  adherence  to  the  traditional  "busi- 
ness" of  the  opera.    Wise  in  his  generation  was 


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July  27,  1912 


the  satirical  Gilbert.  He  knew  the  propensity  of 
the  comedian  to  "gag"  and  of  the  provincial  stage 
manager  to  add  little  touches  of  his  own.  Gil- 
bert would  have  none  of  these  things.  He  super- 
vised the  rehearsals  and  production  of  his  works, 
and  when  they  went  forth  into  the  world  it  was 
with  the  strict  injunction  that  nothing  should  be 
changed.  This  injunction  I  judge  is  still  in  force 
and  effect.  Though  not  sumptuously  mounted 
the  opera  is  very  prettily  sung.  Blanche  Duffield, 
the  Yum  Yum  and  .Mice  Brady,  the  Pitti  Sing 
are  young,  pretty  and  graceful.  They  sing 
sweetly  with  thread-like  voice  and  act  like 
embryonic  mimes.  De  Wolf  Hopper  is  of  course 
an  excellent  Ko-Ko,  for  he  is  a  most  discreet 


comedian,  a  man  of  wit  who  never  descends  to 
clownishness.  Eugene  Covvles,  .Arthur  Cunnmg- 
ham,  George  Macfarlane  and  Kate  Condon  all  re- 
ceived on  Sunday  night  the  welcome  due  to  old 
friends.  Mr.  Cunningham  was  so  glad  to  see  his 
applauders  of  other  days  that  he  rewarded  them 
for  their  "kind  applause"  by  promptly  stepping 
out  of  the  picture  and  making  a  neat  little  speech 
right  on  the  spot.  The  others  showed  their  keen 
appreciation  by  their  readiness  to  respond  with 
encores.  The  comic  opera  season  at  the  Cort 
will  doubtless  be  exceedingly  gratifying  to  all 
concerned. 

— H.  M.  B. 


"The  Drums  of  Oude"  and  Other  Acts 

If  you  haven't  heard  the  drums  of  Oude  beat 
their  sinister  tattoo  at  the  Orpheum  you  have 


missed  a  great  vaudeville  experience.  By  all 
means  go  and  listen  to  their  monotone.  Let 
your  mind  absorb  their  intimations  of  approach- 
ing tragedy.  Surrender  to  the  spell  of  Austin 
Strong's  one-act  drama.  Let  its  thrills  send  the 
shivers  up  and  down  your  spine.  You'll  feel 
invigorated,  stimulated  when  the  play  is  over. 
You'll  find  it  difficult  to  relax  the  tension  when 
Lew  Sully  appears  and  remarks  that  the  noise 
reminded  him  of  the  Chicago  convention.  David 
Belasco  has  done  well  by  Strong  in  this  splendid 
little  drama.  .'\11  the  Belasco  skill  has  gone  to 
supply  the  proper  atmosphere  of  fear  and  uneasi- 
ness. A  sense  of  mysterious  danger  pervades  the 
play.    You  are  fascinated,  enthralled  from  begin- 


ning to  end.  The  love  of  melodrama  that  is  in 
all  of  us  finds  ample  satisfaction.  The  players 
accentuate  the  sense  of  coming  doom.  Their 
performance  is  given  in  a  high  key,  so  to  speak. 
They  are  moving  in  the  presence  of  death,  and  act 
as  brave  men  and  women  might  be  expected  to 
act  under  such  trying  conditions.  "The  Drums  of 
Oude"  is  well  written,  produced  well,  acted  well. 
The  applause  which  follows  its  exciting  denoue- 
ment is  tribute  to  the  play  and  the  players.  This 
drama  is  the  piece  de  resistance  of  an  unusual 
bill.  There  are  seven  new  acts  in  it,  all  good. 
The  only  holdover  is  the  irresistible  farce  "The 
Battle  Cry  of  Freedom"  which  gives  May  TuUy 
and  her  company  the  opportunity  to  poke  fun  at 
the  Nevada  divorce  law.  Foreign  dancers  do  not 
always  impress  Orpheumites,  but  Mile.  Sealby 
and  M.  Duclos  are  among  the  exceptions.  Both 


are  graceful  and  Mile.  Sealby  is  very  pretty  and 
very  prettily  costumed  into  the  bargain.  Their 
"valse  exquise"  pleased;  so  did  their  "tango  Ar- 
gentin;"  but  their  Apache  dance  brought  the 
house  down.  Theirs  is  Apache  dancing  raised  to 
the  nth  power.  Apparently  the  Apache  is  trying 
to  kill  his  girl,  but  despite  his  chokings  and  hurl- 
ings  and  other  manhandlings  she  keeps  on  danc- 
ings serenely,  in  the  end  proving  that  the  female 
Apache  is  more  ferocious  than  the  male.  Lew 
Sully  we  know  of  old,  but  he  is  always  a  welcome 
visitor.  His  silliness  is  a  bid  for  laughter  that 
cannot  be  refused.  His  imitation  of  Alice  Lloyd 
is  very  low  comedy,  but  it  scores.  Stein,  Hume 
and  Thomas  are  presentable  chaps  with  very 
good  voices  whose  bgigest  hit  is  a  parody  of  grand 
opera.  The  Orpheum  couldn't  get  enough  of 
them  on  Sunday.  Then  there  is  Bert  Terrell,  a 
Dutch  character  singer,  and  in  the  acrobatic  line, 
the  Eugene  trio  and  the  four  Florimonds.  The 
bill  is  rounded  out  with  one  of  the  most  thrill- 
ing motion  pictures  you've  ever  seen. 

— The  First  Xightcr. 


Bessie  Barriscale  in  "My  Wife" 

Having  obtained  an  extension  of  Bessie  Bar- 
riscale's  stay  at  the  Alcazar,  the  management  has 
acceded  to  popular  request  by  deciding  to  pre- 
sent her  in  "My  Wife"  next  week.  When  she 
last  appeared  here  in  this  play,  about  two  year-, 
ago,  her  grip  on  the  favor  of  the  Alcazar's 
clientele  was  immeasurably  strengthened,  for  sh^- 
had  a  role  that  brought  out  all  the  charm  of 
her  dainty  personality  and  enabled  her  to  reveal 
new  and  charming  phases  of  her  art.  Hence  the 
demand  for  its  revival.  In  the  cast  with  Miss 
Barriscale  will  be  Forrest  Stanley  and  the  full 
strength  of  the  Alcazar  company.  Mr.  Stanley 
has  never  appeared  in  San  Francisco,  but  folk 
who  keep  in  touch  with  the  American  stage  ncul 
not  be  informed  that  he  is  rated  one  of  its  fore- 
most leading  men.  That  he  will  more  than  meet 
the  exacting  demands  of  the  Alcazar  management 
has  been  demonstrated  by  his  acting  at  rehearsals 
of  "My  Wife,"  in  which  he  has  a  part  that  brings 
out  his  most  effective  histrionic  methods.  "My 
Wife"  was  adapted  from  the  French  by  Michel 
Morton,  and  John  Drew  was  using  it  as  a  starring 
vehicle  %vhen  the  work  of  Billie  Burke  in  the  part 
of  Trixie  Dupre  threatened  his  supremacy  in  the 
cast  and  elevated  her  to  the  stellar  position 
which  she  has  since  occupied.  This  is  the  char- 
acter in  which  Miss  Barriscale  will  be  seen.  For 
the  closing  week  of  Miss  Barriscale's  stay  at  the 
Alcazar,  beginning  Monday  after  next,  is  an- 
nounced the  first  presentation  in  a  stock  theatre 
of  "A  Royal  Family"  which  served  Annie  Rus- 
as  a  starring  vehicle  during  three  consecutive  sv.i 
sons.  Then  comes  a  brief  engagement  of  Laur- 
ette  Taylor  whose  opening  play  will  be  "The  Girl 
in  Waiting." 


Musiccil  Comedy  at  the  Orpheum 

Marguerite  Haney  will  appear  in  B.  A.  Rolfe's 
tabloid  musical  comedy  "The  Leading  Lady"  at 
the  Orpheum  next  week.  Miss  Haney  has  just 
returned  from  Paris  where  she  made  a  decided  hit 
in  the  review  at  the  Folies  Bergere.  Supporting 
Miss  Haney  as  leading  comedian  is  Ralph  Lynn, 
an  English  actor.  "The  Leading  Lady"  has  a 
company  of  ten  and  a  special  scenic  equipment. 
Mrs.  Louis  James,  widow  of  Louis  James,  will 
make  her  vaudeville  debut  in  this  city  in  a  comedy 
by  Arthur  Hopkins  entitled  "Holding  a  Husband" 
in  which  she  will  have  the  support  of  Laurette 
Brown  and  Elwood  Bostock.  Mrs.  James  for 
several  years  played  the  leading  roles  with  Mr. 
James.  She  afterwards  starred  in  Mrs.  Frances 
Hodgson  Burnett's  play  "Judy  O'Hara."  The 
}X3U  3UIOD  os\Te  Jnoj  Xpauio^  sjidiug  jE|ndod 
week.    Pauline    Moran,   a   singing  comedienne, 


BL.\NCHE  DUFFIELD 
The  celebrated  prima  donna  who  will  be  heard  as  Josephine   in  "Pinafore" 
at   the   Cort   Sunday  night. 


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brings  a  clever  and  amusing  entertainment.  Next 
week  will  be  the  last  of  Lew  Sully,  the  four 
Florimonds  and  Mademoiselle  Sealby  and  Mon- 
sieur Duclos.  Also  of  David  Belasco's  "The 
Drums  of  Oude." 


"The  Grain  of  Dust"  for  Another  Week 

The  second  and  final  week  of  "The  Grain  of 
Dust"  commences  at  the  Columbia  Monday  night. 
There  will  be  a  bargain  matinee  Wednesday  in 
addition  to  the  regular  Saturday  matinee.  For 
the  third  week  of  the  Hackett  season  there  will 
be  staged  for  the  first  time  anywhere  a  new  play 
from  the  pen  of  Brandon  Tynan,  the  actor-au- 
thor. It  is  called  "The  Melody  of  Youth" 
and  is  in  three  acts  with  a  story  of  Irish  interest. 
Tynan  is  said  to  have  turned  out  a  particularly 
fine  bit  of  stage  literature,  far  in  advance  of  any- 
thing previously  done  by  him.  He  will  appear  in 
the  cast  with  Mr.  Hackett,  Mrs.  Thomas  Whiffcn 
and  others.  The  premiere  of  the  play  will  bring 
out  a  throng  of  theatergoers  on  Monday,  Au- 
gust 5. 


Next  Comes  "Pinafore" 

The  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Festival  Company 
now  presenting  a  season  of  revivals  of  those 
famous  authors  at  the  Cort  change  their  bill  on 
Sunday  evening  and  will  present  for  the  entire 
week  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the  even  dozen 
which  they  gave  to  the  world,  "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore." 
It  has  been  thirty-five  years  since  this  opera  was 
first  given  in  America.  It  had  been  running  for 
a  few  months  in  London  before  any  American 
manager  had  the  temerity  to  risk  its  production. 
It  was  feared  that  it  was  too  British  and  insular 
to  make  an  appeal  to  this  country.  But  its  suc- 
cess here  is  a  part  of  our  stage  history.  DeWolf 
Hopper  will  be  seen  as  Dick  Deadeye,  Blanche 
Duffield  as  Josephine,  Eugene  Cowles  as  Bill 
Bobstay,  Arthur  Aldridge  as  Ralph  Rackstraw, 
Viola  Gillette  as  Little  Buttercup,  Arthur  Cun- 
ningham as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  K.  C.  B.  and 
Alice  Brady  as  Hebe.  For  the  third  week  of 
comic  opera  at  the  Cort  "Patience"  will  be  given 
production  the  first  half  of  the  week  and  "The 
Pirates  of  Penzance"  the  final  half  of  that  same 
week. 


The  Usual  High  Level  at  Pantages 

Mirth,  melody  and  good  entertainment  gener- 
ally reign  supreme  at  Pantages  this  week, 
crowded  houses  being  in  continual  evidence.  An 
unusually  bright  array  of  attractions  has  been  se- 
cured for  the  week  commencing  Sunday  after- 
noon, Fred  Ireland  and  his  dancing  Casino  girls 
heading  the  bill.  Ireland  who  is  well  known  in 
musical  comedy  circles,  brings  a  clever  little  com- 
pany, including  Miss  Nema  Catto  and  P.  W. 
Miles,  and  will  present  a  miniature  musical  com- 
edy entitled  "High  Lights  of  Dear  Old  Broad- 
way," in  which  they  sing  six  songs  with  a  com- 
plete change  of  costume  for  every  number. 
Wood's  Animal  Actors,  comprising  several  dogs 
that  do  almost  everything  but  talk  and  four 
monkeys  that  play  "The  Swanee  River,"  on 
chimes,  will  enliven  proceedings.  El  Barto, 
styled  the  "conversational  trickster,"  will  deliver 
an  original  monologue  as  he  mystifies  his  audience 
with  extraordinary  feats  of  prestidigitation.  A 
special  engagement  of  great  interest  to  local 
lovers  of  clean,  manly  sport  is  that  of  Willie 
Ritchie,  the  popular  lightweight  who  is  looking 
for  championship  honors  that  seem  to  be  easily 
within  his  reach.  He  will  offer  a  little  skit  "Fun 
in  a  Gymnasium"  in  which  he  will  punch  the  bag, 
s'  ij)  the  rope  and  do  all  sorts  of  training  stunts, 
in  addition  to  sparring  three  rounds  with  his  box- 
ing partner.  The  Four  Flying  Valentines,  aeriai 
athletes  who  are  renowned  for  being  as  daring  as 
they  are  finished  and  graceful,  will  furnish  a  start- 


ling exhibition.  Ed  Dale  and  Edith  Pfeil,  com- 
edy singers  and  talkers  who  have  no  end  of 
snappy  songs  and  small  talk,  will  furnish  much 
food  for  laughter.  Howsley  and  Nichols,  novelty 
comedy  musicians  who  play  well  upon  a  variety 
of  instruments,  and  Sunlight  Pictures,  showing 
many  pictorial  surprises,  will  complete  a  varied 
and  entertaining  program. 


AMUSEMENTS 

San  Francisco  Girls  on  Broadway 

Do  the  San  Francisco  girls  who  go  to  Broad- 
way lack  "politeness  of  style?"  .Are  they  de- 
ficient in  refinement  and  gentle  charm?  Are 
they  vociferous?  Is  their  style  so  pronounced 
that  after  a  bit  they  drift  from  musical  comedy 
to  vaudeville?  The  dramatic  critic  of  the  New 
York  Sun  says  so,  but  his  authority  may  be 
questioned.  Here  is  the  way  ne  discusses  the 
situation: 

"The  difficulty  of  finding  young  women  to  fill 
the  leading  roles  in  the  polite  musical  comedies 
was  emphasized  last  autumn  when  three  actresses 
were  tried  before  it  was  possible  to  find  one  that 
filled  the  part  acceptably.  The  local  stage  is 
deficient  in  the  type  of  youthful  femininity  that 
is  best  adapted  to  such  uses.  Even  for  some  of 
the  Viennese  musical  plays  it  has  been  found 
necessary  to  send  to  London  to  find  the  satis- 
factory singer.  Yet  the  American  theatre  is 
full  of  comediennes  who  in  humor  and  vivacity, 
.  in  their  spirit  and  animation  are  much  the  su- 
perior of  these  pretty  but  rather  inanimate  Brit- 
ish types.  But  it  is  a  curious  fact  that  they  are 
much  more  suited  to  the  music  halls  than  they  are 
to  the  musical  plays  produced  in  the  regular 
theatres.  Some  of  the  most  talented  of  these 
American  girls  are  now  coming  from  San  Fran- 
cisco, the  city  which  has  given  so  many  famous 
actors  to  the  American  theatre.  They  show  stage 
intelligence,  their  sense  of  humor  is  strong  and 
they  are  successful  entertainers  who  ought  to  find 
a  place  in  the  musical  plays  of  the  rougher  sort 
that  are  such  a  characteristic  development  of 
our  stage.  But  their  style  is  a  little  pronounced 
even  for  these  pieces  and  after  unsuccessful  ef- 
forts to  establish  themselves  on  the  regular  stage 
they  drift  back  into  vaudeville.  The  fact  is,  of 
course,  that  they  lack  the  politeness  of  style  which 
the  audiences  at  the  Broadway  theatres  demand. 
It  is  not  enough  for  a  woman  w*o  appears  in 
a  play  there  to  be  funny,  nor  is  it  enough  that  she 
dance  and  sing  well.  There  must  be  an  element 
of  refinement  and  gentle  charm,  whether  the 
musical  original  of  the  play  came  from  the  Gaiety 
Theatre  in  London,  the  Theater  an  der  Wien  or 
the  Apollo  in  Paris.  Perhaps  there  is  occasional 
insipidity  in  the  smiling  beauty  who  is  now  in 
the  favor  of  the  public,  but  she  is  better  adapted 
to  the  demands  of  musical  plays  as  tsew  York 
audiences  want  them  than  the  vociferous  ladies 
from  the  West,  however  clever  in  characteriza- 
'tion,  graceful  in  the  turkey  trot  or  expert  at 
various  kinds  of  'rag'  they  may  be." 


"Hello!  Sit  down.  I  believe  you  have  come 
to  ask  me — " 

"You  have  been  misinformed;  I  haven't  come 
to  ask  you  anything." 

"Why,  I  understood  you — " 

"I  came  merely  because  I  wished  to  be  first 
to  tell  you  a  bit  of  good  news.  I  am  going  to 
marry  your  daughter." 

St.  Mary's  College,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Conducted  by  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian 
Schools.  Department  of  Arts  and  Letters,  Civil 
Engineering,  Commerce,  and  High  School  De- 
partment.   BROTHER  ZENONIAN,  Registrar. 

Fall  term  begins  September  5,  1912. 


Safest  and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

0'fIVRRt\.\.  B~T  S'XOCV.TOn  £r  PQ\Nt\.V  America 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.  Matinee  Every  Day 

THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

MARGUERITE  HANEY  in  B.  A.  Rolfe's  Tabloid  Musical 
Comedy  "The  Leading  Lady"  with  Ralph  Lynn;  MRS. 
LOUIS  TAMES  in  the  Triangular  Comedy  "Holding  a 
Husband";  EMPIRE  COMEDY  FOUR;  PALILINE 
MORAN,  Singing  Comedienne;  LEW  SULLY;  FOUR 
FLORIMONDS;  SEALBY  and  DUCLOS;  NEW  DAY- 
LIGHT MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  of  DAVID 
BELASCO'S  PRODUCTION  of  "THE  DRUMS  OF 
OUDE." 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


CQRX 


Leading  Theatre 


Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

"The  Mikado." 
(Sunday)  Night 


Last  Time  Tonight- 
Beginning  Tomorrow 

Second  Big  Week  of 
THE  GILBERT  &  SULLIVAN  FESTIVAL  CO. 
De   Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche   Dufifield  Geo.  MacFarlane 

Kate    Condon  Arthur  Aldridge 

Viola  Gillette  Arthur  Cunningham 

Alice  Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene  Cowles 
In 

"H.  M.  S.  PINAFORE" 

Nights  and  Saturday  Matinee  Prices — 50c  to  $2.00. 
Popular  Matinees  Wednesdays. 
Seats  Now  Selling  for  Week  commencing  Sunday.  Au- 
gust 4th.  Sunday,  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday  Matinee 
and  Night.  "Patience";  Thursday,  Friday,  Saturday  Matinee 
and  Night,  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance."  Week  Commenc- 
ing Monday,  August  12th — To  Be  Announced. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.  Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday    Evening,    July    29th,    and    Throughout    the  Week 

BESSIE  BARRISCALE 

Assisted  by  FORREST  STANLEY  (His  First  Appearance 
in  San  Francisco)  and  the  Alcazar  Company,  in 
"MY  WIFE" 
Michel   Morton's   Delicious  Comedy. 

Prices;  Night,  25c  to  $1.00;  Matinee,  25c  tn  iOc 
Matinee:    Thursday.    Saturday    and  Sun(];iy 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

T'lc   Leading   Playhouse.    Geary  and  Masun  it» 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  S7f<^ 

Beginning    Monday,    July    29  th — Second  Week 

JAMES  K. 

HACKETT 

.\nd  His  Company  of   Famous  New   York  Players  in  the 
Dramatization    of    David    Graham    Phillip's  Novel 
"THE  GRAIN   OF  DUST" 
Evenings  and  Saturday  Matinee,  $1.50  to  25c. 
Bargain  Matinee  Wednesday,  25c,  50c,  75c  and  $1.00. 
Monday,    August    5th — Brandon    Tynan's    new  play 
"The  Melody  of  Youth." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  Sunday,  July  28th 
HERE'S  A  BIG  SHOWI 

Frederick  Ireland  and  His  Dancing  Casino  Girls,  As- 
sisted by  Miss  Nema  Catto;  Wood's  Animal  Actors;  El 
Barto,  the  Conversational  Trickster;  Howsley  and  Nichols, 
Novelty  Comedy  Musicians;  Four  Flying  Valentines,  Sen- 
sational Acrialists;  Ed  Dale  and  Edith  Pfeil,  Comedy  Sing- 
ers and  Talkers ;  Sunlight  Pictures  and 
WILLIE  RITCHIE 
In   "Fun   in   a  Gymnasium." 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


TOWN  TALK 


July  27,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 

By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10.519,217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hcllman,  Pres.;  I.  \V.  Hellman  Jr., 
v. -Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  \V.  Van  Sicklcn,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Ilerrin,  Henry  Rosentcid,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  II. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner   New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368.228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

K.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  -Assistant  Cashier 

F.   W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  ^L  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

.Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 

p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


Stocks — With  the  cessation  of  loan  calling  by 
the  clearing  house  banks,  the  forced  liquidation 
tliat  characterized  trading  in  the  stock  market  last 
week  disappeared  altogether  and  was  replaced  by 
a  renewal  of  buying  operations  on  a  small  scale. 
Bullish  enthusiasm  was  awakened  by  the  receipt 
of  highly  favorable  crop  advices,  both  grain  and 
cotton,  and  by  reports  of  better  business  and 
banking  conditions  in  the  South  and  West. 
Though  trading  reached  only  meager  proportions, 
optimistic  sentiment  prevailed  in  the  financial  dis- 
trict. Purchasing  by  banking  interests  and  bull 
leaders  in  the  .Stock  Exchange  proved  sufficient 
to  advance  considerably  the  prices  of  a  majority 
of  the  active  issues.  As  the  early  upturns  were 
either  added  to  or  held  in  the  late  trading,  the 
standard  railroads  and  principal  industrial  groups 
showed  net  gains  ranging  from  small  fractions 
to  more  than  two  points  when  business  ceased, 
while  American  Tobacco  Common  recorded  a 
n-et  gain  of  five  points.  St.  Paul  continued  to 
show  weakness,  as  a  result  of  disturbing  rumors 
of  further  cutting  or  passing  of  its  dividend,  but 
even  this  stock  recovered  nearly  all  its  decline 
and  closed  the  week  fairly  strong.  It  was  evident 
from  the  outset  that  the  elimination  of  the 
deficit  in  the  reserves  of  the  clearing  house  insti- 
tutions and  the  substitution  of  .substantial  cash 
surplus,  restored  confidence  in  the  banking  world 
to  such  a  degree  as  to  elicit  its  support  of  all  high 
class  securities. 

Wheat — The  sharp  downturn  in  the  wheat 
market  last  week,  and  especially  during  the  first 
days  of  the  present  week,  illustrates  the  wonder- 
ful force  of  public  sentiment  and  the  powerful 
momentum  it  acquires  when  thoroughly  started 
in  any  one  direction.  At  the  present  time  it  is  a 
case  of  trade  imagination  running  wild  and  fancy 
has  greater  force  than  fact.  The  anticipation  that 
there  will  be  a  bountiful  spring  wheat  crop  some 
time  hence  had  more  influence  than  the  certainty 
that  there  has  already  been  a  calamitous  destruc- 
tion of  winter  wheat,  as  proven  by  the  meager 
harvest  returns  that  are  every  day  in  evidence. 
July  wheat  has  now  had  a  decline  of  over  20  cents 
a  bushel  and  September  over  15  cents  a  bushel 
from  the  height  of  the  advance  in  May,  when  the 
certainty  of  the  immense  damage  to  the  winter 
wheat  had  become  definitely  established.  Since 
that  time  there  has  not  been  the  slightest  improve- 
ment of  the  crop  in  the  soft  winter  wheat  States, 
which  last  year  produced  185  million  bushels  of 
wheat.  In  some  sections  it  has  been  utterly  an- 
nihilated, so  that  it  will  be  necessary  to  ship  in 
wheat  for  Fall  seeding.  In  large  areas  in  several 
of  the  producing  States  it  wil  scarcely  be  known 
that  there  is  a  wheat  harvest  this  year.  This 
statement  is  being  borne  out  every  day.  Even 


Minneapolis,  whence  all  the  bumper  crop  reports 
emanate,  has  dropped  to  one-fourth  the  receipts 
it  had  last  year  and  is  fast  reducing  its  stock 
in  store.  Accordingly,  it  is  not  the  movement 
from  the  harvest  fields  that  has  had  the  depress- 
ing influence,  nor  is  it  burdensome  supplies,  for 
they  are  the  smallest  in  nearly  two  years,  and 
are  still  growing  less,  but  it  is  the  apathy  of  the 
flour  trade  which  has  reversed  the  sentiment  and 
has  bewildered  speculative  trade  so  that  liquida- 
tion of  long  holders  has  been  the  order  of  the 
day,  and  this  in  turn  has  encouraged  the  selling 
movement  to  discount  an  anticipated  big  spring 
wheat  crop. 

Corn — Values  are  still  very  high,  if  the  present 
crop  is  harvested  with  no  material  injury.  It  is 
late;  the  stand  in  many  sections  is  uneven,  stocks 
are  light  and  growing  less;  the  country  move- 
ment is  small  and  is  all  absorbed  by  the  current 
demand.  Accordingly,  present  prices  are  on  de- 
batable ground,  and  with  the  bearish  sentiment  in 
all  cereals,  the  market  is  liable  to  become  heavily 
oversold  and  subject  to  sharp  reaction.  But  aside 
from  this  prices  are  not  low  enough  to  be  attrac- 
tive to  investors  without  some  adverse  crop  con- 
ditions. 

Cotton — Correspondents'  reports  show  that  fav- 
orable weather  prevailed  during  the  week  in  North 
Carolina,  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas  and 
Oklahoma  and  that  as  a  result  the  crop  made 
normal  advancement  for  the  season.  Headway 
w^as  made  in  cultivation  and  while  fields  are  not 
unusually  clean  in  these  States  they  will  be  put 
so  within  another  week  or  ten  days,  without  rain, 
or  preferably  with  well  distributed  light  showers. 
Decidedly  unfavorable  returns  are  received  from 
South  Carolina,  Georgia  and  Alabama  where  by 
reason  of  excessive  rainfall  little  field  work  was 
done  and  the  crops  are  badly  infested  with  grass. 
The  plant  is  small  in  most  instances  but  where  it 
has  attained  size  it  is  sappy.  None  of  it  is  well 
fruited  and  the  growth  has  been  made  on  such  an 
abundance  of  moisture  that  rather  frequent  light 
rains  are  needed  now  to  maintain  its  condition. 
In  Texas  and  Louisiana  the  crop  appears  to  have 
about  held  its  condition,  showers  in  the  former 
States  coming  in  time  to  prevent  any  deteriora- 
tion but  not  in  sufficient  quantity  to  prevent  suf- 
fering if  dry  hot  weather  supervenes.  Further 
rains  would  carry  the  States'  crop  forward  with- 
out a  halt.  Reports  east  of  the  Mississippi  river 
are  sometimes  conflicting.  The  majority  are  not 
good  but  there  is  a  minority  which'  serves  to  pull 
up  the  average  and  to  offset  in  a  measure  the 
very  poor  returns  that  are  received  from  many 
places.  Except  in  Texas,  the  fruit  set  is  below 
the  average  at  this  date.  Boll  weevils  are  not 
numerous  anywhere. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
~avings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of   the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Ueposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT    BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 


JUNE  29th,  1912: 


Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 


Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept S.iturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:.10  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone   DOUGLAS  2487 


R.   E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO. 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Two  Private  Wirei  to 
Chicago   and   New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Str««l 
Los  Angeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 


July  27,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

Messrs.  Sutro  &  Co.,  the  leading  stock  and 
bond  brokers,  have  removed  to  adjoining  offices 
in  the  Kohl  Building,  at  410  Montgomery  street, 
where  they  have  fitted  up  their  commodious  quart- 
ers in  mahogany.  The  appointments  are  similar 
to  the  uptown  office  of  Sutro  &  Co.  in  the  Met- 
ropolitan Building  at  Manhattan,  N.  Y.,  the  main 
office  being  at  136  Pine  street. 

The  San  Francisco  house  was  established  in 
1858  and  is  the  best  known  firm  on  the  coast. 
The  execution  of  orders  between  New  York  and 
San  Francisco  can  be  made  in  ten  minutes  with 
deliveries  at  the  New  York  correspondents  in  30 
minutes  if  necessary. 

The  market  for  the  past  week  has  not  shown 
any  particular  feature  although  there  were  im- 
portant movements  in  several  issues. 

Alaska  Packers,  by  reason  of  wireless  reports 
from  the  north  to  the  effect  that  the  catch  of 
salmon  should  be  a  large  one,  judging  from  pres- 
ent heavy  runs,  has  moved  up  from  90  to  92^ 
and  looks  strong  at  the  price. 

Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  preferred  is  getting 
close  to  a  high  record.  Ninety-three  and  one-half 
is  freely  bid  for  the  stock  but  there  appears  to 
be  no  stock  for  sale  at  less  than  94J/2.  The  Com- 
mon remains  steady  at  65  to  65J/2. 

Western  Power  securities  have  also  been  strong. 
The  bonds  are  selling  in  good  blocks  at  88j4 
while  the  preferred  moved  up  from  58  to  60. 

Associated  Oil  continues  to  be  absorbed  at 
around  44  and  looks  good  to  cross  this  price 
before  very  long. 

Spring  Valley  remains  unchanged  at  62;4.  the 
bonds  selling  at  93->^. 

The  general  bond  market  has  worked  to  higher 
levels. 

Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  moved  up  to 
lOO'^-lOl,  the  result  of  the  added  equity  afforded 
by  the  recent  issue  of  14,000,000  more  preferred 
stock. 


The  Rag 


Bing — My  wife  is  an  angel. 

Bang — You're  lucky;  mine  is  still  living. 


When  you  rent  a  box  in  the 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 

you  have  the  assurance  that  your  valuables 
placed  therein  are  absolutely  safe,  and  all  it 
costs  you  is  $4  per  year. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  Po^^^nd  Marilai"!*.. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manager 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 
cheeks  of  the  sailors.    His  voice  sounded  in  sup- 
pressed mockery  on  the  commander's  ear. 

"Crying  like  babies  for  that  rag!" 

As  if  he  had  heard  nothing,  Romainville  en- 
tered his  cabin  and  closed  the  door. 

That  night  the  commander  ordered  the  ship's 
company  to  be  ready  to  go  ashore  early  in  the 
morning  to  visit  the  graves  of  two  sailors  who, 
having  died  near  the  harbor,  had  been  carried  to 
land  and  given  burial.  Romainville  held  it  a 
sacred  duty  to  visit  the  graves  of  his  country- 
men and,  if  necessary,  replace  the  wooden  crosses 
habitually  used  by  French  soldiers  to  mark  the 
resting  place  of  the  French  dead. 

The  men  were  on  deck.  The  ship  swung  at 
anchor,  and  at  the  masthead  the  colors  floated 
against  the  deep  blue  sky.  On  the  gray-blue  sea 
tlie  dawn  light  shivered  in  silver  spears. 

Close  to  the  ship's  rail  the  men  stood  waiting. 
Romainville  prepared  them  for  their  solemn  work. 
He  told  them  how  the  two  Frenchmen  had  left 
their  homes  to  lie  down  in  the  shadow  of  the 
African  mountain,  and  with  grave  faces  the  sea- 
men listened. 

The  small  boats  danced  below  the  ship.  The 
men  were  ready.  Romainville.  with  feet  on  the 
ladder,  turned  to  the  master  of  arms. 

"Give  that  parcel  to  Pornic!" 

Pornic,  carrying  the  parcel,  followed  the  com- 
mander, and  the  men  entered  the  boats. 

Back  from  the  shore,  in  a  field  of  ferns,  where 
the  mountain  planted  its  feet  above  the  sea,  under 
a  tangle  of  wild  vines,  they  found  the  graves. 
The  crosses  planted  when  the  men  were  buried 
had  rotted  and  fallen.  Working  fast  in  the  hot 
light  of  the  rising  sun,  the  sailors  made  two  new 
crosses.  When  they  had  set  them  in  the  earth 
one  of  the  men  knelt,  covered  his  face  with  his 
cap  and  bowed  his  head  One  by  one  the  sea- 
men followed  his  example,  until  all  but  Pornic 
were  on  their  knees. 

Knee  deep  in  the  wild  verdure,  troubled  and 
irresolute,  the  little  Breton  stood,  looking  down. 
Sighing  as  the  winds  sigh,  the  tide  lapped  the 
shore;  and  away  up  on  the  mountain  the  eagles 
screamed. 

Romainville  gave  the  men  time  to  repeat  the 
simple  prayers  learned  in  their  villages,  then  he 
took  the  parcel  from  Pornic's  arms,  called  to  the 
master  of  arms  to  give  him  the  staff  left  in  one 
of  the  boats  and  opened  the  parcel. 

It  was  a  flag,  one  of  the  flags  held  in  reserve 
until  needed  for  some  unlocked  for  ceremonial. 

"Pornic!"  called  the  officer. 

"Commander!" 

"Take  this  flag,  nail  it  to  the  staff,  then  set  it 
deep  in  earth  between  those  graves!" 

Pornic  trembled.  He  nailed  the  flag  to  the 
staff;  dug  deep  in  the  ground;  planted  the  flag 
and  braced  it  with  earth  and  stones.  Romain- 


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ville  crossed  the  field,  halted  beneath  the  flag, 
stood  for  a  moment  with  head  bowed,  with  his 
cap  in  his  crossed  hands;  then,  calling  the  men  to 
attention,  he  spoke: 

"My  children,  we  are  in  this  silent  place,  alone 
with  the  eternal  mountains  and  the  eternal  sea,  to 
do  the  simplest  of  the  soldier's  duties.  Here 
where  the  voice  of  man  is  never  heard,  two  of 
our  brothers  lie,  far  from  the  land  they  loved; 
and  we,  whom  they  never  knew,  have  come  to  do 
the  work  of  love,  of  memory,  of  the  gratitude  of 
the  country. 

"We  have  marked  these  graves  with  the  Cross 
because  the  soldier's  first  duty  is  to  respect  the 
Nation's  faith.  But  we  must  not  forget  that 
there  is  another  duty  and  another  faith,  the  faith 
that  binds  together  the  believeV  and  the  unbe- 
liever— the  Faith  of  the  Patriot!  Love  of  the 
Country — that  belongs  to  every  one  of  us,  and 
to  all  who  come  after  us. 

"The  Country!  There  is  no  other  word  that 
means  so  much.  It  means  the  plot  of  ground 
where  we  and  all  who  came  before  us  were  born. 
It  means  all  that  we  remember:  the  care-free 
sleep  of  those  early  years;  the  mornings  when  we 
met  around  the  simple  table  to  share  the  good 
things  prepared  for  us  by  the  toil-worn  hands.  It 
means  the  partings,  the  heartache,  the  heroic 
labor — everything,  even  to  the  nation's  blood 
given  freely  to  make  of  us  one  great  family;  a 
family  known  wherever  man  speaks  to  man  as  the 
protector  of  the  weak  and  the  defender  of  the 
wronged. 

"It  means  the  soul  so  individual  and  so  dis- 
tinct that  seeing  it  among  the  nations  the  world 
recognizes  it  as  ours. 

"Strength,  the  integrity  of  the  People — we  mean 
all  that  when  we  say  'Our  Country.' 

"Now  the  country  has  one  representative:  the 
Flag.  The  Flag  stands  for  our  faith,  our  honor, 
our  homes,  our  graves.  It  stands  for  all  that  we 
hold  sacred,  from  the  mothers  bending  over  the 
cradles  to  the  old  ones  bending  towards  the  tomb. 

"The  Country  means  the  People  and  the  Flag 
means  the  Country.  And  so,  to  honor  them  who 
died  in  the  service  of  the  Country,  we  leave  the 
Flag  to  float  above  these  graves,  until,  worn  by 
time  and  by  tempest,  it  falls  to  mingle  with  the 
atoms  of  the  dust.  We  leave  it  in  place  of  them 
who  cannot  murmur  here  their  love  and  sorrow. 
In  its  folds  the  spirit  of  our  land  will  linger  in 
the  sighing  of  the  wind,  in  the  voices  of  the  sea 
and  in  the  silence,  to  keep  watch  for  the  country; 
to  guard  the  eternal  sleep  of  them  who  walk  the 
earth  no  more." 

Through  the  tangled  vines  the  seamen  followed 
their  commander  to  the  boats,  and  solemnly,  in 
silence,  they  climbed  the  ladder  to  the  ship. 

At  sunset,  when  the  men  were  swarming  to 
salute  the  tricolor,  Romainville  opened  his  door. 

Pornic,  with  arms  crossed  before  his  face, 
l)arred  tlie  way. 

"What  is  it?"  asked  the  commander.  "Have 
you  come  to  tell  me  that  you  refuse  to  stand 
with  us  when  we  salute  that  rag?  .  .  .  No! 
no!  Pornic!  Not  there!"  For  Pornic  had  fallen 
at  his  feet. 


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TOWN  TALK 


July  27,  1912 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,026; 
Department  No.  10. 

H  CILE  V.  LARM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  G.  LARM,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
ci?5co,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to : 
C  Larm.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  Required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  Summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  Wilful  Desertion  and  Habitual  Intemperance; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.^nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded   in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San   Francisco,  this  27th  day  of  .\pril,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MI'LCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
McGOWAN  and  WESTLAKE,  Attys.  for  Plaintiff, 

Hum  boldt   Bank  Bide..  San  Francisco.  Cal.  6-1-10 


AUTO  NOTES 

Seventy-five  salesmen  of  The  Thomas  B.  Jef- 
fery  Company,  representing  every  State  in  the 
Union,  participated  last  week  in  the  annual  con- 
vention of  the  organization  at  the  factory  in 
Kenosha,  Wis.  The  salesmen  spent  three  days 
at  the  plant  where  are  made  86  per  cent  of  the 
parts  that  go  into  the  Cross  Country  car.  While 
the  announcement  of  the  1913  Cross  Country  has 
net  yet  been  made  the  most  important  develop- 
ment of  the  conference  was  a  statement  of  the 
tremendous  increase  of  business  during  the  past 
year.  In  the  report  which  dealt  with  the  subject 
it  is  shown  that  the  increase  in  sales  of  Cross 
Countrys  for  1912,  as  against  the  model  of  the 
same  p(}wer  in  1911,  was  126  per  cent.  In  the 
number  of  cars  shipped,  1912  showed  an  increase 
of  20  per  cent  over  the  biggest  previous  year.  In 
dollars  and  cents  the  1912  increase  over  that  of 
1911  was  33  1-3  per  cent.  The  increase  in  the 
number  of  dealers  who  represent  the  Jeflfery  com- 
pany was  shown  to  be  over  100  per  cent.  The 
s.'ilrsmen  were  told  by  officers  of  tlie  company 
that  during  the  coming  year  the  factory  will 
increase  its  product  60  per  cent.  Tiiis  is  made 
possible  by  the  perfected  equipment  of  the  factory 
which  has  a  floor  area  of  twenty-three  acres,  and 
because  of  the  efficiency  of  an  organization  which 
has  reprcsentatif)n  in  every  civilized  country  in 
the  world. 


Chambers — So  Cashier  Morral  has  gone  wrong? 
They  say  he  has  been  stealing  for  fifteen  years. 

Murray — Why,  when  they  investigated  his  books 
a  j'ear  ago  1  thought  he  came  out  of  the  ordeal 
unspotted. 

Chambers — He   did,   but   they've    spotted  him 


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ORDER   TO    SHOW    CAUSE   WHY    SALE    OF  REAL 

REAL  EoTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,438; 
Uepariment  No.  10. 
In    the    Matter   of   the    Estate   of   MAJOR  CONWAY, 
Deceased. 

Annie  Conway,  the  Administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Major 
Conway,  deceased,  having  filed  in  this  Court  her  petition 
for  an  order  to  sell  the  real  estate  of  said  decedent  for 
the  purposes  therein  set  forth,  and  it  appearing  Irom  said 
petitiun  that  it  is  necessary  to  sell  the  whole  or  some  por- 
tion ul  said  real  estate,  and  good  cause  appearing  there- 
for, 

iNow  therefore,  it  is  hereby  ordered,  adjudged  and  decreed 
that  all  persons  interested  in  the  said  estate  of  said  Major 
Cunway,  deceased,  be  and  appear  before  the  above  en- 
titled Court,  Department  No.  lU  thereof,  on  Wednesday, 
the  31st  day  ot  July,  lyiJ,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.  of  said  day, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  said  Court,  Room  No.  519,  in  the 
lempurary  City  Hall  on  Market  Street  near  Eighth  Street, 
m  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  Stale  of  Cali- 
fornia, then  and  there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should 
nut  be  granted  to  the  said  Administratrix  to  sell  the  whole 
or  some  portion  of  the  real  estate  of  said  deceased. 

It  IS  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  said  order  be  pub- 
lished lor  at  least  tour  successive  weeks  in  '"Town  Talk,  ' 
a  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  said  City  and 
County  oi  San  Francisco. 

uone  in  open  Court  this  21st  day  of  June,  1912. 

(Signed;        THuMAS  F.  GRAHAM. 

Judge. 

ll^Lili   K.   McKEVlTT,  Atty.  for  Administratrix, 

Hearst  liltlg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-3 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,03o; 
IJepartmeni  No.  10. 

LOL  ETTA  WILMOTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMUTH.  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  ofHce  of  the  County 
Cltrk  ot  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard  'Wellington   W  ilmoth,  Defendant. 

Vou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  ot  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
hied  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
Within    thirty  days. 

'Ihe  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain* 
tiff;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court   for   any   other   relief   demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  1).  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MLLCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  LI  PPM  AX  X  SACHS,  Deceased -.\o.  16,663, 
N.  S. ;  Department  No.  10. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Mary  Sachs 
and  Albert  Baruch,  Executors  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
niijiiths  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Executors  at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  ^:  Ehrman,  Room 
713  Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
select  as  their  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
the  said  estate  of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased. 

MARY  SACHS, 
ALBERT  BARUCH, 
Executors  of  the   Last   Will   and  Testament  of  Lippmann 
Sachs,  Deceased. 
Dated:   July    13.  1912. 
HELLER.  POWERS  .S:  EHRMAN, 
.\ttorneys  for  Executors, 

Nevada  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  7-13-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Co-irt  of  the  State  of  Caliiornia,  in  and  tui 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,177 ; 
Department  No.  10. 

CLARA  JESSURUN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  WALTER  S.  J  ES- 
Sl  RLN,  Defendant. 

,\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Walter  S.  Jessurun.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served  else- 
where. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  money  or  damages  in  the  complaint  as 
arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  any 
other  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, this  7th  day  of  May,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MLLCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  H.  1.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
HENRY   ACH.   Atty.   for  Plaintiff, 

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TOWN  TALK 


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Letters 


Mrs.  Atherton's  Latest  Novel 

If  analogy  had  anything  to  do  with  book  titles 
one  might  surmise  that  "Julia  France  and  Her 
Times"  had  something  to  do  with  by-gone  his- 
tory, but  not  a  bit  of  it.  Julia  is  more  modern 
than  the  day  after  tomorrow  and  her  times  are 
right  here  and  now.  Small  wonder  that  her 
creator  Gertrude  Atherton  excused  herself  from 
])articipating  in  the  recent  big  suffrage  parade  in 
New  York  because:  "I  feel  that  in  writing  my 
latest  book,  'Jul'a  France,'  I  have  done  more  for 
suffrage  than  in  marching.  I  am  going  to  watcl; 
the  glorious  sight  and  thrill  with  pride."  If  one 
accepts  the  Athertonian  doctrine  it's  all  up  with 
tyrant  man  and  the  sooner  he  admits  defeat  the 
better.  But  let  us  start  fair.  Julia  Edis  was 
born  on  the  island  of  Nevis.  Her  father  had  drunk 
himself  to  death  after  dissipating  his  fortune, 
and  his  only  surviving  son  was  doing  his  level 
best  to  emulate  the  parental  example,  so  although 
Mrs.  Edis  and  her  chaming  daughter  were  island 
quality,  they  were  as  poor  as  the  traditional 
Thanksgiving  bird  of  the  patient  Job.  Mrs.  Edis 
still  cherished  a  broche  shawl  for  gala  attire,  and 
when  Julia  attended  her  very  first  party,  at 
eighteen,  she  wore  a  white  muslin  frock  and  a 
washed  blue  sash.  Even  the  most  casual  reader 
may  judge  from  that  the  sort  of  a  lost  corner 
existence  she  had  led.  Mrs.  Edis  was  a  tyrannical 
old  dragon  past  her  sixtieth  year.  For  forty 
years  she  had  remained  on  her  ancestral  island 
wrapped  up  in  the  study  of  astrology  which  took 
the  place  with  her  of  religion.  ])-ilitics.  society, 
clubdom,  gossip  and  shopping  The  only  creature 
for  whom  she  felt  or  professed  a  particle  of  in- 
terest or  affection  was  Julia,  and  that  less  out  of 
love  for  her  child  than  of  admiration  for  her 
great  destiny  With  the  aid  of  an  old  French 
resident,  long  since  dead,  the  girl's  horoscope  had 
been  cast  again  and  again,  and  the  requisite  data 
sent  abroad  to  other  professors  of  the  starry 
science  with  always  the  one  result,  that  the  child 
was  destined  for  a  wonderful  career  and  the  at- 
tainment of  the  highest  rank  To  Mrs.  Edis  there 
was  just  one  country  in  all  the  world,  England, 
and  just  one  rank  worthy  of  attainment.  Since 
modern  laws  prohibited  the  possibility  of  a  com- 
moner reaching  the  throne,  it  must  be  that  Julia 
would  become  a  duchess,  and  though  she  was  not 
actively  trained  to  assume  the  rank  and  privileges 
her  mother  did  the  next  best  thing  and  prohibited 
anything  that  might  interfere  with  the  perfection 
of  that  ideal.  The  girl  had  no  comrades  of  either 
sex,  no  books  and  no  active  pleasures.  Though 
other  West  Indian  girls  began  their  social  careers 
at  sixteen  she  was  held  back  until  the  propitious 
occasion  foretold  by  the  stars.  And  now  it  had 
arrived.  No  less  than  three  British  cruisers  were 
anchored  in  the  roadstead  and  Julia,  despite  her 
washed  ribbons,  was  the  belle  of  her  first  ball. 
-Acting  as  lieutenant  on  one  of  the  vessels  was 
Harold  France,  forty-odd  years  of  age,  dissipated 
and  disreputable  to  such  degree  that  his  ship- 


mates refused  to  associate  with  him  when  not  on 
duty,  but  heir  presumptive  to  a  dukedom.  He 
was  attracted  by  the  fresh  young  girl,  and  Mrs. 
Edis  was  enchanted  with  the  fulfillment  of  the 
astrological  prediction.  The  captain  of  the  ship 
attempted  to  give  her  some  well  meant  advice 
born  of  his  knowledge  of  his  officer  and  the 
pathological  history  of  the  France  clan  but  it 
was  worse  than  useless.  In  the  course  of  a  few 
days,  when  the  pastor  of  the  only  church  hap- 
pened to  make  a  providential  call  simultaneously 
with  the  prospective  groom,  Julia  was  told  to 
stand  up  and  be  married,  which  she  did  without 
question  or  demur.  Then  the  squadron  sailed  at 
once,  without  time  for  even  farewell  ceremonial, 
and  the  unsophisticated  bride  was  packed  off  to 
London  on  the  next  Royal  Mail,  to  put  in  time 
with  an  aunt  and  learn  something  about  modern 
living.  This  aunt  was  the  antithesis  of  Julia's 
mother,  and  Julia  was  dropped  into  the  bosom  of 
the  smartest  set,  where  every  woman  was  as  a 
matter  of  course  dissatisfied  with  the  husband  she 
had  married  for  money,  and  every  man  dis- 
illusioned with  his  matrimonial  partner  on  some 
ground  or  other,  and  no  establishment  was  com- 
plete without  a  lover  or  two  dangling  about.  But 
by  and  by  the  Boer  war  came  along  and  provi- 
dentially removed  all  the  undesirable  males,  leav- 
ing the  way  clear  for  new  alliances,  all  planned 
before  hand.  This  time  Julia's  luck  was  not  with 
her,  for  France  proved  to  be  more  undesirable 
than  all  the  rest,  ill-tempered,  niggardly  and 
vicious,  but  he  didn't  die.  He  came  back  and  went 
insane  but  nobody  would  believe  it  until  he 
attempted  to  murder  his  cousin,  the  holder  of  the 
title,  who,  instead  of  dying  off  comfortably  as 
he  should  have  done,  married  and  had  legitimate 
heirs.  France  had  to  be  confined  to  an  asylum, 
and  it  looked  seriously  as  though  the  '^tars  had 
got  a  bit  mixed  up  in  their  courses  and  the  grand 
career  was  side  tracked  if  not  completely  wrecked. 
Wanting  an  outlet  for  their  energies,  two  of  the 
intimate  friends  of  the  disappointed  duchess  had 
gone  in  for  militant  suffragism.  One  of  them  had 
already  proved  her  superiority  to  the  tyrant  man 
whom  she  had  married  for  money  in  exchange  for 
the  social  position  she  had  to  dispose  of  by  open- 
ing a  Bond  street  bonnet  shop,  where,  without 
practical  experience  in  the  skilled  trade  and  no 
knowledge  of  business  whatever,  she  made  a 
phenomenal  success  and  an  independent  fortune. 
When  Julia  had  been  married  about  three  years, 
and  was  quite  tired  of  her  troublesome  husband 
though  still  convinced  that  she  was  to  be  a 
duchess,  there  came  to  her  part  of  the  world 
a  party  of  touring  Americans,  a  married  lady  with 
her  little  sister  and  brother  in  tow.  They  were 
San  Francisco  millionaires.  The  boy  was  a  tall 
lad  of  fifteen  who  fell  in  love  with  the  duchess- 
to-be,  begged  her  to  let  down  her  hair  on  the 
housetop  that  he  might  admire  it,  divined  her 
unhappy  domestic  condition  and  promptly  offered 
to  elope  with  her.  As  soon  as  the  objectionable 
France  had  been  safely  disposed  of,  the  laws 
prohibiting  another  marriage  while  he  lived,  and 
the  cousin  being  willing  to  continue  the  family 


allowance,  Julia  hied  herself  to  the  Orient  to 
delve  into  mysticism  and  in  four  years  she  be- 
came an  adept,  having  exhausted  the  occultism 
of  India,  Persia  and  Arabia.  It  was  while  sitting 
at  the  feet  of  the  Hadji  Sadra  that  she  made  her 
great  discovery — that  the  militant  suffragettes  are 
immortal  spirits,  soulless  and  sexless,  liberated 
on  earth  when  they  have  work  to  do,  disappear- 
ing when  it  is  accomplished,  leaving  none  of  their 
kind  behind  them.  Then  that  horoscope  was 
revised  and  corrected.  Instead  of  a  ridiculous 
position  in  the  peerage  of  England,  our  charming 
heroine  was  not  only  one  of  these  great  im- 
mortals but  the  chief  of  the  band,  destined  to 
rule  her  sex  and  lead  it  to  victory.  Julia  goes 
back  to  London  and  into  the  thick  of  the  fight. 
The  first  news  which  greeted  the  immortal  on 
her  return  to  England  was  the  report  of  our 
earthquake  and  fire.  The  news  reminded  Julia 
of  little  Daniel  Tay  and  forthwith  she  wrote  him 
a  long  letter  pretending,  like  any  ordinary  woman, 
that  she  had  never  for  one  moment  forgotten  him. 
Time  had  been  passing,  and  the  little  kid  of  fifteen 
is  now  thirty,  yet  he  swallowed  the  bait,  and  any 
way  he  had  been  saving  himself  up  for  her.  It 
wasn't  very  long  before  he  turned  up  in  London 
and  did  soine  red-hot  love  making,  both  there  and 
in  Munich.  There  is  nothing  slow  about  Daniel 
Tay.  and  in  the  intervals  of  telling  all  about  our 
graft  prcisecution  he  arranges  for  a  Reno  divorce. 
Meanwhile  Nevis  has  been  looking  up  a  bit  and 
with  a  big  summer  hotel  it  is  something  of  a 
resort.  Instead  of  Reno  post  haste  Julia  decided 
to  make  a  visit  to  her  mother,  who,  bereft  of  her 
faith  in  astrology,  has  been  living  a  lonely  and 
disappointed  life  in  active  seclusion.  Kind  friends 
had  warned  Daniel  Tay  that  France  might  die  at 
any  moment,  so  he  too  started  for  Nevis  and  landed 
there  from  New  York  several  days  before  Julia 
arrived.  Old  Mrs.  Edis,  as  tyrannical  as  ever, 
hears  now  for  the  first  time  of  the  suffragette 
movement  and  of  the  insignificant  and  common- 
place station  of  a  mere  duchess  as  compared  with 
the  honors  and  glories  of  a  militant  leader.  She 
is  rejoiced  not  only  in  the  great  achievement  of 
her  daughter  but  in  the  restoration  of  her  beloved 
science,  since  it  has  been  not  astrology  but  its 
interpretation  which  was  wrong.  The  wicked 
husband  really  does  die  at  last  and  the  marriage 
follows.  You  may  "stick  in  your  thumb  and 
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Brother  Rowell  Denies 

Quoting  Town  Talk  to  the  effect  that  he 
was  no  small  part  of  the  iniquity  of  the 
Santa  Cruz  convention  Chester  Rowell  asks, 
"How  long  will  it  take  for  that  old  lie  to 
down?"  And  he  takes  occasion  in  the  Re- 
publican to  deny  that  either  himself  or  his 
uncle  the  late  Dr.  Rowell  took  any  part  in 
the  convention.  He  would  have  us  under- 
stand that  his  is  the  final  word  on  the  sub- 
ject; for  he  says,  "Let  those  contemporaries 
who  persist  in  misrepresenting"  the  facts  be 
informed  so  that  if  they  repeat  the  mis- 
statement it  may  be  known  that  they  do  so 
in  malice  and  not  merely  in  ignorance." 
Thus  are  we  enabled  to  glimpse  the  right- 
eous Fresno  editor  from  his  own  viewpoint. 
Obviously  he  assumes  that  wdien  he  speaks 
the  whole  State  takes  notice  and  is  assured 
forever  that  whoever  utters  himself  to  the 
contrary  is  a  liar.  Behold  O  reader!  the 
stainless  man  in  his  own  conceit.  Heaven 
has  made  him  little  lower  than  the  gods. 
He  is  a  proverb  and  a  last  word  among  all 
the  people.  Brother  Rowell  puzzleth  us. 
For  seeing  that  we  have  repeated  this  great 
slander  many  times  through  the  years  we 
wonder  why  the  victim  thereof  held  tight 
his  lips  till  Death  snatched  from  our  midst 
two  men  who  figured  in  the  Santa  Cruz  con- 
vention, one  of  whom  was  the  uncle  of 
Brother  Rowell,  the  other,  our  authority. 
There  is  a  time  to  be  born  and  a  time  to 
deny,  and  there  is  an  interval  between  these 
two  times  of  infinite  importance,  as  Colonel 
Roosevelt  learned  after  the  death  of  Harri- 
man.  However,  we  shall  never  again  ac- 
cuse Brother  Rowell  of  being  part  of  the 
iniquity  of  the  Santa  Cruz  convention. 
Brother  Rowell  still  lives,  and  the  Ethiopian 
cannot  change  his  skin,  nor  the  leopard  his 
spots.  We  shall  continue  to  observe 
Brother  Rowell  without  malice. 


A  Matter  of  Curiosity 

Why  Colonel  Roosevelt  is  warming  the 


San  Francisco,  August  3,  1912 


Presidential  bee  again  and  what  he  purposes 
doing  in  the  event  of  his  election  everybody 
knows.  At  least,  everybody  knows  the 
Colonel's  answers  to  these  questions.  He 
has  told  us  repeatedly  that  he  has  con- 
secrated himself  to  the  business  of  propping 
the  falling  pillars  of  the  Republic  and  that 
it  is  his  purpose  to  mend,  repair,  reform  and 
revolutionize  the  politics  and  the  commer- 
cial system  of  his  country.  In  other  words, 
the  Colonel  according  to  his  own  conception 
is  our  volunteer  redeemer,  and  it  is  up  to 
us  to  embrace  him  or  reject  him.  This  is 
the  simple  statement  of  the  matter,  and 
those  who  have  faith  in  him  have  no  ques- 
tions to  ask.  To  them,  the  millions  of  his 
worshipers,  he  is  a  burning  and  a  shining 
light,  in  whom  they  have  the  faith  which 
is  "the  substance  of  things  hoped  for,  the 
evidence  of  things  not  seen,"  and  there  is 
not  a  doubting  Thomas  among  them.  Suffi- 
cient for  them  his  mere  assertion  that  like 
Mahomet  he  takes  celestial  journeys,  that 
occasionally  he  walks  on  the  waters  of 
Oyster  Bay,  or  that  the  platform  of  the  Bull 
Moose  party  was  handed  to  him  by  God  in 
a  cloud  on  Sagamore  Hill.  In  the  face  of 
such  faith,  which  in  itself  seems  like  prima 
facie  evidence  of  grace,  we  have  hardly  the 
hardihood  to  be  sceptical.  With  all  due 
deference  we  have  but  the  temerity  to  be 
curious.  How  is  he  going  to  do  all  these 
things?  This  is  our  only  question.  It  is 
clear  enough  that  if  it  is  his  purpose  to 
change  the  whole  aspect  of  affairs  politically, 
commercially  and  socially  he  ra.ust  begin  by 
suspending  the  Constitution.  For  with  the 
Constitution  in  full  force  and  effect  there  is 
an  insuperable  barrier  in  the  path  of  him 
who  would  ride  rough  shod  over  the  institu- 
tions of  his  country.  To  work  a  political 
metamorphosis  the  magician  must  first  as- 
sume the  powers  of  a  Dictator  and  then  rope 
and  throw  the  Congress  and  gag  the  judi- 
ciary. Let  us  not  be  understood  as  suggest- 
ing either  the  impossibility  or  impropriety 
of  such  a  proceeding.  We  believe  that 
Colonel  Roosevelt  has  the  capacity  and  the 
will  for  the  great  consummation,  and  we 
doubt  not  that  many  of  his  followers  would 
be  pleased  to  see  him  go  the  distance.  We 
are  not  even  prepared  to  say  that  the  na- 
tional mind  is  not  ripe  for  the  measure  of 
political  reform,  for  the  great  improvement 
in  the  management  of  public  affairs,  which 
the  Colonel  has  outlined.  The  national 
mind  is  certainly  in  a  receptive  mood  toward 
the  Bull  Moose  candidate.  If  the  people 
were  allowed  to  elect  a  President  by  direct 
popular  vote  in  November  Colonel  Roose- 
velt would  probably  walk  leisurely  into  the 
White  House.  If  he  is  to  be  beaten  it  is  to 
be  by  the  bad  politicians  under  the  system 


No.  1041 


that  curbs  the  people,  the  system  under 
which  the  bad  politicians  gave  us  Lincoln, 
Cleveland,  McKinley  and  other  molly- 
coddles. 


The  Glass  Case 

A  decision  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  South 
Carolina  becomes  of  local  interest  now  that 
Judge  Lawlor  has  refused  to  dismiss  the  in- 
dictments against  Louis  Glass,  formerly 
manager  of  the  telephone  company.  Glass 
was  tried  at  a  time  when  public  feeling 
against  the  higher-ups  was  at  white  heat. 
During  the  trial  what  are  known  as  "mob 
demonstrations"  were  of  daily  occurrence  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  courtroom.  In  con- 
stant attendance  at  the  trial  was  an  audience 
large  enough  to  gladden  the  heart  of  Judge 
Lawlor  even  in  a  campaign  year.  The  court- 
room was  packed  to  the  doors  by  men  and 
women  in  sympathy  with  the  prosecution. 
They  overflowed  the  space  reserved  for  the 
public  and  pressed  against  the  jury-box. 
Their  sentiments  they  indicated  by  murmurs 
of  approval  whenever  the  prosecuting  at- 
torney took  rhetorical  flights  on  waves  of 
emotion,  and  through  the  open  window  came 
vagrant  expressions  of  public  opinion  from 
the  mob  beneath.  Through  it  all  Judge 
Lawlor  was  quiescent  and  complaisant. 
Louis  Glass  was  convicted.  Also  he  was 
given  a  new  trial,  but  not  on  the  ground  that 
the  mob  was  permitted  to  influence  the  jury. 
There  were  other  grounds  of  reversal.  And 
so  the  South  Carolina  decision  is  of  local  in- 
terest, because  the  point  of  it  is  that  an  over- 
crowded courtroom  is  ground  for  reversal. 
This  decision  was  rendered  in  a  murder  case. 
The  whole  community  was  hostile  to  the 
accused.  The  courtroom  during  the  trial 
as  we  learn  from  the  decision  presented  a 
scene  similar  to  that  which  Judge  Lawlor 
joyously  presided  over  in  the  Glass  case. 
!-^ays  the  court:  "Courts  cannot  control  pub- 
lic sentiment,  but  their  commis.sion  from  the 
|)eople  is  to  keep  the  inviolable  precincts  of 
the  prisoner's  dock,  the  counsel's  place,  the 
witness  chair,  the  jury's  seats  and  the  in- 
tor\cning  sjiace  free  from  either  hostile  or 
friendly  invasion  or  intrusion,  lest  the  ac- 
cused be  terrified  or  his  counsel  confused  in 
making  his  defense,  lest  the  witnesses  tes- 
tify falsely  under  fear  of  inducement,  lest 
the  jury  be  overawed  or  their  minds  in- 
fluenced by  an  atmosphere  surcharged  with 
hostility  or  partiality."  Our  principal  pur- 
l)nse  in  (|Uoting  this  decision  is  to  bring  it 
to  the  attention  of  Judge  Lawlor,  who  other- 
wise would  not  be  likely  to  see  it,  as  the 
only  law  he  reads  is  in  the  codes.  After 
reading  it  Judge  Lawlor  may  conclude  that 
it  would  be  useless  to  try  Louis  Glass  again, 
for  he  must  know  that  a  verdict  of  guilty  can 
be  obtained  only  from  a  terrified  jury. 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


Speeches  Worth  Reading 

The  Congressional  Record  of  July  18  is 
an    exceptional    number.    Throughout  the 
year  the  Congressional  Record  is  a  model  of 
dulness,  but  this  particular  number  which 
contains  the  speeches  of  William  Lorimer  in 
his  own  defense  is  full  of  interesting  matter. 
It  is  a  paper  worth  reading.    Indeed  it  is 
a  paper  that  ought  to  be  read  by  every 
citizen  of  the  United  States;  and  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  the  Lorimer  speeches  will  be 
published  in  pamphlet  form  and  very  widely 
distributed.    The  speeches  are  valuable  for 
the  information  they  contain  about  men  and 
matters  of  current  interest.    They  are  really 
a  precious  contribution  to  the  history  of  the 
country.    Even  considered  as  the  produc- 
tions of  a  partisan,  of  a  man  who  must  be 
recognized  as  far  from  disinterested,  there 
is  light  in  them  for  the  historian  who  would 
scrutinize  the  motives  and  manners  of  our 
times.    And  there  is  light  in  them  for  Lori- 
mer's  contemporaries,  there  is  information 
in  them  for  all  citizens  who  have  formed  con- 
ceptions of  men  in  the  public  eye  from  what 
has  been  published  in  the  newspapers,  nearly 
all  of  which  are  deeply  involved  in  the  in- 
trigues of  the  day.    For  example  let  us  con- 
sider the  glimpse  which  the  Record  gives  of 
Medill  McCormick  of  Chicago,  one  of  the 
busiest  of  all  busy  reformers,  a  man  pre- 
sumed by  many  to  be  a  very  respectable  gen- 
tleman.  He  talks  like  a  zealous  civic  patriot, 
and  presumption  is  in  his  favor  because  he 
is  a  disciple  and  backer  of  the  pilot  of  our 
destinies  and  guardian  of  all  our  morals. 
The  Congressional  Record  gives  us  a  brief 
vital  sketch  of  Mr.  JMcCormcik  borrowed 
from  the  Chicago  Inter-Ocean.     By  way  of 
illustrating  the  facility  of  his  enemies  in 
misrepresentation  Lorimer  quoted  a  letter 
written  by  McCormick  in  which  the  latter 
referred  to  the  Inter-Ocean  as  "Lorimer's 
paper."    He  also  quoted  what  the  Inter- 
Ocean  said.     What  it  said  was  that  the 
majority   of  the  stock  of  the  paper  was 
owned  by  George  W.   Hinman  and  that 
Lorimer  "does   not   now  own   and  never 
has  owned  directly  or  indirectly  a  single 
dollars'   worth   of  interest   in   the  Inter- 
Ocean."    "We  apologize  to  our  readers," 
says  the  editor,  "for  dignifying  the  false- 
hood in  question  by  this  editorial  reference, 
but   we   take  it   that   some   recipients  of 
Medill  McCormick's  letter  might  otherwise 
believe  it,  not  realizing  that  it  came  from 
an  alcoholic  little  cad  who  haunts  sanitar- 
iums between  debauches  and  whose  pus-fed 
face  for  months  turned  men  in  disgust  from 
his  lunch  table  and  caused  them  to  avoid 
even  the  tableware  which  touched  his  lips. 
The  name  of  a  degenerate  looks  as  respect- 
able as  that  of  a  gentleman,  and  therefore 
we  are  compelled  in  this  case  to  treat  it, 
not  as  it  is  but  as  it  appears  to  be."    A  most 
brutal  description  of  a  man,  so  brutal  that 
we  should  scruple  at  repeating  it  were  it 
not  for  the  manifest  justification,  that  of 
letting  our  readers  know  something  of  the 
character  of  a  man  who  is  plaving  an  im- 
portant part  on  the  public  stage  in  a  critical 
period  of  his  country's  history.    In  the  his- 
tory of  our  times  nothing  is  more  remark- 


able than  the  power  for  mischief  attained  by 
just  such  men  as  Medill  McCormick.  Have 
we  not  specimens  at  home  whom  we  all 
know  ?  Paranoiacs,  neurotics  and  degener- 
ates of  all  kinds  are  not  only  flocking  to- 
gether but  soaring  to  incredible  heights. 
Roosevelt  himself  is  suspected  by  alienists 
of  being  worse  than  a  megalomaniac,  and  it 
was  only  the  other  day  that  the  New  York 
Sun  discussed  in  an  editorial  the  (|uestion 
whether  his  excessive  indulgence  in  alcohol 
has  impaired  his  capacity  for  leadership. 
The  Sun  mentioned  no  names  and  politely 
professed  disbelief  of  the  stories  in  circula- 
tion, but  devoted  nearly  a  column  to  the 
subject  of  the  effect  of  excessive  indulgence. 
This  we  mention  merely  to  suggest  the  im- 
portance of  an  intimate  knowledge  of  our 
public  men  and  of  the  value  of  the  informa- 
tion that  may  be  found  in  the  Congressional 
Record  of  July  18.  If  you  haven't  it  ask 
your  Congressman  to  send  you  a  copy. 

The  Novel  In  Its  Variety 

A  correspondent  objecting  to  our  observa- 
tions on  the  subject  of  the  novel-with-a- 
purpose  asks  us  if  we  do  not  know  that  it 
is  "the  proper  function  of  the  novel  to 
criticise  life."  Humiliating  as  the  confes- 
sion may  be,  candidly  we  avow  that  we  do 
not  know.  At  the  same  time  we  would  dis- 
abuse our  correspondent's  mind  of  the  no- 
tion that  we  are  intolerant  of  the  purpose- 
ful novel  and  thank  him  for  moistening  an 
arid  interval  of  mental  drought  with  a  juicy 
subject  of  discussion.  The  novel-with-a- 
purpose  is  having  a  new  lease  of  life,  the 
reason  being,  perhaps,  that  this  is  an  age 
of  reform  and  that  every  other  person  you 
meet  believes  the  times  are  out  of  joint  and 
chat  he  knows  how  to  set  them  right.  The 
earth  teems  with  spiritual  and  political 
guides  each  of  whom  knows  what's  wrong 
with  the  world  and  what  the  remedy.  For 
them  the  important  thing  is  to  catch  the 
public  ear.  Some  do  it  by  joining  clubs  and 
reading  papers;  others  by  lifting  their  voices 
on  the  street  corner ;  not  a  few  by  edging 
in  between  book  covers.  It  would  be  unrea- 
sonable to  object  to  any  of  these  methods 
of  obtaining  a  hearing.  But  one  may  ques- 
tion academically  and  without  heat  whether 
it  is  to  the  interest  of  the  novelist  or  of 
mankind  to  employ  the  novel  as  a  medium 
for  getting  a  message  ofif  the  mind.  By  the 
novelist  we  mean  the  story-teller,  the  per- 
son whose  dominant  impulse  is  to  invent 
plots  and  create  character  and  who  is  skilled 
in  the  art  of  narrative.  We  are  inclined  to 
the  opinion  that  the  novelist  for  his  own 
sake  ought  not  to  employ  the  novel  as  a 
tract.  But  we  do  not  say  that  the  novel- 
with-a-purpose  is  objectionable  merely  be- 
cause it  is  what  it  is.  The  only  questions 
to  be  asked  about  a  novel  are,  Does  it  tell 
a  good  story?  Does  it  compel  interest  in 
its  characters?  It  is  the  novelist's  privilege 
to  point  a  moral,  solve  a  problem  or  argue 
a  thesis,  but  first  of  all  he  must  either  spin 
a  yarn  that  enchants  or  create  characters 
that  fascinate.  A  novel  may  be  nothing 
more  than  a  medlev  of  human  reflection, 
of  pathos  and  impertinence  such  as  Tristram 


Shandy;  or  it  may  be  nothing  more  than 
strings  of  episodes  put  together  hap-hazard 
after  the  manner  of  Don  Quixote  or  Gil 
Bias;  or  it  may  be  a  thrilling  tale  of  wild 
adventure  of  the  manner  and  matter  of 
Scott's  romances;  or  an  account  of  the  gen- 
eral state  of  society  and  of  moral,  political 
and  religious  feeling  as  in  Joseph  Andrews 
and  the  Human  Comedy;  or  an  assemblage 
of  characters  revealing  the  anomalies  of  a 
social  system  as  in  Dickens.  The  novelist 
may  be  a  realist  like  Zola  or  an  idealist  like 
George  Sand.  The  fact  is  there  is  no  can- 
onical court  of  fiction.  The  novelist  man- 
ipulates events  at  his  pleasure.  All  that  is 
really  demanded  of  the  novelist  is  amuse- 
ment, diversion.  What  we  ought  to  find 
in  a  novel  is  forgetfulness  of  trouble,  an 
anodyne.  If  we  find  instruction,  so  much 
the  better.  When  the  novelist  with  a  pur- 
pose gives  us  edification  as  well  as  amuse- 
ment he  is  all  the  more  welcome,  but  unless 
he  is  more  of  a  story-teller  than  a  sociologist 
he  is  more  likely  to  bore  than  to  delight. 

The  Difficulties  of  the  Pamphleteer 

It  requires  very  great  artistry  to  make  a 
novel  at  once  didactic  and  diverting.  George 
Meredith  had  the  knack,  but  he  was  an  ex- 
ceptional writer.  He  was  a  brilliant  wit  as 
well  as  a  solemn  philosopher.  A  phycholog- 
ist,  a  student  of  character  and  life,  he  de- 
picted both  in  fascinating  style,  and  what- 
ever he  had  to  say  was  worth  hearing. 
Meredith's  weakness  as  a  story-teller  was  in 
proportion  to  his  strength  as  a  man  of 
scientific  insight,  and  it  was  due  to  the  pre- 
dominance of  his  critical  faculty  that  he 
never  attained  popularity.  While  Dickens 
had  this  critical  faculty  it  was  subordinate 
to  his  imagination,  and  though  he  exercised 
a  tremendous  influence  as  a  reformer  it  was 
because  he  was  chiefly  a  creator  of  types. 
The  purpose  in  Dickens  was  seldom  obtru- 
sive. It  was  incidental.  When  a  novelist 
has  a  consuming  purpose  other  than  that  of 
telling  his  .story  the  purpose  sticks  out  like 
a  sore  thumb.  And  the  novelist  of  this  type 
does  not  deal  honestly  with  his  readers.  He 
warps  the  evidence  to  his  purpose ;  his  char- 
acters are  lay  figures  and  his  episodes  wear 
a  more  or  less  artificial  appearance.  A  novel 
of  this  kind  is  a  failure  both  as  a  story  and 
a  tract.  The  reader  is  never  carried  away 
by  the  story,  nor.  unless  he  is  simple- 
minded,  is  he  convinced  by  the  argument. 
The  truth  is  there  are  very  few  great  noveLs- 
with-a-purpose  as  we  understand  them  to- 
day. Though  Les  Miserables  was  intended  to 
be  such.  Hugo  became  absorbed  in  his  own 
plot  and  produced  a  work  that  appeals  to  a 


TNVIT.\TIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISJTING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


August  3,  1912 


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5 


variety  of  emotions  and  that  seems  to  have 
many  meanings,  as  most  great  works  of  fic- 
tion do,  notably  Hamlet  and  Don  Quixote. 
It  has  been  said  that  Cervantes  wrote  Don 
Quixote  to  laugh  Spain's  chivalry  away,  but 
there  are  critics  who  say  that  that  was  im- 
possible as  Spain's  chivalry  was  alread}' 
dead  when  Don  Quixote  appeared,  and  who 
find   that   Cervantes   while   pretending  to 


laugh  at  idealism,  is  deriding  the  conceit  of 
the  fat-witted  materialists  whom  he  cozened 
into  laughing  at  the  poor  madman  who  still 
has  faith  in  the  heroic  ideas  of  life  and  duty. 
Whatever  may  be  thought  to  be  the  function 
of  the  novel  the  fact  is  that  the  greatest 
novels,  the  novels  that  have  lived,  were  writ- 
ten chiefly  with  the  purpose  of  amusing. 
In  the  first  rank  of  them  is  Robinson  Crusoe, 


and  keeping  company  with  it  are  the  rom- 
ances of  Scott  and  Dumas  and  those  histor- 
ies of  hearts  and  souls  written  by  Balzac 
and  Thackeray.  We  feel  confident  that 
were  we  able  to  cite  the  judgment  of  the 
great  masters  of  fiction  we  should  find  them 
concurring  to  the  efifect  that  the  province 
of  the  novel  is  not  that  of  criticism. 


Dream-Tryst 


By  Francis  Thompson 


The  breaths  of  kissing  night  and  day 

Were  mingled  in  the  eastern  Heaven: 
Throbbing  with  unheard  melody 

Shook  Lyra  all  its  star-chord  seven; 

When  dusk  shrunk  cold,  and  light  trod  sky, 
And  dawn's  grey  eyes  were  troubled  grey; 
And  souls  went  palely  up  the  sky, 
And  mine  to  Lucide. 


There  was  no  change  in  her  sweet  eyes 
Since  last  I  saw  those  sweet  eyes  shine; 
There  was  no  change  in  her  deep  heart 

Since  last  that  deep  heart  knocked  at  mine. 
Her  eyes  were  clear,  her  eyes  were  Hope's, 

Wherein  did  ever  come  and  go 
The  sparkle  of  the  fountain-drops 
From  her  sweet  soul  below. 


Th(.-  chambers  in  the  house  of  dreams 

Are  fed  with  so  divine  an  air, 
That  Time's  hoar  wings  grow  young  theiein, 
.\nd  they  who  walk  there  are  most  fair. 
I  joyed  for  me,  I  joyed  for  her, 

Who  with  the  Fast  meet  girt  about; 
Where  our  last  kiss  still  warms  the  air, 
Nor  can  her  eyes  go  out. 


Perspective  Impressions 


The  Secretary  of  State  and  the  Board  of  Con- 
trol are  at  loggerheads  over  the  question  which 
has  the  right  to  publish  the  blue  book.  Let  us 
have  an  extra  session  of  the  legislature  to  settle 
the  matter. 


"I  will  run  street  cars  from  the  ocean  beach  to 
the  ferries.  Who  will  stop  us?" — Mayor  Rolph. 
Nobody,  Jim.  But  why  confine  your  activities  to 
the  future? 


"We  regard  our  positions  as  sacred." — Meyer 
Lissner.  Everything  is  sacred  to  the  touch  of 
Mr.  Lissner,  and  himself  is  the  essence  of  sanctity. 


President  Taft  has  gone  to  considerable  trouble 
to  prove  that  his  nomination  was  not  stolen.  Un- 
fortunately it  does  no  good  to  enhance  the 
Colonel's  reputation  as  a  liar  and  a  humbug.  As 
both  he  is  endeared  to  the  hearts  of  the  American 
people. 


The  Rev.  Huffier  who  says,  speaking  of  Helen 
Gould,  that  old  maids  hinder  the  progress  of 
civiliz/'tion  and  that  no  woman  has  done  her  duty 
to  th(  /orld  until  she  has  borne  children,  ought 
to  reflect  on  the  much  greater  damage  that  is 
done  by  women  who  become  mothers  of  hufflers. 


"The  Chief  of  Police  has  ordered  that  women 
be  not  allowed  to  smoke  in  cafes." — News  item. 
This  is  clearly  a  case  of  discrimination  against 
sex  in  a  State  which  has  decreed  that  woman 
shall  have  the  £..me  rights  as  man. 


While  England  has  her  suffragettes  she  should 
not  be  afraid  of  Germany. 

P'rom  Washington  comes  the  word  ,  that  "Gif- 
ford  Pinchot  smells  a  mouse."  Rats!  Or  is  it 
moose,  meese  or  mess? 


A  Philadelphia  woman  aged  104  wants  to  run 
a  foot  race.  Thus  we  see  that  years  and  dis- 
cretion do  not  always  go  hand-in-hand. 


There  is  really  a  very  urgent  demand  for  a  third 
party — among  politicians  out  of  a  job  and  at  outs 
with  their  own  party. 


The  Man  who  Winds  the  Ferry  Clock  hasn't 
registered  yet.  Says  he's  waiting  for  a  pretty 
woman  to  ask  him,  and  admits,  rather  ungal- 
lantly,  that  a  lot  of  the  other  kind  have  already 
entreated  him. 


"It  will  be  a  bold  Federal  or  State  judge  in- 
deed who  will  dare  lend  the  machinery  of  the 
courts  to  assist  the  United  Railroads  and  its  expert 
legal  obstructors  in  blocking  the  Mayor's  de- 
termination to  give  the  Geary  street  line  direct 
connection  with  the  ferries." — The  Examiner. 
And  by  the  time  the  courts  are  reduced  to  an 
absolute  nullity  it  will  be  a  bold  judge  who  will 
even  attempt  to  prevent  the  mob  from  hanging  an 
editor. 


"Heney,"  says  the  Bulletin,  "is  brimming  over 
with  enthusiasm  for  the  new  party."  To  be  sure 
he  is.    The  wild  ass  smelleth  the  fodder  afar  off. 


At  this  crisis  in  the  history  of  the  country  the 
election  of  Wilson  and  Marshall  is  vital  to  the 
country's  welfare. — James  D.  Phelan.  Likewise 
to  Jimmy's  perennial  ambition. 


To  be  a  successful  wife  a  woman  should  be  a 
good  architect  clever  enough  to  alter  her  husband 
according  to  her  own  design  and  adapt  him  to 
her  own  convenience. 


The  papers  rarely  report  the  Sunday  sermons 
in  their  Monday  morning  issues  nowadays.  No 
doubt  this  is  because  so  much  space  is  needed  to 
describe  the  deaths  and  manglings  of  joy-riders. 


In  the  Bull  Moose  convention  there  will  he  no 
contests;  nobody  will  hear  from  iionic;  tlicre  will 
i)e  no  danger  of  a  stampede. 


Noah  Sanford  Arnold,  83  years  young,  obtained 
a  license  Monday  to  marry  Grace  Copeland  aged 
36.  Evidently  virility  still  runs  in  the  Noah 
family. 


"You  can  rest  assured  that  if  no  one  can  be 
found  to  operate  the  first  car  it  will  be  run  to  the 
ferry  if  I  myself  have  to  handle  the  controller." — 
Mayor  Rolph.  Good  boy,  Jim.  Spoken  like  an 
heroic  protege  of  majorities.  And  now  to  give  a 
touch  of  vraiscmblance  to  the  melodrama  you 
ought  to  direct  the  police  to  organize  a  mob 
for  the  occasion  and  to  spill  red  paint  along  the 
track. 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


A  politician  without  a  gift  for  picture>que  ex- 
pression would  be  at  a  sorry  disadvantage.  He'd 
be  Hke  a  prize  fighter  with  a  broken  arm  and 
the  lockjaw.  He  simply  couldn't  fight,  for  in 
politics  fighting  is  largely  talking  about  the  other 
fellow. 

In  California  the  political  art  of  talking  about 
the  other  fellow  has  been  brought  to  a  high  state 
of  cultivation  in  the  Democratic  party  by  Gavin 
McNab.  McXab  talks  in  epigrams,  which  is  the 
way  every  politician  would  talk  if  he  could.  A 
lot  of  McXab's  epigrams  have  been  barbed  for  the 
pricking  of  Theodore  Bell.  Being  a  handy  fighter 
himself  Bell  has  always  retaliated.  Not  with 
epigrams,  however.  He  is  young  yet,  and  hasn't 
mastered  that  form  of  wit.  His  words,  just  the 
same,  have  a  picturesque  quality  that  makes  them 
worth  quoting. 

Bell  is  never  long  out  of  a  fight.  Most  of  his 
political  career  he  has  been  fighting  Gavin  Mc- 
Nab within  the  party  and  the  Republican  machine 
without.  A  few  years  ago  he  took  the  control  of 
the  State  Democratic  organization  away  from 
.McNab,  but  that  didn't  end  their  fight,  of  course; 
it  merely  intensified  their  political  bitterness. 
Fighting  right  along  from  one  battlefield  to  an- 
other Bell  finally  found  himself  at  Baltimore 
lighting,  and  fighting  well,  for  Champ  Clark.  It 
became  necessary  in  the  course  of  that  remarkable 
battle  that  Bell  should  repudiate  his  old  leader 
Bill  Bryan,  the  Peter  Pan  of  Democracy,  and  he 
did  it  with  thoroughness  and  despatch. 

When  that  fight  was  over  and  Woodrow  Wil- 
son had  been  nominated.  Bell  came  home  to  find 
the  ranks  of  his  enemies  swelled  by  a  member  or 
his  old-time  friends.  Tis  the  way  of  politics,  and 
Bell  accepted  the  situation.  S(  ine  men  in  the 
new  alignment  of  the  (ipp<i--ilii  n  said  they 
couldn't  stand  for  a  Clark  man  pretending  to 
run  the  Wilson  campaign  in  California.  Others 
wept  crocodile  tears  over  Bell's  treatment  of  Bili 
Bryan.  .And  from  outside  the  Democratic  party 
appeared  a  Woodrow  Wilson  man  who  as- 
severated that  Bell  was  a  tool  of  the  wicked 
special  interests. 

What  animated  the  Phelans,  the  Caminettis, 
the  Davises,  the  Van  Wycks,  the  Moosers  and 
others  in  their  opposition?    I  asked  Bell  about  it. 

Bell  replied  without  hesitating.  He  laid  it  all 
to  the  machinations  of  that  grand  machinator, 
Gavin  McNab. 

"As  soon  as  Governor  Wilson  was  nominated," 
he  told  me,  "a  few  men  who  had  been  prominent 
in  the  Wilson  primary  fight  got  together  and 
resolved  to  take  over  the  Democracy  of  Cali- 
fornia body,  boots  and  breeches. 

"This  sudden  stir  among  the  Wilson  men 
caught  the  keen  eye  of  the  McNab  organization  in 
San  Francisco  and  they  believed  that  it  aflforded 
them  a  good  opportunity  to  renew  their  own 
efforts  to  obtain  control  of  the  party. 

"So  they  very  shrewdly  encouraged  the  ambi- 
tion of  the  Wilson  men  in  their  project,  with  the 
result  that  we  find  a  coalition  between  forces  that, 
on  the  surface,  have  seemed  irreconcilable.  The 
Wilson  men  who  are  so  desperately  attacking  the 
State  Central  Committee  are  being  very  in- 
geniously used  by  the  McNab  faction." 

"Will  this  project  go  through?" 

"I  think  not.  These  Wilson  men  have  forgot- 
ten how  to  think,  besides  entirely  losing  sight  of 
Governor  Wilson  in  their  mad  attempt  to  oust 
the  Clark  men  from  party  management.    Take  the 


Varied  Types 

LXXXV— THEODORE  BELL 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

figure?.  In  the  May  primaries  Clark  received 
43,000  votes.  Wilson  got  17,000.  Personally  I 
received  52,000. 

"So  it's  pretty  hard  to  understand  the  mathe- 
matics of  the  present  miniature  insurrection  or 
just  how  these  insurrectos  can  eliminate  those 
whf)  prevailed  at  the  primaries  three  to  one." 

"What  do  you  intend  to  do?" 

"To  support  the  officers  of  the  State  Central 
Committee.  No  one  can  betray  mc  into  a  loss 
of  temper  either.  We  are  sustained  by  the  vast 
majority  of  the  Democrats  of  California.  Those 
who  are  recklessly  sowing  the  seeds  of  discord 
will  only  discredit  themselves  in  the  eyes  of  all 
good  Democrats  who  are  looking  forward  to 
party  success." 


I'hoto,  V'aughan  and  Fraser 


THEODORE  BELL 

"They  say  your're  a  reactionary.  How  about 
that?" 

"It's  amusing  to  listen  to  that  cry.  Behind  the 
scenes  the  forces  that  have  always  opposed  pro- 
gressive Democracy  in  this  State  are  cunningly 
directing  the  present  skirmish. 

"The  chairman  of  the  State  Central  Committee, 
R.  H.  Dewitt,  has  very  impartially  appointed  the 
committees  to  conduct  the  campaign,  placing  it 
absolutely  in  the  hands  of  zealous  Wilson  men. 
And  I'm  with  Dewitt.  Could  we  do  that  and  be 
reactionaries?" 

"What  got  your  old  friend  'Cam'  into  this  fight 
against  you?" 

"Caminetti  is  the  innocent  victim  of  the  wiles 
of  McNab  who  wants  to  get  back  at  Bell;  of 
Phelan,  our  dilettante  politician,  always  more  or- 
namental than  useful;  and  of  J.  O.  Davis  who 
nurtured  the  ambition  to  be  chairman  of  the  State 
Central  Committee." 

"Where  does  McNab  stand?" 

"McNab  has  never  expressed  a  preference,  but 
all  his  henchmen  with  few  exceptions  are  Wil- 


son men — mainly  for  the  reason  that  our  crowd 
was  for  Clark." 

"Are  they  sincere  in  resenting  your  attack  on 
Bryan  ?" 

"I  shouldn't  call  it  an  attack.  My  opposition 
to  Bryan  was  not  the  substantial  cause  for  the 
attacks  on  me.  It  was  merely  used  to  injure  me 
among  Bryan's  supporters. 

"The  whole  thing  is  this.  Six  or  seven  men  got 
together  in  a  room  and  worked  one  another  up 
by  violent  talk.  When  they  were  surcharged  with 
mixed  emotions  of  ambition,  envy,  hatred  and 
other  bad  feelings,  they  rushed  out,  they  shouted 
from  the  house  tops,  they  went  pell-mell  into 
print  and  gave  their  grievance  to  the  world." 

"To  whom  does  that  refer?" 

"To  such  as  Phelan,  Caminetti,  Davis,  Van 
Wyck  and  Mooser." 

"To  Rudolph  Spreckels  too?" 

"1  don't  know  why  Spreckels  attacked  me. 
Perhaps  I  am  merely  the  victim  of  his  newly  ac- 
quired habit  of  writing  telegrarrs  and  letters.  It 
was  just  one  of  his  vagaries,  the  child  of  his 
peculiar  mentality  that  has  on.y  in  the  last  few 
years  brought  him  to  the  place  where  he  would 
register  and  vote.  His  response  to  my  challenge 
to  produce  facts  in  support  of  his  denunciatory 
telegram  wouldn't  do  credit  to  a  six  year  old  kid. 
His  plea  was  simply  that  I  did  it  because  I 
did  it." 

"Spreckels  is  for  Wilson?" 

"He  has  said  so." 

"Will   he  contribute  to  the   Democratic  cam- 
paign ?" 

"Frank  Drew  is  chairman  of  the  finance  com- 
mittee and  will  be  very  glad,  I  believe,  to  receive 
Ri  dolph's  mite." 

.A  queer  game  politics!  The  only  game  in  the 
world  that  brings  you  more  enemies  the  longer, 
the  more  successfully  you  play  it.  Bell  has  a 
very  respectable  assortment,  and  you  will  notice 
that  he  keeps  them  in  a  good  condition  of  irrecon- 
cilability by  prodding  them.  I  actually  think  that  | 
Bell  would  droop  and  wither  if  McXab  insisted  on 
becoming  his  friend.  Not  that  there's  3ny_j, 
danger! 


Photographs 

Whigham's  Art  Studios 

739  Market  Street,  Opp.  Grant  Avenue 
1615  Fillmore  Street.  Near  Geary 
Phones:         Waat  7831         Home  J  1223        S  3757 
San  Francisco 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  •  flight  in  •  Zeppelia  Ainhip? 

Gel  proffrulu  of  our  Funout  Pleuure  CniMes 
Hftn<l*oai«Iy  illuiUled  pamphlets  grabi. 

HAMBURG- AMERICAN  LINE 

160  POWELL  ST.  SAN  FRANQSCX) 


August  3,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


7 


Correspondence 


"A  Lawyer"  Corrected 

San  Francisco,  7-29,  1912. 
Editor  Town  Talk:  In  your  issue  of  July  27,  1912, 
"A  Lawyer"  writes:  "Judge  Lawlor  instructed  the 
jury  as  did  Judge  Dunne  in  the  Coffey  case  that 
Gallagher,  particeps  criminis  with  Ruef,  was  not 
an  accomplice."  Permit  me  to  point  out  that 
Judge  Lawlor  did  nothing  of  the  kind.  On  the 
contrary,  he  said  to  the  jury:  "You  are  hereby  in- 
structed that  James  L.  Gallagher  and  Andrew  M. 
Wilson,  under  their  own  testimony,  in  the  event 
that  there  was  any  offer  to  bribe  John  J.  Furey  as 
charged,  are  each  and  both  of  them  accomplices." 
(Transcript,  Ruef  case,  fol.  1146.) 

Yours  truly, 

— Amicus  Curiae. 


A  Plea  For  Tight  Skirts 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Why  all  this  rumpus 
about  tight  skirts?  In  the  days  of  hoops  Graces, 
Bacchantes  and  nymphs  were  in  demand  that 
men  might  get  some  idea  of  the  true  outlines 
of  woman.  These  prudes  who  object  to  tight 
skirts  that  reveal  graceful  lines  and  short  skirts 
that  permit  women  to  expose  a  dainty  leg  make 
me  tired.  I  commend  to  them  one  of  Waller's 
loveliest  songs  containing  these  lines: 

Small  is  the  worth 

Of  beauty  from  the  light  retired; 

Bid  her  come  forth, 

Suffer  herself  to  be  desired 

And  not  blush  so  to  be  admired. 

Why  should  there  be  objection  to  such  disclos- 
ures as  are  made  by  the  tight  skirt? 

"  'Tis  a  good  sight  how  every  limb  doth  stir 
For  ever  in  a  womanly  sweet  way" 

Says  an  Italian  poet  of  other  days.  Why  don't 
these  protesting  prudes  have  something  to  say 
about  men's  trousers?  I  think  that  for  the  sake 
of  decency  all  men,  and  some  more  than  others, 
should  be  compelled  to  wear  kilts.    And  I  am 

— A  Spinster. 


As  to  "The  Toad" 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  It  seems  too  bad 
that  a  writer  for  a  paper  as  high-class  as  yours 
should  allow  his  judgment  to  be  swayed  by  per- 


sonal predilections  in  penning  an  estimate  of  a 
stage  performance.  That  just  such  a  thing  hap- 
pened when  one  of  your  writers  sat  down  to  write 
about  the  performance  of  "The  Toad"  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  "The  Toad"  is  a  great  play  and 
any  writer  who  says  it  is  not  convicts  himself 
of  incompetence  or  worse.  Let  us  say  that  in 
the  present  instance  the  writer  knocked  "The 
Toad"  because  he  was  unfriendly  toward  the 
Ncwberrys.  That  is  probably  correct.  No  per- 
s  111  would  write  as  he  did  of  "The  Toad"  unless 
he  had  a  grudge  against  the  author.  Again  I  say, 
too  bad!  If  you  will  pardon  my  getting  personal, 
your  writer  reminds  me  of  the  centipede.  You 
know, 

A  centipede  was  happy  till 
One  day  a  toad  in  fun 
Said,  "Pray  which  leg 

Moves  after  which?" 
This  raised  her  doubts 

To  such  a  pitch 
She  fell  exhausted 

In  the  ditch, 
Not  knowing  how  to  run. 

"The  Toad"  presented  a  problem  which  your 
writer  was  incapable  of  solving,  and  like  the 
centipede  he  fell  down. 

Sincerely, 

— A  Carmel  Writer. 
P.  S. — I  am  told   Professor  William  Dallam 
.Amies  says  "The  Toad"  is  rotten.    But  I  refuse 
to  believe  that  he  used  such  language. 


A  Reply  to  Mrs.  Atherton 

Editor  Town  Talk.  Sir:  I  see  that  Gertrude 
.\therton  has  been  writing  to  the  papers,  com- 
plaining of  the  indift'erence  of  San  Francisco 
women  to  the  inestimable  boon  that  was  won 
for  them  at  the  polls.  Mrs.  Atherton  being  very 
strong  for  equal  suffrage  concludes  that  all 
women  who  are  not  of  the  same  mind  are  ex- 
tremely ignorant.  Mrs.  Atherton  is  nothing  if 
not  dogmatic,  which  is  too  bad.  To  be  dog- 
matical is  to  be  unphilosophical.  It-  is  the  dog- 
matical spirit  that  inclines  a  woman  to  be  cen- 
sorious of  her  neighbors.  It  is  a  characteristic 
of  persons  who  think  with  tiieir  heart  rather  than 
tlieir  head.  This  appears  to  be  what  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton does.  She  is  unreasonable.  She  argues  that 
it  is  important  for  the  women  of  San  Francisco 


to  vote,  and  yet  she  says  that  they  have  the 
mental  inertness  of  oysters.  If  the  women  of  San 
Francisco  are  on  a  level  with  shell  fish  then  Mrs. 
Atherton  should  pray  to  God  to  keep  them  home. 
Because  thousands  of  women  are  for  equal 
suffrage  in  foreign  parts,  therefore,  argues  Mrs. 
Atherton,  equal  suffrage  is  a  thing  that  all  women 
should  crave.  This  is  not  good  logic,  and  I'm 
surprised  to  see  Mrs.  Atherton  indulge  in  it. 
Mrs.  Atherton  is  a  trifle  superficial  as  a  philos- 
opher. Her  certitudes  are  impressionistic.  She 
grasps  world  problems  with  too  much  ease.  I 
recognize  her  as  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of 
our  sex,  but  when  I  see  how  easy  she  gets  her 
facts  and  avoids  second  thoughts  I  wonder  if  after 
all  it  isn't  true  that  women  bring  nothing  to 
politics  but  mere  emotionalism.  Mrs.  Atherton 
is  certainly  above  the  average  of  us  in  intelligence, 
yet  the  refraction  of  the  personal  equation  she 
mistakes  for  the  clear,  white  light  of  truth.  I 
see  that  like  many  of  our  politicians  who  pass  as 
statesmen  she  thoroughly  apprehends  the  Tend- 
ency of  the  Times.  I  suppose  she  does  this 
intuitively.  For  in  no  other  way  is  the  Tendency 
of  the  Times  ever  apprehended.  The  Tendency  of 
the  Times  is  as  illusive  as  a  mirage.  I  see  also 
that  Mrs.  Atherton  advises  women  to  read  Ed- 
mund Kelly's  "Twentieth  Century  Socialism"  and 
Albert  Weyl's  "New  Democracy"  in  order  to  get 
in  touch  with  "progressive  democracy  which  is 
bound  to  come."  I  hope  that  Mrs.  Atherton 
doesn't  believe  that  because  a  thing  is  bound  to 
come  it  is  right.  I  also  hope  that  she  doesn't 
believe  that  everything  that  is  "bound  to  come" 
invariably  comes.  Universal  experience  teaches 
that  the  things  bound  to  come  get  sidetracked  for 
the  unexpected  which  arrives  by  slow  freight. 
Now,  Mr.  Editor,  I  have  so  much  respect  for  Mrs. 
Atherton's  influence,  I  would  recommend  a  little 
reading  for  her.  First  I  would  recommend  M. 
Faguet's  "Cult  of  Incompetency,"  because  that  is 
an  up-to-date  book,  and  I  know  that  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton has  cultivated  the  bad  habit  of  living  ex- 
clusively in  the  present.  Next  I  would  advise  her 
to  read  the  Federalist  papers.  I  ought  to  assume, 
of  course,  since  she  is  a  warm  admirer  of  Alex- 
ander Hamilton  that  she  has  read  those  papers, 
but  I  feel  certain  she  has  not.  I  will  also  recom- 
mend to  Mrs.  Atherton  J.  S.  Mill  in  his  disserta- 
tions on  genuine  democracy,  Amicl's  Diary  for 
what  there  is  in  it  on  Democracy. 

Sincerely, 

— Louise  Marquardt. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


Typewriters  in  China 

With  the  changes  produced  by  the  Chinese: 
revolution  has  come  an  increased  demand  fo' 
typewriters.  Conservative  Chinese  merchants  are 
beginning  to  abandon  their  ancient  methods,  and 
are  taking  readily  to  the  typewriter  as  a  means 
of  carrying  on  their  correspondence.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  there  are  five  hundred  typewriters  in 
use  in  Chinese  firms  of  Hong  Kong.  Nearly  ail 
are  of  American  make.  Many  young  Chinese  are 
studying  typewriting  and  stenography  in  the 
Chinese  business  colleges.  It  is  probable  that 
imports  of  typewriters  into  China  now  reach 
$100,000  annually  with  good  prospects  of  notable 
increase  within  the  next  few  years. 


By  Robert  McTavish 

U.  S.  Bars  Absinthe 

After  October  1  absinthe  frappe  will  be  a  thing 
of  the  past  as  far  as  hotels  and  saloons  in  this 
country  are  concerned.  After  that  date  absinthe, 
which  is  being  sold  in  increasing  quantities  in  the 
United  States,  will  be  barred  from  importation 
.ind  also  from  being  transported  from  State  to 
State.  The  Pure  Food  Board  has  decided  that 
absinthe  as  a  beverage  is  dangerous  to  health  and 
has  put  the  ban  on  it.  The  decision  of  the  board 
s.iys:  Importations  of  absinthe  are  prohibited, 
both  because  they  come  froin  countries  which 
i'(  rbid  or  restrict  its  manufacture  and  sale  and 
bi'cafse  these  products  are  injurious  to  the  health 
of  the  people  of  the  United  States. 


Kruttschnitt  Solves  a  Problem 

Julius  Kruttschnitt,  director  of  the  Harriman 
lines,  thinks  he  has  solved  the  problem  of  broken 
rails.  His  engineers  have  found  that  the  base  of 
a  regular  90-pound  rail  tends  to  become  bowl- 
shaped  in  cold  weather,  and  the  pounding  of  the 
wheels  causes  surface  fractures.  By  broadening 
the  base  of  the  rail  and  making  it  heavier  the 
breaks  are  reduced  to  a  minimum.  Mr.  Krutt- 
schnitt is  reported  as  saying:  "We  find  that  the 
rail  with  the  heavier  base  gave  only  two  break- 
ages to  the  100  miles  in  the  winter  months,  (as 
compared  with  23  breakages  in  the  regular  rail), 
the  same  rate  as  during  the  summer  months,  so  that 
so  far  as  we  are  concerned,  the  problem  is  solved." 


£  TOWNTALK  August  3,  1912 


Mad  ame  Hermet 

By  Guy  de  Maupassant 

(The  following  short  story  by  the  renowned  French  writer,  Guy  de  Maupassant,  was  discovered  quite  recently 
among  some  papers  left  by  the  master  at  his  death.  It  has  been  included  in  a  new  edition  of  his  stories  which  has 
just  appeared  in  Paris.    It  is  here  reprinted  from  the  New  York  Times.) 


The  insane  always  attract  me.  These  unfor- 
tunate people  live  in  a  mysterious  land  of  wonder- 
ful dreams;  in  an  unpierceable  cloud  of  sadness, 
where  everything  that  they  have  seen  and  loved 
on  earth  is  revived  to  a  new  life  by  an  imagina- 
tive existence,  outside  of  all  the  laws  by  which 
tilings  and  men's  thoughts  are  ruled. 

Once  when  I  visited  one  of  their  asylums,  the 
physician  who  showed  me  around  said:  "Wait,  I 
will  show  you  an  interesting  case." 

He  had  a  cell  opened  which  was  occupied  by 
a  woman  of  about  forty  years  of  age.  She  was 
still  beautiful,  and  sat  in  a  large  easy  chair  re- 
garding her  face  carefully  in  a  small  hand  mirror. 

The  moment  she  noticed  us  she  rose  quickly, 
ran  to  the  back  part  of  the  room,  fetched  a  veil 
which  had  been  spread  across  a  chair,  covered 
her  face  carefully  with  it,  and  returned,  nodding 
her  head  in  answer  to  our  greeting. 

"Well,  how  do  you  feel  this  morning?"  asked 
the  physician. 

She  uttered  a  deep  sigh:  "Oh.  very  badly,  the 
marks  are  increasing  every  day." 

He  answered  her  with  a  convincing  counten- 
ance: "Not  at  all,  not  at  all;  I  assure  you  you  are 
deceiving  yourself." 

She  came  up  to  us  and  whispered  to  him:  "No, 
I  am  sure  of  it.  I  have  counted  this  morning  ten 
more  marks:  three  on  the  right  cheek,  four  on  the 
left  cheek,  and  three  on  the  forehead.  It  is  dis- 
gusting— disgusting.  Very  soon  I  shall  not  be 
able  to  show  myself  to  any  one,  not  even  to  my 
son;  no,  not  even  to  him.  I  am  lost,  I  am  dis- 
figured forever." 

She  fell  back  in  her  chair  ant}  began  to  sob. 

The  physician  took  a  chair,  sat  down  next  to 
her,  and  said  in  a  gentle,  consoling  voice:  "Well, 
well,  let  me  see.  I  assure  you  it  is  nothing. 
With  a  little  operation  I  shall  be  able  to  remove 
it  all." 

She  answered  with  a  shake  of  her  head  in  the 
negative,  without  a  word.  He  wanted  to  touch 
her  veil,  but  she  took  hold  of  him  with  both 
hands  so  violently  that  her  finger  nails  pierced 
his  flesh. 

He  began  again  to  quiet  her  and  to  persuade 
her.  "You  know  quite  well  that  I  always  remove 
thcin  every  time,  these  ugly  marks,  and  that  one 
cannot  see  them  any  more  at  all  after  I  have 
treated  you.  But  if  you  do  not  show  them  to  me 
then  I  cannot  cure  you." 

to  you.  But  I  do  not  know  this  gentlemen  here 
to  you.  But  I  do  not  know  this  gentleman  there 
who  accompanies  you." 

"He  also  is  a  physician  who  will  be  able  to 
treat  you  better  than  I." 

Now  she  hesitatingly  permitted  her  face  to  be 
uncovered.  But  her  fear,  her  excitement  and 
timidity  at  being  seen  made  her  blush  to  her  neck. 
She  lowered  her  eyes,  turning  her  face  now  to 
the  right,  now  to  the  left,  as  if  to  avoid  our 
glances,  and  stammered: 

"Oh,  I  am  suffering  terribly  when  I  allow  my- 
self to  be  seen  like  this;  it  is  dreadful,  is  it  not? 
Yes,  isn't  it  dreadful?" 

I  regarded  her  with  astonishment,  for  she  had 
nothing  on  her  face,  no  mark,  no  spot,  no  sign 
of  anything  unsightly,  no  scar. 

She  turned  around  to  me,  still  keeping  her  eyes 
lowered,  and  said: 

"I  was  taken  with  this  terrible  sickness  while 
I  was  nursing  my  son.  I  saved  him,  but  I  have 
been  disfigured.  I  have  given  my  poor  child  my 
beauty.    After  all,  I  have  done  my  duty,  and  my 


conscience  is  at  rest.  If  I  suffer  then  only  God 
can  know  it." 

The  physician  had  taken  a  small  water  color 
brush  out  of  his  pocket. 

"Just  let  me  attend  to  this,"  said  he,  "I  will 
make  everything  right  for  you." 

She  showed  him  her  right  check,  and  he  com- 
menced to  touch  it  lightly  as  if  he  were  putting 
dabs  of  paint  on  it.  He  did  the  same  on  the  left 
ciieek,  then  on  the  chin,  and  finally  on  the  fore- 
head. 

"Now  look  at  yourself,"  he  cried,  "there  is 
nothing  more  there,  nothing  more!" 

She  took  the  mirror  and  gazed  at  herself  with 
a  strange  tense  excitement,  and  with  a  fierce 
effort  of  her  mind  tried  to  discover  something. 
Then  she  sighed  and  said:  "No,  there  is  not  much 
to  be  seen  now.    I  thank  you  sincerely!" 

The  physician  had  risen.  He  greeted  her,  told 
me  to  go,  and  followed  me.  As  soon  as  he  had 
closed  the  door  he  said: 

"Now,  here  you  have  the  cruel  story  of  this 
unfortunate  woman.  Her  name  is  Mme.  Hermet. 
She  was  very  beautiful,  very  vain,  very  much 
loved,  and  she  loved  life.  She  was  one  of  those 
women  whose  only  desire  in  the  world  was  to 
preserve  her  beauty  and  to  please.  Her  constant 
anxiety  was  for  the  freshness  and  care  of  her 
face,  her  hands,  her  teeth,  and  all  those  parts 
of  her  body  which  a  woman  can  show.  They  oc- 
cupied all  the  hours  of  her  day  and  demanded  her 
complete  attention. 

"She  was  left  a  widow  with  an  only  son.  The 
child  was  brought  up  like  all  children  of  admired 
women  of  the  great  world.    Still,  she  loved  him. 

"He  grew  up  and  she  became  older.  Did  she 
see  this  fatal  moment  arriving?  I  do  not  know. 
Did  she,  as  so  many  others,  look  at  her  skin 
every  morning  for  hours  and  hours — this  skin 
which  was  formerly  so  fine,  so  transparent,  so 
clear,  which  now  was  drawing  into  little  wrinkles 
under  her  eyes  and  which  showed  thousands  of 
tiny,  scarcely  noticeable,  signs  that  day  by  day, 
month  by  month,  it  was  slowly  withering? 

"Did  she  cry,  heart-broken,  lying  on  her  knees, 
her  forehead  on  the  ground,  praying — praying — 
praying  to  Him  who  kills  beings  like  this,  in  this 
manner;  Who,  in  their  youth,  gives  them  that 
which  will  make  their  old  age  harder;  Who  lends 
them  beauty  in  order  to  take  it  back  again? 

"Without  doubt  she  suffered  all  these  tortures. 
For  the  following  thing  happened: 

"One  day — she  was  then  about  thirty-five  years 
old — her  fifteen-year-old  son  was  taken  ill.  He 
had  to  stay  in  bed,  although  no  one  could  tell 
what  was  the  cause  of  his  malady,  or  what  was  its 
nature. 

"A  priest,  who  was  his  tutor,  nursed  him,  and 
never  went  from  his  side,  whereas  Madame  Her- 
met simply  asked  for  news  as  to  the  condition 
of  the  invalid  morning  and  night. 

"In  the  morning  she  would  enter  his  room, 
wrapped  in  a  dressing  gown,  smiling,  perfumes 
emanating  from  her,  and  ask,  the  moment  she 
stepped  through  the  door:  'Well,  George,  are  we 
better  today?' 

"The  tall  lad,  his  face  red  and  swollen,  and 
burning  with  fever,  would  replj':  'Yes,  mamma, 
dear,  a  little  better." 

"She  remained  a  few  moments  in  the  room, 
looked  at  the  medicine  bottles,  and  uttered  a 
little  'pooh'  with  her  painted  lips.  Then  crying 
suddenly:  'Oh,  I  forgot  something  very  import- 


ant,' she  ran  out  of  the  room,  leaving  in  her 
train  all  the  delicate  perfumes  of  her  toilet. 

"In  the  evening  she  appeared  in  a  decollete 
dress  and  was  still  in  a  greater  hurry,  for  she 
was  always  too  late.  She  had  just  time  to  ask: 
"Well,  what  has  the  doctor  said?' 

"The  priest  would  answer:  'He  has  not  said 
anything  definite  yet,  Madame.' 

"But  one  evening  he  replied:  'Madame,  your  son 
has  been  attacked  by  smallpox.' 

"She  uttered  a  terrible  cry  and  ran  from  the 
room. 

"When  her  maid  entered  her  room  next  morn- 
ing there  was  a  strong  smell  of  burnt  sugar,  and 
she  found  her  mistress  sitting  up  in  bed,  her  eyes 
staring  wide,  trembling  with  fear,  her  face  pale 
with  sleeplessness. 

"As  soon  as  her  shutters  were  opened  Mme. 
Hermet  asked:  'How  is  George?' 

■■  'Un,  not  at  all  well  today,  Madame.' 

"She  only  rose  toward  noon,  took  two  eggs  and 
a  cup  of  tea,  as  if  she  were  ill  herself.  Then  she 
went  out  and  inquired  at  the  apothecary  about 
preventatives  against  contagion  of  smallpox.  She 
did  not  return  home  till  supper  time,  laden  down 
with  all  sorts  of  bottles;  then  she  locked  herself 
in  her  room,  where  she  saturated  herself  with 
antidotes. 

"The  priest  awaited  her  in  the  dining  room. 
As  soon  as  she  noticed  him  she  called  out  with 
a  voice  trembling  with  excitement: 

"  'Well?' 

"  'Oh,  not  better.    The  doctor  is  very  anxious.' 

"She  began  to  cry  and  could  not  eat  anything. 
She  felt  so  afraid  and  depressed. 

"The  following  morning,  at  dawn,  she  asked 
for  the  news,  which  was  no  better.  She  spent  the 
whole  day  in  her  room,  where  small  braziers  were 
smoking,  sending  up  strong  perfumes.  Her  maid 
declares  that  she  heard  her  sighing  and  sobbing 
the  whole  of  the  evening. 

"A  whole  week  passed  by  like  this  without  her 
doing  anything  else  but  going  out  every  after- 
noon for  one  or  two  hours  to  get  a  breath  of  air. 

"Now  she  inquired  every  hour  as  to  the  condi- 
tion of  the  invalid,  and  sobbed  when  she  received 
worse  news. 

"On  the  eleventh  day,  in  the  morning,  the  priest 
announced  himself,  stepped  into  her  room,  and 
said,  without  taking  the  chair  which  she  offered: 

'"Madame,  your  son  is  very  ill  indeed,  and  he 
wishes  to  see  you.' 

"She  fell  on  her  knees  and  cried: 

"  'Oh,  my  God — oh,  my  God — I  shall  never  be 
able  to  dare  it;  my  God,  my  God,  help  me.' 

"The  priest   continued:   'The  physician  gives 

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Poems  About  San  Francisco 

(Dr.  Edward  Robeson  Taylor  has  written  a  great  many  sonnets,  some  better  than  others.  In  the  sonnet  below 
he  is  represented,  if  not  at  his  best,  at  least  at  his  average  poetical  accomplishment.  But  the  worthy  doctor  never 
soars  very  high,  even  when  his  winged  steed  of  poesy  voIi)lanes  him  around  Twin  Peaks.) 

LI— TO  THE  TWIN  PEAKS 
By  Edward  Robeson  Taylor 


I  see  you  rise  beyond  the  surging  street, 

O  peaks  beloved,  so  uniquely  fair 

That  nature's  boldest  courage  would  despair 

To  mould  and  garnish  others  more  complete, 

Whether  the  gray-hued  mists  of  ocean  bear 

Their  streamers  o'er  you,  or  the  sun's  kiss  greet 

Your  lovely  bloom  and  blade,  or  moonbeams  meet 

To  weave  new  beauties  in  your  freshening  air. 

Full  oft  my  vision  pictures  you  to  be 

The  breasts  of  some  huge  goddess  whose  great  head 

In  glorious  grandeur  fancy  feigns  to  see; 

And  then  her  lips,  love-trembling,  seem  t'  unfold 

Still  rarer  marvels  than  the  Days  of  Gold 

For  that  dear  city  wide  beneath  you  spread. 


Carmel  Disintegrates 

Carmel  is  no  longer  the  abiding  place  of  the 
Muses.  They  have  fled  the  once  peaceful  hamlet 
by  the  sundown  sea  where  but  a  little  while  ago 
they  were  wooed  by  weavers  of  verse,  builders  of 
plays,  makers  of  fiction,  phrase-mongers  and  all 
kinds  of  artists  in  words.  Carmel,  the  seat  of 
culture,  where  literary  genius  was  encouraged  to 
bud  and  blossom,  where  the  air  was  sweet  with 
the  fragrance  of  song  and  soft  ocean  zephyrs 
made  every  tree  a  statue  of  Memnon  with  in- 
finity of  notes,  where  even  the  butcher  was  an 
esthete  and  the  grocer  in  the  twilight  could  see 
visions  and  dream  dreams;  beautiful  Carmel,  so 
inspiring  to  the  imagination,  so  soothing  to  the 
nerves,  where  is  the  glory  that  was  so  briefly 
thine?  Alas,  Carmel  has  been  forsworn.  Its 
stretch  of  shore  no  longer  echoes  to  the  language 
of  the  imagination  and  the  passions.  In  the  lute 
of  its  literary  colony  there  is  a  rift.  The  rom- 
ance of  modern  Carmel  is  now  but  a  memory. 
First  to  go  was  John  Fleming  Wilson,  short  story 
writer,  well  known  to  readers  of  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post.  He  will  not  return.  To  go  also 
is  George  Sterling,  poet,  whose  pen  though  hardly 
yet  come  to  maturity,  to  many  forms  of  things 
unknown  has  given  shape  and  to  airy  nothing  a 
local  habitation  and  a  name.  Plato  banished  the 
poets  from  his  commonwealth.  Sterling  has 
banished  himself  from  Carmel.  Never  again  for 
George.  He  goes  to  Glen  Ellen  there  to  join  his 
friend  Jack  London.  Who  knows  but  that  Glen 
Ellen  is  to  become  the  literary  centre  of  the  near 
future. 


When  Literary  Folk  Disagree 

Naturally  persons  who  take  an  interest  in  the 
Carmel  school  of  literature  will  be  curious  to 
know  the  reason  of  the  exodus  of  the  Muses. 
But  it  is  not  for  me  to  gratify  this  curiosity. 
Suffice  it  that  literary  men  and  women  are  just 


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like  other  folk  in  the  matter  of  whims  and  pas- 
sions. Congenial  as  they  may  be  in  their  tastes 
it  is  as  difficult  for  them  to  dwell  together  in 
peace  and  harmony  as  for  persons  without  imag- 
ination; perhaps  more  so.  There  have  been 
several  little  misunderstandings  at  Carmel,  some 
of  a  romantic  nature  and  some  as  simple  as  a 
rustic  ditty.  But  there  has  been  very  little"  of 
vulgar  quarreling.  When  John  Fleming  Wilson 
said  adieu  to  Carmel  it  was  because  of  a  hostility 
that  he  provoked  by  presuming  to  constitute  him- 
self a  sort  of  Mr.  Grundy.  When  George  Sterling 
decided  to  go  to  Glen  Ellen  it  was  because  he 
preferred  to  be  near  his  friend  London  and  far 
away  from  some  of  the  remnants  of  the  colony. 
The  loss  of  Sterling  is  a  severe  blow.  He  was 
the  star  resident,  and  he  is  by  far  the  most 
popular  of  all  our  literary  men.  Among  the 
literati  left  in  Carmel  are  Harry  Leon  Wilson 
who  recently  married  Helen  Cooke  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Perry  Newberry,  joint  producers  of  "The 
Toad." 


Auburn's  Precocious  Genius 

Speaking  of  Sterling  I  am  reminded  that  his 
protege  Clark  Ashton  Smith  is  soon  to  make  his 
appearance  between  book  covers.  The  man- 
uscript is  now  in  the  hands  of  Alex.  Robertson, 
tlic  publisher  who  is  ever  ready  to  introduce  Cali- 
fornia poets  to  the  public.  Great  things  are  ex- 
pected of  Smith.  Indeed  he  is  said  to  be  the 
greatest  poet  this  country  has  ever  seen.  Yet  he 
is  only  19  years  old.  Were  it  not  for  literary 
prodigies  of  the  past  we  would  regard  as  not 
only  extravagant  but  ridiculous  the  things  that 
we  hear  of  Clark  Ashton  Smith.  Here  is  a 
3  "Uth  hardly  more  than  half  educated  who  is  said 
to  be  writing  poetry  as  remarkable  for  its 
beauties  as  some  of  the  finest  of  the  early  per- 
formances of  John  Keats,  and  of  whom  it  is  pre- 
dicted that  he  will  take  rank  with  poets  of  the 
first  order.  Now  the  men  who  arc  saying  these 
things  are  not  estimating  the  magnitude  of  the 
young  poet's  genius  by  its  prematureness.  They 
are  men  of  judgment,  competent  critics.  One  of 
them  is  George  Sterling,  a  poet  to  whom  many 
critics  have  ascribed  the  loftiest  excellences. 
Sterling  has  none  but  a  poet's  interest  in  Smith. 
Sterling  never  heard  of  Smith  until  the  latter  sent 
iiim  some  of  his  verses.  Immediately  he  became 
interested.  He  found  that  the  young  poet  was 
living  with  his  parents  on  a  small  farm  near 


Auburn.  He  cultivated  the  youth's  acquaintance, 
praised  his  work  and  gave  him  all  possible  en- 
couragement. Now  he  says,  "I  wish  I  could  write 
the  poetry  that  he  writes."  Ambrose  Bierce,  who 
discovered  Sterling  and  Scheffauer,  has  met  the 
Auburn  poet,  and  he,  too,  affirms  that  the  young 
fellow  is  an  extraordinary  genius. 


The  Abyss  Triumphant 

I  have  received  from  the  Auburn  poet  a  speci- 
men of  his  handiwork  which  shows  that  he  has 
an  imagination  that  in  its  maturity  may  put  "a 
girdle  round  the  universe."  Evidently  the  young- 
ster is  occupied  with  thoughts  of  big  things.  Evi- 
dently, too,  he  has  the  power  over  words  to  make 
them  come  winged  at  his  bidding  and  to 
make  pictures  vivid  as  of  an  actual  impression 
of  objects.  The  poem  is  entitled  "The  Abyss 
Triumphant": 

The  force  of  suns  had  waned  beyond  recall; 
Chaos  was  re-established  over  all, 

Where  lifeless  atoms  through  forgetful  deeps 
Fled  imrelated,  cold,  immusical. 

Above  the  tumult  Heaven  alone  endured; 
Long  since  the  bursting  walls  of  Hell  had  poured 
Demon  and  damned  to  peace  erstwhile  denied, — 
In  that  Abyss  God's  might  had  not  immured. 

(He  could  but  thwart  it  with  creative  mace  .  .  .) 
And  now  it  rose  about  the  heavenly  base. 

Eating  at  pillars  rotten  through  and  through, 
Of  Matter's  last,  most  firm  abiding-place. 

Bastion  and  minaret  began  to  nod. 
Till  all  the  pile,  unmindful  of  His  rod, 

Dissolved  in  thunder,  and  the  void  Abyss 
Caught  like  a  quicksand  at  the  feet  of  God! 


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New  Light  on  President  Taft 

In  ihcse  days  of  pettifogging  vindictiveness  and 
lilliputian  spites  it  is  refreshing  to  find  evidence 
of  broad  statesmanship  and  liberal-mindedness 
in  high  places.  And  an  instance  of  this  has  just 
come  to  my  notice.  If  I  ever  had  a  doubt  that 
President  Taft  was  a  great  as  well  as  a  good  man 
—and  thank  Heaven!  I  never  did— it  would  be  re- 
moved by  what  I  have  learned  of  a  letter  he 
wrote  to  Charles  C.  Moore,  the  president  of  the 
World's  Fair.  It  does  not  heighten  my  opinion 
of  the  President — it  merely  confirms  and  throws 
new  light  on  it.  The  letter  explained  to  Presi- 
dent Moore  just  how  President  Taft  felt  about 
his  crushing  defeat  in  the  California  primaries. 
It  was  a  personal  letter,  and  on  that  account 
President  Moore  has  not  seen  his  way  clear  to 
making  it  public.  But  because  the  views  of  the 
President  were  of  as  much  interest  to  the  other 
members  of  the  Panama-Pacific  directorate  as 
they  were  to  him,  Moore  read  the  letter  at  a 
board  meeting.  Otherwise  it  has  been  kept  from 
the  public;  how  closely  may  be  judged  from  the 
fact  that  a  resume  of  its  contents  is  only  now 
leaking  out,  though  it  was  written  shortly  after 
the  primary  election. 


The  President's  Attitude 

When  the  Roosevelt  forces  carried  the  primary 
election,  many  hastily  formed  the  opinion  that 
President  Taft  would  resent  the  manner  in  which 
he  was  treated  by  the  Republicans  of  the  State 
which  he  had  so  signally  favored.  Some  even 
thought  that  his  interest  in  the  Fair  would  wane, 
and  that  he  would  take  no  interest  in  the 
many  important  measures  necessary  for  its  com- 
plete success.  But  these  did  not  know  President 
Taft.  The  letter  he  wrote  to  Moore  showed  the 
nobility  of  his  character.  The  President  wrote 
that  he  had  never  yet  considered  that  he  had  the 
right  to  resent  the  actions  of  a  majority  of  the 
voters  of  his  party,  no  matter  how  hostile  that 
action  might  be  to  himself,  and  that  the  result  of 
the  primary  in  California  w-ould  work  no  change 
in  his  habits  of  thought  in  this  regard.  He  said 
that  no  political  consideration  influenced  him  in 
favoring  San  Francisco  as  the  place  for  the 
World's  Fair.  He  said  he  had  been  for  San 
Francisco  because  he  thought  it  the  ideal  place  to 
hold  the  Fair,  it  being  the  principal  sea  port  on 
the  Pacific  Coast  and  a  metropolis  which  had  the 
facilities  for  entertaining  great  multitudes.  In 
short  he  practically  reiterated  his  famous  dictum 
that  "San  Francisco  knows  how."  He  assured 
Mr.  Moore  that  he  was  still  interested  heart  and 
soul  in  the  success  of  the  Exposition,  and  would 
do  all  in  his  power  to  make  it  the  greatest  ever 
held  anywhere.  In  other  words,  for  all  the  effect 
the  political  situation  had  on  his  feelings,  the 
primary  might  never  have  occurred.  It  was  the 
letter  of  a  magnanimous  man.  I  hope  it  will  some 
day  see  the  light. 


Phelan  and  Bell 

The  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  has  received  pretty 
rough  treatment  from  Woodrow  Wilson.  When 
Governor  Wilson  was  nominated  for  the  Presi- 
dency Mr.  Phelan's  large  and  sensitive  heart  was 
gladdened  with  the  expectation  of  being  chosen 
director-general  of  the  campaign  in  California. 
And  all  his  friends  conjectured  that  he  would 
be  so  honored,  and  they  hastened  to  felicitate 
him  on  the  happy  circumstances  that  made  him 
the  logical  man  for  the  post.  Also  they  rejoiced 
over  the  discomfiture  of  Theodore  Bell,  who, 
much  to  their  gratification,  backed  the  wrong 
man  at  Baltimore.  Now  fancy  their  subsequent 
state  of  mind  on  learning  that  Bell  had  beaten 
them  all  to  it,  as  it  were.  Naturally  there  was 
a  great  uproar  in  the  Phelan  camp.  Governor 
Wilson  has  been  hearing  from  home — Jimmy's. 


Rudolph  lias  been  burning  the  wires  with  pro- 
tests, and  all  the  Phelan  journals,  the  ncw>papers 
everywhere  that  look  forward  to  the  rich  harvest 
that  is  promised  w-hen  Jimmy  makes  his  fight 
for  the  Senate,  are  supplying  material  to  be  sent 
on  to  New  Jersey  in  the  interest  of  our  patriotic 
millionaire.  The  situation  is  really  lamentable. 
Mr.  Phelan,  his  friends  say,  regards  this  as  the 
psychological  year  for  the  Democracy  in  Cali- 
fornia. He  believes  that  with  the  Republicans 
split  there  is  a  chanc?  for  the  Democrats  to  cap- 
ture the  legislature  and  arrange  matters  to 
facilitate  his  ambitious  enterprise  later  on.  He 
docs  not  say  how  it  is  to  be  done,  but  he  has 
a  hunch  that  things  would  come  his  way  were 
Bel!  out  of  the  road.  Hence  the  swatting  of 
Bell  by  the  Phelanitcs. 


The  Call's  Innovation 

Certain  sentiments  recently  expressed  on  the 
Call's  editorial  page  the  Bulletin  w^as  pleased  1 1 
regard  as  conclusive  proof  of  the  Call's  betrayal 
of  the  people's  interests.  This  on  the  principle 
of  course  that  not  to  worship  the  Bulletin's  gods 
is  to  be  a  candidate  for  eternal  damnation.  But 
it  is  not  for  me  to  make  the  retort  courteous. 
.\nywa\'  that  little  matter  has  been  attended  to 
by  Phil  Francis,  himself  better  than  a  raw  hand 
in  .  discovering  the  joints  in  a  critic's  harness. 
What  I  wish  to  observe  is  that  all  newspapers 
might  vindicate  their  sincerity  as  defenders  of 
the  people's  interests  by  imitating  the  Call  in  its 
innovation  in  daily  jf)urnalism.  The  Call  now  de- 
votes its  editorial  page  to  the  comments  of  an 
individual.  What  you  read  on  that  page  you 
I  row  to  be  the  views  of  Phil  Frinci^  Th"  i"^" 
is  <TuiltIess  of  deception.  The  other  papers  prac- 
tice deception  every  day.  They  pretend  to  be 
or-icles.  There  is  something  of  impressive  mys- 
tery in  an  editorial  which  presumably  expresses 
public  opinion,  but  which  very  often  is  not  even 
the  opinion  of  the  person  who  wrote  it.  The 
editorial  page  is  a  breeder  of  bad  morals.  It 
corrupts  journalists  who  are  required  to  write  not 
what  they  think  but  what  they  are  ordered  to 
write.  Many  an  editorial  writer  would  be 
ashamed  to  sign  his  name  to  half  that  he  con- 
tributes to  the  editorial  page.  It  is  his  business 
to  invent  plausible  arguments  to  support  news- 
naper  policy,  and  newspaper  policy  is  often  noth- 
ing more  than  expediency  calculated  by  the  busi- 
ness manager  or  resulting  from  the  personal  in- 
terests of  the  proprietor.  The  Call's  innovation 
iherefore  is  in  the  interest  of  morals.  Phil  Fran- 
k's is  employed  by  the  Call  to  express  his  own 
views.  Whenever  the  Call's  policy  conflicts  with 
the  views  of  Phil  Francis  and  the  policy  is  to  be 
voiced  somebody  else  will  do  the  voicing. 


Reporters  at  the  Grove 

There  are  some  clubs  which  do  not  look  with 
kindly  eye  on  newspapermen.  The  reporter  is  not 
allowed  to  pass  the  sacred  portals  of  the  Pacific- 
Union  Club,  although  the  millionaire  newspaper 
proprietor  may  be  a  member,  the  reason  being  that 
the  reporter  has  the  "nose  for  news"  and  the 
proprietor  has  not.  Newspapermen  are  not  ex- 
cluded from  membership  in  the  Bohemian  Club, 
but  there  is  an  unwritten  rule  which  forbids  their 
reporting  club  doings.  Hence,  in  former  years, 
the  accounts  of  the  annual  grove  play  which  ap- 
peared in  the  papers  were  either  of  a  very  per- 
functory sort  or  else  were  based  on  the  published 
book  of  the  play.  This  is  to  be  changed  this 
year.  I  am  told  that  about  seventy-five  distin- 
guished Eastern  newspapermen  have  been  invited 
to  attend  the  Redding-Hadley  drama  "The  Atone- 
rnrnt  of  Pan"  with  the  understanding  that  they 
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of  Toe  Redding's  book  and  of  Henry  Hadley's 
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August  3,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


i: 


exaggeration  lias  crept  in  and  the  Eastern  cor- 
respondents in  the  Bohemian  Grove  should  total 
less  than  seventy -five.  Perhaps  two  score  would 
be  a  more  reasonable  figure.  Undoubtedly  these 
newspaper  accounts,  together  with  the  perform- 
ance for  the  public  at  the  Greek  Theatre,  should 
facilitate  Joe  Redding's  work  in  having  the  drama 
produced  by  some  big  Eastern  manager.  But 
some  of  the  members  lament  that  the  spirit  of 
the  Grove  play  is  being  destroyed  by  all  this 
publicity. 


Lavish  Expenditures  and  Luxury 

There  is  a  story  that  when  the  Bohemian  Club 
was  founded,  the  charter  members  started  it  on  its 
career  by  getting  credit  for  the  rent  of  a  loft  and 
for  a  few  bottles  of  whiskey.  The  club  has  gone  a 
long  distance  away  from  that  early  simplicity  of 
poverty.  The  Grove  play  this  year  will  cost  the 
club  about  ten  thousand  dollars.  It  is  a  mytho- 
logical drama,  and  the  effects  needed  on  the  stage 
are  extremely  costly.  The  Bohemians  do  things 
thoroughly.  They  needed  a  statue  of  Diana  for 
"The  Atonement  of  Pan"  and  they  went  to  the 
best  sculptor  in  town  for  it — Haig  Patigian.  And 
so  on  throughout.  In  another  direction  the  lux- 
ury of  the  club  is  being  criticised  as  unjustifiable. 
This  is  with  regard  to  the  camps  maintained  in 
the  Grove  by  the  millionaire  and  near-millionaire 
members.  Some  of  these  camps  cost  thousancjs 
of  dollars.  They  are  furnished  not  merely  with 
comfort  but  with  finicky  elegance.  The  members 
bear  their  summer  outing  in  mind  when  they  are 
traveling  in  Europe  and  Asia,  and  bring  back  all 
sorts  of  impedimenta  for  their  tents.  If  old  Hor- 
ace who  was  a  genuine  Bohemian,  despite  his 
wealth,  could  see  some  of  the  camps  in  Bohemian 
Grove  he  would  quote  his  own  tag:  "Persicos  odi, 
puer,  apparatus."  The  Roman  camp  at  Capua 
couldn't  hold  a  candle  to  the  gilded  accommoda- 
tions which  some  of  the  Bohemian  sybarites  have 
provided  for  themselves. 


A  Word  to  Porter  Garnett 

To  continue  on  the  subject  of  the  Bohemian 
Grove  play  for  a  minute,  I  notice  that  Porter 
Garnett  is  now  on  the  stafT  of  the  Call,  doing  art 
criticisms  for  the  Sunday  paper.  This  gives  me 
an  idea.  Porter  Garnett  wrote  the  grove  play 
last  year.  Now  there  was  none  who  criticised 
"The  Green  Knight"  more  severely  than  Joe  Red- 
ding, the  author  of  this  year's  play.  His  ex-, 
pressions  of  disapproval  were  loud,  emphatic,  un- 
sympathetic. I  thought  at  the  time  that  Redding 
showed  rather  poor  taste,  considering  that  the 
man  who  wrote  the  "Natoma"  jingles  should  not 
forget  that  he  lives  in  a  glass  house  oiTering  an 
exceedingly  easy  mark  for  stones.  Now,  why 
shouldn't  Porter  Garnett  review  "The  Atonement 
of  Pan"  for  the  Call?  Why  shouldn't  he  give  it 
its  deserts,  whatever  they  may  prove  to  be,  speak- 
ing out  with  no  fear  and  no  favor?    Tit  for  tat  is 


the  rule,  you  know!  This  suggestion  is  offered  to 
Garnett  and  to  the  Call  in  good  feeling.  And  if 
the  Call  does  not  see  fit  to  depute  Garnett  to  re- 
view the  play,  the  columns  of  Town  Talk  will  be 
open  to  him  for  that  purpose. 


and  Missourians  who  want  to  be  shown  what  was 
done  with  the  fund. 


A  Ferry  Apollo 

"I  see,"  said  the  man  who  winds  the  ferry 
clock,  "that  they  have  a  new  matinee  idol  at  the 
Alcazar  and  that  he  has  made  a  great  stir  among 
the  ladies.  I  haven't  seen  him,  but  I'll  bet  a 
month's  salary  against  a  boat-hook  that  our  deck- 
hand has  him  lashed  to  the  mast  for  manly 
beauty.  Ever  see  him — the  deckhand?"  I  had 
never  had  the  pleasure.  "Well  he's  a  beaut," 
said  the  man  who  keeps  tab  on  the  clock.  "The 
commuters  are  crazy  about  him — 1  mean  the 
skirted  ones.  They  just  stand  round  and  admire 
him.  I  heard  some  of  them  say  he  was  a  sure 
enough  Apollo.  He's  a  husky,  and  he  looks  just 
like  a  statue  I've  seen  out  in  the  Park  Museum. 
There  are  some  teachers  that  travel  on  the  boats 
who  are  all  in  a  flutter  about  him.  They've 
talked  to  me  about  him.  They  think  he's  a 
foreign  count  incog.  They  saw  him  on  the  street 
one  day,  and  he  was  togged  out  in  stylish  clothes, 
wore  a  straw  hat  and  didn't  look  like  a  deckhand 
at  all.  They  bowed  to  him  just  for  fun  and  lie 
gave  them  a  regular  stage  bow,  almost  sweeping 
the  sidewalk  with  the  straw  lid.  I  don't  mind 
telling  you  low  down  that  travel  on  the  boats  has 
increased  since  our  Apollo  showed  up." 


Money  Troubles  in  the  Unions 

The  McNamara  fund  is  the  bone  of  contention 
in  many  of  the  unions  of  the  State,  if  rumors  can 
be  believed.  It  is  said  that  in  Stockton  the  dis- 
cussion as  to  what  was  done  with  the  immense 
fund  collected  has  resulted  in  a  split.  Fourteen 
unions  will  not  affiliate  any  longer  with  the  State 
lUiilding  Trades  Council,  it  is  said,  until  that  in- 
stitution publishes  a  correct  list  of  moneys  gath- 
ered and  gives  a  detailed  account  of  expenditures. 
There  seems  to  be  much  bad  blood  over  the  mat- 
ter, but  those  demanding  a  strict  accounting  are 
firm  and  seem  to  be  in  a  large  majority  over  those 
who  favor  the  Tveitmoe-McCarthy  regime.  If  re- 
ports are  true  there  remain  but  four  unions  in 
Stockton  giving  allegiance  to  the  State  central 
body.  It  is  said  to  be  only  a  question  of  time 
when  the  unions  in  Oakland  are  going  to  take 
similar  steps  but  for  a  different  reason.  The  long 
continued  fight  against  the  Sunset  Lumber  Com- 
pany has  drained  the  men  in  the  millmen's  unions 
about  dry  and  long  ago  other  unions  stopped  con- 
tributing to  the  fund.  The  money  collected  was 
no  small  amount  and  here  again  are  grumblers 

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A  Chance  for  Hays  Hammond 

John  Hays  Hammond,  otherwise  known  as 
"Jack  the  Nudger"  because  he  once  poked  King 
George  V.  in  the  ribs,  had  better  get  busy.  His 
services  may  be  needed  in  London,  as  may  be  also 
the  services  of  our  Ambassador  to  the  Court  of  St. 
James,  Whitelaw  Reid.  A  very  serious  situation 
may  arise  in  London.  It  may  be  serious  for  the 
whole  United  States,  but  particularly  serious  for 
San  Francisco.  If  Hays  Hammond  who  was  re- 
cently our  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  Envoy  ex- 
traordinary to  the  capitals  of  Europe  will  join 
hands  with  Ambassador  Reid,  a  complication 
which  would  be  very  awkward  for  us  may  be 
avoided.  It  is  this — London  is  planning  to  have 
a  Fair  in  1915.  Just  why  the  year  of  the  open- 
ing of  the  Canal  was  chosen  does  not  appear. 
Perhaps  the  Londoners  are  as  eager  as  we  are  to 
take  advantage  of  the  flood  of  travel  eastward 
and  westward  which  will  surely  distinguish  that 
year.  But  anyway  London  plans  an  Exposition 
for  1915,  and  Hays  Hammond  and  Whitelaw 
Reid  ought  to  get  busy  right  away  and  find  put 
whether  there  is  any  way  to  have  London  change 
that  plan. 


Not  a  World's  Fair 

This  exposition  which  is  to  be  held  in  London 
in  1915  will  not  be  a  World's  Fair.  To  that  ex- 
tent it  will  not  enter  into  competition  with  the 
World's  Fair  in  San  Francisco.  London's  is  to 
be  an  "imperial  exposition,"  that  is  to  say,  it  is 
to  do  for  the  British  Empire  what  a  World's  Fair 


THE  PERFECTION  OF  WHISKEY 
QUALITY  IS  ALWAYS  FOUND  IN 

HUNTER 


BALTIMORE 


RYE 


THE 

AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN'S 
WHISKEY 


.Sold  al  all  first-class  cafes  and  by  jobbers 
WM    LAN.MI.AN  &  SON,  Baltimore.  Md. 


HAMMOCKS 

We  have  an  overstock  and  will  sacrifice  these 
Hammocks  at  a  very  low  price.  We  are  making  a 
specialty  of  Blue  and  White  Canvas  Striped  Ham- 
mocks at  $1.25  each. 

WEEKS-HOWE- EMERSON  COMPANY 

51  Market  Street      San  Francisco 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


does  for  the  world.  All  the  countries,  all  the 
provinces,  all  the  possessions  and  all  the  depend- 
encies of  the  Empire  on  which  the  sun  never  sets 
will  be  represented  by  exhibitions  in  the  London 
Fair  of  191S.  Every  effort  will  be  made  to  bring 
large  numbers  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  various 
sections  of  the  Empire  together  in  a  social  way 
so  as  to  make  them  better  acquainted  and  enable 
them  better  to  appreciate  and  understand  one  an- 
other. A  comprehensive  prospectus  of  the  ex- 
position is  now  being  prepared,  to  be  submitted 
to  the  oversea  governments  with  the  view  of  ob- 
taining their  co-operation.  One  great  feature 
will  be  a  historic  illustration  of  the  progress  of 
the  Empire  at  home  and  abroad  in  industry  and 
science.  The  various  exhibits  will  show  the  ad- 
vances made  in  land  and  sea  methods  of  travel 
and  in  steam  traffic  and  electric  communication. 


The  Men  In  Charge 

A  large  committee  of  which  Lord  Strathcona  is 
chairman,  has  taken  up  the  project  and  sub- 
scribed $25,000  toward  a  guarantee  fund  of 
$150,000  to  protect  the  exhibitors  and  managers 
against  loss.  Although  the  minimum  of  this 
fund  is  placed  at  $150,000,  it  is  hoped  that  it  will 
reach  $250,000.  The  Royal  Colonial  Institute  is 
backing  the  enterprise  which  has  already  taken 
such  definite  shape  that  a  contract  has  been  made 
with  the  owners  of  Earls  Court  for  the  use  of 
their  buildings  and  grounds.  The  committee  in 
charge  numbers  167  and  includes  the  Duke  of 
Marlborough,  the  Earl  of  Carrick,  Earl  of  Derby, 
Earl  of  Plymouth,  Earl  of  Selborne,  Viscount 
Hill,  Lord  Avebury ,  Lord  Desborough,  Lord 
Furness,  Lord  Leamington,  Lord  Pirrie,  Sir  Beer- 
bohm  Tree,  Sir  James  Dewar,  Sir  Gilbert  Parker 
and  many  members  of  Parliament.  High  com- 
missioners and  agents  in  all  the  British  dominions 
are  co-operating.    No  large  amount  will  be  spent 


in  buildings,  the  intention  of  the  committee  being 
to  devote  most  of  the  money  collected  to  gather- 
ing such  a  wealth  of  products  of  all  parts  of  the 
Empire  as  to  make  the  display  thoroughly  repre- 
sentative. 


Dangerous  Competition 

this  may  mean  dangerous  competition  for 
us.  If  so,  what  are  we  going  to  do  about  it? 
Are  we  to  accept  London's  competition,  or  shall 
we  take  steps  to  forestall  it?  I  asked  some  of 
the  Panama-Pacific  officials  what  they  thought  of 
this  project,  and  they  made  light  of  it.  One  of 
them  said  it  was  a  Kiralfy  enterprise,  and  no  more 
to  be  feared  by  San  Francisco  than  a  cattle  show 
or  an  automobile  exhibition.  He  explained  that 
the  noblemen  mentioned  lent  their  names  because 
they  are  heavy  stockholders  in  street  car  lines 
and  other  enterprises  which  benefit  by  any  sort 
of  show  at  Earls  Court.  Another  official  of  the 
Fair  explained  that  the  whole  matter  had  been 
investigated  by  Ambassador  Reid  with  the  as- 
sistance of  Sir  Robert  Balfour  who  was  interested 
from  this  end  by  the  Balfour-Guthrie  people,  and 
that  the  Ambassador's  opinion  was  that  San  Fran- 
cisco had  nothing  to  fear  in  the  way  of  competi- 
tion. Still,  you  never  can  tell.  It's  just  as  well 
to  keep  your  eyes  open.  We  don't  want  any  com- 
petition from  London  if  we  can  help  it.  It  w^ould 
be  well  to  put  Hays  Hammond  on  the  job. 


Official  Condolence  for  the  Mikado 

When  news  was  received  in  San  Francisco  that 
the  Mikado  was  dead,  the  officials  of  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  thought  that  the  proper  thing 
for  them  to  do  was  to  drop  in  on  the  Jap- 
anese Commissioners  who  are  here  to  choose  the 
site  for  the  Japanese  building.  But  they  were 
ignorant  of  the  etiquette  for  such  cases  made  and 
provided.  Happily,  however,  there  was  a  man  on 
the  job  who  knew  the  proper  procedure.  This 
was  Lieutenant-Commander  Sellers  who  was  de- 
tailed recently  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to 
act  as  President  C.  C.  Moore's  naval  aide.  Lieu- 
tenant-Commander Sellers  explained  that  the  first 
thing  to  do  was  to  put  the  American  and  Japanese 
flags  at  half-mast.  The  next  step  was  to  cable 
Ambassador  Calhoun  in  Tokio  to  express  regrets 
to  the  members  of  the  royal  family  on  behalf  of 
the  President  of  the  World's  Fair.  Then  he 
armed  himself  with  the  cards  of  the  President  and 
other  officials  and  paid  a  ceremonious  visit  to  the 
Japanese  Commissioners.  When  he  was  received 
he  expressed  the  condolences  of  the  directorate  in 
the  most  formal  language.  The  reply  was  just 
as  formal.  When  he  reported  at  Exposition  head- 
quarters, Charles  C.  Moore  breathed  freely  with 
a  consciousness  that  no  demand  of  internatii rnal 
courtesy  had  been  ignored. 


Is  There  a  "System"? 

When  George  Kibbe  Turner,  and  later  .-Mfred 
Henry  Lewis,  wrote  magazine  articles  to  demon- 
strate that  vice  and  crime  were  highly  organized 
in  New  York  most  of  us  supposed  that  they  had 
heightened  their  narratives  with  exaggerations  and 
stretching  of  the  truth  to  make  the  articles  lurid 
and  sensational.  And  yet  several  of  the  crooks 
and  gun-men  whom  Turner  and  Lewis  described 
by  name   figured  in   the   remarkable  Rosenthal 


case.  The  revelations  which  led  to  the  identifica- 
tion of  the  men  who  rode  in  the  gray  ''murder 
car'  and  to  the  indictment  and  arrest  of  Lieutenant 
Becker  have  helped  to  convince  many  that  or- 
ganization of  law-breakers  in  New  York's  Alsatia 
is  no  figment  of  the  muckraker's  imagination. 
That  there  was  such  organization  in  earlier  days 
was  demonstrated  when  Senator  Lexow  and  his 
investigating  committee  tore  the  lid  off  the  Tend- 
erloin and  the  East  Side,  showing  that  a  partner- 
ship for  profit  existed  between  certain  politicians, 
policemen  and  criminals.  The  same  thing  was 
proved  later  on  by  the  Mazet  investigation.  Why 
should  conditions  be  different  today?  It  cer- 
tainly looks  as  though  there  is  a  "system." 


The  Fate  of  Informers 

It  has  always  gone  hard  with  informers  like 
Rosenthal  in  New  York.  A  number  of  years  ago 
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tion-house. The  next  morning  he  was  picked  up 
unconscious  and  dying  many  blocks  from  the 
lock-up.    The   investigation   which   followed  did 


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not  clear  up  the  mystery.  In  1904  Bill  O'Brien, 
a  burglar,  helped  convict  a  policeman  of  murder. 
Thirteen  days  later  O'Brien  was  shot  and  dan- 
gerously wounded.  "I  was  a  fool  to  monkey 
with  the  police,"'  said  O'Brien;  "I  got  it  and  got 
it  good."  He  refused  to  tell  who  shot  him.  In 
the  same  year  a  thief  named  Lefty  Boyle  squealed 
on  the  policeman  who  was  protecting  his  opera- 
tions and  taking  part  of  his  swag.  Just  before 
the  policeman's  trial  was  to  begin  Lefty  Boyle, 
the  only  man  whose  testimony  could  convict  him; 
was  killed  by  a  Tenderloin  pick-pocket.  These 
are  a  few  instances  which  should  have  gone  to 
show  the  unfortunate  Rosenthal  that  it  is  fatal  to 
"monkey  with  the  police." 


Praise  for  Sir  Arthur 

The  production  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 
operas  here  reminds  me  of  a  story  which  Sir 
Arthur  Sullivan  used  to  tell  with  great  gusto, 
always  claiming  that  it  was  the  greatest  compli- 
ment he  had  ever  received.  Many  years  ago  the 
famous  composer  had  a  sister  living  at  Santa  Bar- 
bara. She  died,  and  the  great  musician  journeyed 
from  London  to  close  up  her  estate.  He  was 
sitting  alone  one  day  in  the  bar  of  the  old  Arling- 
ton Hotel  at  Santa  Barbara  when  a  cowboy 
clattered  in,  pistol  at  hip  and  spur  on  heel.  Some- 
body whispered  to  the  cowboy  that  the  stranger 
sitting  alone  was  the  great  composer.  Im- 
mediately the  roughneck  went  up  to  Sir  Arthur, 
and  said:  "Say,  are  you  the  feller  that  put 
'Pinafore'  together?"  "Yes,"  was  the  answer. 
"Well,"  rejoined  the  cowboy  with  a  voice  full  of 
admiration,  "I  wish  you'd  take  a  drink  with  me." 
And  Sir  Arthur  did. 


"Pen  Portraits"  in  '78 

There  has  just  come  into  my  hands  an  interest- 
ing bit  of  CaHforiana,  a  thin  blue  book  called 
"Pen  Portraits"  compiled  in  1878  by  R.  R.  Park- 
inson. It  contains  brief  notices  of  the  members 
of  the  Legislature  of  '77-'78.  Its  principal  inter- 
est for  us  of  today  lies  in  checking  up  the 
prophecies  of  success  which  Parkinson  made 
thirty-four  years  ago  for  men  who  are  still  alive. 
Thus  we  learn  that  the  Hon.  James  V.  Coffey  (his 
name  alas!  is  spelled  Coffee)  is  "a  very  able  and 
promising  young  man."  Also  that  "he  is  slimly 
built;  small  stature;  has  sandy,  curly  hair,  and 
a  smooth,  priestly-looking  face."  Judge  Coffey 
was  an  assemblyman.  Of  Assemblyman  John  T. 
Dare  we  also  learn  that  he  is  "promising"  and 
"will  be  heard  from  again  in  the  future  delibera- 
tions of  the  State."  He  is  credited  with  "moder- 
ate ambition."  Of  Grove  Johnson  we  read  this: 
"His  popularity  in  his  own  county  is  fast  increas- 
ing, and  by  inevitable  destiny  it  will  spread  to  the 
very  confines  of  the  State.  He  is  fast  climbing 
the  ladder  of  preferment  and,  if  we  are  good 
guessers,  he  will  yet  become  one  of  our  most 
prominent  citizens."  Even  in  those  days,  it 
seems.  Grove  always  wore  "an  exquisite  nosegay 
in  his  coat."  Assemblyman  Samuel  W.  Backus 
was  then  "well  and  favorably  known  as  the  gen- 
tlemanly agent  of  the  Oregon  Steamship  Com- 
pany." He  was  "smart,  sprightly,  intelligent; 
neither  tall  nor  robust."  John  A.  Hicks  was  "a 
young  man  of  intelligence;  and  by  industry  and 
application  will  make  his  mark  in  the  future." 
The  only  newspaperman  in  that  Legislature  who 
is  still  in  harness  is  John  Paul  Cosgrave,  then  of 
the  Globe  but  now  of  the  Chronicle.  Cosgrave 
is  described  as  "one  of  those  bright  luminaries 
who  make  rogues  tremble  by  the  shake  of  the  pen 
more  than  warriors  do  by  a  thrust  of  the  sword; 
of  the  class  who,  oft-times  despised,  are  the  con- 
trollers of  society  and  the  masters  of  millionaires." 


Collaboration  in  the  Woods 

In  the  shaded  recesses  of  the  mountains  of 


Mendocino  county  hard  by  the  little  hamlet  of 
Longvale,  two  members  of  the  Press  Club  may  be 
noticed  next  month  by  the  casual  hunter  or 
pedestrian,  engaged  in  mysterious  gesticulations 
and  declamations  suggestive  of  the  mad  house. 
The  wondering  hoot  owl  and  the  startled  chip- 
munk will  alike  be  treated  to  a  display  of  the 
gamut  of  human  emotions  which  these  two  strange 
humans  will  offer  to  the  listening  pines  the  while 
a  long  suffering  stenographer  hurriedly  plucks 
the  words  from  the  wood-scented  air  and  con- 
verts them  into  the  material  form,  of  lead  and 
paper.  Lest  some  member  of  the  Press  Club 
chance  to  stumble  across  this  scene  it  maj'  per- 
haps save  him  a  shock  to  be  warned  that  it  is 
merely  Pete  Kyne,  the  short  story  writer,  and 
Frank  Morse  of  the  Call  trying  to  break  into 
the  playwright  game,  and  that  aside  from  this, 
there  is  really  nothing  serious  the  matter  with 
them  physically  or  mentally.  For  some  months 
these  two  have  been  evolving  a  drama  of  western 
mining  camp  life  based  on  a  short  story  which 
Kyne  has  sold  to  the  Saturday  Evening  Post. 
The  possibilities  of  the  story  as  a  play  were 
pointed  out  to  Kyne  by  a  well  known  theatrical 
manager  who  was  enthusiastic  over  the  dramatic 
situations  presented.  Kyne's  work  in  the  short 
stfiry  line  is  known  to  thousands  of  readers  all 
over  the  country.  The  selection  of  Morse  as  a 
collaborator  was  due  to  his  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  mining  camp  life,  the  Call  man  having  lived 
four  years  in  the  Nevada  desert  during  the  early 
gold  days  of  that  region.  He  was  also  president 
of  the  Princeton  University  dramatic  association 
during  his  college  days  and  collaborated  with 
Booth  Tarkington  in  a  number  of  the  plays  pro- 
duced by  that  college  organization. 


A  Play  Without  a  Villain 

Our  dear  old  friend  Makepeace  Thackeray 
achieved  the  novel  without  a  hero  when  he  wrote 
"Vanity  Fair."  Now  Kyne  and  Morse  are  going 
to  essay  a  play  without  a  villain.  There  is  to  be 
no  dastard  in  their  drama.  The  emotions  which 
will  clash  to  make  the  dramatic  action  will  be 
without  exception  emotions  of  a  kindly  or  noble 
sort.  The  meaner  passions  that  have  been  dis- 
played in  other  plays  will  be  absent.  Every  char- 
acter will  be  "on  the  square"  with  every  other 
character.  This  sounds  like  an  attempt  to  dram- 
atize an  ideal  existence  which  never  was,  but 
Kyne  and  Morse  insist  that  the  thing  can  be  done. 
In  fact,  they  say  the  thing  is  already  done.  Like 
Oscar  Wilde,  when  asked  about  "Salome,"  they 
say  their  play  is  finished — all  they  have  to  do 
now  is  to  write  it. 


It  Was  Not  Sheridan 

No,  omnivorous  reader,  it  was  not  Sheridan 
who  made  the  remark  which  I  have  just  assigned 
to  Oscar  Wilde.  I  am  aware  that  you  saw  it 
attributed  to  Richard  Brinsley  in  a  recent  inter- 
view one  of  our  dramatic  critics  had  with  May 
Tully,  but  that  was  a  slip.  Sheridan  didn't  write 
his  plays  so  methodically.  If  he  did  they  would 
probably  have  been  produced  on  time.  I  recall 
reading  somewhere  that  he  sat  in  the  wings  at 
Drury  Lane  and  wrote  the  last  half  of  the  fifth 
act  of  "Pizarro"  while  the  company  were  actually 
playing  the  first  act.  Needless  to  say,  the  per- 
formance was  not  a  howling  success — neither  was 
the  play. 


Fair  Maid — I  wonder  what  causes  the  flight 
of  time? 

Brilliant  Young  Man — It  is  probably  urged  on 
by  the  spur  of  the  moment. 


"Did  her  wedding  go  off  without  a  hitch?" 
"It  did,  indeed!    The  man  she  was  going  to 
marry  did  not  show  up!" 


Truly  Noble 

Fair  Millionaire — Oh,  Vladimir,  they  say  you 
are  a  fortune-hunter,  and  are  only  marrying  me 
for  my  wealth.    Tell  me  that  this  is  not  true. 

Lord  Dedbroke — Why,  my  dearest,  I  would 
marry  you  if  you  were  penniless. 

Fair  Millionaire — Prove  this,  my  own  Vladimir, 
and  I  shall  be  absolutely  happy. 

Lord  Dedbroke- — Settle  the  whole  of  your  vast 
fortune  upon  me,  leaving  yourself  destitute,  and 
I  will  wed  you  in  the  face  of  the  whole  world. 


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August  3.  '.912 


Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


The  Wedding  Pictures 

All  the  guests  who  were  present  at  tlie  wedding 
breakfast  of  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  are  to  be 
presented  with  a  picture  of  the  feast.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  the  only  pictures  taken  on  that 
day  with  the  exception  of  a  few  unsatisfactory 
ones  surreptitiously  obtained  at  the  expense  of 
great  exertion  and  ingenuity,  were  those  ordered 
specially  for  Mrs.  Whitman  and  taken  by  a  pro- 
fessional photographer.  She  is  having  duplicates 
made  and  will  present  every  guest  with  a  copy. 
One  enterprising  photographer  on  that  day  had 
secreted  himself  carefully  in  the  bushes  and  was 
walking  out  of  the  grounds  with  dozens  of  beau- 
tiful views  when  a  burly  policeman  grabbed  him 
and  exposed  the  plates  to  the  sun. 


A  Tribute  to  Mrs.  Whitman 

Speaking  of  these  wedding  picture;,  I  had  an 
interesting  talk  the  other  day  with  the  photog- 
rapher who  took  them.  He  paid  Mrs.  Malcolm 
Whitman  a  high  compliment.  "I  have  taken  the 
pictures,"  he  said,  "of  a  great  many  women  who 
occupy  assured  places  in  society  and  of  a  great 
many  more  who  are  still  struggling  for  a  foot- 
ing. Mrs.  Whitman  is  the  sweetest,  the  gentlest, 
the  most  considerate,  the  least  self-conscious  of 
them  all.  When  I  went  to  the  wedding  to  super- 
vise the  taking  of  the  pictures  she  treated  mc 
as  nicely  as  any  of  the  wedding  guests.  Her  at- 
titude was  very  diflferent  from  that  of  many  whom 
I  have  photographed.  The  climbers  are  the 
v.orst.  They  always  insist  on  considering  me  a 
servant,  a  little  more  advanced  than  a  waiter  but 
not  nearly  as  important  as  a  groom.  And  they 
are  exceedingly  hard  to  please.  Some  in  fact  are 
never  pleased — at  least  they  never  admit  it.  Be- 
lieve me,  a  photograph  gallery  is  the  place  to 
study  human  nature.  And  if  you  knew  what  I 
know,  your  opinion  of  some  of  our  so-called 
prominent  women  would  be  changed." 


The  Whitmans  Return 

The  plans  of  the  Malcolm  Whitmans  have  been 
a  source  of  uncertainty  to  the  bavardes.  It  had 
been  announced  that  they  would  sail  for  Honolulu 
last  Wednesday,  but  instead  the  "Mishawaka"  was 
switched  around  the  bay  to  San  Mateo  on  its  ar- 
rival from  the  North  and  the  newly-weds  went 
to  visit  the  Templeton  Crockers  at  Uplands,  the 
latter  having  also  abandoned  their  idea  of  return- 
ing to  Honolulu.  The  Whitmans  brought 
trophies  of  the  chase  from  the  McCloud  River 
country  where  the  bridegroom  shot  deer  and  the 
bride  caught  rainbow  trout  from  the  country  club 
preserves.  A  generous  supply  of  venison  was  sent 
to  the  Armitage  Orphanage  in  San  Mateo,  and 
the  mountain  trout  was  distributed  among  the 
bride's  friends,  some  of  whom  inspired  by  her 
enthusiasm  decided  on  a  trip  to  McCIoud.  Last 
Thursday  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor,  the  Fred  Mc- 
Nears  and  several  others  made  up  a  party  which 


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they  will  shoot  and  fish  for  two  weeks.  The 
women  of  our  smart  set  are  going  in  for  hunting 
and  fishing  this  year,  and  at  the  Weber  Lake 
Country  Club  Mrs.  Josiah  Howell  has  established 
a  record  for  herself  among  fair  Izaak  Waltons. 


MRS.  WILLIAM  MILLER  GR.XHAM 
'l"he   distinguished   chatelaine   of   llellosguardo   wlio  en- 
livened  Santa   Barbara   society  this  week  with  an 
entertainment  consisting  of  tableaux  vivants. 

Mrs.  Miller  Graham's  Tableaus 

"For  her  own  person,  it  beggared  all  descrip- 
tion." So  spake  Enobarbus  in  "Antony  and 
Cleopatra"  when  he  was  describing  that  wonder- 
ful day  on  the  Nile  when  Cleopatra  in  her  barge 
of  state  had  her  momentous  meeting  with  An- 
tony. We  all  know  the  celebrated  picture  of  that 
barge  wherein  the  Egyptian  queen  reclines  amid 
silks  and  rugs  while  lovely  slaves  agitate  the 
languorous  air  about  her  with  peacock  fans.  It 
is  a  beautiful  picture.  And  yet  I  could  not  help 
gasping  when  I  learned  that  it  was  to  be  repro- 
duced as  one  of  the  tableaux  vivants  in  the  en- 
tertainment given  at  Montecito  by  Mrs.  William 
Miller  Graham.  For,  if  you  remember,  the  cos- 
tume which  Cleopatra  wears  in  that  picture  is 
the  same  that  Lady  Godiva  wore  on  her  celebrated 
ride  through  Coventry  and  that  Venus  had  on 
when  she  arose  from  the  sea.  The  painter  of  that 
picture  believed  th;.t  Cleopatra's  beauty  when 
unadorned  was  adorned  the  most.  So  he  re- 
frained from  marring  it.  Now,  how  the  deuce 
was  that  difficulty  gotten  over  in  the  tableaux? 
I  am  curious  to  learn.  Of  course  the  lady  who 
took  the  part  of  Cleopatra  could  not  be  ex- 
pected to  stick  closely  to  the  painter's  interpreta- 
tion of  the  scene.  Or  perhaps  I  have  picked  the 
wrong  picture.  It  seems  a  queer  picture  to  pick 
out  for  tableaux.  The  next  thing  we  know  they'll 
be  giving  us  "Phryne  before  the  Judges." 


The  Dixwell  Hewitts  Home 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixwell  Hewitt  are  home  again 
after  a  delightful  trip  to  Europe.  This,  I  think, 
was  the  first  time  Mrs.  Hewitt  made  an  ocean 
voyage  in  many  years.  Ever  since  the  memorable 
occasion  when  she  started  to  the  South  Seas, 
(she  was  Kate  Clement  then),  on  Baron  Fithian"s 
yacht  and  left  the  jolly  party  suddenly  at  Hono- 
lulu to  return  to  San  Francisco  by  liner,  Mrs. 
Hewitt  has  had  little  enthusiasm  for  sea  voyages. 
But  she  enjoyed  her  recent  trip  exceedingly. 
Mrs.  Hewitt  is  keenly  interested  in  the  engage- 
ment of  Dorothy  Williams  to  young  Pinkard,  the 
news  of  which  greeted  her  when  she  left  the 
steamer  in  New  York.  She  and  Dorothy  Will- 
iams are  first  cousins,  Mrs.  Clement,  Kate's 
mother,  being  the  sister  of  Williams  of  Kimberley 
diamond  fame.  Mrs.  Hewitt  is  one  of  his  fav- 
orite relatives.  On  one  of  his  visits  home,  some 
twenty  years  ago,  he  brought  her  a  splendid 
solitaire  diamond  which  he  had  set  in  a  ring  for 
lier.  Kate  pretended  that  it  was  an  engagement 
ring,  and  extracted  a  lot  of  fun  from  the  situation 
lu  fore  the  truth  was  discovered. 


Mrs.  Martin  Very  Busy 

Since  her  return  from  Stag's  Leap  where  the 
Walter  Martins  have  been  keeping  open  house, 
Mrs.  Eleanor  A!arf'n  has  plunged  with  renewed 
vim  irto  h-r  favorite  social  occupation  of  giving 
elaborate  dinners  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman  of 
lironkline  were  the  guests  of  honor  at  one  of 
these  deliijhtful  affairs,  and  Miss  Janet  von 
Schroeder  at  another.  Baroness  de  Rosenzweig 
and  her  pretty  niece  Rosita  Nieto  were  in  town 
to  be  present  at  the  latter  function.  It  is  safe  to 
say  that  Oi'cen  Eleanor  has  not  given  a  single 
f'inner  while  these  charming  Mexicans  have  been 
in  town  to  which  they  have  not  been  invited. 
W'hcn  Mrs.  Martin  takes  a  fancy  to  anyone  she 
never  does  it  by  halves.  We  found  that  out  in 
the  case  of  Mrs.  Carroll  Buck  and  later,  in  the 
case  of  Mrs  Henry  Ferguson. 


Temporary  Widowhood 

This  is  the  season  when  most  of  our  prominent 
matrons  are  what  may  be  called,  for  want  of  a 
better  designation,  temporary  widows.  In  other 
words,  this  is  the  time  when  all  the  prominent 
men  in  town  take  a  vacation  which  they  cannot 
share  with  their  wives.  I  refer  to  the  migration, 
first  to  the  Family  Club  Farm  down  the  peninsula 
in  lovely  Portola  Valley  and  afterwards  to  the 
Bohemian    Club    Grf)ve   on    the    Russian  River. 


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t_^PHDNOLINCED''DEAR  ^^iaS£*V^ 

(e.      paT-|ttm     3c      io.  ^cmma. 


TRANSLATION:  '  It's  refinement  makes  Djer- 
ICiss  the  perfume  for  the  particular  woman." 

At  .-II  .!c  ler^.     Sen  i  ftc.  for  Sample  of  l:xtracl. 

Alfred  H.  Smith  Co..  25  West  33d  St.,  New  York 


August  3,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


15 


"The  Flight  of  the  Stork"  and  the  Bohemian 
grove  play  come  close  together  this  year.  The 
former  took  place  last  Saturday  and  the  latter 
will  be  presented  next  Saturday.  A  great  many 
of  the  men  who  left  the  Family  Farm  on  Sunday 
tarried  in  town  only  long  enough  to  say  "howdy" 
to  their  wives  and  families  and  then  hied  them 
to  the  Bohemian  Grove.  Some  of  the  temporary 
widows  are  a  bit  disconsolate,  but  these  are  in 
the  minority.  Most  of  them  have  their  own  clubs 
to  solace  them,  and  don't  mind  the  absence  of 
their  hubbies  for  a  fortnight  or  so. 


The  Newhalls,  Society  Farmers 

So  enthusiastic  have  all  the  Newhall  family  be- 
come over  country  life  since  taking  the  huge 
fraternity  house  at  Palo  Alto  that  generous  Papa 
Newhall  is  scouring  the  county  for  suitable 
grounds  for  a  handsome  country  home.  Miss 
Marion  wishes  the  family  to  abandon  the  palatial 
city  home  entirely  and  to  devote  their  time  to 
country  life  exclusively.  Any  day  Mrs.  Newhall 
and  Marian  can  be  seen  speeding  down  the 
county  road  with  real  estate  men  looking  over 
vast  estates.  Miss  Marion  5s  studying  seeds. 
She  boasts  that  their  country  place  will  produce 
every  known  variety  of  vegetable.  Then  there 
are  to  be,  according  to  the  same  pretty  enthusiast, 
every  berry,  every  fruit  and  every  flower  that  will 
grow  in  our  section.  Chickens  galore  and  all 
other  kinds  of  poultry  are  to  make  the  estate 
look  like  a  Rostand  dream.  She  insists  that  she 
will  personally  superintend  and  care  for  all  these 
things,  with  some  assistance  from  her  mother. 
The  enthusiasm  of  the  family  has  extended  even 
to  Mrs.  Newhall  and  to  the  only  son  and  heir  now 
here  on  his  vacation  from  Philadelphia.  But  I 
wonder  if  it  will  last?  The  huge  fraternity  house 
which  the  Newhalls  have  been  occupying  con- 
tains some  eighteen  bed  rooms  with  an  equal  num- 
ber of  baths.  During  the  residence  of  this  hos- 
pitable family  it  has  been  filled  to  overflow  all 
during  the  season.  But  Stanford  College  opens 
in  the  middle  of  August  and  the  house  must  be 
vacated.  The  Newhalls  will  go  to  Santa  Barbara 
for  the  balance  of  the  season. 


To  Take  the  "Roosevelt  Cottage" 

Mrs.  Russell  Wilson  will  be  the  next  tenant  of 
the  Roosevelt  cottage,  as  the  house  in  Pacific 
avenue  that  for  nearly  two  years  sheltered  the 
Teddy  Juniors  is  destined  to  be  known.  Mrs. 
Wilson  will  take  a  personal  interest  in  the  pic- 
turesque garden  that  was  the  pride  of  young  Mrs. 
Roosevelt  who  transformed  the  formal  lawn  in 
front  of  the  house  to  a  charming  place  of  flowers 
and  trees.  The  front  door  of  the  house  is  set  in 
a  frame  of  flowering  vines  and  ivy  that  were 
planted  and  trained  by  Mrs.  Roosevelt.  Mrs. 
Wilson's  forn^er  home  that  she  sold  a  few  months 
ago  to  the  Sydney  Vanniman  Smiths  of  Berkeley 
is  covered  with  Japanese  ivy  on  the  California 
street  frontage.  It  is  a  handsome  residence  built 
by  the  late  Russell  Wilson  twenty  years  ago  and 
there  the  two  daughters  of  the  household,  Emily 
and  Charlotte,  were  raised.  The  marriage  of 
Charlotte  Wilson  and  George  Cadwallader  was 
celebrated  there,  and  many  other  entertainments 
in  the  regime  of  Mrs.  Wilson  who  is  still  an  in- 
defatigable hostess  and  will  doubtless  entertain  a 
great  deal  in  the  Roosevelt  cottage  next  winter. 

The  Adolph  Spreckels  Palace 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adolph  Spreckels  will  take  pos- 
session of  their  palace  on  the  crest  of  Washington 
street  hill  sooner  by  several  months  than  they 
expected.  The  house  that  faces  Lafayette  Square 
has  been  two  years  building  and  is  one  of  the 
best  constructed  residences  in  the  city.  Even  the 
floors,  as  well  as  partitions,  are  of  reinforced  con- 
crete.   The  one  drawback  to  the  mansion  is  lack 


of  space  about  it  and  this,  I  am  told,  is  a  source 
of  regret  to  the  owner  who  made  every  effort  to 
secure  adjoining  property.  Before  purchasing  the 
corner  of  Washington  and  Octavia  Mr.  Spreckels 
negotiated  for  the  Holliday  property  across  the 
street,  but  the  price  demanded  for  the  land  that 
fronts  on  Gough  street  was  $450,000.  Mr.  Spreck- 
els' oflfer  of  $400,000  was  refused  as  was  one  of 
$350,000  made  a  few  years  ago  by  W.  J.  Dingee 
who  afterward  purchased  the  L.  L.  Baker  resi- 
dence at  Washington  and  Franklin,  now  the  Borel 
home.  An  attractive  feature  of  the  Spreckels 
mansion  is  a  circular  observatory  at  the  back 
from  which  is  secured  a  view  of  four  counties 
and  the  ocean.  Marin  county,  the  hills  of  Contra 
Costa  and  Alameda  with  San  Francisco  county 
are  spread  in  panorama,  and  from  tlie  front  of  the 


Photo,  Boye 


MISS   KATHiiRINE  Mac.A.DAM 

Who  has  just  returned  from  a  summer  outing  at 
Castella  where  she  was  the  guest  of  Judge  and  Mrs, 
VVeller.  She  is  helping  to  entertain  her  friend  Mrs. 
Earl  Shipp  (.\nna  Weller)  who  is  here  from  An- 
napolis. 

house  the  hills  of  San  Mateo  are  seen  with  Santa 
Clara  visible  through  glasses.  Thus  a  view  of  six 
counties  is  commanded  by  the  Spreckels  house  as 
by  the  Irwin  mansion  a  block  beyond.  The 
Spreckels  home  will  be  completed  in  tlic  Fall  and 
ready  for  occupancy  next  Winter. 


Ruth  Casey's  Wedding 

Invitations  to  the  marriage  of  Miss  Ruth  Casey 
and  Arthur  Brown  have  been  issued  in  the  names 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Beaver,  the  latter  of  whom 
is  the  aunt  of  Miss  Casey.  Mrs.  Beaver  and  the 
late  Mrs.  Casey  were  daughters  of  Millionaire 
Pierce  of  Santa  Clara  where  the  Pierce  ranch  was 
one  of  the  richest  in  the  valley  a  few  years  ago. 
Another  sister  is  Mrs.  Frank  Madison.  Their 
mother  died  years  ago  and  "old  man  Pierce"  mar- 
ried a  second  time,  the  daughter  of  the  second 
marriage  being  Miss  Mildred  Pierce  who  is  tour- 
ing Europe  preparatory  to  her  debut.  The  Casey- 
Brown  wedding  will  be  a  home  affair  on  Septem- 
ber 8  at  the  Beaver  residence  in  Webster  street. 
The  bride's  handsome  cousin  Isabel  Beaver  and 
her  closest  friend  Helen  Ashton  with  whom  she 

A  SUMMER  COURTESY.  A  box  of  candy 
sent  to  friends  in  the  country.  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  candies  can  be  mail  or  express  from  any 
of  their  four  stores. 


recently  spent  a  year  abroad,  will  be  the  brides- 
maids. The  young  couple  will  live  in  San  Rafael 
where  Ruth  Casey  was  raised  and  where  she  has 
been  occupying  the  family  home  this  summer. 


Miss  Sprague  Prepares 

Miss  Isabel  Sprague  is  making  frequent  trips 
to  town  from  Menlo  Park  where  the  Spragues 
are  domiciled  for  the  summer,  to  select  her  trous- 
seau. The  date  of  her  marriage  to  Williatn  Henry 
Pool  of  New  York  has  been  set  for  September 
19  and  it  will  be  a  country  wedding  at  the  Sprague 
summer  home.  Among  the  attendants  will  be  the 
bride's  cousin  Janet  Von  Schroeder  who  has  been 
her  chum  since  childhood.  Isabel  Sprague's 
father,  the  late  Mervyn  Donahue,  was  a  brother 
of  Baroness  Von  Schroeder.  Miss  Sprague  as- 
sumed the  name  of  her  step-father  at  her 
mother's  second  marriage.  Young  Pool  has  just 
purchased  an  estate  in  Virginia  with  a  handsome 
mansion  and  famous  hunting  preserves,  and  the 
young  couple  intend  to  live  there  the  year  round 
with  frequent  visits  to  New  York.  Pool  is  heir 
to  a  two-million  dollar  estate  in  New  York  and 
his  bride-to-be  is  wealthy  in  her  own  right,  so 
they  will  be  sufficiently  supplied  with  this  world's 
Coods. 


WILLOW  RANCH 

REDWOOD  HEIGHTS— Grandest  view  of  the 
Santa  Cruz  Mountains;  overlooking  ocean  and  beach. 
Delightfully  located  in  the  Redwoods,  5  miles  from 
Santa  Cruz.  Spring  water.  Excellent  table,  bath 
houses,  swimming  pool,  dance  pavilion,  hunting  and 
fishing.  Splendid  auto  service  free.  Daily  mail. 
Phone  Santa  Cruz  8  J  13.    $8.00  per  week. 

MRS.  M.  J.  CRANDELL, 
Santa  Cruz.  Cal. 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 


Sherman 


Steinway  and  Other  Pianoi  Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianoi 
Victor  Talkini  MachioM   Sheet  Muhc  and  Muncal  MerchandiM 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Street*.  San  Franciaco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Streeta.  Oakland 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient)  :  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them. 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
.ill  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S   ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
['or  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

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16 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


The  Passing  of  a  Pioneer 

The  late  James  Carolan  whose  death  occurred 
in  Santa  Barbara  last  week  was  a  familiar  figure 
in  San  Francisco  for  many  years,  and  one  of  the 
few  surviving  pioneers  who  came  around  the 
Horn  in  '48.  He  landed  in  San  Francisco  early 
in  the  year  1849  and  went  to  Sacramento  to  en- 
gage in  mercantile  pursuits  that  netted  him  a  com- 
fortable fortune.  Carolan  counted  the  late 
Charles  Crocker  among  his  intimate  friends  in 
the  early  days  of  Sacramento  where  Crocker  was 
a  pioneer  merchant  before  his  connection  with 
the  Union-Pacific.  For  many  years  on  the  an- 
niversary of  his  arrival  in  California  Carolan  gave 
a  dinner  at  which  a  few  old  friends  were  present 
with  members  of  his  family.  The  fiftieth  an- 
niversary was  made  a  gala  occasion  three  years 
ago  at  the  Frank  Carolan  home  in  Burlingame. 
Last  year  at  the  family  residence  in  Buchanan 
street  the  last  gathering  occurred  and  there  were 
present  the  Frank  Carolans,  Mrs.  William  Timlow 
(Evelyn  Carolan)  of  New  York  and  her  children, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Poett  (Genevieve  Carolan), 
Miss  Emily  Carolan,  Herbert,  and  Edgar  Carolan 
who  came  from  London  where  he  makes  his  home. 
Decorating  the  center  of  the  table  on  these  oc- 
casions was  a  model  of  the  ship  that  bore  the 
host  on  his  voyage  around  the  Horn.  The  de- 
struction of  the  old  Carolan  residence  in  California 
street  in  1906  caused  the  loss  of  many  mementos 
of  pioneer  days.  Mrs.  Timlow  and  Edgar  Caro- 
lan of  London  arrived  a  few  days  ago  for  a  visit 
to  their  widowed  mother  who  was  accounted  the 
beauty  of  her  day  in  Sacramento,  and  remains  a 
strikingly  handsome  woman. 


Hernan  at  Coronado 

Mr.  J.  J.  Hernan  is  now  back  among  his  host 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Display  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Gal. 


MANZANITA  HALL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 

Makes  a  specialty  of  preparing  boys  and  young 
men  for  entrance  to  the  universities.  The  location 
adjacent  to  Stanford  University  and  to  Palo  Alto, 
a  town  of  remarkable  culture,  makes  possible  a  school 
life  of  unusual  advantages  and  privileges. 

Twentieth    year    opens     August     27,     1912.  For 
catalogue  and  specific  information,  address 
W.  A.  SHEDD,  Head  Master 


Puckett's  College  of  Dancing 

Assembly  Hall 


1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  Van  Neu  and  Polk 

Jl  More  beautiful  ballroom 
Could    Hardly  Conceived 


Classes — Mondays.  ,  Assemblies — -Fridays 

Advance  Class  and  Social — Wednesdays. 

PriTatc  Lastons 

Hall  for  Rent  Phone  Franklin  118 


of  friends  in  California,  having  on  the  first  of 
this  month  assumed  the  management  of  the  Hotel 
del  Coronado,  Coronado  Beach.  Many  will  re- 
call the  fact  that  Mr.  Hernan  was  connected  with 
this  famous  hostelry  for  several  years  under  Mr. 
Ross.  He  afterwards  was  connected  with  the 
Palace  Hotel,  San  Francisco,  and  from  here 
went  to  the  Brown  Palace  Hotel,  Denver.  For 
several  months  Mr.  Hernan  has  been  manager  of 
the  Hotel  Baltimore,  Kansas  City.  This  post  he 
resigned  to  accept  the  position  of  manager  for 
the  Hotel  del  Coronado.  His  strong  personal- 
ity and  uniform  success  have  won  for  him  this 
latest  acknowledgment  of  his  ability. 


For  the  Fastidious 

In  San  Francisco,  dining-out  is  more  or  less 
of  a  habit.  The  desire  for  a  "change"  lures  many 
that  are  confirmed  stay-at-homes.  It  isn't  so 
much  the  satisfying  a  craving  of  the  palate  that 
beckons  the  diner-out  as  it  is  the  desire  to  humor 
the  whims  and  fancies  of  the  moment.  The  close 
observer,  however,  will  notice  an  entirely  different 
class  of  people  at  that  most  popular  of  all  cafes — 
Tait's.  Here  dining  is  enjoyed  because  the 
palate  is  pleased  and  satisfied.  There's  a  "way" 
in  which  the  food  is  cooked  that  seems  to  "touch 
the  spot."  I  am  not  speaking  from  a  hungry 
man's  standpoint.  Anything  satisfies  real  hunger. 
My  remark  is  based  on  the  opinion  of  the 
"picker"- — the  most  fastidious  and  exacting  of 
epicures.  Eating  is  a  real  pleasure  at  Tait's.  The 
novel  and  high-class  amusement  heard  and  the 
artistic  and  unusual  decorations  are  of  secondary 
importance. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Society  from  San  Francisco  to  Los  Angeles  is 
booked  for  the  coming  six  or  eight  weeks  at  Del 
Monte,  and  the  experienced  ones  have  long  ere 
this  sent  in  their  requests  for  suites.  The  prizes 
for  the  golf  tournament  are  magnificent  this  year, 
and  no  doubt  the  Southern  lady  golfers  will  com- 
pete with  those  representing  the  North,  as  well  as 
such  assiduous  golfers  as  E.  S.  Armstrong  and 
Dr.  D.  P.  Fredericks  who  always  have  a  match 
with  two  representative  players  on  each  side. 
Dinner  parties  and  dances  are  given,  prizes  are 
awarded  and  everyone  reluctantly  returns  to  their 
city  life  feeling  that  Del  Monte  is  the  one  satis- 
fying spot  they  know  of.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  S. 
Stanton  are  at  Del  Monte  again.  Mr.  Meyerfeld 
and  the  newspaperman  are  persistent  followers  of 
the  bewitching  little  sphere.  Mayor  and  Mrs. 
Rolph  gave  an  exceedingly  pleasant  dinner  at  Pine 
Lodge  the  other  evening  to  some  friends,  in- 
cluding Miss  L.  Gibson  and  her  brother  L.  E.  Gib- 
son of  Hobart,  Tasmania  who  are  touring  the 
United  States.  The  surprise  of  the  pleasant  eve- 
ning was  the  illuminated  table  decorations,  and 
the  beautiful  combination  of  colors.  The  Mayor's 
motor  brought  the  guests  back  to  the  hotel  and 
they  returned  to  their  summer  home  near  the 
Lodge. 

John  B.  Harrington  of  Portland  accompanied 
by  his  family  arrived  in  San  Francisco  during  the 
week.  Mr.  Harrington  is  a  guest  at  the  Hotel 
Victoria.  Mrs.  R.  Catton  and  Miss  Mary  Catton 
of  Honolulu  arrived  from  Honolulu  and  are  guests 
at  the  Victoria  where  Mrs.  Catton's  son,  A.  A. 
Catton,  makes  his  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Reinstein  of  Boston,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Fitzpatrick  and 
her  daughter  from  Albany,  New  York,  and  Miss 
Eudora  Hay  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  are  Eastern 
visitors  who  are  making  the  hotel  their  head- 
quarters. Mrs.  D.  M.  Carman  of  Manila  is  es- 
tablished at  the  same  hostelry  for  an  indefinite 
stay. 

Recent  arrivals  at  Castle  Crags  Farm  indue: 
from  San  Francisco — M.  S.  Birnbaum,  A.  H.  R. 


Schmidt,  Mrs.  E.  Ward,  Albert  Anderson,  H.  S. 
Clark,  H.  H.  Scales,  Mrs.  N.  N.  Storrs,  J.  B. 
Low;  from  Oakland — W.  D.  Houston,  Walter  N. 
Gabriel,  Geo.  A.  Dow,  H.  K.  Defendorf,  Miss 
Grace  Laymance;  from  Berkeley — Mrs.  W.  Irving, 
Miss  Irving,  Miss  Bayard,  Mrs.  H.  F.  Wrampel- 
meir,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Barber,  J.  E.  Holbrook; 
from  Sacramento— A.  Baunhcim,  Miss  Edith 
Baunheim,  Bertha  Lais,  Bertha  Whipple;  from 
Los  Angeles — Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Renwick,  L. 
Metzler,  Miss  Rose  Gordon;  from  other  places — 
Mrs.  A.  A.  Bird,  Salt  Lake;  Hanella  Moore, 
.'Mameda;  H.  I.  W.  Syz,  Switzerland;  M.  B.  Boyd, 
Ventura;  F.  Byrn,  Dunsmuir;  Harold  F.  Blum, 
Martinez;  Mrs.  M.  O.  Ryan,  Miss  Evelyn  Ryan, 
Glendalc;  R.  J.  Pierce  and  son,  Santa  Clara;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  A.  H.  Wollman,  Sausalito;  Rowland 
Chapman,  Ross;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Dorn,  Dr. 
L.  E.  Carter,  San  Diego;  Mrs.  Leslie  F.  Rice, 
Piedmont;  Thomas  Bates,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Kneeland, 
Chicago;  M.  A.  Grant,  W.  H.  Chase,  M.  A.  Trem- 
per,  Edward  Hedstrom,  George  Weihlem,  sur- 
veyors for  State  Highway  Commission. 

The  pine  log  cabins  at  Castle  Crag  Farm  have 
housed  more  than  one  hundred  guests  during  the 
past  fortnight.  Dancing  each  evening,  after  a  day 
devoted  to  fishing,  swimming,  riding  and  tramp- 
ing, offers  diversion  for  the  guests,  an  unusually 
large  number  of  whom  have  sought  the  pic- 
turesque resort  this  season. 

Col.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Pippy  motored  down 
from  their  home  in  San  Mateo  for  a  few  days  and 
recreation  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 
D.  Walker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Deal  and  Mr.  P. 
B.  Ormoil  have  been  guests  at  the  Casa.  John 
G.  Glasser,  William  J.  Glasser  and  Miss  C.  B. 
Glasser  are  recent  arrivals  from  Grass  Valley. 
Commodore  and  Mrs.  Picker  took  apartments 
during  yacht  week.  Mrs.  W.  M.  Stevenson  of 
Mill  Valley  and  her  family  are  guests  and  will 
remain  during  the  month  of  August.  Captain  and 
Mrs.  Manson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fennimore,  and  W. 
T.  K.  Gibson  were  among  the  week-end  arrivals. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Heise  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Hyde,  motored  down  from  Berkeley.  Dr.  H.  R. 
Oliver  of  San  Francisco,  W.  Boardman,  Thomas 
Addie,  and  A.  G.  Van  Nuys  all  well  known  San 
Franciscans  went  down  to  spend  a  few  days  sal- 
mon fishing.  Commodore  W.  H.  Hogg,  of  the 
Corinthian  Club  has  been  a  guest.  This  makes 
the  twenty-second  summer  he  has  spent  at  Santa 
Cruz.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Morrill  and  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Brunn  as  well  as  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Coffey  have  been  down.  Mrs.  T.  J.  O'Hara  and 
Miss  White  are  spending  some  time  there.  Mrs. 
A.  J.  Magoon  of  Honolulu,  Miss  M.  Magoon,  and 
Mr.  E.  Magoon  and  Mr.  M.  Magoon  are  guests. 
Mr.  J.  Lishman  and  Mr.  Seigler  motored  down 
from  San  Francisco  and  are  the  guests  of  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Emerson.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Martin  of 
Ross,  and  their  guests  Mrs.  G.  R.  Williams  and 
Walter  Martin  have  been  there  for  a  few  days. 
Mr.  Herbert  Law  and  his  friend  P.  C.  Hunting- 
ton have  been  fishing  there.  Mr,  and  Mrs.  A.  L. 
Sayre  with  their  family  are  there  for  the  sum- 
mer.   They  are  from  Madera. 


"So  you  suspect  that  men  are  quicker  of  judg- 
ment in  practical  matters  than  women?" 

"Yes,"  replied  Miss  Cayenne.  "Men  have 
heeded  the  warnings  of  the  newspapers  and  quit 
buying  gold  bricks,  but  women  continue  to  marry 
for  money." 


"Why  do  you  call  this  new  tire  of  yours  the 
Mexican?"  asked  Slathers.  "Is  it  made  of  Mex- 
ican rubber?" 

"Oh,  no!"  said  the  inventor.  "I  call  it  that  be- 
cause it  is  capable  of  innumerable  revolutions 
without  wearing  out!" 


August  3,  1912 


Hackett  and  Tynan  as  Co-Stars 

At  the  Columbia  on  Monday  night,  August  5, 
the  co-star  engagement  of  the  Hackett  season  will 
take  place  with  James  K.  Hackett  and  Brandon 
Tynan  appearing  in  the  principal  roles  of  the 
new  play  "The  Melody  of  Youth."  This  is  the 
Brandon  Tynan  comedy  in  three  acts  which  the 
author  has  been  rehearsing  for  some  weeks  with 
the  Hackett  forces  and  which  gives  promise  of 
proving  an  exceptionally  attractive  work.  Its 
scenes  are  laid  in  Dublin  and  the  Wicklow  Moun- 
tains and  a  powerful  cast  will  appear  in  the 
various  roles.  It  will  be  its  first  presentation  on 
any  stage  and  Hackett  has  prepared  for  it  a 
superb  scenic  equipment.  James  K.  Hackett  will 
appear  in  the  role  of  Paul  Knox  described  on  the 
program  as  a  Calvinistic  minister  and  Brandon 
Tynan  will  be  seen  as  Anthony  Beresford,  a 
young  student  of  divinity,  fresh  from  college. 
E.  M.  Holland  will  have  the  role  of  Henry  Sly,  a 
rich  society  man  of  Dublin  in  the  Thirties.  The 
leading  feminine  role  will  be  played  by  Lily  Cahill 
and  Will  R.  Walling  will  also  be  in  the  cast. 
Olive  Oliver,  Mrs.  Thomas  WhifTen,  Charles 
Lane,  Elizabeth  Stuart  and  Eva  Vincent  are 
among  those  cast  in  the  new  Tynan  work. 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 


"Patience"  and  "The  Pirates" 

The  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Festival  Company 
with  De  Wolf  Hopper,  Blanche  Duffield,  Eugene 
Cowles,  George  MacFarlane,  Arthur  Aldridgc, 
Kate  Condon,  Viola  Gillette,  Arthur  Cunningham, 
Alice  Brady  and  Louise  Barthel  announce  a 
change  of  program  for  Sunday  evening  when 
"Patience"  will  have  its  turn  at  the  Cort.  This 
opera  will  be  sung  on  Sunday,  Monday,  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday  night  and  at  the  Wednesday 
matinee.  On  Thursday  night  "The  Pirates  of 
Penzance"  will  be  given  production  to  remain 
for  the  rest  of  the  week. 


"The  Hold-Up"  at  Pantages 

Things  are  humming  at  Pantages  this  week, 
crowded  houses  being  in  evidence  every  afternoon 
and  evening,  the  current  bill  just  seeming  to  hit 
the  popular  fancy,  including,  as  it  does,  Fred  Ire- 
land and  his  limber-limbed  Casino  Girls,  present- 
ing "High  Lights  of  Dear  Old  Broadway";  El 
Barto,  the  amusing  and  mystifying  "conversa- 
tional trickster";  the  Four  Flying  Valentines, 
aerial  marvels;  Willie  Ritchie,  the  promising 
young  lightweight,  in  "Fun  in  a  Gymnasium"; 
Wood's  Animal  Actors,  in  a  problem  comedy 
playlet,  and  other  bright  features.  The  program 
prepared  for  the  week  commencing  Sunday  after- 
noon contains  an  ideal  array  of  vaudeville,  headed 
by  Taylor  Granville's  sensational  scenic  offering, 
"The  Hold-Up,"  described  as  a  genuine  thrill  from 
beginning  to  end.  The  act  carries  six  stage 
hands  of  its  own  and  the  effects  of  slow  moving 
freights  and  whizzing  passenger  trains  are  said 
to  be  surpassed  by  none,  whether  presented  on 
the  legitimate  or  the  vaudeville  stage.  The 
freight  propelled  by  its  own  steam  is  a  wonder- 
ful piece  of  stagecraft,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
"Limited"  dashing  across  the  stage  at  the  actual 
speed  of  sixty  miles  an  hour,  "The  Hold-Up" 
will  be  presented  by  Percival  Lennon  and  capa- 
ble support.  The  four  Janowskys,  one  of  whom 
is  of  the  gentler  sex,  will  offer  the  refined  gym- 
nastic entertainment  which  has  wone  them  fame 
all  over  Europe.  M.  Bankoff  and  Lulu  Belmont, 
agile  Russians,  will  present  a  series  of  interna- 
tional dances.  Wilhelm,  an  original  and  talentci 
impersonator  of  famous  composers  and  musicians 
of  note,  will  appear  with  his  imperial  yacht  or- 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

chestra,  one  of  the  finest  musical  organizations 
in  vaudeville,  appearing  in  eight  different  roles 
and  giving  a  half  hour  of  high-class  music.  How- 
ard and  Dolores,  the  gentler  member  of  the  duo 
appearing  as  "The  Rag-Time  Model  Girl,"  will 
offer  a  novel  and  pleasing  entertainment  and  the 
"All  Star  Trio,"  composed  of  three  young  men 
with  phenomenal  voices,  are  expected  by  the  man- 
agement to  create  a  sensation.  Bert  Lennon  who 
impersonates  several  well-known  actors,  making 
up  for  his  characters  in  full  view  of  the  audience, 
and  Sunlight  Pictures,  showing  a  variety  of  ex- 
clusive subjects,  will  complete  a  varied  and  inter- 
esting bill. 


Bessie  in  "A  Royal  Family" 

Bessie  Barriscale's  fourth  and  final  week  at 
the  Alcazar  begins  next  Monday  evening  with  the 
first  stock-theatre  production  in  San  Francisco 


BERTHA  KALICH 

Who  will  appear  in  "A   Light  From  St.   Agnes"  this 
Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 

of  "A  Royal  Family"  in  which  she  will  be  aided 
by  the  full  strength  of  the  regular  company  and 
a  number  of  specially  engaged  players,  among 
the  latter  being  Howard  Hickman,  a  former  Al- 
cazar favorite.  No  more  appropriate  vehicle  for 
the  dainty  star's  farewell  appearances  could  have 
been  chosen,  as  the  principal  character,  originated 
in  this  country  by  Annie  Russell,  bears  all  the 
traits  to  which  Miss  Barriscale's  art,  tempera- 
ment and  personality  are  best  adapted,  and  in  it 
she  will  be  no  less  captivating  than  she  was  as 
Juanita  or  as  Trixie  Dupre.  Indeed,  it  will  en- 
able her  to  repeat  some  of  the  most  charming 
phases  of  both  those  roles  and  introduce  others 
with  which  her  clientele  is  less  familiar.  Mr. 
Stanley,  too,  will  be  seen  to  excellent  advantage 
in  a  part  demanding  treatment  different  from  that 
exacted  by  his  current  impersonation.  "A  Royal 
Family"  was  written  by  Captain  Marshall,  the 
celebrated  English  playwright,  and  had  a  long 
and  prosperous  run  in  London  before  Charles 
Frohman  transplanted  it  to  America  and  directed 
Miss  Russell's  three  consecutive  seasons  as  its 
central  figure.  It  is  a  fantastic  comedy  in  three 
acts,  all  of  the  scenes  being  laid  in  the  capital  of 
Arcacia,  a  mythical  European  kingdom.  Sump- 
tuous staging  is  called  for  and  will  be  pro- 
vided.   There  cannot  possibly  be  an  additional 


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extension  of  Miss  Barriscale's  engagement  at  the 
Alcazar,  as  Laurette  Taylor  is  booked  to  open  a 
brief  starring  season  there  Monday  after  next  in 
"The  Girl  in  Waiting." 


Mme.  Kalich  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  program  for  next  week  will  be 
the  means  of  introducing  to  San  Francisco 
audiences  Madame  Bertha  Kalich,  the  great  emo- 
tional actress  who  took  New  York  by  storm  by 
her  marvelous  portrayals  of  the  principal  feminine 
roles  in  "Kreutzer  Sonata,"  "Fedora,"  "Monna 
Vanna,"  "Cora,"  "Sappho  and  Phaon"  and  "The 
Unbroken  Road."  Although  a  stranger  here,  her 
fame  is  well  known,  for  since  the  advent  of 
Bernhardt  and  Duse  no  actress  has  created  as 
big  a  sensation.  Madame  Kalich  has  selected  for 
lier  vaudeville  engagement  an  intense  one-act 
play  entitled  "A  Light  From  St.  Agnes"  which 
she  has  staged  with  great  accuracy  and  care. 
She  has  secured  for  her  support  those  sterling 
artists  John  Booth  and  John  Harrington.  Lydia 
Nelson  and  her  boys  and  girls  who  have  only 
just  come  to  this  country  will  present  an  English 
(lancing  novelty.  Miss  Nelson  is  an  accomplished 
solo  dancer  and  her  young  associates  are  clever 
and  nimble.  Between  their  terpsichorean  efforts 
the  quintette  sing  two  songs  written  especially 
for  them.  .  Chick  Sale,  a  clever  comedy  protean 
actor,  will  appear  in  his  decidedly  original  and 
novel  conception  of  "a  country  school  entertain- 
ment" in  which  he  reveals  a  versatility  that  is 
remarkable.  In  the  twinkling  of  an  eye  and 
without  the  aid  of  make-up  he  presents  youth  and 
old  age.  Mr.  Sale  has  made  an  emphatic  hit  in 
all  the  principal  cities  of  the  East  and  has  scored 
heavily  in  the  theatres  of  the  Orpheum  Circuit. 
Kathi  Gultini,  famed  all  over  Europe  as  "the  lady 
juggler,"  a  pretty  and  vivacious  little  Viennese, 
will  perform  remarkable  feats  with  a  finesse  and 
daintiness  that  are  said  never  to  have  been 
equalled  by  any  of  the  sterner  sex.  Next  week 
will  be  the  last  of  Marguerite  Haney  and  com- 
pany in  "The  Leading  Lady";  Pauline  Moran,  the 
clever  and  versatile  singing  comedienne,  the  Em- 
pire Comedy  Four  and  Mrs.  Louis  James  in 
"Holding  a  Husband." 


A  Story  of  "Our  Bobs" 

"Fighting  Bob"  Evans,  during  his  last  stay  in 
Washington,  was  one  evening  a  guest  at  a  house 
where  he  met  a  number  of  the  younger  set  of 
the  capital. 

As  the  admiral  was  leaving  he  chanced  to  pick 
up  from  the  floor  a  very  dainty  handkerchief, 
edged  with  lace.  He  was  gravely  inspecting  this 
"trifle  light  as  air,"  when  a  rather  effeminate- 
looking  young  man  hastened  forward  to  claim  it. 

"Your  sister's,  no  doubt,"  said  the  admiral,  as 
he  handed  it  over. 

"Oh,  no,"  said  the  young  man,  "it's  mine." 

Evans  scrutinized  the  young  man  closely. 
"Would  you  mind  telling  me  what  size  hairpins 
you  use?"  he  asked  after  a  pause. 


Hairrowing 

"Look  here,"  said  the  guest,  "things  around 
here  are  just  about  as  rotten  as  they  make  them. 
When  I  went  to  lunch  today  I  found  hair  in  the 
ice  cream,  hair  in  the  honey,  and  hair  in  the 
apple  sauce." 

"Well,"  exclaimed  the  genial  proprietor,  "the 
hair  in  the  ice  cream  came  from  the  shaving 
of  the  ice.  And  I  suppose  the  hair  in  the  honey 
came  off  the  comb.  But  I  don't  understand  about 
the  hair  in  the  apple  sauce.  I  bought  those  apples 
myself,  and  every  one   was  a  Baldwin." 


IS 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


Little  Trot 

By  Andre  Lichtenberger  (From  the  French) 


Trot  was  playing  on  the  beach.  Behind  mum- 
mie's  house  there  is  such  a  pretty  little  beach, 
quite  a  tiny  one.  Trot  is  allowed  to  play  there 
alone — only  he  must  not  go  too  near  the  sea. 
Besides,  Jane  stays  in  the  garden  and  every  now 
and  then  takes  a  peep  at  him.  Trot  had  his  spade 
with  him.  He  had  made  an  enormous  hole  and 
an  enormous  mountain,  almost,  but  not  quite,  as 
high  as  those  big  rocks  that  lie  all  day  as  if 
asleep  near  the  sea. 

"Come  and  have  your  lunch.  Master  Trot,"  and 
Trot  got  out  of  the  hole  to  receive  a  roll  of 
bread  and  a  piece  of  chocolate  from  Jane. 

He  went  back  to  his  mountain.  It  is  not  very 
comfortable  to  eat  standing  up.  Better  change 
the  mountain  into  an  armchair.  Trot  sat  down 
again,  his  legs  in  the  hole.  He  nibbled  away  at 
his  chocolate  with  his  sharp  little  teeth.  You 
could  make  quite  pretty  designs  on  it  with  them. 
It  really  was  rather  amusing. 

Who  was  that?  A  shadow  fell  in  front  of  Trot. 
Trot  looked  up.  It  was  a  little  boy!  He  was 
very  dirty  and  dreadfully  ragged.  His  face  and 
hands  were  quite  black.  There  were  ugly  little 
red  spots  under  his  nose.  Trot  raised  his  spade 
threateningly. 

"Go  away!" 

The  little  boy  rubbed  his  eyes  with  his  elbow; 
he  went  a  yard  or  two  away,  then  sat  down  on 
the  sand  opposite  Trot  and  stared  at  him. 

Trot  went  on  munching  and  stared  back.  Here 
was  someone  Jane  could  not  wash  from  head  to 
foot  every  day.  What  a  lucky  boy!  And  yet — 
after  all.  Trot  was  a  little  gentleman.  Of  course 
it  is  a  bother  to  be  washed,  but  one  must  be  clean. 
How  ugly  this  little  boy  was. 

"You  really  are  dirty,  aren't  you?" 

The  little  boy  raised  his  eyes,  then  dropped 
them  again  and  began  giggling  in  a  silly  way 
without  replying.  He  let  the  sand  slide  from  one 
hand  to  the  other.  But  this  did  not  seem  to 
amuse  him  much.  He  never  once  left  oflE  staring 
at  Trot,  who  was  just  finishing  his  roll  of  bread. 

Trot  looked  at  him  attentively.  He  noticed 
that  the  boy's  glance  was  fi.xed  on  the  roll. 

"Rolls  are  very  good,  aren't  they?"  said  Trot, 
as  he  crammed  the  last  bit  into  his  mouth. 

The  boy  gave  a  sad  little  grunt. 

"Have  you  had  your  lunch?" 

The  little  boy  stared  at  him  with  amazed  eyes. 
Trot  repeated  his  question; 

"Have  you  had  your  lunch?" 

The  little  boy  shook  his  head. 

"Well,  I  suppose  you  will  have  it  soon?" 

The  little  boy  looked  down.  He  filled  his  hand 
with  sand  again  and  went  on  with  his  old  occu- 
pation, once  more  shaking  his  head. 

"I  don't  believe  you  are  going  to  have  any 
lunch." 

The  little  boy  did  not  reply,  but  Trot  knew  he 
had  guessed  the  truth. 

"I  expect  you  were  bilious  yesterday?" 

The  little  boy  opened  his  eyes  wide.  The  word 
"bilious"  did  not  belong  to  his  world.  But  he 
shook  his  head. 

"Did  you  have  a  stomach-ache?" 

The  head-shaking  still  continued. 

"Or  perhaps  you  were  naughty?" 

Still  silence. 

"Well,  why  did  you  have  nothing  to  eat?" 

The  little  boy  scratched  his  head  with  one  hand 
and  rubbed  his  nose  with  the  other.  He  then 
made  a  series  of  quite  unintelligible  sounds. 

"Didn't  they  give  you  anything?" 

Once  more  he  shook  his  head. 


"W  hy  didn't  you  ask  your  mother  lor  some- 
thing?" 

"I  did  ask  her." 

"Then  why  didn't  she  give  you  anything?" 

"1  here  was  nothing  in  the  house." 

1  his  information  sounded  absurd  to  Trot.  What 
would  be  the  good  of  larders  and  pantries?  If 
you  opened  one  in  the  hall  or  kitchen  you  could 
see  any  amount  of  nice  things.  So  that  could  not 
be  true.  The  little  boy  was  telling  stories.  His 
mother  had  said  there  was  nothing  in  order  to 
punish  him.    Trot  said  in  a  very  stern  voice: 

"Vou  must  have  been  naughty.  What  did  yor 
do?" 

The  little  boy  simply  looked  at  him  with  dazed, 
rounded  eyes.    Trot  grew  impatient. 

"Perhaps  you  were  greedy,  or  rude,  or  made 
your  governess  angry,  or  did  not  learn  your  les- 
sons?" 

Nothing  but  a  head-shake. 
"Were  you  disobedient?" 
The  child's  lips  trembled. 

"I  do  what  I  like.    Xo  one  tells  me  nothing." 
Whatever  did  this  mean?    Trot  began  to  grow 
angry. 

"Well,  then,  why  did  you  get  nothing  to  eat?" 

Once  more  the  child  replied  wearily; 

"There  was  nothing  in  the  house." 

So  it  really  was  true.  Trot  was  overcome  with 
surprise.  Was  such  a  thing  possible?  Was  it 
true  that  a  mother  could  really  have  nothing  to 
give  her  little  son  to  eat? 

"Then  you  are  hungry?" 

There  was  no  mistaking  the  answer  in  the  lit- 
tle boy's  eyes. 

"If  I  had  known  that  I  would  have  given  you 
my  roll,  because  I  really  was  not  at  all  hungry. 
But  I  have  eaten  it  all,  j'ou  see." 

The  little  boy  nodded  his  head  resignedly;  he 
quite  understood. 

Trot  reflected  a  moment,  then  he  asked  a  diffi- 
cult question; 

■"Why  was  there  nothing  in  your  mother's  pan- 
try?" 

"We  haven't  a  pantry." 

This  was  really  extraordinary. 

"But  what  about  the  larder?" 

"Father  is  out  of  work.  Mother  is  ill  in  bed 
with  a  little  brother.  So  there  ain't  much  to  grow 
fat  on." 

What  a  rude  way  to  talk.  Trot  knew  he  ought 
not  to  listen  to  badly  brought  up  children.  He 
felt  quite  sure  he  ought  to  go,  but  curiosity  pre- 
vailed. 

"Why  doesn't  your  father  buy  you  something  to 
eat?" 

"He  hasn't  any  money." 

Well,  here  at  last  was  a  good  reason.  And 
yet  Therese  often  bought  things  without  money; 
she  told  them  to  put  them  down  to  mummie's 
account. 

"Tell  them  to  put  it  down  to  the  account." 

The  child  shook  his  head.  He  did  not  under- 
stand.   He  began  playing  with  the  sand  again. 

Trot  felt  dazed  and  almost  frightened.  There 
were  actually  children  who  were  quite  good,  ana 
yet  their  mothers  had  nothing  to  give  them  to 
eat.  What  could  God  be  thinking  of?  Was  it 
really  possible?    Trot  began  his  questions  again. 

"Does  your  father  ask  God  each  day  to  give 
him  his  daily  bread?" 

Once  more  the  little  boy  did  not  understand. 
Trot  repeated  his  question. 

"I  don't  think  so." 

Trot  sighed.  So  here  at  last  was  the  explana- 
tion; and  it  was  really  very  serious. 


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August  3,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


"Do  you  mean  to  say  your  father  does  not  say 
his  prayers?" 
"I  don't  think  so." 
"He  never  talks  to  God?" 

"I  don't  think  so.  At  least  only  when  he's 
angry." 

"What  a  funny  time  to  pray.  Wliat  does  he 
say  then?" 

"He  says  'God  Almighty,'  and  he  makes  a  fear- 
ful row." 

Trot  meditated.  That  could  not  be  a  good 
prayer.  Mother  had  never  taught  him  one  like 
it.    Perhaps  it  was  only  for  grown-up  people. 

"Well,  how  do  you  yourself  pray?" 

The  little  boy  laughed  slyly,  but  did  not  reply. 

"Tell  me  how  you  pray." 

The  little  boy  went  on  chuckling.  At  last  he 
jerked  out: 

'  It's  all  lies  about  God." 

Trot  was  overwhelmed  with  horror.  All  lies 
about  God!  The  good  God  to  whom  his  little 
mother  taught  him  to  say  his  prayers  every 
evening,  who  took  care  no  harm  came  to  daddy 
when  he  was  on  the  sea,  who  gave  Trot  his  daily 
bread,  and  not  only  bread  but  cake  and  choco- 
late and  all  sorts  of  goods  things  besides.  Trot 
went  crimson  in  the  face. 

"You  are  very  wicked.  And  God  is  quite  right 
not  to  give  you  anything  to  eat  if  that  is  the  way 
you  thank  Him." 

"What  is  there  to  thank  Him  for?"  asked  the 
little  boy. 

The  question  rather  puzzled  Trot.  The  little 
boy  was  right — if  you  are  wicked  and  very  mis- 
erable you  do  not  want  to  pray  to  God.  You  feel 
angry  with  everybody.  Trot  had  already  moved 
a  step  or  two  away.  He  thought  for  a  moment, 
then  came  back. 

"Listen  to  me.  H  you  do  not  pray,  tlien  of 
course  God  cannot  hear  you.  If  you  ask  Him 
for  something  to  eat,  He  will  give  it  to  you,  hut 
you  must  ask  Him. 

The  little  boy  looked  doubtful.  He  did  not 
quite  believe  what  Trot  had  told  him.  But,  after 
all,  it  could  not  matter  much  asking.  You  never 
know  what  may  happen.  Only  the  other  day, 
when  he  had  been  begging,  someone  had  given 
him  a  penny. 

"Where  is  God?" 

It  was  not  easy  to  answer  this  question,  and 
Trot's  reply  was  a  little  confused.  God  was 
everywhere,  particularly  in  the  churches.  You 
could  not  see  Him,  but  you  had  only  to  ask  for 
something  to  get  it.  Trot  explained. 

"Tonight  before  you  go  to  bed  pray  God  to 
send  you  a  big  roll  of  bread  tomorrow,  and  you 
will  get  it." 

"Where  shall  I  find  it?" 

"Oh,  on  the  table  with  your  cocoa.  You  won't 
have  any  cocoa?  Well,  then,  on  the  mantel- 
piece." 

"Then  father  would  take  it.  I  would  rather 
God  put  it  here  in  the  hole  near  the  cliff.  I  could 
come  and  find  it." 

Nothing  could  be  easier;  it  was  not  the  usual 
thing  for  God  to  do,  but  He  would  not  mind 
making  an  exception  of  the  little  boy.  He  must 
only  explain  it  all  to  God  and  tell  Him  the  place 
— so  everything  was  settled  now. 

But  the  little  boy  still  seemed  doubtful.  What 
was  the  matter? 

"I  don't  know  how  to  say  it  to  God.  I  don't 
know  Him." 

Trot  sighed  patiently.  What  a  stupid  little  boy 
he  was.  Never  mind — now  he  had  begun  Trot 
would  go  through  with  it.    He  knelt  down. 

"Do  as  I  do." 

The  little  boy  tried  to  do  the  same. 
He  tumbled  on  his  nose. 

Trot  grew  angry.  At  lat  he  got  him  properly 
into  place. 


"Fold  your  hands." 

After  several  unsuccessful  attempts,  the  hands 
were  folded.  But  how  dirty  they  were!  God 
would  certainly  not  be  very  pleased  with  him. 

"Say  after  me:  'Dear  God,  I  am  very  hi  ngry.' 
Well,  go  on." 

The  little  boy  made  several  little  grunl.i;  lis- 
tening very  carefully  you  could  make  out  "God" 
and  "hungry,"  and  all  the  time  he  wiggled  like 
an  eel. 

"Keep  still.  'I  am  very  hungry.  Please  put  a 
big  roll  of  bread  for  me  tomorrow  morning  in 
the  hole  by  the  cliff,  where  Trot  has  left  his 
spade.    Amen.' " 

Trot  got  up  well  content.  That  was  the  way 
to  pray.  He  went  off  nodding  patronizingly  to 
his  pupil. 

Trot  was  very  thoughtful  all  the  evening.  How 
glad  tne  little  boy  would  be  tomorrow.  Trot 
'ad  unlimitej  faith;  nevertheless  a  doubt  arose 
'ii  his  mind. 

"Mummie,  God  always  gives  us  what  we  ask  for, 
,'oesn't  He?" 

"Always,  sonnie,  if  it  is  som.-thing  reasonable 
and  we  really  mean  it." 

Trot  was  reassured.  It  wr.s  surely  quite  rea- 
siinable  to  ask  for  some  breakfast,  and  as  for 
really  meaning  it — well.  Trot  remembered  with 
what  hungry  eyes  the  little  boy  had  watched  him 
eat. 

Trot  slept  soundly.  He  dreamt  of  great  piles 
of  rolls,  big  as  the  horns  of  a  cow  or  the  tusks 
of  an  elephant,  which  God  was  heaping  up  before 
the  poor  little  boy.  He  ate  and  ate  'mtil  he  could 
eat  no  longer.  God  always  brought  him  more. 
He  laughed  and  was  happy.  His  cheeks  grew 
red  and  fat.    Trot  was  delighted  and  very  proud. 

"Good-morning,  Master  Trot,  I  hope  you  have 
slept  well?" 

Jane  washed  and  dressed  Trot.  Perhaps  the 
little  boy  ought  to  ask  God  to  wash  him  and  give 
liim  some  new  clothes  as  well.  All  the  time  Trot 
was  being  dressed  he  could  think  of  nothing  else. 
He  was  longing  to  see  the  little  boy's  face  when 
he  found  the  roll.  How  warmly  the  sun  shone. 
That  was  so  that  the  roll  would  not  get  wet. 

Trot  swallowed  his  cocoa  in  two  seconds;  he 
stuffed  his  roll  into  his  pocket  to  save  time. 

"May  I  go  on  to  the  shore  for  a  little,  mum- 
mie ?" 

"What  a  hurry  you  arc  in  today,  dear.  Well, 
it  is  really  a  lovely  morning,  so  run  along.  When 
your  governess  comes  we  will  call  you." 

Trot  rushed  off.  He  ran  straight  to  the  cliff. 
What  would  God's  roll  be  like?  It  ought  to  be 
shinier  and  much  bigger  than  a  baker's.  Trot 
began  to  feel  rather  envious.  He  put  his  hand 
in  the  hole.  He  looked  in.  He  grew  pale  with 
misgiving.    There  was  nothing  there. 

He  looked  again.  Could  it  be  true?  Perhaps 
God  had  dropped  it  on  one  side.  Trot  looked 
all  round.  Nothing  anywhere.  He  looked  in  all 
the  other  holes  near  the  cliff.  Still  nothing  to 
be  seen.  What  could  it  mean?  In  a  minute  or 
two  the  little  boy  would  be  there,  and  when  he 
found  nothing  he  would  say  again  that  it  was  all 
lies  about  God;  he  would  think  Trot  had  de- 
ceived him,  and  he  would  be  so  hungry. 

Oh  dear,  oh  dear,  how  dreadful  it  was!  Of 
course  God  had  been  too  busy,  or  He  had  for- 
gotten, or  the  rolls  had  been  burnt— that  had 


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happened  once  at  home.  All  the  same,  a  burnt 
roll  would  have  been  better  than  none  at  all. 
Whatever  could  he  do? 

Trot  was  distracted.  His  legs  seemed  to  give 
way  beneath  him  when  he  saw  in  the  distance 
the  little  boy  racing  towards  the  cliff,  his  face 
lit  up  in  joyful  anticipation,  his  mouth  positively 
watering  for  the  feast.  Trot  felt  chilled  to  the 
bone.  Somehow  he  must  save  the  situation. 
Mechanically  he  put  his  hand  in  his  pocket.  What 
luck!  His  breakfast  roll  still  lay  there  un- 
touched. He  drew  it  out  and  quickly  put  it  in 
the  hole. 

The  little  boy  sat  on  the  ground  comfortably 
munching.  Trot  stood  up  and  looked  thoughtfully 
at  him.  He  realized  all  at  once  that  he  was  very 
hungry  himself.  It  seemed  very  hard  to  watch 
his  breakfast  disappear  so  quickly.  But  he  could 
not  help  feeling  glad  when  he  thought  how  grate- 
ful God  ought  to  be  to  him  for  repairing  His 
oversight. 

The  little  boy  swallowed  the  last  crumb. 

"Was  the  roll  very  good?" 

"Rather.  But  all  the  same  God  never  sent  it. 
I  saw  you  put  it  in  the  hole." 

This  was  indeed  a  blow.  It  was  true,  too.  No 
use  denying  it.  But  suddenly  Trot's  face  cleared, 
and  he  answered  triumphantly: 

"Yes,  but  you  see  it  was  God  Who  told  me 
to  put  it  there." 

And  he  ran  off,  hungry  but  victorious. 


Lady  (at  fashionable  ball)— Do  you  know  that 
ugly  gentleman  sitting  opposite  to  us? 

Partner — That  is  my  brother,  madam. 

Lady  (in  confusion)— Ah !  I  beg  your  pardon. 
I  hadn't  noticed  the  resemblance. 


Crusty  Patron— By  George.     But  I'm  glad  to 
see  you  back!    Was  the  strike  settled? 
Waiter — What  strike,  sir? 

Crusty  Patron — Oh,  come  now!  Where  were 
you  since  you  took  my  order? 


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TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Nothing  of  importance  occurred  in  the 
stock  market  the  past  week.  With  important 
bankers  and  big  operators  out  of  the  city  over 
the  week  only  small  business  was  transacted  by 
the  floor  traders  who  evened  up  their  shorts  and 
longs  looking  forward  to  more  important  events 
the  coming  week.  Such  matters  as  the  quarterly 
Steel  report,  the  decision  of  the  arbitration  com- 
mittee on  engineers'  wages,  the  Government  crop 
report,  Taft's  campaign  speech  and  other  minor 
matters  will  come  up.  Hence  the  quieting  down 
of  the  market  at  the  close  of  the  w^eek  was  to  be 
looked  for.  Politics  should  be  ignored,  tempor- 
arily at  least,  on  the  assumption  that  sanity  will 
prevail  among  the  people  in  their  choice  of  the 
coming  President.  Subject  to  the  usual  crop 
scares  and  temporary  political  influences  we  be- 
lieve there  is  coming  slow  improvement  in  se- 
curity values  and  prices  and  that  tlie  market  can 
be  bought  on  declines  from  such  influences. 

Wheat — It  has  been  a  long  time  since  the  wheat 
trade  has  witnessed  such  an  anomalous  condition 
as  has  been  presented  from  day  to  day  for  the  last 
two  weeks.  Reference  is  made  to  the  rapid  and 
serious  decline  in  the  price  of  wheat  in  the  face 
of  fast  disappearing  supplies.  The  statistical  sit- 
uation thus  far  this  crop  year  has  rarely,  if  ever, 
made  such  a  strong  exhibit,  but  in  the  opinion  of 
the  trade  all  this  counts  but  little  compared  with 
the  belief  that  the  Northwest  is  about  to  raise  the 
largest  spring  wheat  crop  in  its  history.  This 
idea  has  been  enlarged  on  and  fostered  by  crop 
experts,  so  that  every  day  the  prospective  yield 
is  increased.  It  has  even  been  asserted  that  the 
Government  crop  bureau  has  underestimated  the 
spring  wheat.  All  these  reports  may  prove  true, 
but  it  appears  that  the  Government  with  its  eigh- 
teen thousand  paid  crop  reporters  besides  many 
thousands  of  others  who  are  not  paid,  has  better 
facilities  and  can  give  a  more  accurate  estimate  of 
the  crop  of  this  country  than  three  or  four  in- 
dividuals can,  however  able  or  experienced  they 
may  be.  The  present  depression  is  based  too 
much  on  a  sectional  viewpoint  of  the  wheat  situa- 
tion. If  there  is  a  more  abundant  spring  wheat 
production  than  usual,  let  it  be  considered  by  the 
side  of  the  enormous  loss  there  has  been  to  the 
winter  wheat  crop,  and  the  practical  exhaustion 
of  interior  reserves  in  this  country  and  every 
country.  We  can  see  no  reason  for  any  per- 
manent decline  in  wheat  values  and  we  believe  a 
little  time  will  demonstrate  that  the  present 
depression  has  afforded  an  unusually  favorable 
time  for  an  investment  in  this  cereal. 

Corn— The  corn  market  has  suffered  along  with 
other  grains,  but  there  has  been  very  substantial 
reason  for  a  decline  in  the  price  of  this  cereal. 


Values,  in  the  first  place,  started  from  a  very 
extravagant  plane,  and  the  basis  that  caused  those 
high  values  had  been  removed  by  a  good  hay  pro- 
duction and  abundant  pasturage.  Moreover,  the 
very  high  values  that  prevailed  at  the  time  of 
spring  seeding  had  naturally  caused  a  large  in- 
crease which  was  further  augmented  l)y  the  loss 
of  so  much  winter  wheat  acreage,  a  part  of  which 
was  planted  to  corn.  But  whatever  the  coming 
crop  may  yield,  it  does  not  provide  for  immediate 
consumption.  This  is  a  condition  which  has  been 
evidenced  for  some  time  past  by  a  consumptive 
demand  that  absorbs  current  receipts  and  has  re- 
duced the  stocks  at  visible  supply  points  to  such 
meager  proportions  that  it  has  checked  the  decline 
and  caused  a  sharp  rebound  in  prices.  The 
market  is  on  a  fairly  healthy  basis  and  favors  the 
investor,  especially  for  December  and  May  de- 
liveries. 

Cotton — There  was  a  steady  advance  in  cotton 
the  past  week,  with  the  final  figures  at  the  close 
of  the  week  at  the  best  prices  on  this  upward 
movement.  The  principal  factor  early  in  the 
week  was  the  continuation  of  heavy  rains 
throughout  the  eastern  and  southwestern  part  of 
the  belt  along  with  numerous  reports  of  damage 
said  to  be  caused  by  caterpillars,  army  worms 
and  other  insects  too  numerous  to  mention.  The 
rain  finally  ceased  and  the  attention  of  the  trade 
was  called  to  the  drouth  in  Texas  and  Oklahoma 
with  high  hot  winds  reported  from  many  sections 
and  reports  that  the  cotton  plant  was  small  and 
shedding.  A  number  of  crop  experts  in  the 
Southwest  kept  sending  in  damage  reports  and 
a  good  many  of  these  reports  were  sent  abroad, 
which  caused  an  even  greater  advance  in  Liver- 
pool. Local  statisticians  were  out  with  their 
estimates  prior  to  the  Government's  estimate 
which  varied  from  81  to  75  and  there  was  strong 
feeling  that  the  Government  would  make  its  es- 
timate about  74.  Shorts  were  kept  on  the  jump 
and  were  the  principal  buyers,  although  there  was 
some  very  good  investment  buying  early  in  the 
week.  The  market  is  a  very  big  affair  and  prices 
fluctuate  rapidly  on  almost  any  kind  of  news. 
The  spot  demand  has  kept  pace  with  the  rise  in 
futures  and  there  is  said  to  be  a  very  good  demand 
in  the  South  for  the  best  grades  of  cotton.  Ex- 
ports continue  large  and  already  10,5(X),()(H)  bales 
of  last  year's  crop  have  been  taken  abroad.  The 
week-end  figures  were  also  construed  as  bullish, 
spinners  having  taken  168,000  bales  for  the  week 
against  104,000  last  year.  There  was  a  fair  de- 
crease in  the  visible  supply.  The  market  has  had 
such  a  big  advance  that  we  do  not  care  to  advise 
tlie  purchase  at  this  level  and  believe  it  would 
be  the  best  policy  to  operate  on  the  short  side. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 
No.  2  MONTGOMEKY  S  I  REET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519.217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr.. 
V^-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  \V,  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  SIoss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  VV.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Uosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer.  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Pay  son,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  I-ipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6.368.228.50 

OFFICERS 

.Mfrcd  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    II.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    VV.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Roardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

.Mfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  (;.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe   Deposit  Vaults  open  from   7:30  a.   m.   to  12 

p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


Telephone   DOHGLAS   2487  R.  E.  MULCAHV,  Minager 

E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO. 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Two  Private  Wirei  t« 
Chicago   and   New  York 


Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Thir '  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   Ne»  jtr«et 


August  3,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  passing  of  a  sugar  tariff  bill  by  the  United 
States  Senate  has  had  a  good  effect  on  the  market 
for  sugar  stocks.  Although  details  of  the  bill  have 
not  as  yet  been  forwarded  and  some  doubt  clouds 
the  issue,  nevertheless  it  is  felt  by  sugar  interests 
that  the  new  bill  is  entirely  satisfactory  and  will 
settle  the  question  of  sugar  tariff  for  a  long  time 
to  come.  It  is  expected  that  President  Taft  will 
sign  the  new  bill.  All  the  listed  sugar  issues  re- 
flected the  better  feeling,  advancing  from  one  to 
two  points. 

The  balance  of  the  market  was  practically  un- 
changed. 

Great  Western  Power  5  per  cents  were  par- 
ticularly active.  Large  blocks  sold  at  between 
88  and  8854.  The  common  and  preferred  stocks 
of  the  company  were  not  traded  in  the  past  week. 

Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  stocks  were  strong. 
The  common  sold  at  665^  and  the  preferred  at 
94.    The  latter  will  be  ex-dividend  this  week. 

Associated  Oil  sold  rather  freely  at  43^,  about 
the  same  as  last  week's  level.  The  rest  of  the 
market  leaders  were  unchanged. 

There  has  been  a  decline  in  German  and 
British  Government  securities.  This  is  attributed 
to  the  elaboration  of  the  policy  of  naval  expan- 
sion by  Winston  Churchill,  the  First  Lord  of  the 
Admiralty. 

Business  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  has 
been  poor,  owing  largely  to  the  fact  that  the 
summer  vacation  season  is  at  its  height.  This 
fact  has  of  course  affected  trading  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  elsewhere. 

The  Chinese  in  Los  Angeles  are  said  to  have 
raised  $35,000  in  cash  and  much  more  in  prom- 
ises as  a  starter  for  a  $300,000,000  loan  to  the 
republic  to  prevent  it  from  "falling  into  the 
clutches  of  money  mad  foreign  powers."  It  will 
take  a  long  time  to  get  the  rest  of  that  sum. 


Matron — Would  you  like  to  come  in  and  see 
our  class  cooking  in  paper  bags? 

Gay  Old  Buck — Thank  you!  But  if  it's  all  the 
same  to  you,  I'd  rather  see  them  cooking  in  pink 
tights. 


MUSINGS  OF  THE  GENTLE  CYNIC 

Virtue  is  its  own  reward,  and  many  a  man  who 
sticks  to  the  right  gets  left. 

When  a  bank  selects  a  runner  it  doesn't  always 
pick  out  a  fast  young  man. 

Sometimes  a  man  can  utilize  his  mistakes  as 
a  by-product  of  experience. 

No  man  is  a  hopeless  fool  so  long  as  he  hasn't 
been  fooled  the  same  way  twice. 

Some  of  us  are  so  unlucky  that  just  as  we  feel 
we  are  getting  to  the  top  the  bottom  drops  out 
of  things. 

It  is  the  common  lot  of  man  not  to  get  an 
uncommon  lot. 

The  man  who  always  says  just  what  he  means 
may  be  an  admirable  character,  but  he  wouldn't 
shine  in  the  diplomatic  service. 

Many  a  man's  best  friends  are  those  who  know 
him  least. 

Some  people  won't  even  lend  their  moral  sup- 
port without  charging  interest  for  it. 

Even  when  they  have  nothing  to  do  some  peo- 
ple don't  seem  able  to  do  it  satisfactorily. 

Practice  makes  perfect.  The  more  fault  a  man 
finds,  the  more  expert  he  becomes  at  it. 

There's  a  difference  between  being  useful  and 
being  used. 

The  fellow  that  shoots  off  his  mouth  doesn't 
always  hit  the  mark. 

Even  the  high  flyer  has  to  come  down  to  earth 
sooner  or  later. 

The  trouble  with  a  good  bit  of  reform  is  that 
it  is  badly  in  need  of  reforming. 

Some  people  get  so  accustomed  to  looking  on 
the  bright  side  that  they  can't  see  the  other  side 
at  all. 


The  Pugnacious  Rodent 

A  certain  roystercr  who  had  been  to  his  lodge, 
and  stayed  so  late  that  he  could  scarcely  repeat 
to  himself  the  password,  "Dinwaffel  a  Struddel," 
meaning  "Bar  the  door,  brother,"  as  he  let  him- 
self into  his  suburban  lodgings,  thoughtfully 
carried  a  bottle  up  to  bed  with  him,  lest  perad- 
venture  he  felt  drouthy  between  hades  and 
breakfast.  But  in  unsteadily  withdrawing  the 
cork,  a  great  deal  of  the  precious  liquor  escaped 
and  slopped  over  the  carpet,  whereat  the  sport, 
with  a  familiar  household  oath,  bothered  no  more 
about  it,  but  connected  with  the  feathers.  Hours 
later  he  was  awakened  by  a  slight  rumpus  in  one 
corner  of  the  room,  and,  striking  a  light,  he 
espied  a  mouse — the  small  but  ferocious  animal 
which  strews  its  path  with  fainting  women — 
standing  in  a  defiant,  even  in  an  approved  pugil- 
istic, attitude  on  unsteady  legs,  with  its  back  to 
the  wainscot.  Clearly  it  had  partaken  heavily  of 
the  lost  liquor,  and  had  gained  Dutch  courage, 
for  it  cried  as  it  let  drive  with  a  left  and  right. 

"Now  Where's  that  bully  of  a  black  cat  that's 
got  SI)  much  to  say  for  himself?  Let  him  come 
on !" 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


H  < 


Paid-Up  Capital  

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  . 

Total  Resources   

OFFICERS 
HEt^BERT  FLEISHHACKER 
SIG  GREENEBAUM  Cha 
JO.S.  FRIEDLANDER 
C.  F.  HUNT 
R.  ALTSCHUL 
C.  R.  PARKER 
WM.   H.  HIGH 
H.  CHOYNSKI 
G.   R.  BURDICK 
A.  L.  LANGERMAN 


.$  4,000,000 
.$  1,600,000 
.$40,000,000 


President 
irman  of  the  Board 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Secretary 


Mad  ame  Hermet 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

very  little  hope,  Madame,  and  George  expects 
you.' 

"Then  he  went  away. 

"Two  hours  later  when  the  lad,  who  felt  him- 
self dying,  called  for  his  mother  again,  the  priest 
returned,  went  to  her  room,  and  found  her  still 
on  her  knees,  still  crying  and  repeating  con- 
tinually: 

"I  don't  want  to — I  don't  want  to.  I  am  too 
afraid — I  will  not.' 

"He  tried  to  persuade  her,  to  console  her,  to 
induce  her  to  come.  But  all  that  he  accomplished 
was  to  cause  a  nervous  crisis,  which  lasted  very 
long  and  made  her  scream  aloud. 

"The  physician,  who  had  come  again  toward 
evening,  was  told  of  her  cowardice  and  he  de- 
clared that  he  would  certainly  bring  her  whether 
of  her  own  free  will  or  by  force.  But,  after  ex- 
hausting all  sensible  persuasion,  he  caught  hold 
of  her  by  the  waist  in  order  to  carry  her  to  her 
son,  and  she  took  hold  of  the  door  and  cramped 
her  hands  to  it  with  such  force  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  free  them.  Then  when  she  was  re- 
leased she  fell  at  his  feet,  begged  his  forgive- 
ness, and  accused  herself  of  being  infamous.  And 
she  called  out:  'Oh,  he  will  not  die — tell  me  that 
he  will  not  die.  I  beg  you,  tell  him  that  I  love 
Iiim,  that  I  adore  him.' 

"The  boy  lay  in  his  death  agony.  When  he 
realized  that  his  last  moments  had  come  he  en- 
treated that  they  would  bring  his  mother  to  him 
that  he  might  bid  her  farewell.  With  that  kind 
of  presentiment  which  the  dying  often  have  he 
had  guessed  everything,  had  comprehended  every- 
thing: 'If  she  does  not  care  to  step  in  here,  beg 
lier,  please,  at  least  to  come  onto  the  balcony  of 
my  window  so  that  I  may  see  her  and  at  least 
bid  her  farewell  with  a  look  if  I  cannot  embrace 
her.' 

"The  physician  and  the  priest  again  returned 
to  the  woman:  'You  are  running  no  risk,'  they 
assured  her,  'for  a  pane  of  glass  will  be  between 
you  and  him.' 

"She  agreed,  covered  her  head,  took  a  bottle 
of  smelling  salts,  advanced  three  steps  onto  the 
balcony  and  then,  sudenly,  she  groaned  and  hid 
her  face  in  her  hands:  'No — no — I  will  never  be 
able  to  brave  it  and  to  see  him — never — I  am  too 
much  ashamed — I  am  too  afraid — no — T  will  not.' 

"They  tried  to  drag  her  along,  but  she  held  on 
to  the  iron  railing  with  both  hands  and  uttered 
heartrending  cries,  so  that  the  passers-by  in  the 
street  raised  their  heads. 

"And  the  dying  boy  waited,  his  eyes  turned  to- 
ward tlie  window.  He  waited  to  see  for  the  last 
time  the  beautiful  countenance  of  his  mother, 
which  was  so  sacred  to  him. 

"He  waited  long.  The  night  came.  Then  he 
turned  to  the  wall  and  spoke  no  more. 

"When  day  dawned  he  was  dead.  And  the  day 
after  that  she  was  mad." 


And  see  us  about  renting  a  safe  deposit  box 
for  your  values.  It  is  the  only  place  for 
them   if  you  wish   to  insure  their  safety. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  Po*;r;'d"Nf.ri!^;"su. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manager 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


August  3,  1912 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  BERNARD  ALFRED  DOBBAS.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Administratrix 
of  the  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred  Dobbas.  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within 
four  (-4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administratrix  at  the  law  office  of  A.  COMTE,  JR., 
No.  333  Kearny  Street,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred 
Dobbas,  deceased^^^^^^  JOSEPHINE  DOBBAS, 
Administratrix  of  the  Estate  of  Bernard  Alfred  Dobbas, 
Deceased. 

Dated,  San   Francisco,   August  3rd,  A.   D.  1912. 
A.  C:OMTE.  JR.,  .Vtty.  for  .Administratrix, 

No.  333  Kearny   St..  San   Francisco,  Cal.  8-3o 

THE  FORTUNATE  ISLANDS 
By  Ernest  Dowson 

Bearded,  with  tawny  faces,  as  they  sat  on  the 
quay,  looking  listlessly  at  nothing  with  their 
traveled  eyes,  I  questioned  them: 

"We  have  adventured,"  they  said. 

"Tell  me  of  your  travels,  O  mariners,  of  that 
you  have  sought  and  found,  of  high  perils  under- 
gone and  great  salvage  and  of  those  fortunate 
islands  which  lie  in  a  quiet  sea,  azure  beyond  my 
dreaming." 

"Wc  have  found  nothing.  There  is  nothing 
saved,"  they  said. 

"But  tell  me,  O  mariners,  for  I  have  traveled 
a  little.  I  have  looked  for  the  woman  I  might 
have  loved,  and  the  friend  we  hear  of,  and  the 
country  where  1  am  not.  Tell  me  of  your  dis- 
coveries." 

One  of  them  answered: 

"We  tell  you  the  truth.  We  are  old,  withered 
mariners,  and  long  and  far  have  we  wandered  in 
the  seas  of  no  discovery.  We  have  been  to  the 
end  of  the  last  ocean,  but  there  was  nothing,  not 
even  the  things  of  which  you  speak.  We  have 
adventured,  but  we  have  not  found  anything,  and 
here  we  are  again  in  the  port  of  our  nativity,  and 
there  is  only  one  thing  we  e.xpect.  Is  it  not 
so,  comrades?" 

Each  raised  a  hand  of  asseveration;  and  they 
said:  "We  tell  you  the  truth:  there  are  no  for- 
tunate islands." 

And  they  fell  into  their  old  silence. 


DYSPEPTIC  PHILOSOPHY 

Why  should  a  dog  be  blamed  for  growling  over 
his  food?  He  may  merely  be  imitating  his 
master. 

There  are  various  grades  of  success.  Even  the 
man  with  the  wheelbarrow  may  feel  that  he  is  in 
the  push. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  everything  is  going  up, 
the  impecunious  poet  rejoices  in  the  fact  that 
pens,  ink,  and  paper  remain  stationery. 

Some  people  will  even  quarrel  over  the  ques- 
tion of  which  one  is  the  more  amiable. 

You  can  take  some  things  apart  to  see  how 
they  are  made,  but  a  fortune  isn't  one  of  them. 

Some  people  can  drop  a  quarter  in  the  collec- 
tion plate  in  such  a  way  that  it  will  make  more 
noise  than  a  five-dollar  gold  piece. 


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SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOU'  ETTA  VVILMOTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard   Wellington   Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff; also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.   I.  MLI.CREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-l() 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  LIPPMAXN  SACHS,  Deceased— No.  16,663, 
N.  S. ;  Department  No.  10. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Mary  Sachs 
and  Albert  Baruch,  Executors  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  Liijpmann  Sachs,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Executors  at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  Room 
"13  Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
select  as  their  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
the  said  estate  of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased. 

MARY  SACHS, 
ALBERT  BARL'CH, 
Executors  of  the  Last   Will   and  Testament  of  Lippmann 
Sachs,  Deceased. 
Dated:   July   13,  1912. 
HELLER,  POWERS  &  EHRMAN, 
.Attorneys  for  Executors, 

Nevada  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  7-13-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,025; 
Department  No.  10. 

LUCILE  V.  LARM,  Plaintiff,  vs.  G.  LARM,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
G.  Larm,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  Required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  Summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  Wilful  Desertion  and  Habitual  Intemperance; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  ajipear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  Com-, 
plaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San   Francisco,  this  27th  day  of  April,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MI'LCKEVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
McGOWAN  and  WESTLAKE,  Attys.  for  Plaintiff. 

Humboldt  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-1-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  WINfFRED  McGOWAN,  also  known  as 
WINNIFRED  McGOWAN,  Deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  .\dministrator 
of  the  estate  of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winni- 
fred  .Mctlowan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after 
the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  .Administrator 
at  the  office  of  Messrs.  Lent  ■!<:  Humphrey,  Room  428 
Mills  Building,  Northeast  Corner  of  Bush  anil  Montgomery 
.Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
(California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  his 
place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winnifred  McGowan, 
<leceased. 

THOMAS  J.  McGOWAN, 
.\dministrator   of   the   Estate   of   Winifred   McGowan,  also 
known   as   Winnifred   McGowan,  fleceased. 
Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3,  1912. 
LE.VT  &  Hr.MI'HREY,  .\ttys.  for  said  Administrator, 
Mills  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 


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Lowrie's  Prison  Book 

Donald  Lowrie's  book  "My  Life  in  Prison" 
makes  interesting  reading,  though  the  average 
reader  will  need  a  new  definition  of  crime  and 
criminals  before  he  can  come  into  complete 
sympathy  with  the  writer.  According  to  his  creed 
a  man  who  only  robs  or  commits  a  murder  or 
two  is  not  a  criminal,  but  an  unfortunate  who, 
wanting  the  things  another  has,  takes  "direct  ac- 
tion" to  secure  them  and  gets  caught.  It  is  not 
his  fault.  Society,  if  it  does  not  want  him  to  do 
these  things,  should  see  that  he  has  all  he  needs 
without  the  exertion.  To  put  him  in  the  pen- 
itentiary does  no  good.  It  does  no  good,  either, 
to  punish  him  for  infractions  of  prison  discipline, 
so  what's  the  use?  We  have  been  hanging  "mur- 
derers" and  imprisoning  "thieves"  almost  since 
the  world  began  and  still  we  have  them  among 
us,  so  it  is  full  time  that  we  learned  wisdom  and 
let  the  harmless  creatures  alone.  With  all  due 
deference  to  Mr.  Lowric,  tliere  is  no  great  harm 
in  reminding  him  that  it  was  not  modern  society 
that  framed  the  Decalogue.  Fire  has  burned  and 
water  drowned  and  the  law  of  gravitation  has 
brought  about  fatalities  since  the  world  began. 
It  has  not  "done  any  good,"  but  for  all  that,  the 
laws  of  nature  are  not  likely  to  be  changed,  and 
the  next  incautious  climber  is  apt  to  be  dashed 
to  death,  the  next  inexperienced  tamperer  with 
fire  burned  just  the  same  as  if  the  first  example 
had  been  efficacious.  Moreover,  when  we  stop  to 
consider  the  delays  of  the  law  and  the  multitude  of 
technicalities  and  twists  that  intervene  before  the 
modern  criminal  can  be  immured,  tlic  chances  are 
that  he  has  sinned  many  a  time  and  milder  meth- 
ods have  proved  inadequate  before  he  is  finally 
sentenced  to  imprisonment.  Hanging  murderers 
does  not  prevent  more  murders,  it  is  true,  but  it 
prevents  the  specific  murderer  from  committing 
a  second  ofifence.  Imprisoning  thieves  does  not 
put  an  end  to  robbery  but  society  knows  that 
while  any  specific  thief  is  locked  up  his  activities 
are  checked.  The  law-breaker  appears  to  be  con- 
vinced of  his  own  cleverness,  and  he  puts  his  wits 
to  work,  not  to  see  how  he  can  make  an  honest 
living  but  how  he  can  thrive  illegally  without  be- 
ing caught.  The  mistake  he  recognizes  is  not  the 
wrong  action  but  the  slip  which  led  to  his  detec- 
tion. There  is  no  doubt  that  being  penniless  and 
out  of  work  has  led  many  a  man  to  commit  theft, 
but  back  of  that  the  question  still  remains,  how 
does  it  happen  that  he  is  penniless?  Perhaps 
twenty-five  cent  cigars  is  the  answer.  In  the 
residential  sections  of  this  city  hardly  a  day 
passes  but  housekeepers  are  importuned  for  some- 
thing to  eat,  and  it  is  notable  that  if  the  ap- 
plicant be  a  middle-aged  man  or  of  foreign  birth 
he  will  ask  if  there  is  not  a  lawn  to  mow,  a  cellar 
to  clean  or  firewood  to  break  up  in  exchange  for 
food,  some  serviceable  article  of  clothing  or  a 
small  sum  in  coin.  On  the  other  hand,  a  young 
man,  muscular,  well  nourished  and  comfortably 


clad,  of  the  modern  "student  type,"  invariably 
begs  without  a  pretext.  He  wants  the  reward,  not 
the  labor,  the  salary,  not  the  job.  Much  of 
what  Mr.  Lowrie  writes  has  long  been  obvious  to 
all  but  professional  politicians.  All  our  public  in- 
stitutions save  orphan  asylums,  insane  asylums 
and  hospitals,  should  be  self-supporting,  with  as 
few  salaried  officials  as  will  suffice  to  maintain 
discipline  and  up-keep.  Inmates  should  have  at 
least  a  share  of  their  earnings  handed  to  them  at 
their  discharge,  and  a  good  supply  of  wholesome 
and  well  prepared  food  should  be  furnished. 
Comfort  and  cleanliness  should  be  first  considera- 
tions, and  mechanical  skill  encouraged,  but  cod- 
dling and  petting  and  spoiling  generally  should 
be  repressed.  There  is  no  reason  why  prison  dis- 
cipline should  be  made  more  lax  than  that  of  hon- 
orable service  in  the  army  and  navy.  All  public 
institutions  should  be  divorced  from  politics  and 
pull  and  special  favors  abolished  in  toto.  Un- 
necessary harshness  and  inhumanity  should  re- 
ceive no  countenance.  But  all  the  time  it  is  to 
be  borne  in  mind  that  the  inmates  of  penitentiar- 
ies are  not  children  to  be  coaxed  and  inveigled 
into  keeping  the  straight  path  but  full  grown  men 
with  abundance  of  experience,  having  behind  them 
all  that  school  and  church  and  home  could  do  for 
thcni.  They  have  been  put  on  honor  by  life  and 
have  proved  unworthy.  It  is  a  poor,  mean- 
spirited  spy  and  traitor  who  will  spoil  an  ex- 
convict's  chances  when  he  is  honestly  trying  to 
make  good,  but  just  the  same,  it  is  part  of  the 
punishment  of  the  transgressor  that  he  has  to 
face  just  that  probability  and  that  in  the  com- 
petition for  favors  the  man  who  has  not  fallen, 
even  though  it  is  only  because  he  has  not  been 
put  to  the  trial,  yet  has  the  advantage.  Other- 
wise, where  would  be  the  merit  in  honesty  and 
uprightness?  Mr.  Lowrie's  book  would  have 
made  a  great  sensation  but  a  short  while  ago. 
As  it  is,  we  have  been  surfeited  with  books  of  a 
similar  character,  all  bent  on  showing  up  the 
virtues  of  the  condemned  and  the  iniquities  of  the 
honest  and  law-abiding.  The  kind  of  a  prison,  or 
rather  sequestration,  which  he  recommends  would 
be  very  nice,  so  nice,  in  fact,  that  the  rest  of 
us  would  find  no  objections  to  living  in  the 
stately  seclusion,  with  board,  lodging  and  amuse- 
ments assured,  some  money  to  jingle  in  our 
pockets,  as  much  entertainment  as  was  good  for 
us  and  all  criminals  locked  out.  In  view  of  some 
recent  developments,  perhaps  the  most  interest- 
ing chapters  in  the  narrative  relate  to  the  career 
of  Sir  Harry  Westwood  Cooper  while  he  was 
at  San  Quentin,  and  he,  it  will  be  remembered, 
was  one  of  those  found  worthy  of  liberation  on 
parole.  It  may  be  a  matter  of  simple  statistics 
that  only  fifteen  per  cent  of  the  paroled  break 
their  liberty,  but  it  is  nevertheless  a  fact  that 
every  day  in  the  week  one  or  more  of  them  com- 
mits a  new  crime.  Fifteen  per  cent  sounds  like 
a  small  number  but  fifteen  per  cent  of  how  many? 
Notwithstanding  all  the  sentimentalizing  over  the 
hardships  of  prison  life,  as  long  as  the  "victims" 
arc  so  ready  to  risk  another  term,  it  will  be  hard 


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Tennessee  History 

"Notable  Men  of  Tennessee"  has  been  com- 
piled and  arranged  from  the  notes  and  writings 
left  by  Judge  Oliver  P.  Temple  of  that  State 
and  embraces  brief  biographical  histories  of  all 
the  noteworthy  statesmen  and  politicians  from 
1833  to  1875,  the  period  before,  during  and  after 
the  Civil  War.  Judge  Temple  was  born  in  1820. 
He  lived  to  be  eighty-eight  years  of  age,  and  he 
knew  personally  and  more  or  less  intimately  every 
man  of  importance  in  the  affairs  of  Tennessee 
from  his  late  boyhood  until  his  old  age,  nearly 
three  generations.  Of  more  enduring  value  than 
the  biographical  data  are  the  side  lights  cast  on 
the  history  of  a  troubled  period,  the  causes  which 
led  up  to  the  secession  of  the  State,  the  status  of 
the  large  body  of  union  men  whose  homes  were 
within  her  borders,  and  the  impassioned  oratory 
of  the  old-time  political  campaigns.  Though  an 
active  participant  in  affairs  Judge  Temple  shows 
himself  to  have  been  of  a  calm  and  judicial  tem- 
perament, not  only  willing  but  anxious  to  present 
a  fair  case  for  his  opponents.  Besides  such 
notables  as  Horace  Maynard,  Meredith  P.  Gentry, 
William  C.  Brownlow  and  Andrew  Johnson, 
citizens  of  Tennessee,  there  are  pen  pictures  of 
Andrew  Jackson,  General  Winfield  Scott,  James 
K.  Polk,  Baillie  Peyton,  Felix  Grundy,  John  J. 
Crittenden,  William  C.  Preston,  John  C.  Calhoun, 
Zacchary  Taylor,  Henry  Clay,  General  Brooks, 
Joseph  E.  Johnson,  General  Hardee,  General  Gar- 
land, Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  General  Harney  and 
General  Sam  Houston,  Daniel  Webster,  Robert 
Tooms  and  Thomas  H.  Benton.  Cosmopolitan 
Press,  New  York. 


The  Literary  Life 

Thomas  Hardy  who  is  now  well  past  his  seven- 
tieth year,  recently  received  the  gold  medal  of 
the  English  Literary  Society.  One  of  his  per- 
tinent and  practical  comments  on  awards  to  lit- 
erary people  is  that  it  is  a  pity  they  come  too 
late  in  life  to  be  of  any  use  in  stimulating  pro- 
duction. It  is  a  singular  truth  that  few,  if  any, 
of  our  really  great  authors  have  been  trained 
to  the  literary  life.  Usually  they  have  been  en- 
gaged in  some  unliterary  occupation  as  a  means 
of  livelihood  and  their  writing  has  been  the  oc- 
cupation of  hours  of  hard-earned  leisure.  The 
boys  and  girls  who  write  real  nice  compositions 
from  the  pedagogical  standpoint,  with  every 
word  correctly  spelled,  every  comma  properly 
placed  and  every  sentence  neatly  rounded  ofif 
will  easily  take  rank  in  high  schools  and  colleges. 
It  is  those  who  can  put  so  much  of  life  and  living 
into  their  work  that  we  forget  all  the  grammatical 
and  rhetorical  formulae  while  we  devour  their 
creations,  that  make  their  mark.  Thomas  Hardy 
was  an  architect,  W.  D.  Blackmore  a  horticultur- 
alist,  Eden  Phillpotts  a  government  clerk  and 
Joseph  Conrad  a  sailor.  Gilbert  Parker  has  fol- 
lowed half  a  score  of  occupations  and  it  would 
be  easier  to  say  what  Roger  P'ocock  has  not 
been  than  what  he  has.  George  Ade  is  the 
champion  corn  grower  of  his  district,  Arthur 
Train,  Robert  Grant,  Charles  Majors,  Frederick 
Stimpson  and  a  host  more  are  lawyers.  A. 
Conan  Doyle,  S.  Weir  Mitchell  and  C.  W.  Doyle 
were  all  physicians,  and  there  is  an  appreciable 
number  who,  like  our  own  Jack  London  and  John 
Masefield,  were  trampled  under  foot  and  knocked 
hither  and  yon,  beaten  on  the  forge  of  life  until 
the  metal  that  was  hidden  in  them  glowed  hot. 


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Pity  Our  Angry  Governor! 

Concerned  for  the  dignity  of  the  comnion- 
wealth,  earnestly  we  beseech  the  Call  to  let 
Governor  Johnson  alone.  Sincerely  we 
plead  in  his  behalf  as  well  as  the  State's 
that  he  be  given  time  to  assuage  himself. 
A  humiliating  spectacle  is  our  normally 
charming  Executive  when  in  a  state  of  eru]> 
•;ion.  Soused  in  choler,  his  intellectuals  on 
a  jag,  the  froth  of  rage  bubbling  at  his  lips, 
the  wdiile  he  shrieks  like  a  wild-eyed  son  of 
one  of  the  Furies,  the  Governor  excites  our 
profound  compassion.  When  a  man  gets 
that  angry  he  permits  himself  to  be  seen  as 
through  a  microscojie.  It  is  too  bad  that 
the  Governor  should  have  given  rein  to  his 
passion  and  so  perfect  an  imitation  of  the 
wild  ass  of  the  desert.  Let  us  hope  that 
when  he  conies  to  his  senses  he  will  realize 
how  important  it  is  to  beware  lest  the  fire 
kindled  for  his  enemy  consumeth  himself. 
Let  us  hope,  too  that  he  will  see  that  what 
the  Call  did  to  him  wasn't  half  so  bad  as 
what  the  Bulletin  did.  The  Call  provoked 
him,  set  the  mob  to  work  in  his  mind  to 
riot  on  his  reason,  but  the  Bulletin  exposed 
him  in  his  brutishness  to  all  the  people. 
When  the  Governor  drooled  his  weak  venom 
he  was  transported  b}^  rage,  he  was  acting 
on  impulse,  he  was  not  capable  of  reckon- 
ing the  enormity  of  the  performance.  When 
the  crazy  effusion  was  received  in  the  lUil- 
letin's  office  the  nature  of  it  was  at  once 
apprehended.  In  the  circumstances  it 
would  have  been  the  part  of  friendshi])  to 
hold  the  "copy"  and  communicate  with  the 
Governor  rather  than  permit  him  to  stag- 
ger headlong  into  print.  He  should  have 
been  advised  to  wait  for  the  return  of 
philosophic  calm,  and  to  act  u]>nn  second 
thought.  But  the  Bulletin  took  no  thought 
of  the  Governor's  interest.  Deliberately 
the  Bulletin  called  public  attention  to  the 
Governor  in  one  of  his  most  unhanny  in- 
tervals. The  Bulletin's  conduct  savors  of 
the  treachery  of  a  friend.  For  surely  no 
intelligent  person  can  read  what  the  Gov- 
ernor wrote  without  feeling  sorry  for  him. 
It  reminds  one  of  nothing  so  much  as  the 
ravings  of  John  McCullough  on  the  phon- 


San  Francisco,  August  10,  1912 


ograph.  As  one  reads  the  frenetic  iteration 
of  abusive  language,  the  vindication  of  self 
by  vulgar  imputation  against  the  other  fel- 
low, there  looms  before  the  mind's  eye  the 
figure  of  His  Excellency  in  a  state  of  col- 
lapse, his  head  rolling  from  shoulder  to 
shoulder,  his  arms  limp,  his  eyes  protruding, 
his  tongue  the  only  member  alert  and  that 
incoherently  dictating  the  haphazard  senti- 
ments of  a  soggy  spleen.  Surely  the  Bul- 
letin was  not  blind  to  the  impression  which 
the  Governor's  outburst  compels. 


The  Fatal  Defect 

We  are  reminded  by  Governor  Johnson's 
lapse  into  police  court  billingsgate  that  his- 
tory is  repeating  itself.  Frecpiently  we  are 
told  that  there  is  a  similarity  between  our 
times  and  the  period  preceding  the  l-'rench 
I^cvolution.  This  is  very  far  from  the  truth 
in  more  than  one  respect.  In  France  it  was 
a  monarchical  era  that  preceded  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  the  manners  of  the  people  were 
manners  peculiar  to  that  form  of  govern- 
ment. We  are  living  under  democratic  rule, 
and  our  manners  are  those  which  have  been 
universally  acknowledged  to  be  peculiar  to 
democracies ;  that  is  our  manners  are  some- 
what coarse.  We  are  sticklers  for  shirt- 
sleeve diplomacy ;  there  is  more  of  vulgarity 
than  of  elegance  in  our  ways ;  we  are  lack- 
ing in  urbanity,  in  all  the  qualities  indeed 
that  make  the  charm  of  the  higher  kind  of 
civilization.  These  peculiarities  have  be- 
come the  more  pronounced  of  late  because 
of  the  drift  toward  a  simpler  democracy. 
Our  public  men  finding  it  advantageous  to 
cultivate  the  favor  of  the  mob,  appeal  rather 
to  passion  than  to  reason.  Everywhere  the 
demagogue  is  aping  the  Bull  Moose,  bor- 
rowing his  vocabulary,  emulating  his  feroc- 
ity. And  so  if  we  wish  to  find  in  history 
manners  similar  to  those  of  our  own  day 
we  must  quest  them  among  the  Romans 
who  were  contemporaries  of  Cicero.  Then 
was  democracy  approaching  the  catastrophe. 
Then  did  public  men  create  monstrous 
caricatures  in  the  forum  to  attain  the  ends 
of  faction.  Charges  of  vile  practices  were 
the  staple  of  partisan  argument.  Monstrous 
debaucheries  were  the  common  reproach  on 
the  Latin  hustings.  No  man  escaped  who 
stood  in  the  way  of  another's  ambition. 
Cicero  himself,  renowned  for  his  system  of 
ethics,  tossed  about  atrocious  libels  at  ran- 
dom. Even  Caesar  was  the  victim  of  cal- 
umny. Such  were  the  manners  of  the  time 
lhat  Cicero  advised  in  his  justification  of  the 
nrtificcs  used  in  debate  the  employment  of 
all  kinds  of  misrepresentation  that  wore  a 
'I'a'-sible  air.  So  Governor  Johnson  might 
■'tc  Cicero  for  authority  in  justification  of 
h'mself  had  he  not  neglected  the  desider- 


No.  1042 


atum  of  plausibility.  Defect  of  probability, 
according  to  Cicero,  is  the  one  thing  that 
degrades  a  calumny,  and  that  is  the  fatal 
defect  in  Governor  Johnson's  imputation 
against  Phil  Francis.  In  the  Ciceronian 
philosophy  you  may  ascribe  the  foulest  lust 
and  abominable  propensities  to  any  oppon- 
ent, but  you  must  first  ask  yourself  the  ques- 
tion, Will  it  take?  Now  obviously  Gov- 
ernor Johnson  omitted  the  query,  else  he 
would  have  restrained  himself.  He  cannot 
have  been  unaware  of  the  futility  of  his 
calumny.  A  man  who  spends  his  time  in 
the  circumambience  of  a  sexless  hypocrisy, 
lulled  by  the  soprano  notes  of  the  dubious 
sycophants  who  hymn  his  praises,  must  be 
able  to  perceive  the  absurdity  of  impugning 
the  essentially  balanced  masculine  virility 
of  an  editor  with  all  his  parts  and  powers 
complete,  who  has  lived  all  liis  life  in  the 
light  of  day  beloved  and  respected  by  the 
best  citizens  of  the  many  communities  to 
which  his  nomadic  spirit  has  taken  him. 
Governor  Johnson's  malevolence  has  played 
him  a  scurvy  trick.  Intent  on  bespattering 
a  critic  with  calumny  he  has  achieved  noth- 
ing but  nastiness.  He  reminds  us  not  only 
of  Cicero  but  of  Oscar  Wilde,  for  it  turned 
out  to  be  somewhat  significant  that  in  the 
days  before  his  downfall  Oscar  strove  to 
prove  that  rollicking  Bill  Shakespeare  ad- 
(h^essed  his  passionate  sonnets  not  to  a 
woman.  It  was  a  case  of  the  habit  being 
father  to  the  thought.  But  let  us  not  be 
uncharitable.  When  we  study  history 
rightly  we  judge  men  not  by  their  conduct 
but  by  their  times ;  and  Governor  Johnson 
happens  to  be  a  public  man  at  a  time  when 
democracy  is  rampageous.  He  is  no  worse 
than  poor,  misguided  Cicero,  who  exjieri- 
enced  the  equity  of  retribution,  since  in  his 
declining  years  a  horrible  calumny  was 
\'isited  upon  himself,  one  that  wa.s  shocking 
to  his  parental  grief,  involving  as  it  did  a 
member  of  his  own  household  whose  death 
he  was  mourning.  It  is  sad  to  reflect  that 
we  are  living  in  just  such  times.  Even  in 
those  degenerate  days  judges  were  subject 
to  the  caprice  of  the  mob,  and  so  terrible 
a  machinery  of  oppression  as  the  Roman 
judicial  system  wdien  terrorized  by  dem- 
agogues has  never  been  equalled,  not  even 
in  the  dungeons  of  the  Inc|uisition. 


The  Ruef-Pardee  Controversy 

The  controversy  between  .\be  Ruef  of 
San  Ouentin  and  George  C.  Pardee  of  the 
lohnson  administration  is  of  public  interest 
because  of  the  f)fificia!  position  now  occupied 
by  the  former  Governor.  But  the  public 
may  lose  sight  of  the  important  question  in- 
\-olved.  The  important  question  is  not 
whether  Abe  Ruef  was  received  as  a  guest 


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August  10,  1912 


in  the  home  of  Pardee  when  the  latter  was 
Governor-elect  of  the  State.  Admitting  that 
Pardee  did  entertain  Ruef  at  the  family  fire- 
side on  a  Christmas  day  in  the  long  ago, 
the  incident  is  of  the  dead  past.  Repent- 
ance is  denied  to  none  of  us.  In  the  bad 
days  agone  Pardee  was  a  practical  politician. 
He  practiced  politics  according  to  the  cus- 
tom of  the  times.  Since  then  it  has  been 
vouchsafed  to  him  to  see  the  light.  Like 
many  a  practical  politician  turned  out  of 
office  by  a  heartless  machine  he  realized 
that  thenceforward  his  activities  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  greater  good  should  be 
conducted  in  the  guise  of  a  reformer.  Since 
then  his  motto  has  been  "When  sinners  en- 
tice thee,  consent  thou  not."  And  with  his 
great  heart  of  fire  burning  with  zeal  for 
good  government  he  has  been  leading  the 
glad  hope  of  righteousness  into  the  breaches 
of  corruption,  his  paramount  purpose  being 
to  restore  politicial  control  to  the  people. 
Of  late  reform  and  Pardee  have  been 
synonymous  terms.  So  the  question  at  is- 
sue between  Pardee  and  Ruef  has  nothing 
to  do  with  the  past.  The  question  at  issue 
is  one  of  veracity.  The  public  have  the 
right  to  know  whether  their  servant,  the 
reformed  practical  politician,  is  still  ad- 
dicted to  one  of  the  salient  vices  of  his  early 
career.  Technically  speaking  it  is  a  case 
of  the  word  of  a  convict  against  that  of  a 
man  who  has  never  been  convicted  of  a 
felony.  Technically  the  advantage  is  on  the 
side  of  the  former  Governor.  But  Ruef  has 
corroboration  after  a  fashion.  This  we 
learn  on  the  authority  of  the  Bulletin,  an 
organ  of  the  Johnson  administration,  which 
for  more  than  one  reason  should  be  disposed 
to  shield  the  administration  against  scandal. 
Then  also  there  is  the  circumstance  of  lack 
of  motive.  Why  should  Ruef  go  to  the 
trouble  of  lying  about  Pardee?  There  are 
others  he  might  be  inclined  to  embarrass 
whom  he  has  treated  with  apparent  fairness. 
Pardee  being  identified  with  the  administra- 
tion to  which  Ruef  looks  for  favor,  discretion 
if  nothing  else  should  have  restrained  him 
from  telling  the  story  of  his  Chri.stmas  visit. 
The  only  hypothesis  on  which  we  can  ac- 
count for  falsehood  on  Ruef's  part  in  this 
particular  matter  is  that  an  intrigue  exists 
in  administration  circles  against  the  former 
Governor.  And  these  are  times  in  which 
you  never  can  tell. 


The  Great  War  Scare 

Notwithstanding  the  sweet  and  gentle  in- 
fluence of  our  peace  propagandists  Germany 
and  England  appear  to  be  getting  closer  to 
a  bloody  mix-up  every  day.  It  is  no  or- 
dinary war  scare  that  agitates  the  peoples 
of  those  countries.  There  is  nothing  in  the 
nature  of  a  vital  dispute  between  them. 
There  is  simply  a  drift  toward  a  crisis. 
Both  in  Germany  and  England  the  masses 
and  the  classes  "feel  it  in  their  blood,"  as 
the  saying  is,  that  they  must  have  war. 
There  is  more  of  portent  in  this  state  of 
afifairs  than  there  would  be  in  a  dispute  over 
territory  or  even  in  a  controversy  involving 
a  question  of  honor.  In  Europe  there  have 
arisen  conditions  similar  to  those  that  ex- 


isted in  the  ancient  world  when  Carthage 
and  Rome  struggled  for  supremacy.  Be- 
tween Germany  and  England  is  the  ques- 
tion, which  shall  be  permitted  to  obtain  the 
upper  hand.  Each  is  fearful  of  the  growing 
power  of  the  other,  and  neither  can  afford 
to  keep  on  anticipating  the  other's  accumula- 
tion of  strength.  The  problem  between 
them  is  to  be  solved  only  by  disarmament 
or  war,  and  there  is  no  talk  of  disarmament 
except  by  the  peace  propagandists  who  are 
hardly  more  influential  than  they  were  in 
the  days  just  before  the  rise  of  Napoleon. 
It  is  this  European  war  scare,  by  the  way, 
that  is  depreciating  the  securities  of  both 
England  and  Germany.  British  Consols 
are  lower  than  they  have  been  for  eighty 
years.  The  main  cause  of  the  depreciation, 
says  the  London  Statist,  which  is  always  a 
sober  paper,  "is  the  universal  belief  at  home 
and  abroad  that  war  is  inevitable."  The 
Statist  hopes  that  so  dire  a  calamity  may  be 
averted,  but  affirms :  "It  would  be  mere 
hypocrisy  to  pretend  that  the  opinion  is  not 
strongly  felt  all  over  the  world  that  war 
between  the  two  countries  may  be  post- 
poned, but  sooner  or  later  is  sure  to  come." 
It  would  certainly  be  a  ruinously  costly  war 
not  only  to  England  but  to  the  world. 

The  Brieux  Plays 

Our  attention  has  been  directed  to  "Three 
Plays  by  Brieux"  with  a  preface  by  George 
Bernard  Shaw  in  the  hope  of  convincing  us 
of  the  error  of  our  judgment  with  regard 
to  fiction  with  a  purpose.  Singular  as  it 
may  appear  Brieux's  plays  we  regard  as  in 
a  measure  confirmatory  of  our  views.  For 
Brieux  writes  plays  with  a  purpose,  and 
they  are  not  good  plays.  George  Bernard 
Shaw  pronounces  Brieux  the  greatest  dram- 
atist France  has  produced  since  Moliere,  but 
Shaw  is  not  papal  authority  on  the  subject 
of  the  drama.  Shaw  recognizes  but  one 
school  of  drama — the  Ibsen  school.  Shaw 
and  Brieux  are  not  only  of  the  same  school, 
they  are  of  the  same  temperament,  of  the 
same  intellectual  bent.  They  write  plays 
of  much  the  same  kind,  which,  if  judged  by 
the  accepted  standards  of  criticism  must  be 
found  to  have  defects  in  common  of  the  same 
general  character.  The  criticism  to  be  made 
of  these  plays  is  that  they  do  not  precisely 
answer  the  purpose  for  which  plays  are 
primarily  written.  A  play  ought  to  express 
certain  ideas  through  a  successful  use  of  the 
conditions  of  the  stage.  It  ought  to  rep- 
resent life  through  the  medium  chosen  for 
expression.  It  ought  to  hold  our  interest  as 
a  drama  not  as  a  treatise.  Now  the  critic- 
ism to  be  made  of  the  Brieux  plays  is  that 
they  are  essentially  argument  in  the  form 
of  dialogue  and  nothing  more.  This  is 
especially  true  of  "Damaged  Goods."  a  play 
that  has  occasioned  a  great  deal  of  discus- 
sion. This  is  a  three  act  play,  the  first  act 
of  which  introduces  only  two  persons,  a 
doctor  and  the  man  diseased  who  produces 
all  the  complications  that  make  the  story. 
The  conversation  between  these  two  men  is 
all  there  is  to  the  first  act.  This  may  not  be 
bad  art,  but  at  least  it  indicates  an  exiguity 
of  ideas.    The  fact  is  the  play  has  but  one 


element  which  is  entirely  pathological.  But 
the  theme  is  not  so  bad  as  the  method,  which 
makes  for  paucity  of  interest,  and  evolves 
characters  that  are  not  human  beings,  that 
are  nothing  more  than  the  propositions  of 
the  playwright's  syllogism.  And  this  is 
what  is  called  intellectual  drama!  We  do 
not  quarrel  with  a  drama  because  it  is  of 
the  intellectual  variety  or  because  it  has  a 
thrill  only  for  persons  of  scientific  tempera- 
ment. Ibsen,  Sudermann  and  llauptmann 
have  written  "intellectual  dramas"  that  are 
worth  while,  but  theirs  are  dramas  that  ap- 
peal to  the  emotions  as  well  as  to  the  in- 
tellect, and  these  playwrights  have  exhibited, 
something  of  cunning  and  subtlety  in  the 
touches  by  which  they  arouse  human  in- 
terest. In  Brieux  the  instinct  of  the  dram- 
aturge has  not  been  fully  developed.  He 
is  chiefly  a  pamphleteer  with  a  consuming 
desire  to  arouse  the  general  conscience  to  a 
sense  of  terrible  truth.  Unfortunately  he 
is  not  successful  in  the  drama,  lacking  as  he 
does  the  knack  of  sending  his  lessons  home 
to  the  bosoms  of  men.  He  would  have  us 
pause  in  the  merriment  of  e.xistence  to  listen 
to  stories  of  ugly,  horrifying  phases  of  life, 
but  we  don't  pause.  We  don't  give  Mr. 
Brieux  a  hearing.  Is  it  because  of  his 
theme?  Not  at  all;  it  is  because  of  his 
method.  The  most  repugnant  of  all  the 
themes  handled  by  Brieux  was  hantUed  by 
Ibsen,  and  Ibsen  has  been  heard  and  will 
continue  to  be  heard.  But  after  all,  what's 
the  use?  Reformers  may  rail  and  reformers 
may  write,  but  there  will  continue  to  be  a 
mixture  of  good  and  bad  in  human  affairs, 
and  in  the  long  run  it  will  be  found  that 
the  idealists  who  seek  to  beautify  life  are 
nearer  than  the  realists  to  the  truth.  But  as 
Dumas  pere  observed  Heaven  produced  one 
great  drama,  the  drama  of  the  world,  and 
mankind  has  been  hissing  it  for  thousands 
of  years.  Perhai)s  the  hissing  is  part  of  the 
scheme  of  things. 

His  Grouch 

The  reporters  say  the  Colonel  had  a 
grouch  in  Chicago.  \\'hen  the  Colonel  finds 
himself  surrounded  by  such  intellectual 
lightweights  as  Ben  Lindsey,  the  E.  P.  E. 
Troy  of  Denver,  Gifford  Pinchot,  Medill 
McCormick,  Chester  Rowell  and  sweet- 
scented  Jimmy  Garfield,  and  thinks  of  yes- 
teryear when  Elihu  Root.  Cabot  Lodge  and 
William  Howard  Taft  were  his  chief  coun- 
selors there  must  come  over  his  mind  like  a 
picture  flashed  in  the  darkness  a  swift  but 
merciless  review  of  the  things  that  might 
best  have  been  left  undone.  That  grouch 
must  be  chronic. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


August  10.  1912  TOWNTALK  5 

Varied  Types 

LXXXVI— MAJOR  A.  S.  ROWAN  •  ' 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


"In  all  this  Cuban  business  there  is  one  man 
stands  out  on  the  Iiorizon  of  my  memory  like 

Mars  at  perihelion  Some  one  said  to 

the  President,  'There  is  a  fellow  by  the  name  of 
Rowan  will  find  Garcia  for  you,  if  anybody  can.' 

.  By  the  Eternal!  there  is  a  man  whose 
form  should  be  cast  in  deathless  bronze  and  the 
statue  placed  in  every  college  of  the  land." 

Omnivorous  yet  gentle  reader,  do  you  remem- 
ber the  words?  Have  they  lodging  in  some 
chamber  of  your  brain?  They  have  not?  'Tis 
not  surprising.  Even  literature  runs  through  the 
mind  nowadays  like  water  under  a  bridge,  and 
these  lines  are  mere  printed  stufif,  not  literature. 
Besides,  they  were  written  thirteen  years  ago — 
and  by  Elbert  Hubbard.  Yes,  dear  reader,  your 
forgetfulness  is  easily  excusable. 

Nevertheless,  the  lines  have  had  some  vogue. 
Their  modest  author,  that  shrinking  violet  Fra 
Elbertus  aforesaid,  will  tell  you  that  they  have 
been  published  some  millions  of  times.  Pressed 
a  bit,  he  will  even  admit  with  a  blush  of  native 
pudency  that  they  have  been  translated  into 
many  foreign  languages. 

Perhaps  you  begin  to  remember  something 
about  "A  Message  to  Garcia?"  How  it  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Philistine  in  March,  1899?  And  how 
George  W.  Daniels,  the  general  passenger  agent 
for  the  New  York  Central  Railway,  read  it? 
And  how  its  platitudes  appealed  to  him  as  just 
the  right  sort  of  advice  to  give  his  many  em- 
ployes? And  how  he  ordered  umpty-ump  thous- 
ands from  Elbert  Hubbard  and  had  them  dis- 
tributed? You  don't  remember  all  this?  Well, 
never  mind.  "A  Message  to  Garcia"  is  not  as 
important  as  the  First  Folio  of  Shakespeare,  and 
one  may  lay  claim  to  some  literary  knowledge 
without  having  its  history  at  one's  ungual 
phalanges. 

Much  more  important  than  the  Elbert  Hubbard 
screed  is  the  man  who  inspired  it  by  carrying  the 
message  to  Garcia.  The  "fellow  by  the  name  ot 
Rowan"  is  living  in  San  Francisco.  He  is  Major 
Andrew  S.  Rowan,  U.  S.  A.,  retired.  Without 
him  there  would  be  no  "Message  to  Garcia."  And 
without  "A  Message  to  Garcia"  and  the  circula- 
tion which  Daniels  obtained  for  it,  there  might 
be,  horrible  thought!  no  Elbert  Hubbard. 

I  visited  Major  Rowan  for  the  purpose  of  talk- 
ing to  him  about  the  memorable  trip  which  made 
him  famous  and  put  Elbert  Hubbard  on  the  map 
as  a  writing  man.  T  found  him  in  the  den  of  his 
beautiful  home  on  the  western  slope  of  Russian 
Hill.  His  window  commands  an  entrancing  view 
of  the  Bay  and  of  the  Ocean.  But  Major  Rowan 
was  not  entranced  by  the  play  of  light  on  the 
white  buildings  that  crown  Alcatraz.  He  was 
bending  over  a  map  which  he  is  drawing  for  his 
history  of  Mexico.  The  man  who  carried  the 
message  to  Garcia  was  carrying  a  mountain  con- 
tour through  a  bit  of  country  that  presented  as 
many  difficulties  as  the  jungles  of  Cuba. 

"You  are  the  man  who  carried  the  message 
to  Garcia,"  I  said  almost  accusingly. 

Major  Rowan  threw  down  his  pen,  pushed  aside 
his  compasses  and  threw  up  his  arms.  The  frown 
of  the  cartographer  melted  into  a  smile  of  resig- 
nation. 

"Like  the  lady  when  proposed  to,"  he  answered, 
"I  don't  deny  the  soft  impeachment." 
"Tell  me  about  it."  I  entreated. 
"It  =  1  long  time  ago.'  he  parried,  "and  I've 


been  very  busy  since  then." 

"Nevertheless,"  I  insisted,  "you  must  submit  to 
the  penalty  of  your  greatness." 

"Well,  if  that's  the  case,"  returned  the  Major 
with  mock-solemnity,  "I  suppose  there's  nothing 
to  do  but  comply. 

"In  April,  '97,  I  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  War 
Office  at  Washington.  The  War  Department 
wanted  to  send  an  agent  to  General  Calixto  Gar- 
cia to  find  out  what  co-operation  the  United  States 
forces  might  expect  from  the  Cuban  insurrectos. 
Someone  suggested  my  name  to  President  Mc- 
Kinley.  I'm  not  sure  who  it  was,  but  it  may 
have  been  Senator  Proctor  of  Maine.  He  had 
been  Secretary  of  War,  and  he  knew  me  in  the 
War  Office.  So  1  was  chosen  to  carry  the  mes- 
sage. 


MAJOR  ANDREW  S.  ROWAN 


"I  knew  General  Garcia  was  .somewhere  in  the 
interior  of  Cuba  waging  guerilla  warfare  on  the 
Spaniards,  but  as  to  the  exact  location  of  his 
camp  I  had  no  information.  There  was  nobody 
to  tell  me  anything  about  it.  I  took  the  mes- 
sage, received  my  instructions,  which  were  to 
find  out  all  I  could  about  the  military  possibilities 
of  Eastern  Cuba,  and  went  from  Washington  to 
Jamaica. 

"In  company  with  Gervacio  Sabio,  a  command- 
ante  of  the  Cuban  navy,  and  a  few  men,  I  sailed 
for  Cuba  from  a  bay  at  the  northern  end  of 
Jamaica  on  April  23.  We  had  a  small  fishing 
smack  and  it  was  a  voyage  of  one  hundred  miles. 
We  were  on  the  open  sea  for  twenty-two  hours, 
and  although  I  had  to  lie  on  the  ballast  bowlders 
1  managed  to  sleep  well.  Our  chief  fear  was  tiiat 
we  might  be  overhauled  by  one  of  the  Spanish 
patrol  boats  along  the  Cuban  coast.  Our  plan 
was,  if  we  were  hailed,  to  hoist  the  French  flag. 
If,  in  spite  of  that,  the  coast  guard  insisted  c)n 
boarding  us  we  were  to  give  them  a  volley  willi 
our  rifles  and  revolvers  and  trust  to  fortune  for 
the  rest.  You  see,  my  companions  were  filibusters, 
and  I  was  a  spy. 

"Fortunately  we  eluded  the  patrol  boats  and 


landed  in  a  reef-locked  inlet  in  the  district  of 
Portillo.  It  took  us  five  days  to  reach  General 
Garcia's  camp.  In  that  time  we  traveled  two 
hundred  miles  across  the  broadest  and  wildest 
part  of  Cuba.  I've  never  seen  worse  country 
tlian  that.  Mountain  and  jungle,  cactus  thicket 
and  river.  We  were  in  the  saddle  all  day  and  all 
night,  except  when  eating  or  sleeping,  and  we 
slept  in  hammocks. 

"Finally  I  found  Garcia  in  camp  at  Bayamo. 
I  gave  him  my  message,  made  a  short  statement 
of  my  business,  and  was  given  a  glass  of  rum 
and  invited  to  breakfast.  By  nightfall  the  return 
despatches  were  ready.  General  Garcia  asked  me 
if  I  could  return  that  night.    I  said  I  could. 

"On  my  return  I  was  accompanied  by  two  of- 
ficers and  three  sailors.  After  four  days  of  hard 
travel  we  reached  the  north  coast  at  Manati. 
There  we  took  an  open  boat  again.  We  were  five 
days  on  the  sea,  and  had  the  melancholy  pleasure 
of  watching  Admiral  Sampson's  fleet  bound  for 
the  bombardment  of  San  Juan,  Porto  Rico.  But 
unfortunately  the  fleet  didn't  see  us.  We  lived  on 
baked  sweet  potatoes  and  water.  How  long  we 
might  have  remained  on  the  sea  traversing  what 
is  called  'the  tongue  of  tlie  ocean'  is  problemati- 
cal, but  finally  some  niggers  in  a  sponging  boat 
took  us  aboard  and  we  landed  at  Nassau  in  the 
Bahamas.    On  May  11  I  reached  Key  West. 

"The  first  thing  I  received  there  was  a  letter 
from  my  little  seven-year-old  girl." 

Here  is  the  letter  which  greeted  Rowan:  Dear 
Papa — I  am  wearing  my  hair  braided.  Look  out 
that  the  Spaniards  don't  catch  you.  Hurry  and 
come  home.  The  cherries  will  be  ripe  by  the 
time  you  get  here.  With  love  and  kisses.  Elizabeth 
Ri  iwan. 

When  Major  Rowan  returned  to  Washington 
General  Miles  recommended  that  he  be  made 
a  lieutenant-colonel,  saying  that  he  had  "brought 
most  important  and  valuable  information  to  the 
Government."  Miles  added:  "This  was  a  most 
perilous  undertaking,  and  in  my  judgment  Lieu- 
tenant Rowan  performed  an  act  of  heroism  and 
co(  1  daring  that  has  rarely  been  excelled  in  the 
annals  of  warfare." 

I  asked  Major  Rowan  about  the  information  he 
gathered  on  the  trip. 

The  whole  campaign  in  Cuba  was  based  on  the 
information  I  brought  back,"  he  said.  "As  a 
result  of  it  General  Shafter'  and  his  command 
met  General  Garcia  west  of  Santiago.  The  whole 
campaign  against  Santiago  de  Cuba  was  based  on 
niy  observations.  This  fact  is  not  generally 
known.  I  was  talking  to  General  McClernand 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient  ? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Lndies? 

To  Sonth  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zepplin  .Mrship? 

(let  program  of  our  i'";im()iis  I^lcasure  Cruises 
llarulsoniely   illustralcd    painplilets  gratits 

HAMBURG-AMERICAN  LINE 

160  POWELL  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


6 


TOWN  TALK 

Perspective  Impressions 


August  10,  1912 


William  Randolph  Hearst  has  not  bolted  the 
Democratic  party.    He's  scuttling  it. 

Dr.  Jordan  hasn't  opened  his  mouth  for  a  month. 
Must  have  lockjaw. 

Death  took  his  Sabbath  toll  of  joyriders  as 
usual  last  Sunday. 

A  Sacramento  minister  attacks  women  for 
wearing  "tight-fitting,  loose-fitting  and  no-fitting 
garments."  In  the  name  of  our  common  mother 
Eve,  does  he  want  them  to  dissemble  their  charms 
in  fig  leaves? 

Now  that  Mr.  Hearst  is  urging  Dr.  Wilson  to 
shoot  the  Democratic  platform  full  of  holes  we 
know  that  the  great  editor  has  the  doctor's  in- 
terests at  heart. 


Supervisor  Koshland  says  someliody  is  graft- 
ing in  the  Public  Works  department.  Tut!  Tut! 
Koshie,  old  boy,  no  scandal  please.  Graft,  with 
"Mission  Jim"  on  the  job?    Behave  yourself. 


From  the  figures  .supplied  by  Phil  Francis  we 
infer  that  the  barometer  of  State  expense  rises  in 
equal  pace  with  the  improvement  of  the  moral 
atmosphere  at  Sacramento.  Governor  Johnson 
is  a  reformer  who  boosts  the  budget. 


A  man  in  Washington  who  has  been  holding 
a  communication  with  a  friend  in  hell,  says  that 
Satan  looks  like  Napoleon.  Perhaps  the  Corsican 
has  "come  back"  and  conquested  another  throne. 


Woodrow  Wilson  dismisses  Prohibition  with 
the  dictum  that  it  is  a  moral,  not  a  political 
question.  This  is  a  new  kind  of  sidestep.  The 
chief  aim  of  government  is  a  moral  one,  and  every 
scheme  for  the  improvement  of  the  people  of  a 
nation  is  political  as  well  as  moral.  It's  immoral 
f<jr  a  statesman  to  dodge  questions  that  are 
loaded. 


The  Call  tells  us  of  a  man  in  Palo  Alto  who 
has  a  rooster  that  crows  the  Star  Spanged  Ban- 
ner.   Before  or  after? 


One  objection  to  the  recall  is  that  there  are  so 
many  damphools  and  I.  W.  W.'s  in  the  world. 


Another  case  of  "direct  action"  in  Los  Angeles: 
Jewelry  lifted  by  a  thief  in  the  home  of  Rcbater 
Karl.  Perhaps  that  thief  is  the  collector  of  a 
conscience  fund.  At  any  rate  he  ought  to  have 
a  fellow  feeling  for  the  man  who  hopes  to  steal 
the  Taft  electors. 


The  Colonel  is  in  favor  of  government  regula- 
tion of  everything  but  the  sidereal  system. 

When  the  Bull  Moose  finished  spieling  his 
Confession  of  Faith  it  was  in  order  for  some- 
body to  ejaculate  "Shovel!" 


The  resolution  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
to  take  the  water  front  out  of  State  politics  is 
an  insult  to  Governor  Johnson  which  must  not 
be  permitted  to  go  unrebuked  in  Johnsonian 
terms. 


Villa  Florida 


He  who  had  been  an  emperor,  and  was  the 
lineal  descendant  of  the  last  prophet  that  the 
world  has  known,  had  been  deserted  and  de- 
throned, and  lived  with  the  remainder  of  his 
household  in  three  small  villas  on  the  hill  be- 
yond Tangier.  In  the  same  way  that  the  whole 
world  goes  out  to  greet  the  conqueror — that  is 
when  he  has  conquered — so  does  it  shrink  from 
vanquished  men  as  deer  shrink  from  a  wounded 
stag.  "From  the  fallen  tree  all  men  cut  fire- 
wood," as  the  proverb  says;  but  when  the  wood  is 
cut  they  leave  the  trunk  to  moss  and  rot,  de- 
serted in  the  woods.  As  fear  guards  vineyards 
more  than  do  the  walls,  so  sympathy  really  an- 
oints a  king  more  than  the  chrism  oil,  and  usually 
it  is  more  readily  bestowed  on  kings  in  exile,  de- 
throned, supplanted,  or  in  some  way  or  other 
fallen  from  their  high  estate,  rather  than  on  those 
monarchs  who  in  their  cotton-velvet  robes  and 
tinsel  crowns  sit  in  the  full  glare  of  the  footlights 
on  the  stage. 

So  having  known  him  in  the  heyday  of  pros- 
perity in  Fez,  the  Commander  of  the  Faithful,  a 
man  so  holy  that  the  mere  virtue  of  his  presence 
brought  a  blessing,  and  when  his  will  was  law  to 
millions,  I  took  my  horse  to  ride  and  visit  him 
in  the  days  when  the  silver  cord  of  majesty 
was  loosened,  and  when  the  golden  bowl  of  pop- 
ularity lay  shattered  by  the  puddle,  and  men  shot 
out  their  lips. 

The  steep,  paved  road  led  upwards  between 
gardens  hedged  round  with  cypresses.  On  every 
side  houses  of  Europeans  had  crowded  out  the 
low  thatched  huts  and  the  white  cubes  of  masonry 
which  a  few  years  ago  had  been  one  of  the  chief- 
est  features  of  the  place.  Jews  perched  on  mon- 
strous pack-saddles  housed  in  red  flannel,  clat- 
tered and  chattered  on  the  path,  followed  by 
brawny  Moors  who  trotted  patiently  behind, 
cursing  them  underneath  their  breath.  Parties  of 
tourists,  seated  on  donkeys,  their  faces  dyed  bright 
scarlet  with  the  sun,  rode  past,  casting  their 
patronizing  glances  on  the  "pooah  Moors"  and 
yearning  in  their  hearts  to  turn  them  into  com- 


By  R.  B.  Cunninghame  Graham 

ponent  parts  of  the  great  scheme  of  life  that 
makes  us  all  adorers  of  accomplished  facts,  leav- 
ing us  stripped  and  bare  of  all  revolt  against  the 
meanness  of  our  lives. 

The  cypresses  beside  the  path  gave  out  their 
spicy  scent  and  shed  their  dry  and  withered  cones 
upon  the  ground.  The  eucalyptus,  with  its  balls 
of  blossom,  looking  like  clots  of  foam  against  the 
dark  metallic  leaves,  stirred  in  the  light  west 
wind,  making  the  strips  of  hanging  bark  rattle 
against  their  trunks.  White  poplars,  just  burst- 
ing into  leaf,  a  maze  of  mystic  white,  so  light 
and  feathery  that  they  appeared  as  if  they  must 
have  been  transferred  straight  from  a  screen  made 
in  Japan,  replanted,  and  then  by  some  botanic 
miracle  endued  with  life,  to  bring  the  illusion  of 
the  North  into  the  southern  air  in  which  they 
seemed  to  float,  stood  here  and  there  in  clumps. 
I  passed  the  little  saint  house,  which  with  its 
fluttering  white  flag  and  gnarled  old  olive  trees 
stands  at  the  roadside,  and  branching  oflF  into  a 
muddy  lane,  whose  mouth  was  guarded  by  a 
small  thatched  hut  in  which  sat  several  dilap- 
idated Moors  in  dingy  rags,  began  to  splash 
through  pools  of  water  and  through  mire  so 
sticky  that  at  each  step  my  horse's  feet  sounded 
as  if  gigantic  corks  were  being  drawn  from  bot- 
tles, as  he  struggled  through  the  mud.  The  track 
led  up  between  high  fences  made  of  canes,  with 
boughs  of  kermes-oak  and  of  lentiscus  thrust 
through  the  spaces  where  the  canes  were  tied, 
forming  an  impenetrable  screen  and  shutting  off 
the  household  of  the  dethroned  sultan  from  the 
gaze  of  infidel  and  faithful  alike,  as  effectually  as 
did  the  palace  walls  in  Fez.  As  it  ascended,  the 
path  grew  narrower,  and  by  its  side,  squatted  on 
stones,  sat  groups  of  Moors,  with  their  long  white 
selhams  all  daubed  with  mud,  waiting  about  upon 
the  chance  of  being  wanted  to  do  something,  just 
as  they  waited  outside  the  palace  doors  in  Fez 
or  at  Marakesh  when  their  lord  was  king,  and 
all  apparently  as  insolent  and  as  contented  with 
themselves  as  when  his  word  was  law. 

The  stuccoed  gateway  of  the  ill-built  modern 


house  bore  the  legend  "Villa  Florida"  on  a  slab 
of  marble,  which  was  stuck  crooked  on  the  pillar 
of  the  gate,  and  showed  the  same  words  painted 
underneath,  in  letters  rather  larger  than  the  slab, 
in  the  same  way  as  in  certain  pictures  of  Velaz- 
quez you  see  the  drawing  of  a  previous  pair  of 
horse's  legs  looming  up  through  the  paint,  as  if 
to  show  the  painter  of  the  horse  was  mortal  after 
all.  On  each  side  of  the  gateway  high  tufts  of 
canes  waved  in  the  wind,  and  a  great  clump  of 
aloes  stopped  a  hole  where  the  fence  ended  and 
the  masonry  began.  The  mud,  the  wind,  the 
scorching  winter  sun,  the  look  as  of  a  house  in 
Arizona  or  in  Western  Texas,  built  by  the  Mex- 
icans and  left  to  be  the  incongruous  dwelling  of 
some  incoming  family  from  the  north,  produced 
an  air  of  desolation,  compared  with  which  an 
.•\rab  tent  of  camel's  hair  stuck  down  upon  the 
sand,  might  have  looked  homelike  and  an  abode 
to  which  a  man  could  have  become  attached. 

The  ill-fitting  door,  to  which  a  Spanish  knocker, 
formed  like  a  hand  in  brass,  was  roughly  nailed, 
though  firmly  locked,  yet  gave  a  vista  through 
its  cracks  of  a  deserted  garden,  in  which  ger- 
aniums run  to  wood  straggled  about  in  beds  of 
rosemary,  and  orange  trees  which  never  had  been 
pruned,  sprang  from  great  masses  of  white  broom. 


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TOWN  TALK 


7 


Correspondence 


The  Culture  of  Berkeley 

Editor  Town  Talk,  My  Dear  Sir;  We  hear  a 
great  deal  about  the  culture  of  the  Berkeley  peo- 
ple. Since  I  came  to  live  near  the  University  of 
California  I've  been  regaled  with  many  tributes 
to  the  esthetic  nature  of  the  townsmen  and 
gownsmen.  I  don't  mingle  in  Berkeley  society, 
so  my  opportunities  of  observation  are  circum- 
scribed. Practically  the  only  chance  I  have  to 
observe  my  fellow-Berkeleyites  is  during  the  half- 
hour  of  music  on  Sunday  afternoons  at  the  Greek 
Theatre.  I  am  sorry  to  say  that,  taking  them  in 
the  mass,  Berkeley  people  have  not  a  highly  cul- 
tivated musical  taste.  I  base  this  statement  on 
observations  made  during  the  half-hour  of  music. 
That  half-hour  of  music  is  to  me  the  greatest 
of  Berkeley  institutions.  I  never  miss  it.  But 
unlike  a  great  many  other  Berkeleyites  I  go  to 
enjoy  the  splendid  music.  They  seem  to  go  to 
chatter,  to  flirt,  to  crochet  and  to  give  the  babies 
an  airing.  Badly  brought-up  youngsters  run 
around  the  Greek  Theatre  amusing  themselves 
and  irritating  the  small  minority  of  genuine 
music-lovers.  And  the  chatter  is  maddening. 
Let  me  cite  a  typical  instance,  one  of  many. 
One  Sunday  I  sought  a  seat  high  up  in  the 
Theatre  where  I  fondly  imagined  I  would  he 
alone,  for  the  late-comers  usually  sit  chisc  to 
the  stage.  I  was  listening  to  a  wonderfully 
rendered  Movement  by  Tschaikowsky  when  three 
fat  women  entered  noisily  and  sat  right  behind 
me.  They  were  oppressed  by  the  heat  and  told 
one  another  so,  giving  details  of  their  discomfort 
which  might  have  pleased  Zola  but  which  dis- 
gusted me.  Then  one  of  them  turned  her  atten- 
tion to  the  very  capable  young  woman  who  was 
at  the  piano  and  remarked:  "Gee,  I'll  bet  she  can 
play  ragtime  fine!"  Then  this  fat  Berkeley 
esthete  glanced  at  the  program  and  said:  "Oh, 
she's  going  to  play  'Old  Lavender.'  That's  a  rag. 
Gee,  I'll  bet  it  will  be  fine!"    I  could  stand  it 


no  longer.  I  rushed  from  the  Greek  Theatre, 
went  home,  took  down  my  portfolio  of  Hogarth 
and  enjoyed  the  engraving  of  'The  Enraged 
Musician'  as  I  had  never  enjoyed  it  before.  Mr. 
Editor,  in  many  libraries  both  here  and  abroad 
they  display  large  signs  with  the  warning  word 
"Silence."  Why  not  hang  some  of  these  signs 
in  the  Greek  Theatre  until  the  manners  and  the 
taste  of  Berkeley  people  improve? 

Sincerely  j'ours, 

■ — J.  W.  von  Goetlie  Schmidt. 


A  Point  That  Is  Pointless 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Your  correspondent 
"Amicus  Curiae"  makes  the  point  that  your  cor- 
respondent who  signs  himself  "A  Lawyer"  erred 
in  saying  that  Judge  Lawlor  instructed  the  jury 
in  the  Ruef  case  that  Gallagher  was  not  an  ac- 
complice of  Ruef.  Judge  Lawlor,  in  my  opinion, 
should  repudiate  the  friendship  that  inspired  the 
letter  of  last  week,  for  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
purpose  of  that  letter  is  to  mislead,  to  make  it 
appear  that  the  Ruef  case  and  the  Coffey  case 
are  manifestly  not  on  all  fours,  wlien  as  a  mat- 
ter of  fact  they  certainly  seem  to  be.  "Amicus 
Curiae"  deftly  took  advantage  of  what  was  prob- 
ably a  slip  of  the  pen.  It  is  true  that  Judge  Law- 
lor did  not  instruct  the  jury  that  Gallagher 
was  not  an  accomplice  of  Ruef.  It  is 
true  that  he  instructed  the  jury  that  Gal- 
lagher was  an  accomplice  of  Ruef.  But  the  ques- 
tion in  the  Ruef  case  was  not  whether  Gallagher 
was  the  accomplice  of  Ruef.  The  question  was 
whether  Furey  was  an  accomplice  of  Ruef,  and 
Judge  Lawlor  instructed  the  jury  that  they  were 
not  accomplices.  In  the  Coffey  case  the  situa- 
tion was  somewhat  different  because  Gallagher 
did  not  stand  in  the  same  relation  to  the 
defendant  as  he  did  in  the  Ruef  case.  Gallagher 
was  the  chief  witness  in  the  Coffey  case.  He 
testified    tliat    he    offered    Coffey    a    bribe  and 


that  Coflfey  agreed  to  accept  a  bribe.  The 
attorneys  for  Coffey  claimed  that  as  Gal- 
lagher and  Coffey  were  accomplices,  to  convict 
Coffey  corroboration  of  Gallagher's  testimony  was 
necessary.  Judge  Dunne  decided  that  the  man 
who  offered  a  bribe  and  the  man  who  accepted 
a  bribe  in  the  circumstances  of  the  case  were 
not  accomplices.  Six  of  the  seven  justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court  decided  that  Judge 
Dunne  erred;  that  in  the  circumstances  of  the 
case  Coffey  and  Gallagher  were  accomplices. 
Now  in  the  Ruef  case  the  charge  was  that  Ruef 
offered  a  bribe  to  Furey,  and  the  theory  of  the 
prosecution  was  that  it  was  offered  through  Gal- 
lagher. Ruef's  attorneys  claimed  that  Furey  was 
an  accomplice  of  Ruef;  in  other  words  that  the 
man  who  agreed  to  receive  the  bribe  was  the  ac- 
complice of  the  man  with  whom  he  bargained  to 
have  the  bribe  accepted.  Of  course  Judge  Law- 
lor instructed  the  jury  that  Gallagher  was  an  ac- 
complice of  Ruef.  Nobody  pretended  that  they 
were  not  accomplices  in  this  transaction.  But 
Judge  Lawlor  instructed  the  jury  that  Furey  was 
not  an  accomplice  of  Ruef,  and  that  consequently 
his  testimony  did  not  need  corroboration.  Ruef's 
attorneys  have  always  insisted  that  this  instruc- 
tion was  erroneous  on  the  principle  of  the  Coffey 
case.  So  you  see  that  the  point  made  by  "Amicus 
Curiae"  is  in  reality  no  point  at  all.  I  feel  jus- 
tified in  making  this  assertion  since  I  know  that 
my  view  is  the  view  of  Justice  Angelotti,  who,  it 
has  been  publicly  stated,  in  his  letter  to  Governor 
Johnson  in  behalf  of  Ruef,  informed  the  Governor 
that  the  Ruef  case  involved  precisely  the  same 
question  on  which  the  Coffey  case  was  reversed. 
Justice  Angelotti  did  not  sign  the  Coffey  decision, 
but  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  knows  what  it 
means. 

Yours  truly, 

— A  Friend  of  Justice. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


A  Cure  for  Diabetes 

A  cure  for  the  deadly  disease  of  diabetes  is 
reported  by  the  scientists  of  the  Metchnikoft 
Laboratory  of  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York  It 
consists  of  a  liquid — the  culture  of  the  Bacillus 
Bulgaricus— which  is  taken  from  three  to  five 
times  daily  for  a  few  months.  Many  cases  have 
responded  readily  to  this  treatment.  The  bacillus 
was  isolated  by  Metchnikoff  himself,  its  action 
is  very  simple.  The  way  to  cure  diabete:«  is  to 
introduce  a  sufficient  amount  of  lactic  acid  into 
the  intesines.  The  trouble  has  been  that  the 
hydrochloric  acid  in  the  stomach  always  con- 
verted the  lactic  acid  long  before  it  reached  the 
intestines.  But  the  Bacillus  Bulgaricus  has  the 
peculiar  characteristic  of  being  able  to  swim 
through  the  hydrochloric  acid  of  the  stomach, 
pass  through  pancreas  and  liver  and  enter  the 
intestines  where  it  creates  a  large  amount  of 
lactic  acid. 


Maximillian's  Widow 

Most  people  have  forgotten  Carlotta,  the  widow 
of  Maxilmillian,  the  Emperor  of  Mexico  who  was 
shot  in  Queretaro  in  1867.  But  she  is  still  alive. 
After  years  of  a  darkened  mind  she  now  enjoys 
fair  mental  health,  but  she  is  seventy-two  years 
old  and  cannot  live  much  longer.    She  occupies 


By  Robert  McTavish 

a  chateau  near  Brussels.  Her  brother  King 
Leopold  was  devoted  to  her,  and  saw  to  it  that 
she  was  humored  in  her  vagaries-.  She  has  always 
demanded  the  homage  of  an  empress.  She  re- 
ceives visits  from  her  relatives,  and  is  delighted 
with  presents  of  flowers.  She  plays  cards  and 
is  always  allowed  to  win.  She  loves  her  piano, 
but  performs  only  the  compositions  she  learned 
as  a  girl.  There  are  no  mirrors  in  the  chateau. 
Once  she  saw  her  reflection  in  the  glass  and 
shrieked  "No!  No!"  After  that  all  the  mirrors 
were  removed.  Her  estate  is  valued  at  $12,500,- 
000,  a  large  portion  being  invested  in  England. 


New  Commandments  for  Women 

A  new  gospel  of  feminine  violence  is  preached 
by  Valentine  de  Saint-Point,  a  French  poetess, 
who  is  a  grandniece  of  Lamartine.  The  nature 
of  her  ideas  may  be  gathered  from  a  few  extracts 
culled  from  her  "First  Manifesto  of  the  Futurist 
Woman":  "Humanity  is  mediocre.  The  majority 
of  women  are  neither  superior  nor  inferior  to 
the  majority  of  men.  Both  are  equal.  Both 
deserve  the  same  contempt.  Every  woman 
should  possess  not  only  feminine  virtues,  but 
virile  qualities  .  .  .  The  man  who  has  only 
male  force  without  intuition  is  but  a  brute.  But 


in  the  period  of  feminism  in  which  we  live  the 
C(intrary  exaggeration  alone  is  salutary.  The 
brute  must  be  held  up  as  model.  The  real 
women  are  the  Furies,  the  Amazons,  Semiramis, 
Joan  of  Arc,  Jeanne  Hachette,  Judith  and 
Charlotte  Corday,  Cleopatra  and  Messalina;  the 
warriors  who  fight  more  fiercely  than  males,  the 
lovers  who  stimulate,  the  destroyers  who,  break- 
ing the  more  feeble,  help  selection  by  arrogance 
or  despair,  the  despair  which  makes  the  heart 
render  its  whole.  Feminism  is  a  political  mis- 
take. Feminism  is  a  cerebral  mistake  of  woman 
— a  mistake  which  her  instinct  will  make  her  rec- 
ognize. Woman  must  be  given  none  of  the  rights 
claimed  by  the  feminists.  To  give  them  would 
bring  about  none  of  the.  disorders  desired  by  the 
Futurists,  but  on  the  contrary  an  excess  of  order. 
Let  woman  regain  her  cruelty  and  her  violence, 
which  make  her  persecute  the  vanquished,  be- 
cause they  are  vanquished,  to  the  point  of  mutilat- 
ing them.  Cease  preaching  that  spiritual  jus- 
tice to  which  she  has  vainly  tried  to  submit. 
Women,  become  once  more  sublimely  unjust,  like 
all  the  forces  of  nature!  Be  the  selfish  and 
ferocious  mother,  who  jealously  guards  her 
young,  holding  them  by  all  that  is  called  right 
and  duty,  while  they  are  physically  in  need  of 
protection." 


TOWN      TALK  August  10,  1912 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LII— THE  SUNSET  GUN 
By  Eloise  Davis 

(This  pretty  set  of  verses  by   Eloise  Davis  is   taken  from  tlic  files  of  Sunset  Magazine  wfiere  it  was  published 
June  of   1912.    The  name  is  not  a  familiar  one,  but  the  writer  shows  considerable  facility.) 

Just  at  the  silent  hour  when  hmguid  clay, 
Flushed  with  the  stress  of  labor,  slips  away. 
Through  flaming,  wide-spread  portals,  to  a  world 
Where  all  the  flags  of  light  arc  closely  furled— 
Just  at  this  still  sweet  hour,  when  shadowings  fall 
Along  the  hills  in  a  gold  and  crimson  pall, 
And  spell-bound  ships  that  sentinel  the  bay, 
Immovably  guard  the  path  of  fleeting  day. 
Then,  San  Francisco,  fling  your  farewell,  as 
The  warning  booms  from  rocky  Alcatraz! 
Take  one  last  look  at  day's  resplendent  face, 
.And  greet  the  dim-clad  shade  that  comes  apace. 
For,  e'er  the  first  low  boom  melts  in  the  air. 
And  answers  peals  from  .\ngel  Isle,  out  there, 
The  glory  slowly  drifts  from  hill  and  sea. 
And  mist-gray  veils  fold  o'er  protectingly. 
And,  as  from  Black  Point  and  Presidio 
The  echoing  knell  of  day  rolls  to  and  fro. 
Then  twilight  claims  all  space,  and  day  is  done. 
When  hushed  tlie  voice  in  each  grim  sunset  gun. 


The  Atonement  of  Joe 

Long  before  the  Bfjhemians  started  for  their 
grove  to  sit  in  judgment  on  the  Redding-Hadley 
opera,  the  overture  was  heard  in  Post  street  and 
then  followed  the  anvil  chorus.  Alas,  these  are 
degenerate  days  in  Bohemia.  No  longer  do  men 
go  to  the  Midsummer  Jinks  to  be  amused.  They 
go  to  the  Midsummer  Jinks  to  defy  the  poet  of 
the  occasion  to  make  good.  The  poet  of  the 
current  occasion  is  Joe  Redding,  versatile  Joe, 
masterly  musician  among  lawyers,  great  lawyer 
among  musicians,  and  a  poet  nowhere  but  in 
Bohemia.  Joe  is  in  for  the  panning  this  year, 
which  perhaps  he  anticipated  when  he  called  his 
opera  "The  Atonement  of  Pan,"  for  last  year  he 
was  the  pan  artist  and  this  is  the  year  for  his 
atonement.  "Let  me  at  him,"  says  Porter  Garnett. 
"Huh!  The  Atonement  of  Pan?  Why  Pan  is 
dead,  and  Joe  doesn't  know  it.  Doesn't  even  know 
he  was  sick.  Bring  on  your  naiads  and  oreads. 
I'll  read  one  of  Joe's  Natoma  lyrics  and  put  'em 
in  a  panic."  Thus  we  see  that  Joe's  brain-child 
is  approached  in  true  club  spirit.  And  of  course 
sympathy  is  with  Mr.  Garnett,  author  of  the 
"Emerald  Knight"  of  last  year.  Nobody  was  so 
free  with  his  criticism  of  the  Garnett  poetic  prod- 
igy as  Joe.  Joe  took  it  as  a  personal  affront. 
Talked'  of  ejecting  Garnett  from  the  grove  for 
perpetrating  such  a  nightmare  at  a  time  when 
gentlemen  were  in  their  cups.  And  for  no  other 
purpose  than  to  retrieve  the  reputation  of  the 
club  he  resolved  he'd  do  the  thing  himself  for 
this  year.  Consequently  "The  .Atonement  of 
Pan." 


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Why  the  Chorus? 

To  return  to  the  anvil  chorus  in  Post  street. 
Its  strains  w^ere  heaid  as  soon  as  the  printed  an- 
nouncement of  Sire  Redding  was  received.  Be 
it  understood  that  for  years  the  Bohemians  have 
looked  forward  with  great  pleasure  to  the  annual 
announcement.  For  many  years  they  had  reason 
to  be  proud  of  the  annual  announcement.  It  was 
always  a  masterpiece  of  wit,  a  literary  tour  de 
force.  This  year  they  were  disappointed.  Sire 
Redding's  announcement  hasn't  a  gleam  of  wit 
in  it.  It  is  nothing  more  than  a  piece  of  pedantic 
didacticism.  Joe  has  fallen  into  the  same  error 
that  enmeshed  Mr.  Garnett..  Mr.  Garnett  pre- 
sumed to  instruct  the  Bohemians  as  to  the  es- 
sential elements  of  a  grove  play.  Joe  has  given 
them  an  essay  on  mythology.  He  tells  them  what 
mythology  is.  He  tells  them  several  things  that 
the  average  school  boy  is  presumed  to  know. 
For  instance:  "The  philosophy  of  it  (mythol- 
ogy) is  essentially  the  same  as  that  which  under- 
lies all  human  cflfort  to  compreliend  the  spiritual 
force,  the  Superior  Intelligence,  which  permeates 
all  things  animate  and  inanimate,  and  dominates 
the  universe."  Joe  gives  them  a  definition  of 
religion,  thus:  "Religion  is  the  recognition  of 
that  Supreme  Intelligence,  no  matter  in  what 
manner  we  make  profession  of  our  faith."  Now 
the  Bohemians  object  to  being  lectured  in  this 
fashion;  especially  those  Bohemians  who  practice 
the  arts  in  Sansome  and  Battery  streets.  Most 
of  them  have  read  Bulfinch,  and  they  know  as 
much  as  Redding  does  about  mythology.  Hence 
the  anvil  chorus. 


The  Awful  Atonement 

What  "The  Atonement  of  Pan"  is  about  is  a 
secret.  In  all  probability  it  will  prove  good  stuff, 
for  after  all  Redding  has  talent  and  Hadley  exudes 
music.  If  I  were  asked  to  guess  what  it's  about 
I  should  say  that  it  deals  with  that  little  escapade 
of  Pan's  in  the  woods  on  the  occasion  when  he 
had  a  warm  caprice  for  Syrinx.  You  will  remember 


perhaps  that  Syrinx  was  a  very  attractive  damsel, 
"fashioned  for  all  ecstacy,"  and  that  Pan  had  a 
regular  Don  Juan  crush  on  her.  He  had  asked 
her  to  the  tapestry  room  several  times,  but  she 
told  him  nay.  When  he  saw  her  this  day  in  the 
woods  she  was  to  him  a  phantom  of  delight,  and 
he  smiled  on  her.  She  knew  what  was  up  and 
she  fled.  He  gave  chase.  She  ran  to  a  stream, 
and  the  water  nymphs  made  her  vanish  just  as 
he  reached  out  to  embrace  her.  So  instead,  and 
wholly  unintentionally  on  his  part,  he  embraced 
a  bunch  of  weeds  by  the  brooksidc.  This  rash- 
ness he  atoned,  but  how?  Mercury  told  Argus 
the  story,  and  at  the  close  Argus  was  snoring  and 
Mercury  cut  off  Argus'  head,  quenching  the  light 
in  his  hundred  eyes.  That  was  Argus'  atonement. 
Let  us  hope  that  nobody  snores  in  the  grove. 


Just  a  Piece  of  Heartlessness 

"The  graft  cases,"  said  Attorney  Bert  Schles- 
singer,  addressing  His  Honor  Judge  Lawlor,  "are 
corpses,  and  the  mourners  have  long  since  ceased 
to  mourn."  Mr.  Schlessinger  is  somewhat  inac- 
curate. There  is  life  in  one  of  the  cases  and 
Judge  Lawlor  will  not  permit  it  to  become  ex- 
tinct till  the  end  of  his  political  campaign.  Judge 
Lawlor  considers  it  to  his  interest  to  keep  one  of 
the  higher-ups  in  jeopardy.  Thus  does  he  adver- 
tise the  unyielding,  inexorable  nature  of  justice 
as  symbolized  in  his  ineffable  person.    The  Glass 


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case  has  potentialities,  and  Judge  Lawlor  has  a 
vested  interest  in  them.  Of  course  there  is  not 
the  slightest  chance  of  his  ever  again  convicting 
the  man  whom  he  once  unjustly  convicted,  but 
that  is  not  a  consideration  of  any  importance — 
to  Judge  Lawlor.  With  the  case  hanging  fire 
Judge  Lawlor  can  do  things,  as,  for  example, 
what  he  did  the  other  day.  He  had  Mrs.  Halsey 
haled  before  him  to  question  her  regarding  the 
whereabouts  of  her  husband.  Mrs.  Halsey  would 
have  responded  to  a  subpoena,  but  a  subpoena 
does  not  strike  terror  to  a  woman's  heart;  not 
so  effectively  at  any  rate  as  a  bench  warrant  in 
the  hands  of  a  policeman  in  the  middle  of  the 
night.  So  Mrs.  Halsey  (who  is  in  poor  health) 
was  so  frightened  that  she  bordered  on  nervous 
prostration.  Poor  woman!  No  crime  is  charged 
against  Mrs.  Halsey.  Her  only  offense  i.s  that 
she  is  the  wife  of  a  poor  wretch,  not  even  a 
higher-up,  himself  half  dead  and  alive  for  se  veral 
years  owing  chiefly,  perhaps,  to  the  indictments 
hanging  over  his  head.  But  Mrs.  Halsey,  bring 
a  wife,  cannot,  as  Judge  Lawlor  very  well  knows, 
be  compelled  to  give  testimony  against  her  hus- 
band. Nevertheless  she  could  be  made  to  serve 
Judge  Lawlor's  purpose.  By  the  deft  use  of  Mrs. 
Halsey  Judge  Lawlor  got  some  space  in  the  news- 
papers. Thus  we  see  that  the  graft  cases  have 
a  punch  left  in  them.  And  so,  by  the  way,  have 
the  women  of  this  community.  Those  of  them 
that  are  capable  of  sympathizing  with  Mrs.  Halsey 
may  make  that  punch  felt  on  election  day. 


The  Bulletin's  Views 

The  Bulletin,  I  am  pleased  to  see,  is  in  favor 
of  the  dismissal  of  the  Glass  case.  The  Bulletin 
thinks  that  Glass  has  suffered  enough.  The  Bul- 
letin has  made  many  professions  of  tenderness  of 
heart  of  late,  but  they  don't  ring  true.  Perhaps 
it  is  because  of  the  discordant  sentiments  that 
accompany  them.  In  the  very  editorial,  for  ex- 
ample, in  which  the  Bulletin  tells  of  the  suffering 
of  Glass  and  urges  the  dismissal  of  the  indict- 
ments against  him,  it  affirms  him  to  be  a  felon 
and  says  he  will  always  be  known  as  such.  Now 
this  is  not  true.  Because  a  man  is  convicted  of 
felony  before  Judge  Lawlor  it  does  not  follow 
that  he  is  a  felon.  As  to  Glass  it  remains  to  be 
proved  that  he  is  a  felon.  So  why  stigmatize  him 
as  a  felon?  But  my  purpose  is  not  to  excite 
sympathy  for  Glass,  or  to  discuss  the  irrelevant 
consideration  of  his  guilt  or  innocence.  My  only 
purpose  is  to'  direct  attention  to  the  Bulletin's 
clumsiness  of  insincerity.  The  Bulletin  doesn't 
want  the  Glass  case  dismissed  because  it  is  hope- 
less, or  because  the  defendant  has  been  sufficiently 
punished,  or  because,  as  it  says,  the  prosecution 
has  served  its  purpose  inasmuch  as  it  has  in- 
duced many  reforms.  The  Bulletin  wants  the 
Glass  case  dismissed  for  the  benefit  of  Abe  Rucf. 
That's  all  there  is  to  the  Bulletin's  vociferations. 
The  Bulletin  wishes  to  picture  Abe  Ruef  as  a 
sort  of  martyr  with  a  faded  halo.  The  Bulletin 
wishes  to  argue  that  Rucf  is  the  only  man  who 
has  suffered  as  a  result  of  the  graft  prosecution. 
The  Bulletin  has  been  saying  this  right  along,  and 
it  isn't  true.  And  it  will  not  be  true  even  though 
the  Glass  case  be  dismissed. 


Punishment  In  Its  Variety 

The  Bulletin  regards  imprisonment  as  the  worst 
punishment  that  can  be  visited  on  a  man.  It  is 
the  least  punishment  that  can  be  visited  on  some 
men.  There  are  chains  that  men  forge  for  their 
fellows  that  fret  and  cut  men's  souls.  Such  chains 
may  not  canker  men's  bodies.  There  is  a  tyranny 
of  obloquy  and  hatred,  a  moral  Coventry  more 
oppressive  than  the  stern  solitude  of  the  dungeon. 
No  man  has  compassion  in  his  heart  who  forges 
such  chains  and  practices  such  tyranny.  And 
so  we  cannot  be  impressed  by  the  sentimental  pro- 


testations of  a  newspaper  that  daily  tears  the 
heart-strings  of  men  and  that  employs  such  a 
man  as  Ruef  to  keep  alive  the  hatreds  of  the 
graft  prosecution.  It  would  be  easier  to  sym- 
pathize with  Ruef  were  he  not  a  party  to  the 
scheme  of  revenge.  By  writing  the  story  of  his 
political  career  he  is  guilty  not  only  of  petty 
meanness  but  of  a  blunder  injurious  to  himself. 
For  while  it  serves  to  humiliate  the  objects  of 
the  Bulletin's  and  Phelan's  hatred,  it  serves  also 
to  bear  out  all  that  was  said  of  the  graft  prose- 
cution by  its  critics  and  denied  by  its  animating 
spirits.  Ruef  himself  has  confessed  that  he  sought 
to  put  the  supervisors  under  a  blanket  graft  con- 
tract as  soon  as  they  took  office.  He  has  made 
it  plain  that  business  could  not  be  done  with  the 
city  except  through  Abe  Ruef.  From  his  own 
story  it  is  clear  that  he  was  the  inspiration,  the 
ruling  spirit,  the  cause  of  the  whole  enormity, 
and  that  if  moral  justice  only  had  been  demanded, 
the  kind  of  justice  most  favored  by  reformers,  he 
would  have  been  deemed  above  all  others  im- 
measurably deserving  of  punishment.  But  as  a 
matter  of  fact  Ruef  is  not  the  only  person  tliat 
suffered  as  a  consequence  of  his  wickedness. 


we  shall  see  that  Ruef's  punishment  is  trivial 
compared  with  the  colossal  affliction  visited  upon 
Glass.  Louis  Glass  is  today  a  man  broken  in 
spirit  and  shattered  in  health.  There  is  a  pathos 
in  his  experience  that  overpowers  even  the  most 
bitter  feeling  of  revenge.  He  has  passed  through 
the  vale  of  bitterness  and  tears.  In  the  days  of  his 
imprisonment  he  saw  his  beloved  wife  languish 
under  the  burden  of  grief  that  was  upon  her.  He 
saw  her  slowly  sink  into  the  grave.  Has  the 
Bulletin's  dandy  San  Quentin  correspondent  ever 
spent  any  time  in  the  Gethsemane  through  which 
Glass  is  passing?  Is  the  man  who  lightly  tells 
of  his  misdeeds  and  aggravates  them  by  playfully 
rubbing  salt  into  the  wounds  that  he  helped  to 
afflict  capable  of  conceiving  the  nature  of  the 
tragic  grief  that  swells  within  a  tortured  soul? 


The  Glass  Tragedy 

Indeed  Ruef  has  suffered  much  less  than  others. 
If  we  contrast  the  two  men  before  the  catastrophe 
— Glass  and  Ruef — their  relative  positions,  their 
reputations,  their  instincts  and  characters,  and  if 
we    consider    what   happened   to  both   of  them 


Other  Tragedies 

The  Glass  tragedy  is  not  the  only  one  justly 
to  be  attributed  to  the  wickedness  of  Abe  Ruef. 
There  was  also  the  Haas  tragedy  and  there  was 
the  Biggy  tragedy  and  the  Walter  Cope  tragedy. 
Great  was  the  mental  torture  of  Cope,  president 
of  the  Bar  Association,  when  he  found  himself 
involved  in  the  graft  scandal.  Like  others  upon 
whom  shame  was  brought  Walter  Cope  suffered  in 
body  and  soul,  and  he  had  not  the  recuperative 
power  to  withstand  the  shock.  So  Ruef  is  not  the 
only  victim.  Indeed  he  is  not  even  the  only 
prisoner.  One  of  the  Claudianes  brothers,  who, 
according  to  the  Bulletin  was  employed  indirectly 


G.H.  UMBSEN  &  CO.  20  Montgomery  St. 

AUCTION!      AUCTION!  AUCTION! 
Referee  and  Executor  Sale  of  Properties  at  our  Salesroom 
MONDAY,  AUGUST  19,  at  12  o'clock  Noon 

BY  ORDER  OF  REFEREE 

NO.  1 

New  3-story-and-mezzanine-and-basement  steel 
class  "C"  building  and  lot  36-6.x57-5  feet  at  northwest 
corner  of  Kearny  and  Sutter  Streets  and  Clara  Lane; 
3  frontages.  Entire  building  very  light.  Ground 
floor,  mezzanine  and  basement  rented  to  Jas.  R.  Jack- 
son to  December  31,  1916,  at  $800  per  month,  under 
secured  lease,  for  clothing  store  (with  option  of  5 
years  more  at  $1500  per  month  for  entire  building). 
Upper  part  leased  to  December  31,  1916,  at  from  $150 
to  $425  to  Max  Arnovitch.  Building  will  carry  3  ad- 
ditional stories.  Average  monthly  rental  $1157  to 
December  31,  1916.  Leases  on  inspection  at  our 
office. 

NO  2. 

New  5-story-and-basement  class  "C"  building  and 
lot  25x137-6  feet,  situate  southeast  corner  of  Busli 
Street  and  Mary  Lane,  near  Kearny  Street.  Entire 
building  leased  to  one  tenant  at  $500  per  month. 

These  Properties 
Must  Be  Sold 

Terms  of  Sale: — Thirty  days  allowed  for  settlement 
and  to  complete  purchase.  A  deposit  of  ten  per 
cent,  of  the  purchase  money  invariably  required  on 
the  fall  of  the  hammer  or  announcement  of  sale: 
balance  of  cash  payment  on  delivery  of  deed;  and  if 
not  so  paid  (unless  for  defect  of  title)  then  said  ten 
per  cent,  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 

Taxes  for  the  Fiscal  Year  ending  June  30,  1913, 
to  be  pro  rated. 


10 


TOWN  TALK 


August  10,  1912 


by  Ruef  to  dynamite  the  Gallagher  home  is  in 
the  penitentiary  under  a  life  sentence.  Now  the 
point  of  all  this  is  that  it  would  be  better  for 
Ruef's  friends  to  wipe  away  their  crocodile  tears, 
forswear  their  cant,  ind  be  frank  and  honest  in 
their  efforts  in  his  behalf.  The  truth  is,  and  they 
know  it,  a  monstrous  piece  of  injustice  was  done 
when  Ruef  was  sent  to  the  penitentiary  without  a 
hearing  in  the  Supreme  Court.  Also  they  know 
that  if  Governor  Johnson  had  the  courage  of  his 
convictions  and  the  magnanimity  of  an  oyster 
he  would  set  Ruef  free.  But  instead  of  urging 
Johnson  to  vindicate  the  institutions  of  his  coun- 
try; nay,  demanding  that  he  repair  a  manifest 
wrong,  they  are  lickspittling  him  in  the  hope  of 
getting  a  parole. 


honor  they  finished  neck  and  neck.  No  one  of 
them  scooped  the  others,  even  in  the  detail  of 
mentioning  Boutwell's  Dunlap's  name. 


Discovering  a  Poet 

Judging  from  what  we  have  seen  during  the  past 
week  the  discovery  of  a  new  poet  is  chiefly  im- 
portant for  the  kudos  it  bestows  on  his  discoverer. 
The  heralding  of  a  new  star  on  the  horizon  of 
song  ceases  to  be  significant  in  itself.  The  ques- 
tion is,  Who  saw  it  first?  and  much  sweat  bedews 
the  brow  of  a  busy  claimant  as  he  strains 
after  the  honor,  Clark  Ashton  Smith,  the  young 
poet  of  Auburn,  burst  with  all  his  effulgence  upon 
an  unprepared  town  last  Friday  morning.  It  was 
no  mere  accident  that  young  Smith  effulged  at 
one  and  the  same  time  from  one  weekly  and  three 
daily  papers.  The  storj-  of  the  irruption  of  jour- 
nalistic encomiums  may  be  found  interesting. 
It  is  a  story  embodying  a  comic  element  such  as 
George  Meredith  would  have  reveled  in.  It 
happened  that  Town  Talk  last  week  bought 
and  paid  for  a  poem  written  by  young 
Smith  entitled  "The  .\byss  Triumphant."  This 
was  in  no  wise  remarkable.  The  editor  of  Town 
Talk  had  had  his  eyes  on  Clark  .^shton  Smith 
for  many  months.  The  promise  of  the  youth  was 
pointed  out  to  readers  of  this  paper  many  months 
ago  when  George  Sterling,  in  an  interview,  de- 
clared that  he  was  destined  to  achieve  fame  and 
submitted  one  of  his  eflfusions  to  prove  it.  That 
was,  I  believe,  the  first  poem  by  Smith  ever  given 
to  the  public.  So  the  eyes  of  the  editor  of  Town 
Talk,  as  I  have  said,  were  on  Smith,  and  he  was 
verj'  glad  to  give  the  readers  of  this  paper  another 
sample  of  Smith's  handiwork,  expressing  at  the 
same  time  an  estimate  of  his  poetical  abilities 
and  announcing  that  A.  M.  Robertson  was  pre- 
paring to  publish  a  volume  of  his  verse.  Through 
newspaper  channels  it  came  to  the  ear  of  Boutwell 
Dunlap,  an  Auburn  man,  that  the  young  poet  was 
to  receive  this  publicity  in  Town  Talk.  It  seems 
that  Dunlap  had  already  supplied  the  newspapers 
with  pictures  of  Smith  and  data  concerning  his 
writings.  He  lost  no  time  in  communicating  to 
the  morning  papers  the  fact  that  they  were  about 
to  be  "scooped,"  so  to  speak,  by  Town  Talk. 
They  in  turn  lost  no  time  in  rushing  Smith's 
picture  and  specimens  of  his  poetry  into  print. 
And  they  were  careful  to  credit  Boutwell  Dunlap 
with  having  discovered  him. 


A  Compliment  to  Town  Talk 

The  action  of  the  morning  papers  can  only  be 
construed  as  a  compliment  to  Town  Talk.  This 
paper  does  not  ordinarily  enter  into  competition 
with  the  dailies  in  their  own  particular  field  of 
news.  In  literary  matters,  however,  it  is  wont 
to  be  much  in  advance  of  them.  But  evidently 
they  did  not  care  to  have  it  said  that  Town  Talk 
had  been  the  first  to  hail  the  new  poet.  What- 
ever glory  there  was  to  be  in  the  discovery  all 
the  dailies  were  eager  to  share.  They  were 
given  their  opportunity  by  Mr.  Dunlap,  with  such 
impartiality,  however,  that  whatever  glory  was 
attached  to  the  heralding  of  Smith  had  to  be 
split  three  ways.    In  the  race  for  this  particular 


The  Real  Discoverer 

Dunlap,  the  papers  were  unanimous  in  declar- 
ing, was  the  stargazer  who  first  put  his  glass  on 
the  new  star.  As  not  infrequently  happens,  the 
newspapers  were  unanimously  wrong.  It  was  not 
Dunlap  but  George  Sterling  who  discovered 
Clark  Ashton  Smith.  Smith  himself  said  so  a  few 
days  ago.  He  said  that  Dunlap  had  not  discov- 
ered him  until  Sterling  spoke  of  him  several 
months  ago  to  a  Town  Talk  interviewer  and  gave 
Town  Talk  one  of  his  poems  to  publish.  Smith 
added  that  it  looked  as  though  Dunlap  was  try- 
ing to  claim  whatever  credit  there  was  in  the 
matter  without  having  any  right  to  do  so.  The 
testimony  of  the  young  man  is  interesting.  Per- 
haps more  interesting  than  important.  The  ques- 
tion. Who  discovered  Clark  Ashton  Smith?  is 
never  likely  to  convulse  the  literary  world,  ex- 
cept with  laughter,  and  there  has  already  been 
a  good  deal  of  laughter  about  the  matter.  This 
is  not  a  reflection  on  Smith  or  his  really  splendid 
verses.  Poets  need  no  sponsors;  their  verses  are 
no  better  or  worse  because  this  rather  than  that 
man  first  acclaimed  them.  In  fact  poets  some- 
times sufTer  from  the  sort  of  treatment  to  which 
Smith  has  been  subjected.  It  seems  too  bad 
that  the  appearance  of  booming  should  attach  to 
Smith's  matriculation  in  the  college  of  poesy. 
And  it  is  funny  to  think  that  all  the  booming 
came  to  Smith  simply  because  the  fact  that  Town 
Talk  was  going  to  publish  one  of  his  poems  came 
to  the  ear  of  an  outsider.  The  ill  effects  of  this 
sort  of  thing  may  be  judged  from  the  following 


Letter  From  Ambrose  Bierce 

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TOWN  TALK 


11 


published  long  eulogistic  articles  on  the  genius 
and  work  of  young  Clark  Ashton  Smith,  the  poet 
of  Auburn.  Some  of  them  have  repeated  their 
raptures  with  further  quotations  from  Mr.  Smith's 
verses  to  justify  the  transports.  That  all  these 
writers  should  be  persuaded  to  see  the  light  at 
once  is  obviously  more  than  a  coincidence,  yet 
I  think  it  does  not  imply  the  interested  activity 
of  a  "press  agent" — only  the  zeal  of  some  fool 
friend  more  concerned  for  the  glory  of  a  dis- 
coverer than  for  the  good  of  the  discoveree.  I 
call  this  "team  work"  and  its  instigation  pretty 
"raw,"  and  having  myself  a  good  opinion  of  Mr. 
Smith,  his  verses  and  his  possibilities,  am  sorry 
to  see  him  thrown  to  the  lions  of  reaction  from 
so  many  hands — one  might  almost  say  from 
several  sides  of  the  arena  at  once. 

In  nearly  all  these  eulogies  I  find  myself  cred- 
ited with  praises  that  I  never  uttered.  One  paper 
has  me  affirming  Mr.  Smith's  "extraordinary 
genius,"  another  "declaring"  that  his  poems  are 
"no  way  inferior  to  those  of  Keats,"  and  so  forth. 
These  falsehoods  have  doubtless  a  common  origin 
in  the  mind  of  the  fool  friend  herein  before  men- 
tioned but  to  me  unknown. 

Several  weeks  ago  I  had  fn^m  a  correspondent 
a  manuscript  copy  of  Mr.  Smith's  "Ode  to  the 
Abyss."  It  seemed  to  mc  uncommonly  good  work 
for  so  young  a  poet  as  I  understood  him  to  be, 
and  a  promise  of  better  work  to  come.  So  I 
commended  it — in  just  what  words  I  do  not  recol- 
lect, but  if  I  said  any  of  the  things  recently  at- 
tributed to  me  I  beg  my  correspondent  to  cover 
me  with  shame  and  confusion  by  quoting  them 
from  my  letter- — and  filing  the  letter  in  proof. 

My  correspondent  is  Mr.  George  Sterling. 
Sincerely  yours, 

— Ambrose  Bierce.- 

Oakland,  August  6. 


Short's  Candidate  for  Vice-President 

Otto  Irving  Wise,  attorney  of  San  Francisco, 
met  Frank  Short,  attorney  of  Fresno,  in  front 
of  the  Palace  Hotel  the  other  day.  "You  look 
rather  sad,  Frank,"  said  Wise.  "I  feel  sad,"  re- 
turned Short.  "What's  the  matter?"  asked  Wise. 
"I  am  sad  because  I  am  not  a  delegate  to  the 
Bull  Moose  Convention  in  Chicago,"  explained 
Short.  "Wha-at!  You!"  exclaimed  Wise.  "Af- 
ter all  you've  written  and  said  about  Roosevelt?" 
"Yes,"  rejoined  Short  seriously.  "1  should  like 
to  be  a  delegate  because  I  have  a  candidate  for 
vice-president."  "Who's  your  candidate?"  asked 
Wise  suspiciously.  "Kermit  Roosevelt,  just  to 
keep  it  in  the  family,"  said  Short  as  he  moved 
away. 


A  Hall  of  Fame  for  Natives 

The  Native  Sons  and  Daughters  of  California, 
I  learn  from  the  daily  press,  are  going  to  have  a 
hall  of  fame  in  their  new  building  in  which  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  those  human  specimens 


of  the  fauna  of  our  State  who  have  done  much 
toward  increasing  its  glory.  This  is  a  good  idea, 
and  doubtless  it  is  Mr.  Phelan's,  for  that  assiduous 
aspirant  to  fame  is  chairman  of  the  Hall  As- 
sociation, and  he  is  full  of  good  ideas.  Besides 
with  a  hall  of  fame  accessible  Mr.  Phelan  may 
get  into  it  with  both  feet.  The  only  suggestion 
to  be  made  respecting  the  project  is  that  very 
stringent  rules  should  be  adopted  touching 
eligibility.  In  that  spirit  of  enthusiasm  that  goes 
with  all  new  projects  the  native  sons  and  daugh- 
ters may  be  disposed  to  rush  matters.  Against 
precipitancy  I  would  warn  them.  This  is  all  the 
more  important  because,  it  appears,  living  per- 
sons are  to  be  admitted  to  our  pantheon.  The 
reason  perhaps  is  that  California  is  so  young  it 
has  not  had  time  to  produce  many  illustrious 
persons.  The  most  illustrious  names  identified 
with  California  are  the  names  of  persons  whose 
parents  didn't  have  sense  enough  to  make  them 
eligible  to  the  N.  S.  G.  W.  It  is  California's 
glory  that  they  found  her  and  that  she  discovered 
them.  Now  it  is  a  bit  risky  to  admit  live  ones  to 
a  hall  of  fame.  They  may  be  dead  ones  before 
they  die.  Or  they  may  sink  ingloriously  into 
the  grave.  The  real  temple  of  fame  is  in  the 
necropolis,  and  the  flame  on  its  altars,  as  some- 
body has  said,  is  kindled  by  the  ashes  of  the  dead. 


The  Eligible  List 

How  few  are  the  names  of  our  illustrious 
native  sons  and  daughters  may  be  seen  by  glanc- 
ing at  the  eligible  list  published  in  the  Examiner. 
Also  from  that  list  it  is  to  be  seen  how  much 
need  there  is  of  caution  in  admitting  live  ones. 
It  includes  some  of  the  literati  who  have  scored 
in  the  magazines.  And  two  of  them  I  believe — • 
the  Irwin  brothers — are  not  natives.  All  of  them 
will  probably  be  crowded  out  of  the  magazines 
and  forgotten  long  before  the  end  of  the  decade. 
Denis  O'SuUivan  is  in  the  list.  And  though 
he  hasn't  been  dead  long  the  natives  have  for- 
gotten how  to  spell  his  Christian  name.  There 
are  some  artists  in  the  list,  not  one  of  whom  is 
as  well  known  as  "Tad,"  the  cartoonist,  whose 
name  isn't  mentioned.  There  is  a  Miss  Klumke 
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amended,  and  the  names  of  some  of  our  really 
great  men  should  be  put  in  it.  What's  the  matter, 
for  instance,  with  William  R.  Hearst?  If  great- 
ness is  to  be  measured  by  achievement  surely 
Hearst  should  head  the  list.  And  aside  from  his 
success  and  influence  as  a  journalist  he  has  con- 
tributed much  to  the  glory  and  fame  of  California 
by  his  gift  of  the  Greek  Theatre.  Let  us  hope 
that  the  hostility  of  a  single  native  son,  how- 
ever rich,  will  not  accomplish  the  exclusion  of 
Hearst.  W'c  have  another  famous  native  son, 
one  more  famous  than  any  man  whose  name 
appears  in  the  list  of  eligibles.  I  mean  of  course 
John  Hays  Hammond.  And  we  have  also 
such  famous  men  as  James  J.  Corbett,  Bill  Lange, 
Hal  Chase  and  General  Jim  Smith.  We  have 
not  gained  much  military  glory,  but  our  strong 
suit  is  in  athletes.  Let  us  honor  the  men  who 
have  done  things,  who  have  fig^ured  often  in 
front  page  stories  and  on  the  bulletin  boards. 
Was  it  not  Corbett  that  dimmed  the  glory  of 
Boston?  Didn't  Bill  Lange  make  the  world  for- 
get Kelly  and  Anson? 


gallantly,  not  using  the  argot  of  the  press  agent. 
What  1  mean  to  convey  is  that  all  sorts  of  foot- 
light  favorites,  of  low  as  well  as  high  degree,  have 
been  rushed  well  nigh  ofi  their  feet  during  the 
past  week  or  so.  It  has  been  a  giddy  round  of 
dinners  and  suppers,  dances  and  club  affairs.  And 
tlie  wonder  is  that  after  all  of  it,  the  Thespianu 
were  able  to  do  justice  to  their  parts.  But  no 
d(  ubt  they  are  more  or  less  used  to  it.  After 
all,  staying  up  till  the  wee  sma'  hours  to  have  a 
good  time  can't  be  more  distressing  than  making 
the  one-night  jump  from  tank  to  jay  town. 


Entertaining  Stars 

The  fact  that  this  is  oflF-season  for  social  affairs 
may  account  fur  it.  Perhaps  the  fact  that  wifie 
is  at  Del  Monte  or  Castle  Crag  or  Santa  Barbara 
or  Santa  Cruz  and  that  poor  lonesome  hubby 
just  has  to  find  some  sort  of  diversion  to  solace 
him  for  his  better  half's  unaccustomed  absence 
may  have  something  to  do  with  it.  Anyway, 
whatever  the  reason,  the  theatrical  stars  glitter- 
ing their  brief  candlepower  in  this  vicinity  have 
profited  by  the  general  dullness  in  society.  The 
men  about  town  have  been  giving  them  the  time 
of  their  lives.  Don't  mistake  me.  I  refer  not 
only  to  the  women  but  also  to  the  men  of  the 
theatre.    And  when  I  say  "stars,"  I  am  speaking 


Some  Specifications 

That  Mrs.  Whiffen  lias  been  entertained  a  great 
deal  in  a  quiet  way  goes  without  saying.  Like 
Ethel  Barrymore,  Annie  Russell.  Maude  Adams 
and  a  few  others  she  has  friends  of  long  standing 
among  our  prominent  people,  and  is  always  en- 
treated hither  and  thither  for  luncheon,  tea  and 
dinner.  Then  there  is  Brandon  Tynan.  Brandon 
is  the  son  of  an  Irish  patriot,  a  fact  which  our 
prominent  Irishmen  were  not  slow  in  appreciat- 
ing. They  gathered  together  one  day  and  lionized 
him.  Then  one  night  Bill  Lange,  otherwise 
"Merrylegs,"  gathered  together  a  lot  of  the  boys 
at  Tail's  and  gave  a  dance  in  honor  of  Marguerite 
Haney  and  other  interesting  women  of  the  Or- 
pheum  and  the  Cort.  That  was  a  gala  occasion 
indeed. 


At  the  Bohemian  Club 

All  the  actors  in  town  who  belong  to  the  Lambs 
Club  were  bidden  to  the  Bohemian  Club  another 
night  for  dinner  and  a  feast  of  soul.  De  Wolf 
Hopper  told  some  of  his  stories  and  recited 
"Casey  at  the  Bat"  with  such  feeling  that  some 
of  his  auditors  dissolved  in  tears.  James  K. 
Hackett  came  late  but  excused  liimself  bv  ex- 


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hibiting  the  manuscript  of  Tynan's  new  play  which 
he  had  been  studjing.  Hackett  told  how  much 
he  loved  San  Francisco  and  Xo\A  it  in  such  a  way 
that  everybody  believed  him.  Ed  Holland  made 
one  of  his  characteristically  modest  speeches.  He 
compared  himself  to  the  little  pieces  of  furniture 
in  a  room,  the  bits  which  help  the  general  eflfect 
without  being  important  in  themselves.  Brandon 
Tynan  gave  an  imitation  of  David  Belasco  in 
which  there  was  much  about  art  for  art's  sake. 
"I  love  art,"  he  represented  Belasco  as  saying, 
"but  alas!  I  can't  keep  the  money  away  from  the 
box  office."  Another  story  he  told  in  the  Belasco 
manner  concerned  a  beautiful  young  girl  whom 
David  discovered,  full  of  temperament  and  native 
ability.  "1  was  going  to  star  her,  but  Raymond 
Hitchcock  stole  her  from  me."  David  Warfield 
led  up  to  a  recitation  with  an  old  gag.  "1  was  at 
a  prizefight  the  other  day,"  he  said,  "and  the 
fighters  got  into  a  clinch.  They  clinched  so  long 
that  somebody  shouted  "Recite  something!'  So 
1  recited."  Then  Dave  gave  the  Bohemians  James 
Whitcomb  Riley's  "1  have  nothing  at  all  to  say." 
It  was  quite  an  evening  all  through.  Joe  Redding 
was  in  high  feather  and  said  nice  things  about 
everybody.  George  Richardson,  the  president  of 
the  club,  just  back  from  the  European  tour, 
elicited  groans  when  he  looked  at  Holland  and 
punned:  "1  traveled  through  his  namesake  two 
months  ago." 


And  the  Press  Club 

Finally,  to  cap  the  various  entertainments,  the 
Press  Club  on  Tuesday  night  gathered  together 
all  the  stage  people  who  had  been  separately 
entertained  and  gave  them  a  jinks  garnished  with 
crab  Kewburg,  cold  meat  and  beer  in  the  stein. 
.Ml  the  members  of  the  Hackett  company  were 
there.  So  were  all  the  members  of  the  Gilbert 
and  Sullivan  company  down  to  the  last  chorus 
man.  Bertha  Kalich  was  bidden  from  the  Or- 
pheum,  and  so  was  beautiful  Marguerite  Haney 
with  her  company  of  playdoodle  artists.  The  en- 
tertainment included  a  farcical  get-off  on  "Pin- 
.ifore,"  "The  Grain  of  Dust"  and  "The  Bishop's 
Candlesticks"  acted  by  members  of  the  club. 
Hackett  and  Hopper  were  invited  to  criticise  it 
and  rose  to  the  occasion  with  some  admirable 
satire  at  the  expense  of  our  dramatic  critickins. 
Then  there  was  a  sparring  match  between  two 
"white  hopes"  which  filled  the  girls  of  the  chorus 
with  delight.  But  the  feature  of  the  evening 
came  unexpectedly  when  Hackett  offered  to 
(lance.  Peeling  off  his  dinner  jacket  and  shed- 
ding his  shoes  he  did  a  Spanish  gyration  in  his 
stockings  which  was  hailed  with  wild  delight. 
Of  course  De  Wolf  Hopper  contributed  some  of 
his  stories.  One  was  an  elaborate  description 
of  the  ovation  to  Cardinal  Farley  on  his  arrival 
in  >sew  York.  "Every  loyal  Irishman  in  the  city 
w:is  on  the  street  to  do  homage  to  the  cardinal," 
he  said,  "and  every  Jew  in  New  York  was  there 
selling  cardinal  buttons  to  the  Irish."  When  the 
jinks  was  over,  the  jinks  room  was  cleared  and 
everybody  ragged  till  the  sun  began  to  dispel  the 
mists  in  Market  street. 


A  Pageant  for  the  Fair 

If  Charles  C.  Moore,  president  of  the  Expo- 
sition company,  has  one  hobby  in  connection  with 
the  World's  Fair,  it  is  the  pageant  hobby.  Moore 
is  strong  for  big  spectacles,  and  if  he  has  his  way 
there  will  be  pageants  here  in  1915  which  will 
rival  the  Indian  Durbar.  In  line  with  this  idea, 
F.  R.  Benson,  that  member  of  the  celebrated 
Benson  family  who  has  devoted  his  talents  to  the 
stage,  is  coming  here  to  prepare  a  pageant  which 
will  tell  the  story  of  the  triumph  of  Anglo-Celtic 
civilization.  Benson  was  to  be  here  as  the  guest 
of  the  Bohemian  Club  in  time  for  the  grove  play, 
l  ilt  found  it  impossible  to  leave  England  because 


August  10,  1912 


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13 


the  great  Shakespearean  pageant  at  Stratford-on- 
Avon  demanded  his  undivided  attention.  Benson 
was  interested  in  the  World's  Fair  by  a  former 
Californian  who  now  resides  in  London.  I  refer 
to  H.  C.  Hoover  who  graduated  from  Stanford  in 
the  nineties,  and  is  now  a  well  known  mining 
engineer.  Hoover  and  Frank  L.  Brown  of  the 
Exposition  directorate  went  to  Stratford  to  see 
Benson  and  outlined  the  project  which  they 
wanted  him  to  undertake.  He  became  enthus- 
iastic at  once.  The  pageant  will  probably  begin 
with  the  development  of  free  institutions  under 
the  Anglo-Saxons.  Then  will  be  shown  the 
Witenagemot,  Magna  Charta,  the  convocation  of 
the  first  Parliament  and  other  incidents  until  the 
departure  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers.  There  will  be 
American  Indian  scenes,  the  advent  of  the  Span- 
ish conquistadores,  the  Spanish  Missions.  thc*Ar- 
gonauts,  the  rush  across  the  mountains  during  the 
gold  fever  and  the  foundation,  destruction  and 
rebuilding  of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco  his- 
tory will  thus  be  made  to  cap  the  climax  of 
centuries  of  development.  Truly  a  proud  position 
for  our  city  to  occupy. 


What  Benson  Plans  to  Do 

Benson  recently  ttjld  in  London  how  the  idea 
of  the  pageant  was  broached.  He  said:  "The 
beginning  was  at  Stratford-on-Avon.  We  were 
holding  the  usual  celebration  this  year,  and  two 
California  gentlemen,  who  made  the  pilgrimage 
to  Stratford,  approached  me.  They  talked  about 
the  1915  exhibition  and  said  they  wanted  it  to  be 


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soni.^thing  more  than  a  show  of  canned  goods  on 
shelves.  They  wanted  to  get  an  idea  into  that 
exhibition,  and  thought  1  could  help  them.  Well, 
we  went  over  the  various  points,  the  opening  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  the  hundred  years  of  peace, 
the  making  of  California,  and  the  rebuilding  of 
San  Francisco  after  the  earthquake,  and  my 
American  friends  gave  me  the  hint  I  wanted.  'All 
these  achievements,'  they  said,  'have  been  made 
possible  because  we,  like  you,  are  of  the  Island 
race.  The  things  you  pride  yourselves  on,  your 
great  wars,  victories,  freedom,  and  love  of  home 
— all  these  are  ours  as  well  as  yours,  and  the  wall 
is  down  that  parted  our  fathers.  Young  Ameri- 
cans no  longer  begin  the  study  of'  history  at  the 
year  1760.  The  great  story  of  England  from  the 
beginning  is  put  before  them.  We  have  heard 
the  voice  of  America,  and  that  voice  is  the  call 
of  blood.'  That  was  the  hint  I  got,  and  I  am 
going  to  make  the  San  Francisco  pageant  of 
1915  the  story  and  picture  and  celebration  of  the 
history,  work  and  triumph  of  the  gre^t  Anglo- 
Celtic  race.  When  Mrs.  Benson  ^fid'rf  go  to 
San  Francisco,  we  shall  work  with  the  directors 
of  the  exposition  and  the  Bohemian  Club.  They 
have  raised  between  them  something  like  $40,000 
to  make  the  celebration  a  worthy  one.  Between 
their  energy  and  business  capacity,  and  what  they 
are  good  enough  to  call  the  artistic  talents  of  my 
wife  and  myself,  we  hope  to  make  the  pageant, 
beyond  all  comparison,  the  most  magnificent  show 
that  has  ever  been  seen,  and  we  hope  that  by  it 
the  feeling  of  friendship,  or  kinship  rather,  be- 
tween the  two  branches  of  the  great  family  may 


be  strengthened  and  rendered  more  cordial  and 
more  intimate.  Let  Englishmen  and  Americans 
see  manifested  before  them  the  great  fact  that 
they  are  all  one  people:  let  each  nation  be  con- 
vinced that  it  shares  in  the  achievements  and 
victories  of  the  other."  All  very  well,  but  how 
about  our  splendid  German- Americans,  Italian- 
Americans,  French-Americans  and  others? 


The  Great  Reconciler 

The  terms  of  four  of  the  judges  of  the  Superior 
Court  expire  this  year.  All  are  candidates  for 
re-election,  and  there  are  several  other  contest- 
ants for  the  places.  The  indications  are  that 
Judge  Thomas  F.  Graham  will  receive  the  highest 
vote,  for  Judge  Graham  has  earned  for  himself 
the  respect  and  admiration  of  the  whole  com- 
munity. Behind  Judge  Graham  is  enthusiasm  of 
the  kind  that  goes  with  a  rush.  This  was  made 
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fessions and  lines  of  endeavor.  The  leader  of 
the  movement  to  keep  the  Great  Reconciler  on 
the  bench  is  William  F.  Humphrey  the  popular 
president  of  the  Olympic  Club  and  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  bar.  Associated  with  him  are  such 
men  as  Rabbi  Nieto,  John  J.  Barrett.  Dr.  Thomas 
Shumate,  Hiram  Johnson  Jr.,  P.  S.  Bergerot, 
Samuel  B.  Pauson,  Arnold  Calegaris,  Dr.  Mar- 
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TOWN  TALK 


August  10,  1912 


Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


When  Jim  McNab  Sat  on  the  Floor 

When  James  McNab  called  on  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
he  sat  on  the  floor.  This  seeming  breach  of 
etiquette  was  required  of  him  as  the  story  is  told. 
Why  James  McNab  called  on  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  is 
neither  here  nor  there.  It  was  a  visit  of  official 
inspiration  that  sent  him  from  San  Francisco  to 
Long  Island  in  the  interests  of  the  Panama-Pa- 
cific Exposition.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  and  her  sister 
Mrs.  Oelrichs  own  property  at  Harbor  View  that 
in  time  will  be  real  estate.  For  the  present  it  is 
water  to  be  reclaimed  from  the  bay.  The  Fair 
sisters  agreed  to  lease  the  property  to  the  Ex- 
position but  no  satisfactory  contract  could  be 
made  at  long  distance,  so  James  McNab  went 
to  New  York  to  call  on  Mrs.  Vanderbilt.  It  was 
not  an  easy  thing  to  do.  James  McNab  was  re- 
ferred to  lawyers  who  were  evasive  when  he  per- 
sisted in  a  determination  to  see  Mrs.  Vanderbilt. 
Finally  he  appealed  to  Clarence  Mackay.  Noth- 
ing easier,  declared  Clarence  Mackay,  than  to  ar- 
range an  interview  with  Mrs.  Vanderbilt.  One 
was  arranged  and  the  California  commissioner 
presented  himself  at  the  front  door  of  Mrs.  Van- 
derbilt. She  was  not  at  home,  the  butler  said. 
Again  James  McNab  appealed  to  Clarence 
Mackay.  A  mistake,  no  doubt.  Clarence  Mackay 
would  arrange  again  for  the  reception  of  James 
McNab. 


Like  Two  Turks 

This  time  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  was  at  home. 
McNab  was  led  to  a  drawing  room  in  the  Vander- 
bilt mansion  and  waited.  In  the  course  of  time 
his  hostess  appeared  and  greeted  him  cordially. 
She  shook  hands  with  James  McNab,  said  a  few 
agreeable  things  of  California  and  then  suddenly 
sat  on  the  floor,  at  the  same  time  inviting  James 
McNab  to  sit  down.  There  were  no  chairs,  but 
a  few  flat  pillows  were  strewn  on  the  floor.  It 
was  clear  to  McNab  that  he  was  expected  to  sit 
on  one  of  these.  Oriental  fashion,  and  he  did  the 
best  he  could.  The  interview  proceeded,  hostess 
and  guest  facing  one  another  like  two  Turks. 
When  it  was  satisfactorily  concluded* James  Mc- 
Nab mystified  at  the  manner  of  his  reception 
once  more  appealed  to  Clarence  Mackay.  "Why 
that,"  said  Mackay,  "is  the  way  King  George  re- 
ceived native  princes  in  India.  It's  the  latest 
from  the  other  side."  Further,  McNab  learned, 
it  was  a  popular  custom  in  the  New  York  smart 
set  where  a  requisite  skill  is  acquired  by  long 
practice  and  through  the  cultivation  of  slender- 
ness  of  figure.    King  George  was  a  faithful  pupil 


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«_>^PRONOUNCED'DEAR^iaSjV^ 

poA-^tbtn,  tju*  mains  d'una  ^autte 


TRANSLATION:  "  So  cnnccnlrat'd  it  the 
fragrance  of  this  perfume,  that  less  than  a  drop 
suffices." 

^ittxact,  §a«^«t,  and    ^JtJc*im  ^oWxU^ 

At  all  dri'er^.    <;-n1       fir  'ini-ilr  of  FrtriCT, 
Alfred  H.  Smith  Co..  25  West  33<1  St.,  New  York 


of  Indian  instructors  before  he  attempted  the 
cross-legged  attitude  at  the  Durbar.  With  no 
instruction  to  his  credit,  and  a  figure  of  portly 
proportions  McNab  is  justly  proud  of  having  ac- 
quitted himself  well  in  the  presence  of  Mrs.  Van- 
derbilt. 


Why  the  Presidio  Was  Lost 

Great  is  the  mourning  among  the  men  and 
women   who   have   done   their   golfing   on  the 


I'hoto,   Kathryn  Hopkins 

MISS  .\LVET.\  H.XMBIiKCEK 

.\   charming   girl   of   whose   musical   ability  .Mexander 
Heyneman  has  spoken  in  very  complimentary  terms. 
She  is  going  abroad  to  study. 

Presidio  links  and  their  flirting  on  the  piazza 
of  the  Presidio  golf  club.  The  stern  decree  of 
an  unsympathetic  Secretary  of  War  has,  at  one 
fell  stroke  of  the  pen,  deprived  them  of  their 
principal  interest  in  life.  We  have  heard  much 
of  the  executive  order  which  exiled  the  golfers 
from  the  Presidio  links,  but  the  real  reason  for 
that  dreadful  ukase,  that  thunderbolt  from  the 
blue,  has  not  been  told.  A  silly  pretense  has  been 
maintained  throughout  the  imbroglio  to  the  eflfect 
that  the  golfers  were  trenching  on  the  convenience 
of  the  soldiers.  Of  course  that  is  nonsense;  the 
Presidio  is  big  enough  to  accommodate  both  the 
men  who  shoulder  arms  and  the  enthusiasts  of 
both  sexes  who  swing  their  clubs.  The  real  story 
of  why  the  Presidio  was  lost  to  the  golfers  is 
very  simple.  It  is  none  the  less  credible  be- 
cause it  came  to  me  from  a  golfer  who  chuckled 
over  the  mix-up — but  then  this  golfer  who  is  my 
informant  belongs  to  the  Ingleside  Club. 


The  Intrusive  Golfer 

The  story  goes,  and  I  give  it  for  what  it  is 
worth,  that    a    choleric    Scotchman    who  lives 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  ofTerings. — Vogels,  Ladies  Taylor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


near  the  Presidio  was  in  the  habit  of  indulging 
in  his  national  game  on  the  Presidio  links,  al- 
though he  had  not  gone  through  the  formality 
of  joining  the  Presidio  golf  club.  However,  to 
his  credit  be  it  said,  though  he  used  the  links 
he  did  not  attempt  to  trespass  at  the  club  house. 
But  the  members  of  the  club  resented  the  choleric 
Scotchman  just  the  same,  and  there  were  many 
complaints.  Finally  the  secretary  of  the  club  was 
emboldened.  He  bearded  the  intrusive  golfer,  and 
told  him  the  links  were  maintained  by  the  Presidio 
Golf  Club,  pointing  out  delicately  that  the  strang- 
er's name  was  not  on  the  club  roll.  "This  is 
Government  property,  ain't  it?"  demanded  the 
choleric  Scotchman.  "It  is,"  admitted  the  sec- 
retary. "Then  I'll  play  goflf  on  it  as  much  as  I 
dom  please,"  snapped  the  Scotchman,  calculating 
his  next  shot.  The  secretary  was  in  despair.  But 
he  happened  to  meet  a  fire-eating  major  who  is 
stationed  at  the  Presidio  and  likes  a  few  holes 
of  an  afternoon.  "I'll  fix  the  interloper,"  said 
the  wrathy  major.  So  the  man  of  Mars  went 
after  the  choleric  Scotchman  who  was  still  at 
his  game.  "Get  off  this  course,"  commanded  the 
major.  "Go  to  Tophet,"  said  the  Scotchman. 
The  major  nearly  had  a  fit  of  apoplexy.  "If  you 
don't  get  oflf  at  once,"  he  yelled,  "I'll  order  out  a 
troop  of  cavalry  and  ride  you  off."  The  Scotch- 
man looked  at  the  major,  saw  that  he  meant 
business,  swallowed  his  choler  and  left  the  course. 
But  he  had  his  revenge.  He  wrote  a  letter  to 
the  Secretary  of  War.  As  a  result  of  that  letter 
tlie  Presidio  golf  course  became  a  thing  of  the 
past. 


The  Divorce  Dinner 

Wild  and  wooly  though  we  San  Franciscans  be, 
we  have  had  some  success  in  elaborating  the 
delicate  art  that  refines  its  technique  at  the  din- 
ner table.  It  is  true  that  we  have  not  quite  ap- 
proximated decadent  Newport,  for  the  weird 
effects  produced  on  blase  nerves  by  the  enter- 
tainment of  scrubbed  monkeys  and  pet  lapdogs 
have  never  been  experienced  here.  Still,  some 
of  our  feasts  have  been  more  than  recherche; 
they  have  been  bizarre,  exotic.  Once  or  twice 
in  my  experience  there  have  been  dinners  worthy 
comparison  with  the  board  Trimalchio  spread  for 
his  gaping  friends.  We  have  known  the  Lucul- 
lan grandeur  many  times.  The  cloying  luxury 
of  that  banquet  spread  for  Thais  (you  may  read 
the  particulars  in  Anatole  France)  has  been  car- 
ried to  the  verge  of  surfeit  by  our  exuberant 
gastronomes.  The  classic  spread  to  which  Pere- 
grine Pickle  sat  down  was  a  Lenten  collation  to 
the  Rosenstirn  appendix  dinner.  The  solid  comes- 
tibles that  covered  the  mahogany  of  Father  Prout 
when  Sir  Walter  Scott  dined  on  Watergrasshill 
are  not  to  be  mentioned  in  the  same  breath  with 
the  Hawaiian  esculents  dished  up  by  George  Rolph 
around  a  plashing  pool  at  the  Bohemian  Club. 
The  jolly  suppers  of  the  Knights  of  the  Screw 


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beloved  of  Philpot  Curran  were  hurried  snacks 
to  Charlie  Hanlon's  famous  feed  at  the  Cosmos 
Club.  And  we  have  had  cosy  sittings  in  upper 
rooms  of  discreet  French  restaurants  (the  public 
knows  nothing  of  them)  which  out-heroded  the 
memorable  Seeley  affair.  Yes,  we  have  held  up 
our  end  in  the  matter  of  dining.  But  now  we 
are  to  add  another  string  to  our  bow,  to  nick  an- 
other notch  in  our  gun,  to  add  another  rose  to 
the  prandial  garland  of  our  epicurean  reputation. 
We  are  to  have  a  divorce  dinner. 


The  Origin  of  the  Idea 

The  divorce  dinner  is  not  the  child  of  any  so- 
ciety hostess'  brain.  It  was  not  conceived  in  the 
Greenway  circle  or  brought  forth  in  the  novelty- 
hunting  purlieus  of  Burlingame.  Some  bold 
spirits  in  these  inner  sanctuaries  of  the  elect  may 
follow  suit,  for  there  is  among  our  social  aristoi 
plenty  of  material  to  work  on  for  such  a  func- 
tion. But  the  credit  for  the  inspiration  which 
will  soon  be  embodied  in  a  divorce  dinner  be- 
longs to  a  member  of  the  Press  Club  who  is  too 
modest  to  permit  the  use  of  his  name.  Never 
mind.  It  will  come  out  later.  As  well  might 
Brillat-Savarin  attempt  to  go  unheralded  down 
the  ages.  The  flash  of  genius  which  made  the 
divorce  dinner  possible  came  to  this  brilliant  soul 
while  a  few  choice  spirits  were  sipping  Scotch  in 
the  Press  Club  red  room  one  afternoon.  Be  it 
known  that  there  are  many  divorced  among  the 
pencil-pushers  of  local  newspaperdom.  Cupid  has 
smiled  upon  them  for  a  while,  only  to  pluck  out 
his  arrows  from  their  bleeding  breasts  and  send 
them  to  the  temple  of  reconstruction  where  Judge 
Graham  is  high  priest.  Some  have  been  to  Reno, 
some  merely  as  far  as  the  local  courts.  Some 
have  made  the  journey  once,  some  several  times. 
Some  have  final  decrees;  some  only  the  inter- 
locutory instrument  which  holds  love  in  leash  a 
slow-moving  year;  some  have  had  to  be  content 
with  the  half-way  slitting  of  the  Gordian  knot  of 
marriage  known  as  a  separation  a  mensa  et  thoro. 
But  taken  together  they  are  a  goodly  throng. 
All  this  was  idly  talked  of  at  the  club  when  sud- 
denly the  genius  of  the  occasion  excitedly  cried 
out:  "Let  us  liave  a  dinner  for  divorced  members! 
Let  us  feast  the  lost  souls  wandering  aimlessly 
like  unburied  dead  on  the  hither  bank  of  Sty.x!" 
Immediately  the  plan  took  shape. 


The  Matter  of  Precedence 

When  the  divorce  dinner  of  Press  clubmen 
takes  place  the  amenities  of  precedence  will  be 
scrupulously  observed.  Those  who  are  not  ac- 
tually divorced  but  only  separated,  more  in  sor- 
row than  in  anger,  from  their  erstwhile  better 
halves  will  sit  below  the  salt.  Those  who  are 
held  in  bond  of  interlocutory  decree  will  have  in- 
conspicuous position.  Those  who  have  been 
ground  to  meal  in  the  divorce  mill  only  once 
will  wear  white  ribbons.  Those  who  have  been 
twice  flouted  by  the  divinity  of  the  grand  passion 
will  be  distinguished  by  red  ribbons.  And  those 
who  have  been  to  the  altar  and  to  the  courts 
three  times,  who  have  thrice  heard  the  strains  of 
Lohengrin  and  thrice  listened  to  the  voice  of  law, 
will  sport  the  blue  ribbon  of  supreme  distinction. 
Careful  intiuiry  has  proved  that  no  member  of 
the  club  has  exceeded  that  mystic  number.  The 
decorations  of  the  table  will  be  symbolic.  There 
will  be  crushed  orange  blossoms  and  a  Iiint  of 
sagebrush  to  suggest  the  Mecca  of  matrimonial 
misfits.  On  the  place  cards  Cupid  will  appear, 
no  longer  blind,  weeping  over  a  quiver  of  barbless 
arrows  while  Venus  hastens  to  encourage  him 
with  the  cheering  message.  While  there's  life 
there's  hope!  The  music  of  the  feast  will  be  an 
original  composition  in  which  the  strains  of 
Mendelssohn's  march  will  mingle  bewildcringly 
with  the  raucous  notes  of  "The  Battle  Cry  of 


Freedom."  But  I  must  not  tell  too  much.  I 
have  a  list  of  the  guests,  but  the  time  to  publish 
them  has  not  yet  come. 


Prestons  at  Heidelberg 

Mrs.  E.  F.  Preston  and  her  handsome  daughter- 
in-law  Mrs.  Frank  Preston,  the  former  Mrs. 
Frank  Norris,  who  have  been  touring  the  world 
are  pleasantly  established  in  Heidelberg  where 
they  plan  to  remain  several  months  and  probably 
throughout  the  winter.  Little  Miss  Jeanette 
Norris,  daughter  of  the  famous  novelist  is  at- 
tending school  in  Palo  Alto  in  her  mother's  ab- 
scence  and  spends  much  time  with  her  paternal 
grandmother  in  this  city.  She  is  an  exception- 
ally bright  child  of  whom  some  unusual  achieve- 
ment in  art  or  letters  is  expected.  "Portola 
Hall,"  the  beautiful  country  seat  of  the  Prestons 
at  Woodside  has  been  occupied  during  the  sum- 
mer by  the  Schillings  of  Oakland  who  have  had 
the  young  Rudolph  Schillings  for  their  guests 
since  the  latters'  return  from  Europe.  Mrs. 
Rudolph  who  was  the  beautiful  Alexandra  Ham- 


Photo,  Dassonville 

MISS   MARIE  GIORGIANI 
The  talented  organist  and  choir  director  of  St.  Mary's 
(the  Paulists). 


ilton  is  not  taking  an  active  part  in  society  be- 
ing still  in  mourning  for  her  brother  whose  death 
occurred  while  she  was  abroad  on  her  wedding 
trip. 


A  Talented  Organist 

One  of  the  most  talented  of  local  musicians  is 
Miss  Marie  Giorgiani,  the  organist  of  old  St. 
Mary's  Church  which  was  formerly  the  Cathedral 
and  Is  now  in  the  charge  of  the  Paulist  fathers. 
The  music  at  this  church  is  one  of  its  notable 
features.  Church  choirs  in  this  city  are  not  kept 
up  to  a  very  high  standard,  and  the  one  at  St. 
Mary's  is  therefore  a  very  agreeable  exception. 
Miss  Giorgiani  was  formerly  organist  of  the 
Paulist  Church  in  New  YorkCity.  She  is  a  inost 
enthusiastic  musician,  and  ranks  high  among  our 
local  teachers.  She  has  many  friends  among 
music  lovers,  and  also  in  charitable  societies  to 
which  she  gives  much  of  her  attention. 


Off  on  a  Jog  Dovm  State 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Hatfield  started  off  this 
week  on  a  driving  tour  down  south,  a  rather  un- 
usual trip  these  days  of  motor  cars.    They  have 

Candy  Sent  to  the  Country.  A  box  of  candy 
is  always  welcomed  by  friends  in  the  country. 
Easily  sent  by  express  from  any  one  of  Geo.  Haas 
&  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


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Delightfully  located  in  the  Redwoods,  5  miles  from 
Santa  Cruz.  Spring  water.  Excellent  table,  bath 
houses,  swimming  pool,  dance  pavilion,  hunting  and 
fishing.  Splendid  auto  service  free.  Daily  mail. 
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Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

Sherman  ^ay  &  Go. 

Stcinway   and    Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cccilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Mnsic  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


Puckett^s  College  of  Dancing 

Assembly  Hall 

1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  Van  Ness  and  Polk 

Jl  More  beautiful  ^allroom 
Could    Hardly  Conceived 


Classes— Mondays.  Assemblies— Fridays 

Advance  Class  and  Social— Wednesdays. 

Private  Lessons 

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taken  a  horse  and  buggy  and  have  mapped  out 
a  very  promising  route.  Mrs.  Hatfield  was  for- 
merly Miss  Elizabeth  Xevin,  eldest  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Xevin.  She  and  George  Hat- 
held  startled  society  last  year  by  eloping  to  San 
Jose  where  they  were  married.  Mrs.  Hatfield 
was  still  in  her  teens  and  attending  school  at 
the  time.  Both  Hatfield  and  his  wife  took  a 
course  last  year  at  Stanford.  They  have  been 
living  at  Palo  Alto  since  their  marriage.  And 
now,  perhaps  to  show  their  contempt  for  the 
motor-maniacs,  they  have  hitched  old  Dobbin  lo 
the  chaise  and  are  off  on  a  sort  of  belated  honey- 
moon. 


Golf  Tournament  at  Del  Monte 

The  annual  fall  golf  tournament,  an  event  looked 
forward  to  by  our  classiest  golfers,  will  take 
place  on  the  splendid  links  of  the  Del  Monte  Golf 
and  Cf)untry  Club  beginning  September  7  and  end- 
ing September  14.  The  prizes  are,  if  possible, 
even  more  elegant  than  usual.  There  are  a  large 
number  of  them,  and  they  are  now  and  will  be 
on  exhibition  in  the  windows  of  Shreve  and  Com- 
pany for  the  next  ten  days.  Any  time  you  pass 
there  you  will  find  golfers  devouring  them  with 
their  eyes.  Special  rates  have  been  made  for 
golfers  at  the  Hotel  Del  Monte  and  at  the  Pa- 
cific Grove  Hotel  which  is  under  the  same  man- 
agement. Those  who  wish  details  about  these 
rates  should  communicate  at  once  with  Manager 
H.  R.  Warner.  The  Southern  Pacific  oflfers  a 
one  and  one-third  round  trip  ticket  from  all 
points  in  California.  All  tickets  will  be  on  the 
receipt  certificate  plan.  The  sale  of  these  tickets 
begins  on  August  28  and  they  are  good  for  re- 
turn up  to  and  including  September  26.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  the  tournament  is  to  be  a  great 
event.  There  will  be  scratch  play  competitions 
for  the  Del  Monte  championships  for  men  and 
women;  handicap  match  play  competitions  for  the 
Del  Monte  cups  for  men  and  women,  with  trophies 
for  winners  and  runners-up;  trophies  for  lowest 
scores  in  qualifying  rounds;  additional  flights  for 
each  sixteen  men  and  eight  women,  with  trophies 
for  winners;  trophy  for  winner  of  defeated  eight 
in  second  flight;  also  mixed  foursomes,  consola- 
tion handicaps  for  men  and  women,  a  team  match 
for  northern  and  southern  California,  bogey  handi- 
caps, tombstone  event,  driving,  putting  and  ap- 
proaching contest  for  men  and  women  and  such 
other  contests  as  the  committee  may  arrange. 
The  finals  in  the  men's  championship  flight  will 
be  played  on  Friday,  September  13.  Should  there 
be  a  suflScient  number  of  entries  in  the  women's 
qualifying  round,  sixteen  instead  of  eight  will 
qualify  in  the  women's  championship  flight  which 
may  run  the  final  of  this  flight  to  Saturrlav  The 
committee  consists  of  the  following  members  of 
the    Southern    California   Golf   .Association:  Mr. 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Display  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS  AND    FANCY  COSTUMES 
420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco.  Cal. 


MANZANITA  HALL 

PALO  ALTO,  CALIFORNIA 

Makes  a  specialty  of  preparing  boys  and  young 
men  tor  entrance  to  the  universities.  The  location 
adjacent  to  Stanford  University  and  to  Palo  Alto, 
a  town  of  remarkable  culture,  makes  possible  a  schooi 
life  of  unusual  advantages  and  privileges. 

Twentieth    year     opens     August     27,     1912.  For 
catalogue  and  specific  information,  address 
W.  A.  SHEDD,  Head  Master 


Sumner  P.  Hunt,  Los  Angeles  Country  Club, 
chairman;  Mr.  Edward  B.  Tufts,  Los  Angeles 
Country  Club;  Mr.  Raymond  Hornby,  Rcdiands 
Country  Club;  and  the  following  members  of  the 
-Vorthern  California  Golf  .Association:  Mr.  Vin- 
cent Whitney,  S.  F.  Golf  and  Country  Club; 
Mr.  Percy  Selby,  Burlingame  Country  Club;  Mr. 
H.  Spens-Black,  Claremont  Country  Club. 


Amateur  Championship 

The  men's  amateur  championship  of  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  Golf  Association  which  is  open  to  any 
amateur  player,  will  be  held  over  the  same  course 
from  September  16  to  September  21  inclusive. 
The  winner  of  this  tournament  will  be  the  ama- 
teur champion  of  the  Pacific  Coast  for  the  year 
1912  and  will  receive  the  gold  medal  presented  by 
the  P.  C.  G.  Association.  He  will  also  have  his 
name  inscribed  on  the  Championship  Cup.  which 
will  be  held  for  the  following  year  by  the  club 
from  which  the  player  enters  the  tournament. 
A  Silver  Medal  will  be  presented  to  the  runner-up. 
.Also  medals  to  the  other  two  semi-finalists.  A 
cup  will  also  be  presented  to  the  player  making 
the  lowest  score  in  the  qualifying  round. 


The  Dog  Show  at  Santa  Cruz 

Entries  closed  Monday,  .August  5,  for  the 
Santa  Cruz  Dog  Show.  More  than  one  hundred 
trophies  have  been  oflfered  and  with  James  Morti- 
mer, the  premier  dog  expert  of  the  country,  for 
judge,  the  success  of  the  show  is  assured.  The  dogs 
of  Mrs.  Malcolm  D.  Whitman  (formerly  .Miss  Jen- 
nie Crocker)  will  not  be  entered  for  competition. 
.Additional  prizes  have  been  posted  by  Miss  Alice 
Wilkins,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Brown,  Miss  Jean  Forgeus, 
the  Bulldog  Breeders'  Association,  John  Martin, 
Warren  Porter,  Mayor  Rolph  of  San  Francisco, 
Mrs.  Fred  Kohl,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Lindgren,  Col.  Walter 
Martin,  Judge  Caroll  Cook,  Harry  Hastings. 
Charles  Conlisk,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Herman,  Mrs.  D.  T. 
.Murphy,  Miss  Lydia  Hopkins,  Mrs.  Hal  Biggs. 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Anderson,  Mrs.  Norman  J.  Stewart, 
Leon  L.  Roos,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Stethcimer  and  others. 
John  Martin  is  president  of  the  Santa  Cruz  Kennel 
Club,  under  whose  auspices  the  show  will  be 
given.  August  15-18  are  the  dates  for  the  golf 
t<jurnament  at  Santa  Cruz.  August  16-17  the 
Bench  Show  of  the  Santa  Cruz  County  Kennel 
Club  takes  place  on  the  boardwalk.  August  24 
the  auto  run  from  San  Francisco  will  be  a  big 


event.  Then  comes  September  with  the  San  Jose 
Elks  and  friends  who  will  be  at  Casa  del  Rey  on 
the  first  and  second.  From  September  2  to  9  the 
Fraternal  Brotherhood  hold  their  big  outing 
there.  On  these  latter  dates  Fred  Svvanton 
plans  to  have  a  festival  or  feast  of  lanterns.  On 
the  bay  in  front  of  the  Casino  all  boats  which 
will  enter  will  be  decorated  with  lanterns.  The 
Beach  Company  will  give  prizes  for  the  best 
decorated  boats.  The  beach  front  will  be  lined 
with  lights,  and  the  buildings  will  be  decorated 
with  lanterns.  There  will  be  special  floating  fire- 
works, something  new.  There  will  be  a  ship  fifty 
feet  long  from  which  fireworks  will  be  displayed 
and  on  the  final  night  this  ship  will  be  burned, 
making  a  very  pretty  appearance. 


An  Art  In  Its  Perfection 

It  is  a  significant  and  noteworthy  fact  that 
Tait's  was  the  cafe  chosen  to  give  the  son  of  the 
first  president  of  the  new  Chinese  republic  an 
idea  of  how  a  modern  .American  restaurant  was 
conducted.  The  gentleman  in  question  and  his 
large  party  had  lunch  there  last  week.  It  seems 
that  every  distinguished  visitor  to  San  Francisco 
is  taken  to  this  popular  cafe.  The  place  has  a 
reputation  of  knowing  how  best  to  cater  to  par- 
ticular patrons.  Catering  to  a  medley  of  tempcr- 
ments  and  pleasing  all  is  an  art  that  is  not  to 
be  under-rated  and  the  Tait  management  has  it 
down  to  perfection. 


The  Triumphant  Nickel 

"My  friends,"  announced  the  perambulating 
preacher  after  a  vain  appeal  for  a  liberal  collec- 
tion, "here  is  a  parable."  He  produced  two  coins, 
a  quarter  and  a  nickel,  from  his  pocket  and  held 
them  up  before  the  assemblage. 

"These  two  coins  fell  a-talking  one  day.  Said 
the  quarter  to  the  nickel,  'Oh,  you're  a  poor 
thing!    I'm  worth  five  of  you.' 

"  'That  may  be,'  replied  the  nickel,  'but  there's 
one  respect  in  which  I  beat  you  easily.' 

"'What's  that?'  asked  the  quarter  contempt- 
uously. 

"  'Why,'  replied  the  nickel,  with  much  com- 
placency, 'I  go  to  church  far  oftcner  than  you 
do!'  " 


THE   BEAUTIFUL   PRIZES   TO   BE   CONTESTED   FOR   1\   THE   DEL    iMONTE   (iOLF  TOURNAMENT. 


August  10,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


17 


An  Actor's  Play 

By  Theodore  Bonnet 


Not  all  plays  are  seen  to  advantage  when  first 
exposed  to  the  footlights.  Ever  so  many  re- 
hearsals may  fail  to  reveal  all  the  aefects  of  a 
play.  Frequently  it  is  not  till  the  public  is  ad- 
mitted to  a  performance,  till  the  effect  of  a  play 
on  strangers  in  the  mood  to  be  entertained  is 
observed,  that  an  author  is  able  to  make  a  satis- 
factory diagnosis  of  the  case  in  hand.  And  un- 
til the  author,  after  that  first  performance,  uses 
his  blue  pencil  and  makes  alterations,  it  is  almost 
impossible  for  the  critic  to  do  more  than  state 
his  impressions.  Many  a  critic  has  been  bored 
on  the  first  night  of  a  play  that  subsequently 
proved  a  success.  Of  course  a  play  may  have 
certain  defects  which  it  is  impossible  to  remedy, 
and  these  are  not  hard  to  perceive.  Not  of  this 
impossible  kind  is  Brandon  Tynan's  "The  Melody 
of  Youth"  which  had  its  premiere  at  the  Colum- 
bia this  week.  Those  who  are  in  the  vein  for  it — 
for  sentimental  comedy — will  find  much  that  is 
fascinating  in  the  play.  And  I  am  inclined  to  the 
opinion  that  many  theatregoers  are  in  the  vein 
for  it.  Certainly  they  are  in  the  vein  for  the 
comic  operas  of  the  Victorian  era;  then  why  not 
for  sentimental  comedy  that  brings  us  back  to  the 
earliest  of  our  idealized  impressions.  Brandon 
Tynan's  ideals  belong  to  a  generation  bred  on 
the  novels  of  the  Duchess.  His  is  a  style  of 
drama  that  fell  into  desuetude  about  the  time  the 
Baldwin  went  up  in  smoke.  It  has  a  rncoco 
quaintness  about  it;  but  after  years  of  limg- 
visaged  study  of  sociological  problems  in  the 
theatre  "The  Melody  of  Youth"  delights  by  its 
freshness,  its  ingenuousness,  its  simplicity,  its 
sentimentality.    There  is  an  atmosphere  ahnost 


idyllic  in  it.  But  it  is  a  comedy  that  appeals  rather 
to  the  unsophisticated  than  to  the  blase.  The 
triangle  is  the  old  familiar  one  of  two  men  and 
a  girl.  One  of  the  men  is  a  rake  and  the  other 
a  model  of  austerity.  The  latter  is  the  hero, 
and  unfortunately  he  is  also  a  divinity  student. 
Worse  than  that,  he  is  a  Catholic  divinity  student, 
and  therefore  inclined  to  a  life  of  celibacy.  There 
are  many  people  on  whose  sensibilities  it  will  jar 
somewhat,  the  idea  of  a  young  man  who  conceives 
himself  to  be  divinely  called  to  a  life  of  celibacy 
yielding  to  the  fascinations  of  a  flirtatious  young 
woman.  Moreover  the  idea  is  more  suitable  to 
farce  than  to  romantic,  sentimental  comedy,  as 
the  divinity  student  does  not  lend  himself  easily 
or  gracefully  or  convincingly  to  the  role  of  pas- 
sionate wooer.  However  Mr.  Tynan  handles  his 
theme  with  delicacy  and  discretion.  He  made  the 
one  mistake  of  indulging  a  passion  for  rhetoric. 
On  the  first  night  there  were  many  echo-haunted 
phrases  that  delayed  the  action  without  improving 
the  element  of  suspense.  An  author  hates  to  rob 
the  world  of  the  beautiful  thoughts  that  he  has 
given  utterance  to  in  language  that  he  has  neatly 
polished,  but  the  exigencies  of  the  theatre  are  in- 
exorable. The  boiling-down  process  is  tragic,  as 
doubtless  Mr.  Tynan  will  confess  now  that  he  has 
compromised  with  his  Muse.  1  hope  that  what 
pruning  he  has  done  has  had  little  effect  on  the 
part  of  Cathleen  Linnet,  for  one  cannot  see  too 
much  of  dainty  Lily  Cahill.  Whatever  the  genre 
best  suited  to  this  young  woman's  talents,  "The 
Melody  of  Youth"  certainly  goes  as  though  it 
were  written  for  her.  As  Cathleen  Linnet  she  is 
a  sort  of  refined  Clorinda  Wildairs  in  the  bud. 


She  comes  into  the  play  like  a  wave  o'  the  sea 
and  she  seems  the  very  incarnation  of  tempera- 
ment. It  is  vibrant  in  the  lyric  rapture  of  her 
voice.  It  pervades  her  supple,  pliant  figure.  It 
nestles  in  the  meshes  of  her  silken  hair.  It 
Hashes  in  the  glance  of  her  eye.  It  transforms  her 
into  a  palpitant  ethereality  radiant  with  the  power 
of  love.  As  you  may  see,  I  should  rather  write 
of  Miss  Cahill  than  of  the  play.  But  I  must  not 
fail  to  mention  the  star  Mr.  James  K.  Hackett, 
though  in  this  play  he  generously  appears  to  be 
doing  nothing  more  than  supporting  the  sprightly 
Irish  lass  of  Dublin  town.  It's  a  minor  role 
that  Mr.  Hackett  has,  yet  such  is  the  power  of 
his  art  that  he  lifts  the  part  into  conspicuous 
prominence.  And  it's  by  no  means  a  Hackett 
part.  In  this  play  the  darling  of  romance  is  seen 
as  a  Calvinist  clergyman,  a  character  part  which 
he  plays  like  the  Private  Secretary  suddenly 
vested  with  a  backbone.  If  the  author  of  the 
play  intended  Anthony  Beresford  for  the  leading 
role,  he  failed  to  bring  it  up  to  the  mark.  Mr. 
Tynan  is  the  hero,  and  he  gets  the  sympathy  of 
the  audience,  but  he  is  not  the  most  interesting 
figure  in  the  play.  But  it  was  enough  for  him 
to  do  to  write  the  play,  and  anyway  he  gave  us 
Cathleen  and  he  gave  us  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hilperty, 
a  genuine  representative  of  the  old  sod  with  the 
Celtic  passion  for  funerals,  obituary  notices  and 
happy  deaths.  In  this  role  Mrs.  Vincent  wrings 
the  full  value  out  of  every  line,  and,  by  the  way, 
there  are  many  excellent  lines  in  the  play.  Mr. 
Tynan  has  wit,  and  he  makes  Irish  hulls  with 
simething  of  the  deftness  with  which  Chesterton 
makes  paradoxes. 


* 'Patience"  the  Delicious 


If  anything  more  delicious  than  "Patience  '  has 
been  seen  in  San  Francisco  during  the  past  twelve- 
month I  should  like  to  know  its  name.  In  its 
music,  vocal  and  orchestral,  in  its  acting,  now 
and  then  serious  but  most  of  the  time  comic,  in 
its  principals  with  their  splendid  voices,  in  its 
chorus  with  their  fetching  costumes  and  their 
fetching  faces,  in  every  detail  from  start  to  fin- 
ish "Patience"  was  an  uninterrupted  delight.  Be- 
tween the  acts  I  heard  a  man  who  said  he  had 
seen  the  premiere  of  "Patience"  directed  by  the 
composer  declare  with  vehemence  that  the  pro- 
duction at  the  Cort  was  neither  Gilbert  nor  Sul- 
livan. That  man  will  never  know  how  near  he 
came  to  being  assaulted  by  some  who  overheard 
his  words  of  hostile  criticism.  The  enthusiasm 
was  so  great  that  nobody  wanted  to  listen  to 
adverse  criticism.  The  delight  of  the  audience 
manifested  itself  in  repeated  demands  for  encores, 
and  the  singers  must  have  been  just  as  en- 
thusiastic as  the  audience,  for  they  responded 
to  every  demand  with  smiling  alacrity.  There 
were  undoubtedly  a  great  many  at  "Patience" 
who  had  heard  the  opera  before,  and  there  were 
just  as  surely  a  great  number  to  whom  it  was 
new.  But  fortunately  no  previous  knowledge  of 
the  score  or  the  book  was  necessary  to  complete 
enjoyment.  The  splendid  singers  of  this  com- 
pany enunciate  so  clearly  that  nobody  has  diffi- 
culty in  following  the  lyrics  line  by  line  and 
t'.ius  combining  the  pleasure  that  flows  from  the 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

sweet  melodies  with  the  joy  of  turning  the 
inimitable  Gilbertian  wit  over  and  over  in  the 
mind.  It  is  not  often  you  hear  men  and  women 
in  the  theatre  laughing  at  the  words  of  a  lyric, 
but  the  rare  experience  becomes  almost  a  com- 
monplace during  the  performance  of  "Patience." 
I  have  heard  De  Wolf  Hopper  criticised  for  mug- 
ging and  clowning  the  part  of  Bunthorne.  The 
criticism  seems  unjust.  The  time  has  gone  by 
when  the  part  of  Bunthorne  may  depend  for  its 
laugh-provoking  powers  on  the  satire  it  embodies. 
The  esthetic  cult  is  as  dead  as  a  door-nail;  so 
that,  while  the  broad  satire  is  still  funny,  a 
comedian  may  with  perfect  propriety  lard  his 
part  with  grotesque  actions  which  Gilbert  did  not 
intend.  De  Wolf  Hopper  does  this,  and  some  of 
the  most  devoted  Gilbert-Sulli vanites  of  my  ac- 
quaintance insist  that  he  is  the  best  Bunthorne 
in  voice  and  comedy  they  have  ever  seen.  So  I 
suppose  he  is  amply  justified,  despite  the  cap- 
tious critics  who  insist  on  quarreling  with  their 
risibles.  When  have  we  had  a  more  charming 
opening  scene  than  that  which  shows  the  twenty 
lovesick  maidens  mooning  and  moaning  before 
Castle  Bunthorne?  They  were  visions  of  pink 
and  white  loveliness,  their  charms  deftly  set  oflf 
by  the  beautiful  gowns  designed  for  them  by 
Melville  Ellis.  The  man  whom  they  could  not 
siren  is  not  worthy  the  name  of  man.  It  would 
be  hard  to  say  which  was  the  most  attractive  in 
vcice  and  person,  Viola  Gillette's  .\ngela,  Alice 


Brady's  Saphir  or  Louise  Barthel's  Ella.  They 
all  seemed  very  lovely  in  their  soft  colorful  drap- 
eries, but  when  they  sang  they  had  to  share  hon- 
ors with  tuneful  Kate  Condon  who  sacrificed  her 
charms  to  the  demands  made  by  the  part  of  Lady 
Jane.  When  Patience  appeared  a  murmur  of 
pleasure  swept  over  the  audience.  "What  a 
peach !"  you  could  almost  hear  everybody  say- 
ing. Blanche  Dufifield  is  a  peach  indeed.  Those 
black  eyes  and  that  smile  of  hers  would  inspire 
a  greater  poet  than  Bunthorne.  But  she  is  more 
than  a  mere  beauty;  she  sings  superbly,  taking  the 
Iiigh  notes  as  by  divine  right  of  cjueenly  conquest. 
I  am  afraid  that  even  when  Arthur  Cunningham 
sang  his  lively  "Heavy  dragoon"  song  we  were 
all  wondering  when  the  lovesick  maidens  would 
return  to  feast  our  eyes;  but  still  we  noisily  ex- 
pressed our  opinion  that  Arthur  sang  the  song 
with  great  spirit,  despite  his  cold.  And  then 
came  De  Wolf  Hopper  in  his  irresistible  makeup 
to  read  his  "precious  nonsense"  poem  and  to  sing 
his  song.  It  was  all  admirable.  Too  bad  one 
cannot  go  through  the  two  acts  and  enthuse  in 
detail.  The  duet  of  Patience  and  Angela  as  sung 
by  Miss  Dufficid  and  Miss  Gillette  was  one  of 
the  gems  of  the  piece.  So  was  the  duet  of 
Patience  and  Grosvenor  which  gave  George  Mac- 
I'^arlane  his  first  opportunity  to  let  out  that  fine 
voice  of  his.  In  the  second  act  Kate  Condon 
had  her  chance  in  the  opening  song.  Then  Mac- 
Farlane   scored   again    with    the   "Fable   of  the 


TOWN  TALK 


August  10,  1912 


Magnet  and  the  Chnrn."  Miss  Dufficid  Hashed 
another  gem  in  our  delighted  eyes  when  she  sang 
her  ballad  "Love  is  a  plaintive  song."  And  when 
De  Wolf  Hopper  and  Miss  Condon  gave  their 
duet,  the  audience  insisted  on  repetition  after 
repetition.    Eugene  Cowles  took  his  share  of  the 


applause  when  he  bore  the  burden  of  the  trio  sung 
by  the  Duke,  the  Colonel  and  the  Major;  and 
again  in  the  quintet  with  Angela  and  Saphir.  He 
only  succeeded  in  satisfying  the  audience  after 
many  repetitions.  And  so  on  to  the  end,  not  for- 
getting the  duet  of  De  Wolf  Hopper  and  George 


MacFarlane  which  embodied  in  a  few  topical 
stanzas  the  only  departure  from  the  text.  A 
great  show  all  through,  a  show  that  sent  you 
away  regretting  it  was  over  but  wreathed  in 
smiles  of  complete  satisfaction  with  what  you 
had  received. 


**The  Bishop's  Candlesticks" 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


What  higher  praise  can  be  given  to  this  splen- 
did offering  than  to  say  that  it  was  veritable 
Hugo?  For  adequate  description  of  the  Convict, 
the  Bishop  and  the  Bishop's  Sister  as  portrayed 
by  James  K.  Hackett,  E.  M.  Holland  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  Whiffen  one  must  go  straight  to  Les 
Miserables,  to  those  wonderful  opening  chapters 
which  lay  the  foundation  for  that  master  tragedy. 
How  else  delineate  the  marvelous  make-up  of 
Hackett's  Jean  Valjean  but  in  the  language  of  the 
novelist?  "It  would  have  been  hard  to  find  a 
passer-by  more  wretched  in  appearance.  He  was 
a  man  of  middle  height,  stout  and  hardy,  in  the 
strength  of  maturity;  he  might  have  been  forty- 
six  or  seven.  A  slouched  leather  cap  half  hid 
his  face,  bronzed  by  the  sun  and  wind,  and  drip- 
ping with  sweat.  His  shaggy  breast  was  seen 
through  the  coarse  yellow  shirt;  he  wore  a  cravat 
twisted  like  a  rope;  coarse  blue  trousers,  worn 
and  shabby,  white  on  one  knee,  and  with  holes 
in  the  other;  an  old  ragged  grey  blouse,  patched 
on  one  side  with  a  piece  of  green  cloth  sewed  with 
twine.  His  stockingless  feet  were  in  hobnailed 
shoes;  his  hair  was  cropped  and  his  beard  long. 
The  sweat,  the  heat,  his  long  walk,  and  the  dust, 
added  an  indescribable  meanness  to  his  tattered 
appearance.  .  .  .  He  was  hideous.  It  was  an 
apparition  of  ill  omen."  Hackett  was  all  of  that. 
He  was  the  Man  with  the  Hoe  turned  beast. 
Crime  and  misery  and  indescribable  suffering 
leered  from  his  evil  eyes.  He  was  ferocious,  a 
gorilla  let  loose,  a  brute  babbling  almost  inarticul- 
ately. You  shuddered  to  see  him.  You  were  ap- 
palled that  such  a  thing  could  have  an  immortal 
soul.  You  would  have  said  that  such  a  soul  could 
not  be  saved,  could  not  be  worth  the  effort  of 
saving.  You  would  have  said  that  were  it  not 
for  the  Bishop,  the  Bishop  as  brought  to  life  by 
E.  M.  Holland.  He  was  Hugo's  Bishop,  the 
good  Monseigneur  Bienvcnu  beloved  of  the  peo- 
ple of  D  .    Hugo's  words  describe  Holland 

perfectly.    "His  person  was  admirably  moulded; 


although  of  slight  figure,  he  was  elegant  and 
graceful.  .  .  His  conversation  was  affable 
and  pleasant.  He  adapted  himself  to  the  capac- 
ity of  the  two  old  women  who  lived  with  him, 
but  when  he  laughed,  it  was  the  laugh  of  a  school 
boy.  At  times  he  made  use  of  gentle  raillery, 
which  was  almost  always  charged  with  serious 
ideas."  Holland  studied  those  w-ords.  He  real- 
ized the  picture  of  gentle  simplicity  which  they 
paint.  We  must  go  to  Hugo  again  to  describe 
Mrs.  WhifTen,  the  Bishop's  Sister.  "She  fully 
realized  the  idea  which  is  expressed  by  the  word 


WILLIAM  BURR  and  U.M'HXE  IIOl'E 
Who  will  appear  in  "A  Lady,  a  Lover  and  a  Lamp"  this 
Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 


'respectable.'  Her  whole  life,  which  had  been  but 
a  succession  of  pious  works,  had  produced  upon 
her  a  kmd  of  transparent  whiteness,  and  in  grow- 
ing old  she  had  acquired  what  may  be  called  the 
beauty  of  goodness.  .  .  .  What  had  been  thin- 
ness in  her  youth  had  become  in  maturity  trans- 
parency, and  this  etherialness  permitted  gleams 
of  the  angel  within.  She  was  more  a  spirit  than 
a  virgm  mortal.  Her  form  was  shadowlike 
hardly  enough  to  convey  the  thought  of  sex— a 
little  earth  containing  a  spark— large  eyes,  always 
cast  down;  a  pretext  for  a  soul  to  remain  on 
earth."  These  beautiful  descriptions  of  the 
Bishop  and  the  Bishop's  Sister  Hugo  with  superb 
art  has  placed  in  terrible  contrast  with  his  in- 
exorable itemizing  of  Jean  Valjean's  degradation 
His  intention  was  carried  out  scrupulously  by 
Hackett.  Alone  Jean  Valjean  would  be  horrible 
enough,  but  in  ju.xtaposition  with  the  two  saintly 
souls  portrayed  by  Holland  and  Mrs.  WhifTen  he 
IS  almost  overpowering.  The  effect  of  the  little 
drama  is  tremendous,  even  on  callous  theatre- 
goers. The  ferocity  of  the  wild  animal  from  the 
galleys,  his  beastlike  hunger,  his  frenzies  of  sus- 
picion, his  laughter,  like  the  laughter  of  the 
<lamncd,  his  irresistible  impulse  to  steal,  his 
(himb  wonder  at  forgiveness  and  his  final  sur- 
render to  the  influence  of  the  Bishop's  sanctity— 
these  are  all  so  vividly  presented  that  Hugo's 
fiction  lives  for  us  as  it  never  lived  before  in 
the  pages  of  one  of  the  most  compelling  books 
ever  written.  To  see  Hackett,  as  the  sketch  nears 
ils  end.  gaze  in  inarticulate  amazement  at  the 
kneeling  Bishop,  to  watch  the  dawn  of  human 
understanding  struggling  with  the  fogs  of  his 
stricken  brain,  and  then  to  see  him  lower  him- 
self clumsily,  first  to  one  knee  and  then  to  the 
other  while  the  hands  that  have  never  beer 
clasped  in  prayer  swing  helplessly  like  the  paws 
of  a  brute  is  to  carry  away  a  picture  that  can 
never  fade  from  memory. 


Introducing  Laurette  Taylor 

Laurettc  Taylor's  season  at  the  Alcazar,  begin- 
ning next  Monday  night,  promises  to  be  a  red 
letter  period  in  the  history  of  that  playhouse.  No 
actress  has  come  to  San  Francisco  with  better 
prospect  of  being  warmly  received,  for  her 
Broadway  triumphs  and  more  recent  capture  of 
Los  Angeles,  where  she  has  just  concluded  an 
engagement  that  broke  all  bo.x  office  records 
there,  have  fired  this  city's  theatregoers  with 
eagerness  to  ascertain  for  themselves  the  secret 
of  her  rapid  rise  to  national  prominence.  They 
desire  to  sit  in  the  presence  of  the  captivating 
personality  and  witness  the  unique  acting  methods 
of  which  so  much  has  been  written  by  this  coun- 
try's foremost  reviewers.  Hence  the  unprece- 
dented advance  sale  of  seats  for  each  of  her  per- 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

formances  next  week.  "The  Girl  in  Waiting,"  a 
comedy  by  J.  Hartley  Manners,  is  to  be  the 
medium  of  Miss  Taylor's  introduction  as  an  Al- 
cazar magnet.  It  has  never  been  presented  here, 
but  New  York  aand  Chicago  have  warmly  com- 
mended it  and  pronounced  her  work  in  the  title 
part  a  feast  of  delicious  fun.  In  the  cast  with  her 
will  be  Forrest  Stanley,  the  complete  roster  of 
Belasco  and  Mayer's  players  and  a  number  of 
specially  engaged  people.  All  the  scenes  of  "The 
Girl  in  Waiting"  are  laid  in  England,  the  audience 
being  conveyed  from  London  to  Devonshire  and 
back  again.  There  will  be  only  one  week  of 
"The  Girl  in  Waiting,"  as  the  terms  of  Miss 
Taylor's  contract  necessitate  her  first  presentation 
on  any  stage  of  "Barbaraza,"  a  play  of  modern 
Greece,  on  Monday,  August  19.    This  work  also 


came  from  the  prolific  pen  of  J.  Hartley  Manners 
who  will  personally  supervise  the  preparations  for 
its  premiere. 


"The  Melody  of  Youth"  Next  Week 

The  fourth  week  of  the  James  K.  Hackett  sea- 
son at  the  Columbia  begins  with  the  perform- 
ance of  "The  Melody  of  Youth"  on  Monday 
night,  August  12.  The  three  acts  of  the  play  are 
now  in  good  form  and  since  the  opening  night 
have  undergone  some  material  changes  making 
for  the  betterment  of  the  work.  The  final  per- 
formance of  "The  Melody  of  Youth"  is  announced 
for  Saturday  night,  August  17.  There  will  be 
matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday.  The  Wed- 
nesday matinee  will  be  given  at  bargain  prices. 
On    Monday   night,    August    19,    Hackett  sur- 


August  10,  1912 


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rounded  by  a  fine  cast  will  appear  for  the  first 
time  on  any  stage  in  Booth  Tarkington's  new 
play  entitled  "A  Man  on  Horseback."  This  is  a 
new  four  act  work  with  scenes  laid  at  Fortress 
Monroe  and  while  dealing  with  American  notions 
of  today  in  business  and  politics,  has  a  strong 
love  interest. 


Attractive  Bill  at  Pantages 

The  attendance  at  Pantages  is  unusually  good 
tliis  week,  the  bill  being  of  a  particularly  attrac- 
tive sort.  Another  carefully  prepared  program 
will  be  offered  on  Sunday  when  San  Franciscans 
will  have  an  opportunity  of  laughing  at  Frank 
Bush  who  is  easily  the  best  story  teller  and  char- 
acter impersonator  on  the  vaudeville  stage.  He 
has  a  style  absolutely  his  own  that  has  success- 
fully kept  him  before  the  public  for  a  great  many 
years.  The  Tokio  Miyako  Troupe,  the  first 
Japanese  to  play  the  Pantages  circuit,  arc  said  to 
present  the  most  astounding  gymnastic  act  on 
the  road,  one  of  the  little  brown  men  particularly 
distinguishing  himself  by  ascending  a  twelve- 
foot  ladder  on  his  head  without  the  aid  of  his 
hands.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morris  who  are 
well  and  favorably  known  on  the  legitimate  stage 
and  who  are  taking  a  little  "flyer"  into  vaude- 
ville, will  offer  their  jolly  playlet  "The  Lady 
Down  Stairs,"  abounding  in  bright  lines  and 
amusing  situations.  The  Three  Madcaps,  Eng- 
lish acrobatic  dancing  girls,  will  go  through  some 
luirricane  terpsichorean  evolutions  that  are  said 
to  be  as  graceful  as  they  are  unique.  The  Clip- 
per Quartet,  good  singers  who  couple  their  har- 
monies with  no  end  of  good,  clean  comedy,  will 
appear  for  the  first  time  here.  The  Mayers,  a 
lively  singing  and  dancing  couple,  will  continue 
to  enliven  proceedings.  A  special  feature  will 
be  an  International  Cake  Walk,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Gertrude  Eulalie,  in  which  couples  rep- 
resenting the  most  important  nations  will  liave 
a  good  old-fashioned  competition,  such  as  lias 
not  been  seen  here  in  many  a  day.  The  cake 
walk  will  be  beautifully  costumed  and  pranced  to 
particularly  catchy  music.  Sunlight  Pictures  will 
complete  the  bill. 


The  Last  Week  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 

The  fourth,  and  what  must  be  the  final  week 
of  the  engagement  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  or- 
ganization starts  at  the  Cort  with  Sunday  night's 
performance  of  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance."  This 
will  be  the  last  presentation  of  this  popular  Gil- 
bert and  Sullivan  opera.  On  Monday  and  Tues- 
day nights  "The  Mikado"  will  be  the  bill.  The 
production  of  this  opera  during  the  first  week 
of  the  engagement  created  something  approach- 
ing a  furore.  Popular  "Pinafore"  will  be  given 
at  the  Wednesday  matinee  and  on  Wednesday 
and  Thursday  nights,  while  Friday  is  to  be  given 
over  to  satirical  "Patience."  The  engagement 
will  terminate  with  the  matinee  and  evening  per- 
formances of  Saturday,  August  17,  when  "The 
Mikado"  will  be  repeated.  De  Wolf  Hopper, 
Blanche  Duffield,  Eugene  Cowles,  George  Mac- 
Farlane,  Kate  Condon,  Arthur  Aldridge,  Viola 
Gillette,  Arthur  Cunningham,  Alice  Brady,  and 
Louise  Barthel  will  be  seen  in  the  same  roles  in- 
terpreted by  them  in  the  previous  productions  of 
the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  masterpieces.  On  Sun- 
day night,  August  18,  comes  "Baby  Mine,"  the 
great  Margaret  Mayo  laugh-maker,  with  Mar- 
guerite Clark  and  Ernest  Glendinning  in  the  cast. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  this  merry  comedy 
dedicated  the  Cort  last  September. 


a  young  man,  Reed  has  attained  an  enviable  posi- 
tion in  the  theatrical  world.  His  rise  has  been 
rapid.  Reed  is  manager  of  the  Moore  Theatre  of 
Seattle  in  addition  to  being  Mr.  Cort's  secretary. 
He  is  also  in  charge  of  the  box  offices  of  the  en- 
tire Cort  circuit  and  devotes  considerable  of  his 
energies  to  that  part  of  the  business.  Reed  will 
remain  here  till  the  end  of  the  month. 


AMUSEMENTS 

"A  Chip  of  the  Old  Block"  at  the  Orpheum 

W.  H.  St.  James  who  will  be  remembered  for 
his  acting  with  Dustin  Farnum  in  "Cameo  Kirby" 
and  as  the  Squire  in  "Way  Down  East"  will  ap- 
pear in  a  comedy  playlet  by  Byron  Ongley  en- 
titled "A  Chip  of  the  Old  Block"  at  the  Orpheum 
next  week.  Mr.  Ongley  is  the  author  of  "Brew- 
ster's Millions"  and  co-author  of  "The  Typhoon." 
In  his  latest  effort  he  is  said  to  maintain  his  high 
reputation  and  to  present  a  most  amusing  char- 
acter. Mr.  St.  James  will  have  the  support  of 
Joiin  Moore,  Walter  Jenkins,  J.  C.  Davis  and 
Laura  Dacre.  Charley  Case,  "the  fellow  who 
talks  about  his  father,"  will  be  a  droll  feature. 
Quite  a  while  has  elapsed  since  his  last  visit 
here  but  he  is  remembered  as  one  of  the  most 
enjoyable  of  monologists.  William  Burr  and 
Daphne  Hope,  immense  favorites  at  the  English 
music  halls,  come  with  a  clever,  melodious  and 
enjoyable  skit  "A  Lady,  a  Lover  and  a  Lamp." 
They  are  excellent  singers  and  amusing  comed- 
ians. Among  the  songs  introduced  is  "Into 
Dreamland"  which  made  a  big  hit  in  the  London 
vaudeville  theatres.  Martin  Johnson's  wonderful 
South  Sea  Island  Travelogue  will  be  exhibited 
for  the  first  time  in  this  city,  and  its  engagement 
is  limited  to  one  week.  Mr.  Johnson  was  the 
only  man  that  left  San  Francisco  with  Jack  Lon- 
don on  his  famous  little  "Snark"  and  remained 
for  the  entire  voyage,  spending  two  and  a  half 
years  among  the  islands  of  the  South  Pacific  mak- 
ing photographic  records  of  their  uncivilized  in- 
liabitants.  His  travelogues  depict  cannibals,  their 
wars,  worships  and  tribal  life,  hunting  mammoth 
crocodiles  and  turtles,  catching  flying  fish,  dances 
of  the  headhunters,  the  midgets  of  Borneo,  sav- 
age methods  of  warfare,  tropical  vegetation  and 
fruits.  Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Chick  Sale 
in  liis  comedy  protean  entertainment;  Lydia  Nel- 
son and  her  boys  and  girls  and  Kathi  Gultini, 
"the  lady  juggler."  It  will  also  be  the  final  week 
of  Bertha  Kalich  in  the  one  act  drama  "A  Light 
from  St.  Agnes." 


Skeptical  Dolly 

A  little  girl  came  to  her  father  one  day  and 
said  her  dolly  was  very  sick. 

"Send  for  the  doctor,"  suggested  the  father. 

"I  did,  but  he  couldn't  help  her,"  said  the  child. 

"Give  her  a  drink  of  water,"  again  suggested  the 
father. 

"I  did,  but  she  couldn't  swallow  it,"  said  the 
child. 

"Well,"  said  the  father,  "I  guess  you  will  have 
to  try  Christian  Science." 

"I  did,"  said  the  child,  "but  she  couldn't  swallow 
that,  either." 


Reed  Is  In  Charge 

Carl  Reed,  John  Cort's  private  secretary,  is 
officiating  as  acting  manager  of  the  Cort  Tiieatre 
during  the  absence  of  Homer  F.  Curran,  the  man- 
ager, who  is  now  East  on  his  vacation.  Although 


"I  am  quite  surprised,  Mr.  Meeker,  at  your 
wife's  knowledge  of  parliamentary  law." 

"She?  Great  Caesar!  Hasn't  she  been  speaker 
of  the  house  for  the  last  ten  years?" 

St.  Mary's  College,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Conducted  by  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian 
Schools.  Department  of  Arts  and  Letters,  Civil 
Engineering,  Commerce,  and  High  School  De- 
partment.   BROTHER  ZENONIAN,  Registrar. 

Fall  term  begins  September  5,  1912. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Monday,    August    12th,    Fourth    Week    of  the 

JAMES  K.  HACKETT 

Season 

Last  Six  Nights — Two  Matinees 
Mr.   Hackett   Presents   and   Himself  Appears  with 

BRANDON  TYNAN 

In    Mr.    Tynan's    New  Play 
"THE  MELODY  OF  YOUTH" 
Bargain  Matinee  Wednesday,  25c,  50c,  75c  and  $1.00. 
Monday,  August  19th — Fifth  Week  of  James  K.  Hackett 
Season.    First   time  on   any   stage  a   new   play   by  Booth 
Tarkington  entitled  "A  Man  on  Horseback." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  August  11th 
EXCEPTIONAL  ATTRACTIONS! 

Frank  Bush,  World's  Foremost  Story  Teller;  Tokio 
Miyako  Troupe,  Astounding  Acrobats;  Clipper  Quartet,  Orig- 
inal .Singing  Comedians;  The  3  Madcaps,  fi^iiglish  Dancing 
Girls ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morris,  presenting  "The  T.ady 
Down  Stairs,"  The  Mayers,  Singing  and  Dancing  Com- 
edians;  Sunlight   Pictures  and 

INTERNATIONAL  CAKE  WALK 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

0"FI\RR.tV.\.  all  SlOCVkTOK  t  PQNNtVV  America 
Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 

I'OSniVFLY  LAST  WEEK  OF  BERTHA   K.M.ICII  in 
"A  LIGHT  FROM  ST.  AGNES" 

A  GREAT  NEW  SHOW 

W.  H.  ST.  JAMES  and  PLAYERS  in  Byron  Ongley's 
Comedy  Playlet  "A  Chip  of  the  Old  Block";  CHARLEY 
CASE,  "The  Fellow  Who  Talks  About  His  Father"; 
WILLIAM  BURR  and  DAPHNE  HOPE  in  "A  Lady,  a 
Lover  and  a  Lamp";  MARTIN  JOHNSON'S  TRAVEL- 
OtiLES,  Wonderful  Stories  and  Pictures  of  Savage  Life  in 
the  far  off  South  Sea  Islands  (One  Week  Only);  LYDIA 
NELSON  and  HER  BOYS  AND  GIRLS;  KATHI  GUL- 
TINI; NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES;  CHICK 
S.\LE,  Comedy  Protean  Entertainer. 

Evening  Prices,  10c,  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c.  25c.  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


CQRT^ 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Fourth  and   Positively   Last   Week   of  the 
GILBERT  &  SULLIVAN  FESTIVAL  CO. 

De   Wolf  Hopper 
Blanche  Duffield  Geo.  MacFarlane 

Kate   Condon  Arthur  Aldridge 

Viola  Gillette  Arthur  Cunningham 

Alice  Brady  Louise  Barthel 

Eugene  Cowles 

Tonight  and  Sunday— "THE  PIRATES  OF  PENZANCE." 
Monday  and  Tuesday— "THE  MIKADO." 
Wednesday  Mat.  and  Night  and  Thursday  - "PINAFORE." 
Friday— "PATIENCE." 

Saturday  Matinee  and  Night— "THE  MIKADO." 

Coming  Sunday,  August  18th — "Baby  Mine,"  with  iMar- 
guerite  Clark. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday  Evening,  August  12th,  and  Throughout  the  Week, 
LAURETTE  TAYLOR, 
Forrest  Stanley  and  the  Alcazar  Company,  in 
J.  Hartley  Manner's  Delicious  Comedy, 

THE  GIRL  IN  WAITING 

Its  First  Time  in  San  Francisco. 
Prices:  Night,  2Sc  to  $1.00;  Matinee,  25c  to  50c. 
Next:    Miss   Taylor   in    the    First    Presentation   on  Any 
Stage  of  "Barbaraza,"  a  Play  of  Modern  Greece. 


TOWN  TALK 


August  10,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks— The  week  in  Wall  street  closes  with 
sentiment  optimistic  as  to  the  future  and  a  general 
buying  movement  in  the  high  priced  or  standard 
securities.  There  has  been  a  continuance  of  fine 
growing  weather  for  crops  throughout  the  great 
agricultural  districts  of  the  country.  This  has 
acted  as  an  important  stimulant  to  trade  every- 
where. The  steel  business  indicates  a  heavy  ton- 
nage in  bookings  every  day  at  advancing  prices. 
The  copper  market,  while  temporarily  dull,  shows 
a  firm  tendency.  The  Government  report  on  cot- 
ton would  indicate  about  13^4  million  bales  and 
while  the  percentage  was  somewhat  lower  than 
looked  for,  rains  in  Texas  since  have  greatly 
improved  the  situation.  Railway  reports  of  the 
Pennsylvania  and  New  York  Central  for  June 
were  exceedingly  gratifying,  making  up  the 
heavy  losses  incurred  by  the  anthracite  strike  in 
April  and  May.  The  political  stiuation  appeared 
to  be  overshadowed,  temporarily  at  least,  by  the 
crop  and  business  outlook.  In  the  closing  day  of 
the  week  there  was  profit  taking  in  the  more 
speculative  issues  like  Reading,  Union  Pacific  and 
Steel  which  gave  the  market  a  heavy  appearance. 
This  setback  may  extend  somewhat  further  early 
next  week,  but  the  market  is  in  a  bull  position  and 
we  anticipate  higher  prices  the  coming  week. 

Wheat — The  wheat  market  the  last  week  has 
settled  down  to  a  more  stable  basis  than  that 
which  prevailed  for  some  time  previously.  Val- 
ues have  steadied  somewhat  and  the  market  is 
beginning  to  resist  bearish  influences.  The  de- 
cline was  a  drastic  one.  Even  the  temporary  re- 
actions were  of  short  duration  and  the  investment 
buying  which  it  was  natural  to  expect  appeared  to' 
be  overawed  by  the  private  estimates  that  have 
been  made  of  an  enormous  spring  wheat  produc- 
tion. The  opinion  now  seems  to  be  thoroughly 
crystallized  that  the  Northwest  is  to  harvest  the 
largest  crop  of  wheat  in  its  history,  that  the  out- 
come of  the  yields  in  the  Southwest  is  in  excess 
of  the  early  estimates,  that  the  crop  as  a  whole 
will  be  far  ahead  of  1911,  that  there  will  be  a 
liberal  amount  for  export  and  that  prices  must 
go  to  an  export  basis  and  remain  there  until  the 
surplus  wheat  is  disposed  of.  This  seems  to  be 
a  fair  exposition  of  the  prevailing  sentiment  that 
exists  in  the  wheat  trade  at  the  present  time,  and 
it  is  a  complete  reversal  of  the  opinion  that  pre- 
vailed a  month  ago.  It  remains  to  be  seen  what 
the  final  Government  figures  will  show  the  total 
yield  to  be,  and  with  the  army  of  investigators  the 
agricultural  bureau  has  at  its  command  the  esti- 
mates from  that  source  will  be  far  more  reliable 
than  from  any  private  examination.  As  far  as 
the  spring  wheat  crop  is  concerned,  the  acreage 


is  considerably  smaller  than  last  year,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  every  product  that  grows  out 
of  the  soil  has  paid  the  farmer  better  than  it  did 
to  raise  wheat,  and  he  quite  naturally  turned  his 
attention  to  whatever  produced  the  most  money, 
the  same  as  is  customary  in  other  occupations. 

Corn — The  freaky  action  of  the  corn  market  in- 
dicates that  climatic  conditions  are  having  an 
important  bearing  on  prices.  The  crop  is  late, 
of  uneven  growth,  and  in  sections  of  the  country 
the  soil  is  too  dry.  But  in  so  wide  an  extent  of 
territory  the  conditions  cannot  be  expected  to  be 
uniformly  good  every  year,  and  we  are  of  the 
opinion  that  the  crop  as  a  whole  is  doing  weli 
at  the  present  time,  and  gives  promise  of  a  good 
yield.  The  receipts  are  light,  present  supplie.'^ 
are  small,  the  consumption  is  good  and  this  is  a 
source  of  confidence  for  holders  of  the  September 
future,  while  December  and  May  at  the  present 
discount  appear  to  be  on  a  fairly  sound  invest- 
ment basis. 

Cotton — The  following  is  the  result  of  replies 
received  from  our  seven  hundred  paid  correspond- 
ents from  every  State  in  the  cotton  belt  and 
covers  the  condition  of  the  crop.  Cotton  appears 
to  have  done  well  during  the  week  in  the  States 
of  .Mabama,  Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Missouri, 
.Arkansas  and  Louisana,  which  territory  last  year 
produced  30  per  cent  of  the  total  crop.  In  Ok- 
lahoma and  Texas  which  produced  about  35  per 
cent  of  last  year's  crop  deterioration  was  rapid 
and  marked.  In  the  States  of  the  Southeast  re- 
ports are  mixed,  but  on  the  whole  are  of  a  rather 
unsatisfactory  tenor,  rain  being  needed  to  pro- 
mote continued  growth  and  fruiting  in  a  plant 
that  that  has  been  rendered  sappy  by  an  excess 
of  moisture  in  the  past.  Light  rains  fell  towards 
the  week's  close  in  the  Atlantic  States,  affording 
some  measure  of  relief,  but  it  is  evident  that  un- 
less there  are  further  showers  complaint  of  plants 
stopping  growth  and  shedding  fruit  will  become 
numerous  if  not  general.  Up  to  this  date  no  im- 
portant decline  has  been  sustained,  the  past  two 
weeks  having  been  a  period  of  improvement  in 
these  States  but  apparently  the  maximum  of 
good  has  been  received  from  dry  weather  and  the 
turning  point  reached.  There  is  much  small  late 
cotton  in  every  part  of  the  belt  and  where  in 
s-)me  instances  the  better  cotton  is  doing  nicely, 
the  young  plant  is  not  making  progress.  The 
rains  in  Texas  were  limited  both  in  area  and  in 
quantity  and  the  relief  was  inconsequential.  The 
deterioration  that  has  set  in  is  being  checked  in 
a  few  sections  only.  The  crop  needs  moisture 
from  North  Carolina  to  Texas. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.   Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W,    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         Vs'.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Say  re  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  L'mbsen 

A.   A.  Watkins 
The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 

correspond    with    those    who    contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe   Deposit   Vaults  open   from   7:30  a.   m.  to  12 

p.   m.,   Sundays   nnd   Holidays  included. 


The.  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA   ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Nlimber  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  |i.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

OF   SAN  FRANCISCO 
No.  2  MONlCOMhHY  S  i  KEtT 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10.519,217.23 

Deposits    25.775.597.47 

Officers — Isaias  W.  Hcllman.  I'res. ;  I.  \V.  Hcllman  Jr.. 
V.-Tres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V'.-Prcs. ;  James  K.  Wilson. 
\'.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King.  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  .•\sst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman.  I.  W.  Hcllman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss.  A.  Christcson.  Percy  T.  Morgan.  Wm. 
Haas.  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law.  Wm.  F. 
Ilerrin.  Henry  Roscnfcld.  John  C.  Kirkpatrick.  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering.  .\.  H. 
Payson.  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  I,,  t.ipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  ML  I.C.MIV,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

& 

CO. 

Members 
Xcw  Vork  Stock  Exchange 
Xew  York  Cojton  lixcli.'uigc 
.\*ew  York  CoflFee  KxcIkhht 
Chicago  Bv  ard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  P.  C.  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
New    York.   31-33-35    New  Street 

August  10,  1912 


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21 


WALKER'S  MANUAL  FOR  1912 

The  1912  edition  of  Walker's  Manual  of  Cali- 
fornia Securities  and  Directory  of  Directors  has 
made  its  appearance  in  uniform  binding  with 
previous  editions.  It  contains  particulars  of  a 
large  number  of  companies  which  were  not  given 
in  the  1911  edition  and  additional  information 
concerning  those  previously  presented.  This  has 
been  made  possible  without  greatly  increasing  the 
bulkincss  of  the  volume  by  a  change  in  the  gen- 
eral style  of  the  book.  Added  features  are  numer- 
ous maps  showing  the  properties  of  leading  cor- 
porations and  a  section  showing  the  high  and  low 
quotations  of  the  securities  dealt  in  at  the  Los 
Angeles  Stock  Exchange  as  well  as  the  range  of 
price  on  The  San  Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Ex- 
change. Another  new  addition  is  devoted  to  Los 
Angeles  bonds.  This  manual  is  becoming  more 
popular  every  year.  Business  men  and  the  public 
in  general  have  come  to  look  upon  this  work  as 
a  necessity.  For  the  investor  it  is  a  mine  of  in- 
formation. 


Villa  Florida 


Nuts  to  Crack 

Conscience  isn't  responsible  for  all  the  cowards 
in  the  world. 

A  fellow  can't  be  expected  to  hold  his  job  if  he 
can't  even  hold  his  tongue. 

The  discretion  that  is  the  better  part  of  valor 
is  sometimes  merely  lack  of  nerve. 

Peace  at  any  price  does  not  appeal  to  a  woman. 
Siie  wants  it  at  bargain  rates. 

Some  people  won't  believe  heaven  exists  until 
they  get  a  souvenir  postcard  from  there. 

A  man  never  fully  realizes  how  many  faults  he 
has  till  he  gets  a  wife  to  point  tfiem  out  to  liim. 

We  always  prefer  a  friend  who  is  close-mouthed 
rather  than  one  who  is  close-fisted. 


MURPHY,  GRANT  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS 

FURNISHING  GOODS,  NOTIONS, 
WHITE   GOODS,  LACES. 

Northeast  corner  BUSH  and  SANSOME  STS. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

The  Closed  Shop  town  is 
doomed  to  industrial  decay. 
Closed  sliop  and  Calamity. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  BMg..  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


(Continued  from  Page  6.) 

The  path  which  led  up  from  the  gate  to  the  decay- 
ing villa  through  a  wilderness  of  flowers  was 
bordered  on  each  side  by  peeling  vases  in  red 
stucco,  which  stood  dejectedly,  like  sentinels  set 
up  to  guard  a  palace  where  the  king  was  dead, 
and  then  forgotten  on  their  post.  It  finished  at 
a  flight  of  stairs,  broken  and  with  great  tufts  of 
weeds  springing  out  from  the  cracks  between  the 
steps. 

Mysterious  voices  parleyed  in  whispers,  and 
now  and  then  an  eye  peered  through  the  inter- 
stices between  the  planks,  and  a  soft  rustling  in 
the  path  showed  that  the  household  of  the  sultain 
kept  a  close  watch  over  the  safety  of  their  lord. 
As  I  stood  holding  to  a  bunch  of  canes  to  stop 
myself  from  slipping  down  into  the  mud,  my  eyes 
fixed  on  the  gate,  steps  hurrying  down  the  path 
behind  me  made  me  turn  and  almost  fall  into  the 
arms  of  a  fat,  white-robed  secretary,  who  came 
as  delicately  as  did  Agag,  to  ask  me  for  my  card. 
Long  did  he  look  at  it,  holding  it  upside  down 
for  greater  ease  in  the  deciphering.  Then,  asking 
me  what  my  name  was,  he  wrote  it  down  in 
Arabic,  asked  me  if  that  was  right,  again  surveyed 
my  card,  the  wrong  side  up,  and  quietly  with- 
drew. Ten  minutes  passed,  a  quarter  of  an  hour, 
and  then  the  gate  before  which  I  was  standing 
was  opened  cautiously  and  once  again  the  sec- 
retary appeared.  This  time  he  bore  a  European 
notebook  bound  in  shiny  cloth,  and  once  again 
he  enquired  my  name,  asking  me,  when  I  had  told 
him,  if  I  was  sure  of  it,  and  once  again  wrote 
it  down  carefully  and  once  again  withdrew.  Two 
or  three  soldiers,  with  the  long  side-locks  that 
the  men  about  the  sultan  always  wear,  came  down 
the  lane,  springing  from  stone  to  stone  like  cats, 
and  every  one  of  them  enquired  my  business  and 
my  name.  Half  an  hour  passed,  and,  just  as  I 
had  turned  to  go,  the  gate  swung  open  suddenly, 
and  three  or  four  soldiers,  rushing  out,  seized 
hold  of  my  right  hand,  and  all  vociferating  that 
Mulai  Abd-el-Assiz  waited  for  me,  advanced  at  a 
quick  walk. 

Under  a  group  of  almond  trees  just  bursting 
into  flower  there  stood  a  figure  robed  in  white, 
at  sight  of  which  the  attendants  all  withdrew,  leav- 
ing me  to  advance,  bareheaded,  and  salute  the 
man  who  once  had  been  a  king.  He  knew  me 
instantly,  motioned  to  me  to  be  covered,  with  a 
gesture  that  the  Tsar  of  Russia  migh  have  envied 
but .  never  could  compass,  answered  the  usual 
formal  compliments,  and  then  stood  silent,  with  a 
smile  that  showed  his  firm  white  teeth,  whilst  I 
as  delicately  as  I  could,  touched  on  the  mutability 
of  fate,  in  Arabic  quite  destitute  of  grammar,  say- 
ing not  what  I  wished  to  say,  but  anything  I 
could. 

I  floundered  on,  looking  upon  the  ground,  not 
to  embarrass  him  with  the  recollection  of  himself 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIG  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.  HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


in  other  times;  and  then,  looking  up  for  a  mo- 
ment, saw  the  tears  standing  in  his  eyes,  and  for 
the  first  time  remarked  adversity  had  set  a  seal 
as  of  nobility  upon  him,  that  he  had  aged,  and 
lines  had  crept  about  the  corners  of  his  mouth. 
He  met  my  eye  a  moment,  thanked  me,  said  "It 
was  ordained,"  took  my  hand  for  a  moment, 
carrying  his  own  an  instant  to  his  breast,  smiled 
again  sadly,  and  withdrew  towards  the  house.  As 
I  looked  after  the  white  gliding  figure  with  its 
flowing  robes  I  saw  him  as  I  had  seen  him  first, 
in  far  Marakesh,  riding  before  a  cloud  of  horse- 
men, on  a  white  horse,  under  the  scarlet  umbrella, 
revered  by  thousands  as  an  emperor  and  as  a 
saint;  young,  hopeful,  the  Commander  of  the 
Faithful;  but  not  so  noble  as  he  had  stood  with 
the  regality  of  adverse  fortune  on  him,  under  the 
almond  trees. 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  5.) 
about  it  only  the  other  day.  He  said  he  hadn't 
realized  that  my  observations  decided  the  place 
for  landing  the  American  forces.  He  is  writing 
a  book  on  the  Cuban  campaign,  and  he  said  that 
what  I  told  him  would  make  certain  changes 
necessary." 

"How  did  Elbert  Hubbard  come  to  write  about 
your  journey.^" 

Why,  it  seems  that  on  Washington's  Birth- 
day in  '99  Hubbard  said  to  his  son  Bert,  'It's  all 
very  well  to  celebrate  George  Washington,  but 
why  not  celebrate  someone  who  distinguished 
himself  in  the  Spanish- American  war?'  And  Bert 
replied,  'Well,  take  that  fellow  Rowan.'  Then 
he  told  his  father  about  me." 

"You  know  Hubbard?" 

"We  are  great  friends.  He  visits  me  when  he 
comes  to  San  Francisco." 

"What  do  you  think  of  his  writings?" 

"Oh,  I  think  he's  enormous.  He's  one  of  the 
most  agreeable  writers  to  most  readers  we  have 
today.  And  I  imagine  his  influence  must  be 
great." 

Naturally  Major  Rowan  couldn't  say  less  about 
the  writer  who  swore  by  the  Eternal  that  his 
statue  should  be  cast  in  bronze  and  placed  in 
every  college  of  the  land.  No  doubt  he  feels 
himself  under  a  sort  of  obligation  to  Hubbard  for 
celebrating  him.  But  to  my  mind  the  obligation 
teeters  the  other  way.  If  there  were  no  Johnson 
where  would  Boswell  be?  If  there  were  no 
Rowan  and  no  George  H.  Daniels,  even  the 
Major,  skilled  cartographer  that  he  is,  would 
find  it  hard  to  pick  out  East  Aurora  on  the  map. 


Bobby — This  sailor  must  have  been  a  hit  of 
an  acrobat. 

Mamma — Why,  dear? 

Bobby — Because  the  book  says,  "Having  lighted 
his  pipe,  he  sat  down  on  his  chest." 


In  a  Safe  Deposit  box  in  the 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 
All  it  will  cost  you  is  $4.00  per  year  and  you 
have  the  assurance  that  your  valuable  papers, 
etc.,  arc  safe. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  pi;r.tr  M.rk';"s't.. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manager 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


August  10,  1912 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

.MIS.  n.  II.  .Mcuowan  ai.(i  uicir  son  nany 
Jr.  of  Paraiso  Hot  Springs  entertained  as  house 
guests  over  the  week-end  the  following:  Mrs.  W. 
J.  Barnett,  Miss  Ysabclle  Arguello,  Miss  Anna 
O'Neill,  Miss  Camilla  Arguello,  Miss  Inez  Marion, 
Miss  Blanche  Cauhape,  Harry  Lee  Flood.  Miss 
Lcnore  Barnett,  Miss  Jean  Fottrell,  Wm.  L.  Fott- 
rell,  Miss  Emily  Fottrell,  Miss  Louise  Queen. 
Geo.  B.  Lyle,  Chas.  P.  Knights,  Geraldine  Flood, 
Robt.  J.  Flood,  Fina  Mcro,  Bourdette  Hartmann. 
Geo.  Nelson,  Edw.  O'Neill.  The  party  was  chap- 
eroned by  Mrs.  Barnett  of  Waldo  Point  and 
came  from  the  ranch  of  Miss  Ysabelle  Arguello 
near  Monterey  where  they  were  guests  for  a 
week.  Mr.  E.  J.  Weimar  and  family  motored 
from  Fresno  to  Paraiso. 

Miss  M.  E.  Schaeffer  and  Miss  Helen  L.  Cran- 
dall  i)f  Fresno  are  at  the  Victoria  for  a  month's 
stay.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  O.  Davis  of  Weehawken. 
N.  J.,  and  Mrs.  Jolm  r,.iker  Jr.,  of  Chicago  are 
Eastern  visitors  who  arc  making  the  Victoria 
their  stopping  place  during  a  trip  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. Miss  Helen  Dillon,  Dr.  D.  T.  Tasker  and 
Miss  S.  Kernon  are  a  trio  of  Los  Angeles  guests. 
Miss  C.  Hazard  and  Miss  D.  O'Brien  are  up  from 
Santa  Barbara.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Fred  Garner 
of  liuttc.  Montana.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray  B.  Thorpe 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  Riddle  of  Merced  are 
among  the  wreck's  arrivals.  Miss  Farnsvvorth  of 
Visalia  is  a  guest  during  a  stay  in  town. 

The  approach  of  the  opening  of  the  deer  season 
is  the  signal  for  a  gathering  of  hunters  at  Castle 
Crags  Farm  where  much  of  the  best  hunting  of 
the  year  is  obtainable.  C.  B.  Gould,  Dr.  Geo. 
C.  Pardee  and  other  nimrods  are  planning  to  be 
in  the  field  early  at  Castle  Crags.  A  fancy  dress 
party  which  transformed  the  Castle  Crgs  social 
party  which  transformed  the  Castle  Crags  social 
s.>a?on  for  the  hundred  or  so  guests  on  Thursday 
last.  Paper  dolls  and  French  beauties,  sailors  and 
soldiers,  and  all  the  residents  of  fairyland  were 
there  in  smart  new  clothes  and  having  the  mer- 
riest time  ever. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  II.  Talbot.  Miss  Talbot,  W. 
C.  and  Eric  Talbot  are  guests  of  Mrs.  II.  Dar- 
ncal  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey.  The  party  motored 
down  from  San  Mateo  for  the  week-end.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Doolittle  of  San  Mateo  are  also 
guests.  Mr.  Doolittle  is  the  manager  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  well  known  Peninsula  Hotel  at  San 
Mateo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bert  Wertheinier  have 
taken  apartments  for  a  few  weeks,  registering 
from  Sacramento.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Jaynes 
and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Martin  make  up  a  very 
delightful  party  who  are  again  visiting  Santa  Cruz, 
registering  at  the  Casa  del  Rey.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Goldstein,  Master  Edgar  and  Miss  Edith  Gold- 
stein are  there  for  the  month  of  August.  Mr. 
H.  H.  Henderson  and  Rufus  G.  Smith,  prominent 
oil  men  from  Bakersfield  who  are  occupied  with 
big  things  in  that  vicinity,  have  joined  their 
families  and  will  remain  the  rest  of  the  season. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jiphn  F.  Deal,  child  and  maid,  and 
John  F.  Deal  Jr..  registered  from  Santa  Barbara. 

The  major  portion  of  society  about  tlic  bay 
spent  last  week  at  Del  Monte  and  most  of  its 
members  w-ill  remain  until  after  the  golf  tourna- 
ment, with  frequent  excursions  to  Los  Angeles, 
Santa  Barbara  and  San  Francisco.  Mr.  C.  B. 
Alexander  and  his  family  will  spend  much  time 
with  friends  and  return  around  the  ISth.  The 
young  ladies  have  many  pleasant  parties  given 
■n  their  honor  on  each  trip  to  the  coast,  and  they 
also  find  the  golf  course  of  Del  Monte  very  fas- 
cinating. The  fishermen  of  Monterey  bay  had 
better  tie  their  laurel  wreaths  on  extremely  tight, 
as  fishing  for  salmon  is  very  popular  with  the 
fair  guests  of  Del  Monte.  The  other  day  Mrs. 
George  Newhall,  Miss  Flora  Low,  Miss  EU-anor 


.Mc  rgan  and  her  sister  Mrs.  M.  K.  Davis  caught 
190  pounds  of  the  deep  sea  beauties,  and  all  their 
friends  w^erc  invited  to  partake.  Many  launch 
parties  are  being  made  up  for  the  next  few  weeks. 
Among  the  recent  departures  of  summer  visitors 
ro  one  will  be  missed  more  than  the  charming 
.Miss  Dorothy  Williams  who,  with  her  father 
'^ir.  Gardner  1".  Williams  and  sister  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Mein,  have  been  golfing,  swimming  and  motoring. 
1  he  young  ladies  are  excellent  swimmers  and  en- 
thusiastic golfers.  Mrs.  Mein  is  giving  up  her 
liome  in  San  Francisco  and  will  live  in  New  York 
City.  Miss  Dorothy  and  her  father  expect  to 
spend  a  portion  of  this  year  in  London. 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,035; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOU  ETTA  WIl.iMOTII,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLI.XGTON  WIL.MOTII,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  l-'ran- 
Cisco,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
Howard    Wellington    Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service;  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff; also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made.  , 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  aiiy  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in   the  Complaint. 

tJiven  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.   I.  Ml  LCRliVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   -M.  GETZ.  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.   for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  LIPPMANN  SACHS,  Deceased— No.  16,663, 
N.  S. ;  Department  No.  10. 
.Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Mary  Sachs 
and  Albert  Baruch,  Executors  of  the  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment of  I.ippmann  Sachs,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
;dl  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
nv  nths  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Kxtcutors  at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  Room 
713  Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  Street. 
.Sin  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
-l  Uct  as  their  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
Ihe  said  estate  of  Lippmann  Sachs,  deceased. 

M.\RV  SACHS, 
ALBERT  BARUCH, 
I'.xecutors  of  the   Last   Will   and  Testament  of  Lippmann 
Sachs,  Deceased. 
Dated:   Julv   13.  1912. 
HELLER.  POWERS  &  EHRMAN, 
.\ttorneys  for  Executors, 

Ncv.Tda  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  7-13-5 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate  of  WINIFRED  McGOW.VN,  also  known  as 
WINNIFRED  McGOWAN,  Deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  .\dministrator 
of  the  estate  of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winni- 
fred  Mc(iowan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  per-ions 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhiliit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after 
the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  .\dministratnr 
at  the  office  of  Messrs.  Lent  &  Humiihrey.  Room  42.S 
Mills  Building,  Northtast  Corner  of  Bush  and  Montgomery 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  .San  Francisco,  .State  of 
California,  which  said  office  the  undersignecl  selects  as  his 
place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winnifred  McGowan, 
deceased. 

THOMAS  J.  McGf)WAN. 
.\iiministrator   of   the   Estate   of   Winifred    McGowan,  also 
known   as   Winnifred   McGowan.  deceased. 
Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3,  1912. 
LENT  &  HUMPHREY,  Attys.  for  said  Administrator. 
Mills  Building.  .San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate  of  BERN.XRI)  .\LFREl)  DOBIiAS.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  .\dministratrix 
of  the  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred  Dobbas.  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
ileceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within 
frur  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  .Vdministratrix  at  the  law  oflRce  of  .\.  COMTE,  JR.. 

333  Kearny  Street.  .San  Francisco.  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place  of  f>usiness 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  Bernard  Alfreil 
D.bbas,  deceased. 

CAMILLE  JOSEPHINE  DOBBAS, 
dnrnistratrix   of   the    Estate   of    Bernard   Alfred  Dobbas. 
Deceased. 

D-»<d.  .San   Francisco.  .August   3rd.  A.   D.  1912. 
A.  COMTE.  JR.,  Atty.  for  Administratrix. 

No.  333  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 


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2. 


Letters 

Focock's  "A  Man  in  the  Open" 

Perhaps  there  has  never  been  a  writer  better 
equipped  for  the  telling  of  such  a  story  as  "A 
Man  in  the  Open"  than  its  author,  Roger  Pocock 
who  has  led  an  adventurous  life  and  experienced 
every  variety  of  open-air  existence  with  the  ac- 
cidents thereunto  pertaining,  from  the  Arctic  Cir- 
cle to  the  Southern  Capes.  The  story  begins  in 
frozen  Labrador  with  the  early,  disjointed  recol- 
lections of  a  little  "Liveyere,"  the  child  of  a 
strictly  pious  Nova  Scotian  mother  and  a  half- 
breed  Scotch  father,  fisher,  trapper  and  hard 
worker.  Jesse  was  the  only  survivor  of  a  con- 
siderable family,  and  at  ten  years  of  age  his 
father  was  killed  in  a  hunting  accident.  The 
mother,  easily  won  over  by  specious  words  and 
shore-piety,  handed  the  infant  over  to  a  sea 
captain  "for  his  keep,"  which  was  wretched.  So 
he  ran  away.  Five  years  of  such  comfort  "as  a 
sailor  lad  may  enjoy  on  what  lie  calls  a  happy 
ship  were  the  prelude  of  a  wreck  in  whicli  liome, 
friends  and  possessions  were  all  lost,  and  at  fif- 
teen, alone  and  penniless,  he  began  a  new  career 
of  adventure  as  a  stock  hand  in  Texas,  Big  un- 
sophisticated boy  that  he  was,  at  nineteen,  pre- 
tending to  worldliness  lest  any  should  suspect 
him  of  innocence,  he  became  the  victim  of  a 
rough  joke  which  turned  out  more  seriously  than 
its  perpetrators  had  dreamed  and  the  dead  and 
buried  ghost  of  which  was  to  arise  long  years 
later.  The  scene  next  shifts  to  British  Columbia 
where  our  hero,  Jesse  Smith,  never  having  ac- 
quired the  modern  vice  of  money-grabbing,  is  liv- 
ing the  life  wliicii  pleases  him  on  a  land  claim 
which  he  is  conducting  as  a  horse  breeding  ranch, 
and  meanwhile  acting  as  cargador  for  a  pack  train 
into  one  of  the  neighboring  mines,  and  gaining  a 
reputation  as  a  dangerous  lunatic  at  large  because 
of  a  kindly  interest  and  tenderness  for  all  helpless 
things  which  induces  him  to  protect  tlie  wild 
animal  life  around  him.  In  the  wilderness  is  an- 
other couple  likewise  living  tlie  sinijile  life  ac- 
cording to  their  interpretation,  a  pair  of  (ijieratic 
stars.  Lionel  Trevor  "looked  like  a  god  as  Par- 
sifal, sang  like  an  angel,  and  had  Europe  at  his 
feet,"  excellent  reasons  for  Kate's  marrying  him. 
But  when  the  voice  failed  and  vice  took  its  place, 
when  the  exile  into  the  balsam  woods  which  was 
to  restore  him  to  his  kingdom  conx-erted  him  into 
a  drunken  maniac  and  ended  his  career  in  a 
violent  death,  it  was  perhaps  inevitable  that  his 
widow  and  the  nature-man  should  marry  witliotit 
loss  of  time.  The  real  story  begins  here.  All 
that  precedes  is  but  the  prologue.  At  first  every- 
thing is  serene,  but  in  the  course  of  a  year  or  so 
disasters  follow  fast  on  one  another.  First  of  all 
comes  a  band  of  cattle  rustlers,  outlaws  from  the 
United  States  who,  in  addition  to  the  trouble  which 
they  inevitably  bring,  establish  a  line  of  com- 
munication with  Abilene.  A  woman  suppoM  i]  to 
have  been  dead  and  buried  for  ten  years  or  more 
comes  airily  upon  the  scene  to  claim  and  di^;.^race 


a  name,  to  disrupt  a  household  and  to  bring  havoc 
and  destruction  not  alone  on  Jesse  Smith  but  on 
every  inhabitant  of  the  district,  not  one  of  whom 
seems  to  have  strength  of  character  enough  to 
deal  with  her,  even  if  it  were  only  in  the  manner 
of  a  v/ild  cat.  Fire  and  sword  would  have  been 
mild  inflictions,  battle,  murder  and  sudden  death 
but  incidents  in  comparison,  and  the  seventeen- 
year  locust  a  blessing.  Kate  Trevor,  Jesse 
Smith's  wife,  who  of  course  had  no  choice  but 
to  return  to  her  own  people  in  England  when 
her  predecessor  arrived  in  full  flesh,  was  the  one 
who,  with  clear  sight  and  some  ready  money, 
cleared  away  the  wreckage,  and  a  providential 
death  put  the  rocking  ship  on  an  even  keel  once 
more.  Mr.  Pocock  is  a  man  of  too  much  ex- 
perience to  have  fallen  back  on  the  popular  plea 
for  Polly,  "never  had  no'  chance."  It  might  an- 
swer in  the  case  of  a  negative  drifter  who  fol- 
lowed the  path  of  least  resistance,  and  would 
be  equally  colorless  whether  "virtuous"  or  the 
other  thing,  but  the  Pollys,  who  find  initiative 
and  strength  for  so  much  active  harm  could,  if 
they  would,  pull  themselves  out  of  the  slough  and 
keep  others  out  of  it  too.  The  story  is  presented 
in  an  odd  and  original  way.  Jesse  Smith,  it  goes 
without  saying,  is  a  man  without  book-learning. 
Most  of  such  formal  education  as  he  has  ac- 
quired was  gained  from  the  captain  of  his  ship 
before  his  fifteenth  year.  The  manner  of  his  life 
has  left  his  views  untrammeled  by  conventions, 
and  he  is  free  from  the  vices  of  meanness  and  lit- 
tleness. Wisdom  and  knowledge  he  has,  and  with 
them  understanding  and  la[gc-hearted  kindliness 
and  toleration.  The  first  chapters  (pf  the  story 
are  set  down  by  this  unbookish  man.  but  later 
the  narrative  is  taken  up  '^y  Kate,  his  wife,  a 
product  of  city  life  and  the'  crowded  world  and 
books.  Again  it  falls  into  tlk'  hands  of  the  man 
who,  so  absolutely  alone  in  the  world,  has  taken 
up  the  quaint  notion  of  writing  long  and  familiar 
letters  to  his  dead  mother,  ?ind  once  more,  at 
the  end,  it  is  Kate  who  roSimds  out  the  tale. 
-Though  it  is  the  women  who  pull  the  strings  of 
the  action,  it  is  the  men  who  really  count,  not 
only  the  hero  himself,  but  the  minor  and  in- 
cidental characters.  There  is  a  justice  court  trial 
conducted  before  one  of  the  least  of  the  ter- 
ritorial ofificials  which  is  a  model  of  dignified  pro- 
ceedure  if  it  is  devoid  of  technical  phraseology, 
and  may  throw  some  light  on  the  amazing  differ- 
ence there  exists  between  the  respect  shown  to 
law  on  this  side  of  the  line  and  the  other.  Roger 
Pocock  writes  comparatively  little  friction,  but 
he  has  his  magazine  well  stored.  From  Bobbs- 
-  Merrill. 


A  Book  Lover's  Year  for  1913 

A  calendar  of  fifty-four  leaves,  giving  a  rare 
collection  of  portraits  of  the  gre^^•t  authors  of 
classic  and  English  literature,  with  ^selections  of 
literary  gold  from  their  writings,  VYiH  truly  be  a 
"Book  Lover's  Year."  Th'^Jmpresslons  Calendar 
for  1913,  now  in  preparation  by  Prful  Elder  and 


Company,  is  to  present  portraits  in  mezzograph 
engravings  of  such  authors  as  Stevenson,  Flardy, 
Tennyson,  Browning,  Dickens,  ThackSray,  Eliot, 
Bronte,  Macaulay,  Scott,  Boswell,  Johnson, 
Shakespeare,  Milton,  Dante  and  other  great  writ- 
ers. The  quotations  have  been  carefully  selected, 
avoiding  those  that  are  over  familiar.  The  cal- 
endar is  to  be  issued  in  the  artistic  manner  that 
distinguishes  all  the  work  of  the  house.  It  is 
to  be  published  at  the  very  moderate  price  of  75 
cents  net. 


AUTO  NOTES 

l-'or  1913  The  Thomas  B.  Jeffery  Company  an- 
nounces the  Cross  Country  model  in  five  differ- 
ent body  styles,  all  on  the  same  chassis,  embodj'- 
ing  the  new  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor. 

The  body  styles  inchule  the  five-passenger 
Cross  Country  at  $17(X1;  four-passenger  Cross 
Country  $1700;  the  Cross  Country  Roadster 
$1650;  the  Sedan  for  four  passengers,  all  enclosed, 
$2500;  the  Gotham,  a  five-passenger  limousine 
with  two  extra  cab  seats,  $2750,  and  a  special 
touring  body  for  five  adults  and  two  children 
$1900. 

The  new  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor,  a 
feature  quite  in  advance  of  the  day,  combines  two 
widely  used  and  thoroughly  known  power  prin- 
ciples; one,  in  the  38  horse  power,  four-cylinder 
Cross  Country  engine,  the  other  in  the  commonly 
used  electric  motor  generator. 

To  start  you  merely  press  a  button.  Press 
another — the  lamps  are  lighted.  At  the  instant 
you  press  the  starting  button  the  electric  motor 
starts. 

As  the  gasoline  engine  is  an  integral  part  it 
is  turning  also  at  a  rate  of  200  revolutions  per 
minute.  There  is  no  faltering  or  doubtful  turn- 
ing effort.  It  is  quick,  positive  and  continuous. 
After  the  explosions  start  the  electric  motor  au- 
tomatically changes  into  an  electric  generator  and 
is  creating  and  storing  electrical  energy  for  future 
use. 

The  construction  and  operation  of  the  motor 
generator  is  practically  fool  proof.  In  the  most 
oacting  tests  and  even  with  severe  abuse  the 
engineers  have  been  unable  to  injure  it.  The  en- 
tire device  is  thoroughly  dependable;  so  simple 
tli.it  a  woman  who  does  not  care  to  know  about 
its  construction  can  expect  the  same  success  with 
it  as  an  electrical  expert.  The  only  attention 
rc(|uircd  is  the  addition  of  distilled  water  to  the 
battery. 

The  color  of  the  1913  Cross  Country  is  light 
Brewster  green;  its  wheels  arc  36x4  inches  and 
it  has  a  120  inch  wheel  base.  The  car  is  trimmed 
in  nickel  with  body,  fenders  and  fillers  of  black 
enamel.  Flush  dash  lamps  add  greatly  to  its 
appearance.  Ten  inch  upholstery  is  a  new 
feature. 

The  Cross  Country  is  the  most  popular  car  the 
Jeffery  factory  ever  produced.  The  sales  in- 
crease for  the  past  year  has  been  126  per  cent. 


His  Preference 

".\  traveling  comiiany  of  more  or  less  merit  is 
going  to  play  Sap!)hc>  at  the  Op'ry  House  tonight, 
at  ten.  twenty,  and  thirty  cents  admission,"  re- 
marked the  Old  Codger,  with  his  usual  pessimis- 
tic acridity.  "But  I  guess  I'll  just  stay  at  home 
and  smoke  in  comfort  and  look  at  the  corset  ad- 
vertisements in  the   fashion  magazines." 


.\  well-known  comedian  met  a  fellow  actor  the 
other  day  in  Herald  Square. 

"Hello,  Jack!"  he  said.  "Anything  to  do  this 
evening?" 

"Nothing  special,"  replied  the  other. 

"Well,  let's  go  up  to  the  Hotel  Astor  and  hear 
the  newly  rich  eat  soup." 


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The  Octopus  Still  In  Politics 

Last  week  we  made  this  observation : 
"The  resolution  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce to  take  the  water  front  out  of  State 
poHtics  is  an  insult  to  Governor  Johnson 
which  must  not  be  permitted  to  go  unre- 
buked  in  Johnsonian  terms."  When  the 
editor  of  the  Bulletin,  alert  to  testify  his 
devotion  to  the  man  who  has  it  in  his  power 
to  free  Ruef,  read  his  Town  Talk,  promptly 
he  took  his  cue.  "What  is  behind  this 
strangely  sudden  demand  that  the  harbor  of 
San  Francisco  be  transferred  from  the 
State  to  the  municipal  government?"  is  the 
question  pregnant  with  subtle  innuendo, 
which  the  Bulletin  asks.  "For  a  great  many 
years,"  says  the  Bulletin  in  tones  vibrant 
with  suspicion,  "the  harbor  was  nialadmin- 
istered  by  the  Southern  Pacific  political 
bureau,  through  officials  who  represented 
the  corporation  instead  of  the  people.  Dur- 
ing that  time  neither  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce nor  any  of  the  persons  now  agitating 
a  transfer  of  the  harbor  from  the  State  to 
the  municipality  advocated  such  a  change." 
Obviously  Mr.  Jaggers  scents  a  mouse.  He 
reminds  us  that  the  present  commissioners, 
men  of  high  character,  have  compelled  the 
Octopus  to  pay  adequate  rentals,  and  finally 
he  comes  right  out  and  tells  us  that  W.  F. 
Herrin  inspired  the  resolution  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  Thus  we  learn  that  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  leading  com- 
mercial body  of  the  city,  though  it  has  been 
fighting  the  Pacific  Mail,  is  nevertheless  sub- 
ject to  railroad  influence.  The  Octopus 
then  is  not  altogether  out  of  politics.  The 
implication  of  course  is  (though  probably 
the  Bulletin  didn't  intend  it)  that  Mayor 
Rolph  and  W.  F.  Herrin  are  close  up,  for 
why  should  Mr.  Herrin  prefer  Rolph  to 
Johnson  as  director-general  of  the  fat  pick- 
ings on  the  water  front?  What  has  Mr. 
Rolph  to  say  of  this  imputation  ?  And  what 
have  the  gentlemen  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce to  say?  The  gentlemen  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  will  go  right  on  like  good 


San  Francisco,  August  17,  1912 


dogs  eating  out  of  Mr.  Crothers'  hands  and 
filling  his  purse. 


The  State  Press  Bureau 

"There  are  thirteen  newspapers,"  says 
Phil  Francis,  "which  Johnson  has  in  pay. 
Their  editors  all  draw  salaries  from  the 
State  and  are  appointees  of  the  Governor." 
Which  goes  to  prove  that  Governor  John- 
son is  wise  in  his  generation.  Every  great 
ruler  in  the  world's  history  has  appreciated 
the  importance  of  cultivating  public  opinion 
through  the  medium  of  writers.  The  Ro- 
man emperors  employed  poets  for  touts.  In 
the  days  of  chivalry  rulers  had  their  bards 
to  sing  their  praises.  What  Racine  did  for 
Louis  XIV,  Bacon  for  Elizabeth,  Dean 
Swift  for  William  HI  and  the  Earl  of  Berk- 
eley, Deacon  Pillsbury  and  his  crew  are  doing 
today  for  Governor  Johnson.  The  Governor 
is  true  to  his  paramount  principle — that  a 
man  must  eat.  He  makes  no  exception  in 
the  case  of  the  humble  sycophant  of  the 
tripod.  Is  he  to  be  censured  for  his  kindly 
attitude  toward  the  friendly  press?  Let  us 
hope  not.  Assuredly  the  wisdom  of  his  at- 
titude is  not  to  be  questioned.  It  was 
vindicated  in  this  State  in  the  long  ago,  in 
the  days  when  the  railroad  maintained  a 
political  machine  on  stufif  rather  than  on 
blufif,  when  the  managers  of  the  machine 
were  more  concerned  for  its  success  than 
for  a  personal  record  for  economy.  If  that 
old-time  policy  had  been  maintained  perhaps 
the  editors  now  engaged  in  booming  John- 
son would  still  be  enjoying  the  caresses  of 
the  Octopus  and  perhaps  no  member  of  the 
Johnson  family  would  ever  have  conceived 
the  idea  of  kicking  the  railroad  out  of 
politics. 


The  Colonel  and  the  Higher-Ups 

To  how  many  of  our  readers  has  it  oc- 
curred that  we  are  in  the  midst  of  a  national 
graft  prosecution?  The  suggestion  that 
such  is  the  case  will  strike  the  average  man, 
we  are  sure,  as  novel,  extravagant,  prepos- 
terous. Yet  the  fact  is  that  were  it  not  for 
a  national  graft  prosecution  the  Colonel 
wouldn't  be  running  for  President;  there 
wouldn't  be  any  money  to  finance  his  cam- 
paign ;  there  wouldn't  be  any  organized  op- 
position to  the  President  among  the  short- 
sighted, selfish  plutocrats  of  the  efTete  East. 
The  most  enthusiastic  backers  of  the  Colonel 
are  representatives  of  the  National  Cash 
Register  Company,  which  owns  a  whole 
town  in  Ohio.  Seven  of  the  officers  of  that 
corporation  are  under  indictment,  are  being 
prosecuted  by  the  Administration.  The 
prosecution  of  other  big  interests  is  the  in- 
spiration of  the  activities  of  the  McCormicks 
of  the  Harvester  Trust,  the  Munseys,  Han- 


No.  1043 


nas  and  Perkins's  of  the  Steel  Trust.  In 
this  situation  viewed  in  all  its  aspects  and 
bearings,  what  a  fund  of  material  either  for 
a  comic  opera  or  for  tbe  long-expected 
Great  American  Drama?  Consider  that  the 
hostility  of  which  the  President  is  the  ob- 
ject is  due  wholly  to  his  zeal  in  carrying 
out  one  of  the  Colonel's  policies,  a  policy 
that  the  Colonel  employed  as  a  tom-tom. 
Consider  also  that  the  Colonel  who  was  in 
ardent  sympathy  with  our  own  little  graft 
prosecution  deprecates  the  one  conducted  by 
the  President,  and  that  he  has  for  a  running 
mate  one  of  the  hired  attorneys  of  our  cel- 
ebrated municipal  drama,  and  that  both  of 
them  are  dependent  for  a  campaign  fund  on 
the  liiglier-ups  of  the  trusts.  Consider,  also, 
that  most  of  the  honest,  conscientious  units 
of  the  Bull  Moose  party  are  worshipers  of 
the  Colonel  because  they  regard  him  as  the 
alarm  clock  of  the  national  conscience.  Now 
the  only  difficulty  about  inventing  a  plot 
to  make  the  situation  in  all  its  ramifications 
understancled  of  the  people  is  that  a  prob- 
lem must  first  be  solved — whether  to  appeal 
to  the  sense  of  humor  by  low  comedy  or  to 
stir  indignation  by  tragic  drama;  in  other 
words,  wdiether  to  imitate  Ibsen  in  "A 
Friend  of  the  People,"  or  Moliere  in  his 
comic  exposures  of  the  most  hateful  springs 
of  character. 


The  March  of  Civilization 

lUit  a  short  time  ago  many  good  ijeojile 
in  this  country  and  in  England  were  in  a 
state  of  hol\-  horror  induced  by  reports  of 
the  terrible  cruelties  inflicted  on  the  natives 
of  the  Congo  by  heartless  and  sordid  sub- 
jects of  his  Catholic  Majesty  of  Belgium. 
Recently  they  were  again  shocked  by  news 
of  similar  atrocities  in  the  Putumayo  rulober 
district  of  Peru,  where  Catholicity  is  the 
established  religion.  lUit  it  turns  out  that 
Putumayo  is  remote  from  the  zone  of  gov- 
ernmental influence,  and  that  the  barbarous 
s}'stem  of  peonage  under  which  the  native 
race  is  rapidly  becoming  extinct  is  conducted 
exclusively  by  Englishmen  and  .\mericans. 
Thus  are  we  reminded  of  the  teacliings  of 
history  with  respect  to  the  white  man 
among  the  aborigenes.  It  doesn't  matter 
which  of  the  six  and  thirty  jarring  sects  he 
belongs  to,  there  is  no  brand  of  Christianity 
that  mitigrates  his  lust  for  gold  or  softens 
h\-  feelings  to  the  advantage  of  his  heathen 
.-battel.  The  twentieth  century  .\nglo- 
"~-"pxon  Protestant  in  Putumayo  is  just  as 
irhrman  a  taskmaster  as  was  the  Spanish 
Catholic  conqueror  of  the  Incas  four  hun- 
dred years  ago.  If  we  are  to  take  religion 
into  account  for  the  enormities  of  the  faith- 
ful of  any  church  then  we  must  indict  all 
(.'hristianity.    And  as  a  matter  of  fact  from 


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August  17,  1912 


the  purely  materialist  standpoint  Christian- 
ity has  been  a  curse  to  the  heathen  of  all 
lands.    Moreover  its  influence  has  not  been 
keeping  pace  with  the  general  progress  of 
civilization.    Whatever  of  beneficence  there 
is  in  its  influence  was  felt  by  the  natives  of 
this  hemisphere  in  years  long  past.    And  it 
was  first  felt  in  Peru  as  the  direct  result 
of  the  humane  intervention  of  a  Catholic 
ecclesiastic.    In  view  of  what  is  now  oc- 
curring in  Peru  it  is  interesting  to  dip  into 
the  annals  of  that  country,  to  read  what  was 
written  by  Prescott,  a  Protestant  historian, 
of  conditions  in  the  Sixteenth  century.  "At 
all  times,"  he  says,  "the  courageous  ec- 
clesiastic has  been  ready  to  lift  his  voice 
against  the  cruelty  of  the  conqueror  and  the 
no  less  wasting  cupidity  of  the  colonist.  In 
reading  the  blood-stained  records  of  Span- 
ish colonial  history,  it  is  but  fair,  and  at 
the  same  time  cheering,  to  reflect  that  the 
same  nation  which  sent  forth  the  hard- 
hearted conqueror  from  its  bosom  sent  forth 
the  missionary  to  do  the  work  of  benef- 
icence."    It  is  a  curious  commentary  on 
civilization  that  notwithstanding  the  pro- 
gress it  has  made,  the  century  of  the  Span- 
ish Inquisition  was  the  century  in  which  the 
spirit  of   Christian   philanthropy   won  its 
greatest  triumphs,  achieved  the  realization 
of  its  noblest  ideals,  in  the  New  World.  And 
the  commentary  becomes  all  the  more  strik- 
ing when  we  reflect  that  it  was  a  monarch 
of  the  Inquisition  who  made  the  realization 
possible,  and  that  it  was  induced  by  a 
Dominican  bishop,  a  representative  of  the 
order  that  founded  the   Inquisition.  The 
name  of  Las  Casas,  Bishop  of  Chiapa,  is  too 
little  remembered  by  those  who  celebrate 
the  glorious  deeds  of  the  heroes  of  phil- 
anthropy.   Long  before  Lincoln  an  eman- 
cipation proclamation  was  made  m  the  New 
World,  and  Las  Casas  was  its  author.  It 
was  because  of  the  insistent  appeal  of  Las 
Casas  that  Charles  the  I-ifth  called  a  coun- 
cil of  State  at  Valladolid  in  154^  to  consider 
the  outrages  against  the  Indians  of  Peru. 
Before  that  council  Las  Casas  appeared  and 
maintained  for  the  first  time  in  history  the 
proposition  that  the  Indians  were  by  the 
law  of  nature  free;  that  as  vassals  of  the 
crown  they  had  a  right  to  its  protection  and 
should  be  declared  free  from  that  time  and 
forever.    The  good  Bishop's  argument  com- 
prehends, as  Prescott  tells  us,  the  substance 
of  all  the  propositions  that  have  been  since 
urged  by  the  friends  of  humanity  in  the 
same  cause.    From  the  lips  of  that  Dom- 
inican of  the  sixteenth  century  when  the 
fiery  tribunal  of  the  Inquisition  was  in  its 
most  active  operations  fell  sentiments  of  the 
loftiest  morality.    His  pleadings  touched  the 
heart  of  the  king,  and  thereupon  was  pub- 
lished in  Madrid  an  emancipation  proclama- 
tion, which,  a  few  months  later,  was  made 
public  in  Peru,  where  it  created  a  panic  and 
was  received  with  groans  and  hisses.  Great 
has  been  the  advance  of  civilization  since 
the  days  of  Las  Casas,  but  the  Indians  of 
7eru  are  not  aware  of  it. 


Change  and  the  Colonel 

Gently,  with  something  of  academic  ur- 
banity, as  befits  a  resident  of  Berkeley  town, 
we  are  reproached  in  a  letter  printed  on  an- 
other page  with  inconsistency  for  our  at- 
titude toward  Colonel  Roosevelt,  the  rea- 
son being  that  we  at  once  affect  a  distaste 
for  democracy  and  the  suspicion  that  it  is 
the  Colonel's  design  to  destroy  our  demo- 
cratic form  of  government.  This  reproach 
gives  us  pain,  but  not  because  we  are  jealous 
of  our  reputation  for  consistency.  Now- 
adays to  be  judiciously  inconsistent  is  to 
be  popular.  Men  rise  above  the  herd  by 
their  scorn  of  consistency.  They  achieve 
eminence  by  self-stultification.  To  be  con- 
sistent is  to  be  shamelessly  reactionary,  ab- 
surdly old-fashioned,  ridiculously  confirmed 
in  a  faith  that  is  bosh.  No,  we  do  not  dread 
to  be  thought  inconsistent  or  even  illogical. 
But  it  makes  us  wince  to  find  that  we  have 
failed  to  make  ourselves  understood  even 
in  perspicacious  Berkele}'.  Patience  we 
humbly  crave  while  we  try  again.  We  have 
not  a  distaste  for  democracy  as  contrived  by 
the  Founders,  the  essential  principle  of 
which  was  not  that  every  man  should  be  on 
a  level  with  every  other,  but  that  every  man 
should  have  the  privilege  of  being  what  God 
made  him.  That  kind  of  democracy  we  had 
for  many  decades.  If  it  was  not  an  ideal 
form  of  government,  at  least  it  was  toler- 
able. The  only  objection  to  that  form  of 
government,  to  democracy  of  any  kind,  is 
that  the  tendency  is  irresistible  toward  a 
democratic  despotism,  which  is  the  worst 
form  of  despotism  that  can  be  conceived. 
And  to  that  we  are  drifting  today.  Nay, 
even  now  we  are  experiencing  it.  How 
much  of  real  liberty  is  left  to  the  citizen  of 
the  United  States?  Liberty  consists  in  the 
power  of  doing  what  is  permitted  by  law, 
and  law  making  in  this  country  is  a  contin- 
uous performance,  the  consequence  being 
that  a  sovereign  of  this  country  has  less 
freedom  of  action  than  a  subject  of  the  Ger- 
man Emperor.  And  besides  we  have  our 
press,  which  is  free  to  tyrannize  over  the 
citizen.  A  free  country  is  one  in  which  not 
only  the  life  and  property  of  every  individ- 
ual, but  his  reputation  also,  which  may  be 
dearer  to  him  than  both,  is  secured  to  him 
by  efficient  laws.  In  this  country  where 
the  press  is  all  powerful  the  character  of  any 
member  of  society  may  be  traduced  at 
pleasure  in  the  public  prints  without  redress 
and  without  the  possibility  of  an  adequate 
retraction.  This  is  democracy.  And  Col- 
onel Roosevelt  is  for  giving  us  more  of  it, 
for  making  the  moulders  of  public  opinion 
more  powerful,  for  making  the  weight  and 
importance  of  an  individual  as  compared 
with  the  mass  sink  into  greater  and  greater 
insignificance.  Yet  the  Colonel  knows  that 
democracy  devours  itself,  that  the  more  you 
extend  its  principles  the  more  easily  they 
snap.  We  believe  that  the  Colonel  would 
like  to  attain  to  imperial  distinction,  and 
though  we  know  that  a  constitutional  mon- 
archy would  be  more  tolerable  than  a  gov- 
ernment by  recall,  initiative  and  referendum, 
we  dread  the  period  of  transition.  Besides 
we  are  convinced  that  Colonel  Roosevelt 


has  not  the  genius  to  become  either  a 
Cromwell  or  a  Caesar.  The  Boulanger  of 
his  day,  his  talent  is  for  tearing  down,  not 
for  building  up.  Never  in  his  life  has  he 
exhibited  any  constructive  ability.  As  to 
the  suggestion  of  our  correspondent  that  the 
Colonel's  pride  of  record  would  deter  him 
from  bringing  on  a  convulsion,  it  reminds 
us  of  an  observation  of  Macaulay's:  "No 
men  occupy  so  splendid  a  place  in  history 
as  those  who  have  founded  monarchies  on 
the  ruins  of  republican  institutions.  Their 
glory,  if  not  of  the  purest,  is  assuredly  of 
the  most  seductive  and  dazzling  kind.  .  .  . 
Their  designs  shine  with  a  double  light,  the 
last  and  dearest  rays  of  departing  freedom 
mingled  with  the  first  and  brightest  glories 
of  empire  in  its  dawn.  The  high  qualities 
of  such  men  lend  to  despotism  itself  a  charm 
drawn  from  the  liberty  under  which  they 
were  formed  and  which  they  have  de- 
stroyed." Nobody  can  doubt  that  the  Col- 
onel flatters  himself  that  he  is  possessed  of 
those  "high  qualities." 

Municipal  Ownership 

The  Examiner  is  publishing  a  series  of 
articles  designed  to  show  that  the  experience 
of  certain  Coast  cities  proves  that  municipal 
ownership  of  public  utilities  is  a  good  thing. 
It  was  not  long  ago  that  the  Chronicle  con- 
ducted a  similar  and  more  thorough  investi- 
gation the  result  being  far  from  gratifying 
to  the  propagandists  of  municipal  ownership. 
The  Chronicle  investigation  was  conducted 
by  Charles  Remington,  a  gentleman  some- 
what less  skilled  than  Mr.  E.  H.  Hamilton, 
the  Examiner  investigator,  in  the  use  of 
words  and  phrases,  but  gifted  with  a  talent 
for  assimilating  facts  and  figures.  Mr. 
Remington's  report,  now  in  pamphlet  form, 
is  accessible  to  such  persons  as  may  be  in- 
terested in  knowing  what  it  has  cost  the 
taxpayers  of  fifteen  communities  in  this 
State  to  have  public  utilities  managed  by 
hungry  and  incompetent  politicians.  Town 
Talk,  having  no  passion  for  current-stem- 
ming, has  no  advice  to  give  on  the  subject 
of  municipal  ownership.  It  is  evident  that 
the  people  have  determined  to  be  indulged 
in  their  crotchets,  and  municipal  ownership 
is  one  of  the  many  devices  by  which  bureau- 
cracy is  to  be  strengthened  and  intrenched. 
But  by  way  of  intellectual  diversion  let  us 
consider  how  the  signs  of  the  times  in  San 
Francisco  indicate  the  ripeness  of  the  com- 
munity for  municipal  ownership.  For  lo 
these  many  months  a  municipal  street  rail- 
way has  been  in  course  of  construction  in 
this  city.  The  politicians  have  had  a  cork- 
ing time  on  this  job,  and  some  day  they  will 
finish  it.  Many  months  ago  we  bonded  the 
city  to  build  a  garbage  plant.  And  some 
dav  there  is  going  to  be  something  doing 
with  that  plant — if  the  politicians  ever  get 
it  in  operation.  Not  long  ago  we  issued 
l)onds  for  a  civic  center  which  was  to  be 
one  of  the  features  of  the  city  in  1915. 
Watch  it  grow.  The  other  day  that  intel- 
lectual giant  of  the  city's  law  department. 
Master  Percy  Long,  was  exhibiting  some- 
thing of  the  enthusiasm  of  a  hen  proudly 
conscious  of  an   egg  on   her  person.  It 


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developed  that  Percy  had  discovered  a 
strategic  reservoir  site  among  the  Mission 
hills,  and  that  he  was  about  to  delight  some 
real  estate  owners  by  starting  condemna- 
tion suits,  when  it  was  learned  that  com- 
petent engineers,  privately  employed,  had  re- 
jected the  site  as  utterly  impracticable.  The 
other  day  Mr.  Marsdon  Manson  was  sep- 
arated from  the  public  crib  after  thirty  years 
of  service  and  after  serving  for  years  as  a 
topic  of  comment  in  the  columns  of  Town 
Talk.  It  appears  that  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
Manson  to  be  discovered  was  to  be  lost,  and 
Mr.  Manson  is  now  lost  to  the  city.  But 
Mr.  Manson  was  long  the  pride  of  the  city. 
The  protege  and  pet  of  that  other  intellectual 
giant  Mr.  James  D.  Phelan,  Mr.  Manson 
piloted  us  along  the  road  to  municipal  own- 
ership. He  was  the  great  Hetch-Hctchy 
booster,  and  mainly  through  his  recom- 
mendations we  became  committed  to  that 


colossal  project  which  involves  the  con- 
struction of  a  tunnel  through  seventy  miles 
of  granite.  Feasible  enough  is  the  Hetch- 
Hetchy  project,  but  by  far  the  costliest  that 
could  have  been  conceived.  We  are  com- 
mitted to  it  because  the  newspapers  of  San 
Francisco,  which  constitute  one  of  the  rea- 
sons of  our  unfitness  for  municipal  owner- 
ship, approved  it  from  the  beginning  on  the 
recommendation  of  incompetent  officials. 
If  our  newspapers  were  always  intelligently 
edited,  always  edited  in  the  interest  of  the 
taxpayers,  and  never  for  the  purpose  of 
wreaking  petty  revenges  and  playing  to  the 
labor  union  gallery,  the  prospect  of  munic- 
ipal ownership  would  not  be  such  a  fearful 
thing  as  it  is ;  but  unfortunately  our  news- 
papers are  no  better  than  our  politicians. 
Even  now  the  newspapers  are  not  dealing 
squarely  with  the  people  in  reference  to  our 
water  problem.    They  have  not  and  will  not 


tell  the  truth  about  the  Hetch-Hetchy 
blunders.  They  do  not  tell  the  truth  about 
Spring  Valley.  The  truth  about  Spring 
Valley  is  that  it  has  not  a  suppl}'  of  water 
adequate  for  the  growing  needs  of  San 
Francisco ;  that  at  the  present  rate  of  in- 
crease of  our  population  we  shall  be  in 
danger  of  a  water  famine  by  1915.  Some- 
thing must  be  done  and  done  quickly  to  get 
sufficient  water  for  this  city.  The  Spring 
Valley  owners  are  doing  nothing  to  that 
end  because  they  are  expecting  to  sell  their 
plant  to  the  city ;  and  with  the  passion  for 
municipal  ownership  and  for  cinching  public 
utilities'  corporations  raging  in  the  public 
breast,  they  will  be  delighted  to  get  it  ofif 
their  hands.  Let  us  hope  that  with  Mayor 
Rolph  attending  strictly  to  business  the 
abuses  of  municipal  ownership  may  be 
minimized. 


Correspondence 


A  Charge  of  Inconsistency 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:If  deuK^cracy  is  such 
a  bad  thing  as  you  apparently  think,  and  Roose- 
velt in  your  opinion  is  striving  to  give  us  a 
monarchy,  why  not  be  consistent  by  supporting 
the  greatest  living  American?  You  are  such  a 
great  lover  of  consistency  in  others  that  when 
I  consider  all  you  have  said  about  the  sinister 
ambition  of  Mr.  Roosevelt  I  wonder  whether  you 
really  believe  that  he  is  of  the  Caesarian  type 
of  man.  And  I  wonder  also  whether  you  really 
believe  that  a  man  with  his  sense,  with  his  pride 
of  achievement,  with  his  record  as  a  statesman, 
would  deliberately  prove  himself  to  posterity  an 
ingrate  and  a  scoundrel. 

Respectfully, 

— A  Reader. 

Berkeley,  August  10,  1912. 


The  Motor  Snob 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Please  allow  me  space 
for  a  word  or  two  on  a  subject  to  which  I  have 
given  much  thought — The  Snob  and  His  Auto- 
mobile. If  Thackeray  had  lived  this  brand  of 
snob  in  his  infinite  variety  would  have  been  given 
a  very  large  chapter.  What  I  want  to  say  about 
him  particularly  is  that  he's  an  insufferable 
nuisance,  and  that  there  is  one  kind  of  ine(|uality 
which  I  shall  hail  with  glee — the  inequality  be- 
tween the  snob  with  money  and  the  snob  with- 
out money.  The  snob  without  money  is  more 
abominable  than  the  other.  He's  the  fellow  who 
can't  afford  to  keep  his  machine  in  a  garage. 
He  keeps  it  at  home,  and  he  disturbs  the  whole 
neighborhood  with  his  eternal  chug-chug.  Seems 
as  though  he  wants  you  to  realize  that  he  has 


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one.  He  runs  to  the  grocery  in  the  auto.  In 
time  of  course  the  man  who  rides  in  his  business 
auto  in  the  Park  on  Sunday  will  be  on  a  level  with 
the  butcher  who  used  to  take  his  Sunday  out- 
ings in  his  meat  wagon.  Then  you  will  be  able 
to  distinguish  between  the  two  kinds  of  auto- 
ists.  When  we  have  a  motocracy  then  the  up- 
start with  his  machine  will  know  how  to  behave 
with  it.  He  won't  be  so  insufferably  obtrusive 
and  so  noisy.  And  then,  too,  you  won't  see  men 
going  to  their  offices  and  shops  in  touring  cars. 
There  will  be  an  auto  for  pleasure  and  an  auto 
for  business.  An  automobile  etiquette  is  some- 
thing we  very  much  need.  Don't  you  think  it 
about  time  to  be  giving  some  advice  on  the 
subject? 

Sincerely, 

— A  Straphanger. 


A  Protest  from  a  Rolphite 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  went  to  a  moving 
picture  show  the  other  night,  and  while  I  was 
enjoying  myself  an  usher  gave  me  a  handbill. 
It  described  the  members  of  the  Essenay  Stock 
Company  operating  at  Niles,  ■  California.  The 
leader  of  this  company  of  moving  picture  actors 
and  actresses,  I  found,  was  G.  M.  Anderson.  I 
had  heard  of  G.  M.  Anderson  before.  He's  the 
manager  of  a  fighter  called  Soldier  Elder,  and 
I  have  seen  him  referred  to  as  "the  millionaire 
photo  actor."  But  in  this  handbill  he  was  listed 
as  "the  most  photographed  man  in  the  world." 
Mr.  Editor,  that's  a  proud  distinction.  By  the 
number  of  times  your  picture  is  taken  your  im- 
portance in  the  world  can  be  estimated.  The  of- 
tener  you  face  the  camera  the  greater  your  prom- 
inence. This  is  the  day  of  photography,  and  ho 
is  an  obscure  individual  indeed  who  is  not  snap- 
shotted from  time  to  time.  Yes,  it  is  a  proud 
distinction  which  the  handbill  claims  for  G.  M. 
Anderson.  But  I  must  file  my  protest.  He  is 
not  entitled  to  be  called  "the  most  photographed 
man  in  the  world."  That  splendid  distinction  be- 
longs to  Mayor  Rolph.  As  a  great  admirer  of 
Mission  Jim  I've  kept  track  of  the  number  of 
times  he's  been  photographed.  The  figures  would 
appal  you.  I  fear  you  wouldn't  believe  me,  so  I 
won't  give  them.  But  you  have  my  assurance 
that  no  matter  how  many  times  G.  M.  Anderson 


may  have  faced  the  lens.  Mayor  Rolph  has  him 
beaten.  Honor  to  whom  honor  is  due.  Hence 
this  protest. 

Respectfully, 

— M.  .'Vnthony  Strothers. 


The  Spinster  Rebuked 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  August  8,  1912. 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  If  "A  Spinster"  thinks 
that  she  is  still  living  in  an  age  of  Bacchanalians, 
it  would  be  well  to  wake  her  up  and  inform  her 
that  she  lives  in  an  era  of  Christian  decency.  Per- 
haps it  would  also  be  well  to  inform  her  that 
there  is  such  a  thing  as  modesty,  though  she  may 
not  be  aware  of  the  fact.  If  she  had  but  a  grain 
of  that  virtue,  she  might  be  able  to  change  her 
name.  All  that  I  have  to  say  to  "A  Spinster"  is 
this:  "Assume  a  virtue  if  you  have  it  not,  and  in 
time  it  will  become  your  own." 

Sincerely  yours, 

— Abraham  N. 


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Perspective  Impressions 


Wonder  if  the  girl  who  swam  across  the  Bay 
cares  much  about  voting? 


Shakespeare  on  the  political  situation;  or  what 
the  President  might  say.  bearing  Teddy  in  mind: 

I  love  the  people, 
But  do  not  like  to  stage  me  to  their  eyes: 
Though  it  do  well,  I  do  not  relish  well 
Their  loud  applause  and  Aves  vehement; 
Nor  do  I  think  the  man  of  safe  discretion 
That  does  affect  it.    (Measure  for  Measure). 


Divorce  reform  seems  to  be  on  its  way  to 
Reno,  shouting  the  battle  cry  of  decency. 


Between  earthquakes  and  Italians  the  sick 
sultanate  stands  small  chance  of  an  early  con- 
valescence. 


"In  every  village  there  will  arise  some  mis- 
creant to  establish  the  most  grinding  tyranny  by 
calling  himself  the  people." — Sir  Robert  Peel. 
And  by  making  a  noise  like  a  bull  moose. 


"When  we  reached  Chicago  we  found  assembled 
there  a  convention  such  as  never  before  assembled 
in  the  nation." — Governor  Johnson.  Nor  any- 
where else  outside  of  heaven. 


The  Newport  society  women  who  are  making 
war  on  evil  ought  to  remember  tliat  housecleaning 
should  begin  at  home. 


Now  that  Morse  Stephens  has  <|uit  his  univer- 
sity extension  work  he'll  have  more  time  to  de- 
vote to  his  History  of  the  Earthquake  and  Fire. 


A  journalist  is  a  man  who  lies  with  equal 
facility  whether  abusing  the  living  or  praising 
the  dead. 


We  used  to  call  it  a  roorback,  but  as  that  is  a 
word  of  limited  significance  let  us  enrich  the 
vocabulary  with  "roosevelt"  and  inflect  it  for  gen- 
eral use. 


Shades  of  Nettie  Craven  and  Jim  Fair,  look 
down  (or  up)  on  Charley  Wheeler  battling  for 
the  Lord! 


Michael  Casey  seems  to  have  as  many  relations 
as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  K.  C.  B. 


The  most  notable  achievement  of  the  Bull 
Moose  convention  was  the  utter  squelching  of  the 
wild  ass  of  the  desert. 


Interesting  to  observe  how  many  lawyers  with 
a  past  are  wearing  Inill  moose  horns  for  a  dis- 
guise. 


There  is  a  lot  of  honest  fanaticism  on  its  mar- 
row-bones before  an  idol  that  has  its  tongue  in. its 
cheek. 


Come  to  think  of  it  if  we  lose  Hiram  we  shall 
get  Wallace.  Between  two  such  blessings  how 
difficult  to  choose! 


The  Rev.  F.  Dornblazer,  chaplain  of  the  Bull 
Moose  convention,  prayed  to  God  to  raise  up 
the  right  man  tf>  lead  the  party.  But  of  course 
he  knew  that  even  God  wouldn't  break  the  slate. 


The  Strangler 


In  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  the  prison,  with 
dormer-window-s  yawning  like  sightless  eyeballs, 
was  dozing.  Within  its  iron  sides  the  burden  of 
work  breathed  heavily,  like  a  death-rattle  heard 
in  a  nightmare.  Through  the  narrow  courtyards, 
through  the  paths  for  making  the  rounds,  through 
the  gardens,  the  sun  poured  his  dull  light  in  a 
pale  flood.  Tragedy  hovered  there  in  the  sinister 
and  mournful  silence  of  the  noontide. 

Liline,  the  jailor's  little  daughter,  was  playing 
hopscotch  in  her  garden,  a  garden  which  seemed 
beautiful  to  her  because,  between  the  dark  walls, 
in  the  dark  earth,  it  had  three  red  geraniums  and 
a  well.  Careless,  light-hearted,  knowing  nothing 
of  the  crimes  which  were  being  expiated  all 
around  her,  Liline  fluttered  in  the  sunshine  like  a 
golden  butterfly. 

Suddenly,  behind  the  wall,  she  heard  a  stealthy, 
grating  sound,  and  she  turned  her  eyes  toward 
the  half-open  door  on  the  pathway.  With  the 
slow  suppleness  of  a  cat,  a  man  dressed  in  gray 
linen  leaned  to  the  right  and  then  to  the  left, 
peered  all  around  him,  then  noisely  leaped  into 
the  garden  and  as  noiselessly  recloscd  the  door 
and  shot  the  big  inside  bolt — a  bolt  placed  so  high 
that  Liline  could  not  reach  it  even  upon  tiptoes. 
This  done,  the  man's  breast  swelled  with  a  great 
sigh  of  deliverance. 

Liline  was  quite  intimate  with  sonte  harmless 
and  submissive  prisoners  who  were  employed  in 
cleaning  the  prison,  and  she  looked  at  this  one 
without  any  surprise,  though  she  did  not  know 
him.  In  his  linen  clothes,  soiled  by  soot,  with  his 
pale  fat  face  and  his  greenish  eyes,  the  pupils  of 
which  had  the  slyness  of  a  cat,  the  little  girl 
thought  him  ugly.  He  had  bare  feet  and  enor- 
mous, knotty  hands,  with  the  ends  of  the  fingers 
flattened.  He  stretched  himself  with  the  delight 
of  a  wild  beast  outside  his  cage,  and,  seeing  no- 
body near  him  except  this  frail  little  girl,  with  a 
yawn  which  showed  all  his  wolfish  teeth,  he 
laughed  long  but  silently,  for  everything  which 
he  did  seemed  wadded  with  silence. 


By  Charles  Foley  (From  the  French) 

But  Liline,  already  skipping  at  hopscotch,  with- 
out taking  further  notice  of  the  man,  was  pushing 
along  her  stone. 

The  man  moved  toward  Liline.  She,  stagger- 
ing and  seeing  only  her  stone,  clutched  the  man's 
blouse,  without  any  ceremony.  He  opened  his 
hands,  two  hideous  paws,  ready  to  seize  the  little 
one's  white  throat.  She  lifted  up  to  him  her 
clear,  unconscious  eyes  and  said  in  a  coaxing 
tone: 

"Move  back  a  little!  My  stone  is  against  your 
foot,  and  if  I  kick  it  I  shall  hurt  you." 

The  clutching  fingers  unbent.  The  man  moved 
back.  Liline  kicked  the  stone  beyond  the  goal 
and  cried  joyfully: 

"It  is  there!  I've  won!  Now  let  us  both  play. 
Do  you  want  to  play  at  being  gardener?" 

She  ran  to  a  corner  of  the  walls,  picked  up  a 
spade  and  brought  it  to  him: 

"There!  I  will  let  you  have  the  spade!  You 
see  I  am  very  kind." 

At  sight  of  the  sharp,  bright  edge  of  the  spade 
the  man's  eyelids  blinked.  He  wavered  in  a 
fierce  recoil  and  stammered  in  a  harsh  voice 
which  could  not  speak  without  seeming  to  tear 
the  words: 

"I  don't  want  to!  No,  no!  I  don't  want  to 
touch  that!" 

"Well,  you  are  not  good!"  Liline  said,  pout- 
ingly,  as  she  took  back  the  spade.  "There  are 
men  a  great  deal  kinder  than  you  who  are  always 
very  glad  to  play  with  me!  There  is  Grelu. 
Grelu  is  good,  I  can  tell  you!  He  helps  papa. 
They  let  him  go,  like  you,  and  he  does  everything 
that  I  ask  him  to  do.  If  it  doesn't  amuse  you  to 
dig,  let  us  play  at  something  else.  Do  you  want 
to  water  the  flowers?" 

She  again  pulled  his  blouse,  confidingly: 

"Come  this  way.  There  is  the  well.  You  must 
draw  the  water.  I  can't  do  it  all  alone.  The  well 
is  very  detp." 

The  man  followed  her  stupidly.  Without  let- 
ting go  his  blouse  she  leaned  on  the  margin  of 


the  well,  bending  lier  graceful  little  body  over 
tlie  dark  opening. 

"Lean  down,  too!"  she  said.  "The  bottom  is 
just  like  a  cake  of  ice,  and  you  can  see  yourself 
there,  quite  plain.  Do  you  see  me!  I  can  see 
you.  Oh,  how  wicked  your  eyes  look  in  the 
water!" 

She  still  leaned  down,  and  her  little  throat 
looked  frailer,  slighter  than  ever  against  that  dark 
background. 

The  man,  throwing  liimself  backward,  with  his 
ej-es  convulsively  shut,  panted  in  a  voice  of  furi- 
ous distress: 

"Don't  lean!  Oh,  don't  lean  over  that  hole! 
It  gives  me  the  death-fever!" 

Liline  drew  herself  up  with  an  amused  laugh: 

"There's  no  danger  of  my  falling  in  while  you 
are  here!" 

But  as  soon  as  she  was  standing  up  again,  the 
man,  without  looking,  pushed  her  away  from  the 
well,  and  so  brutally  that  two  little  tears  filled  the 
child's  limpid  eyes. 

"You  hurt  me!"  she  moaned.  "I  thought  you 
were  good  and  you  are  bad.  Grelu  never  hurt 
me." 

He  watched  her  crying.    Then,  with  an  effort, 

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Varied  Types 


The  late  Jack  Barrett  of  the  Examiner  was 
fond  of  telling  a  story  about  Tim  McGrath.  Tim 
lost  everything  in  the  fire  of  1906  except  a  straw 
hat  and  a  suit  of  clothes.  As  Tim  himself  would 
say,  "there  wasn't  even  a  jingle  in  the  pocket." 
So  he  was  overjoyed  one  day  when  he  rummaged 
in  a  mail  barrel  over  in  Oakland  and  found  a 
wire  from  Tom  Sharkey.  Tim  discovered  Tom 
Sharkey  when  he  was  a  sailor  on  the  Philadelphia 
at  Mare  Island,  so  it  was  only  right  and  proper 
that  when  the  days  of  great  trouble  came  the 
wealthy  bruiser  should  remember  the  man  who 
made  him.  In  his  telegram  Sharkey  invited  Tim 
to  draw  on  him.  With  tears  of  gratitude  in  his 
blue  Irish  eyes  Tim  brought  the  wire  to  Barrett 
in  the  Examiner  ofifice. 

"Come  around  tonight  at  eight,  Tim,"  said  Bar- 
rett, "and  we'll  get  Sharkey  on  the  leased  wire." 

Promptly  at  eight  Tim  was  back  in  the  Ex- 
aminer office. 

"How  much  do  you  want  to  ask  Sharkey  for? 
Five  hundred?"  inquired  Barrett  as  they  entered 
the  telegraph  room. 

Tim  McGrath  drew  himself  up  to  his  full  five 
feet  four  and  threw  out  his  chest  with  true  San 
Franciscan  spunk. 

"Tell  him  to  send  me  a  rubber  house.  If  we 
have  another  earthquake  it'll  bounce." 

I  recalled  the  story  of  the  rubber  house  the 
other  day  when  Tim  looked  at  me  in  that  bash- 
ful way  of  his  and  asked  me  if  I  had  ever  heard 
his  philosophy. 

"No,  I  haven't,  Tim.    What  is  it?" 

"Any  dead  fish  can  float  down  stream,  but  it 
takes  a  live  one  to  go  up." 

Tim  is  a  live  one,  sure  enough.  He  used  to 
make  lots  of  money  in  the  prosperous  Sharkey 
era,  but  he  was  a  careless  liver  like  nearly  all 
connected  with  "the  game,"  and  he  spent  it  a^ 
fast  as  it  came  in.  But  all  that  is  changed.  Six 
years  ago  Tim  married  Gertie  Emerson  of  the 
renowned  team  of  Hope  and  Emerson  that  used 
to  delight  us  in  the  palmy  days  of  Fischer's.  It 
is  a  happy  marriage,  and  it  has  given  Tim  a  sense 
of  the  responsibilities  of  life  which  he  has  never 
once  forgotten.  The  careless  ways  are  gone,  but 
the  inimitable  native  wit  remains. 

"What  is  your  ambition  in  life?"  I  as'<ed  him. 

"To  develop  a  white  hope,"  he  answered. 

"Do  you  think  you  ever  will?" 

"I've  got  him  now,"  he  replied.  "Haven't  you 
heard  of  brave  Charlie  Horn  of  the  Mission? 
That  guy  is  so  vicious  that  when  he  puts  his 
man  away  and  comes  out  of  the  ring  I'm  afraid 
to  take  my  share  of  the  gate  for  fear  he'll  swing 
on  me." 

"How  does  he  stack  up  with  Jack  Munro?"  I 
asked,  rather  maliciously. 

Tim's  innocent  face  was  haunted  for  a  mo- 
ment by  the  ghost  of  a  smile,  but  he  didn't  an- 
swer. The  name  of  Jack  Munro  had  sent  him 
back  to  the  land  of  memories. 

"How  did  Jack  Munro  happen  to  knock  Jeffries 
down  at  Butte?"  I  went  on. 

"Why,  Jefif  hit  Munro  in  the  nose,  Jack's  nose 
bled,  and  Jeff  slipped  in  the  blood." 

Then  Tim  pondered  a  minute. 

"Say,"  he  finally  asked,  "did  I  ever  tell  you 
about  the  time  I  took  Munro  to  Chicago  before 
his  fight  with  Jcflf  in  Mechanics  Pavilion?" 

"You  never  did."  T  prevaricated.    "Fire  away." 

"Well,  as  you  probably  remember,  after  that 


LXXXVII— TIM  McGRATH 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

Butte  business  Munro  went  to  Philadelpliia  and 
licked  Sharkey.  Poor  Tom  was  all  in.  Then 
Munro  came  to  San  Francisco  and  Jimmy  Cof- 
froth  signed  him  to  fight  JefT.  But  Jet?  hurt  his 
knee  and  the  fight  had  to  be  postponed.  So  I 
asked  Crawford  (Tim's  pronunciation  of  Coffroth) 
if  I  could  take  Munro  East  for  boxing  exhibi- 
tions. 

"Jim  told  me  to  go  ahead.  'But  if  anybody 
knocks  the  big  stiff  down,  nail  him  to  the  floor 
and  come  home  alone.' 

"We  went  to  Chicago,  and  I  billed  the  whole 
town,  offering  a  thousand  dollars  to  any  man  who 
would  stand  up  before  Munro  for  four  rounds. 

"The  lirst  afternoon  when  I  arrived  at  the 
arena  I  nearly  fainted.  The  whole  messenger 
force,  all  the  waiters  in  town  and  a  gang  of 
heavyweights  were  all  there  waiting  to  go  on. 
When  I  saw  Jack  Root,  Marvin  Hart,  Jack  John- 
son, Billy  Stift,  John  Wille  and  Big  Jack  McCor- 
mick,  the  man  who  put  McCoy  out  in  an  ex- 
hibition bout,  I  knew  what  would  happen  to 
Munro. 


Courtesy  of  the  Call. 


TIM  McGRATH 

"Right  away  I  remembered  what  Crawford  had 
told  me  about  nailing  Jack  to  the  floor.  So  I 
rang  up  Lou  Houseman,  the  sporting  editor  of 
the  Inter-Ocean,  and  asked  him  to  send  me  a 
wrastler  at  once.  He  brought  a  wrastler  over. 
I  announced  to  the  crowd  that  Jack's  muscles 
were  a  little  stiff  from  the  long  journey  and  I 
thought  it  would  be  better  for  him  to  wrastle  that 
afternoon  instead  of  putting  on  the  gloves.  And 
he  was  a  bum  wrastler  at  that. 

"That  night  Jack  wrastled  again.  Afterwards 
I  went  to  the  newspaper  offices  and  asked  the 
boys  to  tell  the  heavyweights  not  to  be  afraid, 
because  Jack  would  be  lenient  with  them.  The 
boys  asked  me  if  he  was  any  good.  I  wasn't 
trying  to  put  anything  over  on  the  papers,  so  I 
told  them  that  I  had  whipped  him  twice  myself 
on  the  way  to  Chicago. 

"Well,  the  heavyweights  stormed  the  news- 
paper offices  trying  to  get  on  with  Jack,  but  we 
stalled  along  with  the  wrastling  all  week.  We 
got  eleven  hundred  out  of  the  gate  without  put- 
ting on  a  glove.  Then  I  brought  him  back  to 
San  Francisco  safe  and  sound. 

"Jack  went  into  training  at  Sheehan's  for  his 
fight  with  the  big  fellow.  While  he  was  training 
Crawford  told  me  I  was  losing  my  pep  as  a 
booster,  so  I  had  to  do  something.  One  good 
foggy  morning  I  had  Jack  jump  off  the  end  of 
the  Olympic  Pier.  Miles  Brothers  happened  to 
be  there.    They  took  some  pictures  which  were 


shown  at  the  Orpheum  for  a  week  and  got  us  d 
lot  of  boosting.  It  was  kind  of  accidental,  but 
it  shows  you  an  accident  will  help  out." 

And  there  wasn't  the  suspicion  of  a  wink  as 
Tim  said  it. 

"The  night  before  the  fight,"  Tim  continued, 
"I  put  tanbark  around  the  training  quarters  so 
Jack  would  rest  easy.  But  I  passed  his  room 
toward  morning  and  he  was  looking  out  the 
window,  counting  the  stars.  You  see  he  was 
getting  a  little  bit  worried. 

"But  he  didn't  really  falter  till  just  before 
the  fight.  He  had  a  dressing  room  next  to  Jeff's 
with  a  thin  partition  between,  and  every  time  he 
heard  the  masseurs  slapping  Jeff  he  shivered. 
So  I  went  next  door  and  told  Billy  Delaney  to 
soft  pedal  the  noise. 

"'What's  the  matter?'  said  Billy. 

"  'Why,  you  could  file  your  way  out  of  jail  with 
Jack's  back,'  I  told  him.  'It's  all  goose  flesh 
and  pin  feathers.' 

"I  went  back  to  Jack's  dressing  rooin.  There 
he  sat  with  his  head  hanging. 

"I  lifted  his  head  up  and  said  to  him,  'Cheer 
up,  old  boy,  Jeff's  as  playful  as  a  kitten  tonight.' 
But  just  the  same,  on  his  way  into  the  ring  he 
kissed  his  brother  good-bye.  You'd  think  he 
was  going  to  be  electrocuted. 

"I  got  him  into  the  ring  first.  If  Jeff  had  gone 
in  first  Jack  would  have  beat  it  sure.  When  Jeff 
appeared  I  covered  Jack's  face  with  a  towel  so 
he  wouldn't  see  the  big  fellow,  but  he  got  a  peek 
at  him  and  shivered  again.  To  make  matters 
worse  Kid  McCoy,  Munro's  sparring  partner, 
announced  that  he  would  challenge  anybody  but 
Jeffries. 

"Well,  the  fight  started.  Jeff  feinted  and  Jack 
ducked.  Then  Jeff  raised  his  hand  and  bent 
Jack's  face  like  an  oval  pan.  The  gong  saved 
him. 

"When  Jack  was  going  to  his  corner,  I  tried 
to  cheer  him  up.  'Jeff's  good-natured  tonight,' 
I  told  him.  'Yes,  he's  trying  to  murder  me,'  said 
Jack. 

"In  the  second  round  Jeff  hit  him  a  couple  of 
clouts  and  was  about  to  put  one  in  the  pit  of  the 
stomach  when  Eddie  Graney  grabbed  Jeff's  hand 
and  announced  that  he  was  the  winner. 

"Some  of  the  crowd  was  pretty  sore.  One 
fellow  that  I  had  told  Jack  would  win  came  up 
to  me  and  said:  'Where  did  you  get  that  big 
stiff?    I  thought  you  said  he  could  fight?' 

"  'He  was  all  right  till  Jeff  put  over  that  chance 
blow,'  1  told  him. 

"There  was  $32,000  in  the  house,  and  our  share 

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Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LIII— SAN  FRANCISCO 

By  Paul  McAllister 


(Many  people  have  expressed  surprise  at  the  number  of  poems  about  San  Francisco  already  published  in  this 
series.  Few  knew  that  the  city  had  been  celebrated  by  so  many  singers.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  San  Francisco  has 
probably  been  the  theme  of  more  poems  than  any  other  strictly  modern  city.  Of  ancient  cities  Rome  alone  can 
rival  it  in  this  respect.  The  poems  about  San  Francisco  are  not  all  in  book  form.  Some  of  the  best  so  far 
published  have  been  dug  out  of  old  magazines  and  newspapers  or  copied  from  scrap  books.  There  must  be  a  great 
many  on  which  the  editor  of  Town  Talk  will  be  unable,  without  assistance,  to  lay  his  hanil.  People  who  know 
where  these  can  be  found  or  who  possess  them  will  be  given  proper  credit  if  they  will  assist  the  editor  in  his 
search.  The  following  verses  were  written  by  Paul  Mc.Mlistcr  who  will  be  remembered  as  the  leading  man  of  the 
Valencia  stock  company.  They  were  written  on  April  18,  1909,  were  first  read  at  a  Press  Club  Jinks  and  were 
afterwards  published  in  the  Chronicle.) 


Fair  city  by  St.  Francis  bay, 
That  bay  itself  a  noble  sea; 
What  is  this  tale  they  offer  me 
Of  three  brief  years  ago  today? 


I  see  with  wonder  what  you've  done. 
I  marvel  at  the  little  time; 
Amazing  is  the  fight  you've  won 
O'er  Fate — a  victory  sublime. 


I  see  the  sun  a-smile  your  hills; 

I  hear  your  hills  laugh  back  again; 

I  list  no  raven  croaking  ills, 

I  see  no  downcast  citizen. 


The  gods  go  grinding  at  their  mills, 
A  milliard  years  to  build  a  world; 
You've  girt  yourself  as  swiftly  fills 
The  breeze  our  starry  flag  unfurled. 


And  yet  they  say  misfortune  cleft 
And  smote  you  to  your  aching  heart; 
From  kith  and  home  your  children  reft; 
Made  mute  the  voices  in  your  mart. 


Your  lovely  daughters  debonair. 
Entrance,  bewitch  and  fascinate; 
Your  manful  sons,  courageous,  yare, 
Titanic  splendors  contemplate. 


Your  fanes  and  taverns,  roughly  razed. 
Your  robe  of  manses  rent  in  twain. 
And  gripped  j'ou,  stripped  you,  left  you  dazed. 
Denuded,  stricken,  faint  with  pain. 


Pacific's  warden,  sun-crowned  queen, 
Who  courted  fortune,  laughed  at  woe. 
My  city  peerless,  proud,  serene. 
With  raptured  brain  and  heart  aglow 


And  have  you  risen,  city  fair. 
From  blows  that  smote  you  sore  as  this 
To  deck  yourself  with  courage  rare; 
To  laugh  and  throw  the  world  a  kiss? 


I  kneel  and  kiss  your  garment's  hem. 
As  every  native  child  has  done, 
.\Ias,  I  am  not  one  of  them; 
May  I  not  be  a  foster  son? 


Fairies  and  Fireless  Cookers 

"Gods  and  goddesses,  nymphs  and  fauns  do  ex- 
ist," insisted  Sire  Joe  in  his  announcement  of  the 
Bohemian  grove  play.  "Children  believe  in  fair- 
ies, and  children  are  wise,  for  they  have  faith." 
All  very  well,  Sire  Joe,  but  there  are  no  fairies 
in  the  Bohemian  Grove.  I  speak  seriously,  not 
using  the  word  'fairies'  in  the  frivolous  sense 
which  makes  it  a  synonym  for  'chickens'  and 
'flappers,'  but  applying  it  to  the  'good  people'  who 
haunt  the  sylvan  raths.  There  are  no  fairy  raths, 
no  fairies  in  Bohemian  Grove.  How  could  fairies 
disport  in  that  wood  consecrated  to  metropolitan 
luxury?  The  Bohemian  Grove  has  been  taken 
from  nature  and  dedicated  to  artificiality.  There 
is  a  carefully  cultivated  fernery  in  the  center  of 
its  dining  circle.  There  is  a  special  tent  where 
a  barber  presides  over  three  chairs.  There  is  a 
bootblack,  Heaven  save  the  mark!  There  is  a 
massage  tent.  Private  servants  swarm  through 
the  cainp.  Portable  bars  serve  the  thirsty  de- 
votees of  the  trap  shooting  grounds,  the  archery 
grounds,  the  tennis  court  and  the  swimming  pool. 
There  is  a  swimming  instructor  and  a  bath  house. 


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There  are  private  cooks  for  members  too  dainty 
to  share  the  community  cooking.  There  are 
dozens  of  pianos,  a  photographer's  dark  room. 
And  as  sure  as  there  is  a  seacoast  to  Bohemia, 
there  are  fireless  cookers!  Could  a  fairy  abide 
near  a  fireless  cooker?  As  well  ask  Pan  to  pipe 
the  music  of  "Natoma"  on  his  oaten  reeds.  There 
may  be  fairies,  Sire  Joe,  but  they  have  fled  the 
grove,  just  as  they  fled  Ireland  when  the  whistle 
of  the  first  locoinotive  was  heard  in  the  Emerald 
Isle. 


A  Record  Attendance 

In  point  of  numbers  this  year's  was  the  most 
successful  Bohemian  jinks  ever  given.  There 
were  one  thousand  three  hundred  men  in  camp 
on  the  last  two  days.  Of  these  nine  hundred  were 
members  of  the  club  and  their  guests  while  four 
hundred  were  camp  servants  of  one  sort  and 
another.  The  number  of  servants  tells  eloquently  of 
the  luxury  which  has  invaded  the  grove.  But 
the  Bohemians  are  used  to  good  service,  and  re- 
fuse to  dispense  with  it  even  when  they  go  into 
the  woods  to  list  to  Nature's  teachings.  This 
applies,  among  other  things,  to  the  satisfaction 
of  their  thirst.  Eight  bartenders  were  on  duty 
in  the  grove  twenty-four  hours  a  day,  and  some 
of  them  complained  that  they  had  never  been  so 
rushed  in  their  lives.  The  general  opinion  was 
that  the  grove  play  "The  Atonement  of  Pan" 
was  a  great  success.  As  usual  Frank  Mathieu's 
was  the  wizard  mind  that  translated  the  beauty 
of  verse  and  note  into  a  masterpiece  of  sylvan 


drama.  He  was  the  genius  behind  the  scenes. 
The  actors  acquitted  themselves  very  well,  al- 
though some  were  disappointed  in  David  Bispham 
who  was  eclipsed  by  Dick  Hotaling.  The  music 
was  pronounced  splendid,  and  Redding's  book 
came  in  for  a  lot  of  favorable  comment.  It  was 
a  disgruntled  Bohemian  who  said  "The  Atone- 
ment of  Pan"  was  better  than  "Natoma"  but  not 
as  good  as  "The  Green  Knight." 


A  Criticaster  on  Joe 

Under  the  spell  of  a  spectacle  born  in  the  pure 
sweet  air,  amidst  murmuring  trees,  within  sound 
of  rippling  waters,  the  Bohemians  were  affected 
as  though  ravished  by  the  very  genius  of  beauty. 
They  had  nothing  but  words  of  praise  for  every- 
body who  had  contributed  to  the  success  of  the 
performance.  But  in  the  cold  grey  dawn  of  the 
morning  after  criticism  lifted  its  harsh  voice.  For 
the  carping  critic  was  there,  the  critic  who  ex- 
amines with   microscopic  minuteness,  and  with 


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the  air  of  the  god  who  assumes  the  rod  and  pre- 
sumes to  shake  the  spheres.  This  critic  was  of 
the  literary  persuasion.  Oracularly  he  pro- 
nounced "The  Atonement  of  Pan"  a  great  pro- 
duction— scenically  and  musically.  Henry  Had- 
ley  and  Frank  Mathieu  in  the  opinion  of  this 
pundit  were  entitled  to  most  of  the  credit,  which 
causes  me  to  suspect  him  of  being  a  disciple  of 
Porter  Garnett.  He  was  certainly  a  hair-splitter. 
He  went  so  far  as  to  declare  that  Joe  Redding 
had  butchered  mythology  to  make  a  Bohemian 
holinight.  He  wanted  to  know  what  authority 
Joe  had  for  making  Pan  the  son  of  Penelope  and 
Ulysses,  why  he  made  the  Greek  deities  drink  out 
of  flagons  instead  of  carchesia,  where  he  got  the 
idea  that  Eos  had  a  passion  for  purity — a  goddess 
who  tried  to  seduce  Cephalus,  a  married  man. 
And  then  this  criticaster  took  up  the  book,  and 
with  amusing  preciosity  undertook  to  prove  that 
it  was  not  up  to  the  standard  of  grove  literature. 
Listen  to  these  lines,  he  said: 

"This  very  tree,  in  protest,  groaned  and  hung 
Its  stricken  head;  its  limbs  began  to  shrink; 
Its  rugged  bark  before  my  eyes  fell  off. 
Exposed  its  bleeding  heart,  which  with  one  sigh 
Gave  way.    The  noble  tree  had  died  from  grief!" 

"The  noble  tree  really  died  of  a  broken  heart," 
said  the  critickin.  "I  suppose  that's  poetry,"  he 
added  with  a  sneer,  "but  it  reminds  me  of  the 
eyes  that  winked  in  the  tail  of  Mrs.  Browning's 
peacock."  "I  also  find,"  he  went  on,  "that  Joe 
rhymes  'penalty'  and  'deviltry,'  that  he  has 
Zephyrus  complaining  of  being  'bruised  by  a 
wound,'  and  that  he  improves  on  Shakespeare's 
'Imperial  Caesar  dead  and  turned  to  clay,'  with 
tlicsc  notable  lines, 

"  'What  is  the  carcass  of  the  lion  but  stuff 
Wherewith  to  fructify  the  violet?'  " 

And  so  the  criticule  went  on  till  there  was  talk 
of  throwing  him  out  of  the  grove. 


Redding's  Capital  Joke 

The  foregoing  is  a  specimen  of  the  criticism 
tliat  betrays  a  lack  of  taste,  that  takes  a  pride 
and  pleasure  in  nothing  but  defects,  in  the  tarnish- 
ing of  our  faith  in  substantial  excellence.  And 
most  of  the  criticism  is  absurd.  If  Joe  Redding 
did  improve  mythology  with  modern  arabesques 
it  is  to  his  credit.  It  shows  he  has  inventive 
genius.  Other  poets  have  done  the  same  thing. 
Sidney  gave  us  an  entirely  new  Arcadia.  He 
improved  on  Ovid.  And  anyway  the  ideal  of  a 
masque  is  grace  rather  than  greatness.  Bacon 
considered  the  masque  only  as  a  spectacle,  a  show. 
The  costumes,  the  colors,  the  lights,  the  scenes, 
the  music,  the  dances,  were  all  that  the  Eliz- 
abethan masque  writers  thought  worth  while. 
With  them  the  poetry  was  a  minor  considera- 
tion. They  held  that  tiie  ideal  element  of  the 
masque  was  a  harmonizing  of  spectacle  and  idea. 
So  if  Joe  didn't  give  us  another  Comus,  at  least 
he  gave  us  his  masterpiece,  the  best  that  was  in 
him.  And  I  think  he  deserves  great  credit  for 
having  played  a  joke  on  the  rich  Bohemians 
(Midas  in  his  variety)  whom  he  cozened  into  en- 
joyment of  his  spectacle.  The  joke  is  that  he 
made  his  masque  the  atonement  of  Pan  instead 
of  the  atonement  of  Apollo.  Pan  was  an  uncouth 
musician  and  when  he  had  his  contest  with  Apollo, 
the  palm  was  given  to  the  son  of  Jupiter  and 
Latona.  But  Midas  insisted  that  Pan  was  the 
better  musician  and  he  was  immediately  decorated 
with  the  ears  of  an  ass. 


Dr.  Rosenstirn's  Poem 

After  the  play  was  over  and  Care  had  been 
cremated,  the  great  annual  spread  took  place. 


There  were  good  speeches  from  all  who  had 
taken  part  in  the  production  with  the  exception 
of  Haig  Patigian  who  sculptured  the  fine  statue 
of  Diana  but  was  too  bashful  to  acknowledge  the 
plaudits  he  received.  "His  modesty,"  said  Joe 
Redding,  "shines  through  the  opalescene  of  his 
genius."  Then  Doctor  Rosenstirn  got  up^  to 
recite  a  poem  called  "In  Bohemia."  It  wasn't  a 
bad  poem  but  it  lacked,  grievously  it  lacked,  the 
wit  which  resides  in  brevity.  When  the  doctor 
was  about  half  way  through  Orrin  Peck  arose 
and  caught  the  poet's  eye.  "Pardon  me,  Doctor," 
he  said,  "I  must  go  away  for  a  minute."  There 
was  a  great  roar  of  laughter  as  Peck  withdrew, 
and  the  doctor  became  confused.  He  attempted 
to  go  on  but  skipped  several  stanzas  and  be- 
coming conscious  of  his  mistake  stood  stock 
silent.  Then  he  produced  the  manuscript  from 
his  pocket  and  by  the  light  of  an  electric  torch 
which  somebody  kindly  provided,  hunted  for  his 
cue.  He  couldn't  find  it,  so  to  make  sure  that 
he  omitted  nothing  he  repeated  about  half  of 
what  he  had  already  recited.  When  Peck  came 
back  the  doctor  had  just  reached  the  point  where 
he  was  interrupted,  so  Peck  didn't  miss  any  of 
the  poem  after  all. 


Joking  the  Bullmoosers 

The  low  jinks  on  Friday  night  was  presided  over 
by  Mackenzie  Gordon.  It  consisted  in  part  of 
a  burlesque  on  the  Chicago  Republican  conven- 


tion. Elihu  Root  presided  and  gave  orders  for 
the  operation  of  the  steam  roller.  .  Hiram  John- 
.son,  Chester  Rowell,  Paul  Bancroft  and  Charlie 
Wheeler  were  admirably  impersf)natcd,  but  the 
Bohemian  who  played  Frank  Heney  with  a  gag 
in  Iiis  mouth  was  the  hit  of  the  performance. 
Harry  Perry  sang  the  Puccini  music,  "I'm  going 
down  to  Sacramento  to  see  Johnson,  the  road 
agent"  amid  great  laughter.  Frank  Deering  placed 
Senator  Cummings  in  nomination,  and  Seth 
Mann  named  Taft  in  a  speech  of  such  genuine 
fervor  and  eloquence  that  he  roused  enthusiasm, 
which  peeved  some  of  the  Bohemians  of  pro- 
gressive tendencies.  Then  Fred  Berry  who  im- 
personated Hiram  Johnson  tried  to  make  a  speech 
but  was  run  over  by  the  steam  roller.  Among  the 
other  hits  of  the  low  jinks  was  a  burlesque  of 
David  Warfield  in  "The  Music  Master"  done  by 
Dick  Hotaling.  Nobody  enjoyed  it  more  than 
Dave  Warfield  himself.  Just  to  show  his  own 
powers  in  that  line  Warfield  gave  a  capital  bur- 
lesque of  Tommaso  Salvini  in  Othello.  Then 
there  was  the  "Lungland  Quartet"  announced 
by  Gordon  as  coming  from  the  University  of 
Southern  California.  Their  songs  were  inter- 
spersed with  physical  manifestations  of  their 
consumptive  condition.  In  conclusion  they  gave 
their  college  yell,  "We  will  get  well!  We  will 
get  well!  Come  to  Lungland!"  The  Los  An- 
geles Bohemians  who  have  a  camp  called  "Lost 
Anu'cls"   didn't   relisli   this   number   very  much. 


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class  "C"  building  and  lot  36-6x57-5  feet  at  northwest 
corner  of  Kearny  and  Sutter  Streets  and  Clara  Lane; 
3  frontages.  Entire  building  very  light.  Ground 
floor,  mezzanine  and  basement  rented  to  Jas.  R.  Jack- 
son to  December  31,  1916,  at  $800  per  month,  under 
secured  lease,  for  clothing  store  (with  option  of  S 
years  more  at  $1500  per  month  for  entire  building). 
Upper  part  leased  to  December  31,  1916,  at  from  $150 
to  $425  to  Max  Arnovitch.  Building  will  carry  3  ad- 
ditional stories.  Average  monthly  rental  $1157  to 
December  31,  1916.  Leases  on  inspection  at  our 
office. 

NO  2. 

New  5-story-and-basement  class  "C"  building  and 
lot  25x137-6  feet,  situate  southeast  corner  of  Bush 
Street  and  Mary  Lane,  near  Kearny  Street.  Entire 
building  leased  to  one  tenant  at  $500  per  month. 


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and  to  complete  purchase.  A  deposit  of  ten  per 
cent,  of  the  purchase  money  invariably  required  on 
the  fall  of  the  hammer  or  announcement  of  sale: 
balance  of  cash  payment  on  delivery  of  deed;  and  if 
not  so  paid  (unless  for  defect  of  title)  then  said  ten 
per  cent,  to  be  forfeited  and  the  sale  to  be  void. 

Taxes  for  the  Fiscal  Year  ending  June  30,  1913, 
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TOWN  TALK 


August  17,  1912 


There  are  twelve  of  these  "Los  Angels,"  by  the 
v.ay,  and  they  boast  that  they  have  spent  $18,000 
on  their  camp.  The  prettiest  number  of  the  lov.' 
jinks  was  John  Teller's  chorus.  This  chorus 
sang  from  a  stage  and  the  voices  blended  beau- 
tifully with  the  voices  of  two  quartets  hidden 
somewhere  in  the  grove.  Teller  signaled  to  these 
hidden  singers  by  electric  light  and  the  effect 
was  that  of  disembodied  voices  echoing  the  music 
in  the  circle. 


Glory  Is  Fleeting 

Mayor  Rolph  enjoyed  himself  at  the  jinks  de- 
spite the  fact  that  Charley  Field  gave  him  cause 
for  grave  if  not  melancholy  reflection.  Field  had 
been  listening  to  the  conversation  of  two  waiters. 
One  of  them,  evidently  an  old-timer  at  the  grove, 
was  informing  the  other  about  the  celebrities 
present.  Seeing  an  old  gentleman  with  whiskers 
standing  all  alone  the  dispenser  of  information 
remarked,  "That's  Dr.  Taylor.  He  used  to  be 
Mayor.  He  ain't  got  no  friends  no  more." 
Charley  Field  lost  no  time  in  telling  the  story 
to  "Mission  Jim."  For  Charley  is  a  philosopher 
who  believes  that,  in  the  midst  of  merriment, 
especially  when  one's  star  is  at  its  zenith,  it  is 
well  that  one's  spirit  should  be  chastened. 


Grove  Socialism 

"Look  at  that!  Can  you  beat  it?"  said  one 
Bohemian  to  another  in  the  grove  last  Friday 
night.  The  second  Bohemian  turned  and  sur- 
veyed the  scene.  It  was  not  a  remarkable  scene 
at  all.  Merely  George  Sterling,  the  poet,  and 
Herman  Whittaker,  the  novelist,  sitting  at  a 
table  with  Jack  London  and  listening  attentively 
to  what  Jack  was  saying.  The  second  Bohemian 
remarked  that  he  didn't  see  anything  strange  about 
that.  "You  don't  eh?"  snorted  the  other.  "Well, 
just  listen  to  what  Jack  London  is  saying.  He's 
talking  Socialism  and  glorifying  the  I.  W.  W.'s. 
And  he  does  that  with  a  bottle  of  champagne 
before  him!  I've  heard  of  parlor  Socialism  but 
this  beats  it!" 


Forest  Conservation 

He  was  a  Bohemian  of  analytical  tendencies,  a 
Sansome  street  philosopher  who  had  read  and 
inwardly  digested  Porter  Garnett's  wondrous  pre- 
face and  all  else  appertaining  to  the  grove  plays. 
"Running  through  all  the  grove  plays,"  he  ex- 
pounded, "is  the  idea  of  the  saving  of  the  forest. 
Thus,  in  the  'Hamadryads'  by  Will  Irwin  Mel- 
adon,  the  God  of  Care,  was  crushed  and  the  forest 
saved  from  his  depredations.  In  Charlie  Field's 
'Cave  Man'  the  rain  came  to  save  the  forest  when 
man  had  set  it  ablaze  through  his  ignorance  of 
the  devastating  effect  of  fire.  And  so  on  through 
all  the  plays.  The  saving,  the  conservation  of  the 
forest  is  the  central  theme."  He  paused  to  let 
the  idea  sink  in.  "Huh,"  said  Clarence  Ward, 
the  architect  who  had  given  ear  in  silence,  "I 
suppose  next  year's  play  will  be  written  by 
Gifford  Pinchot." 


Hero  to  a  Novelist 

After  reading  Mrs.  Atherton's  novel  "Julia 
France  and  Her  Times"  I  feel  like  nominating 
the  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  for  a  niche  in  the 
Native  Son's  Hall  of  Fame.  If  Mr.  Phelan  isn't 
a  hero  to  the  general,  he's  a  hero  to  a  lady  novel- 
ist, which  is  certainly  more  of  a  distinction  than 
being  a  hero  to  his  valet.  Besides  Mrs.  Atherton 
is  no  easy  person  to  suit  in  the  matter  of  heroes. 
The  types  she  favors  are  an  uncommon  lot,  men 
of  large  nature,  cultured,  with  strong  passions  and 
a  zeal  for  life.  How  accurate  are  her  perceptive 
faculties  may  be  judged  from  her  choice  of  Mr. 
Phelan  as  a  hero.  Of  course  Mr.  Phelan  as  her 
ideal  in  her  new  novel  is  somewhat  elaborated, 


if  not  highly  colored;  so  much  so  that  I  shouldn't 
know  him  were  it  not  for  the  circumstance  that 
he's  described  as  a  rich  man  and  a  leader  of  the 
San  Francisco  graft  prosecution.  If  that  were 
all,  he  might  be  either  Mr.  Spreckels,  or  Mr. 
Phelan,  but  I'm  not  to  be  deceived  by  the  name 
Tay.  though  it's  the  thing  the  Irish  put  sugar  in. 
Daniel  Tay  is  precisely  what  Mr.  Phelan  must 
look  like  to  any  woman  who  believes  in  him  and 
takes  him  seriously  as  a  reformer,  and  Mrs. 
Atherton  holds  our  bachelor  millionaire  in  high 
esteem.    Listen   to   him  talk: 

The  whole  country  was  aghast  at  our 
exposures,  business  was  almost  dead, 
capital  refused  to  come  our  way;  the 
poor  old  city  that  had  been  wrecked  by 
the  most  fearful  natural  calamity  of 
modern  times — $500,000,000  went  up  in 
smoke — seemed  to  cry  out  against  us  for 
holding  her  down,  to  beg  for  a  chance  to 
limp  out  of  her  bog.  But  we  looked 
ahead,  convinced  that  there  could  be  no 
permanent  prosperity  for  San  Francisco 
until  the  sore  was  scraped  to  the  bone  and 
sterilized. 

Reads  just  like  one  of  Mr.  Phelan's  campaign 
speeches.  After  briefly  reviewing  the  great  fight 
for  purity  and  personal  political  pull  Daniel  Tay 
exclaims:  "I  really  want  with  all  my  soul  to  be 
of  use  to  my  country;  to  be  one  of  the  few  that 
are  willing  to  work  for  her  unselfishly,  to  leave 
a  decent  name  behind  me.  It  is  thankless  work 
fighting  the  majority,  battling  for  an  ideal  no- 
body wants,  to  be  the  butt  of  the  press,  accused 
of  sordid  motives,  balked  at  every  turn. 
Many  a  man  that  has  started  out  with  the  loftiest 
and  most  selfless  ideals  loses  courage,  shrugs  his 
shoulders  and  falls  back."  Surely  this  must  be 
James  idealized  as  in  a  mirror  held  up  by  him- 
Sflf  after  making  up  for  the  occasion. 


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11 


A  Valuable  Acquisition 

Charles  Sweeney,  the  millionaire  who  has  for- 
saken Spokane  to  make  his  home  and  invest  his 
plenitude  of  ready  cash  in  San  Francisco,  is  a 
valuable  acquisition.  It  was  largely  on  acocunt 
of  his  wife  that  Sweeney  brought  his  household 
gods  and  his  strong  box  here.  Mrs.  Sweeney 
was  in  the  habit  of  visiting  friends  in  this  city, 
and  the  oftener  she  came  the  more  she  fancied  our 
climate  and  our  people.  So  she  finally  induced 
her  husband  to  make  San  Francisco  his  home. 
The  first  thing  Sweeney  did  was  to  lease  the 
old  Occidental  Hotel  site  in  Montgomery  street 
for  a  skyscraper.  He  obtained  from  the  Burke 
heirs  a  lease  of  fifty  years  with  the  option  of 
buying  at  the  end  of  that  time.  Sweeney  has  lots 
of  money  lying  idle  and  will  embark  in  other  en- 
terprises. For  the  past  three  or  four  weeks  he 
has  been  negotiating  for  the  purchase  of  the 
magnificent  John  D.  Spreckels  mansion  at  Laguna 
street  and  Pacific  avenue.  Spreckels  rarely  oc- 
cupies the  place  and  is  reported  willing  to  sell. 


in  town  who  has  a  cocktail  named  after  him. 
Charlie  says  it's  a  good  cocktail. 

You  may  not  believe  it,  but  there  is  a  gardener 
in  this  city  named  Jean  Plante. 


Another  Settler 

Another  millionaire  who  has  concluded  to 
spend  the  rest  of  his  life  in  San  Francisco  is  E. 
B.  Gage  of  Arizona.  Gage  made  a  fdrtune  in 
mines  and  railroads  down  in  Arizona.  Then  he 
went  into  the  banking  business,  gradually  dis- 
posing of  his  other  holdings  until  at  the  present 
time  nearly  all  his  wealth  is  concentrated  in 
his  banking  interests  in  Arizona,  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco.  Gage  is  a  fine  old  character.  He 
was  passionately  devoted  to  his  wife  who  died 
suddenly  some  time  ago.  Just  before  her  death 
she  expressed  a  desire  to  have  her  husband  build 
her  a  new  home.  It  was  the  last  thing  she  asked 
of  him  before  her  unexpected  passing.  To  fulfill 
his  promise  and  to  honor  her  memory  Gage  built 
a  magnificent  home  in  Tucson,  but  never  oc- 
cupied it.  Gage  is  a  great  friend  of  Henry  T. 
Scott,  They  are  the  croniest  of  cronies  and  meet 
several  times  a  day  to  talk  things  over.  When 
you  see  Gage  in  the  St,  Francis  in  the  late  after- 
noon he  is  waiting  to  have  a  cocktail  with 
Henry  T. 


Purely  Personal 

Captain  Leale  of  the  good  ship  "Caroline"  told 
De  Wolf  Hopper  at  the  Press  Club  last  week  that 
he  was  the  first  Dick  Deadeye  that  ever  tied  a 
bowline  knot  in  true  nautical  fashion,  "The  best 
compliment  I've  ever  received,"  said  De  Wolf  all 
smiles. 

Alas!  Fame  is  fleeting!  The  Call  refers  to 
Henry  Hadley,  the  author  of  the  music  for  "The 
Atonement  of  Pan"  as  "William  R.  Hadley." 
Vanity  of  vanities  and  all  is  vanity! 

Valets  are  none  too  common  in  this  wooly  West 
of  ours,  but  Templeton  Crocker  has  one,  and  so 
have  James  V,  Coleman  and  Dan  Hanlon, 

Charles  Fascination  Hanlon  is  the  only  lawyer 


Key  Pitman's  Campaign  Fund 

Key  Pitman  of  Nevada  who  is  sojourning 
across  the  bay  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for 
the  United  States  Senate  against  the  late  Senator 
Nixon.  Pitman  was  handicapped  by  the  fact 
that  Nixon  and  Tasker  Oddie,  who  was  running 
for  Governor,  combined  their  forces  during  the 
campaign,  but  just  the  same  he  made  a  very 
respectable  showing  against  the  millionaire 
banker.  George  Wingfield  supported  his  old 
business  partner  Nixon  as  a  matter  of  course,  and 
that  had  much  to  do  with  his  success.  Wingfield 
and  Pitman  have  always  been  friends,  but  Wing- 
field told  him  quite  frankly  that  he  would  do 
everything  he  could  to  beat  him,  a  situation  which 
Pitman  accepted  gracefully.  Pitman  spent  all  he 
had  on  that  fight  and  came  out  of  it  in  straitened 
circumstances.  But  things  have  changed.  Pitman 
is  now  the  logical  candidate  against  Senator 
Newlands,  as  it  seems  that  Wingfield  will  not 
allow  himself  to  be  lured  into  the  race.  And 
fortune  has  so  smiled  on  Pitman  that  he  will 
have  a  plentiful  campaign  fund. 


The  Stock  Soared 

Pitman  had  large  holdings  in  Tonopah  Merger, 
but  they  didn't  do  him  much  good  while  the  stock 
was  selling  around  twenty-three  cents.  A  few 
months  ago,  however,  Tonopah  Merger  took  a 
sudden  shoot  and  didn't  stop  advancing  until  it 
had  reached  a  dollar  forty.  At  that  figure  Pitman 
sold  out  enough  of  his  holdings  to  clean  up  $86,000. 
He  still  holds  one  hundred  and  one  shares,  and 
as  the  stock  may  take  another  skyrocket  flight 
any  day  he  is  in  a  very  comfortable  position. 
That  $86,000  he  calls  his  campaign  fund  for  the 
next  United  States  Senatorial  fight.  He  is  an 
announced  candidate,  and  will  undoubtedly  give 
Senator  Newlands  the  battle  of  his  career,  George 
Wingfield  will  probably  enter  whole-heartedly 
into  his  canvass  as  he  is  anxious  to  beat  New- 
lands  whom  he  doesn't  like. 


The  Pan-Pacific  Bureau 

A  letter  from  Secretary  of  State  Knox  addressed 
to  the  secretary  of  the  Pan-Pacific  Congress  at 
Honolulu  and  forwarded  to  the  Convention 
League  of  this  city  promises  Federal  recognition 
and  assistance  in  the  matter  of- establishing  a  per- 
manent Pan-Pacific  Bureau  in  San  Francisco  with 
yearly  Congresses.  The  purpose  of  the  Bureau 
and  Congress  would  be  to  afford  a  clearing  house 

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for  all  ideas  and  plans  toward  the  development  and 
exploitation  of  the  countries  of  the  Pacific.  It 
would  tend  to  make  San  Francisco  the  center  of 
such  development.  The  Convention  League  ar- 
ranged some  time  ago  for  the  holding  of  the 
third  Pan-Pacific  Congress  in  San  Francisco  in 
1913,  two  initial  meetings  having  taken  place  in 
Honolulu,  where  Mr.  Wood  first  interested  the 
Pacific  countries  in  such  a  representation.  Sec- 
retary of  State  Knox  was  interviewed  on  the 
matter  at  the  time  of  his  visit  here  and  his  letter 
is  a  result  of  that  interview,  the  question  having 
been  fully  gone  into  in  the  Department  of  State, 
Should  this  Bureau  be  established  here,  it  will 
bring  big  business  to  San  Francisco, 


A  Rising  Sculptor 

Over  at  the  University  of  California  everybody 
is  praising  the  bronze  bust  of  Professor  Hilgard 
which  is  soon  to  be  installed  in  the  Agricultural 
College,  The  sculptor,  Ralph  Stackpole,  is  said 
to  have  done  a  splendid  piece  of  work  in  por- 
traying the  fine  features  of  the  former  dean.  From 
what  I  am  told  this  same  young  sculptor  will  be 
heard  from  one  of  these  days.  He  is  only  twenty- 
six  years  old,  and  came  here  not  so  long  ago  from 
the  wilds  of  Washington,  He  demonstrated  his 
ability  about  a  year  ago  in  New  York.  In  the 
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August  17,  1912 


of  a  competition  in  sculpture.  There  was  only  a 
week  remaining  in  which  to  submit  work,  and  he 
did  not  think  it  wise  to  compete.  But  some  hours 
afterwards,  while  walking  down  Broadway,  he 
was  struck  with  the  beauty  of  the  face  of  an 
Italian  newsboy.  He  induced  the  boy  to  pose 
for  him  and  submitted  his  bust  in  the  competition, 
calling  it  "David."    He  took  first  prize. 


Stanford  and  the  "Movies" 

The  talk  was  of  moving  pictures.  "Edison  may 
be  entitled  to  the  credit  of  inventing  moving  pic- 
tures," said  White  Hat  Dan  McCarthy,  "but  Sen- 
ator Stanford  had  the  right  idea  without  knowing 
it  long  before  Edison  began  his  experiments. 
About  25  years  ago  Stanford  had  a  dispute  with 
another  horseman  who  laughed  when  the  Senator 
said  that  at  times  a  trotting  horse  had  all  four 
feet  off  the  ground  at  once.  There  was  a  wager, 
and  Stanford  set  about  proving  his  case.  He  hired 
about  twenty-five  photographers  to  come  to  Palo 
Alto  with  shutter  camei'as.  He  stationed  them 
at  different  places  along  his  track  and  drove  a 
trotting  horse  past  them.  They  all  got  pictures 
of  the  trotter.  When  the  pictures  were  devel- 
oped and  printed  some  of  them  showed  the  trotter 
with  all  four  feet  off  the  ground.  Senator  Stan- 
ford didn't  know  it,  but  right  there  he  had  hit 
on  the  principle  of  the  moving  picture." 


A  Policeman's  Joke 

Captain  Coll)y  of  the  Potrero  police  district 
bids  fair  to  earn  the  reputation  of  being  the  de- 
partment's star  joker.  Last  week  he  sent  to  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  a  requisition  for  two  Rapid 
Safety  filters.  "We  need  these  filters  very  badly," 
he  wrote.  "The  water  is  very  bad  in  the  Potrero, 
and  our  patrolmen  are  getting  sick  from  it."  And 


the  city  fathers,  instead  of  sympatliizing  with  the 
plight  of  "the  finest,"  merely  chortled  at  the 
notion  of  a  policeman  drinking  enough  water  to 
become  indisposed. 


Woodrow  the  Rhymer 

Woodrow  Wilson  is  experiencing  the  disad- 
vantages as  well  as  the  advantages  of  his  position 
as  a  candidate  for  the  Presidency.  To  say  noth- 
ing of  political  worries,  some  of  his  well-meaning 
but  blinded  friends  have  been  digging  up  the 
doggerel  he  used  to  write  in  simpler  days.  The 
samples  published  indicate  that  there  is  no  danger 
of  a  poet  getting  into  the  White  House,  for  Wil- 
son is  not  a  poet.    For  instance: 

'Twas  in  the  gloaming,  by  the  fair  Wyoming 
That  I  left  my  darling  many  years  ago; 

And  memory  tender  brings  her  back  in  splendor, 
With  her  cheeks  of  roses  and  her  brow  of  snow. 

But  where  in  thunder  is  she  now,  1  wonder? 

Oh,  my  soul,  be  quiet,  and,  my  sad  heart,  hush! 
Under  the  umbrella  of  another  fellow 

Ah!  I  think  I  see  her,  paddling  through  the 
slush ! 


A  Dramatic  Centre 

It  looks  as  though  San  Francisco  is  going  to 
become  ([uite  a  centre  of  dramatic  activity  from 
now  on.  We've  had  one  new  play  tried  out  here 
this  season,  namely  Brandon  Tynan's  "The  Mel- 
ody of  Youth"  and  next  week  we  are  to  have  two 
more.  Booth  Tarkington's  "A  Man  on  Horse- 
back" and  Hartley  Manners'  "Barbaraza."  Fol- 
lowing "Barbaraza"  at  the  Alcazar  will  come 
"The  Winning  of  Eve,"  another  new  play  by  the 
prolific  Manners.  And  I  understand  that  Mackett 
is  going  to  try  out  a  new  play  hy  Milton  Royie 


before  his  season  is  over.  In  the  profession  of 
acting  a  city  where  new  plays  are  tried  out  for 
the  first  time  is  called  a  "dog  town,"  as  the  plays 
are  supposed  to  be  "tried  on  the  dog"  before  sub- 
mission to  a  more  important  audience.  There  are 
several  "dog  towns"  in  the  neighborhood  of  New 
York,  and  for  some  time  now  Los  Angeles  has 
been  entitled  to  that  dubiously  complimentary 
designation.  San  Francisco  is  pretty  large  to  be 
used  as  a  "dog  town,"  but  actors  and  managers 
like  to  get  our  judgment  on  a  new  play;  they  think 
that  San  Francisco's  verdict  is  of  considerable  im- 
portance. 


Naming  a  Play 

I  notice  that  Booth  Tarkington  had  to  change 
the  name  of  his  new  play  by  the  substitution- of 
the  indefinite  for  the  definite  article.  It  seems 
that  there  is  already  some  sort  of  unproduced 
musical  show  called  "The  Man  on  Horseback." 
Brandon  Tynan  had  considerable  difficulty  nam- 
ing his  new  play.  At  first  he  was  going  to  call 
it  "The  Temptation  of  Anthony."  But  it  was  de- 
cided that  that  name  might  give  offense  to  church 
people.  Then  Tynan  thought  of  "What  That 
Wily  Sex  Can  Do,"  which  is  a  line  from  one 
of  Tom  Moore's  early  love  songs.  That  was  dis- 
carded as  too  long,  and  "The  Melody  of  Youth" 
was  the  final  choice.  By  the  way,  Tynan  w-as  pleased 
witli  the  reception  of  his  play  and  says  that  he 
derived  many  good  ideas  for  its  improvement 
from  the  criticism  in  the  papers.  He  has  gone 
back  to  New  York  to  play  the  title  role  in 
"Queed,"  a  play  just  written  by  Winchell  Smith 
from  the  novel  of  the  same  name,  but  hopes  to 
put  his  own  play  on  in  New  York  later. 


The  Death  of  Kohler 

The  fact  that  Henry  Kohler,  the  millionaire 
brewer  of  St.  Louis,  is  dead  has  started  the  local 
friends  of  the  former  Margaret  Craven  speculat- 
ing about  her  plans  for  the  future.  Margaret 
Craven  was  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Nettie  Craven, 
and  was  a  school  teacher  like  her  mother.  She 
was  a  very  beautiful  girl,  and  when  she  put  down 
the  ferule  to  join  the  Frawley  company  at  the 
old  Columbia  she  found  many  admirers.  One  of 
these  was  Henry  Kohler  who  laid  his  heart  and 
his  fortune  at  her  feet.  She  left  the  stage  to 
marry  Kohler,  and  went  to  live  in  St.  Louis. 
Now  that  he  is  dead,  some  of  Margaret's  old 
friends  think  that  she  will  go  back  on  the  stage. 
But  others  say  that  she  is  wrapped  up  in  her 
little  boy  and  that  she  has  outlived  the  lure  of 
the  footlights. 


The  Celebrating  of  Johnson 

Governor  Johnson  having  become  a  man  of 
national  reputation  is  now  figuring  as  a  "person- 
ality of  note"  in  the  magazines.  It  will  be  in- 
structive for  Californians  to  read  these  magazine 
write-ups.  It  is  from  the  magazines  that  we 
get  our  impressions  of  our  great  men  who  have 
broken  through  the  crowd.  To  what  extent  the 
magazines  may  be  depended  upon  in  their  highly 
colore^d  pen  portraits  of  the  ephemera  of  politics 
may  be  judged  from  what  they  tell  us  about  men 
wlumi  we  know.  So  if  you  know  Governor  John- 
son, his  antecedents,  his  early  career  in  Sac- 
ramento and  San  Francisco,  his  current  political 
connections  and  his  so-called  reforms,  read  the 
magazine  panegyrists.  Read,  for  example,  Cur- 
rent Literature  for  August.  Current  Literature 
was  once  a  conservative  magazine,  edited  by  men 
of  education  and  discernment.  For  some  time 
its  general  susceptibilities  have  been  on  a  par 
with  those  of  George  Sylvester  Viereck,  the  poet, 
who  had  a  hand  in  its  make-up.  Governor  John- 
son is  described  in  Current  Literature  as  a  states- 
man who  began  at  the  top.    As  a  matter  of  fact 


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13 


Governor  Johnson  is  a  politician  who  began  at 
the  bottom  and  knows  politics  from  the  ground 
up,  as  anybody  will  tell  you  who  lives  in  Sac- 
ramento. Current  Literature  quotes  approvingly 
P.  C.  Macfarlane,  who  wrote  of  Johnson  in  the 
Metropolitan  Magazine,  and  who  told  that  old 
story  about  the  volunteering  of  Johnson  to 
prosecute  Ruef  when  Heney  was  shot.  "I  don't 
want  any  fee,"  said  Johnson.  That  observation 
was  the  thing  that  revealed  his  patriotism.  But 
nothing  did  Macfarlane  tell  of  the  fees  that  John- 
son did  get  when  the  people  thought  he  was  in- 
spired by  nothing  but  love  of  the  city.  Nothing 
is  told  of  the  Dalzell  Brown  case.  Indeed  noth- 
ing is  told  but  what  contributes  to  a  halo.  In 
conclusion  Current  Literature  quotes  approvingly 
The  Outlook  which  describes  Johnson  as  a 
"Progressive  in  a  hurry,"  as  a  man  who  doesn't 
pay  any  attention  to  the  speed  laws  as  laid  down 
by  our  fathers,"  and  who  is  "not  to  be  deterred  by 
the  constitution."  All  of  which  is  accurate  enough, 
but  fancy  a  man  of  intelligence  admiring  that 
sort  of  statesmanship!  I  wonder  if  the  editor 
of  Current  Literature  really  admires  the  Pro- 
gressive in  a  hurry  or  whether  he  is  merely  cater- 
ing to  the  voracious  appetite  of  the  public  for 
flubdub. 


The  Story  Was  Too  Funny 

"Dick"  Wheelan  is  a  raconteur  of  such  sure 
aim  that  the  point  of  his  story  never  misses  the 
funnybone.  When  he  ran  for  sheriff  he  made 
no  speeches;  he  just  told  funny  yarns.  And  the 
humor  of  them  elected  him.  "Dick"  would  rather 
tell  a  funny  story  that  eat;  even  illness  cannot 
stem  the  flood  of  his  humor.  He  was  seriously 
ill  recently  in  the  McNutt  Hospital.  He  kept 
the  nurses  in  roars,  and  as  he  got  better  his 
stories  improved  in  mirthful  quality.  When 
"Dick"  was  convalescent  his  nurse  used  to  bring 
him  an  eggnog  at  one  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
One  morning  while  he  was  sipping  the  eggnog 
"Dick"  thought  of  a  particularly  funny  story.  He 
told  it  to  the  nurse.  She  laughed,  she  screamed. 
She  couldn't  stop.  Finally  she  went  into  hy- 
sterics. "Dick"  had  to  summon  assistance.  Tlie 
nurse's  condition  was  so  grave  that  she  had  to 
be  put  to  bed.  After  that  experience  "Dick"  was 
careful  to  tell  that  particular  nurse  stories  only 
mildly  provocative  of  laughter. 


The  Russo-Japanese  Alliance 

One  of  the  most  significant  things  happening 
in  world  politics  is  the  cementing  of  a  close 
friendship  based  on  interest  between  Russia  and 
Japan.  This  new  alliance  is  fraught  with  tre- 
mendous import  to  the  United  States,  for  Russia 
and  Japan  agree  that  this  country's  Far  Eastern 
policy  is  opposed  to  their  interests.  They  look 
at  this  country  with  apprehension.  Commercial 
and  industrial  penetration  of  the  Far  East  is  the 
policy  of  America.  It  would  be  a  successful  pol- 
icy if  Russia  and  Japan  kept  apart,  but  they  have 
combined  to  thwart  it.  The  abrogation  of  the 
treaty  between  this  country  and  the  czardom 
and  the  demand  that  Russia  modify  her  passport 
law  in  order  to  admit  American  Jewish  citizens 
had  a  great  deal  to  do  with  bringing  Russia  and 
Japan  together. 


Dyspeptic  Philosophy 

We  never  realize  how  fast  sound  travels  till  a 
popular  song  has  made  a  hit. 

What's  the  use  of  having  money  if  you  don't 
know  how  to  enjoy  it?  But,  on  the  other  hand, 
what's  the  use  of  knowing  how  to  enjoy  it  if 
you  haven't  any  money? 

It's  a  good  plan  not  to  find  it  necessary  to 
square  the  circle  of  your  acquaintances. 

Death  stared  a  woman  in  the  face.  "You  don't 
seem  a  bit  afraid,"  said  Death.  "Oh,  we  get 
used  to  being  stared  at,"  replied  the  woman. 

Even  the  cannibal  may  realize  that  beauty  is 
only  skin  deep. 

About  the  time  our  parents  stop  spanking  us. 
Experience  takes  up  the  job. 

Happiness  is  merely  getting  what  you  want, 
and  forgetting  what  you  don't. 

Keep  your  happiness  in  circulation. 

Even  a  poor  excuse  may  have  some  rich  re- 
lations. 

Every  man  is  the  landlord  of  his  castles  in  the 
air. 

Even  the  weight  of  his  own  dignity  will  some- 
times carry  a  man  under. 

Nothing  is  so  bad  that  it  couldn't  be  worse. 
Even  the  long-winded  bore  might  have  an  im- 
pediment in  his  speech. 

A  woman  is  just  as  apt  to  wonder  why  a  man 
swears  when  he  gets  mad  as  a  man  is  apt  to 
wonder  why  a  woman  weeps. 

Many  a  girl  is  fond  of  sports — till  she  marries 
one. 

If  the  pot  called  the  kettle  black,  what  would 
it  think  of  the  fircless  cooker? 

There  may  be  nothing  new  under  the  sun,  but 
any  tradesman  can  offer  you  something  just  as 
good. 

Some  men  are  born  great,  some  achieve  great- 
ness, and  others  thrust  themselves  upon  it. 


Good  wine  needs  no  bush,  and  a  gold  brick 
lU'eds  no  hod-carrier. 

Xo  woman  is  so  economical  as  to  want  to 
make  her  wedding  dress  do  twice. 

The  self-made  man  always  seems  to  have  paid 
particular  attention  to  his  vocal  organs. 

Hard  words  become  harder  still  when  you  have 
1')  take  them  back. 


Exceeding  Instructions 

Fresh  from  the  lecture  on  politeness,  the  street 
car  conductor  went  on  duty  resolved  to  extend 
courtesy  to  all.  From  the  car  barns  down  to 
Haight  and  Market  he  put  his  resolution  into 
effect.  He  assisted  the  feeble  and  heavy  laden, 
lie  smiled  serenely  under  unmerited  abuse,  and  he 
hurried  no  one  unduly.  At  Jones  street  he  noticed 
that  a  woman  in  the  middle  seat  was  preparing 
to  leave  the  car  at  the  next  corner.  The  child 
beside  her  was  too  big  to  cause  her  any  particular 
trouble  in  alighting,  but  the  conductor  had  been 
pleased  with  the  way  the  woman  smiled  upon  the 
child,  so  he  hurried  forward  to  help. 

The  woman  stepped  down  first,  and  the  con- 
ductor with  one  sweep  of  his  arm  set  the  child 
down  beside  her.  His  signal  to  go  on  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  scream,  then  another,  and  another. 

"Hoo,  hoo!"  howled  the  boy,  and  "My  child! 
Bring  my  child  back  here!"  cried  a  woman  in  the 
car.  Half  a  block  further  along  the  car  stopped. 
Soon  the  woman  who  had  alighted  and  the  boy 
who  had  been  pitched  into  her  arms  caught  up. 

"For  goodness  sake,  take  him,"  said  the  woman. 
"1  don't  want  him.  He  isn't  mine.  I  only  just 
smiled  at  him." 


"The  time  will  come,"  thundered  a  Suffragist 
orator,  "when  women  will  get  a  man's  wages." 

"Yes,"  sadly  muttered  a  man  on  the  rear  seat — 
"next  Saturday  night." 


Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  hereafter  to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the  same  article,  under  a  combination 
label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels,  and  in  the  old 
style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks'  familiar  insignia,  as  shown 
in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  thf  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr.  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29,  1911,  no 
one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux)  is  entitled 
to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or  designation 
of  a  Liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit  against  the  Cusenier 
Company,  representing  M.  Henri  Lecouturier,  the  Liquidator 
appointed  by  the  French  Courts,  and  his  successors,  the 
Compagnie  Fermiere  de  la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux),  and  they  alone, 
have  the  formula  or  recipe  of  the  secret  process  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Chartreuse,  and  have  never 
parted  with  it.  There  is  no  genuine  Chartreuse  save  that 
made  by  them  at  Tarragona,  Spain. 

At  first-class  Wine  Merchants,  Grocers,  Hotels,  Cafes. 
Batjer  &  Co.,  4S  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Sole  Agents  for  United  States. 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 


Issued  to  All  Parts  of 


PORTLAND 

Sails  12  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $10,  $12.  $15.    2d  class  $6.00. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.  OTTINGER,  General  Agent. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In  connection  with  These   Magnificent  Passenger  Steamers 

LOS  ANGELES 

Sails  11  a.  ni.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $7.,1.S  and  $8.35.   2d  class  $5.35. 

Ticket  Office,  722  Market.    I'hone  Sutter  2344 

8    East    Street,    opp.    l''crry    Building.    Thone    Sutter  2482 

Berkeley     Office,    2105     Shattuck.       Phone     Berkeley  331 


14  TOWNTALK 


August  17.  1912 


Miss  Flood,  Designer 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  L.  I-lood  are  building  a 
home  in  this  city  which  will  cost  more  than  a 
million  dollars.  I  am  told  that  when  it  is  com- 
pleted it  will  rank  in  splendor  with  the  Phipps 
and  the  Clark  places  in  New  York.  It  won't  be 
finished  for  a  year  or  so  yet,  but  when  the 
Floods  finally  occupy  it  they  will  have  the 
distinction  of  living  in  one  of  our  very  finest 
homes.  And  who  do  you  suppose  has  designed 
this  new  home?  Who  but  Miss  Jennie  Flood? 
Jennie  Flood  has  a  natural  talent  for  artistic 
furnishing,  a  talent  which  she  has  brought  to  a 
high  point  of  cultivation  by  long  study  of  the 
standard  works  on  ornament  and  design  as  well 
as  by  close  observation  and  repeated  experiment. 
It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  Jennie  Flood 
designed  the  old  Flood  mansion.  That  beautiful 
brownstone  palace  which  is  now  the  home  of  the 
Pacific-Union  Club  was  built  according  to  her 
ideas.  From  the  bronze  railing  that  surrounded 
the  grounds  to  the  mansard  roof  it  was  all  her 
doing.  And  now  she  is  directing  the  building  of 
a  second  Flood  mansion.  Just  now,  I  believe,  she 
is  working  out  the  details  of  a  magnificent  ball 
room.  That  means  that  she  is  attending  to 
every  detail  of  its  decoration.  Some  of  the  orders 
she  has  sent  East  have  made  the  New  York  deal- 
ers marvel,  so  elaborate,  so  costly  and  so  beautiful 
are  the  effects  which  Jennie  Flood  is  bent  on  pro- 
ducing. One  of  her  innovations,  by  the  way,  is 
to  have  the  rooms  for  the  servants  on  the  mez- 
zanine floor.  She  thinks  that  this  will  be  the 
most  convenient  place  for  them.  Mrs.  James  L. 
Flood  has  the  greatest  admiration  for  the  artistic 
taste  of  her  talented  sister-in-law  and  gives  her 
carte  blanche  in  everything. 


Dejected  Initiates 

I  happen  to  know  two  men  who  joined  the 
Presidio  Golf  Club  a  short  time  ago.  Hardly  had 
they  paid  their  seventy-five  dollar  initiation  fees 
when  an  inconsiderate  Secretary  of  War  put  the 
club  out  of  business  by  ordering  the  golfers  from 
the  Presidio  links.  The  result  is  that  these  two 
men  are  feeling  pretty  blue.  They  don't  relish 
the  idea  of  throwing  seventy-five  dollars  away. 
They  are  inclined  to  be  sore,  but  they  don't  know 
just  whom  they  should  be  sore  at.  The  Sec- 
retary of  War  is  far  away.  They  might  just  as 
well  be  sore  at  the  United  States  Government  as 
at  him.  The  officers  of  the  club  are  near  at  hand. 
But  these  two  golfers  are  not  prepared  to  charge 


Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

the  officers  of  the  club  with  the  loss  of  their 
money.  How  did  the  officers  of  the  club  know 
what  was  going  to  happen?  So  the  disappointed 
golfers  are  in  a  peculiarly  irritable  state  of 
mind.  They  feel  that  they  are  baffled  of  the  in- 
dignation which  is  their  just  due.  Meanwhile 
there  is  little  consolation  in  the  thought  that  while 
the  links  are  gone  the  club  house  remains.  The 
club  house  may  remain,  for  it  is  not  on  Govern- 
ment land.  But  what's  a  golf  club  house  without 
golf  links?  Perhaps  some  other  golf  club  will 
e-xtend  courtesies  to  my  poor  defeated  friends. 
In  common  justice  they  should  get  some  sort 
of  fun  out  of  those  seventy-five  dollar  fees. 


Photo,    Kathryn  Hopkins 


MRS.  GEORGE   E.  M.VNNING 

One   of   the   many   recent    brides   who   before  her 
marriage  was  Miss  Kecnan. 

As  to  the  Club  House 

Just  what  will  be  done  with  the  cosy  club  house 
is  a  mooted  question.  Should  the  War  Depart- 
ment remain  obdurate  the  building  which  stands 
just  without  the  pale,  will  be  removed  to  the 
neighborhood  of  the  new  links,  which  are  not  yet 
selected,  for  while  there  is  life  there  is  hope  and 
the  Presidio  golfers  still  figure  on  the  rescinding 
of  the  order  of  expulsion.  Some  years  ago  there 
was  a  similar  situation  when  a  disgruntled  non- 
member,  having  been  ordered  from  the  links,  pro- 
tested to  Colonel  McClernand,  then  in  command 
at  the  Presidio.  The  Colonel  was  requested  to 
order  the  club  from  government  property.  This 
he  declined  to  do  on  the  grounds  that  the  golfers 
did  no  damage  to  the  government  property  ana 
were  in  no  way  interfering  with  the  military  oc- 
cupation. The  man  who  believed  he  had  a 
grievance  several  weeks  ago,  however,  presented 
his  case  at  Washington  and  scaled  the  doom  of 
the  club,  it  is  feared. 

Candy  for  Her  Vacation.  It  will  add  to  the 
pleasure  of  her  stay  in  the  country.  Can  be  sent 
by  express  from  any  one  of  George  Haas  &  Sons' 
four  candy  stores. 


Our  South  African  Fortunes 

The  fact  that  .Major  Sidney  Cloman,  one  of  the 
most  popular  men  in  the  service,  is  to  have  charge 
of  the  Exposition  guard,  serves  to  remind  me 
that  California  has  her  share  of  fortunes  made 
in  South  Africa.  The  connection  may  not  seem 
clear,  but  it  becomes  so  when  we  remember  that 
Mrs.  Sidney  Cloman  (who  is,  if  possible,  more 
popular  than  her  husband),  was  the  daughter  of 
Victor  Clement.  Victor  Clement  was  one  of  the 
men  who  dug  himself  a  fortune  out  of  the  golden 
soil  of  the  Dark  Continent.  His  is  one  of  the 
names  one  immediately  associates  with  those  stir- 
ring times  when  John  Hays  Hammond  was  laying 
•he  foundation  of  his  fortune  and  risking  his 
neck  in  the  hurlyburly  of  anti-Boer  politics. 
Most  of  the  Californians  in  South  Africa  made 
their  money  out  of  the  gold  mines.  That  was  the 
case  with  Victor  Clement,  Mrs.  Cloman's  father. 
It  was  true  of  Hays  Hammond  and  of  his  partner 
Captain  Robert  Mein.  It  was  true  also  of  Ernest 
\\'iltsee  and  of  Gardner  Williams,  though  the 
latter  was  largely  interested  in  the  diamond  mines 
too.  These  Californians  have  never  become  en- 
tirely dissociated  from  South  Africa.  W.  W. 
Mein's  name  is  one  as  well  known  in  the  gold 
diggings  as  that  of  his  father  Captain  Mein  or  of 
his  father-in-law  Gardner  Williams.  And  young 
Williams  is  the  general  manager  of  the  De  Beers 
Diamond  Company. 


Mrs.  Huntington's  Plan 

It  has  frequently  been  said  that  Mrs.  Collis  P. 
Huntington  has  a  feeling  of  bitterness  toward 
California  on  account  of  the  waj'  her  husband, 
the  great  railway  man,  was  treated  here  during 
his  lifetime.  I  doubt  whether  this  feeling  is  still 
in  existence.  Time  has  a  soothing  influence  on 
such  hurts,  and  no  doubt  Mrs.  Huntington  has 
ceased  to  harbor  resentment.  In  fact  I  have  been 
told  that  Mrs.  Huntington  would  be  glad  to  give 
San  Francisco  some  sort  of  memorial  in  honor 
of  the  man  who  did  so  much  for  California  and 
San  Francisco.  It  would  be  natural  that  such  a 
memorial  should  take  the  form  of  an  art  gallery 
on  the  site  of  the  old  Huntington-Colton  mansion 
on  Nob  Hill.  Mrs.  Huntington  is  passionately 
devoted  to  art.  She  is  a  connoisseur,  and  has  a 
great  collection  of  paintings.  In  the  old  days 
when  she  was  here  with  her  husband  she  used  to 
haunt  the  galleries,  and  the  dealers  had  great  re- 
spect for  her  powers  of  discrimination  and  sense 
of  values. 


Her  Tastes  Are  Quiet 

Mrs.  Huntington  is  an  interesting  figure  among 
American  women.  Her  name  scarcely  ever  ap- 
pears in  the  lists  of  those  present  at  smart  set 
ftmctions  in  New  York  and  her  charities  are  not 
widely  heralded.  Indeed  she  enjoys  none  of  the 
limelight  prestige  of  other  women  of  great  wealth. 


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TRANSLATION:  "My  dream  of  a  perfume 
which  should  be  the  essence  of  exquisite  charm 
has  come  true  in  Djcr-Kiss." 

At  all  dealers.    Send  6c.  for  Sample  of  Extract. 
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August  17,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


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I  am  told  that  she  cares  nothing  at  all  for  pub- 
licity. She  derives  no  enjoyment  from  being 
pointed  out  and  stared  at  as  one  of  the  richest 
widows  in  the  world.  Her  life  is  a  quiet  one, 
although  she  appears  in  society  when  the  fancy 
takes  her.  Mrs.  Russell  Sage  is  one  of  her  in- 
timate friends  and  she  also  enjoys  the  friendship 
of  the  Goulds.  Her  adopted  son.  Archer  Hunt- 
ington, has  very  quiet  tastes  too,  and  at  one 
time  intended  to  follow  a  literary  career.  He 
married  a  charming  New  York  girl  who  was  not 
identified  with  ultra-smart  set  circles,  but  had 
literary  ambition. 


The  Old  Home 

Mrs.  Huntington  never  spent  much  time  in  the 
Nob  Hill  mansion,  and  its  destruction  was  no 
personal  loss  to  her.  Before  the  fire  of 
1906  she  had  removed  the  most  valuable  paintings 
and  works  of  art  to  the  Fifth  avenue  palace  and 
the  California  street  residence  had  been  closed 
for  several  years.  It  is  not  widely  known  that 
the  two  great  palms  that  guarded  the  entrance  to 
the  house  with  the  ruins  of  a  marble  lion  that 
had  rested  in  their  shade  were  afterward  removed 
to  the  grounds  of  H.  E.  Huntington's  Los  An- 
geles home.  The  palms  are  installed  in  an  Italian 
garden  seemingly  none  the  worse  for  their  bath 
of  fire,  and  the  lion  is  a  picturesque  ruin  near  by. 


A  Jinks  at  Ross 

While  the  Bohemians  were  enjoying  the  low 
jinks  in  the  grove  last  Friday,  the  wives  of  a 
number  of  them  had  a  high  jinks  at  Ross.  The 
novel  afifair  took  place  in  the  open  air  of  the 
moonlit  hillside,  and  some  of  the  most  prominent 
women  of  the  San  Rafael  and  Ross  sets  were 
present.  There  were  songs  and  instrumental 
numbers,  stories  and  dancing.  The  dancing  was 
the  feature.  It  was  sylvan  dancing,  as  befitted 
the  scene,  and  it  was  so  good  that  the  name  of 
the  dancer  belongs  in  the  list  of  Californian  danc- 
ers which  includes  Isadora  Duncan,  Maude  Allan 
and  Violet  Romer.  There's  no  need  of  mention- 
ing it,  however,  as  she's  a  modest  girl  with  no 
stage  aspirations.  The  whole  jinks  was  so  suc- 
cessful that  it  will  be  repeated  next  year. 


Tots  in  Moving  Pictures 

I  dropped  in  to  see  a  moving  picture  show  the 
other   night   and   had   an   unexpected   treat.  In 


There  are  many  flavors  for  Ice  Cream,  but  rich, 
creamy  milk  is  always  the  important  ingredient.  To 
have  it  smooth,  rich  and  delightfully  flavored  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

Recipe  — Dilute  two  cans  Borden's  Condensed  Milk  with 
two  cans  water:  add  one-half  pound  granulated  sugar  and 
Stir  until  dissolvea.  Turn  into  the  freezer  and  freeze.  Fare  and 
mash  one  quart  ripe  peaches  and 
stir  them  ii  to  the  frozen  milk. 
Turn  the  crank  for  a  few  minutes 
and  stand  away  to  harden. 

Write  for 
Borden^s  Recipe  Book 

BORDEN'S 
CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

^^Leaders  of  Quality" 

Est.  1857         New  York 


one  of  the  pictures  there  were  three  children  rid- 
ing horses,  and  I  recognized  them.  They  were 
little  Helen  Tallant  and  little  Madeline  and 
Eileen  Frank.  And  right  well  they  rode  too! 
With  as  much  grace  and  ease  as  some  of  our 
older  girls  who  are  proud  of  their  horseman- 
ship. It  seems  that  the  moving  picture  people 
liave  been  taking  pictures  in  the  neigliborliood  of 
Mission  San  Jose  where  these  youngsters  are 
spending  their  vacation.  They  saw  the  little  girls 
riding  and  asked  permission  to  put  them  in  the 
pictures.  The  permission  was  granted.  So  there 
you  are!  Little  Helen  Tallant  is  the  daughter  of 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Tallant,  formerly  Helen  Landers. 
The  little  Frank  girls  are  the  children  of  Mrs.  Al- 
bert Frank,  formerly  Mattie  Ehrman. 


Imitating  the  Crockers? 

Are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  taking 
a  leaf  out  of  the  social  notebook  of  the  Temple- 
ton    Crockers?    It   looks   a   bit   that   way.  The 


I'hoto,   Moore  and  Clark 

MI.SS   DOROTHY  BERRY 
Who  leaves  this  month  for  an  extended  tour  abroad  in 
company  with  her  mother  Mrs.  Jessie  Patton  Berry. 

Cornelius  Vanderbilts  are  to  give  an  Oriental 
Ball  this  month.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
Templeton  Crockers  gave  an  Oriental  Ball.  Mrs. 
Vanderbilt  has  asked  her  guests  not  to  wear 
Chinese  or  Japanese  costumes,  but  to  go  to 
Turkey,  Arabia,  Persia  and  India  for  their  in- 
spiration. Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker  did  the  same 
thing.  If  Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  goes  to  the 
Vanderbilt  ball  (and  no  doubt  she  has  been  in- 
vited), she  will  probably  wear  the  costume  which 
she  had  made  for  her  sister-in-law's  dance.  She 
also  wore  it  to  the  last  Mardi  Gras  and  was 
greatly  admired  in  it. 


Miss  Carlisle's  Paintings 

Miss  Mary  Helen  Carlisle,  the  charming  artist 
who  was  in  our  midst  last  Winter,  has  attractetl 
a  great  deal  of  attention  in  London  with  her 
paintings  of  California  gardens.  The  critics  are 
enthusiastic,  and  divide  their  praises  between  the 
beauty  and  freshness  of  the  subject  matter  and 
the  very  successful  artistic  methods  used  by  Miss 
Carlisle.  They  speak  of  our  flowers  as  shown 
in  these  pictures  for  all  the  world  as  though  they 
knew  them  at  first  hand.  Our  wild  mustard,  our 
poppies,  our  lupins  and  other  blooms  have  a 
great  fascination  for  them.  Miss  Carlisle  is 
showing  the  glories  of  California  hillsides  and 
California  gardens  to  people  who  will  yield  to 
their  lure.  She  is  doing  the  most  eflfective  kind 
of  promotion  work. 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient)  :  **As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
I  recommend  *Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S   ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
For  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop., 
37  Great  Jones  St.,  New  York  City 


The 


Cigacrette 
of  Quality 

AR.OMATIC  DELICACY 
MILDNESS 
PUR.ITY 


At  your  Club  or  Dealer's  or 
THE  SURBRUa  CO.,  Makers,  New  York 


Puckett^s  College  of  Dancing 

Assembly  Hall 

1268  SUTTER  STREET 

between  Van  Ness  and  Polk 

yl  ^ore  beautiful  ballroom 
Could    Hardly  Conceived 


Classes— Mondays.  Assemblies— -Fridays 

Advance  Class  and  Social— Wednesdays. 
Private  Lessons 

Hall  for  Rent  Phone  Franklin  118 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Display  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Phone  Douglas  4964 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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TOWN  TALK 


August  17,  1912 


The  Kohls  at  Bar  Harbor 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Kohl  who  have  been 
described  by  some  of  our  bavardes  as  motoring 
through  the  chateau  country  of  France  this  week 
have  been  in  America  for  the  past  three  weeks, 
sojourning  for  the  greater  part  of  that  time  at 
Bar  Harbor.  Mrs.  Godey  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
the  mother  of  Mrs.  Kohl,  is  with  them.  Bar  Har- 
bor is  a  popular  resort  for  Washington  people  and 
the  diplomatic  set  is  well  represented  there  every 
year.  Truxton  Beale  is  another  Californian  who 
has  been  there.  He  was  with  his  son  at  the  Beale 
cottage  where  the  Russian  Ambassador  and  his 
wife,  formerly  Nellie  Beale,  have  been  visiting. 
Young  Beale  makes  his  home  with  his  other  aunt 
Mrs.  John  R.  McLean  of  Washington  and  has 
not  visited  California  since  his  childhood.  His 
father  goes  East  every  year  to  spend  a  season 
with  him  at  Bar  Harbor. 


The  Lantern  Feast  at  Santa  Cruz 

One  of  the.  features  of  the  lantern  feast  to 
be  given  at  Santa  Cruz  at  the  beginning  of  Sep- 
tember will  be  a  series  of  tableaux  vivants  posed 
by  very  graceful  young  ladies  on  a  float  in  the 
bay  which  will  be  illuminated  by  spotlights.  On 
Saturday.  Sunday  and  Monday,  September  7,  8 
and  9  there  will  be  an  entertainment  in  front  of 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

Sherman  ^ay&  Go. 

Steinway   and    Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


the  Casino  and  on  the  boardwalk  worth  going 
a  long  way  to  see.  For  the  lantern  feast  thou- 
sands of  Japanese  lanterns  will  be  strung  over 
the  water  reaching  from  the  dome  of  the  Casino 
to  the  ends  of  the  pier  and  raft.  There  will  be 
beautifully  decorated  row  boats,  launches,  yachts. 
There  will  be  water  fireworks  and  mid-air  fire- 
works. Battleships  will  be  shown  in  action. 
Two  bands  will  discourse  national  airs,  war  music 
and  popular  tunes.  There  will  be  lantern  parades 
on  the  boardwalk  and  daylight  fireworks  on  Sun- 
day and  Monday.  There  will  be  a  lantern  ball 
on  Monday  night.  Take  it  all  in  all,  and  it  will 
be  the  greatest  event  in  Santa  Cruz  annals.  Un- 
doubtedly a  great  throng  will  be  there. 


A  Popular  Manager 

Hotel  del  Coronado  is  to  have  a  new  manager 
in  the  person  of  John  J.  Hernan  who  takes  charge 
this  week.  Mr.  Hernan  comes  from  Hotel  Bal- 
timore, Kansas  City,  directly,  but  for  years  was 
familiar  to  all  the  patrons  of  the  Brown  Palace 
Hotel  in  Denver.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known 
hotel  men  and  one  of  the  most  popular  and  will 
make  Hotel  del  Coronado  more  popular  than 
ever.  He  passed  through  the  city  yesterday,  only 
stopping  briefly  to  shake  hands  with  his  numerous 
friends. 


Judging  Cafe  Service 

First-class  service  in  a  cafe  can't  always  be 
judged  from  an  efficiency  standpoint.  That  serv- 
ice is  perfect  that  creates  a  sympathetic  atmo- 
sphere. To  be  known  as  a  liberal  "tipper"  may 
get  one  the  utmost  in  efficiency  and  obsequious- 
ness but  this  kind  of  service  is  not  as  satisfying 
as  that  which  interprets  and  understands.  To 
"know"  your  party  applies  to  cafe  service  just 
the  same  as  it  pertains  to  salesmanship,  or  any- 
thing that  appeals  to  the  mind.  It  is  in  this  con- 
nection that  the  service  maintained  by  the  Tait- 
Zinkand  Cafe  deserves  well  merited  praise. 
There  one  seems  to  be  "sized  up"  as  it  were  and 
every  temperament  and  disposition  is  thoroughly 
pleased.  This  popular  cafe  has  as  good  a  service 
as  there  is  in  the  United  States. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Batchelder  and  Miss  Kitt- 
redge  Batchelder  of  Menlo  Park  accompanied  by 
Miss  A.  M.  Stovall  of  San  Francisco,  spent  a  por- 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


tion  of  last  week  at  Del  Monte  on  their  way  home 
from  Santa  Barbara  in  their  big  touring  car. 
Another  motoring  party  was  that  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fremont  Older,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Nobbes,  with  J. 
Lincoln  StefTens  of  New  York,  who  stopped  long 
enough  at  Pebble  Beach  Lodge  for  a  charming 
luncheon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alex.  R.  Baldwin  with 
the  children,  motored  from  San  Francisco  for  a 
week  end  visit.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  F.  Foss 
of  San  Francisco  were  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al- 
fred Tubbs  at  Del  Monte  last  week. 

Dr.  A.  P.  Giannini,  vice-president  and  manager 
of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  who,  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  children  and  his  mother  and  sister,  left 
Paris  about  a  month  ago  for  a  tour  of  Switzerland 
and  Austria,  has  been  staying  in  Berlin,  prepar- 
atory to  leaving  for  a  trip  to  Russia. 

The  Misses  Waldeck,  prominent  socially  in 
Milwaukee,  are  guests  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey  for  a 
short  stay.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Chapman  of 
Detroit  are  there  for  the  week  end.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Cunningham  of  Reno  are  registered. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Wentworth  with  their  sons  John 
and  Hant  Wentworth  are  making  an  indefinite 
stay.  Mr.  J.  G.  Anderson,  a  prominent  real  es- 
tate man  from  Seattle  is  registered  with  his  wife. 
Mr.  S.  N.  Hyman,  a  prominent  jeweler  from  New 
York,  is  a  guest.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Frost, 
prominent  Portland  people,  who  are  making  their 
first  visit  to  Santa  Cruz,  are  registered.  Mr. 
William  Coffin  is  a  guest  with  his  wife.  Honor- 
able John  N.  Georin,  former  United  States  Sen- 
ator from  Oregon  is  again  visiting  Santa  Cruz, 
and  is  a  guest  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey.  Dr.  Carl 
Murray,  a  prominent  practicioner  of  Sacramento, 
is  a  guest.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  S.  Batten  Jr.,  with 
their  family  are  spending  a  few  days  in  Santa 
Cruz  registering  at  the  Casa  Del  Rey.  Mr.  I.  Lic- 
bes,  a  prominent  San  Francisco  business  man,  is 
registered  with  his  wife. 

Recent  arrivals  at  Castle  Crags  Farm  include: 
from  San  F'raneisco,  Mrs.  L.  R.  Ellert,  Miss  Fan- 
nie Martin,  Mrs.  Horace  Blanchard  Chase,  H.  B. 
Chase  Jr.,  Cutler  Paige,  Mrs.  T.  G.  Gillespie,  Miss 
Genevieve  King,  Miss  Beatrice  Vrooman,  George 
Staeb,  L.  Lindner,  Miss  Estelle  C.  Nance,  Gordon 
Hewson,  F.  Gearing,  Mrs.  R.  L.  Hague,  Miss 
.•\ddie  Stevens,  Miss  Dorothy  Ritchie. 

State  Senator  W.  A.  Sutherland  and  Mrs.  Suth- 
erland with  their  young  son  are  up  from  Fresno 
for  a  week's  stay  in  town.  They  are  guests  at 
the  Hotel  Victoria.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Clapp  and  her 
daughter  are  registered  for  an  indefinite  stay. 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Dean  of  St.  Louis  is  in  San  Francisco 
and  is  a  guest  at  the  hotel. 


George  R.  Shreve 

Announce  sthat  he  has  severed  his  connection  with 
Shreve  and  Co.  and  that  he  is  now  actively  asso- 
ciated with 

SHREVE,  TREAT  &  EACRET 

Jewelers  and  Silversmiths 
136  GEARY  STREET 
Sachs  Building  San  Francisco 


August  17,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


17 


Laurette  Taylor  in  a  Manners  Play 

Miss  Taylor  baffles.  Now  you  get  her  and 
now  you  don't.  She  is  the  despair  of  the  classifier. 
She  doesn't  fit  into  any  sort  of  groove.  It  would 
be  easy  to  tabulate  the  leading  lady  in  her  far 
from  infinite  variety,  but  Laurette  would  not  be 
an  item  of  the  schedule.  She  must  be  listed  alone, 
for  she's  in  a  class  by  herself.  A  woman's  ac- 
tress is  Laurette.  The  girls  will  love  her.  "Such 
a  dear!"  will  describe  their  attitude.  I  watched 
one  of  them  Monday  night.  She  was  typical 
Alcazarese.  She  hung  on  Laurette's  words,  her 
face  one  smile,  her  eyes  agleam  and  her  gloved 
fists  clasped  at  her  breast  in  breathless  ecstacy. 
Often  she  laughed  out  loud.  "Isn't  she  sweet?" 
she  said  not  once  or  twice  but  many  times.  And 
Laurette  is  sweet.  The  girls  will  adore  her  for 
her  way  with  men.  The  men  will  admire  her  for 
her  acting.  Her  bag  of  tricks  is  plentifully  gar- 
nished. An  odd  little  laugh  serves  her  time 
and  again.  It  is  unfailingly  effective.  A  little 
twist  of  the  head,  a  big  twinkle  of  the  eye,  a  com- 
ical shifting  of  the  hands — these  recur  frequently. 
They  are  part  of  a  comedian's  personality.  They 
fit  nicely  into  the  Hartley  Manners  play.  "The 
Girl  in  Waiting"  is  described  as  a  comedy.  But 
it  isn't  that.  It's  a  farce  disguised  as  a  comedy 
and  trying  to  behave  as  a  well-conducted  comedy 
behaves.  It  is  not  quite  successful.  The  situa- 
tions are  admirable  farce  situations,  but  the  action 
is  too  slow  for  farce.  "The  Girl  in  Waiting"  needs 
speeding  up.  No  doubt  Laurette  Taylor  would 
speed  with  it.  She  takes  the  leisurely  situations 
in  a  leisurely  way.  But  she  insists  on  talking 
with  a  brogue.  No  doubt  a  holdover  from  "Peg 
o'  My  Heart."  But  why  drape  a  brogue  on  an 
English  girl?  There's  a  big  cast  in  "The  Girl  in 
Waiting,"  and  a  mighty  good  cast  too.  I  wonder 
what  visiting  leading  ladies  like  Laurette  think 
when  they  find  actors  like  Charles  Ruggles,  Burt 
Wesner  and  Louis  Bennison  and  actresses  like 
Viola  Leach  and  Beth  Taylor  waiting  to  support 
them?  It  must  be  a  gratifying  experience.  It 
can't  happen  many  places.  But  it's  the  rule  at  the 
Alcazar.  There's  always  a  Ruggles  halting  there 
a  while  on  his  way  to  Broadway;  always  a  Viola 
Leach  playing  a  different  part  every  week  and  out- 
acting  many  a  visiting  star.  Laurette  has  prob- 
ably found  out  that  we're  proud  of  the  Alcazar. 
I  think  in  a  short  time  we'll  be  very  strong  for 
Laurette.    She  has  taken  root  in  our  esteem. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


Hackett  in  Tarldngton's  New  Play 

The  fifth  week  of  the  James  K.  Hackett  season 
at  the  Columbia  will  open  on  Monday  night,  and 
the  occasion  will  be  made  notable  by  the  first 
presentation  on  any  stage  of  a  new  play  by 
Booth  Tarkington.  It  is  called  "A  Man  on  Horse- 
back." The  author,  of  "The  Man  from  Home" 
is  said  to  have  furnished  Hackett  with  one  of  the 
most  brilliant  examples  of  modern  stage  literature 
ever  brought  out  in  this  country.  The  play  is 
written  around  a  United  States  Senator  who 
stands  for  honesty,  purity  and  reform.  Having 
broken  up  a  gang  of  grafting  politicians  and  put 
some  of  them  in  jail,  he  incurs  their  enmity.  The 
gang  do  everything  in  their  power  to  interfere 
with  the  good  work  of  the  Senator  but  his 
straightforward  purpose  prevails  and  with  ap- 
parent ease  he  overrides  all  obstacles.  The 
scenes  of  the  drama  are  laid  at  old  Fortress  Mon- 
roe. There  is  a  strong  love  interest  which  inter- 
mingles in  a  most  effective  manner  with  the 
dramatic  story  of  modern  politics  and  crude  busi- 
r.esE  methods.    Mr.  Hackett  will  appear  in  the 


role  of  the  Senator  and  will  have  about  him  in 
the  cast  such  capable  people  as  Frazer  Coulter, 
Frank  Burbeck,  Charles  Lane,  Fred  A.  Sullivan, 
Vaughan  Trevor,  Daniel  Jarrett  Jr.,  Al  Watson, 
Frank  Wyman,  Vera  McCord,  Lily  Cahill,  Eliane 
Innescort,  Wilda  Marie  Moore,  Mable  Inslee, 
Fred  A.  Sullivan  and  others.  Matinees  will  be 
given  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 


European  Novelty  at  Pantages 

Cheerful,  chuckling  audiences  are  filling  Pan- 
tages this  week,  the  stories  of  Frank  Bush,  the 


I  MRS.  GENE  HUGHES 

Who  will  appear  in  the  comedy  playlet  "Youth"  this 
Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 

incomparable  anecdotalist  and  impersonator,  be- 
ing the  talk  of  the  town.  Other  acts  on  an  in- 
teresting bill  are  the  International  Cake  Walk; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Morris  in  their  clever 
little  sketch,  "The  Lady  Down  Stairs";  the  Tokio 
Miyako  troupe  of  Japanese  acrobats;  John  P. 
Rodgers,  the  popular  basso;  the  Three  Madcaps, 
English  acrobatic  dancing  girls,  and  the  amusing 
and  melodious  Clipper  Quartet.  A  program  well 
worthy  of  consideration  has  been  prepared  for 
the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon,  headed 
by  Jewell's  Manikins,  a  great  European  novelty. 
A  miniature  stage  is  shown  with  tiers  of  boxes 
filled  with  well-dressed  first-nighters  who  applaud 
vigorously  and  the  show  presented  is  of  a  vaude- 
ville nature,  with  the  death  of  Cleopatra  as  a 
concluding  feature.  Miss  Lillie  Jewell  is  the 
manipulator  of  the  manikins  and  she  is  a  perfect 
mistress  of  her  art.  Francesca  Redding,  a  tal- 
ented actress  who  has  scored  many  a  success  in 
San  Francisco,  will  present,  with  competent  sup- 
port, "Honora,"  a  jolly  little  comedietta  abound- 
ing in  funny  situations  and  bright  dialogue.  Max 
Witt's  Southern  Singing  Girls,  four  pretty  girls 
whose  excellent  voices  blend  perfectly,  will  be 
heard  in  the  familiar  old  songs  of  the  Sunny 
South  as  well  as  in  more  recent  popular  num- 


bers. The  Southern  Girls  dress  becomingly  and 
have  made  a  big  hit  all  along  the  circuit.  Will- 
iams and  Wolfus,  a  lively  young  couple  who 
offer  a  unique  turn  entitled  "Piano-Funology," 
also  come  highly  praised.  Williams  is  a  deep- 
dyed-in-the-wool  comedian  who  keeps  the  piano 
busy,  at  the  same  time  distributing  a  parcel  of 
jokes  that  seems  to  be  just  about  what  vaude- 
ville audiences  want.  A  series  of  sensations  will 
be  presented  by  Cunning,  known  all  over  the 
world  as  "The  Jail  Breaker."  He  allows  himself 
to  be  manacled  by  officers  of  the  law,  using  their 
own  irons,  thrown  into  a  steel  cage  which  is  care- 
fully scaled  and  makes  his  escape  in  no  time. 
A  dainty  offering  will  be  that  of  Elise  Schuyler, 
a  singing  comedienne  who  made  a  big  hit  in  the 
support  of  James  T.  Powers  and  who  gives  a  de- 
lightful little  entertainment  very  much  out  of 
the  ordinary.  Hathaway  and  Mack,  a  whirlwind 
dancing  duo  who  dash  through  a  sensational 
specialty,  and  Sunlight  Pictures,  showing  current 
events,  will  complete  the  bill. 


"Barbaraza"  and  Laurette  Taylor 

Laurette  Taylor's  versatility  will  be  given  am- 
ple scope  for  exhibition  in  "Barbaraza,"  the  new 
play  by  J.  Hartley  Manners  which  is  to  be  given 
its  first  presentation  on  any  stage  next  Monday 
evening  at  the  Alcazar.  She  appears  as  an  old 
woman  in  the  prologue  and  a  young  girl  through- 
out the  succeeding  acts.  It  promises  to  be  a 
startling  physical  metamorphosis.  Rehearsals 
have  shown  that  the  temperamental  transforma- 
tion will  be  made  complete  by  the  art  of  the 
actress,  which  is  equally  convincing  in  both  of  the 
widely  different  characters.  This  is  the  most 
daring  flight  yet  undertaken  by  Miss  Taylor  whose 
fame  has  largely  been  acquired  through  her  suc- 
cess in-  risky  ventures.  Essentially  a  comedienne, 
her  two  roles  in  "Barbaraza"  invite  almost  tragic 
treatment,  but  she  manages  to  lighten  them  with- 
out impairing  their  serious  intent  or  even  hinting 
at  incongruity.  How  she  can  do  this  may  be 
readily  understood  by  anyone  acquainted  with  the 
annals  of  Broadway,  where  her  originality  of 
conception  and  unique  acting  methods  elevated 
more  than  one  role  from  comparative  insignif- 
icance to  stellar  bigness.  Nor  is  the  play  itself 
entirely  in  accord  with  modern  stage  conventions. 
In  its  construction  Mr.  Manners  ignored  most  of 
the  set  rules  observed  by  his  contemporaries  and 
previously  by  himself.  He  harked  back  to  the 
drama-building  style  of  twenty-five  years  ago, 
when  three  acts  were  not  tamely  written  to 
emphasize  a  "big  scene"  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
third  and  a  fourth  act  was  not  added  to  bring  the 
inevitable  "happy  ending."  "Barbaraza"  might  be 
likened  to  "Fedora"  or  "La  Tosca"  in  its  many 
surprises  and  persistent  presentation  of  a  strong 
human  passion.  Its  dominant  note  is  revenge — 
the  irrepressible  yearning  of  an  untutored  Greek 
peasant  girl  to  be  the  instrument  of  dealing  death 
to  the  slayer  of  her  parents.  So  profoundly  is 
she  obsessed  by  this  desire  that  even  love  fails 
to  weaken  it.  She  suspects  all  people,  worships 
inanimate  nature,  preserves  her  secret,  bides  her 
time.  It  is  not  a  character  consistently  adapted 
to  laugh-getting,  but  Miss  Taylor  will  make  some 
of  its  phases  legitimately  amusing.  She  is  the 
only  woman  in  the  cast,  and  supporting  her  will 
be  Forrest  Stanley,  Will  R.  Walling  (specially  en- 
gaged), I,ouis  Bennison,  Rurt  Wesner,  Charles 
Ruggles,  all  the  other  male  members  of  the  reg- 
ular Alcazar  company  and  a  number  of  extra  play- 
ers. As  the  scenes  are  laid  in  Greece,  picturesque 
staging  and  costuming  are  assured.  Incidental 


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August  17,  1912 


to  the  action  are  a  chorus  of  Greek  soldiers  and 
other  innovations  contributory  to  atmospheric 
effect.  There  is  no  possibility  of  "Barbaraza"  be- 
ing retained  longer  than  a  week,  as  "The  Wooing 
of  Eve,"  a  new  comedy  written  for  Miss  Taylor 
by  Mr.  Manners,  must  be  presented  on  Monday 
evening.  August  26. 


"Silent  Humorist"  at  the  Orpheum 

If  W.  C.  Fields  who  heads  the  new  bill  at  the 
Orpheum  would  eliminate  every  semblance  of 
jugglery  from  his  performance  he  would  be  en- 
titled to  a  position  in  the  van  of  comedians.  For 
this  reason  the  appellation  "the  Silent  Humorist" 
is  particularly  appropriate  to  him.  His  game  of 
pool  is  a  classic  in  pantomime.  Fields  has  just 
returned  from  an  extended  European  tour  of 
phenomenal  success.  He  was  to  have  appeared 
at  the  "special  command  performance"  given  for 
King  George  and  Queen  Mary  of  England,  but  his 
Orpheum  contracts  compelled  his  return  t<i 
.\mcrica.  Mrs.  Gene  Hughes  and  her  company 
will  appear  in  Edgar  Allen  Woolfs  play  "Youth." 
Mrs.  Hughes  achieves  quite  a  triumph  as  a  rol- 
licking grandmother  and  is  well  s;ipported  by 
Addie  St.  Alva,  Adele  C.  Potter,  Betty  Schwartz 
and  Bruce  Elmore.  The  Van  Brothers,  Joe  and 
Ernie,  will  introduce  their  skit  "Can  Jimmy  Come 
In?"  which  is  a  combination  of  harmony  and  com- 
edy, next  week  only.  The  comedy  is  developed 
chiefly  through  the  natural  ability  (.f  Joe  Van 
whose  quaint  humor  and  amusing  acting  are  really 
inimitable.  Both  men  are  expert  mi  sicians  and 
play  popular  selections  on  the  zither,  saxaphone 
and  other  instruments.  Venita  Gould,  a  Clevel- 
and attractive  girl  who  mimics  with  accuracy  the 
most  prominent  stage  celebrities  of  the  day.  will 
appear  in  an  act  entitled  "Twelve  Minutes  with 
the  Stars."  Among  those  she  imitates  are  Anna 
Held,  Emma  Trentini,  Madame  Xazimova  and 
George  Cohan.  Miss  Gould  is  one  of  the  few 
impersonators  who  before  presenting  an  imita- 
tion gives  a  private  rehearsal  of  it  to  its  original. 
The  Bradshaw  Brothers,  tumblers  and  contortion- 
ists, will  also  manifest  their  skill.  They  hail  from 
the  English  music  halls  where  they  are  great 
favorites  and  are  now  making  their  first  tour  of 
this  country.  Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Will- 
iam Burr  and  Daphne  Hope;  Charley  Case  and 
W.  H.  St.  James  and  his  company. 


"Baby  Mine"  at  the  Cort 

Margaret  Mayo's  comedy  "Baby  Mine"  ded- 
icated the  Cort  Theatre.  It  returns  to  the  Cort 
Sunday  night  for  a  two  weeks'  engagement. 
"Baby  Mine"  depends  not  on  buffoonery,  but  on 
ludicrous  situations  for  its  humorous  action.  As 
a  laugh  producer  it  is  said  to  be  the  greatest  suc- 
cess the  stage  has  ever  known.  Miss  Mayo  con- 
fesses that  she  got  the  idea  for  "Baby  Mine"  from 
a  newspaper  clipping  stating  that  thousands  of 
husbands  arc  fondling  babies  not  their  own.  The 
records  of  the  Chicago  foundling  hospital  bear 
out  the  assertion  that  hundreds  of  strange  infants 
have  been  and  are  constantly  being  palmed  off  on 
unsuspecting  so-called  fathers  as  their  legitimate 
offspring.  With  this  basic  idea,  Miss  Mayo  has 
fashioned  one  of  the  funniest  plays  of  recent 
years.  "Baby  Mine"  proved  an  unmixed  delight 
when  it  was  here  last  September,  although  Miss 
Clark,  one  of  the  principal  members  of  the  cast, 
was  missing  on  account  of  illness.  This  time  we 
shall  have  her  at  the  head  of  the  company,  in- 
vesting the  part  of  the  fibbing  wife  with  the  rare 
charm  that  is  her  portion.  Ernest  Glendinning. 
the  original  "husband"  of  the  piece,  who  was  here 
before,  is  in  his  old  part.  His  achievements  at 
the  old  -Alcazar  where  he  was  leading  juvenile  for 
a  number  of  seasons,  are  too  well  known  to  need 


mention.  The  selection  of  Miss  Clark  and  Mr. 
Glendinning  for  their  respective  parts  could 
scarcely  be  improved  upon.  Both  are  young,  at- 
tractive and  in  every  other  way  especially  fitted 
to  the  roles  devised  by  Miss  Mayo.  The  New 
York  cast  will  be  seen  in  addition  to  the  two 
players  noted,  and  the  production  continues  un- 
der the  direction  of  William  A.  Brady,  which  is  a 
sufficient  guarantee  of  its  character. 


M.VRGUERITE  CI-XRK 

The  dainty  actress  who  will  be  seen  in  the  Margaret  Mayo 
cometly   "Ilahy    .Mine"   at   the  Cort. 

J.  M.  Barrie's  Amendment 

J.  M.  Barrie  is  always  a  quiet  man.  Even  in  a 
theatre  which  is  housing  one  of  his  plays  he  has 
more  the  manner  of  a  modest  understudy  than 
of  the  author  of  the  piece.  But  his  speech,  if 
laconic,  is  to  the  point. 

They  were  rehearsing  "Peter  Pan"  at  the  Duke 
of  York's  when  Barrie  came  and  stood  in  a 
corner  of  the  stage.  An  actor  who  took  a  prom- 
inent part  caught  sight  of  him  and  conceived  an 
idea.  Trotting  over  to  the  playwright  he  made 
a  suggestion  somewhat  in  these  terms: 

"Say,  Mr.  Barrie,  I  have  been  playing  my  part 
now  for  so  many  years,  might  I  not  be  featured 
on  the  program  during  the  next  tour  as  a  reward, 
a  sort  of  cordon  bleu,  don't  you  know?" 

"Featured?"  said  Barrie. 

"Yes,"  said  the  actor.  "Can't  I  have  the  word 
'and'  before  my  name  so  that  the  program  will 
read  'and  Mr.  Blank?'" 

"Why  not  'but'"?  replied  Barrie  without  mov- 
ing his  eyes  a  hair's  breadth  from  their  steady, 
far  away  gaze  out  into  the  dark,  empty  au- 
ditorium. 


"Every  husband  ought  to  make  his  bride  a  reg- 
ilar  allowance  from  the  start,"  said  Senator 
Depew  at  a  wedding  reception  in  New  York. 

"This  is  but  just,"  he  continued,  "because  from 
the  start  every  bride  finds  that  she  must  con- 
stantly make  allowances  for  her  husband." 


AMUSEMENTS 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
-Monday  Evening,  .August  19th,  and  ThroughoBt  the  Week, 
LAURETTE  TAYLOR. 

Forrest  Stanley  and  the  .Mcazar  Company,  in 
the   i'^irst   Presentation  .\tiy  .Stage  of 

BARBARAZA 

.\  P.lay  of  Modern  Greece  by  J.  Hartley  Manners 
Prices:  .\ight  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
-Matinee:   Thursday,  -Saturday,  Sunday. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 
licgirining   Monday.  -August  19th, 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
Bargain   Matinee  Wednesday,  25c,   50c,  75c  and  $1.00 
Fifth  Week  of  the 

JAMES  K.  HACKETT 

Season  and  First  Time  on  Any  Stage  of 
"A  MAN  ON  HORSEBACK" 

A   New   IMay  by   Booth  Tarkington. 
"Pomander  Walk"  is  c(»ming. 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  August  18th 
A  SHOW  TO  THINK  ABOUT! 

Jewell's  Manikins.  Kuroinr's  (Greatest  Novelty;  Francesca 
Redding  and  Co.,  Presenting  "Ilonora";  4  Southern  Singing 
Girls,  in  Songs  of  the  Sunny  South  ;  Williams  and  Wolfus, 
Piano  Funnloguists ;  Elise  Schuyler,  Singing  Comedienne; 
Cunning.  "The  Jail  Ilreaker" ;  Hathaway  and  Mack,  Whirl- 
wind Dancers,  and  Sunlight  Pictures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights.  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices— 10c.  20c  and  30c. 


0■^^RRtV\.  ftti  S"^OCV,TOH  tr  POVVtV-V  America 
Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

W.  C.  FIKI.IIS,  "The  Silent  Humorist":  MRS.  GENE 
HLCHICS  &  CO.  presenting  Kdgar  .Mian  Woolfs  Comedy 
Playlet  "Youth";  V.\.\  UROTHF.RS,  Harmony  and  Com- 
edy (Next  Week  Only);  VKNITA  GOULD.  Impersona- 
tions; IlR-\nSH.\W  RROTMKRS.  Comedy  Contortionists; 
W.  H.  ST.  JAMES  &•  CO.;  CHARLEY  CASE;  NEW  DAY- 
LIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  of  WILLIAM 
BURR  AND  DAPHNE  HOPE  in  "A  Lady,  a  Lover  and  a 
Lamp." 

Evening  Prices,  10c.  25c.  50c.  75c.  Box  Seats,  $L00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays).  10c.  25c,  SOc. 

Phones.  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
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Last   Time  Tonight — "The  Mikado" 
Beginning   Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night — Two  Weeks 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 

William  .\.  Brady.  Ltd..  Presents 

BABY  MINE 

By   Margaret  Mayo 
The  Funniest  Play  Ever  Written,  With 

MARGUERITE  CLARK 

and 

ERNEST  GLENDINNING 

In   Their  (.)riginal  Roles 
Prices— SOc  to  $1.50. 


"Do  you  think,  young  man,  that  you  could  give 
my  daughter  all  she  asks  ft)r?"  questioned  the 
father  grimly. 

"I — aw — think  so.  sir,"  murmured  the  lover,  "she 
says  she  wants  only  me." 


August  17,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


Suicid( 


By  George  Maurevert  (From  the  French) 


San  Romano!  What  a  heavenly  place!  Here 
one  fully  understands  the  words  of  Flaubert, 
"There  are  some  places  in  this  world  so  beautiful 
that  one  has  a  desire  to  press  them  to  his  heart." 
What  a  pity  that  San  Romano  resembles  an  ex- 
quisite fruit  whose  taste  is  so  bitter  that  we  dare 
not  eat  it  with  impunity,  since  it  causes  death. 

Unfortunately,  the  joyous  peace  that  lies  over 
the  scene  does  not  reign  within  the  hearts  of  the 
people.  On  every  side  you  meet  sorrowful  faces 
from  whose  lips  these  strange  words  seem  to  fall, 
"Oh,  had  I  only  placed  it  upon  seven!  The 
accursed  rouge!  Ten  times  in  succession  it  won 
and  I  played  noir!" 

They  pay  little  or  no  attention  to  the  scenic 
beauty  of  San  Romano.  They  are  Oedipus  in 
the  struggle  with  the  Sphinx  Zero.  1  he  eartli  to 
them  seems  but  as  a  gigantic  roulette  and  tlie 
sky  a  slate  of  trente  et  quarante,  for  this  is 
the  Kingdom  of  Mammon,  the  Residence  of  the 
Demon  Chance. 

I,  also,  was  a  subject  of  his  for  a  few  months, 
lost  a  small  fortune  and  became  somewhat  gray. 
One  day,  I  wakened  with  only  twelve  francs  in 
my  pocket,  and  I  owed  the  landlord  fifteen.  So 
I  examined  my  pistol  carefully  and  made  sure 
that  it  was  well  loaded  with  six  bullets,  for  these 
would  certainly  suffice  to  blow  out  a  brain  like 
mine. 

I  opened  the  window.  "My  last  morning"  was 
glorious — the  heavens,  azure  blue;  the  waves,  a 
shimmering  green;  and  the  air  heavy  with  the 
fragrance  of  the  orange  and  the  violet.  1  strolled 
down  to  the  shore  so  as  to  once  more  breathe  in 
the  refreshing  salt  air;  then  1  took  a  short  walk 
and  found  that  I  was  hungry.  Before  returning 
to  the  hotel,  I  bought  a  paper,  the  "Anti-San 
Romano,"  a  sensational  weekly  edged  in  black 
like  a  mourning  letter. 

During  breakfast,  I  hastily  turned  the  pages. 
The  heading,  "Suicides  of  the  Week,"  drew  my 
entire  attention  to  it.  "Here  will  also  my  death 
be  reported  within  the  next  few  days,"  I  thought 
without  much  emotion.  I  even  had  a  desire  to 
thank  the  writer  of  my  obituary  in  advance. 

One  notice,  marked  with  a  heavy  black  cross, 
attracted  my  attention  and  I  read,  "Yesterday,  the 
body  of  Joshua  Jacobson,  an  American,  was 
found  hanging  from  one  of  the  palms  that  grow 
upon  the  terrace.  The  sum  of  three  thousand 
francs  was  in  his  pockets — naturally!" 

Joshua  Jacobson,  I  had  know  him  well — I 
might  say  that  we  had  gambled  away,  side  by 
side,  one  franc  after  the  other.  During  the  pre- 
vious evening  in  the  Casino,  where  he  had  lost 
his  last  penny,  he  had  grasped  my  hand  with 
much  feeling,  had  looked  sadly  into  my  eyes 
and  smiling,  said  in  a  low  voice,  "I  am  ruined, 
utterly  ruined!  Farewell,  my  friend — "  and  went 
out  and — hanged  himself. 


The  Cost 


of  Beauty  of  a  clear,  fresh 

skin  and  of  a  matchless  complexion, 
is  the   low    price    of  the  soap, 
famous  for  its  purity  and  good 
results— 

Dears' 

M      S  GAP 

•  /5c  a  Cake  for  the  Unscenltd  • 


Still,  how  was  it  possible  that  three  thousand 
francs  had  been  found  on  him  and  what  the 
devil  did  that  "naturally"  mean? 

After  a  few  moments,  light  began  to  dawn 
upon  me.  How  stupid  not  to  think  of  it  at  once! 
Of  course  the  proprietors  of  the  Casino  had  had 
the  money  put  into  his  pockets  so  that  we  should 
not  think  his  suicide  due  to  his  losses.  That  was 
self-evident.  Then  I  began  to  wonder  how  much 
money  would  be  placed  in  my  pockets  if  I  siiould 
carry  out  my  intentions  and  take  my  life  near 
the  Casino.  I  think  I  had  lost  as  much  money 
as  Jacobson.  And  then — suddenly  an  idea  rushed 
into  my  head  faster  than  the  bullet  I  had  intended 
for  it.  Excited,  but  with  a  light  heart,  I  con- 
tinued my  breakfast.  Then  I  went  to  the  land- 
lord, told  him  that  I  would  pay  him  his  fifteen 
francs  that  evening,  "provided,"  I  added,  with 
a  sad  smile,  "that  I  am  still  alive." 

"My  dear  sir,  we  trust  you  implicitly." 

"Then,"  said  I,  "please  lend  me  one  hundred 
francs  until  this  evening.  I  am  expecting  money 
from  Paris." 

"Certainly." 

I  spent  the  afternoon  on  the  beach  where, 
after  careful  deliberation,  I  planned  the  various 
steps  of  an  advantageous  suicide. 

That  evening  at  nine,  I  donned  my  best  fitting 
dress-suit,  tied  my  most  elegant  cravat  and  went 
to  the  Casino.  I  made  it  quite  evident  I  risked 
my  last  coin  and  should  have  been  greatly 
chagrined  had  I  won.  I  lost,  and  assumed  first 
a  troubled,  then  an  angry,  then  a  meaitative  mien. 

An  attendant,  who  knew  me,  became  interested 
in  my  fate.  In  low,  sad  tones,  I  told  him  of  my 
ruin.  He  sympathized  with  me  and  sought  to 
comfort  me. 

"You  can  still  have  your  traveling  expenses 
home,  for  the  Casino  makes  it  a  point  of  honor 
to — " 

"The  way  that  I  go  needs  no  ticket,"  I  inter- 
rupted with  deep  earnestness. 

He  looked  at  me,  amazed.  "You  are  not  in 
earnest.    You  are  not  going  to  be  a  fool,  I  hope." 

I  remained  silent  and  turned  my  back  on  him. 
Looking  about  carelessly  after  several  minutes,  I 
noticed  the  attendants  of  the  Casino  watching  me. 
Towards  eleven,  the  crowd  of  players  arose.  I 
went  out  among  the  last,  hanging  my  head  and 
looking  thoroughly  crushed. 

The  night  was  glorious.  The  moon  bathed 
forest  and  sea  in  a  flood  of  light.  In  the  distance, 
I  heard  violins.  Deciding  quickly,  I  directed  my 
steps  towards  a  great  bush  of  rhododendron  not 
far  from  the  Casino,  a  place  that  seemed  a  fit 
setting  for  the  joke  I  had  planned.  My  hasty 
preparations  were  carried  out  in  the  presence  of 
a  marble  nymph  that  seemed  to  smile,  then — 
crack,  crack,  two  shots  rang  out!  I  fell,  not 
without  care,  upon  a  bench  and  waited.  Voices 
in  the  distance  came  nearer  and  near,  and 
shadows  fell  across  my  closed  eyes. 

"My  God,  it  is  he!" 

"How  awful,  pierced  with  two  bullets!" 

Then  the  voice  of  the  attendant  whom  1  knew, 
"Hurry!  hurry!  before  anyone  comes.  Oh,  the 
rascal,  couldn't  he  have  done  this  somewhere 
else?" 

He  bent  over  me  and  I  felt  that  he  slipped 
something  into  my  pocket. 

I  almost  choked.  I  groaned  twice,  slowly 
opened  my  eyes,  raised  myself  with  great  care 
and  looked  in  astonishment  at  the  crowd.  Un- 
concerned, I  took  my  hat  and  my  still  smoking 
pistol  and  arose. 

The  crowd  looked  on  with  increasing  astonish- 


ment. They  stared  at  me  as  if  I  were  some 
strange  animal. 

"This  is  unheard  of!"  I  said  angrily.  "One 
can't  even  kill  himself  without  causing  a  sen- 
sation." 

The  attendant  who  knew  m»  came  toward  me 
enraged.  "My  dear  sir,  I  would — well,  you — ?" 
he  stammered,  confused.  "What  do  you  mean  by 
this  farce?  I  shall  have  you  arrested  for  dis- 
turbing the  peace." 

"Disturbing  the  peace!"  I  repeated  bitterly. 
"That  is  well  said;  that  will  become  the  watch- 
word of  the  season."  And  I  walked  away,  dig- 
nified but  inwardly  laughing  at  the  crowd  of  peo- 
ple who  had  gathered  out  of  curiosity. 

I  returned  to  my  hotel  and  paid  my  debts  out 
of  the  three  thousand  francs  earned  through  my 
suicide. 

The  Bank  made  repeated  efforts  to  collect  the 
money  from  me,  but  it  never  entered  my  mind 
to  return  it,  for  I  considered  that  it  had  been 
legally  given  to  me.  Furthermore,  I  believe  that 
three  thousand  francs  is  not  too  large  a  fee  for 
a  suicide. 

To  vex  them,  I  lived  high  for  a  few  days  upon 
the  money  and  then  went  to  Paris.  Subsequently, 
I  have  heard  that  the  sum  bestowed  by  tiie 
Casino  of  San  Romano  has  been  considerably  re- 
duced. 


Names  of  Cloths 

Muslin  is  named  from  Mosul,  a  city  on  the 
banks  of  the  Tigris;  cambric  from  Cambria,  3 
town  of  France.  Gauze  is  probably  derived  from 
Gaza  in  Syria,  although  some  authorities  hold  to 
the  Hindu  "gazi,"  meaning  thin  cloth. 

Baize,  which  is  commonly  thought  of  as  being 
of  green  hue,  was  named  from  its  original  color, 
a  reddish  brown.  The  word  is  really  the  plural 
of  "bay,"  and  the  color  is  that  of  the  horse  which 
is  known  as  "bay."  A  form  of  the  word  is  com- 
mon in  many  tongues. 

Damask,  quite  obviously,  is  derived  from 
Damascus. 

Silk  and  serge  are  both  derived  from  the  Latin 
Seres,  meaning  the  Chinese.  These  fabrics  were 
first  imported  from  that  portion  of  Asia  which  is 
now  southern  China. 

Velvet  is  from  the  Italian  velluto,  meaning 
woolly,  this  from  the  Latin  vellus,  a  fleece.  Vel- 
lum is  a  derivative  of  the  same  root — a  pelt  or 
hide. 

Bandanna  is  from  the  Indian  word  meaning  to 
'  bind  or  tie,"  and  has  reference  to  the  manner  of 
tying  knots  in  the  fabric  to  prevent  the  dye  from 
reaching  every  part  thereof.  In  this  way  spots 
are  left  white  and  a  rude  pattern  remains  in  the 
cloth. 

Alpaca  comes  from  the  animal  of  the  same  name 
in  Peru.  It  is  of  the  llama  species  and  its  wool 
is  used  to  manufacture  the  fabric  employed  in  the 
making  of  summer  garments. 

Calico  got  its  name  from  Calicut,  a  town  in 
India,  once  celebrated  for  its  cotton  cloth. 


St.  Mary's  College,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Conducted  by  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian 
Schools.  Department  of  Arts  and  Letters,  Civil 
Engineering,  Commerce,  and  High  School  De- 
partment.   BROTHER  ZENONIAN,  Registrar. 

Fall  term  begins  September  5,  1912. 


20 


TOWN  TALK 


August  17,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Apart  from  some  weakness  in  the 
technical  position  of  the  market  which  does  not 
affect  values  though  it  may  influence  prices  tem- 
porarily, the  undertone  is  strong  and  the  outlook 
unusually  hopeful.  Good  crops  of  all  small  grains 
are  assured,  and  the  outlook  for  the  late  harvest 
for  corn  and  cotton  improves  daily.  The  street 
is  not  worrying  about  the  tariff  or  politics  in  gen- 
eral. It  has  even  lost  its  dread  of  Congress  work- 
ing some  mischief.  It  has  forgotten  there  is  such 
a  thing  as  the  Stanley  bill. Business  is  expanding 
on  all  sides  and  there  is  more  of  it  in  sight  for 
both  railroads  and  industrial  corporations  than 
ever  before  in  this  country.  Coal  shipments  are 
enormous,  and  they  go  ahead  of  expansion  in 
manufacturing.  The  Reading  railroad  reported 
that  coal  movements  had  assumed  enormous  pro- 
portions, and  this  business  is  shared  by  all  the 
other  coalers.  Local  traction  shares  were  more 
active  in  contrast  with  the  general  market  and 
Interboro  issues  rose  sharply.  Steel  stocks 
looked  well  to  speculators  on  glowing  stories  of 
new  business,  but  some  of  the  minor  issues  ben- 
efitted more  than  did  United  States  Steel.  Inter- 
national Harvester  joined  them  and  served  to 
show  how  little  attention  is  being  paid  to  what 
Congress  is  saying  and  doing.  Canadian  Pacific 
made  another  new  high  record  without  any  help 
from  London.  It  is  causing  sleepless  nights  for 
those  who  have  been  selling  it  on  the  theory  that 
it  is  out  of  line  with  the  general  market.  So 
are  its  earnings  out  of  line  with  those  of  most 
of  the  roads  and  it  has  in  reserve  a  gold  mine  in 
the  shape  of  unsold  land  worth  nearly  $90,000,000. 
Other  transcontinental  rails  were  firmer  and 
higher  on  restricted  sales  and  even  Missouri  Pa- 
cific rose  nearly  a  point  on  a  fine  statement  of 
current  earnings.  Money  was  slightly  easier  in 
spite  of  the  approach  of  the  crop-moving  season 
and  the  active  demand  for  commercial  accommo- 
dations incidental  to  the  general  revival  of  trade. 
Western  banks  are  said  to  be  in  a  good  position 
to  finance  the  early  stages  of  the  crop  movement. 
Prices  on  the  stock  exchange  have  not  been  in- 
flated in  a  way  that  calls  for  serious  locking  up 
of  money.    Sterling  exchange  is  still. 

Wheat — The  wheat  market  was  weak  and  de- 
clining throughout  the  week,  the  operators  being 
chiefly  impressed  by  the  reports  from  the  North- 
west. Spring  wheat  was  favored  with  the  best 
kind  of  weather  for  putting  the  finishing  touches 
on  a  crop  that  progressed  steadily  from  the  time 
of  seeding.  Many  times  it  was  on  the  eve  of 
damage  from  black  rust  and  just  escaped  through 
favorable  turns  in  the  weather.  It  was  scarred 
in  spots,  but   ~o  slightly  that,  according  to  the 


crop  experts,  the  ultimate  outcome,  from  all  pres- 
ent appearances,  will  be  the  largest  crop  the  soil 
of  Minnesota  and  the  Dakotas  ever  produced. 
The  movement  to  the  market  of  the  southwestern 
winter  wheat  has  been  so  enormous  as  to  prove 
the  bountifulness  of  the  yield,  for  it  is  being 
marketed  this  season  under  no  pressure  of 
reciprocity,  which  was  said  to  be  the  cause  of 
heavy  selling  by  farmers  at  the  corresponding 
time  the  year  before.  That  kind  of  wheat  is  now 
estimated  at  forty-seven  million  bushels  more 
than  it  appeared  to  be  one  month  ago.  Spring 
wheat  is  more  plentiful  than  it  was  in  1911.  In 
Europe  last  year's  wheat  appears  to  have  been 
thoroughly  consumed.  The  importing  countries 
are  in  immediate  need  of  supplies  which  they 
cannot  obtain  from  their  home  crops  because  of 
harvesting  being  delayed  there  by  wet  weather. 
It  will  take  a  long  time  in  the  moist  climates  of 
those  countries  to  dry  the  grain  sufficiently  for 
milling  purposes,  and  they  will  in  the  mean  time 
need  large  quantities  of  dry  foreign  wheat  to  mix 
with  their  own.  They  cannot  at  this  moment  get 
anywhere  else  what  they  need  of  that  description 
in  sufficient  quantity  and  as  quickly  as  from  this 
country,  and  that  they  have  been  and  are  still 
taking  it  freely  from  here  is  seen  in  the  recent 
daily  sales  for  exports.  That  demand  in  all  prob- 
ability will  fall  off  in  time,  but  it  can  almost  be 
depended  on  to  last  for  another  month,  though 
in  gradually  diminishing  volume  after  about  the 
middle  of  August.  Of  course,  much  will  depend 
on  the  price  remaining  at  this  level,  although 
their  immediate  necessities  might  compel  ftjr- 
eigners  to  follow  a  moderate  rise. 

Corn — The  feature  of  the  corn  market  has  been 
the  strength  in  the  cash  market  which  has  in  turn 
been  reflected  in  the  September  option.  While 
receipts  have  been  moderate  the  demand  is  good 
and  there  is  little  if  any  accumulation  at  the 
primary  markets.  The  distant  futures  have  been 
under  pressure  and  have  declined  owing  to  the 
more  favorable  outlook  for  the  growing  crop. 
TIic  Government  figures  were  about  as  expected, 
showing  a  crop  of  around  2,800,000,000  bushels. 
Rain  has  fallen  generally  in  all  the  corn  States 
and  while  the  crop  is  said  to  be  anywhere  from 
(  lie  week  to  a  month  late  barring  an  early  frost 
it  looks  as  if  we  shall  have  a  big  corn  crop.  May 
corn  at  these  figures  does  not  look  high  but  when 
everything  else  is  taken  into  consideration,  namely 
the  large  oat  crop,  the  enormous  hay  crop,  (in 
fact  all  kinds  of  forage  crops  are  large  this  year), 
the  demand  for  corn  will  not  be  as  great  as  in 
previous  years  and  it  looks  to  us  as  if  SO  cent 
corn  will  look  high  a  little  later  on. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
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The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

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Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $S1, 140,101. 7S 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


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Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519.217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier:  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Ca'ihier. 

Directors — Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Toseph  SIoss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin.  Henry  RoscnfeH,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer.  Chas.  J.  Deering.  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  an<l  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  arc  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    \V.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         VV.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

.Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  C  H.  L'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


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THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

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New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
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Chicago  and  New  York 

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August  17,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


Cotton — The  week  was  a  very  favorable  one 
to  the  crop,  progress  in  growth  and  fruiting  be- 
ing noted  in  all  important  cotton  States,  and  in 
many  sections  the  advancement  has  been  marked. 
Complaints  of  deterioration  were  received  from 
parts  of  central,  southern  and  southwestern 
Texas  where  little  or  no  rain  has  fallen  in  several 
weeks,  but  with  this  exception  the  improvement 
was  universal.  Generous  rains  fell  in  all  districts 
save  those  noted  and  supplied  moisture  when 
most  needed.  With  local  exception  the  precipita- 
tion was  not  heavy,  and  there  were  only  a  few 
complaints  of  excessive  moisture.  Temperatures 
were  lower  and  the  plant  was  relieved  of  the 
strain  of  both  drought  and  heat.  The  subnormal 
temperatures  did  not  continue  long  enough  to 
affect  the  crop  adversely.  In  States  east  of  the 
Mississippi  river  the  plant  for  the  first  time  this 
season  is  fruiting  and  growing  rapidly.  The 
development  seems  to  have  been  nearly  all  that 
could  have  been  expected,  but  it  is  worthy  of 
note  that  the  plant  is  still  quite  small  over  large 
areas  and  cannot  under  any  conditions  mature  to 
full  crop.  The  crop  is  nearly  all  "laid  by"  and 
fields  are  generally  clean.  With  the  supply  of 
moisture  now  in  the  soil  growth  for  the  next 
two  weeks  should  be  rapid,  and  unless  there  is  a 
marked  excess  of  rainfall  the  plant  will  set  much 
fruit.  Cotton  is  opening  very  fast  in  snntliern 
Texas  and  very  slowly  elsewhere,  open  bolls  in 
most  places  being  a  rarity.  The  cotton  cater- 
pillar has  entirely  defoliated  some  fields  in  south- 
ern Texas  and  is  reported  as  far  north  in  that 
State  as  Quitman.  Boll  weevils  are  deeidcdly 
more  numerous  in  Mississippi  but  there  is  little 
complaint  elsewhere. 


The  Strangler 

(Continued  from  Page  6.) 

as  if  something  melted  in  liis  voice,  he  said, 
gently: 

"Don't  cry,  little  brat,  don't  cry!  I  didn't  mean 
to  hurt  you,  upon  my  word!  Only  don't  touch 
the  spade  or  lean  over  the  well!  I  won't  push 
you  any  more." 

She  smiled  through  her  tears,  consoled  at  once. 

"Then  pick  me  some  geraniums  and  I  won't 
cry  any  more." 

He  picked  the  flowers;  lie  awkwardly  handed 
them  to  her.  She  took  them,  and  with  a  pretty 
gesture  fastened  the  red  bouquet  to  her  frock, 
against  her  snowy  little  throat.    She  said  gaily: 

"Isn't  that  pretty,  against  my  white  skin?  It's 
as  red  as  blood!" 

The  man  buried  his  livid  face  in  liis  big,  knotty 
hands  so  as  not  to  see.  Trembling,  he  moaned 
like  a  wounded  animal: 

"Take  off  the  red!    Take  ofT  the  red!" 

Liline  threw  away  the  flowers,  and  her  eyes 
again  filled  with  tears.  When  the  man  opened 
his  eyes  he  no  longer  saw  the  red  flowers  upon 


the  snowy  throat.  Then  he  bent  down  toward 
her,  tried  to  smile,  with  a  strange  grimace,  and 
softened  his  voice,  burnt  by  corrosives. 

"Don't  cry  any  more.  It  is  all  right  now — now 
that  I  don't  see  red.  And  I'm  going  to  be  good — 
like  Grelu.  But  don't  cry,  little  one!  I  don't 
want  you  to  cry  any  more." 

Bending  down,  with  a  sheepish  submission,  he 
timidly  caressed  the  fine,  golden  hair  with  his  big, 
knotty  fingers.  All  at  once  there  was  a  sound 
of  mad  galloping  upon  the  road.  Haggardly  the 
man  lifted  himself  up,  sprang  away,  and  hid 
himself  in  a  corner  of  the  garden.  Somebody 
shook  the  door  and  an  anxious  voice  cried: 

"Liline,  are  you  there?" 

"Yes,  papa!" 

"Open  the  door  for  me!    Open  it  at  once!" 

"I  can't!  You  know  very  well  that  the  bolt  is 
too  high  for  me!" 

"How  did  you  shut  the  door?" 

"I  didn't  do  it,  papa.    It  was  he  who  shut  it." 

"Who  is  that?"  said  the  terrified  voice. 

"He — the  prisoner.    I  don't  know  his  name." 

There  was  a  cry  of  anguish.  But  Liline  turned 
quietly,  as  if  to  tell  the  man  to  answer,  and  was 
astonished  to  see  him  backed  up  against  the  wall 
drawn  together  like  a  l)ull  about  to  charge. 

"No,  no,"  she  said,  vexed,  "don't  look  at  the 
flowers  or  at  the  well,  and  don't  pick  up  the 
spade,  as  all  those  things  make  you  bad!" 

Outside  they  were  shaking  the  door  with  des- 
perate thrusts  of  their  shoulders.  Then  Liline 
tripped  lightly  over  to  the  man,  took  hold  of  his 
blouse  again  and  said  coaxingly: 

"The  door  ought  to  be  opened  for  papa!  You 
promised  me  to  be  good,  like  Grelu — and,  the 
very  first  thing,  you  must  put  down  the  spade  or 
else  I'm  going  to  cry!" 

Livid,  with  his  whole  body  shaking,  the  man 
looked  into  the  clear  eyes  raised  to  his.  There 
were  two  tears  in  those  eyes.  Then  he  moaned 
heavily  like  a  conquered  beast,  and  threw  down 
the  spade.  Liline  glided  her  little  hand  into  the 
man's  great,  rough  paw,  and  led  him  toward  the 
door.    She  began  to  skip  again  and  said  gaily: 

"Yon  see,  I'm  too  little!  You  mugt  draw  the 
bolt  yourself!" 

He  raised  his  hand,  licsitated  for  a  second,  then 
suddenly,  with  a  single  movement,  he  drew  the 
bolt. 

There  was  a  rush  of  three  keepers,  who  threw 
themselves  upon  the  man  in  gray  linen  and  over- 
powered him,  while  a  fourth  man,  the  jailor, 
seized  the  little  girl  and  drew  her  feverishly  to 
his  breast.  But  when  Liline  saw  that  they  were 
all  fiercely  pushing  the-  man  whom  they  had 
bound,  driving  him  to  the  prison  with  kicks  and 
blows,  she  began  to  sob: 

"Papa,  I  don't  want  them  to  beat  him!  He  has 
been  playing  with  me.  I  can  assure  you  that  he 
is  not  a  w-icked  man.  Papa,  I  don't  want  to  have 
tliem  beat  him!" 


The  jailor  shrugged  his  shoulders  impatiently 
and  said: 

"Be  quiet,  little  goosey!    That's  the  Strangler!" 


Varied  Types 

(Continued  from  Page  7.) 
was  $5,700.    As  Jack  was  a  union  miner  we  paid 
him  oflf  at  the  rate  of  four  dollars  a  day." 
Tim  pondered  again. 

"At  that,"  he  said,  "Jack  Munro  had  it  on 
Mexican  Pete." 

"What  about  Mexican  Pete?"  I  queried. 

"Mexican  Pete  was  matched  to  fight  Jeff  once, 
and  I  was  hired  to  train  him.  He  trained  out  at 
Jim  Carr's  place  at  the  end  of  Sutter  street.  The 
conductors  and  gripmen  used  to  hang  out  there. 
Big  Joe  Kennedy  was  Pete's  sparring  partner. 
One  day  while  they  were  sparring  a  conductor 
said  to  me: 

"'Which  one  is  Mexican  Pete?' 

"  'The  black  fellow,'  I  told  him. 

"  'Why  don't  you  have  him  get  sick  and  let 
the  other  fellow  take  his  place?' 

"That  was  sort  of  discouraging.  Besides,  it 
was  the  time  of  the  Spanish- American  war  and 
I  had  to  get  the  Mexican  a  flag  of  truce  so  he 
could  run  through  the  Presidio. 

"The  fight  took  place  at  the  Olympic  Club. 
Before  Pete  went  into  the  ring  he  was  very 
nervous.  He  looked  as  though  he  wasn't  going 
to  make  it,  so  I  got  him  a  bottle  of  brandy.  After 
Pete  had  drank  several  jolts  of  the  brandy  he 
asked  me  for  a  knife.    He  wanted  to  stab  Jeff. 

"What  Jefif  did  to  him  was  a  shame.  After 
they  packed  Pete  out  and  laid  him  on  a  table 
Jcflf  went  to  take  a  plunge  and  when  he  jumped 
into  the  tank  he  shook  the  building.  Immediately 
Pete  came  out  of  his  trance  and  jumped  oflf  the 
table. 

'"Don't  be  afraid,  Pete,'  I  told  him;  'it's  all 
right.  The  big  fellow's  not  coming  back  after 
you.'  " 

"Speaking  of  Jeffries,"  I  interrupted,  "was 
there  anything  in  that  story  that  Jeff  thought  the 
Reno  fight  was  fixed  until  the  last  day  or  two?" 

"Nothing  in  it,"  said  Tim.  "Who  could  have 
fixed  it?  Sam  Berger  might  sell  somebody  a  neck- 
tic,  but  there  was  nobody  to  pull  oflf  a  big  event." 


"Pardon  me,  madame." 
"For  what?" 

"I  inadvertently  jabbed  my  eye  into  your 
jeweled  hatpin." 


George  Ade,  at  the  recent  Lambs'  gambol  in 
New  York,  objected  to  the  extravagance  of  the 
modern  wife.  "It  is  true  that  the  married  men 
of  today,"  he  ended,  "have  better  halves,  but 
bachelors  have  better  quarters." 


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Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

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SIC.  GREEN'EI!,\UM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTO.NT  ]:)ODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  AETSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

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22 


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August  17.  1912 


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Alcohol  in  Mythology 

The  poet  had  just  written  "Drink  to  me  only 
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SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42.652  : 

Department    No.  7.   

MAE   J.    RINEY.    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH    M.  RISEN. 

Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  tiled  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  Citv  and  Countv. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California.  Send  Greeting  to: 
lOSEPII  M.  RINEY.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  fileil 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect ;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
.inswer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff'  will  t,ike  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  dcmandc<l  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  ,San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June.  .\.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  Ml  l.CREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  I.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.   I.  FRITZ.  Atty.  for  Plaintiff. 

"42S  Mills  Bldg..   San   Francisco.  Cal.  8-17-10 

SUMMONS 

In   the   Superior   Court   of  the   State  of   California,   in  and 
for   the   Citv   and   Countv    of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-ARENDT    CO..    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW. 
Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
F.  S.  DOW.  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  aliove,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  serveii 
elsewhere. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  antl 
answer  as  above  requireil.  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com,»laint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  lor  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

(liven  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  Ml'LCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch.  Deputv  Clerk. 

DONAHI  E  &•  GALE, 

.\ttorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8- 17-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036  : 
Department  No.  10. 

LOr  ETTA  WILMOTH.  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  oi 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
CUrk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
lli>ward   Wellington   Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  arc  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complain: 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  servee'  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff ;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  any  other  relief  demanded  in   the  C^omplaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June.  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MI  LCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ.  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff. 
45  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco.  Cal.  6-29-10 

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Letters 


Whitewash  for  Joaquin  Murietta 

In  tlicse  days  of  the  Apologists,  when  every 
tyrant,  criminal  and  malefactor  of  whom  history 
makes  record  can  claim  his  champion  to  explain, 
excuse  and  vindicate  his  course  of  conduct,  the 
only  wonder  is  that  Joaquin  Murietta  has  been 
left  so  long  neglected.  However,  thanks  to  Carl 
Gray,  he  too  can  now  take  his  place  amongst 
the  white-robed  throng  of  patriots  and  wear  his 
halo  with  the  other  rehabilitated  sinners.  Be- 
yond the  mere  fact  that  for  years  Murietta  led  a 
bandit  horde  of  murderers  and  horse  thieves  that 
terrorized  California  in  t'..e  early  days,  nothing 
definite  seems  to  be  known  of  him.  No  authen- 
tic and  uncontradicted  account  of  his  birth  or 
early  youth  appears  to  be  extant;  descriptions  of 
his  appearance  do  not  corroborate  one  another, 
and  accounts  of  his  death  vary  in  regard  to  time, 
place  and  manner.  It  is  within  the  bcjunds  of 
probability  that  he  and  his  band  have  been 
credited  with  a  full  share  of  the  wild  doings  of 
other  outlaws,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  during 
the  years  of  his  activity  he  managed  to  establish 
a  reign  of  terror  over  the  State.  According  to 
Mr.  Gray's  conception,  Murietta  was  of  noble 
descent  if  obscure  birth,  a  gentle,  high-minded, 
scholarly  youth  dedicated  to  the  service  of  the 
church  from  birth,  a  devoted  son  and  a  privileged 
protege  of  one  of  the  fathers  at  the  Santa  Bar- 
bara Mission.  Father  Ferrara,  however,  believed 
that  it  was  a  mistake  to  immure  all  the  bright- 
est minds  within  monasteries,  and  quietly,  imper- 
ceptibly but  surely  he  directed  the  boy's  atten- 
tion towards  the  secular  life.  When  he  reached 
the  age  at  which  he  was  to  have  departed  for 
Mexico  to  pursue  his  theological  studies  he  was 
unwilling  to  go,  and  his  objections  were  abetted 
by  the  priest,  notwithstanding  the  remonstrances 
and  tragic  prophecies  of  the  mother,  that  no  good 
would  come  of  robbing  the  church.  Senora 
Murietta  proved  herself  a  true  prophet,  for  ere 
long  her  favorite  son  found  himself  in  jail  with 
strong  circumstantial  evidence  against  him  to 
back  up  an  accusation  of  horse  stealing,  and, 
escaped  from  the  calabosa,  he  eloped  with  the 
charming  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  one  of  the 
southern  dons,  so  that  between  the  criminal 
charge  hanging  over  his  head  and  the  wrath 
of  the  outraged  parent.  Southern  California  fur- 
nished no  refuge.  With  his  bride  and  his  friena 
he  betook  him  to  the  foothills  near  San  Fran- 
cisco where,  living  an  ideal  life  and  working  a 
placer  claim,  they  were  accumulating  the  means 
which  would  enable  them  to  escape  to  Mexico, 
when  a  band  of  Americanos  headed  by  a  rene- 
gade Englishman,  discovered  their  retreat,  killed 
the  friend,  left  Murietta  for  dead,  and  worked 
their  will  upon  the  defenceless  woman.  On  re- 
covering from  his  injuries  Joaquin  Murietta  set 
about  avenging  the  wanton  injury  done  him.  The 
band  of  outlaws  which  he  collected  about  Iiim, 


and  the  inaccessible  retreat  which  they  guarded 
are  described  at  some  length,  as  likewise  the 
yearly  celebration  of  tncir  leader's  birthday,  a 
grand  public  fiesta,  but  as  far  as  the  reader  is 
enlightened,  the  worst  of  their  depredatiour^ 
might  have  been  no  more  than  robbing  a  hen 
roost.  Though  the  sub-title  is  "A  Tale  of  Old 
California,"  except  for  a  few  historical  and 
geographical  names  and  a  little  bad  Spanish — 
one  never  knows  whether  to  blame  author  or 
proof  reader  for  that — the  scenes  might  as  well 
have  been  laid  anywhere  else.  It  is  an  ugly  trait 
of  the  much  lauded  New  England  conscience  that 
the  descendants  of  the  godly  Puritans  have  never 
been  disabused  of  the  idea  that  the  earth  is  theirs 
and  dark-skinned  natives  of  any  nationality  have 
neither  rights,  laws  nor  customs  which  these 
lordly  invaders  are  bound  to  respect.  Neverthe- 
less, when  Murietta  turned  from  a  law  abiding 
and  God  fearing  youth  to  a  bloodthirsty  bandit, 
it  was  on  account  of  the  injury  done  to  his  wife, 
so  it  is  a  bit  disillusioning  to  have  him  accumulate 
two  more  before  his  end.  Mr.  Gray  tells  us  that 
the  robbers'  roost  was  illuminated  by  tallow 
candles  set  in  old  tomato  cans,  which  raises  the 
cuery  why,  when  all  the  products  of  the  earth 
are  canned,  and  combinations  and  variations  of 
them  add  to  the  number,  no  one,  by  any  possi- 
lility,  ever  sees  anything  besides  a  tomato  can. 
However,  if  the  author  had  consulted  his  grand- 


mother just  there,  she  would  have  been  able  to 
tell  him  that  not  only  was  the  whole  canning 
process  a  vision  of  the  far  future  in  the  days  of 
Murietta,  but  the  human  stomach  was  on  distant 
terms  with  the  "love  apple."  Better  men  than 
Murietta  were  content  to  stand  their  candles, 
when  they  had  any,  in  gobs  of  their  own  grease. 
Despite  its  faults,  "A  Plaything  of  the  Gods"  is 
readable,  and  there  is  a  fine  flavor  of  old  time 
justice  and  morality  in  the  idea  that  the  mis- 
fortunes of  the  hero's  life  were  due  to  the  viola- 
tion of  the  vow  taken  in  his  name.  Sherman 
French  and  Co.  of  Boston  are  its  sponsors. 


Why  He  Was  Sad 

"No,"  declared  the  young  man,  with  a  touch  of 
sadness  in  his  voice;  "it  may  be  that  some  day 
I  shall  be  happy,  but  at  present  it  is  beyond  me." 

His  companions  were  interested. 

"There  is  a  girl  I  love  dearly,"  he  continued. 
"She  would  have  me  if  I  asked  her,  but  I  dare 
not.  I  really  cannot  marry  and  live  on  a  thou- 
sand a  year." 

Consternation  and  pity  were  depicted  on  the 
faces  of  his  friends. 

"You  can't  marry  on  a  thousand  a  year?"  asked 
one.    "Why  not?" 

"Why  not?"  echoed  the  youth.  "Simply  be- 
cause I  haven't  the  thousand!" 


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Our  Burden  of  Taxation 

Town  Talk  has  been  a  voice  in  the  wild- 
erness for  some  months  crying  out  a  warn- 
ing against  increasing  the  burden  of  the 
taxpayers  of  San  Francisco.  Now  we  re- 
joice that  we  are  no  longer  a  soloist.  Comes 
the  Chronicle  with  the  observation  that 
there  is  danger  of  taxing  business  out  of 
San  Francisco.  There  is  also  the  danger  of 
taxing  poor  people  out  of  their  homes.  As 
the  Chronicle  says,  we  have  found  deficits 
in  the  garbage-plant  fund,  in  the  hospital 
fund  and  in  the  auxiliary  fire  department 
fund;  also,  "there  is  a  leakage  in  the  pro- 
tection system  of  over  100,000  gallons  a  day, 
and  water  pumped  to  the  top  of  Twin  Peaks 
costs  money."  And  this  is  not  all,  as  the 
Chronicle  may  learn  on  investigation.  It 
will  be  found  in  the  course  of  time  that  the 
cost  of  the  Hetch-Hetchy  project  will  ex- 
ceed the  official  estimate  by  about  one-half. 
It  will  also  be  found  that  we  have  not  raised 
half  enough  money  to  build  the  civic  center. 
San  Francisco  is  paying  the  penalty  of  an 
inordinate  appetite  for  reform.  It  is  a  far 
cry  from  the  halc3'on  days  of  Mr.  Crothers 
to  the  bad  days  of  Deacon  Fitch ;  from  the 
Charter  in  its  efflorescence  to  the  Consolida- 
tion Act  in  its  expiring  moments;  but  oh, 
for  a  little  less  of  the  current  dispensation 
with  its  brilliant  promise  and  bonded  debt ! 
and  oh,  for  a  little  more  of  Boss  Buckley  and 
his  dollar  limit!  Many  years  ago  the  peo- 
ple of  Washington.  D.  C,  after  much  bitter 
experience  of  purity  of  government  recalled 
a  boss  whom  they  had  driven  into  exile  with 
their  dithyrambic  maledictions  on  his  head. 
Who  knows  but  that  some  day  in  the  not 
distant  future  the  people  of  San  I'^rancisco 
may  pray  for  a  recrudescence  of  Buckle3nsm  ! 
Boss  Buckley  gave  us  solid  nines,  but  he 
also  gave  us  eight  years  of  Pond  and  Bart- 
let,  the  most  competent  mayors  that  San 
Francisco  ever  knew.  He  also  gave  away 
franchises — the  rascal ! — and  San  Francisco 
expanded  under  them  and  taxes  never  ex- 
ceeded one  dollar  on  the  hundred,  though  it 


San  Francisco,  August  24,  1912 


was  in  the  bad  days  of  Buckley  that  San 
Francisco  paid  ofif  most  of  its  bonded  debt. 
Then  came  the  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  with 
his  new  Charter,  and  taxes  began  to  soar. 
They  have  been  soaring  ever  since.  It  is 
the  good  reformer  who  establishes  the 
precedents  that  put  money  into  the  purse 
of  the  practical  politicians.  Every  new 
precedent  for  the  expenditure  of  money  is 
a  rat-hole  in  the  dyke.  The  immoral  job- 
holder is  afraid  to  establish  a  precedent,  but 
he  has  no  hesitation  in  taking  advantage  of 
the  precedents  of  his  jjredecessors.  This  in 
brief  is  the  story  of  nniiiicipal  extravagance 
and  incompetency. 


Johnson's  Solicitude  for  the  Insane 

Our  contemporary  the  Call  has  become  un- 
reasonable in  its  animadversions  on  the 
Johnson  administration.  After  complaining 
of  the  extravagance  of  the  Governor's  rule 
by  proxy,  the  Call  finds  fault  with  his  hired 
men  for  experimenting  in  economy  at  Napa. 
Now  this  is  manifestly  unjust.  If  we  are  to 
have  economy  in  State  affairs  there  is  no 
safer  place  to  begin  than  in  an  asylum  for 
the  insane.  The  reason  is  obvious.  And  if 
the  economists  have  hit  upon  food  as  the 
thing  to  make  less  expensive  to  the  tax- 
payers of  the  State,  assuredly  there  are  no 
guests  of  the  State  whose  appetite  is  of  so 
little  consequence  as  those  who  are  unable 
to  appreciate  good  food  and  an  abundance  of 
cheer.  In  support  of  our  position  we  refer 
our  readers  to  that  famous  work  the  Phy- 
siologic du  Gout  of  that  premier  gastronomer 
M.  Brillat-Savarin.  According  to  our  es- 
teemed authority,  in  his  chapter  on  Gas- 
tronomic Tests,  persons  whose  eyes  remain 
dull,  their  faces  expressionless,  when  a  good 
dish  is  set  before  them  are  'undeserving  of 
having  treasures  of  the  culinary  art  lavished 
on  them.  In  other  words  you  might  as  well 
give  a  mad  man  bread  and  molasses,  which 
is  the  staple  of  diet  at  Napa,  as  to  set  before 
him  a  large  fillet  of  veal  well  larded  with 
bacon  and  done  in  its  own  gravy.  Again, 
the  celebrated  author  of  the  delicious  mot 
that  the  discovery  of  a  new  dish  does  more 
for  the  happiness  of  mankind  than  the  dis- 
covery of  a  new  planet,  tells  us  that  an  ap- 
petite such  as  one  gets  from  the  sight  of 
an  enormous  fowl  stuffed  to  repletion  with 
truffles,  causes  commotion  in  the  whole 
alimentary  system  :  the  gastric  juices  become 
active  and  all  the  digestive  powers  are  up 
in  arms  like  soldiers  ready  for  action,  wait- 
ing for  the  word  of  command.  As  it  is  im- 
portant that  insane  people  should  not  be 
excited,  it  is  evident  that  Lieutenant  Neylan 
himself  an  epicure  ever  since  he  got  attached 
to  the  public  crib,  is  doing  the  right  thing 
by  the  afflicted  wards  of  the  State  at  Napa. 


No.  1044 


Neylan  knows  better  than  to  threaten  the 
Napa  asylum  with  gjut.  Knows  also,  does 
Neylan,  that  when  Governor  Johnson  coined 
the  aphorism  that  a  man  must  eat,  he  meant 
a  iiuin  sound  of  mind  and  capable  of  ap- 
preciating cutlets  a  la  soubise  or  a  river 
pike  smothered  in  a  cream  of  prawns.  In 
all  the  circumstances  of  the  matter  we  arc 
surprised  that  Governor  Johnson  should  call 
the  Call  a  liar  while  admitting  that  he  knows 
nothing  of  the  food  at  the  asylum.  He 
ought  to  defend  his  Administration  on  the 
ground  of  his  tender  solicitude  for  the  insane. 


The  National  Habit 

Editorial  blasts  of  indignation  have  been 
sweeping  over  the  country  ever  since  the 
great  self-governing  American  flabbergul- 
lion  heard  the  astounding  news  of  graft  in 
the  New  York  police  department.  The 
newspapers  have  been  roused  to  a  high  pitch 
of  excitement  by  this  tremendous  scandal. 
It  is  evident  that  they  regard  it  as  extra- 
ordinary. Apparently  there  is  a  new  thrill 
in  it  for  the  virtuous  press.  A  stranger  from 
a  strange  land  reading  what  the  newspapers 
are  saying  about  graft  in  the  police  depart- 
ment of  the  American  Babylon  might  re- 
ceive the  impression  that  corruption  in 
municipal  government  is  something  exotic 
to  this  land  of  the  free  and  home  of  the 
brave.  And  what  the  good  citizens  of  New 
York  are  doing  might  deepen  this  impres- 
sion. The  good  citizens  of  New  York  have 
resolved  themselves  into  Vigilantes  for  the 
purpose  of  putting  an  end  to  corruption. 
The  explanation  of  it  all  is  that  we  are  a 
preposterously  optimistic  people  hopelessly 
addicted  to  cant.  We  are  starting  new  eras 
of  virtue  every  week.  The  wickedness  that 
is  exposed  in  the  morning  papers  is  abolished 
by  their  evening  contemporaries.  Of  course 
the  New  York  scandal  is  nothing  more  than 
a  fresh  manifestation  of  a  national  trait. 
l!ut  what  is  the  use  of  letting  ourselves  be 
shocked  by  a  daily  occurrence?  Why  roll 
our  eyes  in  horror  at  the  conunonplace  ? 
Why  talk  of  extirpating  what  is  ingrained? 
Doubtless  the  Vigilantes  of  New  York  are 
sincere  enough,  but  they  are  merely  a  fresh 
supply  of  incipient  reformers,  of  adolescent 
prophets  of  public  righteousness,  undertaking 
the  time-honored  mission  of  civic  salvation. 
They  will  clear  a  few  hurdles  of  holiness  on 
the  moral  track,  and  some  of  them  will  thus 
c|ualify  for  political  jobs  and  furnish  the 
scandals  of  the  next  administration.  So  it 
goes.  The  reformer  of  today  is  the  crook 
of  tomorrow;  not  only  in  New  York,  but 
wherever  the  flag  floats.  Nor  is  New  York 
the  only  city  in  the  throes  of  a  graft  scandal. 
In  Detroit,  Atlantic  City  and  half  a  dozen 
other  communities  there  are  men  under  in- 


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August  24,  1912 


dictment  for  crimes  committed  in  public 
office.  If  we  had  a  temple  to  be  closed  only 
when  virtue  reigned  supreme  in  public  office 
it  would  have  been  wide  open  for  twenty 
consecutive  years.  It  is  not  pleasant  to  ac- 
knowledge to  ourselves  that  corruption  is 
widespread  and  continuous,  but  it  might 
be  better  to  come  to  a  realization  of  the 
truth  than  to  cultivate  at  intervals  a  serene 
sense  of  public  trust  well  reposed  or  to  waste 
time  trying  to  make  righteousness  popular 
by  statutory  enactment. 


Morality  Without  Religion 

By  this  time  even  the  most  superficial  of 
observers  ought  to  be  able  to  see  that  there 
is  something  fundamentally  wrong  with  the 
state  of  society  in  this  land  where  crooks 
and  reformers,  patriots  and  knaves,  have  be- 
come convertible  terms.  We  are  a  hortatory 
people,  much  concerned  about  the  public 
conscience,  full  of  generous  illusions  and 
given  to  rhetorical  praise  of  lofty  ideals  that 
have  great  attraction  for  the  youthful  im- 
agination; but  the  sole  object  of  our  gov- 
ernment is  the  gratification  of  the  materialis- 
tic desires  of  the  masses.    Our  leaders  of 
public  thought  tell  us  our  troubles  are  wholly 
economic  in  their  nature,  and  that  they  can 
be  reached  by  some  vague  governmental 
process  designed  to  pass  prosperity  around ; 
and  these  men  by  their  very  schemes  of  im- 
provement seek  to  make  wholesale  dishon- 
esty a  public  virtue.    Now  the  widespread 
sordid  dishonesty  of  public  servants  is  not 
the  most  shocking  of  the  political  phenomena 
of  our  times.    Much  more  shocking  is  the 
intellectual  dishonesty  of  our  leaders  of  pub- 
lic thought  who  are  preaching  the  doctrine 
that  might  is  right.    We  have  reached  a 
point  where  the  most  transparent  humbug- 
gery  is  sanctified  by  a  label  that  represents 
it  to  be  "what  the  people  should  have."  Un- 
der the  tutelage  of  men  whom  we  accept  as 
our  moral  guides,  the  people  themselves  by 
fippeals  to  their  selfishness  are  becoming  ac- 
cessories to  enormous  injustice,  and  they  are 
building  up  a  government  that  promises  to 
be  a  colossal  skin-game.    The  great  stand- 
ing policy  of  civic  society  is  justice.    It  is 
the  life,  the  essential  of  all  good  government, 
yet  we  are  being  taught  to  cast  aside  its 
fundamental  principle  of  impartiality  and 
make  it  wholly  a  matter  of  might.  As- 
suredly there  is  something  fundamentally 
wrong  in  a  country  where  men  are  glorified 
for  preaching  dishonesty,  where  there  is  no 
rascal  too  vile  to  be  made  an  outcast  of  so- 
ciety if  he  can  get  himself  in  the  public  eye 
in  the  guise  of  a  friend  of  the  people.  Per- 
haps in  the  midst  of  our  materialism  we  have 
parted  company  with  the  eternal  inner  fact 
of  the  universe.    "In  the  center  of  the  world- 
whirlwind,"  says  Carlyle,  "verily  now  as  in 
the  oldest  days,  dwells  and  speaks  a  God." 
Of  this  fact,  strange  as  it  may  appear,  the 
people  of  this  country,  steeped  in  plenty, 
enervated  by  a  lust  for  pleasure,  greatly 
need  to  be  reminded.    Perhaps  it  would  be 
well  for  them  to  have  it  impressed  upon 
them  that  religion  is  the  spice  essential  to 
the    preserving   of   life    from  corruption. 


Strong  for  morality  are  the  people,  and  thus 
they  seem  to  be  a  living  exemplification  of 
what  has  often  been  said,— that  morality 
which  is  divorced  from  godliness,  however 
specious  and  captivating  to  the  eye,  is  super- 
ficial and  deceptive.  There  is  little  of  en- 
thusiasm for  religion  in  this  country.  To 
the  masses  of  the  people  the  spiritual  world 
has  no  meaning.  The  dissemination  of  that 
greatest  of  all  evils,  "a  little  learning,"  has 
made  men  superficial  and  the  masses  scep- 
tical. We  have  developed  among  us  an  in- 
dividualistic gospel,  a  doctrine  that  every 
man  should  help  himself  and  that  if  he  fails 
it  is  his  own  fault.  We  have  a  lot  of  sanc- 
timonious worldliness  in  the  churches,  but 
nowhere  is  there  any  concern  for  the  deeper, 
inner  nature  of  man.  The  soul  is  ap- 
proached through  the  formulas  of  psychol- 
ogy, and  morality  is  a  matter  of  each  man's 
conscience  reinforced  by  the  principle  of  ex- 
pediency. We  try  to  make  men  better  by 
abating  temptation.  On  the  same  principle 
we  might  try  to  make  a  child  brave  by 
rendering  him  ignorant  of  danger;  or  a  man 
chaste  by  qualifying  him  for  a  job  in  a 
harem.  Among  a  people  where  there  is  lit- 
tle reverence  for  God,  how  absurd  to  expect 
the  institutions  of  the  country  to  be  held 
sacred !  When  honor  and  decency  have  no 
better  recommendation  than  consideration  of 
the  general  good  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  individuals  frequently  deem  dishonesty 
the  best  policy  for  themselves.  And  after 
all  if  man-made  law  has  no  higher  sanction 
than  the  will  of  the  majority,  what  is  there 
in  the  nature  of  man  to  constrain  him  to 
obedience?  Of  course  there  will  be  a  re- 
vival of  religious  feeling.  At  intervals  the 
world  forgets  God,  but  God  is  never  un- 
mindful of  the  world. 


Lincoln  and  Roosevelt — A  Contrast 

Nowadays  the  people  think  more  of  their 
idol  than  of  their  God.  and  their  idol  is 
Theodore  Roosevelt.  To  him  they  look  for 
the  precepts  of  their  morality.  He  is  their 
light  and  their  hope.  From  him  comes  the 
stimulus  to  all  things  pertaining  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  body;  but  of  stimulus  to  spiritual 
improvement,  nothing  at  all.  Yet  he  insists 
on  likening  himself  unto  Abraham  Lincoln. 
Between  Lincoln  and  Roosevelt  there  was 
the  essential  difference  between  the  faith  oi 
the  Puritan  which  is  confined  to  the  head 
and  the  faith  of  the  lover  of  God's  handiwork 
which  sanctifies  the  heart  and  warms  the 
soul  with  sublime  ideas  and  lofty  concep- 
tions. Between  them  there  was  also  the 
difference  of  their  times.  In  Lincoln's  day 
there  was  still  in  this  country  much  of  the 
religious  sentiment  that  is  to  be  found  ex- 
pressed in  nearly  all  State  papers  from  the 
very  foundation  of  the  Republic,  from  the 
time  of  Washington,  who  so  often  invoked 
divine  blessing,  and  who  told  the  people  that 
"reason  and  experience  both  forbid  us  to  ex- 
pect that  national  morality  can  prevail  in  ex- 
clusion of  religious  principles."  Fancy  a 
statesman  of  today  giving  utterance  to  such 
a  sentiment!  Or  fancy  a  political  orator 
telling  the  people  in  the  language  of  Daniel 


Webster  that  he  did  not  know  what  was  to 
become  of  us  as  a  nation  "if  religious  books 
were  not  circulated  among  the  masses  and  if 
the  people  did  not  become  more  religious" ! 
The  people  of  these  times  are  too  smart  to 
take  seriously  the  preachings  of  their  fore- 
fathers. But  when  they  hear  the  Colonel 
say  that  it's  good  to  be  good  and  bad  to  be 
bad  they  applaud  with  all  their  fists.  They 
accept  the  sentiment  as  the  Gospel  of  Theo- 
dore, who,  in  all  his  public  career,  has  never 
had  the  generosity  to  acknowledge  God  ex- 
cept in  Thanksgiving  Day  proclamations 
which  custom  required  him  to  write. 
Let  us  observe  how  in  his  character- 
istic unwavering  loyalty  to  self  he  marks  the 
difference  between  himself  and  Lincoln. 
Let  us  consult  Lincoln  at  random  in  a  few 
of  his  papers.  Accepting  the  nomination 
for  the  Presidency  on  May  23,  1860,  Lincoln 
implored  "the  assistance  of  Divine  Prov- 
idence." In  an  address  at  Springfield  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1861,  he  said,  "Without  the  assist- 
ance of  that  Di\  ine  Being  who  ever  attended 
him  (Washington)  I  cannot  succeed."  In 
an  address  to  the  Legislature  at  Columbus, 
February  13,  1861,  he  said:  "I  turn  and  look 
to  the  great  American  people  and  to  that 
God  who  has  never  forsaken  them" ;  and 
again :  "All  we  want  is  time,  patience  and  a 
reliance  on  that  God  who  has  never  forsaken 
this  people."  In  his  first  inaugural  address 
he  said:  "If  the  Almight}'  Ruler  of  Nations, 
with  his  eternal  truth  and  justice  be  on  your 
side  of  the  North,  or  on  yours  of  the  South, 
that  truth  and  that  justice  will  surely  pre- 
vail"; also,  "Intelligence,  patriotism,  Chris- 
tianity and  a  firm  reliance  on  Him  who  has 
never  yet  forsaken  this  favored  land,"  etc. 
In  his  message  to  Congress  December  3, 
1861,  he  wrote:  "In  the  midst  of  unpreced- 
ented political  troubles  we  have  cause  of 
great  gratitude  to  God  for  unusual  good 
health  and  abundant  harvests."  In  a  proc- 
lamation May  19,  1862,  he  wrote:  "So  much 
good  has  not  been  done  by  one  effort  in  all 
past  time  as  in  the  providence  of  God  it  is 
now  your  high  privilege  to  do."  In  his  an- 
nual message,  December  1,  1862,  he  wrote: 
"While  it  has  not  pleased  the  Almighty  to 
bless  us  with  a  return  of  peace,  we  can  but 
press  on,  guided  by  the  best  light  He  gives 
us,  trusting  that  in  His  good  time  and  wise 
way.  all  will  yet  be  well."  Lincoln  closed 
the  Emancipation  Proclamation  with  these 
words:  "I  invoke  the  considerate  judgment 
of  mankind  and  the  gracious  favor  of  Al- 
mighty God."  To  James  C.  Conkling.  Au- 
gust 26,  1863,  he  wrote:  "Let  us  diligently 
apply  the  means,  never  doubting  that  a  just 
God,  in  His  own  good  time,  will  give  us  the 
rightful  result."  In  his  Gettysburg  address 
he  exhorted  his  hearers  to  resolve  that  the 
nation  should  have  a  new  birth  of  freedom 
"under  God."  He  closed  an  address  at  a 
Fair,  March  18,  1864,  with  these  words:  "I 
will  close  by  saying,  God  bless  the  women 
of  America."  And  there  were  no  votes  by 
women  in  those  days.  Had  we  the  space  we 
could  fill  the  page  wdth  similar  sentiments 
from  the  lips  and  pen  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 
Where  are  such  sentiments  to  be  found  in 
the  works  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  ?  The  pres- 


August  24,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


5 


ent  idol  of  the  American  people  is  typical 
of  the  people.  He  is  a  man  devoid  of  spirit- 
ual insight,  a  man  with  an  eye  exclusively 
for  externals,  the  very  kind  of  man  that  has 
appeared  on  the  earth  at  intervals  in  the 
world's  history  to  scourge  nations,  never  to 
lead  them  to  great  triumphs. 


Colonel  Facing-Both-Ways 

The  leading  Socialist  organ  of  the  United 
States  says  that  the  Roosevelt  platform  "in- 
volving everything  practically  known  as 
'State  Socialism'  "  will  "attract  thousands, 
possibly  hundreds  of  thousands  of  voters 
whose  ballots  would  have  been  cast  for  the 
Socialist  candidate  had  Theodore  not  entered 
the  field  in  this  manner."  Nevertheless  the 
Socialist  organ  is  not  at  all  displeased.  It 
says:  "If  we  cannot  immediately  rend  the 
capitalist  system  to  pieces,  we  can  force  its 
champions  to  do  the  preliminary  tearing  and 
shredding  of  the  rotten  old  system,  and  it  is 
not  altogether  an  unpleasant  sign  to  behold." 
The  Colonel  has  manoeuvred  himself  into  a 
very  happy  position ;  he  is  acceptable  at  once 
to  the  Socialists  and  to  their  enemies.  A 
curiously  equivocal  position  is  the  Colonel's, 
and  the  anomaly  of  it  becomes  all  the  more 
interesting  when  we  reflect  that  while  the 


Socialists  are  for  him,  thinking  it  to  be  his 
purpose  to  tear  the  fabric  of  government  to 
tatters,  their  enemies  are  for  him  being  con- 
vinced that  his  plan  is  one  of  conciliation 
by  deception.    Mr.  Charles  Wheeler,  ardent 
disciple  of  the  man  whom  he  likens  unto 
Peter  the  Hermit,  summed  the  matter  up 
some  time  ago  when  he  said  it  was  neces- 
sary to  save  the  country  from  Socialism  by 
electing  Mr.  Roosevelt,  as  he  was  the  only 
man  able  to  gain  the  confidence  of  Socialists 
and  Anarchists.    But  fully  to  appreciate  the 
Colonel's  bewildering  versatility  we  must 
consider  that  notwithstanding  his  success  as 
a  political  strategist  there  are  thousands  of 
people  for  him  on  no  other  theory  than  that 
he  is  not  a  politician.    Indeed  his  most  en- 
thusiastic supporters  are  men  and  women 
who  believe  that  he  despises  politicians.  The 
Colonel  is  a  wonderful  man  with  genius  for 
reducing  a  lie  to  practice.    If  he  is  not  a 
politician,  he  certainly  seems  to  bear  out 
Shakespeare's  definition  of  one — a  man  that 
would  circumvent  God.    But  with  all  his 
skill  in  the  science  of  exigencies,  in  the  art 
of  cheating,  in  the  business  of  double-deal- 
ing, how  much  more  exalted  a  personage  he 
would  be  did  he  take  as  much  pains  to  be 
what  he  ought  as  to  disguise  what  he  is. 
And  after  all  is  not  the  popularity  of  the 


Colonel  due  as  much  to  the  perversity  of  a 
large  element  of  the  people  as  to  his  talent 
for  deception?  Human  nature  is  the  Col- 
onel's coadjutor,  for,  as  we  know,  "man- 
kind in  the  gross  is  a  gaping  monster  that 
loves  to  be  deceived  and  is  seldom  disap- 
pointed." This  is  a  circumstance  greatly  in 
the  Colonel's  favor,  and  there  is  the  equally 
propitious  circumstance  that  success  in  in- 
tellectual dishonesty  is  as  much  admired  by 
the  American  people  as  any  other  kind  of 
success.  The  very  art  of  the  demagogue  has 
come  to  be  admired  among  us.  What  is  a 
political  platform  but  a  species  of  deception? 
And  do  we  not  applaud  the  ingenuity  with 
which  politicians  construct  platforms  to 
cozen  voters?  This  cheating  has  become  so 
old  a  story  that  the  Colonel  to  improve  upon 
it  calls  his  platform  a  "covenant  with  the 
people,"  and  adopts  it  to  the  tune  of  the 
Doxology.  Having  made  a  virtue  of  in- 
sincerity, he  takes  to  religion  for  the  first 
time  in  his  career,  borrowing  a  shibboleth 
from  the  Bible  to  sanctify  deceit  that  it  may 
with  propriety  facilitate  the  violation  of  the 
most  sacred  obligations.  Yet  it  is  hard  to 
say  whether  the  Colonel  is  more  admired 
for  what  he  is  than  for  what  he  pretends 
to  be. 


There  is  a  Lmd  whose  streams  did  wind 

More  winningly  than  these, 
Where  finer  shadows  played  behind 

The  clean-stemmed  beechen  trees. 
The  maidens  there  were  deeper  eyed. 

The  lads  more  swift  and  fair, 
And  angels  walked  at  each  one's  side — 

Would  God  that  I  were  there! 


A  Mortgaged  Inheritance 

By  Anna  Bunston 

Here  daffodils  are  dressed  in  gold 

But  there  they  wore  the  sun, 
And  here  the  blooms  are  bought  and  sold 

But  there  God  gave  each  one. 
There  all  roads  led  to  fairyland 

That  here  do  lead  to  care. 
And  stars  were  lamps  on  Heaven's  strand — 

Would  God  that  I  were  there! 


Here  worship  crawls  upon  her  course 

But  there  with  larks  would  cope. 
And  here  her  voice  with  doubt  is  hoarse 

But  there  was  sweet  with  hope. 
O  Land  of  Peace!  my  spirit  dies 

For  thy  once  tasted  air, 
O  earliest  Loss!    O  latest  Prize! — 

Would  God  that  I  were  there! 


Perspective  Impressions 


There  is  more  monologue  than  Decalogue  in 
the  Bull  Moose  sermons. 


Gibbon  on  the  political  situation;  or  what  the 
historian  may  say  of  Teddy:  "The  Emperor  Nepos 
was  acknowledged  by  the  Senate,  by  the  Italians, 
and  by  the  provincials  of  Gaul;  his  moral  virtues 
and  military  talents  were  loudly  celebrated;  and 
those  who  derived  any  private  benefit  from  his 
government  announced  in  prophetic  strains  the 
restoration  of  public  felicity."    (Decline  and  Fall.) 


We  are  getting  tired  of  these  Joans  of  Arc  that 
bob  up  every  week  either  in  suffrage  circles  or  in 
Mexican  sham  battles. 


The  acquittal  of  Darrow  probably  means  that 
it  is  worse  to  deal  with  an  informer  than  to  bribe 
a  jury. 


David  Starr  Jordan  standing  in  with  the  seal 
slaughterers?  Nonsense!  Prexy  Dave  loves  the 
seals  and  hates  their  sordid  destroyers.  'Pon  liis 
soul  he  does. 


Gasoline  having  become  one  of  the  necessaries 
of  life,  the  price  is  soaring,  and  many  automo- 
bilists  will  have  to  put  a  second  mortgage  on  their 
homes  or  else  abandon,  the  machine  that  oc- 
casioned the  first  plaster. 


Another  statue  is  to  be  erected  in  Golden  Gate 
Park.  After  a  while  we  shall  begin  cutting  down 
trees  to  make  room  for  the  sculptures. 


An  attorney  by  the  name  of  O'Connell  has  ad- 
vised the  Supervisors  that  if  they  purchase  the 
Spring  Valley  system  for  $38,500,000  they  wil! 
give  the  death-blow  to  the  public  ownership  prin- 
ciple in  San  Francisco.  That's  the  best  reason 
we've  heard  yet  for  putting  the  deal  through. 


The  press  despatcli  from  Reno  to  the  effect 
that  chanticleer  has  made  himself  a  nuisance  to 
the  ladies  of  the  divorce  colony  who  have  asked 
the  authorities  to  interdict  the  crowing  of  the 
cocks  was  probably  written  by  that  droll  humor- 
ist Sam  Davis  in  the  hope  of  inducing  other  wits 
to  make  appropriate  remarks. 


Judging  from  the  devotion  of  Marjorie  More- 
land  Nat  Goodwin's  ante-marital  fascinations  are 
as  strong  as  ever. 


Editor  Earle  predicts  that  Governor  Johnson 
will  be  the  Progressive  candidate  in  1916.  Town 
Talk  ventures  the  prediction  that  the  leading 
Progressives  will  be  fighting  like  cats  and  dogs 
before  the  end  of  1913,  and  to  vindicate  its  con- 
fidence in  its  power  of  vaticination  will  bet  the 
price  of  a  year's  subscription  against  a  fraction 
of  the  profits  of  Earle's  sinning  that  the  prophecy 
will  come  true. 


The  New  York  Sun  says  that  the  Panama  Canal 
bill  violates  the  spirit  and  letter  of  a  treaty  in 
which  the  honor  and  good  faith  of  the  nation  are 
pledged;  discriminates  between  citizens  of  this 
country,  providing  that  some  may  use  the  canal 
and  denying  the  privilege  to  others:  seeks  to  con- 
fer on  an  executive  commission  the  power  to 
legislate.  All  of  which  is  true,  but  why  halt  at 
treaty  obligations,  or  the  rights  of  the  minority, 
or  the  Constitution,  at  a  time  when  Progressive- 
ness  is  in  the  air? 


TOWN  TALK 


August  24,  1912 


Correspondence 


Politeness — An  Englishman's  Lecture 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Far  away  from  my 
home  I  find  that  the  habit  which  you  Americans 
say  is  strong  in  all  Englishmen  is  not  to  be 
shaken  off.  I  must  write  to  the  press.  As  San 
Francisco  has  no  Saturday  Review  I  write  to 
Town  Talk.  What  I  wish  to  talk  about  is  the 
strange  behaviour  of  people  in  your  hotel  dining 
rooms.  I  have  noticed  that  when  a  person  stops 
at  a  table  to  talk  to  friends,  the  friends  rise 
to  their  feet  and  keep  standing  during  the  con- 
versation. I  have  inquired  about  this  because  it 
makes  me  nervous  to  see  people  on  their  feet 
letting  their  food  get  cold.  I  have  been  told  that 
it  is  an  act  of  courtesy  imported  from  Europe. 
If  it  has  no  other  recommendation  it  should  be 
discontinued,  as  no  such  practice  is  carried  on 
anywhere  in  Europe  unless  it  be  by  touring 
Americans.  In  London  when  a  person  visits  at 
your  table,  if  he  is  a  stranger  and  is  introduced 
it  is  but  proper  to  rise  for  the  introduction,  but 
you  all  do  not  keep  standing.  You  invite  the 
visitor  to  sit  down.  It  is  perfectly  proper  to  sit 
while  talking  to  a  standing  friend,  for  you  must 
assume  that  he  would  not  be  so  boorish  as  to  ex- 
pect you  to  desert  your  meal  to  pay  him  a  mere 
courtesy.  The  practice  as  I  have  seen  it  carried 
on  in  this  city  is  distressing  to  observers  who 
are  made  nervous  waiting  for  the  session  to  come 
to  an  end.    True  politeness  is  perfect  ease  and 


freedom.  It  is  kindness  or  it  may  be  fictitious 
benevolence  in  small  things,  or  self-denial,  or  con- 
sideration of  others.  The  courtesy  I  have  been 
speaking  of  is  none  of  these  things.  It  is  a  stiff 
civility,  which  is  never  true  politeness.  It  is 
not  even  good  sense,  and  good  sense  is  an  es- 
sential of  all  forms  of  politeness.  Pardon  me 
for  appearing  to  be  didactic  among  people  whom 
I  am  visiting.  I  know  I  write  at  the  hazard  of 
being  suspected  of  presuming  to  teach  manners 
to  people  whose  manners  are  their  own  business. 
Perhaps  I  will  be  told  that  the  essence  of  polite- 
ness is  to  do  in  Rome  as  the  Romans  do.  My 
excuse  is  that  I  am  told  you  are  imitating  the 
manners  of  Europe.    I  know  you  are  not. 

Respectfully, 

— A  Globe-trotter. 


Mary  Austin  Explains 

456  Riverside  Drive,  N.  Y., 
August  12,  1912. 

Editor  Town  Talk,  San  Francisco,  Dear  Sir: 
Never  did  I  feel  my  typewriter — on  which  you 
will  admit  I  am  a  fairly  fluent  performer — so  fail 
me  as  on  reading  your  interesting  allegation  as 
to  the  autobiographical  character  of  my  forthcom- 
ing novel,  A  Woman  of  Genius. 

Of  course  I  should  like  tremendously  to  be 
thought  a  genius,  even  bearing  in  mind  that  a 
genius  is  not  in  the  least  what  the  people  who 


use  that  term  oftenest,  think  it  is;  and  I  begin 
to  believe  that  I  must  be  if  I  can  write  a  piece 
of  pure  fiction  which  the  perspicacious  editor  of 
Town  Talk  can  mistake  for  a  personal  confes- 
sion. It  is  a  great  compliment,  and  I  am  trying 
to  take  it  that  way,  but  if  you  read  the  novel 
quite  on  to  the  end,  as  I  hope  you  will  soon 
have  an  opportunity  of  doing,  you  will  discover 
several  reasons  why  I  shouldn't  want  the  person- 
ality of  the  heroine  confounded  with  my  own. 
And  besides,  if  I  wanted  to  say  I  am  a  genius,  I 
should  say  so  right  out — indirection  not  being  one 
of  the  weaknesses  I  am  charged  with.  But  since 
I  infer  that  you  put  the  two  things  in  opposition, 
I  couldn't  be  a  genius,  for  though  I  do  not  recol- 
lect that  I  ever  made  sixteen  pies  in  a  morning, 
I  can  bake  very  good  pies,  which  would  put  me 
completely  out  of  the  running. 

Moreover,  if  you  will  only  stop  to  consider,  it 
is  a  matter  of  personal  advantage  for  readers  to 
unite  in  squashing  any  suspicion  of  autobiography 
in  a  novel.  Think  what  a  lot  of  good  reading  you 
will  miss  if  I  feel  beforehand  that  I  am  to  be 
saddled  with  all  the  sins  of  my  heroines! 

All  the  rest  is  true  I  think,  about  my  not  writ- 
ing any  more  about  the  desert,  and  about  my  com- 
ing home  to  vote  the  Progressive  ticket  and  be- 
ing jolly  well  pleased  to  get  there. 

Good  Hunting  to  you! 

— Mary  Austin. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Sig^nifi  cant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


Aviation  in  the  Sahara 

The  French  have  established  a  station  on  the 
northern  edge  of  the  Sahara  near  Biskra  to  study 
air  flights  in  the  desert,  not  only  between  neigh- 
boring oases  but  eventually,  as  they  hope,  clear 
across  the  great  waste  to  French  posts  in  the 
western  Sudan.  Their  intention  is  to  make  a  study 
of  the  best  route  across  the  desert  by  way  of 
oases,  to  be  used  as  stopping  and  supply  stations. 
At  each  halting  place  in  the  Sahara  repair  shops 
and  full  supplies  of  aeroplane  stores  are  to  be 
maintained.  Such  an  enterprise  involves  great 
problems.  Some  stations  in  the  oases  will  be  far 
apart  and  an  accident  might  leave  an  aviator 
stranded  in  the  desert  eighty  or  a  hundred  miles 
from  a  place  of  succor.  In  such  an  event  his  case, 
the  French  admit,  would  be  hopeless.  They  say 
that  airships  should  not  be  sent  on  the  journey 
across  the  Sahara  except  in  groups  of  three.  If 
such  an  accident  occurs  one  or  two  of  the  airships 
would  go  on  to  the  nearest  station.  The  French 
are  now  maintaining  as  mounts  at  all  their  desert 
stations  a  supply  of  specially  trained  fleet  camels, 
and  with  their  aid  relief  could  rapidly  be  taken 
to  the  scene  of  an  accident. 


France  and  the  Vatican 

It  is  being  said  in  Paris  and  Rome  that  France 
may  seek  to  re-establish  friendly  relations  with 
the  Pope.  The  report  has  been  denied  in  Rome, 
but  the  story  persists.  It  seems  that  France 
recognizes  the  need  of  Papal  friendship.  The 
Morocco  missions,  for  one  thing,  are  maintained 
by  Spanish  priests,  and  this  is  a  source  of  em- 
barrassment to  the  republic.  France,  too,  is  the 
traditional  protector  of  Christians  in  the  Orient. 
The  fact  that  since  the  wave  of  anti-clericalism 


By  Robert  McTavish 

swept  over  French  politics  this  protection  has 
been  discontinued  has  caused  considerable  loss 
of  French  prestige  among  Oriental  and  Moham- 
medan peoples.  It  is  being  said  that  Poincare, 
the  French  prime  minister,  is  alive  to  the  advan- 
tages which  would  follow  some  sort  of  friendly 
understanding  with  the  Vatican  and  that  he  is 
eager  to  bring  it  about.  So  the  pendulum  may 
begin  to  swing  the  other  way  in  France,  and  the 
Church  may  come  back  to  her  own. 


Where  Icarus  Died 

As  Joe  Redding,  who  has  read  his  Ovid 
knows,  Daedalus  couldn't  escape  from  the  island 
of  Crete  because  Minos  kept  strict  watch  on  all 
the  vessels.  So  Daedalus  made  wings  for  himself 
and  his  son  Icarus,  and  they  flew  away.  They 
passed  Samos  and  Delos  on  the  left  and  Lebynthos 
on  the  right.  But  Icarus  flew  too  near  the  sun, 
the  wax  melted  and  his  wings  fell  off.  The  poor 
boy  was  drowned  in  the  sea.  Daedalus  buried 
him  on  an  island  which  he  called  Icaria  in  mem- 
ory of  the  lad.  That  was  a  long  time  ago.  To- 
day the  island  of  Icaria  or  Nicaria,  as  it  is  also 
called,  is  one  of  the  least  important  in  the  Aegean 
Sea.  It  is  occupied  almost  solely  by  charcoal 
burners  of  Greek  nationality.  The  principal  town 
is  Mesaria  which  has  about  two  hundred  houses. 
Turkish  officials  ruled  the  Greeks  and  exacted  an 
annual  triubte  for  the  Pasha  of  Rhodes.  But  the 
other  day  the  Greeks  threw  off  the  Turkish  yoke 
and  proclaimed  their  independence.  They  im- 
prisoned all  the  Turkish  officials.  They  could  do 
this  because  Turkey  is  too  busy  fighting  Italy  to 
bother  about  a  little  place  like  the  island  where 
Icarus  is  buried. 


Suffrage  and  Sex  Questions 

Attention  is  being  called  in  the  London  papers 
to  what  Mrs.  Humphrey  Ward  has  designated 
the  "dark  and  dangerous"  side  of  suffrage.  The 
suffragette  societies  arc  charged  with  lending 
their  support  to  papers  in  which  the  conventional 
views  of  morality  are  ridiculed,  sex  war  is  en- 
couraged and  free  love  advocated.  It  has  been 
shown  that  the  "Free  Woman,"  a  paper  which 
publishes  many  objectionable  articles,  has  been 
indorsed  by  the  suffragette  societies.  The  nature 
of  the  articles  in  the  "Free  Woman"  may  be 
judged  from  their  titles:  "The  Children  of  the 
State,"  "The  Immorality  of  the  .Marriage  Con- 
tract," "Comrade  Love,"  "Problems  of  Celibacy," 
"Spinsters  and  Art,"  "Sex  Equality,"  "Endow- 
ment of  Motherhood,"  "Neomalthusianism"  and 
"The  Right  to  Love."  Book  shops  devoted  to  the 
literature  of  the  suffrage  movement  sell  books 
which,  it  is  said,  are  of  such  a  kind  that  they 
cannot  be  quoted  from  in  a  newspaper. 


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TOWN  TALK 


7 


Varied  Types 


I  was  not  exactly  overwhelmed  by  surprise  to 
hear  that  there  were  a  lot  of  spurious  master- 
pieces in  San  Francisco.  I  had  suspected  as 
much.  Why  not?  The  greatest  expert  in  the 
world,  Dr.  Bode  of  Berlin,  was  fooled  with  a 
fake  da  Vinci  bust.  The  utterers  of  counterfeits 
dupe  Pierpont  Morgan  once  a  month.  Even  the 
great  Henry  E.  Huntington  paid  fifty  thousand 
for  a  Gutenberg  Bible  which  was  not  a  Gutenberg. 
So  why  shouldn't  our  unsophisticated  connois- 
seurs of  San  Francisco,  our  ingenuous  splurgers 
in  art,  our  gullible  esthetes  who  go  blindly  bar- 
gaining with  open  check  books,  why  shouldn't 
they  fall  victims  to  the  wiles  of  the  gold  brick 
operators?  Most  natural  thing  in  the  world.  Not 
being  a  hunter  of  old  masters  myself  I  refrained 
from  fainting  with  confusion  when  I  learned  that 
every  private  gallery  in  San  Francisco  and  here- 
about sheltered  canvasses  not  worth  their  weight 
in  tent  cloth. 

But  I  was  a  bit  doubtful  when  I  got  the  in- 
formation from  an  auctioneer.  Auctioneers  arc 
a  race  apart.  Every  man's  hand  is  against  the 
auctioneer  at  some  time  or  another.  His  hammer 
never  falls  that  it  doesn't  bruise  a  hundred  itching 
fingers.  His  "Sold!"  is  never  bellowed  that  it 
doesn't  buy  a  score  of  animosities.  And  so,  when 
an  auctioneer  impugns  the  intelligence  of  those 
who  have  sat  before  his  rostrum,  when  he  sug- 
gests that  they  don't  know  everything,  the  in- 
sulted will  naturally  protrude  the  nether  lip  and 
pass  on,  sneering: 

"What  does  he  know  about  art?" 

Auctioneer  Ed  Curtis  knows  oodles  about  art. 
Auctioneer  Ed  Curtis  has  knocked  down  every- 
thing in  his  fifty  years  with  the  hammer  from 
stallions  to  McGuffey's  Fifth  Readers.  But  art  is 
the  hobby  of  Major  Curtis,  (he's  a  "chiv"  and 
they  call  him  "Major"  at  the  Southern  Club). 

Years  ago  in  New  Orleans  bitter  experience 
taught  him  that  it  was  money  in  the  purse  to 
know  about  art.  That  was  the  time  he  received  a 
picture  as  "lagniappe"  and  sold  it  for  five  hundred 
dollars  to  an  expert  who  let  Mrs.  Potter  Palmer 
have  it  for  twenty-five  thousand.  It  happened 
to  be  a  Van  Dyke,  and  the  expert  knew  it  while 
Curtis  did  not.  But  the  transaction  impressed 
upon  him  the  desirability  of  knowing  a  master- 
piece when  it  was  stuck  under  his  nose. 

There  are  people  in  San  Francisco  who  will  in- 
sist that  Ed  Curtis  is  just  as  far  away  from  art 
knowledge  now  as  he  was  then.  But  I  have  a 
shrewd  suspicion  that  they  are  the  people  who 
will  be  chiefly  interested  in  the  following  little 
colloquy  I  had  with  him. 

"Do  you  remember  that  loan  exhibition  at  the 
Palace?"  I  asked  him. 

"Very  well,  indeed,"  he  answered. 

"All  the  pictures  bore  great  names,"  I  re- 
minded.   "Were  they  all  genuine?" 

Major  Curtis  has  been  judging  pictures  for 
many  years.  When  he  examines  a  picture  he 
cocks  his  right  eye  and  takes  in  the  canvas  with 
his  clear  blue  left.  Cocking  that  right  eye  has 
become  second  nature.  But  he  sometimes  cocks 
it  in  a  wink,  an  auctioneer's  facetious  and  drolatic 
wink.  I'm  afraid  that's  what  he  did  when  I 
asked   that  question. 

"There  were  some  villainous  things  in  that  ex- 
1  ibition."  he  said. 

"For  instance,"  said  I. 

"Well,"  he  answered,  cocking  the  eye  again  and 


LXXXVIII— EDWARD  CURTIS 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

tracing  with  one  hand  the  graceful  outward  curve 
of  one  waxed  mustachio,  "there  was  a  Corot 
painted  by  a  local  man." 

"Is  it  possible?"  I  exclaimed. 

"Well,"  he  said,  cocking  that  eye  again  and 
fondling  his  other  waxed  mustachio  with  his  other 
hand,  "I  met  the  man  in  question  at  the  exhibi- 
tion. He  was  standing  before  the  Corot  he  had 
painted,  admiring  it. 

"'You  rogue,'  I  whispered,  'I  am  beginning  to 
recognize  your  handiwork  at  sight.' 

"And  the  forger  laughed  as  he  passed  on  to  a 
Corot  which  Corot  had  painted." 

Wild  horses  will  not  draw  from  me  the  name 
of  the  painter  Curtis  mentioned,  or  the  name  of 
the  owner  of  the  spurious  Corot.  Where  ignor- 
ance is  bliss  I  shall  never  interfere  to  bring  fool- 
ish wisdom. 

"But  is  that  sort  of  thing  common?"  I  de- 
manded, seemingly  much  wrought  up  over  the 
sorry  condition  of  the  dupes. 

"Why,"  said  Curtis,  soothing  his  silver  goatee, 
"the  man  who  painted  that  Corot  told  me  one 
day,  not  very  long  ago,  that  a  certain  art  dealer 
in  San  Francisco  gave  him  an  order  for  half  a 
dozen  Keiths." 

I  was  too  shocked  for  words. 

"But  there  is  a  law  of  compensation,"  con- 
tinued Curtis.  "This  art  dealer  is  frequently 
fooled  himself.  When  he  goes  to  Europe  he 
brings  back  many  spurious  pictures,  although  he 
distrusts  his  own  judgment  and  buys  through 
a  commissionaire.  But  he  sells.  Yes,  he  sells. 
He  has  a  way  of  covering  his  customers  with 
the  slime  of  flattery.  That  makes  it  easier  for 
him  to  swallow  them. 

"Speaking  of  art  dealers,  have  you  heard  how- 
Ferdinand  Reis  almost  lost  a  fine  Jules  Dupre?" 

"How  was  that?"  I  asked. 

"It  was  when  I  was  selling  the  Trumbo  pic- 
tures," explained  Curtis.  "Mr.  Reis  who  has  an 
excellent  collection,  fancied  a  Jules  Dupre  with 
two  cows  in  it.  The  dealer  I  speak  of  got  up  on 
a  ladder  to  examine  it.  He  got  down  and  shook 
his  head. 

"  'I  didn't  know  Jules  Dupre  painted  cattle,'  he 
said  with  a  sneer. 

"  'I've  seen  a  dozen  such  in  Europe,'  Mr.  Reis 
replied  quietly.    And  he  bought  it  for  $1,100." 

"Did  Reis  get  it  cheap?"  I  asked. 

"The  second  greatest  art  expert  in  the  world 
saw  that  Dupre  in  Mr.  Reis'  rooms  at  the  Pa- 
cific-Union Club,"  was  the  reply,  "and  offered 
$10,000  for  it. 

"I  refer  to  Professor  Alfred  Chatain,  a  pupil  of 
Gerome,  a  member  of  the  Beaux  Arts,  buyer  for 
Gates,  Morgan  and  Dickerman,  for  Glaenzer  and 
Knoedler  and,  after  Dr.  Bode  of  Berlin,  the  best 
judge  of  a  picture  in  the  world.  Chatain  is  my 
friend,  has  been  ever  since  I  sold  him  that  Van 
Dyke  in  New  Orleans  for  $500.  That  was  the 
nucleus  of  his  fortune.    Today  he  is  a  millionaire. 

"I  induced  Chatain  to  come  here  after  the 
Trumbo  sale  to  look  at  some  of  the  pictures  1 
had  sold.  Mr.  Reis  bought,  besides  the  Dupre, 
a  Van  Marcke,  a  Charles  Jacque,  a  Diaz  and  a 
Gerome.  The  Van  Marcke  and  the  Jacque  Pro- 
fessor Chatain  pronounced  genuine.  The  Ger- 
ome was  a  picture  of  a  lion  and  a  lioness.  Cha- 
tain said  that  the  animals  were  the  work  of 
Gerome  but  that  the  detail  of  the  painting  had 


been  done  by  a  pupil.  The  Diaz  was  the  only 
one  about  which  I  had  had  any  doubt.  Chatain 
pronounced  it  a  forgery,  but  he  said  that  it  had 
been  painted  by  Diaz'  son-in-law  who  was  just 
as  good  an  artist  and  whose  works  commanded 
just  as  high  a  price  as  Diaz'." 

"Were  there  any  other  bargains  at  the  Trumbo 
sale?" 

"Yes,  John  Martin  bought  a  Henner  for  $750. 
Chatain  authorized  me  to  obtain  it  from  Mr. 
Martin  for  $5,000,  but  of  course  Mr.  Martin 
would  not  sell. 

"While  Chatain  was  here  I  took  him  out  to 
the  Park  Museum  to  see  Miss  Spooner's  Millet. 
You  remember — the  one  which  was  stolen  and 
recovered.  Miss  Spooner  values  it  at  $5,000.  As 
you  know,  there  have  been  questions  as  to  its 
genuineness.  When  Chatain  looked  at  it  he  said: 
'Can  you  get  it  for  me?    I'll  pay  $10,000.' 

"Of  a  supposed  Correggio  in  the  Havens  gal- 
lery he  said:  'It  is  not  a  Correggio,  but  it  is 
worth  $50,000.'  But  he  would  not  tell  me  what 
it  was. 

"He  is  a  peculiar  man,  Chatain.  His  ways 
are  brusque,  embarrassing  at  times.  When  he 
was  here  we  were  together  in  many  drawing 
rooms  where  pictures  were  hung.  He  would 
often  shudder  as  he  looked  at  them  and  say  with 
a  grimace,  'Two  cents  a  dozen.' " 

The  mention  of  the  Park  Museum  brought  to 
mind  the  Keith  exhibition  which  is  being  held 
there.  So  when  Curtis  had  finished  with  Pro- 
fessor Chatain  I  asked  him  about  Keith. 

"Keiths  sell  only  in  California,"  said  Curtis. 
"Macbeth  has  plenty  of  them  on  sale  in  New 
York,  but  they  don't  sell.  Did  you  know  that 
the  art  jury  refused  to  hang  a  Keith  in  the  art 
gallery  of  the  St.  Louis  Exposition?  There  has 
been  talk  of  the  Louvre  buying  a  Keith.  It  is 
ridiculous.    The  Louvre  wouldn't  buy  a  Keith. 

"Keith  was  not  one  of  the  great  landscape 
painters.  He  couldn't  hold  a  candle  to  any  of  the 
Barbizon  men.  He  cannot  be  compared  with 
George  Inness  or  Homer  Martin. 

"Keith  and  George  Inness  were  wood  engravers 
together  in  a  New  York  shop.  When  Inness  was 
ill,  about  '92  or  '93  I  think,  he  came  to  California 
and  was  much  with  Keith.  When  he  left,  presto! 
Keith's  style  changed.  It  became  Inness'  style. 
A  great  painter  doesn't  change  his  style  like  that. 

"Besides,  Keith  was  too  prolific.  Thinking 
people  have  wondered  how  it  was  possible  for 
him  to  produce  so  many  pictures  after  the  fire 
of  1906  when  his  studio  was  destroyed.    I  be- 


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Along  the  crooked  road  across  the  Hastberget 
ran  Salman  of  Nysvedjan  in  the  dead  of  night. 
His  practice  of  running  through  the  wood,  after 
the  style  of  the  Laps,  was  of  advantage  to  him 
now;  the  road  seemed  endless,  and  he  was  in 
great  haste.  He  had  still  a  good  distance  to 
traverse  to  the  village,  and  beyond  that  some  five 
miles,  before — 

What  was  that?  Dry  twigs  crackled  as  if  un- 
der pressure  of  a  heavy  body. 

—before  he  would  reach,  after  a  two  hours' 
journey,  the  house  of  the  sluggish,  tight-sleeping 
woman  he  knew  so  well  from  previous  ex- 
periences with  her.  Many  an  anxious  husband 
had  pounded  on  the  walls  and  doors  of  her  cabin, 
while  the  perspiration — sometimes  cold  from  fear 
— ploughed  light  furrows  down  their  rarely 
washed  faces.  Yes,  she  took  such  matters  with 
professional  indiflference,  turning  over  in  the  bed, 
and  merely  wondering  which  of  the  wives  in  the 
settlement  required  her  services  this  time — 

But  what  was  that?  A  violent  snorting  dis- 
turbed the  nocturnal  peace  of  the  wood. 

Salman  understood.  However,  he  went  on 
nimbly  and  buoyantly  as  before.  Tonight  he 
would  not  wait  so  patiently  as  upon  former  oc- 
casions. His  wife  was  in  great  distress.  A 
human  life  was  at  stake. 

Hah!  Well,  now!  An  angry  growl,  that  im- 
mediately became  a  fitful  roar,  sounded  a  few 
yards  in  front  of  him.  Salman  had  understood  a 
moment  ago  that  a  bear  was  in  the  neighborhood. 
But  never  did  he  guess  it  was  so  near,  nor  of 
that  particular  sort.  He  stopped  short,  thinking: 
"I'll  give  him  time  to  cool  off  and  run  away." 

Upon  the  sheet  of  broken  twigs  and  dry  leaves, 
the  bear  raised  itself  on  its  hind  legs,  showing 
its  chalk-white  teeth  and  an  open  jaw,  red  like 
blood. 

"Is  that  the  kind  you  are?"  said  Salman.  With 
a  cat-like  leap  he  reached  a  branch,  left  over 
from  the  winter's  wood-cutting,  in  the  clearing. 
Then  he  glanced  about,  all  a%vake,  and  ran  on  to 
a  large  fir.    Something  was  amiss  here. 

With  a  great  roar  of  fury  the  bear  came  straight 
toward  him.  This  was  going  to  be  a  serious  busi- 
ness. Thank  heaven,  the  fir  was  thick.  It  was 
worth  money  to  an  unarmed  man.  If  only  the 
quickness  of  his  eye  would  stand  by  him,  and  his 
old  sure  foot — otherwise  the  game  would  be  a 
bad  one. 

For  the  bear  is  not  the  slow,  cumbersome,  furry 
clod  it  is  generally  believed  to  be.  In  moments 
of  rage  its  powerful  legs  force  it  forward  in  long, 
gliding  leaps,  much  faster  than  it  is  possible  for 
a  muscular  athlete  to  run.  Then  there  is  a 
crackling  in  the  wood;  twigs  and  broken  branches 
snap  under  its  feet;  sticks  seem  to  fly  out  of  the 
earth  and  whirl  about  like  so  much  shavings; 
small  pines  are  bent  down  like  straws.  If  it  hap- 
pens that  the  bear  has  a  mission  to  perform  with 
a  lonely  man  in  the  wood,  the  mission  is  carried 
out  in  the  course  of  two  minutes. 


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TOWN  TALK 

A  Midnight  Duel 

By  Pelle  Molin  (From  the  Swedish) 

The  settler  had  no  sooner  reached  the  fir  than 
the  bear  was  so  close  to  him  that  he  felt  the 
swish  of  its  body.  But  he  stood  there  protected, 
straining  his  alert,  light  blue  eyes  of  a  moun- 
taineer at  the  shaggy  creature,  ready  to  dart  away 
from  its  embrace,  ready  to  run  around,  always 
making  sure  to  have  the  fir  trunk  between  them 
during  the  dance  that  was  about  to  commence, 
lie  felt  the  tendons  of  his  knees  standing  out  like 
whip-cords,  and  his  hands  on  the  trunk  of  the  tree 
gave  no  sign  of  trembling. 

Now  the  shaggy  beast  rushed  on  and  made  a 
semi-circular  hop,  missing  its  aim  by  a  foot.  The 
futile  leap  brought  the  bear  to  a  short  stop  on 
the  turf,  into  which  its  snout  ploughed  a  little 
tunnel.  Then  a  tumultuous  roar — a  cloud  of  turf 
scratched  up  as  it  wheeled  around — and  next  the 
animal,  blindly  enraged,  was  on  its  feet  again, 
hugging  close  to  the  tree.  Seeing  Salman  edge 
away,  it  rushed  after  him.  Unable  to  make  its 
turns  so  sharp  as  Salman's,  its  body  being  too 
long,  the  beast  spurted  back  and  forth  at  sharp 
angles — turning  abruptly,  this  way  and  that,  like 
a  scared  pig.  It  tumbled  about,  collided  with  the 
tree,  roared  so  that  tons  of  crockery  seemed  to 
crash  about  it,  and  clawed  the  turf.  Twigs 
crackled  and  small  stones  rattled  and  clicked. 

The  sun  had  gone  down  perhaps  an  hour  ago, 
but  it  was  still  as  light  as  in  day  time. 

The  bear's  small  eyes  gleamed.  The  hair  of  its 
back  lay  close,  smooth,  slanting  back.  Its  ears 
lay  close  to  the  head.  There  was  something 
chillingly  deliberate  about  the  aspect  of  this  rover 
of  the  w-ood.  Without  a  moment's  cessation,  it 
chased  the  gaunt  settler,  leaping  round  and  round, 
endeavoring  to  shorten  its  turns  and  plunge 
straight  in  upon  the  enemy,  but  invariably  missing 
its  aim,  being  forced  now  and  then  to  spin  around 
at  a  sharp  angle.  Salman's  hands  were  hot  from 
the  steady  friction  against  the  rough  bark  of  the 
fir  tree.  The  chase  had  now  lasted  for  about  ten 
minutes — perhaps  less,  perhaps  more.  What 
might  not  happen  before  some  one  could  come 
to  his  aid  and  end  the  affair — !  And  mother, 
fighting  death  at  home! 

"Help!    Hallo!    Help!"  he  shouted. 

In  the  moment  of  quiet  Salman  heard  the  bark- 
ing of  dogs  in  the  village.  Would  not  a  peasant 
awake  under  his  sheepskin  cover,  rise  and  shoo  at 
them,  hear  what  was  going  on  a  mile  away  in  the 
wood,  and  come  to  the  rescue? 

"Hello!  Hello!" 

The  bear  continued  its  manoeuvers.  Who  could 
understand  such  fury?  Now  and  then  it  brushed 
against  the  fir,  scraping  its  side,  but  Salman  al- 
ways managed  to  be  some  inches  away,  cool  of 
vision,  while  the  perspiration  poured  down  his 
body  in  little  rivers  under  his  clothing.  In  the 
beginning  he  had  dug  big  holes  in  the  turf  with 
his  huge  birch  bark  shoes;  later  he  tore  large 
furrows  through  it,  and  finally  wore  it  quite  down, 
so  that  he  and  the  beast  of  prey  now  circled  a 
path  of  naked  earth.  One  of  his  shoes  had  loos- 
ened and  become  useless,  while  the  other  still 
clung  to  his  foot,  though  torn  enough  to  reveal 
two  or  three  bleeding  toes. 

And  mother,  struggling  all  the  evening  with  her 
burden,  and  waiting — waiting — ! 

The  bear  changed  its  tactics.  Instead  of  con- 
tinually leaping,  it  began  to  throw  itself  to  this 
side  and  that,  tumbling  about,  rolling,  spinning 
around  on  its  back,  as  bears  are  wont  to  do  when 
they  chase  a  hunter  who  happens  to  have  taken 
up  his  stand  by  a  tree,  and  whom  they  cannot 
reach  or  effectually  attack  by  leaping  on  all  fours. 


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Then  it  threw  itself  alternately  on  its  front 
and  hind  feet,  during  each  leap  pricking  Salman 
with  its  keen,  incensed  little  eyes. 

The  blood  of  the  socager  of  Nysvedjan  boiled; 
not  because  of  any  fear  of  the  bear,  but  from  a 
nervous  sense  of  unrest  about  his  wife,  home  in 
the  cabin,  with  three  weeping  children  about  her, 
and  expecting  a  fourth  who — yes,  it  was  hard  to 
be  alone  and  in  the  heart  of  the  wood,  far  from 
men  and  aid  in  the  hour  of  peril.  God  help  him 
who  was  no  better  oflf! 

The  bear  was  rolling  on  the  ground,  and  Sal- 
man, embracing  the  fir,  crept  around  the  trunk. 

The  bear  broke  out  in  a  mad  frenzy.  Bits  of 
cone  and  turf  were  clinging  to  its  fur.  Its  hot 
body  steamed.  A  titmouse  chirped;  what  was 
the  matter?  Who  could  it  be  that  had  no  time 
to  sleep  the  little  while  the  sun  itself  slumbered, 
this  glorious  summer  night? 

Now  the  monster  sat  down  on  its  hind  legs  for 
a  moment,  but  urged  on  by  the  rush  of  its  heated 
blood,  darted  up  again,  and  walked — walked — to- 
ward the  tree,  where  it  halted,  all  winded,  pant- 
ing, a  few  inches  away  from  Salman.  It  looked 
as  if  it  intended  in  this  way  to  scare  the  unassail- 
able one  off  from  his  barracks.  Its  jaw  grinned 
half-open.  In  the  cool  night  its  breath  grew  vis- 
ible like  a  faint  mist.  Salman  now  felt  a  cold 
chill  run  down  his  spine;  it  was  as  if  the  skin 
shriveled.  Unconsciously  he  grabbed  his  jack- 
knife — must  he  sacrifice  his  life  in  this  weird 
game?  The  bear  pushed  its  head  close  to  the 
fir;  two  feet  above  it  rested  Salman's  hand.  Less 
than  a  space  of  ten  inches  separated  the  bear's 
jaw  from  the  settler's  body.  If  now  he  could 
strike  the  man  down,  shut  him  off  from  the  tree, 
the  rest  would  be  but  the  work  of  a  moment. 

With  his  left  hand  Salman  clutched  the  bark 
of  the  tree,  aiming  with  his  right  for  the  bear's 
left  eye.  Like  a  flash  he  swung  the  knife  down. 
A  red,  warm  stream  spurted  upward  along  his 
arm.  Then  he  felt  a  stinging  ache  in  his  shoulder, 
while  the  bear,  dazed  by  the  blow,  bounced  high 
into  the  air  like  a  ball,  with  an  abysmal  roar.  Sal- 
man noticed  that  his  coat  was  torn  and  his  flesh 
lacerated.  He  knew  now  that  the  game  would 
not  end  until  one  of  them  lay  stark  and  cold  on 
the  ground.  Had  the  prospects  of  a  peaceable 
settlement  a  moment  ago  been  small,  they  were 
all  vanished  now.  It  was  apparent  that  this  was 
his  life's  most  crucial  instance.  Now  it  was  to  be 
seen  whether  he  was  the  Bear-Salman  of  old.  One 
of  their  lives  must  be  wiped  out — but  hardly  the 
bear's  in  so  unequal  a  battle.  "  'Tis  not  I  who  will 
be  a  widower  tonight,"  Salman  reflected.  "  'Tis 
mother  who  will  be  widow — mother,  who  is  wait- 
ing for  me." 

The  bear  pranced  like  one  possessed,  frothing 
at  the  mouth;  it  hissed  and  shrieked.  It  ran  no 
longer  in  semi-circles.  It  stood  erect  by  the  tree, 
snapping  to  each  side  at  the  settler.  The  bark 
loosened  and  fell  to  the  ground  in  large  strips 
under  the  regular  beating  of  its  claws. 

Salman's  togs  received  their  portion  of  the  flay- 
ing. His  shoulder  was  half-naked  and  wet  with 
blood,  but  the  hand  that  grasped  the  knife  moved 
perpetually,  and  was  always  ready. 

What  happened  next  took  place  in  a  dizzy 
round.  Yet  again  the  bear  resorted  to  its  tactics 
of  tumbling,  rolling,  somersaulting,  and  similar 
flights  in  the  higher  gymnastics.  Salman's  eyes 
were  blue  and  cold  like  the  heavens  of  a  frosty 
night.  Not  for  a  second  did  he  turn  his  gaze 
from  the  pouncing  beast,  which  was  met  when 

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5 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LIV— SAN  FRANCISCO 
By  Ina  Coolbrith 

(This  poem  must  be  one  of  Miss  Ina  Coolbrith's  earliest  efforts,  for  it  was  published  in  1868.  Miss  Cool- 
brith, severely  critical  of  her  own  work,  has  excluded  it  from  her  collected  poems.  It  is  taken  from  the  California 
Scrap   Book,  a  collection   made  by  the  indefatigable  Oscar  T.  Shuck.) 


Little  the  goodly  Fathers, 

Building  their  Mission  rude, 
By  the  lone  untraversed  waters 

In  the  Western  solitude, 

Dreamed  of  the  wonderful  city 
That  looks  on  the  stately  bay. 

Where  the  bannered  ships  of  the  nations 
Float  in  their  pride  today; 

Dreamed  of  the  beautiful  city 
Proud  of  her  towering  height. 

And  strange  as  a  flower  up-springing 
To  bloom  in  a  single  night. 

For  lo!  but  a  moment  lifting 
The  veil  of  the  years  away. 

We  look  on  a  well  known  picture 
That  seems  but  as  yesterday. 

The  mist  rolls  in  at  the  gateway 
Where  never  a  fortress  stands 

O'er  the  blossoms  of  Saucelito 
And  Yerba  Buena's  sands. 


Swathing  the  shores  where  only 
The  sea-birds  curve  and  pass. 

And  drifts  with  the  drifting  waters 
By  desolate  Alcatraz. 

We  hear  when  night  drops  downward, 
And  the  bay  throbs  under  the  stars. 

The  ocean  voices  blending 
With  ripple  of  soft  guitars; 

With  chiming  bells  of  the  Mission, 
With  passionate  minors  sung, 

Or  a  quaint  Castilian  ballad, 
Trilled  in  tlie  Spanish  tongue. 

Fair   from    thy   hills,   O  City, 

Look  on  the  beautiful  bay! 
Prouder  far  is  the  vision 

Greeting  our  eyes  today; 

Better  the  thronged  waters, 

And  the  busy  streets  astir; 
Purple  and  silken  raiment, 

Balsam  and  balm  and  myrrh. 

Gems  of  the  farther  Indies, 

Gold  of  thy  own  rich  mines. 
And  the  pride  and  boast  of  the  peoples 

O  beautiful  Queen  are  thine! 


Praise  to  the  goodly  Fathers 
With  banners  of  Faith  unfurled! 

Praise  to  the  sturdy  heroes 
Who  have  won  thee  to  the  world. 

That  was  a  day  to  dream  of — 

That  was  a  life  we  led. 
Bleeding  the  veins  of  the  mountains. 

Draining  the  torrent  bed. 

Searching  the  dusky  canyon. 

Tracking  the  pathless  glen — 
The  shot,  the  knife  and  the  struggle 
With  savage  beasts  and  men. 

But  blest  is  the  rest  that  follows — 

I  thought  of  a  labor  past; 
Blessed  the  homes  we  builded. 

The  peace  and  the  rest  at  last. 

And  blessed  indeed  the  winter 

That  nurses  a  smiling  Spring 
When  hands  that  the  seed  have  scattered 

May  gather  the  blossoming. 


Ralston  for  Governor 

"Billy"  Ralston,  United  States  Sub-treasurer,  says 
lie  is  going  to  run  for  governor  just  to  show 
Hiram  Johnson  that  the  Johnsonian  roar,  the 
Johnsonian  bluster  and  the  Johnsonian  vitupera- 
tion have  no  terrors  for  hiin.  It  is  Ralston's  idea 
that  many  good  men  would  run  for  governor 
were  it  not  that  Hiram  Johnson  has  them  "buf- 
faloed" (or  should  we  say  "bull-moosed?")  He 
thinks  that  these  unspecified  good  men  are  afraid 
to  face  the  music  of  Hiram's  political  band;  that 
they  hesitate  to  expose  themselves  to  the  sort 
of  attack  which  Johnson  made,  for  example,  on 
Phil  Francis  of  the  Call.  But  Ralston  says  he's 
not  to  be  intimidated  by  the  sound  and  fury  of 
the  Governor.  And  he  professes  his  intention 
of  proving  this  by  having  a  try  for  the  next 
gubernatorial  nomination. 


The  Demand  on  L5mch 

In  this  connection  Ralston  tells  a  story  to 
illustrate  the  method  of  doing  politics  followed 
by  the  present  State  administratfon.  He  tells  the 
story  on  the  authority  of  James  K.  Lynch,  the 


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the  State  administration,  through  Senator  Works, 
succeeded  in  holding  up  Ralston's  reappointment 
to  the  post  of  sub-treasurer  in  this  city,  a  great 
many  of  Ralston's  friends  rallied  to  his  support 
and  exerted  in  his  behalf  whatever  influence  they 
possessed  in  Washington.  Among  others  James 
K.  Lynch  wrote  a  letter  favoring  Ralston's  re- 
appointment. When  this  became  known,  Superin- 
tendent of  Banks  Williams  went  to  Lynch  and 
asked  him  to  withdraw  that  letter.  •  The  request 
was  open  to  sinister  interpretation.  James  K. 
Lynch  is  connected  with  three  national  banks.  He 
is  vice-president  of  the  First  National  of  this  city 
and  a  director  of  the  Citizens  ivational  Bank  of 
Alameda  and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Rich- 
mond. Of  course  the  State  Superintendent  has 
nothing  to  do  with  national  banks.  But  it  hap- 
pens that  Lynch  is  also  vice-president  of  the  First 
Federal  Trust  Company  of  this  city  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Citizens  Savings  Bank  of  Alameda  and 
the  Richmond  Savings  Bank  with  which  the  Sup- 
erintendent has  a  great  deal  to  do.  Lynch,  how- 
ever, refused  to  withdraw  the  letter. 


The  Horrors  of  War 

Try  as  I  may,  I  can't  extract  a  thrill  from  this 
war  of  the  Reds  and  Blues.  Ruled  by  an  umpire, 
it  lacks  the  pleasant  zip  of  a  ball  game  where 
they  sometimes  threaten  to  kill  that  worthy  of- 
ficial. A  knife  fight  between  two  Juarez  revolu- 
tionists scrapping  for  the  overnight  entries  con- 
tains more  tabasco.  Such  war  would  give  Gen- 
("ral  Sherman  no  excuse  for  profanity.  It  has  no 
inconvenience  but  bunions,  no  glory  but  what  is 
theoretical,  no  noise  but  the  shooting  off  of  teeth, 
as  Mrs.  Atherton  would  say.    A  case  of  ptomaine 


poisoning,  a  suspected  attack  of  smallpox,  a  lack 
of  drinking  water — these  are  its  sensational  feat- 
ures. Its  bloody  defeats  and  its  gory  victories 
remind  me  of  what  Hookham  Frere  said  of  Walter 
Savage  Landor's  immorality:  "Mere  imaginary 
classicality,  wholly  devoid  of  criminal  reality." 
It  is  to  real  war  as  shadow  boxing  to  a  finish 
fight,  as  a  rowing  machine  to  a  varsity  regatta, 
or  as  one  of  Louis  Hoefler's  Olympic  hobbyhorses 
to  a  thoroughbred  in  a  Garrison  finish.  The  war 
correspondents  may  quote  Kipling  till  the  cows 
come  home,  but  they  can't  dignify  the  Reds  and 
Blues  with  the  semblance  of  romance.  War  is 
not  war  without  its  captivating  horrors;  but 
there  are  no  horrors  here  except  the  reports  of 
the  war  correspondents. 


Divergence  of  Opinion 

One  correspondent  informed  breathless  non- 
combatants  that  the  first  great  battle  was  im- 
agined at  Sargent.  Another  gave  him  the  lie 
direct  by  stating  that  the  first  great  battle  was 
taken  for  granted  at  Morgan  Hill.  Still  another 
set  it  down  that  the  first  great  battle  was  theor- 
ized at  Coyote;  In  the  name  of  the  fat  warrior 
who  subdued  the  rogues  in  buckram  and  routed 
the  misbegotten  knaves  in  Kendal  green,  where 


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did  that  first  great  battle  have  its  shadowy  make- 
believe?  If  a  first  great  battle  is  to  be  shammed, 
let  us  all  sham  it  at  the  same  spot  on  the  map. 
This  soft-visaged  war  with  no  wrinkled  front  to 
smooth  baffles  the  correspondents,  and  their  at- 
tempt to  write  lucidly  only  makes  confusion  worse 
confounded.  And  still  the  armies  don't  know 
they've  been  battling  till  they  read  it  in  the  papers. 
Rut  I  suppose  they're  acutely  conscious  that 
they've  been  marching.  Hay  foot,  straw  foot  will 
be  splay  foot,  sore  foot  for  many  a  weary  day. 


Napoleon  of  Morgan  Hill 

Have  you  read  Chesterton's  delicious  fantasy, 
"The  Napoleon  of  Notting  Hill"?  I'm  reminded 
of  a  passage  in  it  by  this  theoretical  war: 

"When  you  conceived  the  idea,"  went  on  Wayne 
dreamily,  "of  an  army  for  Bayswater  and  a  flag 
for  Notting  Hill,  there  was  no  gleam,  no  sug- 
gestion in  your  mind  that  such  things  might  be 
real  and  passionate?" 

"No,"  answered  Auberon.  turning  his  round, 
white  face  to  the  morning  with  a  dull  and  splen- 
did sincerity;  "I  had  none  at  all." 

There  is  nothing  "real  or  passionate"  about 
the  armies  of  the  Reds  and  Blues.  It  is  impossi- 
ble to  pretend  that  San  Francisco  has  been  in 
danger;  that  the  invaders  have  been  advancing 
relentlessly  from  Monterey.  'Tis  a  battle  of  the 
manuals;  it  wouldn't  get  a  rise  out  of  that  fiery 
castigator  of  "the  valor  of  ignorance,"  General 
Homer  Lea.  Perhaps  the  only  man  who  has 
taken  it  or  himself  seriously  is  Brigadier  General 
Wankowski.  But  taking  himself  seriously  is  a 
habit  with  Wankowski.  No  wonder  a  war  cor- 
respondent familiar  with  Chesterton  dubbed  him 
the  "Napoleon  of  Morgan  Hill."  A  proud  title 
indeed.  Morgan  Hill  has  been  the  scene  of  many 
a  battle — between  incautious  speeders  and  county 
constables.  But  as  for  Wankowski,  he  suffered 
no  reverses  there;  didn't  even  have  a  syllable  shot 
off  his  name. 


The  Correspondents  Mutinied 

The  Napoleon  of  Morgan  Hill  had  one  exciting 
encounter.  The  war  correspondents  attached  to 
his  command  were  badly  treated.  They  could  get 
no  tents,  no  beds.  Worst  of  all  they  could  get 
no  news.  Napoleon  Wankowski  censored  their 
despatches.  So  they  retaliated  fearfully.  For 
four  days  they  left  Napoleon's  name  out  of  the 
papers.  Then  in  disgust  they  got  up  to  leave.  It 
was  a  mutiny.  What  did  Napoleon  do?  Did  he 
order  the  deserters  shot?  Not  on  your  life!  Not 
even  theoretically.  Napoleon  capitulated.  He 
sent  aides  and  orderlies  and  ambassadors  to  en- 
treat the  war  correspondents  to  stay.  They 
stayed  when  he  redressed  their  grievances.  And 
then  his  name  got  into  the  papers  again.  It  was 
a  theoretical  defeat  but  a  practical  triumph  for 
Napoleon. 


The  Farmers  Are  Sore 

The  farmers  in  the  territory  traversed  by  the 
opposing  armies  don't  think  much  of  this  theor- 
etical war.  Day  after  day  they  gathered  from 
miles  around  to  see  the  fun.  They  expected  a 
sham  battle,  a  spectacle  like  a  wild  west  show. 
But  they  were  disappointed.  The  armies  were 
hidden  in  the  hills.  They  fought  their  imaginary 
fights  by  long  distance.  The  only  booming  was 
the  booming  of  tlie  umpires'  voices.  So  day  af- 
ter day  the  farmers  went  home  disgusted.  They 
had  been  inveigled  from  their  work  under  false 
pretenses.  Why  hadn't  somebody  told  them?  In 
their  indignation  they  swore  like  the  army  in 
Flanders. 


Napoleon's  Right  Hand  Man 

Napoleon  Wankowski  never  saw  active  service, 
except  in  political  campaigns;  so  while  he  was  'he 


theoretical  head  of  the  Reds,  the  real  Red  head 
was  Captain  Fuqua  of  the  regular  army.  He 
taught  the  militiamen  how  to  make  their  beds  and 
save  their  feet  and  arrange  their  diet.  He  ex- 
plained that  when  there  is  not  enough  water  (and 
there  wasn't)  it  should  be  used  for  drinking,  not 
bathing  purposes.  So  the  rookies  were  grimy  but 
not  overthirsty.  Fuqua  was  well  liked  by  his 
soldiers.  So  was  Colonel  Bowen,  in  charge  of 
the  retreating  force.  He  kept  his  men  in  fine 
shape.  Their  admiration  was  so  great  that  they 
would  gladly  have  died  for  him,  theoretically  of 
course.  Thanks  to  Bowen  and  Fuqua,  the  militia- 
men learned  a  lot  about  military  service.  They 
were  willing  to  learn.  The  regular  army  officers 
conceded  that,  and  had  high  praise  for  Adjutant 
General  Forbes  who  has  been  untiring  in  improv- 
ing the  morale  of  the  militia.  As  for  Napoleon 
Wankowski — well,  there  is  talk  of  abolishing  the 
rank  of  brigadier  general  of  militia. 


A  Modern  Crusader 

"I  come  before  you  as  a  Crusader." — Hiram 
Johnson,  opening  the  Bull  Moose  campaign. 

Crusader?    Hiram  a  Crusader?  Must 

We  do  him  reverence  for  a  sacred  trust? 

Is  his  lance  consecrated  by  a  vow 

Which,  registered  in  Heaven,  bids  us  bow 

Whene'er  it  flashes  from  his  girded  side 

To  smite  the  scoffer  at  the  Crucified? 

Has  he  put  on  the  tunic  of  the  Lord? 

D(jes  priestly  blessing  dedicate  his  sword? 

Has  he  set  forth  in  penitential  mood 

To  risk  his  body  for  the  holy  Rood? 

Have  prayer  and  fasting  nerved  him  for  a  fray 

Destined  to  win  him  grace  on  Judgment  Day? 

Is  he  unselfish  in  his  weary  march 
O'er  plains  where  bones  of  other  warriors  parch? 
Content,  if  Heaven  wills,  to  share  the  fate 
Of  weaker  soldiers,  dead  and  dedicate? 
Happy  to  wage  the  battle  though  he  fail? 
Willing  to  take  defeat  and  not  to  rail 
At  fortune  if  it  haps  some  brother  knight 
Garners  the  glory  of  the  furious  fight? 

If  I  have  not  read  history  for  naught, 
Those  old  Crusaders  in  their  battles  sought 
The  glory  of  religion,  not  the  chance 
Their  own  beloved  fortunes  to  enhance; 
They  fought  and  suffered  with  a  pious  zeal 
To  fix  the  world's  eyes  on  a  pure  ideal; 
They  plied  their  weapons  with  no  thought  of  self; 
They  burned  to  conquer,  not  for  petty  pelf. 
Not  for  a  greed  of  sordid  golden  dross 
But  for  the  exaltation  of  the  Cross. 

Crusader?    Hiram  a  Crusader?  Shame 
On  this  shameless  prostitution  of  a  name! 


Chester  Ananiasing 

Some  weeks  ago  Mr.  Chester  Rowell  took  oc- 
casion to  characterize  as  a  malicious  lie  the  story 
of  his  connection  with  the  Santa  Cruz  convention. 
Thereupon  I  promised  never  to  repeat  the  story 
and  also  to  deal  thereafter  with  the  current  ac- 
tivities only  of  the  self-righteous  Fresno  editor. 
Now  I  observe  that  Mr.  Rowell,  discussing  the 
testimony  of  former  Governor  Odell  with  refer- 
ence to  the  Harriman  contribution  to  the  Repub- 
lican campaign  fund,  says  that  the  money  was 
given  to  the  New  York  State  Central  Committee 
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of  the  story  says  Mr.  Rowell;  also,  "it  has  gone 
into  history,  along  with  the  political  era  of  which 
it  was  a  part."  Furthermore:  "The  political 
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need  comment."  If  Chester  Rowell  can  ap- 
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self no  closer  than  when  he  gives  what  he 
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riman  story  he  ought  to  be  required  to  produce 
corroborative  testimony  in  his  own  defense.  The 
Roosevelt-Harriman  story  has  been  ingeniously 
bowdlerized  since  the  death  of  the  railroad  mag- 
nate, the  Colonel  having  elicited  a  sterilized 
version  for  future  reference,  but  fortunately  the 
facts  have  been  preserved  in  something  more  sub- 
stantial than  airy  tradition.  The  facts  are  to  be 
found  in  Mrs.  Annie  Riley  Hale's  book  entitled 
"Rooseveltian  Fact  and  Fable,"  which  was  pub- 
lished in  1908,  and  which  she  dedicated  "To  the 
Galleries,  to  whom  my  hero  has  played  so  long 
and  so  successfully."  Let  us  refresh  our  mem- 
ories at  this  too  much  neglected  fount  of  in- 
formation. 


The  Insurance  Graft  Disclosures 

It  was  during  the  exposure  of  the  crookedness 
of  the  big  Hfe  insurance  companies  in  1906  that 
the  facts  with  reference  to  the  financing  of  Roose- 
velt's campaign  of  1904  were  brought  to  light. 
Sworn  testimony  was  given  that  the  Equitable, 
Mutual  and  New  York  Life  had  contributed 
$150,000  to  the  Republican  campaign  fund,  the 
same  being  the  money  of  the  trusting  policy- 
holders. Mr.  Roosevelt  made  no  attempt  to 
disprove  this  testimony,  though  both  Treasurer 
Bliss  and  Chairman  Cortelyou  of  the  Campaign 
Committee  were  alive  and  could  have  been  sum- 
moned as  witnesses.  But  Mr.  Roosevelt,  as  Mrs. 
Hale  tells  us,  was  reported  in  the  newspapers  as 
"much  stirred  and  grieved  by  the  insurance  dis- 
closures." He  "wanted  to  know"  if  there  was 
not  some  way  of  restoring  the  money.  And  as 
Mrs.  Hale  says  "this  was  immediately  construed 
by  a  trusting  public  as  fresh  proof  of  that  sen- 
sitive moral  sense"  accredited  to  Mr.  Roosevelt. 
Mrs.  Hale  suggests  that  there  was  one  man  who 
might  have  been  able  to  quiet  the  Rooseveltian 
feelings.  Who,  think  you,  was  this  potent  man 
with  the  soothing  influence?  None  other  than 
Mr.  George  W.  Perkins,  chief  angel  of  the  Bull 
Moose  enterprise. 


The  Generous  Mr.  Perkins 

Let  us  here  digress  with  Mrs.  Hale,  since  it 
is  precisely  at  this  point  that  she  throws  some 
light  on  Mr.  Perkins  who  has  lately  become  a 
personage  of  much  more  importance  than  he 
was  when  Mrs.  Hale  wrote  of  him.  George  W. 
Perkins  was  formerly  of  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Company.  He  owned  to  contributing 
the  insurance  money  to  the  Republican  fund  in 
a  campaign  year,  "and  justified  it,"  says  Mrs. 
Hale,  "on  the  ground  that  it  was  better  to  do 
this  than  to  allow  the  country  to  go  to  the  dem- 
nition  bow-wows  under  Bryan."  Mrs.  Hale 
adds:  "This  eminently  patriotic  view  (in  which 
Mr.  Roosevelt  doubtless  concurred)  was  perfectly 
natural  to  men  in  the  Perkins  class;  only,  it  did 
seem  in  the  pious  cant  of  their  class,  a  trifle  'un- 
American'  not  to  allow  the  innocent  policy- 
holders to  choose  their  own  method  of  going  to 
destruction."  This  George  W.  Perkins,  who  is 
again  trying  to  save  the  country  was,  according 
to  an  article  in  Munsey's  in  July,  1903,  from  the 
pen  of  a  Roosevelt  admirer,  "one  of  Roosevelt's 
close  friends  and  unofficial  counselors,  who  could 
have  almost  any  position  in  the  power  of  the 
President  to  offer."  "Quite  naturally,"  says  Mrs. 
Hale,  "this  close  friend  and  unofficial  counselor 
of  President  Roosevelt  wanted  to  have  him 
elected  in  1904  and  probably  thought  also  that 
Parker's  splashing  around  in  impudent  fashion 
about  the  'interests'  showed  him  to  be  as  great 
a  menace  to  the  country  as  Bryan.  And  so 
Friend  Perkins  was  again  ready  to  lay  the  money 
of  widows  and  orphans  upon  the  altar  of  his 
country  and  his  Rooseveltian  friendship, — only 
of  course,  out  of  delicate  consideration  for  the 
'sensitive  moral  sense'  of  his  Presidential  friend, 


he  kept  the  painful  fact  from  him,  until  it  was  too 
late  to  do  anything  except  grieve  and  wonder." 


The  Webster  Letter 

Now  let  us  return  to  the  Harrfman  story.  In 
the  spring  of  1907  there  came  to  light  certain 
Harriman  letters  which  had  been  stolen  by  an 
employe  and  sold  to  a  New  York  newspaper. 
These  letters  corroborated  the  charge  made  by 
Judge  Parker  in  1904  that  the  trusts  had  con- 
tributed to  the  Roosevelt  campaign  fund.  The 
first  letter  was  dated  December  5,  190S,  which 
was  long  antecedent  to  the  row  between  Harri- 
man and  Roosevelt.  It  was  a  letter  written  by 
Harriman  to  his  personal  friend  and  business  ad- 
viser Sidney  Webster,  in  reply  to  a  letter  from 
Webster  warning  Harriman  against  being  drawn 
into  politics.  The  Harriman  letter  contained 
the  following  startling  information:  "About  a 
week  before  election,  in  the  autumn  of  1904,  when 
it  looked  certain  that  the  State  ticket  would  go 
Democratic  and  was  doubtful  as  to  Roosevelt 
himself,  he,  the  President,  sent  me  a  request  to 
go  to  Washington  to  confer  upon  the  political 
conditions  of  New  York  State.  I  complied,  and 
he  told  me  he  understood  the  campaign  could  not 
be  successfully  carried  on  without  suflficient 
money,  and  asked  me  if  I  would  help  them  in 
raising  the  necessary  funds,  as  the  National  Com- 
mittee under  Chairman  Cortelyou  had  utterly 
failed  of  obtaining  them,  and  there  was  a  large 
amount  due  from  them  to  the  New  York  State 
Committee.  We  talked  over  what  could  be  done 
for  Depew,  and  finally  he  agreed  that  if  found 
necessary,  he  would  appoint  him  as  ambassador 
to  Paris.  With  full  belief  that  the  President 
would  keep  this  agreement,  I  came  back  to  New 
York,  sent  for  Treasurer  Bliss,  who  told  me  I 
was  their  last  hope,  and  that  they  had  exhausted 
every  other  resource.  In  his  presence  I  called 
up  an  intimate  friend  of  Senator  Depew,  told 
him  that  in  order  to  carry  New  York,  it  was 
necessary  that  $200,000  should  be  raised  at  once, 
and  if  he  would  help,  I  would  subscribe  $50,000. 
After  a  few  words  over  the  telephone,  the  gen- 
tleman said  he  would  let  me  know,  which  he  did, 
probably  in  three  or  four  hours,  with  the  result 
that  the  whole  amount  of  $260,000  had  been 
raised.  The  checks  were  given  to  Treasurer 
Bliss,  who  took  them  to  Chairman  Cortelyou. 
If  there  were  any  among  them  of  life  insurance 
companies  or  any  other  like  organization,  of 
course,  Cortelyou  must  have  informed  the  Presi- 
dent. I  do  not  know  who  the  subscribers  were, 
other  than  the  friend  of  Depew  who  was  an  in- 
dividual. This  amount  enabled  the  New  York 
State  Committee  to  .continue  its  work,  with  the 
result  that  at  least  50,000  votes  were  turned  in 
the  city  of  New  York  alone,  making  a  difference 
of  100,000  votes  in  the  general  result." 


The  Colonel's  Explanation 

Colonel  Roosevelt  now  explains  that  the  money 
raised  by  Harriman  was  for  the  benefit  only  of 
the  State  ticket  in  New  York.  The  only  defect 
of  this  explanation  is  its  lack  of  plausibility.  It 
is  not  likely  that  Mr.  Roosevelt  would  put  him- 
self under  obligations  to  Harriman  and  promise 
to  look  after  Depew  out  of  love  of  Governor 
Odell.  If  the  State  ticket  was  in  danger,  so  also 
was  the  national  ticket,  as  Mr.  Rowell  very  well 
knows,  being  familiar  with  the  aphorism,  "As 
goes  New  York,  so  goes  the  nation."  Besides,  as 
Mr.  Roosevelt  told  Harriman,  the  money  was 
needed  by  the  National  committee  to  pay  what 
it  owed  to  the  State  committee.  Moreover  the 
checks  were  made  payable  "to  Treasurer  Bliss 
who  took  them  to  Chairman  Cortelyou."    All  of 

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August  24,  1912 


which  bears  out  the  charges  made  by  Judge 
Parker  in  the  midst  of  the  campaign,  which  the 
veracious  Colonel  characterized  as  "slanderous  ac- 
cusations." To  be  sure  when  the  Harriman  let- 
ter was  published  the  Colonel  denied  the  story  in 
general  terms.  Mr.  Harriman  regretted  the  pub- 
lication of  the  stolen  letter  but  said  he  "had  noth- 
ing to  retract  as  to  the  statements  therein  con- 
tained." Mrs.  Hale  says:  "The  candid  reader  must 
determine  for  himself  whether  the  letter  carries 
the  ring  of  truth,  and  what  possible  motive  Mr. 
Harriman  could  have  had  for  stating  anything 
but  his  honest  recollection  of  the  transaction  at 
a  time  when  he  could  not  have  expected  the  letter 
to  be  made  public."  It  is  true  that  Harriman 
and  Roosevelt  were  not  on  friendly  terms  when 
the  letter  was  published,  but  the  letter  was  a 
year  old.  The  letter  was  written  in  December, 
1905,  when  Harriman  and  Roosevelt  were  on 
terms  of  intimacy.  .According  to  Mrs.  Hale,  Mr. 
Roosevelt  remained  friendly  with  Harriman  until 
the  congressional  campaign  of  1906  when  the  rail- 
road magnate  refused  a  solicitation  from  Vice- 
President  Sherman  for  funds  to  be  used  in  New 
York.  Shortly  thereafter  Mr.  Roosevelt  pro- 
nounced Harriman  "a  malefactor  of  great  wealth" 
and  began  to  prosecute  and  harass  him. 


The  "Practical  Men"  Letter 

The  business  of  refrcsliing  the  memory  of  Mr. 
Rowell  of  Fresno  is  not  yet  ended.  When  the 
newspapers  were  discussing  the  Harriman  letter 
in  1907  Mr.  Roosevelt  tried  to  make  it  appear  that 
Harriman  had  taken  the  initiative  in  the  negotia- 
tions for  a  bank-roll  in  1904.  He  would  have  the 
public  understand  that  he  had  "allowed"  Mr.  Har- 
riman to  come  to  Washington  at  his  (Harriman's) 
own  request.    He  made  it  so  appear  in  a  letter 


to  Vice-President  Sherman,  which  letter  was 
given  out  as  a  means  of  vindicating  the  Presi- 
dent. Harriman  no  longer  squeamish  about  the 
sanctity  of  private  correspondence  gave  the  press 
the  following  letter  received  by  him  in  Europe: 

White  liouse,  Washington,  June  29,  1904 
Mr.   Harriman:   I   thank  you  for  your  Ictlii 
.\s  soon  as  you  come  home,  I  shall  want  to  sec 
you.    The  fight  will  doubtless  be  hot  then.  It 
has  been  a  real  pleasure  to  sec  you  this  year. 
Very  truly  yours, 

THEODORE  ROOSEVELT. 

Mr.  Harriman  also  gave  out  the  following  lettc-, 
dated  October  14,  1904. 

My  dear  Harriman:  A  suggestion  has  come  to 
me  in  a  round  about  way  that  you  do  not  think 
it  wise  to  come  on  to  see  me  in  these  closing 
weeks  of  the  campaign,  but  that  you  are  reluctant 
to  refuse,  inasmuch  as  I  have  asked  you.  Now 
my  dear  sir,  you  and  I  are  practical  men,  and 
you  are  on  the  ground  and  know  the  conditions 
better  than  I  do.  If  you  think  there  is  any 
danger  of  your  visit  to  me  causing  trouble,  or 
if  you  think  there  is  nothing  special  I  should  be 
informed  about,  or  no  matter  in  which  I  could 
give  aid,  why,  of  course,  give  up  the  visit  for 
the  time  being,  and  then  a  few  weeks  hence,  be- 
fore I  write  my  message,  I  shall  ask  you  to  come 
down  to  discuss  certain  Government  matters  not 
connected  with  the  campaign.  With  great  re- 
gards, 

Sincerely  yours, 

THEODORE  ROOSEVELT. 

The  unregenerate  who  believe  themselves  famil- 
iar with  Mr.  Roosevelt's  ways  have  characterized 
the  suggestion  of  a  discussion  about  "Govern- 


ment matters"  in  vulgar  terms  as  "bait  for  a  big 
.-ucker."  Whatever  it  was  it  caught  Harriman 
and  made  history  which,  I  hope,  Mr.  Rowell  of 
Fresno  will  never  again  distort  or  seek  to 
depreciate  for  campaign  purposes. 


A  Month  of  Gold 

Down  in  Los  Angeles  the  newspapers  have  been 
sending  forth  woeful  lamentations  mixed  with  un- 
kind references  to  the  Shuberls  and  William  A. 
Rrady,  all  because  the  De  Wolf  Hopper  company 
of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  opera  singers  stayed  here 
four  weeks  and  is  giving  Los  Angeles  only  one. 
Los  Angeles  says  Los  Angeles  is  a  great  "show 
town,"  a  better  "show  town"  than  San  Fran- 
cisco. Did  not  Laurette  Taylor  play  twelve  weeks 
to  capacity  in  "Peg  o'  My  Heart"?  And  so  on. 
Of  course  the  reason  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 
singers  are  only  spending  one  week  in  the  south- 
ern city  is  a  perfectly  sound  one.  Los  Angeles 
is  a  low-priced  theatre  town.  A  two-dollar  at- 
traction does  not  enthuse  the  thrifty  southrons. 
Laurette  Taylor,  experimenting  with  a  new  play, 
let  the  Angelenos  in  on  the  ground  floor  for  fifty 
cents.  That's  one  reason  why  her  play  ran  so 
long.  But  the  Shuberts  and  Brady  are  of  the 
opinion  that  a  two-dollar  company  could  not  risk 
more  than  a  week  in  Los  Angeles.  It  risked 
nothing  during  its  four  weeks  here.  The  com- 
pany did  not  play  to  less  than  $15,000  a  week, 
and  broke  all  local  records  for  a  four-week  run 
by  piling  up  a  total  of  $64,300.  Gertrude  Hoff- 
mann who  had  a  wonderful  engagement  of  two 
weeks  here  surpassed  the  figures  of  the  Gilbert 
and  Sullivan  singers  for  the  fortnight,  but  their 
triumph  consisted  in  continuing  to  attract 
crowded  houses  for  the  full  month.  No  wonder 
De  Wolf  Hopper  and  his  whole  company  came 
down  to  the  footlights  at  the  conclusion  of  "The 
Mikado"  on  Saturday  night  and  sang  ".Auld  Lang 
-Syne,"  the  audience  joining  in. 


The  Brilliant  Steffens'  Idea 

When  Mr.  Lincoln  Steffens  was  a  witness  in 
the  Darrow  case  he  said,  speaking  of  the  Mc- 
Namaras,  "Their  crime  is  not  an  individual  crime, 
i!  is  a  social  crime."  This  was  pronounced  a 
brilliant  thought  by  the  admirers  of  the  profes- 
sional agitator  from  Berkeley,  who  dote  on  So- 
cialist patter.  This  brilliant  thought,  I  find,  was 
borrowed  from  Brieux,  the  French  pamphleteer 
who  is  trying  to  reform  France  by  means  of  un- 
playable plays.  In  his  play  "Maternity"  he  has  a 
court  scene  representing  a  trial  of  a  professional 
abortionist.  Among  the  witnesses  are  several 
l)oor  women  who  had  been  her  patients.  The 
argument  of  the  playwright  is  that  all  were  jus- 
tified because  of  the  state  of  society  which  makes 
it  impossible  for  poor  people  to  raise  large  fam- 
ilies. The  scene  is  characteristically  French.  All 
talk  at  once.  The  trial  ends  in  a  hubbub,  in  the 
midst  of  which  counsel  for  the  defense  exclaims: 
"Their  crime  is  not  an  individual  crime,  it  is  a 
social  crime."  A  bright  idea,  thought  Steffens. 
.So  he  would  excuse  the  slaughter  of  men  by 
dynamite  on  the  same  principle  on  which  Brieux 
would  justify  race  suicide.  On  the  same  principle, 
of  course,  you  can  justify  petty  larceny,  rape,  or 
even  Steffens. 


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irctt  at  the  funeral.  The  story  runs  that  when 
the  clergj'man  finished  the  prayers  for  the  de- 
parted sr)ul  he  asked  if  any  friend  of  the  deceased 
wished  to  speak  a  few  words  of  tribute.  None 
volunteered,  so  Joe  stalked  to  the  side  of  the 
casket  and  said:  "As  nobody  wishes  to  speak  about 
<  iur  dear  dead  brother  I  shall  take  this  opportunity 
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13 


Francisco  knows,  Judge  Maguire  and  Joe  Leggett 
are  cronies,  two  souls  with  but  a  single  tax,  two 
hearts  that  beat  for  Henry  George.  For  years 
the  "little  giant"  has  cherished  a  secret  ambition 
to  emulate  the  funeral  feat  of  his  friend  Joe. 
The  long  awaited  chance  came  a  few  days  ago  at 
the  funeral  of  Walter  Gallagher.  Walter  Gal- 
lagher knew  Henry  George  when  the  author  of 
"Progress  and  Poverty"  lived  in  San  Francisco. 
That  was  the  peg  on  which  Judge  Maguire  hung 
his  funeral  oration  at  Walter  Gallagher's  bier.  He 
discoursed  single  tax  till  everybody  in  Druids' 
Hall  was  nervous.  Then  he  lightened  his  remarks 
with  a  few  airy  bits  of  agnosticism.  He  spoke  of 
the  hereafter,  "providing,"  he  cautiously  explained, 
"that  there  is  a  hereafter,  and  I  don't  know  if 
there  is."  And  so  on.  Which  reminds  one  of  ex- 
Mayor  McCarthy's  sentence  at  the  memorial 
services  for  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe  in  Union 
Square:  "We  are  gathered  here  to  do  honor  to 
the  memory  of  Miss  Julia  Ward  Howard  who  is 
in  Heaven,  we  hope."  Judge  Maguire's  funeral 
oration  was  calculated  to  please  the  late  Henry 
George  and  the  late  Bob  Ingersoll,  but  the 
mourners  were  not  in  sympathy  with  his  mood. 


It  Was  Not  Murder 

A  honeymoon  couple  registered  at  the  St. 
Francis  a  few  days  ago.  During  the  night  the 
groom  telephoned  from  his  apartment  to  the 
clerk:  "The  Chinese  servant  has  taken  my  wife's 
Life."  There  was  consternation  in  the  lobby. 
Clerks,  bellboys  and  the  house  detective  rushed 
for  the  apartment.  They  poured  into  the  room, 
breathless  with  excitement.  "Where  is  the  mur- 
derer?" they  cried.  "Murderer?"  said  the  groom, 
while  his  bride  looked  on  in  wide-eyed  amaze- 
ment. "Who  said  anything  about  murder?  The 
slant-eyed  celestial  who  was  in  this  room  took 
the  Life  which  I  bought  for  my  wife  at  the  news 
stand.    I  want  it  back." 


The  Dream  and  the  Awakening 

Willis  Polk  made  an  eloquent  speech  at  the 
dinner  given  by  the  World's  Fair  directors  to 
the  distinguished  members  of  the  architectural 
commission.  It  was  a  propitious  occasion  for 
eloquence.  The  architects,  the  artists  and  the 
sculptors  had  finished  a  three-day  session  whicli 
left  them  on  the  edge  of  brainfag,  but  their  work 
had  shown  brilliant  results  and  their  minds  were 
attuned  to  the  note  of  praise.  There  was  deep 
silence  in  the  red  room  of  the  Bohemian  Club 
as  Willis  spoke,  silence  occasionally  interrupted 
by  applause.  Willis  was  at  his  happiest.  He  told 
how  the  architect  detached  himself  from  the  sor- 
did cares  of  the  workadaj'  world  and  plunged 
headlong  into  revery;  how  he  sent  his  mind  career- 
ing over  the  fields  of  imagination,  plucking  the 
flowers  of  fancy  and  weaving  them  into  a  gar- 
land of  beauty;  how  he  shut  out  the  stress  and 
turmoil  of  mere  existence  and  fed  his  craving  soul 
on  the  manna  of  the  ideal;  and  how,  while  the 
layman  asked  that  the  dirt  might  fly  and  that 
walls  should  rise  to  show  that  the  work  was  pro- 
ceeding, the  architect,  wiser,  closer  in  touch  with 
the  creative  force  and  conscious  that  actual  con- 
struction was  the  easiest  of  his  labors,  kept  on 
dreaming,  dreaming,  dreaming.  A  splendid  speech. 


and  worthy  the  applause  which  rounded  out  its 
glowing  peroration.  Then  arose  President  Charles 
C.  Moore  who  simply  said:  "You  architects  are 
entirely  welcome  to  dream  away  your  sleeping 
hours,  but  I  want  to  tell  you  that  the  alarm  clock 
is  set  and  when  the  alarm  goes  off  you've  got  to 
get  up  and  go  to  work." 


Diana  of  the  Bohemians 

Haig  Patigian's  Diana  is  to  be  done  in  bronze. 
The  virgin  goddess  that  our  foremost  sculptor 
produced  for  "The  Atonement  of  Pan"  will  soon 
be  cast  in  the  enduring  metal  and  given  a  place 
of  honor  in  the  Bohemian  Club.  This  has  been 
decided  by  the  art  connoisseurs  of  the  club  who 
are  immensely  taken  with  what  many  of  them 
consider  Patigian's  greatest  work.  The  statue 
plays  an  important  part  in  the  Redding-Hadlcy 
drama.  It  stands  in  the  vale  of  Arcadia  sacred 
to  the  goddess  of  tlie  hunt,  and  when  Orion,  the 


JAMES  B.  DUFFY 

Who  will  hereafter  serve  both  as  General  Agent  of  the 
Santa   Fe  and   Cabin  Agent  of  a  big 
steamship  company. 


mighty  hunter,  having  profaned  the  holy  wood 
by  his  revelry,  deepens  his  guilt  by  offering 
violence  to  Flora,  the  arrow  flies  from  the  bow 
of  the  goddess  and  pierces  him  to  the  heart.  All 
who  have  seen  the  statue  are  loud  in  praise  of  its 
beauty  and  anatomical  accuracy.  Louis  Sloss 
took  De  Wolf  Hopper  for  a  flying  trip  to  the 
Bohemian  Grove  just  before  the  play,  and  when 
the  comedian  saw  the  statue  he  was  delighted. 
"Patigian,"  he  said,  "she  is  so  beautiful  that  1 
feel  like  going  over  and  kissing  her  on  the  cheek." 


New  Steamship  Agency 

The  trans-Atlantic  steamship  lines  have  their 
eyes  on  San  Francisco.  One  of  the  largest  of 
them  is  the  Compagnie  Generale  Transatlantique 
which  has  appointed  James  B.  Duffy  of  the  Santa 
Fe  its  exclusive  cabin  agent  in  California.  This 
company  operates  a  great  fleet  of  modern  pas- 


senger steamers  between  America  and  France. 
It  is  under  the  supervision  of  the  French  gov- 
ernment, and  each  of  its  steamers  is  an  auxiliary 
of  the  French  navy.  In  addition  to  bi-weekly 
sailings  between  Havre  and  New  York  it  has  a 
large  line  plying  between  Marseilles  and  New 
Orleans  and  another  between  Colon  and  France. 
Mr.  Duffy  hopes  to  induce  the  company  to  ex- 
tend the  Colon  line  to  San  Francisco.  He  will 
open  a  steamship  department  in  the  local  Santa 
Fe  office,  and  he  will  continue  to  represent  the 
railroad  company  in  the  capacity  of  general  agent. 


An  Opera  for  the  Fair 

The  composer  of  an  American,  nay,  a  Pacific 
Coast,  opera  which  will  be  produced  during  the 
Exposition,  has  been  making  a  visit  in  this  city. 
I  refer  to  Mrs.  Mary  Carr  Moore,  the  wife  of  a 
prominent  physician  of  Seattle  and  the  author  of 
a  grand  opera  called  "Narcissa."  Mrs.  Moore  is 
related  to  Mrs.  Harriet  Sherman  and  J.  Haraden 
Pratt  of  this  city,  and  has  been  staying  with  Mrs. 
Sherman.  Her  opera  of  "Narcissa"  was  given  for 
four  days  in  Seattle  last  year  under  the  manage- 
ment of  John  Cort.  Mrs.  Moore  herself  con- 
ducted the  orchestra  of  forty-four  pieces.  It  is 
said  that  Andreas  Dippel  will  produce  it  this  sea- 
son in  the  East,  and  John  Cort  has  promised  to 
give  it  in  San  Francisco  during  the  World's  Fair 
"Narcissa"  is  concerned  with  the  coming  of  the 
first  Protestant  missionaries  to  the  Pacific  North- 
west, and  is  founded  on  historical  fact.  NarL.ssa 
was  the  wife  of  Malcolm  Whitman,  the  first  mis- 
sionary who  reached  Seattle,  then  a  trading  post, 
over  the  Lewis  and  Clark  trail.  The  opera  deals 
with  their  adventures  and  ends  with  their  mur- 
der by  the  Indians.  Mrs.  Moore  has  spent  years 
collecting  the  Indian  songs  of  the  Northwest,  and 
has  incorporated  many  of  them  in  "Narcissa." 
The  book  of  the  opera  was  written  by  her  mother 
Mrs.    Sarah  Pratt. 


The  Modesty  of  Teddy 

"Do  you  know  the  Rijks  Museum  in  Amster- 
dam?" asked  a  San  Franciscan  who  has  just  re- 
turned from  a  business  trip  to  Europe.  The 
Spectator  admitted  that  he  did  not.  "Well,"  said 
the  traveler,  "there  is  in  the  Rijks  Museum,  as 
there  is  for  that  matter  in  most  European  muse- 
ums, a  register  for  distinguished  visitors.  While 
1  was  in  Amsterdam  somebody  extracted  from 
this  book,  and  published  in  a  newspaper,  the  fol- 
lowing entries: 

"Wilhelm,  I.  R.,  December  13,  1907. 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  May  1,  1910. 
Oscar,  Prinz  von  Preussen,  May  27,  1909. 

"Nothing  remarkable  about  those  entries?  Ex- 
amine the  dates.  The  Emperor  William  visited 
the  museum  in  1907.  Prince  Oscar  was  there  in 
1909,  and  inscribed  his  name  upon  the  line  im- 
mediately below  his  august  father's  signature 
Then  came  our  modest  Teddy  a  year  later,  and  in- 
serted his  name  in  the  space  between.  Can  you 
beat  it?"  No  wonder  that  Teddy  is  beloved  by 
his  unvulgar  countrymen! 


"Pa,  wliat's  a  metrical  romance?" 
"Well,  this  month's  gas  bill  is  one." 


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TOWN  TALK 


August  24,  1912 


While  Mrs.  Atherton  Was  Speaking 


Scene — Red  and  Gold  Room,  Palace  Hotel. 
Sweet  Young  Thing — But  she  said  we  were  all 
oysters ! 

Suffragette  Mama — Then  be  dumb  while  she 
speaks! 

Mere  Man — Which  of  the  sufifragettes  is  Tom- 
my Hayden? 

Wife  with  Lorgnette — Ssh!  There  must  be 
men  speakers  at  a  meeting  like  this,  and  you 
shouldn't  make  fun  of  them. 

Mere  Man — I  don't.    I  regard  them  with  awe. 

Sweet  Young  Thing — Why  isn't  Doctor  Aked 
here? 

Suffragette  Mama — He  may  be  for  all  I  know. 

Mere  Man  (sotto  voce) — Not  on  your  life!  He'd 
be  where  we  could  all  see  him. 

Sweet  Young  Thing — Such  a  jam!  This  is 
more  strenuous  than  ragging. 

Suffragette  Mama — Susan,  don't  be  vulgar. 

Mrs.  Atherton — Roosevelt,  if  I  may  use  a  vul- 


garism, is  given  to  shooting  off  his  mouth,  (jr  I 
might  say,  his  teeth. 

Mere  Man — That's  the  stufT! 

Sweet  Young  Thing — Mama,  if  Mrs.  Atherton 
may  use  a  vulgarism,  may  not  I? 

Suffragette  Mama — Mrs.  Atherton  is  a  novelist, 
and  as  such  may  indulge  certain  liberties  of  ex- 
pression. 

Sweet  Young  Thing — Yes,  I've  read  Patience 
Sparhawk. 

Mrs.  Atherton — The  need  for  legislation  in  the 
matter  of  the  white  slave  traffic  did  not  appeal 
to  Mr.  Roosevelt. 

Sweet  Young  Thing — What's  the  white  slave 
traffic,  mama? 

Suffragette  Mama — You're  too  young  to  know. 

Mere  Man  (sotto  voce) — Lord  save  the  mark! 

Wife  with  Lorgnette — William!  You're  talk- 
ing too  loud. 


Mere  Man — Your  obedient  oyster. 

Suffragette  Mama — Come  child,  Mrs.  Atherton 
has  finished. 

Sweet  Young  Thing — 1  think  she's  a  dear,  but 
politics  makes  my  head  ache. 

Wife  with  Lorgnette — William,  you  may  take 
me  to  the  court  for  tea. 

Mere  Man — A  Scotch  for  mine.  But  shan't  we 
wait  for  the  men  to  speak? 

Wife  with  Lorgnette — Certainly  not.  They're 
mere  politicians. 

Mere  Man— Well,  I'll  be— Then  what  is  Mrs. 
Atherton? 

Wife  with  Lorgnette — A  personage! 

Sweet  Young  Thing — Mama,  we'll  stop  on  the 
way  home  and  get  "Julia  France."  But  I  do  hope 
there  are  no  suffragettes  in  it. 

— The  Stenographer. 


A  Descendant  of  the  Cid 

What  is  the  matter  with  our  social  arbiters? 
What  ails  our  Honizers  and  our  tuft-hunters? 
Where,  oh  where  are  the  wits  of  our  climbers? 
Here  we  have  been  entertaining  a  most  distin- 
guished nobleman,  and  nobody  seems  to  pay  any 
attention  to  him.  He  isn't  incognito;  he  isn't 
uppish  or  retiring;  he  is  extremely  courteous, 
genial,  sociable  and  democratic.  He  likes  Amer- 
ica; he  is  delighted  with  California;  San  Fran- 
cisco charms  him.  And  yet  he  has  been  allowed 
to  go  his  way  unheralded,  unentertained,  almost 
unnoticed.  It's  a  shame.  Let  me  present  you, 
gentle  reader,  to  the  Marquis  de  Breviare,  Baron 
d'Alaincourt.  The  Marquis  is  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  El  Cid  Campeador,  the  great  Spanish  na- 
tional hero,  the  subject  of  the  first  great  Spanish 
poem.  But  the  Cid  lived  in  the  comparatively 
recent  eleventh  century,  and  the  Marquis  de 
Breviare  can  trace  the  ramifications  of  his  family 
tree  as  far  back  as  the  year  of  Our  Lord  500. 
Marquis  de  Breviare  is  his  Spanish  title.  But  he 
is  also  a  French  nobleman,  his  French  title  be- 
ing Baron  d'Alaincourt.  The  French  Republic 
does  not  recognize  the  Napoleonic  titles,  but  it 
accepts  those  which  antedate  the  Revolution  of 
1789,  and  the  Baron's  goes  way  back  of  that. 
The  Baron  is  not  a  millionaire,  but  he  has  three 
castles  which  he  manages  to  keep  up.  He  mar- 
ried a  Philadelphia  heiress.  Miss  Myra  Alexander 
Dick.  To  add  to  his  distinctions,  he  is  a  suc- 
cessful lawyer  and  has  been  in  the  diplomatic 
service. 


He  Chaperons  Alphonso 

One  of  the  most  interesting  things  about  Baron 
d'Alaincourt  is  that  he  acts  as  official  chaperon 

Art  and  Refinement  are  Display  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS  AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

to  King  Alphonso  of  Spain  when  that  monarch 
visits  France.  Alphonso  likes  Paris,  so  the  bar- 
on's duties  are  not  of  a  perfunctory  sort.  Princes 
are  always  chaperoned  when  they  go  to  Paris. 
The  attractions  of  the  capital  of  the  world  are 
considered  so  tempting  that  it  is  thought  neces- 
sary to  prevent  enthusiastic  young  royalties  from 
making  fools  of  themselves  when  they  visit  there. 
In  the  case  of  young  kings  the  chaperonage  is 
not  so  strict,  but  it  is  exercised  just  the  same. 
King  Manuel  had  a  chaperon,  but  that  did  not 
prevent  him  from  making  a  splurge  with  Gaby 
Deslys  and  other  charmers.  The  Prince  of  Wales 
was  in  Paris  recently,  and  was  so  closely  chap- 
eroned that  the  English  and  the  French  could 
not  forbear  commiserating  him.  He  had  not  one 
but  several  chaperons.  Among  others  there  was 
a  stern  gentleman  by  the  name  of  Hansel.  Which 
made  it  inevitable  for  the  Parisians  to  remark 
that  the  poor  Prince  would  have  had  a  much 
jollier  time  if  there  were  less  Hansel  and  more 
Gretel  about  his  visit. 


Honeymooning  a  I'Anglaise 

Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Parker  have  been  spend- 
ing their  honeymoon  at  the  country  home  of  a 
friend,  down  the  peninsula,  lent  to  them  for  two 
weeks.  This  lending  of  country  houses  for  honey- 
moons is  an  English  custom  that  was  introduced 
into  Washington  when  Mrs.  John  R.  McLean  lent 
her  place  to  the  Nicholas  Longworths  after  their 
wedding.  In  New  York  the  smart  set  bridal 
couples  honeymoon  at  the  Newport  places  of 
their  friends,  "loaned  for  the  occasion"  and  this 
provides  a  full  retinue  of  servants  with  the  hos- 
pitality of  the  house  that  is  conducted  as  though 
its  mistress  were  acting  hostess.  It  is  a  com- 
mendable courtesy  among  friends  that  has  found 
favor.  No  longer  do  honeymooners  sojourn  at 
hotels  to  be  stared  at  and  commented  upon.  Had 
Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Parker  followed  the  custom- 
ary plan  of  taking  a  wedding  trip  to  Del  Monte 
or  Santa  Barbara,  popular  Miss  Langhorne  that 
was  would  have  been  besieged  with  attentions 

'  HER  VACATION  will  be  complete  if  she  is 
kept  supplied  with  candy.  Easily  sent  by  mail 
or  express  from  any  one  of  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons' 
four  candy  stores. 


from  her  friends.  The  Parkers  were  a  more  than 
usually  lucky  bridal  couple  as  they  were  given 
the  use  of  the  town  house  of  another  friend  after 
their  wedding.  The  bride  left  the  Langhorne  resi- 
dence in  her  wedding  gown  with  an  evening 
cloak-  thrown  over  it  instead  of  changing  to  her 
traveling  suit  which  going  to  a  hotel  would  havi 
necessitated.  This  is  another  custom  of  English 
society. 


How  the  Fire  Started 

Down  at  Santa  Barbara  the  members  of  the 
swagger  Santa  Barbara  Country  Club  profess  to 
know  all  about  the  burning  of  their  club  house 
and  the  wounding  and  subsequent  disappearance 
of  Steward  Kirchener.  But  they  won't  talk  about 
it  for  publication,  thinking  that  there  has  been 
too  much  scandal  already.  The  story  upon  which 
most  agree  is  to  the  effect  that  a  very  prominent 
member  of  the  club  went  there  to  surprise  his 
wife  and  her  lover  tete-a-tete.  I  have  heard  it 
said  that  he  was  quite  correct  in  supposing  that 
the  amorous  pair  were  in  the  club  house.  That 
it  was  his  purpose  to  kill  both  of  them  is  another 
matter  on  which  there  seems  to  be  unanimity  of 
opinion.  But  while  he  was  making  his  way 
through  the  club  on  this  murderous  mission,  so 
the  story  goes,  Steward  Kirchener  heard  him  and 
went  to  see  who  he  was,  whereupon  the  angry 
husband  hid  in  a  store  room.  He  was  nervous 
and  lit  a  cigarette  to  steady  himself,  throwing  the 
match  on  the  floor.  There  was  excelsior  on  the 
floor  and  the  match  ignited  it.  At  this  moment 
the  steward  passed  the  door  and  the  husband, 
mistaking  him  for  his  wife's  paramour,  fired  two 
shots,  hitting  him  in  the  arm  and  shoulder.  The 
husband  hadn't  time,  before  making  his  escape, 
to  extinguish  the  blaze.    Hence  the  destruction  of 


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TOWN  TALK 


15 


the  club.  Those  who  tell  this  story  add  that  the 
husband  induced  the  wounded  steward  to  get  out 
of  the  way  until  the  affair  should  blow  over?  But 
will  it  blow  over?  It  seems  too  nasty  a  mess 
for  that;  besides,  too  many  people  are  talking, 
and  the  disclosures  have  already  gone  pretty  far. 


Mrs.  Atherton's  Cigarette 

When  Gertrude  Atherton  was  in  Chicago  the 
multitudinous  censors  of  that  very  provincial  burg 
went  into  ecstacies  of  horror  because  she  smoked 
on  the  porch  of  a  country  club.  Other  places 
other  manners.  Mrs.  Atherton  lunches  nearly 
every  day  at  a  downtown  cafe,  and  a  cigarette  has 
been  the  usual  accompaniment  of  her  demitasse. 
Have  there  been  wild  outcries?  Have  there  been 
denunciations?  Certainly  not.  If  Mrs.  Atherton 
wants  to  smoke  after  luncheon  that  is  her  priv- 
ilege. We  are  not  as  narrow  in  such  things  as 
Chicago.  Women  smoke  in  the  St.  Francis  dining 
room  when  they  want  to.  A  very  charming  young 
matron,  just  home  from  Paris,  enjoyed  her  cig- 
arette there  the  other  day  without  molestation. 
It  is  only  country  folk  visiting  here  that  gasp 
at  such  a  sight.  For  the  sake  of  those  who  may 
search  our  cafes  for  a  sight  of  Mrs.  Atherton 
smoking,  let  me  add  that  she  has  given  up  the 
habit  within  the  last  few  days.  She  says  it  caused 
insomnia. 


The  McEnerneys  Off  for  Europe 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garret  McEncrney  left  town  this 
week  for  their  annual  European  trip.  As  Europe 
is  an  old  story  to  the  McEnerneys,  they  go  there 
not  to  travel  but  to  rest.  They  will  spend  a  few 
months  at  one  of  the  watering  places  in  Germany, 
and  will  then  go  to  Paris  and  to  London  where 
they  have  many  friends.  Few  Americans  are  bet- 
ter known  than  the  McEnerneys  in  the  literary 
set  of  London.  They  number  among  their  friends 
the  Chestertons,  the  Bellocs  and  the  Meynells. 
Mr.  McEnerney,  by  the  way,  is  one  of  the  few 
representatives  of  our  bar  who  keeps  in  touch 
with  the  literature  and  politics  of  Europe.  It  is 
probably  his  taste  for  these  things  that  gives  him 
a  breadth  of  vision  and  grasp  of  mind  which  one 
seldom  finds  among  our  professional  men. 


Edna  Darch  Arrives 

The  glory  of  California  as  a  developer  of  song 
birds  is  about  to  be  enhanced  by  Edna  Darch. 
It  is  about  seven  years  since  beautiful  Edna  Darch 
left    California    under    the    protecting   wing  of 


The 

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Madame  Calve.  Calve  said  that  Edna  was 
destined  to  become  one  of  the  world's  great  sing- 
ers. For  several  years  she  has  been  singing  at 
the  Royal  Opera  in  Berlin.  This  winter  she  will 
join  the  melodic  cohorts  of  Andreas  Dippel  and 
her  much  praised  mezzosoprano  will  be  heard  in 
Philadelphia  and  Chicago  along  with  the  voices 
of  Tetrazzini,  Mary  Garden,  Dalmores,  Scotti  and 
others  of  worldwide  fame.  She  returns  to  her 
own  country  with  the  brightest  chance  of  being 
acclaimed  as  only  America  acclaims  a  native 
singer  who  reaches  the  topmost  rank.  Music 
lovers  will  remember  the  time  that  Calve  brought 
Edna  Darch  to  San  Francisco  on  her  way  East. 
The  great  French  cantatrice  had  discovered  her 
in  Los  Angeles,  and  with  that  singular  certainty 
in  picking  great  though  undeveloped  voices  which 


Photo,   Pierre  Smith 


MRS.   r.\RKER   F.  WOOD 
Who  was  formerly  Miss  Vera  Seitz,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.    and    Mrs.    Frank   W.    Seitz   of    San    Rafael.  The 
groom  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Melville  Erskine  who  was 
Miss  Mildred  Wood. 

had  made  no  mistake  in  the  cases  of  Bessie  Ab- 
bott, Geraldine  Farrar  and  Lois  Feurst,  Calve  de- 
clared through  the  local  papers  that  her  new 
protegee  would  one  day  eclipse  all  her  former 
finds.  There  is  an  excellent  chance  that  that 
declaration  will  be  confirmed  when  Dippel's  sea- 
son opens  in  Philadelphia  at  the  end  of  October. 


Of  Humble  Origin 

Edna  Darch  was  born  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota 
in  1888,  so  she  is  now  only  twenty-four  years  old, 
a  tender  age  at  which  to  join  the  operatic  com- 
pany of  such  as  Tetrazzini  and  Garden.  Her 
father  was  of  English  birth  and  her  mother  a 
German.  They  were  plain,  hard-working  people, 
and  had  two  daughters,  Edna  and  Florence.  Edna 
was  and  is  still  a  girl  of  exceptional  beauty,  of 
robust  constitution,  with  remarkable  throat  de- 
velopment and  dowered  with  a  bright  mind.  The 
family  moved  to  Los  Angeles  when  the  girls  were 
quite  young,  and  the  father  obtained  work  in  a 
lumber  yard.  All  the  money  he  could  spare  from 
the  household  expenses  went  to  pay  for  music 
lessons,  Edna  studying  the  piano  and  vocal  music 
while    Florence   devoted   herself   to   the  violin. 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogcl's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


Once  a  wealthy  rancher  from  North  Dakota  vis- 
ited the  family  and  gave  Edna  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  her  music  lessons.  This  small  sum  en- 
abled her  to  study  the  piano  with  Herr  Thilo 
Becker,  formerly  of  the  Conservatory  of  Leipsic. 
Becker  heard  her  sing  and  introduced  her  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Carrick,  a  talented  English  teacher  of 
singing.  Through  these  two  teachers  she  was 
presented  to  Calve  when  the  great  prima  donna 
visited  Los  Angeles.  Calve  was  enthusiastic  and 
eager  to  help.  She  left  money  in  a  Los  Angeles 
bank  to  pay  for  the  girl's  tuition  and  insisted  that 
she  take  up  the  study  of  French,  German  and 
Italian.  The  following  year  Calve  took  Edna  to 
New  York  and  placed  her  with  the  best  masters. 
She  showered  her  with  gifts  and  dressed  her  ex- 
quisitely. Finally  Calve  took  her  to  Europe 
where  her  voice  so  charmed  the  director  of  the 
Berlin  Grand  Opera  that  he  gave  her  an  engage- 
ment. Edna  Darch  is  said  to  have  the  physique 
of  Fames  and  the  talents  of  her  patroness. 


Julia  Dean's  Smart  Connections 

Mrs.  Orme  Caldara  arrived  in  San  Francisco 
last  week  and  is  resting  quietly  before  her  en- 
gagement at  the  Cort  opens.  Mrs.  Caldara  is 
Julia  Dean  on  theater  programs  and  is  remem- 
bered for  her  brilliant  work  in  "The  Lily"'  in 
which  she  fairly  overshadowed  the  statuesque 
Nance  O'Neil  two  seasons  ago.  She  is  visiting 
in  this  city  among  her  relatives  who  include  the 
Potter  Langhornes  and  Haynes'.  of  San  Mateo, 
and  is  being  entertained  informally  by  our  smart 
setters  down  the  peninsula.  Miss  Dean  is  first 
cousin  to  Mrs.  James  Potter  Langhorne  who  is 
the  daughter  of  Julia  Dean  Hayne,  famous  forty 
years  ago  as  a  tragedienne.  Robin  Hayne  who 
married  Miss  Jane  Selby  last  year  is  a  grand- 
nephew  of  Julia  Dean  Hayne  and  second  cousin 
to  Miss  Dean. 


A  Telephone  "Touch"' 

The  get-rich-quick  scheme  of  the  woman 
swindler  who  impersonated  Mrs.  Carey  Fried- 
lander  was  far  more  successful  than  the  news- 
paper accounts  stated.  It  is  estimated  that  friends 
of  the  Friedlanders  were  cozened  out  of  five  or 
six  hundred  dollars  in  sums  ranging  from  $25 
to  $100.  The  game  was  an  easy  one  and  some 
of  the  victims  have  not  reported  their  losses 
owing  to  a  natural  reticence.  The  man  who 
finally  went  to  Friedlander  had  ponied  up  his  $25 
as  per  request  befote  he  scented  something  wrong 
and  decided  to  take  the  lady's  husband  into  his 
confidence.  He  is  one  of  Friedlander's  club 
friends  and  it  was  at  the  club  one  evening  last 
week  that  he  was  "touched"  over  the  telephone. 
The  man  was  eager  to  do  his  friend's  wife  a 
service  and  said  he'd  send  the  amount  out  to  her 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

Sherman  ^ay  Sc.  Go. 

Steinway   and    Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


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TOWN  TALK 


August  24,  1912 


house  with  pleasure.  But  the  lady  demurred. 
Not  to  the  house  where  Carey  might  discover  it, 
and  not  to  any  other  address  since  she  wished 
none  of  her  friends  to  know.  The  safest  plan 
was  for  her  to  send  a  messenger  boy  to  the  club 
and  wait  at  a  street  corner  for  him  to  come 
with  the  money.  This  plan  was  agreed  upon  and 
$25  was  sealed  in  an  envelope  and  delivered  to 
the  boy  who  called  at  the  club  ten  minutes  later. 
This  was  the  last  the  man  heard  of  it  or  expects 
to.  The  next  day  he  confided  the  incident  to  a 
friend  withholding  the  lady's  name,  and  the  friend 
agreed  that  it  looked  suspicious.  "Better  tell 
Carey,"  he  advised,  which  advice  was  taken  that 
day  with  the  result  that  Mrs.  Friedlander  received 
the  surprise  of  her  life,  and  detectives  are  seeking 
a  clever  woman  swindler  who  had  been  at  work 
ten  days  before  her  game  was  exposed. 


Inherits  Her  Beauty 

Miss  Belle  Brittain,  the  young  lady  who  was 
quoted  as  being  very  contemptuous  of  chaperons 
and  who  denies  having  any  such  feeling,  is  a 
beauty  who  comes  by  her  good  looks  quite  natur- 
ally. She  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Nat  Brit- 
tain of  San  Mateo.  Her  mother  was  one  of  the 
handsome  Fallon  sisters  of  San  Jose.  In  the 
Garden  City  where  pulchritude  blossoms  like  the 
rose  they  were  distinguished  for  their  unusual 
beauty.  Anita  Fallon  married  John  T.  Malone 
who  graduated  from  Santa  Clara  College  to  the 
Shakespearian  -  stage.  Their  daughter  Geraldine 
Malone  is  an  actress  of  promise  who  played  here 
not  long  ago.  Isabel  Fallon  married  Colonel  Nat 
Brittain.  The  third  sister  Emma  married  Harry 
Burns  of  Honolulu.  The  Fallon  girls  were  ac- 
complished as  well  as  beautiful.  They  spent 
many  years  in  Europe,  returning  to  astonish  San 
Jose  with  their  Parisian  dresses  and  their  con- 
tinental manners. 


The  Charms  of  Castle  Crags 

There  is  one  glory  of  the  early  summer,  and 
another  glory  of  the  later  season.  Nowhere  is 
the  truth  of  the  statement  more  obvious  than  at 
Castle  Crags  Farm,  where  the  later  summer  is 
now  beginning.  The  tang  in  the  mountain  air, 
felt  unmistakably  at  this  season  of  the  year,  makes 
one  over  again  after  a  stay  of  ever  so  few  days 
in  the  heart  of  the  Crags  country.  The  pleasures 
of  the  early  season  are  giving  place  to  some  ex- 
tent to  the  joys  of  the  hunting  season.  .A.nd  with 
the  first  of  September  deer  hunts  will  be  the  or- 
der of  the  day  at  Castle  Crag  and  through  all 
of  that  country.  Hunting  parties  in  numbers 
have  made  reservations  for  the  first  weeks  of 
September.  From  the  log  cabins  at  the  farm  a 
general  "trek"  to  the  mountains  will  be  a  daily 
occurrence.  The  chase  after  deer  is  not  the 
only  absorbing  pursuit  at  Castle  Crags  Farm  and 
its  neighboring  beauty  spots.  Fishing,  the  best 
in  years,  has  lured  a  number  of  anglers.  During 
September  the  catch  will  be  equally  large.  And 
beyond  the  borders  of  the  Farm  country  itself, 
further  off  in  the  heart  of  the  mountains,  is  Castle 
Lake,  a  bonanza  find  for  the  fisherman.  Pack 
train  parties  from  the  Farm  have  gone  out  for 
two  and  three  days,  to  return  with  the  limit  catch. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  K.  Defendorf  and  Miss  Marjorie 
Stanton,  and  Wolcott  Stanton  made  the  Castle 
Lake  trip  returning  after  a  day  in  the  mountains 
with  the  limit  for  each  fisherman.  The  one  con- 
stant glory  of  all  seasons  in  the  Castle  Crag  Farm 
country  is  the  log  cabin  accommodation.  In  lieu 
of  the  conventional  summer  resort  hotel,  with  its 
long  corridors  and  its  maze  of  doors,  the  cabins 
ofTer  the  quiet  and  comfort  of  home.  Hot  and 
cold  shower  baths,  electric  lights  and  all  the 
fresh  air  and  window  space  that  could  be  pro- 
vided in  one  room  make  sleeping  akin  to  camp- 


ing out  under  the  pine  trees  which  shelter  each 
cabin.  Castle  Crag  will  remain  open  during  Sep- 
tember. Reservations  may  be  made  at  the  Hotel 
Victoria,  corner  Bush  and  Stockton  street,  of  Mrs. 
W.  F.  Morris. 


Lanterns  and  Tableaux  Vivants  at  Santa  Cruz 

Fred  W.  Swanton,  the  general  manager  of  the 
Santa  Cruz  Beach  Company  is  attempting  a  pro- 
gram of  free  spectacular  prt)ductions  on  the  water 
in  front  of  the  Casino,  to  amuse  the  crowds  that 
daily  visit  the  Casino  and  beach.    Thousands  of 


I'liuto,  Scharz 


MRS.  GEORGE  HAROLD  FREEAR 
A  prominent  member  of  the  younger  set  in  Oakland  who 
was  formerly  Miss  Genevieve  Strum. 

lanterns  will  decorate  the  Casino,  beach  and  water 
from  the  dome  of  the  buildings  to  the  end  of  the 
pier  and  raft.  All  the  fishing  boats,  rowing  boats 
and  launches  will  be  gaily  decorated  for  the 
nightly  events.  There  will  be  daylight  Japanese 
fireworks,  water  and  night  fireworks  each  evening 
with  the  grandest  tableaux  vivants  ever  displayed 
on  the  water.  This  will  be  a  grand  affair  for 
those  already  in  Santa  Cruz  as  well  as  for  the 
thousands  that  look  forward  to  an  outing  on 
Admission  Day,  and  as  there  are  three  days,  Sat- 
urday, Sunday  and  Monday,  for  this  year's  "Sep- 
tember Ninth"  doings  Santa  Cruz  will  surely  get 
her  share  with  a  program  like  the  following: 
September  7,  music  by  Williams'  Santa  Cruz 
Beach  band;  balloons  with  lanterns  attached; 
parachute  jump  by  young  lady  from  bursting  fire 


balloon;  original  fire  effects;  living  pictures;  Si 
takes  Maud  to  the  Santa  Cruz  Beach;  ship  on  fire 
at  sea;  grand  finale,  water  fireworks.  September  8, 
balloons  and  water  shells  from  pleasure  pier; 
living  pictures;  tableaux;  illumination  and  water 
fireworks.  September  9,  fire  balloon  and  par- 
achute jump;  dance  of  the  water  fairies  with 
illuminated  light  house;  living  pictures;  fight  of 
pirate  ships  with  grand  fireworks  effect;  queen  and 
water  fairies  hold  court  in  ball  room;  Japanese 
day  fireworks  every  day  at  3:00  p.  m. 


The  Time  Draws  Near 

There  is  an  air  of  expectancy  and  interest 
manifested  around  Tait's  these  days.  Now  that 
the  time  for  awarding  the  beautiful  Oakland  au- 
tomobile is  drawing  near  patrons  of  the  place  are 
showing  a  stimulated  interest.  The  lady  patron 
who  wins  this  beautiful  high-power  car  will  cer- 
tainly be  lucky  and  the  envy  of  her  friends  and 
acquaintances.  The  manner  in  which  the  car  is 
to  be  awarded  is  fully  explained  at  the  cafe  every 
afternoon  between  the  hours  of  3  and  6  o'clock. 
There  is  always  a  novel  and  interesting  entertain- 
ment there  every  afternoon 


Travelers'  Whereabouts 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Clark  of  San  Mateo 
left  London  recently  for  Paris,  but  will  return  to 
the  English  capital  before  the  end  of  the  month. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  S.  De  Sabla  of  El  Cerrito 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clement  Tobin  of  San  Mateo 
left  London  recently,  going  to  Carlsbad  for  the 
cure. 

Professor  Melville  Best  Anderson  of  Stanford 
University  is  occupying  Gabriele  d'Annunzio's  old 
home,  the  Villa  la  Capponcina,  at  Settiguano  near 
Florence. 

Judge  and  Mrs.  James  A.  Cooper  and  Miss 
Ethel  Cooper  have  been  staying  at  the  Adion  in 
Berlin. 


Some  of  the  sojourners  at  Paso  Robles,  devot- 
ing themselves  to  the  famous  baths,  are:  Mr.  Fred 
.\.  Wrede  of  Haywards,  accompanied  by  his 
(laughter  Mrs.  Ed  Wrede  of  San  Francisco;  Mrs. 
C.  Mesnager  and  daughter  Miss  C.  Mesnager  of 
Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  E.  Walton  Hedges  of  Santa 
I'.arbara  who  motored  to  Paso  Robles  and  brought 
her  friend  Mrs.  Milton  Pray  of  Burlingame,  the 
latter  to  remain  some  days  for  the  baths  and  rest; 
Mr.  Wm.  G.  Barr,  a  well  known  Los  Angeles  man. 
I'rom  the  East  comes  Mr.  J.  H.  Davis  whose  home 
is  in  Elgin,  Illinois.  Mrs.  A.  P.  Sauer,  with  her 
little  daughter  arrived  last  week  from  New  Or- 
leans. Judge  J.  K.  Law  of  Merced  is  there  with 
Mrs.  Law.  Some  of  the  San  Francisco  people 
are:  Mrs.  C.  G.  Clinch  and  her  son  Charles  D. 
Clinch;  Mrs.  E.  K.  Goodrich;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Michel- 
<on  and  her  daughter  Mrs.  H.  Michelson;  Mr.  B. 
Goldfish  and  wife;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Martini. 


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August  24,  1912 


The  play  weigher  has  no  more  delicate,  no  more 
difificult  task  than  that  of  estimating  the  worth 
of  a  drama  immediately  after  its  premiere.  Many 
playwrights  and  many  actors  think  that  the 
critic  should  not  make  the  attempt.  They  take 
the  stand  that  he  is  no  more  capable  of  doing 
justice  to  a  play  after  seeing  its  first  production 
than  a  manager  is  after  merely  reading  it.  Every- 
one knows  that  it  is  almost  impossible  for  an 
actor  or  a  manager  to  tell  a  good  play  in  manu- 
script; the  confraternity  of  the  stage  hold  that 
it  is  equally  out  of  the  question  for  the  critic  to 
appraise  it  properly  after  the  first  night.  There 
is  a  good  deal  in  this  view.  The  author  has 
worked  on  his  play  for  a  year,  two  years.  The 
players,  the  stage  manager  and  others  have  been 
giving  months  to  it.  The  result  of  all  this  labor 
does  not  appear  on  the  first  night.  The  stage 
manager  may  be  hurried;  there  may  be  unfore- 
seen problems  for  him  to  solve  at  the  last  mom- 
ent. The  actors  may  not  know  their  lines  per- 
fectly, or  they  may  forget  them  on  account  of 
nervousness.  The  first  actual  production  always 
brings  to  light  crudities  which  had  been  over- 
looked. Scenes  which  were  thought  important 
may  prove  insignificant  when  submitted  to  the 
test  of  public  hearing;  scenes  which  were  slighted 
may  prove  to  be  big  scenes.  There  are  a  dozen 
other  circumstances  connected  with  the  first  night 
which  prevent  the  players  from  doing  justice  to 
themselves  and  to  the  play.  Nevertheless  it  is 
the  custom  to  appraise  a  play  on  the  basis  of 
its  first  production.  That  being  so,  it  only  re- 
mains for  the  appraiser  to  take  all  the  difficulties 
into  consideration  and  not  to  treat  the  produc- 
tion as  he  treats  one  which  has  Been  polished  hy 
w  eeks  or  months  of  contact  with  the  boards. 
TTnreservedly  to  acclaim  or  damn  "A  Man  on 
llcrseback"  from  the  data  supplied  by  the  per- 
formance given  Monday  night  would  be  unfair. 
What  we  saw  was  not  the  finished  play  but  the 
final  dress  rehearsal.  As  the  nights  pass  wrinkles 
will  be. ironed  out,  weak  places  will  be  strength- 
ened, useless  lines  will  be  eliminated,  bits  of 
"business"  will  be  elaborated — in  a  word,  the  play 


TOWN  TALK 

A  Man  on  Horseback' 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

will  begin  to  be  a  real  play  subject  to  the  hard  and 
fast  rules  of  criticism.  When  all  this  has  been 
done  "A  Man  on  Horseback"  will  be  a  good, 
but  by  no  means  a  great  play.  It  will  still,  if  1 
am  not  mistaken,  suffer  from  a  weakness  which 
cannot  be  cured  without  making  the  whole  play 
over.    This  weakness  resides  in  the  central  char- 


ELS.\  RUEGGER 

The  world's  greatest  woman  'cellist  who  will  appear  this 
Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 

.'icter.  The  Man  on  Horseback  is  introduced  as  a 
national  political  hero,  an  honest  man  of  un- 
boun'ded  ambition  who  tramples  his  way  to  power 
over  the  bodies  of  his  enemies.  But  for  his 
wonderful  power  of  mastery  we  must  take  Booth 
Tarkington's  word.  It  is  true  that  in  a  stirring 
scene  he  defies  his  enemies  when  they  seem  to 


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have  him  on  the  hip,  but  his  triumph  over  them 
in  the  two  instances  that  make  the  subject  matter 
of  the  play  is  not  a  triumph  of  his  unaided  genius. 
A  fellow  Senator  rescues  him  from  one  danger, 
and  pure  accident  frees  him  from  another.  The 
Man  on  Horseback  whom  Booth  Tarkington 
conceived  may  have  been  all  that  Booth  Tar- 
kington says  he  was;  but  the  Man  on  Horseback 
whom  Booth  Tarkington  draws  is  simply  a 
brave  and  good  man  with  an  unusual  share  of 
luck.  This  is  a  weak  place  in  the  dramatic  struc- 
ture, but  it  is  not  a  weakness  to  which  the  or- 
dinary audience  will  take  great  exception.  It 
can  be  deftly  concealed,  especially  by  a  virile 
actor  like  James  K.  Hackett  whose  appearance  and 
bearing  suggest  the  qualities  the  Man  on  Horse- 
back is  supposed  to  possess.  There  is  another 
character  in  this  play  which  the  great  public,  I 
suppose,  will  not  resent,  but  which  is  bound  to 
displease  newspapermen.  I  refer  to  the  character 
of  the  Washington  correspondent.  Members  of 
the  fourth  estate  will  not  care  to  have  their  con- 
duct judged  by  the  miserable  behavior  of  Rem- 
brandt Jelf.  Jelf  is  a  listener  at  keyholes,  an 
invader  of  privacy,  a  spy,  a  blackmailer  and  a 
thief.  He  rummages  in  drawers,  he  reads  other 
people's  papers;  he  is  absolutely  unscrupulous 
in  the  service  of  the  millionaire  newspaper  pro- 
prietor for  whom  he  is  working.  Washington 
correspondents  are  popularly  considered  the  pick 
of  the  newspaper  profession.  They  are  at  least 
as  strict  in  enforcing  the  ethics  of  their  craft 
as  the  members  of  an  ordinary  staff.  They  would 
not  tolerate  this  man  Jelf  for  a  minute.  Yet  there 
is  nothing  in  the  play  to  indicate  that  he  is  in 
any  way  exceptional.  The  Man  on  Horseback 
says  nothing  to  show  the  audience  that  Jelf's 
outrageous  behavior  is  different  from  the  behavior 
of  other  newspaper  men.  This  may  seem  a 
special  plea,  but  the  character  militates  against  the 
success  of  the  play  with  the  men  who  must  pass 
public  judgment  on  it.  It  goes  without  saying 
that  Hackett  and  his  company  gave  it  a  splendid 
production.  The  author  could  not  have  entrusted 
it  to  better  hands. 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


Another  Week  of  "Baby  Mine" 

Margaret  Mayo's  screaming  comedy  "Baby 
Mine"  which  opened  a  limited  engagement  at  the 
Cort  last  Sunday,  will  enter  upon  its  second  and 
last  week,  beginning  Sunday  night.  "Baby  Mine" 
still  has  the  power  to  provoke  unrestrained 
laughter.  Never  was  a  comedy  constructed  that 
so  easily  took  the  audience  off  its  guard  of  gravity. 
Marguerite  Clark  and  Ernest  Glendinning  of  the 
original  cast,  and  Jas.  A.  Bliss  and  Vira  Real  form 
the  quartet  which  furnishes  most  of  the  fun.  Miss 
Clark  is  a  winsome  bit  of  prettiness  and  goes 
through  her  strenuous  part  as  the  young  wife  in 
the  most  daintily  ridiculous  and  whimsically  funnj 
way.  Her  acting  is  artistically  perfect.  Ernest 
Glendinning,  home  again  in  the  same  part  of  the 
husband,  is  splendid  in  his  character  study  of  the 
jealous  suspecting  man  and  the  foolishly  happy 
and  suddenly  despoiled  father  of  triplets.  Jas.  A. 
Bliss  plays  the  part  of  Jimmy  in  a  manner  that 
just  fits  the  situations,  and  as  the  kind  and  help- 
ful female  friend  Miss  Vira  Real  acts  her  part  re- 
markably well.  The  stage  setting  for  this  dc 
lightful  little  comedy  is  quite  perfect,  and  Miss 


Clark  in  her  pink  draped  bed  in  the  second  act  ap- 
pears like  a  human  bon  bon.  "Bought  and  Paid 
For,"  William  A.  Brady's  remarkable  success 
which  he  is  .sending  here  with  the  original  New 
York  Playhouse  cast,  including  Charles  Richman, 
Julia  Dean  and  others,  is  underlined  to  follow 
"Baby  Mine"  at  the  Cort  for  a  limited  engagement 
beginning  Monday,  September  2. 


A  Big  Bill  at  Pantages 

Pantages  is  doing  a  banner  business  this  week, 
the  current  attractions  being  varied  and  interest- 
ing. The  program  for  next  week  abounds  in  good 
numbers,  one  of  which  is  the  four  Bards,  undeni- 
ably the  best  acrobats  before  the  public.  The 
Morati  Opera  Company  composed  of  splendid 
vocalists,  will  present  their  novelty,  "The  Mardi 
Gras  in  Paris,"  beautifully  staged  and  costumed 
and  introducing  many  beautiful  standard  operatic 
selections.  Eldon  and  company  will  offer  a  novel 
magical  act.  The  "Seven  Texas  Tulips,"  lively 
and  gingery  dancers  of  both  sexes  who  lay  claim 
to  having  originated  the  "Texas  Tommy,"  will 
appear  in  a  big  dancing  and  singing  act.  Clifton 


R.  Wooldridge,  Chicago's  famous  detective  who  is 
making  a  few  vaudeville  appearances  in  the  prin- 
cipal houses  of  America,  will  ofifer  an  unusual 
feature  in  his  brief  lecture,  well  illustrated  with 
stereopticon  slides,  concerning  his  wonderful 
career  as  a  criminologist.  The  Imperial  Danc- 
ing Four  are  young  men  and  women  who  dance 
in  hard  shoes.  Bill  Broad  is  one  of  the  best  black 
face  entertainers  before  the  public.  Sunlight  Pic- 
tures, showing  current  events  will  complete  the 
bill. 


Miss  Taylor  in  "The  Wooing  of  Eve" 

Laurette  Taylor's  next  venture  at  the  Alcazar, 
commencing  Monday  night,  will  be  as  Eve  Alver- 
stone  in  "The  Wooing  of  Eve,"  another  new  play 
by  J.  Hartley  Manners.  She  promises  to  be  no 
less  interesting  in  it  than  she  was  in  her  previous 
interpretations,  although  the  role  demands  radic- 
ally different  treatment.  Eve  is  young,  but  an  ac- 
complished woman  of  the  world,  sensible  of  mind 
and  brilliant  of  speech,  ever  ready  with  the  right 
action  and  the  right  word.  Her  whole  tone  and 
dcineanor  are  buoyant,  and  their  effect  is  that  of 


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a  tonic  in  depressing  surroundings.  Withal  she 
has  suffered,  and  suffering  has  taught  her  the 
great  lesson  of  charity — of  instinct  for  another's 
sorrow.  Into  the  troubled  family  of  her  uncle, 
John  Rodd,  a  London  iron  king,  enters  Eve.  She 
finds  him  threatened  with  bankruptcy,  his  youth- 
ful wife  ready  to  elope  and  his  daughter  about  to 
be  married  to  a  man  who  does  not  possess  her 
love.  Throughout  three  extremely  interesting 
acts,  covering  a  period  of  twenty-four  hours,  Eve 
is  very  busily  engaged  in  putting  the  disturbed 
house  in  order,  and  very  thoroughly  is  her  self- 
imposed  task  accomplished.  Her  manner  of  do- 
ing it  is  contrary  to  the  conventional,  as,  indeed, 
are  the  plot  of  the  play  and  the  principal  char- 
acters involved.    Both  the  author  and  the  star 


force  of  her  art  a  most  magnetic  personality.  On 
her  present  vaudeville  tour  she  will  be  assisted  by 
the  celebrated  conductor  Mr.  Edmund  Lichen- 
stein,  an  eminent  figure  in  the  musical  world. 
Her  program  will  consist  of  a  nocturne  by  Chopin, 
an  elegy  by  Massenet  and  "The  Elves'  Dance"  by 
Popper.  Cesare  Nesi,  the  young  Caruso  who  will 
be  heard  for  the  first  time  in  this  city  has,  in  the 
opinion  of  those  best  qualified  to  judge,  a  splen- 
did future  in  grand  opera.  Although  a  young 
man  he  has  had  a  very  eventful  career.  Three 
years  ago  he  came  in  the  steerage  with  other 
immigrants  from  Florence  to  New  York.  In  his 
own  land  he  had  been  a  modeller  of  clay  statues 
and  he  soon  secured  a  position  as  a  peddler  of 
these  from  a  compatriot  who  made  them  in  a  lit- 


MARGUERITE  CLARK 

Who    has    captivated    theatrical    San    Francisco    with    her  exquisite 
portrayal  of  the  fibbing  wife  in  "Baby  Mine"  at  the  Cort. 


are  satisfied  with  the  supporting  cast,  which  in- 
cludes Forrest  Stanley,  Charles  Rugglcs,  Burt 
Wesner,  Beth  Taylor,  Viola  Leach,  Will  R.  Wall- 
ing, Harold  Holland,  Edmond  Lowe  and  Georgie 
Woodthorpe.  All  the  incidents  of  the  comedy 
take  place  in  the  drawing-room  of  a  house  in 
L(?ndon  and  the  library  of  a  home  at  Edgewarc, 
assuring  sumptuous  staging.  Miss  Taylor's  final 
week  at  the  Alcazar  opens  Monday  night  after 
next  with  "Seven  Sisters,"  a  comedy  from  the 
Hungarian  in  which  she  scored  one  of  her  big  suc- 
cesses on  Broadway. 


Greatest  Woman  'Cellist  at  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  will  be  headed 
by  Elsa  Ruegger,  the  world's  greatest  woman 
'cellist.  Madame  Rucgger's  artistic  career  has 
been  a  succession  of  triumphs.  She  has  played 
both  here  and  abroad  with  leading  symphony  and 
musical  societies  and  has  been  immensely  suc- 
cessful in  numerous  concert  tours.  Her  appear- 
ance in  vaudeville  is  an  event  of  extra  importance 
and  a  striking  illustration  of  the  wonderful  ad- 
vance this  branch  of  theatricals  is  making.  Mad- 
ame Ruegger  has  been  distinguished  by  the  ap- 
probation of  the  best  European  and  American 
critics.    She  has  in  addition  to  the  compelling 


tie  shop  on  the  Bowery.  At  night  he  amused  him- 
self in  his  own  room  by  singing  the  songs  of 
his  native  land  and  his  fellow  boarder  soon  made 
him  a  local  celebrity.  His  first  public  appearance 
was  on  an  amateur  night  at  a  five  cent  vaudeville 
theatre,  where  he  scored  under  the  most  unfavor- 
able circumstances  a  tremendous  hit.  His  fame 
went  fortii  and  an  alert  vaudeville  manager  was 
so  impressed  by  his  tenor  robosto  notes  that  he 
booked  him  for  his  entire  circuit.  Since  then  his 
success  has  been  assured.  De  Witt,  Burns  and 
Torrence  will  introduce  "The  Awakening  of 
Toys."  It  is  Christmas  eve  in  a  toyshop.  Harry 
Earl  Godfrey  and  Veta  Henderson  will  present 
"Aboard  for  Abroad."  Next  week  will  be  the 
last  of  Mrs.  Gene  Hughes  and  company;  Van 
Brothers;  Bradshaw  Brothers  and  W.  C.  Fields, 
"The  Silent  Humorist." 


Sixth  and  Last  Week  of  Hackett 

The  sixth  and  last  week  of  the  James  K.  Hackett 
season  at  the  Columbia  is  announced.  During 
the  final  week  Mr.  Hackett  and  his  company  will 
continue  to  present  Booth  Tarkington's  new  play, 
"A  Man  on  Horseback."  Matinees  Wednesdays 
and  Saturdays.  The  all-star  English  cast  appear- 
ing in  "Pomander  Walk"  will  bring  to  San  Fran- 


cisco a  number  of  splendid  English  players  who 
are  known  here  by  reputation  only.  "Pomander 
Walk"  will  be  seen  for  two  weeks  beginning 
September  2. 


AMUSEMENTS 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Beginning  Monday,  .\ugust  26th 
Sixth  and   Last   W  cik  of  the 

JAMES  K.  HACKETT 

SEASON 

Continued  Success  of  the  New  Play  by  Booth  Tarkington 
"A  MAN  ON  HORSEBACK" 
Matinees   Wednesday   and  Saturday 
Bargain  Matinees  Wednesday — I'rices,  $1  to  25c. 
Monday.   September   2nd— "POM-WDER   WALK,"  with 
the  .Ml  Star  English  Cast. 

Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  August  25th 

SUPERLATIVE  ATTRACTIONS! 

Four  Bard  Brothers,  World's  Greatest  Acrobats;  Morati 
Opera  Company,  Presenting  "The  Mardi  Gras  is  Paris'* ; 
Eldon  and  Co.,  Magicians  Extraordinary;  Seven  Texas 
Tulips,  Originators  of  the  Texas  Tommy;  Clifton  R.  Wool- 
dridge,  the  Famous  Detective;  Imperial  Dancing  Four, 
Ttrpsichorean  Marvels;  Billy  Broad.  Rlackfacc  Comedian, 
and  Sunlight  Pictures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1  :30  and  3 :30.  Nights  Con- 
tiiiuous  from  6:30. 

Prices— 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


LVCAXSVtV 


Safest  and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

O"  F^HRtVV  bIt  S10C\^T0N  £r  POVJtVV  America 
Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  ACME  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

ELSA  RUECCER,  World's  Gre.itcst  Woman  Cellist,  as- 
sisted by  the  Celebrated  Conductor  Edmund  Lichenstein ; 
CI-.SARE  NESL  the  Young  Caruso";  DE  WITT,  BURNS 
\  TORRE.XCE  in  the  Mirthful  Creation  "The  .Vwakening 
of  Toys";  GODFREY  S:  HENDERSON  in  ".\board  for 
.\broad";  MRS.  GENE  HfGIIES  &  CO.  presenting 
"Youth";  V.\N  BROTHERS:  BR.ADSH.VW  BROTHERS: 
NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  I'ICTI  RES.  Last  Week  of 
W.  C.  FIELDS,  the  Silent  Humorist. 

Evening  Prices,  lOc.  25c,  50c,  75c.  Box  Seats.  $L00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  lOc,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Second  and   Last   I!ig  Week  Starts  Tomorrow 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
William  A.  lirady,  Ltd.,  Presents 

BABY  MINE 

By    Margaret  Mayo 
The  Funniest  Play  Ever  Written,  With 

MARGUERITE  CLARK 

.ind 

ERNEST  GLENDINNING 

In  Their  Original  Roles 
Prices— 50c  to  $1.50. 
Commencing  Monday,  September  2nd — "Bought  and  Paid 
For." 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

<  >'|.arrell,  near  Powell.  Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday  Evening,  August  26th,  and  Throughout  the  Week, 

LAURETTE  TAYLOR, 

Forrest  Stanley  and  the  Alcazar  Company,  in 
the  First  Presentation  on   Any  Stage  of 

THE  WOOING  OF  EVE 

.\  Comedy  by  J.  Hartley  Manners 

Prices:  Night  2Sc  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 


August  24,  1912 


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19 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

Arrivals  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  last  week  in- 
cluded: W.  W.  Chapin,  Seattle;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  C.  Thompson,  Seattle;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  D. 
Sedam  and  son,  Mr.  and  Mr§.  W.  D.  Moore,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Alex  Taylor,  the  Misses  Taylor,  Mrs. 
E.  Taylor,  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Perkins,  Miss  Lucile  Perkins,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Collins 
and  daughter.  Miss  Rowena  Eraser,  Dallas,  Tex.; 
Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Gitty,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  A.  Horo- 
witz, Miss  Hilda  Horowitz,  Miss  Irma  Katz,  San 
Bernardino;  Richard  J.  Culver,  Los  Angeles;  C. 
S.  Henderson,  Riverside;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H. 
King,  Miss  King,  Salt  Lake  City;  C.  O.  Whitte- 
more.  Miss  Whittemore,  Miss  Leigh  Whittemore, 
Los  Angeles;  G.  E.  Lyon,  St.  Louis;  Mr.  O.  A. 
Bosley,  Long  Beach;  Mrs.  J.  E.  McAllister,  Los 
Angeles;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Erederick  Nathan,  New 
York;  C.  F.  Cook,  Cleveland,  O.;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  Gould,  Seattle;  Harrison  Albright,  John  Rey- 
nolds, Los  Angeles;  Stella  Ramond,  Hazel  Ra- 
mond,  Essye  Kron,  Jesse  Kramer,  San  Fran- 
cisco; Mrs.  G.  Pro,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  L.  E. 
Hackett,  Chicago;  John  Starr,  Cincinnati;  H.  R. 
Blair,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guy  V.  Frank. 
Pasadena;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schwinske,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
M.  R.  Summers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  Lee,  Al- 
buquerque; Mrs.  G.  W.  Crampton,  Boston,  Mass.; 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Coote,  Los  Angeles;  Mrs.  E.  J.  Reid, 
Pasadena;  Mrs.  W.  T.  Coatsworth,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Coatsworth,  Buffalo;  Frank  C.  C.  Reid, 
Pasadena;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  McKee,  Mt.  Ver- 
non, N.  Y.;  L  S.  Grene,  East  Highlands;  Brother 
Valesian,  Brother  Vitus,  Berkeley;  H.  H.  Harris, 
H.  Killor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  V.  Buck,  M.  R. 
Atherton,  Albia,  Iowa;  A.  F.  Gatt,  Frank  L. 
Forrester,  Chicago;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scott  Mitchell 
and  two  children,  Mrs.  Z.  J.  Mitchell,  Kansas 
City;  Mrs.  Henry  Benton  Starr,  Mrs.  K.  A.  Mac- 
Donell,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  R. 
Holmes,  Miss  Helen  B.  Holmes,  Cincinnati;  Miss 
Livingston,  Chicago;  Mrs.  H.  E.  Hodge,  Seattle; 
J.  C.  Hughes  and  wife,  Denver;  John  Reynolds, 
Los  Angeles;  M.  Cooper,  New  York;  Minnie 
Holzman,  Albuquerque;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  D. 
Davis,  Weehawkeen,  N.  J.;  Mrs.  F.  Mittman, 
Ruth  Mittman,  Mrs.  Clara  B.  Heywood,  J.  B. 
Heywood,  Pasadena;  Mrs.  J.  Creighton  Mathews, 
New  Orleans;  R.  T.  Will,  Redlands;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Albert  Hardy,  La  Crosse,  Wis.;  E.  V.  Clark, 
J.  B.  Mitchell,  San  Francisco;  E.  Stephens,  T.  S. 
Thomas,  Salt  Lake  City;  L.  J.  Smith  and  wife, 
Kansas  City;  H.  McPhee,  Los  Angeles;  Misses 
R.  and  N.  Nicholson,  Farmville,  Va.;  Miss  Louise 
Kimball,  Watt  Webb  Jr.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  R. 


V.  Tompkins  and  wife,  Dallas,  Tex.;  Harrison 
Albright,  Los  Angeles;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin 
Wayte  and  son.  Patten,  Cal.;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M. 
White,  Visalia;  D.  A.  Pasamore,  George  H. 
Rogers,  Los  Angeles;  Robt.  P.  Bonnie,  H.  S. 
Bonnie,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Mrs.  M.  S.  Richmond, 
San  Jose;  Mrs.  M.  Gill,  Mrs.  E.  Ingham,  W.  M. 
Lane,  M.  H.  Hawkins,  M.  H.  Masterson,  Los 
Angeles;  H.  Charlish,  England;  Walter  R.  Cuth- 
bert,  D.  D.  R.  Moote,  Los  Angeles;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Kalhler,  Kansas  City;  W.  H.  B.  Kilner  and 
wife,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Andrews,  Miss  Andrews,  Los 
Angeles;  Arthur  Strasburger,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.; 
I.  F.  Littlefield,  Los  Angeles,  J.  G.  Darden,  Los 
Angeles;  Lorne  Luter,  Albuquerque;  M.  F.  Bar- 
clay, San  Francisco;  C.  A.  Harding  and  wife. 
Corona;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robt.  Henderson,  River- 
side; Major  C.  E.  Hauton  and  party,  U.  S.  A.; 
Z.  E.  Foster,  Prescott,  Ariz. 

Among  the  week-end  arrivals  at  Del  Monte 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  McCann  and  Dr. 
Alanson  Weeks  and  wife.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgar 
S.  Lewis  arrived  early  in  the  week.  Among  the 
expected  guests  for  the  big  event  in  September, 
some  have  already  arrived  from  the  bay  cities  as 
well  as  Los  Angeles  and  Riverside.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Malcolm  Whitman  will  doubtless  remain 
through  the  tournament,  and  Miss  Edith  Chese- 
brough  will  of  course  be  in  the  entire  series  of 
events.  The  Misses  Alexander  are  playing  quite 
well  too.  Mrs.  Robert  Hays  Smith,  the  Welling- 
ton Greggs,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Winship,  Miss 
Flora  Low  and  Miss  E.  Morgan,  Mrs.  A.  N. 
Towne  and  Mrs.  Clinton  Worden,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  Barron,  Mrs.  Blair  and  Miss  Jennie  Blair, 
Capt.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  McKittrick,  Mrs.  Andrew 
M.  Lawrence  and  daughter,  Mrs.  Oscar  Cooper 
and  Mrs.  Ward  Barron,  are  all  there.  Mrs. 
George  A.  Pope  is  away  visiting  for  a  week. 
Mrs.  Newhall  will  return  soori.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
de  Latour  arrived  Saturday.  E.  Raymond  Arms- 
by  and  C.  R.  Blyth  were  among  the  motor  ar- 
rivals Friday.  Charles  H.  Turner  is  another  of 
the  familiar  golf  enthusiasts  seen  in  the  lobby 
of  the  hotel.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  H.  F.  Dutton  are 
down  for  a  short  stay,  and  will  return  for  the 
tournament.  Mrs.  Margaret  Perkins,  Miss  Emilia 
Gordon  and  P.  K.  Gordon  composed  a  small  party 
of  week-end  arrivals.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dent  H. 
Robert  arrived  by  motor  Saturday  afternoon,  also 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  K.  Perth  Jr.  and  Mrs.  S.  H. 
Bachman  and  daughter.  Mrs.  Edwin  Goodall, 
Arthur  Goodall,  with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooper 
arrived  Friday  in  Mr.  Goodall's  Packard. 

The  San  Francisco  Alumnae  chapter  of  Delta 


Gamma  sorority  met  at  luncheon  during  the  week 
at  the  Hotel  Victoria.  Twelve  members  of  the 
sorority  were  seated  at  table  in  the  private  din- 
ing room.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Catlin  who  with 
their  family  have  been  spending  the  summer  at 
the  Hotel  Victoria,  left  on  Thursday  for  their 
home  in  New  Jersey.  On  Sunday  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Catlin  entertained  a  number  of  friends  at  dinner 
at  the  Victoria,  and  on  Monday  afternoon  Mrs. 
Catlin,  Miss  Catlin,  Miss  Bess  Catlin  and  Miss 
Margery  Robertson,  Mrs.  Catlin's  sister,  enter- 
tained nearly  one  hundred  friends  at  a  tea.  Quan- 
tities of  pink  dahlias  were  massed  in  the  recep- 
tion rooms  and  the  tea  room,  where  the  hostesses 
were  assisted  by  Miss  Kentfield,  Miss  Helen 
Crandall,  Miss  Helen  Runyon,  Miss  Evelyn 
Brown  and  Miss  Jean  Watts.  General  L.  W. 
Cooke,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  Cooke  returned  during 
the  week  from  Los  Gatos  to  the  Victoria,  where 
they  have  been  making  their  home  for  several 
months  past.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Clapp  and 
their  daughter  are  spending  several  days  at  the 
Victoria.  They  are  from  Tucson.  Mrs.  E.  P. 
Walle  is  up  from  the  Presidio  of  Monterey  for 
a  few  days.  Recent  arrivals  include:  W.  D.  Wat- 
son, Corning;  L.  C.  Elliott,  Racine;  Mrs.  A.  B. 
Clark,  Miss  Georgia  Clark,  Miss  Eva  Clark, 
Fresno;  Mrs.  M.  C.  Burgess,  Los  Angeles. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  McGowan  entertained  a 
house  party  at  Paraiso  Hot  Springs  last  week. 
Among  the  guests  were  Mrs.  H.  B.  Mehrmann, 
the  Misses  Helen  Mehrmann,  Margaret  Bassett 
and  Helene  Bassett  of  Oakland;  the  Misses  Meroe 
and  Dewey  Winton  of  Haywards;  Miss  Irene 
Bibb  and  Dion  Holm  of  San  Francisco;  Martin 
Detels  and  Robert  Jeffers  of  Palo  Alto.  The 
party  motored  to  Pebble  Beach  Lodge  on  Thurs- 
day where  they  were  entertained  at  luncheon  by 
Mrs.  H.  B.  Mehrmann. 

The  dove  season  continues  to  delight  the  gun- 
ners at  Paso  Robles.  There  is  no  apparent  dim- 
inution in  the  number  of  birds,  and  the  sport  is 
fine  every  day.  Both  among  the  stubble  and 
along  the  water  courses  the  doves  are  found  in 
great  numbers.  Every  facility  is  afforded  the 
visiting  sportsmen,  and  they  have  no  difficulty  in 
securing  guides  or  advice  as  to  the  best  locations, 
and  conveyance  thereto  is  easily  arranged  for. 
The  company  of  good  fellows  bent  on  the  same 
errand  adds  the  finishing  touch  to  the  occasion. 
The  Paso  Robles  golf  course  of  nine  holes  is  at- 
tracting great  attention.  Opened  by  the  Paso 
Robles  Hot  Springs  Company  two  years  ago,  it 
is  in  the  best  of  condition.  The  course  affords 
the  finest  variety  of  play. 


A  COTTAGE  AT  CASTLE  CRAGS  FARM 


20 


TOWN  TALK 


August  24,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Tin-  declining  tendency  in  the  stock 
market  in  the  latter  half  of  the  present  week  un- 
der very  favorable  crop  and  business  conditions 
was  not  illogical.  Profit  taking  by  bankers  who 
have  been  in  support  of  the  stock  market  for 
many  months  represents  only  a  temporary  check 
on  prices  and  we  fully  expect  a  resumption  of 
the  upward  trend  in  the  near  future.  It  is  to  be 
admitted  however  that  the  rise  in  stocks  since  last 
spring  has  been  based  upon  the  crop  and  business 
situation  entirely  and  that  at  some  period  not 
remote  politics  will  again  become  a  serious  factor 
to  cope  with.  Another  unfavorable  clement  in  the 
Wall  Street  outlook  will  be  the  money  situation 
this  Fall.  As  the  result  of  tremendous  crop  and 
business  activity  prices  of  money  are  bound  to 
harden.  We  feel  favorable  toward  values,  how- 
ever, until  along  in  September  when  we  believe  it 
will  be  time  to  curtail  commitments. 

Wheat — There  was  a  very  narrow  trade  in 
wheat  the  past  week,  although  values  showed 
some  improvement  due  to  the  strength  abroad  and 
the  unfavorable  weather  conditions  in  the  North- 
west where  harvesting  is  now  general.  An  un- 
usual feature  in  the  wheat  trade  since  the  first 
of  July  is  the  eagerness  with  which  current  daily 
receipts  of  wheat  are  taken  by  millers  and  ship- 
pers. For  many  years  past  elevator  companies 
have  been  the  principal  buyers  of  cash  wheat,  and 
the  export  demand  was  supplied  by  an  exchange 
of  cash  wheat  for  a  return  of  an  equal  amount  for 
future  delivery,  but  the  present  urgency  for  im- 
mediate supplies  has  brought  about  a  return  of 
old  customs.  Conditions  appear  to  be  remarkably 
healthy,  and  should  be  particularly  inviting  to  an 
investor.  The  only  deferent  influence  is  the  fear 
of  the  depressing  effect  of  the  initial  movement 
of  spring  wheat.  This  will  of  course  be  large  and 
for  a  time,  probably,  supplies  will  accumulate,  and 
it  is  necessary  they  should  increase.  This  may 
cause  a  return  of  the  pessimistic  sentiment,  but 
much  of  the  force  of  the  expected  movement  is 
already  broken  and  represented  in  present  values, 
and  as  the  season  advances  there  will  be  a  general 
realization  that  wheat  is  on  a  sound  commercial 
basis  and  a  favorable  one  for  an  investment. 

Corn — The  situation  in  corn  as  regards  old 
supplies  is  much  the  same  as  that  in  wheat,  and 
in  every  other  cereal  for  that  matter.  The  crop 
year  of  1911  was  a  notable  one  for  a  general 
cleaning  up  of  old  stocks  of  every  commodity. 
This  is  the  strong  feature  of  the  present  time, 
and  it  is  reflected  in  the  price  for  cash  corn  and 
for  the  September  future.  It  is  difficult  to  see 
how  there  can  be  any  material  setback  from  pres- 
ent values  until  a  good  production  of  the  new 
crop  is  assured.    The  weather  is  favorable,  and 


the  growing  crop  is  doing  well  and  promises  a 
big  yield,  hut  is  pretty  well  discounted  in  presi-nt 
values. 

Cotton — The  following  is  the  result  of  replies 
received  from  our  seven  hundred  paid  correspond- 
ents from  every  State  in  the  belt  and  covers  the 
condition  of  the  cotton  crop  to  August  16.  Fully 
normal  progress  was  made  in  the  cotton  fields, 
sive  in  central  and  southern  Texas  and  parts  of 
North  Carolina,  in  which  districts  the  supply  of 
moisture  was  insufficient.  There  is  an  absence  of 
usual  August  complaints  of  shedding  and  general 
deterioration  except  in  these  two  States.  The 
p'ant  on  the  contrary  is  still  in  a  growing  con- 
dition and  is  now  setting  fruit  with  greater  rapid- 
ity and  in  larger  volume  than  at  any  previous  time 
in  the  section.  Profusion  of  bloom  is  one  of  the 
notable  characteristics  of  the  plant.  This  fact 
.attests  the  lateness  of  the  crop.  The  supply  of 
moisture  now  in  the  soil  is  generally  abundant  and 
!'ttlc  or  no  rain  is  needed  during  the  remainder 
of  the  month,  although  light  showers  after  ;i 
period  of  perhaps  ten  days  would  stimulate 
p'rowth  and  carry  the  plant  along  to  increased  size, 
in  which  respect  it  is  deficient  over  large  area. 
Open  bolls  are  few  and  picking  has  not  begun 
in  a  noticeable  way  save  in  southern  Texas,  where 
it  is  now  getting  under  full  headway  and  where 
cotton  owing  to  the  long  drought  is  opening  very 
fast.  There  is  an  absence  of  insects,  and  boll 
weevil  damage  up  to  the  present  is  negligible  in 
the  aggregate,  but  the  cotton  caterpillar  or  leaf 
worm  is  now  well  distributed  over  Texas  and  has 
invaded  Louisiana.  Cotton  in  the  overflowed  lands 
is  more  promising  than  heretofore. 


Force  of  Habit 

Two  nice  young  girls,  out  for  early  bargains, 
met  in  front  of  a  store  on  the  avenue. 

"I  saw  you  in  church  yesterday,  dear,"  gurgled 
one. 

"Oh,  w'cre  you  in  church?"  gurgled  the  other 
"Yes,  love.    And  I  noticed  that  you  had  at  last 
made  your  husband  accompany  you  to  divine  wor- 
ship." 

"Of  course,  he  went  with  me.  He'd  rather  go 
to  the  theatre,  but  the  theatres  aren't  showing 
anything  on  Sundays  now.    But  he  disgraced  me." 

"In  church?  How?" 

"The  rector  read  four  chapters  from  'The  Acts 
of  the  .•\postles.'  And  my  husband  insisted  on 
getting  up  and  going  out  after  every  act." 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits ...  .$1 1.055.471.1 1 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519.217.23 

Deposits    25.775.597.47 

Officers— Isai.ns  W.  Hellman.  Trcs. ;  I.  W.  Hcllman  Jr.. 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  I.,  f-ipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson. 
V.-Pres. :  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias   W.    Hellman,    I.    W.    Hellman  Jr.. 

Joseph   Sloss.   A.    Christeson,    Percy   T.    Morgan,  W'm. 

Haas.    F.    W.    Van    Sicklen.    Hartlan<l    Law.    W'm.  F. 

Herrin.   Henry   Rosenfeld.  John   C.   Kirkpatrick,  James 

L.    Flood,    T.   Henry   Meyer,   Chas.   J.    Dccring,   A.  H. 

Payson,  James   K.   \\"iUon   an<l    F.    L.  Lipman. 

Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.    New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Knicker — Dead  men  tell  no  tales. 
Bocker — But  there  are  plenty  told  by  men  whi 
don't  know  they  are  dead  ones. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639.482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Mcyerstcin  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.   A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Hoardman         \V.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick   F.   Sayre  John  H.  Spring 

Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

1  he  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m..  SiHidays  and  Holidays  included. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
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New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  CofTee  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


CO. 


490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C.  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York.   31-33-35   New  Street 


August  24,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


A  Midnight  Duel 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

within  range  by  a  knife  handled  with  lightning- 
like rapidity.  Salman  doubled,  stretched  himself, 
crept,  stole  and  ran  about  the  tree.  The  bottom 
was  worn  out  of  his  birch-bark  shoe,  and  it  had 
worked  up  over  his  shins,  where  it  now  and  then 
revolved  and  cut  red  rings  into  his  flesh.  His 
left  hand,  the  hand  by  which  he  guided  and  sup- 
ported himself,  was  swollen  and  full  of  blisters; 
some  bulging  and  full,  others  broken,  empty, 
smarting. 

And  then  it  happened  once  that  Salman  sank  to 
his  knees.  The  beast  of  prey  was  then  within 
two  feet  of  him.  Before  he  could  rise,  the  bear's 
eyes  were  so  close  that  he  felt  a  hot,  heavy 
breath  of  air  against  his  face,  as  the  grinning  jaw 
opened  and  shut  with  a  bang,  to  open  once  more. 
This  happened  at  such  short  range  that  Salman 
lost  the  sense  of  his  protecting  fir.  For  a  single 
second  his  vision  grew  faint,  he  saw  a  blur  of 
black  and  white  before  him;  but  in  the  next  sec- 
ond he  had  crept  backward  and  escaped,  and  in 
the  following  seconds,  when  he  believed  the  mo- 
ment of  death  had  arrived  for  him,  the  knife 
moved  and  plunged  into  something  soft,  and  Bear- 
Salman  stood  on  his  feet  again. 

The  bear  shook  itself  into  a  crouching  position, 
and  rushed  blindly  at  him.  Attempting  to  side- 
step, it  nearly  succeeded  in  making  two  quick 
revolutions  not  far  from  the  .tree.  But  when  it 
tried  to  edge  in,  its  momentum  was  too  great, 
and  the  effort  ended  in  a  too  long  leap  and  a 
sudden  spin. 

The  bear  raised  itself  on  its  hind  legs  toward 
the  settler  of  Nysvedjan,  came  forward,  and 
clutched  the  fir  in  a  fit  of  fury,  as  if  that  were 
its  antagonist.  Its  claws  bored  into  the  bark. 
Salman  shot  out  his  right  hand  and  grabbed  its 
right  paw,  and  quickly  leaning  over  to  the  right, 
he  brought  down  the  knife  once,  twice,  three  times 
between  the  beast's  ribs,  aiming  ^it  its  heart.  Sal- 
man's lips  were  blue,  drawn;  his  tongue  was  dry 
in  his  mouth;  his  eyes  flashed.  He  was  still  Bear- 
Salman! 

The  bear  dropped  on  the  spot,  tumbled  back- 
wards, but  bounced  up  again,  leaped  away  in 
whirling  circles  in "  the  direction  of  the  under- 
growth, which  bent  down  like  sea-weed — came 
back,  rose  once  more  to  the  attitude  of  a  wrestler, 

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got  a  fresh  taste  of  the  long  knife,  and  spun 
round. 

Salman  was  in  a  strange  state  of  mind.  Within 
him,  as  it  seemed,  vibrated  red  waves,  to  and  fro; 
the  ground  rocked  under  his  foot;  his  eyes  seemed 
to  be  losing  their  power  of  sight.  "It  would  be 
foolish  to  faint  now,"  he  thought.  "For  mother's 
sake  I  must  not  cringe." 

Something  was  stirring  in  the  top  of  tlie  fir. 
"A  brave  bird  to  be  sitting  there,"  thought  Sal- 
man, stabbing  the  bear  again,  stabbing  it  between 
the  ribs. 

Salman  was  never  able  to  describe  properly 
what  immediately  followed,  whenever  he  told  the 
story.  But  the  bear  had  fallen  like  a  hay-stack 
and  turned  over.  It  had  jumped  into  the  air, 
whining  loudly.  It  had  run  in  little  zig-zags  round 
the  place,  he  said.  The  uninjured  eye  had  flashed 
like  a  glowing  coal,  sharp  pointed  like  an  owl. 
The  other  eye,  he  related,  was  hidden  by  clotted 
blood.  At  each  step,  at  each  puffing  sigh,  a  stream 
of  blood  had  poured  out  in  the  form  of  a  thick 
rod — as  thick  as  a  shaft,  he  declared.  It  had  been 
much  to  his  advantage;  it  had  added  largely  to 
his  means  of  success  that  the  bear  had  never 
taken  a  moment's  rest,  nor  drawn  the  flesh  over 
the  wounds  and  twisted  the  hair  into  a  tuft,  as 
these  bears  generally  do,  Salman  averred. 
Whether  he  lied  or  not,  I  do  not  know.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  he  is  not  the  only  man  who  has 
had  things  of  this  sort  to  tell. 

Round  about,  thrushes  and  finches  were  singing. 
The  hazel  grouse  whistled  in  the  lowlands,  and  the 
crane  cried  from  the  marsh. 

Yet  again  the  bear  stood  upright  by  the  fir; 
but  the  jaw  it  opened  was  full  of  blood  from  per- 
forated lungs.  Yet  again,  also,  did  Salman  escape 
its  paw  in  a  semi-circular  movement  and  use  his 
knife.  And  the  reeling,  bleeding,  shaggy  mass 
received  frenzied  blows  upon  blows — in  the  chest, 
in  the  head,  in  the  flat  of  its  paws,  in  the  sides. 

"There!"  cried  Salman,  with  a  carnal  oath. 
"There!  Take  that!  and  that!  you  ugly  bastard! 
More!  More!  That's  from  mother!  That's  from 
the  kids!  That  from  the  whole  night,  you  devil! 
Will  you  die?  Will  you?— Will  you?— Will  you? 
—Will  you?" 

The  bear's  last  growl  was  choked  half-way.  As 
if  through  an  autumn  drizzle  upon  a  window-pane 
Salman  saw,  through  perspiration  and  tears,  how 
the  bear  rose  again,  trembled  spasmodically,  feil 
yet  once  more,  and  lay  still. 

Salman  dropped  in  a  heap  at  the  foot  of  the 
tree.  He  was  tired  to  death  and  sore  in  every 
joint;  he  felt  it  all  now.  His  right  hand  hung 
lax,  though  still  grasping  the  knife. 

Salman  fell  asleep. 

About  half  an  hour  later  something  moved  in 
the  tree-top.  A  head  peeped  out,  vanished  again, 
to  peep  out  on  the  other  side.  It  is  the  she- 
bear's  cub,  uncertain  about  the  meaning  of  the 
deep  silence  after  the  long  period  of  noise.  But 


it  notices  that  mother  has  made  peace  with  the 
other  fellow,  and  it  feels  a  longing  to  leave  its 
place.  It  was  not  a  little  scared  up  there.  Now 
it  puts  its  paws  upon  the  trunk  of  the  tree  and 
comiTicnces  to  crawl  down.  In  the  beginning  it 
makes  slow  progress — 

It  was  no  sane  man's  look  that  came  into  Sal- 
man's eyes  when  he  was  roused  by  a  heavy  bundle 
that  fell  down  upon  him.  There  was  with  him, 
as  he  rushed  on  toward  the  village,  the  sense  of 
the  hunted  wild,  a  hairy  body,  scared  out  of  its 
wits,  with  its  tail  between  its  legs.  Nothing  at 
all  remained  of  the  hero  of  the  night,  of  Bear- 
Salman.  It  was  only  a  miserable  settler,  shorn 
of  courage  and  alone,  running  for  his  wretched 
life. 

Varied  Types 

(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

lieve  there  are  thirty-three  at  the  Park  Museum. 
Within  a  year  of  the  fire  Vickery  exhibited  sixty- 
five,  and  Macbeth  is  credited  with  having  sold 
fifteen  since  the  fire.    Yes,  Keith  was  too  prolific. 

"Let  us  not  forget  that  we  have  other  painters 
besides  Keith.  There  is  Judson,  there  is  Gamble 
and  there  is  Thomas  Nash.  Hill  was  a  better 
painter  than  Keith.  And  let  us  not  overlook 
wonderful  Thad  Welch." 

"And  Rollo  Peters?"  I  suggested. 

"He  is  a  good  business  man,"  said  Curtis.  "He 
knows  how  to  sell  pictures.  Like  Whistler  he 
throws  a  pot  of  paint  in  the  public  face,  calling 
it  an  arrangement,  a  nocturne.  I  can't  make 
him  out." 

Rollo  Peters,  I  imagine,  will  not  object  to  be- 
ing darnned  in  company  with  James  McNeill. 
The  latter  got  a  farthing  in  damages  when  Ruskin 
failed  to  "make  him  out";  the  former  may  plead 
that  Curtis  has  no  right  to  use  his  hammer  out- 
side the  auction  room. 


The  Hardest  Worked  Campaigners 

The  Parts  of  Speech  in  conclave  met 

The  gist  of  the  campaign  to  get 

And  find  what  tasks  they  would  be  set. 

The  Verb  remarked  "1   think,  b'gee, 

A  hot  time  is  ahead  for  me. 

There'll  be  some  action,  just  you  see." 

The  Adjective  declared  "I'm  right 

In  thinking  I  am  in  the  fight; 

They're  calling  names  both  day  and  night." 

The  Pronoun  raised  a  mnurnful  cry, 
"I'm  overworked,  I'll  surely  die, 
Just  hark  how  he  is  using  'I.'" 

Then  the  Conjunction  cried  "My  .^ricnds, 
I  hold  the  balance  and  the  ends. 
The  whole  result  on  'if  depends." 


M  LIKE 

sEthis 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIC.  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BIJRDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


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placed  tlierein  are  absolutely  safe,  and  all  it 
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22 


TOWN  TALK 


August  24,  1912 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate    of    WIXIFRED     McGOWAX,     also    known  as 
VVINXIFRED   McGOWAN,   Deceased.  .  . 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Administrator 
of  the  estate  of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winni- 
fred  McGowan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons 
having  claims  against  the  said  dcceastd,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after 
the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  Administrator 
at  the  office  of  Messrs.  Lent  &  Humphrey,  Room  423 
Mills  Building,  Northeast  Corner  of  Bush  and  Montgomery 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  w  hich  said  olBce  the  undersigned  selects  as  his 
place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Wmnifred  McGowan, 

THOMAS  J.  McGOWAN, 
.\dministrator  of   the   Estate   of   Winifred    McGowan,  also 
known   as   Winnifred   McGowan,  deceased. 
Dated,  San  Francisco.  -August  3,  1912. 
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Estate  of  ANTONIO  S.XLVAREZZA,  alias.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Executrix  of 
the  estate  of  .\ntonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers 
within  four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  J.  A.  Gendotti 
&  C.  J.  Houston,  Attorneys  at  Law,  1104  First  National 
Bark  Building,  corner  I'ost  and  Montgomery  Streets,  San 
Franciscj,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  her  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza.  alias,  deceased. 

MARIA  SALVAREZZA, 
Executrix  of  the  Estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias.  De- 
ceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  24,  1912. 
J.  A.  GENDOTTI  &  C.  .1.  HOUSTON, 
.\ttorneys  at  Law, 

1104  First   .National   Bank  Bldg., 

I'ost  and  Mont.?onitry  Sts.,  San  Fr.i:-c  scd.  Cal.  8-24-5 

The  Limit 

Mrs.  Bln.^hingt(-n— .-Vlthoiigh  I  have  only  been 
married  a  short  time,  I  have  ah-cady  discovered 
that  my  husband  is  a  perfect  crank. 

Mrs.  Olden — All  husbands  are,  my  dear. 

Mrs.  Blushington — But  fancy  a  man  who  com- 
plains that  my  mustard  plasters  are  not  as  strong 
cs  those  his  mother  used  to  make! 


Not  Out  of  Date 

The  sturdy  oak  and  clinging  vine 
.\re  types  that  flourish  still,  mayhap; 

The  sturdy  oak  roots  on  his  seat, 
The  clinging  vine  hangs  on  the  strap. 


The  Mighty  Julius  Gravelled 

Caesar  told  his  wife  she  should  be  above  sus- 
picion. 

"I  am,"  she  responded  oniinou-.ly.  "I  have  ar- 
rived at  certainty." 

Herewith  he  hastened  to  give  lu  r  a  handsoine 
present. 


John  Alden  Explained 

"1  am  an  instructed  delegate,"  he  said. 
Not  understanding  politics,  Priscilla  manoeuvred 
a  stampede. 


MURPHY,  GRANT  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS 

FLRNISIIING  GOODS,  NOTIONS, 
WHITE   GOODS.  LACES. 

Northeast  corner  BUSH  and  SANSOME  STS. 

SA.\  FILANCISCO 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SH(JP 

Open  the  window  to  the  sun- 
shine of  the  Open  Shop  and 
Equal  Opportunity  and  the  In- 
vestment and  Prosperity  comes 
in  by  the  door. 

The  Citizens  .Alliances*  offices  are 
ii  the  Russ  Bldg..  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco.  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
Tr.ntion  Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
if'Cnted  here,  and  open  to  all. 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  FVancisco — No.  42,652; 
Department    No.  7. 

MAE  J.  RINEY,  IMaintifT,  vs.  JOSEPH  M.  RINEI, 
Defendant.  , 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  -M,  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
day< 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  an<l  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect ;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\n(l  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  I).  1912. 

(.Seal)  H.  I.  ML'LCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.  J.  FRITZ,  Attv.  for  Plaintiff, 

42S  Mills  Bldg.,   San   Francisco,  Cal.  8-17-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the   Citv   and    County    of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-.ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

.Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  sai<i  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
F.  S,   DOW,  Defendant. 

"You  are  hereby  directed  to  ap.jear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com[)laint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  .A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHI  E  &  GALE, 

.\ttorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOT  ETTA  WILMOTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTO.N  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

.Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
CUrk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard   Wellington   Wiimoth,  Defendant. 

^'ou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Com,)Iaipt 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now- 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  [>lnin- 
tiff;  also  for  general  relief,  as  will  mtire  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Com[)laint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court   for  any  other  relief  demanded   in   the  (Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  ami  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.   MTLCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.   M.  GETZ.  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  BERNARD  ALFRED  DOBBAS,  Deceased. 

.Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Administratrix 
of  the  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred  Dobbas,  deceased,  to  the 
cretlitors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within 
four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  .Administratrix  at  the  law  office  of  A.  COMTE,  JR., 
No.  333  Kearny  Street,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place  of  fjusiness 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred 
Dobbas,  deceased. 

CAMILLE  JOSEPHINE  DOBBAS, 
.Administratrix   of   the    Estate   of    Bernard   Alfred  Dobbas, 
Deceased. 

Dated,  San   Francisco,   August  3rd,  A.   D.  1912. 
A.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  for  .Administratrix, 

No.  333  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 


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Letters 

"The  Sign  at  Six" 

Readers  who  take  even  a  passing  interest  in 
the  fairy  tales  of  science  will  remember  witli 
pleasure  that  amazingly  good  story  of  adventure, 
"The  Mystery,"  which  was  the  joint  production 
of  Stewart  Edward  White  and  Samuel  Hopkins 
Adams.  "The  Sign  at  Six"  is  the  work  of  Mr. 
White  alrne,  and  might  well  bear  the  sub-title, 
"the  further  adventures  of  Percy  Darrow,"  for 
that  calm,  cool,  apparently  indifferent  and  lack- 
adaisical young  scientist  whose  manner  cloaks 
keen  observation  and  enormous  courage,  holds 
the  center  of  the  stage  while  the  world  around 
him  rocks.  New  York  was  held  in  the  hands  of 
a  political  boss,  one  Malachi  McCarthy  who  vir- 
tually owned  everything.  If  the  people  di<l  not 
like  it,  at  least  they  made  no  open  remonstrance, 
and  McCarthy  had  nothing  to  fear,  no  reason  to 
suspect  that  there  could  be  a  limit  to  his  power. 
His  first  warning  came  through  a  telephone  mes- 
sage sent  from  a  public  booth,  just  the  sort  of 
thing  a  crank  or  a  mischievous  youth  might  think 
of,  a  command  to  pack  up  his  belongings  and 
leave  for  Europe.  A  "sign"  was  promised  at  six 
o'clock,  and  the  natural  supposition  was  that  it 
would  take  the  form  of  a  bomb.  Instead  i*f  that, 
promptly  at  six  every  convenience  in  the  building 
that  depended  upon  electricity  for  its  operation 
suddenly  went  out  of  commission.  Lights  were 
extinguished,  bells  failed  to  ring  and  telephones 
were  dead.  The  repair  gangs  sent  out  on  hurry 
calls  worked  until  three  the  next  morning  in  busy 
idleness,  for  they  could  find  nothing  wrong  with 
wires  or  batteries,  though  they  did  make  the 
amazing  discovery  that  fresh  batteries,  tested 
elsewhere,  were  dead  inside  the  building.  At 
three  o'clock,  just  as  suddenly  as  the  stoppage 
occurred,  everything  was  restored  to  normal. 
Meanwhile  the  United  Wireless  operator  located 
in  the  building  reported  that  all  night  long  his 
instrument  had  picked  up  threatening  messages 
addressed  to"  some  McCarthy,  and  on  later  in- 
vestigation it  proved  that  no  other  station  Iiad 
received  them.  At  six  o'clock  on  the  following 
evening  the  same  phenomena  occurred,  but  this 
time  the  whole  city  with  some  of  the  suburbs  was 
involved.  Another  "sign"  was  promised  on  the 
following  morning  at  nine-thirty,  and  promptly 
to  the  minute  it  came,  this  time  a  complete  ces- 
sation of  all  sound  within  the  Atlas.  Later  on 
this  too  was  extended,  and  then  a  third  marvel,  of 
total  darkness,  involving  first  the  one  office  build- 
ing and  then  the  whole  city.  Meanwhile  the 
wireless  messages  continued  to  arrive,  more 
threatening  and  bombastic  each  time,  with  the 
alternate  interference  with  light,  sound  and  elec- 
tric currents;  and  minds  trained  in  elementary 
physics  began  to  project  their  thoughts  to  an- 
other and  a  worse  possibility.  The  newspapers 
reveled  in  the  publication  of  theories,  and  all  the 
half-baked   scientists  and   religious  cranks  aired 


TOWN  TALK 

their  views,  from  the  influence  of  the  comet  to 
the  wrath  of  God.  Business  was  suspended,  the 
lawless  took  advantage  of  the  periods  of  silence 
and  darkness,  and  the  inevitable  exodus  of  the 
terror-stricken  began.  The  situation  was  in  many 
respects  like  that  which  developed  six  years  ago 
in  our  own  city,  when  we  found  ourselves  sud- 
denly bereft  of  our  cherished  conveniences  and 
comforts.  It  was  evident  that  the  plicnoniena 
were  produced  by  some  human  agent,  some  one 
of  high  scientific  attainments,  but  either  mentally 
unbalanced  or  maliciously  mischievous,  and  im- 
mediate steps  were  taken  to  discover  his  identity 
and  circumvent  his  designs.  Business  men  club- 
bed together  and  besides  subscribing  unlimited 
sums  for  investigation  they  offered  an  immense 
reward.  The  work  was  put  into  the  hands  of 
Professor  Eldridge,  a  scientist  of  high  attain- 
ments, but  cold,  dry  and  without  human  sym- 
pathy or  imagination.  Pitted  against  him  was 
our  old  friend  Percy  Darrow  who,  after  giving 
the  professor  all  the  data  in  his  possession,  of- 
fered to  wager  that  he,  Harrow,  would  unravel 
the  mystery  while  the  professor  was  getting  ready, 
and  then,  apparently,  went  to  sleep  and  forgot 
all  about  it.  It  is  a  clever  duel  of  pure  logic  and 
reason  pitted  against  those  qualities  plus  im- 
agination and  knowledge  of  mankind.  While  the 
professor  takes  account  of  nothing  but  established 
facts  Darrow  is  not  afraid  to  hazard  an  occasional 
shrewd  guess.  Meanwhile  there  is  the  time  ele- 
ment, the  definite  hour  rapidly  approaching  at 
which  time  annihilation  has  been  threatened,  and 
the  unknown  had  given  proof  that  he  was 
prompt  at  fulfillment.  .Mmost  as  the  clock  was 
striking  the  fateful  six,  when  Professor  Eldridge 
had  admitted  his  failure,  despite  all  the  assistance 
that  had  been  given  him,  Percy  Darrow  walked 
in,  as  unruffled  as  on  the  day  when  the  crew  of 
the  warship  rescued  him  from  the  cave  beneath 
the  volcano,  to  present  his  captive,  a  man  of  rare 
and  exceptional  attainments,  a  personal  enemy 
of  the  obnoxious  boss,  but  absolutely  demented, 
having  thought  out  the  whole  situation  within 
a  few  hours  after  the  commencement  of  the 
phenomena.  If  this  book  had  been  published  un- 
der another  name  and  without  references  to  char- 
acters and  incidents  of  "The  Mystery"  not  one  in 
thousands  would  have  suspected  Stewart  Edward 
White  of  its  authorship.  It  is  as  far  as  possible 
from  his  stories  of  the  lumbering  industrjs  mines 
and  cattle  countries.  The  twentieth  century  mind 
is  blase.  Perhaps  a  generation  which  has  seen 
ocean  cables,  telephones,  snap-shot  photographs, 
sub-marines,  automobiles,  flying  machines  and 
other  wild  dreams  come  not  only  into  possibility 
but  into  common  use.  would  find  nothing  sur- 
prising in  negative  gravity  or  the  nullification  of 
vibrations,  but  when  one  recalls  the  excitement 
that  followed  the  publication  of  Caxton  Rhodes' 
"Case  of  Summerfield"  back  in  the  seventies  of 
the  last  century,  realistic  enough  in  all  conscience, 
Irt  a  mild  matter  as  compared  with  "The  Sign  at 


23 

Si.\,"  it  is  evident  that  the  world  has  been  moving 
ahead  at  a  rapid  gait.  From  the  Bobbs-Merrill 
Company. 


AN  OBJECT  LESSON 

In  a  sumptuously  furnished  parlor  in  Fifth 
avenue.  New  York,  sat  a  proud  and  haughty  belle. 
Her  name  was  Isabel  Sawtelle.  Her  father  was  a 
millionaire,  and  his  ships,  richly  laden,  plowed 
many  a  sea. 

By  the  side  of  Isabel  Sawtelle  sat  a  young  man 
with  a  clear,  beautiful  eye  and  a  massive  brow. 

"I  must  go,"  he  said:  "the  foreman  will  wonder 
at  my  absence." 

"The  foreman?"  asked  Isabel  in  a  tone  of  sur- 
prise. 

"Yes,  the  foreman  of  the  shop  where  I  work." 

"Foreman — shop — work!    What!  do  you  work?" 

"Aye,  Miss  Sawtelle,  I  am  a  cooper!"  And  his 
eyes  flashed  with  honest  pride. 

"What's  that?"  she  asked.  "It  is  something 
about  barrels,  isn't  it?" 

"It  is."  he  said  with  ;i  flashing  nostril.  "And 
hogsheads," 

"Then  go!"  she  said,  in  a  tone  of  disdain — "go 
away !" 

"Ha!"  he  cried,  "you  s|)urn  me  then  because  I 
.•im  a  mechanic.  Well,  be  it  so,  though  the  time 
will  come,  Isabel  Sawtelle,"  he  added — and  noth- 
ing could  exceed  his  looks  at  this  moment — 
"when  you  will  bitterly  remember  the  cooper  you 
now  cruelly  cast  off!  Farewell!" 

Years  rolled  on.  Isabel  Sawtelle  married  a  mis- 
erable aristocrat,  who  recently  died  of  delirium 
tremens.  Her  father  fai'ed  and  is  now  a  raving 
maniac  and  wants  to  bite  little  children.  All  her 
brothers  (except  one)  were  sent  to  the  peniten- 
tiary for  burglary,  and  her  mother  peddles  clams 
that  are  stolen  by  little  George,  her  only  son 
that  has  his  freedom.  Isabel's  sister  Bilanca 
rides  an  immoral  spotted  horse  in  the  circus,  her 
husband  having  long  since  been  hanged  for  mur- 
dering his  own  uncle  on  his  mother's  side.  Thus 
we  see  that  it  is  always  best  to  marry  a  mechanic. 


The  Gentle  Cynic  Muses 

Modesty  is  a  good  bit  like  beauty.  Lots  of  it 
is  only  skin  deep. 

Some  men  are  about  as  popular  as  the  winners 
in  a  poker  game." 

When  money  talks  none  are  so  deaf  as  those 
who  refuse  to  hear. 

Lots  of  people  throw  bouquets  at  themselves 
who  can't  afford  to  pay  the  florist. 

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Senator  Works  At  His  Best 

An   Ohio   contemporary   inquires :  "Are 
there  any  more  at  home  like  Works?"  The 
editor  has  been  reading  the  speech  in  op- 
position to  the  Owen  health  bill  with  which 
our  distinguished  statesman  from  the  neuro- 
tic orange  belt  occupied  the  attention  of  the 
Senate  for  two  days.    The  speech  is  now  in 
pamphlet  form  circulating  at  the  expense  of 
the  government  and  titillating  the  emotions 
wherever  a  sense  of  the  ludicrous  is  part  of 
a  mental  equipment.    It  was  in  this  speech 
that   Senator  Works  scored  his  greatest 
triumph  as  the  prophet  of  charlatanry  and 
the  apostle  of  philistinism.    The  purpose  of 
the  Owen's  bill  is  to  protect  the  public 
against  quacks,  and  Senator  Works  uttered 
himself  in  opposition  to  it  on  the  ground 
that  people  should  be  free  to  make  quack- 
ery profitable.    The  Senator  believes  that 
human  reason  and  science  should  be  re- 
jected as  fallacious  guides,  and  that  most 
of  our  ills  are  to  be  traced  to  the  medical 
profession.    He  regards  as  "one  of  the  most 
deadly  provisions  of  the  bill"  the  require- 
ment that  the  Bureau  of  Health  shall  collect 
and  disseminate  information  relating  to  the 
public  health.    "By  this  means,"  he  says, 
"the  seeds  of  disease  are  planted  and  more 
innocent  and  unsuspecting  people  are  killed 
than  drugs  ever  saved."    He  explains :  "This 
persistent  suggestion  of  disease  and  its  al- 
leged causes  is  creating  more  disease  and 
sacrificing  more  lives  than  all  the  germs 
that  have  been  discovered" ;  also :  "hatred, 
malice,    fear,    revenge    and    other  wrong 
thoughts    are    the    breeders    of  disease." 
"Shades  of  the  witches  of  Salem  !"  exclaims 
the  X'ew  York  Sun,  "your  spectres  have  been 
reincarnated   in  these  doctors  of  the  old 
school."    But   the   Sun   is   a  reactionary 
journal.    It  does  not  keep  pace  with  the 
progress  of  "Higher  Thought."    It  is  not 
even  up  to  date  in  Bible  criticism,  as  is  evi- 
dent from  the  fact  that  it  sneers  at  this  his- 
torical gem :  "Jesus  of  Nazareth  was  per- 
secuted and  finally  crucified  for  preaching 
the  gospel  and  practicing  his  religious  be- 
lief by  healing  the  sick."    The  Sun  says  it 
would  not  impugn  the  intelligence  of  its 
readers  by  discussing  the  Senator's  misrep- 
resentation of  the  most  important  event  in 


history,  or  by  pointing  out  the  inanity  of 
the  unique  proposition  that  the  dissemina- 
tion of  hygienic  knowledge  being  a  cause  of 
disease  and  death  should  "be  made  a 
crime."  Whatever  the  Sun  may  think  of 
the  Works'  masterpiece  of  eloquence  in 
defence  of  quackery  it  will  one  day  stand 
out  in  the  history  of  thought  in  the  twen- 
tieth century,  just  as  today  Swift's  horrible 
piece  of  irony,  the  Modest  Proposal,  stands 
out  in  that  of  the  eighteenth.  For  what 
Works  said  is  embalmed  in  the  Congres- 
sional Record  where  it  will  remain  to  re- 
veal to  posterity  to  what  heights  a  complete 
nincompoop  might  successfully  aspire  under 
the  benign  influence  of  American  democracy. 
As  to  the  inquiry  from  Ohio  it  is  but 
courteous  to  vouchsafe  the  information  that 
the  orange  groves  of  California  are  full  of 
the  counterparts  of  Senator  Works.  Sen- 
ator Works  is  truly  representative  of  the 
present  state  of  mind  of  California  and 
especially  of  Los  Angeles.  He  is  typical  of 
the  Middle  West  transplanted,  whence  comes 
all  our  innumerable  "inner  circles"  where 
New  Thought  is  stimulated  and  new  prin- 
ciples of  politics  are  expounded  by  the 
illuminati  of  the  esoteric  cult  and  the  pundits 
of  the  short-cut  to  culture  school.  Senator 
Works  is  the  sign  on  two  legs  of  the  pro- 
gressiveness  of  California. 


On  the  Defensive  Once  More 

A  familiar  spectacle,  but  one  that  never 
bores  us,  is  the  Hon.  Theodore  Roosevelt 
shaking  his  first,  frothing  at  the  mouth, 
howling  his  rage  and  ejaculating  "Liar!"  at 
the  top  of  his  voice.  An  ignoble  spectacle 
this,  but  one  that  revolts  not  the  cast-iron 
stomach  of  the  American  people;  and 
tragic,  too,  the  spectacle  of  this  once  great 
man,  most  honored  of  American  citizens, 
misled  by  a  coterie  of  sycophantic  parasites 
and  an  incredible  thirst  for  applause,  now 
shorn  of  his  dignity,  a  common  job-chasing 
jiolitician  and  under  suspicion  of  having  had 
the  Presidency  bought  for  him  by  "male- 
factors of  great  wealth."  lUit  let  it  not  be 
taken  for  granted  by  his  worshipers  that 
ihe  Colonel's  star  is  about  to  flicker  to  ex- 
tinction. During  the  tortuous  cour.se  of  his 
turbulent  career  Mr.  Roosevelt  has  scpiirmed 
out  of  so  many  tight  places  that  it  would 
be  unjustifiable  lack  of  faith  on  the  part  of 
his  followers  to  harbor  misgivings  as  to  his 
ability  to  wriggle  out  of  the  present  em- 
barrassment. The  Colonel's  powers  of 
resuscitation  are  feline.  The  scotching  of 
him  is  easy,  but  there  is  a  mysterious  power 
that  doth  hedge  him  from  the  coup  de  grace. 
Hanging  over  the  ropes  and  groggy,  back 
he  comes  to  smother  his  opponent  with 
epithets  and  to  receive  the  plaudits  of  the 
people.  So  great  is  our  respect  for  the  Col- 
onel's combackativeness  that  we  view  with 
little  more  than  academic  interest  the  fight 
he  is  now  putting  up  for  his  exculpation 
against  the  malign  powers  assembled  in 
Washington.  Backed  into  a  corner  and 
fighting  with  the  desperation  of  the  prover- 
bial rat  similarly  situated,  the  spectacle  has 
something  of  the  fascination  of  a  ring  con- 


test for  the  heavyweight  championship  when 
the  hero  of  a  hundred  battles  is  on  his  met- 
tle for  the  maintenance  of  his  laurels.  In- 
stinctively w^e  feel  that  for  every  hero  there 
is  a  Waterloo,  and  we  are  on  the  alert  for 
its  coming.  The  Roosevelt  obsession  is  not 
to  endure  forever,  but  we  do  not  look  to  see 
it  relax  gradually.  The  people  are  not 
awakened  by  the  pounding  of  a  long  train 
of  circumstances.  They  must  be  given  the 
shock  of  a  sudden  revelation.  They  have 
not  the  patience  to  examine  the  details  of 
a  whole  gallery  of  portraits.  To  hold  them 
it  is  necessary  to  flash  on  them  the  broad 
outlines  of  a  colossal  figure. 


The  White  Light  of  History 

To  enable  our  readers  to  appreciate  the 
disclosures  that  have  been  made  with  refer- 
ence to  the  Standard  Oil  contribution  to  the 
Roosevelt  campaign  fund  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  refresh  their  memories  with  a  little 
of  the  history  of  the  campaign  of  1904.  The 
Colonel  now  pretends  that  his  letter  to  Sec- 
retary Cortelyou  in  October,  1904,  instruct- 
ing him  that  if  any  money  had  been  con- 
tributed by  Standard  Oil  to  return  it,  is 
sufficient  answer  to  the  charge  that  he 
acquiesced  in  the  contribution.  Before  go- 
ing further  it  may  be  well  to  observe  that 
it  is  far  from  incredible  that,  as  Senator 
Penrose  says,  this  letter  was  a  "frame-up" 
for  future  reference  and  to  keep  the  record 
clean.  It  is  far  from  incredible  because  we 
know  that  the  Colonel  is  an  adept  in  that 
sort  of  trickery.  We  know  that  when  the 
news  leaked  out  of  his  intriguing  with  the 
Vatican  in  the  interest  of  .Archbishop 
Ireland  the  Colonel  wrote  a  "frame-up"  let- 
ter in  anticipation  of  criticism.  It  was  a 
letter  of  stinging  rebuke  to  poor  "Dear 
Maria."  When  the  storm  broke  the  Colonel 
gave  a  copy  of  that  letter  to  the  press  to 
prove  his  innocence.  Now  long  before  the 
Colonel  wrote  his  "frame-up"  letter  to 
Cortelyou  Judge  Alton  B.  Parker  was  charg- 
ing on  the  stump  that  the  big  trusts  were 
being  sandbagged  in  the  interest  of  the  Re- 
j)ublican  candidate.  This  is  what  Judge 
Parker  said  in  one  of  his  speeches : 

In. an  earlier  utterance  I  have  referred  in 
detail  to  what  is  notoriously  going  on  in 
the  matter  of  the  collection  of  funds  by  the 
Republican  party  for  this  campaign.  .  .  . 
Congress  creates  a  new^  department  of  com- 
merce and  labor.  Of  that  department  the 
President  appoints  a  Secretary  (Cortelyou) 
who  has  been  his  private  secretary.  With- 
in that  department  provision  is  made  for  the 
collection  from  large  corporations — includ- 
ing the  so-called  trusts — of  information 
which,  be  it  borne  in  mind,  is  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  President  for  public  or  private 
use  as  he  may  direct.  .  .  .  By  grace  of 
the  same  Executive,  this  Secretary  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor,  through  whose  depart- 
ment this  information  is  collected,  becomes 
Chairman  of  the  Republican  National  Com- 
mittee. His  chief  duty  in  this  position  is 
to  collect  funds  for  the  purpose  of  securing 
the  election  of  the  President.  .And  it  is 
more  notorious  that  there  has  resulted  from 
this  organized  importunity — whatever  may 


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be  the  precise  way  in  which  it  is  made 
effective — an  overflowing  treasury  to  the 
committee,  of  which  boast  is  openly  made. 

So  we  see  there  was  no  secrecy  about 
these  matters  back  in  1904.  The  man  who 
was  handling  the  business  for  the  President 
was  the  most  intimate  of  all  his  lieutenants 
and  he  had  been  placed  in  the  advantageous 
position  of  Secretary  of  the  Department  of 
Commerce  and  Labor.  This  is  the  man  to 
whom  the  Colonel  (though  doubtless  he  saw 
him  nearly  every  day)  had  to  write  a  letter 
to  protest  against  using  Standard  Oil  money. 
And  this  letter  was  written  after  the  Har- 
riman  donation  had  been  received,  about 
which  no  mention  up  to  this  time  had  been 
made.  Of  Judge  Parker's  charge  the  Col- 
onel took  no  public  notice  until  November  5 
— three  days  before  election,  when  in  the 
language  of  his  biographer  Mrs.  Annie  Riley 
Hale  he  "let  fly  the  fulminations  of  his 
wrath  and  righteous  denial  of  the  slanderous 
accusations."    He  said : 

Judge  Parker  has  neither  produced  nor 
can  produce  any  proof  of  their  truth.  .  .  . 
I  speak,  lest  the  silence  of  self-respect  be 
misunderstood.  The  gravamen  of  these 
cnarges  lies  in  the  assertion  that  the  corpo- 
rations have  been  blackmailed  into  con- 
tributing and  in  the  implication,  which  in 
one  or  two  of  Mr.  Parker's  speeches  has 
the  form  of  assertion,  that  they  (the  trusts) 
have  been  promised  certain  immunities  or 
favors.  Mr.  Parker's  accusations  against 
Mr.  Cortelyou  and  me  are  inventions.  If 
true  they  would  brand  both  of  us  with  in- 
famy, and  inasmuch  as  they  are  false,  heavy 
must  be  the  responsibility  of  the  man  mak- 
ing them.  I  cannot  understand  how  any 
honorable  man,  a  candidate  for  the  highest 
office  in  the  gift  of  the  nation,  can  take 
refuge  not  merely  in  personalities,  but  such 
base  and  unworthy  personalities.  The 
statements  made  by  Mr.  Parker  are  un- 
qualifiedly and  atrociously  false ! 

Thus  was  Judge  Parker  decorated  with 
the  ribbon  of  the  Order  of  Ananias.  And 
two  whole  years  passed  by  before  the  fact 
came  to  light  in  the  insurance  company  in- 
vestigation in  New  York  that  Judge  Parker 
had  spoken  the  truth.  It  was  then  we 
learned  of  the  contribution  made  by  George 
W.  Perkins  to  the  campaign  fund.  A  little 
later  we  learned  of  the  Harriman  contribu- 
tion, and  now  we  know  of  the  Standard  Oil 
contribution,  and  everybody  who  says  any- 
thing about  any  of  them  is  a  liar,  and  Mr. 
Roosevelt  is  the  only  truth-teller,  and  his 
word  must  stand  against  the  world.  The 
Colonel  vindicates  himself  with  the  audacity 
of  a  ParoUes,  and  calls  men  liars  with  all 
the  earnestness  of  a  swaggering  Bobadil 
swearing  by  the  foot  of  Pharaoh.  Never 
has  there  been  seen  such  assurance  in  the 
world — never  since  the  days  of  Dugald  Dal- 
getty.  And  the  singular  part  of  it  all  is 
that  these  mendacious  scoundrels  who  have 
conspired  against  the  Colonel  were  all  once 
upon  a  time  his  most  intimate  friends. 
Harriman,  Penrose,  even  Archbold — all  were 
his  cronies.  Even  after  the  campaign  ot 
1904  Archbold.  the  man  whose  money  was 
L.nacctytable  'though  no'  raturned^  was  a 


visitor  at  Oyster  Bay.  We  learn  from  the 
Colonel's  biographer,  Mrs.  Hale,  that  the 
Archbold  yacht  was  seen  at  the  Oyster  Bay 
moorings,  and  that  Mr.  Loeb — star  witness 
Loeb,  "without  whom,"  says  Mrs.  Hale, 
"we  should  lose  the  key  to  the  Roosevelt 
combination  time  out  of  number" — "has- 
tened to  assure  a  curious  and  interested  pub- 
lic that  Mr.  Archbold's  visit  'has  no  political 
significance.'  "  Then  it  must  have  been  a  so- 
cial visit.  The  man  whose  money  was  tainted 
was  himself  sterilized.  But  how  did  the 
Colonel  ever  expose  himself  to  an  associa- 
tion so  ignominious !  How  could  a  man  of 
his  exalted  ideals  and  acute  sensitiveness  in 
the  matter  of  decency  and  the  higher  moral- 
ities, how  could  he  ever  have  incurred  the 
intimacy  of  such  a  man  as  Archbold? 

An  Analysis  of  the  Evidence 

Of  course  the  evidence  is  by  no  means 
conclusive  that  the  Colonel  acquiesced  in 
the  financing  of  his  campaign  by  Standard 
Oil,  but  after  a  prayerful  and,  let  us  hum- 
bly hope,  a  conscientious  analysis  of  the  evi- 
dence, direct  and  circumstantial,  we  feel 
bound  to  suggest,  that  it  is  infinitely  more 
conclusive  than,  let  us  say,  the  evidence 
against  Lorimer.  Even  admitting  the  Col- 
onel's testimony  to  be  true — that  Penrose 
is  corrupt  and  Archbold  is  a  liar  and  Cortel- 
you and  Loeb  are  honorable  men — it  doesn't 
follow  that  our  former  President  is  innocent. 
Nor  does  it  improve  the  case  to  ink  the 
waters  by  calling  attention  to  what  is  im- 
plied in  what  Archbold  and  Penrose  say 
about  Treasurer  Bliss.  Mr.  Roosevelt  has 
great  solicitude  about  the  reputation  of  the 
dead  man,  but  the  fact  is  that  Mr.  Bliss  was 
treasurer  of  the  campaign  committee,  and  it 
is  not  to  be  supposed  that  he  assumed  that 
the  trusts  were  contributing  prodigious  sums 
of  money  to  the  campaign  fund  out  of  love 
of  country  or  consideration  of  their  health. 
All  that  is  said  with  reference  to  Mr.  Bliss 
is  that  he  said  a  contribution  "would  be 
gratefully  received  by  the  powers  that  be" ; 
that  he  reported  to  Mr.  Archbold  that  Mr. 
Roosevelt  "appreciated"  the  contribution, 
and  that  subsequently  he  expressed  himself 
as  humiliated  at  Mr.  Roosevelt's  hostile  at- 
titude toward  Standard  Oil.  This  may  be 
an  undeserved  reflection  on  Mr.  Bliss'  char- 
acter. Mr.  Hearst,  echoing  Mr.  Roosevelt, 
views  it  as  such,  and  Mr.  Hearst  pretends 
to  be  impartial,  but  the  indications  are  that 
Mr.  Hearst  is  somewhat  in  sympathy  with 
the  cause  that  is  financed  by  Plutocrat  Per- 
kins. We  know  nothing  about  the  char- 
acter of  the  watch-dog  of  the  war  chest, 
but  we  conceive  it  to  be  quite  natural  for 
the  man  who  acted  as  the  go-between  in 
these  campaign  transactions  to  consider  it 
but  just  to  let  the  beneficiary  know  to  whom 
he  was  indebted  and  to  give  some  kind  of 
stimulating  assurance  to  the  men  who  were 
putting  up  the  stuff.  And  what  is  there 
improbable  in  the  testimony  that  Treasurer 
Bliss  confessed  himself  humiliated  when 
Mr.  Roosevelt  began  his  assaults  on  Stand- 
ard Oil  after  the  failure  of  Mr.  Archbold  to 
come  through  a  second  time?  Treasurer 
Bliss  was  a  man  in  sympathy  with  the  cap- 
italist interests,  and  he  did  not  approve  what 


he  regarded  as  a  species  of  demagoguery. 
Solicitude  for  the  reputation  of  Bliss  is 
sublimated  cant.  Back  in  1904,  when  the 
trusts  were  putting  up  their  money  for 
campaign  purposes,  it  was  to  get  what  they 
were  pleased  to  describe  as  "a  square  deal," 
and  Bliss,  like  every  other  man  in  sym- 
pathy with  them,  supposed  that  Roosevelt 
would  continue  the  line  of  conduct  that  he 
had  pursued  while  finishing  out  McKinley's 
term.  That  he  did  not  do  so  Mr.  Hearst 
conceives  to  be  to  his  credit,  but  Mr.  Hearst 
forgets  that  the  Colonel  continued  his  old 
policies  chiefly  with  reference  to  Harriman 
who  failed  to  come  through  in  1907  and  to 
Standard  Oil  which  refused  a  second  "touch" 
in  1904.  He  remained  on  good  terms  with 
Morgan  and  with  the  Sugar  Trust.  So  let 
us  not  be  misguided  by  the  cant  about  Bliss. 
It  is  not  the  injury  to  Bliss  that  Mr.  Roose- 
velt is  worrying  about ;  rather  is  it  the  in- 
jury to  himself  that  is  done  by  the  words 
attributed  to  Bliss  by  Archbold ;  for  it  was 
Bliss,  according  to  Archbold,  who  brought 
home  to  Roosevelt  the  news  of  the  Standard 
Oil  contribution,  and  who  brought  home  to 
Archbold  the  news  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's  "ap- 
preciation." But  aside  from  all  these  mat- 
ters the  most  conclusive  bit  of  evidence  in- 
culpating Mr.  Roosevelt  is  his  so-called 
"frame-up"  letter.  That  letter  was  writ- 
ten in  the  midst  of  the  campaign  when,  as 
we  learn  from  Judge  Parker,  news  of  the 
blackmailing  of  the  trusts  had  leaked  out. 
Perhaps  one  of  the  reasons  it  leaked  out  was 
that  Mr.  Archbold  submitted  the  second 
"touch"  to  the  whole  board  of  directors  and 
that  the  board  turned  it  down.  It  was  then 
that  Mr.  Roosevelt,  it  appears  from  his  let- 
ter, becoming  aware  of  rumors  of  a  Standard 
Oil  contribution,  {promptly  recorded  his 
own  virtue  in  black  and  white,  instructing 
Cortelyou  to  give  back  the  money.  Yet 
Cortelyou,  the  understrapper,  took  it  upon 
himself  to  ignore  the  instruction.  The 
money  was  never  returned,  and  nothing 
more  was  heard  about  it  till  the  present  in- 
vestigation. Mr.  Roosevelt  suffered  no 
qualms  about  the  matter  because  all  the 
time  he  had  up  his  sleeve  that  letter  to 
Cortelyou.  Which  proves  his  impregnable 
confidence  in  the  simplicity  and  gullibility 
of  the  American  people. 

The  Ephemera  of  Public  Life 

This  is  such  a  big  country  that  it  is  well 
nigh  impossible  for  anybody  to  know 
everybody  in  the  public  eye.  No  matter 
how  prominent  a  man  is  or  how  big  a  figure 
he  cuts  on  the  broad  and  crowded  stage  of 
national  politics  or  how  large  he  bulks  in 
the  public  prints,  he  is  after  all.  to  the  man 
in  the  street,  little  more  than  an  embodiment 
of  an  enthusiasm  or  an  ambition.  But  of 
this  the  man  in  the  street  is  not  to  be  con- 
vinced. He  flatters  himself  that  he  is  a 
fine  judge  of  character,  when  he  is  nothing 
more  than  the  dupe  of  common  repute,  which 
is  made  by  one  man's  taking  up  the  opinion 
formed  by  another  from  echoes  of  the 
sounding  brass  of  calumny  or  the  tinkling 
cymbals  of  adulation.  Thus  the  genesis  of 
public  opinion  in  a  country  which  lives  by 
it.    Study  of  character  is  one  of  the  most 


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difficult  of  all  studies,  for  character  is  one  of 
the  most  complex  of  all  subjects.  Knowl- 
edge of  character  is  almost  impossible,  re- 
quiring as  it  does  a  clairvoyant  power  to  get 
insight  into  the  motives  and  interior  mech- 
anism of  men.  If  we  had  knowledge  of 
character,  we  could  foresee  how  circum- 
stances would  tell  on  a  man's  mind  or 
temper,  we  could  prophecy  the  course  he 
would  take  in  an  emergency ;  and  these 
are  accomplishments  beyond  us  All  things 
considered  then,  it  is  no  wonder  that  most 
of  our  vivid  and  forceful  personalities  have 
hardly  any  greater  endurance  than  the  in- 
substantial gargoyles  on  an  ice  palace. 
When  we  see  them  in  the  right  light  they 
melt.  We  find  that  the  "character  studies" 
we  have  been  reading  are  the  fairy  tales  of 
journalists  who  are  deferential  to  everything 
that  has  a  crowd  behind  it.  It  is  hard 
enough  to  judge  a  man  when  you  meet  him  ; 
how  much  more  so  to  judge  one  you  have 


never  met?  It  is  especially  difficult  to  get 
knowledge  of  the  character  of  a  public  char- 
acter because  he  is  seldom  real.  Take  for 
example  the  statesman  in  Washington.  He 
is  playing  a  part.  He  may  be  playing  it 
conscientiously,  but  nevertheless  it  is  a 
part.  Even  the  men  behind  the  scenes  may 
never  see  him  but  in  his  robes  of  office.  It 
is  only  "back  home,"  where  he  has  been  un- 
der inspection  from  his  birth  that  he  is 
known,  and  even  then  not  by  everybody. 
Our  vivid  and  forceful  personalities  would 
last  longer  if  they  would  reduce  their  cir- 
culation. Few  of  our  eminences  can  main- 
tain their  height  if  they  move  about  among 
the  people.  So  eminent  a  personage  as 
Gifford  Pinchot,  for  instance,  dwindles  in 
his  itinerancy  like  a  berg  drifting  toward 
the  equator.  In  the  magazines  his  forceful- 
ness  is  tremendous  but  face  to  face  he  is  like 
a  rural  pedagogue  with  a  soprano  voice. 
Similarly  disappointing  is  Judge  Lindsey. 


And  as  we  are  deceived  as  to  the  physical 
and  mental  qualities  of  great  men  in  the 
public  eye,  so  also  are  we  deceived  as  to 
their  moral  qualities.  The  militant  re- 
former of  the  Medill  McCormick  type  we 
conceive  to  be  a  man  of  irreproachable  man- 
ners and  habits  until  the  truth  leaks  out,  as 
in  his  case  it  did  some  weeks  ago.  Until 
Senator  Penrose  was  put  on  the  defensive 
the  other  day  we  had  Editor  Van  Valken- 
burg  of  Philadelphia  sized  up  as  a  journal- 
ist quite  as  rectitudinous  as  Mr.  Rowell  of 
Fresno.  Now  we  know  that  the  Philadel- 
phian,  who  hates  bosses,  was  trained  in  the 
Quay  school  of  politics  and  that  he  was  once 
indicted  for  bribery  in  a  Senatorial  contest. 
Scarcely  a  day  passes  without  the  shatter- 
ing of  an  idol,  yet  the  building  of  new  ones 
remains,  next  to  baseball,  the  favorite 
.American  pastime. 


Correspondence 


The  Seals  and  the  Trust 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  My  attention  has  been 
called  to  a  letter  on  the  subject  of  sea  lions  as 
a  menace  to  fish,  which  the  Examiner  published 
some  weeks  ago.  The  author,  Mr.  C.  A.  McNeill 
of  Tiburon,  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  seals  should 
be  killed  and  a  bounty  paid  by  the  State.  Mr. 
McNeill  talks  like  a  fish.  At  any  rate  he  appears 
to  be  as  well  informed  as  a  denizen  of  the  deep 
of  the  ways  of  fish  and  the  why  and  wherefore 
of  their  manners  and  customs.  He  "knows  it  to 
be  a  fact  that  the  seals  that  infest  Seal  Rock  are 
nothing  more  than  guards  to  keep  away  the 
salmon  and  many  other  species  of  fish  that  would 
come  in  through  the  Golden  Gate  to  spawn." 
He  has  seen  the  seals  "destroying  tons  of  fish 
both  large  and  small."  What  a  thrilling  spec- 
tacle! The  motion  picture  people  ought  to  get 
hold  of  it.  Mr.  McNeill  knows  that  it  is  because 
of  the  prodigious  appetite  of  the  gourmand  of  the 
Seal  Rocks  "that  we  have  not  all  the  same  kinds 
of  fish  they  have  in  the  north  and  south  inlets." 
And  he  wants  to  know  what  tourist  "would 
rather  go  out  to  the  Cliflf  House  and  see  those 
ugly  brutes  than  to  sit  down  to  a  table  and  eat 
some  of  the  fish  that  should  inhabit  our  bay." 
In  addition  to  talking  like  a  fish  Mr.  McNeill 
writes  like  a  fish  trust.  Sorne  time  ago  I  read 
in  Town  Talk  an  article  in  favor  of  conserving 
our  seal  herd  which  has  been  reduced  by  greedy 
fishermen  and  frightened  away  from  the  Seal 
Rocks  for  months  at  a  time  by  the  big  guns  of 
the  Presidio.  So  I  am  sure  that  Town  Talk  does 
not  approve  the  sentiments  of  Mr.  McNeill. 
With  all  his  knowledge  of  what  goes  on  beneath 
the  waves  this  gentleman  appears  to  be  unaware 
that  the  seals  make  excursions  up  and  down  the 
coast  and  spend  some  of  their  time  near  inlets 
where  species  of  fish  are  to  be  found  that  are 
not  to  be  found  in  our  bay.  He  also  appears  to 
be  unaware  that  certain  species  of  fish  once  quite 
plentiful  in  our  bay  are  either  no  longer  to  be 
found  there  or  have  become  extremely  rare. 
Surely  the  seals  are  not  to  be  blamed  for  the 
reduction  of  the  varieties  of  our  fish.  The  seals 
were  more  numerous  in  the  days  when  the  fish 
were  more  numerous.  It  was  not  till  our  fish 
trust  got  busy,  not  till  fish  commissioners  in 
other  days  went  into  partnership  with  Chinese 
and  others  that  the  appetite  of  the  seals  became 


a  source  of  complaint.  It  is  not  to  be  denied 
that  the  seals  are  great  fish  eaters,  but  it  is  to 
be  denied  that  all  people  are  of  the  mind  of  Mr. 
McNeill;  that  is,  that  all  people  would  rather  eat 
fish  at  the  Cliflf  House  than  look  at  the  seals. 
There  are  a  few  people  who  do  not  believe  that 
pampering  the  palate  is  the  chief  end  of  exist- 
ence. Besides  nobody  need  go  hungry  for  fish 
in  San  Francisco.  And  certainly  he  must  be  a 
most  capricious  mortal  who  cannot  find  a  fish  to 
his  taste  in  our  market.  If  there  is  one  complaint 
to  be  made  it  is  that  considering  the  abundance 
of  fish  in  our  waters  and  the  little  cost  at  which 
they  are  caught,  the  price  to  the  consumer  should 
be  so  high.  Instead  of  putting  a  bounty  on  seals 
we  should  put  a  license  tax  on  market  fishermen 
that  would  reimburse  the  State  for  the  cost  of 
propagating  fish.  And  at  the  same  time  we  should 
see  to  it  that  there  is  competition  among  fisher- 
men. 

Yours  truly, 

— Roy  Carruthers. 


An  Art  Lover's  Curiosity 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  read  with  much  in- 
terest Mr.  O'Day's  interview  last  week  with  Mr. 
Curtis  the  auctioneer,  but  my  curiosity  was 
piqued,  and  I  should  like  to  have  it  gratified. 
What  is  more,  I  think  that  Town  Talk  should 
deem  it  a  duty  to  the  public  to  leave  nobody's 
curiosity  unsatisfied  with  respect  to  the  art  dealer 
who  hires  a  local  artist  to  imitate  Keith  and  who 
puts  fictitious  Keiths  on  the  market.  This  is  a 
fraud  that  ought  to  be  exposed.  It  is  obtaining 
money  under  false  pretenses.  It  is  hardly  less 
excusable  than  the  ignorance  of  the  art  dealer 
who  didn't  know  that  Dupre  the  painter  of  the 
peaceful  serenity  of  fat  pasture  ever  painted  cat- 
tle. An  art  dealer  so  steeped  in  ignorance  is  him- 
self a  fraud.  He  ought  to  be  selling  butter  and 
cheese.  However  I  am  grateful  to  Mr.  Curtis 
for  one  thing — his  apocalyptic  allusion  to  the  art 
dealer  who  covers  his  patrons  with  the  slime 
of  flattery  to  facilitate  the  swallowing  of  them. 
No  need  of  mentioning  his  name. 

Sincerely  yours, 

— An  Art  Lover. 


How  Young  Is  Joaquin? 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  How  old  is  (not  Ann) 


but  Joaquin?  Bet  you  don't  know.  I  defy  any 
of  your  readers  to  tell  me  when  Poet  Miller  of 
the  Sierras  was  born.  When  I  first  met  Joaquin 
Miller — some  twenty  years  ago — he  was  undoubt- 
edly on  the  shady  side  of  fifty.  About  ten  years 
later  I  saw  where  he  referred  to  himself  as  (I 
think  it  was)  fifty-three  Now,  I  believe,  accord- 
ing to  his  own-  recollection  of  the  matter,  he 
is  somewhere  near  sixty.  Isn't  there  somebody 
able  to  refresh  his  memory?  My  own  judgment 
is  that  he's  the  oldest  living  poet,  and  I'd  like 
to  have  the  honor  awarded  to  him. 

Yours  truly,  — Mary  Remington. 

San  Jose,  .August  25,  1912. 


A  Little  Matter  of  Graft 

Editor  Town  Talk.  Dear  Sir:  Some  weeks  ago  1 
read  in  the  dailies  that  Supervisor  Koshland 
knew  of  some  kind  of  graft  in  the  city  govern- 
ment, and  I  have  been  waiting  ever  since  for  the 
showing  up  of  the  grafters.  Mr.  Koshland  was 
quoted  on  the  subject.  He  made  the  statement 
of  his  actual  knowledge  at  an  official  meeting,  and 
there  apparently  the  matter  has  been  permitted 
to  rest.  How  about  it?  Have  we  grown  tired  of 
exposing  grafters?  Surely  Supervisor  Koshland 
isn't  a  purveyor  of  idle  gossip  reflecting  discredit 
on  the  Administration  of  which  he  is  a  repre- 
sentative. And  I  am  quite  sure  I  haven't  been 
dreaming.  If  somebody  is  grafting  we  ought  to 
know  who  the  person  is.  I  hope  the  scandal  isn't 
to  be  hushed  up. 

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Varied  Types 


LXXXIX— MARQUIS  DE  BREVIAIRE  D'ALAINCCURT 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


Tliere  is  Spanish  blood  in  him,  the  old  red 
blond  of  that  gory  soldier '  of  fortune  El  Cid 
Campeador,  but  for  centuries  his  family  has  been 
French.    And  he  comes  to  California  from  Paris. 

Descended  from  blood-letters,  the  Marquis  is 
not  himself  ,  a  fighter,  unless  the  bloodless  (or 
cold-blooded)  encounters  of  finance  are  dignified 
with  the  name  of  battles.  So  his  career  lacks 
the  romantic  interest  which  envelops  his  swash- 
buckling forebears.  And  yet  California  may  come 
to  take  a  deep  interest  in  him,  a  much  deeper 
interest  than  it  has  ever  taken  in  the  eager 
trouble-breeder  who  looms  above  the  mists  of 
Spanish  antiquity.  El  Cid  gives  us  thrills  (on 
the  rare  occasions  when  we  read  about  him) ; 
the  Marquis  brings  us  money  There  may  be  a 
string  or  two  on  the  cash  he  promises,  but 
even  a  promise  of  gold  is  better  than  a  thrill. 
Ask  anybody  in  Sansome  street. 

The  Marquis  came  to  attend  to  certain  mining 
interests  he  has  in  Mexico  and  to  make  a  few  in- 
vestments in  California.  He  is  a  lawyer  with  a 
valuable  clientele  among  certain  big  financiers  of 
Paris,  and  the  advice  he  gives  them  is  principally 
advice  as  to  their  investments.  He  tells  me  that 
when  he  came  to  California  some  time  ago  it  was 
to  find  good  investments  for  several  millions  of 
dollars.  He  wasn't  here  long  before  he  had  ar- 
ranged to  buy  an  oil  well  and  an  orange  grove  in 
Southern  California. 

But  during  the  negotiations  wliicli  led  up  tri 
these  purchases  his  eyes  were  opened  wider  and 
wider  to  the  possibilities  of  California  as  an 
investing  field.  He  went  up  and  down  the  State, 
he  e.xamined  all  its  resources  and  and  as  he  pro- 
ceeded he  became  more  and  more  convinced 
that  here  was  the  soil  in  which  French  capital 
should  plant  its  golden  seeds. 

The  Marquis  is  enthusiastic  about  tlic  future 
of  California.  His  enthusiasm  seems  to  be  the 
reasoned  enthusiasm  of  the  financier  and  the 
adviser  of  financiers.  He  doesn't  appear  to  be 
carried  away  by  the  glowing  representations  of 
money-hunters  or  overwhelmed  by  the  glitter- 
ing promises  of  promoters.  He  says  he  has 
studied  conditions  at  first  Iiand  and  finds  them 
good.    He  has  so  informed  his  principals. 

The  result  of  his  researches  may  be  far-reach- 
ing. In  the  past  no  French  capita!  has  come  to 
California.  The  State  has  been  enriched  by  ad- 
mixture of  good  French  blood;  our  citizens  of 
French  birth  and  French  descent  are  among  the 
best  we  have.  But  the  Pactolian  stream  wliich 
flows  every  year  from  the  banks  of  Paris  to  the 
four  corners  of  the  globe,  gathering  value  as  it 
flows,  has  never  watered  our  State.  It  looks  as 
though  the  time  has  come  at  last  when  we  shall 
be  united  to  France  by  the  ties  of  financial 
interest,  when  a  money-belt  shall  strap  us  to- 
gether. The  Marquis  will  be  responsible  for  the 
pleasant  relation,  if  it  is  established.  It  will  mear. 
an  era  of  increased  prosperity  for  California  Its 
importance  does  not  have  to  be  exaggerated:  tc 
those  who  know  anything  about  French  linanco 
the  statement  of  the  possibility  is  sufficient. 

The  Marquis  is  a  handsome  man  of  slight  but 
well-modeled  figure.  The  dark  tinge  of  Spain 
and  his  Spanish  ancestors  is  in  his  skin,  but  his 
manner  is  Parisian.  His  mind  moves  swiftly, 
and  his  ordered  conversation  shows  that  it  moves 
with  the  clarity  of  logic  which  is  typical  of  the 


Frenchman.  He  talks  rapidly,  using  good  Eng- 
lish that  has  the  charm  of  a  decided  accent. 

When  1  asked  him  about  his  purpose  in  visit- 
ing California  he  replied  frankly,  prefacing  his 
particular  object  in  making  the  visit  with  a  clear 
exposition  of  the  circumstances  that  at  present 
direct  the  current  of  French  investment. 

"France  and  England,"  he  said,  "are  the  only 
nations  in  Europe  which  make  large  foreign  in- 
vestments. For  the  past  two  years,  owing  to  her 
grave  labor  troubles,  England  has  had  little 
money  to  send  out  of  the  country.  She  needs 
her  money  at  home. 

"But  not  so  France.  F'rance  controls  the 
finances  of  Russia,  Germany,  Turkey,  Italy,  Spain 
and  Portugal.  Owing  to  conditions  which  have 
arisen  in  the  last  few  years  France  has  been  com- 
pelled to  withdraw  her  investments  in  some  of 
these  countries.  She  has  drawn  a  great  deal  of 
her  money  from  Germany  owing  to  the  war  scare 
which  has  troubled  Europe  ever  since  Germany 
sent  a  warship  to  Agadir.  Then  too,  France  has 
had  her  misunderstandings  with  Spain  over  the 
situation  in  Morocco,  and  that  has  led  to  the 
stoppage  of  investments  in  Spain. 

"The  result  is  that  France  has  never  had  so 
much  money  to  invest  as  at  the  present  time. 
In  fact  France  has  a  billion  dollars  to  invest 
ann.ually. 

"The  reason  for  this  is  to  be  found  in  the  char- 
acter of  the  f'rench  people.  Foreigners  are  apt 
to  form  a  wrong  impression  of  the  French  char- 
acter. They  judge  the  French  people  from 
Parisians  who  are  far  from  typical.  The  typical 
Frenchman  is  distinguished  by  the  fact  that  he 
not  only  lives  within  his  income  but  makes  a 
practice  of  saving  part  of  his  earnings.  No 
matter  how  small  his  wage  may  be  he  puts  some 
of  it  aside  for  what  you  call  the  rainy  day.  Every 
week  the  peasant  wife  puts  a  few  sous  in  the 
stocking,  and  so  orders  the  household  expenses 
that  the  family  is  able  to  live  on  the  remainder 
of  the  week's  wages. 

"This  money  which  is  saved  goes  to  the  banks. 
It  is  pouring  into  the  banks  all  the  time,  and 
there  is  so  much  of  it  that  the  rates  of  interest 
are  very  low.  For  ordinary  deposits  the  French 
banks  pay  interest  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent. 
For  term  deposits  they  pay  one  per  cent,  for  one 
year,  two  per  cent,  for  two  years  and  two  and 
one-half  per  cent,  for  three  years. 

"The  bankers  must  find  investments  for  this 
money,  and  their  search  for  investments  takes 
them  all  over  the  world.  In  America,  France  has 
invested  a  great  deal  in  Canada,  in  Argentine  and 
Brazil.  Argentine  and  Brazil  have  been  favored 
by  French  money  because  the  people  of  those 
republics  are  Latins  who  understand  the  French 
mind. 

"Between  Canada  and  South  America  lies  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  eyes  of  French  investors  are  turn- 
ing just  now  to  your  State.  But  we  know  so 
little  about  California.  Your  people  are  in  the 
habit  of  advertising  the  resources  of  your  State 
throughout  the  United  States.  That  is  an  ex- 
cellent thing,  but  should  they  not  also  advertise 
in  Europe?  You  cannot  depend  on  other  States 
for  money.  Taking  money  from  an  Eastern 
State  to  invest  it  in  California  is  like  transferr- 
ing it  from  one  pocket  to  another.  You  must 
look  to  Europe.    And  as  France  is  the  great  in- 


vesting country  of  Europe,  you  must  look  tc 
France. 

"I  came  to  California  as  the  representative  of 
certain  Parisian  investors.  I  was  impressed  with 
your  State's  possibilities.  You  are  rich  in  oil,  in 
fruit,  in  redwood,  in  many  things.  In  fact,  you 
are  so  rich  that  you  are  poor.  Your  population 
is  comparatively  small.  There  is  not  enough 
money  at  home  among  you  to  develop  your  re- 
sources. Your  field  is  very  large  and  its  soil  is 
very  rich,  but  you  have  not  enough  seed  to  sow 
it  all. 

"I  have  advised  the  moneyed  men  whom  I 
represent  that  California  is  a  good  place  to  in- 
vest on  a  large  scale.  That  means  that  an  im- 
mense amount  of  French  money  may  come  to 
California. 

"Of  course  it  cannot  come  at  once.  California 
must  win  the  confidence  of  the  French  investors. 
The  French  are  very  cautious.  They  go  slowly. 
Before  they  will  invest  their  money  they  must  be 
convinced  that  the  investment  is  safe.  They 
must  be  told  through  the  newspapers  which  they 
trust  and  through  the  financiers  in  whom  they 
liave  confidence  that  their  money  will  not  be 
lost,  that  it  will  return  them  a  proper  dividend. 
A  great  deal  of  French  money  has  been  lost  in 
American  stocks.  The  French  have  therefore 
Inst  confidence  in  American  stocks.  But  if  they 
are  told  by  responsible  men  that  California  oil, 
California  orchards  and  so  on  constitute  safe 
investments  they  will  send  their  money  to  Cali- 
fornia. It  may  be  said  that  the  prospects  are  very 
bright  for  the  investment  of  large  sums  of  French 
money  in  this  State. 

"California  is  splendid.  I  admire  your  people, 
their  industry,  their  honesty,  their  pluck.  I 
have  written  about  these  things  to  such  bankers 
in  Paris  as  I  represent.    That  is  the  beginning. 

"But  the  French  may  ask  for  an  improvement 
in  the  relations  between  the  two  countries  be- 
fnrc  they  send  their  money  here.  Your  tariff 
duties  we  regard  as  exorbitant,  abusive.  And 
ynu  make  unnecessary  trouble  for  Frenchmen 
who  visit  your  country.  You  refuse  to  accept 
nur  passports  which  should  be  sufficient  for  you. 
These  passports  are  from  the  prefecture  of  police 
and  are  not  granted  to  any  but  men  and  women 
nf  good  character.  They  should  be  sufficient  for 
ynur  officers  of  immigration,  but  they  are  dis- 
regarded. The  French  traveler  is  subjected  to 
severe  examination  and  very  frequently  he  is 
unable  to  satisfy  the  officials,  the  reason  being 
that  he  has  relied  upon  his  passport  to  secure 

(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


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Perspective  Impressions 


What  small  boy  ever  got  more  amusement  out 
of  a  box  of  toys  than  Mr.  Hearst  gets  out  of  a 
bundle  of  stolen  letters!  Mr.  Hearst  is  a  great 
benefactor.    His  toys  amuse  the  world. 

It's  a  bad  sign  when  the  Colonel,  who  has  al- 
ways been  ready  to  accept  any  old  kind  of  evi- 
dence against  the  other  fellow,  takes  refuge  be- 
hind the  objection  that  evidence  against  himself 
is  "merely  hearsay." 

Another  bad  sign  is  the  Colonel's  term  of  en- 
dearment applied  to  the  man  with  the  stolen  let- 
ters. How  it  must  amuse  the  great  journalist  to 
be  addressed  as  "Brother  Hearst"  by  the  man 
who  sent  Root  to  New  York  to  charge  respons- 
ibility for  the  killing  of  McKinley! 

Read  the  Congressional  Record,  and  you  will 
receive  the  impression  that  the  modern  Ameri- 
can statesman  is  engendered  in  the  heat  of  cir- 
cumstances. 


Admitting  that  Penrose  is  corrupt,  then  must 
we  not  own  that  the  Colonel  is  above  suspicion? 
Nothing  like  logic  as  a  means  of  reaching  the 
truth. 


Governor  West  of  Oregon  has  resolved  to 
start  a  "vice  crusade."  He  ought  to  begin  by 
suppressing  himself  in  the  interest  of  the  sweet- 
est of  the  virtues — sincerity. 


According  to  the  Kansas  City  Star  the  cor- 
respondents of  the  Dodge  City  Globe  were  re- 
cently served  with  this  notice:  "Please  wire  crop 
reports;  election  results  can  come  by  mail." 
Bleeding  Kansas  has  recovered  her  mental  equil- 
ibrium. Perhaps  phlebotomy  might  do  California 
some  good. 


The  bull  moose  of  the  park  paddock  who  killed 
himself  by  trying  to  vault  over  a  fence  that  was 
too  high  completed  the  allegory  by  dying  of  lock- 
jaw. 


"There  are  men  in  Hell  who  owe  their  damna- 
tion in  time  and  eternity  to  skirts,"  says  a  Min- 
neapolis preacher.  Let  us  then  save  souls  by 
abolishing  skirts. 


A  new  vacuum  cleaner  is  called  the  Roosevelt. 
Its  inventor  says  it' is  the  greatest  blower,  great- 
est purifier,  greatest  ventilator  and  greatest 
vacuum  in  the  world.  The  Bull  Moosers  should 
substitute  this  symbol  for  the  red  bandanna. 


Dryden  on  the  political  situation;  or  what  a 
poet  said  of  the  Roosevelt  of  his  time: 

Restless,  unfix'd  in  principles  and  place. 
In  power  unpleased,  impatient  of  disgrace; 
In  friendship  false,  implacable  in  hate; 
Resolved  to  ruin  or  to  rule  the  state. 


Bet  you  don't  know  who's  running  for  as- 
semblyman in  your  district.  Bet  you  don't  know 
what  district  you're  in. 


The  Circus 


The  flowers  heaped  about  the  btonze  fountain 
are  for  them.  And  so  that  they  mave  have  flowers 
all  day  long,  older  and  fatter  and  shabbier  women 
make  their  home  round  the  fountain  (modelled 
by  a  genius  to  the  memory  of  one  whose  dream 
was  to  abolish  the  hardships  of  poverty),  with  a 
sugar-box  for  a  drawing  room  suite  and  a  sack 
for  a  curtain;  these  needy  ones  live  there,  to  the 
noise  of  water,  with  a  secret  society  of  news- 
paper sellers,  knowing  intimately  all  the  capacities 
of  the  sugar-box  and  sack;  and  on  hot  days  they 
revolve  round  the  fountain  with  the  sun,  for 
their  only  sunshade  is  the  shadow  of  the  dolphins, 
On  every  side  of  their  habituated  tranquillity 
the  odors  of  petrol  swirl.  The  great  gaudy- 
colored  autobuses,  brilliant  as  the  flowers,  swing 
and  swerve  and  grind  and  sink  and  recover,  and 
in  the  forehead  of  each  is  a  blackened  demon, 
tremendously  pre-occupied,  and  so  small  and 
withdrawn  as  to  be  often  unnoticed;  and  this 
demon  rushes  forward  all  day  with  his  life  in  his 
hand  and  scores  of  other  lives  in  his  hand,  for 
two  pounds  a  week.  When  he  stops  by  the 
fountain,  he  glances  at  the  flowers  unseeing,  out 
of  the  depths  of  his  absorption.  He  is  piloting 
cargoes  of  the  bright  beings  for  whom  the  flowers 
are  heaped. 

Stand  on  the  steps  of  the  fountain,  and  look 
between  the  autobuses  and  over  the  roofs  of 
taxis  and  the  shoulders  of  policemen,  and  you 
will  see  at  every  hand  a  proof  that  the  whole 
glowing  place,  with  its  flags  gaily  waving  and  its 
hubbub  of  rich  hues,  exists  first  and  last  for 
those  same  bright  beings.  If  there  is  a  cigar 
shop,  if  there  is  a  necktie  shop  like  Joseph's  coat, 
it  is  to  enable  the  male  to  cut  a  dash  with  those 
beings.  And  the  life  insurance  office — would  it 
continue  if  there  were  no  bright  beings  to  be 
provided  for?  And  the  restaurants!  And  the 
chemists!  And  the  music  hall!  The  sandwich- 
men  are  walking  round  and  round  with  the  names 
of  the  most  beauteous  lifted  high  on  their 
shoulders.  The  leather  shop  is  crammed  with 
dressing  cases  and  hat  boxes  for  them.  The 
jeweler  is  offering  solid  gold  slave-bangles  (be- 
cause they  like  the  feel  of  the  shackle)  at  six 
pound  ten. 


By  Arnold  Bennett 

And  above  all  there  is  the  great  establishment 
on  the  corner!  An  establishment  raised  by 
tradition  and  advertisement  and  sheer  skill  to 
tlie  rank  of  a  national  institution,  famous  from 
Calgary  to  the  Himalayas,  far  more  famous  and 
beloved  than  even  the  great  poets  and  philan- 
thropists. An  institution  established  on  one  of 
the  seven  supreme  sites  of  the  world!  And  it  is 
all  theirs,  all  for  them!  Colored  shoes,  cohjred 
frocks,  colored  necklaces,  colored  parasols, 
colored  stockings,  jabots,  scents,  hats,  and  all 
manner  of  flimsy  stuffs  whose  names — such  as 
Shantung — summon  up  in  an  instant  the  deep 
orientalism  of  the  Occident;  the  innumerable 
windows  are  a  perfect  riot  of  these  delicious  af- 
fairs! Who  could  pass  them  by?  This  is  a 
wondrous  institution.  Of  a  morning,  before  the 
licat  of  the  day,  you  can  see  coming  out  of  its 
private  half-hidden  portals  (not  the  ceremonious 
doors)  black-robed  young  girls,  with  their  hair 
down  their  backs,  and  the  free  gestures  learnt  at 
school  and  not  yet  forgotten,  skipping  off  on  I 
know  not  what  important  errands,  earning  part 
of  a  livelihood  already  in  the  service  of  those 
others.  And  at  its  upper  windows  appear  at 
times  more  black-robed  girls,  and  disappear,  like 
charming  prisoners  in  a  castle. 

The  beings  for  whom  the  place  exists  come 
down  all  the  curved  vistas  towards  it,  on  foot 
or  on  wheel,  all  day  in  radiant  droves.  They  are 
obliged  at  any  rate  to  pass  through  it,  for  the 
Circus  is  their  Clapham  Junction,  and  the  very 
gate  of  finery.  Impossible  to  miss  it!  It  leads 
to  all  coquetry,  and  all  delights  and  dangers. 
And  not  only  down  the  vistas  are  they  coming, 
but  they  are  shot  along  subterranean  tubes,  and 
hurried  through  endless  passages,  and  flung  up 
at  last  by  lifts  from  the  depths  into  the  open 
air.  And  when  you  look  at  them  you  are  com- 
pletely baffled.  Because  they  are  English,  and 
the  most  mysterious  women  on  earth,  save  the 
Scandinavians.  You  cannot  get  at  their  secret; 
it  consists  in  an  impenetrable  ideal.  With  the 
Latin  you  do  come  in  the  end  to  the  solid  marble 
of  Latin  practicalness;  the  Latin  is  perfectly  un- 
romantic.  But  the  romanticism  of  these  Eng- 
lish is  something  so  recondite  that  no  research 


and  no  analysis  can  approach  it.  Ihs.n  could 
never  have  made  a  play  out  of  a  Latin  woman; 
but  I  tell  you  that,  for  me,  every  woman  stepping 
off  an  omnibus  and  exposing  her  ankles  and  her 
character  as  she  dodges  across  the  Circus,  has  the 
look  in  her  face  of  an  Ibsen  heroine;  she 
emanates  romance  and  enigma;  she  is  the 
potential  mainspring  of  a  late-Ibsen  drama,  the 
Kind  whose  import  no  critic  is  ever  quite  sure 
of.  This  it  is  to  be  Anglo-Saxon,  and  herein 
is  one  of  the  grand  major  qualities  of  the  streets 
of  London. 

They  are  in  this  matter,  I  do  believe,  all  alike, 
these  creatures.  You  may  encounter  one  so  ugly 
and  mannish  and  grotesque  that  none  but  an 
Englishman  could  take  her  to  his  arms,  and  even 
she  has  the  ineffable  romantic  gaze.  All  the 
countless  middle-aged  women  who  support  cir- 
culating libraries  have  it;  the  hair  of  a  woman 
of  fifty  blows  about  her  face  romantically.  All 
the  nice,  youngish  married  women  have  it,  those 
who  think  they  know  a  thing  or  two.  And  as 
for  the  girls,  the  young  girls,  they  show  a  roman- 
tic naivete  which  transcends  belief;  they  are  so 
fresh  and  so  virginal  and  so  loose-limbed  and  so 
obsessed  by  a  mysterious  ideal  that  really  (you 
think)  the  street  is  too  perilous  a  place  for  them. 
And  yet  they  go  confidently  about,  either  alone, 
or  in  couples,  or  with  young  men  at  bottom  as 
simple  as  themselves,  and  naugh  happens  to 
them;  they  must  be  protected  by  their  idealism. 
.•\nd  now  and  then  you  will  see  a  woman  who  is 
strictly  and  truly  chic,  in  the  extreme  French 

(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


August  31,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LV— CROSSING  SAN  FRANCISCO  BAY 
By  Lillian  Shuey 


(The  observer  in  this  poem  is  crossing  the  Bay  from  San  Francisco,  presumably  to  a  home  in  Oakland  or 
Berkeley^  or  Alameda.  That  the  observer  is  a  commuter  seems  certain.  San  Francisco  is  a  city  of  "turbulent  noise 
and  fret  ;  across  the  Bay  is  "the  port  of  love  and  rest."  This  is  the  attitude  of  the  typical  commuter,  an  attitude 
not  very  complimentary  to  the  place  where  he  earns  his   bread.    The  verses  are  taken  from  "Sunset"  of  April    1904  ) 


The  city  of  hills  and  towers, 
Of  turbulent  noise  and  fret. 

Fades  like  a  gloomy  picture 
In  dusky  hangings  set. 


There  in  the  curve  of  the  island, 
A  joy  to  the  tired  eyes. 

In  a  peaceful  wave-edged  vista 
The  Grecian  columns  rise. 


The  wind  and  the  mist  together 
Have  a  tender  witching  art. 

Cooling  the  fevered  brow  and  lip, 
Quieting  brain  and  heart. 


East  where  the  clouds  are  parted, 
A  glimpse  of  sun-kissed  hills; 

A  vision  of  rose-red  gardens 
The  swift  remembrance  fills. 


In  the  west  a  gray-white  transport 
At  rest  in  the  lucent  green, 

In  the  south  a  looming  warship 
In  ghostly  silence  seen. 


A  sudden  burst  of  glory, 
An  azure  newly  bright, 

A  city  of  homes  and  steeples 
Shines  in  the  sunset  light. 


The  sea-gull's  circling  pinions — 
A  gladness  in  the  breast — 

Across  the  wide  white  waters, 
The  port  of  love  and  rest. 


The  Los  Angeles  Epidemic 

It  took  a  long  time  for  news  of  the  epidemic 
of  infantile  paralysis  in  Los  Angeles  to  get  be- 
yond the  borders  of  that  town.    In  Los  Angeleb 
there  is  never  any  talk  of  anything  that  might 
discourage  tourist  traffic    So  news  of  the  epi- 
demic was  suppressed,  and  children  were  ruslied 
out  of  the  town  and    now    cases    of  infantile 
paralysis  are  no  longer  confined  to  Los  Angeles. 
Cases  have  developed  in  other  towns.  Though 
the  disease  has  been  epidemic  in  Los  Angeles 
since  the  early  part  of  June,  not  till  a  few  weeks 
ago  did  we  hear  anything  about  it  in  these  parts. 
And  though  up  to  Tuesday  of  last  week  two 
hundred  and  thirty-one  cases  had  occurred,  the 
Tribune  of  Los  Angeles  devoted  a  page  and  a 
quarter  to  an  article  deprecatory  of  the  scare  on 
the  ground  that  it  had  cut  passenger  traffic  ten 
per  cent.    Mr.  Earl  of  the  Tribune  and  financial 
backer  of  the  administration  complains  that  the 
stories  of  the  epidemic  are  "senseless"  and  very 
injurious   to   those   darling   hotel  keepers  who 
charge  all  the  traffic  will  bear.    "The  healthful- 
ness  of  the  city,"  says  the  veracious  defender  of 
Governor  Johnson,  "is  known  to  all  the  world," 
"and   the   climate   has  been   especially  adapted 
(when?)   to  bringing  up  rosy-cheeked  kiddies." 


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Connecting  All  Depts. 


The  Spectator 

geles  who  would  like  to  see  more  children  come 
to  town  in  the  midst  of  the  epidemic.  The  City 
Council  of  Los  Angeles  met  last  week,  and 
ignoring  utterly  the  daily  reports  of  the  board 
of  health  resolved  that  there  was  no  epidemic  and 
deprecated  the  publication  of  health  board  re- 
ports which  kept  tourists  away.  Then  a  com- 
mittee of  the  council,  appointed  to  investigate 
whereased,  at  a  time  when  there  were  seventy- 
five  persons  under  quarantine,  that  "as  there  are 
but  few  cases  of  the  disease  here,  and  as  it  is 
the  wildest  nonsense  for  people  to  shun  this 
healthy  and  beautiful  city  for  fear  of  contagion," 
and  thus  lose  the  benefit  of  "this  cool  summer 
climate  and  sea  breezes,  therefore  be  it  resolved, 
etc."  Too  bad  that  the  Governor  cannot  find 
time  in  the  midst  of  a  political  campaign  to  de- 
vote to  this  epidemic  of  a  disease  which  ought 
to  have  been  isolated  in  Los  Angeles.  As  it  is, 
Arizona  has  already  taken  precautions  against 
the  entrance  of  the  disease,  the  spread  of  which 
has  probably  by  this  time  been  checked. 


Just  a  Normal  State  of  Affairs 

On  the  strength  of  the  resolution  of  the  City 
Council  the  Los  Angeles  press  agents  got  busy 
and  wired  the  news  broadcast  that  there  was  no 
epidemic.  The  Examiner  of  this  city,  responsive 
no  doubt  to  the  interests  of  the  Examiner  of 
Los  Angeles,  kindly  informed  its  readers  that  the 
scare  was  "shown  to  be  the  work  of  irresponsible 
people."  The  Examiner's  correspondent  tells  us 
that  while  "there  have  been  isolated  and  fugitive 
cases  of  infantile  paralysis,"  they  are  what  might 
"be  expected  in  any  community  of  this  size." 
He  figures  out  that  a  total  of  forty-five  deaths 
since  June  8  should  not  cause  a  scare.  He  would 
have  us  believe  that  this  is  the  normal  rate  in 
a  community  of  420,000  people.  One  might  fancy 
after  reading  this  correspondent  that  infantile 
paralysis  was  as  common  as  hay  fever.  To  make 
the  absurdity  of  the  scare  apparent  he  tells  us 


that  the  people  of  Los  Angeles  had  not  the  slight- 
est inkling  of  what  people  in  other  cities  were 
saying  about   the   prevalence   of  the  disease  in 
their  "great  national  resort"  which  "has  enjoyed 
a  suinmer  of  exceptional  beauty,"  etc.    They  were 
"startled"  to  find  that  the  city  was  reported  to 
have  had  an  epidemic.     Inadvertently  he  makes 
himself  out  a  liar  thus:  "Merely  as  a  matter  of 
precaution  the  health  authorities  prohibited  child- 
ren from  attending  amusement  places,  and  a  few 
Sunday   schools   were   closed  in   congested  dis- 
tricts."   Unfortunately  the  correspondent  doesn't 
think  it  necessary  to  tell  us  how  many  cases 
have  been  recorded  in  the  health  department,  but 
we  shall  get  all  the  figures  later  on  from  the 
State  Board  of  Health  which  is  not  likely  to  be 
reached  by  the  political  pull  exerted  from  Los 
Angeles  on  the  headless  dispensation  at  Sacra- 
mento.   Meanwhile  it  may  be  interesting  to  learn 
from  the   Examiner's  correspondent  that  critics 
of  the  health  department  say  that  in  its  over- 
zealousness  it  has  mistaken  colic  for  infantile 
paralysis.    These  critics  are  probably  Christian 
Scientists  who  have  not  much  confidence  in  the 
doctors.    Christian  Scientists  are  very  numerous 
in  Los  Angeles,  and  the  doctors  have  not  much 
confidence  in  them.    Indeed  the  doctors  are  say- 
ing tliat  Christian  Science  is  responsible  for  the 
spread  of  the  disease.    But  we  must  not  take 
the  doctors  seriously.    They  are  prejudiced,  and 
according  to  Senator  Works  of  Los  Angeles  they 
spread  disease  by  talking  about  it. 


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August  31,  1912 


The  Boycott  Against  San  Francisco 

Have  you  been  able  to  discover  from  your 
perusal  of  our  newspapers  that  a  boycott  is  being 
launched  against  this  city?  that  our  northern 
neighbors  have  combined  to  blacklist  us  in  re- 
taliation for  what  they  regard  as  our  unjust  dis- 
crimination against  them?  Not  by  any  means. 
The  newspapers  have  been  mum  on  this  important 
matter.  They  have  not  seen  fit  to  call  it  to  the 
attention  of  their  readers,  among  whom,  of  course, 
bulk  large  those  particular  pets  of  the  press,  the 
members  of  and  sympathizers  with  labor  unions. 
Perhaps  you  cannot  blame  the  papers  for  hesitat- 
ing to  wound  the  susceptibilities  of  the  organized 
workingman.  They  are  afraid  of  him.  His  sub- 
scription is  eagerly  sought;  his  wishes  as  to  the 
sort  of  news  he  likes  to  have  circulated  are  care- 
fully consulted.  More  carefully,  by  the  way,  than 
the  wishes  of  the  mere  merchant  or  manufacturer 
who  advertises  in  the  daily  papers.  On  the  ad- 
vertiser our  newspaper  editors  look  with  a  good 
deal  of  contempt.  They  regard  him  as  a  soldier 
would  an  enemy  who  held  a  weapon  and  didn't 
know  how  to  use  it.  Experience  has  taught  the 
editors  that  the  advertiser  doesn't  realize  the 
power  he  wields.  So  the  editor  ignores  his  wishes 
and  goes  on  cultivating  the  humble  union  man. 
Just  now  this  cultivation  takes  the  form  of  silence 
about  the  boycott  directed  against  San  Francisco. 
The  labor  unions  are  responsible  for  the  con- 
ditions which  provoked  this  boycott,  and  as  the 
boycott  is  very  injurious  to  our  interests,  it  would 
be  a  reflection  on  the  labor  unions  for  the  papers 
to  mention  it.    Hence  their  considerate  silence. 


They  Want  a  Free  Market 

What  the  Northwest  demands  of  San  Francisco 
is  a  free  market  for  one  of  its  chief  products. 
San  Francisco,  for  the  last  eleven  years,  has  shut 
its  doors  against  the  importation  of  finished  pine 
or  fir  from  the  North.  This  exclusion  has  been 
made  possible  by  an  agreement,  entered  into 
eleven  years  ago  and  enforced  ever  since,  by 
which  the  mills  and  the  union  millmen  have  re- 


THE  AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN  EXCELS 
IN  THE  HOSPITALITY  OF  HIS  HOME 


HUNTER 
WHISKEY 

EXCELS  IN  ITS  PURITY.  FLAVOR 
AND  GENERAL  EXCELLENCE 

Sold  at  all  first-class  cafes  and  by  jobbers 
WM    LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore.  Md. 


fused  to  handle  this  finished  lumber.  In  other 
words,  there  is  an  embargo  here  against  dressed 
joists,  window  and  door  frames,  windows  and 
doors.  The  fir  or  pine  must  be  brought  here  un- 
finished and  finished  in  the  local  mills.  The 
embargo  (which,  by  the  way,  affects  not  only  the 
Northwest  but  also  those  sections  of  our  own 
State  where  lumber  is  finished)  has  been  effective 
on  account  of  the  tacit  acquiesence  of  contractors, 
builders  and  architects.  It  is  said  to  make  finished 
himbcr  twenty  per  cent,  dearer  in  this  city  than 
elsewhere.  Hence  an  unusual  expense  for  those 
who  desire  to  build. 


What  the  North  Demands 

The  entire  Northwest  is  aroused  over  this  situa- 
tion. Industrial  and  commercial  bodies  are  pass- 
ing resolutions  against  what  they  consider  a  gross 
discrimination.  They  are  going  to  much  more 
serious  lengths  by  refusing  to  trade  with  San 
Francisco  until  they  are  allowed  an  open  market 
here.  Their  plan  of  campaign  is  to  isolate  San 
Francisco  by  boycotting  all  goods  manufactured 
here.  Already  mill  owners  here  acknowledge  they 
cannot  obtain  trade  outside  of  the  city.  Car  load 
shipments  of  milled  stuff,  once  a  feature  of  our 
export  business,  have  ceased.  It  is  easy  to  imagine 
how  badly  our  business  would  be  crippled  if  the 
boycott  became  effective  all  along  the  line.  Our 
agents,  jobbers  and  brokers  as  well  as  our  com- 
mercial travelers  would  lose  their  business  in 
Portland,  Seattle  and  Tacoma.  The  threat  is  also 
made  that  unless  the  obnoxious  condition  is  rec- 
tified the  Northwest  will  not  participate  in  our 
World's  Fair.  The  local  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  other  commercial  organizations  have  been 
memorialized  on  the  subject,  but  our  papers  have 
said  nothing  about  these  communications.  The 
papers  have  too  much  respect  for  the  labor  uniouN 
to  draw  this  unpleasant  situation  to  the  attention 
of  the  general  public. 


An  Episode  of  Alsatia 

There  is  an  underground  news  service  which 
keeps  the  habitues  of  the  tenderloin  informed 
about  all  that  happens  in  disreputable  circles. 
-Msatia  has  no  newspapers  and  desires  no  press 
agents;  but  word  of  mouth  carries  its  messages 
more  quickly,  and  at  the  same  time  more  mys- 
teriously, than  they  could  be  routed  by  telephone 
or  wireless.  You  cannot  call  your  soul  your  own 
in  .Msatia;  and  by  the  same  token  part  of  your 
damnation  is  the  denial  of  privacy.  And  so  it 
is  that  a  rather  remarkable  story  has  been  cir- 
culating along  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  cir- 
culating quite  freely  but  not  emerging  to  the 
surface  of  conversation  where  it  would  risk  the 
danger  of  newspaper  publicity.  The  story  has 
to  do  with  a  well  known  woman  who  has  prac- 
ticed Mrs.  Warren's  profession  for  many  years, 
practiced  it  with  such  success  that  she  is  rated 
enormously  wealthy.  It  concerns  also  Mrs. 
Warren's  consort  who,  it  is  claimed,  is  united  to  her 
by  no  left-handed  alliance  but  according  to  law. 
The  nub  of  the  story  is  that  a  tradesman  who 
had  trouble  with  these  two  swore  to  be  avenged 
on  them  and  never  rested  his  vindicti veness  until 
he  sent  Mrs.  Warren's  husband  flying  from  the 
city  and  from  the  fear  of  a  grand  jury  indictment. 
.\s  they  say  in  the  argot  of  Alsatia,  Mrs.  Warren's 
husband  "took  it  on  the  lam"  which  means  that 
he  stayed  not  upon  the  order  of  his  going  but 
went  at  once. 


Mrs.  Warren's  Husband 

The  man  who  is  said  to  be  Mrs.  Warren's 
husband  it  is  unnecessary  to  name.  He  bears  a 
name  honored  in  this  community  where  all  the 
other  members  of  the  family  whose  black  sheep 
he  is  have  distinguished  themselves  in  the  arts 
and  sciences.    Himself  a  college  man,  with  every 


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11 


avenue  to  honor  and  distinction  open  before  him, 
he  chose  many  years  ago  to  slide  along  the  prim- 
rose path  that  leads  to  the  everlasting  bonfire  of 
dishonor.  He  made  himself  the  consort  of  Mrs. 
Warren,  dropping  from  the  intercourse  of  his 
peers  in  the  best  clubs  of  the  city  to  the  society 
of  the  tenderloin  crew  whose  day  begins  with  the 
electric  lights.  Some  few  years  ago  this  strange 
connection,  it  is  claimed,  was  cemented  by  a 
marriage  ceremony,  and  the  old  friends  who  still 
hoped  that  this  man  would  tear  himself  loose 
from  the  tangle  of  his  tenderloin  infatuation  gave 
up  hope. 


over  him  he  took  himself  beyond  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  courts  and  the  police.  And  Alsatia  is 
wondering  where  he  hides. 


A  Tradesman's  Hate 

Shortly  after  the  fire  Mrs.  Warren  and  her 
consort  became  embroiled  in  a  dispute  with  a 
tradesman  who  rented  a  store  in  a  piece  of  prop- 
erty they  owned  on  one  of  the  city's  busiest  up- 
town streets.  They  had  made  some  alterations 
which  shut  ofif  his  light.  He  protested,  but  re- 
ceived no  redress,  so  he  took  the  matter  to  the 
courts.  Through  the  filing  of  his  suit  the  pub- 
lic learned  of  the  connection  between  Mrs.  War- 
ren and  this  man  of  well  known  family,  for  the 
action  was  brought  against  both  of  them.  The 
tradesman  lost.  A  good-natured  man  ordinarily, 
he  took  his  defeat  to  heart  and  swore  that  he 
would  get  revenge.  He  had  heard  that  Mrs. 
Warren  and  her  consort  were  man  and  wife.  The 
law  which  makes  it  a  felony  for  a  husband  to 
allow  his  wife  to  have  anything  to  do  with  the 
sort  of  establishment  over  which  Mrs.  Warren 
presides  became  a  weapon  in  his  hands.  He 
commenced  an  investigation.  He  spent  thous- 
ands of  dollars  tracing  the  movements  of  Mrs. 
Warren  and  her  husband  through  the  cities  they 
had  visited  on  their  various  travels,  seeking  every- 
where for  proof  of  their  marriage.  Finally,  he 
claims,  he  discovered  that  they  had  been  legally 
married  in  Japan,  and  obtained  the  documentary 
proofs.  This  was  not  long  ago.  He  was  pre- 
paring his  case  for  presentation  to  the  grand 
jury  when  Mrs.  Warren's  husband  disappeared. 
With  the  fear  of  an  indictment  for  felony  hanging 


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A  Sinister  Cipher 

In  the  Bulletin  of  Monday  last  was  printed  a 
fine  picture  of  Governor  Johnson  addressing  a 
little  band  of  his  satellites  at  a  luncheon  given 
in  his  honor  on  the  eve  of  his  departure  eastward 
to  campaign  for  the  Progressive  party.  Just  an 
inch  and  a  half  beneath  the  Governor's  feet  was 
another  picture  of  him.  In  this  picture  he  was 
seen  seated  in  a  restaurant,  knife  and  fork  in 
hand,  a  smile  on  his  face,  waiters  in  the  back- 
ground coming  toward  him  with  smoking  dishes. 
In  large  letters  just  at  the  side  of  him  was  the 
familiar  sentiment  coined  by  him  in  the  gub- 
ernatorial campaign:  "A  Man  Must  Eat."  This 
picture  had  been  deftly  inserted  in  the  form  of 
an  advertisement  for  a  tailor,  but  of  course  the 
design  and  intention  are  obvious  enough.  The 
ad.  was  not  put  there  by  accident.  Striking  co- 
incidences of  that  kind  do  not  merely  happen  in 
newspapers.  If  one  had  any  doubt  as  to  the  in- 
spiration of  this  particular  coincidence  it  ought 
to  be  dissipated  by  the  Governor's  remarks  as 
printed  in  the  Bulletin  two  inches  above  the  pic- 
ture. The  Governor  is  quoted  as  follows:  "I 
have  been  deluged  from  the  South  by  telegrams 
saying  'Don't  do  it;  don't  resign!'  They  puzzled 
me  until  I  learned  that  certain  newspapers  there 
were  spreading  the  reports.  There  need  be  no 
misunderstanding  on  that  question."  Thus  far 
the  Governor's  language  is  printed  in  the  regula- 
tion type.  Next  appears  this  line  in  black-face 
type: 

"I'M  NOT  GOING  TO  RESIGN  " 
Now  for  the  key.  Drop  your  eyes  to  the  ad. 
and  you  read  in  scare-head  type  done  in  white 
against  a  black  background:  "A  MAN  MUST 
EAT."  The  ingenuity  of  it  is  admirable.  "I'm 
not  going  to  resign!"  Why?  The  answer  is  "A 
Man  Must  Eat."  But,  you  will  say.  Governor 
Johnson  expects  to  be  elected  to  the  vice-presi- 
dency, and  he  will  be  assured  of  three  squares  in 
Washington.  No,  Governor  Johnson  doesn't  ex- 
pect to  be  elected.  He  said,  according  to  our 
veracious  contemporary:  "And  after  this  Novem- 
ber election  it  is  quite  likely  I  will  remain  for 
two  years  longer  in  the  particular  office  I  now 
fill."  If  you  are  still  sceptical  read  page  three 
of  the  Bulletin  of  August  26. 


The  Resurrection  of  a  Corpse 

Perhaps  you  will  ask,  Why  should  the  Bulletin 
which  pretends  to  be  Governor  Johnson's  friend, 
which  seems  determined  to  stick  to  him  till  he 
pardons  Ruef;  why  should  the  Bulletin  deal  with 
him  in  this  sinister  fashion?  I  am  not  a  crypto- 
grammatist.  The  plain  cipher  which  I  point  out 
in  the  foregoing  paragraph  is  easy  enough,  but 
the  solution  of  Editor  Older  is  beyond  my  feeble 
powers.  Mr.  Older  is  very  much  of  a  man  in  that 
he  is  not  reconcilable  with  himself.  He  has  all 
the  incongruities  and  perversities  of  humanity, 
and  that  is  why  Editor  McClatchy,  who  knows 
nothing  of  psychology,  thinks  Older  crazy.  Com- 
pared with  Older,  Hamlet  is  plain  sailing,  but 
every  normal  human  being  is  a  heap  of  con- 
tradictions. It  is  only  the  insane  man  who  is 
consistent  with  himself.  Pope  had  the  right  idea 
when  hopeless  of  reducing  the  study  of  man  to 
a  science,  he  wrote: 

Early  at  business,  and  at  hazard  late, 
Mad  at  a  fox-hunt,  wise  at  a  debate; 
Drunk  at  a  borough,  civil  at  a  ball. 
Friendly  at  Hackney,  faithless  at  Whitehall. 

YOUR  PHYSICIAN 

will  tell  you  that  a  glass  of  Italian-Swiss  Colony 
TIPO  with  your  meals  will  aid  digestion. 


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creamy  milk  is  always  the  important  ingredient.  To 
have  it  smooth,  rich  and  delightfully  flavored  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

Recipe  — Dilute  two  cans  Borden's  Condensed  Milk  with 
two  cans  water;  add  one-hatf  pound  granulated  sugar  and 
stir  UDtil  dissolved.  Turn  into  the  freezer  and  freeze.  Pare  and 
mash  one  quart  ripe  peaches  and 
stir  them  into  the  frozen  milk. 
Turn  the  crank  for  a  few  minutes 
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A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Motli  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years ; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
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August  31.  1912 


No,  Older  is  not  crazy.  He's  cunning.  Perhaps 
he  is  serving  underground  notice  on  Hiram.  The 
other  day  he  printed  an  editorial  from  which  I 
excerpt:  "The  Bulletin  has  already  collected  a 
larger  percentage  of  its  loans  to  convicts  than 
the  depositors  have  been  able  to  get  out  of  the 
California  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company." 
The  editorial  was  in  reply  to  Editor  McClatchy's 
charge  of  insanity.  The  allusion  to  the  defunct 
trust  company  was  like  a  bolt  from  the  blue, 
for  that  corpse  is  most  offensive  to  the  nostrils 
of  our  Governor.  Obviously  its  resurrection  was 
intended  to  remind  the  Governor's  friend  Mc- 
Clatchy  that  the  depositors  didn't  get  the  money 
that  went  into  the  pockets  of  Hiram  Johnson. 
To  be  alert  to  these  deft  touches  you  must  know 
something  of  the  ways  of  our  great  journalists. 
Their  favorite  instrument  is  the  stiletto.  It  is 
not  tHl  the  stiletto  proves  useless  that  they  take 
up  the  bludgeon. 


He's  So  Tender  Hearted 

Before  leaving  for  the  East  Governor  Johnson 
delivered  a  jeremiad  on  the  machinations  of  his 
enemies.  He  talked  of  a  conspiracy  to  injure  him 
during  his  absence  from  the  State.  He  said  he 
had  heard  disquieting  news  of  what  his  enemies 
intended  to  do.  The  news  was  to  the  effect  that 
the  Administration  was  to  become  the  object  of 
wholesale  assault.  This  news  probably  came  to 
the  Governor  in  one  of  the  very  bad  dreams  he 
has  been  having  of  late.  A  man  tormented  by 
anxiety  is  very  likely  to  dream  about  the  cause 
of  his  state  of  mind.  The  Administration  has 
been  the  subject  of  very  unpleasant  criticism  for 
some  time.  Almost  every  newspaper  in  the  State 
that  hasn't  an  editor  on  the  payroll  has  been  com- 
menting more  or  less  harshly  on  the  high  cost 


of  reform.  The  plain  people  who  pay  the  taxes 
are  being  made  aware  of  the  fact  that  regenera- 
tif-n  comes  high  w-ithout  any  visible  evidence  of 
a  diminution  of  the  greed  of  the  hack  politicians 
who  were  transformed  from  performers  into  re- 
formers over  night.  Besides  there  has  been  much 
talk  about  the  poor  unfortunate  inmates  of  the 
Napa  asylum.  The  Governor's  critics  wonder 
why  he  hasn't  found  time  to  visit  the  asylum. 
They  regard  it  as  singular  that  a  man  of  his 
tenderness  of  heart  should  neglect  the  insane 
wards  of  the  State.  At  the  farewell  luncheon 
he  professed  himself  to  be  filled  with  profound 
sympathy  for  everybody  in  distress.  Indeed  it 
appears  that  he  has  suddenly  developed  into  a 
political  philanthropist.  "If  we  teach  these 
things  relating  to  little  children,"  he  said,  "and 
to  women  and  to  overburdened  men  and  the 
broader  sympathy  of  human  brotherhood,  and  if 
we  can  make  people  realize  that  government  is 
founded  on  human  sympathy,  on  human  flesh  and 
bone,  then  we  have  accomplished  all  that  can 
be  desired."  It  would  melt  a  heart  of  adamant 
to  read  the  Governor  in  his  moments  of  compas- 
sion, but  one  cannot  help  wondering  why  a  man 
who  exudes  such  beautiful  sentiments  doesn't  give 
a  thought  to  the  hungry  insane. 


The  Pious  Pose 

"Mine  eyes  have  seen  the  glory  of  the  dawn," 
says  Governor  Johnson,  with  the  heavens  mir- 
rored in  his  reverent  eyes:  "Again  I  see  the 
humanizing  things  that  ennoble  human  character." 
Also,  "I  am  going  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  what 
should  be  done  for  little  children,  for  the  under 
man,  and  if  I  can  do  a  little  to  bridge  the  awful 
chasm  that  separates  the  very  rich  from  the 
very  poor,"  et  cetera,  et  etcetera.    The  Gnvcrnor 


has  hallucinations.  He  thinks  he's  the  Second 
Coming.  He  has  had  a  stroke  of  religion.  He 
has  taken  off  the  besmirched  rags  of  the  criminal 
lawyer  and  put  on  the  sweet-scented  robes  of  a 
new  life.  But  I  fear  the  transformation  is  not 
complete.  The  Governor  still  lapses  into  the 
ways  of  the  police  court  and  aberrates  from  the 
truth  in  the  depths  of  his  throat.  For  instance 
when  he  says  that  John  D.  Spreckels  and  Patrick 
Calhoun  hired  Alva  Udell  to  circulate  a  petition 
for  his  recall.  There  isn't  anybody  outside  of  a 
home  for  the  feeble-minded  who  would  believe 
that  either  Spreckels  or  Calhoun  would  hire 
Udell  to  do  anything.  There  isn't  anybody  but 
Udell  who  takes  the  recall  petition  seriously. 
Johnson  pretends  that  he  does  to  give  vraisem- 
blance  to  the  pose  of  a  victim  of  a  conspiracy. 
The  Governor  will  never  be  able  to  bridge  that 
awful  chasm  that  separates  the  very  rich  from  the 
very  poor,  nor  will  he  ever  be  able  to  do  anything 
that  requires  for  its  accomplishment  something 
of  divine  power,  while  he  goes  about  steaming 
with  hypocrisy  and  foaming  at  the  lips  with  cheap 
prevarication. 


The  Sutro  Offer 

It  is  not  often  that  the  city  is  offered  some- 
thing for  nothing.  Approximating  uniqueness 
therefore  is  the  offer  made  by  Mrs.  Merritt, 
(laughter  of  Adolph  Sutro.  Mrs.  Merritt  has  of- 
fered Sutro  Heights  to  the  City.  If  the  offer 
hadn't  a  string  tied  to  it  it  would  be  gladly  ac- 
cepted and  Mrs.  Merritt  would  be  given  a  reso- 
lution of  thanks  in  fine  writing.  But  as  it  is,  one 
•s  not  able  to  predict  what  will  be  done  about  it; 
What  ought  to  be  done  no  intelligent  person  has 
any  doubt.  It  would  be  to  the  city's  shame  for- 
ever to  fail  to  avail  itself  of  the  privilege  of  ac- 
<]uiring  not  only  Sutro  Heights  but  all  the  prop- 
erty included  in  the  proposal.  This  proposal  is 
.1  matter  of  so  great  importance  that  it  should 
receive  the  enthusiastic  support  of  all  public 
spirited  citizens.  In  the  circumstances  it  is 
:\stonishing  that  our  daily  newspapers  have  not 
taken  the  matter  up  and  made  clear  to  their 
readers  just  what  the  proposal  means.  We  all 
1  row  about  Sutro  Heights,  but  we  do  not  all 
I  now  of  the  extent  of  the  property  contiguous 
to  the  Cliff  House,  of  the  beautiful  cliff  and  beach 
that  lies  back  of  the  baths  and  of  the  public  uses 
to  which  the  property  might  be  put.  .Ml  this  cliff 
and  beach  property  and  the  baths  the  Sutro  heirs 
offer  to  the  city  at  its  present  market  value.  It 
would  be  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  or- 
iranize  an  amusement  company  to  take  this  prop- 
erty off  their  hands  at  a  much  higher  price  than 
ilicy  offer  it  for.  Now  for  this  proposal  we  are 
indebted  to  Mrs.  Merritt,  who  is  really  a  phil- 
;'iithropic  woman  and  who  wishes  to  do  some- 
thing for  the  city.  A  somewhat  odd  person  is 
Mrs.  Merritt.  In  business  matters  she  is  so 
strictly  business  as  to  give  people  the  impression 
that  she  is  close-fisted.  The  fact  is  she  has  very 
little  use  for  money.  She  was  the  one  Sutro 
heir  who  refused  to  join  in  the  suit  to  break  the 
Sutro  trust.  And  the  trust  having  been  broken 
she  refuses  to  profit  by  the  suit.  Her  one  ambi- 
tion was  to  become  sole  owner  of  the  beautiful 
Heights  property.  And  to  gain  her  end  she  sur- 
rendered her  interests  in  several  other  pieces  of 
property,  retaining  nothing  but  the  Heights  and 
a  sixth  interest  in  the  property  that  has  been 
offered  to  the  city  for  a  little  over  $600,000.  She 
is  the  sole  owner  of  the  Heights  property  which 
is  valued  at  over  $300,000,  and  of  which  she  wishes 
to  make  a  gift  to  the  city. 


From  Washington  to  Armageddon 

It  has  been  suggested  that  the  Bull  Moose 
party  should  have    "Armageddon"  blazoned  in 


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13 


white  on  the  red  bandanna  to  remind  the  people 
that  the  Progressives  are  battling  for  the  Lord. 
All  things  considered  there  should  also  be  em- 
broidered on  the  red  bandanna  a  war  chest  and  a 
big  stick  and  some  verses  in  the  following  vein: 

We  used  to  stand  at  Washington,  we  used  to 

stand  there  pat. 
And  for  the  Cause  we  used  to  bleed  the  swollen 

plutocrat. 

We  battled  for  the  War  Chest  in  those  halycon 

days  of  yore, 
We  stood  'em  up  and  held  'em  up,  and  then  we 

called  for  more. 
But  now  it's  Armageddon,  and  we  battle  for  the 

Lord; 

Myself  and  Me  we've  oped  our  mouth  and  thus 

unsheathed  the  sword. 
Just  hearken  to  the  thunders  roll  from  out  our 

sweating  chin; 
Likewise  observe  the  gooseflesh  that  we  start — 

Myself  and  Flynn. 
God's  soldiers  from  the  West  are  we,  from  North 

and  East  and  South; 
We  paralyze  the  foe  by  simply  shooting  off  our 

mouth. 

We  stand  at  Armageddon,  and  we  battle  for  the 
Jobs, 

Myself  and  Hiram  Johnson,  too,  just  watch  us 
swat  the  slobs. 


What's  In  a  Name? 

A  short  time  ago  Richard  Hotaling  who  is, 
among  other  things,  a  fancier  of  fine  cattle,  was 
asked  by  the  scientists  in  charge  of  the  agri- 
cultural department  of  the  State  University  to 
make  the  department  a  present  of  some  stock  for 
breeding  purposes.  Dick  was  perfectly  agree- 
able. He  picked  out  from  his  herds  two  valuable 
Holsteins,  a  splendid  young  bull  and  an  equally 
splendid  young  heifer.  It  was  pedigreed  stock, 
so  of  course  Hotaling  went  through  the  usual 
formality  of  having  the  bull  and  heifer  registered 
by  name.  The  bull  he  named  "President 
Wheeler;"  the  heifer  "Co-ed." 


The  Next  Grove  Play 

The  writers  of  next  year's  Bohemian  grove 
drama  were  chosen  before  "The  Atonement  of 
Pan"  had  had  its  last  rehearsal.  A  full  year  is 
considered  none  too  long  a  time  to  devote  to  the 
preparation  of  the  elaborate  midsummer  jinks. 
But  while  the  names  of  the  author  and  com- 
poser are  announced  a  year  in  advance,  the  sub- 
ject of  their  drama  is  kept  a  profound  secret.  So 
while  it  is  possible  to  state  that  Rufus  Steele  and 
Herman  Perlet  will  be  the  writers  of  the  play 
to  be  given  next  year,  it  is  out  of  the  question 
to  tell  what  theme  they  have  selected.  Rufus 
Steele  is  the  Sunday  editor  of  the  Call.  He  has 
enjoyed  the  honor  of  writing  for  the  New  York 
magazines  for  some  time,  and  is  equally  at  home 
in  the  making  of  verses  and  the  weaving  of 
short  stories.  He  is  the  author  of  a  book  on 
San  Francisco  entittled  "The  City  That  Is." 
Herman  Perlet  is  a  composer  of  light  graceful 
music.  The  combination  of  Steele  and  Perlet  is 
regarded  as  a  happy  one. 


At  Napa 

According  to  the  Call  which  has  made  a  care- 
ful investigation,  the  insane  people  at  the  Napa 
Asylum  are  insufficiently  fed. 

There  were  ghosts  enough,  God  help  us. 

Within  those  walls  of  woe. 
The  grisly  ghosts  that  walk  at  will 

Wherever  madmen  go. 

There  were  shapes  of  terror  all  the  day 

And  forms  of  fear  by  night. 
The  phantom  figures  wildly  wrought 

Upon  the  face  of  fright  . 

The  spectres  danced  their  frenzied  rounds 

In  brains  long  overthrown; 
They  haunted  helpless  souls  that  screamed 

When  they  were  locked  alone. 

The  ghosts  of  gory  guilt,  the  ghosts 

Of  trust  transformed  to  hate. 
The  ghosts  of  dread,  the  fever  ghosts 

Of  lust  insatiate; 

The  ghosts  that  mock  at  charity, 

The  ghosts  that  stamp  on  love. 
The  ghosts  blaspheming  and  the  ghosts 

That  curse  the  Lord  above; 

The  ghosts  that  trail  their  noisome  slime 

Across  the  smile  of  hope. 
The  ghosts  that  beckon  suicide 

With  pistol  or  with  rope — 

By  day,  by  night  these  horrid  ghosts 

That  give  our  reason  pause, 
Grin  at  the  helpless  derelicts 

That  stalk  the  corridors. 

They  grin,  they  mock  the  witless  throng 

That  knows  no  sweeter  sight; 
They  mop,  they  sneer,  they  twist  the  lip 

Through  all  the  day  and  night. 

God  knows!  they  are  a  fearful  crew 

That  haunt  th'  unseated  mind. 
These  maggots  of  the  rotting  brain. 

These  motes  that  sting  the  blind. 

And  yet,  another  ghost  glides  in 

To  join  their  curst  array, 
Another  phantom  conjured  up 

Upon  the  mad  to  prey; 

A  gnawing  ghost,  a  ghost  that  claws 

The  entrails  of  the  dumb — 
To  rule  the  Hell  of  madness  see 

The  ghost  of  Hunger  come! 


Germany  and  the  Fair 

Reference  has  been  made  more  than  once  in 
these  columns  to  the  uncertainty  which  marks 
Germany's  attitude  toward  the  World's  Fair  to 
be  held  here  in  1915.  Germany  has  not  yet  sig- 
nified her  intention  to  participate.  The  Kaiser's 
government  is  still  gathering  opinions  from  mer- 
chants, manufacturers  and  exporters  in  reference 
to  the  advisability  of  an  extensive  German  ex- 
hibit.   A  definite  promise  to  exhibit  will  not  be 


given  until  this  collection  of  judgments  is  com- 
plete. Still  it  seems  the  consensus  of  opinion 
in  P.erlin  that  the  Fatherland  will  be  represented 
in  the  most  creditable  manner.  A  signaficant 
feature  of  the  Teutonic  exhibition,  I  learn,  will 
be  that  it  will  amount  to  a  systematic  and  com- 
prehensive bid  for  South  American  trade.  Every- 
thing will  be  arranged  so  as  to  constitute  a  huge 
advertisement  of  German  wares  for  the  purpose 
of  attracting  the  attention  of  the  Latin  republics. 


Not  Concerned  With  Us 

Germany  takes  a  pessimistic  view  of  her  trade 
relations  with  the  United  States.  Some  hopes 
are  cherished  that  the  American  tariff  will  lose 
much  of  its  prohibitory  character  in  the  course 
of  the  next  few  years,  but  the  Germans  think 
that  American  manufacturers,  even  under  the 
best  conditions  for  foreigners,  have  a  firm  grip 
on  the  home  market.  The  San  Francisco  show, 
therefore,  is  not  expected  to  prove  commercially 
profitable  for  Germany,  so  far  as  trade  with  the 
United  States  is  concerned.  So  the  Germans,  with 
far-sighted  thoroughness,  are  going  to  exploit 
our  exposition  for  the  purpose  of  expanding  their 
business  in  territories  far  remote  from  the  United 
States  tariff  walls.  North  Americans  who  visit 
tlie  exposition  will,  it  is  hoped,  be  edified  and 
pleased  with  the  German  exhibit,  but  the  atten- 
tion which   Germany  plans  chiefly  to  arrest  is 


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HOTEL  VICTORIA 

COR.  BUSH  AND  STOCKTON  STS. 
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that  of  the  Brazilians,  Argentinians,  Peruvians, 
Chileans  and  Venezuelans  who,  it  is  expected, 
will  visit  our  fair  in  great  numbers.  The  Ger- 
mans hope  also  to  make  their  exhibit  an  adver- 
tisement for  trade  with  Japan  and  China,  but  it 
is  the  South  American  orders  which  they  desire 
most.  It  seems  to  be  the  opinion  of  the  German 
business  leaders  whom  the  government  is  now 
sounding  that  the  exhibit  should  be  made  here 
almost  exclusively  with  that  end  in  view. 


San  Diego's  Perfect  Theatre 

Not  since  the  I.  W.  W.'s  were  banished  from 
San  Diego  has  there  been  so  much  enthusiasm  in 
that  town  as  there  was  last  Friday  evening  when 
the  Spreckels  Theatre  was  dedicated  to  the  drama. 
A  great  public  event  was  the  opening  of  this 
theatre,  and  rightly  so  for  it  is  a  theatre  the 
people  have  reason  to  be  proud  of.    It  is  an  ar- 
chitectural triumph.    It  is  the  most  perfect  theatre 
in  America.    Julia  Dean,  the  actress,  says  that 
every  seat  in  this  theatre  is  a  front  seat.  John 
J.  Gill,  the  architect,  extending  his  congratulations 
to  Architect  Albright  by  whom  it  was  designed, 
says  the  acoustics  are  so  wonderful  that  it  would 
be  a  great  benefit  to  architecture  if  the  world's 
greatest  authority  on  acoustics  would  go  to  San 
Diego,  make  a  study  of  the  auditorium  and  write 
a   critical  analysis  of  the  structure.     So,  with 
perfect  acoustics  and  every  part    of    the  stage 
within  cverybodj''s  range  of  vision,  San  Diego  has 
a  theatre  such  as  has  been  the  dream  of  every 
architect  that  ever  built  one.    And  for  this  theatre 
the  people  of  San  Diego  are  indebted  to  Mr.  J. 
D.  Spreckels  who  has  done  more  for  San  Diego 
than  any  man  has  done  for  any  other  city  in 
California.     No    wonder    that    the    first  night 
audience  called  for  Spreckels.    And  no  wonder 
that  when  he  appeared  on  the  stage  the  audience 
rose  as  with  one  accord  and  warmed  the  cockles 
of  his  heart  with  a  tremendous  burst  of  cheers. 
Mr.  Spreckels  said  that  the  people  of  San  Diego 
had  so  often  expressed  confidence  in  him  that  he 
built  the  theatre  as  a  testimonial  of  the  high 
esteem  in  which  he  held  the  city  and  its  citizens. 
Again  there  was  loud  cheering.    There  is  a  per- 
fect understanding  between  Mr.  Spreckels  and 
the  people  of  San  Diego.    San  Diego  appears  to 
be  the  one  city  in  the  country  where  the  people 
reciprocate  the  generosity  of  a  benefactor.    At  an 
election  held  in  San  Diego  some  time  ago  on  a 
proposal  instigated  by  a  crank  to  reduce  the  fare 
on  one  of  the  Spreckels  roads  it  was  beaten  by  a 
vote  of  something  like  four  to  one.    The  people 
voted  to  buy  the  Spreckels  water  system  at  his 
own  figure.    They  surely  have  confidence  in  their 
most  enterprising  citizen.    And  so  the  opening  of 
the  theatre  was  not  only  a  great  public  event, 
it  was  a  joyous  occasion  for  Mr.  Spreckels.  At 
the  conclusion  of  his  remarks  he  introduced  Mr. 
Samuel  M.  Shortridge  who  delivered  the  dedica- 
tory speech  which  is  printed  on  page  eighteen. 


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apparently  nobody  is  excited  about  it.  Were  it 
not  for  the  election  cards  in  circulation  we  should 
not  know  that  wc  were  in  the  midst  of  a  political 
campaign.  Yet  there  are  men  seeking  nomina- 
tion for  the  bench,  for  Congress  and  for  the 
legislature.  The  government  has  been  brought 
back  to  the  people,  but  the  people  seem  to  be 
unaware  of  their  prodigious  responsibilities.  Per- 
haps the  people  are  bored.  The  only  contest 
which  has  any  semblance  of  animation  is  the 
contest  for  the  bench.  Some  interest  is  taken  in 
it  because  it  is  believed  that  either  Deasy  or 
Shortall  will  crowd  of!  one  of  the  incumbents. 
The  prevailing  opinion  is  that  Judges  Graham, 
Coffey  and  Mogan  will  be  re-elected,  and  that 
the  famous  Reconciler,  the  man  who  has  averted 
many  a  domestic  tragedy,  and  who  has  endeared 
himself  to  the  man  in  the  street  by  his  sym- 
pathies as  well  as  by  his  impartiality  will  get  the 
highest  vote  on  the  ticket. 


What  Is  "High  Jinks?" 

The  question  has  never  agitated  Bohemia.  Joe 
Redding  can  answer  it  as  pithily  as  he  defines  re- 
ligion or  mythology.  Jerry  Landfield  can  explain 
"high  jinks"  in  Russian  as  readily  as  in  Eng- 
lish. Porter  Garnett  will  write  you  an  essay 
explicatory  while  you  wait.  The  latest  initiate  of 
Bohemia,  the  baby  of  the  Family,  a  cub  reporter 
at  the  Press  Club  (where  they  held  "jinqucs 
extraordinaires"  a  few  nights  ago)  knows  all 
about  it.  But  in  New  York  it  is  causing  trouble. 
The  General  Sessions  Court  has  taken  judicial 
notice  of  "high  jinks."  Simply  because  Samuel 
Weller,  an  editor,  said  Abraham  Erlanger  held 
high  jinks  at  his  Long  Island  home.  Erlanger 
brought  suit  for  criminal  libel,  whereupon  Editor 
Samivel  Veller  explained  that  he  used  the  term 
in  the  Pickwickian  sense.  But  the  court  was 
cautious  and  delved  into  the  authorities,  extract- 
ing classic  instances  that  were  not  Pickwickian. 
He  dug  up  William  Hepworth  Dixon  who  wrote: 
"The  Admiral,  who  had  been  a  Puritan  among 
the  Puritans,  became  a  roistering  blade  with  the 
returning  Cavaliers.  He  slept  at  the  Dolphin,  lived 
on  easy  terms  with  the  playwriters  and  paid  his 
compliments  to  every  pretty  hussy  on  the  stage. 
The  Navy  Gardens  were  a  scene  for  romps  and 
jinks  that  faintly  echoed  the  festivities  of  White- 
hall." Dixon  was  alarmingly  recent,  and  editor 
of  the  Athenaeum  at  that.  Allan  Ramsay  sang 
his  Scotch  songs  two  hundred  years  ago,  and  the 
court  quoted: 

When  in  our  pouch  we  found  some  clinks, 
And  took  a  turn  o'er  Bruntfield  links, 
After  in   Maggy's  at  hy-jinks 
We  guzzled  scuds 

Till  we  could  scarce  wi'  hale-out  drinks 
Cast  off  our  duds. 

Of  course  the  phrase  may  have  softened  in 
meaning  since  then,  but  the  naughty  picture  of  the 
scud-guzzling  at  Maggy's  "hy-jinks"  helped  Er- 
langer's  case.  There  were  other  citations  ancient 
and  modern.  Apparently  Weller's  counsel  didn't 
think  of  pointing  out  the  strictly  modern  dis- 
tinction between  high  and  low  jinks.  A  high 
jinks  may  mean  "The  Atonement  of  Pan,"  but 
low  jinks  is  sometimes  a  bit  risky,  even  in  Bo- 
hemia. Porter  Garnett  should  write  a  mono- 
graph on  the  subject. 


"I  was  talking  to  Diggby  this  morning  about 
the  latest  dreadnought.  He  didn't  appear  to  be 
much  interested." 

"I  should  think  not!    Diggby  married  one." 


Mary — That  tall  man  has  been  divorced  five 
times. 

Alice — Goodness!    Who  is  he? 
Mary — He's  the  man  who  invented  the  safety 
match. 


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Social  Prattle 


The  Invasion  of  Bohemia 

If  the  women  who  were  allowed  to  penetrate 
the  mysteries  of  the  Bohemian  Grove  for  the 
special  performance  of  "The  Atonement  of  Pan" 
have  any  superlatives  left  in  their  vocabulary,  it 
is  because  those  superlatives  do  not  lend  them- 
selves to  the  language  of  praise.  Their  speech  is 
dithyrambic;  their  feminine  enthusiasm  has  filled 
them  to  the  brim, — they  spill  adjectives  of  lauda- 
tion; they  have  never,  never  seen,  they  never  ex- 
pect to  see,  anything  so  grand,  so  awe-inspiring, 
so  perfectly  beautiful  and  so  and  so  on.  From 
which  it  may  be  inferred  that  the  second  produc- 
tion of  "The  Atonement  of  Pan"  was  a  great 
success.  There  is  no  doubt  about  that.  Nor  any 
doubt  that  the  Bohemians  conquested  their  guests 
by  the  well  nigh  flawless  perfection  of  their  hos- 
pitality. From  the  moment  that  the  dear  ladies 
left  San  Francisco  on  Saturday  afternoon  to  the 
hour  of  three  on  Sunday  morning  when  they  once 
again  set  foot  in  the  Ferry  Building  they  were 
coddled,  pampered,  their  wishes  anticipated,  their 
comforts  tirelessly  considered.  There  were  re- 
freshments on  the  train,  maids  in  the  grove  to  help 
them  remove  the  traces  of  the  long  railway  jour- 
ney, a  seven  course  dinner  and  then  the  intel- 
lectual banquet  of  the  play  itself.  The  dinner 
was  a  marvel  to  the  ladies.  They  couldn't  under- 
stand how  mere  men  managed  to  feast  that 
multitude  without  a  hitch  of  any  kind.  In  fact 
they  felt  a  bit  envious  of  the  superiority  in  this 
regard  manifested  by  the  sterner  sex. 


Some  of  Them  Cried 

The  emotions  of  the  dear  creatures  were  so 
worked  upon  by  the  drama  and  its  music  that 
many  could  not  restrain  their  tears.  Perhaps  they 
cried  more  freely  because  the  darkness  which 
enshrouded  the  spectators  gave  an  effect  of  semi- 
privacy  favorable  for  the  relief  of  joyful  tears. 
At  any  rate  some  of  them  wept  quite  freely.  And 
when  the  play  was  done  they  simply  overwhelmed 
Joe  Redding  and  Henry  Hadley  with  admiring 
attentions.  Never  were  those  two  composers  so 
lionized.  Joe  made  a  happy  speech,  despite  the 
embarrassing  attentions  of  the  enthusiastic  dears; 
but  Henrj'  Hadley  was  so  overcome  by  their  in- 
sistent felicitations  that  he  got  all  tangled  up  in 
his  grammar.  Of  course  that  evidence  of  bash- 
fulncss  only  endeared  him  the  more. 


The  One  Faux  Pas 

There  was  only  one  little  flaw  in  this  jewel  of 
an  occasion.  It  was  the  speech  of  Vanderlyn 
Stow.  Stow  was  the  master  of  ceremonies.  It 
was  for  him  to  welcome  the  fair  sex  to  the  grove. 
He  started  in  a  happy  vein,  and  the  ladies  ap- 
plauded. Then  he  blundered.  He  phrased  in 
pointed,  one  might  say  in  crude  terms  the  desire 
of  the  board  of  directors  that  every  woman  should 
be  out  of  the  grove  by  eleven  o'clock.  It  was  a 
little  lecture  on  the  proprieties.  It  seemed  to 
intimate  that  some  of  the  fair  guests  might  have 
it  in  their  minds  to  linger  in  Bohemia's  sacred 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Display  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'  GOWNS  AND  FANCY  COSTUMES 
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San  Francisco,  Cal. 


By  TANTALUS 

confines.  The  ladies  didn't  like  it  a  bit.  Their 
manner  showed  resentment  of  what  they  con- 
sidered an  insinuation  against  their  good  sense. 
Some  of  the  Bohemians  themselves  shook  their 
heads  at  Stow's  blunder.    But  his  was  the  only 


Photo,   Kathryn  Hopkins 


MRS.    ROBERT  WILSON 
She  and  her  husband  were  Stanford  students  up  to  the 
time   of   their   romantic    elopement    a    month  ago. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Soule  of  Alameda. 

faux  pas.  Otherwise  the  unique  entertainment 
passed  off  and  into  history  as  an  unqualified  suc- 
cess. That  it  was  a  unique  entertainment  seems 
to  be  the  general  opinion.  The  Bohemians  say 
that  it  will  never  be  paralleled;  that  the  women 
will  never  be  admitted  to  the  grove  again.  But 
you  never  can  tell.  A  precedent  once  established 
is   hard   to  disregard. 


What  Mrs.  Atherton  Says 

Gertrude  Atherton  went  to  see  "The  Atone- 
ment of  Pan"  as  the  guest  of  her  brother  Mr. 
William  P.  Horn.  Mrs.  Atherton  shared  the  gen- 
eral enthusiasm.  "I  spent  a  perfect  day,"  she 
told  me  in  her  most  animated  manner.  "I  went 
up  to  the  grove  Saturday  forenoon  and  returned 
to  the  city  at  three  Sunday  morning,  but  I  wasn't 
a  bit  tired.  There  was  no  dust,  no  heat;  even 
the  train  ride  was  pleasant.  I  enjoyed  the  play 
immensely,  but  even  if  there  had  been  no  play 
the  sight  of  that  marvelous  grove  would  have  re- 
paid me.  I  don't  suppose  there  is  anything  like 
it  in  the  world.  I  have  seen  the  great  forests  of 
Europe,  but  of  course  they  haven't  the  great 
sequoias  of  the  Bohemian  grove.  What  a  won- 
derful  stage   setting!    It   seems  incredible  that 


Home-Made  Candies  Delicious.  Made  strictly 
after  carefully  chosen  receipts  of  the  most  pop- 
ular HOME-MADE  candies.  "Home-Made" 
Specials  are  packed  in  Y2,  1  and  2-lb.  boxes. 
Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


Xature  should  have  made  such  a  Paradise.  The 
thought  that  came  to  my  mind  most  frequently 
was.  If  only  Wagner  could  have  seen  it!  It  is 
just  the  sort  of  stage  setting  he  dreamed  of,  but 
of  course  he  never  attained  it.  The  'Valkyrie'  in 
such  a  setting  would  be  tremendous.  Think  of 
the  immolation  of  Brunhilde  on  those  rocks!  The 
most  striking  moment  of  the  drama  for  me  was 
when  Pan  appeared  before  the  curtain  of  inter- 
woven boughs  and  the  screen  rolled  back  disclos- 
ing that  beautiful  stage  with  its  trees,  its  rocks, 
its  paths  and  slopes.  Yes,  I  was  well  rewarded. 
I  wouldn't  have  missed  it  for  the  world.  Es- 
pecially as  I  suppose  we  shall  never  be  asked 
again." 


She  Is  Deep  in  Politics 

After  Mrs.  Atherton  had  delivered  her  speech 
for  Woodrow  Wilson  at  the  Palace  she  was  bom- 
barded with  telegrams  from  all  over  the  country 
importuning  her  to  take  the  platform  for  Wilson 
lure,  there,  everywhere.  Then  came  a  communi- 
cation from  the  headquarters  of  the  Democratic 
National  Committee  in  New  York.  It  was  a  re- 
(|uest  for  an  article  on  Wilson  to  be  used  in  a 
number  of  newspapers  throughout  the  country. 
Mrs.  Atherton  is  now  preparing  the  article.  I 
asked  Mrs.  Atherton  whether  she  would  make 
more  speeches.  "I  suppose  I  shall,"  she  said. 
"  It  would  be  stupid  not  to.  Now  that  Californian 
women  have  the  ballot  why  should  they  not  take 
an  active  part  in  politics?  And  it  is  something 
to  know  that  you  are  working  for  a  candidate  who 
can  give  you  nothing  on  earth.  I  am  at  least 
distinterested.  There  isn't  a  position  of  any  sort 
which  Governor  Wilson  could  induce  me  to  ac- 
cept. I  suppose  I'm  to  be  busy  with  politics  for 
a  while  now,  but  I  shall  get  rid  of  it  all  during 
the  next  two  months  and  then  fly  to  Munich.  I 
haven't  been  able  to  do  a  bit  of  literary  work 
since  I  made  that  speech  at  the  Palace."  Mrs. 
Atherton  has  experienced  one  of  the  penalties  of 
politics  already.  She  has  been  caricatured  in  the 
Sacramento  Bee.  She  says  she  enjoyed  it  im- 
mensely. "I'm  always  pleased  with  a  new  ex- 
perience" is  the  laughing  way  she  puts  it. 


The  Silence  of  the  Bavardes 

Is  there  no  esprit  dc  corps  among  the  news- 
paper bavardes  of  this  city?  Do  these  charming 
women  allow  the  little  imp  of  envy  to  canker  their 
emotions?  Is  there  just  a  little  jealousy  in  their 
thoughts  when  they  contemplate  the  social  suc- 
cess of  one  of  their  number?  It  seems  impossible 
that  this  should  be  the  case.  Perhaps  it  is  unjust 
even  to  suggest  such  a  situation.  And  yet,  and 
yet!  Here  we  have  a  newspaper  woman  giving 
a  party  as  elaborate  as  it  was  successful,  a  party 
honored  by  the  presence,  not  only  of  all  the 
newspaperwomen  of  the  city  but  of  many  other 
distinguished  guests  as  well — and  not  a  word 
about  it  in  the  columns  which  the  bavardes  con- 
trol!   Not  an  intimation  did  we  find  in  the  Call  or 


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August  31,  1912 


the  Examiner,  the  Post  or  the  Bulletin  that  Mrs. 
Marie  L.  Walton,  the  charming  and  clever  "Lady 
Teazle"  of  the  Chronicle,  had  been  hostess  at  a 
soiree  on  last  Wednesday  night.  This  seems  very 
strange  to  me.  If  there  is  news  value  in  the 
doings  of  our  smart  people — and  there  must  be, 
othervv'ise  the  papers  would  not  be  so  keen  about 
chronicling  them — there  was  every  reason  why 
the  papers  should  take  notice  of  Lady  Teazle's 
party.  I  am  not  suggesting  that  Lady  Teazle 
craved  such  notice.  Mrs.  Walton  is  a  woman  of 
innate  hospitality  who  entertains  for  the  pleasure 
of  her  friends  alone.  But  surely  it  would  have 
been  a  pretty  compliment  if  her  sisters  of  the 
social  pen  had  made  a  note  of  her  success.  Think- 
ing the  matter  over  once  more,  I  am  inclined  to 
believe  that  it  was  not  any  jealousy  on  the  part 
of  the  bavardes  which  caused  this  slight  but  the 
traditional  jealousy  of  our  editors  which  rules  that 
when  a  member  of  one  staff  does  anything  worth 
while  it  is  not  to  be  acclaimed  in  the  rival  news- 
paper columns.  Let  us  set  it  down  to  the  bad 
editors'  account  that  Mrs.  Walton's  party  re- 
ceived no  notice. 


A  Distinguished  Company 

It  was  quite  a  distinguished  company  which 
responded  to  Mrs.  Walton's  invitations  and  as- 
sembled in  her  apartments  to  meet  Hartley 
Manners,  the  playwright,  and  Miss  Laurette 
Taylor,  the  actress  who  has  been  interpreting  his 
roles  at  the  Alcazar.  Dear  old  Mrs.  Whififen  was 
there  to  represent  a  generation  of  players  which 
is  now  all  but  history,  while  Miss  Merle  Mad- 
dern,  a  cousin  of  Mrs.  Fiske,  stood  for  the  debu- 
tantes of  the  theatre.  Henry  Hadley  and  Joe 
Redding,  fresh  from  their  conquest  of  Bohemia, 
shared  congratulations  on  the  success  of  "The 
Atonement  of  Pan"  with  Frank  Mathieu.  Judge 
Melvin  and  Dr.  J.  Wilson  Shiels.  Major  Sherwood 
Cheney,  a  noted  engineer  who  is  here  to  "pull 
the  cork"  out  of  the  Sacramento  river  and  so 
relieve  flood  conditions,  was  conspicuous  among 
the  members  of  the  service  set.  And  there  were 
many  others  of  prominence,  not  forgetting  the 
society  matrons  and  the  pretty  buds  in  their 
beautiful  gowns.  It  was  a  merry  party  enlivened 
by  an  impromptu  program.  Hartley  Manners 
told  a  wonderful  story  which  held  his  hearers 
spellbound  for  nearly  fifteen  minutes.  Judge  Mel- 
vin sang  his  song  of  Silenus  from  the  Bohemian 
drama.  Dr.  Shiels  and  Waldemar  Young  told 
some  of  their  inimitable  stories.  Ernest  Glen- 
dinning  recited  "Gunga  Din"  as  only  Ernest  can. 
Miss  von  Weick  and  Oscar  Frank  were  among 
those  who  contributed  musical  numbers.  Take  it 
all  in  all,  it  was  a  party  to  which  the  society 
bavardes  might  well  have  devoted  a  little  space. 
That  they  didn't  must  be  regarded  as  one  of  the 
mysteries  of  newspaperdom. 


Isadora  Duncan's  Prosperity 

Isadora  Duncan  must  be  very  prosperous,  if 
what  I  have  just  heard  is  correct.  I  am  told 
that  the  classic  dancer  from  our  fair  city  has 
just  paid  a  million  francs  for  the  Chateau  de 
Bearn  at  St.  Cloud  near  Paris.  This  is  an  old 
castle  which  was  famous  in  the  time  of  Louis 
XIV  as  the  home  of  Maximilian,  Elector  of 
Bavaria.  At  present  it  is  in  a  very  dilapidated 
state,  and  Miss_  Duncan  will  have  to  spend  a  lot 
of  money  on  it  before  it  it  habitable.  I  hope 
Isadora  will  be  very  happy  in  her  chateau.  But 
think  what  a  lot  of  money  she  must  have  made 
if  she  is  able  to  pay  $200,000  for  a  home!  Her 
pink  tootsies  have  been  a  gold  mine,  so  to  speak. 
However,  the  price  may  be  quoted  in  terms  of 
stage  money. 


A  Bridge  Luncheon  on  Ship  Board 

It  is  not  every  hostess  that  can  give  a  luncheon 
and  an  afternoon  of  bridge  aboard  a  yacht.  This 


unique  form  of  entertainment  was  originated  a 
few  days  ago  by  Mrs.  Claus  Spreckels.  The 
Venetia,  the  steam  yacht  of  her  father-in-law 
John  D.  Spreckels,  was  lying  in  San  Diego  har- 
bor, so  Mrs.  Spreckels  decided  to  use  it  for  her 
entertainment.  The  tables  were  arranged  botli 
in  the  cabin  and  on  deck,  and  the  affair  was  voted 
a  huge  success.  It  was  given  in  honor  of  Miss 
Clay  of  this  city. 


The  Passing  of  Wedding  Customs 

The  old-time  observance  of  sentimental  customs 
at  weddings  is  passing  into  disuse.  The  up-to- 
date  wedding  cake  has  no  ring,  thimble  or  coin 
imbedded  in  it  and  the  exciting  moment  when 
the  luck  pieces  were  discovered  is  no  longer  an 
incident    of   the    modern    wedding    supper.  Its 


Phc.it...  i;r..lM,,ll 


.MI.S.S    KITH  SI..\CK 
The  second  daughter  of  Judge  and  Mrs.  Charles  Slack 
who  is   returning  with   her  family  from 
a  tour  abroad. 

absence  was  noted  at  tlie  recent  Langhornc- 
Parker  wedding  where  inquiry  as  to  who  got  the 
ring  brought  out  the  fact  that  the  bride's  cake 
contained  no  ring.  Another  custom  not  ob- 
served at  this  wedding  was  the  throwing  of  the 
bride's  boutiuet.  This  was  formerly  the  climax 
of  the  wedding  reception  and  the  lucky  maid  who 
caught  it  was  congratulated  as  the  next  bride. 
But  at  ultra-smart  weddings  of  the  year  this 
old  custom  has  likewise  been  slighted.  I  asked 
a  pretty  young  bridesmaid  about  it  and  she  de- 
clared that  they  were  "too  sillj'."  "Nobody  be- 
lieves in  them,"  she  continued.  So  the  modern 
girl  has  progressed  beyond  the  superstitions  of 
former  years  and  I  doubt  if  brides  in  these  en- 
lightened times  are  careful  to  obej'  the  old  adage 
to  wear  "something  old  and  something  new, 
something  borrowed  and  sotnething  blue"  once 
so  religiously  observed. 


An  Engagement  Denied 

Mrs.  Eugene  C.  Harrison  was  surprised  a  few 
days  ago  to  read  of  the  engagement  of  her  son 
Ralph  to  Miss  Cali  Phillips.  Ralph  Harrison  is 
a  lieutenant  in  the  Coast  Artillery  stationed  at 
Fort  Scriven,  Georgia.  Miss  Phillips  is  the 
daughter  of  his  colonel.  Mrs.  Harrison  has  just 
returned  from  Fort  Scriven  where  she  was  visit- 
ing her  boy,  and  she  says  that  no  engagement 
exists. 


The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


PARIS  MILLINERY 

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FALL  OPENING 

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A CHOICE  retreat  away  from  the  intense  heat 
o(  summer.  Uoliing,  tennis,  motoring,  bay 
and  suit  Lattimg  and  cvciy  other  imaginable  out- 
of-door  divcision  to  be  enjoyed  here.  Only  a 
few  minutes  ride  across  the  bay  from  San  Diego. 
Summer  Kates. 

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Any  Victrola 

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Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

Sherman  ^ay  &  Co. 

Steinway   and   Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Mu^ic  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


August  31,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


17 


An  Outdoor  Performance 

The  Women's  Outdoor  Club,  Nineteenth  avenue 
and  Sloat  boulevard,  promises  a  pleasing  variation 
of  the  usual  custom  in  their  production  of 
"Twelfth  Night,"  on  Labor  Day,  September  2, 
at  2:15  p.  m.  This  production  was  successfully 
given  on  July  Fourth  in  the  Outdoor  Theatre. 
As  the  Outdoor  Club  is  chiefly  concerned  only  in 
giving  a  meritorious  rendering  of  Shakespeare's 
beautiful  play,  they  have  chosen  to  give  the  per- 
formance for  a  price  within  everybody's  reach. 
Special  car  service  will  be  provided,  via  car  19 
or  20,  of  the  Ocean-Ellis  line,  via  Twentieth 
avenue,  also  car  12  on  Mission  street. 


Awarding  the  Car 

The  beautiful  Oakland  automobile  that  is  to 
be  given  away  by  the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  will  be 
awarded  on  September  16.  This  date  is  being 
looked  forward  to  with  much  interest  by  the 
lady  patrons  of  the  cafe,  as  the  machine  to  be 
given  away  is  certainly  a  beauty,  and  the  person 
who  gets  it  will  be  a  much  envied  individual.  The 
manner  in  which  the  car  is  to  be  awarded  is  fully 
explained  at  Tait's  every  afternoon  between  3 
and  6  o'clock.  During  these  hours  there  is  a 
delightful  and  novel  entertainment,  and  those  who 
drop  in  to  while  away  an  idle  hour  or  so  are 
sure  of  being  genuinely  amused. 


Fall  Opening 

The  fall  opening  of  Olga,  the  noted  Parisian 
milliner,  will  take  place  on  September  3,  4  and  5 
and  will  be  distinguished  by  a  fine  exhiViition  of 
the  latest  importations  in  hats  and  bonnets.  The 
display  will  be  sure  to  attract  our  women  of 
taste.  The  millinery  shop  at  237  Post  near  Grant 
avenue  is  well  known;  and  owing  to  the  increase 
in  the  business  Olga  has  found  it  advisable  to 
open  another  shop  which  is  located  at  174  Geary 
near  Stockton  street. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mrs,  R.  P.  Schwerin,  wife  of  the  vice  president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Pacific  Mail,  accom- 
panied by  Miss  Schwerin  and  W.  R.  Schwerin, 
all  of  San  Mateo,  have  been  guests  at  Hotel  del 
Coronado.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Whitney  of  Salt 
Lake  are  making  their  headquarters  at  Cornnado 
while  on  a  tour  of  Southern  California.  Lieuten- 
ant Commander  S.  T.  M.  Major  and  T.  Hicks  of 
the  Pacific  fleet  now  at  Coronado,  arc  stopping 
at  the  hotel.  Among  the  prominent  Washing- 
tonians  registered  is  Miss  E.  E.  Hopkins,  and  ac- 
companying her,  H.  D.  Hopkins.  Mrs.  Henry 
Ohlmeyer,  wife  of  the  popular  California  band- 
master, has  been  at  Hotel  del  Coronado.  Los 
Angeles  has  been  well  represented  at  Hotel  del 
Coronado,  among  the  guests  being  Mr.  H.  M. 
Edelman,  Mr.  W.  T.  Barnett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Olm- 
sted, Harrison  .\lbright  and  others.  Mr.  Edgar 
Temple,  stage  manager  and  principal  tenor  of  the 
Fritzi  Scheff  Opera  Company,  goes  to  Coronado 
for  a  short  engagement  to  take  part  in  the  produc- 
tion there  of  the  "Stabat  Mater,"  September  1. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Scott  of  Wilkes  Barre, 
Pa.,  are  visiting  in  San  Francisco  for  an  indefinite 
time.  They  are  guests  at  the  Hotel  Victoria. 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Nalle  of  the  Presidio  of  Monterey  and 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  R.  B.  Ellis  of  Ft.  Mcintosh, 
Laredo,  Texas,  are  spending  a  month  at  the  hotel. 
Mrs.  George  E.  Catts  and  Miss  Georgia  Catts  of 
Stockton  are  guests  during  a  month's  stay  in  San 
Francisco.  Mrs.  Ella  R.  Wall  and  her  daughters 
Miss  Helen  and  Miss  Kathryn  are  there  from 
their  home  in  Philadelphia.  They  will  spend  a 
fortnight  in  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  H.  J.  Butler, 
of  Danbury,  Mass.,  Miss  C.  Hazard,  Miss  D. 
O'Brien,  of  Santa  Barbara  and  Richard  B.  Catton 


of  Boston  are  among  the  week's  arrivals.  Miss 
Dorothy  May  entertained  a  number  of  friends 
at  an  informal  musicale  on  Saturday  at  the  Vic- 
toria where  Mrs.  May  and  Miss  May  have  been 
since  they  closed  their  home  in  Page  street. 

The  week  at  Paso  Robles  has  been  one  of 
charming  weather,  busy  scenes  and  happy  people. 
Among  the  recent  arrivals  Mr.  Sanford  Sachs 
may  be  mentioned.  From  Texas  came  Mr.  E. 
P.  Byars.  a  prominent  business  man  of  Fort 
Worth.  Mr.  Byars  comes  to  Paso  Robles  for 
the  baths,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  small 
daughter,  and  has  taken  rooms  for  an  extended 
stay.  Mr.  T.  F.  Loughlin  comes  from  Dallas, 
Ijringing  with  him  his  wife  and  their  little  grand- 
daughter Miss  Hannah  McMahon.  The  party  are 
planning  to  remain  for  a  full  course  of  the  baths. 
Mr.  Fred.  M.  Pickering  of  San  Francisco  with 
Mrs.  Pickering  and  Miss  Pickering,  arrived  last 
week  for  a  rest.  Mrs.  I.  W.  Huey  of  Los  An- 
geles is  at  Paso  Robles,  not  for  her  health  but  to 
see  the  Democratic  women  and  organize  them  for 
the  good  of  the  party.  Mrs.  Huey  is  the  State 
secretary  of  the  California  Democratic  Women's 
League.  Mr.  W.  S.  Horton  of  Mobile,  Alabama, 
is  at  Paso  Robles  for  a  time.  Mr.  W.  G.  Clinch, 
the  well  known  merchant  of  San  Francisco,  went 
down  to  Paso  Robles  for  a  little  outing,  return- 
ing Monday.  His  mother  Mrs.  C.  C.  Clinch  and 
her  other  son,  Mr.  C.  D.  Clinch,  are  spending  a 
longer  time. 

The  doves  are  more  plentiful  at  Paso  Robles 
this  year  than  for  many  seasons  past,  and  merry 
parties  of  gunners  continue  to  have  the  very 
best  of  sport.  Some  of  the  San  Francisco  sports- 
men liave  been  down  this  season  two  and  even 
three  times.  The  golf  course  at  Paso  Robles  is 
one  of  the  most  "sporty"  on  the  whole  Pacific 
Coast.  Laid  out  as  it  was  by  a  genius  in  that 
work,  Tom  Benderlow  of  Chicago,  and  with  the 
most  fortunate  combination  of  natural  hazards 
and  charming  situation,  it  is  no  wonder  this  course 
grows  so  fast  in  the  estimation  of  the  golfing 
fraternity.  It  is  one  of  the  longest  nine-hole 
courses  in  California,  and  furnishes  both  expert 
and  amateur  the  most  perfect  opportunity  for 
play.  The  golfers  find  it  easy  to  stop  off  at  Paso 
Robles  on  their  way  up  or  down  the  coast,  and 
gain  here  a  splendid  experience  of  golf,  climate 
and  baths   combined   which   is  unequalled. 


The  Gentle  Cynic  Muses 

Every  man  must  take  a  certain  amount  of  back 
talk  from  his  own  conscience. 

Wouldn't  it  be  fine  if  we  could  only  pay  board 
as  easily  as  we  can  look  that  way? 

Many  a  fellow  gets  that  tired  feeling  after  he 
has  annexed  a  rich  father-in-law. 

An  optimist  is  a  man  who  not  only  hopes  for 
tlie  best  but  actually  expects  to  get  it. 


People 

Who  Care  for  smooth,  clean 

skins,  economy  and  comfort,  find 
no  other  soap  in  the  world  can 
compare  with  the  famous 

Pears' 
S  GAP 


Cake  for  the  Vnscented  . 


HOTEL  ST.  FRANCIS 


Turkish  Baths 

12th  Floor 
Ladies  Hair  Dressing  Parlors 

2d  Floor 
Cafe 

White  and  Gold  Restaurant 

Lobby  Floor 
Electric  Grill 
Barber  Shop 

Basement,  Geary  St.  entrance 
Under  the  Management  of  James  Woods 


A  FEAST  OF  LANTERNS 

ON  AND  OVER  THE  WATER 

AT 

SANTA  CRUZ 

SATURDAY.  SUNDAY  .nd  MONPAY 
SEPT.  7,  8  and  9 

SPEND  ADMISSION  DAY 

AT 

SANTA  CRUZ 

Band  Concerts,  Dancing,  Electric  Illumina- 
tions, Swimming,  Fishing,  Boating  and 
All  Pleasures  to  Please  and 
Not  to  Offend. 


TeUphone  Kearny  1 1 


Armor  Plate  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 

OF  UNION  SAFE  DEPOSIT  COMPANY  IN  BUILDING  OF 

Union  Trust  Company 
=  of  San  Francisco  = 

JUNCTION  OF 

MARKET  and  O'FARRELL  STS. 
and  GRANT  AVE. 

Largest,  Strongeit  and  Most  Conveniently 
Arranged  Safe  Deposit  West  of  New  York 

BOXES  $4.00  PER  ANNUM  AND  UPWARDS 


18  TOWNTALK  August  31.  1912 

The  Glory  of  the  Drama 

An  Address  Delivered  at  the  Opening  of  the  New  Spreckels  Theatre  in  San  Diego,  August  23,  1912 


Coming  from  the  great  exposition  city  of  the 
north  there  are  at  least  1915  reasons  why  I  am 
glad  to  be  in  the  great  exposition  city  of  the 
south.  Really  your  cordial  welcome  warrants  me 
in  believing  that  I  am  not  altogether  a  stranger 
within  your  silver  gates. 

I  consider  myself  honored  overmuch  in  being 
permitted  to  play  a  small  part  on  an  occasion 
such  as  this — to  be,  not  a  spellbinder,  but  rather 
a  curtainraiser — to  be  a  sort  of  prologue  to  the 
play,  an  index  to  the  volume — and  to  welcome  you 
to  this  splendid  and  magnificent  temple  which  is 
this  night  dedicated  to  the  drama.  It  is  indeed 
a  triumph  of  the  architect,  the  artist  and  the 
artisan.  It  is  indeed  a  fit  and  worthy  home  for 
the  drama.  In  amplitude  and  design,  in  color  and 
decoration,  it  excites  our  highest  admiration.  It 
is  a  credit  to  your  city,  an  honor  to  the  State,  and 
will  spread  even  yet  wider  the  fame  of  your 
people  for  enterprise,  intelligence  and  culture. 

In  this  tolerant  age  of  learning  and  light  the 
theater  needs  no  defense,  the  actor  no  apologist. 
For  whatever  of  prejudice  once  existed  against 
the  drama  has  happily  passed  away.  We  have 
come  to  realize  that  "to  hold,  as  'twere,  the  mirror 
up  to  nature,  to  show  virtue  her  own  feature, 
scorn  her  own  image,  and  the  very  age  and  body 
of  the  time  his  form  and  pressure,"  is  no  sin; 
that  to  contribute  to  the  joy  of  living  is  not  im- 
moral; that  to  laugh  with  FalstafT  is  not  harmful; 
that  to  weep  with  Hecuba  is  not  to  approve  the 
abduction  of  Helen;  that  to  listen  to  celestial 
music  is  not  to  forget  the  duties  of  earth;  that 
to  hear  De  Wolf  Hopper  recite  "Casey  at  the 
Bat"  is  not  to  exalt  the  first  baseman  above  the 
first  magistrate  of  the  republic,  or  to  make  the 
national  game  more  important  than  the  presi- 
dential election.  We  have  come  to  realize  that 
the  drama  teaches  great  and  useful  lessons  of 
history  and  heroism,  of  purity  and  patriotism,  and 
that  the  actor  is  at  once  "guide,  pjiilosopher  and 
friend" — leading  us  across  flowery  meadows,  by 
sweet  waters,  beneath  cool  shading  branches — 
explaining  to  us  the  manners,  customs  and 
thoughts  of  all  ages  and  countries — and  peopling 
our  solitude  with  the  children  of  mirth  and  merri- 
ment, of  love  and  faith. 

The  philosopher  broadens  and  strengthens  the 
understanding;  the  novelist  cultivates  the  imagina- 
tion; the  historian  preserves  the  past  and  teaches 
the  lessons  born  of  human  experience;  the  scien- 
tist discovers  and  invents  and  adds  to  the  sum 
of  the  world's  wealth,  and  so  each  in  his  sphere 
of  eflfort  aids  in  advancing  the  holy  cause  of 
civilization;  but  the  dramatist,  from  Thespis  to 
this  hour,  has  been  the  great  teacher  of  every 
age.  He  has  brought  home  to  men's  minds  and 
hearts  the  abstractions  of  philosophy;  he  has  made 
us  intimately  acquainted  with  the  imaginative 
characters  of  the*  novelist;  he  has  caused  us  to 
see  the  personages  of  whom  the  historian  writes; 
he  has  made  manifest  the  labors  of  the  scientist. 
Nor  is  this  all.  He  has  taught  the  value  and 
justice  of  liberty,  the  hatefulness  and  wrong  of 
slavery,  the  necessity  for  law  and  order.  He  has 
fired  the  heart  of  youth  with  patriotic  fervor, 
moved  multitudes  to  noble  action,  nerved  the 
soldier's  arm,  cheered  the  dying  defenders  of 
liberty,  put  a  brand  of  infamy  on  the  traitor's 
brow,  and  glorified  the  triumph  of  virtue  over 
vice.  The  dramatist  has  taught  man  to  love  the 
beautiful,  to  reverence  truth,  to  scorn  hypocrisy, 
to  hate  iniquity.  Nay,  more;  he  has  taught  blind 
eyes  to  see  the  glories,  and  deaf  ears  to  hear  the 
music,  of  God's  wondrous  universe. 


By  Samuel  M.  Shortridge 

The  dramatist  is  a  great  teacher;  the  actor  is  the 
great  interpreter.  Across  this  stage  will  walk  the 
renown  of  the  ancient  world — all-conquering  Alex- 
ander and  by  his  side  Aristotle,  imperial  Caesar 
listening  to  Antony  and  falling  by  Brutus,  mighty 
Achilles  grieving  over  dead  Patroclus,  brave 
Troilus  sighing  for  sweet  Cressida  in  the  Grecian 
tents,  and  all  the  historic  characters  that  lived  and 
loved,  and  fought  and  died  before  .Athenian  and 
Roman  audiences.  They  will  speak  to  us  of  other 
times — renew  our  faith  in  man — excite  our  pity 
and  our  love — and  powerfully  remind  us  that  "all 
that  live  must  die,  passing  through  nature  to 
eternity." 

H^re  the  romantic  story  of  the  middle  ages 
will  be  told.  Here  will  sing  the  troubadours  of 
chivalrous  knight  and  princess  fair,  and  we  shall 
see  the  Crusaders  as,  led  by  the  cross,  they  march 
joyfully  toward  the  Holy  City. 

Here  we  shall  listen  to  "merry  songs  and  brave 
choruses,  sung  with  the  lusty  voices"  of  German 
heroes,  deep  in  their  dark  forests. 

Here  we  shall  see  King  Arthur  and  his  knights 
encircling  his  Round  Table  and  be  stirred  by 
their  stories  of  brawl  and  battle,  and  here  we  shall 
weep  for  Lancelot  and  Elaine,  "the  lily  maid  of 
Astolat." 

Here  we  shall  see  the  story  of  our  country  un- 
folded— shall  be  thrilled  by  battle  trumpets  and 
hear  the  shouts  of  victory;  here  we  shall  behold 
as  in  life  grave  and  stately  Washington,  sad  and 
melancholy  Lincoln,  and  all  the  heroes  and  mar- 
tyrs who  have  made  our  country  great  and  free. 

Here  genius  will  speak  through  tragic  lips — 
ponder  on  the  mystery  of  life,  the  majesty  of 
death — it  may  be 
"Drown  the  stage  with  tears 

And  cleave  the  general  ear  with  horrid  speech. 
Make  mad  the  guilty  and  appall  the  free. 
Confound  the  ignorant,  and  amaze  indeed 
The  very  faculties  of  eyes  and  ears." 

Great  actors  will  come,  with  their  imagination 
and  consummate  art,  and  Hamlet  will  soliloquize 
on  life's  deep  problems  and  question 
"Whether  'tis  nobler  in  the  mind  to  suffer 
The  slings  and  arrows  of  outrageous  fortune. 
Or  to  take  arms  against  a  sea  of  troubles. 
And  by  opposing  end  them"; 
and  he  will  teach  us  that  it  is  wiser  to 
"Bear  those  ills  we  have 
Than  fly  to  others  that  we  know  not  of." 

Othello,  "perplex'd  in  the  extreme,"  will  "throw 
away  a  pearl  richer  than  all  his  tribe" — and  there- 
by warn  us  to  beware  the  green-eyed  monster. 

Guilty  Macbeth  will  cry  out  in  terror:  "Shake 
not  thy  gory  locks  at  me;  thou  canst  not  say  I 
did  it;"  and  show  us  the  folly  of  vaulting  am- 
bition, the  wages  of  sin. 

And  other  great  characters  worthily  repro- 
duced will  tell  of  hope  defeated,  of  ambition 
baffled,  of  love  betrayed,  of  the  pathos  and  the 
tragedy  of  life. 

Great  actresses  will  come  and  with  the  melody 
of  their  voices  and  the  witchery  of  their  eyes  will 
move  to  gladness  or  provoke  to  tears. 

Here  Portia  will  tell  us  that 
"The  quality  of  mercy  is  not  strained. 
It  droppeth  as  the  gentle  rain  from  heaven 
Upon  the  place  beneath.    It  is  twice  blest; 
It  blesseth  him  that  gives  and  him  that  takes. 
It  is  an  attribute  of  God  himself." 

And  those  who  sit  in  judgment  will  be  taught 
that 

"Earthly  power  doth  then  show  likest  God's 
When  mercy  seasons  justice." 


Here  Juliet,  leaning  from  her  balcony,  shall 
sigh  for  Romeo,  who  screen'd  in  night  shall 
overhear  his  dear  love's  maidenly  confession;  and 
we  shall  learn  that  the  greatest  and  the  loveliest 
thing  in  the  world  is  love. 

Here  sweet  Desdemona,  with  "whiter  skin  than 
snow  and  smooth  as  monumental  alabaster,"  shall 
be  the  victim  of  the  viper  lago  and  saintlike  die 
by  the  hand  of  him  who  "loved  not  wisely,  but 
too  well;"  and  we  shall  realize  that 
"Trifles  light  as  air 

Are  to  the  jealous  confirmation  strong 
As  proofs  of  holy  writ." 

Philosopher  and  fool,  the  proud  and  humble, 
wealth  in  purple  and  poverty  in  rags,  king  on 
throne  and  subject  kneeling,  soldier  and  civilian, 
the  spendthrift  and  the  miser,  matron  and  maid, 
sire  in  "lean  and  slipper'd  pantaloon,"  and  school 
boy  with  his  "shining  morning  face" — all,  all 
these  shall  play  their  parts  and  reproduce  before 
us  the  drama — the  tragedy,  the  comedy — of  life  as 
it  has  been,  is,  and  ever  will  be. 

Virtue  and  vice,  joy  and  sorrow,  hope  and 
despair,  brooding  care  and  "loathed  melancholy," 
love  and  hate,  crime  and  righteousness — all,  all 
these  shall  teach  us  lessons  to  follow  and  to 
shun. 

And  music,  heavenly  maid,  with  her  golden 
tongue,  shall  sing  to  us  of  maidens  fair  and  gallant 
youth  in  shady  lanes — solemn  anthems  in  cathe- 
drals old — battle  hymns  of  heroes  dead — funeral 
marches  to  the  dusty  grave — wedding  marches 
toward  the  dimpled  cradle;  and  rifling  our  hearts 
with  rapture  Orpheus  with  his  lyre  will  wipe 
away  the  tears  of  grief  and  plant  a  rose  in  the 
hollow  cheek  of  care. 

Into  this  temple  weary  labor  will  come  to  rest 
awhile  and  forget  its  burden.  Avarice  may  come 
to  be  shamed  by  generous  deeds.  Age  will  come 
to  renew  its  youth.  Sorrow  will  come  to  lay 
aside  its  mourning.  And  sitting  where  you  sit 
happy  generations  yet  unborn  will  smile  as  you  are 
smiling,  rejoice  as  you  are  rejoicing,  and  be 
thankful,  as  you  are  thankful,  that  they  live  in 
San  Diego,  the  beautiful,  canopied  by  the  bluest 
sky  and  lulled  by  the  music  of  the  sea,  and  that 
they  enjoy,  as  you  are  now  enjoying,  such  a  place 
of  entertainment  as  the  Spreckels  Theater. 


The 


CigOLrette 
of  Quality 

AR.ONATIC  DELICACY 
MILDNESS 
PUR.1TY 

At  your  Club  or  Dealer's  or 
THE  SURBRUa  CO.,  Maker*,  New  York 


August  31,  1912 


Eve  Alverstone  was  English  and  of  very  rest- 
less mood;  at  times  inclined  to  rakish  ways;  at 
others  quite  a  prude.  She  loved  her  independ- 
ence; had  a  fortune  all  her  own;  and  gallivanted 
round  the  world  without  a  chaperon.  Somewhere 
or  other — I  forget  just  where — she  chanced  to 
meet  a  most  amazing  Yankee  who  on  Eve  became 
quite  sweet.  He  followed  her  as  Mary's  lamb 
pursued  that  child  to  school,  and  by  his  ardent 
wooing  showed  himself  a  silly  fool.  He  chased 
her  up  to  Londontown  where  Eve  stopped  off 
one  day  upon  her  haughty  relatives  a  visit  for  to 
pay.  Now  Eve  was  never  happy  till  she  stuck 
her  pretty  nose  in  other  people's  business  and 
smelled  out  all  their  woes.  So  just  as  soon  as 
she  sat  down  within  her  uncle's  walls,  she  straight 
began  to  interfere  in  all  the  family  brawls.  And 
here,  to  do  her  justice,  the  writer  must  confess 
she  dipped  her  busy  fingers  in  a  pretty  nasty 
mess.  Though  nunky  was  an  iron  king  he  stood 
and  looked  askance  right  down  the  pit  of  ruin — 
not  a  dollar  in  his  pants!  And  the  only  way  to 
save  him  was  for  daughter  to  be  wed  to  a  very 
wealthy  roue  who  an  awful  life  had  led.  You 
may  imagine  easily  how  this  appealed  to  daughter. 


TOWN  TALK 

'*The  Wooing  of  Eve' 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

"I  shall  not  wed  him,  pa!"  she  cried.  He  said, 
"You  know  you  oughter!  Refuse,  and  I'm  a 
bankrupt.  But  even  if  you  do,  I  shan't  allow  that 
clergyman  to  pay  his  suit  to  you."  (Referring 
to  a  parson  of  a  very  fiery  sort  who  unto  darling 
daughter  had  been  paying  pious  court.)  What 
could  the  poor  girl  answer?  She  saw  no  help 
was  nigh.  And  so  she  said,  "All  right,  papa," 
and  had  a  good  long  cry.  Meanwhile  mama  was 
flirting  with  a  most  immoral  cad  who  wanted  her 
to  fly  with  him  and  think  no  more  of  dad.  And 
as  she  knew  poor  hub  was  broke,  she  thought  it 
would  be  fine  to  join  that  most  immoral  chap 
upon  the  banks  of  Rhine.  So  this  was  how  the 
matter  stood  when  busybody  Eve  blew  in  to  set 
the  family  straight — no  cinch,  you  may  believe! 
What  did  she  do?  Well,  first  of  all  she  told  her 
Yankee  swain  that  having  loved  five  years  ago 
she  ne'er  could  love  again.  It  seems  that  she  had 
been  deceived  by  listening  to  the  suit  of  some- 
one who  turned  out  to  be  a  bold  abysmal  brute. 
Not  that  the  worst  had  happened — please  follow 
what  I  say — the  villain  merely  frightened  her,  so 
she  gave  him  his  conge!  You  guess  the  sequel, 
reader,  if  you're  only  half  acute — her  cousin's 


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hated  fiance  was  that  same  abysmal  brute!  A 
pretty  howdydo  indeed,  but  not  too  much  for 
Eve;  it  didn't  take  that  lady  long  a  project  to 
conceive.  To  risk  her  own  good  name  she  didn't 
seem  to  mind  the  least,  so  she  went  to  call  quite 
late  at  night  on  the  bold  abysmal  beast.  But  first 
she  let  the  Yankee  and  the  lover-parson  see  the 
ardent  letter  which  she  wrote  to  that  wicked  old 
rou-ee.  Again  you  get  my  drift;  the  plot  suc- 
ceeded, but  alas!  to  dodge  the  brute  she  had  to 
smash  a  pane  of  window  glass.  Next  morning  all 
is  lovely;  the  rake  reforms  his  ways,  gives  up  the 
pretty  daughter,  and  to  her  daddy  pays  a  few  odd 
hundred  thousands  to  have  his  business  life. 
Whereat  flirtatious  mommer  becomes  a  loving 
wife!  The  parson  takes  the  daughter;  the  Yan- 
kee's on  the  shelf;  and  Eve,  the  cunning  plotter, 
weds  the  'bysmal  brute  himself! 

Why  do  I  tell  this  story?  It  doesn't  interest 
you?  Nor  me,  but  at  the  Alcazar  I  had  to  sit 
it  through.  It  was  writ  by  Hartley  Manners — 
there's  no  disputing  that.  Now  tell  me,  when  he 
wrote  it  what  was  he  driving  at? 


Edmond  Hayes  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  bill  next  week  will  be  headed  by 
Edmond  Hayes  in  his  latest  laugh  "The  Piano 
Movers."  Grace  Cameron,  dainty  singer  of  rol- 
licking songs,  will  be  a  feature.  Harrison  Arm- 
strong's "Squaring  Accounts"  will  be  presented  by 
Richard  Nesmith  and  Verne  Sheridan,  The 
story  is  brisk,  animated,  humorous  and  interesting. 
The  Kemps,  Bob  and  May,  will  furnish  a  merry 
skit  "Matrimonial  Bliss,"  a  mixture  of  singing, 
dancing  and  comedy.  Next  week  concludes  the 
engagements  of  Cesare  Nesi  and  De  Witt,  Burns 
and  Torrence.  Also  of  Elsa  Ruegger,  the  world's 
greatest  woman  'cellist.  Madame  Ruegger  will 
present  a  new  program  which  will  include  "An- 
dacht"  (Devotion)  and  "The  Spinning  Song," 
both  by  Popper. 


"Bought  and  Paid  For"  at  the  Cort 

George  Broadhurst's  "Bought  and  Paid  For" 
will  be  presented  at  the  Cort  for  three  weeks 
beginning  Monday  (Labor  Day)  matinee.  Play- 
goers will  see  the  original  Broadway  cast  headed 
by  Charles  Richman  and  Julia  Dean.  The  story 
of  the  play  is  not  new,  but  as  told  by  George 
Broadhurst,  author  of  "The  Man  of  the  Hour" 
and  other  noted  plays,  it  teems  with  interest 
through  four  acts,  with  an  equal  sprinkling  of 
laughter  and  wet  handkerchiefs. 


Miss  Taylor's  Last  Week 

Laurctte  Taylor's  final  appearances  at  the  Al- 
cazar, commencing  with  a  matinee  next  Monday, 
will  be  in  "Seven  Sisters,"  the  medium  of  one 
of  her  successes  last  season  on  Broadway.  It  is 
a  comedy  adapted  from  the  Hungarian  by  Edith 
Ellis  for  Daniel  Frohman  who  chose  Miss  Taylor 
for  the  principal  role.  In  the  coming  production 
she  will  be  supported  by  Forrest  Stanley,  Grace 
Carlyle  (her  first  appearance  as  the  Alcazar's 
second  leading  woman),  Marie  Baker  (specially 
engaged)  and  the  cream  of  the  regular  company. 
All  the  action  of  "Seven  Sisters"  takes  place  in 
a  small  garrison  town  in  Hungary.  Following 
the  Taylor  season  at   the    Alcazar   comes  Ada 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

Dwyer  in  "Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cabbage  Patch," 
for  one  week  only.  This  will  close  Forrest  Stan- 
ley's engagement  as  leading  man. 


EDMOND  H.VYES 
Who   will   appear  in   "The   Piano   Movers"   next  week 
at  the  Orpheum. 

"Pomander  Walk"  at  the  Columbia 

Louis  N.  Parker's  "Pomander  Walk"  will  be- 
gin an  engagement  of  two  weeks  at  the  Columbia 
next  Monday  evening,  with  matinees  Wednesdays 
and  Saturdays.  It  is  under  the  management  of 
the  Liebler  Company.  It  ran  for  a  year  in  New 
York  without  interruption.  The  engagement  at 
the  Columbia  will  be  its  first  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
and  is  almost  the  beginning  of  its  third  season. 
Prominent  in  the  cast  are  T.  Gideon  Warren,  Al- 


bert Gran,  Reginald  Dance,  Leonard  Craske,  T. 
Wigney  Percyval,  Stanley  Lathbury,  Stella  De 
Marney,  Marie  Burke,  Viola  Finner  and  Winifred 
Eraser. 


Fine  Bill  at  Pantages 

Sunday  will  see  another  big  bill  at  Pantages. 
The  "Four  Casters"  are  sensational  aerialists. 
Lew  Cantor  will  offer  his  "Merry  Kids"  in  "Fun 
on  a  School  Ground."  Zenita  is  a  young  woman 
who  plays  the  violin  in  an  eccentric  way  and 
dances  as  she  plays.  Zenita  has  never  appeared 
here  before.  Matthews  and  Duffy  will  offer  their 
funny  military  novelty  "The  Rangers."  Mile. 
Nadje,  renowned  as  "the  perfect  woman,"  will 
give  an  exhibition  of  physical  culture.  The 
wrestling  ponies  of  Leon  Morris,  accompanied 
by  their  colored  opponent,  John  Hedge,  will  be 
in  evidence.  Gypsy  Wilson,  pretty  and  clever, 
will  change  her  costumes  and  songs  several  times. 
The  Sunlight  Pictures  will  complete  the  program. 


How  One  Play  was  Written 

All  theatrical  people  are  vaingloriously  proud 
of  knowing  the  intricacies  of  stage  technique. 
They  are  skeptical  that  any  mere  student  or 
writer  may  possess  the  same  knowledge.  Among 
writers  it  is  hinted  that  good  plays  have  been 
rejected  by  managers  who  assume,  superciliously, 
that  no  established  author  is  capable  of  doing 
practicable  stage  writing.  Recently  a  young  man 
who  has  earned  some  vogue  as  a  writer  of  short 
stories — and  who  has  also  written  plays  which 
were  rejected  for  supposed  faults  in  the  dramatic 
technique — was  approached  by  a  well  known 
actor  as  follows:  "I  will  give  you  $2,500  for  your 
last  short  story  made  into  a  little  play  for  vaude- 
ville. The  play  is  essentially  dramatic  and  may 
almost  be  played  as  written.  So  that  you  will 
need  very  little  knowledge  of  stage  technique,  and 
the  work  ought  not  to  take  you  more  than  five 
days."  "I  will  deliver  the  manuscript  to  you  in 
five  days,"  agreed  the  author.  Thereupon  the 
actor  went  back  to  his  hotel  and  sat  down  to 
wait  for  the  author  to  finish  his  work.  The 
author's  first  move  was  to  confer  with  a  theatrical 


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TOWN  TALK 


August  31,  1912 


agent.  Before  the  evening  of  the  same  day  the 
agent  sought  the  actor. 

"What  are  you  doing  thi.s  week?"  asked  the 
agent. 

"Nothing."  replied  the  actor.  ".At  least  I  shall 
be  idle  for  the  next  five  days." 

"Do  you  want  a  chance  to  earn  $200  per  day  for 
the  next  five  days?"  pursued  the  agent. 

"Great  Scott,  yes!"  exclaimed  the  actor.  "I 
have  to  pay  a  smashing  good  price  for  some 
dramatic  rights,  and  I  need  the  money.  What 
is  your  proposition?" 

"I  have."  said  the  agent  slowly,  "a  little  piece 
of  published  fiction  which  is  suitable  for  a  short 
play.  A  person  of  your  technical  knowledge  and 
experience  ought  not  to  consume  more  than  five 
days  in  doing  the  work.  1  will  pay  you  $1,000 
if  you  will  undertake  the  dramatization  and  de- 
liver the  manuscript  five  days  from  now." 

"Give  me  the  story,"  said  the  actor  exulting. 

When  he  saw  the  story  he  marveled  a  little, 
but  he  was  not  proof  against  the  appeal  to  his 
vanity  and  his  thrift,  and  he  set  to  work  with 
diligence. 

At  the  end  of  the  five  days  the  author  called 
upon  the  actor  at  the  hotel  and  turned  over  a 
manuscript. 

"There  is  your  play  in  jig  time!"  boasted  the 
author.  "You  will  find  the  play-technique  emin- 
ently practicable,  even  if  I  am  only  a  literary 
man. 

"I  am  just  as  proud  of  this  technique  as  you 
are!"  retorted  the  actor  turning  the  leaves  af- 
fectionately. And  at  that  time  he  was  undoubt- 
edly sincere. 


LOOKING  FOR  THE  WILDERNESS 

A  wide,  thick  man  with  a  Panama  hat  turned 
down  over  his  eyebrows  like  an  awning  stood  at 
the  far  end  of  the  counter  in  the  railroad  ticket 
office  browsing  over  a  bunch  of  vacation  folders. 

"Got  any  more  of  'em?"  he  asked  suddenly. 

"Any  more  what?"  asked  the  ticket  seller. 

"Any  more  folders.  I've  rummaged  through 
this  bunch  and  I  don't  seem  to  have  struck  the 
place  I'm  looking  for  yet.  Guess  I'll  have  to 
hunt  a  little  further. 

"Where  is  the  place?  Huh,  that's  just  what  I 
want  to  know.  Gimme  that'n  over  yonder  with 
the  picture  of  the  man  shoving  a  purple  canoe  oflE 
into  the  lake.  Don't  suppose  it'll  throw  much 
light  on  my  search,  though.  There  seems  to  be 
too  many  people  around  in  all  the  pictures. 

"You  see,  here's  what  I'm  after,  old  top.  I 
want  to  go  away  off  into  the  vast  forests  and 
listen  to  the  birds  when  they  twitter,  but  the 
place  to  be  satisfactory  must  be  somewhere  that 
man  has  never  trod  before,  or  at  least  it  must 
convey  that  impression.  Every  year  I  go  on  a 
vacation  and  work  up  a  bunch  .of  illusions  about 
the  forest  primeval  and  forest  dwelling  mankind, 
only  to  have  said  illusions  shattered  sooner  or 
later  with  a  crash  like  the  fall  of  securities  in  a 
Stock  Exchange.  I  don't  feel  as  if  I  could  sur- 
vive having  another  single  illusion  knocked  off 
its  shelf. 

"Last  summer,  for  instance,  I  journeyed  up  into 
Canada  and  hired  a  guide  to  take  me  out  into  the 
wilderness — told  him  I  didn't  care  where  we  went 
so  long  as  it  was  about  one  million  miles  from 
the  nearest  golf  links  or  lawn  tennis  court.  I 
wanted  to  get  back  to  nature  and  I  wanted  to 
get  back  the  whole  distance  without  any  rustic 
bridges  or  bowling  alleys  or  'To  the  spring'  signs 
mixed  in. 

"Well,  we  went  as  far  as  the  stage  roads  would 
take  us  and  then  we  plunged  into  the  mighty 
forest  and  tramped  ahead  for  two  days.  On  the 
third  day,  while  the  guide  was  fiddling  around 


our  camp  site,  I  told  him  I  was  going  to  explore 
a  little  on  my  own  hook.  I  sauntered  along  for 
a  couple  of  hundred  yards  and  1  struck  a  merry 
little  brook  that  came  cascading  and  trickling 
down  through  the  woods.  'And  now.'  I  tells  my- 
self, 'here's  where  I  just  follow  this  gleeful  little 
stream  and  see  where  it  takes  me.  I'll  just  im- 
agine I'm  old  man  De  Soto  or  Balboa  or  some- 
body about  to  discover  something. 

"Talk  about  your  illusions!  I  had  'em.  I  felt 
like  a  kid  about  to  trail  down  the  end  of  the  rain- 
bow and  ascertain  if  the  legendary  pot  of  gold 
was  really  there.  For  two  hours  1  leaped  from 
rock  to  rock  along  that  stream,  whistling  all  the 
while  like  a  canary  bird  and  having  a  lot  more 
fun  than  any  canary  bird  I  ever  saw. 

"Here  at  last,  I  reflected,  was  nature  unconfined. 
Here  was  the  real  thing.  Oh,  mebby  there  was  a 
big  town  back  somewhere,  I  admitted  to  myself, 
but  it  couldn't  be  less  than  1,250,000  miles  away. 


AMUSEMENTS 

M.\RIE  BLRKE 
With  "Pomander  Walk"  at  the  Columbia  Theatre. 

"Then  I  had  an  awakening.  About  four  yards 
from  where  I  was  sitting  I  noticed  a  bright  object 
that  up  to  that  moment  had  escaped  my  attention. 
I  walked  over  to  where  it  lay,  stooped  and  picked 
it  up. 

"My  heart  sank.  My  once  full-blown  illusions 
were  a  total  wreck.  What  do  you  suppose  the 
thing  was  that  lay  there  at  my  feet?  A  paste- 
board cracker  box!  I  began  to  look  further,  and 
in  a  minute  I  had  found  the  inevitable  sardine 
can.  My  hitherto  unexplored  wilderness  then 
had  been  a  picnic  site  for  some  couple  who  had 
been  navigating  about  in  a  naphtha  launch  from 
the  nearest  summer  home. 

"I  retraced  my  steps  back  to  where  my  guide 
had  built  our  shelter,  feeling  as  sad  as  a  boy 
who  had  lost  his  only  taw  agate.  My  vacation 
was  spoiled.  It  was  just  like  having  a  bunch  of 
stage  hands  come  on  in  the  midst  of  a  love  scene 
in  a  show  and  roll  up  the  grass  carpet. 

"Now,  then,"  continued  the  prospective  vaca- 
tionist, "if  you  can  stake  me  to  a  folder  that'll 
tip  me  off  to  some  unexplored  wilderness  this  side 
of  Africa,  I'll  come  around  in  a  month  or  so  and 
buy  a  ticket." 


"What  is  woman?"  asked  a  speaker  at  a  public 
meeting. 

"Woman,"  replied  a  man  in  the  audience- — a 
married  man — "is  an  animate  being,  with  the 
power  of  speech  abnormally  developed,  and  en- 
tirely surrounded  by  a  dress  that  buttons  up  the 
back." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  September  1st 

ANOTHER  BIG  SHOW! 

The  Four  Casters,  Sensational  .\erialists ;  "Seven  Merry 
Youngsters,"  in  "Fun  on  a  School  Ground";  Mile.  Nadje, 
"The  Perfect  Woman" ;  Matthews  and  Duffy,  presenting 
"The  Rangers";  Zenita,  the  Cyclone  Violinist;  Leon  Morris' 
Wrestling  Ponies;  Gypsy  Wilson,  Singing  Comedienne,  and 
Sunlight  Pictures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

O'FIVRRtVN.  all  S'^OCW^ON  tr  PQVJtVV  America 

Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 

THE  HIGHEST   STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

KDMOND  H.WES  &  COMPANY  in  His  Latest  Satire 
The  Piano  Movers";  GRACE  CAMERO.V,  the  Dainty 
Singer  of  Rollicking  Songs;  H.\RRISON  ARMSTRONG'S 
l'r,.\YERS  in  His  Latest  Offering  "Squaring  Accounts"; 
I'.OUNDI.VG  PATTERSONS:  THE  KEMPS,  presenting 
•.Matrimonial  Bliss";  CES.\RE  NESI ;  DE  WITT,  BURNS 
X  TORRENCE;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TLRES.  Last  Week  Great  Artistic  Triumph  ELSA 
RI  EGGER,  World's  Greatest  Woman  'Cellist,  assisted  by 
Eflmund   Lichcnstein.    New  Selections. 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c.   75c.     Box   Seats,  JI.OO. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays).  10c.  25c.  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  l.s7u. 


CORX 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Saturday   Night — Last  Time  of  "ISaliy  Mine." 
Commencing  Monday  (Labor  Day)  Matinee 
Limited  Engagement — Mats.  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
William  A.  Brady,  Ltd.,  Presents  the 
Biggest  Play  of  Our  Time 

"BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR" 

By  George  Broadhurst 
With  the  Original   Cast   Direct   from   Brady's  Playhouse, 
New  York,  including  Charles  Richman.  Julia  Dean,  Frank 
Craven,  Agnes  De  Lane,  Allen  Atwell,  Mari  Hardi. 

Prices — 50c  to  $2.00. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

•>'Karrell.  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Matinee  Monday,  September  2,  and  Throughout  the  Week, 
Farewell   Appearances  of 

LAURETTE  TAYLOR 

Aided  by  Forrest  Stanley  and  the  Alcazar  Company 
She  Will  Appear  in 

SEVEN  SISTERS 

The  Comedy  in  Which   Her  Greatest  Hit  in 
New  York  Was  Made 

Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 
Special   Matinee   Labor  Day,   September  2nd. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Two  Weeks  lieginning  Monday  Night,  September  2nd 
Nightly   including  Sundays 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Special   Prices  at  W^ednesday  Matinee 
Louis  N.  Parker's  Quaint  Comedy 

"POMANDER  WALK" 

(Liebler  and  Co.,  Mgrs.) 

If  You  would  dwell  in  the  land  of  Happiness  see  this 
beautiful  play.    One  Year  at  Wallack's  Theater,  N.  Y. 

ALL  STAR  ENGLISH  COMPANY 


The  way  to  mount  upward  is  to  get  down  to 
work. 


August  31,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — In  the  closing  session  of  the  week 
there  was  Httle  of  interest  in  the  stock  market, 
with  business  practically  at  a  standstill  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  absence  of  the  big  people  from  tlie 
street.  The  general  movement  in  the  standard 
rails  and  industrials  was  without  the  slightest 
significance,  but  the  general  tone  of  whatever 
business  was  done,  was  firm.  Canadian  Pacific, 
contrary  to  the  general  list,  declined  sharply  on 
selling  induced  by  the  belief  that  the  Canadian 
Government  would  interfere  with  the  new  stock 
issue  in  a  manner  that  would  decrease  the  value 
of  the  expected  rights  on  which  the  stock  has 
made  a  notable  advance  recently.  The  rise  of  fiVc 
points  in  Mexican  Petroleum  was  the  result  "of 
the  very  best  buying  on  continued  good  earnings 
which  will  eventually  allow  this  security  to  pay 
six  per  cent,  dividends  or  higher.  The  market 
closes  the  week  with  nominal  declines  with  a 
good  tone  and  it  is  believed  by  those  in  a  posi- 
tion to  get  good  information  of  coming  events 
that  stocks  are  now  in  a  position  to  do  much 
better. 

Wheat — The  most  that  can  be  said  about  the 
wheat  market  in  the  last  week  is  that  it  has 
maintained  a  steady  stand  as  far  as  values  arc 
concerned,  that  it  has  resisted  bearish  influences 
and  that  it  is  about  two  cents  higher  for  the  Sep- 
tember delivery  than  it  was  three  weeks  ago.  Tiie 
spring  wheat  crop  is  now  fully  matured  and  is 
moving  forward  to  market  in  an  increasing  vol- 
ume every  day.  The  crop  is  certainly  the  largest 
in  three  years  and  is  considered  by  many  to  he 
greater  than  any  previous  record.  It  is  earnestly 
to  be  desired  that  it  be  harvested  in  good  condi- 
tion, and  that  it  will  bring  remunerative  prices  for 
the  producer,  for  on  the  prosperity  of  the  farmer 
depends  the  welfare  of  the  entire  people  of  what- 
ever occupation  or  profession.  There  is  still  a 
very  decided  belief  prevailing  in  the  trade  that  the 
spring  wheat  movement  will  be  so  great  in  vol- 
ume that  the  consumptive  demand  cannot  readily 
absorb  it,  and  consequently  stocks  will  accum- 
ulate and  be  too  great  for  the  speculative  trade 
to  carry,  and  that  values  must  descend  to  a  lower 
level.  The  trade,  however,  felt  the  same  way  re- 
garding the  movement  of  the  winter  wheat  and 
sold  the  marjcet  of?  in  anticipation  of  a  rai^id  en- 
largement of  visible  stocks.  The  conditions  in 
Europe  appear  to  be  similar  to  those  on  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic  in  regard  to  the  exhaustion  of  old 
supplies,  and  according  to  Broomhall,  the  con- 
tinental stocks  were  12,000,000  on  August  1  cum- 
pared  with  18.000.000  bushels  on  July  1,  a  reduc- 
tion of  one-third  in  one  month.  The  crops  there 
appear  to  be  below  the  average  and  the  require- 


ments of  foreign  wheat,  it  is  said,  will  exceed 
those  of  the  previous  year.  The  movement  of 
the  spring  wheat  crop  will  undoubtedly  prove  a 
restricting  factor  for  a  time  and  encourage  bear- 
ish sentiment,  but  the  real  distracting  influences 
of  a  year  ago  are  removed  and  wheat  is  now  on 
the  healtliiest  commercial  basis  that  it  has  been 
in  years. 

Corn — To  hazard  a  forecast  of  the  corn  market 
at  the  present  time  would  be  presumptuous. 
Every  one  knows  that  the  acreage  is  large,  that 
the  weather  is  favorable,  that  the  plant  has  an 
abundance  of  moisture,  that  the  crop  is  doing 
well.  If  it  should  mature  it  is  more  than  prob- 
able that  prices  for  the  deferred  futures  would 
reach  a  lower  level  of  values  than  they  have  yet. 
But  the  crop  is  late,  the  stand  is  more  uneven 
tlian  usual,  and  there  is  more  than  ordinary 
danger  that  the  crop  may  be  somewhat  curtailed 
by  frost.  The  price  for  December  and  May  is 
just  a  little  too  slow  to  warrant  sales  of  those 
months  and  will  depend  in  a  measure  upon  the 
new  crop,  as  farmers  will  part  with  old  supplies 
but  sparingly  until  assured  of  the  new  crop. 

Cotton — The  cotton  crop  made  splendid  pro- 
gress in  about  75  per  cent,  of  the  producing  area 
of  the  South.  In  all  States  east  of  the  Mississippi 
river,  with  exception  of  a  small  area  in  North 
Carolina  which  has  never  been  relieved  of  drouth, 
advancement  was  most  marked.  The  plant  has 
recently  made  rapid  growth,  putting  it  nearer 
normal  size  than  at  any  previous  time  of  the  sea- 
son and  has  at  the  same  time  set  fruit  in  a  strik- 
ingly full  manner.  Fields  are  a  bower  of  bloom 
in  most  instances  and  there  is  an  entire  absence 
of  shedding  and  such  complaints  as  usually  at- 
tend developinent  at  this  date.  The  yield  prom- 
ised is  much  above  earlier  expectation  and  it  seems 
possible  that  if  the  coming  month  favors  growth 
and  the  frost  is  sufificiently  delayed  to  allow  the 
fruit  to  mature  that  a  rather  large  crop  is  possi- 
ble. There  is  an  abundance  of  moisture  now  in 
the  soil  and  iinmediate  suflfering  from  shedding  is 
not  indicated.  The  cotton  caterpillar  has  ap- 
peared over  a  wider  area  than  heretofore,  but 
not  in  large  numbers,  and  the  damage  done  so  far 
is  -inconsequential  over  a  considerable  part  of 
Texas;  the  crop  appears  to  have  reached  the 
stage  of  deterioration.  In  western  counties  am- 
ple rainfall  during  the  week  relieved  dry  spots 
and  kept  other  cotton  growing  but  in  central  and 
southern  counties  the  condition  is  not  placed  so 
high  as  heretofore  while  in  the  north  no  addi- 
tional advancement  is  reported.  Cotton  is  open- 
ing quite  rapidly  in  Texas  and  open  bolls  are 
noted  save  in  most  northern  districts. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519,217.23 

"«P°sits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrm,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.   A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.    Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the  Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

& 

CO. 

Members 
Niw  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

22 


TOWN  TALK 


August  31,  1912 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  market  for  the  past  week  has  hcen  rather 
a  dull  one,  there  being  no  advances  of  particular 
note. 

Spring  Valley  has  been  rather  sensitive,  fluctua- 
tions depending  entirely  on  rumors  reported  to 
have  come  from  committee  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors.  The  present  outlook  is 
that  the  tentative  price  of  $38,500,000,  together 
with  $1,300,000  of  impounded  money,  will  be  ac- 
cepted by  the  Spring  Valley  Company.  Such  ac- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  Water  Company  will  in 
all  probability  have  the  eflfect  of  putting  the 
price  back  to  about  64,  64  1-2.  at  which  sales  were 
made  some  few  weeks  back.  Spring  Valley  bonds 
have  been  in  rather  good  demand  at  levels  be- 
tween 94,  94  1-4. 

There  has  been  a  good  absorption  of  United 
Railroad  Fours  with  fluctuating  prices  between 
65  and  66. 

The  largest  seller  for  the  past  week  has  been 
Great  Western  Power  bonds,  in  one  day  upwards 
of  $75,000  changing  hands  in  the  local  Exchange 
at  88  5-8. 

Associated  Oil  has  been  active  for  the  past 
week,  traders  in  this  stock  awaiting  the  arrival 
of  Judge  Lovett  who,  it  is  reported,  will  go  into 
conference  with  President  Sproule  concerning  the 
future  policy  of  this  company.  Mr.  Porter,  the 
general  manager  of  the  company,  is  on  leave  of 
absence  until  the  end  of  the  year,  at  which  time 
it  is  said  he  will  again  assume  the  active  manage- 
ment of  the  various  properties  represented  in  the 
Associated  Oil  Company. 

There  have  been  no  changes  of  note  in  Pacific 
Gas  &  Electric  securities,  although  prices  have 
been  generally  firm.  A  few  of  the  underlying  is- 
sues of  this  corporation  have  made  advances,  the 
most  noteworthy  of  which  was  that  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Gas  &  Electric  General  and  Collateral 
Trust  Fives,  which  was  firm  with  bids  at  103. 

In  general  the  market  has  been  featureless. 


The  Circus 


"Why  do  you  weep  over  the  sorrows  of  people 
in  whom  you  have  no  interest  when  you  go  to 
the  theatre?"  asked  the  man. 

"I  don't  know,"  replied  the  woman.  "Why  do 
you  cheer  wildly  when  a  man  with  whom  you  are 
not  acquainted  slides  to  second  base?" 


'I  always  agree  witli  my  husband." 
'Very  sweet  of  you." 

'Except,  of  course,  when  he  is  in  the  wrong. 


LUNDBORG  MORGAN  CO. 

BONDS 

COMMERCIAL  PAPER 

We  Specialize  in  Short-Term  Collateral  Notes  Yielding  5  to  6*?^  . 
SAN  FRANCISCO        SEATTLE        LOS  ANGELES 
First  National  Bank  Bldg.        Alaska  BIdg.      Trust  and  Savings  BIdg. 


(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

sense — an  amazing  spectacle  in  our  city  of  sloppy 
women  who,  while  dreaming  of  dress  for  ten 
hours  a  day,  cannot  even  make  their  blouses 
fasten  decently — and  this  chic  Parisianised  creat- 
ure herself  will  have  kept  her  idealistic  gaze! 
They  all  keep  it.  They  die  with  it  at  seventy- 
five.  Whatever  adventures  occurs  to  an  English- 
woman, she  remains  spiritually  innocent  and 
naive.  The  Circus  is  bathed  in  the  mood  of  tliese 
qualities. 

Towards  dark  it  alters  and  is  still  the  same. 
See  it  after  the  performance  on  a  matinee  day, 
surging  with  heroines.  See  it  at  eight  o'clock  at 
night,  a  packed  mass  of  taxis  and  automobiles, 
each  the  casket  of  a  romantic  creature,  hurry- 
ing in  pursuit  of  that  ideal  without  a  name.  Later, 
the  place  is  becalmed,  and  scarcely  an  English- 
woman is  to  be  seen  in  it  until  after  the  theatres, 
when  once  again  it  is  nationalized  and  feminised 
to  an  intense  degree.  The  shops  are  black,  and 
the  flower  sellers  have  gone;  but  the  electric 
skysigns  are  in  violent  activity,  and  there  is  light 
enough  to  see  those  baffling  faces  as  they  flash 
or  wander  by.  And  the  trains  are  now  bearing 
the  creatures  away  in  the  deep-laid  tubes. 

And  then  there  comes  an  hour  when  the  hidden 
trains  have  ceased,  and  the  autobuses  have  nearly 
ceased,  and  the  bright  beings  have  withdrawn 
themselves  until  the  morrow;  and  now,  on  ail 
the  footpaths  of  the  Circus,  move  crowded  pro- 
cessions of  men  young  and  old,  slowly,  as  though 
in  the  performance  of  a  rite.  It  leads  to  nothing, 
this  tramping;  it  serves  no  end;  it  is  merely  idiotic, 
in  a  peculiarly  Anglo-Saxon  way.  But  only  heavy 
rain  can  interfere  with  it.  It  persists  obstinately. 
And  the  reason  of  it  is  that  ih^  Circus  is  the 
Circus.  And  after  all,  though  idiotic,  it  has  the 
merit  and  significance  of  being  instinctive.  The 
Circus  symbolizes  the  secret  force  which  drives 
forward  the  social  organism  through  succeeding 
stages  of  evolution.  The  origin  of  every  eflfort 
can  be  seen  at  some  time  of  day  emerging  from  a 
crimson  autobus  in  the  Circus,  or  speeding  across 
the  Circus  in  a  green  taxi.  The  answer  to  the 
singular  conundrum  of  the  City  is  to  be  found 
early  or  late  in  the  Circus.  The  imponderable 
spirit  of  the  basic  fact  of  society  broods  in  the 
Circus  for  ever.  Despite  all  changes,  there  is 
no  change.  I  say  no  change.  You  may  gaze  into 
the  jeweler's  shop  at  the  gold  slave-bangles, 
which  cannot  be  dear  at  six  pound  ten,  since  they 
express  the  secret  attitude  of  an  entire  sex.  And 
then  you  may  turn  and  gaze  at  the  face  of  a 
Suffragette,  with  her  poster  and  her  armful  of 
papers,  and  her  quiet  voice  and  her  mien  of  pride. 
And  you  may  think  you  see  a  change  fundamental 
and  terrific.    Look  again. 


Varied  Types 


Knicker — Did   the  candidate  get  rattled? 
Bocker — Yes,  he  told  the  babies  they  lied  and 
kissed  the  man  who  ran  against  him. 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600.000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERIiF.RT  FLEISHHACKFR  President 
SIG  GRKKNEIiAl'M  Chairman  of  the  Board 

W.XSHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLAN'DER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HI  NT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

VVM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYXSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    lil  RDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

him  admission  to  your  country.  This  is  wrong. 
Our  passports  should  receive  oflicial  recognition 
from  your  people. 

"But  no  doubt  these  matters  will  be  adjusted. 
In  the  meantime  the  prospects  that  France  will 
invest  large  sums  in  California  are  very  bright." 

That  is  the  message  which  the  Marquis  Bre- 
viaire  d'Alaincourt  gives  to  the  people  of  Cali- 
fornia. He  promises  to  make  it  more  specific 
before  he  leaves.  It  is  a  cheerful  message,  even 
if  a  bit  indefinite,  and  all  California  will  look 
forward  eagerly  to  the  day  when  its  pleasant 
promise  will  be  fulfilled. 


AUTO  NOTES 

Interest  in  the  1913  model  Pope-Hartford  which 
is  due  to  arrive  in  San  Francisco  shortly  has  been 
greatly  stimulated  by  the  announcement  of  the 
manufacturers  of  this  well  known  car.  that  they 
have  brought  out  this  season  an  automobile  which 
embraces  all  the  best  features  of  their  high-grade 
cars,  and  yet  will  sell  at  a  lower  price.  The 
Pope  Manufacturing  Company  is  the  first  concern 
making  high-grade  automobiles  to  manufacture 
a  smaller  and  lower-priced  car,  and  motorists,  as 
well  as  those  in  the  trade,  are  impatiently  wait- 
ing to  inspect  personally  this  new  product  of  the 
Pope  factory.  The  model  "31,"  the  car  referred 
to.  is  f.jrty  horse-power  and  will  sell  at  $2,250. 

There  is  perhaps  no  more  accurate  barometer 
of  business  conditions  than  the  automobile  in- 
dustry. Prosperity,  usually  a  stranger  to  presi- 
dential campaigns,  is  much  in  evidence  this  year, 
according  to  Charles  T.  JefTery,  president  of 
The  Thomas  B.  Jeflfery  Company.  Kenosha,  Wis. 
"."Kpparcntly,"  said  Mr.  Jeffery,  "the  activities  of 
the  elephant,  the  donkey  and  the  bull  moose  have 
failed  to  stampede  the  American  dollar  into  the 
seclusion  of  the  safety  deposit  vault.  According 
to  figures  compiled  by  government  oflScials  the 
presidential  campaign  this  year  is  having  no  ef- 
fect upon  the  money  market.  These  figures,  based 
upon  reports  of  healthy  crop  conditions,  are 
supplemented  by  statements  of  dealers  of  our 
company.  We  have  already  received  orders  for 
more  cars  than  were  sold  by  us  during  the  entire 
season  of  1912.  The  San  Francisco  and  Milwaukee 
branches  of  the  company  have  orders  for  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  more  cars  than  were  sold  by  them 
during  the  entire  season  last  year." 


In  the  little  matter  of  making  fools,  prosperity 
can  put  it  .-ill  oxer  adversity. 


ARTIFICIAL  TEETH  tSiS:^ 

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323  Geary  St.     Suite  604     San  Francisco 


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SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  43,036  ; 
Department  No.  10. 

LOU  ETTA  WILMOTH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  HOWARD 
WELLINGTON  WILMOTH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
Howard   Wellington   Wilmoth,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint 
filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if 
served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere 
within    thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  willful  desertion  and  willful  neglect  of  plain- 
tiff; also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in 
the  Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby 
made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear 
and  answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take 
judgment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the 
Complaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the 
Court   for  any  other  relief  demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  26th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.   I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.  M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 
45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  6-29-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  BERNARD  ALFRED  DOBBAS,  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Administratrix 
of  the  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred  Dobbas,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  s.iid 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within 
four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to 
the  said  Administratrix  at  the  law  office  of  A.  COMTE,  JR., 
No.  333  Kearny  Street,  San  Francisco,  California,  which 
said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  her  place  of  business 
in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of  Bernard  Alfred 
Dobbas,  deceased. 

CAMILLE  JOSEPHINE  DOBBAS, 
Administratrix   of   the    Estate   of    Bernard    Alfred  Dobbas, 
Deceased. 

Dated,  San    Francisco,   August  3rd,  A.   D.  1912. 
A.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  for  Administratrix, 

No.  333  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate  of  ANTONIO  SALVAREZZA,  alias.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Executrix  of 
the  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers 
within  four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  J.  A.  Geiidntti 
&  C.  J.  Houston,  Attorneys  at  Law,  1104  First  Nati.mal 
B'ank  Building,  corner  Post  and  Montgomery  Streets,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  her  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,   alias,  deceased. 

MARIA  SALVAREZZA, 
Executrix  of  the  Estate  of  .\ntonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  De- 
Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  24,  1912. 
J.  A.  GENDOTTI  &  C.  J.  HOUSTON, 
Attorneys  at  Law, 

1104  First  National  Bank  BIdg., 

Post  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-24-5 

SUMMONS 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,   in  .nnd 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — .\'o.  42,652  ; 
Department    No.  7. 
MAE   J.    RINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEY, 

Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  ^State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.  J.  FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

428  Mills  Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  8-17-10 


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SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the   City   and    County    of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

.Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of.  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE, 

-Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  WINIFRED  McGOWAN,  also  known  as 
WINNIFRED  McGOWAN,  Deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  y\dministrator 
of  the  estate  of  Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  \Vin:ii- 
fred  McGowan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  ;md  all  pLrsons 
having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them 
with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after 
tlie  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  Administrator 
at  the  office  of  Messrs.  Lent  &  Humphrey,  Room  428 
Mills  Building,  Northeast  Corner  of  Bush  and  Montgomery 
Streets,  in  tlie  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned  selects  as  his 
place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate 
of  "Winifred  McGowan,  also  known  as  Winnifred  McGowan, 
deceased. 

THOMAS  J.  McGOWAN, 
Administrator   of   the   Estate   of   Winifred   McGowan,  also 
known   as   Winnifred   McGowan,  deceased. 
Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3,  1912. 
LENT  &  HUMPHREY,  Attys.  for  said  Administrator, 
Mills  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-3-5 


San  Francisco 

Among  the  fall  publications  announced  by  Paul 
Elder  and  Company  is  a  volume  that  the  disaster 
of  1906  and  the  Exposition  of  1915  make  most 
timely.  It  is  entitled  "San  Francisco;  As  It 
Was,  As  It  Is  and  How  to  See  It."  It  is  written 
by  Helen  Throop  Purdy.  The  publishers  state- 
that  it  is  to  be  one  of  their  principal  holiday  books 
of  the  year,  with  over  200  illustrations,  reproduc- 
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streets  and  new  buildings  and  many  old  prints 
and  photographs  of  past  scenes,  with  maps  of  the 
city  and  environs  and  that  it  is  written  in  botli 
a  descriptive  and  reminiscent  vein,  so  that  the 
spirit  of  the  city  may  be  known  as  well  as  her 
physical  expression  seen.  As  the  history  of  San 
Francisco  is  most  picturesque  and  is  part  of  the 
heritage  of  all  these  United  States,  a  book  of 
this  character  appearing  just  before  the  opening 
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TABLEAUX  VIVANT 

During  Lantern  Feast  and  Admission  Day 


AT 


Santa  Cruz,  Sept.  7th,  8th  and  9th,  1912 

TO  TAKE  PLACE  ON  A  FLOAT  IN  FRONT  OF  THE 
CASINO  AND  NATATORIUM 


Sept. 

7. 

8 :00 

p.m. — Music  by  Williams  Santa  Cruz  Beach  Band. 

8:15 

"    — Balloons  with  lanterns  attached. 

8 :25 

"    — Parachute   jump   by   young  lady  from  bursting 

fire 

balloon. 

8  -AO 

"    — Brocken  Scene  from  "Faust,"  with  new  and  original  fire 

effects. 

8  •  'in 

o  .ou 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Santa  Cruz  Bathing  Girls." 

"    — Living  Picture,  "The  Rescue." 

Q  -1  n 
y .  i  u 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Rock  of  Ages." 

Q  -90 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Three  Graces." 

Q  -^n 
y  .ou 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Goddess  of  Liberty." 

y  .HO 

"    — Si  takes  Maud  to  the  Santa  Cruz  Beach. 

y  .  J  u 

"    — Ship  on  fire  at  sea. 

Grand  Finale,  Water  Fireworks. 

10:40 

"    — Maud  and  Si  will  dance  two-step  in  the  Ballroom. 

JAPANESE  DAY  FIREWORKS— 3  P.  M. 

Sept. 

8. 

8:15 

p.m. — Balloons  and  Water  Shells  from  Pleasure  Pier. 

8:30 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Rock  of  Ages." 

8:40 

"    — Mechanical  Picture,  Light  House  and  Ship  Wreck. 

9:00 

"    — Living  Picture  (with  mechanical  effects),  "Die  Lorelei." 

9:10 

"    — Si  introduced  Maud  to  fireworks. 

9:25 

"    — Tableaux  (a)  The  Mermaid  and  her  Court. 

9:40 

"    —                (b)  Washington  crossing  the  Delaware. 

10:00 

"    — Illumination  and  water  fireworks. 

10:30 

"    — Si  will  feed  barley  to  Maud  in  the  Ballroom. 

JAPANESE  DAY  FIREWORKS— 3  P.  M. 

Sept. 

9. 

8:30 

p.m. — Fire  Balloon  and  Parachute  Jump. 

8:45 

"    — Dance  of  the  Water  Fairies  with  illuminated  Lighthouse. 

9:05 

"    — Si  training  Maud  for  the  Circus. 

9:15 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Rock  of  Ages." 

9:20 

"    — Living  Picture,  "The  Rescue." 

9:25 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Seal  of  California." 

9:35 

"    — Living  Picture,  "Three  Graces." 

9:50 

"    — Living  Picture  (with  mechanical  effects),  "Dante's 

In- 

ferno." 

Fight  of  Pirate  Ships  with  grand  fireworks  effect. 

10:30 

"    — Queen  and  Water  Fairies  hold  Court  in  Ballroom. 

JAPANESE  DAY  FIREWORKS— 3  P.  M. 

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The  Governor's  Costly  Machine 

Just  as  he  was  tearing  himself  away  from 
the  Weinstocks  and  the  Dwyers  and  ail  his 
parasites  and  sycophants  to  spread  the 
gospel  of  IJullmoosia  in  foreign  parts,  (Gov- 
ernor Johnson,  with  a  sob  in  his  voice,  told 
of  the  disquieting  news  that  in  his  absence 
his  Administration  was  to  be  assailed.  Thus 
did  he  anticijiate  criticism  of  which  he  had  a 
well-definetl  inkling.  Thus  did  he  hope  to 
reduce  the  force  of  the  blow.  Of  course 
Governor  Johnson  knew  what  was  coming. 
His  purpose  in  giving  publicity  to  the  dis- 
quieting news  was  to  make  it  appear  that 
his  malign  enemies  hoped  to  profit  by  his 
absence.  Cunning  and  rescnirceful  is  the 
criminal  lawyer.  Governor  Johnson  knew 
what  was  coming  because,  as  we  have  since 
learned  from  the  Call,  a  reporter  was  con- 
ducting an  im  estigation  of  the  afYairs  of  the 
harbor  commission.  Doubtless  the  dis- 
quieting news  came  from  the  Governor's 
ta.xeaters  whom  the  reporter  had  thrown 
in  a  panic.  And  well  might  the  news  have 
disquieted  the  much  celel)rated  reforircr  w  ho 
has  been  bellowing  all  over  the  land  his 
boasts  of  the  blessings  he  has  bestowed  on 
the  people  of  California.  These  blessings, 
we  find,  came  high.  On  the  waterfront  alone 
they  have  cost  us  a  cpiarter  of  a  million 
dollars  in  one  year.  It  appears  that  in  order 
to  oust  the  octopus  from  politics  the  Gov- 
ernor has  had  to  increase  the  capacity  of  his 
political  machine  on  the  waterfront.  Tic  has 
fattened  619  employes  at  the  crib  where 
under  the  rule  of  the  octopus  only  305  fed 
before.  This  large  force  is  necessary  not 
only  for  the  stability  of  the  docks  but  also 
to  enable  the  dear  pee-pul  to  keep  their  hold 
on  the  government  on  election  day.  The 
cost  of  promoting  the  public  welfare,  ac- 
cording to  the  Johnson  principle,  is  not  the 
only  interesting  feature  of  the  general 
scheme.  We  find  that  it  presents  a  moral 
principle  that  glistens  with  ungodly  dew. 
On  the  waterfront  are  two  State  senators 
and  four  assemblymen  whose  attachment 


San  Francisco,  September  7,  1912 


to  the  payroll  is  in  a  measure  explanatory 
of  the  Governor's  success  in  handling  the 
Legislature.  Now  this  is  not  unique  in 
machine  politics.  This  sort  of  thing  has  been 
done  before.  But  we  should  think  that  a 
rectitudinous  reformer  would  scorn  to  follow 
pernicious  example.  A  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature who  gives  his  vote  with  the  expecta- 
tion of  getting  a  job  is  just  as  much  of  a 
criminal  as  the  legislator  who  gives  his  vote 
for  a  piece  of  silver.  y\nd  the  Governor  of 
a  State  who  bribes  a  legislator  with  the 
promise  of  a  job  is  just  as  much  of  a  criminal 
as  the  plutocrat  wdio  bribes  a  legislator  with 
the  promise  of  money.  We  do  not  assume 
that  any  legislator  is  employed  on  the  water- 
front as  the  result  of  a  corrupt  bargain,  but 
we  (Id  not  hesitate  to  say  that  the  practice 
of  rewarding  legislators  with  jxilitical  office 
is  one  that  should  be  discontinued  in  the 
interest  of  public  decency. 

Another  Great  Discovery 

One  of  the  Hearst  newspapers,  the 
Evening  Herald  of  Los  Angeles,  which  is 
(|uoted  approvingly  by  the  Examiner  of 
San  Francisco,  has  made  the  most  important 
discovery  of  the  age, — "How  to  reduce  the 
cost  of  living."  It  is  very  simple.  .-Ml  we 
have  to  do  is  imitate  the  peo])lc  of  Des 
Moines,  where  they  have  that  blessed 
catholicoii,  the  commission  form  of  go\'ern- 
ment  under  \\hicli  has  come  into  vogue  "the 
municipal  market."  Farmers  come  to  town 
and  sell  their  wares  direct  to  the  consumer, 
thus  rendering  the  abominable  middleman 
almost  innocuous.  The  only  objection  to 
imitating  the  people  of  Des  Moines  is  that 
what  may  be  done  successfully  in  a  village 
is  not  always  to  be  done  successfully  in  a 
large  city.  It  is  neglect  of  this  very  con- 
sideration that  causes  so  many  of  our  half- 
baked  philosophers  of  the  Brisbane-Hap- 
good  school  to  dogmatize  fatuously  on  the 
subject  of  government.  The  kind  of  democ- 
racy that  is  practicable  for  Switzerland 
must  also  in  their  judgment  be  practicable 
for  the  United  States.  It  is  this  idea  that 
n^akes  so  many  of  our  new-fangled  theories 
of  government  popular.  How  utterly  ab- 
surd it  is  to  assume  that  any  good  scheme 
of  government  may  be  adapted  to  j^coples 
in  all  circumstances,  is  well  illustrated  by 
lhis  very  free  market  which  excites  the 
enthusiasm  of  the  Hearst  papers.  We  had 
a  free  market  not  long  ago  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. It  came  to  us  without  the  aid  of 
llie  commission  form  of  government.  It 
was  established  after  the  farmers  of  the 
State  had  clamored  for  it  for  years,  and  it 
languished  and  died  in  a  short  time.  When 
it  was  new  the  good  farmer,  whom  we  ali 
love  to  i)amper,  availed  himself  of  it.  He 
sent  his  best  products  to  the  free  market — 


No.  1046 


for  awhile.  Presently  the  middleman  got 
bu.sy.  The  farmer  found  that  for  his  best 
products  he  could  get  the  highest  price  not 
at  the  free  market  but  at  the  commission 
merchant's.  The  abominable  middleman 
inveigled  the  unsophisticated  one.  As  a 
consecpience  the  consumer  soon  learned  that 
what  he  could  buy  at  the  free  market  was 
not  w  orth  eating,  and  so  he  went  elsewhere, 
and  so  the  free  market  perished  of  inanition. 
The  good  farmer  is  no  less  sordid  than  the 
city  merchant.  Even  the  people  of  Des 
Moines  may  find  the  farmer  out  before  long. 
-Xovvadays  we  are  prone  to  enthuse  over 
everything  that  is  new.  \Vhatever  works 
well  for  a  month  is  acclaimed  and  pro- 
nounced a  success.  It  was  .so  with  the 
commission  form  of  government.  A  few 
years  ago  the  magazines  were  telling  us 
that  the  commission  form  of  government 
had  solved  all  our  problems.  In  time  we 
learned  that  it  was  entirely  human  and 
therefore  not  free  from  imperfections.  In 
time  we  shall  be  similarly  enlightened  about 
other  ignes  fatui  contrived  by  those  tribunes 
of  the  people  who  are  gifted  with  automatic 
judgments  that  work  on  the  spur  of  the 
moment.  The  country  is  full  of  'em,  for,  as 
Editor  Brisbane  says,  education  is  doing 
wonderful  things  for  us.  It  is  dissipating 
ignorance,  but  it  is  not  increasing  the 
national  stock  of  common  sense. 


The  Value  of  Memory 

Ko  faculty  of  the  mind  is  more  important  of 
cnlti\ation  than  memory.  .Ml  the  great 
Counselors  of  mankind  have  tried  to  impress 
this  upon  us.  They  have  told  us  that 
niemf>ry  is  the  sheath  and  receptacle  of  all 
knowledge,  that  it  is  the  book  of  judgment, 
the  treasure-house  of  the  mind,  the  cabinet 
of  the  imagination,  the  mother  of  wisdom, 
and  many  other  things  that  we  deem  of 
value.  But  the  reason  above  all  others  why 
we  should  cultivate  memory  is  that  it  is 
our  first  aid  to  falsehood.  Lying  is  so 
frequently  a  means  of  extrication  from 
cmljarrassment  that  every  man  who  is 
blessed  with  freedom  from  the  curse  of  a 
tender  conscience  should  practice  early  and 
often  the  art  of  remembering.  Memory  is 
llic  kind  friend  who  lifts  the  shroud  from 
buried  lies  to  remind  us  that  there  is  a  day 
of  resurrection  for  wdiich  w^e  must  ])repare. 
It  is  absurd  to  make  a  practice  of  prevari- 
cation without  a  good  memory,  for  a  lie 
has  in  itself  all  the  powers  of  i)r()rreation 
and  engenders  litters  of  lies.  Consider  how 
the  record  of  one  of  our  greatest  men  has 
been  marred  by  a  feeble  memory.  Colonel 
RooscNclt  appears  to  have  developed  all 
his  other  faculties  at  the  expense  of  his 
nowcr  of  recollection.  His  memory  is  so 
inadequate  for  a  man  so  fructiferous  of 


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TOWN  TALK 


September  7,  1912 


falsehood  that  his  faculty  of  invention  is 
always  on  the  rack.  Were  it  not  for  the 
charitable  hand  of  death  which  has  removed 
from  his  sphere  of  action  Cornelius  Bliss, 
Edward  Harriman,  Mark  Hanna,  Quay  and 
Piatt  he  would  be  in  a  most  humiliating 
state  today.  As  it  is  his  plight  is  pathetic 
enough.  To  be  sure  his  worshippers  in 
their  present  state  of  mind  are  not  to  have 
their  afYections  alienated.  Documentary 
proof  by  the  ton  that  Air.  Roosevelt  had 
picked  a  pocket  would  not  convince  the 
obsessed  ones  of  his  guilt.  But  his  record 
is  beyond  repair.  He  stands  naked  before 
the  disinterested,  and  in  the  perspective  of 
history  posterity  wall  see  every  wart  on  his 
person.  Mr.  Roosevelt's  misfortune  is  to 
have  a  memory  that  he  forgets  with.  He 
forgets,  for  instance,  about  the  pure  food 
laws  enacted  at  the  solicitation  of  Dr.  Harvey 
W.  Wiley.  And  so  he  has  pledged  his 
party  to  enact  laws  which  are  already  in 
existence,  and  he  has  been  going  about 
claiming  credit  for  laws  passed  without  his 
assistance.  Naturally  Dr.  Wiley  is  indig- 
nant. Naturally  Dr.  Wiley  is  busy  gather- 
ing evidence  to  prove  the  wholesale  claimant 
divers  kinds  of  a  liar. 


Nailed  by  Knox 

The  Colonel  has  reached  a  point  where 
he  has  lost  faith  in  his  own  branding  iron. 
Shielding  himself  from  the  consec|uences  of 
a  bad  memory  he  has  branded  so  many 
men  as  liars  that  he  has  come  to  see  there 
is  a  limit  to  membership  in  the  Ananias 
Club.  The  other  day  Secretary  Knox  re- 
ported that  he  was  present  when  Mr.  Roose- 
velt was  writing  a  letter  to  Cortelyou 
instructing  him  that  if  he  had  any  of 
Archbold's  money  to  give  it  back,  and  that 
he  (Knox)  told  the  Colonel  that  the  money 
had  been  received  and  s])ent.  When  this 
report  was  made  public  the  Colonel  did  not 
employ  his  old-time  and  time-worn  method 
of  closing  discussion.  He  flid  not  call  Knox 
a  liar.  But  here  his  memory  failed  him. 
He  did  not  recollect  that  subseciuent  to  his 
talk  with  Knox  in  1904  he  had  publicly 
denied  Judge  Parker's  campaign  accusations. 
So  he  made  the  mistake  of  admitting  that 
at  the  Kno.K  interview',  if  not  before,  he 
knew  the  money  had  been  received.  He  did 
nothing  but  point  out  that  w^hat  he  said 
regarding  the  record  was  susceptible  of  a 
less  damaging  construction  than  Knox  had 
put  upon  it.  Whatever  it  was  he  said, 
whatever  it  was  he  intended  to  say,  our 
only  desire  is  to  illustrate  the  importance 
to  the  habitual  liar  of  a  good,  retentive 
memory.  Now  let  us  see  how  the  Colonel 
has  slipped.  There  is  no  dispute  about  one 
thing  .which  is  that  however  indefinite  may 
have  been  the  Colonel's  knowledge  of  the 
personnel  of  his  campaign  contributors,  he 
received  the  positive  information  from 
Secretary  Knox  that  Standard  Oil  had 
donated  money  and  that  the  money  had 
been  spent.  Right  here  is  where  his  for- 
gettery  causes  him  trouble.  That  letter  to 
Cortelyou  was  written  in  October.  So  in 
October  the  Colonel  knew  of  the  Standard 
Oil  contribution.  Yet  as  late  as  November 
5.  as  we  showed  last  week,  Colonel  Roosevelt 


took  occasion  publicly  to  deny  that  the  trusts 
had  contributed  to  his  campaign  funds.  He 
(lid  more  than  merely  deny.  He  char- 
acterized as  "unqualifiedl)'  and  atrociously 
false"  a  charge  that,  it  now  appears  from 
Knox's  testimony,  he  knew  to  be  unquali- 
fiedly true.  Obviously  the  Colonel  is  up  a 
tree.  The  predicament  is  of  his  own  mak- 
ing. He  ought  to  have  called  Kno.x  a  liar, 
rh.e  Colonel  s  poor  memory  is  getting  him 
into  no  end  of  embarrassment.  After 
.\rchbold  gave  his  testimony  in  Washington 
the  Colonel  inked  the  waters  by  saying  it 
was  shameful  how  the  oil  magnate  reflected 
on  the  honor  and  integrity  of  Cornelius 
IMiss.  Yet  if  we  are  to  believe  the  Colonel, 
that  is,  believe  what  the  Colonel  said  be- 
fore Knox  was  heard  from,  Bliss  was  an 
awful  liar.  For  according  to  the  Colonel 
Bliss  was  asked  about  the  Standard  Oil 
contribution  and  denied  that  any  had  been 
received.  If  the  Colonel  wishes  to  be  loyal 
to  the  memory  of  Bliss  he  must  make  a  liar 
out  of  Cortelyou,  as  it  was  that  handy 
gentleman  who  told  him.  he  says,  that  Bliss 
reported  over  the  telephone  that  no  money 
had  been  received  from  .Standard  Oil. 
Which  alternative  does  the  Colonel  prefer? 
()f  course  so  far  as  his  worshippers  are 
concerned  it  is  unnecessary  for  him  to  tax 
further  his  faculty  of  invention.  He  can 
divert  them  by  emulating  the  cuttlefish  or 
promising  to  walk  on  the  waters  of  Oyster 
Bay. 


A  Typical  Muckraker 

In  the  South  there  survives  more  than 
elsewhere  in  this  country  a  reverence  for 
.American  institutions  and  a  respect  for  the 
amenities  of  the  civilization  that  existed  in 
the  early  days  of  the  Republic.  It  is  not  all 
sweetness  and  light  in  the  South,  but  the 
relish  of  what  is  decent,  the  detestation 
of  what  is  despicable  and  the  love  of  what 
is  honorable  are  less  rare  in  the  States  that 
are  solid  for  old-fashioned  Democracy  than 
in  the  States  where  flourish  the  isms  that 
ha\c  come  to  us  from  the  stews  and  slums 
and  sweatshops  of  Europe.  Why  this  is  so 
is  a  question  about  which  we  are  not  at 
present  concerned.  We  merely  wish  to 
argue  that  it  is  but  natural  that  from  the 
South  where  habits  of  discipline  are  still 
cultivated,  where  there  is  still  some  en- 
thusiasm for  the  traditions  of  our  country 
and  the  principles  of  enlightened  social  in- 
tercourse, should  come  the  first  passionate 
protest  against  the  vicious  and  malevolent 
slanders  which  M.  C.  Connolly  has  been 
disseminating  through  the  medium  of  one 
of  the  muck-sodden  magazines.  Mr.  Con- 
nolly's business  of  late  has  been  that  of 
blackening  the  reputation  of  the  courts.  He 
is  the  author  of  a  series  of  articles  designed 
to  strengthen  by  concrete  evidence  the  gen- 
eral impression  of  the  character  of  our  ju- 
diciary wrought  by  incendiary  journalism. 
This  industrious  muckraker  is  a  fine  speci- 
men of  the  kind  of  journalists  from  whom 
the  people  derive  their  views  and  impres- 
sions of  the  state  of  the  country  and  the 
shortcomings  of  our  institutions.  He  is  one 
of  the  Steffens  school  of  journalism.  From 


him  and  from  others  on  the  same  moral  and 
intellectual  plane  the  pig-stye  magazines  get 
their  tone  and  their  trash.    It  is  they  that 
manufacture  our  heroes  for  us;  that  put 
stilts   under   such   prigs   and   pygmies  as 
I'inchot,  Garfield  and  Lindsey ;  that  fashion 
halos   for   the    unspeakable   and  circulate 
calumnies  for  the  credulous,  all  in  further- 
ance of  the  policies  of  politicians  whose 
ends  are  to  be  achieved  through  the  med- 
ium of  public  distrust  and  political  revolu- 
tion.   Mr.    Connolly    matriculated    in  the 
Steflfens  school  of  journalism  after  a  dis- 
couraging experience  in  the  profession  of 
the   law.    He   is   a   lawyer   who  couldn't 
"make  good."    Journalism  gets  many  re- 
cruits from  this  source,  and  it  is  seldom  that 
any  of  them  reflects  credit  on  the  profession. 
When  a  man  of  small  ability  gets  a  smat- 
tering of  the  law  and  not  sufficient  en- 
thusiasm for  the  profession  to  persevere  at 
it  in  the  hope  of  qualifying  for  the  triumphs 
it  holds  in  store,  the  probability  is  that  he 
has  an  instinct  for  the  easy  and  not  the 
most  reputable  road  to  achievement.  At 
times  lawyers  of  ability  have  formed  a  taste 
for  journalism,  and  have  distinguished  them- 
selves in  the  profession,  but  not  in  the  Con- 
nolly manner.    Connolly  is  a  lawyer  who 
makes  a  living  by  befouling  the  nest  that 
he  was  unable  to  occupy  with  credit  to  him- 
self, and  he  thus  places  himself  on  a  level 
with  that   most   despicable  of  all  human 
creatures,  the  unclean  unfrocked  priest  who 
hires  himself  out  to  besmirch  the  hierarchy 
that  found  his  character  intolerable.    It  is 
against  the  slanders  of  this  man  that  a  pro- 
test has  come  from  the  South.    The  author 
of  it  is  Caruthers  Ewing  of  Mem])his,  Ten- 
nessee.   Mr.  Ewing  has  examined  the  Con- 
nolly diatribes  against  the  judiciary,  and 
wherever  he  has  been  able  to  find  a  case 
which  has  been  made  to  serve  as  the  basis 
of  an  accusation  against  a  court,  he  has 
shown  that  what  purport  to  be  facts  are 
nothing  but  inventions,  and  that  decisions 
which  have  been  described  as  corrupt  must 
be  acknowledged  by  lawyers  to  be  sound 
expositions  of  the  law.    One  of  the  cases 
which  Mr.  Ewing  discusses  will  serve  to 
illustrate  Connolly's  handiwork  in  mendac- 
ity.   It  is  known  as  the  Narramore  case,  a 
railroad  damage  suit.    Connolly  says  it  was 
decided  by  Judge  Taft  who  laid  down  a 
humane  doctrine  which  was  overruled  by 
the  federal  Court  of  .Appeals,  thus  illustrat- 
ing "the  contempt  of  the  courts  for  the 
rights  of  the  helpless."    .Apparently,  says 
Mr.  Ewing.  the  magazine  writer  was  famil- 
iar with  the  case ;  yet  his  recital  of  the 
facts  is  a  tissue  of  falsehood.    He  said  that 
the  trial  judge  was  Taft,  when  Judge  Albert 
C.  Thompson  was  the  trial  judge.    He  said 
that  the  trial  judge  held  with  the  plaintiflF,. 
when  he  held  the  reverse.    He  says  that 
'he  Court  of  .Appeals  held  with  the  railroad 
company,  when  the  court  held  just  the  re- 
\erse.    The   Court   of  Appeals   was  com- 
posed of  Judges  Taft.  Lurton  and  Thomp- 
son.   It  decided  against  the  railroad  com- 
pany.   "He  cannot  claim  he  was  ignorant 
of  the  case."  says  Mr.  Ewing,  "because  he 
gave  too  much  detail  with  respect  thereto. 


September  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


5 


If,  however,  he  was  unacquainted  with  the 
decision  of  the  Appellate  Court,  it  was  an 
unspeakable  outrage  for  him  to  state  it  with 
an  appearance  of  precision.  If  he  was  ac- 
quainted with  it,  his  statement  was  an  un- 
mitigated lie.  In  either  event,  he  deserves 
a  flogging." 


A  Pen  Portrait 

Mr.  Ewing  of  Tennessee  discusses  the 
character  of  Muckraker  Connolly,  taking  as 
the  basis  of  discussion  the  writer's  pen 
portrait  of  himself.  In  this  pen  portrait 
Connolly  shows  himself  to  be  quite  as  in- 
genuous as  Mr.  Steffens  has  shown  himself 
to  be  in  his  unconscious  self-revelations. 
Says  Mr.  Connolly : 


I  once  represented  a  corporation  which 
controlled  a  judge  before  whom  one  of  my 
cases  was  tried,  and  secured  rulings  so  fav- 
orable that  I  easily  won  a  doubtful  case. 
These  rulings  would  have  been  refused  me 
had  I  represented  any  other  client,  and  I 
knew  that  I  had  won  unfairly. 

Mr.  Connolly  also  relates  that  an  old 
friend  once  tried  in  vain  to  induce  him  to 
betray  a  client.    He  adds : 

Many  times  since  have  I  smiled  when  I 
have  thought  of  that  night  and  of  the  virgin 
enthusiasm  with  which  I  talked  scornfully 
of  the  crime  of  dishonoring  myself. 

After  commenting  on  the  low  character 
of  a  lawyer  who  is  insensible  of  the  degrada- 
tion of  conniving  at  a  dishonest  judgment, 


Mr.  Ewing  asks,  "What  do  you  think  of  a 
lawyer  who  characterizes  common  decency 
as  'virgin  enthusiam  ?'  "  He  adds  :  "It  takes 
a  powerfully  depraved  creature  to  refer  to 
his  failure  to  betray  a  client  as  the  exhibi- 
tion of  a  'virgin  enthusiasm.'  "  It  is  evident 
that  Mr.  Ewing  of  Tennessee  is  isolated 
from  the  main  current  of  public  thought  in 
this  glorious  country.  He  has  not  learned 
that  for  the  purpose  of  reform  and  regenera- 
tion and  the  advancement  of  the  public  good 
vice  and  virtue  have  been  temporarily  trans- 
posed. The  country  looks  up  to  men  of 
the  Connolly  type.  It  finds  inspiration  and 
edification  in  their  moral  activities.  It  sees 
in  them  representatives  of  a  patriotic  move- 
ment for  the  uplifting  of  the  masses  and 
the  purification  of  the  government. 


Lost  Love 

By  Andrew  Lang 


Who  wins  his  love  shall  lose  her. 

Who  loses  her  shall  gain, 
For  still  his  fancy  wooes  her, 

A  soul  without  a  stain. 
And  memory  still  pursues  her 

With  longings  not  in  vain. 

He  loses  her  who  gains  her, 
Who  watches  day  by  day 

The  dust  of  time  that  stains  her, 
The  griefs  that  leave  her  gray, 

The  flesh  that  yet  enchains  her, 
Whose  soul  has  passed  away. 


Ah,  happier  he  who  gains  not 
The  love  some  seem  to  gain, 

The  joy  that  custom  stains  not 
Shall  still  with  him  remain, 

The  loveliness  that  wanes  not, 
The  love  that  cannot  wane. 

In  dreams  she  grows  not  older 
The  land  of  dreams  among, 

Though  all  the  world  wax  colder. 
And  all  the  songs  be  sung, 

In  dreams  doth  he  behold  her 
Still  kind  and  fair  and  young. 


Perspective  Impressions 


'The  cause  is  my  cause  and  my  heart's  cause," 
said  Hiram  at  Denver.  He  might  have  added: 
"And  my  stomach's  cause,  for  a  man  must  eat." 

'The  trouble  with  the  labor  movement  is  that 
there  is  too  much  walking  in  it,"  said  Clarence 
Darrow  at  Shell  Mound.  "Too  much  walking 
delegate"  would  be  nearer  the  truth. 

It's  good  to  know  that  Princess  Alice  hasn't  a 
bull  moose  for  a  husband. 

In  San  Diego  a  stolen  kiss  on  the  neck  is  not 
necessarily  battery.  But  it  might  easily  become 
mayhem. 

"He  (Johnson)  was  generally  known  as  the 
best  trial  lawyer  in  California." — Chester  Rowcll. 
The  Fresno  bull  moose  must  have  a  terrible 
grievance  against  the  bar  of  the  State. 

"We  have  never  boasted  of  being  responsible 
for  the  cool  weather  the  valley  has  enjoyed  this 
summer." — San  Bernardino  Daily  Sun.  Is  jour- 
nalism going  to  seed  in  California? 


"Gei.nians  are  reported  to  be  eating  dogs  on 
account  of  the  high  cost  of  living." — Press 
Despatch.  Well  perhaps  cooked  dog  for  food  is 
better  than  a  mangy  cur  for  a  fellow-passenger 
on  a  street  car,  which  is  one  of  the  things  that 
democracy  compels  us  to  endure  in  San  Francisco 
where  the  dog  vote  is  considerable. 

A  marriage  performed  in  a  lion's  cage  doesn't 
impress  as  being  the  sort  of  marriage  that  will 
last. 


Prexy  Jordan  denies  that  he  ever  said  that  we 
can  burbank  the  human  species.  The  denial 
comes  in  the  nick  of  time.  Wouldn't  it  have  been 
awful  if  we  had  taken  the  Dorothy  Dix  of  Palo 
Alto  at  his  word  as  first  quoted? 


Eighteen  thousand  words  to  convince  us  of  his 
innocence!  "He  draweth  out  the  thread  of  his 
verbosity  finer  than  the  staple  of  his  argument." 


Though  the  government  has  been  brought  back 
to  the  people  of  California,  the  political  machine 
has  lost  none  of  its  salutariness. 


The  punster  who  declared  that  the  Call's  at- 
tacks on  the  Johnsonian  administration  of  our 
water  front  were  "too  Finn-icky"  has  been  sup- 
pressed. 


If  you  have  been  influenced  by  anti-Taft  critic- 
ism, and  you're  onto  Roosevelt,  and  you  find  that 
your  last  choice  is  Wilson,  and  then  you  look  at 
his  picture,  and  you  read  his  History  of  the 
.^merican  People,  and  you  consider  that  he  was 
once  professor  of  bosh  and  has  been  willing  ever 
since  to  be  professor  of  anything  that  has  a  vote 
behind  it,  remember  that  anyway  you  can  stay 
at  iiome  and  sing  "My  Country  'Tis  of  Thee." 


If  a  man  may  be  justified  in  wilfully  committing 
perjury  to  get  himself  elected  to  the  legislature, 
why  may  he  not  be  justified  in  taking  a  bribe 
after  he  gets  there?  Fine  distinctions  in  political 
morality  are  dangerous. 


Yet  the  Governor,  too,  has  his  disapointmcnts. 
Protege  Devlin  was  beaten  by  Curry;  Stetson  by 
Knowland;  Reed  by  Schmitt;  Burnett  by  Wolfe. 


TOWN  TALK 


September  7,  1912 


Correspondence 


The  Inspiration  of  Teddy 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  You  have  a  great  deal 
to  say  in  denunciation  of  Colonel  Roosevelt,  and 
no  doubt  you  have  a  perfect  right  to  attack  him 
if  you  don't  approve  of  his  policies.  But  in  fair- 
ness I  should  like  to  say  a  word  on  the  other  side. 
The  one  thing  about  Colonel  Roosevelt  which 
impresses  me  is  the  in.'^piration  the  poets  find  in 
him.  This  is  important,  I  think,  because  poets  are 
not  politicians,  and  they  possess  clearer  sight  than 
other  men.  They  are  closer  in  touch  with  the 
verities  of  existence;  they  know  human  nature, 
and  are  rarely  deceived.  If  men  like  William 
Watson  and  George  Sylvester  Viereck  must  burst 
into  song  when  they  contemplate  the  career  of 
this  American,  surely  that  is  proof  of  his  great- 
ness. No  doubt  you  have  seen  Viereck's  splendid 
Armageddon  hymn,  but  the  Watson  sonnet  is  not 
so  well  known,  so  I  append  it: 

To  Theodore  Roosevelt 
I  hear  a  mighty  people  asking  now 
Who  next  shall  be  their  captain  and  their  chief. 
Amidst  them  towers^a  Man,  as  Teneriffe 
Towers  from  the  ocean,  and  that  man  art  thou — 
Thou  of  the  shaggy  and  the  craggy  brow. 
The  day  of  fate  comes  on;  the  time  grows  brief; 
Round  the  great  ship  is  many  a  lurking  reef; 
And  w^oulds't  thou  drive  once  more  that  giant 
prow? 

Perhaps  thou  slialt  and  nui^t!    Tint  if  the  choice 
Fall  on  a  lesser  voyager,  thou  shall  still 
Be  what  thou  art,  thy  Nation's  living  voice, 
Wherewith  she  speaks  in  thunder.    Nay,  thou  art 
more; 

Thou  art  her  fiery  pulse,  her  conquering  will; 
Thou  art  America,  dauntless  Theodore. 
Sincerely, 

— A.  Tennyson  Potts. 


Stolen  Letters 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:     I  see  that  Colonel 


Roosevelt  approves  of  what  Mr.  Hearst  is  doing 
as  a  great  public  service.  Doubtless  this  is  true, 
but  isn't  this  a  case  of  approving  that  much 
abhorred  principle  "The  end  justifies  the  means?" 
I  enjoy  reading  the  stolen  letters,  but  I  cannot 
justify  my  pleasure.  It  seems  to  me  to  be  the 
same  kind  of  pleasure  that  one  might  get  by 
listening  at  a  keyhole.  It  seems  to  me,  also,  that 
Mr.  Hearst  is  giving  a  very  bad  example,  one  which 
in  its  consequences  may  cause  an  amount  of  evil 
that  is  not  to  be  compensated  for  by  the  public 
service  now  rendered.  Sound  ethical  principles 
are  not  lightly  to  be  ignored  however  much  good 
may  ensue.  It  is  not  wise  to  make  baseness  of 
any  sort  tolerable.  If  it  be  all  right  to  receive 
and  publish  stolen  letters  to  render  a  public 
service,  then  whenever  stolen  letters  are  access- 
i1)le  to  an  editor  the  only  question  for  him  to  ask 
liimself  is  whether  it  would  be  for  the  public 
good  to  publish  them,  and  there  is  nothing  easier 
than  to  resolve  such  a  question  to  the  satis- 
faction of  what  is  called  the  news  instinct.  If 
tlie  question  is  to  be  left  open  whether  stolen 
Utters  may  be  used  to  the  advantage  of  the 
public  it  becomes  almost  the  duty  of  a  good 
citizen  employed  in  a  confidential  capacity  to 
steal  his  employer's  private  correspondence.  .'\ 
clerk  never  can  tell  what  good  private  corres- 
pondence may  serve.  It  would  take  a  Hearst 
to  enlighten  him.  So  the  thing  for  the  con- 
lidential  clerk  to  do  is  to  submit  his  employer's 
letters  to  a  Hearst.  Every  man  who  approves 
what  Mr.  Hearst  has  done  and  who  takes  pleasure 
in  reading  the  stolen  leters  which  he  is  is  pub- 
lishing must  accept  the  proposition,  that  no  pri- 
vate correspondence  is  inviolable. 

— A  Subscriber. 


A  Poet's  Age 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Your  correspondent 
who  wants  to  know  Joaquin  Miller's  age  has  an 


absurd  curiosity.  .'\  poet  is  young  till  he  becomes 
superannuated  and  no  man  is  superannuated  till 
he  becomes  indifferent  to  women  and  children. 
The  poet  of  the  Sierras  has  not  yet  turned  his 
back  on  what  is  sweetest  and  purest  in  human 
existence.  As  to  the  suggestion  that  Poet  Miller 
has  lopped  years  oflf  his  age,  that  is  nonsense. 
He  has  merely  taken  a  new  starting  point.  The 
Grecian  ladies.  Homer  tells  us,  counted  their 
age  from  their  marriage,  not  from  their  birth. 
The  only  question  is  from  what  achievement  in 
his  career  docs  Joaquin  reckon? 

Yours  truly, 

—J.  H.  Rolkins. 


The  Colonel  in  Parody 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  Keep  up  the  good 
fight  against  Teddy  the  Terrible,  but  be  careful 
not  to  take  him  too  seriously.  Ridicule's  the 
weapon  that  slays  his  kind,  l.augh  at  him  and 
he  dies.  I  commend  to  you  the  following  parody 
which  seems  to  me  w'orth  a  dozen  thundering  dis- 
sertations: 

My  country  'tis  of  Me, 
Land  of  the  mostly  Me, 
Of  Me  I  yell. 
All  rule  belongs  to  Me, 
Perkins.  Bill  Flj-nn  and  Me, 
For  president  clmose  Me — 
Or  go  to  Hell. 

.\nd  by  the  way,  have  you  heard  this  English 
cliaracterization  of  our  roaring  ringmaster? 

.'\  bit  of  Lord  Curzon,  but  not  very  much. 
The  same  of  Lord  Cromer,  but  only  a  touch, 
A  mixture  of  Bismarck  and  Emperor  Will, 
Napoleon,  Jupiter,  Buffalo  Bill! 

With  you  in  the  good  fight, 

— Templeton  Brooks. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Sigfnificant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


"Mai  d'Aeroplane" 

This  is  the  latest  thing  in  maladies,  the  last 
word  in  fashionable  complaints.  If  you  haven't 
had  it  you're  as  hopelessly  behind  the  times  as 
a  man  with  an  appendix  was  in  the  ancient  days 
when  appendicitis  still  possessed  the  charm  of 
novelty.  "Mai  d'Aeroplane"  manifests  itself  by 
a  buzzing  and  clacking  in  the  ears,  shortness  of 
breath  and  strong  heart  beats.  The  face  smarts, 
headache  sets  in  and  there  is  a  tendency  to  fall 
asleep.  These  symptoms  of  the  latest  malady 
persist  after  the  flight  is  over,  accompanied  by 
increase  of  arterial  tension. 


Was  Rousseau  Murdered? 

A  writer  in  a  Paris  paper  declares  that  Jean 
Jacques  Rousseau  was  murdered.  This  writer 
says  he  possesses  the  death  mask  of  the  philoso- 
pher and  that  it  shows  plainly  the  marks  of  several 
wounds,  including  one  just  over  the  eye.  Of 
course  it  remains  to  be  proved  that  this  death 
mask  is  genuine.  The  circumstances  of  Rous- 
seau's death  were  mysterious.  Just  before  the  end 
Rousseau  and  his  common-law  wife  Theresc 
Lavasseur  used  to  quarrel  violently,  Rousseau's 
jealousy  being  the  cause.  After  one  of  these 
quarrels  Rousseau  was  not  seen  alive  by  anyone 


By  Robert  McTavish 

except  Therese.  The  death  certificate  was  made 
out  on  the  authority  of  Therese  alone.  Shortly 
before  his  death  the  author  of  the  Confessions 
told  Madame  de  Stael  that  his  quarrels  with 
Therese  would  probably  end  fatally.  But  if  he 
died  of  apoplexy  induced  by  the  excitement  of 
a  scene  with  his  wife,  his  words  were  borne 
out  just  the  same.  Still,  the  murder  theory  has 
impressed  a  great  many  Parisian  literary  lights. 


Found,  the  Garden  of  Eden 

The  Garden  of  Eden  has  been  discovered  once 
more.  At  regular  intervals  scientists  and  geog- 
raphers relocate  the  Paradise  from  which  Adam 
and  Eve  were  driven  after  that  incident  of  the 
snake  and  the  apple.  There  are  certain  favorite 
spots  that  invariably  do  duty  on  these  interest- 
ing occasions.  There  is  the  North  Pole,  for 
instance.  A  lot  of  Eden-finders  insist  on  dis- 
covering the  Garden  at  the  North  Pole.  But  this 
spot  has  not  been  very  popular  since  Commander 
Peary  and  Doctor  Cook  had  their  set-to.  Just 
now  it  is  the  turn  of  Mesopotamia.  Mesopo- 
tamia has  always  been  a  safe  place  for  Paradise- 
locators.  Sir  William  Willcocks,  an  English  en- 
gineer who  is  engaged  in  reclaiming  and  irrigat- 
ing land  in  Mesopotamia,  arises  to  state  that  Eden 


was  the  region  i)elow  Bagdad  at  the  junction  of 
the  Euphrates  and  Tigris.  Thus  we  see  that  the 
fatherland  of  mankind  is  identical  with  the  region 
celebrated  in  the  Arabian  Nights.  Eden  will  be 
located  there  on  all  our  mental  maps  till  some 
other  scientist  sees  fit  to  place  it  somewhere  else. 
The  Garden  of  Eden  is  the  most  movable  place 
on  earth. 


The  Japanese  in  Hawaii 

There  are  a  great  many  Japanese  in  the  Ha- 
waiian Islands,  as  everybody  knows.  It  is  not 
so  well  known  that  there  arc  a  large  number  who 
are  American  citizens,  having  been  born  in  the 
islands.  That  the  males  among  these  will  not 
go  to  Japan  when  they  grow  up  seems  certain. 
According  to  the  Japanese  Government  these 
Japanese,  although  they  have  registration  cer- 
tificates to  prove  their  American  citizenship,  are 
still  subjects  of  the  Mikado,  and  in  the  event 
of  their  going  to  the  home  country  would  have 
to  do  military  duty  for  three  years.  This  opinion 
has  been  formulated  by  a  special  agent  of  the 
imperial  government  who  is  investigating  the 
general  condition  of  the  Japanese  in  Hawaii.  It 
is  said  that  the  ruling  will  have  the  effect  of  re- 
straining Hawaiian  born  Japs  from  visiting 
Nippon. 


September  7.  1912 


TOWN  TALK 

Varied  Types 


7 


XC— WITTER  BYNNER 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


There  was  a  very  joyous  party  a  few  nights  ago, 
a  party  that  shuttled  merrily  between  the  St. 
Francis  and  the  Cliff  House.  In  the  score  or  so 
that  made  its  gaiety  were  several  not  undistin- 
guished men  and  quite  a  few  girls  whose  good 
looks  were  less  important  than  their  cleverness. 

To  one  of  these  girls  a  young  man  in  the  party 
was  a  stranger.  She  looked  at  him.  and  clothing 
a  frank  admiration  in  humorous  statement,  ex- 
claimed: 

"I'm  crazy  about  him!    Who  is  he?" 

Her  admiration  was  excusable,  for  undeniably 
he  was  worth  a  woman's  gaze,  straight,  tall, 
finely  featured,  dusky  skinned  and  with  a  glint 
of  gold  in  his  soft  but  level-looking  eyes. 

The  girl  was  told: 

"That  is  Witter  Bynner." 

"And  who  may  he  be?"  she  asked. 

So  it  was  with  others  in  that  gathering  which 
represented  art,  literature  and  merchandizing. 
There  were  very  few  who  knew  of  Witter  Bynner 
the  poet.  It  might  have  been  supposed,  con- 
sidering that  we  are  a  race  of  magazine-dcvourcrs, 
that  his  name  at  least  would  be  familiar  to  the 
majority  of  a  cultivated  gathering.  It  certainly 
has  appeared  often  enough  in  the  Century,  Har- 
per's, the  American,  the  Forum  and  Current 
Literature.  Yet  in  the  party  mentioned  Porter 
Garnett  had  to  do  a  good  deal  of  whispering 
before  Witter  Bynner  was  properly  oriented. 

I  asked  Bynner  how  he  felt  about  that  sort  of 
thing.  It  might  have  been  a  trying  question,  but 
it  brought  no  betrayal  of  self-consciousness,  un- 
covered no  vanity  as  far  as  I  could  perceive. 
While  Bynner  is  interested  in  himself  and  un- 
disguisedly  pleased  with  recognition  he  doesn't 
seem  to  care  a  rap  whether  people  know  him  for 
a  poet  or  not.  When  he's  on  a  party  like  that 
of  a  few  nights  ago  he'd  rather  rag. 

"It  is  the  unexpected  appreciation  that  is 
most  appreciated,"  he  says.  "The  professional 
appreciation  of  literary  people  doesn't  mean 
much  unless  it  embodies  constructive  criti- 
cism. Then  it  helps.  But  when  you  hear 
from,  let  us  say,  a  mechanical  engineer  that  your 
verses  have  found  a  response — ah!  that  is  a 
different  thing." 

On  a  party,  as  I  have  said,  Witter  Bynner  likes 
to  rag,  and  is  an  eloquent  railer  at  the  fool  law 
which  quells  beach  music  at  one  o'clock.  At 
other  times  he  talks  shop  only  when  properly 
urged. 

That  comes  of  living  at  Cornish,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Cornish  is  a  New  England  Carmel — with 
a  difference. 

"I  haven't  seen  Carmel  yet,"  said  Bynner,  "but 
when  I  asked  a  Carmelite  what  it  was  like  he  told 
me,  'Why,  we  had  a  real  marriage  there  the 
other  day.'    Cornish  is  very  proper." 

Cornish  is  a  pantechnicon  of  art  and  literature. 
St.  Gaudens  was  its  Frank  Powers  (or  did  George 
Sterling  invent  Carmel?),  and  men  like  Winston 
Churchill,  Maxfield  Parrish,  Kenyon  Cox,  Louis 
Shipman  of  "The  Grain  of  Dust,"  Herbert  Adams 
■the  sculptor,  Alfred  Whiting  the  composer,  and 
Herbert  Croly  whose  "Promise  of  American  Life" 
is  said  to  have  given  Teddy  the  idea  for  his  New 
Nationalism  are  among  the  residents.  Percy 
Mackaye  and  Witter  Bynner  represent  the  Muse. 

"When  Maxfield  Parrish  paints  a  'Pied  Piper' 
or  an  'Old  King  Cole'  at  Cornish,"  says  Bynner, 
"he  unlatches  the  door  cf  his  studio,  leaves  cake 


and  tea,  tobacco  and  Scotch  handy,  and  disap- 
pears. He  is  never  there  to  hear  the  plaudits. 
In  fact,  the  cohesion  of  Cornish  is  due  to  the  fact 
that  shop  is  tabu.  The  mutual  admiration  which 
seems  the  characteristic  of  most  Bohemianism  is 
absent." 

Cornish  is  therefore  quite  unlike  Carmcl-by-the- 
Sea. 

"Do  you  make  poetry  pay?"  I  asked  Bynner. 

"I  should  say  not,"  he  answered.  "With  the 
possible  exception  of  keeping  an  automobile 
poetry  is  the  most  expensive  luxury  a  man  can 
have.  I  cannot  help  a  pang  when  I  think  of 
Robert  Service.  I  met  him  in  New  York  re- 
cently and  he  told  me  he  was  going  to  walk  to 
New  Orleans.  But  not  because  he  can't  afford 
to  ride.  For  he  also  told  me  that  he  had  sold 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  volumes  of  his 
Yukon  poetry.  Why,  a  best  seller  would  be 
satisfied  with  that! 


Photo.    WiirJ'.i',    ,11,  ;     I   ,  ,1  , 

\VITTK;<  BViMNER 

"But  the  case  of  Service  is  exceptional.  Most 
of  us  can't  make  up  our  minds  whether  the  vogue 
of  poetry  is  coming  in  or  going  out.  I  discussed 
the  matter  with  Aleck  Robertson  the  other  day, 
and  he  read  me  entries  to  show  that  it's  coming 
in.  'On  such  a  day,'  he  read,  'sold  one  Woman's 
Eyes;  next  day  another  Woman's  Eyes'  and  so 
on.    That  looks  like  ocular  demonstration. 

"Aside  from  Service  Alfred  Noyes  is  the  only 
poet  I  can  think  of  who  seems  to  make  poetry 
pay." 

"Stephen  Phillips  went  bankrupt,"  I  volun- 
teered. 

"In  every  way,"  said  Bynner  wilh  emphasis. 
Then  we  talked  in  desultory  fashion  of  various 
poets. 

"What  do  you  think  of  Viereck?"  I  asked. 

"Vierecklessness  is  not  the  quality  I  like  best  in 
poetry,"  replied  Bynner.  "You  remember  what 
Marion  Reedy  said  of  him:  Pimples  and  Puberty? 
The  pimples  seem  to  persist.  He  seems  to  be 
getting  deeper  and  deeper  in  the  mire.  By  the 
way,  do  you  remember  the  time  he  claimed  that 
his  father  was  the  illegitimate  son  of  the  old  Kaiser 
William?  Viereck  didn't  like  it  when  I  wrote 
these  lines  about  him: 

"O  poet  so  passionate,  poet  so  pale. 

Though  your  father  deny  tliat  his  mother  was 
frail. 

Yet  continue  your  yarn  out  of  cloth  that  is  whole. 
For  an  honest  confession  is  good  for  the — sale." 


"But  there's  no  denying  Viereck's  wit,"  coninued 
Bynner.  "I  remember  one  night  dining  at  the 
Columbia  Club  in  New  York  with  Viereck,  Wil- 
liam Aspenwall  Bradley  and  a  Columbia  man. 
Viereck's  'Nineveh'  had  just  been  published,  and 
Bradley  mentioned  that  he  had  in  his  pocket  a 
review  of  the  brook  written  for  the  Times. 
Viereck  was  eager  to  see  it,  but  Bradley  refused. 
Then  Viereck  recited  one  of  the  poems  in  the 
book  called  'The  Haunted  House'  which  describes 
a  dead  woman  whose  body  her  lover  searches 
for  some  spot  not  stained  by  other  lovers'  kisses. 
The  Columbia  man  was  shocked.  Quite  rightly 
too,  for  Viereck  began  talking  in  his  usual  glib 
way  about  St.  Oscar  and  St.  Alfred  as  he  calls 
Oscar  Wilde  and  Alfred  Douglas. 

"Viereck  called  the  Columbia  man  a  Philistine 
and  charged  him  with  lacking  appreciation  of 
literature,  a  charge  to  which  the  Columbia  man 
cheerfully  pleaded  guilty. 

"'Then  what  are  you  interested  in?'  asked 
Viereck. 

"  'Cash,'  replied  the  Columbia  man,  and  turn- 
ing to  Bradley  he  demanded: 

"  'Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you  have  reviewed 
the  book  which  contains  that  poem?' 

•■Bradley  replied  in  the  affirmative. 

"  'Then,'  said  the  Columbia  man,  'if  the  Times 
publishes  your  review  I  shall  write  them  a  letter 
of  protest.' 

■'  'Do  so  by  all  means,'  exclaimed  Viereck,  'and 
when  your  protest  is  published  I  shall  send  you 
a  copy  of  the  book — or  its  equivalent  in  cash.' " 

Bynner  and  George  Sterling  are  friends,  such 
good  friends  that  Bynner  is  not  afraid  to  speak 
freely  of  Sterling's  poetry. 

"It  is  too  stellar  for  me,"  he  says.  "There's 
too  much  Aldebaran  in  it.  It  gives  me  cosmic 
indigestion.  Somebody  at  the  Bohemian  jinks 
called  Sterling  and  this  young  poet  Clark  Ashton 
Smith  the  Star  Dust  T-wins.  It  is  shocking  to 
me  to  see  such  a  young  man  write  poetry  which 
might  be  written  by  Sterling.  In  saying  so  I'm 
not  depreciating  Sterling.  The  young  poet  has 
some  prodigious  lines.  But  as  Harry  Lafler  says, 
two  are  less  than  one.  I  like  Sterling  best  when 
he  comes  closest  to  earth.  For  that  reason  I 
was  delighted  with  that  little  poem  of  his  about 
the  coyote.  I  regard  that  poem  as  a  most  hopeful 
sign  in  Sterling's  development. 

"I  have  met  many  interesting  people  out  here 
but  THE  man  who  has  swum  into  my  ken  is 
Bruce  Porter.  He  is  a  man  of  understanding. 
When  I  heard  him  spoken  of  as  one  who  painted 
a  great  picture  or  wrote  a  great  poem  every  ten 


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All  Tangier  knew  the  Rubio,  the  fair-haired 
blind  man,  who  sat  upon  the  mounting-block  out- 
side the  stables  of  the  principal  hotel.  His  bright 
red  hair  and  bleared  blue  eyes,  together  with  his 
freckled  face,  looking  just  like  a  newly  scalded 
pig,  had  given  him  the  name  by  which  the 
Europeans  knew  him,  although  no  doubt  he  was 
Mohammed,  something  or  anotlicr,  amongst  his 
brethren  in  the  faith. 

He  spoke  indifferently  well  most  European 
languages  up  to  a  point,  and  perfectly  as  far  as 
blasphemy  or  as  obscenity  was  concerned,  and 
his  quick  ear  enabled  him  as  if  by  magic  to  ascer- 
tain the  nationality  of  any  European  passer-by, 
if  ever  he  had  spoken  to  the  man  before,  and  to 
salute  him  in  his  mother  tongue. 

All  day  he  sat,  amused  and  cheerful,  in  the 
sun.  Half  faun,  half  satyr,  his  blindness  kept 
him  from  entire  materialism,  giving  him  some- 
times a  half-spiritual  air,  which  possibly  may 
have  been  but  skin  deep,  and  of  the  nature  of  the 
reflection  of  a  sunset  on  a  dunghill;  or  again,  may 
possibly  have  been  the  true  reflection  of  his  soul 
as  it  peeped  through  the  dunghill  of  the  flesh. 

As  people  passed  along  the  road,  their  horses 
slithering  and  sliding  on  the  sharp  pitch  of  the 
paved  road,  which  dips  straight  down  from  under- 
neath the  mounting-block  of  the  hotel,  between 
the  tapia  walls,  over  which  Bougainvilleas  peep, 
down  to  the  Soko  Grande,  El  Rubio  would  hail 
them,  as  if  he  had  been  a  dark  lighthouse,  set  up 
to  guide  their  steps. 

Occasionally,  but  rarely,  he  mistook  his  mark, 
hailing  some  European  lady  with  obscenity,  or 
bawling  to  the  English  clergyman  that  he  could 
tell  him  "where  one  fine  girl  live,  not  more  than 
fifteen  year;"  but  his  contrition  was  so  manifest, 
when  he  found  his  mistake,  that  no  one  bore  him 
malice,  and  he  remained  an  institution  of  the 
place  and  a  perpetual  rent-charge-  on  all  passers- 
by. 

By  one  of  the  strange  contradictions,  which 
nature  seems  to  take  delight  in  just  to  confound 
us,  when  after  a  few  thousand  years  of  study  we 
think  we  know  her  ways,  the  Rubio  had  a  love  of 
horses  which  in  him  replaced  the  usual  love  of 
music  of  the  blind.  No  one  could  hold  two  or 
three  fighting  stallions  better,  and  few  Moors  in 
all  the  place  were  bolder  riders — that  is,  on  roads 
he  knew.  Along  the  steep  and  twisting  path  that 
leads  towards  Spartel  he  used  to  ride  full  speed 
and  shouting  "Balak"  when  he  was  sent  upon  a 
message  or  with  a  horse  from  town  out  to  the 
villas  on  the  hill.  All  those  who  knew  him  left 
him  a  free  road,  and  if  he  met  a  herd  of  cattle  or 
of  sheep  the  horse  would  pick  his  way  through 
them,  twisting  and  turning  of  his  own  accord, 
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and  galloped  furiously.  In  what  dark  lane  or 
evil-smelling  hole  he  lived  no  European  knew. 
Alwaj-s  well  dressed  and  clean,  he  lived  apart 
both  from  the  Moors  and  from  the  Europeans,  and 
in  a  way  from  all  humanity,  passing  his  time, 
as  does  a  lizard,  in  the  sun  and  in  the  evening 
disappearing  to  his  den.  The  missions  of  the 
various  true  faiths.  Catholic,  Presbyterian,  and 
.\nglican,  had  tackled  him  in  vain.  Whether  it 
was  that  none  of  them  had  anything  to  offer  which 
he  thought  better  than  the  cheerful  optimism  with 
which  he  was  endowed  by  nature  to  fight  the 
darkness  of  the  world  he  lived  in,  is  difficult  to 
say.  Still,  they  had  all  been  worsted;  not  that 
the  subject  of  their  spiritual  blandishments  could 
have  been  termed  a  strict  Mohammedan,  for  he 
drank  any  kind  of  spirits  that  was  presented  to 
him  by  Christians,  anxious  perhaps  to  make  him 
break  the  spirit  if  they  were  impotent  to  move 
him  in  the  letter  of  his  law.  Still  though  he  sat 
with  nothing  seemingly  reflected  on  the  retina 
of  his  opaque  and  porcelain-colored  eyes,  his  in- 
terior vision  was  as  keen  or  keener  than  that  of 
other  men.  He  never  seemed  a  man  apart,  or  cut 
off  froin  his  fellows,  but  had  his  place  in  life,  just 
as  throughout  the  East  the  poorest  and  most 
miserable  appear  to  have,  not  barred  out  from 
mankind  by  mere  externals  as  are  their  brethren 
in  the  North,  shut  in  the  ice  of  charity,  as  bees 
are  shut  behind  a  plate  of  glass  so  that  the  rich 
may  watch  their  movements  in  the  hive. 

Up  from  the  Arab  market  over  which  he  sat,  as 
it  were,  presiding  in  his  darkness,  just  as  God 
seems  to  sit,  presiding  blindly,  over  a  world  which 
either  mocks  him,  or  is  mocked  at  by  him,  there 
came  a  breath  of  Eastern  life,  bearing  a  scent 
compounded  of  the  acrid  sweat  of  men,  dried 
camel's  dung,  of  moldering  charcoal  fires,  of 
spices,  gunpowder,  and  of  a  thousand  simples,  all 
brought  together  by  mere  chance  or  fate,  a  sort 
of  incense  burned  in  his  honor  and  agreeable  to 
his  soul.  It  seemed  to  bring  him  to  life,  and 
put  him  into  touch  with  all  he  could  not  see, 
but  yet  could  feel,  almost  as  well  as  if  he  saw 
just  as  did  other  men. 

Sniffing  it  up,  his  nostrils  would  dilate,  and 
then  occasionally  a  shadow  ran  across  his  freckled 
face,  and  as  he  ran  his  hands  down  the  fore  legs 
of  the  horse  left  in  his  charge,  marking  acutely 
any  split  or  spavin  they  might  have,  he  used  to 
mutter,  half  in  a  resigned,  half  in  an  irritated 
way,  "Mektub,"  the  sole  profession  of  his  faith 
that  he  was  ever  heard  to  make,  for  if  a  thing 
is  written  down  by  fate,  it  follows  naturally  that 
there  is  somebody  who  writes,  if  only  foolishly. 
Whether  the  mystic  phrase  of  resignation  referred 
to  his  condition  or  to  the  possible  splint  upon 
the  horse's  leg,  nf)  one  could  tell,  but  as  the 
shadow  passed  away,  as  quickly  as  it  came,  he 
snon  fell  back  again  into  the  half-resigned  good 
humor  of  the  blind,  which,  like  the  dancer's 
lithogaphic  smile,  seems  quite  involuntary. 

Years  melted  into  one  another,  and  time  saunt- 
ered by.  just  as  it  always  must  have  sauntered 
in  the  town  where  hours  are  weeks,  weeks 
months,  and  months  whole  years,  and  still  the 
hum  of  animals  and  men  rose  from  the  Arab 
market,  and  still  the  shadows  in  the  evening 
creeping  on  the  sand  seemed  something  tangible 
to  the  blind  watcher  on  his  stone.  Not  that  he 
cared  to  mark  it.  had  it  been  pointed  out  to  him, 
for  life  was  pleasant,  the  springs  of  charity  un- 
failing, wit  ever  present  in  his  brain,  and  some- 
one always  had  a  horse  to  hold,  to  which  he 


talked,  as  it  stood  blinking  in  the  sun.  His 
blindness  did  not  seem  to  trouble  him,  and  if  he 
thought  of  it  at  all,  he  looked  on  it  as  part  and 
parcel  of  the  scheme  of  nature,  against  which 
it  is  impious  to  contend.  Doctors  had  peered 
into  his  eyes  with  lenses,  quarrelled  with  one  an- 
other on  their  diagnoses  of  his  case,  and  still 
the  Rubio  sat  contented,  questioning  nothing,  and 
enduring  everything,  sun,  rain,  wind,  flies,  and 
dust,  as  patiently  as  he  were  a  rock.  Nothing  was 
further  from  his  thoughts  than  that  he  ever  once 
again  could  see.  Plainly,  it  had  been  written  in 
the  books  of  fate  he  should  be  blind,  and  so  when 
European  doctors  talked  to  him  of  operations  and 
the  like  he  smiled,  not  wishing  to  offend,  and 
never  doubting  of  their  learning,  for  had  not  one 
of  them  cured  a  relation  of  his  own  of  intermittent 
fever  by  the  use  of  some  white  magic  powder, 
when  native  doctors  after  having  burned  him  with 
a  red-hot  iron,  and  made  him  take  texts  of  the 
Koran  steeped  in  water,  had  ignominiously 
failed? 

All  that  they  said  did  not  appeal  to  him,  for 
all  of  them  were  serious  men,  who  talked  the 
matter  over  gravely,  and  looked  on  him  as  some- 
thing curious  on  which  to  exercise  their  skill. 
All  might  have  gone  on  in  the  same  old  way, 
and  to  this  day  the  Rubio  still  sat  on  his  stone 
without  a  wish  to  see  the  horses  that  he  held, 
the  sunlight  falling  white  upon  the  towers,  or 
the  red  glare  upon  the  Spanish  coast  at  eventide, 
had   not  a   German   scientist  appeared. 

From  the  first  day  on  which  the  Rubio  held 
the  doctor's  horse  a  fellowship  sprang  up  be- 
tween them,  not  easy  to  explain.  No  single  word 
of  Arabic  the  doctor  spoke,  am  \11  the  German 
the  Rubio  knew  was  either  objurgatory  or  ob- 
scene, and  yet  the  men  were  friends.  Tall  and 
uncouth  and  with  a  beard  that  looked  as  if  it  never 
had  been  combed,  his  trousers  short  and  frayed 
and  with  an  inch  or  two  of  dirty  sock,  showing 
between  them  and  his  shoes,  dressed  in  a  yellow- 
ish alpaca  jacket,  and  a  white  solar  topee  lined 
with  green,  the  doctor  peered  out  on  the  world 
through  neutral  tinted  glasses,  for  his  own  eyes 
were  weak. 

Whether  this  weakness  drew  him  to  the  blind, 
or  if  he  liked  to  hear  the  Rubio's  tales  about  the 
Europeans  he  had  known,  to  all  of  whom  he  gave 
the  worst  of  characters,  calling  them  drunkards 
and  hinting  at  dark  vices  which  he  averred  they 
practiced  to  a  man — not  that  he  for  a  moment 
believed  a  single  word  he  uttered,  but  thought 
apparently  his  statements  gave  a  piquancy  to  con- 
versation— the  doctor  never  said.  Soon  Tangier 
knew  him  for  a  character,  and  as  he  stumbled  on 
his  horse  about  the  town,  curing  the  Arabs  of 
ophthalmia  and  gathering  facts  for  the  enormous 
book  he  said  he  meant  to  write  upon  North 
Africa,  his  reputation  grew.  The  natives  chris- 
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September  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


9 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LVI— SAN  FRANCISCO 
By  Lowell  Otus  Reese 

(Lowell  Otus  Reese,  the  author  of  the  tollowing  lines,  used  to  be  a  member  of  the  Bulletin  staff.  His  little 
stories,  "Lights  and  Shadows  of  the  Police  Court,"  contained  a  great  deal  of  rough  humor.  They  were  illustrated  by 
a  young  man  who  was  just  then  beginning  to  make  people  laugh  with  his  funny  pictures.  All  the  I'nited  States 
knows  him  now  as  "Tad."  Reese  contributes  occasionally  to  the  Eastern  magazines.  The  verses  on  San  Francisco 
were  very  kindly  sent  to  this  office  by  A.  T.   r..eonard  Jr.   of   1124   Fulton  street.) 

My  soul  is  the  soul  of  the  pioneer,  The  heart  of  my  heart  is  the  changeless  will 

And  who  shall  control  my  ways?  That  out  of  the  desert  rose 

I  stand  by  the  sea  and  upon  its  shore  And  planted  a  throne  on  the  Western  slope 

The  banner  of  men  I  raise,  With  patient  and  sturdy  blows; 

Not  men  who  lolled  in  the  paths  of  ease  I  bow  to  no  change;  let  the  evil  come 

And  yawned  at  the  rising  sun,  And  fling  me  into  the  dust. 

But  yeomen  leal  who  with  ringing  steel  I'll  rise  again  and  my  sons  of  men 

Hit  hard  till  the  work  was  done.  Shall  challenge  the  wrack  and  rust. 

Brave  hearts,  who  never  accept  defeat, 

Come  rally  again  with  me! 
My  throne  shall  still  on  the  hills  uphold 

The  queen  of  the  Western  sea; 
Strong  hands,  give  aid!    To  the  free  west  winds 

The  flag  of  the  bear  we'll  raise; 
For  the  soul  is  here  of  the  pioneer. 

And  who  shall  control  my  ways? 


The  Labor  Parade 

"More  than  thirty  thousand"  organized  work- 
ingmen  marched  in  the  Labor  Day  parade,  ac- 
cording to  the  Bulletin.  The  morning  papers  did 
not  hazard  an  estimate,  contenting  themselves 
with  vague  references  to  the  march  of  labor 
"many  thousand  strong."  Apparently  they  did 
not  see  double,  or  more  than  double,  as  the 
Bulletin  did.  The  actual  figures  for  the  parade 
are  interesting.    Here  they  are: 

Marchers   10,437 

In  carriages    690 

Marshals,  aides,  etc   365 

Musicians  and  drum  corps    596 

Total  12,088 

These  figures  are  based  on  a  careful  count. 
They  show  that  the  parade  was  smaller  than  last 
year.  It  was  claimed  then  that  40,000  marched; 
in  reality  there  were  about  17,000  in  line. 


No  Patriotic  Airs 

The  Call  noted  a  curious  fact  in  connection 
with  the  celebration  at  Shell  Mound.  I  quote: 
"A  conspicuous  fact  was  that  the  band  played  no 
patriotic  American  music,  but  divided  its  pro- 
gram between  socialist  airs  and  popular  tunes. 
Darrow  marched  to  the  platform  ...  to  the 
air  of  the  Marseillaise."  Has  the  labor  movement 
in  San  Francisco  outgrown  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner?  Has  individualism  come  to  stay  in  our 
labor  unions?    Do  our  labor  leaders  approve  the 


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quintessence  of  class  consciousness  preached  by 
Darrow?  "Stand  by  your  own  mistakes,"  he  told 
his  hearers,  "and  do  not  run  away  from  your 
comrades  when  they  make  mistakes.  When  they 
make  mistakes  ask  them  one  question  and  one 
only — Were  you  on  my  side?"  The  labor  leader 
who  tries  to  point  out  the  mistakes  of  his  fol- 
lowers so  that  they  may  be  corrected  seems  to  be 
de  trop.     He  is  old-fashioned,  like  the  patriotic 


The  Gamaliel  of  the  Unions 

"The  working  men,"  said  Clarence  Darrow  in 
his  Labor  Day  oration,  "must  learn  to  do  some- 
thing more  than  talk;  they  must  learn  to  think." 
Tut!  tut!  Clarence,  thou  very  well  knowest  that 
if  working  men  were  capable  of  wise  thoughts 
they  wouldn't  listen  to  thy  flat,  stale  and  un- 
profitable patter.    I  doubt  whether'  Darrow  him- 
self does  much  thinking  during  the  course  of  an 
address  to  working  men.  On  Labor  Day  he  talked 
like  a  man  the  walls  of  whose  mind  are  scrawled 
over  with  meaningless  maxims  which  he  read 
while  his    intellect    slumbered.      Mr.  Darrow's 
oration  reminds  me  of  what  George  Eliot  said  in 
her  address  to  working  men.    She  was  warning 
them   against   the   humbug  of  orators.  "When 
they  tell  us,"  said  she,  "we  ought  to  have  this, 
that,  or  the  other  thing,  can  they  explain  to  us 
any  reasonable,  fair,  safe  way  of  getting  it?  Can 
they  argue  in  favor  of  a  particular  change  by 
showing  us   pretty   closely  how   the   change  is 
likely  to  occur?"    These  are  questions  that  might 
pertinently  be  asked  of  Mr.   Clarence  Darrow 
when  he  talks  glibly  of  "joint  ownership  of  the 
cost   of  production"  and   of  giving  every  man 
"all  that  he  produces."    Mr.  Darrow  exudes  So- 
cialist patter  by  the  yard.    The  sum  and  sub- 
stance of  his  philosophy  was  this:    "If  such  was 
the  case,  and  if  this  was  that,  mankind  would 
be  supremely  happy;"  but  how  such  is  to  be- 
come the  case  or  how  this  is  to  be  made  that, 
not  the  slightest  inkling  did  he  vouchsafe. 


The  Millennial  Prerequisite 

The  nearest  Mr.  Darrow  came  to  a  solution  of 
all  our  industrial  problems  was  in  this  sentence: 
"Industrial  conflict  will  cease  when  the  Ameri- 
can people  grow  wiser."  And  thus  we  learn  that 
after  all  the  buck  is  eventually  to  be  passed  up 
to  God.  But  meanwhile  the  poor  working  men 
must  take  counsel  of  Clarence  Darrow,  their  great 
philosopher  and  guide,  who  tells  them  that  "the 
greatest  blessing  that  ever  came  ■  to  San  Fran- 
cisco was  the  fire  because  it  made  work  for  the 
laboring  man."  What  a  profound  thinker  is 
Darrow!  With  what  wonderful  stimulus  to 
thought  he  supplies  the  unthinking  working  man. 
For  instance:  "The  labor  union  is  not  the  ul- 
timate end  of  the  labor  problem.  I  have  never 
regarded  it  as  anything  but  a  means  to  an  end." 
How  interesting  to  learn  that  Mr.  Darrow  doesn't 
regard  the  labor  union  as  the  chosen  instrument 
by  which  Providence  is  to  bring  the  millenium 
to  the  downtrodden!  What  a  lot  of  intellectual 
labor  he  must  have  devoted  to  the  subject  before 
the  grand  thought  seethed  in  his  brain  that  the 
labor  union  is  but  a  means  to  the  end  which  we 
are  to  reach  when  the  American  people  grow 
wiser!     A  most  edifying  address  was  Darrow's. 


Thought  That  Is  Worth  While 

I  am_  glad  that  Clarence  Darrow  addressed  our 
working  men  on  Labor  Day.  I  am  glad  because 
the  barrenness  of  his  address  reminded  me  of  the 
luxuriance  of  George  Eliot's,  causing  me  to 
read  over  again  what  that  remarkable  woman 
liad  to  say  for  the  benefit  of  the  laboring  class. 


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What  she  had  to  say  reads  now  as  though  she 
had  written  it  after  listening  to  a  Darrow  at  a 
Labor  Day  picnic.  She  too  spoke  of  the  value 
of  thinking,  but  she  meant  clear-thinking  by 
persons  competent  to  benefit  mankind  by  their 
thought.  She  explained  that  she  meant  men  with 
the  brain-power  of  Ambrose  Pare.  For  thous- 
ands of  years,  she  said,  when  limbs  were  am- 
putated nobody  knew  how  to  stop  the  bleeding 
except  by  searing  the  ends  of  the  vessels  with 
hot  iron.  "Tie  up  the  arteries,"  said  Pare,  and 
a  great  problem  was  solved.  So,  says  George 
Eliot,  "to  find  right  remedies  and  right  methods" 
—that  is  the  function  of  knowledge,  and  she  adds 
that  working  men  will  be  doing  well  enough  if 
they  try  to  choose  men  of  ability  for  their  guides 
instead  of  choosing  "platform  swaggerers,  who 
bring  us  nothing  but  the  ocean  to  make  our  broth 
with."  Darrow  brought  the  ocean  to  Shell  Mound 
Park  last  Monday,  an  ocean  of  words,  and  deluged 
his  hearers  with  flubdub.  "To  discern  between 
the  evils  that  energy  can  remove  and  the  evils 
that  patience  must  bear,"  says  George  Eliot, 
"makes  the  difference  between  manliness  and 
childishness,  between  good  sense  and  folly." 
Clarence  Darrow  would  have  the  working  man 
believe  there  are  no  evils  that  mob-thought  can- 
not eradicate.  He  is  the  kind  of  orator  whom 
George  Eliot  advistd  working  men  to  hiss. 


A  Strange  Conversation 

"What's  your  number,  Rufus?"  asked  Maurice 
Griffin. 

"16.660,"  replied  Rufus  Thayer. 
Maurice  Griffin  wrote  in  his  note  book.  "Three 
sixes." 

"Mine  is  20,002,"  announced  Bob  JilcCrackin. 

Griffin  jotted,  "Pair  of  deuces." 

"1,999  for  me,"  announced  Paul  Crocker 
triumphantly. 

"Three  nines,"  wrote  Maurice. 

"Mine  is  21,356,  worse  luck!"  sighed  Edgar 
Mizner. 

"A  stiff  for  you,"  said  Griffin,  making  another 
note.  "Now  it's  my  turn.  Here  we  are:  11,113. 
Four  aces!  Gentlemen,  kindly  hand  over  twenty- 
five  dollars  apiece." 

And  Rufus  Thayer,  Bob  McCrackin,  Paul 
Crocker  and  Edgar  Mizner  drew  out  their  pocket 
books. 

"Automobile  Dice" 

The  foregoing  conversation  may  sound  esoteric, 
mysterious  and  almost  logarithmic  in  its  lavish 
use  of  figures.    But  it  is  really  very  simple  when 


you  understand  it.  It  is  the  sort  of  conversation 
you  hear  when  the  bloods  'bout  town  are  playing 
the  new  game  of  "automobile  dice."  Our  in- 
genious deviser  of  novel  ways  to  rout  the  blue 
devils  of  boredom — I  refer  of  course  to  Maurice 
Griffin — is  the  inventor  of  this  latest  pastime.  It 
has  been  taken  up  with  enthusiasm  and  bids  fair 
to  become  extremely  popular.  The  game  is  called 
"automobile  dice"  because,  while  neither  dice 
nor  dice  boxes  are  used,  it  is  governed  by  dicing 
rules  and  is  played  in  an  automobile.  The  game 
was  tried  out  for  the  first  time  the  other  after- 
noon during  a  joyride  to  the  beach,  anad  the 
conversation  which  I  have  been  at  pains  to  report 
accurately  took  place  while  the  big  car  contain- 
ing Maurice  Griffin,  Edgar  Mizner,  Bob  Mc- 
Crackin, Rufus  Thayer,  the.  well  known  lawyer, 
and  Paul  Crocker,  a  mining  engineer  from  Bos- 
ton, was  speeding  through  Golden  Gate  Park. 
As  the  motor  whizzed  along  the  boulevard  the 
players  in  their  proper  order  picked  out  the 
license  numbers  of  the  automobiles  which  they 
overtook  and  passed.  The  first  number  yielded 
Rufus  Thayer  three  sixes;  the  second  gave  Bob 
r^lcCrackin  a  pair  of  deuces;  Paul  Crocker  got 
three  nines;  Edgar  Mizner  got  "a  stiff;"  and 
Griffin,  with  his  usual  luck,  won  the  round  with 
four  aces.  As  may  be  imagined  a  great  deal  of 
money  can  change  hands  between  the  Panhandle 
and  the  ClifT  House  when  "automobile  dice"  is 
played  for  big  stakes.  Now  that  the  newest  game 
has  been  explained  motorists  who  might  be 
worried  to  see  a  earful  of  men  gazing  eagerly  at 
the  backs  of  their  machines  will  know  that  noth- 
ing is  wrong;  the  searchers  arc  merely  playing 
"automobile  dice." 


Mr.  Crothers'  Disappointment 

Abe  Ruef's  story  of  his  colorful  career  as  a 
political  highwayman  is  drawing  to  a  close.  This 
story  has  not  come  up  to  expectations.  It  has 
not  held  public  interest.  It  has  not  increased  the 
Bulletin's  circulation.  And  therefore  the  good 
Mr.  Crothers  has  suffered  keen  disappointment. 
Mr.  Crothers  is  not  at  all  a  sentimental  man.  He 
is  strictly  business.  He  wouldn't  even  be  re- 
vengeful if  it  didn't  pay.  When  the  writing  of  the 
Ruef  story  was  first  resolved  upon  Crothers  con- 
sidered the  matter  from  the  business-office  stand- 
point. He  was  sure  that  it  would  stimulate  cir- 
culation and  also  that  he  could  syndicate  it  for 
big  money.  At  that  time  the  Bulletin  was  in 
a  combination  of  about  thirty  evening  papers 
representing  the  principal  cities  of  the  country. 
Mr.  Crothers  expected  to  sell  the  story  to  each 
of  the  papers  in  the  combination.  He  estimated 
that  it  was  worth  to  the  combination  just  four- 
teen thousand  dollars.  He  submitted  his  prop- 
osition, and  to  his  amazement  it  was  "turned 
down."  Editors  in  the  East  were  of  the  opinion 
that  the  story  of  graft  in  San  Francisco  had 
been  worn  to  a  frazzle.  They  wanted  no  more 
of  it.  Mr.  Crothers  reduced  the  price.  He  kept 
on  reducing  it.  Got  it  down  to  $4,000.  Nobody 
would  touch  it.  Then  he  offered  to  give  it  away 
for  the  price  of  the  telegraph  tolls.  Yet  the 
Bulletin  has  been  permitted  to  enjoy  a  universal 
scoop.  Now  Mr.  Crothers  is  telling  his  friends 
that  he  intends  to  put  the  story  between  book 
covers. 


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The  Bulletin  has  treated  the  Ruef  story  in  the 
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infamies  of  the  higher-ups  exclusively.  But  if 
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equally  conclusive  of  the  infamies  of  the  graft 
prosecutors,  and  that  despite  its  frequent  diva- 
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said  by  the  critics  of  the  reform  cabal.  It  was 
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TOWN  TALK 


11 


Ruef  told  the  grand  jury  about  the  way  in  which 
he  did  business  to  be  true,  the  only  persons  who 
were  guilty  under  the  law  were  himself  and  the 
men  he  bribed.  It  was  also  insisted  that  the 
prosecutors  and  their  rubber-stamp  judges  and 
their  puppet  district  attorney's  office  were  trying 
to  convert  moral  turpitude  into  a  transgression 
of  the  penal  code.  Now  Ruef's  narrative  is  noth- 
ing more  than  an  elaboration  of  his  grand  jury 
testimony  with  a  few  embellishments  woven  upon 
the  fabric  to  gratify  the  men  who  are  trying  to 
get  him  out  of  jail.  He  says  he  did  business  for 
the  higher-ups  as  their  attorney.  They  employed 
him  because  of  his  political  power,  just  as  every 
plain  citizen  employed  him  either  to  get  what 
was  right  or  what  was  wrong.  He  was  not  asked 
to  bribe  anybody,  nor  was  bribery  essential  in 
all  instances.  He  had  power,  and  it  was  bought, 
and  the  buying  of  his  power  even  for  an  immoral 
purpose  was  not  necessarily  a  crime.  The  graft 
prosecutors  knew  this.  Nevertheless  they  desired 
that  Ruef  should  perjure  himself  in  order  to 
bring  the  defendants  within  the  scope  of  the 
statutes,  and  because  he  refused  to  do  so  they 
sent  him  to  the  penitentiary  after  having  agreed 
to  give  him  immunity. 


Apologies  to  Kipling 

The  office  poetaster  is  constrained  by  the  itch 
of  parody  to  set  down  the  following 

Prophecy 

Hi  Johnson  went  campaigning 

'Cause  Teddy  told  him  to; 
Hi  left  the  State,  left  Al  McCabe 

To  put  the  ticket  through. 
Hi  Johnson  failed,  campaigning, 

Ere  three  months'  pay  he  drew. 

Hi  Johnson  went  campaigning; 

He  didn't  understand 
That  Teddy's  old  time  grip  was  lost 

On  the  people  of  the  land; 
The  voters  in  November 

Just  downed  him  out  of  hand. 

Hi  Johnson  went  campaigning, 
Through  many  an  Eastern  State; 

That  one  man  can't  do  two  men's  jobs 
He  realized  too  late; 

And  Bullmoose  Teddy  pitied  him — 
But  left  him  to  his  fate. 

And  when  the  last  November  vote 

Is  tallied  at  the  booth; 
When  Hiram's  eyes  are  opened 

And  he  sees  the  bitter  truth; 
And  all  the  lies  by  Teddy  told 

Prove  falsehoods  told  in  vain, 
I  don't  think  Hi  will  like  the  man 

Who  sent  him  on  campaign. 


A  Physician's  Fame 

Genius  with  a  parochial  reputation  is  common 
enough  in  San  Francisco,  but  native  genius  of 


the  kind  that  is  celebrated  in  lands  for  away 
is  somewhat  rare,  and  therefore  it  may  be  of 
interest  to  call  attention  once  more  to  Dr.  Albert 
Abrams.  Some  months  ago  I  quoted  a  distin- 
guished French  writer  on  the  subject  of  Dr. 
Abrams'  valuable  contributions  to  the  fund  of 
medical  knowledge,  but  I  have  not  seen  any 
notice  of  his  work  in  any  of  our  local  papers. 
It  would  seem  that  we  are  somewhat  sceptical 
about  local  talent  and  its  achievements.  Not  so 
however.  Nearly  every  day  the  newspapers  dis- 
cover a  heaven-sent  genius  who  is  going  to 
amaze  the  world  with  her  voice.  We  have 
prodigies  by  the  ton,  and  every  little  while  a 
new  literary  star  flashes  upon  us  and  bids  fair 
to  dazzle  the  world.  As  a  matter  of  fact  wc 
have  boundless  faith  in  talent  of  a  certain  order, 
and  for  it  we  have  encomiums  that  reck  of 
superlatives.  But  this  talent  of  a  certain  order 
is  never  heard  of  beyond  the  boundaries  of  the 
State,  and  it  would  seem  that  to  climb  it  must 
have  a  lot  of  boosting.  All  this  is  by  way  of 
preface  to  a  paragraph  which  I  find  in  the  British 
Medical  Journal,  the  official  organ  of  the  British 
Medical  Association.  The  paragraph  is  part  of 
a  speech  made  at  the  eightieth  annual  meeting 
of  the  association  by  Sir  James  Barr,  M.  D., 
L.  L.  D.,  F.  R.  S.  E.,  consulting  physician  of  the 
Royal  Infirmary,  Liverpool.  What  is  said  in 
this  paragraph  is  in  high  praise  of  Dr.  Albert 
Abrams,  a  young  physician  of  this  city,  whose 
fame,  it  appears,  reached  London  some  months 
ago,  and  who  attended  the  anual  meeting  of  the 
association  at  the  very  earnest  request  of  its 
president. 


Taught  Them  Something 

This  is  what  Sir  James  Barr  said  of  Dr.  Abrams:. 
"The  versatile  genius  of  Dr.  Abrams,  who  has 
come  all  the  way  from  San  Francisco  to  do  honor 
to  this  meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Associa- 
tion, has  taught  us  how  best  to  cure  intrathoracic 
aneurysm,  and  he  has  shed  light  on  the  nature 
of  the  cardiac  and  respiratory  refle.xes.  In  the 
treatment  of  diseases  of  the  heart  and  lungs  his 
work  does  great  credit  to  the  New  Continent, 
and  he  has  also  given  us  further  insight  into 
methods  of  prevention."  Sir  James  Barr  is  not 
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little  old  San  Francisco  has  been  able  to  instruct 
the  medical  men  of  the  Old  World. 


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September  7,  1912 


They  arc  always  lecturing  us  on  our  shortcom- 
ings and  depreciating  our  achievements.  They 
haven't  yet  got  over  the  shock  of  the  victories 
of  our  athletes  at  Stockholm.  The  other  day  the 
Saturday  Review  explained  that  our  athletes  are 
no  gentlemen,  merely  a  "professional  gang."  The 
writer  says  that  Americans  "have  no  idea  of  a 
good  race  or  a  good  game.  They  run,  row  and 
play  merely  to  win."  From  this  it  is  to  be  in- 
ferred that  to  be  a  gentleman  athlete  a  man  must 
not  be  avid  for  success.  This  is  certainly  a  new 
view  of  the  object  of  athletics.  Anyway  it  is  not 
the  view  that  was  prevalent  in  the  days  of  the 
Olympic  games  when  Pindar  sang  of  the  glories 
of  the  heroes  who  won.  The  Saturday  Review 
writer  is  probably  an  old  gentleman  who  thinks 
he  is  an  athlete  because  he  plays  golf  for  exercise 
and  to  start  a  thirst  for  B.  and  S. 


He  Owned  "Treasure  Island" 

There  appeared  on  one  of  our  hotel  registers 
a  few  days  ago  the  name  of  William  Greig  who 
came  here  from  Honolulu.  Very  few  people  in 
San  Francisco  know  who  William  Greig  is,  but 
doubtless  they  would  gaze  at  him  with  interest 
if  told  that  up  to  a  few  days  ago  he  was  the 
owner  of  "Treasure  Island."  It  may  be  objected 
that  when  Stevenson  conceived  the  idea  of  his 
famous  story  of  pirate  treasure  he  had  no  par- 
ticular island  in  mind,  but  nevertheless  it  has 
come  to  be  accepted  that  the  romance  was  written 
around  Christmas  Island  in  the  mid-Pacific. 
Christmas  Island,  or,  as  it  is  just  as  frequently 
called.  "Treasure  Island,"  was  until  recently  the 
property  of  William  Greig.  Even  had  Stevenson 
repudiated  it  as  his  original  (and  he  never  did), 
there  would  still  be  sufficient  romance  surround- 
ing it  to  draw  the  attention  of  those  who  love 


stories  of  adventure.  Many  a  tale  of  piracy, 
treasure  and  blackbirding  has  been  tokt  of  Christ- 
mas Island;  on  its  coral  shores  lie  the  blood- 
drenched  skeletons  of  many  a  wreck.  For  years 
the  Greigs  were  known  all  over  the  Pacific  as  the 
owners  of  the  little  atoll.  But  now  it  has  passed 
out  of  their  hands,  having  been  acquired  by  a 
German  syndicate  for  a  steamship  depot  at  a 
price  said  to  have  been  $272,000  in  cash.  The 
sale  was  negotiated  by  an  odd  character,  also  well 
known  in  the  mid-Pacific,  one  Father  Rougier. 
The  transaction  was  brought  to  a  conclusion  just 
before  William  Greig  came  to  this  city. 


The  Waterfront,  a  Diagnosis 

Lindsay  Campbell  is  the  waterfront  reporter 
of  the  Call,  and  the  Call,  as  you  probably  know, 
has  been  devoting  particular  attention  to  the 
scandalous  stuffing  of  the  harbor  pay  roll  under 
Governor  Johnson.  The  other  day  Campbell 
met  a  harbor  politician  who  until  recently  was 
a  devoted  bullmooser.  For  some  reason  or  other 
he  has  returned  to  the  Republican  fold,  probably 
because  he  didn't  get  a  job  in  the  Ferry  Build- 
ing. "The  Governor  has  cut  out  all  the  rottenness 
on  the  waterfront,"  said  Campbell  facetiously. 
"Yes,"  answered  the  disgruntled  politician, 
"Hiram  has  cut  out  the  rottenness;  but  he  used 
dirty  tools  and  blood  poisoning  has  set  in,  and 
the  result  is  a  very  dangerous  condition." 


The  Keith  Exhibition 

I  went  out  to  the  Park  Museum  Sunday  to  have 
a  look  at  the  thirty  pictures  by  William  Keith 
which  the  Keith  heirs  are  exhibiting.  It  is  a 
representative  collection  of  the  landscape  paint- 
er's work.  Some  of  the  pictures,  I  judge,  were 
painted  many  years  ago,  before  Keith  attained 


the  celebrity  which  distinguished  the  last  decade 
or  so  of  his  life.  Others  are  in  his  later  and  better 
manner,  and  these  include  the  very  last  canvas 
he  painted.  The  pictures  seemed  to  me  good, 
bad  and  indifferent.  But  then  I  could  only  make 
a  cursory  examination.  The  small  room  in  which 
they  are  hung  was  filled  with  a  motley  throng, 
and  it  was  impossible  to  study  the  pictures  to  ad- 
vantage. You  can't  see  pictures  well  in  a  crowd, 
especially  in  such  a  crowd  as  that  which  pours  in 
and  out  of  the  Park  Museum  of  a  Sunday  after- 
noon. I  should  say  that  there  were  few  in  the 
Keith  room  who  really  appreciated  art.  A  great 
many  came  out  of  curiosity,  and  some  were  there 
by  accident.  Indeed  one  man  approached  me 
and  asked  where  the  Keith  pictures  were  being 
exhibited.  He  seemed  quite  surprised  to  learn 
that  he  was  looking  at  them.  That's  the  kind  of 
person  who  would  be  apt  to  complain  that  he 
couldn't  see  the  forest  on  account  of  the  trees. 


Our  Chattering  Philistines 

The  Philistinism  of  San  Franciscans  in  the 
presence  of  art  is  enough  to  make  the  judicious 
grieve.  The  sight  of  men  staring  emptily  at  pic- 
tures, their  hats  jammed  down  on  their  ears 
and  of  women  chattering  about  everything  under 
the  sun  except  art  as  they  make  the  rounds  of  a 
gallery  is  not  calculated  to  impress  one  with  the 
cultivation  of  our  citizens.  I  never  heard  in  any 
other  gallery  such  a  babble  as  smote  my  unof- 
fending ears  during  the  hour  I  spent  with  the 
Keiths  on  Sunday.  And  how  fatuous  the  talk  was, 
especially  when  it  turned  on  pictures.  I  heard 
one  loud-voiced  woman  who  stood  before  the 
"Christ  in  Gethsemane"  explaining  to  a  man 
who  seemed  a  total  stranger  that  Keith  once 
painted  the  picture  of  an  oak  near  Santa  Rosa 
and  sold  the  painting  for  $10,000.  "I  seen  the 
oak  myself,"  she  said  triumphantly,  whereupon 
the  man  moved  away,  apparently  overwhelmed  by 
the  evidence.  Our  gallery  manners  need  mend- 
ing. You  don't  hear  loud  talking  in  the  Metro- 
politan and,  heaven  save  the  mark!  you  don't 
see  men  there  with  their  hats  on.  It  seems  that 
we  are  still  too  exuberant  to  be  schooled  into 
temporary  gentleness  by  pictures.  But  never 
mind;  all  in  good  time  our  education  will  pro- 
ceed. 


Curiosity,  Not  Love  of  Art 

I  may  seem  to  be  a  little  severe  on  the  people 
who  shared  the  Keith  room  with  me  on  Sunday. 
But  I  don't  think  I  am.  In  support  of  my  claim 
that  the  large  crowd  there  indicated  curiosity 
rather  than  love  of  art  I  am  prepared  to  offer 
what  looks  like  pretty  conclusive  proof.  In  the 
gallery  adjoining  the  room  where  the  Keiths  are 
being  exhibited  there  are,  among  many  other 
excellent  landscapes,  two  fine  examples  of  Keith's 
work  donated  to  the  Park  Museum  by  Mrs. 
Henrietta  Zeile.  These  two  Keiths  are  much 
better  than  a  number  of  those  on  special  ex- 
hibition. And  yet  I  did  not  see  people  pausing 
before  them.  They  were  not  recognized  as 
Keiths,  and  evidently  there  was  nothing  about 
them  to  command  the  particular  attention  of  the 
Sunday  mob.  I  watched  many  people  traversing 
this  gallery,  including  some  who  had  been  in  the 
Keith  room.  Not  one  seemed  to  care  about  the 
two  Keiths.  And  yet  a  ger-iine  lover  of  pictures 
could  not  fail  to  observe  t\.cm.  There  is  in  this 
same  room  the  Millet  "Shepherd  and  his  Flock" 
which  was  stolen  and  afterwards  recovered. 
Professor  Chatain.  a  great  expert,  says  this  pic- 
ture is  worth  $10,000.  Obviously  it  ought  to 
interest  the  ordinary  man  with  the  rudiments  of 
art  knowledge,  not  merely  because  the  expert 
acclaims  it  but  for  the  more  homely  reason  that 
it  is  an  animal  picture  with  that  direct  appeal 


Zerolene  is  sold  in  one-half,  one  and  five  gallon  cans — the  small  cans, 
flat  shape,  just  fit  in  the  tool  box. 

Insist  on  getting  Zerolene  in  the  original  packages. 
For  sale  everywhere. 

Standard  Oil  Company 

(California) 

San  Francisco,  Cal.     San  Jose,  Cal.  Fresno,  Cal.  Portland.  Ore. 

Oakland,  Cal.  Stockton,  Cal.  Seattle,  Wash.  Nome,  Alaska. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.        Sacramento,  Cal,  Spokane.  Wash.  Honolulu.  T.  H. 

San  Diego,  Cal.  Marysville,  Cal.  Tacoma,  Wash, 


September  7,  1912 


rOWN  TALK 


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which  resides  in  everything  Millet  painted.  But 
it  didn't  seem  to  stay  the  people  who  were  making 
the  rounds  of  the  gallery.  The  few  who  paused 
before  it  went  up  close  to  examine  the  mended 
frame;  they  knew  it  had  been  stolen.  The  pic- 
ture which  arrested  general  attention  was  Tom 
Hill's  "Driving  the  Last  Spike."  That's  some- 
thing which  the  proletariat  can  understand. 


the  plain  people  he  threw  up  a  big  fee  and  with- 
drew from  the  case.  But  the  move  was  too  trans- 
parent. He  not  only  lost  his  retainer  but  was 
beaten  in  the  congressional  race  to  boot. 


Two  Surprises 

The  great  surprise  of  the  election  was  the  vote 
received  by  Police  Judge  Shortall  who  figures 
second  in  the  returns,  having  crowded  out  one  of 
the  incumbents  of  the  Superior  Court.  Judge 
Lawlor's  vote  was  also  somewhat  of  a  surprise, 
as  he  made  a  most  strenuous  campaign  and  paid 
special  attention  to  the  woman  vote.  The  judge's 
friends  had  been  boasting  that  he  had  a  cinch  on 
the  ladies.  And  it  was  thought  that  he  greatly 
strengthened  that  vote  the  other  day  when  he  re- 
buked a  jury  for  not  agreeing  in  the  case  of  a 
man  accused  of  being  a  white  slaver.  That  re- 
buke was  designed  to  catch  the  ladies,  very  few 
of  whom  perhaps  took  notice  of  the  fact  that  the 
very  next  day  the  man  was  tried  again  and  ac- 
quitted. When  the  verdict  was  rendered  Judge 
Lawlor  had  nothing  to  say.  He  didn't  even 
apologize  to  the  jurors  whom  he  had  insulted  on 
the  preceding  day.  But  of  course  he  must  have 
been  greatly  disappointed.  However  the  judge  is 
to  be  felicitated  on  standing  well  with  the  ladies. 
The  ladies  know  a  just  judge  by  intuition,  es- 
pecially one  who  is  skilled  in  dramatic  appeals. 


Heney's  Bad  Luck 

The  results  of  the  primary  prove  Frank  Heney 
a  most  unlucky  man.  He  is  not  only  unlucky 
himself  but  the  cause  why  bad  luck  abides  with 
other  men.  Heney  carried  his  voice  into  three 
congressional  districts,  and  the  Bullmoose  went 
down  before  the  Elephant  in  all  uf  them.  Frank 
shot  oflf  his  teeth  for  Frank  Devlin  and  behold! 
Charlie  Curry  beat  Devlin.  Frank  roared  the 
progressive  roar  against  Congressman  Knowland, 
and  lo!  Johnny  Stetson  bit  the  dust.  Frank 
swelled  his  neck  in  attacks  on  Everis  Anson 
Hayes  and  sure  enough,  luck  was  with  the  "Red" 
once  more.  'Tis  a  sad  primary  for  Frank.  Next 
time  those  whose  cause  he  wants  to  champion 
will  probably  get  out  an  injunction  against  his 
voice. 


Devlin's  Vain  Attempt 

Speaking  of  injunctions,  one  of  those  popular 
weapons  of  the  law  proved  a  mighty  factor  in 
deciding  the  primary  election  against  Frank  Dev- 
lin and  in  favor  of  Curry.  Devlin  was  an  attorney 
in  the  Napa  Junction  litigation — for  a  while. 
This  is  the  case  of  the  ferry  company  which 
bought  and  paid  for  a  franchise  for  operating 
ferry  boats  at  Napa  Junction  and  then  found  its 
business  destroyed  by  the  independent  ferrymen. 
So  the  corporation  got  out  an  injunction  to  re- 
strain the  independent  ferrymen  from  doing  the 
business  which  it  was  entitled  to  by  the  terms  of 
its  franchise.  Frank  Devlin  was  attorney  for  the 
corporation.  The  litigation  has  caused  a  great 
deal  of  bitterness  up  Devlin's  way,  and  thinking 
that  he  would  "fatten  his  batting  average"  with 


A  Joke  on  a  Town 

An  unknown  wag  caused  a  wave  of  indignation 
to  sweep  over  the  town  of  San  Rafael  some  days 
ago.  At  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  on  each  of 
three  roads  leading  into  the  town,  he  planted  a 
large  white  cross  draped  with  mourning  and 
bearing  an  inscription  asking  the  traveler  to  re- 
duce' his  speed  out  of  respect  for  the  memory  of 
the  dead  village.  If  no  reward  has  been  offered 
for  information  as  to  the  name  and  whereabouts 
of  the  author  of  this  most  offensive  calumny  on 
a  very  decorous  community,  it  is  not  because  the 
people  have  repressed  their  curiosity.  It  is  be- 
cause they  would  have  it  forgotten  as  soon  as 
possible.  But  if  they  ever  find  out  who  per- 
petrated the  joke,  heavy  will  be  his  punishment. 
San  Rafael  is  not  as  gay  and  festive  a  place  as  it 
was  when  the  Baron  was  running  his  hotel  over 
there,  but  it  is  not  as  slow  as  one  might  fancy 
on  a  quick  trip  through  in  an  automobile. 


Meredith  on  the  Lily 

So  the  Jersey  Ljly  is  going  to  favor  us  with  her 
histrionic  gift  (such  as  it  is)  in  a  series  of  fare- 
well performances.  Well!  If  this  continues  the 
Langtry  will  be  a  runner-up  in  the  game  which 
Patti  played  so  profitably.  The  last  time  I  saw 
Lily  Langtry  in  San  Francisco  'twas  her  farewell 
appearance.  But  never  mind.  Even  at  sixty — 
King  Edward's  flame  was  born  in  '52 — a  pretty 
woman  may  change  her  mind.  I  am  reminded  by 
the  news  of  that  delicious  bit  in  one  of  George 
Meredith's  letters  published  in  this  month's 
Scribner's.  Meredith  in  1882  wrote  thus  of  a 
performance  the  Lily  gave:  "She  is  the  ideal 
shepherdess  of  the  chromo-lithographs.  She  has 
to  faint,  and  she  takes  three  gaunt  strides  to  fall 
on  the  ready  knees  of  the  dame  prepared  to  re- 
ceive her.  She  has  to  make  love,  and  does  it 
with  all  her  arms  and  breasts.  Very  handsome 
— not  a  shade  of  mystery  or  variableness;  the 
heroine  for  bold  dragoons."  But  what  does  Lily 
care?  The  new  Briiannica  gives  her  eight  lines, 
just  six  less  than  to  Mrs.  Pat.  Campbell,  so  her 
place  in  history  is  assured. 


The  Lily  in  San  Francisco 

A  new  generation  has  grown  up  since  the 
Jersey  Lily  first  allowed  San  Francisco  the 
privilege  of  seeing  her.  I  think  it  must  have  been 
in  1884  that  she  came  here  with  the  late  Freddy 
Gebhardt  in  her  train.  She  took  a  house  out  at 
Twenty-first  and  Fair  Oaks  streets  while  she 
was  waiting  for  the  divorce  which  freed  her  from 
Langtry.  She  used  to  walk  from  the  Mission  to 
Golden  Gate  Park  every  morning,  and  the  good 
housewives  never  missed  the  opportunity  of 
looking  at  the  famous  beauty,  invariably  off- 
setting their  curiosity  by  severe  remarks  on  her 
notorious  frailty.  She  had  no  sooner  received 
her  decree  than  Langtry  died,  and  the  Lily  is 
said  to  have  complained  that  he  caused  her  a 
great    expense    which    she    might    have  avoided 


had  he  been  considerate  enough  to  die  a  little 
so(incr.  It  was  thought  at  the  time  that  she 
would  marry  Gebhardt,  but  she  married  de  Bathe 
instead.  However,  Freddy  had  in  the  meantime 
bought  her  a  big  ranch  in  Lake  county,  so  the 
conection  was  worth  while  for  the  Lily. 


Luther  de  Luxe 

The  works  of  Luther  Burbank  in  twelve  vol- 
umes, profusely  illustrated  with  vari-colored 
plates  of  the  flowers,  fruits  and  plants  which  his 
wizardry  has  developed,  are  soon  to  make  their 
appearance.  There  is  to  be  an  edition  de  luxe 
of  two  thousand  sets,  nearly  all  of  which  have 
already  been  sold.  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  David 
Starr  Jordan,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hearst  and  J.  Pierpont 
Morgan  are  among  those  who  will  take  these 
de  luxe  sets.  Andy  Carnegie  will  take  fifteen  of 
them,  probably  for  distribution  in  his  gift  libraries 
— and  probably  not.  The  de  luxe  set  will  cost 
anywhere  from  $500  to  $5,000  dollars  according 
to  the  binding.  The  work  will  be  published  in 
modest  habiliments  for  libraries,  schools,  insti- 
tutes and  farmers.  The  royalties  are  expected 
to  make  Burbank  rich,  while  of  course  the  enter- 
prise will  line  the  purses  of  the  two  shrewd 
Chicagoans  who  are  handling  it. 


A  Hint  from  Placerville 

City  Librarian  Weatherwax  of  Placerville  made 
an  interesting  find  a  few  days  ago.  He  was 
engaged  in  indexing  the  books  of  the  city  library 
when  he  came  across  two  bulky  volumes  weigh- 
ing eight  or  ten  pounds  apiece.  They  bore  the 
title  "Monasticon  Anglicanum."  They  were  pub- 
lished in  London  in  1665.  Written  in  Latin  by 
members  of  the  Franciscan  order,  they  recount 
the  coming  of  the  Franciscans  to  this  country 
and  deal  at  length  with  the  founding  of  the  first 
Franciscan  missions  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  The 
two  volumes  have  been  forwarded  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  Library.  They  had  been  in 
the  Placerville  library  so  long  that  all  trace  of 
the  donor  was  gone.  There  are  notations  on  a 
fly  leaf  of  one  of  the  volumes  in  an  English  hand, 
and  it  is  thought  that  they  were  brought  to  old 
"Hangtown"  by  an  Englishman  during  the  days 
of  the  gold  fever.  This  find  suggests  the  pos- 
sibility of  many  rare  volumes  being  hidden  in 
out-af-the-way  places  in  Northern  California. 
Those  who  occupy  old  houses  or  buildings  might 
find  it  worth  while  to  rummage  around  in  attics 
and  store  rooms  and  on  dusty  book  shelves.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  this  sort  of  rummaging  done 
in  the  East,  and  in  the  Southern  States  particu- 
larly it  has  brought  to  light  many  a  treasure  long 
sought  by  collectors.  Since  the  San  Francisco 
fire  items  of  Californiana  are  very  valuable.  Why 
don't  the  good  people  of  the  interior  look  about 
tliem?  They  may  have  prizes  of  which  they 
know  nothing. 


General — Did  you  find  anything  on  the  prisoner 
when  you  searched  him? 

Aide — Almost  a  wagon  load  of  finely  written 
paper. 

General — Hold  him  until  we  find  out  whether 
he  is  a  spy  or  merely  a  college  student  going  to 
an  examination. 


Thru  Railroad  Tickets 

Issued  to  All  Parts  of 

PORTLAND 

Sails  12  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $10.  $12,  $15.    2d  class  $6.00. 

The  San  Francisco  and  Portland  S.  S.  Co. 

A.  OTTINGER,  General  Agent. 


United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico 

In   connection   with  These   Magnificent   Passenger  Steamers 

LOS  ANGELES 

Sails  11  a.  m.  every  fifth  day.    1st  class  $7.35  and  $8.35.    2d  class  $5.35. 

Ticket  Oflfice,  722  Market.    Phone  Sutter  2344 
8    East    Street,    opp.    Ferry    Building.    Phone    Sutter  2482 
Berkeley     Oflice.    2105     Shattuck.       Phone     Berkeley  331 


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The  McClaughry  Imbroglio 

No  doubt  the  f;ict  that  Mrs.  Hull  McClaughry 
inherited  the  strong  will  as  well  as  the  millions 
of  her  father  "Lucky"  Baldwin  had  much  to  do 
with  the  strange  disagreement  between  Mrs. 
McClaughry  and  her  husband  the  other  day.  The 
scene  at  the  Palace  with  the  husband  and  wife 
on  the  verge  of  a  serious  misunderstanding  and 
with  eminent  lawyers  and  mysterious  gumshoe- 
men  filling  the  background  of  the  domestic 
drama,  is  one  of  the  strangest  that  we've  been 
treated  to  for  many  a  day.  And  yet  this  was  not 
the  first  time  that  the  McClaughrys  disagreed.  The 
trouble  at  the  Palace  was  preceded  by  trouble  at 
the  St.  Francis.  Perhaps  the  presence  of  de- 
tectives is  the  most  mystifying  element  in  the 
imbroglio,  for  detectives  never  appear  in  sight 
without  raising  various  wild  conjectures.  People 
in  a  position  to  know  seem  to  doubt  the  per- 
manence of  the  understanding  between  Hull  and 
his  wife. 


A  Social  Innovation 

The  possibilities  of  the  rubberneck  wagon  or 
chump  chariot  as  a  vehicle  of  social  entertainment 
were  too  long  overlooked.  So  thought  a  clever 
woman  a  few  days  ago.  She  proceeded  at  once 
to  lift  the  sightseeing  automobile  out  of  its 
proletary  rut  and  into  the  smoothly  macadamized 
boulevard  of  gentility.  Her  effort  was  a  great 
success.  The  inspiration  for  a  novel  form  of 
diversion  stood  the  acid  test  and  did  not  evaporate 
when  reduced  to  actuality.  A  rubberneck  wagon 
was  chartered  one  night  last  week,  loaded  with  a 
merry  party  and  w^hirled  (insofar  as  a  rubber- 
neck wagon  can  be  whirled)  through  Golden  Gate 
Park  to  the  CliflF  House.  It  is  true  that  at  the 
start  there  was  some  evidence  of  social  con- 
sciousness. The  party  assembled  at  the  St. 
Francis,  but  lacked  the  courage  to  mount  their 
vehicle  in  the  glare  of  the  electric  lights.  After 
all,  social  innovators  may  be  allowed  a  certain 
measure  of  timidity.  So  the  chump  chariot  was 
discreetly  kept  around  the  dark  corner  in  Post 
street,  and  the  ride  began  in  an  atmosphere  of 
secrecy.  But  the  tourist  feeling  wore  off  quickly, 
and  the  purely  social  sense  of  pleasure  at  the 
prospect  of  a  successful  party  was  augmented  by 
a  feeling  of  exhilaration — such  a  feeling  as  city 
folk  enjoy  on  a  hay  ride.  This  may  seem  a  bit 
complicated  as  a  description  of  a  mere  party,  but 
social  innovations  deserve  serious  treatment — the 
state  of  mind  evoked  should  be  carefully  analyzed 
— to  the  end  that  other  hostesses  may  be  properly 
posted  before  they  follow  suit.  Whether  the 
chump  chariot  as  a  social  carryall  has  come  to 
stay  remains  to  be  seen,  but  certainly  it  lumbered 
into  view  under  the  happiest  auspices. 


Some  Expert  Opinions 

Any  prejudice  which  may  still  militate  against 
the  popularity  of  the  chump  chariot  as  a  joy- 
riding char-a-bancs  should  disappear  forever  in 
the  light  of  certain  e-xpert  opinions  which  I  have 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES"   GOWNS   AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

gathered  from  some  of  those  who  attended  the 
accouchement  of  the  latest  born  social  idea.  Thus 
Willis  Polk,  a  most  active  participant,  declares: 
"I'"undamentally  and  structurally  the  idea  is  sound. 
It  was  a  Class  A  party  reinforced  by  concrete 
instances  of  happiness."  Porter  Garnett  says: 
"It  is  a  new  art  form  of  social  relaxation  and 
therefore  important.  When  it  is  perfected  its 
norms  may  be  laid  down,  its  technique  defined. 
In  its  present  state,  however,  it  is  far  from 
bourgeois."  Riley  Hardin  opined:  "Inertia  is 
apt  to  come  with  social  surfeit  as  with  adipose. 
A  daring  experiment  such  as  the  introduction 
of  the  chump  chariot  into  society  overcomes  the 
force  of  inertia  and  gives  a  kinetic  energy  to  our 
jaded  tastes."  And  finally  Witter  Bynner  re- 
marked:   "There  is  poetry  in  a  chariot  chumping 


Photo,  Francis  Bruguiere 


MISS  M.ARIAN  STONE 
The  charming  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Egbert  Stone 
who  is  prominent  in  society  on  both  sides  of  the  Bay. 
She  is  an  expert  in  golf  and  played  at  Del  Monte  this 
week.  The  Stones  will  spend  the  Winter  in  this  city, 
entertaining  extensively  as  usual. 

through  the  night  as  in  a  star  shooting  athwart 
the  empyrean.  I  shall  write  a  poem  about  it." 
It  remains  only  to  chronicle  that  this  revolution- 
ary party  was  arranged  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Holmes 
of  the  Sequoia  Club  in  honor  of  Isaac  Upham  who 
has  just  returned  from  a  tour  of  the  world  with 
a  trunkful  of  photographic  films. 


Why  an  Elopement? 

Why  will  girls  do  it?  Why  will  they,  I  mean, 
go  to  all  sorts  of  trouble  to  worry  their  parents, 
just  to  enjoy  the  excitement  of  an  elopement? 
They  usually  inflict  a  great  deal  of  pain  by  their 
thoughtlessness.  There  is  the  most  recent  case, 
that  of  Monica  Fores.  Monica  is  very  charm- 
ing, a  dashing  brunette,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Fores  of  Alameda.  Her  marriage  to 
Philip  Alexander  of  this  city  last  Friday  night 
was  an  elopement.  Monica  had  been  taking  a 
course  at  the  agricultural  college  of  the  Univer- 


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September  7,  1912 


sity.  They  say  she  told  her  father  that  she 
wanted  five  hundred  dollars  to  take  up  some  land 
in  Humboldt  county.  Said  it  was  a  good  invest- 
ment. Father,  anxious  to  encourage  his  girl, 
promptly  wrote  a  check.  But  Monica  really 
wanted  the  money  for  her  elopement.  Then, 
they  say,  she  told  the  folks  that  she  was  going 
to  Berkeley  to  spend  the  night  with  friends.  She 
didn't.  Instead  she  came  to  this  city  and  she 
and  Philip  Alexander  were  married  by  Dr. 
Morgan  at  St.  Luke's.  Then  they  phoned  and 
told  the  folks  all  about  it.  Mrs.  Fores  feels  very 
keenly  about  the  whole  thing.  It's  too  bad. 
.Again  I  ask,  why  will  girls  do  it? 


Mrs.  Pillsbury,  School  Organizer 

The  children  of  Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury  have 
reached  the  age  where  their  education  must  be 
seriously  considered.  Most  of  our  wealthy 
matrons  solve  that  problem  when  it  presents  it- 
self by  sending  their  children  to  the  so-called 
"exclusive"  schools  in  the  East.  But  Mrs.  Pills- 
bury would  have  none  of  the  Eastern  schools; 
she  could  not  bear  the  thought  of  having  the 
width  of  the  continent  between  her  and  her  young- 
sters. So  she  solved  the  problem  in  a  new  and 
quite  original  way.  .Apparently  none  of  the  local 
schools  appealed  to  her.  What  did  she  do? 
Simplest  thing  in  the  world.  She  set  about  found- 
ing two  new  schools  in  this  city,  one  for  boys 
and  the  other  for  girls.  The  boys'  school  has 
been  started  by  a  young  man  from  Harvard  in 
whom  Mrs.  Pillsbury  has  confidence.  She  has 
guaranteed  him  in  the  neighborhood  of  forty 
pupils.  The  new  girls'  school  she  induced  Miss 
Elizabeth  Blanchard  of  Santa  Barbara  to  take 
charge  of.  Miss  Blanchard  has  a  school  in  the 
southern  mission  town,  and  has  been  a  success- 
ful educator.  No  doubt  she  will  repeat  her  suc- 
cess here.  It  won't  be  Mrs.  Pillsbury's  fault  if 
she  doesn't. 


Names  for  Country  Places 

.A  friend  with  a  penchant  for  investigation  has 
been  turning  his  mighty  mind  to  the  question 
of  names  for  country  houses.  His  researches  did 
not  take  him  far  aflield;  he  says  there  is  plenty 
of  material  for  classification  in  these  parts.  About 
the  value  of  the  names  he  is  doubtful;  thinks  few 
people  remember  them,  for  the  reason  perhaps 
that  they  are  rarely  distinctive.  On  this  point 
he  is  rather  severe,  declaring  that  the  narrow 
range  of  nomenclature  shows  poverty  of  inven- 
tion and  defect  in  the  poetical  faculty.  But  he 
is  not  a  reformer  or  a  revolutionist,  and  wouldn't 
abolish  them  if  he  could.  Remember  how  im- 
pressive they  look  when  embossed  or  engraved 
on  stationery,  he  says.  To  obtain  this  effect  one 
must  have  a  country  place,  but  even  in  town 
some  people  put  "Russian  Hill"  on  their  letter- 
heads and  the  flaps  of  their  envelopes.  This  has 
never  extended  to  "Nob  Hill,"  probably  because 
that  is  not  an  official  designation.  It  would 
sound    nouveau    riche    anyway.     I    was  rather 


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September  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


shocked  when  he  said  that  the  hill  tribe  at  Mill 
Valley  and  the  denizens  of  Larkspur  frequently 
show  more  originality  in  naming  their  bungalows 
than  our  millionaires  in  christening  their  big 
places. 


Trees  Are  Favored 

My  friend  says  that  it  is  too  bad  so  many 
people  name  their  country  places  after  trees. 
Trees  are  so  obvious,  he  says.  He  suggests  that 
they  be  abandoned  henceforth  to  the  mysterious 
geniuses  (the  term  is  used  in  sarcasm)  who  pick 
the  titles  for  apartment  houses.  There  are  so 
many  oaks,  he  complains.  "Fair  Ooaks"  im- 
mediately comes  to  mind.  Then  we  have  "The 
Oaks,"  the  name  of  the  Fred  Kohl  place,  and 
"Midoaks"  which  belongs  to  the  Mountford 
Wilsons.  Up  at  Yountville  the  Drury  Melone 
place  is  "Oak  Knoll"  and  there  are  many  others, 
says  my  friend.  Then  there  are  other  trees. 
"Linden  Towers"  is  the  Flood  place  at  Menlo. 
"Hazelwood  Hills"  the  Folgers  call  their  home 
at  Woodside.  The  Will  Magees  of  Fruitvale  re- 
joice in  "Alder  Farm."  The  Billy  Burkes  have 
a  "Laurelwood  Farm"  down  in  the  prune  belt. 
Maye  Colburn  lives  at  "Elmhurst"  in  San  Rafael. 
And  so  on  through  all  the  arboreal  nomenclature. 


Names  Modest  and  Pretentious 

Some  names,  says  my  classifying  friend,  attract 
by  a  becoming  modesty;  others  rather  overpower 
by  their  grandeur.  The  Duplessis  Beylards  have 
"Wayside"  which  has  a  humble  sound.  The 
Carolans  are  at  "Crossways"  which  suggests 
Meredith's  Diana,  while  the  Sadoc  Tobins  have 
"Crossroads"  which  is  painfully  similar.  "Up- 
lands" doesn't  suggest  the  grandeur  of  the  Teni- 
pleton  Crocker  estate.  "New  Place"  where  the 
Will  Crockers  abide  is  calculated  to  divert  atten- 
tion to  the  old  place,  and  is  therefore  modest. 
'But  "Howard  House"  must  sound  grandly  man- 
orial even  to  the  George  Howards  who  live  there. 
"Merrillwold,"  Mrs.  Merrill's  place  at  Menlo  also 
suggests  a  rooted  antiquity  with  a  gallery  full  of 
Lelys,  Van  Dykes  and  Knellers.  "Eagle  Ranch" 
at  San  Luis  shows  restraint;  Baron  von  Schroder 
might  have  overwhelmed  us  with  some  difficult 
name  borrowed  from  the  Rhine.  "Edgewood," 
the  Bothin  place  at  Ross,  suffers  from  its  reitera- 
tion on  the  brass  plates  of  apartment  houses. 
"Rose  Lawn,"  the  Berkeley  place  of  Charles 
Butters,  hath  a  fragrant  charm.  And  "Level 
Lea,"  the  Clay  place  in  Fruitvale  is  liquidly 
lovely.  One  naturally  expects  the  sound  of 
laughing  waters  at  "Minnehaha"  where  the  de 
Guignes  live.  "The  Hawthornes"  is  the  Judge 
Allen  place  at  Menlo.  But  why  should  the  Or- 
ville  Baldwins  have  called  their  Cloverdale  house 
"Surrey  Hills?" 


And  Still  Other  Names 

It  is  natural,  my  expert  in  names  points  out, 
that  there  should  be  Spanish  designations,  but  he 
finds  less  than  he  expected.  The  De  Sablas  have 
"El  Cerrito,"  and  the  Vincent  de  Laveagas  at 
Menlo  "El  Suerro."  Mrs.  Hearst  went  to  Italy 
when  she  named  her  Pleasanton  place  "Verona." 
Some  names  have  meanings  hard  to  fathom.  Why 
did  Billy  Bourn  choose  "Ski  Farm?"  Was  it  for 
the  same  reason  that  the  Dr.  Chipman  place  at 
Ross  is  "Skyacres?"  The  Crockett  place  at 
Burlingame  is  "Croaknot"  which  sounds  like  an 
injunction  to  frogs  or  pessimists.  And  the  Fred 
Kings  at  Belmont  have  "Rexholme,"  a  word  for 
philologists  to  puzzle  over.  The  Bacon  Soules 
in  Oakland  have  "Thorkill"  which  sounds  inter- 
esting too.  My  investigating  friend  was  not 
nearly  finished,  but  I  told  him  I  had  heard 
enough.  As  I  shut  him  oflf  he  promised  me  a 
dissertation  some  day  on  the  names  of  Pullman 
cars.  But  if  I  see  him  first  there  will  be  no  such 
dissertation. 


A  Bowling  Green  for  Women 

San  Francisco  has  just  achieved  a  new  distinc- 
tion. It  boasts  the  first  women's  club  in  the 
United  States  devoted  to  bowling  on  the  green. 
Bowling  on  the  green  has  long  been  a  popular 
pastime  for  men  in  this  city,  our  citizens  of  Scot 
extraction  being  the  most  enthusiastic  devotees 
of  the  ancient  sport;  but  neither  here  nor  else- 
where in  America  had  women  tried  their  skill  with 
the  bowls  until  a  few  days  ago.  A  few  women 
tried  the  sport  on  the  men's  bowling  green  in 
Golden  Gate  Park  and  promptly  decided  that  they 
liked  it.  Despite  the  fact  that  their  high-heeled 
shoes  worked  some  havoc  with  the  green  (which 
is  kept  as  smooth  as  a  billiard  table),  the  men 


Photo,   Kathryn  Hopkins 


MISS  CONSTANCE  MOG.\N 
The  daughter  of  R.  F.  Mogan  and  niece  of  Judge  Mogan. 
Miss  Mogan  attended  the  Dominican  Convent  and 
is  an  accomplished  musician. 

took  to  the  idea  of  having  women  enlisted  in  the 
game.  The  result  was  that  Fred  Blair,  one  of 
our  niftiest  bowlers,  organized  a  club  for  the  fair 
ones.  The  women  have  sent  to  Great  Britain  for 
bowls  (they  are  not  made  in  this  country),  and 
through  the  intercession  of  John  McLaren  the 
Park  Commissioners  have  been  induced  to  set 
aside  ground  for  their  green  which  will  be  smaller 
than  the  men's.  The  officers  of  the  club  just  or- 
ganized are:  Mrs.  George  A.  Van  Smith,  presi- 
dent; Mrs.  N.  Donovan,  vice-president;  Mrs.  An- 
drew McNear,  secretary;  and  Mrs.  A.  L.  Cooley, 
treasurer. 


The  Bryces  Coming 

Ambassador  and  Mrs.  Bryce  are  due  in  this  city 
next  Thursday.  They  are  on  their  way  from 
Australia  to  Washington.  Ambassador  Bryce  has 
been  in  San  Francisco  before,  but  I  do  not  think 
that  his  wife  accompanied  him.  No  doubt  some 
of  our  social  impresarios  will  endeavor  to  lionize 
the  British  representative  and  his  wife,  but  I 
have  my  doubts  as  to  the  success  which  will  at- 
tend their  efforts.  Bryce  is  a  plain  man  who  even 
refused  knighthood  from  his  sovereign.  Mrs. 
Bryce  is  a  retiring  little  woman  with  no  par- 
ticular interest  in  the  fads  of  dress  or  the  foibles 
of  smartdom.  Neither  is  of  the  sort  to  shine  at 
a  Greenway. 


Miss  Keeney's  Wedding 

Innes  Keency  will  become  the  bride  of  Willard 
Chamberlin  on  Wednesday  evening,  Novcinber  6. 
The  ceremony  will  be  performed  at  Trinity.  There 


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TOWN  TALK 


September  7,  1912 


will  be  a  reception  at  the  Fairmont  followed  by  a 
dance  for  the  younger  set.  The  bridesmaids  will 
be  Harriet  Alexander,  Ysabel  Chase,  Ethel  Mc- 
Allister, Fredericka  Otis,  Helen  Dean  and  Gussie 
Foute.  An  innovation  will  be  introduced  in  the 
dresses  of  the  attendants.  Two  of  them  will  wear 
yellow,  two  light  green  and  two  mauve.  The 
groom  will  be  attended  by  his  brother.  In  Janu- 
ary he  will  take  his  bride  to  Boston  to  visit  his 
mother;  then  the  couple  will  return  to  make  their 
home  at  the  Fairmont. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Adeline  Belcher  of 
Marysville  to  Mr.  Ralph  Wheeler  McCormick 
will  take  place  on  the  evening  of  September  16 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  in  the  presence  of  relatives 
and  intimate  friends.  Miss  Belcher  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Belcher.  Mr.  Mc- 
Cormick belongs  to  an  old  family  of  Alameda. 
Both  are  well  known  here  and  in  Northern  Cali- 
fornia. 


Tableaux  Vivants  and  Feast  of  Lanterns 

Santa  Cruz  is  to  go  the  season  one  better  on 
September  7,  8  and  9  by  having  a  carnival  m 
front  of  the  Casino  on  the  beach  and  bay.  Livmg 
pictures  on  floats  will  be  displayed  while  bands 
of  music  will  discourse  popular  airs  under  thous- 
ands of  Japanese  lanterns.  This  will  all  be  free 
and,  taking  place  during  the  Admission  Day  holi- 
days, will  draw  a  big  crowd. 

September  16  Is  the  Day 

September  16  is  being  looked  forward  to  with 
much  interest  by  patrons  of  Taifs  Cafe  for  on 
that  date  somebody  will  win  a  beautiful  and  high- 
powered  Oakland  automobile.  The  machine  to  be 
given  away  costs  $1200  and  the  person  who  wins 
it  will  have  cause  for  rejoicing.  The  manner  in 
which  the  car  is  to  be  awarded  is  fully  explained 
at  the  cafe  every  afternoon  'tween  3  and  6  o'clock. 
One  can  also  enjoy  a  novel  entertainment  during 
these  hours.  When  it  comes  to  doing  the  un- 
usual you  can  always  look  to  John  Tait  for  a 
pleasant  surprise.  And  it  is  the  continual  striving 
to  please  that  has  won  for  the  cafe  a  patronage 
that  is  both  large  and  discriminating.  Ai  this 
popular  dining  place  you  are  always  sure  of  a 
good  meal,  the  best  service  and  hiRh-class  and 
"difTcrcnt"  entertainment. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Harrison  B.  .Mbright  with  Mrs.  Albright,  Miss 
Anna  L.  Albright  and  Anthony  M.  Albright  of 
Los  Angeles  are  occupying  a  suite  at  Hotel  del 
Coronado  for  several  days.  Mr.  .Mbright  is  a 
well  known  architect  both  in  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Diego.  Many  naval  officers  have  been 
domiciled  at  Coronado  during  the  stay  of  the 
Pacific  fleet,  .\mong  them  may  be  mentioned 
Capt.  W.  P.  Pratt  and  F.  P.  Hardaway  of  Ft. 
Winfield  Scott,  F.  A.  Frank,  R.  F.  Cox  and  Chas. 
Hines.  Many  receptions  have  been  given  in  honor 
of  the  naval  officers.  Mr.  L.  A.  Haskell,  a  mer- 
chant of  Chicago,  is  registered  at  Coronado  while 
on  a  vacation  trip  through  the  West.  Mrs.  W. 
H.  Strauss  of  Pasadena  with  her  daughter  Miss 
Margaret  Strauss  and  Russell  Strauss,  are  at 
Coronado  for  an  indefinite  stay.  The  Misses  Julia 
Dean,  Eloise  Dean  and  Freda  Blumenthal  of 
New  York  enjoyed  a  portion  of  their  western 
trip  at  Coronado.  A  party  of  Angelenos  consist- 
ing of  Mrs.  A.  Schmidt,  Mrs.  Y.  Overweg,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Hendley  and  J.  B.  Hendley  Jr.. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  J.  Bletsoe  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 
Stickles  are  at  Coronado  indefinitely.  Mr.  W.  F. 
Haight  with  Mrs.  Haight  and  W.  F.  Haight  Jr., 
Courtland  W.  Knight,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Thompson  and 
Mrs.  M.  L.  Tomlinson,  all  of  Pasadena,  are 
enjoying  a  vacation  trip  at  Coronado.  Mrs.  Frank 
Faber  is  one  of  the  interesting  guests  making  her 


headquarters  at  Coronado.  Mrs.  Faber  makes 
her  home  in  Constantinople,  and  is  at  present 
on  tour  through  the  United  States.  Another  in- 
teresting traveler  registered  at  Coronado  is 
I'Vancisco  M.  Pedwarena  of  San  Sebastian,  Spain. 
Mr.  Pedwarena  is  on  a  tour  of  the  world  and  is 
at  present  busily  engaged  seeing  Coronado,  San 
Diego  and  Southern  California.  Accompanying 
him  is  Szisora  Pedwarena.  Mr.  S.  Torre,  con- 
nected with  the  International  Steamship  Co.  of 
Los  .;\ngeles,  with  his  wife  and  sister,  are  at 
Coronado  on  a  vacation  trip.  A  party  consisting 
of  Mr.  J.  E.  Bird  and  Mrs.  Bird.  Mrs.  Jas.  Bird, 
the  Misses  Bird  and  Miss  Nelson  motored  from 
Riverside  to  Coronado,  stopping  at  the  del  Cor- 
onado for  an  unlimited  visit.  The  principals  of 
the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  Opera  Company  which 
played  at  the  new  Spreckels  Theatre  in  San  Diego, 
are  stopping  at  Hotel  del  Coronado.  They  are 
Miss  Kate  Condon,  Miss  Viola  Gillette  and  maid, 
Mr.  Geo.  McFarlane  and  Mr.  De  Wolfe  Hopper. 
Mr.  H.  H.  Sandeison,  with  Miss  Helen  Wallace, 
F.  R.  Wood  and  Kenneth  Wood  of  Trinidad. 
Colo.,  are  on  a  tour  of  Southern  California,  and 
are  domiciled  at  Coronado.  Mrs.  Charles  Gor- 
ham  who  passed  several  weeks  as  a  guest  at 
Coronado,  left  recently  for  the  north.  Mrs. 
Gorham  who  is  well  known  here  socially,  will 
visit  in  San  Francisco  before  returning  to  her 
home  in  Hongkong, 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Caldwell  has  returned  from  Los 
Angeles  and  is  settled  in  her  apartments  at  the 
Hotel  Victoria  for  the  winter.  Mrs.  Irene  Brown 
and  Dr.  A.  B.  Crawford  who  have  been  at  Cata- 
lina  for  two  months  have  returned  to  the  Vic- 
toria where  they  reside  during  the  winter.  Miss 
C.  A.  Wyatt  of  London  has  been  spending  sev- 
eral days  in  San  Francisco  as  a  guest  at  the  hotel. 
She  will  remain  indefinitely.  James  H.  Hough 
and  Miss  Hough  have  been  down  from  their 
home  in  Stockton  for  a  week.  George  B.  Moore 
of  Baltimore  is  registered  at  the  hotel.  Mr. 
Moore  is  supervising  the  construction  of  two 
large  dredgers  for  the  government.  E.  C.  Pratt 
of  Honolulu,  E.  D.  Elston  of  Ottawa,  A.  O. 
Reilander  of  Olema  are  among  the  week's  ar- 
rivals. Dr.  and  Mrs.  Sherman  of  Fresno  have 
been  in  town  for  a  few  days. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  C.  Holmes  arc  at  the 
Si.  Francis  for  the  winter. 

steady  as  the  flow  of  the  great  mineral 
springs  is  the  arrival  of  the  bathers  at  Paso 
Robles.  Among  the  recent  arrivals  are  Miss 
Agnes  Hinds  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Mrs.  Melccr 
and  Miss  Betty  Melcer  of  Berkeley.  J.  V.  Cole- 
man is  accompanied  by  his  friend  Mr.  Paul 
Moroney.  Milo  M.  Potter  whose  hotel  at  Santa 
Barbara  has  made  his  name  famous,  is  at  Paso 
Robles  for  mud  baths.  Mrs.  S.  A.  Johnson  of 
Bakersfield  is  at  Paso  Robles  for  the  sulphur 
baths.  A.  C.  Denman,  a  Redlands  man.  is  there 
for  a  good  rest.  Mrs.  Bothin  arrived  last  week 
from  her  home  in  San  Francisco  for  an  autumn 
outing.  Wm.  L.  McGuire  of  San  Francisco 
i.-.otored  down  last  week  bringing  Mrs.  McGuire 
and  his  little  daughter  and  nurse.  Mrs.  McGuire 
is  greatly  enjoying  the  golf  and  the  motor  trips. 
Superior  Judge  Cabaniss  is  down  for  a  rest.  S. 
Sypher  of  San  Francisco  is  there  for  a  few  days. 
The  Chickerings  of  San  Francisco  are  participat- 
ing in  all  the  good  things. 


Mrs.  Willis — Is  she  advanced? 

Mrs.  Gillis — Frightfully  so.  She  is  the  suff- 
ragette leader  of  a  new  religious  sect  in  a  So- 
cialistic community  where  they  talk  nothing  but 
universal  language. 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


HOTEL  VICTORIA 

COR.  BUSH  AND  STOCKTON  STS. 
SAN  FRANCISCO.  GAL. 

A  downtown  residence  hotel  of  the  high- 
est order,  appealing  particularly  to  those 
who  value  comfort  and  convenience  more 
than  mere  ostentation  and  who  appreciate 
excellence  of  cuisine  and  service  at  mod- 
erate expense. 

American  Plan,  from  $3.00  per  day  up 
European  Plan,  from  $1.S0  per  day  up 
For  rates  and  rcsi  rvations  ad(lr>-«s 

MRS.  W.  F.  MORRIS,  Proprietor 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated  on  Market  Street 
In  the  Center  of  the  City 

Take  Any  Market  Street  Car  from  the  Ferry 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  Most  Beautifully  Situated  of  Any  City 
Hotel  in  the  World 

Take  Sacramento  Street  Cars  from  the  Ferry 

TWO  GREAT  HOTELS 
UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 
PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


H    J    CORONADO  BEACI^^AH 


A CHOICE  retreat  away  from  ihe  intense  heat 
of  summer.  Golfing,  tennis,  motoring,  bay 
and  surf  battling  and  every  other  imaginable  out- 
of-door  diversion  to  be  enjoyed  here.  Only  ■ 
few  minutes  ride  across  the  bay  from  San  Diego. 
Summer  Rates. 

John  J.  HerDSB,  MaDager.  Corooad*.  Cal.  or 
H.  F.  NorcroM.  Acl..  334  So.  Spring  St.,  Us  Km\a,  Ctl 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
ment. Victrolas  $15  to  $200.  Any  Victrola 
on  easy  terms. 

Sherman  ^ay  Sc.  Ca 

Steinway   and   Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


September  7,  1912 


These  poor  working  girls,  struggling  for  exist- 
ence, hardly  able  to  keep  body  and  soul  together, 
and  reluctant  nevertheless  to  exchange  a  squalid 
home  for  a  luxurious  mansion  are  becoming 
familiar  figures  in  the  world.  Playwrights  run 
across  them  every  little  while.  There  was  one  in 
"The  Grain  of  Dust"  at  the  Columbia  last  week. 
For  a  long  time  she  resisted  the  importunities  of 
a  millionaire  lover,  but  he  was  so  persistent  that 
eventually  she  couldn't  do  anything  but  marry 
him.  After  tolerating  him  for  awhile  she  left 
him,  and  in  the  course  of  time  she  returned  to 
him  and  they  lived  in  happiness  ever  after.  Now 
comes  "Bought  and  Paid  For"  at  the  Cort  with 
a  working  girl  of  precisely  the  same  temperament 
as  the  one  at  the  Columbia.  Working  for  ten  per 
she  hates  to  quit  the  job  when  asked  to  marry 
Mr.  Stafford,  a  multi-millionaire,  the  cogent  rea- 
son being  he  hasn't  touched  her  heart.  But  love 
is  unreasonable.  He  insist,  and  she  yields.  He 
gives  her  a  beautiful  home,  a  limousine,  a  yacht, 
a  box  at  the  opera  and  all  sorts  of  trifles  that 
delight  the  average  female  of  the  species;  but  tlie 
luxuries  of  existence  nor  all  the  creature  com- 
forts that  money  can  buy  are  sufficient  to  com- 
pensate for  the  unpleasantness  incidental  to  an 
occasional  jag  with  which  the  millionaire  spices 
his  monotonous  money-grubbing  career.  Hence 
the  quarrel,  and  the  separation  of  husband  and 
wife.  And  Mrs.  Stafford  is  such  a  romantic 
person  that  she  would  rather  work  her  fingers 
to  the  bone  than  sue  for  alimony.  Were  it  not 
for  the  plenitude  of  women  of  this  type — senti- 
mental women,  slaves  to  their  romantic  ideals — 
what  would  our  brain-weary  playwrights  do  for 
material?  Were  it  not  for  these  soulful  creatures 
life  would  be  a  dreary  waste  devoid  of  inspiration, 
and  we  should  have  to  look  to  dead  and  gone 
dramatists  for  entertainment  in  the  theatre.  But 
let  it  not  be  supposed  that  "Bought  and  Paid  For" 
is  as  commonplace  drama  as  a  brief  hint  of  the 
character  of  the  story  might  indicate.  Through 
the  medium  of  this  play  Mr.  George  Broadlnirst 
introduces  us  to  Jimmy  Gilley,  and  with  Jimmy 
as  a  peg  to  hang  a  plot  on  it  doesn't  matter 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Broadhurst  Play 

By  Theodore  Bonnet 

much  what  the  play  is  about.  The  Gilley  per- 
sonality is  a  drama  in  itself.  Jimmy  stands  out 
in  memory  like  Mark  Tapley  and  Sam  Weller. 
He  is  a  triumph  of  the  creative  art.  In  portray- 
ing him  Mr.  Broadhurst  has  revealed  a  faculty 
in  w  liat  we  may  call  the  vivification  of  character, 


WILLI.\M  11.  THOMPSON 
Tlie   distinguished   American   character   actor   who  will 
appear  this  Sunday   matinee  at   the  Orpheuni. 

or,  more  precisely  speaking,  of  characteristics. 
He  has  invested  Jimmy  with  a  kind  of  perfection 
of  detail.  Jimmy  is  the  personification  of  a  harm- 
less vanity.  He  is  the  embodiment  of  an  ab- 
solutely unwarranted  self-confidence.  Wc  meet 
Gilley  in  all  stations  of  life.    This  particular  Gil- 


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ley  is  a  shipping  clerk  at  fourteen  dollars  a  week. 
His  ambition  is  to  become  a  great  financier,  and 
though  shipping  clerk  is  his  limit  he  knows  that 
he  is  tlie  cleverest  man  in  the  house  and  that  he 
has  ideas  of  incalculable  commercial  value.  One 
of  his  ideas  is  to  build  a  factory  for  the  manu- 
facture of  infants'  food  out  of  prickly  pears.  You 
can't  separate  Jimmy  from  his  occupation.  In 
him  luiman  nature  is  subdued  to  what  it  works  in, 
and  lie  has  endless  fertility  in  laughter-causing  de- 
tail. The  conceiving  of  Gilley  was  so  great  a 
strain  on  the  playwright  that  after  delivery  he 
became  almost  sterile.  But  Jimmy  is  sufficient. 
.\  subordinate  character,  yet  the  plot  seems  to 
hinge  on  him,  and  fortunately  he  is  so  frequent 
that  the  performance  on  the  whole  seems  one  of 
exceptional  excellence.  At  any  rate  it  is  en- 
joyable. But  from  the  viewpoint  of  artistry  the 
play  is  decidedly  lacking  in  crystalline  finish. 
The  fatal  mistake  has  been  made  of  making  the 
second  act  the  scene  of  the  catastrophe.  It  is 
there  that  the  husband  drunk  and  amorous  quar- 
rels with  his  wife,  displaying  human  nature  in  all 
its  ugliness  raw  and  unredeemed.  Instead  of 
heightening  interest  after  this  act  the  playwright 
lets  it  sag.  The  dramatic  intensity  of  the  third 
act  is  far  from  comparable  with  that  of  the  sec- 
ond. There  is  the  prosaic  separation  of  the  mar- 
ried couple,  and  then  you  wait  listlessly  for  their 
reunion,  keyed  up  by  expectation  of  a  little  more 
of  the  quaint  conceit  of  Jimmy  Gilley.  The  com- 
pany that  presents  this  play  leaves  nothing  to  be 
desired.  Frank  Craven,  the  Jimmy  Gilley  of  the 
cast,  is  so  realistic  it  is  hard  to  believe  him  to  be 
an  actor.  He  almost  convinces  you  that  he  works 
down  on  Sansome  street  and  lives  in  the  Mission. 
Mr.  Charles  Richman  almost  succeeds  in  extract- 
ing from  Robert  Stafford  the  element  of  theatric- 
ality, and  Miss  De  Lane  plays  Mrs.  Gilley  as 
though  in  temperament  and  rearing  she  were  per- 
fectly mated.  One  of  the  least  important  per- 
sons in  the  cast  is  the  leading  lady,  and  this  is  by 
no  means  the  fault  of  Miss  Julia  Dean.  Mr. 
Broadhurst  has  succeeded  with  a  masterly  hand 
in  rendering  his  heroine  negligible. 


Pomander  Walk" 


Pomander  Walk  by  River  Thames  is  a  quiet  lit- 
tle street,  and  we  must  step  back  a  hundred  years 
its  residents  to  meet.  A  charming  group  they 
make  indeed  who  tread  Pomander  Walk;  they 
wear  the  charming  Cranford  clothes  and  Dick- 
enslike they  talk.  They  meet  at  dusk  beneath  the 
elm  and  in  their  courtly  way  they  bow  and  mur- 
mur "much  obleeged"  and  have  their  "dish  of 
tay." 

There's  old  Sir  Peter  Antrobus,  a  Tory  Admiral 
he  who  fought  with  bonny  Nelson  in  the  fight  by 
Baltic  Sea.  And  then  there's  fat  Brooke-Hoskyn, 
a  bounder  red  and  merry  who  talks  in  most  fa- 
miliar tones  of  Wales  and  Fox  and  Sherry.  (We 
do  not  meet  his  wife  because,  a  good  and  fruitful 
mate,  the  fifth  time  in  five  years  she's  in  "an 
interesting  state.")  There's  Reverend  Jacob 
Stcrnroyd  too,  bespectacled  and  wise,  and  Mr. 
Basil  Pringle  who  is  musical  and  sighs.  The  Eye- 
sore is  a  vagrant,  a  seedy  sorry  sight,  who  fishes 
all  day  from  the  Walk  but  never  gets  a  bite. 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

As  for  the  ladies,  'pon  my  soul!  Pomander 
Walk  is  blessed  with  quite  a  lot  of  beauties  in 
silks  and  satins  dressed.  There's  Mrs.  Poskett, 
widowed,  but  prepared  to  wed  once  more  pro- 
vided she  can  captivate  the  Admiral  next  door. 
There's  Ruth,  there's  Barbara  Pennymint,  one 
staid,  the  other  jolly;  the  latter  loves  young 
Pringle  and  keeps  a  talking  polly.  And  then 
there's  Madame  Lachesnais  and  little  Marjolaine, 
a  dainty  miss  who  cheers  the  Walk  like  sunshine 
after  rain. 

These  sweet  Pomander  folk  arc  full  of  duties 
grave  and  gay  one  golden  summer  evening  when 
Lord  Otford  walks  that  way.  Sir  Peter  is  Lord 
Otford's  friend  and  so  the  wealthy  peer  has 
sauntered  out  to  see  him  and  his  good  advice  to 
hear.  It  seems  Lord  Otford  has  a  son.  Jack  Sale, 
who  has  a  whim  that  he'll  not  wed  the  haughty 
miss  his  dad  has  picked  for  him.  Will  Peter  take 
the  lad  in  hand  and  make  him  see  his  duty?  (The 
girl  owns  half  a  county  though  she's  not  a  raving 


beauty.)  Sir  Peter  will,  but  tells  my  lord  that 
love's  a  heedless  fire:  "Remember,  Otford,  when 
a  lad  you  loved  dear  Lucy  Prior."  "I  don't  for- 
get," Lord  Otford  sighs  and  wipes  away  the  tears. 

He's  hardly  gone  a  minute  when  his  son  Jack 
Sale  appears.  .'\nd  Jack  is  scarcely  on  the  scene 
when  he  and  Marjolaine  fall  suddenly  so  deep  in 
love  they'll  ne'er  get  out  again. 

When  Madame  Lachesnais  beholds  the  youth  so 
like  his  sire,  she  falls  afainting  and  we  learn  that 
she  is  Lucy  Prior!  She'd  loved  the  father  years 
before,  but  they  had  had  to  part,  and  now  she 
finds  the  father's  son  has  won  her  daughter's 
heart.  She  tells  the  girl  it  cannot  be;  Jack  must 
not  come  to  court  her — the  father  jilted  her;  the 
son  may  jilt  her  pretty  daughter!  Jack  stays 
away  for  seven  days  and  Margy  takes  to  moping, 
but  Jack  comes  back  and  quickly  they  decide  upon 
eloping. 

Meanwhile  Lord  Otford,  much  amazed,  finds 
Madame  Lachesnais  to  be  his  old  love  Lucy  and 


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September  7,  1912 


it  isn't  long  ere  they  renew  the  old  affection 
which  had  bound  them  long  ago,  and  being  very 
sensible  they  tell  each  other  so.  Of  course 
it's  clear  they  can't  forbid  the  youngsters  now 
to  wed,  so  where  a  single  match  was  planned 
there's  a  double  match  instead. 

End  happily?  Indeed  it  does!  There's  naught 
but  pure  joy,  for  in  walks  Mr.  Hoskyn  with  the 
glad  news,  "It's  a  boy!"  And  in  comes  Barbara 
Pennymint,  and  blushing  like  a  carrot,  "Dear  Basil 
knows  my  love,"  she  cries;  "he  learned  it  from  the 
parrot!"  And  then  Sir  Peter  says,  "I  am  a  cross 
old  lonely  feller,  but  Mrs.  Poskett,  I'll  be  yours 
if  you'll  be  my  Pamela!"  The  Reverend  Stern- 
royd's  happy  too;  what  more  could  parson  wish? 
And  lo!  before  the  curtain  falls,  the  Eyesore  lands 
a  fish! 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

Ada  Dwyer  in  "Mrs.  Wiggs" 

Ada  Dwyer,  the  famous  character  actress,  has 
been  specially  engaged  to  play  the  title  part  in 
"Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cabbage  Patch"  which  is  to 
be  the  Alcazar's  next  offering,  positively  limited 
to  one  week  and  starting  with  an  extra  matinee 
Monday.  In  the  cast  with  her  are  Forrest  Stan- 
ley (his  farewell  appearances),  the  complete 
Belasco  &  Mayer  company  and  many  extra  play- 
ers, there  being  not  less  than  thirty  people  in 
the  play.  By  her  acting  of  Frisco  Kate  in  "The 
Deep  Purple"  during  Richard  Bennett's  recent 
season  in  the  O' Farrcll-street  theatre  Miss  Dwyer 
is  best  known  to  San  Francisco's  theatregoers. 
In  a  role  that  did  not  afford  opportunity  for 
:lis))lay  of  her  most  effective  methods  she  then 
made  a  distinct  personal  hit,  so  her  impersonation 
of  Mrs.  Wiggs  may  confidently  be  looked  forward 
to  as  an  even  more  enjoyable  treat,  inasmuch  as 
she  starred  in  the  part  and  did  much  to  develop 
its  charm  when  the  comedy  was  in  the  first  flush 
of  its  popularity.  Mr.  Stanley,  too,  has  scored 
success  in  the  character  he  is  to  assume  in  the 
Alcazar  production.  There  is  no  better  known 
modern  play  than  "Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the  Cabbage 
Patch."  Adapted  from  Kate  Douglas  Wiggin's 
famous  story  of  humble  life  in  a  Southern  town, 
it  had  a  run  of  five  consecutive  seasons  in  this 
country's  high-price  theatres  and  then  was  trans- 
planted to  England  and  Australia,  where  its 
American  triumph  was  duplicated,  despite  the 
strangeness  of  its  locale  and  characters  to  the 
people  of  those  lands.  Its  amusing  situations, 
quaintly  humorous  dialogue  and  sterling  human 
appeal  have  won  appreciative  response  from  Eng- 
lish-speaking folk  on  three  continents. 


"Bought  and  Paid  For"  Next  Week 

"Bought  and  Paid  For"  will  be  presented  at 
the  Cort  again  next  week.  The  original  New 
York  company  is  seen  in  this  production  which 
William  A.  Brady  sent  here  direct.  Upon  the 
close  of  the  Californian  engagement  the  company 
will  return  to  New  York. 


"Summertime  Girls"  at  Pantages 

The  bill  annnunccd  by  Pantages  for  Admission 
Day  week  is  full  of  good  things,  one  of  which  is 
Gus  Sohlke's  eight  "'Summertime  Girls,"  aided  and 
abetted  by  Bobby  Harrington,  a  nimble  dancer, 
and  including  Mildred  Cecil,  a  Broadway  favorite. 
"Chums,"  a  dramatic  playlet  with  comedy  relief 
will  be  presented  by  Henry  Hargrave  and  a  com- 
petent company.  Irwin  and  Herzog,  "those  min- 
strel boys,"  will  be  heard  in  solos  and  duets. 
Alsace  and  Lorraine,  European  artists  who  have 
played  here  before  with  great  success,  will  re- 
turn with  their  sensational  musical  act.  hand- 
somely costumed  and  staged,  in  which  they  extract 
sweet  music  from  several  novel  instruments.  The 
Caits  brothers,  the  younger  of  whom  is  renowned 


as  "the  dancing  midget"  will  offer  a  dancing  nov- 
elty. Paris  Green  a  monologuist,  will  be  heard 
in  a  lot  of  original  songs  and  stories.  Rose  and 
Ellis,  "the  jumping  jacks,"  will  appear  in  a  special 
setting  showing  the  interior  of  a  circus  tent.  The 
novelty  of  the  bill  will  be  offered  by  Rupert  Jeff- 
kins,  the  "Australian  Speed  King"  who  drove  the 
Mercedes  car  in  the  International  Auto  Races  of 
May  30  last  at  Indianapolis.  With  a  wonderful 
series  of  films  he  will  give  a  pictorial  history  of 
the  greatest  automobile  race  ever  driven  and  his 
recital  is  said  to  be  thrilling  in  the  extreme. 


"Officer  666"  Coming 

The  coolest  crook  and  the  most  blase  lover  in 
the  world  are  to  be  found  in  the  cast  of  "Officer 
666,"  Augustin  MacHugh's  farce  which  is  booked 
for  a  hearing  in  this  city  at  the  Columbia  for  two 
weeks,  beginning  Monday  evening,  September  1, 
with  matinees  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday.  The 
crook  calmly  assumes  the  name  and  occupies  the 
house  of  the  absent  millionaire  and  nonchalantly 
proceeds  to  rifle  the  residence  of  its  valuable  paint- 
ings, while  the  lover  who  is  mistaken  by  the 
police  for  the  picture  thief  they  are  trailing,  gets 
his  wrists  ornamented  with  a  pair  of  steel  hand- 
cuffs, and  thus  manacled  proposes  and  is  accepted 
by  the  divinity  upon  whom  his  choice  has  fallen. 


"Officer  666"  is  an  unusual  play.  It  makes  you 
laugh.  It  keeps  you  guessing  while  it  administers 
some  delightful  surprises  in  the  way  of  unex- 
pected thrills  that  are  particularly  pleasant  to  re- 
ceive and  agreeable  to  recall.  "Pomander  Walk" 
will  be  presented  at  the  Columbia  next  week. 


W.  H.  Thompson  at  the  Orpheum 

That  splendid  and  justly  famous  character  actor 
William  H.  Thompson  will  head  the  new  bill  at 
the  Orpheum.  He  will  present  a  one-act  play  en- 
titled "An  Object  Lesson."    The  characters  are 


the  trio  of  the  dramatic  ages,  the  wife,  the  mummy 
and  the  humming  bird.  Mr.  Thompson  is  well 
supported  by  a  capable  little  company.  The  ap- 
pearance of  Billy  Gould  and  Belle  Ashlyn  means 
fun  and  good  songs.  Gould  is  said  to  be  at  his 
best  and  to  have  in  Miss  Ashlyn  a  girl  of  great 
ability  and  versatility.  Howard's  Novelty  is  a 
spectacular  exhibition  of  musical  Shetlands  and 
terriers.  Prominent  among  European  novelties 
imported  for  the  current  season  is  the  celebrated 
duo  "The  Takiness"  who  will  present  their  ec- 
centric musical  offering  "The  Angry  Tutor."  As 
a  musical  offering  it  is  unique.  As  a  spectacle 
it  is  beautiful.  English,  French  and  Italian  songs 
are  sung  in  the  costumes  of  the  several  nations. 


September  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


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Little  Minnie  Allen  will  make  her  first  appearance 
here.  She  is  a  cultivated  vocalist  and  a  sparkling 
comedienne.  Next  week  will  be  the  last  one  of 
Grace  Cameron,  the  Bounding  Pattersons,  and  Ed- 
niond  Hayes  and  company  in  his  laughable  skit 
"The  Piano  Movers." 


Musical  Lectures  by  Emilie  Frances  Bauer 

Prior  to  the  brilliant  musical  season  promised 
by  Manager  Will  Greenbaum,  Miss  Emilie 
Frances  Bauer,  the  eminent  musical  critic  of  the 
New  York  Mail  and  correspondent  for  a  number 
of  leading  American  papers,  will  give  a  series  of 
three  lectures  under  Mr.  Grcenbaum's  manage- 
ment at  Century  Club  Hall.  Miss  Bauer  is  well 
known  in  this  city,  having  resided  here  for  sev- 
eral years  as  representative  of  one  of  the  foremost 
musical  journals  and  she  is  considered  one  of 
the  best  authorities  on  matters  musical  and  liter- 
ary in  the  United  States.  The  first  subject  will 
be  the  "Psychology  of  Richard  Strauss  and  his 
works"  and  the  date,  Tuesday  afternoon,  Sep- 
tember 17  at  3:20.  The  second  lecture  will  be 
given  Thursday  iafternoon,  September  19  and 
will  deal  with  "the  psychological  phase  of  mod- 
ern home  life  and  culture."  For  the  final  sub- 
ject, Tuesday  afternoon,  September  24,  Miss 
Bauer  has  chosen  "opera  writers  since  Wagner" 
and  having  a  personal  acquaintance  with  most  of 
the  famous  living  composers,  will  tell  many  in- 
teresting facts  that  have  never  been  published 
about  Debussy,  Puccini,  Leoncavallo,  Huniper- 
dinck,  etc.  Course  tickets  for  the  series  as  well 
as  single  tickets  may  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay 
and  Co.'s  and  Kohler  and  Chase's,  or  by  address- 
ing Will  L.  Greenbaum  at  either  office. 


Greenbaum  Attractions 

Manager  Greenbaum  announces  that  he  will 
open  his  concert  season  on  Sunday  afternoon, 
October  13,  presenting  Riccardo  Martin,  the 
famous  dramatic  tenor  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
House,  and  the  only  American  tenor  who  has 
won  world  renown  on  the  operatic  stage.  He 
will  appear  in  a  combination  concert  with  Rudolf 
Ganz,  the  Swiss  piano  virtuoso,  so  we  shall  have 
two  star  attractions  on  a  single  program.  Both 
artists  will  appear  in  selected  solo  numbers,  and 
Mr.  Martin  will  bring  his  own  accompanist  from 
the  Metropolitan.  Following  this  attraction  will 
come  the  United  States  Marine  Band  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  known  as  the  "President's  Own" 
for  the  reason  that  ever  since  its  organization  by 
John  Quincy  Adams'  orders,  it  has  been  stat- 
ioned at  the  White  House  as  the  official  band  for 
all  great  public  functions.  It  has  had  such 
famous  conductors  as  Schneider,  Fanciulli  and 
John  Philip  Sousa  ami  at  present  Lt.  Wm. 
Santellman  is  the  director.  It  is  just  twenty  years 
since  this  band  enjoyed  its  last  long  furlough 
at  which  time  it  played  here  at  the  old  Grand 
Opera  House  under  the  baton  of  Sousa  who 
shortly  thereafter  resigned  to  take  up  the  work 
of  the  famous  Pat  Gilmore.  As  a  musical  or- 
ganization the  Marine  Band  is  one  of  the  finest 
in  America  and  its  solo  performers  are  men  of 
international  repuation.  The  band  will  play  five 
days  in  California,  and  Greenbaum  has  secured 
three  of  these.  The  series  will  open  with  an 
afternoon  and  evening  concert  at  the  Greek 
Theatre  in  Berkeley,  after  which  two  days  will 
be  devoted  to  concerts  in  San  Francisco.  From 
here  the  big  organization  of  over  si.xty  goes 
direct  to  Los  Angeles,  with  possibly  a  single 
concert  in  Fresno.  The  final  attraction  to  be 
offered  in  October  will  be  Mme.  Johanna  Gadski. 
the  great  Wagnerian  star,  and  one  of  the  few 
artists  equally  brilliant  on  the  concert  and 
operatic  stages.  Other  attractions  to  be  offered 
by  Greenbaum  will  be  as  follows:    Vocal — Mme. 


Sembrich,  Mme.  Julie  Culp,  Mme.  Gerville-Reache, 
Mme.  Clara  Butt  and  Mr.  Kennerly  Rumford 
and  Mr.  Claude  Cunningham;  Operatic  attrac- 
tions— Mme.  Alice  Neilson,  assisted  by  six  ar- 
tists from  the  Boston  Opera  Company,  by  ar- 
rangement with  Director  Henry  Russell;  Pianists 
— Mme.  Yolande  Mero,  a  Hungarian  virtuosa, 
Leopold  Godowsky,  Josef  Lhevinne,  Arthur 
Friedheim,  and  the  following  eminent  accompan- 
ists, Frank  Le  Forge  with  Mme.  Sembrich, 
Edward  Schneider  with  Gadski  and  that  wonderful 
artist  Coenraad  V.  Bos  with  Mme.  Julie  Culp. 
The  list  of  violinists  includes  Maud  Powell, 
Mischa  Elman  and  Eugen  Ysaye,  with  the  pos- 
sibility of  a  return  by  Zimbalist.  The  novelty  of 
the  season  will  be  the  grand  ballet  from  the 
Coliseum  in  London  starring  Adeline  Genee, 
supported  by  Volinin.  A  mgnificent  scenic  pro- 
duction and  symphony  orchestra  will  accompany 
the  organization  which  is  modeled  after  the  lines 


AMUSEMENTS 

EMILIE  FRANCES  BAUER 
Who    will    lecture   at    Century    Club  Hall 
September    17,    19   and  24. 

of  the  memorable  Pavlowa-Mordkin  aggregation. 
Other  attractions  in  the  musical  line  are  being 
negotiated  for.  In  quite  a  different  field  the 
impresario  will  offer  a  series  of  "Travelaughs" 
by  R.  G.  Knowles,  the  famous  humorist  who 
was  at  one  time  a  star  in  vaudeville  as  "The 
Man  who  made  the  Shah  Laugh."  During  the 
season  there  will  also  be  some  talks  on  health 
and  kindred  subjects  by  the  celebrated  pure-food 
expert  Dr.  Harvey  Wiley. 


She  Couldn't  Miss  It 

A  young  married  couple  were  returning  from 
their  honeymoon  trip  on  a  sleeping  car.  During 
the  night  when  the  train  was  running  slowly 
over  some  still,  mountainous  country,  a  soft 
feminine  voice  told  John  that  she  wanted  a  drink 
of  water. 

"All  right,  dear,"  replied  John.  "The  cooler  is 
only  a  step  down  the  aisle." 

"But  how  shall  I  know  which  berth  is  ours 
when  I  come  back?"  she  asked  timidly. 

"I  will  stick  my  foot  out  in  the  aisle,"  said 
John,  "then  you  can't  miss  it." 

When  she  came  back  there  was  a  large-sized 
foot  sticking  out  of  every  berth  in  the  aisle. 


The  way  of  the  transgressor  is  soft  enough; 
it's  the  place  he  arrives  at  that's  hard. 


Client — Didn't  you  make  a  mistake  in  going  into 
law  instead  of  the  army? 
Lawyer — Why? 

Client— By  the  way  you  charge,  there  would 
be  little  left  of  the  enemy. 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  September  1st 
A  VAUDEVILLE  CELEBRATION! 
Summertime  Girls;  Henry  Hargrave  &  Co.,  in  "Chums"; 
Irwm  a)id  Herzog,  Minstrel  T!oys ;  Rose  and  Ellis,  Jumping 
Jacks;  Alsace  and  Lorraine,  Novelty  Instrumentalists; 
Caits  Brothers,  Worderful  Dancers;  Paris  Green,  Famous 
Monologuist  and 

RUPERT  JEFFKINS, 
.\ustralian  Speed  King,  with  International  Auto  Race  Pic- 
tures. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — lOc,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  Most 

.  acAxsm  ThLt"ir 

0"f  I^RRtW  Bti  SlOCVvTOU  £r  POV^tVV  America 
Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
ANOTHER   GREAT   NEW  SHOW 

WILM.AM  THOMPSON,  the  Distinguished  American 
Character  .\ctor  and  his  Company  in  Frederic  Sargent's  one 
b^tF'^^    I'cilr  9^t'"'t  BILLY    GOULD  and 

Nm/InT^^^Q"'\'^'  ,  J""^  ""WARD'S 

NOVEL  lY,  Spectacular  Exhibition  of  Musical  Shetlands 
and  Terriers;  THE  TAKINESS  in  their  Eccentric  Musical 
Novelty;  MINNIE  ALLEN,  the  Little  Volcano  of  Mirth- 
CRACE  CAMERON;  BOUNDING  PATTERSONS-  NF\V 
DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURE.S.  Last  Week  of  ED- 
MOND  HAYES  &  CO.  in  "The  Piano  Movers." 

Evening   Prices,   lOc,   25c,   50c,   7Sc.      Box   Seats,  $100 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c.  25c,  50c. 
I'hones.  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1  570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

A  VERITABLE  SENSATION! 

Last  Two   Weeks  Start   Sunilay  Night 
Special   "Pop"   Matinee  Monday   (Admission  Day) 
Regular  Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
William  A.   Brady,   Ltd.,  Presents 
The  Biggest  Play  of  Our  Time 

"BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR" 

By  George  Broadhurst 

With  the  Original  Cast  Direct  from  Brady's  Playhouse 
New  York,  including  Charles  Richman,  fulia  Dean,  Frank 
Craven,  Agnes  De  Lane,  ,\Ilen  .\twell,  Mari  Hardi. 

Prices— 50c  to  $2.  "Pop"  Matinee  Wednesday  and  .\d- 
mission  Day. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Commencing  with   an   Extra  Matinee  Monday, 
September  9th,  and  Continuing  One  Week  Only, 
Special    Engagement  ol 

ADA  DWYER 

And  Farewell  Appearances  of 
FORREST  STANLEY 
In  the  Stage  Version  of  Kate  Douglas  Wiggin's 
Famous  Story 
MRS.  WIGGS  OF  THE  CABBAGE  PATCH 

.\n   Elaborate  Production 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 
Every  Night,  including  .Sunday 
Second    and    Last    Week    Begins    Monday,    September  9th 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
SPECIAL— M.\TINEE  WEDNESDAY,  25c  to  $1.50 
The  Comedy  of  Happiness 

"POMANDER  WALK" 

By   Louis  N.  Parker 
;\11  Star  English  Com[)aiiy 
Monday,    September    16tli — Its    a    Funny  Mix 
"0FFIC1-:R  666" 

Argus  Complained 
"A  hundred  eyes  are  of  no  use  unless  there  are 
a  hundred  knotholes  in  the  hence,"  he  mourned. 


20 


TOWN  TALK 


September  7,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — When  some  western  buying  of  rail- 
road and  industrial  securities  developed  nearly 
two  weeks  ago  following  the  assurance  of  good 
grain  harvests,  many  traders  and  commission 
houses  thought  they  saw  a  bull  market  ahead, 
but  their  enthusiasm  was  sadly  dampened  by  tlie 
course  of  events  last  week.  The  market  stood 
up  well,  but  all  the  life  died  out  of  it  as  far  as 
the  leading  railroad  shares  were  concerned,  and 
it  became  a  thing  of  "shreds  and  patches"  with 
the  chief  interest  centering  in  what  are  usually 
considered  minor  issues.  Some  specialties  were 
very  strong  and  active,  but  that  sort  of  thing 
does  not  make  a  bull  market,  because  the  more 
conservative  commission  houses,  including  those 
with  exterior  wire  connections,  try  to  keep  their 
speculative  customers  out  of  such  stocks,  by  re- 
fusing to  buy  or  sell  them  on  ordinary  margins. 
Standard  rails  and  industrials  arc  handled  on  a 
ten  point  margin.  Industrials  acted  lietter  than 
railroads  because  the  public  thought  they  would 
be  affected  more  directly  by  the  bright  outlook 
for  general  business,  and  because  the  rails  have 
more  to  fear  from  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission and  the  exclusion  of  their  shipping  from 
the  Panama  Canal,  than  have  the  manufacturing 
interests  from  tariff  changes.  The  commission 
can  keep  right  on  regulating  rates,  but  Congress 
will  do  no  more  tariff  tinkering  for  some  time. 
The  splendid  crop  situation  has  been  overworked 
by  the  bull  crowd,  and  now  that  the  public  re- 
fuses to  buy  rails  at  present  quotations,  even 
though  they  look  cheap,  those  who  are  carrying 
stocks  to  sell  at  an  advance  are  finding  their  loads 
heavy  to  bear.  Xo  serious  declines  in  seasoned 
dividend  payers  on  the  railroad  list  are  probable 
because  behind  the  market  stands  the  European 
investor  looking  for  bargains.  He  can  conceal 
his  wealth  by  putting  it  into  American  securities 
and  the  income  taxes  in  England  and  France 
make  this  an  inducement. 

Wheat — The  last  week  finds  no  important 
change  in  wheat  values  either  way,  neither  has 
there  been  any  shift  in  the  market  sentiment.  The 
market  continues  in  a  heavy  oversold  condition, 
and  the  trade  appears  confident  of  lower  prices 
when  the  Northwestern  spring  wheat  movement 
is  fairly  under  way.  There  is  still  a  disposition  to 
enlarge  on  the  spring  wheat  crop  by  individual 
investigators.  The  Minneapolis  Market  Record 
commenting  on  the  optimism  of  such  reports 
remarks  as  follows:  "Localities  where  large 
yields  are  found  are  reported  in  some  detail,  but 
the  sections  showing  only  average  productions 
are  withheld,  or  expressed  in  uncertain  terms, 
which  lead,  when  reports  are  not  carefully  con- 
sidered, to  public  expectation  about  what  definite 
results  show.    In  the  last  two  previous  years  the 


yields  have  averaged  much  under  normal.  This 
season  has  brought  about  a  pleasing  change  and 
with  it  a  tendency  to  exaggerate.  At  least  spots 
are  found  with  crops  of  low  yields  with  little  said 
concerning  them."  It  is,  however,  characteristic 
of  tile  mental  trend  of  humanity  to  carry  to  great 
extremes  a  market  or  a  situation  of  any  kind. 
Ji'st  now  the  depressing  features  are  emphasized 
and  conditions  that  suggest  improvement  are 
overlooked,  or  but  lightly  regarded.  This  is  much 
the  state  of  mind  that  the  trade  is  in  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  Sentiment  was  so  determined  several 
weeks  ago  that  values  must  sink  to  the  85  cent 
level  that  it  has  been  accepted  as  an  assured  fact 
which  only  requires  a  little  time  to  realize  its 
fulfillment,  and  y-et  wheat  is  higher  than  it  was 
three  weeks  ago.  It  was  believed  that  the  winter 
wheat  would  flood  the  market  and  cause  such  an 
accumulation  of  supplies  that  the  market  would 
be  borne  down  under  the  load,  but  it  is  nearly 
sixty  days  since  the  winter  wheat  movement  be- 
gan and  still  the  visible  supply  is  now  S.OOO.OOfl 
bushels  less  than  last  year.  If  the  necessities  of 
the  trade  were  so  great  as  to  require  such  a  large 
quantity  of  winter  wheat,  does  not  the  same 
situation  apply  to  the  spring  wheal? 

Corn — The  consumptive  part  of  the  trade  has 
for  a  long  time  past  been  anxious  for  a  lf)wer 
level  of  values,  and  the  speculative  trade  has  been 
in  harmony  with  that  desire,  as  is  shown  by  the 
discount  of  25  cents  per  bushel  in  the  December 
and  -May  options  under  cash  values.  But  a  crop 
of  corn  that  is  not  yet  raised  does  not  fill  the 
immediate  requirements  of  the  consumptive  trade 
wliich  has  absorbed  the  current  receipts  and  re- 
duced the  stock  to  a  vanishing  point.  Just  how 
much  old  corn  there  is  to  come  forward 
there  is  at  this  time  no  way  of  ascertain- 
ing, but  whatever  there  may  be.  it  will  be  mar- 
keted only  sparingly  until  the  new  crop  is  as- 
sured. 

Cotton — More  irre.gularity  is  shown  in  reports 
from  the  cotton  fields  than  at  any  previous  time 
during  the  month.  There  is  no  marked  deteriora- 
tion except  in  Texas,  but  it  is  now  evident  that 
the  cotton  plant  has  nearly  reached  its  miximum 
growth  and  promise  and  that  developments  of  the 
future  will  probably  be  less  uniform.  Open  bolls 
are  to  be  found  in  nearly  all  localities  and  over 
the  southern  half  of  the  belt  picking  has  begun  in 
a  moderate  way  or  is  very  general  as  in  central 
and  southern  Texas.  Fruiting  during  the  past 
four  weeks  has  been  very  heavy  and  bolls  set 
earlier  have  made  rapid  growth,  but  correspond- 
ents state  that  much  of  the  fruit  is  still  very 
young  and  is  not  regarded  as  being  secure  from 
frost  or  from  shedding,  which  latter  process  has 
begun  in  a  few  localities.    In  central  and  south- 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT    BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner   New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  Mc.Vab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519,217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers— Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
v. -Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  VV.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Ilerrin,  Henry  Roscnfcid,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
I..  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facilit]r  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 


Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 


September  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


ern  Texas  an  iinpi-cccdeiited  amount  oi  cotton 
is  open  and  ready  to  pick.  The  rapid  maturity 
has  been  forced  by  drouth  and  in  many  places 
the  yield  is  believed  to  be  less  than  that  of  last 
year.  Otherwise,  prospects  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi river  are  better  than  last  year  and  the  best 
development  of  the  week  is  noted  in  Arkansas, 
Louisiana,  Oklahoma  and  Tennessee. 


Mektub 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

tened  him  "Father  of  Blindness,"  which  name  ap- 
peared to  him  a  compliment,  and  he  would  use  it, 
speaking  of  himself,  complacently,  just  as  a 
Scotchman  likes  to  be  spoken  of  under  the  style 
and  title  of  the  land  he  owns,  although  it  he  all 
bog.  Though  in  the  little  world  of  men  in  which 
he  lived  the  doctor  was  a  fool,  in  the  large  field 
of  science,  he  was  competent  enough,  and  when 
he  proved  to  demonstration  to  the  other  doctors 
in  the  place  that  a  slight  operation  would  restore 
the  Rubio's  sight,  they  all  fell  in  with  it,  and 
though  for  years  the  object  of  their  care  had  held 
their  horses  and  they  had  seen  him  every  day, 
without  observing  him,  he  now  became  of  interest, 
jrst  as  a  moth  becomes  of  interest  when  it  is 
dead  and  put  into  a  case  with  otiier  specimens. 

Whether  the  sympathy  that  certainly  exists  be- 
tween wise  men  and  those  whose  intellect  is 
rudimentary,  and  which  is  rarely  manifested  be- 
tween a  learned  and  an  ordinary  man,  prevailed 
rpcn  the  Ruhio  to  submit  himself  to  the  minis- 
trations of  tlie  German  man  of  science,  Allah 
alone  can  tell.  A  season  saw  the  mounting- 
block  deserted,  and  tourists  gave  their  liorses  to 
be  held  by  boys,  who  tied  them  by  the  reins  to 
rings  high  in  the  wall,  and  fell  asleep,  leaving  the 
animals  to  fight  and  break  their  bridles,  and  for  a 
time  no  stream  of  cheerful  blasphemy  was  heard, 
in  any  European  tongue,  from  the  usual  guardian 
of  the  stone.  In  a  clean  unaccustomed  bed  in  a 
dark  corner  of  Hope  House,  the  missionary  hos- 
pital, the  Rubio  lay,  his  head  bound  up  in  ban- 
dages, silent,  but  cheerful,  confident  in  the  skill 
of  his  strange  friend,  but  yet  incredulous,  after 
the  Arab  way. 

During  the  long  six  weeks,  what  were  his 
thoughts  and  expectations  it  is  difficult  to  say. 
Perhaps  they  ran  upon  the  wonders  of  tlie  new 
world  he  would  inherit  with  his  sight,  perhaps  lie 
rather  dreaded  to  behold  all  tliat  he  knew  so  well 


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a  lizard  he  had  basked  against  his  wall,  had  never 
for  a  moment  ceased  from  talking,  now  was  silent, 
and  when  the  doctor  visited  him,  to  dress  his 
eyes,  and  make  his  daily  diagnosis  of  the  case, 
answered  to  all  the  words  of  hope  he  heard,  "It 
will  be  as  God  wishes  it  to  be,"  and  turned  un- 
easily between  his  unfamiliar  sheets.  At  last  the 
day  arrived  when  doctors  judged  the  necessary 
time  had  passed.  No  one  in  Tangier  was  more 
confident  than  was  "the  Father  of  Blindruess." 
who  went  and  came  about  the  town  buoyed  high 
with  expectation,  for  he  was  really  a  kind-hearted 
man,  learned  but  simple,  after  the  fashion  of  his 
kind. 

At  early  morning  all  was  ready,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  assembled  doctors  of  the  place, 
with  infinite  precaution  the  dressings  were  re- 
moved. Cautiously  and  by  degrees,  a  little  light 
was  let  into  the  room.  Holding  his  patient's  hand 
and  visibly  moved,  the  German  asked  him  if  he 
saw.  "Not  yet,"  the  Rubio  answered,  and  then, 
throwing  the  window  open  wide,  the  sunlight 
filled  the  room,  falling  upon  the  figure  in  the  bed, 
and  on  the  group  of  doctors  standing  by  ex- 
pectantly. It  filled  the  room,  and  through  the 
window  showed  the  mountains  standing  out  blue 
above  Tarifa,  the  strait,  calm  as  a  sheet  of  glass, 
except  where  the  two  "Calas"  cut  it  into  foam. 
It  fell  upon  the  cliffs  which  jut  into  the  sea  below 
Hope  House;  upon  the  hills  of  Anjera,  and  on 
the  bird-like  sails  of  the  feluccas  in  the  bay,  filling 
the  world  with  gladness  that  a  new  day  was  born. 
Still  on  his  bed  the  Rubio  lay,  pale  with  his  long 
confinement,  and  with  his  hands  nervously  feeling 
at  his  eyes.  All  saw  that  the  experiment  had 
failed,  and  with  a  groan  the  German  man  of 
science  buried  his  head  between  his  hands  and 
sobbed  aloud,  the  tears  dimming  his  spectacles 
and  running  down  upon  his  beard.  With  a  grave 
smile  the  patient  got  out  of  his  bed,  and  having 
felt  his  way  to  where  he  heard  the  sobs,  laid  his 
rough,  freckled  hand  upon  the  shoulder  of  his 
friend,  and  said  as  unconcernedly,  as  if  he  had 
not  sutTered  in  the  least.  "Weep  not;  it  was  not 
written;"  then,  looking  round,  asked  for  a  boy 
to  lead  him  back  again  to  his  accustomed  seat 
upon  his  stone. 

She  looked  at  him,  doubtfully,  yet  lingeringly. 
and  the  music  started. 

"Shall  we  'bunny?'?"  she  asked,  shooting  him 
full  with  her  great,  crushed  violet  eyes. 

He  looked  at  her. 

"No,  dear  lady,"  he  replied,  with  all  the  decision 
he  possessed.    "Let  us  find  a  corner  and  hug." 


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"And  would  you  really  die  for  me,  darling,"  she 
cooed. 

"Gladly,  darling,"  he  bubbled. 

"And  would  there."  she  continued  softly,  but 
with  a  faint  commercial  ring  in  her  voice,  "would 
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(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

years  or  so  I  supposed  he  was  some  little  local 
god.  P,ut  everything  I've  seen  of  his  is  a  work 
of  art.  There  is  a  painting  in  his  home  which 
gave  me  an  electric  shock.  And  those  wonderful 
stained  glass  windows  in  the  Swedenborgian 
Church!  Bruce  Porter  made  me  stand  in  awe, 
as  never  before,  of  the  word  dilettante.  It  had 
suddenly  taken  on  a  new  meaning." 

Like  most  of  our  other  poets  Bynner  has 
answered  the  beck  of  the  theatre,  A  play  of  his 
called  "His  Father's  House"  was  put  on  by 
Morosco  in  Los  Angeles.  It  ran  for  two  weeks 
and  was  warmly  received.  The  author  hopes  to 
have  it  produced  at  the  Alcazar  or  Ye  Liberty. 

But  he  liasn't  given  up  poetry  by  any  means. 
His  second  book  of  verses  is  to  be  published  soon. 
Perhaps  it  will  contain  the  following  gem  which 
ajipeared  in  the  Forum: 

Home 

You  ask  me  wliy  I  give  him  all. 
My  earnings  and  luck-money  too, 

And  sin  and  suffer  for  his  gain — 
I'll  answer  you, 

A  lilac  grew  not  far  from  home. 

The  way  we  children  always  went — 
He  beats  me  if  I  buy  or  borrow 

Lilac  scent, 

Undnnbtedly  if  he  keeps  on  writing  like  that 
clever  young  ladies  will  not  have  to  ask: 
"And  who  may  Witter  Bynner  be?" 


Mrs,  Bacon — She's  one  of  the  most  obstinate 
women  I  ever  knew. 
Mrs.  Edgbert — Indeed! 

Mrs.  Bacon — Yes;  do  you  know,  I  believe  if 
she  took  laughing  gas  she'd  cry. 


First  Lady — How  very  happy  the  bridegroom 
looks!  Really,  it  is  pleasant  to  see  a  young  man 
looking  so  joyful. 

Second  Lady — Hush!  That's  not  the  bride- 
groom; that's  a  gentleman  the  bride  jilted  six 
months  ago. 


"My  love,  I  don't  want  you  to  do  your  own 
work  when  we  are  married." 

"That's  considerate  of  you." 

"And  that  brings  me  to  a  delicate  question. 
Have  you  enough  money  to  enable  us  to  keep  a 
hired  trirl?" 


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September  7,  1912 


rens 

By  Lord  Diinsany 

It  is  wonderful  \vh;it  dull  things  a  brazen  nib 
will  say.  He  has  a  million  fellows  whose  voices 
arc  all  alike.  His  home  was  some  dark  factory, 
and  he  docs  not  even  perceive  the  terror  of  it. 
His  talk  is  topics  of  interest  and  of  "records." 
As  for  a  stilograph,  I  can  no  longer  touch  one 
without  being  haunted  at  once  by  the  terrible 
face  of  a  clean-shaven  man  who  asks  me  in  seven- 
teen difTerent  ways  why  I  do  not  buy  a  Boojum. 
But  full  of  country  spaces  and  wide  breezes  is  the 
soul  of  the  quill.  Left  to  himself,  he  will  tell  of 
many-gabled  farms,  of  old  thatches,  of  old  ways 
and  of  very  quiet  places.  He  will  tell  of  proces- 
sions pacing  solemnly  over  some  field,  and  of  the 
green  pond  at  the  end  of  it,  and  of  the  sweet 
weeds  to  be  found  therein  and  the  soft,  familiar 
mud.  He  knows  well  village  greens,  and  the  way 
that  the  wind  will  come;  he  knows  the  seasons  of 
the  caravans  and  strange  nomadic  songs;  he 
guesses  the  mystery  behind  far  hills.  He  could 
tell  even  now  of  the  forgotten  village  dance.  He 
knows  the  hatred  that  is  fixed  of  old  between  the 
geese  and  the  traffic. 

Of  these  things  one  may  write  with  the  com- 
mon quill. 

But  had  I  a  long  grey  feather  from  the  wild 
goose's  wing,  what  regions  might  I  not  write  of, 
what  marvelous  cloudlands!  What  a  comrade  for 
one's  fancy  were  such  a  feather,  for  it  is  all 
magical  with  those  great  birds'  tumultuous  outcry. 
With  such  a  pen  I  could  prophesy  the  snow  and 
the  coming  out  from  his  white  gates  of  the  north 
wind.  With  such  a  pen  I  could  tell  the  Boreal 
song,  and  the  music  that  is  made  with  clinking  ice 
on  huge  lakes  thawing  slowly;  I  should  know 
when  the  floes  first  broke  in  Arctic  harbors;  I 
should  feel  in  my  forefinger  the  furthest  rumor 
of  spring  or  ever  the  snowdrops  heard  it;  I 
should  tell  of  the  dawns  emerging  from  night 
along  the  reaches  of  Shannon;  and  of  the  purple 
sea  in  Ireland's  midst,  that  smiles  and  smiles  at 
the  heather,  waiting  for  bones  of  men;  but  of  its 
treachery  my  pen  would  not  tell.  Of  the  clouds 
robed  in  crimson  would  I  tell,  and  of  their  riding 
southward;  of  the  sudden  accession  of  winter,  and" 
of  all  birds  going  southward;  and  of  tlic  north 
wind  leading  them,  and  an  .•iiiciinl  f.iilli.  througli 
desolate  banks  of  mist. 

I  would  tell  of  the  soft  snow  meeting  ihem  by 
night — soft  snow  that  is  like  the  sleep,  without 
any  dreams,  of  someone  who  was  weary  a  thou- 
sand years  ago.  I  would  tell  of  dawn  over  white 
counties;  I  would  hint  of  the  terror  that  abides 
in  cities,  of  the  mystery  of  bells,  and  the  tale  of 
a  cry  going  southw-ards;  and  then  the  sight  of  the 
fens  snowy  and  gleaming,  and  a  heron  always 
watching,  and  afar  a  windmill  appearing,  the  only 
insignia  of  man— and  that  forsaken — and  thou- 
sands of  waving  reeds,  and  the  sound  of  an  old 
song  singing. 

For  such  a  pen  would  have  seen  many  lands 
and  would  have  been  the  herald  of  the  seasons; 
would  have  raced  with  poets'  fancies  between  the 
stars  and  the  steeples;  would  have  known  the 
sea  as  a  home  and  the  wild  tides  as  a  cradK-;  and 
would  have  seen  the  great  bergs,  lured  by  spring, 
forsake  their  allegiance  to  the  northern  hills. 

Such  pens  are  not  easily  come  by.  One  must 
have  watched  in  the  lonely  places  the  birth  of 
many  stars,  lying  concealed  with  rushes.  One 
must  let  the  ducks  go  by  and  never  fire  at  them; 
one  must  let  the  water  creep  in  as  it  will;  one 
must  let  it  freeze  if  it  will.  One  must  outlast  the 
flighting  of  the  duck  and  the  inquisitive  visits  of 
the  green  plover,  and  all  the  sounds  of  evening, 
except,  perhaps,  the  remote  bark  of  some  lonely 


dog,  who  patiently  guards  the  days  of  an  isolated 
but  contented  life  in  a  little  old  hut  at  the  end 
of  a  lane  that  lost  itself  years  ago  in  the  purple 
bog.  And  one  night  the  geese  will  come,  looking 
unnaturally  vast,  perhaps,  against  a  remnant  of 
the  sunset,  and  with  a  sound  like  cheerius  heard 
in  a  far-ofif  city. 

Or  by  the  shores  of  unmolested  rivers  one  may 
watcli  for  them  when  the  night  is  barely  gone — 
they  seem  to  ebb  and  flow  with  the  tide  of  night. 

Recently  in  a  wide  marsh  1  heard  them  sud- 
denly by  day.  and  they  sailed  in  and  alighted 
while  I  lay  quite  still.  For  a  long  while  I  crept 
towards  them  until  the  water  became  too  shallow 
to  hide  me,  and  they  rose  far  off,  and  I  fired  at 
them  with  large  shot  and  missed;  and  they  re- 
mained romantic  to  me  and  full  of  mystery  as 
the  things  that  we  do  not  grasp,  and  all  soared 
safely  away  into  those  spaces  where  man  in  the 
present  century  awkwardly  flounders  like  a  beggar 
trying  the  hang  of  a  royal  cloak.  And  now. 
though  not  at  the  time,  I  am  glad  that  they 
soared  away,  trailing  their  voice  over  blue  leagues 
of  sky,  to  go  back  again,  strangely  guided,  to 
northern  floes  before  our  dafi^odils  blow;  and,  go- 
ing back,  to  appear  through  rifts  in  fog  far  over 
terrible  cities,  to  the  wonderment  of  faint  and 
toiling  men. 

I'or  to  nic  their  cry  is  of  lands  that  the  swal- 
low fears,  and  the  blackbird  cannot  sing  of,  whose 
glittering  hills  the  skylark  has  not  known,  nor  the 
nightingale  imagined. 


A  Whistler  Story 

The  foll(]wing  story  of  Whistler,  though  no- 
new,  has  not  perhaps  been  told  quite  so  often  ,is 
many  others.  When  the  artist  was  living  in  th>' 
Latin  Quarter  in  Paris  in  his  youth  a  friend  too,; 
him  to  task  for  his  idleness. 

"Why  don't  you  pitch  in  and  paint  something?  " 
said  the  friend.  "Pretty  soon  your  money  will 
be  all  gone  and  those  three  rolls  of  canvas  will 
still  be  standing  empty  there  beiiind  the  door, 
just  as  they  have  been  standing  for  the  last  six 
weeks." 

Whistler,  as  he  lay  on  the  bed  smoking  his 
pipe,  answered  lazily:  "But  you  see,  as  there's 
nothing  on  the  canvas  I  can  sell  it." 

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Letters 

Another  from  Mary  Roberts  Rinehart 

We  all  know  the  cynical  twist  which  has  been 
given  to  the  ancient  proverb,  "Where  there's  a 
will  there's  a  way — to  break  it."  Mary  Roberts 
Rinehart's  latest  book  tnrns  the  perverted  maxim 
wnmg  side  out  ami  gives  rs  a  comedy  of  desper- 
ate remedies  that  were  resorted  to  in  order  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  a  reasonably  sane 
testament  despite  the  feather-headed  folly  of  the 
heir  and  a  shrewd  and  clever  financier  whose 
plars  were  laid  to  get  possession  of  the  property 
in  a  perfectly  legitimate  way  provided  he  conld 
c  nee  bring-  about  the  conditions  which  would 
throw  it  upon  the  market.  Hope  Sanitarium  was 
a  flourishing  institution  open  all  the  year  round, 
and  with  a  clientele  of  Tegular  patrons  who  sat 
round  and  coddled  themselves  after  the  fashiun 
of  people  with  nothing  to  do  but  humor  their 
imaginary  ailments  and  means  enough  to  keep 
up  the  treatment.  The  famous  spring  which 
erred  every  ill  was,  f)f  course,  doctored,  though 
no  one  but  the  doctor-proprietor  and  tlic  spring 
attendant  were  in  the  secret.  Minnie  had  been 
in  charge  for  fourteen  years,  knew  everything 
about  everybody,  and  was  loyal  to  her  employer. 
It  is  she  who  tells  the  story,  and  being  energetic, 
interested, Observing  and  red-headed,  there  is  no 
c|uestion  about  the  cjuality  of  her  narrative.  The 
old  doctor  was  of  steady  and  regular  habits  so  it 
v.-as  almost  a  matter  (^f  c  irrse  that  Irs  favorite 
relative  should  be  a  grandson  so  fcather-hendod. 
erratic  and  unreliable  tliat  there  was  no  cornting 
on  him  for  anything  five  minutes  ahead.  W'lu-n 
the  old  man  died  suddenly  it  was  found  thai  he 
had  willed  the  -sanitarium  to  tliis  Dick  Carter  on 
Condition  that  he  should  be  there  on  the  ground 
in  precisely  one  week  after  the  reading  of  the 
will  and  that  he  slvnild  remain  and  conduct  t!ie 
ins'i'trtitn  successfully  for  two  months.  Failing 
either  prevision,  the  property  was  to  be  sidd  and 
tlie  proceeds  devoted  to  charity.  The  villain  in 
the  piece  v,-as  Thoburn  who  had  long  had  his  eye 
on  the  Pope  Sanitarium,  with  its  golf  links,  deer 
park  and  other  attractions,  for  a  summer  hotel, 
and  there  was  nothing  that  its  proprietor  loatli  d 
more  than  summer  hotels.  Thoburn,  who  1  new- 
Dick  Carter's  erratic  disposition  as  well  rs  h,' 
knew  his  own,  was  right  there  on  the  spot,  took 
up  f|uartcrs  in  the  institution,  and  with  one  eye 
on  the  clock,  was  ready  to  demand  the  sale  of 
the  property  the  instant  the  time  expired,  and  it 
goes  without  saying  that  no  one  knew  where  to 
find  the  heir.  After  the  lapse  of  several  days  he 
wa.s  located,  suffering  from  an  attack  of  mumps, 
and.  incidentally,  the  mumps  play  as  much  of  a 
part  in  this  comedy  as  the  visionary  smallpox 
did  in  "Seven  Days."  An  irate  brother-in-law,  re- 
called from  his  honeymoon,  personally  saw  the 
young  reprobate  on  the  train  headed  for  Hope 
Springs  but  though  the  train  arrived  on  time  the 
passenger  did  not.  He  was  next  heard  from  out 
in  Ohio,  having  seized  this  oppetrtune  time  for 
an  elopement.  Matters  were  somewhat  desperate 
at  the  sanitarium.  The  lawyer  was  on  hand  to 
make  the  transfer  on  this  last  day  of  the  proba- 
tionary week,  but  the  party  of  the  second  part 
was  still  missing.  Sam  Van  Alstyne,  quite  natur- 
ally, wanted  t(j  save  the  property  for  his  scap.'- 
grace  brother-in-law,  and  Minnie  wanted  to  see 
the  old  doctor's  plan  carried  out,  while  both  were 
determined  to  thwart  Thoburn  and  his  summer 
hotel  project.  At  the  eleventh  hour  the  same 
idea  occurred  to  be)th,  a  temporary  substitute, 
and  the  manager  of  a  stranded  theatrical  company 
which  had  gone  to  pieces  in  the  neighboring 
town,  was  pressed  into  service.  It  happened  that 
no  one  in  the  house  knew  Dick  Carter,  and  it  was 
hoped  that  the  late  arrival,  the  consecjuent  ex- 


citement and  a  plea  of  fatigue  would  help  out  the 
deception  for  one  night.  All  might  have  gone 
well  were  it  not  for  scapegoat  Dick  who  made 
his  untimely  entrance  a  few  minutes  before  mid- 
night, just  in  time  to  save  his  bacon  by  being 
literally  "on  the  ground,"  but,  being  Dick  Carter, 
Ijringing  with  him  an  additional  C(.)mplication. 
The  girl  whom  he  had  married  was  supposed  to 
be  at  a  boarding  school  while  her  father  and  elder 
sister  (about  to  comniit  matrimony  with  a  bit  of 
foreign  aristocracy),  who  were,  according  to  the 
newspapers,  traveling  in  Mexico  together,  were 
really  putting  up  at  the  sanitarium  too,  wdiile  still 
another  recent  addition  te}  the  household  was  an 
actress  to  whom  Master  Dickie  had  but  recenth- 
paid  ardent  court  and  who  was  then  suing  him 
for  breach  of  promise.  The  situation  was  prej- 
lific  of  complications  and  cross-currents.  Youth- 
ful Mrs.  Carter  must  keep  aloof  from  her  irascible 
father,  and  the  elopement  and  conscciuent  social 
scandal  must  be  suppressed  lest  Prince  Oskar 
take  fright  and  leave  sister  Patrici,-i  in  the  lurch. 
With  Pierce,  alias  Carter,  openly  received  and 
welcomed  by  the  Van  Alstynes  and  Minnie,  tliere 
could  he  no  plausible  or  logical  explanatiem  of 
another  claimant,  and  if  the  real  Dick  were  to  go 
away  the  conditions  of  the  will  would  be  broken. 
About  one  half  the  people  in  the  house  were  in 
the  secret,  and  between  trying  to  keep  the  rest 
from  making  discoveries,  concealing  and  provid- 
ing for  the  two  young  and  almost  unmanageable 
idiots  on  the  premises,  thwarting  Thoburn's  dili- 
gent efforts  to  drive  the  patients  ;i\\'ay  and  thus 
prove  that  Carter  was  unsuccessful,  and  inilucing 
the  healthy,  vigorous,  energetic  Pierce,  alias  Car- 
ter, to  have  son-ic  little  syn-ipathy,  if  rmly  as^im-ied, 
for  the  lazy,  over-fed  and  imaginative  inmates, 
there  was  little  time  for  slee]).  much  less  mopin.g. 
It  is  a  pretty  fair  prediction  that  liefore  the  end 
of  the  year  "Where  there's  a  Will"  will  be  on  the 
stage  and  rivalling  its  elder  sister  "Seven  D;iys." 
"^rom  Bobbs  Merrill,  Indianapolis. 


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In   the  .Superior  Court  of  tlie  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the    City   and   County   of   San  Francisco. 
LINF.H.\N-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 

DefeniLaiit. 

Actinii  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  tlic  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  I'eople  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  arc  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  tlie  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
f(u-  tin  (.  ity  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
.-titer  tliu  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arisiufT  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  ilemanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE, 

Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  ANTONIO  S.\LV.'\REZZ.\,  alias,  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Executrix  of 
the  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers 
within  four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  J.  A.  Gendotti 
&  C.  ].  Houston,  Attorneys  at  Law,  1104  First  National 
Bank  Building,  corner  Post  and  Montgomery  Streets,  San 
Francisco.  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  her  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said   estate   of   Antonio   Salvarezza.   alias,  deceased. 

MARIA  SALVAREZZA, 
Executrix  of  the  Estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  De- 
ceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  24,  1912. 
J.  A.  GENDOTTI  6t  C.  J.  HOUSTON, 
.\ttorneys  at  Law. 

1104  First  National  Bank  Bldg., 

Post  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-24-5 


SUMMONS 

111   tlie   Superiiu-   Court   of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
f-n  the  City  anil  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,652; 
I  )riiartniciit    No.  7. 
M,\F.   J.    RINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEV, 

Defendant. 

.\ctioii  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  tlie  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  sairl  City  and  County. 

The  Peoiilc  of  tlie  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSri'lI  M.  RINM-'.Y.  Defendant. 

You  .irc  hereljy  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
.-'gainst  v'lu  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Ciuirt  i.f  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
(  I  ni:l\  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
llicnni  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
.itttr  tile  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
tliis  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

i'he  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\iid  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  afjply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other   relief   demanded    in    the  Complaint. 

(liven  under  my  hand  .iiid  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MIUXREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  L  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.  J.  FRITZ,  Attv.  for  Plaintiff, 

'42^  Mills   Bldg.,   San   Francisco.   Cal.  8-17-10 


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A  Word  of  Advice 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  managers  of 
President  Taft's  interest  in  California  will 
be  dissuaded  from  taking  the  bait  prepared 
for  them  by  Mr.  Meyer  Lissner  and  his 
savory  pals.  These  sacrosanct  psalm-sing- 
ers of  bullmoosia  hope  to  induce  the  unregen- 
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tors on  the  ballot  by  means  of  a  petition. 
They  have  pointed  out  that  this  is  the  proper 
course  to  pursue.  To  escape  the  odium  of 
their  plan  to  steal  the  party  designation 
they  have  pretended  to  believe  that  there  is 
no  advantage  to  be  derived  from  it,  and  they 
have  pointed  out  that  they  think  so  well 
of  the  petition  as  a  means  of  nominating 
electors  that  they  purpose  employing  it 
themselves.  The  sham  of  their  pretension 
is  obvious.  'I'hey  intend  to  nominate  elec- 
tors both  by  convention  and  l^y  petition. 
They  will  nominate  by  petition  because 
only  thus  may  they  hope  to  perpetuate 
a  Progressive  party  in  California.  The 
electors  whom  they  will  nominate  by 
convention  will  be  known  as  Republi- 
can electors.  The  same  electors,  nom- 
inated by  petition,  will  be  known  as 
Progressive  electors,  and  thus  the  party  will 
acquire  under  the  primary  law  the  right  of 
recognition  in  the  future.  Now  for  two 
reasons  it  would  be  gross  stupidity  to  place 
Taft  electors  on  the  ballot  by  petition:  first, 
because  without  the  regular  party  designa- 
tion they  would  have  no  chance  of  election  ; 
secondly,  because  it  would  be  at  once  tan- 
tamount to  acquiescence  in  the  Johnson- 
Lissner  larceny  and  testimony  of  the  sound- 
ness of  the  Progressive  contention.  It  is 
absurd  to  speculate  for  a  moment  as  to  the 
possibility  of  electing  Taft  electors  nom- 
inated by  petition  and  not  otherwise  while 
Roosevelt  electors  are  masquerading  as  reg- 
ular Republicans  and  also  appearing  as  Pro- 
gressives. In  a  triangular  fight,  with  Taft 
electors  under  the  Republican  designation 
and  Roosevelt  electors  designated  as  Pro- 


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gressives,  there  would  be  no  chance  of 
Roosevelt's  winning.  In  a  triangular  fight 
with  Roosevelt  electors  appearing  under  the 
Republican  designation  there  would  be  lit- 
tle chance  of  Roosevelt's  losing.  In  a  dual 
contest  between  Roosevelt  and  Wilson  reg- 
ular Republicans  would  rebuke  the  Progres- 
sive fraud  and  elect  the  Democratic  can- 
didate. The  sane  course  for  the  Taft  Re- 
publicans to  pursue  is  to  put  the  Pro- 
gressive crooks  on  record,  seek  to  enjoin 
them  in  court,  and  if  the  technicalities 
are  in  their  favor  let  them  make  the 
most  of  their  triumph  without  assist- 
ance. It  is  important  that  the  crooks 
should  be  put  on  record,  and  it  is  easy  to 
put  them  on  record.  At  the  convention  let 
them  be  called  upon  by  the  regular  Re- 
publican delegates  to  adopt  the  National 
Republican  platform ;  let  them  be  called 
upon  to  pledge  the  electors  to  support  the 
nominees  of  the  Republican  ticket;  and  if 
they  refuse  then  let  them  be  called  upon  to 
justify  themselves,  or  rather,  their  action, 
in  court.  In  this  connection  it  is  interest- 
ing to  reflect  that  while  nothing  but  public 
opinion  and  personal  honor  bind  a  Presi- 
dential elector  to  vote  for  the  candidate  of 
his  party,  public  opinion  and  personal  honor 
for  one  hundred  years  have  had  all  the  force 
of  a  constitutional  mandate  in  the  selection 
of  a  President.  No  elector  ever  betrayed  his 
trust.  No  elector  ever  obtained  his  office 
under  false  pretenses.  It  has  remained  for 
Theodore  Roosevelt  and  Hiram  Johnson, 
volunteer  moral  guides  of  the  nation,  to 
sanction  and  advise  the  commission  of  per- 
jury that  men  might  be  elected  to  a  conven- 
tion in  which  they  shall  be  empowered  to 
nominate  to  an  electoral  college  men  who 
will  not  scruple  at  a  moral  treason  which  no 
elector  in  the  history  of  the  country  ever 
dared  to  submit  to  the  judgment  of  history. 
Regular  Republicans  ought  to  be  able  to 
find  something  of  satisfaction  in  being  able 
to  compel  so  hideous  an  act  of  dishonor  in 
the  interest  of  the  men  who  are  intent  on 
wrecking  the  party  of  Lincoln  and  Mc- 
K  in  ley. 


The  Good  Mr.  Perkins 

With  our  ears  full  of  the  beautiful  senti- 
ments that  fell  with  dulcet  resonance  from 
the  lips  of  our  Governor  as  he  wended  his 
way  eastward  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  the 
brotherhood  of  man  and  the  sisterhood  of 
woman  and  the  paternalism  of  government, 
we  turn  with  moist  eyes  to  the  testimony 
given  at  the  legislative  investigation  of  the 
Harvester  Company's  plant  at  Auburn,  New 
York.  And  as  we  read  that  testimony 
strange  emotions  surge  in  our  bosom  and  in 
the  neighborhood  of  our  brisket.  And  we 
ask  ourselves.  May  it  not  be  that  our  good 


No.  1047 


and  ingenuous  Governor  is  misled?  Who 
knows  but  that  he  is  destined  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  enemy  of  God's  people  at 
-Armageddon?  For  it  is  under  the  banner  of 
George  W.  Perkins  that  Hiram  and  the 
Colonel  are  to  battle  for  the  Lord.  There 
is  no  doubt  about  Perkins.  He  is  no  pluto- 
crat of  the  Archbold  brand;  at  least,  not  yet. 
He  stands  aces  high.  He  is  taken  publicly 
to  the  Colonel's  bosom — at  this  writing.  He 
is  chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  party  which,  according  to  Governor 
Johnson,  is  to  "make  this  nation  realize  that 
government  is  founded  on  human  sympathy, 
on  human  flesh  and  bone;"  which,  also,  is 
to  lighten  the  burdens  of  women  who  work, 
and  make  the  world  more  comfortable  for 
poor  children.  That's  what  the  new  party 
stands  for.  But  lo,  and  behold,  here's  this 
investigation  in  Auburn  of  a  plant  owned 
by  a  company  controlled  by  Mr.  George  W. 
Perkins,  a  company  that  Mr.  Taft  has  been 
l^rosecuting;  and  what  do  we  find?  We  find 
that  girls  of  16  years  Avork  ten  hours  a  day 
in  the  factory  for  less  than  eight  dollars  a 
week ;  that  they  are  obliged  to  do  their  work 
standing,  and  that  they  work  in  dark  and 
poorly  ventilated  rooms  where  the  air  is 
full  of  twine  dust  that  makes  their  throats 
sore.  Mr.  Perkins,  the  great  public  bene- 
factor, who  once  insured  the  election  of  Mr. 
Roosevelt  with  the  money  of  the  policy- 
holders of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance 
Company,  has  been  interviewed  about  the 
ways  of  his  company  in  Auburn,  and  he 
admits  that  conditions  are  lamentable.  He 
professes  to  be  really  sorry  that  things  are 
as  they  are,  but  he  predicts  that  the  Pro- 
gressive ])arty  will  set  them  right.  Doubt- 
less we  ought  to  have  confidence  in  the 
prediction  of  a  man  so  godly  as  George  W. 
Perkins,  but  we  are  apprehensive  on  account 
of  Governor  Johnson.  We  should  hate  to 
see  so  sincere  a  man  disappointed  by  his 
friends.  And  we  cannot  but  confess  that 
we  are  distrustful  of  Mr.  Perkins,  who. 
while  confessedly  violating  the  labor  law  of 
New  York,  says  that  he  must  wait  for  the 
Progressive  party  to  render  his  misde- 
meanors impossible. 


The  Iniquitous  Canal  Bill 

It  is  too  bad  that  when  President  Taft 
discussed  the  Panama  Canal  bill  insofar  as 
it  concerns  foreign  commerce  he  had  nothing 
to  say  of  its  provisions  relating  to  our  own 
commerce.  He  might  have  pointed  out  that 
England  has  less  reason  to  complain  of 
discrimination  than  have  the  people  of  this 
country.  In  deference  to  demogogic  senti- 
ment our  statesmen  have  made  provision  for 
the  crippling  of  our  own  commerce  by 
prohibiting  the  railroads  that  own  ships 
from  doing  any  coastwise  business  through 


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September  14,  1912 


the  canal.  The  pretext  for  this  discrimina- 
tion is  that  the  railroads  might  drive  weak 
competitors  out  of  business  by  cutting  rates. 
The  shallowness  of  this  pretext  is  obvious. 
To  hold  that  it  has  merit  is  to  express  dis- 
trust of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission. As  a  matter  of  fact  the  railroads 
would  not  dare  to  cut  rates  with  the  expecta- 
tion of  raising  them  again.  The  truth  of  the 
matter  is  that  the  railroads  engaged  in  trans- 
oceanic commerce  might  be  able  to  give 
cheaper  rates  on  a  small  percentage  of  coast- 
wise business,  than  companies  engaged 
exclusively  in  the  coastwise  trade.  But 
the  people  who  built  the  canal  are  to  be 
denied  the  benefit  of  this  competition.  So 
we  are  to  have  discrimination  in  favor  of 
small  shipowners,  and  as  a  result  foreign 
steamship  companies  are  to  be  insured  a 
monopoly  of  trans-oceanic  trade.  Our  states- 
men have  bowed  to  the  will  of  the  small 
shipowner,  not  out  of  love  for  him  but 
because  it  is  supposed  to  be  popular  to  swat 
the  railroads.  In  this  instance  the  swatting 
would  be  far  from  popular  if  the  consumer 
and  the  shipper  could  understand  that  they 
were  to  be  the  sufferers.  The  Canal  bill  is 
a  piece  of  iniquity,  and  will  be  found  to  be 
so.  Also,  the  probability  is  that  it  will  be 
found  to  be  unconstitutional,  as  it  clearly 
discriminates  against  one  class  of  citizens. 
We  have  $20,000,000,000  invested  in  rail- 
roads, and  it  is  proposed  to  employ  the 
Panama  Canal  as  a  club  to  smite  that 
gigantic  property.  It  is  not  likely  that  the 
courts  will  find  that  the  Congress  and  the 
Executive  have  the  power  to  perpetrate  so 
grievous  an  injustice  against  the  numerous 
stockholders  of  our  second  most  important 
industry  and  also  against  the  vast  region 
whose  traffic  must  make  its  way  to  the 
canal  by  the  trans-continental  railroads  or 
not  at  all.  The  bill  virtually  outlaws  our 
great  tran.sportation  systems,  and  makes  it 
possible  for  a  ten-dollar  bill  invested  in  the 
starry  emblem  of  our  nationality  to  qualify 
any  foreign-built  and  foreign-owned  ship  for 
admission  to  the  canal  free  of  all  tolls  and 
thus  undermine  the  value  of  every  penny 
expended  on  American  railroads.  Verily,  as 
the  New  York  Marine  Journal  remarks: 
"The  worst  enemy  of  the  .'Xmerican  ship  is 
the  .American  lawmaker." 


Indicting  Society 

Many  homilies  have  been  written  on  the 
subject  of  the  reformed  thief  who  became  an 
alderman  in  Philadelphia  and  ran  away 
when  blackmailed  by  an  ex-convict  who 
threatened  exposure.  There  is  much  pity 
for  the  reformed  one,  there  has  been  much 
sentimental  gushing  over  him,  and  of  course 
his  case  is  pronounced  an  indictment  of  so- 
ciety. The  indictment  of  society  is  a  con- 
tinuous performance  these  days.  Society 
has  come  to  be  recognized  as  a  gigantic 
criminal.  It  will  never  get  the  jjunishment 
it  deserves  till  it  is  taken  out  and  hanged. 
The  case  of  the  Philadelphia  alderman 
served  to  show  that  society  has  made  no 
provision  for  safeguarding  ex-convicts  from 
ex-convicts,  and  this  neglect  is  one  of  so- 
ciety's crimes.    It  is  a  rejjroach  against  so- 


ciety that  it  doesn't  give  ex-convicts  who 
wish  to  reform  a  helping  hand.  This  is 
what  we  are  told  by  writers  of  benevolent 
nature  who  are  ashamed  of  society,  and 
who  would  like  to  make  society  ashamed  of 
itself.  These  benevolent  writers  of  cant  are 
the  most  popular  writers  of  the  day,  which 
in  itself  is  .something  to  reproach  .society 
with.  -Society  has  a  voracious  appetite  for 
sentimental  slush,  thus  betraying  a  strong 
tendency  to  feminality  and  effeteness.  .So- 
ciety appears  to  be  lacking  in  those  ruder 
qualities  of  human  nature  that  are  char- 
acteristic of  strength  and  manliness,  and 
that  are  essential  to  deeds  of  heroism  and 
self-sacrifice.  It  has  become  the  fashion  of 
the  hour  to  vindicate  one's  humane  impulses 
by  growing  excited  over  proposals  of  sponta- 
neous reform,  and  hence  the  copious,  steady 
flow  of  crocodile  tears  and  the  noise  of 
lamentations  for  what  is  chiefly  the  inevit- 
able. We  are  living  in  the  land  of  Gloom 
bounded  on  all  sides  by  the  Personal 
Equation,  and  nothing  is  indigenous  to  the 
soil  but  the  speculative  generalities  and 
dogmatic  assertions  of  that  profound  pundit 
the  academic  sociologist  who  knows  the 
times  are  out  of  joint,  and  thinks  that 
sociology  is  an  exact  science  and  that  its 
professors  if  given  their  head  will  be  able 
to  enthrone  Perfection  on  the  Heights  of 
Bliss.  Now  it  is  not  to  be  gainsaid  that  so- 
ciety has  many  sins  to  answer  for.  And  so- 
ciety is  answering  for  them.  All  sin  is 
expiated.  Life  itself  is  made  up  of  sinning 
and  its  expiation.  This  is  jjlatitude  almost 
Rooseveltian  in  its  staleness,  \  et  it  must  be 
like  a  revelation  to  those  benevolent  so- 
ciologists who  cry  out  against  society  for 
not  gladdening  the  hearts  of  convicts  and 
ex-convicts  and  for  not  taking  all  burdens 
from  their  backs.  It  is  well  for  us  to  think 
of  the  sufferings  even  of  the  meanest  of 
human  beings,  to  compassionate  them,  to 
seek  to  uplift  them.  It  is  the  inherent  noble- 
ness of  our  common  nature  that  we  are 
touched  by  the  sorrows  of  others.  But 
retribution  is  not  to  be  banished  from  this 
world.  It  is  one  of  the  divine  principles  in 
human  afifairs.  Universal  and  everlasting  is 
the  law  of  requital.  Man  gets  as  he  gives. 
And  this  is  as  it  should  be.  Otherwise  there 
would  be  very  little  of  purification,  not  so 
much  of  repentance  among  men.  He  that 
sows  the  wind  ought  to  reap  the  whirlwind — 
not  the  rich  and  prosperous  alone,  but  even 
the  lowly.  And  men  should  have  the  cour- 
age to  bear  the  consequences  of  their  mis- 
deeds. .'\nd  there  are  harder  consequences 
of  misdeeds  to  bear  than  those  that  are 
borne  by  ex-convicts.  On  all  sides  of  us 
are  men  sufifering  the  most  poignant  retribu- 
tion who  never  saw  the  inside  of  prison 
walls.  For  the  reformed  thief  who  fled 
from  Philadelphia  we  have  pity,  but  we 
have  been  less  impressed  by  the  apparent 
injustice  which  he  suffered  at  the  hands  of 
an  ex-convict  than  by  the  circumstance  that 
he  managed  to  get  himself  elected  to  the 
board  of  aldermen  under  an  assumed  name. 
It  is  far  more  important  to  society  that  it 
should  protect  itself  from  crooks  in  j)ublic 
office  than  that  it  should  protect  reformed 


thieves  from  the  consequences  of  their  sin- 
ning. The  reformed  thief  of  Philadelphia 
may  have  intended  to  be  an  honest  alder- 
man, but  it  must  be  admitted  that  he  braved 
temptation,  and  the  circumstance  that  a 
man  of  unknown  antecedents  could  elevate 
himself  to  a  position  of  public  trust  is  a  cir- 
cumstance that  ought  to  give  us  pause.  So- 
ciety in  this  country  today  is  suffering  more 
from  its  politicians  than  from  any  other 
class  of  men.  Our  most  infamous,  most 
mischievous  rogues  are  to  be  found  among 
our  most  popular  politicians,  and  it  is  not 
surprising  that  such  should  be  the  case  in 
view  of  what  happened  in  Philadelphia. 

A  Specimen  Sociologist 

The  spread  of  a  little  learning  has  done 
much  for  sociology  as  a  profession.  The 
world  is  so  full  of  people  who  are  able  to 
read  that  almost  any  man  who  knows  how 
to  write  can  earn  a  living  if  he  will  not 
scruple  at  appearing  wise  to  the  ignorant. 
And  thus  it  is  that  the  multiplying  of 
educational  facilities  has  done  much  for  me- 
diocrity. To  illustrate  we  will  take  the  case 
of  Charles  Edward  Russell,  one  of  our  most 
l)rominent  sociologists.  Mr.  Russell  makes 
speeches  to  culturines  who  are  burdened 
with  a  sense  of  the  sorrows  of  the  world 
and  its  confusion,  and  he  is  quoted  with 
great  deference  in  the  public  prints  when- 
ever he  delivers  himself  of  a  ponderous  im- 
peachment of  present  things.  Just  now 
there  is  going  the  rounds  an  article  from 
the  pen  of  Mr.  Russell.  It  is  attracting 
some  attention.  Doubtless  there  are  many 
])eople  who  regard  it  as  a  sort  of  last  word 
on  matters  of  great  moment.  It  is  worth 
reading  because  it  gives  one  insight  into 
Mr.  Russell's  mental  w-orkshop.  In  this  ar- 
ticle Mr.  Russell  tells  us  "the  world  has  no 
present  need  of  any  more  literature,"  and 
that  "until  men  are  free  the  world  has  no 
need  of  any  more  literary  efforts,  or  of  any 
more  paintings,  of  any  more  poems."  If 
Mr.  Russell  had  nothing  more  to  say  it 
would  be  easy  to  agree  with  him  even 
though  we  did  not  understand  what  he 
meant  by  freedom.  We  know  that  books 
and  paintings  are  not  necessaries  of  life. 
We  know  moreover  that  half  the  books 
now  cumbering  our  shelves  might  be  de- 
stroyed without  serious  loss  to  the  world. 
But  what  is  the  point  of  these  solemn  ob- 
servations? So  far  as  point  is  concerned 
Mr.  Russell  might  just  as  well  have  re- 
marked that  the  world  has  no  present  need 
of  any  more  oceans,  or  that  the  world  has 
no  present  need  of  any  more  lecture  plat- 
forms, or  that  the  world  has  no  present  need 
of  any  more  jokes.  The  truth  is  that  Mr. 
Russell  after  chewing  the  East  wind  was 
under  the  delusion  that  he  had  digested  the 
wisdom  of  all  the  prophets.  And  con- 
strained to  give  utterance  to  himself,  he 
sought  to  entice  the  public  ear  with  a  few 
prefatory  reflections  of  startling  import. 
His  message  is  in  these  words:  "Nothing 
amounts  to  anything  except  your  contribu- 
tion to  the  human  cause."  This  impressive 
observation  he  amplifies  thus:  "All  that  the 
world  needs  is  that  three-cjuarters  of  its 


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5 


population  at  present  condemned  to  drudg- 
ery, darkness  and  misery  shall  have  a  chance 
to  know  life  as  it  ought  to  be,  and  until  that 
great  change  has  been  effected  there  is  noth- 
ing else  on  earth  that  is  worth  thinking 
about."  There  you  have  Mr.  Russell  in  a 
few  words.  Isn't  he  a  wonder?  And  that's 
how  he  makes  a  living — going  about  pro- 
testing against  the  perennial  ineptitude,  the 
persistent  muddle  of  life.  He  sees  life  in 
its  grim  and  ugly  nakedness,  and  he  knows 
everything  is  fundamentally  futile — every- 
thing "except  your  contribution  to  the 
human  cause."  On  the  nature  of  this  con- 
tribution Mr.  Russell  throws  no  light.  Ap- 
parently he  assumes  that  the  Avorld  is  agreed 
as  to  what  the  human  cause  is  and  how  to 
serve  it.  A  most  literal-minded  man  is  Mr. 
Russell.  Life  holds  no  mystery  for  him. 
He  sees  precisely  what's  wrong  with  the 
world.  A  real  Chautauqua  i)hilosopher  is 
Mr.  Russell,  whose  audience  is  always  recep- 
tive. Feed  the  culturines  on  i)atter,  and 
their  appetites  are  satisfied  and  they  wag 
their  heads  approvingly.  We  quote  Mr. 
Russell  in  characteristic  strain:  "It  is  better 
to  have  said  one  word  for  the  emancipation 
of  the  race  than  to  have  written  the  great- 
est novel  of  the  times."  That's  a  specimen 
brick  in  the  wonderful  structure  of  Mr.  Rus- 
sell's philosophy.  It  may  \mzz\e  the  aver- 
age man  to  think  of  the  magic  word  that 


surpasses  the  finest  novel  of  the  times,  but 
anyway  it's  not  hard  to  speak  like  Mr.  Rus- 
sell. When  we  read  Mr.  Russell  and  con- 
sider that  he  "lakes,"  we  realize  how  much 
benefit  the  masses  derive  from  schooling 
and  what  a  grand  thing  it  is  to  bring  the 
government  back  to  the  people.  It  may  not 
be  impertinent  to  add  that  while  we  are 
heartily  in  fa\'or  of  the  emancipation  of  the 
race  we  should  not  object  to  the  marooning 
of  Mr.  Russell  far  from  the  madding  strife 
of  a  world  that  unfortunately  is  not  easily 
bored.  He  is  as  unnecessary  as  more  lit- 
erature. He  lags  superfluous  on  a  well- 
filled  stage. 

The  Voracious  Wildcat 

In  one  \'ear,  it  is  said,  the  American  peo- 
])lc  contributed  about  seventy-seven  mil- 
lions of  dollars  to  various  fakc-investnienl 
schemes.  This  is  all  that  the  Government 
has  any  knowledge  of.  The  Government 
has  been  busy  driving  get-rich-quick  con- 
cerns out  of  business,  but  it  can  reach  only 
those  that  do  business  through  the  Post- 
office  Department.  There  is  no  industry  in 
this  country  so  profitable  as  that  by  which 
printed  paper  is  converted  into  coin.  And 
this  is  an  industry  that  is  by  no  means 
monopolized  by  men  of  shad}'  reputation. 
Many  of  our  most  successful  promoters  are 
men  of  standing  in  the  financial  world.  Oc- 


casionally they  cajiitalize  something  that 
"l)ans  out,"  and  thus  they  accpiire  a  reputa- 
tion that  enables  them  to  mislead  investors 
either  ivith  fake  enterprises  or  with  paper 
the  face  value  of  which  is  out  of  all  propor- 
tion to  the  actual  value  of  the  property 
which  it  represents.  In  this  State  we  have 
some  protection  against  what  is  known  as 
frenzied  finance.  have  a  commission 

empowered  to  regulate  the  issue  of  paper. 
Thus  far  this  commission  has  shown  com- 
mendable zeal.  We  believe  it  has  sternly 
rec|uired  all  corporations  to  conduct  their 
business  on  a  strictly  lousiness  basis,  but  be- 
fore this  commission  came  into  existence 
there  were  capitalists  and  promoters  who 
might  have  taken  advantage  of  a  freedom 
from  regulation,  and  whose  paper  might  now 
be  altogether  too  accessible  to  the  unwary. 
We  wonder  whether  it  is  not  within  the 
power  of  the  commission  to  protect  the  pub- 
lic not  alone  by  preventing  frenzied  finance 
but  also  by  ascertaining  whether  business  is 
being  done  Avith  paper  that  ought  never  to 
have    been    issued.  understand  that 

financiers  are  not  much  in  need  of  protec- 
tion from  dealers  in  inflated  collateral,  but 
it  would  be  well  to  supply  light  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  small  investor  who  is  ever  ready 
to  draw  his  money  from  a  savings  bank 
and  become  the  owner  of  a  iiicelv  engraved 
bond  or  debenture. 


Forbid  The  Day 

By  Ralph  Hodgson 

The  waters  sing  as  sing  they  must  But  men  go  by  with  hungry  ears 

While  there's  a  stream  to  flow,  For  songs  they'll  never  know, 

The  tempests  sing  and  sing  they  will  Men  acliing  for  the  melody 

While  there's  a  wind  to  blow;  Of  skylarks  long  ago. 


Perspective  Impressions 


"Remember,"  cried  Suspender  Jack  Magee  at 
Syracuse,  "Rome  was  saved  by  the  cackling  of 
geese."  Is  this  republic  to  be  saved  by  the  bray- 
ing of  asses  or  the  ululation  of  bullmoose? 

Mr.  Hearst  is  naively  non-partisan  in  this  cam- 
paign.   He  is  against  everybody. 

H  is  not  surprising  to  learn  that  John  D. 
Rockefeller  has  no  fear  of  the  Black  Hand.  The 
only  hand  John  D.  fears  is  a  bony  hand  and  it 
wields  a  scythe. 

Death  the  Motor  Cop  continues  to  make  many 
arrests  among  Sunday  joyriders. 

The  two  divas  who  are  fighting  for  possession 
of  Scotti  probably  believe  in  eugenics. 

Says  Andrew  Furuseth:  "There  can  be  no  safety 
at  sea  without  skilled  men."  Nor  with  skilled 
men,  let  us  add,  when  they  are  subject  rather  to 
the  discipline  of  the  union  than  to  the  orders  of 
the  captain. 


"With  the  boasted  emancipation  of  women," 
says  Mrs.  W.  C.  Morrow,  "has  come  a  marked 
decrease  in  courtesy  and  a  failure  to  be  kind  and 
sympathetic."  Now  let  us  hear  from  Mrs.  Ger- 
berding. 


"You  cannot  stop  vice,  says  Dr.  .-Xked,  "but 
you  can  stop  the  dehumanized  denizens  of  the 
lower  world  making  money  out  of  weaker  peo- 
ple's vice."  But  why  create  class  favoritism 
among  the  vicious? 


The  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  figures  among  the 
big  contributors  to  the  Wilson  campaign  fund, 
but  Rudolph — wliere,  or  where,  is  little  Rudie? 
Isn't  it  wortli  something  to  our  most  disinterested 
reformer  to  smash  the  tariff  on  sugar?  Ru- 
dolph was  first  to  the  front  with  jaw-bone.  Let 
us  hope  that  he  will  come  through  with  about 
five  thou. 


The  signs  of  the  times  on  primary  day  indicated 
that  California  was  slowly  but  surely  convalescing. 


"The  social  evil  began  with  a  king's  courtesan,'' 
says  Dr.  Aked.  Then  it  isn't  the  oldest  profes- 
sion in  the  world? 


.^t  any  rate,  the  seven  Governors  to  the  con- 
trary notwithstanding,  Teddy's  candidacy  doesn't 
appear  to  be  filling  any  long-felt  want. 


Sirloin  steak  is  cheaper  in  Fngland  than  in  the 
United  States.  It  was  somewhat  different  in 
tliose  bad,  glad  days  of  William  McKinley,  but 
anyway  the  public  conscience  has  been  awakened, 
and  talk  has  become  much  cheaper  than  ever  since 
we  began  bringing  the  government  back  to  the 
people. 


Accumulative  evidence  of  the  superior  taste  and 
culture  of  the  upper  classes  has  been  furnished  by 
Jennie  Crocker  Whitman  who  has  won  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  bride  that  ever  carried 
$50,000  worth  of  pet  dogs  on  a  honeymoon 
journey.  But  now  the  question  presents  itself. 
Did  it  take  that  much  worth  of  dog  flesh  to  relieve 
the  tedium  of  a  pet  husband? 


TOWN      TALK  September  14,  1912 

Correspondence 


The  Future  of  Woman 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  One  of  the  signs 
of  the  times  is  our  addiction  to  prophecy.  The 
writers  of  the  present  arc  eternally  forecasting 
the  future.  Tc  live  in  the  Now  is  to  be  almost 
as  out-of-date  as  to  live  in  the  past;  you  must 
turn  your  mind  to  the  Going-to-be.  Everybody 
seems  to  believe  in  a  Hereafter,  not  the  bourn 
that  theology  describes  but  a  Heaven  on  earth 
where  eugenics  shall  make  all  men  good  and  the 
ballot  all  women  happy.  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson 
Burnett  is  the  latest  to  stir  the  Sybilline  leaves. 
An  interesting  woman  Mrs.  Burnett  of  whom  it 
used  to  be  said  that  her  Fauntleroy  would  blush 
at  her  Lady  of  Quality.  She  has  passed  the 
phase  when  she  gave  us  infantile  namby-pambies 
in  knickers  and  amorous  girls  in  satin  breeches. 
She  sits  on  the  tripod  now  and  rolls  the  thunders 
of  vaticination.  "As  I  look  with  the  mind's 
eye  at  the  hazy  shape  of  this  fascinating  figure 
(the  woman  of  the  future)  I  see  a  lessening  of 
the  difference  between  men  and  women.  .  .  . 
I  see  them  marching  side  by  side,  gentlemen  and 
soldiers,  both  .  .  .  Neither  man  nor  woman, 
but  just  human  beings.  .  .  .  When  I  hear 
that  women  will  be  the  great  financiers,  or  the 
great  artists  or  authors  of  the  future,  again  I 
refuse  to  see  the  human  family  divided  into  crude 
sex  halves."  And  so  on.  Mrs.  Burnett  doesn't 
carry  it  to  its  logical  conclusion.  Other  women, 
more  daring,  have.  They  are  not  afraid  to  prate 
of  homosexuality.  That's  because  they  lack  the 
humor  of  the  man  who  started  all  this  tommyrot. 
Nietzsche  may  have  been  a  mad  humorist,  but 
he  gave  the  nineteenth  century  its  greatest  joke — 
took  Darwin's  theory  and  reduced  it  to  the  ab- 
surd with  his  figure  of  the  Superman.  The  women 
don't  see  the  fun,  so  they  look  gravely  into  the 
future  and  think  they  see  the  Superwoman.  But 
let  them  beware!  Edgar  Saltus  is  something  of 
a  prophet  too.  He  looks  into  the  future  and  sees 
the  "bankruptcy  of  beauty,"  an  appalling  thing. 


"Only  on  the  infrequent  bookshelf  will  the  story 
of  it  (feminine  beauty)  endure,  and  that  story 
some  Renan  of  a  later  age,  pricking  it  with  the 
point  of  his  pen,  will  declare  charming  and 
untrue.  Such  is  the  efTcct  of  progress  on  beauty. 
The  result  whoso  reads  may  run,  for  the  result 
will  be  plain  women."  He  says  that  even  now 
beauty's  ultimate  conservatories  are  Benares  and 
Kashmir,  and  woe  to  Benares  and  Kashmir  when 
progress  approaches  them!  What  will  women  do 
when  confronted  with  the  choice  between  the 
ballot  and  beauty? 

Sincerely, 
— H.  W.  von  G.  Schmidt. 

Berkeley. 


Hiram  the  Lion 

I*2(litor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  See  you've  been 
publishing  some  verses  about  Teddy.  But  why 
slight  Hiram,  his  running  mate?  The  makers  of 
doggerel  have  been  berhyming  our  dear  old  Guv, 
and  seem  to  find  him  a  congenial  subject.  One 
of  them,  in  the  New  York  Sun,  burst  into  these 
metrical  chortles  when  he  saw  Hiram  described 
as  "a  roaring  lion": 

Watch  the  Lion  of  the  coast. 

As  with  roar  and  growl  terrific. 

He  drinks  right  up,  almost. 

The  entire  deep  Pacific! 

Watch  him  chew  with  manner  free 

All  the  cars  of  the  S.  P. 
There's  more  of  it,  but  that  should  suffice  to 
show  that  even  the  "potes"  are  on  to  Hungry 
Hiram. 

Yours  truly, 

— Poeticus. 

By  Way  of  Elucidation 

San  Francisco.  September  4,  1912. 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  Some  of  the  read- 
ers of  Town  Talk  regret  that  its  general  excellence 
should  he  marred  by  small  prejudices  and  petty 


spite.  Its  prejudice  against  eeiual  suffrage,  for  in- 
stance, crops  out  frequently — four  times  in  the 
issue  of  August  24.  Since  equal  suffrage  is  now 
fait  accompli  in  California  why  not  wait  to  sec 
how  it  works  instead  of  jabbing  at  it  so  persist- 
ently? Do  you  think  it  quite  fair,  for  instance, 
in  your  "Lincoln  and  Roosevelt — a  Contrast"  to 
say  "Lincoln  closed  his  address,  March  18,  1864, 
with  these  words,  T  will  close  by  saying  God 
bless  the  women  of  America.'"?  To  this  you  add, 
■■.\nd  there  were  no  votes  by  women  in  those 
days"  when  one  as  well  informed  as  yourself 
must  know  that  Lincoln  was  one  of  the  early 
suffragists  and  that  he  said,  "I  go  for  all  sharing 
the  privileges  of  Government  who  assist  in  bear- 
ing its  burdens,  by  no  means  excluding  women." 
In  fairness  you  should  publish  this  to  correct  an 
erroneous  impression. 

— Subscriber  and  Suffragist. 
(Once  more  Town  Talk  grieves  to  learn  that 
it  has  not  the  gift  of  making  itself  understood. 
The  accusation  of  small  prejudice  and  petty  spite 
is  of  course  of  no  consequence  to  Town  Talk.  It 
reflects  that  familiar  state  of  mind  which  was  once 
supposed  to  be  peculiar  only  to  the  mere  man  in 
politics.  The  mere  man  liiuls  it  difficult  to  as- 
sume that  an  opponent  is  actuated  by  principles 
that  may  be  broader  than  the  subject  under  dis- 
cussion. When  it  was  observed  by  Town  Talk 
that  there  were  no  votes  by  women  at  the  time 
that  Lincoln  invoked  the  blessing  of  God  on  the 
women  of  .Xmerica  it  was  nut  intended  to  slur 
the  cause  of  woman  suffrage.  We  were  contrast- 
ing Lincoln  and  Roosevelt,  and  we  thought  it 
clear  enough  that  our  purpose  was  to  indicate  the 
disinterestedness  of  the  great  Emancipator.  The 
suggestion  was  implied  that  Lincoln  was  abso- 
lutely sincere,  since  no  advantage  could  come  to 
him  from  his  invocation,  whereas  Mr.  Roosevelt's 
present  attitude  is  one  inspired  by  consideration 
of  personal  profit.    Ed.  Town  Talk.) 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


A  Closed  Season  for  Seals 

Just  before  the  Congress  adjourned  it  ordered 
that  no  man  should  kill  a  seal  on  American  ter- 
ritory for  five  years.  This  order  marked  the  suc- 
cessful outcome  of  a  fight  to  save  the  seal  herds 
from  extermination  which  has  been  going  on  since 
1870.  The  fight  was  won  by  Henry  W.  Elliott, 
formerly  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  assisted 
by  Dr.  W.  T.  Hornaday  of  the  New  York 
Zoological  Society  and  the  Campfire  Club  of 
America.  It  was  won  in  spite  of  the  seal  hunt- 
ers and  their  allies.  These  interests  made  a  de- 
termined fight  against  the  order,  but  only  suc- 
ceeded in  having  the  closed  season  reduced  from 
ten  years  to  half  that  time.  It  is  interesting  to 
identify  the  allies  of  the  seal  hunters.  They  con- 
sist of  two  classes.  One  of  these,  according  to 
the  New  York  Times,  consists  of  "the  so-called 
experts,  headed  by  Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan,  who 
have  supplied  the  seal  murderers  with  a  semblance 
of  argument  for  their  bad  cause."  The  second 
class  consists  of  Government  officials  headed  by 
Walter  I.  Lembkcy,  Treasury  Agent  of  the  Gov- 
ernment in  Alaska.  The  Government  has  con- 
trolled the  sale  of  seal  skins  in  the  London 
market  (which  is  THE  market)  for  two  years. 
Official  desire  to  make  a  good  commercial  show 
ing  prompted  Lembkey's  attitude,  and  he  had  Sec- 


retary Charles  Nagel  of  the  Department  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor  behind  him.  In  1870  when 
Elliott  first  investigated  the  seal  question  in  the 
Pribilofs  the  herd  numbered  4,500,000.  Today  it 
numbers  from  30,000  to  50,000.  The  fight  for  a 
closed  season  was  made  in  the  Congress  by  Sen- 
ator Knute  Nelson  and  Congressman  Townsend. 


Italy  and  Turkey 

The  Italians  and  the  Turks  are  trying  to  ar- 
rive at  some  sort  of  understanding  which  will  put 
a  stop  to  their  war.  Turkey  has  reached  the  place 
where  she  must  accept  the  inevitable.  She  will 
have  to  concede  Tripoli  to  Italy,  but  no  doubt 
Italy  will  recognize  the  religious  supremacy  of  the 
Sultan  and  pay  a  handsome  indemnity  besides. 
The  war  places  Italy  in  an  important  position  in 
Europe.  Henceforth  she  must  be  reckoned  with 
as  a  large  factor  in  all  Mediterranean  combina- 
tions. The  years  between  1870  and  1912,  in  which 
Italy  was  achieving  national  unity,  are  plainly  to 
be  followed  by  years  in  which  Italy  will  seek  to 
regain  the  influence  of  Venice  in  the  Byzantine 
world  as  well  as  of  Rome  in  North  Africa.  The 
war  has  been  very  expensive  for  Italy,  but  the 
people  are  pleased  with  the  outcome  and  willing 
to  pay  the  price. 


The  Garrison  on  Oahu 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  War  Department  to 
have  a  force  of  at  least  10,(XX)  men  on  the  island 
of  Oahu.  The  security  of  the  American  naval 
base  in  the  Pacific  demands  that  the  garrison 
on  Oahu  be  able  to  hold  out  at  all  hazards  until 
the  fleet  can  arrive  in  Hawaiian  waters.  That 
would  take  about  forty  days,  assuming  that  the 
fleet  was  not  employed  on  another  mission  and 
that  the  Panama  Canal  was  open  for  its  use.  For 
this  purpose  a  force  of  10,000  is  considered  the 
minimum.  In  time  of  war  the  force  would  be 
doubled.  The  War  Department  is  now  working 
out  a  scheme  whereby  opportunities  may  be  given 
ex-soldiers  to  remain  as  residents  of  Oahu.  This 
would  be  the  beginning  of  a  reserve  force. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


September  14.  1912  TOWNTALK  7 

Varied  Types 

XCI— JAMES  K.  HACKETT 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


This  might  have  been  a  real  interview  had 
we  not  run  into  Andy  McCarthy.  Hackett  and 
I  were  beginning  to  take  the  drama  very  seriously. 
We  were  plunging  head  first  into  principles  and 
tendencies;  were  immersing  ourselves  in  methods 
of  interpretation,  rules  of  criticism  and  all  that 
sort  of  thing.  We  were  standing  on  a  high  place 
and  regarding  the  stage  from  a  pretty  toplofty 
viewpoint.  We  were  inclined  to  be  tolerant  of 
nothing  but  the  best,  to  vent  our  scorn  on 
mediocrity,  even  to  be  severely  appraisive  of  the 
mightiest.  Had  not  Hackett  impressed  on  mc 
that  neither  Coquelin  nor  Mansfield  played  all  of 
Cyrano?  Had  there  not  been  words,  none  too 
effusive,  about  a  certain  Edwin  Booth?  Not  to 
put  too  fine  an  edge  upon  it,  we  were  in  a  most 
highbrow  mood. 

And  then,  along  came  Andy  McCarthy,  he  of 
the  music  shop.  Privileged  by  a  close  acquaint- 
ance, he  called  Hackett  "Jim."  Even  the  "Jim" 
did  not  take  James  K.  all  the  way  out  of  his 
serious  preoccupation.  The  easy  intimacy  of  the 
"Jim"  only  alleviated,  it  did  not  cure  the  malady 
of  thought  that  sicklied  o'er  the  broad  brow  of  the 
actor-turned-thinker.  But  as  a  mild  concession 
to  the  "Jim",  Hackett  descended  a  bit  from  the 
empyrean  where  his  mind  had  been  doing  spiral 
dips  and  showed  Andy  a  letter.  You've  seen  the 
letter  in  all  the  papers.  It  expresses,  in  the 
formal  language  which  Professor  "Billy"  Arme.s 
knows  how  to  use  at  the  proper  time,  the  eager- 
ness of  the  University  people  to  have  Hackett 
play  Othello  in  the  Greek  Theatre. 

That  letter  had  been  partly  responsible  for  the 
severely  intellectual  trend  of  our  conversation 
when  Andy  McCarthy  interrupted.  Hackett  re- 
garded it  reverently,  as  it  were  a  magical  formula 
to  call  into  being  the  dream  of  a  lifetime.  To 
do  him  justice  Andy  McCarthy  received  it  in  the 
proper  spirit.  He  "came  through"  with  the  ap- 
propriate congratulations.  He  did  all  that  a  man 
should  do  in  such  circumstances.  And  Hackett 
couldn't  have  been  more  tickled  if  he  had  been 
a  kid  in  the  nursery  with  a  stranger  taking  a 
lively  interest  in  his  latest  toy. 

But  McCarthy  did  more.  He  too  pr<iduccil  a 
letter.  And  the  letter  he  produced  wrecked  our 
bark  of  thought  on  a  reef  of  triviality.  Triviality, 
do  I  say?    I'm  not  so  sure  about  that. 

Is  it  trivial  for  a  perfect  dear  to  write  for  an 
actor's  photograph?  Is  it  trivial  for  a  cute  young 
thing  to  write  that  she  has  just  acquired  a  prize 
pup  and  has  named  it  "Grain  of  Dust" — "Dusty" 
for  short? 

If  these  things  are  trivial,  the  letter  was  a  trifle 
light  as  air,  for  these  things  were  in  the  letter 
which  the  sweet  girl  had  written  to  Andy  Mc- 
Carthy. But  in  a  case  like  this  the  party  most 
interested  must  be  allowed  to  judge  the  degree 
of  importance  to  be  assigned.  Frankly,  Hackett 
did  not  regard  that  letter  as  a  trifle.  Or  if  he  did, 
it  was  to  him  a  tremendous  trifle.  His  eyes 
shone,  his  face  expanded  in  rident  satisfaction; 
he  was  as  one  for  whom  the  higher  criticism  did 
not  exist.  Here  was  appreciation!  Here  was 
manna  dropped  from  the  heaven  of  a  maiden's 
boudoir  upon  a  fainting  soul!  Here  was,  not  the 
higher  but  the  better  criticism! 

Hackett  has  had  a  cigar  named  after  him.  He 
confessed  it  to  me.  That  signal,  though  hardly 
unique  honor  came  to  him  many  years  ago.  It 
was  properly  appreciated,  though  strict  accuracy 


compels  the  statement  that  appreciation  was 
tempered  to  the  quality  of  the  weed.  It  was  a 
nickel  cigar.  And  Hackett  says  it  was  a  rotten 
cigar,  even  for  a  nickel.  However,  Hackett's 
name  and  Hackett's  phiz  were  done  onto  the  lid 
of  a  cigar  box  in  garish  lithograph.  That  fact  re- 
mains. It  is  chronicled  here  to  show  that  Art 
receives  many  recompenses  outside  the  theatre. 
But  how  many  artists  have  had  prize  pups  named 
for  them?  Did  Edwin  Booth,  of  whom  we  had 
been  speaking  not  too  effusively?  Did  Mansfield 
or  Coquelin,  neither  of  whom  rose  to  the  full 
height  of  Cyrano?    It  is  not  of  record. 

Intent  upon  the  sweet  thing  who  wanted  his 
picture  and  who  would  think  of  him  whenever 
she  gathered  her  prize  pup  "Dusty"  into  her  soft 
white  arms,  Hackett  lost  the  thread  of  his  con- 
versation. Our  interview  went  all  to  smash.  It 
was  flouted  by  feminine  adoration,  routed  by  a 


Courtesy  of  the  Call 


JAMES  K.  HACKETT 

prize  pup.  However  there  were  attempts  to  re- 
sume. The  subject  of  San  Francisco  insofar  as 
it  interested  or  failed  to  interest  itself  in  the 
Hackett  productions  seemed  promising. 

"San  Francisco,"  said  Hackett,  sternly  banish- 
ing the  prize  pup  for  the  nonce,  "will  patronize 
a  second  rate  company  in  a  tried-out  play,  but  it 
fights  shy  of  a  first  rate  company  in  an  untried 
drama.  For  years  you've  been  handed  tried-out 
things,  and  apparently  you  will  not  accommodate 
yourself  to  anything  else.  When  you  are  given 
a  tried-out  play  you  flock  to  it  on  the  first  night, 
and  if  it  doesn't  please  you  flock  somewhere  eh-e 
during  its  engagement.  There  can  be  no  quarrel 
with  the  people  who  don't  go  to  a  bad  play.  But 
what  of  the  people  who  won't  go  to  a  good  play 
because  it's  new?    They  are  very  discouraging. 

"I  came  to  San  Francisco  with  several  new 
productions  and  with  an  exceptional  company. 
If  people  had  come  the  first  night  and  stayed  away 
thereafter,  there  would  be  no  room  for  complaint. 
But  they  even  refused  to  come  the  first  night. 
It  is  true  that  the  attendance  crawled  steadily 


upward,  but  it  remained  a  crawl.  The  pace  was 
too  slow. 

"Dramatically  considered,  San  Franciscans  are 
not  from  California;  they're  from  Missouri.  They 
must  be  shown.  And  they're  very  slow  about 
giving  you  the  opportunity  to  show  them.  I  in- 
tended to  show  them  some  other  new  plays,  but 
lacking  encouragement  in  what  I  did,  I  couldn't 
see  my  way  clear  to  do  more. 

"Why,  even  Oakland  seemed  to  feel  badly  about 
the  way  I  was  treated.  The  night  I  played  there 
the  people  applauded  me  out  of  all  reason.  They 
were  trying  to  give  me  a  pat  on  the  back. 

"The  plays  I  gave  were  good  plays.  'The  Grain 
of  Dust'  is  a  good  sound  entertainment.  'The 
Melody  of  Youth'  will  be  a  success.  'A  Man  on 
Horseback'  is  all  there.  It  is  not  quite  crystallized 
of  course.  There  are  things  to  be  done  to  it.  It 
lacks  the  punch  as  yet,  but  it  is  interesting  in 
spite  of  its  defects.  Too  bad  'Tark'  couldn't 
have  been  here  to  attend  to  its  case.  But  he'll 
get  around  to  it  later.  I  suppose  the  author 
should  be  on  the  job  when  a  new  play  is  launched. 
.\nd  yet  there  are  two  sides  to  that.  Brandon 
Tynan  was  on  the  job — with  a  megaphone!  .  Can 
you  imagine  being  rehearsed  through  a  mega- 
phone? 

"Take  it  all  in  all,  the  engagement  was  not  what 
it  should  have  been.  But  if  it  has  started  dis- 
cussion of  San  Francisco  as  a  producing  centre 
it  will  have  accomplished  something.  At  the 
same  time  I'm  afraid  I  haven't  received  enough 
encouragement  to  make  me  care  to  try  it  again. 
But  one  thing  my  stay  in  this  part  of  the  world 
lias  brought  me  cannot  be  measured  in  any  words 
of  mine — the  chance  to  appear  in  the  Greek 
Theatre  in  Othello,  a  part  I  have  been  longing 
all  my  life  to  play." 

That  brought  us  round  to  the  "Billy"  Armes 
letter.  And  it  brought  us  round  to  the  professor 
liimself  who  came  in  under  escort  of  Mrs.  James 
K.  Hackett.  One  letter  led  to  another,  and  of 
course  Armes  had  to  hear  of  the  sweet  young 
thing  who  demanded  Hackett's  picture  and  who 
had  remembered  him  when  she  needed  a  name  for 
her  prize  pup.  The  presiding  genius  of  the  Greek 
Theatre  was  impressed.  I  do  believe  that  in  his 
heart  of  hearts  he'd  like  to  be  an  actor  and  have 
such  things  happen  to  him. 

"Did  you  ever  hear  of  a  better  name  for  a 
dog,"  demanded  Hackett,  all  enthusiasm.  "Grain 
of  Dust!    Dusty  for  short!    It's  superb!" 

"It's  a  great  honor  for  you,"  said  "Billy"  Armes. 

"I'm  inclined  to  think  that  the  honor  belongs 
to  me,"  said  Mrs.  Hackett.  "You  know,  in  the 
play  I'm  the  Grain  of  Dust." 

"By  Jove,  you're  right,"  said  Husband  Hackett. 

IMagnanimously  he  relinquished  the  prize  pup 
to  his  wife.  But  there  was  consolation.  He  still 
had  the  photograph. 


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I-rau  Hegeler,  whose  husband  was  counselor  of 
justice,  was  very  happy  one  morning  because  she 
had  got  rid  of  a  tiresome  visitor.  The  pleasant 
task  of  reducing  the  guest-room  to  a  state  of 
formal  disuse,  of  removing  from  the  table  and 
bureau  the  mats  and  covers  which  in  every  well 
regulated  family  seem  to  spring  up  from  out 
of  the  earth  like  mushrooms,  was  ended.  The 
housewife  returned  to  her  sewing-table  and 
.soothed  her  nerves  in  that  delicious  quiet  which 
seemed  to  be  her  right  in  the  forenoon. 

The  boys  were  at  school;  Linchen,  the  grown 
daughter,  was  at  her  painting  lesson;  the  father 
was  in  his  office,  and  the  housewife  held  moral 
communion  with  herself.  She  bore  witness  to 
herself  of  her  admirable  behavior— something 
which  is  always  pleasing  to  poor,  weak  humanity. 

For  five  long  weeks  she  had  borne  with  lamb- 
like patience  the  strain  of  smiling  each  time  she 
crossed  the  path  of  her  guest— a  little  thing 
which  guests  have  a  habit  of  expecting.  She  also 
had  heroically  stood  the  far  harder  test  of  "sit- 
ting down"  with  Fraulein  Caroline  after  the  first 
breakfast.  Fraulein  Caroline  belonged  to  that 
category  of  "talkers"  who  hold  long  and  minute 
discourses  over  apparently  the  most  unimportant 
events.  Even  more;  she  knew  how  to  intersperse 
her  conversation  with  shy  little  attacks  and  sud- 
den questions,  such  as:  "What  do  you  think  about 
it?"  or  "Do  give  me  your  opinion!"  thus  devising 
pitfalls  to  insure  the  attention  of  the  listener  and 
to  prevent  him  from  taking  convenient  refuge  be- 
hind unconscious  hearing  and  sympathetic  ac- 
quiescence. 

Our  good  Frau  Hegeler  was  therefore  justified 
in  being  glad  when  she  saw  the  carriage  with 
two  trunks,  five  pieces  of  hand  baggage  and 
Fraulein  Caroline  roll  around  the  corner — and 
she  was  glad! 

The  door  opened  and  the  master  of  the  house 
appeared  upon  the  threshold.  At  this  hour? 
That  denoted  some  unusual  event.  "What,  Alex- 
ander?" said  his  wife.    "Already  here?" 

"Already"  does  not  seem  a  friendly  mode  of 
greeting,  but  Hegeler  found  it  advisable  just  now 
to  ignore  the  word.  He  sat  down  opposite  his 
wife  and  opened  and  closed  her  scissors  several 
times  in  succession.  He  held  them  before  him 
and  looked  at  them  with  grave  attention. 

"Nice  scissors!"  said  he. 

His  wife  looked  at  him  with  a  tinge  of  irony. 

"Well,  speak  it  out,  then!"  said  she  laughingly. 
"When  you  begin  to  praise  my  old  scissors,  you 
must  indeed  have  weighty  reasons  to  put  me  in 
good  humor.    What  is  it?" 

"The  musical  festival  takes  place  before 
Christmas."  began  he  in  measured  tones. 

"So?"  replied  his  wife  with  r,minous  indiffer- 
ence. 

"And  the  members  of  the  academy  have  been 
asked  to  entertain  the  out-of-town  guests,"  con- 
tinued Alexander,  without  looking  at  his  wife. 
She  raised  her  eyebrows  and  hammered  on  the 
table  with  her  thimble.  "How  would  it  do,"  sug- 
gested Alexander  with  somewhat  uneasy  play- 
fulness, "if  we  should  offer  to  entertain  somebody, 
Emily?" 

"It  would  be  absolutely  fatal  to  me!"  replied 
Emily.  "A  half  an  hour  ago  I  got  rid  of  Caro- 
line, whom  you  inflicted  upon  me,  and  now  I'm 
to  take  into  the  house  somebody  else!  No,  Alex- 
ander, please  don't  do  anything  of  the  kind!" 


TOWN  TALK 

A  iMost  Agreeable  Man 

By  Hans  .\rnold  (From  the  German) 

.Mexander  paced  up  and  d<jwn  the  room;  cast- 
ing now  and  then  a  timid,  sidelong  glance  at  his 
wife.    She  sewed  as  if  for  dear  life. 

"Kmily!"  began  he  in  ingratiating  tones. 

Emily  looked  up  for  a  brief  moment  and  then 
returned  to  her  work. 

"I  must  confess  to  you,"  continued  the  miser- 
al)le  husband,  "that  1  have  already  said  we  wen- 
willing!" 

Emily  stood  up.  "Vou  might  have  ti»ld  nu: 
that  before,"  said  she  with  uncanny  complacence. 
"Then  I  wouldn't  have  shut  up  our  guest-room. 
Well,  it  can't  be  helped  now.  We  run  a  hotel, 
that's  all;  only  with  the  fine  distinction  that  no 
one  pays  in  it!" 

"Emily,  you  have  a  peculiar  conception  of  hos- 
pitality!" retorted  .Alexander  hotly. 

Emily  already  had  her  hand  on  the  dour-knob. 
"At  Iti'.sl  do  me  one  favor;  refrain  from  deliver- 
ing any  moral  lectures."  said  she  with  some  bit- 
terness. "It  can  t  be  helped  now,  I  know.  When 
is  your  Arion  coming?" 

"On  the  sixteenth,"  replied  the  very  downcast 
master. 

"Then  I  shall  at  least  try  to  have  the  washing 
done  on  the  fourteenth."  said  Emily  as  she  left 
the  room.  "Heaven  grant  that  the  laundress  can 
come!" 

The  laundress  declared  herself  willing  to  come 
on  the  fourteenth,  two  days  sooner  than  had  been 
expected,  and  Emily  regained  an  attitude  of  droll 
patience. 

The  news  that  a  singer  was  to  visit  in  the  house 
had  a  joyful  and  thrilling  effect  upon  the  children. 
The  father  with  a  lighter  heart  now  began  to 
give  details  of  the  important  event,  llerr  Lark — 
"He  is  said  to  be  a  most  agreeable  man."  observed 
the  father  sanguinely — would  remain  two  nights 
with  them.  His  days  would  be  so  tompletely 
taken  up  with  rehearsals  and  entertainments  given 
by  his  fellow  singers  that  he  would  scarcely  be 
seen  save  at  meal  times. 

The  second  wash-day  dawned.  This  period  of 
life,  in  which  all  comfort  seemed  to  flee  from 
the  household,  weighed  heavily  upon  its  members. 
Clouds  of  steam  arose  from  the  laundry:  every 
two  hours  mountains  of  bread  and  butter,  batter- 
ies of  beer-bottles  and  coffee-pots  were  made 
ready  for  the  laundress.  On  this  especial  day 
the  housewife  herself  attended  to  the  cleaning  of 
the  bedrooms,  so  that  the  washing  might  be  com- 
pleted before  Herr  Lark  made  his  appearance. 

At  just  this  juncture  the  unwelcome  door-bell 
sounded. 

Frau  Hegeler  rushed  to  the  front  door.  A  very 
tall,  lanky  youth  stood  there  with  smoothly 
brushed  hair  and  a  huge  handsatchel. 

A  gloomy  suspicion  flashed  through  Frau  Heg- 
eler's  brain,  and  immediately  received  fatal  con- 
firmation through  the  bland  communication  of  the 
young  gentleman:  "My  name  is  Lark!" 

"This  hospitable  house  has  assured  me  a 
friendly  reception,"  began  Herr  Lark  in  a  "preach- 
ing" tone,  but  he  was  cut  short  in  the  very 
fundamental  thought  of  his  theme  by  Frau  Heg- 
eler, who  cried  in  horror: 

"But  you  were  not  to  come  until  the  sixteenth!  " 

Herr  Lark  bowed  low  with  decorum.  "So  it 
was  to  have  been,"  replied  he  meekly;  "but  it 
happened  that  I  obtained  leave  of  absence  on  th( 
fourteenth;  and  I  hope  that  this  unimportant 
change  will  not  prove  burdensome  to  you?" 


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What  could  (jur  housewife  do?  She  smiled 
with  forced  cheerfulness  and  replying  with  an 
absolute  falsehood:  "Oh,  you  do  not  disturb  us 
in  the  least,"  led  Herr  Lark  into  the  living  room 
where  she  deposited  him  upon  a  sofa  before  a 
liuge  plate  of  bread  and  butter  sandwiches.  She 
ilun  flew  to  the  guest-room  to  put  it  in  order. 

The  laundress  panted  after  her  like  a  soapy 
beast  of  burden,  carrying  Herr  Lark's  valise, 
whose  outside  cover  looked  like  an  over- 
stuffed sausage  and  gave  the  impression  that  its 
owner  had  provided  himself  with  a  supply  for 
at  least  fourteen  days. 

While  the  housewife  was  presiding  in  uncon- 
cealed disgust  in  the  temple  of  hospitality,  sud- 
fknly  sweet  sounds  arose  from  the  living-room 
and  a  rimibling  bass  voice  sang:  "Wander  with 
me  in  the  grove,  in  the  grove,  in  the  grove!"  .\ 
friendly  summons  which,  roughly  counted,  re- 
Ijcated  itself — at  least  so  it  seemed  to  the  stupe- 
fied housewife — about  sixteen  times  and  in  its 
execution  offered  apparently  unsuspected  difti- 
culties,  for  in  the  middle  of  it  tlie  melody  broke 
forth,  and  the  summons  then  began  afresh: 
"Wander  with  me  in  the  grove,  in  the  grove!" 

When  Frau  Hegeler,  with  questioning  looks, 
stepped  into  the  living-room  where  llerr  Lark, 
with  decidedly  big  hearted  views  concerning  thi- 
rights  of  a  guest,  had  settled  himself  at  the  piano, 
it  seemed  in  no  way  to  di-turb  him.  With  grace- 
ful indiflference  he  turned  his  head  in  her  direc- 
tion and  said:  "Perhaps  you  will  be  good  enough 
to  have  the  piano  tuned." 

As  this  artist  of  song  seemed  to  be  an  artist 
of  song  only,  enticing  countless  discords  from 
the  misused  keys,  the  uncharitable  question  arose 
in  his  hf)Stess'  mind  as  to  whether  the  piano  were 
not  sufficiently  well  tuned  for  that.  She  was  even 
daring  enough  to  give  expression  to  this  reflec- 
tion, but  was  reduced  to  silent  confusion  by  the 
young  man's  sharp  remark:  "It  is  impossible  for 
me  to  practice  with  such  a  badly  tuned  instru- 
ment!" 

The  unrestrained  freedom  with  which  Herr 
Lark  behaved  upon  this  occasion  was  character- 
istic of  his  further  relations  with  the  family. 
From  the  first  moment  he  regarded  the  house, 
the  counselor  of  justice  and  all  the  counselor 
of  justice's  family,  as  his  servile,  unconditional 
property,  he  himself  being  decidedly  the  principal 
character. 

On  the  (lay  of  his  arrival  he  delighted  the 
family  with  the  simple  remark:  "I  should  like  to 
have  dinner  an  hour  l.-itcr  tod.iy,  ;is  I  want  to  do 
some  sight  seeing." 

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9 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LVII— TELYGRAFT  HILL 
By  Wallace  Irwin 


(The  following  "ballad-epic,"  as  its  author  has  described  it,  embalms  for  all  future  ages  the  peculiar  glory,  the 
unique  fascination  of  our  most  famous  hill.  No  matter  what  prosperity  Telegraph  Hill  may  come  into  through  the 
efforts  of  the  civic  bodies  which  are  bent  on  tidying  up  its  precipitous  slopes,  this  poem  will  remain  to  tell  of  the 
<lays  when  it  was  poor,  dirty  but  happy.    "Telygraft  Hill"  appeared  in  Sunset,  May,  1904.) 


O  Telygraft  Hill  she  sits  mighty  and  fine, 

Like  a  praty  that's  planted  on  ind. 
And  she's  bannered  wid  washin's  from  manny  a  line, 

Which  flutthcr  and  dance  in  the  wind. 
O  th'  goats  and  th'  chickens  av  Telygraft  Hill 

They  prosper  all  grand  and  .serene. 
For  when  there's  short  pickin'  on  Telygraft  Hill 

They  feed  their  swate  sowls  on  the  scene. 

For  the  Irish  they  live  on  the  top  av  it, 
And  the  Dagos  they  live  on  the  base  av  it, 
And  every  tin  can  in  the  knowledge  av  man, 
Is  scattered  all  over  the  face  av  it, 
Av  Telygraft  Hill,  Telygraft  Hill, 
Nobby  owld,  slobby  owld  Telygraft  Hill! 

O  Telygraft  Hill  slic  sits  proud  as  a  queen 

And  the  docks  lie  below  in  the  glare 
And  th'  bay  runs  beyant  'er  all  purple  and  green 

Wid  th'  ginger-bread  island  out  there, 
And  the  ferry  boats  toot  at  owld  Telygraft  Hill, 

And  th'  Hill  it  don't  care  if  they  do 
While  the  I'.radys  and  Caseys  av  Telygraft  Hill 

Joost  sit  tlicre  enj'yin'  th'  view. 

l""(jr  the  Irish  they  live  on  the  top  av  it. 
And  tlie  Dagos  they  live  on  tlie  base  av  it, 

And  th'  goats  and  th'  chicks  and  th'  brick  bats  and  sluicks 
Is  joombled  all  over  th"  face  av  it, 
Av  Telygraft  Hill,  Telygraft  Hill, 
Crazy  owld,  daisy  owld  Telygraft  Hill! 


Sure  Telygraft  Hill  has  a  castle  from  Wales 

Which  was  built  by  a  local  creator. 
He  made  it  av  Ix-d-slats  wid  hammer  and  nails 

Like  a  scene  in  a  stylish  the-ay-ter. 
There's  rats  in  the  castle  o'  Telygraft  Hill, 

But  it  frowns  wid  an  air  of  its  own 
For  it's  runnin  '  th'  bloof  that  owld  Telygraft  Hill 

Is  a  sthrong  howld  of  morther  and  shtone. 

For  the  Irish  they  live  on  the  top  av  it. 

And  the  Dagos  they  live  on  the  base  av  it. 

And  th'  races  they  fight  on  the  wrong  side  and  right 

To  the  shame  and  onendin'  disgrace  av  it, 

Av  Telygraft  Hill,  Telygraft  Hill, 

Windy-torn,  shindy-torn  Telygraft  Hill! 

And  Telygraft  Hill  has  an  iligcnt  lot 

Of  shanties  and  shacks,  Hivin  knows! 
An'  they're  hangin'  on  tight  to  the  jumpin'-off  spot 

lie  th'  grace  av  th'  Saints  and  their  toes; 
And  th'  la-ads  that  are  livin'  on  Telygraft  Hill 

Prefer  to  remain  where  they're  at. 
And  they'd  not  trade  a  hen-roost  on  Telygraft  Hill 

For  a  niansii)n  below  on  the  flat. 

I'or  th'  Irish  they  live  on  the  top  av  it 

And  th'  Dagos  they  live  on  th'  base  av  it. 

And  th'  owld  sod  gossoon  sits  as  high  as  th'  moon 

And  there's  nawthin  he'd  take  in  th'  place  av  it, 

Av  Telygraft  Hill,  Telygraft  Hill, 

Lumpy  owld,  bumpy  owld  Telygraft  Hill! 


Sharper  Than  a  Serpent's  Tooth 

One  of  the  interesting  triumphs  of  the  John- 
son machine  at  the  primary  election  was  the  de- 
feat of  the  man  who  made  the  boss  of  the  ma- 
chine possible.  Where  would  Hiram  Johnson  be 
were  it  not  for  Grove  L.  Johnson?  This  is  not 
a  question  in  eugenics.  Nor  is  it  intended  to 
stimulate  speculative  inquiry.  It  is  not  to  be 
disputed  that  Grove  L.  Johnson,  Sacramento's 
foremost  statesman  and  most  inveterate  Republi- 
can, gave  to  California  the  purest  and  best  Gov- 
ernor the  State  ever  had.  Nor  is  it  to  be  disputed 
that  the  son  was  responsible  for  the  father's  de- 
feat at  tlie  primary  election.  But  Johnson  perc 
is  taking  his  defeat  philosophically.  He  knows 
what  it  is  to  have  a  thankless  child,  but  he  isn't 
whining.  On  the  contrary  he  is  felicitating  him- 
self on  having  many  a  good  fight  left  in  him. 


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The  Spectator 

He  has  infinite  patience,  has  Johnson  perc,  and  he 
is  biding  his  time,  knowing  full  well  that  the 
w  hirligig  of  time  will  bring  in  its  revenges.  Ac- 
cording to  Grove  L.  the  machine  concentrated  all 
its  batteries  on  him  in  the  campaign.  Instruc- 
tions were  sent  out  to  beat  him,  and  the  tax- 
eaters  at  the  Capitol  voted  as  a  man.  In  order 
to  defeat  him,  he  says,  they  dragged  religion  into 
the  campaign.  It  appears  that  the  Governor's 
stepmother  is  a  Catholic,  and  this  circumstance, 
says  Grove  Johnson,  was  employed  to  revive  A. 
P.  A.  sentiment.  Somebody  had  a  roster  of  a 
defunct  A.  P.  A.  lodge,  and  to  all  the  survivors 
a  circular  was  sent  calling  attention  to  the  fact 
that  Grove  Johnson  had  married  a  Catholic. 


Kent  Causes  Anxiety 

Congressman  Bill  Kent  hasn't  been  heard  of 
since  the  primary,  and  consequently  his  friends 
are  filled  with  anxiety.  When  Bill  changed  his 
mind  in  the  interest  of  the  nation  it  was  too  late 
to  get  on  the  primary  ballot,  but  he  decided  to 
get  in  the  running  for  the  general  election  by 
means  of  a  petition,  and  then  there  was  general 
rejoicing  in  anticipation  of  the  pactolian  stream 
which  always  flows  when  Bill  smites  the  rock  of 
(he  family  treasury.  After  the  primary,  however, 
the  bearded  glooms  made  their  appearance  on  the 
scene.  Seeing  what  Mr.  Hart  of  Marin  had  done 
to  his  opponents  of  the  First  District  the  friends 


of  Easy-money  Kent  were  overwhelmed  with  mis- 
givings. They  began  to  doubt  that  he  would  have 
the  courage  of  his  bullion.  The  Man  who  Winds 
the  Ferry  Clock  has  tried  to  console  them.  As 
that  shrewd  philosopher  points  out  none  but  a 
man  with  more  money  than  brains  would  think 
of  trying  to  beat  Kent,  and  that's  Kent.  The 
Johnson  machine  gerrymandered  the  district  for 
the  benefit  of  Clifton  Connick,  and  though  Clif- 
ton beat  the  regular  Republican,  Hart  polled  more 
votes  than  both  of  them.  So  it  would  seem  to  be 
utter  folly  for  Kent  to  enter  the  race,  but  as  the 
water  front  philosopher  points  out  Kent  is 
blessed  with  just  the  kind  of  excess  that  may 
prove  grateful  to  the  friends  of  the  Kentfield 
statesman  in  this  time  of  drought.  Foremost 
among  tlicni,  by  the  way,  is  the  Hon.  Francis  J. 
llency  who  has  brayed  himself  out  on  the 
Chautauqua  circuit  and  is  now  hungry  for  an 
engagement. 


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Money  for  the  Campaign 

The  Bull  Moosers  in  San  Francisco  are  a  bit 
downcast  because  they  haven't  as  much  money  as 
they  would  like  to  spend  for  the  final  round-up 
of  votes.  The  multiplication  of  elections  has 
worked  a  terrific  drain  on  the  pockets  of  those 
who  are  willing  to  put  up  the  cash  with  the 
lively  expectation  of  being  repaid  with  favors 
later  on.  When  one  financial  demand  follows  an- 
other even  the  most  generous  contributor  is  apt 
to  balk,  and  that  seems  to  be  the  situation  right 
now.  The  Democrats  on  the  other  hand  do  not 
seem  to  be  in  any  lack  of  funds.  They  have 
James  D.  Phelan  and  Rudolph  Spreckels  to 
"touch,"  and  they  expect  the  N'ational  Commit- 
tee to  pour  a  golden  stream  into  the  State  later 
on.  The  Bull  Moosers  can  hardly  look  to  the 
East  for  assistance.  The  moneyed  men  of  the 
party,  like  Gifford  Pinchot,  are  not  noted  for 
their  free  spending.  They  spend  their  time,  and 
not  their  dollars  in  uplifting  the  masses.  It 
really  looks  as  though  the  oilers  of  the  Johnson- 
ian machine  will  have  to  depend  largely  on  the 
funds  they  can  collect  from  the  salaries  of  those 
they  have  helped  to  seats  on  the  pie  wagon. 


Trouble  at  Stockton 

Travelers  on  their  way  to  this  city  who  passed 
through  Stockton  Monday  night  on  the  Chicago 
Limited  probably  received  a  bad  impression  in 
regard  to  our  Native  Sons.  When  the  Chicago 
Limited  stopped  at  the  Stockton  depot  about  a 
hundred  hoodlums  wearing  Native  Son  badges 
swarmed  into  the  train,  many  of  them  clamber- 
ing over  the  rear  rail  of  the  observation  plat- 
form. They  crowded  into  the  observation  car, 
overflowed  the  smoking  compartment  and  en- 
trenched themselves  in  the  Pullman  seats.  It 
was  pointed  out  to  them  that  the  Chicago  Lim- 
ited was  not  a  local  train,  but  they  wanted  to 
get  to  San  Francisco  and  showed  every  intention 
of  making  the  trip  on  that  particular  train. 
There  was  a  good  deal  of  bad  language  and 
hooligan  behavior,  and  finally  the  railroad  pco- 


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pie  sent  for  the  Stockton  police.  It  was  two 
hours  before  the  train  was  rid  of  the  hoodlums 
and  in  condition  to  continue  its  run.  The  ques- 
tion is,  Were  these  Native  Sons  or  just  hood- 
lums who  went  to  Stockton  for  the  Ninth  and 
managed  to  get  hold  of  Native  Son  badges? 


Our  Foreig^n  Graduates 

Would  there  be  broader  culture  in  evidence 
here  if  more  of  our  young  men  went  abroad  for 
their  education?  The  question  was  discussed  at 
the  University  Club  the  other  evening.  The  gen- 
eral opinion  seemed  to  be  that  if  we  were  closer 
in  touch  with  the  schools  of  Europe  the  human- 
ities would  inform  our  western  life  more  thor- 
oughly than  they  do  now.  Then  somebody 
asked.  How  many  members  of  the  University 
Club  got  their  degrees  abroad?  A  hasty  telling 
over  of  names  showed  that  there  were  very  few. 
Oxford  is  represented  by  A.  Balfour,  Morse 
Stephens  and  Edmund  Leyland  Woods,  which  is 
a  poor  showing.  London  University  is  repre- 
sented by  W.  O'B.  and  J.  M.  Macdonough.  Al- 
fred G.  Sheath  is  a  Stonyhurst  man  and  R.  L. 
Porter  came  from  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons. 
Edinburgh  gave  us  William  W.  Kerr  and  Robert  E. 
AUardice.  Dublin  is  represented  by  John  A. 
Wright  and  M.  M.  O'Shaughnessy.  The  .\venalis 
got  their  degrees  in  Rome;  J.  C.  Cebrian  and  E. 
J.  Molera,  from  the  Royal  Academy  of  Engineers 
in  Spain;  Paolo  de  Vecchi  is  a  Turin  man;  F. 
Dohrmann  Jr.  is  from  Berlin;  Kaspar  Pischel, 
from  Innsbruck;  Carl  Renz,  from  Tubingen; 
Charles  A.  von  Hoffman  and  Armin  O.  Leuschncr 
from  Leipzig;  Baron  von  Schroeder,  from  the 
Military  Academy  at  Potsdam;  George  M.  Rob- 
ertson from  the  University  of  Lausanne;  P.  J.  van 
Loben  Sels  from  Utrecht;  and  A.  von  der  Ropp 
from  Freiberg.  After  all,  that  isn't  a  very  large 
list  for  so  cosmopolitan  a  city.  But  of  course 
there  are  a  good  many  who  don't  belong  to  the 
University  Club. 


Eugenics  and  the  Fair 

So  there  is  talk  of  holding  an  International 
Congress  of  Eugenics  here  in  1915!  Professor 
Vernon  L.  Kellogg,  fresh  from  the  Eugenic  Con- 
gress in  London,  gave  forth  this  interesting  bit 
of  news  from  the  porticoes  of  Stanford  last  week. 
By  all  means  let  us  have  such  a  congress!  It 
may  do  no  good,  but  think  what  an  amount  of 
amusement  we  should  derive  from  the  learned 
ponderings  of  scientific  gents  who  want  to  reg- 
ulate our  breeding!  I'd  rather  attend  a  sitting  of 
the  Eugenic  sharps  than  eat  peanuts  or  visit  the 
sideshows.  That  it  will  be  of  "epoch-making 
importance,"  as  Professor  Kellogg  insists,  I  cheer- 
fully agree.  We  are  quite  used  to  meetings  of 
epoch-making  importance  these  serious-minded 
times.  Everything  from  a  Bull  Moose  Conven- 
tion to  a  weekly  meeting  of  an  improvement  club 
is  of  epoch-making  importance.  The  epochs  go 
on  making  themselves  despite  the  whereases  and 
the  be-it-resolveds — a  way  the  epochs  have — but 
what's  the  odds?  I  appeal  to  John  Brisben 
Walker,  director  of  congresses  for  1915,  not  to  let 
this  Eugenic  stunt  receive  the  overlook. 


That  London  Congress 

PrnlV-ssor  Kellogg  w;.s  tremendously  impressed 
with  the  London  Congress,  of  which  he  was  no 
small  part.  Not  to  have  been  impressed  with  it 
would  have  argued  a  lamentable  lack  of  self- 
esteem,  something  of  which  your  university  don, 
with  all  his  faults,  has  never  been  guilty.  It  too 
was  of  "epoch-making  importance."  It  was  more 
than  that.  It  was  a  god-send  to  the  paragraphers. 
Every  paper  with  a  pretense  of  humor,  from 
Punch  to  the  Pink-'Un,  had  its  fling  at  the 
Eugenic  Congress.  I  have  a  habit,  not  a  bad  one. 
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know  something  of  the  Eugenic  Congress.  I 
have  read  that  the  Congress  was  due  largely  to 
the  efforts  of  the  Fabian  Society.  The  Fabian 
Society  is  not  taken  as  seriously  in  London  as  it 
is  in  San  Francisco.  A  story  told  during  the  ses- 
sions of  the  Eugenic  Congress  will  illustrate  this. 
It  seems  that  the  Fabian,  as  part  of  a  data- 
gathering  attempt,  sent  out  circulars  to  its  mem- 
bers, making  chaste  inquiry  as  to  whether  the 
members  took  any  means  to  limit  the  number  of 
their  offspring,  and  if  so,  what  means.  To  this 
one  old  gentleman  replied:  "Sirs, — the  number  of 
my  children  is  limited  solely  by  the  number  of 
ladies  who  refuse  to  listen  to  my  suggestions." 


Quiller  Couch's  Definition 

It  was  a  merited  rebuke.  The  eugenic  cranks 
claim  the  privilege  of  talking  plain  Anglo-Saxon 
about  matters  which  convention  has  banished 
from  conversation.  In  this  sense  a  convention 
of  eugenists  may  be  described  (if  the  pun  may 
pass)  as  entirely  unconventional.  So  bald  are 
the  talks  of  these  hobbyists,  so  free  from  the 
trammels  of  shame  that  Sir  Arthur  Quiller  Couch 
has  defined  Eugenics  as  "How  to  be  dirty  in  the 
drawing  room."  Taking  their  cue,  the  London 
journalists  have  poured  ridicule  (jn  the  Congress 
by  indulging  in  some  rather  grotesque  riskiness. 
Thus  one  writer  says:  "Hitherto,  whenever  I  have 
taken  a  lady  in  to  dinner  and  commenced  to  talk 
about  the  propagation  of  the  human  race,  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  embarrassment  has  arisen,  and  my 
motives  have  been  misunderstood.  Mr.  Balfour's 
presence,  however,  at  the  Eugenic  Congress,  not 
only  lets  me  into  polite  society  once  more,  but 
puts  the  cachet  on  the  discussion  of  this  genial 
topic." 


Killing  by  Ridicule 

In  other  words,  they  are  poking  fun  at  this 
"Burbanking  of  the  human  race,"  as  Doc 
Jordan  calls  it,  and  doing  it  to  death  that 
way.  I  have  seen  it  stated,  by  the  way, 
that  Sir  Francis  Galton  was  the  founder  of 
Eugenics.  A  mistake!  It  dates  from  antiquity, 
and  its  inventor  was  Thalestris,  the  Queen  of  the 
Amazons.  Read  the  story  about  her  and  Alex- 
ander the  Great  in  Diodorus  Siculus;  or  if  you're 
rusty  on  the  classic  side,  turn  it  up  in  Montaigne. 
The  London  paragraphers  afore-mentioned  affect 
t(j  find  practicioners  of  the  science.  "Many 
ladies,"  says  one,  "have  already  adopted  the 
Eugenic  course,  sacrificing  themselves  on  the  altar 
of  the  race,  'doing  good  by  stealth  and  blushing 
to  find  it  fame,'  realizing  that  sooner  or  later 
they  would  be  justified  by  a  Congress."  Else- 
where in  the  London  press  I  have  seen  a  sugges- 
tion about  "a  eugenic  restaurant  where  only  foods 
of  a  racially  exhilarating  character  would  be  dis- 
pensed." 


The  Puzzle  of  Heredity 

One  of  the  pundits  at  the  Congress  in  London 


gravely  pointed  out  that  if  a  child  does  not  re- 
semble its  male  parent  the  reason  lies  in  the  con- 
dition of  the  father's  mind  at  some  particular 
moment.  Which  must  be  a  consoling  thought  to 
some  paters  who  have  had  their  doubts!  I  sup- 
pose the  eugenists  will  some  day  quote  a  certain 
episode  of  Tristram  Strandy  as  part  of  their 
propaganda!  But  seriously,  what  can  the  Eugen- 
ists do?  Simply  disseminate  knowledge  of  the 
laws  of  heredity,  so  far  as  they  are  surely  known, 
and  that  isn't  very  far.  It  is  because  the  cranks 
go  beyond  this,  led  either  by  lack  of  the  sense  of 
humor  or  the  prurient  itch,  that  the  Congress 
proposed  for  San  Francisco  in  1915  has  such  pos- 
sibilities. Attending  a  session  will  be  like  listen- 
ing to  a  risky  story! 


A  Bierce  Story 

During  his  stay  in  San  Francisco  Ambrose 
Bierce  has  been  regaling  his  friends  with  many 
good  stories.  Some  of  his  best  have  to  do  with 
that  celebrated  English  journalist  George  Au- 
gustus Sala.  Bierce  tells  of  an  occasion  when 
Sala,  himself  and  several  other  good  spirits  had 
an  all-night  session  at  the  Garrick  Club  in  Lon- 
don. "We  happened  to  find  there  a  port  which 
pleased  us,"  is  the  way  Bierce  accounts  for  the 
prolonged  sitting.  Just  when  dawn  was  begin- 
ning to  peep  in  at  the  windows  Sala  rang'  for  the 
waiter.  "Bring  another  bottle  of  that  excellent 
port,"  he  ordered,  "and  place  it  under  the  table; 
I'll  be  there  in  a  minute." 


His  Best  Epigram 

Bierce  was  asked  tlie  otlicr  day  what  he  re- 
garded as  his  best  epigram.  That  was  rather  a 
poser.  He  thought  a  good  while  before  answer- 
ing. Somebody  suggested  that  perhaps  his  best 
was:  "Lovely  woman!  would  that  we  could 
oftener  be  thrown  into  your  arms  without  falling 
into  your  hands!"  or  something  to  that  general 
effect.  But  Bierce  shook  his  head.  Finally  he 
made  the'  admission  that  the  following  had  been 
a  good  deal  admired  (I  do  not  pretend  to  quote 
accurately) :  Adam  and  Eve  had  been  driven  from 
the  Garden.  But  the  Angel  with  the  Flaming 
Sword  slept.  So  Eve  left  Adam  and  stole  back 
into  Eden.  "Thank  God!  T  am  again  in  Paradise," 
said — Adam. 


The  Bruguiere  Tangle 

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what  they  are  it  would  be  well  for  the  courts  to 
be  less  inclined  than  they  appear  to  be  to  make 
confusion  worse  confounded.  And  it  would  bo 
well  for  lawyers  who  engage  in  what  is  known 
as  divorce  practice  to  be  held  to  a  stricter  re- 
gard for  high  ethical  principles  than  to  be  per- 
mitted to  yield  to  considerations  of  personal 
profit.  As  to  the  merits  or  demerits  of  the 
Bruguierc  case  I  do  not  pretend  to  be  informed, 
but  I  have  made  some  inquiry  as  to  certain  facts 
witli  tlie  result  that  I  am  convinced  it  must  be 
admitted  to  be  both  curious  and  deplorable  that 
the  plaintiff  so  long  slept  on  her  rights  if  any 
there  be.  Dr.  Bruguiere  was  divorced  from  the 
plaintiff  in  Nevada  seven  years  ago.  She  now 
seeks  to  have  the  decree  set  aside  on  the  ground 
that  she  was  not  served  with  summons  in  the 
case.  According  to  Dr.  Bruguierc  she  knew  of 
the  suit  and  evaded  service  of  summons,  and  he 
was  compelled  to  obtain  service  by  publication. 
Whatsoever  the  fact  she  knew  when  the  decree 
was  granted,  and  she  made  ho  effort  to  have  it 
set  aside.  On  the  contrary  she  considered  herself 
divorced,  and  went  to  New  York  where  she  mar- 
ried a  man  named  Denning. 


A  Shifty  Lawyer 

The  second  marriage  like  the  first  proved  un- 
happy. Denning  wished  to  get  rid  of  his  wife, 
but  in  New  York  divorce  is  not  easy.  He  de- 
cided to  sue  for  annuUment  of  the  marriage. 
Mrs.  Denning  didn't  want  the  marriage  annulled. 
The  information  was  brought  to  Pedar  Bruguiere, 
who,  by  this  time  being  both  a  happy  husband 
and  father  perceived  that  he  had  some  interest 
in  the  matter  of  the  annullment  proceedings. 
Through  his  attorney  \V.  B.  Treat  he  employed 
a  New  York  lawyer,  one  L.  Barton  Case,  to  de- 


fend the  suit  for  his  former  wife.  Case  accepted 
a  retainer  from  him  with  the  understanding  on 
Dr.  Bruguiere's  part  that  his  interests  would  be 
protected.  Presently  Dr.  Bruguiere  learned  that 
the  suit  not  having  been  prosecuted,  had  been  dis- 
missed. Later  he  learned  that  with  Case  as  her 
attorney  Mrs.  Denning  brought  suit  to  annul  her 
marriage  and  obtained  a  judgment.  This  is  the 
judgment  which  she  nmv  sets  up  by  way  of 
justifying  her  present  action.  Case  it  ap- 
pears has  been  her  attorney  and  devoted  to  her 
interests  ever  since.  From  all  of  which  circum- 
stances it  is  argued  by  Dr.  I'ruguiere's  attorney 
that  the  New  York  judgment  was  obtained  by 
fraud  and  collusion  and  that  Case  played  the  part 
of  a  rogue.  Now  whatever  be  the  law  to  be  ap- 
plied in  this  state  of  affairs  it  is  clear  that  there 
arc  interests  other  than  those  of  either  Dr. 
Bruguiere  or  his  former  wife  to  be  considered  at 
this  time.  If,  as  it  has  been  suggested,  the  former 
Mrs.  Bruguiere  is  debarred  from  remarrying  in 
Xew  York  owing  to  the  decree  obtained  for  her 
by  Case,  she  has  only  herself  and  her  lawyer  to 
blame.  The  tangle  is  chiefly  of  her  own  making, 
and  the  courts  of  San  Francisco  may  not  deem 
it  their  duty  to  straighten  it  out  for  her. 


A  Criticism  Recalled 

"That  reminds  me  of  Alan  Dale,"  said  a  lady  to 
her  escort  the  other  night  at  the  close  of  the  sec- 
ond act  of  "Bought  and  Paid  h'or,"  ju-st  as  Charles 
Richnian  smashed  a  hole  in  the  door  of  his  wife's 
bedroom.  The  lad}'  has  a  very  good  memory. 
She  told  her  escort  that  her  memory  has  gripped 
for  years  a  line  of  criticism  written  by  .\lan 
Dale.  The  criticism  was  of  a  play  in  which 
Charles  Richman  played  a  leading  role  in  the  days 
when  the  former  leading  man  of  the  beautiful 


Mrs.  Langtry  and  idol  of  the  matinee  miss  was  on 
Charles  Frohman's  staff  of  mummers.  In  the 
play,  as  in  "Bought  and  Paid  For"  Richman  had 
something  to  do  with  a  door,  and  all  that  the 
caustic  Dale  had  to  say  of  him  was,  "Charles  Rich- 
man  pummels  a  door  very  well."  The  lady  in 
whose  memory  this  criticism  has  stuck  during  the 
years  wondered  whether  Mr.  Broadhurst,  remem- 
bering the  Alan  Dale  compliment,  selected  Rich- 
man  for  the  door-smashing  part  on  account  of 
the  special  faculty  which  he  formerly  displayed 
under   Mr.   I'Vohman's  management. 


That  Sensational  Scene 

That  door-smashing  incident  at  the  Cort,  by 
the  way,  has  become  the  subject  of  heated  con- 
troversy in  this  mild-mannered  and  highly  moral 
community.  I  hear  that  one  of  our  busybody 
clergymen  who  has  never  seen  the  play  has 
thought  of  urging  the  authorities  to  suppress 
it  on  account  of  the  climax  of  that  sensational 
second  act.  He  has  heard  all  about  it,  and  he 
thinks  it  is  indecent.  This  clergyman  is  hope- 
lessly behind  the  times,  which  is  the  penalty  of 
shunning  the  theatre.  It  is  only  by  keeping  in 
touch  with  the  stage  that  a  man  can  know  the 
drift  of  public  sentiment,  the  tendency  of  public 
taste.  Whoso  neglects  the  drama  of  the  day 
dwelleth  in  darkness.  For  the  drama  reflects  the 
men  and  women,  the  deeds  and  thoughts  of  the 
time;  it  is  informed  with  the  sentiments,  the 
customs  of  the  moment.  If  the  clergyman  who 
tiiinks  the  door-smashing  incident  improper  were 
in  touch  with  the  drama  he  wouldn't  think  of 
recommending  the  suppression  of  "Bought  and 
Paid  For."  Up  to  this  sort  of  play  the  people 
have  been  educated:  that  is,  up  to  the  sort  of  play 
that  makes  one  an  eavesdropper,  as  it  were,  at 
marital  infelicities  and  at  passionate  episodes  in 
family  boudoirs.  There  may  have  been  a  time 
when  persons  of  delicate  sensibilities  were  some- 
what shocked  to  find  themselves  spying  upon 
the  intimacies  of  stage  husbands  and  stage  wives, 
hut  assuredly  every  regular  theatregoer  has  by 
this  time  become  callous  to  such  situations.  In 
\iew  of  all  the  experience  we  have  had  of  plays 
that  actually  pander  to  salacious  caprice  the  door- 
smashing  episode  of  "Bought  and  Paid  For"  can 
liardly  be  said  to  be  anything  more  than  indecor- 
c  us.  There  is  more  of  brutality  in  that  second 
;>cl  than  anything  else.  The  circumstance  that 
ti  c  husband  is  "liquored  every  chink"  warrants 
the  conclusion  that  after  smashing  the  door  sub- 
sequent  proceedings  interested  him  no  more. 


Wesley  Reed  at  Tahoe 

The  lamentable  break  has  been  made  many 
times  before.  Men  in  dress  clothes  have  been 
mistaken  for  servants  so  often  that  the  situation 
h.is  little  of  interest.  There  is  of  course  the 
classic  occasion  when  a  peer  at  St.  James'  strode 
up  to  .-Embassador  Choate  and  said:  "Call  me  a 
carriage,"  whereupon  the  ever  ready  Joseph  (to 
wliom  the  order  would  not  have  been  misdirected 
had  he  worn  a  coat  of  many  colors  instead  of 
black  and  w-hite)  cheerfully  replied:  "You're  a 
carriage!"  There  are  many  other  instances.  The 
latest  is  that  of  Charles  Wesley  Reed  at  Tahoe. 
It  would  not  deserve  mention  but  for  the  per- 
sonality of  Charles  Wesley.  .A.  man  of  serious 
port  is  Charles  Wesley,  a  man  who  takes  him- 
self as  much  to  heart  as  did  that  other  dis- 
tinguished reformer  Charles  Wesley.  You'd  as 
soon  trifle  with  Wesley  Reed  as  hurl  an  insulting 
epithet  at  the  equator.  Majesty  surrounds  him; 
Lcrandeur  goes  wherever  he  moves,  as  it  were 
his  footman.  He  never  laughs:  and  when  he 
smiles  'tis  as  though  an  Olympian  deity  of  the 
lirst  class  condescended  to  be  amused  at  the  an- 
tics of  mere  mortals.    And  so  the  faux  pas  at 


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rOWN  TALK 


13 


Tahoe  deserves  mention.  Be  it  known  that 
Charles  Wesley  Reed,  alone  of  all  the  guests  at 
the  Tavern,  got  himself  into  formal  evening  dress 
for  the  dinner  hour.  Formality  of  dinner  attire 
is  not  de  rigeur  at  Tahoe;  but  it  is  de  rigeur  every- 
where for  Charles  Wesley  Reed.  And  so  he 
loomed,  a  splendid  figure,  in  the  dining  room.  His 
meal  was  ever  a  function.  One  evening,  however, 
he  stopped  to  chat  with  friends  at  the  entrance 
to  the  dining  room.  Whereupon  two  very  charm- 
ing ladies  from  Akron,  Ohio,  or  Kalamazoo, 
Michigan,  (had  they  been  Californians  they  would 
of  course  have  known  Charles  Wesley  the  fam- 
ous), handed  him  their  meal  tickets  as  they  en- 
tered the  room.  The  rest  is  too  painful,  even  for 
a  faithful  chronicler. 


man  has  larceny  in  his  heart  the  vibrations  are 
terrible." 


Experto  Credite! 

Charley  Brennan,  one  of  the  brightest  local 
stars  of  the  Associated  Press,  was  sauntering 
along  Powell  street  the  other  day,  unlimbering 
his  mind  from  the  cares  of  journalism,  when  he 
chanced  to  meet  "Kid"  Sullivan.  "Kid"  Sullivan 
is  engaged  in  legitimate  merchandizing  these  days, 
and  is  doing  his  best  to  live  down  the  past  which 
brought  him  the  distinction  of  "King  of  the  Pick- 
pockets." Charley  stopped  to  hold  convere  with 
the  Kid.  "Better  look  out  for  that  or  it'll  be 
stolen,"  warned  the  Kid,  pointing  to  a  handsome 
scarfpin  which  adorned  Charley's  front.  "1  don't 
think  S(i,"  replied  Brennan;  "it's  very  securely 
fastened."  "That's  all  right,  Charley,"  responded 
the  Kid  with  solemnity;  "but  remember,  when  a 


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The  Souse  of  the  Flowers 

Some  learned  botanist  advances  the  theory 
that  flowers  can  become  intoxicated.  What  must 
be  the  condition  of  the  orchid  when  a  careless 
debutante  spills  her  wine  on  her  corsage!  How- 
ever, the  subject  has  poetical  possibilities.  As 
for  instance: 

The  flowers  had  a  merry  night; 

The  vintage  wine  was  good; 
And  truth  to  tell,  they  drank  much  more 

Than  temp'rate  flowers  should. 

The  Rose  was  heard  to  mention  that 

He  liked  the  wine's  bouquet. 
"You  tippler!"  the  Mock-orange  mocked, 

"It's  making  your  nose  gay!" 

The  Bitter-sweet  in  acid  tunes 

Complained  about  the  taste. 
But  jovial  Jack-in-Pulpit  cried, 

"It  shall  not  go  to  waste!" 

The  Hop  drank  beer  and  tried  at  first 

With  Cactus  to  entwine; 
But  Cactus  said,  "I  cannot  dance; 

It  seems  to  hurt  my  spine!" 

The  poor  Wallflower  sat  alone 

While  laughing  dancers  passed  her; 

"She'd  like  to  waltz,"  the  Crocus  croaked, 
"But  nobody  has  Aster!" 

You  should  have  seen  Crab-apple  try 

To  walk  with  crablike  gait! 
Hut  when  the  Crowsfoot  came  he  peeved 

.\nd  said,  "It's  getting  late!" 

Sweet  William  flirted  openly 

With  Iris,  but  the  shock 
Sent  Myrtle  home  when  he  hiccupped 

About  a  Lady's-smock. 

The  Buttercup  quite  rudely  tried 

The  Maiden's-hair  to  pull 
Which  made  the  Madwort  Madder, 

For  the  Buttercup  was  full! 

And  so  on,  and  so  on!  You  can  keep  it  up  as 
long  as  your  list  of  flowers  holds  out.  Try  it 
on  your  rhyming  dictionary! 


A  Bad  Day  for  Tea 

My  attention  has  been  called  to  the  interesting 
fact  that  the  dear  ladies  don't  drink  tea  on  elec- 
tion day.  A  curious  phenomenon,  worthy  the 
attention  of  the  cult  of  bavardage.  The  favorite 
places  to  drink  tea  in  public  are  the  Palace  and 


the  St.  Francis.  Every  afternoon  you  may  see 
the  sweet  creatures  in  their  daintiest  frocks  gath- 
ered around  the  tables  in  the  Palace  court  and 
the  St.  Francis  tea  room.  But  on  election  day 
there  were  very  few  of  thein.  The  thing  is  not 
to  be  accounted  for  on  the  theory  that  the  women 
were  too  busy  doing  polities  or  casting  their 
ballots.  There  are  very  few  politicians  and  very 
few  voters  among  the  devotees  of  the  Palace 
court  and  the  St.  Francis  tea  room.  How  ac- 
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been  suggested  to  me.  It  would  explain  another 
cognate  fact,  the  desertion  of  the  Tapestry  Room 
(where  tea  is  not  served)  on  this  same  election 
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tlie  dear  ladies  drink  at  tea  time  must  be  one  the 
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TOWN  TALK 


September  14,  1912 


A  Broken  Engagement 

The  papers  announced  a  few  days  ago  that  the 
engagement  of  a  charming  young  woman,  well 
known  in  a  not  undistinguished  social  set,  had 
been  broken  at  the  eleventh  hour.  This  young 
woman  had  been  engaged  for  some  time  to  a  cer- 
tain young  Easterner.  After  many  delays  the 
date  of  the  wedding  was  set,  the  Easterner 
journeyed  across  the  continent  to  claim  his  bride, 
and  a  day  of  recent  date  was  to  see  them  made 
man  and  wife  in  the  presence  of  a  large  crowd 
of  guests.  The  trousseau  had  been  completed  and 
carefully  packed  in  the  honeymoon  trunks, 
the  wedding  presents  had  been  laid  out  for 
the  edification  of  friends,  the  wedding  break- 
fast had  been  ordere'd  and  the  hymeneal 
decorations  were  all  in  place.  And  then,  on  the 
evening  before  the  wedding  day,  only  a  few  hours 
before  the  happy  event  was  to  take  place,  the  en- 
gagement was  broken,  the  arrangements  for  the 
wedding  were  canceled  and  the  order  was  given 
that  the  decorations  be  dismantled.  Naturally 
there  was  great  wonderment  among  the  wedding 
guests  when  they  were  hastily  told  that  they  need 
not  attend  on  the  following  day.  The  next  morn- 
ing's papers  contained,  not  advance  notices  of 
the  ceremony  and  festivities  scheduled  for  that 
day,  but  first  page  illustrated  stories  of  the  sud- 
den change  of  plans.  Readers  were  informed 
that  the  young  lady  had  suddenly  changed  her 
mind.  She  had  exercised  the  inalienable  pre- 
rogative of  her  sex  which,  as  we  all  know,  is 
emotional,  temperamental,  subject  to  sudden 
whims  and  unexpected  caprices. 


The  Reason  Why 

The  explanation  in  the  daily  papers  hardly  ex- 
plained. It  is  true  that  the  young  woman  took 
the  privilege  of  her  sex  by  cancelling  the  bond 
which  united  her  to  the  young  Easterner,  but 
it  was  no  mere  whim  which  prompted  her  ac- 
tion. There  was  a  bit  of  drama  behind  the  sud- 
den overthrow  of  this  romance,  of  drama  such 
as  we  might  be  apt  to  scoff  at  for  its  lack  of 
verisimilitude  should  we  see  it  presented  on  the 
stage.  The  drama  of  real  life  is  apt  to  be  rather 
sordid  at  times,  to  be  conspicuously  defective  in 
the  heroic  quality,  the  glamor  of  romance.  That 
was  the  case  in  the  present  instance.  Briefly,  the 
young  man  from  the  East  refused  to  marry 
the  young  woman  unless  the  young  woman's 
father  gave  him  $15,000  in  advance.  His  offer 
was  turned  down,  not  with  overwhelming  indigna- 
tion however.  The  father  accepted  a  situation 
which  found  him  at  a  disadvantage  and  tried  to 
turn  the  tables  on  the  young  man.  Had  he  suc- 
ceeded the  marriage  would  have  taken  place.  But 
he  did  not  succeed;  so  it  was  declared  oflF. 


He  Refused  a  Check 

We  all  remember  that  just  before  the  Earl  of 
Yarmouth  went  to  the  altar  with  tlie  daughter  of 
the  house  of  Thaw,  the  Pittsburg  millionaire  who 


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Makers  of 

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Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

is  her  father  was  compelled  to  pay  into  the  hands 
of  the  gallant  peer  a  sum  of  money  sufficient  to 
pay  all  his  debts  and  leave  him  a  generous  amount 
of  pin  money.  Perhaps  this  might  be  called  by 
the  dignified  name  of  dowry,  but  the  circum- 
stances made  that  term  euphemistic;  it  was  in 
reality  a  hold-up.  Our  young  man  from  the 
East  may  have  taken  a  leaf  from  Yarmouth's 
note  book,  or  he  may  have  proceeded  on  his  own 
hook.  However  that  may  be,  on  the  very 
day  before  the  wedding  was  to  be  celebrated, 
he  went  to  the  young  woman's  father  and  stated 
that  he  must  be  immediately  placed  in  possession 


Photo,  Kathryn  Hopkins 


MISS  MARY  CARRIG.XX 
The  attractive  young  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew 
Carrigan  who  is  the  belle  of  her  set. 

(if  $15,000  or  there  would  be  no  marriage.  This 
demand  startled  the  father,  as  you  may  readily 
believe,  but  he  did  not  lose  his  presence  of  mind. 
His  daughter  had  been  engaged  for  several  years; 
to  his  way  of  thinking  the  thing  of  all  things  was 
for  that  wedding  to  take  place.  So  he  agreed  to 
the  young  man's  demand — after  a  fashion.  He 
reached  for  his  check  book.  But  right  there  the 
young  man  qualified  his  demand.  He  explained 
suavely  that  he  could  not  accept  a  check;  he 
must  have  cash.  The  father  pointed  out  the 
ditTiculty,  nay  the  impossibility  of  securing  so 
much  money  in  the  evening  when  the  banks 
were  closed.  But  the  thought  which  had  come 
to  the  resourceful  mind  of  the  father  was  also 
finding  lodgment  in  the  brain  of  the  young  man. 
What  was  to  prevent  the  father  from  stopping 
payment  on  the  check?  The  following  day  was 
a  holiday  and  the  day  after  that  was  also  a 
legal  holiday.  That  would  mean  that  the  check 
could  not  be  cashed  until  the  third  morning.  So 
there  would  be  plenty  of  time  to  stop  pay- 
ment.    Meanwhile    the    wedding    would  have 


HOME-MADE  SPECIALS 

Each  box  is  made  up  of  a  variety  of  all  the 
popular  candies;  fudges,  caramels,  cream  candies 
and  many  others.  All  your  favorites  in  the  as- 
sortment.   Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


taken  place  on  schedule.  The  young  man  would 
be  neatly  checkmated.  There  is  an  implication 
here  which  must  be  accepted,  however  loth  we 
are  to  read  it  into  the  conduct  of  any  father. 
Clearly  the  girl  was  not  being  too  chivalrously 
considered  either  by  the  father  or  by  the  pros- 
pective bridegroom.  But  the  young  man  stood 
firm.  You  see,  he  was  taking  no  chances.  Cash 
or  no  wedding  was  his  ultimatum.  The  father 
who  had  no  intention  of  paying  $15,000  for  a 
son-in-law  then  put  his  foot  down  and  the  muffler 
was  put  on  the  wedding  bells. 


The  Zip  is  Lacking 

The  golf  tournament  at  Del  Monte  this  year 
is  cjuite  lacking  in  the  zip  that  has  marked  it  on 
previous  occasions.  There  is  a  large  crowd  in 
attendance  and  San  Francisco's  smart  set  is  very 
well  represented.  Whether  it  is  because  the  men 
who  are  taking  part  in  the  tournament  are  all 
on  the  "water  wagon"  in  the  interest  of  good 
sport  on  the  links  or  whether  the  few  missing 
"spirits"  among  the  women  this  year  accounts  for 
its  semi-dullness  is  not  quite  certain.  Mrs.  Mal- 
colm Whitman  who  has  always  been  to  the  fore 
in  the  gayety  at  the  hotel  during  the  September 
tournament  left  last  week  with  her  husband  and 
lier  dogs  for  New  York  where  she  will  make  her 
future  home.  Mrs.  Jack  Spreckels  is  also  absent 
and  although  the  Francis  McComas'  have  a  cot- 
tage at  Monterey  Mrs.  McComas  has  not  been 
seen  on  the  links  this  week.  The  burden  of 
keeping  things  lively  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of 
the  Hopkins  girls— Mrs.  Will  Taylor,  Mrs.  Fred 
McNear  and  Mrs.  Gus  Taylor  who  have  been 
down  for  several  weeks.  They  were  joined  for 
the  week  end  by  the  two  brides  of  the  family  Mrs. 
Cheever  Cowdin  (Florence  Hopkins)  and  Mrs. 
Sam  Hopkins  (Elysse  Schultze)  who  are  dazzling 
the  hotel  guests  with  their  trousseau  clothes. 


Little  Miss  Crocker 

Little  Helen  Crocker  who  is  the  image  of  her 
mother  Mrs.  W.  H.  Crocker  took  part  in  her 
first  tournament  on  Tuesday.  She  is  very  much 
of  a  favorite  in  the  young  set.  She  is  calm  and 
reposeful  rather  than  chic  and  dashing  as  her  sis- 
ter Ethel  is  and  much  popularity  is  predicted  for 
her  when  she  makes  her  debut  winter  after  next. 
Ethel  Crocker's  dinner  dance  at  Pebble  Beach 
Lodge  on  Monday  night  was  one  of  the  elaborate 
affairs  of  the  week. 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S  > 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  tor  62  years ; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient):  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD  S   ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
For  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop., 
37  Great  Jones  St.,  New  York  City 


September  14,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


15 


A  Possible  Romance 

Jack  Neville's  devotion  to  Ernestine  McNear 
was  never  more  marked  than  it  has  been  during 
the  tournament,  and  while  her  friends  insist  that 
she  intends  to  enjoy  another  season  or  two  of 
belledom  before  becoming  engaged  others  have 
their  doubts. 


The  Car  Broke  Down 

Gayle  Anderton  gave  a  motor  party  the  other 
night  at  which  he  entertained  a  group  of  the 
young  girls  who  were  chaperoned  by  Mrs.  Ward 
Barron.  Much  alarm  was  felt  when  they  did  not 
return  by  three  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  as 
one  husband  was  distinctly  peeved  at  the  non- 
appearance of  his  wife  the  affair  took  on  a  meas- 
ure of  importance  out  of  all  proportion  to  the 
seriousness  of  the  situation  or  the  lateness  of 
the  hour.  The  machine  had  legitimately  broken 
down  some  miles  from  the  hotel — a  thing  that  is 
likely  to  happen  to  the  best  regulated  bachelor. 


Tragedy  in  Pairing 

The  pairing  of  women  in  the  qualifying  rounds 
of  a  tournament  at  Del  Monte  is  always  fraught 
with  tragedy.  Nowhere  is  it  so  evident  that 
many  who  are  entered  for  the  contests  are  "in" 
society  but  not  "of"  it,  and  the  climber  is  made 
to  feel  keenly  that  her  entrance  to  the  smart  set 
via  the  golf  route  is  to  be  made  as  uncomfort- 
able as  possible.  The  chance  pairing  of  the 
women  invariably  results  in  several  contretemps. 
The  suave  Percy  Selby  introduces  the  unknown 
Mrs.  Brown  to  the  very  much  "in  it"  Mrs.  Smith 
with  whom  she  is  to  go  out.  A  hardly  percepti- 
ble lifting  of  the  eye  brows,  a  nod  of  hauteur  on 
the  one  side  and  an  uncertain  smile  on  the  other 
and  the  formality  of  meeting  is  over.  They  be- 
gin as  strangers  and  end  as  strangers  and  no 
great  damage  is  done  to  the  dignity  of  Mrs.  Smith 
as  they  may  never  meet  again.  On  Tuesday  a 
little  tableau  was  enacted  that  the  Burlingame  set 
thoroughly  enjoyed.  Two  ladies  who  are  not  on 
speaking  terms  with  each  other  because  one  of 
them  disapproves  of  the  social  aspirations  of  the 
other  teed  off  together  and  did  the  eighteen  holes 
without  speaking.  Defaulting  is  a  favorite  meth- 
od of  signifying  that  the  partner  they  have  drawn 


CASA  DEL  REY 


New  300-room,  fire-proof  hotel 
located  near  the  beach 
and  Casino. 


OPEN  ALL  YEAR  ROUND 
AMERICAN  PLAN 


Tennis  Courts,  Good  Boating, 
Bathing-  and  Fishing.  Numer- 
ous drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  Mountains. 

SUPERIOR  GOLFING 


Santa  Cruz  Beach  Hotel  Co. 


does  not  please  them;  but  it  does  seem  like  carry- 
ing a  discourtesy  to  the  point  of  insult  to  keep 
a  player  standing  around  in  the  blazing  sun  wait- 
ing to  start  the  way  a  certain  belle  did  on  Tuesday 
without  sending  word  that  she  did  not  intend  to 
enter.  It  is  so  easy  to  become  suddenly  ill  that 
there  seems  little  excuse  for  being  offensively 
rude. 


Ned  Lost  His  Hat 

After  a  merry  dinner  party  Tuesday  night  Ned 
Greenway  could  not  find  his  hat.  Diligent  search 
was  made  for  it  but  it  was  nowhere  to  be  found. 
Marching  up  to  the  clerk  he  demanded  that  every 


Photo,  Kathryn  Hopkins 

MISS  MABEL  FRITCH 
.'V  popular  member  of  the  younger  set  who  was  one  of 
the  bridesmaids  at  the  Wickersham-McNab  wedding. 

room  in  the  house  be  searched  for  the  missing 
head  piece.  An  inoffensive  looking  man  curled 
up  in  a  chair  in  the  almost  deserted  lobby  raised 
his  voice — not  in  protest — but  in  supplication. 
"As  it  may  take  some  time  before  you  can  reach 
my  room  you  are  likely  to  disturb  me  when  I'm 
asleep,  so  would  you  be  kind  enough  to  search 
mine  first."  Ned  appeared  in  his  own  hat  on 
the  links  next  morning  but  where  it  was  found 
is  a  dead  secret. 


Santa  Barbara  Was  Shocked 

Santa  Barbara  is  still  talking  about  the  shock 
it  received  the  night  of  Miss  Nina  Jones'  ball. 
That  rapid-going  Santa  Barbara  could  be  shocked 
may  be  well-nigh  unbelievable,  but  it's  true.  For 
her  dance  at  the  Potter  Country  Club  the  beauti- 
ful and  fascinating  daughter  of  Mrs.  Milo  Potter 
imported  a  number  of  beaux  from  Los  Angeles. 
It  was  hot,  and  these  Angel  lads  actually  re- 
moved their  coats  and  danced  in  their  shirt- 
sleeves! A  few  of  the  callow  youths  of  Santa 
Barbara  followed  suit,  but  as  the  disapproval  of 
the  majority  of  the  guests  was  not  concealed,  the 
coatless  condition  did  not  long  continue,  except 
with  the  contingent  from  provincial  Los  Angeles. 
These  gay  boys  were  also  criticised  for  the  way 
they  danced  the  rag.  "Do  they  think  they're  at 
Montmartre?"  asked  one  haughty  dowager  who 
recently  returned  from  Paris  with  a  brand  new 
copia  verborum.  "What's  mama  got  to  do  with 
it?"  innocently,  asked  a  bud  whose  French  is  of 
the  finishing  schoo".  variety. 


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400  Rooms,  200  Baths;  European  Plan;  $1.00  per  Day 
and  up.  Dining  Room  Seating  500.  Table  d'hote  or  a 
la  carte  serrice  as  desired. 

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day  during  shopping  hours,  between 
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(a  la  carte  service) 

Dancing  in  Ball  Room  Every  Evening 
Private  Banquet  and  Dining  Rooms 
Friday  Fish  Dinner 

(table  d'hote) 
Vocal  and  Instrumental  Entertainment 


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Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet  Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


16 


TOWN  TALK 


September  14,  1912 


Mrs.  Darling  Here 

The  arrival  of  Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  is  always 
an  event.  She  comes  to  San  Francisco  but  rarely, 
and  her  coming  is  always  hailed  with  delight  by 
those  whom  she  numbers  among  her  intimates. 
There  is  another  class,  however,  which  experi- 
ences a  different  emotion  when  Mrs.  Darling  fav- 
ors us.  I  mean  the  climbers,  the  nouveau  riche, 
the  Veneerings  who  have  burst  the  bars  of  the 
social  corral  by  pounding  on  them  with  gold. 
For  these  Mrs.  Darling  has  a  mighty  contempt. 
I  was  about  to  say  an  unutterable  contempt; 
but  that  would  be  incorrect,  for  Mrs.  Darling 
makes  no  bones  about  uttering  her  contempt  for 
the  Veneerings,  and  at  her  every  utterance  the 
whole  tribe  has  goose  flesh.  Mrs.  Darling  dom- 
inated our  society  at  a  time  when  birth  was  re- 
garded more  than  bank  books,  when  the  portals 
were  hard  to  pass.  Things  are  different  today, 
and  Mrs.  Darling  does  riot  look  with  favor  on 
the  change.  That  is  one  reason  why  she  has 
spent  so  much  time  abroad.  The  daughter  of 
Judge  Hastings  took  her  place  in  London  society 
years  ago  when,  a  debutante,  she  was  presented 
at  the  court  of  Queen  Victoria.  Afterwards  she 
married  Colonel  Catherwood.  Her  second  hus- 
band, Colonel  John  A.  Darling,  is  just  now  visit- 
ing friends  in  Maine,  but  he  is  expected  here 
soon.  Meanwhile  Mrs.  Darling  plans  some  en- 
tertaining for  her  friends.  She  is  to  give  a  dinner 
for  Miss  Cora  Smith,  the  daughter  of  one  of  her 
close  friends  Mrs.  Sidney  V.  Smith. 


Better  Than  Rouge 

It  i.s  not  necessary  to  mention  the  name  of  the 


Peach  Short  Cake 

A  well  made  Peach  Short  Cake  is  a  de- 
lightful dosbert.  Where  perfectly  ripe  and 
mellow,  fresh  peaches  cannot  be  had,  the 
canned  fruit  is  about  as  good.  To  get  a 
iich,  crisp,  and  fine-flavored  crust,  use 

DORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

RFCIPE--Mix  and  silt  two  cups  Hour,  one  teaspoon 
baking  powder,  and  a  pinch  of  sail ;  rub  into  It  one  heaping 
tablespoon  butler  and  mix  lightly  wilh  lour  tablespoons 
Harden  s  Condensed  Milk  diluted  with  ihree-louilhs  cup 
water.    This  will  make  a  solt  dough,  which  spread  on  a 
buttered  pie  tin.  Bake  twenty  min- 
utes in  a  quick  oven.   Split,  and  611 
wilh  sliced  peaches  that  have  been 
sweetened  to  the  taslc.  and  cover 
with  whipped  fresh  cream. 

Write  for 
Borden 's  Recipe  Book 

BORDEN'S 

CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

"Leaders  of  Quality" 

Est.  1857  Few  Ycr'; 


HOTEL  VICTORIA 

COR.  BUSH  AND  STOCKTON  STS. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

A  downtown  residence  hotel  of  the  high- 
est order,  appealing  particularly  to  those 
who  value  comfort  and  convenience  more 
than  mere  ostentation  and  who  appreciate 
excellence  of  cuisine  and  service  at  mod- 
erate expense. 

AmeriCAO  Plan,  from  $3.00  per  day  up 
European  Plan,  from  $1.50  per  day  up 

For  rates  and  reservations  address 

MRS.  W.  F.  MORRIS,  Proprietor 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


young  woman.  Suffice  that  she  is  always  "among 
those  present"  at  swagger  functions,  has  had  her 
picture  in  the  papers  fifty  times  since  her  debut, 
has  been  bridesmaid  at  several  of  the  biggest 
weddings  recently,  will  be  a  belle  of  the  Green- 
ways  this  season  as  last,  is  witty  as  well  as  beauti- 
ful and  lives  on  Broadway.  I'm  perfectly  certain 
that  that  description  will  not  tell  you  too  much. 
She  was  a  guest  at  a  dinner  party  a  few  evenings 
ago,  a  small  rather  informal  dinner  party  as  be- 
fits this  time  of  year.  Next  to  her  sat  a  young 
man  who  is  rather  more  active  than  most  young 
men  in  the  performance  of  his  social  duties. 
"Miss  Blank,"  he  remarked  to  her,  "you  look  a 
bit  pale  tonight."  "Then  for  heaven's  sake,"  she 
replied,  "tell  me  something  to  make  me  blush!" 
There  happened  to  be  a  lull  in  the  general  con- 
versation at  the  moment,  so  the  remark  was  heard 
by  all  at  the  table.  It  was  the  young  man  who 
did  the  blushing. 


To  Honor  Pioneer  Mother 

An  enthusiastic  meeting  of  the  committee  and 
friends  interested  in  the  erection  of  a  memorial 
statue  to  the  Pioneer  mothers  of  California  was 
held  in  the  red  room  of  the  St.  Francis  on  Satur- 
day afternoon,  September  7.  Mrs.  Ella  Sterling 
Mighels,  the  secretary  of  the  association,  is  the 
originator  of  the  plan,  and  if  she  can  succeed  in 
having  her  ideas  adopted  and  carried  out,  it  will 
be  the  domestic  woman,  the  mother  surrounded 
by  her  children,  who  imbibe  their  moral  and 
religious  instruction  from  her  lips — not  the  am- 
azonian-virago  type,  competing  with  men  on  an 
equality  in  their  pursuits  and  pleasures — which 
will  be  perpetuated.  Mrs.  Mighels  is  of  Pioneer 
stock  herself. 


The  Hopkins  Studio 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  Miss  Kathryn  Hopkins 
is  under  the  care  of  her  physician  at  the  Flor- 
ence Ward  Hospital,  the  Kathyrn  Hopkins 
photographic  studio  in  the  Whittell  Building  has 
been  closed  for  a  month. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Col.  Alexander  Broadie  and  Mrs.  Broadie,  Col. 
Charles  Ruggles  and  Mrs.  Ruggles  of  Benicia 
.Arsenal,  and  Captain  Hirschler  are  among  the 
army  people  who  have  been  guests  at  the  Hotel 
Victoria  during  the  week.  Captain  Hirschler  will 
be  in  San  Francisco  indefinitely.  John  F.  Diehl, 
a  leading  business  man  of  Santa  Barbara,  is  among 
the  week's  arrivals.  Mrs.  E.  W.  Marlow,  Miss 
Marlow  and  Miss  Louise  Marlow  from  Pasadena, 
and  Mrs.  Cosmo  Morgan  of  Los  Angeles  are 
guests.  Mrs.  B.  N.  Rowley  has  returned  after  a 
trip  abroad  and  is  settled  for  the  winter  months. 
VVurnelle  Victor  Eugene,  a  priest  from  Tahiti  has 
been  a  guest  during  a  short  visit  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. F'ather  Eugene  has  been  one  of  the  pion- 
eers in  the  Catholic  mission  work  in  the  South 
Sea  Islands.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Woods,  Miss 
Lucia  Woods,  from  Kansas  City,  Miss  Grace 
Gerrish  of  Minneapolis,  Mrs.  T.  S.  Tilton,  Miss 
S.  A.  Davis  of  New  York  are  eastern  guests. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ansil  Martin  and  their  son,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walter  Talbot  are  up  from  Phoenix  for  a 
stay  in  San  Francisco. 

Castle  Crags  Farm  is  the  mecca  for  deer  hunt- 
ers during  the  September  weeks.  A  party  of 
eight  hunters  will  make  the  trip  up  from  here  for 
this  week  end.  A  number  of  exceptional  suc- 
cesses in  the  deer  line  have  been  reported  by 
the  devotees  of  the  sport  who  are  now  at  Castle 
Crags  Farm. 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


IS  Cents  1^™^™^" 

for  the  Baby  Its  delicate  skin 

will  be  heloed  to  health  and  comfort — 
without  wa^te  of  money,  by  the  pure  soap, 
■ — the  soap  wilh  the  refreshing,  invigorating 
qualities  found  in  no  other — the  famous 

Pears' 
S  GAP 

75c  a  Cake  for  the  Vnscented 


Any  Victrola 

On  Easy  Terms 

Whether  you  get  the  new  low  price 
Victrola  at  $15  or  the  Victrola  "de  luxe"  at 
$200,  get  a  Victrola.  At  a  very  small  ex- 
pense you  can  enjoy  a  world  of  entertain- 
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Sherman  ^ay  &  Go. 

Steinway   and   Other  Pianos 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts,,  Oakland 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated  on  Market  Street 
In  the  Center  of  the  City 

Take  Any  Market  Street  Car  from  the  Ferry 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  Most  Beautifully  Situated  of  Any  City 
Hotel  in  the  World 

Take  Sacramento  Street  Cars  from  the  Ferry 

TWO  GREAT  HOTELS 
LNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 
PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


California's  Largest  Resort  Hotel.  Open  all 
the  year.  The  luxurious  character  of  its  ap- 
pointments and  excellence  of  its  cuisine  is 
known   the  world  over. 

.American   Plan  ;   $4.00  per  day  upwards. 

Jobn  J.  Hcrnu.  Muuttr,  Corooad*.  CaJ. 
H.  F.  Norcrsu.  Ail.,  334  So.  Sprim  St..  Us  Au<l<s.  Cat 


September  14,  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


An  Object  Lesson  in  Love 

Mark  Manisty's  a  lawyer  (at  the  Orpheum  this 
week),  and  Noel  Frobisher,  his  friend,  is  a 
bounder  and  a  sneak.  The  terms  sound  harsh, 
but  only  think!  this  man,  a  pal  through  life,  is 
wickedly  intent  to  steal  his  dear  chum's  pretty 
wife.  And  Mary  Manisty,  a  weak  and  very  shal- 
low lady,  is  more  than  half  inclined  to  hear  his 
protestations  shady.  Poor  Manisty  is  fond  but 
old  and  therefore  not  suspicious;  he  little  dreams 
his  wife  and  pal  have  motives  meretricious.  So 
Frobisher  improves  his  chance  by  talking  of  his 
passion  to  Mary  who  repulses  him  in  very  luke- 
warm fashion.  She's  not  unlike  that  ancient 
dame  that  Byron  tells  us  of  who  "swearing  she 
would  ne'er  consent"  straightway  agreed  to  love. 
She  likes  to  hear  this  Noel  tell  how  "all  his  fibres 
crave  her,"  (and  when  a  woman  stands  for  that 
I  don't  know  what  will  save  her).  The  fact  is, 
all  her  silly  heart  with  guilty  love  is  smarting, 
and  when  he  says,  "I'll  go  away,"  she  cannot  bear 
the  parting.  Of  course  he  takes  her  in  his  arms; 
to  kiss  him  she's  quite  willing.  But  while  they're 
at  it  Mark  appears  and  sees  them  cooing,  billing. 
He  doesn't  let  them  know  he  saw,  but  sits  down 
to  conjecture  what  he  would  do  if  wife  were  false 
— and  then  we  get  a  lecture!  He  begs  them  to 
suppose  the  scene  that  they  have  just  been 
through,  and  asks  them,  if  he  found  them  out, 
what  do  tliey  think  he'd  do?  An  awkward  ques- 
tion that  indeed;  to  which  they've  no  reply;  and 
so  he  answers  it  himself  with  murder  in  his  eye. 
He  throttles  Frobisher,  but  spares  his  life  when 
Mary  cries;  and  very  much  relieved,  the  cad  takes 
to  his  heels  and  flies.  He  says  he's  going  to 
Brazil,  (to  join  the  nuts,  no  doubt),  while  Mark 

and  Mary  stay  at  home  to  have  their  trouble  out. 
*  *  +  *  * 

This  dramaticule  "An  Object  Lesson"  is  made 
worth  while  by  the  tiuietly  fine  acting  of  our  old 
friend  William  H.  Thompson.  Thompson's 
mobile  face  is  a  delight  for  the  student  of  facial 
expression.  Billy  Gould  and  Belle  Ashlyn  are 
very  popular  contributors  to  the  week's  vaude- 
ville fun.  Billy  claims  that  his  stufif  is  all  original, 
and  he  need  not  be  doubted.  But  unfortunately 
lie  tells  hardly  a  story  which  hasn't  crossed  the 
continent  ahead  of  liim.  Miss  Ashlyn's  cultivated 
tomfoolery  makes  a  great  hit.  The  two  have  a 
silly  song  which  is  well  worth  while.  For  the 
animal  lovers  there's  a  Shetland  and  dog  act  sure 
to  excite  their  enthusiasm.  Minnie  Allen  in  songs 
and  comedy,  and  Grace  Cameron  in  other  songs 
and  more  comedy  work  very  hard  to  achieve  a 
little  success.  The  Takiness  are  eccentric  musi- 
cians with  the  accent  on  eccentric.  The  taste 
they  appeal  to  is  likewise  eccentric.  "The  Piano 
Movers"  move  the  audience  to  a  good  deal  of 
laughter  and  the  Bounding  Pattersons  bound  to 
give  satisfaction. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


The  Emelie  Frances  Bauer  Lectures 

The  first  of  the  series  of  tliree  lectures  at 
Century  Club  Hall  by  the  eminent  literary, 
dramatic  and  musical  critic  Miss  Emelie  Frances 
Bauer  will  be  given  next  Tuesday  afternoon, 
September  17,  at  3:20,  the  subject  being  "The 
Psychology  of  Richard  Strauss  and  His  Works." 
On  Thursday  afternoon,  September  19,  Miss 
Bauer  has  chosen  for  her  subject  "The  Psycholog- 
ical Phase  of  Modern  Home  Life  and  Culture"; 
and  for  her  farewell  address  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon, September  24,  she  will  discuss  "Opera 
Writers  since  Wagner."  A  brilliant  writer  and 
speaker.  Miss  Bauer  will  certainly  hold  the  at- 


tention of  the  large  numbers  who  have  already 
evinced  their  interest  in  the  series.  Tickets  are 
to  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay  and  Co's  and 
Kohler  and  Chase's  and  at  Century  Club  Hall  on 
the  days  of  the  lectures. 


Lambardis  Coming  to  the  Cort 

The  great  business  done  by  "Bought  and  Paid 
For"  at  the  Cort  in  the  early  part  of  its  engage- 
ment still  continues.  The  Broadhurst  drama  has 
caught  the  favor  of  play-loving  San  Francisco. 
It  is  now  rounding  out  the  second  week  of  its 
engagement,  and  Sunday  marks  the  start  of  its 
third  and  final  week  here.  Matinees  will  be  given 
Wednesday  and  Saturday,  the  Wednesday  matinee 
being  given  at  popular  prices.  Saturday  night, 
September  21,  marks  the  final  performance.  Great 
interest  is  being  taken  in  the  forthcoming  season 


in  the  course  of  which  she  steps  down  from  the 
stage  and  implants  chaste  caresses  on  any  bald 
heads  that  are  handy  in  the  audience.  Where- 
upon the  tired  business  men  with  hair  on  their 
tops  laugh  uproariously.  Too  much  credit  can- 
not be  given  to  Florence  for  this  charming  in- 
novation. As  everyone  knows,  the  baldheaded 
man  exists  for  the  particular  use  of  jokers,  but 
it  remained  for  Florence  to  joke  him  in  a  thor- 
oughly novel  way.  What  could  be  more  charm- 
ing than  to  see  a  young  woman  mouthing  the 
polished  polls  in  the  first  row?  And  Florence 
is  no  piker.  She  is  an  industrious  kisser,  for  be 
it  known  that  since  she  started  osculating  hair- 
less knobs  her  lips  have  left  their  imprint  on  no 
less  than  1,600  glistening  domes  of  thought.  It 
is  true  that  some  of  those  who  had  their  un- 
tliatchcd    roofs    embraced    felt    a    bit  resent- 


SCENE   I'KUM    -niE  ANTIQUE  GIRL" 
Which  will  be  presented  this  Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 


of  the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast  Grand  Opera  Com- 
pany at  the  Cort  which  begins  Sunday  night, 
September  22.  The  name  Lambardi  stands  for 
much  here.  It  is  a  guarantee  of  excellence.  The 
veteran  impresario  has  banded  together  the  fin- 
est organization  of  his  notable  career  for  the 
new  season  which  starts  with  the  local  engage- 
ment. The  subscription  sale  has  been  very 
gratifying  and  the  outlook  from  a  financial  stand- 
point points  to  a  profitable  engagement.  From 
an  artistic  standpoint  there  is  certainly  nothing 
to  fear,  judging  by  Lambardi  productions  of  the 
past.  Fifteen  new  artists  will  be  brought  from 
Italy  by  Lambardi.  They  all  have  reputation 
and  many  have  sung  in  this  country.  The 
repertoire  contains  eighteen  operas  and  will  in- 
clude the  following  novelties,  Strauss'  "Salome" 
and  Zendonai's  "Conchita." 


ful.  One  man  left  the  theatre  in  speechless  in- 
dignation. But  that  argues  lack  of  humor,  and 
is  selfish  besides.  The  man  who  objects  to  hav- 
ing Florence  lip  him  on  the  occiput  has  no  re- 
gard for  Art.  He  doesnlt  understand  that  Flor- 
ence is  elevating  the  stage.  Or  else  he  may  be 
a  hygienic  crank. 


Kissing  Bald  Heads 

Miss  Florence  Moore  who  honors  Broadway, 
New  York,  by  playing  with  the  "Hanky  Panky" 
company,  has  made  the  latest  contribution  to  the 
elevation  of  the  drama.    Florence  sings  a  song 


Sarah  Truax  in  "Mrs.  Dane" 

Mrs.  Dane's  Defense"  in  which  Sarah  Traux 
will  open  her  limited  starring  season  at  the  Al- 
cazar next  Monday  night,  is  one  of  the  great  mod- 
ern plays.  Written  by  Henry  Arthur  Jones  and 
first  produced  in  London  about  twelve  years  ago, 
it  has  been  used  as  a  vehicle  by  all  the  prom- 
inent English-speaking  emotional  actresses  and 
is  no  less  popular  today  than  when  it  was 
launched.  Its  ever-pertinent  theme,  gripping  sit- 
uations and  fine  character-drawing  are  responsi- 
ble for  its  survival  of  the  so-called  "problem  play" 
decadence.  Since  its  premiere  many  works  of  its 
kind  have  had  brief  existence  in  the  public  eye 
and  are  now  forgotten,  or  at  least  are  seldom 
heard  of.    Their  respective  authors   had  ample 


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opportunity  to  equal  Jones'  success,  but  they 
lacked  the  profound  knowledge  of  human  nature 
and  the  constructive  skill  that  are  reflected  from 
his  masterpiece.  Miss  Traux  has  played  the  lead- 
ing part  in  "Mrs.  Dane's  Defense"  very  many 
times,  and  it  was  selected  as  the  medium  of  in- 
troducing her  to  the  Alcazar's  clientele  because 
the  New  York  critics  unanimously  pronounced 
it  her  most  impressive  role.  Thurlow  Bergen 
who  will  be  Miss  Traux's  leading  man  during  her 
stay  at  the  Alcazar,  is  to  appear  as  Sir  Daniel 
Cartaret,  the  lawyer.  Charles  Ruggles,  Louis 
Bennison,  Bert  Wesner,  Harold  Holland,  Edmond 
Lowe,  Adele  Belgarde.  Grace  Carlyle  and  Auda 
Due  are  also  in  the  cast. 


the  De  Long  Sisters  will  appear.  The  skit  is  by 
J.  A.  Murphy  better  known  as  Adam  Sowerguy. 
Herbert  Ashley  and  Al  Lee  will  appear  in  a 
fantastical  duologue  entitled  "A  Night  in  China- 
town." It  is  a  bit  of  song  and  humor  located  in 
the  New  York  Chinese  quarter.  Bertish,  the 
Ideal  Athlete,  will  give  an  exhibition  of  strength 
and  agility.  '  Next  week  will  be  the  last  one  of 
Billy  Gould  and  Belle  Ashlyn;  Howard's  Trained 
Ponies  and  Dogs;  Minnie  Allen  and  William  H. 
Thompson  and  company  in  Frederic  Sargent's  one 
act  play  "An  Object  Lesson." 


"Officer  666" 

The  most  irresistible  "peeler"  that  ever  swung 


Sunday  bids  fair  to  be  the  best  since  the  opening 
of  the  theatre.  Heading  the  list  of  attractions 
comes  Charles  J.  Carter,  the  renowned  magician, 
illusionist,  prestidigitateur  and  all  round  man  of 
mystery  who  has  just  completed  a  tour  of  the 
world  with  his  big  show.  He  presents  his 
"Bouquet  of  Mysteries"  in  which  he  exploits  the 
pet  theories  of  the  Theosophists  and  Spiritualists, 
then  demonstrates  his  "Magician's  Incubator"  and 
winds  up  with  "The  Magical  Divorce,"  in  which 
a  maiden  fair  disappears  while  suspended  in  a 
chair  in  midair.  He  also  offers  "The  Lion's 
Bride,"  the  most  sensational  illusion  ever  staged. 
Maybelle  Fisher,  a  lyric  soprano  of  renown,  will 
be  heard  for  the  first  time  here,  accompanied  by 
Miss  Oline  Wallis,  an  accomplished  pianist. 
Fred  Zobedic,  Europe's  representative  refined 
gymnast  and  equilibrist,  will  present  a  series  of 
poses  and  demonstrations  of  strength.  Cook  and 
Stevens,  "The  Chinee  and  the  Coon,"  will  ofler 
a  specialty  full  of  comedy.  The  "All  Star  Trio," 
the  young  men  who  made  such  a  hit  here  recently 
with  their  old  and  new  songs,  will  play  a  return 
engagement.  There  will  be  several  other  features 
on  the  program. 


AUTO  NOTES 

A  road  test  of  the  1913  Packard  "38"  from 
Detroit  to  Chicago  and  return,  made  recently  by 
S.  D.  Waldon,  vice-president  of  the  Packard 
Motor  Car  Company,  developed  a  surprise  by 
breaking  the  record  made  in  the  famous  "Flight 
of  Thirty"  over  the  same  route.  Mr.  Waldon. 
accompanied  by  Edwin  S.  George,  of  Detroit,  and 
J.  M.  Murdock,  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  was  giving  the 
smaller  six-cylinder  Packard  a  final  trial,  with 
no  idea  in  mind  of  making  extraordinary  speed. 
A  touring  car  was  used,  with  top  and  windshield 
up.  Comfort  was  not  sacrificed  at  any  time  for 
haste  and  yet  the  run  of  two  hundred  and  eighty- 
eight  miles  on  the  return  trip  was  made  in  nine 
hours,  fifty-five  minutes — about  an  hour  faster 
than  the  record  of  the  "Thirty." 


Modernity 

Daughters  are  not  what  they  used  to  be. 

They  have  come,  rightly  or  wrongly  to  regard 
their  parents  in  the  light  of  necessary  inflictions. 

I  always  looked  upon  mine  in  the  same  superior 
sense. 

But  never  proclaimed  my  opinion. 
Matters  have  changed  since  then. 
Excuse  this  philosophy. 

I  heard  a  mother  remonstrate  with  her  daughter. 

"You  ought  to  be  ashamed,"  said  she,  "to  wear 
such  short  skirts." 

And  they  were  of  a  truth  abbreviated. 

Scornfully  she  eyed  her  mother  up  and  down. 

"Man  wants  but  little  here  below,"  she  equably 
made  reply  pointing  to  her  ankles  and  a  consider- 
able portion  of  what  goes  above. 

Then  she  whistled  to  a  youth  in  the  distance 
and  they  went  swimming  together. 

Alas,  for  the  Victorian  age! 


CH.VRLES 

The  eminent  actor  who  is  doing  some  notable 

A  Musical  Comedy  at  the  Orpheum 

"The  Antique  Girl"  which  is  Jesse  L.  Lasky's 
latest  production  will  be  the  headline  attraction 
at  the  Orpheum  next  week.  This  thumb-nail 
musical  comedy  possesses  an  original  story  and 
a  dozen  catchy  musical  numbers,  sure  to  become 
popular.  It  is  interpreted  by  a  company  of  six- 
teen people  chief  among  whom  are  Fletcher  Nor- 
ton, Maud  Earl  and  Doris  Wilson.  "The  An- 
tique Girl"  was  written  by  William  Le  Baron  and 
its  music  was  composed  by  Robert  Hood  Bowers. 
Mr.  Lasky  has  given  the  piece  a  beautiful  pro- 
duction. "Twenty  Minutes  Layover  at  Alfalfa 
Junction"  is  the  skit  in  which  Frank  Milton  and 


RICHMAN 
work  in  "Bought  and  Paid  For"  at  the  Cort. 

a  night  stick,  in  a  better  detective  play  than 
ever  came  from  France,  is  the  way  "Officer  666" 
is  described.  The  play  has  scored  both  in  New 
York  and  Chicago.  Everyone  to  whom  the  show 
world  appeals  will  want  to  see  this  splendid  play 
which  Cohan  and  Harris  announce  for  local  pro- 
duction at  the  Columbia  two  weeks  beginning 
Monday  evening,  September  16,  with  the  usual 
matinee.  It  is  a  melodramatic  farcical  stage 
film  with  a  word  plot  of  laughs  and  thrills  that 
is  shot  out  with  rapidity. 


A  Great  Magician  at  Pantages 

The  bill  at  Pantages  for  the  week  commencing 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zepplin  Airship? 

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A  Most  Agreeable  Man 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

'J'lie  master  of  the  house,  an  optimist  by  nature, 
was  from  the  first  inclined  and  determined  to 
regard  his  guest  as  "a  most  agreeable  man"; 
therefore  no  one  dared  to  sit  down  at  the  table 
before  Herr  Lark  arrived.  Gritting  their  teeth 
and  pale  with  hunger  they  all  waited  until  half 
past  two,  when  the  singer  at  last  put  in  his  ap- 
pearance and  without  further  excuses  began  to 
devote  himself  to  the  delights  of  the  midday 
meal. 

The  counselor  of  justice's  enthusiasm  was 
somewhat  dampened  by  the  episode  and  later 
when  his  wife  rather  sharply  inquired:  "Tell  me, 
please,  what  you  find  'agreeable'  in  him?"  his 
only  reply  was  a  muttering  of  unintelligible 
sounds.  Herr  Lark  was  really  not  agreeable! 
Even  Mother  Nature  had  proven  herself  a  step- 
mother to  him,  for  she  had  provided  him  with 
such  an  excessively  long  and  lean  body  that  in 
cases  of  necessity  he  might  have  been  suspected 
of  using  himself  as  a  ruler  and  of  beating  the 
pupils  with  himself.  Upon  this  figure  which 
jeered  at  all  the  laws  of  beauty,  sat  a  thin,  sor- 
rowful little  head,  inclined  a  little  to  one  side 
and  bearing  an  acrid  smile.  One  had  the  feel- 
ing that  his  gentleness  and  meekness  fitted  him 
like  a  badly  made  coat  which  at  the  proper  mo- 
ment he  could  throw  off  with  dexterity  and  show 
himself  an  uncouth  fellow  with  bad  manners. 

The  sons  of  the  house  snon  discovered  tliat 
the  guest  did  not  stand  in  high  favor  with  their 
mother  and  indulged  in  all  kinds  of  derisive  lit- 
tle glances  and  remarks.  Linchen,  the  grown 
daughter  of  the  family,  displayed  an  aversion  to 
him  from  the  start.  He  either  did  not  notice 
this  or  regarded  it  as  maidenly  reserve,  for  he 
made  love  to  her  in  the  most  assiduous  fashion 
and  allowed  himself  to  be  in  no  way  deterred 
by  the  scornful  bearing  of  the  young  lady. 

Linchen  had  certainly  never  given  him  en- 
couragement, for  his  very  first  question,  asked  in 
his  sweetest  tones:  "Well,  fraulein,  do  you  also 
worship  at  the  shrine  of  music?"  had  received 
the  annihilating  reply:  "No,  thank  goodness!" 

With  uncongenial  people  every  detail  irritates. 
At  the  table  when  Herr  Lark  drank  to  the  health 
of  Frau  Hegeler,  an  act  harmless  enough  in  it- 
self, she  always  had  the  feeling  that  she  would 
choke  with  rage. 

Our  singer's  frightful  bass  voice  was  a  great 
surprise  on  account  of  his  narrow  chest.  At  all 
times  when  he  was  in  the  house  this  roaring 
organ  was  indefatigable:  "Wander  with  me  in 
the  grove,  in  the  grove,  in  the  grove!"  This  was 
the  friendly  invitation  which  Herr  Lark  had  to 
deliver  in  the  chorus  and,  as  he  represented  the 
bass,  it  was  no  excessive  pleasure  always  to  have 
to  listen  to  the  deep  accompanying  notes. 

Once,  just  after  dinner,  when  he  was  imploring 
one  to  wander  in  the  grove  with  him,  all  feeling 
of  hospitality  forsook  the  master  of  the  house. 
.■\ wakened  from  his  afternoon  nap,  he  rushed  into 
the  living-room  red  with  anger  and  exclaimed: 
"No,  my  dear  man,  I  want  to  sleep  now!  You 
shouldn't  wander  any  longer  in  the  grove!"  An 
interruption  which  caused  Herr  Lark  to  look 
majestic  for  several  hours. 

Gradually  the  fatal  melody  took  possession  of 
the  entire  family.  Full  of  indignation  the  father 
discovered  while  he  was  shaving  that  he  was 
declaring  himself  to  be  ready  to  'wander  in  the 
grove.'  The  two  boys  whistled  it  as  they  re- 
turned from  school,  thus  at  least  making  it  known 
that  they  had  not  been  "kept  in."  Also  the  two 
ladies  of  the  house  caught  themselves  humming: 
"In  the  grove,  in  the  grove!" 

It  seemed  indeed  a  salvation  when  on  the  third 


day  he  announced  with  great  excitement  that 
a  small  solo  part  had  been  given  to  him  to  sing 
in  the  concert  and  begged  for  permission 
to  practice  very  diligently  all  day,  as  on  the  same 
evening  at  the  rehearsal  he  would  be  expected  to 
delight  them  all  with  his  performance. 

The  family  were  very  grateful  that  they  did 
not  have  to  wander  any  longer  in  the  grove  and 
without  regret  relinquished  to  him  the  seat  at 
the  piano,  which  together  with  its  owners  was 
becoming  daily  more  and  more  out  of  tunc  with 
the  guest. 

The  depressing  fact,  however,  soon  became 
known  that  Herr  Lark's  illustrious  duty  consisted 
in  asking  the  modest  question:  "Speak,  O 
stranger!  Why  dost  thou  weep?"  A  certain 
suspense  was  felt  as  to  why  the  stranger  wept, 
for  one  heard  only  the  question  and  never  the 
answer.  One  would  have  to  restrain  one's 
curiosity  and  sympathy  until  the  evening  of  the 
concert. 

Herr  Lark's  activity  consisted  principally  in 
the  correct  counting  of  sixty-four  bars'  pause  and 
the  above  mentioned  solo — "my  solo,"  as  Herr 
Lark  with  modest  pride  christened  the  child  of 
so  much  labor.  But  this  most  agreeable  man 
deported  himself  as  if  the  entire  musical  festival 
depended  upon  his  person. 

The  master  of  the  house,  who  was  responsilile 
for  his  guest,  almost  broke  down  under  the  bur- 
den of  maledictions  heaped  upon  him,  and  beg- 
ging in  every  direction  for  pardon,  always  added: 
"But  he  will  leave  immediately  after  tlic  per- 
formance," promising  this  visible  end  to  the  land's 
plague. 

Linchen  had  broken  out  in  open  rebellion. 
Herr  Lark  had  said  to  her  on  that  day:  "Music 
is  the  only  subject  upon  which  we  do  not  live 
in  harmony!"  and  looked  at  her  so  meltingly 
that  the  young  lady  solemnly  declared  it  had 
made  her  physically  ill. 

"The  beast  takes  away  my  appetite  whenever 
he  sits  opposite  me!"  complained  she,  and  per- 
suaded Gustav,  by  means  of  a  princely  bribe  of 
ten  pfennig  to  change  places  with  her. 

On  the  morning  of  the  general  rehearsal  Herr 
Lark  appeared  with  shamefaced  countenance  be- 
fore the  mother.  "I  have  a  bold  request  to  make, 
my  dear  Frau  Hegeler,"  began  he  in  hesitating, 
amiable  tones. 

She  thought  that  he  wanted  to  ask  for  Linch- 
en's  hafid,  and  tlie  very  idea  of  such  an  imper- 
tinence caused  her  to  look  about  for  some  con- 
venient missile. 

"My  solo,"  began  he,  "follows  a  terzetto  after 
sixty-four  bars'  pause,  and  I  should  like  to  prac- 
tice with  the  three  singers  here — there  is  also  a 
lady  among  them — for  an  hour  this  afternoon, 
if  it  would  not  disturb  the  house." 

Somewhat  reluctantly  Frau  Hegeler  gave  her 
consent,  that  ray  of  light  shining  bright  in  the 
background,  "To-morrow  he  leaves  us,"  and  told 
the  family  they  must  drink  their  afternoon  coflfee 
in  the  smoking-room.  The  father's  hospitable 
suggestion  that  they  should  invite  the  trio  to  the 
coflfee-table  almost  caused  a  separation. 

At  three  o'clock  the  invited  guests  arrived;  two 
gentlemen  with  "borrowed"  looking  coats,  as 
Gustav,  after  fighting  Wilhelm  and  Linchen  for 
the  keyhole  as  a  place  of  observation,  declared, 
and  a  young  lady  with  black  curls  which  would 
have  made  any  poodle  envious.  Upon  this  wealth 
of  curls  floated  a  hat  with  roses  which  looked 
as  if  they  had  already  for  several  years  adorned 
the  Christmas  tree  of  a  not  all  too  orderly 
family.  Besides  this  a  cloud  of  unbearable 
patchouli  perfume  accompanied  the  young  lady, 
immediately  spreading  through  all  the  rooms  and 
making  the  house  an  insuflferable  abode  for  the 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


AMUSEMENTS 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Two  Weeks  Beginning  Monday  Night,  September  16th 
Cohan  and  Harris'  Latest  Success 
A    Melodramatic    Farce   by    Augustin  McHugh 
Company  direct  from  Seven   Months*   Run  at  Chicago 

"OFFICER  66  6" 

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Engagement  Positively  Limited  to  Two  Weeks 
Prices— $1.50,  $1,  75c,  50c  and  25c. 

Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of   September  15th 
ENGAGEMENT  EXTRAORDINARY 

MYSTERIOUS  CARTER 

The  Master  Magician 

THE  LION'S  BRIDE 

Marvel  of  the  Century 
AND   ALL  FEATURE  SHOW 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

O'FIVRRtVV.  bIt  S^OCVvTOVA  £r  PONNtVV  America 
Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

JESSE  L.  L.\SKY'S  PRODITCTION  OF  THE  MUSI- 
CAL COMEDY  "THE  ANTIQUE  GIKL"  with  Fletcher 
Norton,  Maud  Earl,  Doris  Wilson  and  Company  of  16; 
FRANK  MILTON  &  DE  LONG  SISTERS,  presenting 
"Twenty  Minutes  Layover  at  Alfalfa  Junction";  HERBERT 
ASHLEY  and  AL  LEE  in  ".\  Night  in  Chinatown";  BER- 
TISH,  the  Ideal  Athlete;  BILLY  GOULD  and  BELLE 
.\SHLYN;  HOWARD'S  NOVELTY;  MINNIE  ALLEN; 
NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  of 
WILLIAM  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO.  in  Frederic  Sargent's 
one  act  play  "An   Object  Lesson." 

Evening   Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

THIRD    AND    LAST    BIG    WEEK  ST.\RTS 

SUNDAY  NIGHT 
"POP"  Matinee  Wednesday.    Matinee  Saturday 
William  A.  Brady,  Ltd.,  Presents 
The  Biggest  Play  of  Our  Time 

"BOUGHT  AND  PAID  FOR" 

By  George  Broadhurst 
With  the  Original   Cast  Direct  from  Brady's  Playhouse, 
New  York,  including  Charles  Richman,  Julia  Dean,  Frank 
Craven,  Agnes  De  Lane,  Allen  Atwell,  Mari  Hardi. 

Prices— 50c  to  $2.00. 
Commencing     Sunday     Night,     Sept.  22~LAMBARDI 
PACIFIC   COAST   GRAND   OPERA  CO. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Week  Commencing  Monday  Night,  September  1 6tli 
The    Emotional  Actress 
SARAH  TRAUX 
Thurlow   Bergen  and  the  Alcazar  Company  in 

"MRS.  DANE'S  DEFENSE" 

Henry  Artliur  Jones'  Greatest  Play 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
508  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  371 

Residence,  882  Grove  St,    Phone  Park  1870 


2C 


TOWN  TALK 


September  14,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — There  was  absolutely  no  response  in 
the  stock  market  to  the  Steel  tonnage  report 
which  was  decidedly  favorable  and  practically  no 
reaction  of  prices  to  the  Government  crop  re- 
port or  the  continued  favorable  weather  condi- 
tions over  a  wide  area  since  this  report  was  tab- 
ulated. The  market  is  deadlocked  from  a  lack 
of  public  interest  in  any  class  or  kind  of  securities 
and  with  leading  bankers  in  New  York  holding 
completely  aloof  from  creating  any  market  ac- 
tivity on  account  of  the  political  imbroglio  over 
the  country  it  would  seem  that  we  will  remain 
inactive  temporarily  at  least.  Further  heavy 
losses  of  cash  by  the  banks  so  far  insure  another 
bad  bank  statement  and  this  will  be  sufficient  to 
check  any  rising  tendency  in  stocks. 

Wheat — Some  little  disappointment  over  the 
Government  report  started  shorts  ccivcring  and 
made  markets  higher.  The  extreme  advance  was 
not  maintained,  but  there  has  been  support  on  re- 
actions and  fairly  liberal  selling  on  the  hard 
spots.  The  advance  appears  to  be  due  as  much 
to  the  technical  speculative  condition  as  anything 
else.  Cash  wheat  ruled  very  weak,  especially  for 
lower  grades.  Leading  recent  buyers  of  hard 
winter  wheat  West  and  Southwest  removed  the 
prop  at  Omaha  and  the  latter  market  has  sold 
some  large  lots  of  cash  wheat.  Kansas  City 
market  appears  to  be  sustained,  while  St.  Louis 
closes  lower.  Cash  wheat  is  weak,  especially  for 
low  grades,  with  receivers  chasing  the  millers. 
Export  business  reported  was  33  loads  No.  3  Nor. 
(Canadian)  for  November  shipment  from  Win- 
nipeg. It  develops  that  there  were  re-sales  from 
seaboard  of  as  much  wheat  as  was  sold  for  ex- 
port.   Local  cash  sales  reported  25.000  bushels. 

Corn  lias  ruled  lower.  There  has  been  liquida- 
tion, including  considerable  scattered  lots  of  Sep- 
tember. Cash  corn  has  arrived  more  freely,  gen- 
erally at  primary  centers  and  has  made  weak 
markets  there.  Cash  corn  declined  2  1-2  cents. 
Kansas  City  reports  tables  covered  with  corn; 
market  there  off  about  1  cent. 

Oats — There  were  larger  exports  sales  than 
reported,  most  of  the  business  done  after  the 
close,  but  no  export  business  of  note.  Total 
cash  sales  reported  were  475,000  including  325,000 
bushels  for  export. 

Provisions — Trade  rather  light  early  and  spas- 
modic later.  More  or  less  selling  by  Milwaukee 
packers  and  some  by  pit  traders.  Buying  largely 
by  miscellaneous  investors  and  speculators,  small 
lots. 

Cotton — Marked  and  heavy  deterioration  is 
shown  for  the  week  in  the  two  Carolinas  and 
Georgia  due  to  excessive  heat  and  lack  of  mois- 
ture. The  plant  in  many  instances  has  shed  both 
leaves  and  bolls  and  it  is  believed  that  there  is 


little  likelihood  of  two  top  crops  while  much 
young  fruit  that  might  have  matured  with  mois- 
ture has  been  lost  or  soon  will  be  without  rain. 
Over  the  remainder  of  the  belt  as  a  whole  a 
small  or  moderate  deterioration  is  shown.  In 
Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas  and  Louisiana 
the  loss  has  been  small  for  much  of  the  cotton 
is  still  growing  and  fruiting  in  a  normal  way,  but 
rain  will  soon  be  needed  to  prevent  a  general 
letting  down  in  condition.  The  rapid  downturn 
in  prospects  in  the  Atlantic  States  appears  to  have 
been  due  to  the  extreme  heat  coming  upon  a  plant 
that  had  not  matured  its  fruit  normally  for  the 
season  The  heavy  soils  of  the  Mississippi  Valley 
have  carried  cotton  there  so  far  without  material 
injury.  In  southern  and  central  Texas  a  great 
quantity  of  cotton  is  open  and  it  is  the  general 
opinion  that  rain  would  be  of  small  benefit  now 
a.s  the  plant  has  nearly  ceased  growth.  How- 
ever it  is  noted  that  the  outturn  from  fields 
picked  has  been  rather  in  excess  of  expectations. 
Rain  would  benefit  Oklahoma  and  northern  Texas 
where  deterioration  will  become  more  marked  if 
drouth  continues.  Boll  weevils  in  Mississippi  and 
I-ouisiana  are  numerous  but  not  elsewhere.  In 
North  Carolina  the  heat  record  of  nearly  thirty 
years  has  been  equalled.  Crop  suffered  badly, 
particularly  in  sections  where  rainfall  has  been 
insufficient.  Plant  has  shed  leaves  and  bolls. 
Much  cotton  opened  and  small  chance  for  top 
crop. 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  local  market  for  the  week  past  has  not 
shown  anything  of  particular  interest,  nor  have 
there  been  any  fluctuations  of  note.  Political  in- 
fluence seems  to  have  made  itself  felt  in  local  in- 
vestment circles  and  money  rates  h;ivc  hardened 
a  bit. 

The  bond  market  has  weakened  slightly.  .-Xl- 
though  nothing  in  the  nature  of  a  selling  move- 
ment has  developed,  still  prices  were  fractionally 
lower  than  for  a  fortnight  past. 

.A.mong  the  leading  stocks,  Pacilic  (ias  &  Elec- 
tric Common  has  shown  tlie  greatest  strength, 
chiefly  due  to  rumors  of  a  strong  liscal  statement 
soon  to  be  issued  by  the  company,  which  will 
show  a  material  increase  in  earnings.  The  Com- 
mon will  be  ex-dividend  on  the  15th  inst.  of 
$1.25  per  share.  Several  large  transactions  were 
made  in  the  Preferred  at  92,  the  prevailing  price 
of  the  past  week. 

Spring  Valley  sold  at  62.  .Associated  Oil  was 
actively  traded  in  at  prices  between  43  1-2  and  44. 
closing  the  week  at  the  high  price  of  44. 

Great  Western  Power  bonds  made  a  fractional 
advance,  selling  up  to  88  3-4. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.   Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and   Holidays  included. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,055,471.11 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   10,519,217.23 

Deposits    25,775,597.47 

Officers — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST,  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

September  14,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


A  Most  Agreeable  Man 

(Continued  from  Page  19.) 

next  two  weeks. 

Now  the  three  burst  into  song.  Every  mo- 
ment or  so  they  got  hopelessly  mixed,  quarreled 
violently  and  then  started  afresh,  assuring  one, 
in  such  loud  voices  that  the  windows  cliattered, 
that:  "In  white  raiment  a  youth  draws  nigh;  he 
comes  from  a  far  country."  When  they  got  to 
this  part  Herr  Lark  counted  his  sixty-four  bars 
and  asked  his  well  known:  "Speak,  O  stranger! 
Why  dost  thou  weep?"  One  began  to  have  a 
vivid  conception  of  the  pleasures  the  next  even- 
ing would  bring  forth. 

The  day  on  which  the  concert  was  to  take 
place  required  infinite  preparation.  Everybody 
was  at  the  beck  and  call  of  the  guest,  or  at  least 
should  have  been  so.  The  participators  in  the 
festival  were  to  wear  Grecian  costumes.  Early 
in  the  morning  Herr  Lark  draped  himself  in  a 
white  toga  made  of  that  much  loved  fustian 
which  on  account  of  its  cheapness  is  so  popular 
at  all  masquerades. 

To  the  horror  of  the  ladies,  shortly  after  the 
first  breakfast,  Herr  Lark  presented  himself  at 
the  door  of  the  mother's  room,  clad  as  a  ghost, 
with  short  sleeves  and  bracelets — a  sight  cal- 
culated to  affect  the  nerves  of  the  strongest  man! 
He  expressed  the  astounding  desire  to  have  some 
sewing  done  on  the  toga — while  he  had  it  on, 
too! 

With  justifiable  consternation  Frau  Hegeler  re- 
fused the  unreasonable  demand  and,  rushing  into 
her  husband's  room, 'cried:  "Sew  for  your  Lark! 
No,  nobody  could  expect  that!" 

The  boys  stormed  no  less  on  their  part.  Herr 
Lark  had  requested  Gustav  to  fetch  his  wig  from 
the  hairdresser's  for  him.  Gustav,  who  would 
graduate  from  the  gymnasium  in  three  years, 
naturally  found  such  a  task  degrading  to  a  de- 
gree and,  as  an  unaccommodating  act  on  his  part 
would  be  severely  rebuked  on  account  of  the 
moral  question  involved,  he  simply  disappeared 
for  several  hours. 

Wilhelm  was  n(jw  appointed  in  the  place  of  his 
older  brother  to  fetch  the  wig.  Only  through 
the  assurance  that  on  the  way  back  he  might  buy 
five  pfennig's  worth  of  cream  candy  did  he  re- 
gain his  mental  balance. 

Alwine,  the  cook,  had  to  press  Lark's  toga,  a 
heathenish  presumption  which  almost  caused  her 
departure,  for  as  Alwine  was  heard  to  say  in  an 
audible  monologue,  that  "beanpole"  would  never 
pay  her  a  cent  for  her  work. 

The  pleasing  guest  also  expressed  countless 
minor  wishes,  "a  raw  egg,"  "a  glass  of  cognac," 
"a  pair  of  scissors";  he  in  the  meanwhile  standing 
before  all  the  mirrors  in  the  house  trying  on 
his  laurel  wreath,  wliich  by  reason  of  the  micros- 


copic formation  of  his  skull  slipped  down  over 
his  head  like  a  necklace.  Of  course  it  had  to  be 
made  smaller.  At  four  in  the  afternoon  Herr 
Lark  retired  to  his  room  "to  dress." 

Gustav  was  found  about  this  time.  He  was 
sitting  in  the  laundry,  reading  the  latest  Indian 
story,  and  did  not  seem  inclined  to  forsake  his 
place  of  refuge  until  the  final  departure  of  the 
guest.  Only  when  he  had  been  assured  that  the 
wig  was  already  there  was  the  family  able  to 
persuade  him  to  make  them  happy  again  with 
his  presence. 

Evening  came  and  the  concert  began.  Herr 
Lark,  in  conformity  with  his  exalted  role,  sat  in 
the  front  row  with  the  other  soloists.  He  looked 
like  a  ghastly  Dante  and  winked  and  grinned 
under  his  laurel  wreath  at  the  Hegeler  family, 
who  felt  correspondingly  flattered. 

The  leader  of  the  orchestra,  who  had  hair  as 
long  as  is  befitting  an  artist,  wildly  shook  this 
wreath  of  hair  from  off  his  forehead  and  madly 
beat  time  in  all  directions.  The  first  part  of  the 
performance  passed  by  without  incident.  The 
excitement  grew  when  the  trio  already  known  to 
our  friends,  also  dressed  as  somewhat  shabby 
Greeks,  sang  of  the  stranger  in  white  raiment. 
The  Hegeler  family,  zealous  to  do  their  duty,  be- 
gan to  count  the  sixty-four  bars  that  were  so 
familiar  to  them.  But  alas,  only  sixty  had 
sounded  when  Herr  Lark  in  his  too  great  eager- 
ness sprang  from  his  seat  and  startled  his  listen- 
ers with  the  question  which  in  no  way  corre- 
sponded to  the  accompaniment:  "Speak,  O 
stranger!    Why  dost  thou  weep?" 

A  wild  confusion  of  tones  prevailed  for  a  mo- 
ment. The  orchestra  leader  made  a  movement 
with  his  baton  as  if  he  wanted  to  strike  Herr 
Lark  over  his  too  hasty  ears.  Only  the  "stranger" 
displayed  praiseworthy  presence  of  mind,  in  that 
he  sang  into  this  chaos  with  mighty  voice,  his: 
"No,  my  tears  do  flow,"  thus  bringing  the  matter 
into  order. 

The  counselor  of  justice's  family,  hurled 
through  this  public  disgrace  irom  the  heights 
of  pride  over  "their"  soloist  into  the  darkest 
depths,  felt  almost  as  if  they  themselves  had 
been  the  offenders.  That  no  one  was  thinking 
of  them  and  that  ninety-nine  per  cent  of  the 
audience  were  not  conscious  of  their  relation  to 
the  transgressor,  was  not  quite  clear  to  them  for 
the  moment.  As  they  expressed  themselves  later, 
they  would  have  felt  much  more  comfortable  un- 
der their  chairs  than  on  them. 

Herr  Lark  sat  during  the  rest  of  the  concert 
with  broken  wings.  During  the  pauses  the 
young  lady  with  the  poodle  locks  talked  earnestly 
and  consolingly  to  him  and  that  seemed  to  make 
a  pleasant  impression  upon  him,  as  our  friends, 
who  were  watching  him  with  feverish  anxiety, 
observed. 

When  the  performance  was  over  the  family  be- 


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took  themselves  home,  with  the  exception  of  the 
father  and  Herr  Lark  who  remained  for  a  "so- 
cial evening."  Herr  Lark  had  already  made  the 
bold  attempt  to  entice  Linchen  to  participate  in 
this  festivity,  assuring  her  that  it  would  be  lively 
and  gay,  but  the  young  lady  had  declined  with 
a  decision  which  bordered  on  rudeness. 

After  the  boys  had  been  sent  to  bed,  mother 
and  daughter  recapitulated  over  a  cup  of  tea 
the  events  of  the  evening — more  especially  Herr 
Lark's  solo!  The  absolute  ridiculousness  of  the 
situation  came  over  them  for  the  first  time. 

"He's  offering  to  drink  to  father's  health  now; 
just  wait  and  see!"  said  Linchen,  taking  up  her 
candle  to  go  to  bed.    "I  know  my  Lark." 

A  noise  in  the  hall  was  heard.  Linchen  put 
down  the  candle. 

"That's  father  already!"  cried  she  and,  inspired 
with  a  desire  for  knowledge,  both  ladies  rushed 
into  the  hall  and,  falling  upon  the  counselor  of 
justice's  neck,  cried  in  chorus:  "Well?" 

The  good  man  was  evidently  in  no  festive 
mood,  and  peevishly  refused  to  answer  my  ques- 
tions. 

"Counfound  it  all,  at  least  let  me  take  off  my 
overcoat!"  growled  he  angrily. 

Mother  and  daughter,  beginning  to  compre- 
hend the  situation,  nudged  each  other  in  secret 
joy. 

"Our  Lark  has  made  a  fool  of  himself  again," 
whispered  Linchen. 

The  father  sat  down  at  their  cosy  little  table. 

"Another  glass  of  beer!"  he  commanded 
shortly;  but,  seeing  the  excited  faces  of  wife  and 
daughter,  he  soon  returned  to  his  usual  good 
hu  mor. 

He  took  a  long  drink  and  said:  "H'm,  you 
ought  to  have  seen  your  Lark!" 

"Our?"  replied  Linchen  horrified.  "Father  dear, 
this  treasure  belongs  to  you!" 

"It's  all  the  same,"  replied  he  laughingly.  "It 
was  an  incredible  sight.  Lark  probably  wanted 
to  forget  what  a  fool  he  had  made  of  himself. 
He  drank  until  all  his  meekness  and  gentleness 
were  gone  to  the  winds.  He  sat  there  with  his 
laurel  wreath  slipped  way  to  one  side  and  made 
love  within  an  inch  of  his  life  to  the  little 
soprano  with  the  poodle  locks!  And  he  shouted 
and  sang  until  I  became  so  ashamed  of  my 
legitimate  property  that  I  quietly  sneaked  away. 

"Now,"  concluded  the  father  after  some  little 
bantering  from  the  feminine  portion  of  his  house- 
hold; "his  train  leaves  at  seven  tomorrow  morn- 
ing. Alwine  can  give  him  his  coffee  and  we 
shall  be  rid  of- him  at  last!" 

On  tlie  next  morning,  while  the  counselor  of 
justice  was  still  sleeping,  the  wife  wandered  with 


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happy  heart  toward  the  sitting-room.  Her  way 
led  her  by  the  guest-room.  She  stood  there 
paralyzed ! 

A  pair  of  boots,  imineasural)ly  long  and  broad, 
stood  quietly  and  sedately  beff)re  the  door,  fur- 
nishing incontestable  proof  that  Herr  Lark  had 
overslept  himself  and  missed  the  train. 

In  the  first  moment  the  housewife  had  the  feel- 
ing that  she  would  hurst  into  uncontrollable 
tears. 

With  stormy  tread  she  returned  to  Iier  bed- 
room and  cried  with  not  exactly  dove-like  gen- 
tleness into  the  ear  of  her  slumbering  husband: 
"The  creature  is  still  there!" 

The  counselor  of  justice  opened  his  lieavy  eye- 
lids. 

"Who?"  asked  he,  evidently  awakened  out  of 
beautiful  dreams. 

"Herr  Lark!"  replied  his  wife  cuttingly.  "And 
if  he  has  gone  two  months  from  now  I  shall  con- 
sider that  I  have  got  oflf  very  luckily!" 

She  closed  the  door  with  consideraljle  energy 
and  the  master  of  the  house  arose,  nuimbling  to 
himself:  "As  if  I  could  help  it!" 

The  ladies  had  already  breakfasted  when  he 
entered  the  living-room.  His  wife  stepped  up  to 
him  with  a  somewhat  embarrassed  smile: 

"I'm  afraid  I  was  a  little  abrupt  with  you,  but 
you  can  imagine  my  horror  when  I  saw  that 
monster's  shoes  still  there.  1  was  happy  because 
I  thought  he  had  gone!" 

"He  will  leave  by  the  11:20  train."  said  the 
counselor  of  ji-stice,  diligently  studying  his  time- 
table.   "I  shall  wake  him  immediately." 

"Oh,  no,  not  yet,"  cried  Linchcn  anxiously. 
"It  is  still  too  early.  He  will  spend  his  extra 
time  sitting  here  with  us,  'weeping'  like  a 
'stranger'  because  he  made  himself  so  ridiculous 
last  night.  I  go  to  my  painting  lesson  in  twenty 
minutes;  let  him  sleep  until  then." 

The  ladies  left  the  room  and  after  a  little 
while  the  father  determined  to  awaken  Herr  Lark 
out  of  his  long  sleep. 

When  Frau  Hegeler  re-entered  the  room  slie 
found  the  two  gentlemen  seated  about  the 
coffee-pot.  Over  the  father's  noble  features  lay 
a  cloud. 

"I  am  so  hold,  my  dear  Frau  Hegeler,"  began 
Herr  Lark,  looking  rather  like  a  ghost,  "as  to 
wish  to  intrude  a  little  longer  upon  your  hos- 
pitality." 

The  housewife  instinctively  put  her  hand  to  her 
heart;  everything  became  lilaek  before  her  eyes; 
she  cast  an  imploring  look  at  her  husband. 

He  stared  at  the  pictures  on  tlie  wall  as  if  they 
never  before  had  come  under  his  observation. 

"We  are  going  to  have  a  little  wine  breakfast 
this  morning,  and  after  that  a  skating  party  to 
Inirstenrode,"  continued  the  guest  with  great  in- 
genuousness; "and  so  long  as  the  room  is  still 
there — "  The  grave-like  silence  with  which  this 
friendly  suggestion  was  received  seemed  in  no 
wise  to  daunt  the  young  gentleman. 

Host  and  hostess  sat  like  graven  images  op- 
|)osite  to  Lark,  who  complacently  continued  his 
meal.  The  situation  was  so  tense  that  it  could 
not  last  much  longer.  Deliverance  was  bound  to 
come  in  some  form — and  it  came! 

A  sharp  ring  at  the  door-bell  sounded  through 
the  house.  Alwine  entered  and  handed  Herr 
Lark  a  little  pink  note.  "The  messenger  receives 
fifty  pfennig,"  said  she. 

Herr  Lark  made  no  pretense  of  producing  his 
pockctbook.  Seeming  to  consider  such  small  ex- 
penditures the  prerogative  of  his  liost.  he  pro- 
ceeded to  open  his  letter. 

"It's  all  right,  Alvvine,  give  him  tlie  money," 
snapped  the  housewife,  and  Alwine  left  with  a 
diabolical  smile. 

But  what  were  the  hostess"  feelings  when  Herr 
Lark  upon  the  reading  of  the  letter  became  first 


pale  and  then  greenish!  With  a  wild  "No,  oh. 
no!"  he  sprang  from  his  seat  with  such  violence 
lliat  tlie  chair  tumbled  over,  and  hastened  to  his 
riiom.  Tlie  corpus  delicti,  the  little  pink  note, 
Lxy  upon  the  table. 

I'uther  and  mother  looked  at  each  other.  "I 
shiiuld  like  to  know  .what  sort  of  a  dynamite 
bomb  was  concealed  there!"  said  the  counselor  of 
jr.slice  at  last. 

"(io  to  him,"  said  the  housewife;  "he  is  prob- 
;il:ly  lying  around   somewhere  unconscious." 

The  father  departed,  but  returned  in  a  few 
moments  with  a  beaming  face. 

"Well?"  asked  his  wife. 

"1  opened  his  door  just  the  least  bit,"  re- 
s|)onded  he.  "He  is  packing!  I  didn't  want  to 
disturb  him!" 

His  wife  reached  for  the  letter. 

"Emily!"  cried  he. 

"Oh,  pshaw-!"  replied  she  unconcernedly.  "I 
paid  the  messenger;  I've  got  to  know  what  hap- 
pened. Listen!"  she  cried  trhtmphantly  and  sank 
back  into  her  chair.    "We  are  rid  of  him!" 

The  master  of  the  house,  whose  curiosity  now 
got  the  better  <jf  his  discretion,  glanced  hastily 
over  her  shoulder: 

Dearest  Ludolf: 

Mamma  gladly  gives  her  consent.  We  shall 
expect  to  see  you  at  our  house  at  twelve  o'clock. 

ROSA  SCHULZE, 
Leimstrasse  6.  III. 

The  counselor  of  justice  let  the  letter  drop. 
"That's  the  poodle  girl,"  s;iid  he  with  solemnity. 
"Ludolf  became  .engaged  to  her  last  night  when 
he  was  drunk  and  now  he  doesn't  want  her! 
Goodness  knows  why  not!" 

"Poodle  Locks  has  no  money,  I  suppose,"  said 
the  housewife.  "Have  you  forgotten  the  hat  with 
the  crumpled  roses?  That  didn't  look  as  if  she 
were   a   good  partie  exactly." 

"And  Ludolf  has  an  eye  to  the  realities,"  con- 
tinued the  father.  "Ka,  we  are  gaining  by  it 
anyhow,  Emily." 

.'\t  this  moment  Herr  Lark  stepped  into  tlie 
room,  pale  and  distraught  but  ready  for  the 
junrney,  his  hat  in  hand. 

"I  lind  that  after  all  I  shall  have  to  leave 
by  the  eleven  o'clock  train,"  began  he  in  a  hol- 
low voice,  and,  without  looking  either  of  them  in 
the  face,  continued:  "I  have  received  unpleasant 
news;  please  forgive  my  sudden  determination — " 

lie  reached  out  for  the  little  i)iiik  note  and 
put  it  into  a  place  of  safety. 

"Oh,  it  makes  no  difference,"  rei)lied  the  house- 
wife with  great  cheerfulness  and  joyfully  giving 
him  her  hand:  "I  wish  yfiu  a  very  pleasant  jour- 
ney, Herr  Lark!" 

.\s  the  father  accompanied  the  guest  to  the 
door,  the  mother  rang  the  bell  for  Alwine. 

"If  anyone  calls  to  see  Herr  Lark  today,  say 
that  he  has  left  and  that  we  do  not  know  his  ad- 
dress; do  you  understand?" 

Alwine  nodded  with  decided  understanding — 
what  are  doors  for,  anyhow,  if  ime  cannot  listen 
at  them? — and  left  the  room. 

"l'"or  I  really  ihj  not  See,"  said  the  wife  to  her 
husband  who  just  then  entered  the  room,  "that 
it  is  necessary  for  me  to  bring  poor  forsaken  lit- 
tle Poodle  back  to  consciousness  with  smelling 
salts  and  sal  volatile.  And  Alexander,  dear," 
continued  she,  laying  her  hand  laughingly  upon 
his  shoulder;  "you  arc  cured,  aren't  you?  You 
won't  bring  me  a  lark  or  any  other  kind  of  sing- 
ing bird  until  you  know  him  very  well,  will  you?" 

"He  wasn't  so  very  bad,"  said  the  master  of 
the  house  in  embarrassed  tones. 


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Letters 

A  Novelized  Play 

It  is  an  open  question  whether  the  dramatized 
novel  or  the  novelized  drama  proves  the  less  sat- 
isfactory  to   those   who   experiment   witli  both. 
Readers   are    prone    to   complain    that    there  is 
nothing  left  of  the  book  but  the  title  and  the 
names  of  a  few  characters.    Playgoers,  on  the 
other   hand,    find    scenes   transposed,  characters 
omitted,  and  such  a  general  shifting  about  that 
the  result  resembles  a  complicated  puzzle  which 
has  dropped  and  been  hastily  reassembled  with- 
out regard  to  sequences.    Perhaps  the  only  so- 
lution is  for  readers  to  forego  the  play  and  play- 
goers to  pass  the  book.    Judged  simply  as  a  book 
the   novel    which   Albert   Payson   Terhune  has 
made  out  of  the  DeMille-Belasco  drama  "The 
Woman"  is  quite  up  to  the  standard  of  its  class. 
The  story  deals  with  political  life  amongst  the 
national  congressmen,  the  high  lights  of  finance 
and  the  party  leaders,  and  is  so  up-to-date  that 
those  inclined  would  not  have  much  difficulty  in 
fitting   real   names   to   some   of   the  characters. 
There  is  a  schism  in  the  party  in  control,  and 
afifairs  have  reached  a  climax.    Heretofore  those 
who  have  had  the  temerity  to  advocate  reform 
have  either  been  whipped  into  line  by  threats  of 
exposure  of  their  private  lives  or  of  shady  trans- 
actions in  the  past,  or  else  obliterated.    In  the 
eyes  of  Blake  the  party  leader,  Robertson,  his 
son-in-law,   and    Nelligan    and    other  henclinien, 
politics  is  war  in  wliicli  all  methods  arc  allowable 
provided    they   succeed,   noncombatants  are 
spared  and  no  i|narter  is  to  be  expected,  'riierr 
is  no  rule  to  the  game  save  one,  to  win  mit  .at 
all  costs.    The  action  is  compressed  into  a  few 
hours  and  the  fighting  is  desperate  while  it  lasts, 
the  rout  complete.    There  is  a  particularly  vicious 
bill  to  be  passed  by  Congress,  and  the  prospective 
loaves  and  fishes  have  been  apportioned.  Every- 
thing is  in  order  and  it  is  expected  that  the  pro- 
gram will  be  carried  out  without  a  hitch.  Not 
only  is  there  an  enormous  graft  connected  with 
the  passage,  but  it  is  likewise  a  trial  of  strength 
between  the  regulars  and  the  reformers  who,  at 
the  eleventh  hour,  when  it  is  too  late  to  with- 
draw the  bill,  have  found  an  able  champion  anil 
leader  in  the  person  of  Standish  who,  an  aggres- 
sive opponent,  had  displayed  as  much  genius  for 
organization  as  Blake  himself.    Standish  who  is 
a  man  of  high  ideals  and  unblemished  character, 
has  been  held  up  all  over  the  country  as  an  ideal 
model  for  the  young.    Teachers  and  preaches 
and  reformers  have  united  in  bedecking  him  with 
a  halo,  and  one  of  the  periodic  moral  waves  with 
which  we  are  familiar  has  washed  him  so  high 
that  good  party  men  who  have  alwaj'S  voted  by 
rule  are   too  much  afraid  of  their  constituents 
and  their  own  hopes  of  re-election  to  dare  to 
vote  for  the  iniquitous  measure.    If  the  Blake 
forces   win,   as    they   had    confidently  e.xpecteil, 
Robertson,  his  son-in-law,  will  be  next  speaker 
of  the  house,  and  next  president.    If  they  are  de- 
feated all  the  honors  will  fall  to  Standisli  and 
the  organization  will  be  completely  routed.  The 
annihilation  of  Standish  has  become  a  political 
necessity  and  no  effort  has  been  spared  to  dis- 
cover anything,   however   trivial,  which   can  lie 
distorted  or  magnified  into  a  scandal,  and  at  the 
eleventh  hour  Blake  becomes  possessed  of  in- 
formation that  some  five  years  before  Standish 
had  spent  a  week  at  an  obscure  hotel  where  he 
was  accompanied  by  a  woman  whom  he  registered 
as  his  wife,  in  the  name  of  Fowler.    This  par- 
ticular morsel  is  better  than  a  godsend,  for,  of 
course,  the  churchly  element  will  hasten  to  drop 
such  a  reprobate,  and  the  wavering  representa- 
tives will  fall  into  line  again.    The  only  missing 
link  in  the  story  is  the  name  of  the  woman,  and 
with  every  other  circumstance  verified,  it  is  only 


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a  question  of  time  when  that  too  will  come  to 
light.  Meanwhile  time  is  the  one  element  which 
cannot  be  spared.  Either  Standish  must  be  con- 
fronted by  the  complete  story  and  browbeaten 
into  subjection  or  else  the  scandal  must  be  put 
into  cnxulatii.jn  both  as  a  rumor  in  the  h.alls  of 
Congress  and  in  the  first  editions  of  the  morning 
papers.  It  matters  not  a  particle  that  the  wnman 
in  the  case  may  have  regretted  her  lapse  and 
lived  in  the  extreme  of  conventionality  thereafter, 
that  she  might  have  husband  and  children,  parents 
or  other  relatives  who  would  suffer  by  the  ex- 
posure. Not  only  Blake  and  Robertson  are 
severe  in  their  denunciation,  but  Grace,  the  wife 
of  Robertson  and  the  daughter  of  Blake  shows 
herself  most  haughtily  indifferent  and  con- 
temptuous when  Wanda  Kelly,  the  unbribable  tel- 
ephone operator,  calls  upon  her  to  make  a  plea 
on  behalf  of  the  unknown.  An  entirely  new  face 
is  put  upon  the  matter,  however,  when  Grace  be- 
comes aware  of  the  truth.  She,  herself,  is  the 
woman  in  the  ease.  No  one,  least  of  all  her  own 
family,  has  ever  dreamed  of  such  a  possibility, 
and  now  only  they  have  any  interest  in  un- 
earthing the  scandal.  The  embodiment  of  egot- 
istic selfishness  slightly  redeemed  by  her  love  for 
her  husband  and  her  fear  of  the  consequences  of 
exposure,  she  does  not  scruple  to  use  all  the 
Mandishments  of  sex  in  an  effort  to  induce  Stand- 
ish to  withdraw  from  the  fight,  and  finding  that 
he  will  not  sacrifice  his  career  at  her  biddin,g,  and 
tint  there  is  no  plea  which  has  the  slightest 
effect  upon  her  father,  sin-  is  helplessly  cornered. 
F.ither  she  must  cimfess  nr  she  must  let  Blake 
ccintinne  to  pri  ss  .ind  pmlu-  until  he  makes  the 
disc(i\  (  ry  for  himself.  While  I  lie  conference  is 
carriefl  on  in  llic  hotel  suite,  where  Wanda  Kelly 
is  put  (hviingh  a  surt  of  third  degree  examina- 
tion and  thre.iteiied  with  arrest  and  subsequent 
hounding  ^ut  of  htmest  eniph >ynu-nt  if  she  will 
not  reveal  the  number  of  a  telcphnne  call,  there 
is  a  turbulent  session  of  tlic  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  which  all  the  familiar  filibustering 
methods  are  exposed,  anything  to  stave  off  the 
vote  until,  having  g.athered  in  the  last  link  of  his 
story.  Blake  gives  the  word  to  release  the  scandal. 


SUMMONS 

In   the   Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   tlie    Citv    and    Countv    of   San  Francisco. 
I  I\'F.TI,\N-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Stu  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
tif  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
F.  S.   DOW,  Defendant. 

^'ou  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  tlie  City  and  County  of  San ,  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  tliis  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  tlie  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  dennnded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  uiion  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
rcl'rf  dcmindcd  in   tlie  complaint. 

fiiven  under  my  band  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29fh  day  of  Tuly.  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  T.  MtUXREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

noN,\Hl'F  &•  GALE. 

Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


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There  is  an  intensely  breath-halting  scene  in  the 
library  where  Robertson  is  so  intent  on  surpris- 
ing the  desired  information  from  Wanda  Kelly 
and  Blake  so  absorbed  in  the  completion  of  his 
plan  of  destruction  that  neither  of  them,  the  two 
most  deeply  interested,  has  discovered  what  has 
been  palpable  to  the  rest  for  some  minutes,  that 
the  disgrace  so  gleefully  planned  for  others  is  to 
be  their  own.  In  accordance  with  the  stage 
tradition  of  sending  the  audience  home  in  good 
humor  there  is  general  reconciliation  and  for- 
giveness, but  the  reader  will  close  the  book  with 
an  interrogation  point.  For  the  moment,  the  re- 
lief of  not  having  blown  the  story  to  the  winds 
might  have  that  effect,  but  how  about  afterwards? 
.Shattered  ideals,  defeated  ambitions,  abrogation 
of  power  and  immense  financial  losses  are  not 
taken  so  lightly  and  tomorrow  would  be  another 
day.  In  this  era  of  seething  politics  "The  Wo- 
man" ought  to  prove  a  best  seller.  From  Bobbs- 
Merrill. 


"Do  you  keep  light  summer  motor  coats  here?" 
she  asked  of  the  floor-walker. 

"Yes,  madam,"  said  the  floeu'-walker  politely. 
"You  will  find  our  gasi ilingerie  on  the  third  floor." 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  ANTONIO  SALVARF.ZZ.V,  alias,  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  tlie  undersigned  Executrix  of 
the  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers 
within  four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  J.  A.  Gendotti 
i^t  C.  J.  Houston,  .\ttnrneys  at  Paw,  1104  First  National 
Bank  Building,  corner  l^ost  and  Montgomery  Streets,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  her  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said   estate   of   Antonio   Salvarezza.   alias,  deceased. 

MARIA  SALVAREZZA, 
Executrix  of  the  Estate  of  .\iitonio  Salvarezza,  alias.  De- 
ceased. 

Dated,  S.-iU  Francisco,  August  24,  1912. 
J.  A.  GE.XnOTTI  &  C.  J.  HOUSTON, 
Attorneys  at  Law, 

1104  First  National  Bank  Bldg., 

Post  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8  34-5 


SUMMONS 

In   the  Superior   Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,652; 
Department    No.  7. 
MAE   J.    RINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEY, 
Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  .San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
davs. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

,\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  L  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.  J.  FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

'428  Mills  Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  8-17-10 


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A  New  Contagion  In  Los  Angeles 

The  wag  of  the  Republican  national  con- 
vention who  placarded  Chicago  with  the 
announcement  that  at  a  certain  hour  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt  would  walk  the  waters  of 
Lake  Michigan  was  a  man  of  prophetic 
vision.  He  foresaw  the  transfiguration  of 
the  former  President  in  a  section  of  the  pub- 
lic mind.  It  is  now  evident  that  the  Colonel 
is  approaching  his  apotheosis.  The  lUilI 
Moose  movement  is  no  longer  in  its  nature 
entirely  secular.  Down  in  Los  Angeles 
where  there  are  many  people  subject  to  the 
transports  and  raptures  of  religious  phrensy 
the  popular  conception  of  Theodore  Roose- 
velt is  akin  to  that  which  the  Romans  had 
of  the  first  of  the  Caesars.  Were  the  Col- 
onel in  Los  Angeles  at  thi.s  moment  it  would 
be  advisable  for  him  to  follow  the  old 
Caesarian  example  of  having  a  boy  at  his 
side  admonishing  him  to  remember  he  is  a 
man.  History  appears  to  be  repeating  itself. 
In  Rome  when  the  contpieror  of  the  world 
was  celebrated  by  the  multitude  after  his 
return  from  Cleopatra's  arms,  he  found  in 
the  temple  of  the  god  of  gods,  side  by  side 
with  the  statue  of  Jupiter,  his  own  statue 
with  the  words,  "Caesar,  demi-god,"  en- 
graved at  the  base.  As  yet  no  statue  has 
been  erected  to  the  Colonel  in  Los  Angeles ; 
but  this  is  a  progressive  age,  and  the  people 
of  Los  Angeles  have  reached  the  point  where 
thev  hymn  their  idol  in  precisely  the  same 
verses  in  which  formerly  they  hymned  their 
God.  In  other  words,  religious  hymns  in 
which  the  name  "Roosevelt"  has  been  in- 
serted are  employed  in  Los  Angeles  for 
campaign  i)urposes.  These  reconstructed 
hymns  are  chanted  in  great  public  as- 
semblages with  all  the  fervor  that  once  was 
peculiar  to  religious  camp-meetings.  Adora- 
tion is  going  up  in  choral  intercession  to  the 
source  of  all  good,  to  the  man  unspotted 
from  the  world,  who  has  modestly  assured 
•js  he  is  not  afraid  of  Senatorial  inquiry  be- 
cause he  has  "never  done  anything  wrong." 
In  Los  Angeles  not  holiness  but  Roosevelt  is 
the  way  to  Christ.  After  infantile  paralysis 
has  come  the  new  contagion — adult  roose- 
veltitis.  Let  us  hope  that  the  new  madness 
will  remain  endemic  in  the  town  of  isms,  the 
seat  of  all  of  California's  brainstorms. 


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A  Bit  of  Political  Strategy 

This  tincturing  of  politics  with  religion  is 
not  at  all  experimental.  Nor  is  it  accidental. 
It  is  as  old  as  history,  and  in  this  instance, 
as  in  most  every  instance,  it  is  by  design. 
The  author  of  the  movement  which  is  having 
its  efflorescence  in  Los  Angeles  is  the  great- 
est, wisest  politician  this  country  has  ever 
seen — none  other  than  Theodore  Roosevelt 
himself.  Great  and  wise  as  a  politician  is 
Theodore  Roosevelt — great  and  wise  be- 
cause he  has  not  read  history  in  vain.  His- 
tory to  him  is  indeed  philosophy  teaching 
by  example.  Well  does  he  know  the  effect 
that  religious  enthusiasm  had  on  the  Coven- 
anters of  Scotland,  the  Levellers  of  Eng- 
land, the  Huguenots  of  France.  Mindful  of 
that  effect  was  he  when  he  uttered  the 
shibboleth  of  his  campaign,  "This  is  Ar- 
mageddon where  we  shall  battle  for  the 
Lord."  It  was  with  that  shibboleth  that  he 
began  to  suggestionize  the  public  mind,  and 
from  the  day  of  its  promulgation  shrewdly 
and  persistently  has  he  given  direction  and 
force  to  the  original  impulse.  His  person- 
ally conducted  convention  he  opened  with 
the  hymn  "Onward,  Christian  Soldiers,"  and 
he  closed  it  with  the  Doxology,  promptly 
thereafter  starting  a  campaign  that  has  been 
one  continuous  spasm  of  smug  and  oily 
pharasaism.  Consider  that  but  last  Sunday 
Hiram  Johnson,  ceasing  his  vociferations, 
made  political  capital  of  the  circumstance 
by  affecting  to  be  too  pious  to  devote  him- 
self to  worldly  matters  on  the  Lord's  day. 
Even  Hiram  has  got  religion,  and  can  pose 
in  public  as  the  summing  up  of  all  spiritual 
sweetness  without  cracking  a  smile.  De- 
fiant of  the  wrath  of  an  outraged  heaven, 
he  is  all  aflame  with  holy  zeal  for  a  cause 
that  scrapes  the  very  bottom  of  abysmal  and 
nauseous  fraud.  The  sniveling  cant  of  this 
sanctimonious  campaign  would  put  all  but 
the  unsophisticated  on  a  broad  grin  were  it 
not  for  the  dire  mischief  that  may  result. 
Colonel  Roosevelt  is  playing  with  dangerous 
tools.  He  is  attracting  to  his  party  the 
spirit  that  has  been  described  as  one  of  the 
profoundnesses  of  Satan.  When  religious 
enthusiasm  is  appealed  to  for  the  purpose  of 
partisan  politics  there  is  no  telling  what 
direction  it  will  take,  where  it  will  end.  It 
is  not  to  be  controlled  by  the  demi-god  who 
is  the  immediate  inspiration  of  it,  the  object 
of  devotion.  Now,  the  atmosphere  of  this 
campaign,  even  before  the  promulgation  of 
the  Roosevelt  shibboleth,  was  more  than 
sufficiently  charged  with  religious  prejudices, 
and  it  has  not  been  improved  by  the  man 
who,  while  pretending  to  enlist  the  interests 
of  a  stern  morality,  is  in  reality  bidding  sur- 
reptitiously for  a  sectarian  support  to  which 
certain  bigots  have  asserted  his  right. 


The  Tyranny  of  Fashion 

"Throughout  the  West,"  says  the  Exam- 
iner, "the  hobble  skirt  has  come  in  for  gen- 
eral condemnation."  Throughout  the  West 
there  is  nothing  more  in  need  of  condemna- 
tion than  condemnation.  The  West  is 
crazy  for  reform.  It  is  trying  to  reform 
everything  but  its  passion  for  reform.  The 
so-called  crusade  of  the  pulpit  pounders  and 


September  21,  1912 

vinegar-faced,  slab-sided  clubwomen  against 
the  hobble  skirt  is  but  one  of  the  innumer- 
able manifestations  of  the  busybodiness  of 
a  people  who,  having  become  prosperous, 
are  employing  their  leisure  in  a  way  to 
acciuire  a  reputation  for  zeal  for  the  pub- 
lic good.  Despite  the  crusade,  the  hobble 
skirt  will  be  worn  till  it  goes  out  of  fash- 
ion, and  there  is  really  no  reason  why  it 
should  be  discarded  any  sooner.  The  prin- 
ci])al  objection  urged  against  it  is  that  it 
blunts  the  sense  of  modesty  by  accentuat- 
ing physical  features  that  ought  to  be  con- 
cealed. Modesty  is  too  highly  esteemed 
in  this  hypocritical  age.  Modesty  is  not 
in  itself  a  virtue;  it  is  the  color  of  virtue, 
and  often  it  is  nothing  more  than  what 
ISalzac  pronounced  it — the  conscience  of 
the  body.  The  effect  of  the  hobble 
skirt  is  not  on  the  wearer,  but  on  the 
beholder,  and  if  the  effect  be  ill  it  should 
be  ascribed  not  to  the  skirt  but  to  the  mind. 
The  only  sensible  objection  to  be  made  to 
the  hobble  skirt  is  that  it  hobbles;  but  if  a 
woman  has  no  objection  to  wearing  an  im- 
pediment it  is  certainly  not  the  business  of 
the  spiritual  arm  of  the  government  to  in- 
terfere. As  to  the  fear  of  the  ostentatiously 
chaste  that  the  hobble  skirt  indicates  a 
tendency  to  boldness  and  immodesty  among 
women,  we  take  pleasure  in  assuring  them 
that  it  is  groundless.  In  the  days  of  Haz- 
litt,  as  he  tells  us,  the  belles  "who  formerly 
overloaded  themselves  with  dress  affected 
to  go  almost  naked  and  were  when  un- 
adorned adorned  the  most."  It  has  been 
ever  thus  and  ever  will  be.  F"ashions  vary, 
and  without  the  slightest  moral  significance, 
without  the  slightest  regard  for  the  wishes 
or  prejudices  of  the  captious  and  querulous. 
Tyrant  Fashion  is  the  most  inexorable  of 
all  despots.  In  the  days  of  Louis  XIV,  him- 
self a  despot,  his  word  law  irrevocable,  his 
caprice  a  mandate  none  dared  ignore,  the 
women  of  his  court  who  ate  out  of  his  hands 
and  expired  of  humiliation  at  his  frown, — 
those  women  wore  a  head  piece  the  sight  of 
which  made  him  groan  in  agony.  He 
thundered  against  it  in  vain.  It  was  the 
fashion.  One  day  a  British  duchess  came 
over  from  London  and  dazzled  the  court 
with  her  charms.  She  laughed  outright  at 
the  grotesque  towers  on  the  heads  of  the 
French  women.  Presto!  the  towers  van- 
ished and  the  hats  of  the  duchess  became 
the  rage  of  Paris.  Are  the  clubwomen  of 
Omaha  and  Chicago  likely  to  prove  more 
powerful  than  the  unconstitutional  King  of 
f-Vance  ? 


The  New  Apostle  of  An  Old  Heresy 

Another  contribution  to  the  endless  lit- 
erature of  the  Bacon-Shakespeare  myth  ar- 
rests our  attention.  It  is  from  the  peri  of 
Sir  Edwin  Durning-Lawrence  Bt.,  and  it 
fills  a  whole  page  of  the  New  York  Sunday 
Times.  For  one  reason,  if  for  none  other. 
Sir  Edwin's  essay  is  entitled  to  precedence 
in  the  literature  of  which  it  forms  a  part. 
The  reason  is  its  curious  combination  of 
cocksureness  and  transparent  absurdity.  It 
does  not  require  scholarly  attainments  or 
profound  knowledge  of  the  particular  sub- 
ject to  be  able  to  perceive  that  Sir  Edwin 


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5 


has  more  assurance  than  intelligence,  and  so 
it  is  somewhat  amusing  to  find  him  solemnly 
asserting  that  we  "owe  our  mighty  English 
tongue  of  today  to  Francis  Bacon  alone," 
and  that  "the  time  has  now  come  when  this 
stupendous  fact  should  be  taught  in  every 
school  and  that  the  whole  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  speaking  peoples  should  know  that 
the  most  glorious  birthright  which  they  pos- 
sess, their  matchless  language,  was  the  re- 
sult of  the  life  and  labor  of  one  man."  We 
could  quote  more  of  this  kind  of  drivel  and 
prove  by  it  that  Sir  Edwin  has  no  warrant 
either  to  enter  into  the  controversy  or  to 
use  for  more  than  his  daily  wants  the 
mighty  language  which  he  regards  as  his 
birthright.  But  we  prefer  to  give  our  read- 
ers an  idea  of  the  value  of  Sir  Edwin's  prin- 
cipal discoveries.  One  of  them  is  that  the 
portrait  of  Shakespeare  on  the  title  page  of 
the  first  Folio  edition  of  Shakespeare's  plays 
is  "a  ridiculous  putty-faced  mask  fixed  upon 
a  stuffed  dummy  clothed  in  a  trick  coat," 
and  that  in  Ben  Jonson's  verses  in  praise  of 
the  poet  is  to  be  found  cryptic  ridicule  of 
their  subject.  Sir  Edwin  argues  that  the 
portrait  was  designed  to  caricature  the  man 
v/ho  had  posed  as  the  author  of  the  plays, 
and  that  this  is  made  conclusive  by  the 
inner  meaning  of  Jonson's  immortal  lines. 
The  most  important  of  Sir  Edwin's  discov- 
eries is  that  the  title  pages  of  several  of 
t^acon's  works  bear  symbolic  figures  that 
convey  the  intelligence  of  his  concealed  au- 
thorship. He  interprets  these  symbols  in 
language  which  he  deems  conclusive,  and 
though  they  are  susceptible  of  hundreds  of 
other  interpretations  he  will  not  own  that 
there  is  room  for  doubt.  To  settle  the  mat- 
ter once  and  for  all  he  says,  "Only  a  con- 
siderable knowledge  of  emblems  and  emblem 
books  enables  me  to  inform  my  readers  what 
these  very  curious  objects  represent."  Even 
admitting  the  learned  Theban  to  be  in- 
fallible it  does  not  follow  that  the  symbols 
prove  anything.  But  to  him  they  prove 
everything.  For  example,  speaking  of  a 
figure  on  a  title  page,  he  says :  "It  is  ab- 
solutely certain  that  what  she  holds  above 
Bacon's  head  is  a  bridle  without  a  bit,  which 
is  here  put  for  the  purpose  of  instructing  us 
that  the  future  age  is  not  to  curb  and 
muzzle  and  destroy  Bacon's  reputation. 
This  emblem  tells  us  that,  as  the  ages  roll 
on.  Bacon  will  be  unmuzzled  and  crowned 
with  everlasting  fame."  That  ought  to  be 
about  enough  of  Sir  Edwin.  But  doubtless, 
despite  his  manifest  ineptitudes  he  will  be 
welcomed  to  the  ranks  of  the  Baconians.  In 
his  cocksureness,  in  his  unconscious  revela- 
tion of  unwarranted  self-confidence,  his  ob- 
vious twisting  of  circumstance  to  support 
his  theory,  his  substitution  of  inferences  for 
facts  and  hypotheses  for  proofs,  he  is  typical 
of  the  cult  that  he  represents.  For  the 
benefit  of  those  of  our  readers  who  might 
care  to  pursue  the  study  of  this  subject  wc 
earnestly  recommend  "Studies  In  Shake- 
speare" by  the  late  John  Churton  Collins,  an 
English  scholar  and  critic  of  the  first  rank. 
In  a  chapter  entitled  "The  Bacon-Shake- 
speare Mania"  inspired  by  Dr.  Webb's 
book  "The  Mystery  of  William  Shake- 
speare," he  presents  a  most  exhaustive  dis- 


cussion of  the  evidence  gathered  by  the  in- 
numerable Baconians.  He  explains  that  had 
it  not  been  for  the  appearance  of  Dr.  Webb's 
volume  he  would  no  more  have  thought  of 
discussing  the  subject  than  he  would  have 
thought  of  seriously  discussing  a  treatise 
written  by  some  undergraduate  who,  having 
been  plucked  for  his  classics,  instead  of  at- 
tempting to  retrieve  the  disaster,  betook 
himself  to  demonstrating  that  the  tragedies 
of  Aeschylus  and  Sophocles  were  originally 
composed  in  Latin  by  Livius  .\ndronicus 
and  afterwards  turned  into  Greek  by  Archias 
and  Parthenius.  In  other  words  though 
the  bibliography  of  the  Bacon-Shakespeare 
myth  fills  no  inconsiderable  library  no  gen- 
uine scholar  of  whom  Collins  had  any  knowl- 
edge ever  attempted  to  uphold  it  until  Dr. 
Webb,  a  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
gave  the  sanction  of  his  name  to  the 
grotesque  heresy.  In  his  volume  Dr.  Webb 
presents  an  epitome  of  the  whole  case  which, 
says  Collins,  "may  fairly  be  said  to  stand  or 
fall  in  its  presentation  at  the  hands  of  a 
champion  whose  pre-eminence  among  Bac- 
onians in  ability  and  reputation  probably  no 
Baconian  would  disiiute."  Collins  made  a 
minute  examination  of  all  the  arguments  to 
be  found  in  the  \A'ebb  book,  and  to  read  his 
refutations  of  them  together  witli  the  other 
chapters  of  his  "Studies  In  ."^hakespeare"  is 
to  come  by  a  short  cut  to  a  liberal  educa- 
tion in  the  mysteries  of  Elizabethan  liter- 
ature. And  having  taken  that  short  cut,  one 
has  some  difficulty  in  developing  the 
patience  to  glance  through  a  page  of  twaddle 
from  the  pen  of  Sir  Edwin  Durning-Law- 
rence  Bt. 


When  Educators  Fall  Out 

Of  all  our  infirmities  the  disposition  to  ex- 
plain ourselves  is  perhaps  the  most  to  be 
dreaded.  The  germ  of  this  infirmity  is  van- 
ity. People  who  are  ever  eager  to  explain 
themselves  hate  to  be  misunderstood  or  de- 
sire to  be  thought  better  than  they  are,  and 
in  the  indulgence  of  their  passion  they  are 
guilty  of  suppressions,  special  pleadings, 
glosses  and  ridiculous  insincerities.  By  way 
of  illustration  let  us  consider  the  exchange  of 
explanations  made  by  Mr.  Fremont  Older  of 
the  Bulletin  and  Professor  Fernando  San- 
ford  of  Stanford  University.  This  dispute 
between  these  two  moralists,  each  of  whom 
has  a  prodigious  respect  for  his  own  rec- 
titude, is  most  entertaining,  not  because  of 
what  one  says  of  the  other  but  because  of 
what  each  by  his  explanations  inadvertently 
reveals  of  his  own  mind  and  his  own  char- 
acter. Professor  Sanford  started  the  dispute 
by  writing  to  Editor  Older  to  say  that  he 
was  thinking  of  withdrawing  his  subscrip- 
tion to  the  Bulletin  because  of  that  journal's 
licentiousness  and  insincerity.  Then  he 
went  on  to  explain  that  while  he  had  long 
been  aware  of  the  Bulletin's  bad  character, 
had  long  observed  that  it  gave  publicity  for 
pay  to  "fake  doctors"  and  "patent  medicine 
wolves,"  and  had  been  pained  to  observe  that 
it  was  in  sympathy  with  the  dynamiters  of 
organized  labor,  nevertheless  he  had  con- 
tinued to  put  money  in  the  owMier's  pocket 
because  the  paper  supported  the  Progressive 
cause.    "I  have  continued  to  read  the  Bul- 


letin," says  the  educator  of  Palo  Alto,  "long 
after  I  would  have  been  glad  to  drop  it  and 
after  many  of  my  friends  who  feel  as  I  do 
have  dropped  it,  because  it  has  supported  the 
progressive  movement  and  the  administra- 
tion of  Governor  Johnson."  And  then  fol- 
lows a  list  of  the  Bulletin's  infamies  as  Pro- 
fessor Sanford  sees  them.  What  this  in- 
structor of  young  men  and  women  says  to 
the  editor  of  the  Bulletin  is  virtually  this: 
"I  know  you  are  a  hypocrite,  I  know  you 
are  the  defender  of  murderers,  the  agent  of 
poisoners,  but  I  keep  company  with  you  be- 
cause you  are  imbued  with  my  party  spirit." 
Here  is  a  man  who  fancies  himself  too  ab- 
surdly what  he  is  not.  Here  is  a  man  who 
affects  great  virtue  and  wisdom  and  loftiness 
of  character,  yet  how  narrow  are  the  bound- 
aries of  his  moral  horizon  !  We  learn  from 
Professor  Sanford's  elaborate  explanation  of 
his  state  of  mind  that  he  might  have  gone 
on  to  this  day  reading  the  Bulletin  without 
a  qualm  of  conscience  had  it  not  been  for 
what  he  conceived  to  be  a  reflection  in  the 
editorial  columns  on  the  integrity  of  William 
J.  Burns  the  private  detective.  Thus  are  we 
given  an  inkling  to  one  of  the  most  sig- 
nificant of  the  prepossessions  of  one  of  Dr. 
Jordan's  assistants.  Here  is  a  man  engaged 
in  training  the  youth  of  the  State  who  num- 
bers among  the  objects  of  his  worship  an 
unscrupulous  private  detective,  and  who, 
though  tolerant  of  a  newspaper  which  he 
describes  as  infamous,  is  intolerant  of  a 
trivial  and  unimportant  piece  of  criticism 
which  was  really  flattering  to  the  man  whose 
character  he  champions.  Now  let  us  turn 
to  the  other  distinguished  educator  and  sit 
at  his  feet  while  glibly  he  pours  out  his  ex- 
planations. "I  am  not  in  sympathy  with 
murder."  says  Editor  Older,  "but  I  am  in 
sympathy  with  the  cause  which  the  Mc- 
Namaras  are  fighting  for.  It  was  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  millions  of  murders  by  capital 
through  the  centuries  that  made  the  Mc- 
Namaras  desperate.  Their  people  are  being 
starved  and  burned  in  factories,"  etc.  Mr. 
Older  is  not  in  sympathy  with  the  McNa- 
maras,  but  he  would  have  us  believe  that  he 
believes,  and  he  would  have  all  working  men 
believe,  that  it  is  to  be  justly  urged  in  ex- 
tenuation of  the  cowardly  crimes  of  the  Mc- 
Namaras  that  they  were  made  desperate  by 
meditating  on  the  awful  wear  and  tear  to 
which  human  beings  who  work  for  a  living 
are  subjected.  He  doesn't  .sympathize  with 
cowardly  deliberate  murder,  but  he  would 
have  us  believe  that  he  believes  and  he  would 
encourage  others  to  believe  that  cold-blooded 
assassination,  such  as  the  McNamaras  com- 
mitted, and  the  employment  of  capital,  as  it 
is  employed  in  the  industrial  world,  are 
crimes  of  precisely  the  same  general  char- 
acter. And  this  is  the  man  from  whom 
Professor  Sanford  hates  to  part  company 
because  the  Bulletin  supports  Roosevelt  and 
Johnson !  Let  us  again  hearken  to  Mr. 
Older.  He  makes  reply  thus  to  the  charge 
that  the  Bulletin  is  the  hired  agent  of  med- 
ical fakers:  "Isn't  it  a  fact  that  physicians 
frequently  charge  $2.50  for  a  prescription 
which  when  presented  at  the  drug  store  calls 
for  a  patent  medicine?  You  wouldn't  call 
these  bad  remedies,  would  you?  Therefore, 


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September  21,  1912 


there  must  be  some  good  ones  as  well  as 
some  bad  ones.  Who  knows  the  good  from 
the  bad?  Do  you?"  This  is  an  argument 
which  might  be  accepted  not  to  justify  the 
shamelessness  of  the  Bulletin's  advertising 
columns  but  to  justify  Professor  Sanford  in 
keeping  company  with  Mr.  Older.  For  it 
might  be  argued  that  a  man  who  would  reel 
ofif  such  twaddle  and  expect  it  to  be  seriously 
considered  as  argument  or  as  at  all  defend- 
ing the  course  for  which  he  has  been  cen- 
sured is  not  justly  to  be  held  accountable  for 
any  high  crime  or  misdemeanor.  But  that 
is  not  Mr.  Older's  only  defense.  His  other 
defense  is  that  the  Bulletin  has  a  right  to 


assist  medical  fakers  in  their  criminal  im- 
postures because  they  receive  the  same  kind 
of  assistance  from  the  owners  of  billboards. 
This  argument  is  not  an  original  production 
of  Mr.  Older's.  It  is  the  favorite  argument 
of  unscrupulous  newspaper  publishers  who 
have  no  pride  in  their  profession,  and  no 
reluctance  to  impose  on  the  ignorant.  While 
it  is  true  that  newspapers  of  the  Bulletin 
type  do  not  rise  above  the  dignity  of  a  bill- 
board, there  is  this  important  difference  be- 
tween them, — that  whereas  the  billboard  is 
known  to  have  no  character,  even  the  very 
lowest  type  of  newspaper  may  be  presumed 
to  have  some.  And  because  of  this  difference 


a  medical  faker  through  the  medium  of  a 
newspaper  however  infamous  may  obtain  a 
prestige  of  value  for  fraudulent  purposes 
which  cannot  be  derived  from  a  billboard.  Of 
this  Mr.  Older  is  undoubtedly  aware,  but  per- 
haps his  argument  was  addressed  exclusively 
to  the  Sanford  intelligence,  an  accurate  es- 
timate of  which  he  must  have  been  able  to 
make  after  reading  the  professor's  letter. 
Otherwise  it  would  seem  that  he  has  found 
his  principles  hardly  presentable  without  a 
little  varnish.  His  motives  are  such  com- 
plex things  that  they  refuse  to  be  put  into 
intelligible  words. 


The  Slave 

By  Henry  Bryan  Binns 

My  whole  life  long  I've  tried  to  be 
As  other  folk  expected  me: 
Meekly  and  lovingly  I've  sought 
To  think  as  other  people  thought: 
In  other  people's  paths  I've  trod. 
And  served  the  other  people's  god. 
Upon  niy  feet,  upon  my  knees. 
My  holy  office  was  to  please: 
For  who,  in  Heaven's  name,  was  I 
The  other  people  to  deny? 

And  when  to-day  somebody's  eyes 
Suddenly  did  a  self-surprise. 
That  struggled  fearfully  to  be 
Nobody  in  the  world  but  me, 
So  shocked  I  was  I  bade  it  then 
Never  to  venture  out  again 
— So  different  from  other  men! 


Perspective  Impressions 


Lots  of  (jur  married  men  adopt  the  free  love 
plan,  but  they  keep  tliat  fact  from  their  wives 
and  the  newspapers. 


Why  complain  of  Governor  Johnson's  absence 
when  Tom  Finn  is  giving  all  his  attention  to  the 
machine? 


The  last  society  in  the  world  we'd  care  to 
join  is  the  Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Vice. 


Pre-nuptial  understandings  are  all  right  when 
they  are  followed  by  marriage,  but  sometimes 
they  are  not. 


So  it  is  suspected  that  the  San  Mateo  bandit 
is  a  young  man  who  took  French  leave  of  the 
kind  and  gentle  warden  of  the  Folsom  peniten- 
tiary! He  must  be  an  ungrateful  scamp.  It  was 
but  the  other  day  that  the  Bulletin  told  us  that 
thanks  to  the  sweetness  of  the  new  warden  "a 
spirit  of  hope  and  tolerance  had  displaced  the 
old-time  feeling  of  hate,  revenge  and  despair." 


In  this  matter  of  municipal  dances  on  Sunday 
we  are  quite  impartial;  don't  care  whether  the  dear 
club  ladies  or  the  stern  pulpit  pounders  win  out. 
The  reason  is  that  these  municipal  dances  do  not 
appeal  to  us.  They  savor  too  much  of  patronizing 
the  poor. 


The  man  who  consents  to  become  a  Republican 
elector  for  the  purpose  of  voting  the  Progressive 
ticket  may  never  hear  from  his  conscience,  but 
when  the  passions  of  the  times  die  out  he  will 
find  that  what  he  is  most  eager  to  forget  is  what 
others  are  most  pleased  to  remember. 


Then  Francis  J.  Heney  stilled  the  tumult. — The 
Chronicle.  The  wild  ass  of  the  desert  brayed 
the  menagerie  to  a  standstill. 


If  rough  house  is  to  be  a  feature  of  the  Bull 
Moose  campaign  in  California  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  to  Meyer  Lissner  and  Francis  J.  Heney  will 
be  assigned  the  task  of  leading  the  Christian 
soldiers. 


It  was  a  happy  thought,  says  the  unspeakable 
punster,  for  President  Taft  to  draw  a  Bede  on 
Teddy. 


Harlan  should  not  have  called  Meyer  Lissner 
a  pawnbroker.  Why,  Meyer's  intimates  never 
use  the  word  "collateral"  in  his  presence. 


Officer  666  says  Mrs.  Dane's  defense  will  be 
that  she  was  bought  and  paid  for.  Next! 


Did  you  ever  notice  that  you  don't  have  to  mark 
your  place  in  a  really  interesting  book? 


The  damned  do  not  burn  in  everlasting  tire;  they 
take  up  a  collegiate  course,  says  Armstrong 
Chaloncr.    That  must  be  hell. 


The  Colonel's  speech  in  this  city  was  a  plea 
for  strong  government,  for  the  removal  of  all 
restraints  and  limitations  on  our  politicians,  his 
idea  being  that  to  make  us  free  the  politicians 
must  be  able  to  do  as  they  please.  Progressivism, 
then,  is  contrary  to  the  theory  that  government  is 
only  a  necessary  evil  and  that  that  is  the  best  gov- 
ernment which  most  liberally  lets  its  citizens 
alone. 


The  physicians  who  have  been  mystified  by  the 
Philadelphia  lady  who  is  talking  herself  to  death 
ought  to  try  her  in  a  padded  cell  with  T.  R.  They 
might  act  on  each  other  as  a  counter-irritant. 


"Hypocrisy,"  says  Johnson,  "is  the  necessary 
burden  of  villainy."  Not  the  Governor,  but  old 
Sam,  the  dictionary  man,  beloved  of  Boswell. 


A  petition  for  the  parole  of  Dr.  W.  P.  Burke, 
the  infamous  abortionist  of  Santa  Rosa,  is  now 
in  circulation.  While  keeping  track  of  the  case 
let  us  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  Governor 
Johnson  was  Burke's  attorney  at  the  opening  of 
the  gubernatorial  campaign.  Onward,  Christian 
soldiers! 


September  21,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


7 


Varied  Types 


A  genial  old  alchemist!  A  merry-eyed,  gossipy 
old  wizard  of  the  laboratory!  That's  what  he 
looks  like.  He  has  the  polished  poll,  the  whitened 
locks  and  whiskers,  the  blue  eyes  of  dreaming 
that  gaze  keenly  at  you  over  large,  gold-rimmed 
spectacles  that  are  tilted  forward  on  his  broad, 
sensitive  nose.  To  complete  the  likeness  to  those 
medieval  questers  of  the  absolute  there  is  the 
brown  dressing  gown  that  wraps  his  bent  but  ac- 
tive body.  You  are  tempted  to  glance  about  for 
the  alembic  and  the  crucible,  the  pestle  and  mortar. 
You  almost  expect  to  hear  him  discourse  of  the 
alkahest,  to  quote  from  Paracelsus,  to  expound 
the  cabala. 

And  I  suppose  Theodore  Hittell  is  something 
of  an  alchemist.  Years  ago  he  learned  the  secret 
of  saving,  if  not  of  transmuting  gold,  so  that  he 
has  long  been  a  wealthy  man.  But  more  im- 
portant than  this,  he  is  an  alchemist  of  life,  for 
he  transmutes  the  base  metals  of  a  varied  ex- 
perience into  the  gold  of  a  cheerful  philosophy. 
Happy  in  the  possession  of  a  sound  mind  in  a 
sound  body,  tolerant  of  the  world's  weaknesses, 
loving  the  open  air  and  exercise  and  his  old 
friends  and  his  pipe,  but  perhaps  loving  his  pen 
and  his  ink  bottle  with  a  bit  more  passionate 
love,  Theodore  Hittell  is  a  true  philosopher,  albeit 
he  lacks  the  philosopher's  stone. 

Born  in  1830  Theodore  Hittell  is  now  in  his 
eighty-third  year,  yet  at  that  venerable  mile  post 
on  the  downward  slope  of  the  hill  his  industry 
shames  us  all.  He  is  just  completing  an  index 
and  a  table  of  contents  for  an  exhaustive  history 
of  the  Hawaiian  Islands.  When  that  is  out  of 
the  way  his  busy  pen  that  writes  a  copperplate 
too  minute  for  some  of  our  modern  eyes  will 
go  on  to  other  work.  There  is  no  thought  of 
stopping.    He  isn't  tired.    Why  should  he  rest? 

William  T.  Coleman  who  was  the  President  of 
the  second  Vigilance  Committee,  once  showed 
Theodore  Hittell  a  long  shelf  of  volumes. 

"You  see,"  he  said,  "1  have  all  your  books 
here." 

"But  many  of  these  are  works  by  my  brother 
John  S.  Hittell,"  said  Theodore. 

"Is  that  so?"  said  Coleman.  "I  didn't  know 
there  were  two  of  you.  I  always  thought  you 
were  a  d  d  voluminous  writer!" 

That  elder  brother  walked  across  the  plains  be-  . 
hind  an  ox  team  in  '49,  the  year  Theodore  was 
graduating  at  Yale.  He  became  a  newspaperman 
in  San  Francisco,  the  editor  of  the  old  and  al- 
most forgotten  California  Chronicle.  Theodore 
took  his  sheepskin  back  to  Ohio,  his  home  State, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Cincinnati  in  '52. 

"But  I  soon  got  disgusted  with  the  law,"  he 
says,  "and  decided  to  follow  my  father  who  was 
a  doctor.  But  I  got  sick  and  tired  of  reading 
medicine,  and  made  up  my  mind  to  go  out  to 
the  mines  in  California. 


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XCII— THEODORE  H.  HITTELL 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

"I  came  here  by  way  of  Panama  in  '55,  the  year 
the  railroad  across  the  Isthmus  was  built.  When 
I  sailed  through  the  Golden  Gate  and  passed 
North  Beach  I  thought  San  Francisco  was  the 
most  woe-begone  place  I  had  ever  seen.  There 
was  nothing  but  dust  and  bare,  dry  hills,  a  brick 
yard  and  a  few  scattered  houses.  But  when  I 
passed  Telegraph  Hill  and  got  among  the  ships 
and  saw  the  city  I  was  more  agreeably  impressed. 
It  was  night  when  I  landed  at  the  Valiejo  street 
wharf,  and  I  had  some  difificulty  in  finding  my  way 
to  the  editorial  rooms  of  the  California  Chronicle. 
When  I  got  there  my  brother  was  so  busy  read- 
ing the  incoming  mail  that  I  couldn't  get  a  word 
with  him  till  after  midnight. 

"My  intention  was  to  go  to  the  mines  for  a 
year  or  two,  make  my  fortune  and  then  return 
to  Ohio.  I  had  promised  my  mother  that  I 
would  be  home  in  three  years  at  least.  But  the 
beautiful  October  weather  was  so  diflferent  from 


THEODORE  H.  HITTELL 


the  weather  of  blizzardy  Ohio  that  I  thought 
San  Francisco  was  Paradise  and  wrote  home  that 
this  was  the  place  for  me. 

"I  never  got  to  the  mines.  I  wrote  an  account 
of  my  voyage  and  a  few  squibs  for  my  brother's 
paper,  and  one  day  Newell,  the  business  man- 
ager, offered  me  a  position  as  law  reporter  at 
$25  dollars  a  week.  In  Ohio  we  thought  a  man 
who  made  $500  a  year  was  doing  tremendously 
well,  so  I  accepted  eagerly.  James  King  of 
William  had  started  the  Bulletin  the  same  month 
I  arrived  in  San  Francisco,  and  after  a  few 
months  he  sent  for  me  through  Gerberding,  his 
business  manager,  and  asked  me  to  do  the  court 
detail  for  the  Bulletin  also.  I  accepted  and  added 
$25  a  week  to  my  income.  There  weren't  many 
reporters  then  and  it  was  quite  customary  for  one 
man  to  work  for  several  papers.  Pollard  who 
afterwards  wrote  'The  Lost  Cause,'  a  book  on  the 
Civil  War,  was  the  only  other  law  reporter  in 
San  Francisco.  He  got  drunk  one  day  and  was 
thrown  into  an  area  by  a  policeman.  While  he 
was  hors  de  combat  I  covered  the  courts  not 
only  for  the  California  Chronicle  and  the  Bulletin, 


but  also  for  the  Herald,  the  Sun,  the  Alta,  the 
Evening  News  and  a  German  paper.  After  King 
of  William  was  shot  the  Bulletin  staff  was  re- 
organized and  I  became  city  editor  at  a  salary 
of  $60  a  week.  It  was  an  exciting  time,  and  there 
were  occasions  when  I  had  to  protect  myself 
from  angry  men  by  quietly  opening  the  drawer  of 
my  desk  and  taking  out  my  pistol. 

"The  first  year  I  was  in  San  Francisco  I  mar- 
ried and  built  myself  a  home  just  opposite  the 
old  Sharon  place  in  Folsom  street  between  Third 
and  Fourth.  I  was  temperate  and  saved  my 
money.  Egbert  Judson,  afterwards  of  the  iron 
works,  was  then  engaged  in  making  acid  for  the 
Mint.  He  was  a  prime  man  and  my  friend.  He 
suggested  that  I  put  my  money  with  him  for  in- 
terest. He  paid  me  a  cent  and  a  half  per  month 
compounded  monthly.  That  was  not  regarded  as 
unusual  interest;  some  paid  two  and  three  cents 
per  month.  When  he  had  about  $10,000  of  mine 
he  told  me  that  it  was  time  for  me  to  settle 
my  account  and  deposit  elsewhere,  as  he  had  so 
much  money  that  he  couldn't  handle  any  more. 
So  he  figured  up  what  he  owed  me  and  gave  me 
a  check  on  the  bank  of  Banks  and  Bull  at  Mont- 
gomery and  Commercial  streets. 

"When  I  presented  the  check  to  Mr.  Banks  who 
knew  me  well  he  smiled  in  an  amused  way,  but 
paid  me,  and  I  deposited  the  money  in  the  Sav- 
ings and  Loan  Society  which  paid  the  same  in- 
terest that  Judson  had  given  me.  Shortly  after- 
wards I  met  Banks  and  asked  him  what  had 
amused  him  so  in  that  check. 

"  'Why,'  he  said  laughing,  'Judson  forgot  to 
sign  it!  But  I  knew  you  and  I  knew  his  hand- 
writing, so  there  was  no  reason  why  I  shouldn't 
pay  it.' 

"That  was  the  way  banking  was  done  in  the 
olden  days  of  San  Francisco. 

"From  the  Bulletin  I  went  to  the  Times  and 
there  I  helped  to  make  Lincoln's  campaign  in 
California.  I  was  one  of  the  few  original  black 
Republicans  of  the  State. 

"After  Lincoln's  election  I  started  to  practice 
law  as  the  partner  of  Elisha  Cook,  the  father  of 
Carroll  Cook.  The  firm  was  Cook,  Brownson  and 
Hittell.  Then  it  became  Cook  and  Hittell.  Cook 
wanted  to  take  in  Judge  Bennett,  so  I  drew  out 
and  in  '67  I  formed  a  partnership  with  John  B. 
Felton.  Felton,  in  my  opinion,  was  the  greatest 
lawyer  that  ever  trod  the  soil  of  California.  He 
had  a  brighter  mind  than  Hall  McAllister,  and 
was  a  greater  orator,  I  think,  than  Colonel  Baker. 
I  heard  Baker's  great  speech  on  the  Union  at  the 
American  Theatre,  but  I  liked  some  of  Felton's 
better.  To  my  mind  Baker  was  too  flowery,  an 
orator  from  the  teeth  out,  not  sincere.  So  were 
Fitch  of  the  silver  tongue  and  General  Barnes. 
But  Felton  was  the  soul  of  sincerity. 

"Felton  didn't  like  to  write  briefs,  and  I  at- 
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September  21,  1912 


Political  Notes 

Now  and  Then — Also  Here  and  There 
By  Frank  H.  Short 


So  serious  have  been  our  recent  discussions  of 
the  burning  political  issues  of  the  moment  that  it 
has  occurred  to  me  that  possibly  there  are  equally 
interesting,  and,  maybe,  just  as  important  con- 
siderations floating  on  the  surface  of  the  stream  of 
political  turmoil,  as  can  be  found  embedded  in  the 
mud  at  the  bottom.  I  therefore  humbly  beg  leave 
to  observe  a  few  of  the  more  pleasurable  features 
of  the  othervifise  unhappy  discord  that  pervades 
our  daily  life. 

In  the  first  place,  I  notice  that  our  mutual 
friend  M.  B.  Harris  has  a  considerable  grouch 
because,  as  he  puts  it,  the  Taftites  don't  start 
something.  One  would  imagine  that  our  peaceful 
friend  was  desirous  of  trouble.  Whether  it  be  of 
the  intellectual  ante-bellum  sort,  or  the  real  wager 
of  battle,  we  do  not  know.  I  used  also  to 
search  for  trouble,  but  no  more  trouble  for  me. 
If  Colonel  Harris  and  his  "Christian  Soldiers" 
take  the  warpath,  they  will  find  me  in  the  back- 
yard, cultivating  the  vines  and  flowers  of  peace. 

Just  between  ourselves,  I  do  not  believe  our 
friend  Colonel  Harris  or  his  Christian  Soldiers  are 
any  more  desirous  of  war  than  we  are.  Times 
out  of  number  we  have  taken  program  together 
in  the  good  old  days,  and  the  memories  of  the 
past  are  far  deeper  with  all  of  us  than  are  the 
acrimonious  discussions  of  these  evil  days. 

Anyway,  our  friends  the  Progressives  ought  not 

be  hostile  about  it.    If  they  are  right  now,  they 

were  wrong  along  with  us  for  a  long  period  of 

years,  and  they  ought  not  to  be  really  hostile, 

merely  because  we  didn't  see  the  light-  quite  as 

quick  as  they  did. 

****** 

I  notice  also  in  other  places  that  questions  of 
agreement  and  disagreement,  likes  and  dislikes, 
love  and  hate,  are  somewhat  mixed.  Colonel 
Bryan  loves  Governor  Johnson  and  Governor 
Johnson  loves  Colonel  Bryan.  But  Colonel  Bryan 
never  lets  an  opportunity  pass  of  giving  Colonel 
Roosevelt  an  uppercut,  and  the  Colonel  is  prone 
to  come  back  with  a  blow  below  the  belt.  Witness 
the  following.  Referring  to  the  Baltimore  plat- 
form, Colonel  Roosevelt  says: 

There  never  was  a  platform  in  this  country 
so  wholly  free  from  any  taint  of  thought  as 
the  Democratic  platform. 

When  we  pause  to  reflect  that  it  is  well  under- 
stood that  the  Baltimore  platform  was  practically 
written  by  Governor  Johnson's  friend,  Colonel 
Bryan,  we  think  it  is  hardly  right  for  Colonel 
Roosevelt  to  give  a  throw-down  so  hard  to  so  true 
a  friend  of  his  running  mate. 

Besides,  we  are  offering  a  standing  reward  of 
a  beautiful  pair  of  Bull  Moose  horns  for  any  Bull 


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Moose  that  can  suggest  any  thought  ever  emanat- 
ing from  Colonel  Roosevelt  within  less  than  eight 
years  after  it  had  been  thought  of,  promulgated, 
preached  and  practiced  by  Colonel  Bryan. 
****** 

Speaking  of  the  absence  of  Governor  Johnson 
from  the  State,  the  Riverside  Press,  as  quoted 
by  the  Republican,  says: 

Not  anything  will  be  neglected,  and  the  peo- 
ple of  the  State  have  the  fullest  confidence 
in  Mr.  Wallace.  In  fact,  they  hope  to  see 
him  become  governor  dc  face  by  the  election 
of  Johnson  as  vice-president. 

The  funny  side  of  this  is  not  all  in  the  bad 
spelling.  We  are  not  familiar  enough  with  dead 
languages,  or  dead  issues,  to  know  whether  the 
quotation  comes  from  the  Latin  or  Greek,  but 
we  do  know  enough  to  know  that  whether  it  be 
defined  as  Latin  or  Greek,  or  spelled  correctly 
or  incorrectly,  it  is  awful  bad  law. 

****** 

I  observe  that  the  Los  Angeles  Tribune  has 
purloined  the  Republican's  idea — I  presume  it  is 
not  stealing,  since  it  is  between  friends — that 
Governor  Johnson's  mission  to  the  East  is  a 
great  advertisement  for  the  State.    We  quote: 

The  Tribune  looks  upon  his  journey  as  one 
of  the  greatest  and  most  profitable  advertise- 
ments the  State  has  ever  received. 

And, 

Viewed  as  a  business  proposition,  and  re- 
garded wholly  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents, 
the  salary  paid  Governor  Johnson  during  this 
time  is  the  best  investment  the  State  ever 
made. 

Really,  it's  a  shame  to  take  the  money,  and  no 
doubt  the  next  Legislature  ought  to  make  an 
appropriation  to  in  some  way  compensate  for  what 
the  State  is  receiving  on  account  of  the  absence 
of  its  governor. 

Besides,  we  are  informed  "that  "Albert  J.  Wal- 
lace is  qualified  by  his  fine  character,  his  patriot- 
ism, his  large  experience  in  affairs,  and  his  ab- 
solute competency,  to  fill  the  governor's  chair." 

Really,  we  catch  them  coming  and  catch  them 
going.  If  a  federal  official  does  politics,  he  is 
subject  to  removal  from  oflSce.  But  if  a  State 
official  entirely  abandons  his  official  duties,  and 
devotes  his  entire  time  to  saving  the  rest  of  man- 
kind, he  is  conferring  a  great  benefit  upon  the 
State,  to  say  nothing  of  the  rest  of  the  world. 

Having  been  credited  with  no  important  Pro- 
gressive suggestions,  we  now  suggest  that  there 
is  no  sound  reason  for  limiting  the  number  of 
governors  that  might  be  elected  by  any  State. 
We  might  elect  a  dozen  governors  with  the  un- 
derstanding that  we  should  keep  only  one  of 
them  at  home,  and  send  the  other  eleven  out  into 
the  benighted  world  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the 
heathen  who  have  not  caught  up  with  the  Pro- 
gressive bandwagon.  Even  if  we  did  not  succeed 
in  saving  the  hardened  sinners,  there  would  be 
no  telling  how  much  money  would  come  to  us 
in  "dollars  and  cents,"  and  we  are  seriously  in 
need  of  a  little  sense,  if  not  dollars.  We  also 
read,  referring  to  California — "but  it  is  was  not 
so  well  known  for  the  greatest  of  all  the  State's 
productions — its  human  products." 

Really,  I'm  afraid  we  are  a  queer  lot  of  humans. 


after  all.  We  are  told  first  that  for  thirty  or 
forty  years  we  regularly  served  in  slavery,  during 
which  period  we  wore  the  yoke  of  corporation 
servitude  and  political  bossism  without  a  single 
skip  or  miss,  but  now  we  are  told  that  having 
thrown  oflf  the  yoke,  temporarily,  at  least,  (and 
assumed  another  one  that  appears  to  be  held  down 
with  equal  severity),  that  we  are  the  prize  human 
specimens — whether  we  will  be  exhibited  in  the 
main  tent,  or  in  the  side  show,  we  do  not  know. 
****** 

I  have  been  much  impressed  with  the  reports 
of  a  recent  address  by  the  Honorable  Ng  Poon 
Chew.  This  address  was  delivered  at  a  banquet 
in  San  Francisco  a  few  days  ago.  The  Honorable 
Ng  Poon  Chew  (you  can  add  another  chew  or 
two  if  you  like  the  brand),  referred  to  the  failure 
to  recognize  the  new  Chinese  Republic,  and  as  to 
how  different  it  would  have  been  had  Colonel 
Roosevelt  been  our  president  (as  we  infer  he  is 
now  to  be  henceforth  and  forever,  amen!).  The 
distinguished  speaker  is  quoted  as  saying: 

Theodore  Roosevelt  would  have  been  only 
too  glad  to  reach  out  and  grasp  us  by  the 
hand  and  say,  "Delighted!" 

The  report  further  and  thereupon  assures  us 
that  "the  outburst  of  applause  which  greeted  this 
last  left  no  doubt  as  to  the  popularity  of  the 
Progressive  candidate  for  president."  If  no  one 
had  laughed  or  applauded  upon  this  occasion,  we 
should  be  driven  to  the  conclusion  that  there 
was  at  least  one  American  audience  destitute  of 
all  sense  of  humor. 

It  may  also  be  observed  that  some  time  ago, 
a  distinguished  member  of  the  Japanese  aristoc- 
racy, a  Baron  Somebody,  came  out  in  strong  and 
unmistakeable  language  for  Colonel  Roosevelt, 
and  assured  his  countrymen  that  if  the  Colonel 
was  elected  the  United  States  would  be  run  in  a 
way  perfectly  to  suit  Japanese  ideals — including 
our  common  schools,  and  we  also  assume,  our 
other  domestic  institutions. 

Suppose  the  Colonel  did  not  get  into  the  run- 
ning in  Maine.  Suppose  he  was  an  "also  ran"  in 
Vermont,  and  had  never  got  started  in  Michigan. 
Still,  if  China  and  Japan  are  both  solid  for  the 
Colonel,  that  would  seem  to  settle  it. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  recently  China  adopted 
female  suffrage,  and  the  vote  of  China,  coupled 
vrith  the  vote  of  Japan,  which  will  apparently  all 
be  one  way,  ought  to  be  at  least  one  hundred  mil- 
lion out  of  a  population  of  four  hundred  million. 
With  this  tremendous  vote  in  sight,  we  do  not 
understand  why  the  odds  are  five  to  one  on  Wil- 
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I  dreamed  that  I  walked  far  along  a  solitary 
and  unknown  road.  Nobody  met  or  passed  me, 
and  though  I  looked  through  many  gateways  on 
either  hand,  I  saw  nobody  at  work  in  the  past 
plains.  Nor  had  I  passed  or  seen  anywhere  in 
the  land  one  house,  one  coil  of  hearth  smoke,  or 
even  one  ruin,  when  suddenly  at  the  roadside, 
between  two  trunks  of  oak  and  under  their  foliage, 
two  small  windows  gleamed  faintly  in  the  shadow. 
The  glass  was  dark  with  cobwebs,  dead  spiders, 
and  dead  flies  caught  in  the  webs  of  the  dead 
spiders:  nothing  could  be  seen  through  it  but 
vague  forms,  yet  darker  than  the  darkness  within, 
such  as  are  to  be  seen  under  water  in  a  moment- 
ary half-calm.  But  there  was  a  door  between  the 
two  windows,  and  I  entered  as  if  I  had  been  ex- 
pected, though  never  had  I  seen  or  heard  before 
of  a  house  in  the  heart  of  an  empty  and  boundless 
wilderness,  but  resembling  a  low  second-hand 
furniture  or  marine  store  in  a  decayed  part  of 
London. 

The  door  would  not  open  wider  than  just  to 
admit  me  sideways,  so  full  was  the  room  of  its 
shadowy  wares.  These  were  all  objects  for  hold- 
ing things — cupboards;  heavy  oak  chests;  boxes, 
massive  or  flimsy,  and  of  every  material  and  work- 
manship, some  no  bigger  than  children's  money- 
boxes; iron  safes;  small  decorated  caskets  of 
ivory,  metals,  and  precious  woods;  bags  and  bask- 
ets; and,  resting,  in  numbers  or  solitary,  on  the 
larger  articles,  mere  trinkets  with  lids,  snuff-boxes 
and  the  like.  They  were  clear  and  dark  in  a 
light  of  underground,  the  rows  and  piles  that  I 
could  see  mysteriously  suggesting  an  invisible  in- 
finity of  others.  As  I  trod,  a  haze  of  dust  rained 
and  whispered  unceasingly  down  upon  them  and 
from  oflf  them.  Through  this  haze,  or  out  of  it  in 
some  way,  like  an  animal  out  of  its  lair,  appeared 
a  small  old  grey  man,  with  cobweb  hair,  whiskers, 
and  eyebrows,  and  blue  eyes  that  flashed  out  of 
ihe  cobwebs  and  dust  whenever  they  moved.  His 
large,  long,  grey  hands  wriggled  and  twitched  like 
two  rats  cleaning  themselves.  He  was  all  head 
and  hands,  and  shadowy  grey  clothing  connected 
him  with  the  carpetless  floor  of  rotten  planks  on 
which  he  made  no  sound.  The  dust  fell  upon 
him  unnoticed,  and  from  time  to  time  dribbled 
from  his  hair  and  beard  to  the  ground. 

"This,"  said  I  suddenly,  "is  a  useful  kind  of  box. 
I  should  like  to  open  it,  if  I  may,  to  see  whether 
it  would  suit  me.  It  is  for  papers  that  I  shall 
never  look  at  again,  but  may  serve  to  light  a  fire 
or  make  a  footnote  for  an  historian  in  my  grand- 
children's time.  If  you  would  brush  the  dust 
off—"  ^ 

"Have  you  the  key?"  he  asked  in  a  voice  that 
made  my  throat  itch  into  a  cough.  Did  he  think 
me  a  locksmith,  or  what?  I  was  annoyed,  but 
said,  questioningly :  "No?" 

"Then  I  am  afraid  it  cannot  be  yours." 

"But,  of  course,  not.    I  wish  to  buy  it." 

"It  is  not  for  sale." 

"It  is  reserved,  then,  for  one  of  the  multitude 
upon  this  highway?" 

"Well,  yes.  But  I  hardly  expect  the  owner  to 
come  for  it  now.  It  has  been  here  some  fifty 
years." 

"You  can't  sell  it?" 

"Oh,  no!  I  assure  you  it  would  be  of  no  use 
except  to  its  owner.    It  is  full!" 

I  rapped  it,  thickening  the  haze  of  dust,  and 
glancing  at  him  to  see  the  effect  of  the  hollow 
sound  on  his  expression.  It  had  not  the  effect  I 
expected,  but  he  raised  his  eyes  for  a  moment 
and  said:  •  , 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Time  Deposit 

By  Edward  Thomas 

"You  hear?    It  is  quite  full." 

I  smiled  with  a  feeling  in  which  amused  ex- 
pectation swamped  my  contempt  for  his  deceit. 

"You  have  made  a  mistake.  Try  one  of  the 
others,"  he  said,  patiently. 

I  cast  about  for  something  as  sensible,  and  hav- 
ing found  an  old  oak  tool-box  of  not  too  heavy 
make,  I  pointed  to  it,  and  asked  if  he  would  open 
it.    Again  he  replied  simply: 

"Have  you  the  key?" 

"Naturally  not." 

"Most  unnaturally  not.  But  if  you  have  not,' 
then  the  box  cannot  be  opened.  I  am  afraid,  sir, 
you  have  come  under  a  pretence  or  a  mistake. 
This  box,  like  all  the  other  receptacles  here,  is 
owned  by  someone  who  alone  has  the  power  to 
open  it,  if  he  wishes.  They  are  stored  here  be- 
cause it  is  found  that  they  are  seldom  wanted. 
All  are  full.    They  contain  nothing  but  time.  ' 

"Time?" 

"Yes,  time.  It  is  abundant,  you  perceive.  All 
those  boxes,  bags,  etc.,  contain  time.  Down  be- 
low"— here  he  pointed  to  the  decayed  floor — "we 
have  more,  some  of  them  as  much  as  fifty  thou- 
sand years  old." 

"Then  probably  you  have  time  to  explain,"  I 
said,  hardly  covering  my  amazement,  and  awed  in 
a  moment  by  the  reverberation  of  my  words  about 
a  cavern  which  the  echoes  proclaimed  as  without 
end.  The  planks  rippled  under  me.  My  eyes 
wandered  over  the  shop  until  they  stopped  at  a 
very  small  copper  box  enamelled  on  the  sides 
with  a  green  pattern  as  delicate  as  the  grass- 
blade  armor  of  a  grasshopper;  the  top  had  the 
usual  grey  fur  of  dust. 

"What  is  here?"  I  asked. 

"That  is  the  time  saved  by  Lucy  Goldfinch  and 
Robert  Ploughman  twenty  years  ago.  They 
were  lovers,  and  used  to  walk  every  Saturday 
afternoon  along  the  main  road  for  a  mile,  and 
then  three  miles  more  by  green  lanes,  until  they 
came  to  a  farm  where  her  uncle  kept  twenty-five 
cows;  and  there  the  old  man  and  his  wife  gave 
them  tea.  After  they  had  been  doing  this  for 
two  years,  Robert  learnt  a  path  going  straight 
from  the  main  road  to  the  farm,  thus  saving  a 
mile,  or  nearly  an  hour,  for  they  kissed  at  the 
gates.  By-and-by  they  gave  up  kissing  at  the 
stiles,  and  found  that  they  could  walk  the  whole 
way  in  three-quarters  of  an  hour.  Soon  after- 
wards they  were  married.  She  died  long  ago,  but 
he  probably  has  her  key.  Neither  of  them  has 
ever  called  here.  This,"  he  continued,  touching 
a  plain  deal  box  with  iron  edges,  "this  is  another 
box  of  his.  After  they  had  been  married  a  little 
while,  he  thought  there  was  no  good  reason  for 
walking  three  miles  into  the  town  to  his  work; 
so  they  moved  into  the  town.  The  time  thus 
saved  was  deposited  in  this  box,  and  it  also  has 
not  been  called  for." 

Against  Robert  Ploughman's  box  was  a  solemn 
chest  of  oak  with  panelled  sides,  and  I  asked  what 
it  was. 

"This  may  have  to  go  back  at  any  time,"  said 
the  manager.  "Many  times  Mr.  Beam  has  been 
expected  to  send  for  it,  though  it  is  only  three 
or  four  years  old.  He  was  a  squire  whose  day 
was  full  from  morning  till  night  with  country 
works  and  pleasures,  mostly  the  same  thing. 
There  was  no  doubt  that  he  did  very  much,  what 
with  planting,  building,  and  so  on,  and  that  he 
liked  doing  it.  Sometimes  he  used  to  turn  his 
horse,  Teucer,  up  an  old  road  and  let  him  do  as 
he  liked,  while  he  himself  sat  on  a  gate  and  read 
Virgil — at  least  such  parts  as  he  had  succeeded  in 


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thoroughly  understanding  at  school.  But  at  last 
the  horse  died,  and  before  he  had  begun  to  re- 
member, at  the  thought  of  the  old  road,  that 
Teucer  really  was  dead,  a  kind  friend  gave  him 
a  motor  car.  He  could  not  read  Virgil  in  a  motor 
car,  nor  could  he  go  up  the  old  road,  so  that  it  was 
clear  that  he  saved  many  hours  a  week.  Those 
saved  in  this  way  are  sent  down  here;  but  as  he 
has  not  yet  learned  what  to  do  with  them  or  had 
any  need  of  them,  here  they  remain." 

He  spoke  with  the  same  grey  voice,  scattering 
dust  from  his  beard  as  his  lips  moved.  I  glanced 
here  and  there.  The  boxes  were  without  end,  and 
I  could  no  longer  see  the  windows  and  door.  The 
room  was  vast,  and  neither  walls  nor  ceiling  could 
be  seen  through  the  rows  and  piles.  Most  were 
of  similar  pattern.  They  were  square,  made  of 
yellowish-brown  tin,  or  deal,  or  wicker,  of  about 
the  size  which  holds  the  property  of  a  young  gen- 
eral '  servant.  In  the  midst  of  some  of  these 
monotonous  groups  were  chests  or  cabinets  of 
more  massive  or  more  delicate  make.  I  pointed 
to  one  of  the  groups,  and  asked  what  they  con- 
tained. He  thrust  his  finger  through  the  dust  on 
top  of  the  master  box,  which  was  an  iron  safe. 

"This,"  he  said,  "holds  the  savings  of  a  man 
who  invented  machines  for  saving  time.  In  a  few 
years  he  grew  rich,  and  bought  the  chief  house 
in  his  native  parish.  He  employed  four  garden- 
ers. He  did  not  live  there,  but  occasionally  paid 
visits  with  business  friends.  The  boxes  you  see 
round  about  belong  to  his  less  fortunate  neighbors 
in  the  parish.  They  also  have  saved  time.  For 
when  he  went  out  into  the  world  the  women  used 
to  bake  their  own  bread,  make  most  of  the  family 
clothes,  and  work  at  the  fields  half  the  year.  Now 
they  do  none  of  these  things;  but  they  have  saved 
time." 

No  ordinary  shopman  could  have  refrained  from 
pride  in  the  neat  regiment  of  boxes  over  which 
he  waved  his  hand  at  these  words.  But  he  turned 
with  me  to  a  solitary  cabinet  at  the  side  of  an- 
other group.  It  might  have  been  supposed  to 
hold  letters  or  a  few  hundred  cigars,  and  was 
scarcely  large  enough  for  my  purpose. 

"It  contains,"  he  said,  "the  savings  of  a  young 
journalist.  He  was  an  industrious  youth,  earning 
a  living  without  quite  knowing  why  or  how.  He 
bit  off  the  ends  of  many  penholders,  and  often 
blackened  his  mouth  with  ink.  He  had  an  old 
pewter  inkstand,  once  the  property  of  a  great- 
great-grandfather  who  was  a  pirate.  He  used  to 
say  that  out  of  this  inkstand  he  got  more  than 
ink;  but  his  friends  proved  that  this  was  not  so 
by  emptying  it  and  showing  that  it  was  free  from 
sediment.  They  advised  him  to  buy  a  fountain 
pen  which  wasted  no  time,  because  it  was  im- 
possible to  bite  the  end  of  it.  This  he  did.  He 
no  longer  bit  his  pen  or  paused  with  the  nib  in  his 
inkstand,  which  was  now  in  fact  on  his  mantel- 
piece and  polished  faithfully  once  a  week.  He 
saved  a  quantity  of  time,  as  his  friends  told  him; 
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Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LVII— SAN  FRANCISCO 
By  Lorenzo  Sosso 


(Lorenzo  Sosso,  the  author  of  the  following  verses,  used  to  be  a  waiter  in  the  dead  and  gone  Good  Fellows'  Grotto, 
and  could  serve  a  planked  steak  as  well  as  another  man,  if  not  better.  But  Lorenzo  had  a  soul  above  steaks.  While 
he  cried  "Draw  one!"  his  thoughts  were  with  the  Muse.  Many  of  his  best  poems  were  written  on  the  back  of  yesterday's 
menu  while  the  cook  was  French-frying  potatoes  or  dropping  the  infrequent  oyster  into  the  pepper  roast.  After 
a  while  the  waiter-poet  began  to  attract  attention,  and  awed  customers  of  the  Grotto  were  almost  afraid  to  insult 
him  with  tips.  He  published  several  volumes  wherein  close-packed  verses  marched  in  double  column  through  hundreds 
of  pages.  The  former  knight  of  the  napkin  is  now  a  slave  of  Sansome  street.  Instead  of  penning  couplets  he  writes 
insurance.  Whether  the  Muse  which  was  undaunted  by  the  odors  of  the  kitchen  has  fled,  affrighted  by  rule  of  thumb, 
must  be  left  to  speculation.  But  like  a  canary  in  a  skyscraper,  Lorenzo  has  stilled  his  music.  The  following  was 
published  in  Sunset,   December,   1904,   while  Sosso  was  still  a  Bohemian.) 


I  Stood  upon  a  verdant  height 

Above  the  sand  dunes  bleak  and  gray, 
What  time  the  watchman  of  the  night 

Salutes  the  herald  of  the  day — 
The  twilight  of  the  day — the  stars 

Yet  lingering  in  the  skies  were  few: 
My  spirit  through  its  prison-bars 

Looked  out  with  rapture  at  the  view. 

Li!-e  some  red  chief  I  saw  the  sun, 

His  arrows  tipped  with  fire,  arise, 
Till  night's  pale  warriors,  one  by  one, 

Lay  slain  along  the  crimsoned  skies. 
I  saw  Presidio's  barracks  stirred, 

The  soldiers  going  to  and  fro; 
And  from  afar,  though  faint,  I  heard 

The  bugles  their  reveille  blow. 

O  San  Francisco!  how  my  heart 

Exulted,  when  I  heard  beyond 
The  liills  that  hold  the  Gate  apart 

Those  ringing  bugle  notes  respond. 
Gorgeous  with  bannered  gold  the  clouds 

Moved  through  the  passes  of  the  sky; 
No  sea  of  faces  swayed  in  crowds 

To  watch  those  silent  troops  go  by. 


Xo  r;imor  reached  me  of  the  din 

Where  commerce  and  where  traffic  meet; 
No  vista  of  the  scarlet  sin 

Rustling  its  garments  through  the  street. 
Only  the  bell-bouy's  muffled  dirge, 

The  wheeling  sea-gulls  overhead; 
And  those  scarred  clifTs    on    which    the  surge 

Mourns  a  deep  requiem  for  the  dead. 

Fair  those  great  cities  ringed  with  foam — 

But  fairer  than  them  all  to  me 
This  city  of  my  heart  and  home, 

A  greater  Athens  yet  to  be. 
Wardress  of  all  the  ships  which  sail 

Her  tributary  seas  afar. 
What  alien  power  can  prevail 

Her  glory  and  her  grace  to  mar? 

And  mighty  fleets  shall  anchor  yon 

From  all  the  lands  of  far  away. 
Flaunting  bright  pennants  to  the  sun, 

Making  a  forest  of  her  bay. 
And  as  her  beauty  shall  increase, 

Singing  the  magic  of  her  name. 
Her  port  will  be  the  port  of  peace, 

Her  crown,  a  crown  of  song  and  fame! 


Brisben  Walker  Resigns 

John  Brisben  Walker  has  resigned  from  the 
Exposition  company,  and  a  ten-thousand-dollar- 
a-year  job  is  looking  for  the  right  man.  The 
job  is  officially  known  as  "director  of  exploita- 
tion and  publicity,"  but  Brisben  Walker  always 
insisted  that  he  be  called  "director  of  con- 
gresses." The  exploitation  and  publicity  work 
was  distasteful  to  him.  He  preferred  to  dream 
dreams  of  world  congresses  for  1915,  and  the  fact 
that  the  ten  thousand  dollar  salary  the  Exposi- 
tion was  paying  him  compelled  the  giving  of  his 
attention  to  matters  of  exploitation  and  pub- 
licity as  well  led  to  the  profTer  of  his  resigna- 
tion. Although  there  has  been  no  official  an- 
nouncement of  the  fact  the  resignation  has  been 
accepted.  Just  to  show  that  he  was  unwilling 
to  divorce  himself  entirely  from  the  World's  Fair 
Walker  coupled  with  the  resignation  a  suggestion 
that  he  be  appointed  inspector-general  of  the 
Exposition,  not  director  general  as  some  have 
erroneously  thought.  His  idea  is  that  there 
should  be  a  man  of  experience  on  the  staff  of 


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The  Spectator 

the  Exposition  who  would  drop  into  town  from 
time  to  time,  look  things  over  and  tell  the  direct- 
ors just  to  what  extent  they  are  traveling  the 
wrong  road.  And  he  is  of  opinion  that  he  pos- 
sesses the  requisite  experience  for  that  berth.  It 
is  quite  unlikely  that  the  directors  will  agree  with 
him.  It  looks  as  though  Brisben  Walker's  con- 
nection with  the  Exposition  has  come  to  an  end. 


He  Caused  Embarrassment 

There  seems  to  be  no  connection  between 
Brisben  Walker's  resignation  and  his  amazing  ac- 
tion at  the  recent  Trans-Mississippi  Congress  in 
Salt  Lake.  But  that  action  caused  the  Exposi- 
tion people  a  great  deal  of  embarrassment. 
Walker  attended  the  Congress  for  the  purpose  of 
interesting  its  members  in  the  World's  Fair.  But 
he  did  more  than  that.  He  sponsored  a  resolu- 
tion which  was  duly  passed,  calling  upon  the 
United  States  Government  to  appropriate  $5,000,- 
000  for  the  use  of  the  Exposition.  As  all  know, 
the  Exposition  people  held  all  along  that  they 
needed  and  would  ask  no  federal  appropriation. 
When  the  fight  with  New  Orleans  was  at  its  hot- 
test that  fact  helped  to  turn  the  tide  of  victory 
our  way.  And  so  Brisben  Walker  was  exceed- 
ing his  authority  and  violating  a  pact  with  the 
Government  when  he  had  that  resolution  put 
through.  The  fact  that  he  took  the  whole  re- 
sponsibility upon  his  own  shoulders  did  not  save 
the  Fair  directors  from  considerable  adverse 
criticism  in  the  Eastern  press.  Walker  assumed 
the  responsibility  in  a  telegram  to  the  directors 


which  began,  "Notwithstanding  your  expressed 
wishes  I  have  publicly  rejoiced"  that  the  resolu- 
tion was  passed.  This  wire  found  its  way  to  the 
newspapers  before  the  directors  knew  of  Walker's 
action,  another  fact  which  was  not  to  their  liking. 
Perhaps  that  incident  helped  to  convince  Walker 
that  he  was  a  square  peg  in  a  round  hole.  At 
any  rate  he  has  resigned. 


Political  Hymnology 

Onward  Christian  soldiers! 

Marching  as  to  war. 

With  the  flag  of  Justice 

Going  on  before. 
So  they  sang  it,  running  up  the  "flag  of  Justice" 
where  the  hymn-writer  raised  the  "cross  of  Jesus." 
Somehow  or  other,  and  quite  irrelevantly,  it  re- 
minded one  of  the  French,  what  time  Briand  was 
premier,  banishing  the  crucifixes  from  their  court- 
rooms. They  sang  it  very  carefully,  the  nice  new 
voters  in  their  nice  white  dresses,  sang  it  with 
nice  sopranos  and  extra-nice  enthusiasm.  But 
just  the  same  it  sounded  very  dreary  as  things 
out  of  place  are  quite  apt  to  sound.  Perhaps  the 
size  of  the  Coliseum  had  something  to  do  with  it 
too.  A  big  barn  of  a  structure  excellent  for  roller 
skating,  but  not  adapted  to  the  nice  needs  of  these 
white-dressed  new  voters  who  are  skating  on 
political  thin  ice  by  grafting  religion  on  progres- 
sivism.  The  man  next  to  me  had  a  copy  of  Life, 
and  pointed  to  these  words  of  editorial  wisdom: 
"When  religion  becomes  political  it  tends  to  stifle 
liberty."  We  suspect  there  is  danger  of  a  like  re- 


September  21,  1912 

suit  when  politics  becomes  religious.  Best  keep 
them  distinct.  Make  men  religious,  but  not  par- 
ties."   Wise  words!  he  said,  and  I  agreed. 


Enter  the  Bull  Moose 

But  the  hymn-intoners  were  mercifully  drowned 
in  a  dozen  minutes  of  leather-lunged  yawping 
when  the  Big  Bull  Moose  entered  the  Coliseum 
and  descended,  not  to  the  sands  of  the  arena,  but 
to  the  front  of  the  platform.  (5partacus  was  to 
talk,  not  to  fight.  Ursus  was  to  throw,  not  the 
aurochs  but  the  bull.)  They  howled,  they 
mooed,  they  brayed,  they  ululated;  they  waved 
the  ready  bandana.  Even  the  hearty  thousand  or 
so  who  had  previously  given  three  and  a  tiger 
for  W.  J.  B.  must  have  joined  in,  or  if  they  didn't, 
who  missed  'em?  And  ever  and  anon  the  Colonel 
unsheathed  his  weapon  from  the  scabbard  of  his 
teeth,  only  to  try  to  speak  in  vain.  Everybody  in 
the  Colonel's  party  was  very  happy.  Meyer  Liss- 
ner  did  not  disdain  to  smile;  Frank  Heney  grinned 
like  a  Cheshire  Cat;  only  Acting  Governor  Wal- 
lace who  takes  his  progressivism  like  himself,  very 
seriously,  hid  his  ecstacy  behind  a  stern  facade. 
Chester  Rowell  hopped  on  one  foot  in  his  glee, 
while  Dan  Ryan  measured  the  crowd  and  wished 
he  could  make  a  speech.  Teddy  is  getting  old;  the 
graying  of  him  was  quite  noticeable.  He's 
been  through  too  many  fights;  the  recent  bat- 
tering has  started  to  tell. 


A  Nick  Bottom  Roar 

This  was  apparent  when  he  started  to  speak. 
The  old  fighting  gestures,  the  clenched  fists,  the 
screwed-up  head,  the  grinding  teeth  are  still  there, 
but  the  voice  is  failing.  He  could  only  reach 
one-third  of  his  audience.  An  announcer  had 
used  a  megaphone;  Teddy  might  have  followed 
suit  to  advantage.  When  he  scored  a  point  you 
could  tell  how  many  heard  by  the  extent  of  the 
applause  area.  The  outskirts  of  the  crowd  that 
were  at  first  rumpled  against  the  farthest  exits 
frayed  and  raveled  into  Baker  street.  A  thou- 
sand or  so  who  couldn't  hear  soon  slaked  their 
curiosity  and  went  home.  Of  old  they  would  all 
have  heard.  But  the  Colonel's  voice  has  sunk 
to  Nick  Bottom  pitch.  The  Bull  Moose  moos 
like  a  sucking  dove — a  very  strenuous  dove  of 
course.  And  when  he  went  ofif  the  key,  as  he  has 
always  had  a  trick  of  doing,  he  was  less  intense 
than  funny.  The  speech  was  not  new.  He  had 
delivered  it,  in  more  or  less  the  same  form,  all 
across  the  Continent.  It  was  like  reading  reprint. 
But  the  platitudes  polished  by  use  plashed  into 
the  soft  oozy  brains  of  his  devoted  adorers  and 
called  forth  hollow  sounds.  There  was  only  one 
good  phrase  to  my  mind — "flintlock  legislation." 
That,  applied  to  "Professor"  Wilson's  projects,  is 
not  bad.  He  calls  him  "Professor"  or  "Mister," 
never  "President"  which  would  probably  cast  its 
ominous  shadow  before,  if  titles  can  cast  shadows. 
But  why  not  "Doctor"  or  "Governor"?  Teddy 
has  been  Governor,  is  Doctor.  Have  we  forgot- 
ten noblesse  oblige?  None  of  it  could  be  dignified 
by  the  appelation  of  "fighting  talk."  The  Bull 
Moose  had  "no  hay  on  his  horns,"  as  the  old 
Romans  used  to  say.  There  was  little  moose,  but 
plenty  of  bull.  The  Colonel  is  what  Billy  Gould 
of  the  Orpheum  calls  "a  Mexican  athlete."  It 
was  very  fitting  that  it  should  all  have  taken 
place  in  the  Coliseum.  "We  who  are  about  to 
die  salute  you."  The  thumbs  are  down,  and  I 
suspect  the  Colonel  knows  it. 


Johnson  in  New  York 

Our  breezy  Governor  has  been  introduced  to 
the  people  of  the  effete  East  through  the  medium 
of  the  New  York  Sun.  Though  the  Sun  is  an 
anti-Progressive  paper  it  printed  verbatim  and 
without  comment  the  speech  made  by  Governor 


TOWN  TALK 

Johnson  at  the  Syrcuse  convention.  Evidently 
the  Sun  was  of  the  opinion  that  its  readers  would 
be  able  to  form  an  accurate  estimate  of  the  first 
citizen  of  California  after  reading  an  address 
which  he  had  prepared  for  an  important  occasion. 
So  it  merely  informed  its  readers  that  it  was 
Governor  Johnson's  first  speech  in  the  East,  and 
that  "he  made  a  reputation  as  an  orator  in  his 
own  State."  The  Sun  might  truthfully  have  added 
that  the  speech  was  the  very  kind  of  speech 
with  which  Johnson  made  his  reputation  as  an 
orator  in  this  enlightened  commonwealth.  In 
other  words  the  speech  was  nothing  but  language 
loosely  constructed  but  nicely  interspered  with 
periods.  By  delivering  a  speech  similarly  devoid 
of  continuity,  sense  and  ideas  a  high  school  boy 
would  overwhelm  his  parents  with  mortification. 
The  Johnson  speech  consisted  of  about  ten  thou- 
sand words,  and  nowhere  in  the  whole  dreary 
waste  of  language  is  to  be  found  anything  like 
an  intelligible  discussion  of  a  single  issue  of  the 
campaign.  Even  the  Governor  himself  as  he 
flowed  turgidly  along  must  have  become  conscious 
of  the  fact  that  he  wasn't  saying  anything,  for 
toward  the  close,  after  telling  his  audience  that 
there  is  a  problem  to  the  solution  of  which  the 
people  must  devote  themselves  "if  that  perpetuity 
of  our  institutions  that  we  desire  shall  be  lasting," 
he  said  that  there  were  "certain  definite  fixed 
things"  that  the  Progressives  had  promised  to  do. 
"You  are  familiar  with  them,"  he  said,  "but  hastily 
I  want  to  run  over  them  in  but  a  moment  of  time 
so  that  you  may  understand."  Fully  two  thou- 
sand words  were  yet  to  come,  and  doubtless  the 
audience  felt  that  platitudinous  generalities  were 
at  an  end  and  that  the  Governor  was  going  to  get 
down  to  brass  tacks  and  explain  how  the  per- 
petuity of  our  institutions  was  to  be  made  lasting. 


His  Wild  West  Harangue 

The  audience  must  have  been  greatly  disap- 
pointed. For  the  Governor  never  got  down  to 
brass  tacks.  It  is  true  he  "ran  over"  a  few  of 
the  things  mentioned  in  the  "covenant,"  but  never 
did  he  try  to  make  anybody  understand  how  those 
things  are  to  be  accomplished.  He  started  off 
all  right  with  a  recital  of  a  few  of  the  things, 
which,  he  said,  are  to  be  prevented  by  legislation, 
such  as  occupational  diseases,  industrial  accidents 
and  child  labor,  and  then  he  took  an  oratorical 
flight  in  this  fashion:  "Oh,  the  sin  and  the  shame 
that  we  strong  men  and  sympathetic  women 
should  ever  tolerate  this  blotch  upon  our 
escutcheon!"  After  this  curious  rhetorical  out- 
burst the  Governor  lost  his  bearings.  His  intel- 
lectuals tottered  and  reeled,  and  never  again  did 
he  return  to  the  task  of  making  the  audience 
understand  the  Progressive  covenant.  But  af-ter 
a  lot  of  incoherent  talk  about  the  triumphs  of 
humane  statesmanship  in  California  he  exclaimed 
"That  is  the  case,  my  friends.  That  is  the  cause 
for  which  we  are  struggling,  and  in  this  contest 
fortunate  indeed  are  we  because  with  the  cause 
you  have  the  man  in  the  fight."  And  then  the 
Governor  closed  with  a  panegyric  on  Roosevelt, 
"the  world  figure,"  "enshrined  in  the  hearts  of 
his  people."  The  speech  reads  like  the  maunder- 
ings  of  a  starved  patient  at  Napa. 


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September  21,  1912 


lish  letters.  America  knows  him,  though  not  as 
well  as  America  should,  through  his  volume  "The 
Valley  of  Shadows."  Here  is  what  Grierson  says 
of  our  Mary  in  an  article  contributed  to  "The 
Freewoman"  of  London:  "Speaking  of  real  real- 
ism reminds  me  of  a  book  I  have  been  reading, 
entitled  'Lost  Borders,'  by  Mrs.  Mary  Austin.  In 
this  book  I  was  introduced  to  a  kind  of  realism 
absolutely  new  to  me,  where  natural  forces  of 
nature,  profound  feeling  which  never  even  ap- 
proaches the  sentimental,  imagination  controlled 
by  a  powerful  and  reasoning  intellect,  all  work 
together  to  produce  one  great  and  haunting  sen- 
sation in  the  mind  of  the  wondering  reader.  The 
short  story  in  this  book,  entitled  'The  Readjust- 
ment,' is  certainly  in  its  own  sphere  the  greatest 
short  story  I  have  ever  read.  No  one  but  a  poet 
and  a  practical,  keen  observer  of  life,  both  animate 
and  inanimate,  could  have  written  such  a  story 
In  the  hands  of  a  superficial  and  hurried  senti- 
mentalist, or  a  cynical  agnostic,  such  a  story 
would  prove  but  a  trap  set  for  failure.  Mrs. 
.'\ustin  brings  to  her  work  an  absolute  indepen- 
dence and  an  authority  based  on  her  own  con- 
scious ability  to  create.  She  overcomes  the  most 
subtle  and  complex  difficulties.  I  have  now  read 
all  her  works,  and  they  have  served  to  convinci; 
me,  once  for  all,  of  the  vital  importance  of 
woman's  work  and  woman's  power  at  this  critical 
juncture  in  the  march  of  the  thing  we  call 
civilization." 


"The  Toad"  in  the  Movies 

"The  Toad,"  that  solemn  comedy  of  ancient 
Egypt  which  Mrs.  Perry  Newberry  wrote  for 
the  esthetes  of  Carmel  and  which  was  after- 
wards produced  at  the  Greek  Theatre  in  one  of 
Professor  "Billy"  Armes'  unguarded  moments,  is 


now  to  be  given  in  moving  pictures.  That  "The 
Toad"  should  be  able  to  do  a  progress  from 
Carmel  to  Berkeley  and  from  Berkeley  to  the 
nickelodeons  is  a  fact  which  ought  to  inspire 
every  amateur  dramatist  in  the  land  with  the  ut- 
most confidence  in  his  ability  to  make  good.  For 
"The  Toad"  has  made  good.  That  is  to  say,  "The 
Toad"  has  been  produced.  No  other  meaning  of 
that  phrase  "to  make  good"  need  be  applied  to 
the  Egyptian  puzzle  drama.  It  was  proposed  at 
first  to  give  the  whole  of  "The  Toad"  in  the  mov- 
ing pictures.  But  when  the  local  film  men  saw 
the  play  they  confessed  that  it  was  too  much 
for  them.  The  meaning  of  this  dictum  was  ob- 
scure; but  it  was  finally  decided  that  "The  Toad'" 
should  be  reduced  to  the  size  of  a  one-act  skit. 
In  that  attentuated  form  it  will  make  its  appear- 
ance at  the  nickel  shows. 


The  Rowdy  Freshmen 

Professor  Morse  Stephens  learned  a  few  days 
ago  what  it  was  to  cast  pearls  before  swine.  It 
was  the  Freshman  Rally  at  the  Greek  Theatre, 
and  Stephens  delivered  a  carefully  considered  and 
most  interesting  address.  But  the  freshmen  were 
rowdy  and  would  have  none  of  it.  They  inter- 
rupted again  and  again,  insulting  the  speaker  with 
cries  of  "Cut  it  out!"  "Cut  it  short!"  and  others  of 
a  like  tenor.  The  most  flagrant  misconduct  was 
exhibited,  strangely  enough,  when  he  was  speak- 
ing about  college  loyalty.  The  average  freshman 
need§  nothing  so  badly  as  a  sound  spanking.  He 
is  not  far  from  mother's  knee,  but  has  been  too 
rarely  on  it  in  a  prone  position. 


A  Story  Repeated 

Oscar  Solomon  Straus,  the  Progressive  can- 
didate for  Governor  of  New  York,  is  said  to  have 


been  nominated  by  way  of  a  tactical  stroke,  for 
though  the  principal  Progressive  hymn  is  "On- 
ward, Christian  Soldier"  the  Colonel  hopes  to 
have  a  large  following  of  Jew  soldiers  also. 
Which  reminds  me  of  a  story  that  I  told  some 
months  ago,  which  will  bear  repetition  at  this 
time.  One  evening  some  months  ago,  at  a  ban- 
quet in  honor  of  Oscar  Straus,  Colonel  Roose- 
velt was  among  the  speakers.  He  took  occasion 
to  talk  about  his  career  in  the  White  House,  and 
he  said  that  when  he  was  selecting  men  for  his 
Cabinent  he  made  no  inquiry  as  to  race  or  re- 
ligion, being  concerned  only  about  mental  and 
moral  fitness,  and  it  was  only  for  his  qualities  of 
mind  and  heart  that  Mr.  Straus  had  been  ap- 
pointed Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor.  It 
was  after  the  Colonel  finished  speaking  that 
Jacob  Schiff  entered  the  banquet  hall.  When 
that  gentleman  was  called  on  for  a  speech  he 
related  that  it  was  on  his  recommendation  that 
Oscar  Straus  had  been  appointed  to  the  Roose- 
velt cabinet,  the  Colonel  having  asked  him  to 
submit  the  name  of  some  prominent  Hebrew,  as 
he  wanted  a  Hebrew  in  his  official  family. 


His  Brilliant  Career 

Oscar  Straus  is  a  public  spirited  citizen  who 
has  always  been  a  free  lance  in  politics.  He  was 
the  third  son  of  Lazarus  Straus,  founder  in  New 
York  of  L.  Straus  &  Sons,  importers  of  pottery 
and  glassware.  Lazarus  Straus  was  banished 
from  Germany  for  taking  part  in  the  revolution 
of  1848,  meeting  at  that  time  Carl  Schurz  and 
beginning  a  friendship  that  lasted  until  his  death. 
He  came  to  this  country  and  first  settled  in 
Philadelphia,  where  he  kept  a  store.  In  1865  he 
went  to  New  York.  He  had  lost  all  his  money 
during  the  war,  and  after  having  paid  all  his 
creditors  he  began  all  over  again  as  a  poor  man 
in  a  small  crockery  store  in  Chambers  street. 
Oscar  Straus  was  educated  in  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. He  was  graduated  from  Columbia  fifth 
in  a  class  of  which  Stuyvesant  Fish  and  Brander 
Matthews  were  members.  Mr.  Straus  and  Pro- 
fessor Matthews  were  rivals  for  the  place  of  class 
poet  and  Mr.  Straus  won  out.  At  college  Mr. 
Straus  supported  himself  by  writing  for  the  news- 
papers. He  entered  in  Columbia  law  school  in 
the  seventies  and  was  graduated  therefrom. 
While  in  the  law  school  he  was  a  clerk  in  the 
law  oflSce  of  the  famous  Charles  O'Conor,  the 
prosecutor  of  the  Tweed  ring.  While  practicing 
law  in  New  York  Mr.  Straus'  health  broke  down 
and  he  had  to  give  up  his  practice.  Ahcr  a  long 
rest  he  joined  his  father's  firm.  Mr.  Straus  was 
twice  appointed  Minister  to  Turkey  and  a  third 
appointment  came  to  him  as  .Ambassador  when 
the  Turkish  mission  was  elevated  to  its  present 
rank  of  embassy. 


Willing  To  Be  a  Portia 

.Mrs.  Lucy  Gfiode  White  surprised  the  town  by 
running  eighth  at  the  primary  among  the  can- 
didates for  the  Superior  bench.  Her  name  will 
therefore  go  on  the  ballot  at  the  general  election. 
Mrs.  White  is  a  reporter  on  the  Bulletin,  but  it 
was  not  through  her  newspaper  work  that  she 
obtained  her  knowledge  of  law.  That  came  to 
her  while  she  was  a  stenographer  in  a  law  of- 
fice in  another  State.  I  have  been  waiting 
anxiously  to  see  the  Bulletin  espouse  the  cause 
of  Mrs.  White,  but  thus  far  I  have  been  dis- 
appointed. John  D.  Barry,  the  philosopher  of 
the  Bulletin's  editorial  page,  is  the  only  one  who 
has  so  far  manifested  esprit  de  corps  by  edging 
in  a  good  word  for  the  lady  who  would  a  Portia 
be. 


The  Mayor  and  the  Underwriters 

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Underwriters  of  the  Pacific.  That  board  appears 
to  be  charging  all  the  traffic  will  bear,  and  one 
who  feels  that  he  is  the  victim  of  that  sort  of 
commercial  holdup  cannot  easily  be  in  sympathy 
with  the  perpetrators  of  it.  But  there  appear 
to  be  two  sides  to  the  story.  At  first  there  ap- 
peared to  be  only  one,  and  that  one  Mission 
Jim's.  Our  alert  and  industrious  Mayor  seemed 
to  be  playing  a  lone  hand  swatting  the  insurance 
men  and  threatening  them  with  all  sorts  of  vague, 
but  nevertheless  dire,  consequences  in  the  event 
of  their  failure  to  reduce  rates.  He  made  a  great 
hullabaloo,  and  public  sympathy  was  with  him. 
Now  we  learn  that  rates  might  have  been  re- 
duced long  ago  had  the  servants  of  the  people 
done  less  talking,  less  politics  and  more  work 
in  the  interest  of  the  taxpayers.  A  few  years  ago 
the  city  issued  bonds  to  build  an  auxiliary  water 
system.  With  that  system  in  operation  there 
would  probably  be  no  cause  of  complaint  about 
rates. 


An  Old  Story 

The  other  side  of  the  story  comes  from  the  un- 
derwriters, and  thus  far  it  has  not  been  traversed. 
Some  time  ago  the  underwriters  sent  a  letter  to 
Mayor  Rolph  in  which  they  reviewed  the  story 
of  the  high  pressure  auxiliary  water  system  for 
fire  protection.  According  to  their  facts  and  fig- 
ures not  more  than  one-tenth  of  the  work  has 
been  done.  They  point  out  that  even  the  little 
that  has  been  done  is  far  from  satisfactory,  and 
they  say  they  have  been  informed  that  some 
of  the  work  which  they  had  expected  to  be  done 
is  never  to  be  done.  Furthermore  they  declare 
that  many  of  the  wooden  shacks  built  after  the 
fire,  though  they  are  known  to  be  a  menace  to 
the  congested  business  district,  are  still  in  ex- 
istence, thanks  to  the  tolerance  of  the  municipal 
authorities.  Again,  as  the  underwriters  reminded 
Mayor  Rolph,  though  the  fireboats  were  to  have 
been  connected  with  the  distributing  system  (in 
or  before  January  1,  1911,  they  have  yet  to  be 
connected;  and  it  was  on  the  strength  of  a  prom- 
ise that  the  connection  would  be  made  that  the 
key  rate  was  reduced  fifteen  per  cent  through- 
out the  fire  limits.  In  the  circumstances  it  would 
seem  that  the  underwriters  themselves  have  good 
ground  for  complaint.  It  would  appear  also  from 
their  letter  that  they  have  been  ready  to  reduce 
rates  provided  they  could  get  some  assurance 
of  the  early  fulfillment  of  promises  made  by  our 
public  servants.    It  was  information  they  sought 


from  Mayor  Rolph,  but  they  didn't  get  it.  The 
letter  contained  their  side  of  the  story,  but  it 
was  not  given  publicity.  In  order  to  acquaint 
the  public  with  the  facts  they  were  obliged  to 
publish  their  letter  as  an  advertisement. 


Our  Premier  Message  Bearer 

From  Seattle  comes  the  news  that  Fred  Swan- 
ton  of  Santa  Cruz  is  touring  the  Northwest  with 
glad  tidings  of  the  beauties  and  charms  to  be 
found  on  the  shores  of  a  little  bay  to  the  south- 
ward of  San  Francisco.  According  to  the  Seattle 
press  Swanton  is  the  greatest  message-bearer 
that  ever  came  out  of  California.  This  is  high 
praise,  but  it  is  merited.  Swanton  is  making 
Santa  Cruz  famous.  But  first  he  made  it  worth 
making  famous.  Santa  Cruz  has  always  had  its 
natural  attractions — more  of  them  than  any  re- 
sort in  the  West — but  till  Swanton  got  busy  and 
induced  capital  to  take  hold  of  things  the  resort 
languished.  For  years  Santa  Cruz  was  known 
only  as  a  summer  resort.  Its  hotels  catered  to 
the  summer  trade,  and  at  the  end  of  the  summer 
they  closed  their  doors.  Now  Santa  Cruz  has 
a  hotel,  a  first-class  one,  the  Casa  del  Rey,  which 
is  kept  open  all  the  year  round,  and  Swanton  is 
bringing  it  to  the  attention  of  Eastern  tourists, 
who  formerly  dropped  off  at  Monterey  for  a  day 
or  two  and  never  knew  of  the  beautiful  country 
contiguous  to  the  town  of  Santa  Cruz.  Had  the 
Santa  Cruz  mountains  with  their  many  beautiful 
drives,  their  glorious  features  such  as  the  Big 
Tree  Grove  and  the  Big  Basin,  been  as  widely 
known  as  they  deserve;  there  miglit  liave  been 
as  much  interest  taken  in  them  by  strangers  as 

now  taken  in  the  Yosemite  or  in  Lake  Tahoe. 
1^^  is  Swanton's  purpose  to  make  them  known, 
and  to  divert  the  tide  of  Eastern  travel  to  the 
sea-shore  from  which  all  the  mountain  resorts 
are  easily  accessible.  In  this  purpose  he  is  being 
ably  seconded  by  J.  M.  Shoults,  the  new  pro- 
prietor of  the  beautiful  Hotel  Roward'ennan  at 
Ben  Lomond,  who  will  keep  open  all  the  year 
and  make  his  place  a  winter  as  well  as  a  sum- 
mer resort.  Rowardennan,  by  the  way,  is  sit- 
uated in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  all  the 
mountain  gorges,  where  there  are  many  fine 
country  homes,  the  owners  of  which  visit  them 
almost  as  often  in  winter  as  in  summer. 


The  Bullmoose  and  the  Governor 

"It's  a  queer  game,"  said  the  Man  Who  Winds 
the  Ferry  Clock  reflectively,  "a  very  queer  game. 


Teddy  tells  the  dear  peepul  how  much  he  loves 
them,  and  if  they  doubt  his  word  he  lambastes 
them  with  his  Big  Stick.  And  Hi  Johnson  is  there 
with  the  salve  every  time  Teddy  bruises  their 
heads.  How  long  will  they  be  able  to  get  away 
with  it?  Not  very  long,  I  think.  It  reminds  me 
of  the  poem  in  Alice  in  Wonderland — the  one 
about  the  oysters.  You  know  Mrs.  Atherton  said 
some  of  our  new  voters  were  oysters.  She  might 
have  applied  that  to  all  of  them."  And  then  my 
friend  of  the  Clock  Tower  surprised  me  by  im- 
provising in  verse: 

"The  time  has  come,"  the  Bullmoose  said, 
"To  talk  of  odds  and  ends: 

Of  votes — and  thieves — and  harvesters- 
Recalls — and  referends — 

And  why  I  am  a  Teddy  Bear — 
And  whether  Taft  has  friends." 

"But  wait  a  bit,"  the  Peepul  cried, 

"Before  we  hear  you  talk; 
For  lots  of  us  are  on  to  you. 

And  some  of  us  may  balk!" 
"You  ingrates!"  roared  the  Governor. 

They  shuddered  at  his  squawk. 

"A  lot  of  votes,  '  the  Bullmoose  said, 

"Is  what  we  chiefly  need: 
Campaign  contributions  too 

Are  very  good  indeed — 
Now,  if  you'll  help  us,  Peepul  dear. 

We're  sure  to  succeed." 

"No  cash  from  us,"  the  Peepul  cried. 

Turning  a  little  green. 
"After  our  kindness  that  would  be 

Playing  it  pretty  mean!" 
"You  look  like  crooks,"  the  Bullmoose  said, 

"The  worst  I've  ever  seen. 

"You  talk  like  undesirables! 

I  shall  not  set  you  free!" 
The  Governor  said  nothing  but 

"Hit  'em  one  for  me! 
I  wish  you  were  not  quite  so  slow — 

I'd  fix  'em  one,  two,  three!" 

"It  seems  a  shame,"  the  Bullmoose  said, 

"To  play  them  such  a  trick. 
After  we've  jollied  them  so  long. 

And  made  'em  trot  so  quick!" 
The  Governor  said  nothing  but 

"Your  scruples  make  me  sick!" 

"I  weep  for  you,"  the  Bullmoose  said, 

"I  deeply  sympathize." 
With  sobs  and  tears  he  swung  his  stick 

And  took  them  by  surprise, 
Holding  his  big  Rough  Rider  hat 

Before  his  winking  eyes. 

"O  Peepul,"  said  the  Governor, 

"You  are  our  only  own! 
Now  don't  forget  election  day!" 

But  answer  there  was  none —  ■ 
The  reason  was,  the  Peepul  fled 

And  left  them  all  alone. 

"Good  but  not  ripping,"  I  commented,  and  the 
Man  Who  Winds  the  Ferry  Clock  went  away 
peeved. 


The  Spieler  and  Riley  Hardin 

Leaving  his  home  in  Jackson  street  the  other 
morning,  Riley  Hardin,  one  of  the  Bohemian 
Club's  heaviest  members  (and  by  the  same 
token,  one  of  its  lightest  wits)  was  apprised  of 
a  new  distinction.  The  rubberneck  wagon  with 
its  load  of  sightseers  was  passing  his  home.  And 
here  is  what  the  spieler  spieled  while  Riley  beat 
it  for  the  car  sufTused  in  dewy  blushes:  "To  your 
left  is  file  home  of  Riley  Hardin  of  the  Bohemian 
Clul).  Riley  weights  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
pounds — one  pound  for  every  day  in  the  year — and 
a  laugh  with  every  pound!" 


Since  the  decision  rendered  by  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  Monks  hereafter  to  bottle 

CHARTREUSE 

(Liqueur  Peres  Chartreux) 

both  being  identically  the  same  article,  under  a  combination 
label  representing  the  old  and  the  new  labels,  and  in  the  old 
style  of  bottle  bearing  the  Monks'  familiar  insignia,  as  shown 
in  this  advertisement. 

According  to  the  decision  of  thf  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
handed  down  by  Mr.  Justice  Hughes  on  May  29,  1911,  no 
one  but  the  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux)  is  entitled 
to  use  the  word  CHARTREUSE  as  the  name  or  designation 
of  a  Liqueur,  so  their  victory  in  the  suit  against  the  Cusenier 
Company,  representing  M.  Henri  Lecouturier,  the  Liquidator 
appointed  by  the  French  Courts,  and  his  successors,  the 
Compagnie  Fermiere  de  la  Grande  Chartreuse,  is  complete. 

The  Carthusian  Monks  (Peres  Chartreux),  and  they  alone, 
have  the  formula  or  recipe  of  the  secret  process  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of  the  genuine  Chartreuse,  and  have  never 
parted  with  it.  The^e  is  no  genuine  Chartreuse  save  that 
made  by  them  at  Tarragona,  Spain. 

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14 


TOWN  TALK 


September  21,  1912 


The  New  Southern  Club 

That  aggregation  of  hospitable  souls,  the  South- 
ern Club,  has  just  moved  into  its  new  home  in 
California  street  east  of  Powell.  They  have  a 
beautiful  building  of  the  Colonial  architecture  one 
instantly  associates  with  the  South  "befo'  de  wah," 
and  the  mint  patch  just  outside  is  being  as- 
siduously watered!  The  club  building  was  put  up 
by  that  unreconstructed  southerner.  Colonel 
George  D.  Shadburne.  Shadburne  was  Chief  of 
Scouts  in  the  Confederate  Army,  and  he  isn't 
quite  sure  as  to  whether  the  articles  of  peace 
have  been  signed  yet  between  North  and  South. 
James  K.  Polk  (a  cousin  of  Willis)  who,  with 
Randall  Borough,  designed  the  interior  of  the 
club,  went  to  Shadburne  one  day  and  told  him  a 
flag  pole  was  needed.  "No,  sir,"  said  Shadburne 
emphatically,  "there  is  to  be  no  flag  pole  on  that 
building."  "Why  so?"  asked  Polk,  a  bit  sur- 
prised at  the  Colonel's  positiveness.  "Why," 
thundered  Shadburne,  "if  we  had  a  flag  pole  the 
first  thing  I  knew  the  Fourth  of  July  or  some 
other  holiday  would  come  round  and  you'd  run  up 
the  Yankee  flag!"  But  the  Colonel  w^as  over- 
ruled. 


Teddy  and  the  Press  Club 

Colonel  Roosevelt  was  not  entertained  at  the 
Press  Club  while  he  stayed  in  this  city.  There 
is  a  reason.  Aside  from  the  fact  that  his  stay 
here  was  short  and  his  time  pretty  well  taken 
up,  there  seemed  to  be  a  disinclination  among 
some  of  the  newspapermen  to  arrange  an  aflfair  in 
his  honor.  The  fact  is,  they  are  more  than  a  bit 
peeved  at  Teddy.  He  is  an  honorary  member  of 
the  club,  as  is  President  Taft.  But  on  the  occa- 
sion of  his  last  visit  he  did  not  darken  the  portals 
of  the  newspapermen's  home.  When  invited  he 
pleaded  other  engagements  but  let  it  be  known 
that  he  would  be  glad  to  meet  the  newspapermen 
at  the  home  of  his  son  Teddy  Junior.  A  very 
few  responded  to  the  invitation,  and  they  judged 
from  their  reception  that  they  had  scarcely  been 
expected.  So  they  didn't  feel  that  they  should 
expose  themselves  to  another  snub.  In  marked 
contrast  with  the  Colonel's  aloofness  on  the  oc- 
casion of  his  last  visit  was  the  heartiness  with 
which  President  Taft  accepted  the  newspaper- 
men's invitation.  The  Press  Club  was  the  first 
place  he  visited  on  his  arrival  in  the  city. 


The  Club's  New  Home 

The  Press  Club  is  to  have  a  building  of  its 
own.  This  has  been  the  ambition  of  the  news- 
papermen for  years,  and  circumstances  have  so 
shaped  themselves  that  it  will  be  realized  early 
next  year.  A  building  is  to  be  erected  for  the 
club  at  the  southwestern  corner  of  Sutter  and 
Powell  streets.  The  plans  indicate  that  the  boys 
of  the  pencil  and  pad  are  to  be  more  com- 
modiously  housed  than  ever  before  in  their  his- 
tory. There  will  be  twenty-five  guest  rooms,  a 
fine  big  dining  and  jinks  hall  with  a  fully  equipped 
stage  and  all  the  other  conveniences  of  an  upto- 
date  club.  The  club  has  been  growing  steadily 
ever  since  the  fire,  and  is  now  in  a  very  good 
condition  financially.  The  site  selected  for  the 
new  home  is  regarded  as  a  very  good  one,  al- 
though it  is  some  little  distance  from  the  news- 
paper shops.    It  is  in  the  center  of  clubdom.  The 


Argonaut,  the  Union  League,  the  Bohemian,  the 
Olympic,  the  Family  and  the  Elks  are  all  within 
a  stone's  throw,  while  the  Pacific  Union,  the 
Southern  and  the  University  are  not  far  away. 
Powell  street  has  become  the  Piccadilly  of  San 
Francisco. 


Our  Fine  Clubs 

While  on  this  subject  I  must  not  miss  the  op- 
portunity of  pointing  out  that  San  Francisco  has 
reason  to  be  proud  of  her  club  buildings.  The 
club  buildings  put  up  in  the  past  six  years  are 
among  the  finest  in  the  world.  Clarence  Follis 
is  competent  to  judge,  for  he  has  been  in  all  the 
best  clubs  of  the  world,  and  he  says  there's  noth- 
ing so  elaborate  as  the  Pacific-Union  anywhere. 
Where  have  you  seen  anything  more  beautiful 
than  the  Olympic  tank?  It  transcends  a  Pom- 
peiian  dream.  The  view  from  the  balconies  of  the 
University  and  the  Southern,  commanding  the 
full  sweep  of  the  bay  and  a  great  part  of  the 
city,  would  inspire  a  poet.  The  Bohemian  is  not 
to  be  despised,  though  too  many  cooks  spoiled  its 
broth,  architecturally  speaking.  To  speak  of 
clubs,  by  the  way,  and  not  drop  a  tear  at  the  pass- 
ing-of  the  Cosmos  would  be  heartless.  It  was  a 
club  where  good  fellowship  reigned  supreme,  and 
it  will  be  missed  indeed. 


Good  Times  for  the  Mechanics  Institute 

It  looks  as  though  the  city  will  acquire  the  old 
Mechanics  Pavilion  site  for  an  auditorium  at  a 
price  of  $700,000.  The  lot  bounded  by  Hayes  and 
Grove,  Larkin  and  Polk  is  regarded  as  the  ideal 
location  for  the  auditorium  to  be  erected  in  the 
Civic  Center,  and  the  trustees  of  the  Institute  are 
willing  to  dispose  of  it.  They  were  first  ofTered 
$615,000,  and  later  $650,000;  but  refused  to  submit 
the  offer  to  the  Institute  unless  the  figure  was 
boosted  to  $700,000.  There  has  been  a  tentative 
agreement  on  this  sum,  and  the  negotiations  will 
proceed.  The  sale  of  that  lot  will  put  the  In- 
stitute and  its  library  on  easy  street.  Half  the 
purchase  price  will  lift  the  mortgage  from  the 
splendid  Mechanics  Institute  Building  in  Post 
street,  and  the  remainder,  with  the  large  rentals 
from  the  tenants  of  the  latter  building,  will  en- 
able the  Institute  to  enlarge  the  library  and  more 
than  restore  its  prestige  of  ante-fire  years.  But 
I  suppose  we  shall  have  no  more  of  the  good  old 
Mechanics  Fairs. 


Ed  Hurlburt's  Good  Fortune 

Ed  Hurlburt  of  the  Eventing  Post  is  soon  to 
see  his  name  on  the  bill  boards.  Liebler  and 
Company,  one  of  the  big  theatrical  producing 
companies,  have  taken  a  fancy  to  the  character  of 
the  San  Francisco  newspaperman,  the  central  fig- 
ure in  Hurlburt's  series  of  "Lanagan"  stories  re- 
cently published  in  Collier's.  They  have  obtained 
from  him  the  right  to  dramatize  the  stories,  paying 
a  substantial  cash  advance  and  signing  a  contract 
which  calls  for  a  royalty  of  five  per  cent.  Com- 
ing so  quickly  on  the  heels  of  publication  this 
good  fortune  is  particularly  gratifying  to  Hur- 
burt  and  has  spurred  his  ambition  to  further 
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September  21,  1912 


Is  Elena  To  Wed? 

During  the  summer  Mrs.  Jimmy  Robinson  and 
her  fascinating  daughter  Elena  made  a  tour  of 
the  South  in  the  big  car  belonging  to  Willis 
Goodwin.  And  now  Willis  Goodwin  is  building 
a  home  right  next  to  the  Robinson  place  at 
Woodside.  On  account  of  these  trifles  the  whisper 
has  gone  around  that  Elena  has  accepted  the 
attentions  of  Goodwin,  and  that  a  wedding  may 
be  expected  some  time  in  the  very  near  future, 
say  in  October.  Mrs.  Robinson  is  not  prepared 
to  admit  this,  but  the  wise  ones  insist  they  know 
whereof  they  speak.  Willis  Goodwin  is  a  Har- 
vard man  who  came  out  here  about  a  year  ago 
and  interested  himself  in  the  oil  industry.  At 
college  he  was  a  friend  of  Elena's  brother  Porter 
Robinson.  It  is  just  about  a  year  since  Miss 
Robinson  suddenly  broke  off  her  engagement  to 
Brewster  Caneron  of  Arizona  without  stating  the 
cause.  On  that  account  the  wedding,  if  there  is 
a  wedding,  will  probably  be  a  very  quiet  affair. 
The  friends  of  the  two  hope  that  they  are  correct 
in  their  surmises,  for  Miss  Robinson  is  a  very 
charming  girl,  and  young  Goodwin  has  made  a 
most  favorable  impression. 


Drama  At  the  Clifl  House 

Diners  at  the  Cliff  House  the  other  evening  en- 
joyed a  bit  of  what  might  be  described  as  a  so- 
ciety drama  without  words.  At  one  of  the  tables 
vv;is  sitting  Mrs.  Maryon  Bruguiere,  the  lady  who 
is  suing  her  former  husband  Dr.  Pedar  Bruguiere 
to  ascertain  her  legal  status.  She  was  with 
several  friends,  among  them  Miss  Louise  Till- 
man and  Baron  von  Schroeder.  Presently  Dr. 
Pedar  Bruguiere  entered  with  his  beautiful  wife. 
They  were  accompanied  by  several  friends.  Im- 
mediately the  dining  room  sat  up  and  took  no- 
tice, but  the  protagonists  of  the  little  drama 
at  Dr.  Bruguiere's  table  were  apparently  insen- 
sible of  the  interest  their  presence  aroused.  The 
present  Mrs.  Bruguiere  is  not  a  woman  that  cares 
for  the  limelight,  and  scenes  of  no  kind  are  to 
her  liking.  A  woman  of  taste  and  refinement, 
as  sweet  as  she  is  beautiful,  she  is  devoted  to 
the  quiet  home  life  that  she  adorns.  Her  friends 
are  very  fond  of  her,  and  she  has  the  warm 
sympathy   of  all   of   them   at   this  time. 


Her  Pace  Is  Strenuous 

Friends  of  Mrs.  Darling  are  wondering  whether 
her  husband  will  join  her  in  this  city,  or  continue 
his  sojourn  with  relatives  on  the  other  side  of 
the  continent.  Mrs.  Darling  keeps  up  a  very 
strenuous  pace  whenever  she  comes  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  her  husband  is  said  to  like  a  quieter 
life  than  that  which  is  Mrs.  Darling's  preference. 
Some  of  our  younger  matrons  would  find  it  hard 
to  keep  up  with  Mrs.  Darling.  There  is  only 
one  like  her  in  these  parts,  the  indefatigable 
Queen  Eleanor  Martin. 


The  Martin  Dinners 

The  celebrated  Martin  dinners  are  in  full  swing. 

Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


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TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

Queen  Eleanor  is  spreading  the  hospitable  board 
for  this,  that  and  the  other  celebrity,  so  the  sea- 
son may  be  said  to  have  begun.  One  dinner  was 
given  for  Wallace  Irwin  and  his  wife,  and  the 
conversation  is  said  to  have  been  quite  literary. 
Then  along  came  Richard  C.  Kerens,  our  Am- 
bassador to  Austria,  and  he  too  put  his  ministerial 
legs  under  the  Martin  mahogany.  The  dinner  for 
Isabel  Sprague  and  William  Henry  Poole  was 
more  elaborate,  as  became  a  feed  to  be  followed 


I'hoto,  Kathryn  Hopkins 


MISS  MARIAN  DORN 

With  her  sister  Camille  she  attended  the  golf  tourna- 
ment at  Del   Monte,  and   was  remarked  for 
her   good  looks. 

by  a  dance.  There  will  be  plenty  more  dinners 
in  the  next  few  weeks,  and  those  bidden  to  at- 
tend will  be  glad  to  know  that  Mrs.  Martin  has 
made  some  new  additions  to  her  local  list,  so 
that  new  faces  will  shine  at  her  board. 


.  White's  the  Color 

Judging  from  the  costumes  of  the  girls  at  the 
dinner-dance  last  referred  to,  white's  to  be  the 
popular  color  for  evening  dresses  this  Winter. 
Cream  or  white  satins  and  chiffons  were  very 
much  in  evidence.  The  affair  was  a  fashion  show 
all  by  itself,  and  probably  set  feminine  dress 
standards  which  will  be  followed  widely.  White, 
by  the  way,  was  not  worn  by  the  belles  alone; 
some  of  the  matrons  appeared  in  it. 


A  Difficult  Name 

Miss  Geraldine  Forbis  has  many  moments  of 
sorrow,  they  say,  because  the  newspaper  bavardes 
will  insist  on  changing  her  name  to  the  com- 
paratively plebeian  Forbes.  This  is  a  matter  of 
real  concern  to  one  who  has  been  reared  in  an 
atmosphere  saturated  with  family,  as  Miss  Ger- 
aldine has  been.  The  Forbis  tree  is  one  of  the 
most  carefully  cultivated  in  the  genealogical 
garden  and  its  roots  are  to  be  found  way,  way 


A  Tempting  Package  of  Home-Made  Candy. 
"Home-Made  Specials."  There's  a  satisfying 
variety  in  each  box — taffies,  fudges,  creamy  and 
brittle  kinds,  and  caramels  too.  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


15 


back  in  the  beginnings  of  New  England.  So  it 
is  too  bad  that  the  bavardes  mar  the  name  by 
substituting  a  vowel  which  takes  away  all  its  dis- 
tinction. Miss  Forbis  came  here  from  the  East 
during  the  summer.  The  family  leased  a  place 
at  Menlo.  Miss  Forbis  was  taken  up  with  such 
enthusiasm  that  she  wants  to  stay,  so  the  Winter 
will  be  gladdened  by  her  presence  in  our  midst. 
Miss  Forbis  will  make  her  debut  here  and  will 
be  one  of  the  bridesmaids  at  the  Sprague-Poole 
wedding. 

Mrs.  Tevis  at  the  State  Fair 

Mrs.  Will  Tevis  took  quite  a  party  of  friends 
to  Sacramento  for  the  State  Fair.  She  engaged 
almost  the  whole  floor  of  one  of  the  leading 
hotels  for  the  accommodation  of  herself  and 
guests,  and  her  party  has  been  enjoying  a  de- 
lightful experience.  Mrs.  Tevis  is  enthusiastic 
about  the  State  Fair  and  took  this  means  of 
popularizing  it  with  the  folks  who  would  or- 
dinarily take  no  interest  in  it.  Mrs.  Tevis  has 
been  the  life  of  the  party.  But  everyone  knows 
she  is  the  soul  of  hospitality.  How  could  she  be 
otherwise  with  the  good  old  Pacheco  blood  run- 
n  ng  in  her  veins?  She  is  never  so  happy  as 
when  making  others  happy.  She  gives  gener- 
(Hisly  to  the  needy,  but  always  without  ostenta- 
1  !on. 

The  New  Tevis  Home 

The  new  home  of  the  Will  Tevises  on  their 
great  Bakersfield  estate  is  nearing  completion. 
It  has  been  in  course  of  construction  for  a  year. 
I  am  told  that  it  will  be  one  of  the  most  splendid 
places  in  the  State,  and  I  shouldn't  wonder,  for 
the  Tevises  don't  do  things  by  halves.  The  old 
home  was  moved  to  another  location  and  will  be 
used  for  servant  quarters  or  guest  rooms. 

A  Study  in  Legs 

That  was  an   interesting  snapshot  which  the 


CASA  DEL  REY 


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Tennis  Courts,  Good  Boating-, 
Bathing- and  P'ishing-.  Numer- 
ous drives  along  the  Coast 
and  through  the  Mountains. 

SUPERIOR  GOLFING 


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16 


TOWN  TALK 


September  21,  1912 


Examiner  published  on  its  society  page  last  Sun- 
day. It  showed  a  group  of  the  elect  on  the 
piazza  at  Del  Monte  during  the  golf  tournament. 
At  one  end  sat  Mrs.  Sam  Blair  doing  fancy  work. 
Next  to  her  and  with  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker 
on  his  right  sat  Ned  Greenway.  The  others 
in  the  group  were  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Hammond 
who  not  so  long  ago  was  Maizie  Langhorne,  Miss 
Marian  Zeile,  Mrs.  Will  Taylor  and  Miss  Ethel 
Crocker.  It  is  customary  to  call  Ned  the  Czar, 
but  in  this  picture,  if  I  may  say  so  without  of- 
fense, he  looks  for  all  the  world  like  a  Sultan 
presiding  over  his  serail.  The  picture  shows 
Miss  Zeile  in  a  posture  which  fillips  curiosity. 
The  question  is,  what  is  she  doing?  At  first 
sight  it  looks  as  if  she  is  rolling  a  cigarette,  but 
that  of  course  is  presposterous.  I  am  unable  to 
solve  the  puzzle.  Furthermore  the  picture  is 
something  of  a  study  in  legs.  Two  of  the  es- 
timable young  ladies  were  unaware  that  their 
easy  attitudes  caused  a  front  elevation  of  their 
skirts  which  e.xposed  a  great  deal  of  underpin- 
ning to  the  camera.  The  result  is  that  the  sacred 
society  leg  is  shown  to  the  public  more  frankly 
than  the  public  has  any  right  to  expect  outside 
a  Kirmess.  The  public  is  not  ungrateful,  but 
just  the  same  a  fancier  of  legs  might  express 
disappointment  in  this  society  showing.  Archi- 
tecturally considered  the  legs  are  substantial  but 
ungraceful.  Their  contours  are  lacking  in  those 
bewitching  curves  one  demands  in  the  leg  femin- 
ine. However,  let  us  not  be  too  exigeant. 
Studies  made  in  windy  Market  street  may  have 
over-educated  our  eye. 


Will  Mrs.  Oelrichs  Marry? 

That  is  the  question  which  the  local  friends  of 
the  vivacious  Tessie  are  asking  one  another  since 
they've  heard  the  latest  news  from  Newport. 
Mrs.  Oelrichs  is  wonderfully  devoted  to  a  young 
man  by  the  beautiful  name  of  Stuyvesant  Le  Roy, 
and  Stuyve  seems  to  be  just  as  devoted  to  Tessie. 
Mrs.  OUie  Belmont  gave  a  blow-out  (as  they  say 
in  slangy  Newport)  a  few  days  ago,  a  sort  of 
beach  party,  and  Tessie  and  Stuyve  attracted  a 
great  deal  of  amused  attention  by  their  mutual 
absorption.  Next  they  were  seen  in  Tessie's  elec- 
tric runabout,  which  she  drives  herself,  and  it  is 
reported  that  turtle-doves  could  not  have  been 
more  billy-and-cooy.  There  was  another  display 
of  ardor  on  the  beach  whither  the  twain  went 
with  the  rest  of  Newport  to  see  the  aviators. 
Standing  on  a  bench  on  the  extreme  outskirts  of 
the  crowd,  the  pair  were  so  wrapped  up  in  blissful 
contemplation  of  each  other  that  there  was  al- 
most a  mishap.  "Oh,  Stuyve,  I'm  falling!" 
shrieked  Tessie,  but  Stuyve  saved  her.  It  was 
noted  that  his  arm  lingered  about  her  waist 
thereafter,  no  doubt  to  avoid  a  repetition  of  the 
danger.  So  Tessie's  friends  are  wondering  if  she 
is  about  to  commit  matrimony  with  Stuyve. 


The  Revival  of  Side  Whiskers 

Who  was  it  that  said,  "A  hare  lip  is  an  in- 
firmity, a  club  foot  is  a  deformity,  but  side 
whiskers  are  a  man's  own  fault"?  Whoever  he 
was,  he  will  have  to  withdraw  the  remark,  for 
the  side  whiskers  of  1830  are  once  more  coming 
into  vogue.  If  we  can  believe  what  we  hear,  the 
fashion  has  been  established  in  London  and  is 
invading  the  United  States  via  every  liner.  We 


Golf,  Bathe  and  Rest  at 

Paso  Robles  Hot  Springs 

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shall  have  to  fall  into  line  in  San  Francisco  soon, 
if  that's  the  case.  I  regard  the  situation  with 
mixed  emotions.  I  am  not  prepared  to  admit 
that  I  should  prefer  Ned  Greenway  in  Dundrear- 
ies.  Would  Walter  Martin  look  better  with  hir- 
sute curtains  on  either  cheek?  Should  the 
rubicund  visage  of  Prince  Fortunatus  Hobart  be 
screened  behind  a  trailing  fringe?  Who'  can 
convince  me  that  Templeton  Crocker  will  be  im- 
proved by  the  addition  of  flying  buttresses?  Does 


Photo,    Kathryn  Hopkins 


MISS  RAMONA  McCL'DDEN 

Who  is  a  popular  member  of  the  younger  set 
in  society. 

Willis  Polk's  facial  architecture  need  an  unbar- 
bered  pergola?  I  have  my  misgivings.  Still  we 
must  be  in  the  fashion,  so  I  am  prepared  to  see 
ihese  Apollos  and  Antinouses  sacrificed  on  the 
altar  of  the  recrudescent  cult.  But  Tantalus  will 
continue  to  shave  every  morning  as  of  yore. 


Miss  Mathieu  Engaged 

One  of  the  most  interesting  items  of  social 
news  this  week  was  the  announcement  of  the  en- 
gagement of  Miss  Marianne  Mathieu  to  Mr. 
Alexander  A.  Wilson.  Miss  Mathieu  is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  L.  Mathieu,  and 
is  a  very  beautiful  and  cultivated  girl  whose 
charm  of  manner  has  made  her  a  great  favorite 
among  the  belles  of  society.  Her  father  is  a 
well  known  clubman  who  won  many  encomiums 
recently  by  his  splendid  staging  of  "The  Atone- 
ment of  Pan"  in  the  Bohemian  Grove.  Miss 
Mathieu's  fiance  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Wilson  of  this  city.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Yale 
and  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  He  is  a 
well  known  member  of  the  University  Club.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  some  time  next  summer. 


For  Sweet  Charity 

The  talent  of  the  Family  Club  will  be  enlisted 
in  the  cause  of  charity  next  Saturday  evening, 
September  28,  when  an  entertainment  will  be 
given  to  lift  the  mortgage  from  Father  Lacomb's 
church  at  Portola,  down  the  peninsula.  The  en- 
tertainment will  be  given  in  the  open  air,  and  a 
special  train  will  convey  San  Franciscans  to  the 
affair,  leaving  Third  and  Townsend  streets  at 
7:15  p.  m.  and  arriving  at  Menlo  at  8:05.  The 
special  will  leave  Menlo  for  the  return  trip  at 

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TOWN  TALK 


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10:55  p.  m.  A  special  rate  of  $1.20  for  the  round 
trip  has  been  arranged.  The  entertainment  will 
be  an  al  fresco  aflfair.  Seth  Mann  and  Larry 
Harris  will  make  speeches;  Vail  Bakewell, 
Charles  Bulotti  and  McKenzie  Gordon  will  sing; 
James  H.  O'Brien  will  tell  stories;  Jack  Noyes 
will  play  the  piano  and  Sigmiind  Beel  the  violin; 
Waldemar  Young,  William  J.  Jacob,s  and  Richard 
Prosser  will  present  a  skit,  "When  Caesar  Ran  a 
Paper";  and  an  impromptu  skit  will  be  presented 
by  E.  D.  Coblentz,  Clyde  Colby,  James  R.  Miller, 
Waldemar  Young,  Alex  Young,  Fay  Beal,  Frank 
Hooper,  William  J.  Jacobs,  Roy  Folger,  Frank 
Maroney  and  Larry  Harris.  Mrs.  Athearn  Fol- 
ger is  at  the  head  of  the  ladies'  committee  which 
will  see  to  the  comfort  of  the  women  guests. 


A  Marriage  in  Newspaperdom 

Waldemar  Young,  one  of  the  best  known  dram- 
atic critics  and  clubmen  of  the  city,  was  married 
at  noon  last  Saturday  to  Mrs.  Bessie  Strong, 
who  is  also  of  the  San  Francisco  literary  colony. 
The  wedding  ceremony  was  performed  in  the 
home  of  the  bride,  206  Edgewood  avenue,  by  the 
Rev.  Arch  Perrin,  who  was  a  college  mate  of  the 
bridegroom  a  dozen  years  ago  at  Stanford.  Only 
relatives  and  intimate  friends  attended.  Mrs. 
Young  was  the  widow  of  Joseph  Strong,  a  well 
known  portrait  painter.  She  belongs  to  an  old 
California  family,  and  is  a  granddaughter  of  the 
late  Governor  Haight  and  a  sister  of  Robert 
Haight.  Young  has  been  almost  continuously  in 
newspaper  work  here  since  his  college  days.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Family,  Press  and  Bohemian 
clubs.  The  couple  went  to  Santa  Cruz  for  their 
honeymoon. 


A  Lecture  on  Strausss 

The  lecture  given  by  Miss  Emilie  Frances 
Bauer  at  Century  Hall  on  Tuesday  afternoon 
was  attended  by  our  most  discriminating  musi- 
cians and  music  lovers,  and  gave  them  a  great 
deal  of  intellectual  satisfaction.  Miss  Bauer 
speaks  with  authority  on  musical  matters,  and 
even  the  best  posted  find  food  for  thought  in  her 
criticisms  and  expositions.  Her  subject  was  the 
psychology  of  Richard  Strauss  and  his  works. 
The  spirituality  shown  in  the  earlier  works  of 
the  composer  was  contrasted  with  the  realism 
which  marks  his  later  compositions.  She  showed 
how  deeply  he  had  been  influenced  by  Nietzsche. 
The  lecture  was  well  arranged,  well  written  and 
read  most  eflfectively.  Next  Tuesday  Miss  Bauer 
will  speak  of  the  opera  writers  since  Wagner. 
She  is  sure  to  be  interesting,  for  she  has  per- 
sonal acquaintance  with  most  of  those  she  lec- 
tures about. 


It  Was  All  Fiction 

One  of  those  deplorable  pieces  of  misinforma- 
tion that  occasionally  get  into  print  appeared  in 


these  columns  two  weeks  ago.  It  was  with  refer- 
ence to  the  marriage  of  Miss  Monica  Fores  of 
Alameda  and  Mr.  Philip  W.  Alexander  of  this 
city.  According  to  my  informant,  who  thought 
it  an  amusing  story,  the  young  lady  obtained  five 
hundred  dollars  from  her  father  wherewith  to 
buy  her  trousseau,  telling  him  she  wanted  the 
money  for  the  purchase  of  land  in  Humboldt 
county,  and  that  he  did  not  learn  to  the  contrary 
until  informed  of  the  marriage.  It  was  a  roman- 
tic little  story  and  Was  worth  telling  if  true,  if 
for  no  other  purpose  than  to  illustrate  the  re- 
sourcefulness of  Dan  Cupid.  But  unhappily  the 
story  was  not  true.  No  joke  was  played  on  Mr. 
Fores.  No  deception  of  the  kind  was  practiced. 
In  the  interest  of  truth,  even  if  at  the  expense  of 
romance,  I  must  report  the  unfortunate  mislead- 
ing of  my  readers. 


What  Next  at  Tait's? 

Now  that  the  drawing  for  the  automobile  given 
away  by  Tait's  is  over,  patrons  of  the  place  are 
beginning  to  wonder  "what  next."  If  John  Tail 
follows  his  usual  custom  of  doing  the  unusual 
and  unexpected  the  next  free  offering  by  this 
popular  establishment  is  sure  to  please  and  sat- 
isfy. What  it  will  be  no  one  knows.  I  asked 
John  Tait  and  he  smilingly  replied,  "Wait  and 
see."  There's  always  some  sort  of  a  surprise 
in  store  for  patrons  of  this  popular  dining  place. 
It  may  be  in  the  entertainment,  the  decorations 
or  in  a  prize  but  "It"  is  always  certain  to  be 
there.  And  aside  from  the  many  pleasing  novel- 
ties one  can  always  get  a  good  meal. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mrs.  Joseph  Martin  and  family  have  returned 
from  their  summer  home  "Casa  Martin,"  Los 
Gatos,  to  the  city  for  the  winter. 

A  great  many  motor  parties  have  arrived  at 
the  Casa  del  Rey  in  the  past  few  days,  and  they 
all  report  the  mountain  road  by  way  of  Los 
Gatos  and  Hotel  De  Redwood  to  be  in  better 
condition  than  it  has  been  all  season.  The  re- 
cent rains  served  to  lay  the  dust  and  the  road 
is  therefore  in  excellent  shape. 

A  dance  and  supper  party  was  the  pleasure 
arranged  by  Mrs.  W.  F.  Morris  at  the  Hotel 
Victoria  for  the  guests  who  are  at  the  hotel  this 
season.  A  score  or  more  couples  shared  the 
happy  occasion  on  Saturday  last.  Miss  Alma 
Thane  is  being  welcomed  home  again  after  an 
absence  of  fourteen  months  abroad.  Miss  Thane 
tarried  for  several  weeks  in  the  East  before  her 
homeward  trip.  With  her  parents  she  is  estab- 
lished at  the  Victoria. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  McGowan  of  Paraiso  Hot 
Springs  have  just  returned  from  a  week  end  visit 
at  Casa  del  Rey.  Dr.  Clinton  of  San  Francisco 
is  a  guest  at  Paraiso  Hot  Springs.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  H.  Bibbs  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Hawes 
motored  to  Paraiso  for  the  week  end. 


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American  Plan,  from  $3.00  per  day  up 
European  Plan,  from  $1,50  per  day  up 

For  rates  and  reservations  address 

MRS.  W.  F.  MORRIS,  Proprietor 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Victor  Talking  Machines 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

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pointments  and   excellence   of   its   cuisine  is 
known   the   world  over. 
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16  TOWNTALK  September  21,  1912 

''Officer  666"  at  the  Columbia 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


I  don't  think  it  was  an  excess  of  seriousness 
which  prevented  me  from  chortling  my  head  off 
at  the  Columbia.  I  went  there  with  bared  funny- 
bone,  so  to  speak,  with  the  hinges  of  my  jaw 
lubricated  for  laughter,  with  my  ribs  ready  for 
tickling.  I  was  in  a  receptive  mood  for  jocos- 
ity, prepared  to  vibrate  in  unison  with  the  first 
waves  of  farcicality  that  floated  out  from  the 
stage,  not  only  willing  but  eager  to  dissolve 
fatuously  in  a  vapor  of  enveloping  mirth.  That, 
I  suppose,  is  the  proper  way  to  approach  side- 
splitting farce.  You  have  your  guffaws  on  tap 
and  allow  the  author  and  his  players  to  draw 
them  in  a  continuous  stream.  You  bring  your 
cachinnation  to  the  theatre  and  the  actors  do 
the  rest.  But  alas  and  alack!  there  are  time 
when  the  program  is  not  put  through.  The  night 
I  went  to  see  "Officer  666"  was  one  of  these 
mournful  occasions.    I  repeat  that  I  don't  think 


The  Symphony  Season 

The  Board  of  Governors  of  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra  from  its  headquarters  at  No.  711-712 
Head  Building,  has  issued  its  prospectus  for  the 
second  series  of  symphony  and  popular  concerts. 
There  will  be  ten  symphony  and  ten  popular  con- 
certs. Selections  from  the  works  of  Beethoven, 
Brahms,  Mozart,  Tschaikowsky,  Franck,  Rimsky- 
Korsakow,  Richard  Strauss,  Saint-Saens,  Dvorak, 
Mendelssohn,  Debussy,  Ravel,  Schubert,  Schu- 
mann, Wagner,  Handel  and  Hadley  will  .be  per- 
formed. The  dates  of  concerts,  which  are  sub- 
ject to  change,  follow:  Symphony  Concerts,  Fri- 
day afternoons,  October  25,  November  1,  Novem- 
ber 15,  November  29,  December  13,  December  20. 
January  20,  January  24,  Sunday  afternoon,  Febru- 
ary 7,  March  7.  Popular  Concerts,  October  27. 
November  8,  November  17,  December  6,  Decem- 
ber 22,  January  10,  January  31,  February  14,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  March  9.  Last  season's  concerts  by  the 
San  Francisco  Orchastra  contributed  materially  to 
elevate  musical  ideals  in  San  Francisco  and  added 
to  the  reputation  and  dignity  of  the  city  as  fos 
tering  the  highest  in  art.  The  Board  announces 
the  engagement  of  Mr.  Adolph  Rosenbecker,  the 
celebrated  Chicago  concert  meister,  Mr.  Arthur 
Hadley,  the  talented  brother  of  Conductor  Henry 
Hadley  and  a  valued  member  of  the  Boston 
Symphony  Orchestra  as  principal  'cellist,  B. 
Emilio  Puyans  who  achieved  considerable  reputa- 
tion as  the  first  flute  of  the  Pittsburg  Orchestra. 
Emil  Power,  director  and  flute  soloist  for  Tet- 
razzini,  will  be  first  flute,  and  Joseph  Vito  is  a 
splendid  harpist  who  in  reputation  is  only  second 
to  Enrico  Tramonti  of  the  Chicago  Orchestra. 
Mr.  Henry  Hadley  who  has  been  re-engaged  as 
conductor  will  return  from  his  vacation  in  the 
wilds  of  British  Columbia  early  in  October,  at 
which  time  rehearsals  of  the  orchestra  will  com- 
mence. The  guarantors  of  the  orchestra  have  the 
first  choice  of  seats  after  which  the  season  sub- 
scribers will  be  served. 


Wilde  Play  at  the  Alcazar 

One  of  the  best  of  the  Wilde  plays  is  "Lady 
Windemere's  Fan"  in  which  Sarah  Truax  will 
open  the  second  week  of  her  starring  engagement 
at  the  Alcazar  next  week.  It  combines  dramatic 
strength  with  literary  charm  and  can  be  thor- 
oughly enjoyed  by  every  one.    It  fairly  reeks  of 


it  was  my  fault.  The  tap  was  not  turned  on. 
I  was  not  rocked  with  hilarity  or  disturbed  in 
my  sober  equilibrium  by  irresistible  merriment. 
From  time  to  time  I  snicked  a  stingy  snicker, 
but  most  of  the  time  I  waited  for  the  mirth- 
moving  impulse  which  didn't  come.  When  I 
left  the  Columbia  I  still  bottled  a  lot  of  the 
laughing  fluid  which  might  have  been  Spilled  for 
the  asking,  but  nobody  asked.  During  the  first 
act  I  sat  expectantly,  nursing  my  patience  with 
the  thought  that  the  farce  was  getting  under  way. 
Farce's  first  act  is  always  explanation  and  prep- 
aration, a  gathering  of  momentum  for  the  rush- 
ing avalanche  that  crumples  dignity,  flattens  sob- 
ersides and  crushes  glumness  into  a  jelly  of  glee. 
But  once  more  alas  and  again  alack!  that  first 
act  of  "Officer  666"  is  not  so  different  from  the 
second  and  the  third.  All  three  were  mildly 
amusing.    3"hey  made  you  glow  half-heartedly, 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

blunt  truths  delivered  with  keen  cynicism.  And 
between  following  the  development  of  its  in- 
geniously woven  story  and  grasping  the  true  in- 
wardness of  its  smart  lines  the  attention  of  an 
average  audience  is  fully  occupied  throughout  the 
four  acts.  Miss  Truax  has  won  flattering  critic- 
ism from  Eastern  critics  by  her  acting  of  Mrs. 


NAT  M.  WILLS 
"The  Happy  Tramp"  who  will  appear  in  an  entirely  new 
act  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

Erlynnc.  In  the  cast  with  her  will  be  Thurlow 
Bergen,  Louis  Bennison,  Burt  Wesner,  Grace 
Carlyle,  Adele  Belgarde  and  Harold  Holland, 
with  the  remainder  of  the  Alcazar  company  and 
a  number  of  specially  engaged  players  appro- 
priately bestowed.  Sumptuous  staging  is  prom- 
ised. 


as  at  the  funeral  of  your  dearest  enemy.  Once 
in  a  while  they  sneaked  a  laugh  out  of  you; 
more  frequently,  only  a  smile.  It  is  easy  to 
blame  this  on  the  players,  but  I'm  not  so  sure 
that  the  bulk  of  the  responsibility  should  be  cast 
on  their  shoulders.  I'm  inclined  to  think  that 
Augustin  MacHugh,  the  author  of  this  "melo- 
dramatic farce"  should  face  the  music  for  this 
doleful  condition.  The  material  is  there  but  it 
has  not  been  cut  skillfully.  The  possibilities  of 
roaring  foolery  reside  in  the  idea  of  "Officer  666," 
but  Mr.  MacHugh  failed  to  draw  them  out. 
There  is  too  much  running  back  and  forth  and 
hither  and  yon.  The  machinery  creaks;  it  needs 
oiling  by  an  expert  oiler.  It  coaxes  the  chuckles 
where  it  should  compel  them.  When  I  think  of 
what  it  might  have  been  I  become  sad,  very  sad, 
and  that's  no  mood  for  the  farceur  to  encourage. 
If  it  were,  the  dentist  with  his  laughing  gas  would 
be  the  greatest  humorist  in  the  world. 


The  Latnbardis  at  the  Cort 

What  will  uncjucstionably  prove  as  brilliant  a 
grand  opera  season  as  San  Francisco  has  known 
will  be  started  on  its  way  Sunday  night  at  the 
Cort  when  the  new  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast 
Grand  Opera  Company  begins  a  limited  engage- 
ment, presenting  for  the  initial  bill  Puccini's  "La 
Boheme,"  San  Francisco's  favorite  opera.  Im- 
presario Lambardi  has  banded  together  the  most 
distinguished  organization  of  his  successful 
career.  The  artists  are  practically  all  new  to  us. 
Many  have  never  sung  in  this  country,  but  they 
have  great  reputations  abroad.  They  were  se- 
lected recently  by  Ettore  Patrizi  who  spent  con- 
siderable time  abroad  in  an  endeavor  to  secure 
the  best  artists  obtainable.  The  company  in  its 
entirety  numbers  110  people.  There  will  be  an 
orchestra  of  45,  the  nucleus  of  which  has  been 
brought  here.  Gaetano  Bavagnoli,  the  conductor, 
is  a  man  of  great  note,  and  a  favorite  of  Mas- 
cagni.  During  the  engagement  at  the  Cort  two 
novelties  will  be  offered.  These  are  Strauss' 
"Salome,"  and  "Conchita"  by  Zandonai.  The 
later  opera  has  never  been  given  in  this  country. 
It  created  a  furore  at  Covent  Garden,  London, 
with  Tarquinia  Tarquini  in  the  title  role,  the 
same  prima  donna  who  will  sing  it  at  the  Cort. 

The  principal  members  of  the  company  are  the 
following:  sopranos,  Tarquini,  Matini,  Pereira, 
D'Oria,  Charbelois;  mezzos,  Zizolfi,  Pineschi; 
tenors,  Giorgi,  Armanini,  Agostini,  Graziana; 
baritones,  Giardini,  Nicoletti,  Pineschi;  bassos. 
Martino.  Bonaventure ;  conductor,  Bavagnoli; 
assistant  conductor,  Colucci;  stage  managers, 
Petrovich,  Puglia.  This  is  the  repertoire  for  the 
first  week:  Sunday  night,  Sept.  22,  "La  Boheme"; 
.Monday,  "Conchita";  Tuesday,  "Lucia";  Wed- 
nesday matinee,  "La  Boheme";  Wednesday  night. 
"Conchita";  Thursday,  "Traviata";  Friday,  "La 
Boheme";  Saturday  matinee,  "Lucia";  Saturday 
night,  "Conchita." 


Macklyn  Arbuckle  Coming 

Klaw  and  Eriangcr  who  are  noted  for  elabor- 
ate productions  have  sent  on  tour  a  revival  of 
Edmund  Day's  drama  of  the  Western  ranges, 
"The  Round  Up."  Macklyn  Arbuckle  who  was 
seen  here  in  the  production  on  its  last  visit  to  the 
Columbia  will  once  more  essay  the  role  of  "Slim" 
Hoover,  the  sheriff  of  Pinal   County,  Arizona. 


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The  members  of  the  organization  appearing  in 
"The  Round  Up"  number  over  100,  and  include 
leading  characters,  soldiers,  scouts,  cow-punchers, 
Mexican  vaqueros,  Arizona  girls  and  Apache  In- 
dians. A  score  of  horses  appear  in  the  big  battle 
scene,  considered  one  of  the  greatest  stage  spec- 
tacles. "Office  666"  continues  at  the  Columbia 
next  week. 


Nat  Wills  at  the  Orpheum 

Five  of  the  Orpheum  acts  next  week  will  be 
entirely  new.  Nat  Wills,  "the  Happy  Tramp" 
will  appear  in  an  entirely  new  act.  Wills  is  one 
of  the  biggest  men  in  vaudeville.  His  present 
monologue  is  said  to  be  the  wittiest  and  most 
diverting  he  has  ever  delivered.  E.  Frederick 
Hawley  will  present  a  one-act  drama  entitled 
"The  Bandit,"  the  scene  of  which  is  laid  in  Mex- 
ico in  the  early  70's.  The  play  is  well  presented, 
well  acted  and  well  written.  Joe  Mclntyre  and 
Bob  Harty,  "the  Sugar  Plum  Girlie  and  the 
Marshmallow  Boy"  will  bring  a  unique  and  en- 
tertaining act  of  comedy,  songs  and  witty  chatter. 

Annie  Kent,  a  tiny  bundle  of  fun  who  rejoices 
in  the  title  of  "the  Little  Jester"  will  be  an  en- 
tertaining feature  of  the  coming  bill.  The  Four 
Konerz  Brothers  known  as  "the  Boys  with  the 
Toys"  will  give  an  exhibition  of  skillful  hoop 
throwing,  diabolo  juggling  and  boomerang  cast- 
ing. Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Herbert  Ash- 
ley and  Co.;  Bertish,  "the  Ideal  Athlete"  and 
Jesse  Lasky's  musical  comedy  "the  Anti<|ue  Girl." 


"The  Star  Bout"  at  Pantages 

Heading  the  new  bill  at  Pantages  next  Sunday 
is  "The  Star  Bout,"  another  melodramatic  sketch 
of  Taylor  Granville,  producer  of  "The  Hold  Up," 
which  created  such  a  sensation  here  a  few  weeks 
ago.  "'The  Star  Bout"  is  a  romance  of  the  prize 
ring  in  three  scenes.  It  ran  three  years  in  New 
York  at  the  principal  vaudeville  houses,  made  a 
great  hit  in  London  and  employs  thirty-five  peo- 
ple. Florence  Lorraine  and  Edgar  Dudley  will 
present  their  one-act  farce  "The  Finish"  in  which 
they  scored  heavily  on  a  previous  visit.  The  Lil- 
lian sisters  will  offer  a  dainty  act,  replete  with 
singing  and  dancing  and  pleasing  selections  on 
the  violin  and  piano.  Provol,  a  ventriloquial 
whistler  and  mimic,  will  make  his  first  appear- 
ance. The  Capital  City  Four  will  joke,  dance, 
yodle  and  sing.  The  Apollo  Trio  will  give  an 
exhibition  of  hand  balancing,  ground  tumbling 
and  work  on  ladders.  There  will  be  r)ther  in- 
teresting features  on  the  program  which  will  con- 
clude with  current  events  of  the  day  shown  in 
Sunlight  Pictures. 


Couldock  on  San  Francisco 

Clara  Morris  in  her  interesting  memoirs  "Life 
on  the  Stage"  tells  of  the  aversion  that  Charles 
W.  Couldock,  an  English  actor  who  first  came 
to  the  United  States  with  Charlotte  Cushman,  had 
for  California.    She  says: 

They  (Couldock  and  his  daughter  Eliza)  went 
to  California — a  great  undertaking  then,  as  the 
Pacific  Railroad  was  not  completed,  and  they  were 
most  unsuccessful  during  their  entire  stay  there. 
Eliza  told  one  day  of  how  a  certain  school  prin- 
cipal in  'Frisco  had  met  her  father  after  a  per- 
formance to  a  miserable  house,  and  with  fright- 
ful bad  taste  had  asked  Mr.  Couldock  how  he 
accounted  for  the  failure  of  his  engagement,  and 
that  gentleman  snarled  out: 

"I  don't  try  to  account  for  it  at  all!  I  leave 
that  work  for  the  people  who  ask  fool  questions. 
H  I  only  have  one  d — n  cent  in  my  pockets  I 
don't  try  to  account  for  not  having  another  d — n 
cent  to  rub  against  it!" 

And  Eliza  added,  in  pained  tones: 


"That  principal  had  meant  to  ask  'poor  pa'  to 
come  and  speak  to  the  dear  little  boys  in  his 
school,  but  after  that  he  didn't — wasn't  it  odd?" 

As  Mr.  Couldock  was  heard  approaching  his 
daughter  quickly  whispered: 

"Ask  pa  how  he  liked  California." 

And  after  "good  mornings"  were  exchanged, 
the  question  was  put,  and  incidentally  the  red 
rag  brought  the  mad  bull  into  action. 

"I  wouldn't  give  a  d — n  for  the  whole  d — n 
State!"  roared  Mr.  Couldock,  while  his  daughter 
pushed  his  hair  behind  his  ears,  and  mildly  said: 

"Pa's  always  so  emphatic  about  California." 

"Yes,"  shouted  the  old  man,  "and  so  would  you 
be  if  you  wore  breeches  and  dared  to  speak  the 
truth!  You  see,  no  one  gave  me  even  a  hint,  and 
it  was  just  my  cursed  luck  to  go  overland,  risking 
my  own  d — n  skin  and  Eliza's  too,  and  it  seems 
that  those  God-forsaken  duffers  look  upon  any- 
one coming  to  them  by  the  overland  route  as 
a  sort  of  outcast  tramp.  In  fact,  that's  entering 
by  the  back-kitchen  door  to  San  Francisco.  You 
ought  to  go  by  sea,  and  come  in  at  the  front 
door  of  their  blasted,  stuck-up  little  city  if  you're 
to  put  any  of  their  money  in  your  purse  or  be 
allowed  to  keep  any  of  your  own." 


AMUSEMENTS 

In  the  Interest  of  Science 

When  one's  friend  is  a  scientist  and  given  to 
experiments  a  little  caution  may  not  be  out  of 
place  before  consenting  to  do  him  a  favor.  That, 
however,  did  not  occur  to  a  certain  well-known 
public  man  whose  experience  is  related  in  an 
Australian  paper.  He  went  to  the  laboratory  of 
an  old  schoolmate,  a  Melbourne  professor  of 
chemistry,  to  make  a  friendly  call. 

The  professor  was  studying  a  dark  brown  sub- 
stance spread  out  on  a  sheet  of  paper. 

"I  say,"  he  cried,  when  greetings  had  been  ex- 
changed, "would  you  kindly  let  me  place  a  bit  of 
this  on  your  tongue?  My  taste  has  become 
vitiated  by  trying  all  sorts  of  things." 

"Certainly,"  responded  the  accommodating 
friend,  and  he  promptly  opened  his  mouth. 

The  professor  took  up  some  of  the  substance 
under  analysis  and  put  it  on  his  friend's  tongue. 
The  man  worked  it  around  in  his  mouth  for  fully 
a  minute,  tasting  it  much  as  he  might  have  tasted 
a  choice  confection. 

"Note  any  effect?"  asked  the  professor. 

"No,  none." 

"It  doesn't  paralyze  or  prick  your  tongue?" 
"Not  that  I  can  detect." 

"I  thought  not.    There  are  no  alkaloids  in  it, 
then.    How  does  it  taste?" 
"Bitter  as  gall." 
"Hem — m — !    All  right." 

By  this  time  the  visitor's  curiosity  was  aroused. 
"But  what  is  it,  anyhow?"  he  inquired. 

"I  don't  know.  That's  what  I'm  trying  to  find 
out.  Some  one  has  been  poisoning  horses  with 
it." 


The  Hindu  on  Suffragists 

A  Hindu,  writing  to  the  Times  of  India  on 
suffragettes,  says: 

If  suffragists  allowed  in  House  of  Parliament 
they  make  the  world  topside  down. 

First  of  all  they  make  Mrs.  Pankhurst  Viceroy 
of  India  and  Mrs.  Pethick  Governor  of  Bombay. 

Your  St.  Paul  is  very  clever  fellow.  He  knows 
all  the  foolish  things  of  the  womans.  He  says 
very  strongly  womans  must  shut  the  mouth. 

No  talking  about  business  or  anything.  Every- 
thing must  ask  to  the  husbands  and  he  will  tell 
you.    Shame,  shame  for  womans  to  talk. 

But  what  the  womans  care  for  St.  Paul.  He  is 
poor  fellow  and  not  passing  M.A.  and  B.A.  like 
them  and  their  husbands  perhaps  only  passing 
fourth  or  fifth  standard. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

D'Karrell.  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Monday  Evening,  September  23,  and  Throughout  the  Week, 
the    Eminent    Emotional  Actress, 

SARAH  TRUAX 

Thurlow   Bergen   and   the  Alcazar  Company  in 

LADY  WINDERMERE'S  FAN 

Oscar  Wilde's  Greatest  Play 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

SECOND  AND  LAST  WEEK  BEGINS  SUNDAY  NIGHT 
MATINEES   WEDNESDAYS  AND  SATURDAYS 
Cohan  and  Harris  Present 
Augustin  McHugh's  Melodramatic  Farce 

"OFFICER  66  6" 

"An  LInending  Scream,"  says  the  Examiner. 
"Too  Funny  for  Words,"  says  the  Chronicle. 
"Sure  Cure  for  the  Blues,"  says  the  Call. 

Prices,  Evenings  and  Matinees — $1.50  to  25c. 
Coming— MACKLYN  ARBUCKLE  in  "The  Round  Up." 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  September  22nd 
VAUDEVILLE'S  GREATEST  NOVELTY 

tt'V^Rinl  THE  STAR  BOUT 

3  Big  Scenes — 35  People  on  the  Stage 
MANY   OTHER   STAR  ACTS! 
Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.    Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and    Holidays    Matinees   at    1:30   and   3:30.    Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest  and  Most 

tVCAXSWV  T^LtreT; 
O'FCVRRtVV.  all  S10CV^T0^\  t  PO\Nt\.\.  America 

Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 

A  WONDERFUL  NEW  BILL 

NAT  M.  WILLS,  "The  Happy  Tramp"  in  an  Entirely 
New  Act;  "THE  BANDIT"  with  E.  FREDERICK  HAW- 
LEY &  CO.;  McINTYRE  and  HARTY,  "The  Sugar  Plum 
(iirlie  and  the  Marshmallow  Boy";  ANNIE  KENT,  "The 
Little  Jester";  THE  FOUR  KONERZ  BROS..  "The  Boys 
With  the  Toys,"  Diabolo  Experts;  HERBERT  ASHLEY 
and  CO.;  BERTISH;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PIC- 
TURES. Last  Week  of  Jesee  L.  Lasky's  Musical  Comedy 
"THE  ANTIQUE  GIRL." 

Evening   Prices.    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  lOc.  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Last   Time  Tonight — "Bought   and   Paid  For" 
BEGINNING  TOMORROW  (SUNDAY)  NIGHT 
Limited  Engagement — Mats.  Wednesday  and  Saturday 

LOMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST  GRAND  OPERA  CO. 
Repertoire  for  First  Week: 
Sunday,   "La   Boheme" ;   Monday,   "Conchita" ;  Tuesday, 
"Lucia";  Wednesday  Matinee,  "La  Boheme";  Wednesday, 
"Conchita";  Thursday,  "Traviata" ;  Friday,  "La  Boheme"; 
Saturday   Matinee,   "Lucia";    Saturday,  "Conchita." 
Prices— 50c  to  $2.00. 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
508  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  371 

Residence,  882  Grove  St.    Phone  Park  1870 


2C 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Financial  Outlook 


September  21,  1912 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stock— Stocks  reacted,  transactions  being  en- 
tirely natural,  in  view  of  the  realizing  sales  and 
short  selling.  The  street  gave  curiously  little 
attention  to  the  statement  of  foreign  commerce 
of  the  United  States  for  August  which  showed 
both  in  imports  and  exports  the  largest  totals 
of  any  corresponding  month  in  the  history  of 
the  country.  Utah  Copper  sold  off  rather 
sharply  on  the  strike  of  miners  at  the  Bingham 
Canyon  camp.  If  the  strike  should  continue  for 
any  considerable  length  of  time,  it  might  cause 
an  advance  in  the  price  of  the  metal.  Strength 
in  U.  S.  Rubber  was  said  to  be  in  anticipation  of 
conditions  in  the  crude  rubber  market,  which 
would  enable  the  company  to  obtain  a  supply 
of  raw  material  on  favorable  terms.  There  was 
considerable  pressure  on  Reading  and  that  stock 
suffered  a  larger  decline  than  the  other  standard 
issues.  The  increase  of  activity  in  the  bond  mar- 
ket was  regarded  as  a  hopeful  sign.  We  believe 
that  the  stock  market  is  shaping  itself  for  a  good 
move  later. 

Wheat — Increasing  anxiety  on  the  part  of  shorts 
in  wheat  has  been  seen  along  with  a  decidedly 
big  range  of  prices  as  they  covered.  The  mar- 
ket proved  quite  unresponsive  to  bearish  prices 
but  responded  freely  to  buying.  The  strength  of 
corn  was  a  constant  help.  Quite  a  batch  of  bear- 
ish news  and  influences  in  circulation  at  the  out- 
set was  forgotten  before  noon  and  only  that  of 
the  other  sort  claimed  attention.  A  potent  in- 
fluence was  the  forecast  of  lighter  marketings 
by  Kansas  farmers,  another  was  the  reported  sale 
of  cash  wheat  from  Omaha  to  the  Gulf  and  of 
cash  wheat  from  here  c.  i.  f.  Buffalo.  The  former 
sales  were  of  a  retail  order  but  have  checked 
sales  to  Chicago  from  the  Missouri  river  points 
and  the  sales  at  Buffalo  are  claimed  by  rival  grain 
concerns  to  have  been  made  below  the  market 
and  at  a  loss  if  shipped  from  Chicago.  Total 
sales  of  this  sort  were  275,000  and  there  have  been 
peddling  milling  sales  of  about  25,000  bushels 
besides.  Export  clearances  120,000  bushels.  Ex- 
porters and  brokers  claim  no  export  business  done 
although  above  cash  sales  were  to  Eastern  ex- 
port concerns.  Liverpool  reports  large  offers 
from  Pacific  Coast  and  Russia,  decreased  call  for 
Canadian  and  American  wheat.  Sale  of  100,000 
Number  2  hard  to  go  to  store — not  included  in 
the  above  reported  sales.  Also  number  2  hard 
winter  sold  at  3-4c.  over  September  in  liberal 
quantities  which  is  the  lowest  premium  in  a  long 
time. 

Corn — Killing  frost  in  the  northwestern  edge 
of  the  corn  belt,  and  frost  extending  down  into 
Kansas,  with  forecast  for  frost  tonight  in  north- 
western Iowa,  started  a  lot  of  short  buying.  There 
were  simultaneous  estimates  by  several  authorities 


among  the  crop  experts  that  the  drought  damage 
in  Nebraska,  Kansas  and  Oklahoma  has  been 
more  severe  than  previously  reported.  Leading 
longs  competed  with  the  shorts  for  current  offer- 
ings'in  the  pit,  the  competition  naturally  hoisting 
values  constantly  all  day,  reactions  being  few 
and  fractional. 

Oats — .Advanced  with  other  grains.  There  was 
selling  by  local  traders  but  good  buying  by 
larger  cash  concerns  and  elevators.  Offerings 
tightened  as  the  market  advanced,  short  interest 
being  considerable.  Trade  rather  light  much  of 
the  time  early  but  more  lively  after  the  shorts 
started  to  cover. 

Provisions — Little  additional  liquidation  by 
longs,  but  packers  bought  freely  at  the  slight 
decline  and  helped  the  market.  Good  support 
for  October  Ribs  and  selling  from  similar  sources 
of  October  Lard.  One  Eastern  packer  bought 
October  Lard  while  others  sold. 

Cotton — Cotton  advanced  about  $1  per  bale  on 
unexpected  strength  in  Liverpool  and  reports  of 
an  improvement  in  the  spot  situation  at  the  south. 
Southern  buying  of  a  speculative  character  is 
generally  believed  to  have  played  a  most  impor- 
tant part  in  the  market's  strength  and  has  been 
the  case  for  several  weeks.  Some  commission 
house  men  declare  that  the  south  is  on  the  verge 
of  taking  an  active  position  on  the  bull  side  of  the 
market.  Dry  goods  trade  report  an  inquiry  from 
China  for  3  yard  sheetings.  These  are  the  first 
inquiries  received  for  some  time.  American 
mills  have  the  best  trade  and  prospects  since 
1906  and  merchants  are  pressing  them  for  de- 
livery of  goods.  Manchester  is  doing  the  largest 
business  on  record  and  in  fact  spinners  of  the 
world  are  all  at  work  at  a  profit,  something  which 
has  not  occurred  in  many  years.  We  continue 
to  advise  the  purchase  of  cotton  on  all  breaks  in 
following  a  trader's  position  on  the  hing  side  (if 
the  market. 


Nuts  to  Crack 

Money  is  the  root  of  all  evil,  and  sometimes 
of  the  family  tree. 

Lots  of  people  talk  too  much  and  say  too 
little. 

Good  judgment  isn't  of  much  value  unless  you 
make  use  of  it. 

The  girl  who  is  as  pretty  as  a  picture  may 
have  negative  qualities. 

Many  a  man  makes  a  speech  that  will  never 
make  him. 

Even  the  fellow  who  blows  his  own  horn  may 
come  out  at  the  little  end  of  it. 

A  great  deal  depends  on  environment  and 
mental  suggestion.  Some  people  can't  see  a 
pitcher  without  getting  thirsty. 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring.....  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch  r  Assistant  to  President 

W.   W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m..  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .  .  $1 1.070.803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Ejcchange   12,281,957.46 

Deposits    30.104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
v. -Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Prcs. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  I-.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier:  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asit. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  VVm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  J  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New  York.  31-33-35  New  Street 

September  21,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

tended  to  that  part  of  the  business.  We  had 
many  big  cases,  lil<e  the  Lick  case  and  the  cases 
that  arose  from  the  widening  of  Dupont  and 
Kearny  streets.  Then  there  was  the  great  San 
Pablo  case,  now  the  leading  case  in  the  law  of 
partition.  I  handled  that  for  twenty-seven  years, 
for  I  outlived  all  the  other  attorneys  employed 
in  it.  There  were  two  or  three  hundred  claim- 
ants involved  and  it  went  to  the  Supreme  Court 
two  or  three  times.  But  when  it  was  settled 
everybody  got  his  rights. 

"Felton  had  been  a  tutor  at  Harvard,  and  his 
brother  Cornelius  C.  Felton  was  president  of 
Harvard,  so  we  had  many  distinguished  visitors 
in  our  law  office.  Men  like  Agassiz  visited  us 
when  they  came  to  San  Francisco. 

"Before  I  came  West  my  brother  used  to  send 
me  the  old  Pioneer  Magazine,  and  I  had  read 
Lieutenant  Derby's  lectures  on  astronomy  and 
Edward  Pollock's  great  poem,  'The  Chandos 
Shakespeare.'  So  when  I  came  here  I  was  eager 
to  meet  'Phoenix'  and  the  poet.  Derby  was  then 
nearly  blind  and  I  saw  little  of  him,  but  I  got 
to  know  Pollock  well.  I  think  he  was  the  great- 
est poet  we  ever  had  here,  but  he  was  a  drunken 
good-for-nothing  who  threw  himself  away.  I  also 
knew  Bret  Harte's  mother.  She  married  a  man 
named  Williams  who  had  a  law  office  with  me. 

"While  I  was  a  reporter  on  the  Bulletin  I  was 
walking  along  Clay  near  Leidesdorff  street  one 
day.  I  noticed  a  sign  advertising  an  exhibition 
of  bears  in  a  dingy  basement.  I  went  in  and  met 
James  Capen  Adams  for  the  first  time.  The  great 
bear  hunter  and  I  became  friends  and  I  used  to 
spend  an  hour  or  two  with  him  daily,  listening  to 
his  adventures.  That's  how  I  came  to  write  my 
bear  book,  the  Adventures  of  James  Capen  Adams. 
It  was  published  just  before  the  Civil  War,  and 
as  a  result  didn't  have  much  of  a  sale.  Towne 
and  Bacon  who  had  been  the  pressmen  on  the 
Bulletin  but  afterwards  branched  out  as  printers 
and  founded  the  paper  house  were  the  publishers. 
That  first  edition  is  rare  now,  and  sells  for  $15. 
It  was  responsible  for  the  authoritative  work  on 
the  grizzly.  William  H.  Wright's  father  read  it  to 
him  when  he  was  a  boy,  and  it  inspired  him  ti) 
become  a  bear  hunter.  ?Ie  wrote  'The  Grizzly 
Bear."  Through  Caspar  Whitney  the  Scribners 
were  induced  to  bring  out  a  new  edition  of  my  old 
bear  book  not  long  ago,  and  it  has  had  a  very 
good  sale. 

"While  I  was  with  Elisha  Cook  I  compiled  the 
General  Laws  of  California.  The  laws  were  in 
a  horrible  state.  There  was  only  Woods'  Digest 
which  was  a  poor  performance.  So  I  brought  out 
my  digest  in  '65. 

"During  the  early  stages  of  the  San  Pablo  case 
I  became  interested  in  the  early  history  of  Cali- 
fornia. I  learned  Spanish  so  as  to  read  the  old 
archives,  and  started  on  my  history.  My  History 
of  California  in  four  volumes  occupied  me  for 


twenty-five  years.  When  I  reached  the  Vigilante 
period  I  induced  William  T.  Coleman  to  procure 
for  me  the  secret  records.  He  got  me  the  orig- 
inal notes  of  the  thirty-three  secretaries  of  the 
committees.  I  read  my  Vigilante  chapters  to 
Coleman  and  he  said  they  contained  the  fullest 
and  most  correct  account  of  the  movement. 

"You  may  have  seen  a  book  called  Personal 
Reminiscences  of  Early  Days  in  California  by 
Stephen  J.  Field.  Field's  name  is  on  the  title 
page,  but  I  wrote  every  word  of  it  for  him.  It 
was  meant  for  circulation  among  his  friends;  but 
when  Field  thought  he  had  a  chance  to  run  for  the 
Presidency  he  published  it  without  my  permission. 

"Another  of  my  books  was  a  Review  of  Goethe's 
Faust.  I  have  been  a  student  of  Goethe  from  my 
college  days.  In  fact  they  used  to  call  me  'Von 
Goethe  Hittell'  or  just  'the  Von.'  Another  nick- 
name for  me  at  Yale  was  'Carlyle  Hittell.'  I  was 
devoted  to  Carlyle  at  a  time  when  college  pro- 
fessors used  to  say  that  the  great  Scotchman  was 
crazy.  That  made  me  an  intellectual  rebel.  I 
thought  at  the  time  that  college  professors  didn't 
know  what  they  were  talking  about,  and  now  I 
am  sure  of  it. 

"All  my  literary  work  of  those  days  was  done 
between  eight  o'clock  at  night  and  the  wee  sma' 
hours  of  morning.  I  lived  two  lives — lawyer  by 
day  and  writer  by  night. 

"As  I  became  interested  in  the  history  of  our 
State  through  the  San  Pablo  case,  so  I  became 
interested  in  the  history  of  Hawaii  by  studying 
the  subject  of  tabu.  The  islands  have  had  a  great 
history.  I  think  that  King  Kamehameha  I  was 
one  of  the  greatest,  if  not  the  greatest  man  in 
the  last  three  hundred  years.  His  queen  was  one 
of  the  greatest  queens  who  ever  reigned." 

I  asked  this  enthusiastic  literary  octogenarian 
if  his  History  of  Hawaii  would  be  his  last  book. 

"No,"  he  said,  "I  have  a  life  of  Walker  the 
filibuster  to  finish,  and  a  history  of  the  Academy 
of  Sciences  which  will  be  published  in  the  course 
of  a  year." 

I  could  not  help  looking  with  undisguised  ad- 
miration at  this  vigorous  old  man  whose  work 
is  never  done. 

"To  what  do  you  attribute  your  great  vitality?" 
I  asked. 

"To  early  piety,"  he  laughed.  "But  seriously," 
he  continued,  "it  is  due  to  good  parenta.ge.  tem- 
perance and  a  wife  who  looked  after  my  health.  I 
haven't  had  a  headache  in  thirty  years." 

"How  long  have  you  smoked?"  I  asked,  looking 
at  his  richly  colored  meerschaum. 

"For  seventy  years,"  answered- Hittell,  "and  I 
have  never  been  able  to  detect  any  ill  effects  from 
the  habit.  If  I  do,"  with  a  twinkle,  "I  suppose 
I  shall  have  to  stop." 


"Her  father."  observed  the  sententious  bore, 
"is  a  country  gentlemen." 

"Is  he?"  asked  the  cynic,  who  then  added  ir- 
relevantly— "I  have  only  seen  his  behavior  in 
town." 


H  * 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000.000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIG  GREENEBAUM  Cliairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
TOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


THE  SALES  CONVENTION  POPULAR 

The  salesmen's  convention,  once  looked  upon 
as  an  occasion  for  joyous  celebration,  now  oc- 
cupies a  position  of  dignity  in  the  commercial 
world.  In  fact,  the  idea  of  bringing  traveling 
men  together  for  a  serious  purpose  once  each 
year  is  fast  gaining  popularity  among  manu- 
facturing concerns  throughout  the  country. 

The  Thomas  B.  Jefifery  Company  long  has  rec- 
ognized the  value  of  the  sales  convention  as  a 
means  of  perfecting  its  organization  and  as  a 
lubricant  to  the  sales  machinery. 

The  recent  gathering  of  salesmen  held  at  the 
Rambler  factory,  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  has  been 
followed  by  a  conference  of  JefTery  Coast  deal- 
ers in  San  Francisco.  The  convention  here  was 
in  charge  of  L.  H.  Bill,  manager  of  The  Thomas 
B.  JefTery  Company  of  California.  The  dealers 
spent  three  days  at  the  San  Francisco  branch  and 
during  that  time  they  made  a  thorough  study  of 
the  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor  with  which 
the  1913  Cross  Country  is  equipped. 

The  convention  ended  with  a  banquet  at  which 
Mr.  Bill  promised  next  year  to  take  to  the  Jefifery 
factory  those  of  his  dealers  who  make  exceptional 
records.  The  San  Francisco  convention  proved 
so  great  a  success  that  others  in  the  Jeffery  sell- 
mg  organization  are  making  plans  for  similar 
gatherings. 


Not  for  Ten  Times  as  Much 

Marks— So  you  saw  the  woman  who  dropped 
the  purse,  but  lost  her  in  the  crowd.  Did  you 
advertise  for  her? 

Parks— Yes;  I  put  this  in:  "If  the  very  homely 
woman  of  forty,  wearing  a  dress  of  last  year's 
style  and  a  most  unbecoming  hat,  who  lost  her 
purse  containing  $3.50  on  Market  street  Satur- 
day, will  apply  to   ,  her  property'  will  be 

returned."    I've  had  no  answer,  though 

Mark.s-Good  Lord!  Do  you  think  a  woman 
would  own  up  to  that  description  for  $3.50? 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

Equal  opportunity  for  all  and  the 
Open  Shop.  Monopoly  of  jobs  for  the 
Branded  and  Closed  Shop,  Unionism 
means  industrial  decay. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
■  n  the  Russ  Bldg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
faan  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


ARTIFICIAL  TEETH  SiS".- 

Dr.  C.  E.  WILSON 
323  Geary  St.     Suite  604     San  Francisco 


m  LIKE 
SMTHIS 


Wlun  vou  rent  a  box  in  the 

CROCKER  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 
you   have   the   assurance   that   your  valuables  placed 
therein   are  absolutely  safe,   and  all   it   costs   you  is 

$4  per  year. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  pi;r. Nfaru^l  s'u. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manager 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


September  21.  1912 


The  Time  Deposit 

(Continued  from  Page  9.) 
but  he  did  not  notice  it,  for  he  continued  to  be 
industrious  and  to  earn  a  living,  just  as  before. 
His  friends,  however,  were  right,  and  that  box 
is  full  of  the  hours  saved  by  him  in  ten  years.  It 
is  not  likely  that  he  will  come  in  search  of  them. 
He  is  busy  saving  more  time.  There  are  thou- 
sands of  similar  cabinets,  saved  by  fountain  pens, 
typewriters,  cash  registers,  and  the  like.  We  have 
also  some  millions  ready  for  holding  the  hours 
to  be  saved  by  the  navigation  of  the  air." 

He  became  verbose,  enumerating  tools,  pro- 
cesses, and  machines  for  time-saving.  In  one 
parish  alone  enough  time  was  saved  to  extend 
back  to  William  the  Conqueror,  in  some  cities  it 
went  beyond  the  landing  of  Caesar,  to  the  Stone 
Age,  and  even — according  to  some  calculators — 
to  the-  Palaeolithic  Age,  if  there  ever  was  such  an 
age.  But  most  of  that  time  was  now  in  the  un- 
derground chambers  that  gave  so  solemn  a  reson- 
ance to  my  footsteps.  To  this  too  mathematical 
monologue  I  was  indifferent,  and  I  strayed  here 
and  there  until  I  seemed  to  recognize  a  home- 
made chest  of  deal.  1  had  made  several  myself 
of  the  same  pattern  in  former  years.  The  propor- 
tions and  peculiar  workmanship  marked  this  one 
surely  as  mine.  I  felt  in  my  pocket  for  my  keys, 
and,  with  some  agitation,  chose  one  from  the 
bunch.  Yes!  .  .  .  No,  not  quite.  Or  .  .  . 
I  could  not  open  it.  Yet  I  could  have  sworn. 
Meantime  the  manager  had  come  up. 

"This  is  my  chest,"  said  I,  excitedly. 

"Have  you  the  key?"  he  asked. 

"This  almost  fits." 

"Then  you  must  wait  until  you  have  found  the 
right  one.  People  sometimes  lose  their  keys. 
This  chest  contains — " 

But  w^hat  he  said  was  so  absurdly  true  that  I 
raised  my  hand  to  strike  him.  He  fled.  I  fol- 
lowed, thundering  after  him  through  the  haze  of 
dust  and  the  myriad  chests  and  caskets.  I  slid, 
I  waded.  I  leapt,  with  incredible  feats  of  speed 
and  agility,  after  the  silent  grey  man  until  he 
went  perpendicularly  down.  1  plunged  after  him 
into  space,  to  end,  I  suppose,  among  the  boxes 
containing  hours  saved  in  the  time  of  Lear;  but  I 
awoke  before  1  had  touched  ground  in  that 
tremendous  apartment.  Forcing  myself  asleep 
again  1  recovered  the  dream,  and  heard  much 
more  from  the  shopman,  which  it  would  be 
tedious  or  ridiculous  to  mention. 


"Doctor,"  said  Mrs.  Fawncy,  "I  believe  I  have 
gout." 

"What  is  your  husband's  salary,  Mrs.  Fawncy?" 
asked  the  doctor. 

"Why,  he  receives  $25  per  week." 

"You  are  troubled  with  rheumatism,"  replied  the 
doctor. 


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She's  a  )(ning  woman  whose  intellectual  pro- 
cesses haven't  evolved  beyond  the  immature  con- 
dition of  her  high  school  days.    Hence  she  thinks 
it  great  fun  to  ring  up  some  young  man,  the 
slighter  the  acquaintance  the  better,  and  to  insist 
that  he  guess  who  it  is  that  he's  talking  to.  To 
every  request  that  she  reveal  her  identity  she  re- 
plies with  a  giggle  or  a  bit  of  persiflant  repartee. 
If  the  young  man  is  constrained  by  an  excess  of 
politeness  to  continue  the  conversation  she  will 
keep  his  ear  dangling  at  the  phone  for  an  hour 
on  end,  assuring  him  from  time  to  time  that  she 
is  having  the  time  of  her  life.    If  the  young  man 
is  inexperienced  and  attempts  to  guess  her  name, 
she  will  lead  him  on  from  hazard  to  hazard  until 
she  has  obtained  the  entire  catalogue  of  his  fair 
acquaintance,  and  that  of  course  is  the  material 
for  gossip  which  she  most  desires.    After  a  long 
ordeal  of  this  kind  she  sometimes  consents  to  re- 
veal herself,  whereupon  the  young  man  realizes 
that  she  is  somebody  of  whose  acquaintance  he  is 
by  no  means  avid.    But  more  frequently  she  re- 
fuses to  tell  who  she  is,  and  keeping  her  inter- 
locutor r*-  a  disadvantage  teases  him  with  stupid 
small  talk  and  rallies  him  clumsily  on  his  in- 
ability to  recognize  a  voice  which  is  usually  dis- 
guised and  which,  as  likely  as  not,  he  has  not 
heard  more  than  half  a  dozen  times.    This  young 
woman  is  not  often  alone  when  she  indulges  in 
her  little  pleasantry.    She  has  some  friend  with 
her   who.  being  possessed   of  equally  exiguous 
brains,   extracts   huge   delight   from    the  young 
man's  discomfiture  and  from  time  to  time  puts 
in  a  word  or  two  just  to  increase  his  mystifica- 
tion.   Thus  to  conceal  one's  identity  at  the  end 
of  a  telephone  wire  is  not  as  vulgar  or  repre- 
hensible as  writing  anonymous  letters,  but  it  is 
infinitely  more  stupid,    .^nonyma  at  the  telephone 
is  a  pest  and  the  only  adequate  way  to  deal  with 
her  is  to  hang  up  the  receiver  as  soon  as  the 
silly  situation  is  grasped. 

— The  Peevcr. 


Among  the  Cannibals 

"Dear,  dear!"  remarked  Mr.  Jackpott  Jone>: 
as  he  dropped  the  newspaper  upon  his  knees  and 
gazed  at  his  dear  w-ife,  sitting  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  fireplace,  "what  an  extraordinary  case!" 

"What  is.  dear?"  asked  sweet  Mrs.  J.,  as  she 
leaned  back  in  her  chair  to  the  scnnid  "f  cracking 
whalebone. 

"Why — er — a  report  here  of  a  sliip  that  was 
wrecked  near  Tierra  del  Fuego,  where  the  Can- 
nibals are,  you  know,  dear.  The  Fuegans  killed 
and  ate  the  males,  it  appears,  but  absolutely  re- 
fused to  eat  more  than  one  of  the  five  females 
who  were  amongst  the  survivors  of  the  wreck." 

"In — deed!  I  should  have  thought  they  would 
have  preferred  to  eat  the  ladies.  They  are  so 
much  more  tender  than  men,  aren't  they?" 

"Well,  I  don't  know.  It  seems,  according  to 
this  account,  that  the  two  men  they  ate  ha<l 
nothing  on  but  flannel  shirts  and  linen  trf)users. 
which  the  savages  munched  up  with  the  men. 
The  one  woman  that  they  ate — " 

"Ah!" 

"Had  on  lier.  in  addition  to  lur  stuft-ch >tlus, 
about  a  pint  of  hairpins,  a  wire  corset,  a  bent 
steel  dress-improver,  seven  oxidized  silver  bangles, 
a  burnished  waist-belt,  with  steel  chatelaine,  scis- 
sors, button  hook,  corkscrew,  etc..  brass-tipped 
heels  to  her  boots,  gilt — " 

"Good  gracious,  how  they  must  have  suffered!" 

"Rather!  Listen  to  this.  For  five  days  after, 
the  chief  of  the  tribe  never  moved  or  spoke,  but 
has  since  recovered  and  celebrated  his  con- 
valescence by  burning  forty  children  as  a  thank 
offering.  He  has  since  sworn,  and  made  his  tribe 
swear,  never  to  eat  another  white  squaw." 


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Political  Notes 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

son,  as  against  the  Colonel.  Evidently  the  "sure 
thing"  gamblers  have  not  heard  from  the  Orient. 
****** 
The  most  enjoyable  gentleman,  however,  that 
has  recently  broken  into  print  is  Mr.  McAndrews 
from  Oil  City.  His  recent  contribution  to  the 
Republican  should  have  been  read  by  all.  In  the 
direct  presidential  preference  primary,  Brotlur 
McAndrews  sees  an  elimination  of  all  reason  for 
the  rule  against  the  third  term.    He  says: 

With  the  next  election,  however,  tiie  'Direct 
Preferential  Primaries'  will  take  the  place  of 
the  sadly  disgraced,  steam-rolled  convention 
system. 

We  must  recognize  that  the  convention  system 
is  sadly  disgraced.  The  two  things  that  a  nat- 
ional convention  does  is  to  nominate  a  candidate 
for  president  and  adopt  a  platform,  and  nobody 
has  yet  suggested  submitting  the  platform  to  a 
referendum  vote — but  that  will  come  in  due  time; 
we  cannot  do  everything  day  before  yesterday; 
just  wait  till  tomorrow. 

And  such  a  sorry  lot  of  nominees  and  presidents 
has  been  turned  out  by  the  sadly  disgraced  con- 
vention system!  The  record  of  the  Republican 
party  is  certainly  a  national  disgrace.  To  begin 
with,  there  was  Fremont;  then  Lincoln;  then 
Grant;  then  Garfield;  then  Blaine  on  two  oc- 
casions; then  Hayes;  then  Harrison;  then  Mc- 
Kinley;  then  Roosevelt;  then  Taft.  Really  a  sad 
lot  of  human  mistakes  and  derelicts,  isn't  it- 

.'\fter  shedding  some   tears  over   Bryan's  ad 
vocacy  of  an  amendment  prohibiting  a  third  term, 
our  Roosevelt-worshipping  friend  says: 

To  thus  rob  the  people  nf  the  primary  vic- 
tory that  Roosevelt  forced  to  the  front  and 
won  over  the  bosses,  is  worse  tlinn  an  insult 
to  the  voters.    Tliink  of  it! 

We  should  say.  Yes.  and  tlien  some.  Did  not 
the  Mexicans  have  tlic  right  to  elect  Diaz  term 
after  term  for  a  total  period  of  tliirty  years,  and 
are  wc  to  have  less  rights  and  liberties  tlian  the 
Mexicans? 

Our  friend  from  Oil  City  then  proceeds  tn 
desert  tlie  Democratic  party,  without  savins 
whether  he  ever  belonged  to  it  or  not.  And  lie 
then  says: 

" — then  think,  voters,  wliat  an  ahoniitiable 
thing  it  would  be  to  prevent  you  re-electing 
a  man  that  has  served  you  well  and  that  you 
think,  of  all  others,  best  suited  to  serve  you 
again;  and  this  same  abominable  thing  you 
Democrats  propose  to  do. 

The  learned  author  then  adds  that  the  hope 
of  re-election  will  make  the  president  more 
anxious  to  please  the  voters,  and  "the  longer  a 
president  is  in  office,  the  more  familiar  he  will 
be  with  his  duties." 

And, 

Now,  weighing  all  these  points,  1.  for  one, 
say  in  most  emphatic  tones  that  a  good  presi- 
dent can't  live  and  hold  office  long  enough, 
and  a  bad  one  we  can't  reject  through  the 
primaries  without  a  detestable  limiting  or- 
dinance. 

Evidently,  the  gentleman  from  Oil  City  is  no 
child,  and  there  must  be  some  other  reason  for 
his  telling  the  truth,  and  we  now  have  it  in  plain 
language  that  the  Colonel  cannot  live  long  enough 
to  serve  us  for  president  as  long  as  his  friend 
from  Oil  City  would  desire.  Tn  fact,  his  slogan 
is,  "Long  Live  Theodore!  The  Lid  is  Off;  May 
He  Live  and  Reign  Forever!" 


TOWN  TALK 

Our  friend  also  says  that  "This  talk  of  limiting 
is  too  disgusting  to  be  even  ridiculous."  Still, 
somehow,  it  sounds  funny  to  us,  the  way  it  is 
put.  Thinking  perhaps  you  missed  the  article  and 
missed  something  worth  reading,  we  are  inclined 
to  quote  liberally.  Referring  to  Bryan's  wicked- 
ness in  trying  to  amend  the  Constitution  to  limit 
the  office  to  one  term,  he  has  said: 

This  he  did,  possibly  hoping  to  thus  draw 
from  the  one  man,  whom,  by  his  deeds  during 
two  glorious  terms  in  office  the  voters  know; 
and  who  is  still  overwhelmingly  the  voters' 
choice,  as  clearly  evidenced  where  primaries 
are  held.  Need  I  mention  that  illustrious 
name — " 

The  gentleman  was  evidently  talking  to  him- 
self and  also  had  evidently  forgotten  that  im- 
mediately before  this  inquiry,  whispered  in  awe 
at  the  mere  thought  of  the  name  of  "Teddy,"  he 
had  really  carelessly  and  inadvertently  used  the 
name  of  Theodore  Roosevelt,  just  as  1  would 
say  "Jim,"  or  "Dave  Ewing."  or  "Bill  Toomey." 
But  evidently,  not  conscious  that  he  had  already 
mentioned  the  name  of  the  high  and  mighty,  he 
answered  by  saying,  "Nay" — which  sounds  more 
like  the  voice  of  horse  sense  than  of  the  Bull 
Moose. 

We  read  further: 

Teddy  is  even  on  the  schoolboy's  lips,  and 
may  the  God  of  wisdom  and  power  bless, 
teach  and  guide  always  that  man  whose  name 
shall  go  down  in  history  as  imc  nf  the  great- 
est .Xmerican  jiresidents. 

-Mr.  McAndrews  closts  his  discussion  nf  the 
Colonel  by  (|Uoting  the  following  i)neni : 

"Truth  ever  lovely  since  the  world  began. 
The  foe  of  tyrants  and  the  friend  of  man." 

Notwithstanding  the  appropriateness  of  th's 
poem.  1  think  I  rather  prefer  the  song  of  tin- 
Chicago  convention,  "Onward,  Christian  Soldier." 
However,  T  would  suggest  as  a  substitute  for  the 
above,  and  a  compromise  upon  which  all  of  us 
could  agree,  the  following: 

"Only  an  .Armor  Bearer.  Proudly  I  .Stand 
Waiting  to  Follow  at  the  King's  Command." 

I  agree  with  Mr.  McAndrews  that  it  is  a  pity 
that  the  Colonel  is  so  old,  and  that  by  no  pos- 
sibility can  he  live  long  enough  to  be  our  presi- 
den  as  long  as  either  Mr.  McVidrews  or  the 
Colonel  thinks  he  ought  to  be.  But  we  have 
the  assurance  that-  there  'is  one  other  man.  and 
only  one  other,  that  is  of  "the  presidential  size." 
Need  I  mention  his  name?    "Nay,  nay!" 


In  a  Presidential  Year 

Maud  Muller  raked  the  hay. 

"Whittier  needn't  write  me  up,"  she  boasted. 
"The  candidates  are  calling  me  an  intelligent  ag- 
riculturist anyway." 


23 


SUMMONS 

111   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the    City   and   County   of   San  Francisco. 
I.INEHAN-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

An<l  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  wil!  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE, 

Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  ANTONIO  SALVAREZZA,  alias.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Executrix  of 
the  estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  deceased,  to  the 
creditors  of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said 
deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers 
within  four  (4)  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this 
notice  to  the  said  Executrix  at  the  office  of  J.  A.  Gendotti 
(S:  C.  J.  Houston,  Attorneys  at  Law,  1104  First  National 
Bank  Building,  corner  Post  and  Montgomery  Streets,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  her  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said   estate   of  Antonio   Salvarezza,   alias,  deceased. 

MARIA  SALVAREZZA, 
Executrix  of  the  Estate  of  Antonio  Salvarezza,  alias,  De- 
ceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  24,  1912. 
J.  A.  GENDOTTI  &  C.  J.  HOUSTON, 
Attorneys  at  Law, 

1104  First  National  Bank  BIdg., 

Post  and  Montgomery  Sts.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  8-24-5 


SUMMONS 

In    the   Superior   Court   of  the   State  of   California,   in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,652; 
Department    No.  7. 
MAE   J.    RINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEY. 

Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
oi  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other   relief   demanded   in   the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  (California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San   Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
O.  J.   FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

42S  Mills   Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  8-17-10 


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Three  days  ago  I  sent  him  to  match  a  sample  at 
a  department  store.    He  hasn't  been  seen  since." 

"I  saw  him  yesterday.  He  was  at  the  third 
counter  of  the  fourteenth  aisle,  and  was  just  start- 
ing for  the  fourteenth  counter  of  the  third  aisle.*' 


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Advice  That  Was  Easy 

After  working  many  weeks  for  a  salary 
of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a  day  Bion 
J.  Arnold,  the  traffic  expert,  has  given  the 
mayor  and  supervisors  some  advice  of  pre- 
cisely the  same  character  tha*  has  been 
supplied  by  Town  Talk  from  time  to  time 
without  cost  to  anybody.  Essentially  and 
virtually  Mr.  Arnold  has  advised  the  public 
servants  to  quit  taking  the  advice  of  the 
mob-coddling  and  corporation-baiting  daily 
press.  He  points  out  that  owing  to  charter 
and  ordinance  restrictions,  all  of  which  re- 
sulted from  agitations  conducted  by  the  E. 
P.  E.  Troys  of  the  city  in  and  out  of  journal- 
ism, the  growth  of  San  Francisco  has  been 
retarded  and  the  population  of  Alameda 
county  has  greatly  increased  at  the  expense 
of  this  city.  In  other  words  a  virulent  hos- 
tility to  private  capital  animated  by  a 
hypocritical  pretense  of  devotion  to  the  in- 
terest of  the  people  has  diverted  the  tide  of 
population  to  the  east  shore  of  the  bay, 
which,  owing  to  superior  transportation 
facilities,  can  be  reached  in  shorter  time 
than  the  outlying  districts  of  the  city.  The 
probability  is  that  there  would  be  fifty  thou- 
sand more  people  living  in  this  city  today 
had  it  not  been  for  the  studied  efiforts  of 
demagogues  to  prevent  private  capital  from 
acquiring  franchises  and  improving  our 
transportation  service.  We  have  been  pur- 
suing an  insane  policy  of  conservation  much 
to  the  delight  of  the  real  estate  boomers 
across  the  bay.  And  apparent  as  was  the 
lunacy  of  it  we  had  to  hire  an  expert  at  a 
salary  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a 
day  to  tell  us  that  we  were  fools.  "Revise 
present  charter  and  ordinance  restrictions," 
says  Mr.  Arnold,  "so  as  to  invite  and  se- 
cure private  capital  in  developing  trans- 
portation facilities."  In  other  words  undo 
what  we  have  done  on  the  advice  of  the 
Examiner  and  the  Bulletin  and  the  wise  up- 
lifters  of  the  Commonwealth  Club.  "For- 
mulate a  new  contract  franchise  plan,"  says 
Mr.  Arnold,  "under  which  both  city  and 
corporation  may  operatq  their  respective 
traction  systems  in  harmony  and  to  mutual 
advantage."  In  other  words  quit  baiting 
the  United  Railroads  and  conduct  the  city's 
business  on  a  business  basis.    Mr.  Arnold 


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has  made  some  good  recommendations,  but 
there  is  one  that  appeals  only  to  our  sense 
of  humor.  He  advises  the  appointment  of 
an  impartial  commission  to  regulate  munic- 
ipal utilities. 

A  Society  Disorganized 

Of  late  years  no  phenomenon  has  been 
more  striking  than  the  reciprocity  of  ad- 
miration that  obtained  among  our  political 
reformers.  They  appeared  to  be  organized 
not  only  to  hold  up  dissenters  to  public 
execration  but  to  acclaim  one  another  as  ac- 
credited messengers  of  the  Almighty.  The 
credentials  of  each  member  of  this  mutual 
admiration  society  were  vouched  for  by  all 
the  others,  and  thus  were  reputations  for 
righteousness  established  throughout  the 
country.  Down  at  i'alo  Alto  there  were 
professors  resolving  that  the  editor  of  the 
Bulletin  was  the  noblest  work  of  God;  the 
Bulletin  was  celebrating  the  Stanford  fac- 
ulty as  the  quintessence  of  civic  patriotism ; 
Collier's  was  touting  the  reformers  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  reformers  of  California  were 
quoting  Collier's  as  though  it  were  holy 
writ;  Pinchot  was  pointing  to  Bill  Kent  as 
the  soul  of  honesty,  and  Kent,  thus  cer- 
tificated, guaranteed  Judge  Lindsey;  Judge 
Lindsey  hymned  the  praises  of  Perkins  and 
Perkins  praised  the  Lord  for  sending  us 
Roosevelt.  It  was  an  endless  chain  aft'air, 
and  circled  the  continent.  And  the  effect 
of  it  has  not  yet  worn  off,  though  singul- 
arly enough  many  a  man  whose  preach- 
ments are  still  listened  to  with  reverence 
is  indebted  for  his  reputation  to  former 
brothers  of  the  mutual  admiration  society 
who  are  now  vituperating  him  with  all  the 
virulence  with  which  they  formerly  assailed 
the  frankly  unregenerate.  A  week  ago  we 
saw  how  Professor  Sanford  of  Palo  Alto 
rebuked  and  reproached  the  editor  of  the 
Bulletin;  we  know  how  Rudolph  Spreckels 
has  been  reprobating  both  Roosevelt  and 
Johnson,  how  Senator  Works  has  been  im- 
peaching the  whole  band  of  holy-rollers  by 
whom  he  was  discovered,  and  now  we  find 
Chester  Rowell  of  Fresno  and  Norman  Hap- 
good  of  Collier's  scowling  at  each  other  over 
a  question  of  ethics.  Rowell  observed  some 
time  ago  that  Hapgood  had  warned  Roose- 
velt to  eschew  bad  manners.  Hapgood  re- 
torts that  Rowell  doesn't  know  the  differ- 
ence between  manners  and  morals,  and  he 
explains  that  when  Roosevelt  goes  about 
the  country  bemuddling  the  public  by  falsely 
asserting  that  Wilson's  nomination  was  "ar- 
ranged by  the  bosses,"  he  is  guilty  of  some- 
thing worse  than  bad  manners.  Unfortun- 
ately for  Rowell  it  would  hardly  be  becom- 
ing of  him  to  retort  that  it  is  somewhat 
disingenuous  on  Mr.  Hapgood's  part  to 
affect  an  aversion  to  any  man's  transgres- 
sion of  the  moralities.  He  has  been  in 
sympathy  w'ith  so  many  crooks  in  his  time 
that  it  is  like  self-stultification  to  draw  the 
line  at  the  inimitable  Colonel. 


The  Farmer  and  the  Banker 

The  Examiner  is  dissatisfied  with  the 
policy  of  bankers  that  makes  it  hard  for 
farmers  to  get  money  to  finance  their  farm- 


September  28,  1912 

ing  operations.  Perhaps  it  is  true  that 
bankers  ought  to  be  more  liberal  to  farm- 
ers, but  the  first  duty  of  a  banker  is  to  the 
people  whose  money  he  holds  in  trust. 
Banks  have  often  failed  as  a  result  of  their 
liberality  to  farmers,  and  no  newspaper  ever 
thought  of  urging  in  extenuation  of  a  fail- 
ure caused  by  such  liberality  that  agricul- 
tural interests  had  been  greatly  encouraged. 
It  is  popular  nowadays  to  abuse  the  banker 
and  complain  of  the  Money  Trust.  This 
is  natural  in  view  of  the  widespread  de- 
mand for  the  redistribution  of  capital. 
Capital  is  largely  a  matter  of  money,  and 
the  banker  has  it.  How  to  separate  the 
banker  from  his  money  is  one  of  the  great 
problems  of  the  hour  which  Mr.  Hearst  and 
other  volunteer  statesmen  hope  to  solve, 
ostensibly  in  the  interest  of  the  dear  peo- 
ple, unmindful  of  the  fact  that  sporadic  in- 
stances of  this  separation  are  usually  ac- 
complished by  much  distress  among  the 
comparatively  poor.  The  banker  is  of 
course  a  sordid  individual,  but  may  we  not 
say  a  few  kind  words  for  him  without  being 
suspected  of  being  owned  by  the  abhorrent 
Money  Trust?  There  are  bankers,  many 
of  them,  that  go  through  a  long  life,  hand- 
ling many  millions  of  money  belonging  to 
their  fellow  men  and  keeping  it  intact  for 
them  while  facilitating  trade  and  industry 
by  a  judicious  system  of  loans.  It  is  chiefly 
the  business  of  these  bankers  to  see  that 
they  are  always  able  to  return  borrowed 
money  to  its  owners.  There  is  more  or  less 
hazard  in  this  business.  It  calls  not  only 
for  honesty  and  integrity  but  for  ability  and 
psychological  insight.  It  would  seem  to  us 
that  the  men  who  carry  on  such  business 
successfully,  who  are  never  delinquent  in 
their  stewardship,  are  entitled  to  much 
amiable  consideration  if  not  to  the  very 
highest  respect. 


The  Roosevelt-Lorimer  Episode 

It  is  interesting  and  instructive  to  view 
at  intervals  the  wheels  witliin  wheels  of 
American  politics.  Not  otherwise  can  we 
glimpse  the  motives  and  comprehend  the  ac- 
tions of  men.  About  two  years  ago  when 
Theodore  Roosevelt  declined  an  invitation 
to  a  banquet  in  Chicago,  giving  as  his  rea- 
son that  the  iniquitous  William  Lorimer 
was  among  the  invited  guests,  he  was 
warmly  applauded  by  many  people  for  the 
high  standard  of  conduct  which  he  thus  set 
up  for  the  guidance  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
It  w-as  assumed  that  the  former  President 
was  actuated  solely  by  a  desire  to  impress 
a  too  listless  public  with  the  importance  of 
a  stern  and  vital  principle  of  morality. 
Some  there  were  who  regarded  the  former 
President's  ostentatious  aloofness  as  a 
specimen  of  bad  manners  masquerading  as 
a  private  virtue,  and  they  felt  confirmed  in 
their  judgment  when  a  week  later  the  man 
who  is  now  fighting  at  Armageddon  with 
"Contract  Bill"  Flinn  of  Pittsburg  held  a 
conference  with  unsavory  Boss  Cox  of 
Ohio.  To  cynics  it  seemed  clear  enough 
that  the  Colonel's  aversion  to  an  atmosphere 
breathed  by  William  Lorimer  w-as  nothinfr 
but  hypocritical  artifice.    The  cynics  had 


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not  seen  the  wheels  within  wheels  on  which 
light  has  been  thrown  by  recent  develop- 
ments. Now  that  the  Harvester  Trust  is 
being  investigated  by  President  Taft  we  are 
able  to  perceive  an  ulterior  motive  behind 
the  Colonel's  paraded  repugnance  which 
was  not  dreamt  of  even  in  the  cynic's  com- 
prehensive philosophy.  It  was  the  Har- 
vester Trust,  through  one  of  its  officers — 
Clarence  Funk — that  broached  the  Lorimer 
scandal  in  Illinois.  The  Harvester  Trust 
was  behind  the  Lorimer  prosecution.  It 
was  the  Harvester  Trust  that  brought 
about  the  downfall  of  Lorimer  though  it 
never  made  good  its  charges.  And  now  we 
learn  that  the  principal  stockholder  of  the 
Harvester  Trust  is  George  W.  Perkins,  the 
sacrosanct  backer  of  the  Bull  Moose  cam- 
paign, the  man  who,  as  long  ago  as  1904, 
contributed  the  money  of  the  policyholders 
of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company 
to  the  Roosevelt  campaign  fund.  When 
Colonel  Roosevelt  went  to  Chicago  and 
afifected  to  scorn  an  invitation  to  a  dinner 
because  it  would  necessitate  his  dining  in 
the  same  room  with  William  Lorimer,  he 
was  boosting  the  game  of  his  dear  friend 
Perkins;  he  was  lending  his  haiid  to  further 
a  scheme  of  revenge  planned  and  executed 
by  as  contemptible  a  band  of  rogues  as  ever 
was  organized  to  plunder  and  deceive  an 
unsophisticated  public. 


Sauce  For  the  Goose 

At  the  time  that  Colonel  Roosevelt  de- 
clined the  banquet  invitation  on  account  of 
Lorimer  that  individual  had  not  been  tried. 
There  had  been  no  official  investigation  of 
his  conduct.  Admitting,  nevertheless,  that 
the  Colonel  was  justified  in  publicly  passing 
judgment  on  the  accused  man,  let  us  sup- 
pose that  the  same  principle  were  to  be  ap- 
plied in  the  case  of  the  Colonel  as  it  stands 
at  this  moment.  Wherein  does  the  case  of 
Roosevelt  differ  from  the  case  of  Lorimer? 
Lorimer  was  not  dismissed  from  the  Senate 
for  bribery,  as  some  people  have  been  led 
to  believe.  It  is  not  even  alleged  by  his 
enemies  that  he  ever  bribed  anybody.  The 
minority  report  which  was  made  the  basis 
of  the  Senate's  action  charged  only  that 
money  was  used  to  procure  Lorimer's  elec- 
tion. It  is  admitted  that  the  money  was 
not  Lorimer's.  Now  the  case  against 
Roosevelt  is  even  worse  than  the  case 
against  Lorimer.  For  it  is  charged  against 
Roosevelt  that  the  money  used  to  procure 
his  election  was  obtained  with  his  knowl- 
edge by  a  species  of  blackmail.  It  was 
never  proved  against  Lorimer  that  he  knew 
of  the  use  of  money  in  his  interest.    It  is 


charged  against  Roosevelt  that  he  did  know 
that  the  trusts  put  up  money  for  his  elec- 
tion, and  there  is  much  documentary  evi- 
dence to  give  color  to  the  charge.  If  at 
the  time  the  Colonel  declined  the  banquet 
invitation  it  was  fair  to  assume  that  Lorimer 
was  unfit  to  associate  with  decent  men, 
what  shall  we  say  at  this  time  as  to  the  self- 
constituted  censor  from  Oyster  Bay?  Is 
he  fit  to  associate  with  decent  men?  The 
truth  is  that  if  not  more  than  one-tenth  of 
what  is  charged  against  Colonel  Roosevelt 
with  special  reference  to  the  campaign  of 
1904  is  true  he  is  as  small  and  mean  a  soul 
as  was  ever  destined  to  carry  out  the 
mysterious  designs  of  Providence  in  the 
midst  of  great  events. 


Wheeler  a  Standpatter 

Though  aphorisms  are  at  once  the  ma- 
terials and  the  tests  of  philosophy,  they  are 
often  misleading,  the  reason  being  that  they 
are  too  comprehensive  to  be  exactly  true. 
For  example:  "A  man  may  be  judged  by 
the  company  he  keeps."  If  that  were  ex- 
actly true.  President  Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler 
of  Berkeley  we  should  judge  to  be  an  ardent 
Progressive  in  thought  as  well  as  in  affilia- 
tion. President  Wheeler  is  one  of  Colonel 
Roosevelt's  most  intimate  friends.  When 
the  Colonel  was  President  he  bestowed  high 
honor  on  the  distinguished  Berkeley 
scholar.  President  Wheeler  has  never  lost 
an  opportunity  to  pay  the  tribute  of  his 
respect  and  admiration  to  the  Colonel. 
Whenever  President  Wheeler  talks  of  the 
Colonel  it  is  in  accents  and  terms  of  rever- 
ence and  devotion.  Yet  President  Wheeler 
at  heart  is  a  standpatter.  A  philosopher  of 
the  old  school,  familiar  with  the  follies  that 
have  snared  the  hearts  of  men,  versed  in 
the  eternal  verities  of  human  nature,  he 
views  through  glasses  dim  with  the  sweat  of 
his  emotions  the  strange  antics  of  the 
former  President  as  through  the  land  he 
propagates  his  dangerous  heresies.  One 
cannot  read  President  Wheeler's  last  Com- 
mencement Day  address  without  perceiving 
that  he  is  far  from  being  in  sympathy  with 
the  Progressive  movement.  In  that  address 
there  are  several  subtle  allusions  to  Colonel 
Roosevelt.  For  example :  "Many  of  the 
good  people  you  have  seen  going  about  the 
world  correcting  and  irritating  everybody 
and  trying  to  change  everything  are  merely 
professional  formula-smashers.  They  mean 
well,  but  it  distresses  them  to  see  their 
neighbors  living  on  so  happily  with  such 
bland  confidence  in  the  mechanical  pro- 
cesses of  the  beaten  path.  Such  are  heralds 
of  salvation  by  perturbation  rather  than  in- 


spiration." The  use  of  the  plural  number 
is  not  a  sufficient  disguise.  President 
Wheeler  has  given  us  an  accurate  descrip- 
tion of  a  concrete  personality.  As  one  reads, 
the  Colonel  looms  before  the  mind's  eye 
as  insistently  as  did  Banquo's  ghost  on  the 
vision  of  the  affrighted  Macbeth.  Again, 
we  cannot  fail  to  apprehend  when  President 
Wheeler  speaks  of  the  proneness  of  the 
world  to  act  unwisely.  He  says:  "It  (the 
world)  acts  on  insufficient  data,  has  flurries 
of  passion,  does  its  thinking,  if  any,  mostly 
in  flashes,  is  lured  by  the  brazen  notes  of 
the  gilded  chariot,  oftentimes  confuses  rea- 
son with  prejudice,"  etc.  Surely  this  is  not 
the  talk  of  a  Progressive  with  a  firm  faith 
in  the  outworn  fiction  that  the  voice  of  the 
people  is  the  voice  of  God.  Surely  these 
are  not  the  sentiments  of  a  man  who  be- 
lieves in  the  wisdom  of  bringing  the  govern- 
ment back  to  the  people  by  means  of  the 
initiative,  referendum  and  recall.  When 
President  Wheeler  speaks  of  the  world,  he 
speaks  of  the  people,  and  the  man  who  is 
under  no  delusions  about  the  people,  who 
knows  that  they  act  on  insufficient  data  and 
do  their  thinking,  when  they  think  at  all, 
in  flashes,  also  knows  that  Thomas  Jefifer- 
son  spoke  truth  when  he  said  that  the 
people  are  in  need  of  protection  chiefly 
against  their  own  follies.  President  Wheel- 
er speaks  of  the  people  in  terms  that  might 
be  applied  to  babes  and  sucklings.  In 
"spells  of  delusion,"  he  says,  they  ignore 
their  "real  friends,  crowning  the  fakir  and 
stoning  the  prophets."  Can  there  be  any 
doubt  as  to  what  President  Wheeler  was 
driving  at?  If  so  let  us  read  further.  Pres- 
ently the  Berkeley  savant  emerges  from 
umbrage  and  enters  boldly  on  the  subject 
of  politics.  If  he  knows  the  people  are 
easily  cozened  by  demagogues,  nevertheless 
he  has  faith  in  the  good  purposes  of  the 
masses.  The  difficulty  of  realizing  their 
good  purposes,  he  explains,  is  due  to  our 
defective  methods  of  enlightenment.  "Polit- 
ical campaigns,"  he  says,  "breed  as  much 
confusion  as  clarification,  and  the  popular 
judgment  is  forced  to  exercise  itself  in  the 
midst  of  a  cloud  of  dust."  Thus  he  ac- 
centuates the  proposition  which  obviously  is 
uppermost  in  his  mind — the  proposition  that 
the  extension  of  the  principles  of  democ- 
racy is  hazardous.  And  finally,  as  if  to  dis- 
pel all  doubt  as  to  his  attitude  in  this  cam- 
paign he  says,  "The  triangular  election  is 
another  favorite  device  of  the  professionals 
for  confusing  the  public  mind."  Of  course 
it  need  not  be  explained  that  Theodore 
Roosevelt  is  wholly  responsible  for  the 
present  triangular  contest. 


Li 

As  first  it  said,  still  saith  the  soul,  "I  dare"; 
Virtue  and  Prudence  and  Religion,  yea 
Love,  Friendship,  Wisdom,  all  together  say 
"Beware !" 

But  unto  all  the  soul  replies,  "I  dare." 

"Draw  back!   Repent!"  they  cry;  "Learn  to  obey! 
Rebel  not,  venture  not!    Thy  foolish  way 
Forswear." 

Humbly  answers  the  soul  and  says,  "1  dare." 


erty 

"Yonder  lies  all  disaster  and  dismay. 
Dar'st  thou  to  summon  Madness  and  dim  grey 
Despair?" 

Solemnly,  proudly,  saith  the  soul,  "I  dare." 

"A  spark  of  God  is  mixed  into  my  clay, 
Destined  I  know  not  whither  nor  the  way; 
I  dare 

Only  to  be  mine  own  self  everywhere." 

— Henry  Bryan  Binns. 


TOWN  TALK 


September  28,  1912 


A  Contribution  to  San  Francisco  History 


TIIF.  TlEniNNINGS  OF  SAN  I'RANCISCO,  FROM 
Tl  K  KXl'KDITION  OF  ANZA  TO  Till'.  (,I  1  Y 
CIIAUTKK  OF  1850.  liy  Zoclli  S.  FMrcclKC,  San  iT.iii- 
cisco.    l'iil]li»hc(l  by  the  author. 

Mr.  Eldrcdgc  has  chosen  :i  romantic  period  for 
the  subject  of  his  work,  one  with  which  but  lew 
men  arc  acquainted.  He  deals  with  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  by  Juan 
Rautista  dc  Anza,  Captain  of  Cavalry  in  the 
Armies  of  the  King  of  Spain.  Anza's  oflfcr  to 
undertake  the  journey  and  fit  out  the  expedition 
at  his  own  cost  and  expense  was  declined  by 
the  King,  who  supplied  the  necessary  funds  out 
of  the  Royal  Treasury.  This  was  a  long  time  ago, 
before  the  outbreak  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Anza  after  making  his  preparations  for  the 
journey,  finally  set  forth  from  Tubac,  in  that  part 
of  Mexico  which  is  now  Arizona,  on  tlie  eighth 
of  January,  1774,  iiis  object  was  to  discover 
and  mark  out  an  overland  road  to  California.  The 
expedition  consisted  of  the  conimandante,  twenty 
cavalrymen,  two  priests  ,ind  the  necessary  guides 
and  nniletccrs,  thirty-four  persons  in  all.  The 
live  stock  accompanying  the  party  consisted  of 
one  hundred  and  thirty-four  animals  (horses  and 
mules),  and  sixty-five  head  of  cattle.  The  first 
drove  of  horses  and  cattle  was  seriously  depleted 
by  a  raid  of  Apaches  which  led  to  a  trip  to  the 
All.ir  river,  for  the  purpose  of  filling  up  its  num- 
bers. This  being  accomplished  by  the  addili'm 
of  a  few  worn-out  imiKs,  on  January  22,  1774, 
Anza  again  set  forlli  on  his  journey.  In  one 
nionlh.  ,ifl<  r  much  suffering  and  many  trials  en- 
dured by  Iiimself  and  the  members  of  his  party, 
he  reached  the  junction  of  the  Colorado  and 
Gila  rivers.  This  part  of  the  journey  embraced 
I  lin  e  liundred  and  fifty-nine  miles.  In  making 
it  lie  bad  to  cross  the  terrible  Camino  del  Diablo, 
which  extends  along  and  across  the  present 
boundary  between  Arizona  and  old  Mexico.  This 
road  was  well  named,  liecause  in  1.S40,  Captain 
Mclchior  Diaz  of  Coronado's  Army,  had  en- 
dured untold  sufferings  there.  After  the  discov- 
ery of  gold  in  California,  the  gold-scckcrs  used 
this  trail,  but  it  was  i'ln.illy  abandoned  after 
over  four  Iiiiiuln-d  travelers  had  perished  be- 
tween Altar  and  ^'llnla. 

After  a  few  days  spent  in  resting  and  recuperat- 
ing his  men,  .^nza  agniti  set  forth  on  his  march. 
On  February  9,  1774,  he  crossed  the  Colorado, 
above  where  the  town  of  Yuma  now  stands. 
Mis  men  and  baggage  made  the  passage  on  rafts, 
and  the  horses  and  mules  swam  the  river.  On 
the  western  bank  of  the  river  upon  a  low  mesa,  or 
table-land,  and  in  the  State  of  California,  stood 
for  many  years  Fort  Yiinia,  a  military  post 
abandoned  in  1880.  Of  all  the  desolation  ever 
seen  by  man,  this  spot  equals  any  and  is  surpassed 
by  none.  If  there  is  any  part  of  the  Desert  of 
Sahara  which  surpasses  it  in  any  forbidding  as- 
pect, it  has  not  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
writer.  On  the  eastern  bank  stands  the  village 
of  Yuma,  where  the  skill  of  the  irrigator  and  the 
toil  of  the  husbandman  have  combined  to  create 
an  oasis  of  peace,  prosperity  and  beauty.  But 
there  still  remains  the  sweltering  heat  which  ex- 
ists throughout  the  valley  of  the  Colorado  down 
to  its  mouth  in  the  Gulf  of  California. 

The  Colorado  Desert  which  is  in  California  lay 
in  Anza's  path.  While  at  Yuma  he  was  safe  at 
least  from  death  from  thirst.  The  river  was 
there,  sufficient  in  times  of  the  greatest  drought 
to  keep  soul  and  body  together.  But  to  the  west 
there  stretched  away  mile  after  mile  and  league 
after  league  of  sand,  with  only  an  occasional  well 
or  water-hole.    Anza  chose  the  southern  route 


By  Crittjnden  Thornton 

for  his  command,  a  route  which  extended  south 
of  the  boundary  lino  between  California  and 
Lower  California  to  a  point  half-way  between 
San  Diego  and  Yuma.  Thence  the  road  turned 
to  the  northwest,  and  passing  by  Los  Angeles, 
reached  the  Pacific  Ocean  at  what  is  now  Ven- 
tura. Thence  the  line  of  march  followed  the  sea- 
coast  until  it  reached  the  Mission  of  San  Luis 
Obispo.  Thence  it  turned  inshore,  crossed  the 
Cuesta  de  Santa  Lucia,  and  reached  the  Salinas 
river,  which  it  followed  to  Monterey. 

The  passage  of  the  Colorado  Desert  occupied 
from  February  10  to  March  7.  The  sufferings 
of  Anza  and  his  men  during  this  journey  were 
excessive.  Hunger,  thirst  and  cold  were  always 
with  them.  Cattle  and  horses  died  of  thirst  and 
starvation.  F'inally  the  dread  barrier  was  passed 
and  the  plains  of  California  were  spread  out  be- 
fore their  eyes.  They  had  reached  the  western 
base  of  the  San  Jacinto  Mountains,  at  a  place 
called  the  cieneza  de  San  Sebastian  el  Pelegrino, 
(the  marsh  of  St.  Sebastian  the  Pilgrim.)  Fin- 
ally on  March  22,  they  reached  the  Mission  of 
San  Gabriel,  where  they  had  a  hospitable  recep- 
tion from  the  priests  in  charge,  who  were  over- 
joyed to  meet  them.  Demonstrations  of  joy,  ring- 
ing of  bells  and  the  singing  of  the  Te  Deum  ac- 
companied their  reception.  Here  a  hitherto  un- 
known want  encountered  them.  Their  provisions 
were  practically  exhausted.  Anza  declined  to 
share  the  provisions  which  his  generous  hosts  of 
San  Gabriel  thrust  upon  him.  He  sent  a  party 
to  San  Diego  imploring  assistance  to  continue  his 
march  to  Monterey.  That  party  returned  with 
only  enough  food  for  sixteen  days.  Anza  then 
after  deep  deliberation  sent  back  the  two  priests 
with  a  large  body  of  soldiers  to  the  Colorado 
River  to  await  his  return.  Then  Anza,  with  an 
escort  of  six  soldiers,  set  out  for  Monterey.  From 
April  10  to  April  18  he  plodded  along  until  he 
reached  his  destination.  He  was  received  by  Don 
Pedro  Vages,  commandante  de  California,  and 
subsequently  governor.  The  people  of  Monterey 
were  almost  in  as  bad  a  plight  for  lack  of  pro- 
visions as  those  of  San  Gabriel.  At  last,  whether 
his  stay  was  shortened  or  not  by  this  state  of 
alTairs,  he  set  out  on  his  return  journey  on  Friday, 
April  22,  1774.  He  was  accompanied  by  six  of 
Vages'  soldiers,  to  whom  he  was  to  show  the 
road  to  the  Colorado  river.  Six  days  out  from 
Monterey  he  met  Father  Junipero  Serra,  with 
whom  he  spent  the  day  and  night,  giving  the 
Father  a  full  account  of  his  journey.  On  May  3, 
1774,  he  left  San  Gabriel  for  the  Colorado,  which 
he  reached  on  May  10.  This  was  quite  a  change 
from  the  time  taken  on  the  journey  towards 
Monterey,  which  was  twenty-five  days.  He  re- 
mained five  days  at  Yuma,  and  then  set  out  for 
Tubac,  which  he  reached  on  May  27,  1774. 

The  time  occupied  by  Anza  upon  his  march  to 
Monterey  and  return  was  as  follows:  from  Tubac 
to  Monterey,  January  8  to  April  18,  sixty-nine 
days;  and  from  Monterey  to  Tubac,  ,^pril  22  to 
May  27,  thirty-five  days. 

The  return  of  Anza's  command  to  Tubac  was 
the  signal  for  many  and  joyful  demonstrations 
He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-col- 
onel, and  was  authorized  to  raise  and  equip  a 
company  of  thirty  soldiers  to  compose  the  gar- 
rison of  the  presidio  on  the  bay  of  San  Francisco. 
All  the  soldiers  were  to  be  married  men,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  their  term  of  enlistment  (ten 
years)  were  to  receive  grants  of  land,  and  to 
form  a  nucleus  of  population  for  the  country. 
In  addition  to  the  soldiers  there  were  to  be  a 


certain  number  of  civilian  settlers.  Anza  raised 
the  standard  of  the  expedition.  The  ranks  were 
soon  filled.  They  comprised  in  all  a  company  of 
two  hundred  and  forty  souls,  of  whom  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  were  women  and  children. 

'I"he  soldiers  were  a  motley  gang.  With  that 
total  indifference  to  the  color  line  characteristic 
of  Spaniards  and  Mexicans,  they  consisted  of 
fifteen  Spaniards  (Espanoles),  seven  Mulattoes 
(Mulatos),  six  mixed  bloods  (Mestizos)  and  two 
Indians  (Indios).  But  they  all  had  the  spirit  of 
the  pioneer,  and  were  ripe  for  toil  and  adven- 
ture. In  the  end,  they  all  proved  to  be  good 
soldiers  and  excellent  citizens.  On  Monday,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1775,  the  journey  began. 

On  November  30  the  expedition  reached  the 
Colorado  and  forded  the  river.  By  one  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon  they  were  all  on  the  soil  of  Cali- 
fornia. The  time  occupied  by  this  journey  dif- 
fered from  the  last  in  this,  that  the  present  trip 
took  seventy-three  days  from  Tubac  to  San 
Gabriel.  But  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  first 
trip  was  on  the  hypothenuse  of  a  right-angled 
triangle,  and  the  second  followed  the  perpendic- 
ular and  the  base.  Besides  the  number  of  the 
command  was  much  greater  on  the  second  march 
than  the  first,  necessitating  the  division  of  the 
forces  into  three  separate  S(|uadrons,  on  account 
of  the  scarcity  of  water.  In  the  diary  of  Anza, 
no  mention  is  made  of  any  sufferings  endured  by 
the  troops  except  from  cold,  which  was  exces- 
sive. The  command  reached  Monterey,  its  des- 
tination, on  March  10,  1776. 

After  a  few  days  of  rest  Anza  set  out  for  the 
peninsula  of  San  Francisco,  where  his  instruc- 
tions directed  him  to  establish  a  presidio.  Leav- 
ing Monterey  he  followed  the  subsequently  estab- 
lished line  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  with 
this  exception:  instead  of  following  through  the 
gap  cut  by  the  Pajaro  river,  he  turned  to  the  right 
by  the  village  of  Natividad  and  crossed  the 
Gabilan  range  to  San  Juan  Bautista.  Thence  it 
was  all  plain  sailing.  There  was  not  a  hill  be- 
tween San  Juan  and  a  point  six  miles  south  of 
San  Francisco.  The  command  pursued  its  way  to 
Mountain  Lake,  now  on  the  Presidio  Reservation. 
Then  they  pushed  on  to  Punta  del  Cantil  Blanco, 
at  the  foot  of  which  Fort  Winfield  Scott  now 
stands.  There  the  fort  was  established.  This 
was  on  March  29,  1776.  He  then  selected  the  site 
for  the  Mission  of  Dolores.  After  complying 
with  his  instructions  to  survey  and  report  upon 
the  bay  and  river  of  San  Francisco,  which  took 
him  about  eight  days,  Anza  returned  to  Mon- 
terey which  he  reached  on  April  8.  After  one 
week's  stay  at  Monterey  he  resumed  his  march  to 
Mexico,  on  April  14,  accompanied  by  his  chaplain, 
purveyor,  ten  soldiers,  and  twelve  vaqueros,  ar- 
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Educator  in  the  value  of  purity 

— in  the  elleet  of  best  nuiLcrials 
upon  comfort  and  complexions — to 
use  the  iiie.xjiensive  soap,  the  :>oap 
without  a  bleiuibh 

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September  28,  1912  TOWNTALK  7 


Varied  Types 

XCIII— XAVIER  MARTINEZ 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


Methinks  it  may  be  said  without  fear  of  con- 
tradiction that  Nietzsche  is  not  a  best  seller  in 
organized  labor  circles.  The  man  who  sports  a 
union  card  is  not  particularly  interested  in  "the 
blond  beast";  he  would  rather  talk  of  higher-ups 
than  of  supermen.  It  seems  equally  certain  that 
the  union  sign-painter  finds  no  ecstacy  in 
Velasquez.  The  dauber  who  disfigures  our  bill- 
boards doesn't  care  the  rap  of  a  mahlstick  for 
the  glory  of  the  painter's  painter.  High-browisni 
is  out  of  his  hue.  No  matter  how  high  he  may 
rise  with  his  ladder  and  pulleys,  he  stops  this 
side  of  the  clouds.  No,  most  assuredly  no; 
Nietzsche  delights  not  him,  nor  Velasquez  either. 

But  ever  on  the  heels  of  the  rule  the  exception 
comes  gaily  tripping.  We  have  a  sign-painter 
who  quotes  Nietzsche  and  knows  his  Velasquez. 
I  refer  to  Xavier  Martinez  who  will  show  you 
his  card  of  membership  in  the  near-artists'  union 
any  time  you  drop  in  to  sec  him  at  his  Piedmont 
studio. 

The  situation  is  surprising,  perhaps,  but  not 
unique.  Willis  Polk  has  a  card  in  the  stone- 
cutters' union,  and  is  proud  of  it.  Duplessis  Bey- 
lard,  that  he  might  tool  his  coach  in  comfort  un- 
disturbed, joined  the  hackmen's  union.  Several 
of  our  most  distinguished  composers  belong  to 
th»  musicians'  union.  So  why  should  not  Xavier 
Martinez  affiliate  with  the  sign-painters,  despite 
his  penchant  for  Nietzsche  and  his  enthusiasm  for 
Velasquez? 

Art,  says  Martinez,  quoting  Nietzsche,  is  the 
will  to  illusion;  in  art,  he  adds,  still  quoting, 
nothing  but  falsehood  is  glorified.  Perhaps  if 
Martinez  applied  these  dicta  to  life  as  well  as  to 
art  he  would  be  a  bit  backward  about  telling  how 
it  happened  that  he  joined  the  signpainters' 
union.  Or  if  he  told  the  story,  he  might  glorify 
it  with  white  falsehoods  harming  nobody  and 
covering  himself  with  transient  eclat.  But  in  life 
as  in  art  Martinez  is  above  all  things  frank  and 
honest.  He  keeps  pretense  out  of  his  talk  as  he 
keeps  it  out  of  his  pictures.  He  would  no  more 
scamp  a  fact  than  a  painting.  He  mixes  imagina- 
tion with  his  colors,  but  excludes  it  from  his  re- 
citals. An  amateur  of  words  he  picks  his  dic- 
tion with  scrupulous  care  for  the  exact  expression 
of  thought.  To  do  so  and  still  be  slovenly  with 
the  truth  would  argue  insincerity.  Martinez  is 
very  sincere. 

The  step-father  of  Martinez  was  Mexican  con- 
sul in  San  Francisco  and  possessed  the  means 
of  sending  the  youth  to  Paris  to  study  art.  There 
were  six  glorious  years  at  Julian's  with  the  usual 
purple  patches  of  Quartier  life.  Whistler  saw  his 
work  and  pronounced  it  good.  But  Carriere 
whom  Martinez  calls  "a  greater  than  Whistler" 
was  more  emphatic  in  his  appreciation. 

"If  you  have  the  courage  to  remain  here  and 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


starve  for  six  or  eight  or  ten  years  more,"  said 
Carriere,  "I  promise  you  that  your  name  shall 
be  known  all  over  the  world." 

"I  did  not  have  the  courage,"  says  Martinez, 
"so  I  came  home." 

Martinez  came  home  to  San  Francisco  to  shift 
for  himself  in  our  Latin  Quarter.  Art  was  long 
in  bringing  its  devotee  recognition  and  money. 
So  he  went  to  work  for  Barnhart  and  Swasey  at 
a  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars  a  month.  Barn- 
hart  and  Swasey  were  advertising  agents,  and 
Martinez'  first  job  was  the  drawing  of  a  poster 
for  a  local  brewery.  He  drew  an  Indian  girl 
against  a  low  sunlit  horizon. 

"She  was  Gothic,"  he  says.  "No,  she  was  more 
than  Gothic;  she  was  archaic.  But  why  not? 
The  Indians  arc  an  archaic  race.  I  did  not  ex- 
pect the  German  brewers  to  understand  her,  but 


XAVIER  MARTINEZ 


they  did.  They  were  delighted.  My  Indian  girl 
was  lithographed  and  posted  all  over  the  city. 

"Then  Barnhart  and  Swasey  asked  me  to  make 
posters  to  advertise  Marquette  whisky.  I  made 
a  series  of  drawings,  using  incidents  in  the  life 
of  Pere  Marquette.  The  manager  of  the  whisky 
company  came  here  from  Chicago,  and  approved 
of  these  posters.  But  the  company  could  not 
afford  the  expense  of  lithographs,  so  they  de- 
cided to  have  the  drawings  copied  on  the  bill 
boards  by  sign-painters.  Here  a  difficulty  arose. 
The  sign-painters  complained  that  the  drawings 
were  too  complex  for  them;  they  were  used  to 
simpler  work.  So  the  Chicago  manager  asked 
me  to  paint  the  first  sign,  so  that  the  sign-paint- 
ers might  learn  how  to  do  it. 

"After  I  had  painted  that  first  sign  the  Chicago 
man  came  to  me  and  said: 

"  'Martinez,  you  are  getting  two  hundred  dol- 
lars a  month  for  your  work.  We  will  give  you 
two  hundred  more  if  you  will  go  on  painting  these 
whisky  signs.' 

"Four  hundred  dollars  a  month  is  a  great  deal 
of  money,  so  I  accepted.  The  second  sign  I 
painted  at  Market  and  Turk  streets.  My  friends 
came  and  stood  across  the  street  in  groups, 
laughing  at  me.    While  I  was  at  work  a  rough, 


ignorant  fellow  called  to  me,  and  I  came  down 
from  my  ladder. 

"  'Let  me  see  your  card,'  he  said. 

"I  searched  in  my  pockets. 

"  'I'm  afraid  I  haven't  a  visiting  card  with  me,' 
I  told  him. 

"  'To  hell  with  your  visiting  card,'  he  said.  'I 
want  your  union  card.' 

"When  I  told  him  I  had  none,  he  said  I  must 
stop  work.  So  I  went  back  to  the  office  and 
told  the  Chicago  man.  He  said  he  would  pay  my 
fees  for  admission  to  the  union. 

"So  I  was  instructed  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the 
sign-painters'  union  at  their  headquarters  in  Mis- 
sion street.  They  kept  me  waiting  for  two  hours 
in  an  evil-smelling  passage.  I  learned  afterwards 
what  happened.  The  secretary  of  the  union 
could  not  pronounce  my  name,  but  he  asked: 

"'Does  anybody  know  this  man?' 

"The  president  of  the  union,  it  happened,  had 
been  at  Hopkins'  just  before  I  left.  He  told 
them  that  I  had  won  a  medal;  that  I  had  studied 
in  Paris  and  had  received  an  honorable  mention 
there. 

"'Do  you  think  he'll  do?'  asked  the  secretary. 
"  'I  think  he  is  qualified  to  paint  signs,'  said  the 
president. 

"So  they  elected  me  to  the  union.  Then  they 
admitted  me  to  the  meeting  room,  and  I  met 
my  fellow  sign-painters.  Such  faces  as  some  of 
them  had!" 

At  the  recollection  Martinez  threw  up  his  hands 
and  shuddered. 

"Do  you  still  belong  to  the  union?"  I  asked. 

"Alas,  no,"  he  answered;  "my  membership  has 
lapsed.    But  I  still  have  my  union  card." 

All  this  was  in  the  old  days  when  "Marty"  had 
a  studio  in  Montgomery  street  near  Coppa's  and 
formed  one  of  the  celebrated  group  who  brought 
patrons  and  many  shekels  to  the  shrewd  res- 
taurateur by  placing  themselves  on  exhibition  at 
the  round  table.  Strangers  compared  the  Bo- 
hemians at  the  table  with  the  caricatures  on  the 
walls  and  were  so  thrilled  and  enthralled  that 
they  let  their  spaghetti  get  cold.  Gone  is  the  old 
Coppa's  with  its  mural  conceits  by  Burgess  and 
Dixon  and  Martinez.  Gone  too  is  "Marty's"  old 
studio  which  had  been  Jules  Tavernier's  and 
where  famous  parties  were  given.  Sometimes  the 
men  outnumbered  the  girls,  and  then  scouts  were 
sent  into  the  streets  to  invite  young  women  will- 
ing to  be  unconventional  for  an  evening  of  fun. 

"And  those  who  came  once  always  returned," 
says  Martinez. 

All  that  is  left  to  Martinez  of  that  old  life  is 
Jules  Tavernier's  stove  which  now  warms  the 
Piedmont  studio  on   cold  afternoons. 

Times  have  changed.  Martinez  sells  his  pic- 
tures readily  nowadays  and  doesn't  have  to  think 
of  returning  to  the  sign-painters'  union.  But  he 
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September  28,  1912 


Perspective  Impressions 


Charges  made  against  Louis  Glavis!  A  bull- 
mooser  on  the  waterfront  caught  stealing!  Pro- 
gressive Black  a  defaulter!  Evidently  the  millen- 
nium has  been  postponed  once  more. 


Chinese  boy  bandits  in  Chinatown!  The  oc- 
cidentalization  of  the  Orient  has  reached  the  dis- 
agreeable stage. 


So  the  union  men  are  to  wear  at  least  five 
union  labels  on  their  clothes.  Next  time  you  see 
a  disrobing  act  in  Market  street,  you'll  know  it's 
a  union  man  satisfying  the  scruples  of  the  walk- 
ing delegate. 


The  Colonel  is  appealing  to  the  groundlings  by 
talking  of  Mr.  Taft's  "retirement  from  politics." 
It's  a  wise  man  who  knows  when  to  retire  from 
politics,  as  Teddy  himself  probably  knows  by  this 
time. 


"I  did  what  any  American  woman  would  do — I 
hit  him  with  the  first  thing  that  came  handy," 
says  Felice  Lyne,  referring  to  Oscar  Hammer- 
stein.  But  it  is  only  temperamental  American 
women  who  do  such  things. 


According  to  Andrew  Carnegie  Emperor  Will- 
iam is  intensely  in  favor  of  perpetual  peace. 
Doubtless  William's  heart  bleeds  every  time  the 
Germans  build  a  new  battleship. 


Pierre  Loti  turns  out  to  be  an  undersized  man 
with  rouged  cheeks,  penciled  brows  and  dyed 
hair  and  mustache.  Consciously  or  otherwise 
this  is  bound  to  affect  our  judgment  of  his  books. 


The  people  of  Ulster  have  caught  the  habit  of 
the  Central  American  republics.  Or  is  it  the 
other  way  around? 


How  remarkable — the  faith  that  editors  put  in 
straw  ballots! 


"Bumper  crops  all  over  the  country." — News 
paper  headline.  And  if  we  elect  Teddy  we  shall 
have  bumper  crops  every  year. 


Is  there  not  the  slightest  significance  in  the 
circumstance  that  Building  and  Loan  Commis- 
sioner Walker  was  appointed  through  the  in- 
fluence of  the  manager  of  a  Building  and  Loan 
Association?  Perhaps  this  is  one  of  the  many 
things  that  Governor  Johnson  will  be  able  to  ex- 
plain with  his  vocabulary  of  billingsgate. 


Building  and  Loan  Commissioner  Walker  who 
received  his  appointment  chiefly  through  the  in- 
fluence of  Progressive  Reformer  Marshall  Black, 
confessed  embezzler,  says  he  will  not  prosecute 
that  sweet  scented  criminal.  It  is  refreshing  to 
karn  that  Progressive  politics  does  not  entirely 
extinguish  the  sentiment  of  friendship. 


Father 


When  the  last  shovelful  of  earth  had  fallen 
upon  the  coffin,  when  the  last  handclasp  had  been 
given,  the  father  and  son  went  home,  walking 
very  slowly,  with  the  strange  feeling  of  men 
who  have  struggled  a  long  time  and  have  lost. 

The  cottage  was  still  impregnated  with  the 
perfume  of  flowers,  and  all  about  it  was  very 
still;  at  least  it  seemed  so,  after  all  the  coming 
and  going  of  the  last  few  days.  Now  it  appeared 
to  be  very  empty  to  these  two,  when  they  opened 
the  door.  The  old  servant  had  put  everything  in 
order,  yet  when  they  entered  it  seemed  as  though 
they  had  returned  from  a  very  long  voyage,  but 
without  the  joy  of  home-coming,  without  that 
exquisite  sensation  which  translates  itself  into  the 
words:  "Oh!  how  good  it  is  to  get  home."  Every- 
thing was  very  clean.  Everything  was  in  its 
place.  The  cat  was  curled  up  by  the  fireplace 
and  the  winter  sun  stole  timidly  through  the 
windows. 

Father  sat  down  in  his  armchair  by  the  fire- 
place and  sighed:  "Your  poor  mamma!"  That 
was  all  he  said.  And  then  two  tears  came  from 
his  good,  honest  eyes  and  rolled  down  the  dear 
old  face  which  the  cold  had  reddened  a  little. 
Then,  feeling  the  desire  to  hear  something  be- 
sides the  purring  of  the  cat,  the  tick-tack  of  the 
clock,  and  the  crackling  of  the  wood  that  was 
burning  in  the  fireplace;  feeling,  without  know- 
ing it,  that  peculiar  pride  of  those  who  yet  live, 
when  they  have  bidden  farewell  to  those  who 
will  never  return,  he  said: 


By  Maurice  Level  (From  the  French) 

"Did  you  see  the  Duponts?  They  were  all 
there,  and  I  was  so  glad  to  see  tliat  the  grand- 
father came  too.  Your  mother  liked  them  so 
much.  But  how  is  it  that  your  friend  Bremaud 
did  not  come?  Oh,  yes,  I  understand,  I  under- 
stand. There  were  so  many  people  there  that 
I  probably  did  not  see  him."  Then  he  sighed 
again.  "My  own  poor,  little  boy!"  He  looked 
tenderly  at  this  big  boy  of  twenty-five,  who  was 
seated  close  to  him,  crying  all  by  himself. 

The  old  servant  came  in  on  tiptoes,  opening 
the  door  so  quietly  that  no  one  could  have  heard 
her.  Then  she  said:  "Come,  sir,  you  must  not 
stay  like  that.    You  must  eat  something." 

Both  looked  up;  yes,  it  was  true.  It  was  neces- 
sary to  eat.  Life  seemed  to  be  flowing  back  to 
them.  They  were  hungry;  not  the  good  hunger 
of  the  happy  days  when  it  was  so  comfortable 
to  sit  down  and  put  their  elbows  on  the  table, 
but  the  hunger  of  an  animal  with  an  empty 
stomach.  Hitherto  it  had  seemed  to  both  of 
them  that  it  would  he  shameful  to  think  of  eat- 
ing at  such  a  moment.  Now  they  looked  at  each 
other,  both  fearing  to  sit  down  at  that  table  and 
see  the  vacant  chair. 

Then  the  father,  his  voice  broken  by  a  sob, 
murmured: 

"Yes,  you  are  right.  We  must  eat  something," 
and  then  turning  to  his  son  he  said:  "Yes,  dear, 
we  must  eat." 

The  son  nodded  and  stood  up:  "Yes,  father," 
he  said.  "I  will  change  my  coat  and  be  back  in 
a  minute." 

He  went  out  and  as  he  was  going  to  his  room 
the  old  servant  came  to  him  and  whispered: 
"Monsieur  Jean,  I  have  something  for  you.  A 
letter  your  mamma  gave  to  me,  a  week  ago  when 
she  knew  that  she  could  not  recover.  She  asked 
me  to  give  it  to  you  after — well,  after — here  it  is." 

He  stared  at  the  servant,  startled.  She  stood 
before  him  hesitating,  timidly  holding  out  the 
envelope  with  her  trembling  hand.  There  seemed 
to  come  to  him  the  premonition  of  an  infinite 
suffering,  of  some  secret  thing  about  to  be  re- 
vealed, which  was  right  there,  close  to  him.  It 
was  with  an  effort  that  he  managed  to  answer 
very  low: 

"Give  it  to  me." 


Then  he  went  into  his  mother's  room.  Once 
there,  without  thinking,  he  turned  the  key.  How 
deserted,  how  desolate  the  room  looked!  Tfiere 
was  no  fire  in  the  grate  and  the  furniture  seemed 
to  be  artificially  arranged. 

He  turned  the  letter  over  and  over  and  this 
living  writing  of  the  dead  one  sent  a  cold  tremor 
through  him.  This  well-loved  writing  that  he 
had  so  often  seen  before  and  that  now  seemed 
to  quiver  strangely  upon  the  white  paper! 

In  the  other  room  he  could  hear  the  servant 
going  back  and  forth,  arranging  the  table  for 
supper. 

He  opened  the  envelope  and  read: 
My  Darling  Son:  I  feel  that  the  hour  is  com- 
ing when  we  must  say  an  eternal  farewell.  I 
feel  no  weakness,  and  almost  no  regret,  because 
the  time  has  come  when  you  have  reached  the 
age  of  manhood  and  do  not  need  me  any  more. 
1  believe  that  I  have  been  a  good  mother  to 
you.  But  there  is  a  secret  which  I  have  not  had 
the  courage  to  tell  you  hitherto,  and  yet  you 
must  know  it.  The  mother  you  have  loved,  and 
above  all  respected,  to  whom  you  appealed  in  all 
your  childish  troubles  and  to  whom  you  confided 
all  your  sorrows  as  a  man,  is  gfuilty — guilty  of  a 
great  crime.  You  are  not  the  son  of  the  man 
you  have  always  called  father.  In  my  life  I 
had  one  great  love.  My  crime  was  that  I  did  not 
confess  it.  Your  father,  your  real  father,  lives. 
He  has  watched  you  and  has  loved  you.  I  know 
that.  You  are  now  old  enough  to  decide  upon 
your  future.  You  can  remake  your  whole  life  if 
you  wish  to.  You  can  be  rich  to-morrow  if  you 
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LIX— SAN  FRANCISCO 
By  Ina  Coolbrith 


(Any  poem  from  the  pen  of  Miss  Ina  Coolbrith  enriches  this  series.  Several  have  been  given  already,  and 
they   are  among  the  best  so   far  published.    The  following  was  written  after  the  disaster  of  1906.) 


In  olden  days,  a  child,  I  trod  thy  sands, 
Thy  sands  unbuilded,  rank  with  brush  and  briar 

And  blossom — chased  the  sea-foam  on  thy  strands, 
Young  City  of  my  love  and  my  desire. 

I  saw  thy  barren  hills  against  the  skies, 

I  saw  them  topped  with  minaret  and  spire; 

Wall  upon  wall  thy  myriad  mansions  rise, 
Fair  City  of  my  love  and  my  desire. 

With  thee  the  Orient  touched  heart  and  hands, 
The  world-wide  argosies  lay  at  thy  feet; 

Queen  of  the  queenliest  land  of  all  the  lands— 
Our  sunset  glory,  regal,  glad  and  sweet! 

I  saw  thee  in  thine  anguish!  tortured!  prone! 

Rent  with  the  earth-throes,  garmented  in  fire! 
Each  wound  upon  thy  breast  upon  my  own, 

Sad  City  of  my  grief  and  my  desire. 


Gray  wind-blown  ashes,  broken,  toppling  wall 
And  ruined  hearth — are  these  thy  funeral  pyre? 

Black  desolation  covering  as  a  pall — 

Is  this  the  end — my  love  and  my  desire? 

Nay!  strong,  undaunted,  thoughtless  of  despair. 
The  Will  that  builded  thee  shall  build  again. 

And  all  thy  broken  promise  spring  more  fair, 
Thou  mighty  mother  of  as  mighty  men. 

Thou  wilt  arise,  invincible!  supreme! 

The  world  to  voice  thy  glory  never  tire; 
And  song,  unborn,  shall  chant  no  nobler  theme — 

Great  City  of  my  faith  and  my  desire. 

But  I  will  see  thee  ever  as  of  old! 

Thy  wraith  of  pearl,  wall,  minaret  and  spire. 
Framed  in  the  mists  that  veil  thy  Gate  of  Gold — 

Lost  City  of  my  love  and  my  desire. 


The  Fall  of  Black 

Strange,  passing  strange,  how  these  overripe 
Frogessives  are  plucked  by  the  hand  of  tempta- 
tion! And  their  fall  is  pathetic  in  this  that  we 
stint  our  pity  when  we  suspect  that  hypocrisy 
has  gone  before  exposure.  Misfortune  that 
leaves  the  beholder  untouched,  or  only  a  little 
touched,  is  wretchedness  indeed.  To  err  is  hum- 
an, and  weakness,  our  common  heritage,  com- 
mands our  sympathy;  but  when  a  distinguished 
citizen  falls  from  his  eminence  of  "Holier-Than- 
Thou,"  swayed  from  his  balance  by  sordid  money- 
lust,  our  tears  are  just  a  bit  slow  in  starting. 
I've  never  read  Franklin  Hichborne's  smug  legis- 
lative histories,  but  I  venture  to  say  that  that  un- 
compromising tabulator  of  surface  righteousness 
gave  Marshall  Black  one  hundred  credits  per 
session.  For  several  legislative  sessions  past  you 
had  to  go  some  (pardon  the  argot)  to  keep  abreast 
of  Black's  progressivism.  Reform  was  his  gar- 
ment which  he  wore  with  severe  but  conscious 
pride,  and  the  legislating  of  morality  into  the 
heathenish  breast  of  the  other  fellow  was  his 
passion  by  day  and  his  dream  by  night.  Living 
in  the  highbrow  atmosphere  that  wraps  Stanford 
and  its  faculty  from  the  contaminations  of  the 
outer  world  he  submitted  every  ism,  every  crank 
measure,  every  panacea  for  social  ills  for  the  con- 
sideration of  his  fellow  solons,  and  great  was  his 
grief  when  any  of  his  reform  measures  was 
turned  down.  A  great  foe  of  the  Demon  Rum 
was  Black,  the  hero  of  many  a  committee  bat- 
tle- at  which  the  forces  of  alcohol  were  beaten 
to  their  tents.  And  if  all  had  gone  well,  he  was 
to  have  been  made  Subtreasurer  in  place  of 
"Billy"  Ralston  who  is  not  a  progressive  and 
therefore  abides  in  wickedness.  What  a  position 
that  would  have  been  for  our  Palo  Alto  reformer! 


The  Spectator 

morning.  The  sincerity  of  him  is  bound  to  be 
suspected,  for  it  is  human  nature  to  stiffen  our 
intolerance  against  the  man  who  would  make  us 
better,  willy-nilly,  the  while  his  own  house  needs 
putting  in  order.  That  famous  episode  of  1909 
when  Black  fled  from  Sacramento  to  Palo  Alto, 
thereby  deadlocking  the  Legislature  on  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Primary  Bill  will  naturally  come  up 
for  review.  The  horrid  suspicion  that  he  was  not 
ill,  as  his  physicians  said  he  was,  but  merely 
playing  possum  to  serve  the  sacred  ends  of  re- 
form has  already  been  revived.  'Tis  the  penalty 
of  his  position.  It  is  remembered  too  that  Black 
voted  for  that  eminent  reformer  John  D.  Works 
when  his  constituents  had  instructed  him  by  their 
ballots  to  vote  for  Spalding.  In  that  senatorial 
fight  the  end  justified  the  means  with  Black,  for 
Works  was  a  favorite  of  the  star-eyed  goddess  and 
Black,  like  Endymion,  had  visitations  from  the 
deity  while  he  slept.  And  so  the  trail  of  sus- 
picion is  bound  to  traverse  all  of  Marshall  Black's 
official  acts.  If  he  had  only  been  a  little  less 
righteous.  If  he  had  only  abided  in  his  vitreous 
mansion  content  to  throw  no  stones! 


The  Trail  of  Suspicion 

It  is  inevitable  that  Black's  career  in  the  Legis- 
lature should  be  reviewed  in  the  white  light  cast 
upon  him  by  the  astounding  news  of  Wednesday 


Glavis  Under  a  Cloud 

A  man  if  not  of  the  same  type  as  Black  at  least 
one  who  finds  Holier-Than-Thou  reformers  con- 
genial company,  is  Louis  Glavis,  formerly  of  the 
Federal  Land  Office  in  Seattle,  now  secretary  of 
the  state  conservation  commission.  Mr.  Glavis 
was  appointed  to  his  present  position  by  way  of 
rebuke  to  President  Taft,  who  found  that  the 
part  Glavis  played  in  the  Ballinger-Pinchot  con- 
troversy was  that  of  an  underhanded  and  some- 
what unscrupulous  intriguer.  The  Johnson  ad- 
ministration sent  for  Glavis  and  gave  him  a  job, 
doubtless  at  the  request  of  Pinhead  Pinchot  the 
Artful  Avenger.  And  now  Glavis  is  under  a  cloud 
of  suspicion.  Associated  with  Milton  U'Ren,  an- 
other importation  from  the  North,  he  has  been 
exhibiting  great  zeal  for  the  interests  of  the 
lumber  trust.    His  accusers  have  not  put  their 


fingers  on  any  specific  act  of  dishonesty,  but  they 
have  made  it  clear  that  Glavis  and  the  lumber 
barons  are  on  exceedingly  friendly  terms.  Now 
according  to  the  standard  of  judgment  sanctified 
by  reform  politicians  of  the  present  dispensation 
the  friendly  relations  between  Glavis  and  the  "in- 
terests" ought  to  be  regarded  as  conclusive  of 
iniquity.  But  it  appears  that  that  standard  of 
judgment  is  only  to  be  applied  when  politicians 
of  the  old  school  are  under  suspicion. 


Executive  Clemency 

Lieutenant-Governor  Wallace,  acting  for  our 
absentee  Executive,  but  doubtless  with  his  ap- 
probation, came  to  the  rescue  of  - a  wife-murderer 
the  other  day  thereby  disappointing  the  gallows. 
The  source  of  the  pull  in  this  instance  has  not 
been  revealed,  but  that  it  was  a  very  powerful 
pull  we  may  reasonably  conjecture  from  the  hol- 
lowness  of  the  pretext  employed  by  the  Holy- 
Roller  from  Los  Angeles  to  justify  his  action. 
He  explained  that  the  murderer  had  not  been 
skilfully  defended.  His  case  was  handled  by  a 
young  lawyer  who  did  not  permit  his  client  to 
take  the  witness  stand,  a  circumstance,  says  the 
lieutenant-governor,  which  probably  prejudiced 
the  jury.  In  his  opinion  the  attorney's  withhold- 
ing of  the  testimony  of  the  defendant  was  proof 
of  his  incompetency.  Every  lawyer  in  the  State 
knows  that  the  conclusion  drawn  by  the  lieuten- 
ant-governor may  be  utterly  erroneous.  There 
are  many  criminal  cases  in  which  it  is  the  wise 
policy   to   keep   the    defendant   from  testifying. 


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September  28,  1912 


And  this  murder  case  should  probably  be  included 
among  them.  If  the  defendant  had  been  put  on 
the  witness  stand  he  would  not  have  denied  that 
he  killed  his  wife.  There  was  no  question  as  to 
how  she  met  her  death.  There  were  eye-wit- 
nesses to  the  murder.  The  defendant  beat  his 
wife  into  insensibility  and  then  shot  her.  There 
was  testimony  to  the  effect  that  the  defendant 
had  been  trying  to  induce  his  wife  to  sup- 
port him  in  a  house  of  prostitution.  That 
is  the  only  thing  he  might  have  denied,  and  if  he 
had  done  so  the  prosecuting  attorney  might  have 
drawn  from  him  testimony  much  more  damaging 
than  any  that  had  been  given.  The  evidence  in 
the  case  showed  that  the  dead  woman  was  a  dis- 
obedient wife.  On  the  night  of  the  murder  she 
rebelled  against  her  husband,  and  that  is  why 
he  got  angry  and  chastised  her  with  a  club  and 
a  pistol.  It  appears  that  he  had  brought  a  friend 
home,  and  was  in  so  hospitable  a  frame  of  mind 
that  he  desired  his  wife  to  yield  to  the  man's 
embraces.  It  was  for  refusing  to  commit  adult- 
ery with  her  husband's  kind  permission  that  the 
mortal  part  of  her  was  dosed  with  lead  after  she 
had  ceased  to  be  sensible  of  the  flagrancy  of  her 
disobedience.  According  to  some  commentators 
of  the  daily  press  many  people  have  been  greatly 
shocked  by  what  they  regard  as  the  miscarriage 
of  justice  in  this  revolting  case,  but  they  should 
be  reminded  that  this  is  an  uplift  Administration, 
tender  toward  sinners,  eager  to  redeem  the  coun- 
try at  Armageddon,  and  desirous  of  instilling  sen- 
timents of  charity  and  brotherly  love  in  the 
breasts  of  all  men. 


Reed  and  His  Hobby 

Charles  Wesley  Reed,  most  zealous  of  civic  re- 
formers, always  ready  in  the  interest  of  the  State 
to  attach  himself  to  the  public  crib,  has  not  given 
up  hope  of  perfecting  our  school  department. 
Charles  Wesley  has  amazing  confidence  in  the 
power  of  political  machinery.  Adjust  the  machin- 
ery according  to  his  ideas,  and  in  his  judgment 
all  will  be  well.  An  ardent  Progressive  is  Charles 
Wesley;  has  great  respect  for  the  intelligence 
of  the  people;  is  in  favor  of  everything  which  he 
believes  the  people  have  a  passion  for.  Charles 
Wesley  wouldn't  dissent  from  the  majority  even 
though  he  thought  that  by  doing  so  he  would 
insure  himself  admission  to  Heaven.  But  with 
all  his  confidence  in  the  dear  people  he  is  con- 
vinced that  the  school  department  will  never  be 
properly  managed  until  the  power  of  electing  a 
superintendent  of  schools  is  taken  out  of  the 
people's  hands.  Thus  does  Charles  Wesley  seem 
to  be  inconsistent,  but  consistency  is  the  bug- 
bear only  of  small  minds.  According  to  Charles 
Wesley  it  requires  expert  knowledge  to  pick  out 
a  competent  school  superintendent;  the  people 
lack  expert  knowledge,  therefore  they  shouldn't 
have  a  voice  in  the  matter.  Yet  Charles  Wes- 
ley is  in  favor  of  the  election  of  judges  and  of 
their  recall  and  of  empowering  the  people  to 
make  laws  and  all  that  sort  of  thing.  Now  the 
question  is,  How  comes  it  that  Charles  Wesley 
considers  the  people  incompetent  to  choose  a 
school  superintendent  and  competent  to  dispense 
justice  and  to  legislate  intelligently  and  without 
doing  any  mischief?  The  answer  is  that  Charles 
Wesley  is  just  a  typical  politician  with  an  axe 
to  grind.  And  while  Charles  Wesley  is  under  no 
delusions  regarding  the  dear  people  it  must  have 
given  him  pause  at  the  last  election  when  they 
turned  him  down  with  a  dull  thud.  The  dear  peo- 
ple have  lucid  intervals. 


Political  Pedagogues  Approve 

Charles  Wesley  has  some  skill  as  a  politician, 
lie  has  had  an  abundance  of  experience,  and  he 


knows  the  ropes.  Also  he  knows  that  he  doesn't 
carry  much  weight,  and  so  to  strengthen  the 
movement  that  he  has  been  conducting  single- 
handed  he  invoked  the  backing  of  two  of  the 
busiest  politicians  in  the  State — Dr.  Wheeler  df 
Berkeley  and  Dr.  Jordan  of  Stanford.  These  two 
men  he  has  been  cultivating  for  years,  and  he 
had  no  difficulty  in  getting  them  to  write  letters 
endorsing  his  proposal.  But  undoubtedly  they 
are  sincere  in  commending  the  method  which  he 
has  outlined  for  the  management  of  the  school 
department.  They  would  like  to  see  a  pedagogue 
in  full  swing  in  the  office  of  school  superintendent, 
believing  that  it  would  increase  their  power,  as 
they  have  a  tremendous  influence  among 
pedagogues  by  virtue  of  their  position.  Now 
there  is  nothing  that  may  be  stated  with  greater 
degree  of  certainty  than  this, — that  whatever  is 
wrong  with  the  schools  of  this  State  is  due  to 
the  malign  influence  of  the  unscrupulous  ped- 
agogue in  politics.  The  ring  that  has  manip- 
ulated the  text-book  graft  in  this  State  for  many 
years  i"  a  ring  composed  of  our  leading  educators, 
and  that  ring  heartily  approves  the  Charles  Wes- 
ley scheme  to  take  from  the  people  the  power 
of  choosing  a  school  superintendent. 


Percy  Is  Displeased 

Mayor  Rolph  appears  to  have  lost  confidence 
in  the  city's  law  department.  Some  time  ago 
when  charges  were  preferred  against  two  police 
commissioners,  one  of  the  young  men  on  City 
Attorney  Long's  stafT  had  charge  of  the  case. 
He  represented  the  mayor  before  Judge  Seawell, 
who  threw  the  case  out  of  court  after  making  it 
clear  that  the  official  legal  light  had  gone  to  a 
lot  of  unnecessary  trouble  in  digging  up  author- 
ities to  support  a  point  that  was  of  no  import- 
ance. Probably  it  was  this  circumstance  that 
prompted  the  mayor  to  dispense  with  Mr.  Long's 
services  by  proxy  when  he  decided  a  few  weeks 
ago  to  remove  two  commissioners.  He  was  rep- 
resented in  that  matter  by  his  friend  and  guide 
Mr.  Matt  I.  Sullivan.  And  now  rumor  has  it  that 
Mr.  Long's  feelings  have  been  hurt  and  that 
never  again  will  he  represent  the  mayor  in  any- 
thing. Also  one  hears  something  in  the  nature 
of  animadversion  on  the  action  of  the  mayor. 
Whence  the  criticism  comes  I  am  unable  to  say. 


A  Judah  Boas  Story 

One  day  about  a  year  ago  Judah  Boas,  the 
stock  broker  and  money  lender,  met  a  young 
man  in  Market  street.  "What  are  you  doing 
these  days,  Tom?"  he  inquired.  "I'm  working  in 
the  Assessor's  office  out  at  the  City  Hall,"  said 
Tom.  Whereupon  Judah  Boas  grunted  and  went 
on  his  way.  A  few  days  ago  Boas  met  the  young 
man  again.  "And  what  are  you  doing  now, 
Tom?"  he  asked.  "I'm  working  in  a  stable," 
said  Tom.  "That's  good,  Tom,"  said  Boas, 
"that's  good.  Some  day  you  may  own  the  stable, 
but  you  could  never  own  the  City  Hall." 


Judge  Flood  and  the  Game  Warden 

Justice  of  the  Peace  "Barny"  Flood  was  at 
Lake  Tahoe  on  a  fishing  trip  recently.  One  day 
he  rowed  out  to  a  good  fishing  ground  about 
three  miles  from  shore,  a  spot  which  had  been 
pointed  out  to  him  by  the  Indians,  and  tried  his 
luck.  A  squall  came  up  and  our  judicial  Izaak 
Walton  had  some  difficulty  managing  his  boat. 
He  was  pretty  well  fagged  out  and  was  thinking 
of  returning  when  a  game  warden  happened  along 
in  a  launch.  "How  many  fish  have  you?"  de- 
manded the  warden.  "Can't  count  'em  now," 
said  "Barny,"  glancing  at  the  bottom  of  his  boat; 
"it's  too  squally."  The  game  warden  thought  he 
had  to  deal  with  a  man  who  had  broken  the  law. 


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"Then  you've  got  to  come  ashore  where  I  can 
count  them,"  said  the  game  warden  with  severity. 
"I'm  afraid  I  can't  get  to  shore  just  now,"  re- 
sponded "Barny";  "it's  too  squally."  "You  must 
come  ashore,"  said  the  warden,  "even  if  I  have  to 
tow  you."  So  he  towed  the  row  boat  three  miles 
to  the  shore  while  "Barny"  sat  in  comfort,  ad- 
miring the  beauties  of  Tahoe.  It  didn't  take  the 
game  warden  long  to  count  "Barny's"  catch; 
there  were  just  two  fish  in  the  boat. 


Unselfish  Philanthropy 

From  time  to  time  there  come  to  my  notice 
instances  of  prominent  men  doing  good  by  stealth. 
Some  of  these  instances  are  of  such  a  kind  that 
it  would  be  unfair  to  reveal  the  circumstances, 
for  charity  loses  its  sweetness  when  its  good 
deeds  are  bruited  abroad.  Sometimes  too  there 
is  danger  of  unselfish  charity  being  misunder- 
stood. For  instance,  I  learned  the  other  day  of 
a  good  deed  done  by  one  of  our  very  prominent 
millionaires.  This  millionaire  was  out  seeing  the 
sights  of  our  night  life  not  long  since,  and  in 
a  certain  cafe  he  heard  a  young  girl  sing.  She 
was  a  cafe  entertainer,  apparently  undistinguished 
from  half  a  hundred  others.  But  this  millionaire 
who  knows  a  good  voice,  was  struck  by  the  beau- 
tiful quality  of  this  young  girl's  singing  tones. 
He  complimented  her  and  engaged  her  in  con- 
versation about  music.  She  displayed  a  knowl- 
edge unusual  in  a  cafe  entertainer.  Finally,  to 
test  her  accomplishments,  he  asked  her  to  sing 
a  beautiful  but  by  no  means  popular  French  song. 
The  girl  sang  it  without  the  music.  The  million- 
aire was  so  delighted  that  he  has  arranged  to 
send  the  girl  to  the  Conservatory  of  Milan  so 
that  she  may  study  for  the  operatic  stage.  He 
will  pay  all  her  expenses  during  her  stay  abroad. 
Obviously  this  is  the  sort  of  good  deed  which  is 
open  to  misunderstanding;  yet  what  this  man  in- 
tends to  do  is  prompted  by  motives  entirely  un- 
selfish. 


Another  Instance 

Incidents  of  this  sort  are  well  worth  recording 
because  they  help  to  remind  us  that  the  world  is 
not  nearly  as  bad  and  selfish  as  we  are  some- 
times inclined  to  consider  it.  Another  somewhat 
similar  came  to  my  notice  about  the  same  time. 
This  time  the  beneficiary  was  a  young  man  em- 
ployed in  a  certain  art  shop  much  frequented  by 
connoisseurs.  The  youth  has  artistic  talent,  and 
has  devoted  all  the  time  not  demanded  by  his 
employer  to  the  study  of  drawing  and  painting. 
From  time  to  time  his  work  has  been  done  in 
the  art  shop  where  visitors  could  get  a  glimpse 
of  it.  One  of  our  prominent  art-lovers,  a  man 
of  considerable  wealth,  has  been  watching  the 
efforts  of  this  young  man  for  a  long  time.  He 
recognized  his  capabilities,  admired  his  industry 
and  felt  that  his  talent  should  receive  proper  en- 
couragement. So  he  has  arranged  to  send  him  to 
Paris  for  several  years'  instruction.  Here  again 
a  good  deed  would  be  robbed  of  its  fragrance  if 
I  mentioned  names. 


Goodwin's  Case  Hopeless 

Many  conflicting  reports  have  come  up  from 
Los  Angeles  regarding  the  condition  of  Nat 
Goodwin.  Perhaps  what  is  the  most  authentic 
and  reliable  information  on  the  subject  is  con- 
tained in  a  letter  from  the  great  funmaker's 
friend,  John  Ernest  Warren,  secretary  of  the 
American  Dramatists  Association,  who  visited 
Goodwin  some  time  ago  on  business  connected 
with  the  publishing  of  the  actor's  "Memoirs," 
which  he  has  been  editing  for  publication  this 
winter.  Goodwin  is  suffering  from  a  fracture 
of  the  pelvic  bone  which  was  not  discovered  till 
two  weeks  after  the  accident  in  the  breakers. 
Since  the  accident   Goodwin's  mental  faculties 


have  parted  somewhat.  He  is  morbid  and 
morose  owing  to  his  fear  that  he  will  never  be 
able  to  walk  again  or  appear  on  the  stage.  It  is 
almost  certain  that  he  never  will  be  able  to  act 
again,  but  the  doctors  have  not  informed  him  of 
the  seriousness  of  his  condition.  At  present  he 
is  able  to  draw  himself  up  by  his  arms  in  bed  and 
use  them  to  change  his  position,  but  he  is  unable 
to  use  his  legs  or  feet.  Goodwin  was  to  have 
appeared  in  this  city  a  month  ago  as  Fagin  in 
"Oliver  Twist"  supported  by  the  Alcazar  stock 
company.  He  was  also  to  have  appeared  in  New 
York  under  the  management  of  Oliver  Morosco 
in  the  first  production  of  Lee  Arthur's  "The  Fox." 


Our  Literary  Tastes 

From  the  annual  report  of  the  Public  Library 
for  the  last  fiscal  year  it  is  apparent  that  San 
Franciscans  do  their  share  of  reading.  It  ap- 
pears that  821,162  volumes  were  circulated  in  the 
twelve-month,  a  gain  of  10,370  over  the  year  pre- 
ceding. That  strikes  me  as  a  very  good  showing. 
The  figure  becomes  more  interesting  still  when 
it  is  pointed  out  that  before  the  fire  of  1906  when 
the  Library  had  40,000  more  volumes  than  at 
present  the  highest  circulation  for  any  year  only 
exceeded  the  figures  for  the  last  fiscal  year  by 
9,063.  In  the  past  six  years  many  of  us  have 
not  had  the  opportunity  to  indulge  our  taste  for 
books  as  much  as  we  should  have  liked  to.  Lit- 
erature had  to  give  the  pas  to  money-getting. 
But  nevertheless  we  seem  to  have  done  very  well 
indeed.  And  mind  you,  the  figures  are  for  the 
Public  Library  alone.  If  combined  with  the  fig- 
ures for  the  Mechanics  Library  and  the  smaller 
circulating  libraries  they  would  be  about  twice 
as  impressive. 


Library  Examinations 

This  report  is  particularly  interesting  because 
it  gives  the  lists  of  questions  asked  at  the  exam- 
ination of  applicants  for  positions  in  the  Library 
service.  Taken  by  and  large  the  questions  con- 
stitute a  fair  test  of  general  reading,  although 
some  of  them  seem  to  smack  of  pedantry.  For 
instance: 

Characterize  and  locate  in  history,  fable  or 
myth,  five  of  the  following:  Erlking,  Mambrino's 
Helmet,  Sword  of  Damocles,  Ring  of  Canacc, 
Gyges'  Ring,  Shirt  of  Nessus,  Ygdrasil,  Excalibur, 
Talus,  Slough  of  Despond,  Circe,  Open  Sesame, 
The  Valkyrie,  Bed  of  Procrustes,  Lorelei. 

To  answer  that  question  corre<:tly  requires  a 
pretty  accurate  knowledge  of  sources.  How 
many  of  us  can  locate  ofThand  the  source  of  the 
Damocles  story,  the  Gyges'  Ring  story,  the 
Procrustes  story?  To  tell  these  stories  is  easy 
enough;  to  locate  them  is  pretty  difficult.  Per- 
sonally, I  remember  reading  the  Gyges'  ring  story 
somewhere  in  Cicero,  but  is  that  locating  it? 
I'm  afraid  not.  I  used  to  know  my  Creasy  fairly 
well,  but  I  should  not  like  to  be  pinned  down 
to  an  accurate  answering  of  the  following: 

Marathon,  Chalon,  Tours,  Hastings,  Blenheim, 
Saratoga,  are  counted  among  the  decisive  battles 
of  the  world's  history.  Give  the  dates  on  which 
they  were  fought  and  the  names  of  the  contend- 
ing forces.  What  was  the  issue  contended  for  in 
each,  and  what  effect  would  a  different  result  have 
had  upon  the  history  of  the  world.  (Answer 
five.) 

These  are  only  two  out  of  a  long  series  of 
questions  covering  ancient  and  modern  history 
and  literature,  art,  politics,  economics,  medicine, 
invention  and  what  not.  My  hat  is  oflf  to  those 
who  came  out  of  that  examination  with  flying 
colors. 

The  Italian-Swiss  Colony's  table  wines  are  be- 
coming world  famous  for  their  excellence  and 
uniformity.    Try  their  TIPO  (red  or  white). 


Hackett's  Othello 

We  are  not  to  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  James 
K.  Hackett  play  Othello  at  the  Greek  Theatre 
this  year.  It  was  at  first  intended  that  Mr.  Hack- 
ett should  give  the  performance  this  month,  and 
he  started  making  arrangements  with  a  great  deal 
of  enthusiasm.  But  he  has  changed  his  mind. 
As  he  wrote  in  a  letter  to  Professor  Armes,  "I 
am  unwilling  to  give  a  performance  in  any  way 
below  my  best  as  an  actor  or  as  a  producing  man- 
ager; and  I  have  reluctantly  come  to  the  con- 
clusion that  the  time  is  too  short  for  me  to  do 
justice  either  to  myself  or  to  the  artistic  aim  of 
the  committee."  So  we  must  wait  till  next  year 
to  see  Hackett's  Othello.  Professor  Armes  and 
Mr.  Hackett  have  arranged  for  a  production  of 
the  tragedy  at  the  Greek  Theatre  in  the  Fall  of 
1913. 


Think  Again,  Mr.  Critic! 

"The  third  act  of  Lady  Windermere's  Fan," 
says  J.  Lawrence  Toole,  the  clever  dramatic  critic 
of  the  Examiner,  "reveals  the  lady  caught  in  her 
lover's  chambers.  Wilde  invented  that  situation." 
Tut,  tut!  Has  Mr.  Toole  never  read  The  School 
for  Scandal?  Has  he  forgotten  Joseph  Surface 
and  Lady  Teazle?  When  one  speaks  of  a  play- 
wright inventing  a  situation  it  behooves  one 
to  be  extremely  careful.  A  stage  situation  is 
about  as  difficult  to  invent  as  a  new  joke.  Just 
who  did  invent  this  situation  of  a  woman  trapped 
in  her  lover's  apartments  I  am  not  in  a  position 
to  say,  but  it  is  much  older  than  Wilde's  great 
compatriot  Brinsley  Sheridan.  You  may  find  it 
in  many  a  naughty  Restoration  drama.  It  is,  I 
am  sorry  to  say,  a  very  long  time  since  I  have 
turned  over  the  pages  of  Wycherley  and  Con- 
greve,  of  Vanbrugh  and  Farquhar,  of  Colley  Gib- 
ber and  Dryden,  but  I  should  engage  to  find  the 
situation  in  several  of  their  plays  without  long 
searching.  And  as  these  wits  went  to  the  French 
for  a  great  deal  of  their  inspiration,  just  as  dram- 
atists have  been  doing  ever  since,  it  would  surely 
not  be  hard  to  find  the  same  situation  in  Moliere 
or  Le  Sage  or  some  of  the  other  Parisian  dram- 
atists. Wilde  was  ever  a  great  borrower;  the 
habit  was  so  confirmed  that  he  even  borrowed 
from  himself.  Many  of  the  epigrams  in  Lady 
Windermere's  Fan  can  be  found  elsewhere  in  his 
works. 


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CONDENSED  MILK 

RECIPE — Mix  and  sift  two  cups  flour,  one  teaspoon 
baking  powder,  and  a  pinch  of  sail ;  rub  into  it  one  hr aping 
tablespoon  butler  and  mix  lightly  with  four  tablespoons 
Borden's  Condensed  Milk  diluted  with  ihree-founhs  cup 
water.  This  will  make  a  soft  dough,  which  spread  on  a 
buttered  pie  tin.  Bake  twenty  min- 
utes in  a  quick  oven.  Split,  and  fill 
with  sliced  peaches  that  have  been 
sweetened  to  the  taste,  and  cover 
with  whipped  fresh  cream. 

Write  for 
Borden's  Recipe  Book 

BORDEN'S 
CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

"Leaders  of  Quality ' ' 

Est.  1857  New  York 


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TOWN  TALK 


September  28,  1912 


A  Book  of  Gnomes 

With  the  assistance  of  Publisher  Aleck  Robert- 
son "Tommy"  Nunan  of  the  Examiner  has 
brought  out  a  book  of  gnomes.  Don't  misunder- 
stand. I  refer  not  to  the  gnomes  of  Paracelsus, 
those  bearded  dwarfs  of  the  wooded  mountains 
who  watch  over  veins  of  precious  metal  and  other 
hidden  treasures;  but  to  the  gnomes  of  ancient 
Greece  which  are  nothing  more  or  less  than  sen- 
tentious maxims  put  into  verse.  In  other  words 
"Tommy"  Nunan  has  made  his  bow  to  the  book- 
reading  public  in  the  role  of  gnomic  poet.  As 
such  "Tommy"  belongs  to  a  group  of  versifiers 
rare  in  the  history  of  literature.  The  gnomic 
poets  of  Greece  flourished  in  the  sixth  century 
before  the  Christian  era.  They  took  the  saws  of 
the  Seven  Wise  Men  and  turned  tliem  into 
metrical  couplets  for  the  edification  of  the  mul- 
titude. The  works  of  all  the  gnomic  poets  ex- 
cept Theognis  have  perished,  and  nobody  reads 
old  Theognis  nowadays.  In  English  literature  I 
know  of  only  one  gnomic  poet.  That  was  the 
good  old  Royalist  Francis  Quarles,  author  of 
"The  Emblems."  His  gnomic  verses  were  pop- 
ular with  the  vulgar,  but  the  critics  of  his  time 
didn't  do  a  thing  to  them,  to  use  a  bit  of 
euphemistic  slang.  Pope  in  the  Duncaid  said  of 
them:  ,<  ^ 

Where  the  pictures  for  the  page  atone 

And  Quarles  is  saved  by  beauties  not  his  own. 

And  old  Sir  John  Suckling  spoke  of  Quarles  as 
the  man  "that  makes  God  speak  so  big  in's 
poetry."  And  now  comes  "Tommy"  Nunan — 
everybody  calls  him  "Tommy" — who  wrote  news- 
paper doggerel  that  looked  like  prose  till  you 
read  it,  long  before  Walt  Mason  was  heard  of, 
with  a  pretty  little  volume  called  "Out  of  Nature's 


Creed."  He  calls  it  "a  poem  of  optimistic  philos- 
ophy." It  is  dedicated,  by  permission,  to  Joaquin 
Miller,  and  the  dedicatory  verses  are  graceful  and 
complimentary,  as  dedicatory  verses  should  al- 
ways be. 


A  Simple  Creed 

"Tommy's  verses  sing  a  simple  God-fearing 
creed.  "Tommy"  has  always  been  a  student  of 
astronomy,  so  he  begins  with  the  stars,  thus: 

Man,  seeking  boundless  truth  afar, 
Trains  all  his  thought  upon   a  star. 

This  "Tommy"  finds  to  be  unnecessary,  for 

All  the  boundless  truth  is  near. 

And  God  and  Heaven  are  with  us  here. 

Nothing  cryptic  about  that,  or  about  anything  in 
the  singer's  creed.    He  bids  us 

See  in  the  gleams  of  children's  eyes 
More  gleams  of  God  than  in  the  skies, 

a  very  sensible  suggestion.  And  he  tells  us  to 
toil;  to  plant  a  tree  or  a  flower  is  to  add  to  the 
happiness  of  mankind.  Suffering,  he  says,  is  in- 
evitable, even  for  the  birds: 

Think  not  the  little  bird  that  sings 
And  treads  the  morning  with  its  wings 
Has  naught  in  life  but  joy: 

The  cold,  the  fiercest  storm  that  blows, 
A  world  that's  full  of  mortal  foes. 
Its  bravest  hopes  employ. 

As  takes  the  lark  his  upward  flight 
And  gains  from  Heaven  a  nearer  light 
To  sanctify  his  song, 


So  we  should  ever  upward  gaze 
And  tempt  sad  souls  their  eyes  to  raise 
Above  what  men  call  Wrong. 

That's  the  only  time  "Tommy"  attempts  the 
lyrical;  the  rest  is  all  gnomic,  and  it's  very  quot- 
able, as  gnomic  couplets  should  be. 


The  Novelist-Builder 

Herman  Whittaker,  the  novelist,  better  known 
to  his  friends  as  "Jimmy,"  is  building  himself  a 
fine  big  nine-room  home  in  Piedmont.  He  is  not 
having  a  home  built,  mind  you,  but  is  building  it 
himself.  With  one  assistant  he  has  done  every 
bit  of  the  work  from  mudsill  up.  The  plans  were 
drawn  by  Whittaker  and  his  wife,  and  received  the 
indorsement  of  the  proper  Oakland  officials. 
Whittaker  is  by  no  means  the  first  of  our 
litterateurs  to  wield  saw  and  hammer.  Harry 
Lafler  built  himself  a  bungalow  on  Telegraph 
Hill.  Charles  Keeler  built  his  own  home  across 
the  bay.  Harry  Cowell  was  his  own  architect 
and  contractor.  And  there  are  others  whose 
names  escape  me. 


A  Sign  of  Prosperity 

During  one  day  last  week  sixty  commercial 
travelers  registered  at  different  hotels  in  this  city. 
That  must  come  pretty  close  to  breaking  the 
record.  The  importance  of  the  fact  lies  in  its  im- 
plication. Business  is  picking  up  in  San  Fran- 
cisco; an  increase  of  prosperity  is  smiling  on  us. 
The  drummer  has  his  finger  on  the  pulse  of  trade. 
When  times  are  bad  in  any  particular  section  he 
finds  out  about  the  condition  of  trade  in  time  to 
save  himself  the  expense  and  trouble  of  a  visit. 
And  when  times  are  good  nothing  can  keep  him 
away.  There  are  probably  more  commercial 
travelers  gathering  fat  orders  in  this  city  at  the 
present  time  than  there  have  been  at  any  other 
period  during  the  last  two  or  three  years.  Times 
are  good  and  they  seem  to  be  growing  steadily 
better.  The  voice  of  the  calamity  howler  will 
soon  be  stilled  in  the  land. 


Art  and  Athletics 

The  Olympic  Club  no  longer  bestows  its  affec- 
tions exclusively  on  athletics.  In  its  new  home 
it  will  do  more  than  cultivate  the  body;  it  will 
cnlt'vate  the  mind  also.  As  in  Ancient  Greece 
'1  Pindar  sang  the  triumphs  of  her  heroes  on 
tlic  Olympian  field  the  Olympic  Club  will  foster 
;in  a^finity  between  art  and  athletics.  After  a  dip 
in  the  tank  a  man  may  now  browse  in  a  library 
wliere  soon  the  classics  will  be  well  represented. 
.After  a  little  exercise  in  the  gymnasium  a  man 
may  feast  his  eyes  on  works  of  art,  some  of 
which  arc  already  features  of  the  club.  Some 
time  ago  when  many  members  of  the  club  re- 
solved upon  testifying  their  appreciation  of  the 
magnificent  services  rendered  by  President 
flumphrey  and  the  board  of  directors,  they 
agreed  it  could  not  be  done  in  a  more  fitting 
manner  than  by  ornamenting  a  wall  with  a  beau- 
tiful bronze  tablet  appropriately  inscribed.  So 
they  went  to  our  premier  sculptor,  Haig  Patigian, 
and  he  designed  them  something  chaste  and 
beautiful.  The  unveiling  of  this  tablet  was  mAde 
the  motif  of  a  banquet  last  Saturday  evening,  and 
it  proved  a  most  enjoyable  occasion.  The  Olym- 
pians were  in  gift-making  mood.  In  addition  to 
the  tablet  there  was  a  gift  of  a  life  membership 
card  of  gold  to  President  Humphrey,  the  gift 
of  a  gold  watch  to  Al  Hampton  who  superin- 
tended the  building  of  the  club  and  the  gift  to 
the  club  by  Vice-President  Louis  HoefTler  of  a 
beautiful  statue  in  marble  of  heroic  proportions 
The  Hoeffler  gift  made  quite  a  sensation  as  it 
was  unexpected.  It  is  a  reproduction  of  one  of 
the  famous  Canova  statues  of  the  boxers  Creu- 


Zerolene  is  sold  in  one-half,  one  and  five  gallon  cans — the  small  cans, 
flat  shape,  just  fit  m  the  tool  box. 

Insist  on  getting  Zerolene  in  the  original  packages. 
For  sale  everywhere. 

Standard  Oil  Company 


(California) 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Oakland.  Cal. 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
San  Diego,  Cal. 


San  Jose.  Cal. 
Stockton,  Cal. 
Sacramento,  Cal. 
Marysville,  Cal. 


Fresno,  Cal. 
Seattle,  Wash, 
Spokane.  Wash. 
Tacoma,  Wash, 


Portland.  Ore. 
Nome.  Alaska. 
Honolulu,  T.  H. 


September  28,  1912 


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cante  and  Damoxenes.  While  in  Rome  some  time 
ago  Mr.  Hoeffler  ordered  reproductions  of  botli 
statues.  It  took  months  to  find  suitable  pieces 
of  marble  out  of  which  to  sculpture  the  statues, 
and  the  second  one  is  not  yet  completed.  It  will 
arrive  in  about  six  months  and  become  the  com- 
panion figure  of  the  one  that  was  unveiled  Sat- 
urday evening. 


California's  First  Paper 

From  a  friend  who  writes  that  he  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  account  given  in  last  week's 
Town  Talk  of  Theodore  Hittell's  early  news- 
paper experiences  in  San  Francisco,  I  have  re- 
ceived rather  a  long  communication  dealing  with 
the  history  of  the  first  newspapers  published  in 
California.  He  says  the  first  newspaper  published 
in  this  State  was  the  Monterey  Californian.  It 
was  dated  December  10,  1846,  was  crudely  printed, 
had  four  pages,  and  was  half  in  Spanish  and  half 
in  English.  The  paper  owed  its  start  to  Com- 
modore Stockton,  who  succeeded  Commodore 
Sloat  in  command  of  the  Pacific  squadron  after 
Sloat  had  hoisted  the  United  States  flag  at  Mon- 
terey on  July  7,  1846.  Upon  looking  over  the 
property  of  the  defunct  Mexican  Government 
there  was  discovered  an  old  font  of  long  primer 
type  and  a  Ramage  press  which  had  been  used 
since  1834  to  do  the  official  printing  of  the  Mex- 
ican Government  in  California.  Commodore 
Stockton  had  appointed  as  one  of  the  alcaldes  of 
Monterey  the  Rev.  Walter  Colton,  chaplain  of  one 
of  the  vessels  of  the  squadron,  and  he  suggested 
that  Mr.  Colton  should  issue  an  American  news- 
paper. This  suggestion  Mr.  Colton  promptly 
adopted,  and  with  Dr.  Robert  Semple  he  began 
the  publication  of  the  Monterey  Californian  on 
August  IS,  1846,  a  little  more  than  a  month  after 
the  occupation  of  the  country  by  the  American 
forces.  Dr.  Semple^  afterward  one  of  the  most 
prominent  of  California's  citizens,  was  a  man  of 
unusual  personality.  He  was  a  dentist  by  occupa- 
tion, 6  feet  6  inches  in  height,  and  possessed  of 
tremendous  strength.  He  came  originally  from 
Kentucky  and  was  a  member  of  Fremont's  party 
when  the  Pathfinder  first  went  to  Monterey  to 
join  forces  with  Sloat.  A  young  English  Lieu- 
tenant on  one  of  the  vessels  of  Admiral  Seymour's 
squadron  recorded  his  impressions  of  the  Ameri- 
cans accompanying  Fremont,  and  referred  par- 
ticularly to  Semple,  saying:  "One  man,  a  doctor, 
six  feet  six  high,  was  an  odd  looking  fellow. 
May  I  never  come  under  his  hands!" 


The  Lack  of  Type 

When  Colton  and  Semple  began  the  issue  of 
the  Californian  they  found  one  important  defici- 
ency— the  font  of  type  did  not  contain  a  w. 
This  deficiency  was  supplied  to  a  degree  by  the 
use  of  two  v's  wherever  a  w  occurred.  The  editor 
apologized  for  the  lack  of  w's  in  an  editorial 
which  read: 

Our  Alphabet. — Our  type  is  a  Spanish  font 
picked  up  here  in  a  cloister,  and  has  no  w's  in  it, 
as  there  is  none  in  the  Spanish  alphabet.  I  have 
sent  to  the  sandwich  Islands  for  this  letter,  in 
the  meantime  we  must  use  two  v's.  Our  paper 
at  present  is  that  used  for  wrapping  segars;  our 
object  is  to  establise  a  press  in  California,  and 
this  we  shall  in  all  probability  be  able  to  accom- 
plish. The  absence  of  my  partner  for  the  last 
three  months  and  my  duties  as  Alcalde  here  have 
deprived  our  little  paper  of  some  of  those  atten- 
tions which  I  hope  it  will  hereafter  receive. 

Walter  Colton. 

Mr.  Colton  described  the  press  as  being  old 
enough  to  warrant  its  preservation  as  a  curiosity. 
The  type  was  dirty  and  pied,  and  it  was  only  by 
scouring  that  the  letters  could  be  made  to  show 
their  faces.  There  being  neither  rules  nor  leads, 
some  sheets  of  tin  were  cut  up  into  pieces  that 


would  answer  the  requirements.  The  only  paper 
available  was  in  sheets  a  little  longer  than  or- 
dinary foolscap.  This  was  the  paper  on  which 
most  of  the  archives  of  California  and  other 
Spanish  American  provinces  were  written,  the 
thicker  quality  being  prepared  for  writing  pur- 
poses, while  the  thinner  grades  were  used  for 
cigarette  paper.  The  office  of  the  Californian  was 
in  an  upper  room  of  the  Monterey  barracks,  and 
the  first  number  created  a  sensation,  a  crowd 
waiting  for  the  first  sheets  to  come  from  the 
press.  It  appears  from  reading  the  apologetic 
editorial  that  the  font  also  lacked  capital  S's. 
It  may  seem  odd  that  the  Sandwich  Islands  should 
be  referred  to  as  the  source  of  the  necessary  sup- 
ply of  w's,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact  Honolulu  was 
the  nearest  supply  centre  in  those  days  for  the 
whole  Pacific  Coast.  The  needed  supply  of  type 
had  apparently  not  reached  the  Californian  up  to 
December  19,  1846,  for  in  that  issue  the  same 
expedient  of  using  two  v's  for  a  w  was  used. 


The  Second  Paper 

In  May,  1847,  the  Californian  was  removed 
from  Monterey  to  San  Francisco,  the  last  num- 
ber to  be  issued  at  Monterey  bearing  the  date 
May  6,  1847.  On  June  1,  1847,  appeared  the  first 
number  of  the  second  volume,  which  ran  to  April, 
1848.  The  second  newspaper  published  in  Cali- 
fornia, the  Yerba  Buena  California  Star,  ap- 
peared first  on  January  9,  1847,  under  the  owner- 
ship of  Samuel  Brannan,  a  native  of  Maine  and  a 
Mormon  elder.  Brannan  chartered  a  ship  in  New 
York  in  1846,  and  on  February  4,  sailed  with  a 
party  of  Mormon  converts  numbering  about  240 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  colony  in  Cali- 
fornia at  the  time  that  the  main  body  of  the  Mor- 
mons were  leaving  Nauvoo,  111.,  for  their  long 
trip  to  the  heart  of  the  Western  wilderness.  So 
many  of  Brannan's  party  settled  in  Yerba  Buena 
that  for  a  time  it  was  known  as  a  Mormon  town. 
Of  course  when  Brannan  sailed  from  New  York 
California  was  still  under  the  Mexican  domina- 
tion. Like  other  Mormons  Brannan  was  anxious 
to  escape  United  States  control,  and  was  very 
disagreeably  surprised  to  see  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
floating  over  Yerba  Buena  when  his  vessel  sailed 
up  San  Francisco  Bay  on  July  31,  1846.  He  is 
said  to  have  exclaimed  in  tones  of  the  deepest 
disgust:  "There  is  that  damned  flag  again!"  An- 
other story  told  of  the  elder  is  to  the  effect  that 
for  a  long  time  he  regularly  called  upon  the 
Mormon  colonists  for  payment  of  church  tithes. 
The  tithes  were  unhesitatingly  paid  for  a  certain 
time,  and  then  discontent  arose,  which  resulted 
in  a  flat  refusal  to  make  further  payments  to 
Brannan.  The  latter  stormed,  insisting  that  he 
was  an  elder  of  the  Mormon  Church  and  the 
proper  person  to  receive  tithes,  but  the  Mormon 
settlers  had  fully  made  up  their  minds  not  to  pay. 
Upon  being  convinced  of  this  Elder  Brannan  im- 
mediately changed  front,  saying  that  he  did  not 
blame  them — -that  they  had  been  "damn  fools  to 
pay  the  tithes  as  long  as  they  did."  Brannan,  who 
had  been  a  printer,  took  out  with  him  on  the  ship 
the  equipment  of  a  Mormon  paper  that  had  been 
printed  in  New  York.  Upon  reaching  California 
he  at  once  established  a  newspaper,  the  Yerba 
Buena  California  Star.  It  was  of  the  same  size  as 
its  contemporary,  the  Californian,  and  was  issued 
weekly.  The  first  number  of  the  second  vol- 
ume came  out  in  enlarged  form  on  January  8, 
1848.    It  continued  until  May  26,  1848. 


The  Rush  to  the  Gold  Fields 

Both  papers  were  compelled  to  suspend  when 
the  gold  excitement  broke  out  all  over  California 
in  the  spring  of  1848,  and  every  person  who  could 
get  to  the  gold  fields  did  so.  Not  only  did  all 
the  printers  on  the  two  papers  immediately  stam- 
pede for  the  Sierras,  but  about  95  per  cent  of  the 


subscribers  went  too.  Indeed,  a  number  of  the 
editors  also  joined  in  the  rush.  Brannan  instantly 
adapted  himself  to  the  situation,  and  soon  had 
established  himself  as  the  owner  of  the  best 
equipped  general  store  in  the  mining  country. 
One  of  the  members  of  the  force  of  the  Cali- 
fornian made  a  valiant  stand  and  issued  several 
extra  sheets  after  about  every  one  else  had  de- 
serted the  office.  In  one  extra  sheet  appeared 
two  columns  of  news  about  the  treaty  of  Mexico, 
Fremont's  trial,  etc.,  two  advertisements,  and 
this  editorial:  "For  the  purpose  of  convincing  what 
is  left  of  the  'public'  that  the  Californian  is  not 
extinct,  nor  yet  altogether  used  up,  we,  in  our 
triple  character  of  editor,  printer  and  devil  have 
compiled,  set  up,  worked  off,  and  circulated  this 
extra,  which  we  hope  will  do  our  readers  much 
good,  for  it  would  probably  very  much  perplex 
his  Satanic  majesty  to  tell  at  what  precise  period 
they  will  hear  from  us  again."  From  May  until 
the  latter  part  of  June,  1848,  during  the  develop- 
ment of  the  gold  excitement  California  did  not 
possess  a  single  newspaper.  About  July  1,  1848, 
some  of  the  printers,  disgusted  with  the  result 
of  their  gold  seeking  ventures,  returned  to  San 
Francisco  and  began  the  publication  of  the  third 
volume  of  the  Californian.  The  paper  was  issued 
irregularly  until  August,  1848,  when  the  regular 
weekly  issue  was  started  again  under  the  editorial 
control  of  H.  1.  Sheldon.  In  September  E.  C. 
Kemble,  who  formerly  had  editorial  charge  of  the 
Star,  returned  from  the  mines  and  purchased  the 
Californian.  He  also  purchased  the  interests  of 
his  partners  in  the  Star  and  united  the  two  papers 
under  the  title  of  the  Star  and  Californian,  com- 
mencing publication  where  the  Star  had  stopped. 
Vol.  Ill,  No.  24.  The  Star  and  Californian  was 
the  only  paper  then  published  in  California  and 
was  issued  weekly  until  the  last  of  December, 
1848,  when  the  title  was  abandoned  and  on  Jan- 
uary 1,  1849,  Mr.  Kemble,  with  Messrs.  Gilbert 
and  Hubbard,  began  the  publication  of  the  Alta 
California,  which  was  published  for  a  good  many 
years  afterwards.  What  arc  said  to  be  the  only 
compk-te  files  of  these  first  of  California's  news- 
papers now  iK-liing  ti)  the   State  Library. 


HUNTER 
BALTIMORE  RYE 

IS   OF   MELLOW  TONE  AND  PER- 
FECT QUALITY.    ITS  UNIQUE  AND 
UNIFORM  CHARACTER  DISTANCES 
ALL  COMPETITION 

Guaranteed  under  the  Pure  Food  Law 

Sold  at  all  first-class  cafes  and  by  jobbers 
WM.  LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


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TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 


September  28,  1912 


By  TANTALUS 


A  Splash  in  the  Fountain 

R.  G.  Hanford's  home  in  Pine  street  is  one  of 
the  most  interesting  places  in  San  Francisco. 
It  looks  like  some  sort  of  mysterious  medieval 
castle,  but  is  in  fact  a  very  uptodate  and  lux- 
uriously fitted  dwelling.  Not  the  least  of  its  at- 
tractions is  the  beautiful  garden  with  its  plashing 
fountain.  Hanford  gave  a  merry  party  not  long 
ago,  and  when  the  jollity  was  at  its  height  the 
guests  left  the  house  to  enjoy  the  cool  air  out  of 
doors.  There  was  much  romping  about  the 
garden,  and  general  admiration  of  the  beautiful 
fountain  with  its  water  silvered  in  the  moonlight. 
And  then  one  of  the  women  suddenly  jumped 
into  the  fountain.  Just  why  is  not  known,  but 
it  is  said  that  somebody  dared  her  and  she 
scorned  to  show  the  white  feather.  Anyway  in 
she  plumped  to  the  general  amazement  of  the 
guests.  She  looked,  in  her  low-cut  evening 
gown,  like  a  very  modern  but  very  bewitching 
mermaid.  Everybody  enjoyed  the  sensation  ex- 
cept her  husband  who  was  furiously  angry. 
"Come  out  of  that  fountain  at  once,"  he  com- 
manded. She  laughed  a  musical  laugh  at  hubby's 
discomfiture  and  answered,  "Come  in  and  get  me." 
Hubby  didn't  go  in  and  get  her,  but  she  was 
finally  induced  to  leave  her  unconventional  set- 
ting. 


Mrs.  Zeile  in  Paris 

Mrs.  Frederick  Zeile  is  in  Paris.  Nothing 
strange  about  that.  But  Mrs.  Zeile's  activities  in 
Paris  are  exciting  the  curiosity  of  her  friends. 
For  Mrs.  Zeile  is  spending  hours  every  day  in  the 
smart  shops  of  the  Rue  de  la  Paix,  buying — 
what  do  you  suppose?  Clothes,  of  course.  But 
Mrs.  Zeile's  friends  here  are  whispering  that  the 
clothes  are  for  a  trousseau!  It  may  not  be  true, 
of  course.  One  never  takes  these  rumors  too 
seriously.  Personally  I  usually  pay  no  attention 
to  them,  but  Mrs.  Zeile  is  such  a  charming 
woman,  so  popular  in  society  and  has  so  many 
friends  here  who  are  interested  in  her  activities, 
that  I  set  the  story  down  for  what  it  is  worth. 
The  man  who,  it  is  said,  may  have  the  happiness 
of  wedding  Mrs.  Zeile  is  a  professional  man  of 
high  standing.  Mrs.  Zeile  is  the  widow  of  Fred 
Zeile  who  died  at  the  Fairmont  about  a  year  ago. 
She  is  the  stepmother  of  those  popular  and  at- 
tractive society  girls  Marian  and  Ruth  whose 
own  mother  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hopkins. 


To  Begin  Housekeeping 

Mrs.  Sam  Hopkins  (Elyse  Schultz  that  was) 
is  to  begin  housekeeping,  and  will  have  her  first 
experience  as  the  presiding  divinity  of  a  domes- 
tic establishment  in  the  big  Hopkins  home  at 
California  and  Laguna  streets.  The  senior  Mrs. 
Hopkins  is  an  invalid  and  has  had  to  delegate 
her  authority  for  several  years  now.  Mrs.  Fred 
McNear  formerly  lived  with  her  mother,  but  she 
has  recently  taken  a  house  of  her  own.  The 
Cheever  Cowdins  have  taken  an  apartment,  and 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Phone  Douglas  4964 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 
420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


the  Mesdames  Taylor  have  their  own  houses.  So 
Mrs.  Sam  Hopkins  will  have  full  charge  of  the 
old  home.  The  full  responsibility  of  the  house- 
hold duties  will  fall  upon  her"  young  shoulders, 
but  she  will  have  a  staff  of  efficient  servants, 
several  of  whom  have  been  with  the  family  for 
a  long  time,  so  her  cares  will  not  be  as  onerous 
as  they  might  be  under  less  favorable  conditions. 


The  Ames  Divorce 

Divorce  is  not  so  frequent  in  the  inner  circle 
of  smartdom  to  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Worthing- 
ton  Ames  belong.    The  members  of  that  clique 


Photo,  Kathryn  Hopkins 

MISS  M.ARIANNE  M.VTIIIEU 
The   charming   daughter   of   Mr.    and    Mrs.    Frank  I,. 
iMathieu   whose  engagement   to   Mr.   Alexander  L. 
Wilson  has  been  announced. 

may  have  their  domestic  differences  from  time 
to  time,*  but  they  are  usually  fortunate  enough 
to  straighten  them  out  without  recourse  to  the 
law.  So  the  separation  of  the  beautiful  Mrs. 
Ames  from  her  husband  is  of  an  interest  to 
those  quidnuncs  who  feed  on  rumors  which  can 
only  be  described  as  sensational.  It  is  being  said 
now  that  the  divorce  was  to  be  expected.  "I'm 
not  surprised,"  is  heard  from  many  wiseacres. 
'Tis  an  irritating  observation,  fit  only  for  the 
mouths  of  those  who  have  the  habit  of  saying, 
"I  told  you  so."  Still,  they  insist  that  when 
Mrs.  Ames  went  to  Santa  Barbara  several 
months  ago,  'twas  the  beginning  of  the  end.  Mrs. 
Ames  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Colonel  E.  F. 
Preston  by  his  second  wife  who  was  a  Miss  Bald- 
win, sister  of  O.  D.  Baldwin.  She  is  one  of  the 
most  beloved  of  the  younger  women  of  society, 
one  has  been  overhauled  by  the  motor  cop  and 


The  Eclat  of  Arrest 

Down  the  peninsula  in  the  haunts  of  hoi  aristoi 
one  isn't  considered  abreast  of  the  times  unless 

A  Special  Confection.  Called  "Home-Made 
Specials."  A  surprising  assortment  of  delicious 
home-made  candies  in  each  box.  Geo.  Haas  & 
Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


arrested  for  speeding.  This  fact  is  causing  the 
authorities  of  San  Mateo  county  a  great  deal  of 
annoyance,  for  while  they  don't  object  to  swell- 
ing the  revenues  of  the  county  through  the  col- 
lection of  fines  they  are  on  pins  and  needles  lest 
the  speeders  do  serious  or  even  mortal  injury  to 
pedestrians.  The  speeders  appear  to  have  no  re- 
gard for  the  safety  of  those  on  foot,  but  the 
truth  is  of  course  that  they  are  momentarily  for- 
getful under  the  stress  of  that  speedburning 
mania  which  is  one  of  the  vices  of  modern  life. 
Heaven  grant  that  some  pretty  maid  doesn't  have 
her  whole  life  saddened  one  of  these  days  by  rea- 
son of  her  car  maiming  or  destroying  somebody. 
The  latest  to  be  arrested  was  Miss  Lee  Girvin. 
The  young  woman  went  to  court  with  some 
trepidation,  and  seemed  glad  to  escape  with  a 
fine.  The  justice  spoke  of  imprisonment,  but  re- 
lented. 


Considerate  Justice 

"I  do  not  care  to  send  Miss  Girvin  to  jail,  as 
that  institution  is  hardly  in  accord  with  her  pres- 
sent  mode  of  living." — Justice  Lambkin  of  Red- 
wood City. 

"What  is  he  charged  with,  officer?" 

The  stern-eyed  justice  cried. 
"With  smoking  hop,  your  honor," 

The  plain-clothes  man  replied. 
"A  grave  offense,"  the  judge  returned, 

"But  justice  is  forgiving; 
So  set  him  free — we  have  no  jail 

That  suits  his  way  of  living." 

"What  was  the  law  that  this  man  broke?" 

The  magistrate  inquired. 
"He  has  three  wives."  the  cop  explained, 

"And  none  has  yet  expired." 
"A  bigamist!"  the  judge  exclaimed 

With  accents  of  misgiving; 
"But  let  him  go — we  have  no  jail 

That  suits  his  way  of  living." 

"And  what  has  this  one  done  amiss?" 

The  judge  went  on  to  ask. 
"He  broke  from  jail,"  the  cop  replied; 

"I  caught  him  at  his  task." 
"At  last,  at  last,"  the  judge  rejoiced, 

"A  sentence  I'll  be  giving; 
Let  him  go  back  to  jail;  it  suits 

Tlis  present  way  of  living!" 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOUEAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches. 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years ; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient);  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them. 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S   ORIENTAL   TOILET  POWDER 
For  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00.  by  Mail 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS.  Prop.. 
37  Great  Jones  St.,  New  York  City 


September  28,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


15 


An  Interesting  Dinner 

Fifty  years  ago  a  little  girl  named  Mary  E. 
Davis  went  to  school  in  Geneva,  Switzerland, 
and  one  of  her  teachers  was  the  celebrated  Pro- 
fessor Paul  Chaix.  That  Professor  Chaix  has 
been  dead  for  many  years,  and  the  little  girl  he 
taught  is  now  Mrs.  George  J.  Bucknall  of  San 
Francisco.  But  there  is  now  another  Professor 
Chaix.  He  is  the  son  of  Mrs.  Bucknall's  old 
teacher,  and  he  came  to  this  city  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Geneva  as  one  of  the  world's  distin- 
guished geographers.  With  him  came  his  son. 
The  foreign  geographers  were  entertained  almost 
exclusively  by  the  professors  and  members  of  the 
University  Club,  but  it  was  the  good  fortune  of 
Mrs.  Bucknall  to  give  a  dinner  in  honor  of  the 
son  and  grandson  of  her  teacher  of  fifty  years 
ago.  Mrs.  Bucknall  is  a  traveled  and  cultivated 
woman,  and  the  dinner  was  a  brilliant  affair,  al- 
though extremely  informal  on  account  of  the 
limited  time  the  visitors  could  spare. 


To  Be  Very  Quiet 

I  understand  that  the  wedding  of  Miss  Martha 
Calhoun  and  young  Hickox  will  be  a  very  quiet 
affair.  There  has  been  talk  of  elaborate  prepara- 
tions and  of  the  bridesmaids  who  were  to  go  on 
from  this  city  to  Cleveland  for  the  ceremony,  but 
this  seems  to  be  all  wrong.  Miss  Marian  New- 
hall  was  to  be  a  bridesmaid,  but  will  not  go  to 
the  wedding,  perhaps  because  the  plans  were 
changed.  She  was  to  go  East  in  company  with 
her  brother  young  Mayo  Newhall  who  left  last 
Saturday  to  resume  his  studies  in  Philadelphia. 
The  charming  girl,  however,  is  still  with  us. 


Miss  Peters  To  Dance 

Miss  Anna  Peters  is  known  as  one  of  our 
most  beautiful  girls  and  most  graceful  dancers. 
She  knows  every  terpsichorean  wrinkle  Irom 
classic  footing  to  cake  walk  and  from  toe  gyrating 
to  Texas  Tommy.  So  I  am  very  sorry  that  I 
shall  not  be  able  to  see  her  do  a  Chinese  dance 
at  the  St.  Francis  this  afternoon.  The  occasion 
is  the  annual  jinks  of  the  San  Francisco  Musical 
Club,  and  I  shall  not  be  present  because  none 
but  members  are  admitted  to  the  mysteries.  A 
Chinese  operetta  "Feast  of  Little  Lanterns"  is  to 
be  given  under  direction  of  Frank  Mathieu  and 
Wallace  Sabin,  and  the  feature  will  be  a  Chinese 
dance  in  costume  by  the  beautiful  blonde  Stock- 
ton girl.  But  perhaps  we  outsiders  may  see  her 
dance  later  on;  there  is  talk  of  repeating  tiie 
affair  for  charity. 


^''""^  Franklin  6752 

Ladies  Tailor 

^    Strictly  first 

class  tailor-made  suits,  plain  and  fancy. 

Three- 

pieced  Suits  a  Specialty.  Wraps. 

1557  Frsnklin 

St.,  Cor.  Pine                San  Francisco 

Hotel  St.  Francis 


Tea  served  in  Tapesty  Room  from 
Four  to  Six  O'clock 

Special  Music  Fixed  Price 


A  Daily  Social  Event 


Our  Five  O'clock  Pastime 

Here  thou,  great  Anna!  whom  three  realms  obey, 
Dost  sometimes  counsel  take — and  sometimes  tea. 

Pope  wrote  the  lines  of  Queen  Anne,  but  I  am 
reminded  of  them  by  the  transformation  of  the 
tapestry  room  of  the  St.  Francis  into  a  playing 
ground  where  our  leisured  men  and  women  may 
indulge  in  the  great  five  o'clock  pastime  of  tea 
drinking.  For  in  the  tapestry  room  one  may 
take  counsel  or  one  may  take  tea  or  one  may 
take  something  stronger  than  tea.  That  lends 
the  room  a  charm  of  freedom  all  its  own.  That 
commends  it  to  the  men  who  have  not  yet — in 
any  great  numbers  at  least — cultivated  the  habit 
of  the  oolong  matinee.  Emile  Bruguiere,  now 
a  Parisian  highbrow,  introduced  tea  parties  for 
men  several  years  ago,  but  the  innovation  never 
became  a  revolution,  and  the  "absinthe  hour"  is 
still  given  over  to  Scotch  and  cocktails.  Still  I 
have  noticed  a  good  many  converts  dallying  witli 


Photo,  Genthe 

MISS  K,\TRIN.\  P.\GE  BROWN 


Whose  engagement  to   Austin   Moore,   the  son  (if 
Mrs.  Willis  Polk,  has  just  been  announced. 

the  tea  cup  in  the  past  few  days,  so  there  is  no 
telling  how  far  the  new  habit  will  strike.  One 
with  a  strong  imagination  might  pjcture  the  club 
room  of  the  hotel  deserted  at  five  o'clock  and 
the  men  who  erstwhile  frequented  it  fighting  for 
admission  to  the  congested  tapestry  room.  For 
myself,  I  hardly  think  that  will  happen.  But 
just  the  same,  the  new  tea  room  seems  to  fill  a 
long  felt  want. 


The  New  Vanderbilt  Baby 

The  incendiary  press  is  filing  a  characteristic 
protest  against  the  amount  of  space  devoted  in 
certain  newspapers  to  the  birth  of  another  Van- 
derbilt heir.  The  incendiary  press  takes  it  for 
granted  that  the  birth  is  widely  heralded  because 
the  baby  boy  will  inherit  millions.  This  is  not 
the  whole  truth.  The  papers  devote  their  valu- 
able space  to  the  affairs  of  the  Vanderbilt  tribe 
because  they  are  engaged  in  giving  the  people 
what  they  want  and  the  people  want  to  know 
all  about  the  Vanderbilts.  And  it  is  well  that 
the  people  should  have  this  knowledge.  If  there 
is  any  American  family  which  points  the  moral 
of  too  much  money  it  is  the  Vanderbilt  family. 
They  have  supplied  the  country  with  some  of  its 
most  malodorous  divorce  actions.    The  marriage 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


LUNCH  75c  REGULAR  DINNER  $1.00 

Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet  Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


(  Sutler  1 572  Cyril  Arnaulou 

Phones  <  Home  C-3970  Henry  Rillman 

(  Home  C-4781— Hotel  C.  Lahademe 

New  Delmonico^s 

Restaurant  and  Hotel 

NOW  OPEN 

Bes/  French  Dinner  in  the  City  with  Wine,  ^1.00 
Banquet  Halls  and  Private  "Dining  Rooms 
Music  Every  Evening 
Visitors  to  San  Francisco  are  cordially  invited 

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CLIFF  HOUSE 

SAN    FRANCISCO'S    MOST   FAMOUS  RESORT 

Unsurpassed  Cuisine 

(a   la   carte  service) 

Dancing  in  Ball  Room  Every  Evening 
Private  Banquet  and  Dining  Rooms 
Friday  Fish  Dinner 

(table  d'hote) 


Vocal  and  Instrumental  Entertainment 


Techau  Tavern 

Cor,  Eddy  and  Powell  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Douglas  4700      PHONES:      Home  C  3417 

A  High  Class  Family  Cafe 

A  dainty  lunch  served  gratuitously  to  ladies  every 
day  during  shopping  hours,  between 
3  :30  and  5 :00  p.  m. 

UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

A.  C.  MORRISSON 


HOTEL  ARGONAUT 

Society  of  California  Pioneers  Building 
FOURTH  STREET  NEAR  MARKET 

California's  Most  Popular  Hotel 

400  Rooms,  200  Baths;  European  Plan;  $L00  per  Day 
and  up.  Dining  Room  Seating  500.  Table  d'hote  or  a 
la  carte  serrice  as  desired. 

Special  Sunday  Dinner,  including  Wine,  $1.00 

Edward  Rolkin,  Mgr.  Geo.  A.  Dixon,  Asst.  Mgr. 


16 


TOWN  TALK 


September  28,  1912 


PALACE  HOTEL 

Situated  on  Market  Street 
In  the  Center  of  the  City 

Take  Any  Market  Street  Car  from  the  Ferry 

FAIRMONT  HOTEL 

The  Most  Beautifully  Situated  of  Any  City 
Hotel  in  the  World 

Take  Sacramento  Street  Cars  from  the  Ferry 

TWO  GREAT  HOTELS 
UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  THE 
PALACE  HOTEL  COMPANY 


HOTEL  VICTORIA 

COR.  BUSH  AND  STOCKTON  STS. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

A  downtown  residence  hotel  of  the  high- 
est order,  appealing  particularly  to  those 
who  value  comfort  and  convenience  more 
than  mere  ostentation  and  who  appreciate 
excellence  of  cuisine  and  service  at  mod- 
erate expense. 

American  Plan,  from  $3.00  per  day  up 
European  Plan,  from  $1.S0  per  day  up 

For  rates  and  rcsorvations  address 

MRS.  W.  F.  MORRIS,  Proprietor 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


I    CORONADO  BEACI^^ALkfoRNIA  \-  ' 


California's  Largest  Resort  Hotel.    Open  all 
the  year.    The  luxurious  character  of  its  ap- 
pointments  and   excellence   of   its   cuisine  is 
known   the  world  over. 
American  Plan;  $4.00  per  day  upwards. 

Joho  J.  HeroaD.  Maoaser.  Coroaade,  Cal. 
H.  F.  Norcrost,  Agl.,  334  So.  Spring  St.,  Los  Aogeles,  CaL 


Victrola  Floor 

REMODELED 

We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of  our  build- 
ing, devoting  it  to  the  perfect  disjilay  of  VICTORS, 
VICTKOLAS  and  RECORD.S.  This  entire  floor  is 
devoted  to  individual  glass  partitioned  sound-proof, 
demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  and  Day-Lighted 

Kvery  convenience  has  been  installcfl  for  the  proper 
(itmunstration  of  our  tremendous  >5tock  of  Victor 
goods,  and  for  the  comfort   of  our  patrons. 

Sherman  ,^ay  &  Go. 

Steinway  and  Other  Pianos    Victor  Talking  Machines 
Apollo  and  Cecilian  Player  Pianos 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


of  Alfred  Vandcrbilt  to  the  Bromo  Seltzer  King's 
daughter  followed  two  unsavory  divorces,  one 
of  them  a  Reno  action.  Alfred  Vanderbilt  was 
divorced  by  his  wife  on  the  ground  of  infidelity, 
and  shortly  after  her  decree  was  granted  a 
woman  who  had  been  mentioned  as  one  of  Alfred 
Vanderbilt's  affinities  took  her  life  in  London. 
It  was  the  general  opinion  that  she  killed  herself 
in  despair  because  she  had  been  cast  off  by  her 
lover.  Mrs.  Hollis  McKim's  divorce  was  also 
sufficiently  sensational.  She  enlivened  her  en- 
forced stay  in  the  West  by  trips  from  Reno  to 
San  Francisco.  The  public  wants  to  study  these 
marriages  and  divorces  in  high  life,  and  it  is 
well  that  it  should.  The  public  may  learn  from 
them  that  money  can  curse  its  owners. 


Professor  Eisen  Coming 

Professor  Gustav  Eisen,  formerly  of  Stanford 
University,  has  been  in  Europe  for  two  years, 
and  now  he  is  coming  home.  But  it  will  be 
at  least  two  years  and  a-half  before  he  arrives. 
Professor  Eisen  might  be  called  eccentric  by 
some,  and  his  eccentricity  explains  why  it  will 
take  him  such  an  unconscionable  time  to  return 
to  California.  Professor  Eisen  is  an  expert  in 
metallurgy  and  entomology.  He  loves  to  wander 
about  the  world  tapping  rocks  and  snaring  rare 
specimens  of  insects  and  bugs.  Through  the 
kindly  offices  of  Mrs.  Hearst  he  was  able  to 
leave  here  two  years  ago  for  a  scientific  tour  of 
Europe,  and  he  will  bring  back  many  valuable 
specimens.  Although  he  is  past  seventy  the  pro- 
fessor, like  John  Muir  and  John  Burroughs,  walks 
whenever  he  can  in  preference  to  riding.  Trains 
he  despises,  motor  cars  he  will  have  none  of.  He 
loves  the  open  air,  and  a  sleep  beneath  the  stars 
has  no  terrors  for  him.  That  is  why  it  will  take 
him  so  long  to  come  home.  He's  going  to  walk 
most  of  the  way. 


Techau  Tavern  Gives  Away  Car 

A  most  unusual  attraction  for  a  cafe  is  the 
sumptuous  Flanders  electric  automobile  which 
ornaments  the  main  floor  of  the  Techau  Tavern. 
Naturally  it  attracts  a  good  deal  of  attention, 
and  will  continue  to  do  so  until  December  23, 
when  it  is  to  be  presented  to  some  lady  who  is 
so  fortunate  as  to  hold  the  lucky  number  which 
will  make  the  automobile  her  very  own,  with- 
out money  and  without  price.  There  is  sure  to 
be  a  notable  gathering  of  the  fair  sex  at  the 
Tavern  every  day  between  3:30  and  5:30  pi  m. 
and  from  9:30  to  closing  time,  for  it  is  during 
these  hours  of  the  day  that  every  lady  will  re- 
ceive a  coupon  which  may  turn  out  to  be  the 
lucky  one  that  entitles  her  to  this  wonderful  car. 
Manager  Morrisson  is  to  be  congratulated  upon 
adding  one  more  irresistible  attraction  to  the 
many  that  go  to  make  Techau  Tavern  famous. 
The  first  ten  numbers  drawn  will  be  published 
in  the  daily  newspapers  on  the  day  following 
the  award. 


The  Latest  at  Tail's 

There  will  be  some  woman  in  San  Francisco 
who  will  be  made  happy  this  Christmas  by  re- 
ceiving a  $500  free  merchandise  order  on  the 
City  of  Paris.  Who  is  going  to  give  this  gener- 
ous Xmas  gift?  Why  John  Tait,  of  course! 
Every  lady  who  visits  the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  be- 
tween the  afternoon  hours  of  3  and  6  o'clock  will 
receive  an  order  which  may  make  her  the  lucky 
recipient  of  a  $500  merchandise  order.  Whoever 
is  fortunate  enough  to  get  this  award  need  have 
no  fear  of  satisfactorily  solving  the  Christmas 
problem  of  "What  Shall  I  Give."  I  don't  know 
of  a  nicer  or  more  appropriate  present  than  this 
and  I  am  sure  it  is  a  prize  that  will  be  thor- 
oughly appreciated  by  whoever  gets  it. 


A  Powerful  Preacher 

The  new  minister  in  a  Georgia  church  was  de- 
livering his  first  sermon.  The  darkey  janitor  was 
a  critical  listener  from  a  back  corner  of  the  church. 
The  minister's  sermon  was  eloquent,  and  his 
prayers  seemed  to  cover  the  whole  category  of 
human  wants. 

.\fter  the  services,  one  of  the  deacons  asked 
the  old  darkey  what  he  thought  of  the  new  min- 
ister. "Don't  you  think  he  offers  up  a  good 
prayer,  Joe?" 

"Ah  mos'  suhtinly  does,  boss.  Why,  dat  man 
a.xcd  de  good  Lord  fo'  things  dat  de  odder 
preacher  didn't  even  know  he  had!" 


"How  much  did  he  leave  his  wife?" 
"Xearly  every  night." 


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Sep_tember  28,  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

A  Tribute  to  Charles  Ruggles 


Arise,  my  Muse!    Bestir  yourself! 

Forget  your  former  struggles; 
And  strive  to  sing  in  language  meet 

The  worth  of  Charley  Ruggles. 

The  fact  is,  the  leading  men  and  leading  women 
at  the  O'Farrell  street  playhouse  have  had  their 
meed  of  praise — it's  time  to  give  Ruggles  his  due. 

Of  all  the  Alcazar's  young  men, 

(Fair  models  of  virility), 
I  know  of  none  who  better  plays 

The  parts  of  juvenility. 

There's  no  denying  that.  Run  over  the  list — 
Mestayer,  Glendinning  and  the  rest — Ruggles  is 
not  to  be  put  below  any  of  them. 

This  San   I'"rancisco  youngster  boasts 

A  wit  that's  always  working; 
And  though  I've  seen  him  many  times, 

I've  never  caught  him  shirking. 

In  truth  he's  a  conscientious  actor  who  despises 
no  part  that  Fred  Butler  entrusts  him  with;  and 
the  result  is  that  he  makes  the  tiniest  "bit"  worth 
while. 

I've  known  a  world  of  actor-men 

Who  took  a  world  of  pains 
To  play  their  parts,  but  what's  the  use 

Unless  God  gave  them  brains? 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

We've  all  witnessed  the  sad  spectacle  of  well- 
intentioned  players  spending  themselves  on  roles 
which  elude  them  because  they  are  mentally 
deficient.    Ruggles  is  not  one  of  these. 

Our  Charley  has  an  intellect 

Of  studied  cultivation, 
And  so  he  brings  to  every  part 

His  own  interpretation. 

Take,  for  instance,  the  part  he  plays  in  "Lady 
Windermere's  Fan."  Cecil  Graham  is  a  good  but 
not  a  big  part. 

Yet  in  young  Ruggles'  careful  hands 

It  lives — his  keen  recital 
Of  Wilde's  most  caustic  epigrams 

Makes  every  moment  vital. 

Too  many  actors  appear  self-conscious  when 
drawling  epigrams.  Ruggles  tosses  them  here  and 
there  as  carelessly  as  a  Roman  scattering  con- 
fetti. 

I  have  no  wish  to  overdo 

This  easy  task  of  praise; 
But  must  set  down  that  Ruggles  feels 

Whatever  part  he  plays. 

The  youngster  actually  sinks  his  identity,  it  seems 
to  me.  This  week  he  is  not  Ruggles  at  all;  he's 
Cecil  Graham  all  the  time. 


The  flippant  look,  the  "high-bred"  sneer, 

The  ready  fling  at  virtue; 
And  then  the  humor — you  must  laugh 

However  it  may  hurt  you! 

For  Ruggles  realizes  that  a  Cecil  Graham  would 
repel  if  not  lightened  with  a  certain  amount  of 
drollery.  So  he  is  careful  not  to  be  too  hard, 
even  when  speaking  the  most  cynical  lines. 

The  best  stage  tribute  we  can  pay 

(And  every  actor  begs  it), 
Is  when  we  feel  a  genuine 

Sorrow  at  an  exit. 

Personally,  I  couldn't  get  enough  of  Ruggles  this 
week.  I  should  have  liked  to  see  and  hear  him 
all  the  time.  But  the  fault  lies  with  Oscar  Wilde 
in  not  making  the  part  of  Graham  a  bigger  one. 

Although  I  don't  like  prophecy 

Which  often  turns  out  wrong, 
I  venture  now  to  lay  a  bet 

That  Rugg  won't  stay  here  long. 

He's  headed  straight  for  Broadway,  without  a 
doubt.  Unfortunately,  this  limping  rhapsody  has 
left  me  no  room  for  praise  of  the  others  in  the 
Wilde  play.  They  are  all  very  good.  Miss  Truax,  it 
may  be  mentioned,  plays  the  mother  much  more 
effectually  than  the  adventuress. 


The  Opera  Season 

The  indications  thus  far  are  that  the  singers  at 
the  Cort  Theatre  will  vindicate  the  judgment  of 
our  distinguished  patron  of  art,  Mr.  Ettore  Pat- 
rizi.  It  was  Patrizi  who  rounded  up  these  sing- 
ers abroad,  and  on  the  opening  night  there  was 
considerable  curiosity  as  to  the  measure  of  their 
talent,  and  the  verdict  was  that  it  approximated 
the  high  standard  required  in  San  Francisco. 
San  Francisco  is  a  pretty  competent  judge  of 
grand  opera.  It  has  had  more  of  it  than  al- 
most any  American  city.  There  was  a  time 
when  scorners  among  us  spoke  disparagingly  of 
our  provincial  companies.  They  thought  nothing 
worth  while  that  had  not  received  the  endorse- 
ment of  some  great  metropolitan  centre.  But  of 
late  years  San  Franciscans  have  had  the  wander- 
lust, they  have  gone  to  Europe  to  taste  art  at 
the  fountain-head,  and  they  have  come  to  realize 
that  provincial  companies  have  given  them  just 
as  good  opera  in  their  home  town  as  is  given 
by  renowned  companies  abroad.  Now  this  I,am- 
bardi  company  deserves  well  of  San  Francisco. 
It  has  some  fine  singers,  and  it  has  an  orchestra 
that  can  challenge  comparison  with  the  best  we 
have  heard.  Why  not?  There  are  individuals 
in  it  who  are  not  far  beneath  the  rank  of  vir- 
tuosi, men  who  have  responded  to  the  baton  of 
many  a  maestro  of  renown.  San  Franciscans,  lift 
up  your  heads  in  parochial  pride  in  the  presence 
of  the  members  of  this  orchestra!  But  be  not 
unmindful  of  their  splendid  leader,  Bavagnoli. 
It  is  Bavagnoli  who  inspires  them.  Bavagnoli 
is  vital.  He  knows  his  Puccini  and  brings  out 
all  the  nuances  and  harmonies  of  the  beautiful 
score.  There  is  no  opera  of  which  San  Francisco 
is  more  critical  than  La  Boheme.  We  shall 
never  permit  ourselves  to  forget  that  right  here 
in  San  Francisco  it  was  first  heard  in  America. 


Gossip  of  the  TTieatre 

We  flatter  ourselves  that  we  know  Boheme  as 
it  is  known  nowhere  else.  And  heartily  we  ap- 
proved the  production  at  the  Cort.  Armanini 
proved  himself  a  delightful  Rodolpho.  His  voice 
is  fresh,  pure,  of  lovely  timbre,  and  he  sings  with 
great  artistry.    So  also  does  Signora  Matini,  as 


ALEXANDER  HEINEMAN 

The  famous  German  court  lieder  singer  who  will  be 
heard  next  week  only  at  the  Orpheum. 

Mimi.  Besides  she  is  more  of  the  Mimi  of 
Murger  than  any  of  the  countless  Mimis  I  have 
seen.  The  Musetta — Signora  d'Oria — is  a  bit  of  a 
disappointment,  but  charming  nevertheless.  Fin- 
eschi,  Niccolitti  and  Martino  are  as  jolly  and 
melodious  a  trio  as  one  could  desire  in  that 
never  to  be  forgotten  attic  in  Bohemia.  Surely 
the  opera  season  has  had  a  promising  start,  and 


we  have  reason  to  look  forward  to  more  brilliant 
performances  in  the  coming  weeks.  The  first 
appearance  of  the  diva  Tarquini  will  probably 
be  sensational.  One  hears  everywhere  her  praises 
sung  by  critics  who  have  heard  her  abroad. 

— Helen  M.  Bonnet. 


The  Beel  Quartet 

No  musical  organization  formed  in  this  city  has 
ever  made  a  better  impression  than  the  Beel 
Quartet,  and  music  lovers  will  welcome  the  an- 
nouncement of  its  second  season.  Throughout 
the  summer  months  Mr.  Beel  and  his  associates 
have  rehearsed  with  the  same  fidelity  as  during 
the  concert  season,  and  Beel  and  Manager  Green- 
baum  are  confident  that  the  work  of  the  organiza- 
tion this  season  will  come  as  a  surprise  to  its 
friends,  even  after  the  high  standard  of  last  year. 
A  number  of  assisting  artists  have  been  engaged 
for  special  works.  These  include  Mrs.  Alice 
Bacon  Washington  and  Mrs.  Oscar  Mansfeldt. 
The  first  concert  is  announced  for  Sunday  after- 
noon, November  3,  and  the  remaining  five  will  be 
given  on  Tuesday  nights  at  intervals  of  about 
three  weeks. 


Second  Week  of  Opera 

The  first  week  of  the  limited  engagement  of 
the  Lambardi  Pacific  Coast  Grand  Opera  Com- 
pany at  the  Cort  is  proof  positive  that  the  season 
will  be  a  success.  Tonight  will  see  the  first  pro- 
duction of  "Conchita,"  the  wonderful  Zandonai 
sensation  at  Covcnt  Garden,  London,  where  it  was 
produced  with  Tarquinia  Tarquini,  the  noted 
prima  donna,  in  the  title  role.  The  same  artist 
will  appear  with  the  Lambardi  forces  at  the  Cort. 
Tonight's  performance  will  mark  the  first  pres- 
entation of  the  opera  in  America.  The  repertoire 
for  next  week  is  as  follows:  Sunday  night,  "Con- 


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September  28,  1912 


chita";  Monday  night,  "Madame  Butterfly"  with 
Matini  in  the  title  role  and  Agostini  as  Pinker- 
ton;  Tuesday  night,  "Conchita";  Wednesday  mat- 
inee, "Madame  Butterfly";  Wednesday  night, 
"Traviata";  Thursday  night,  "Conchita";  Friday 
night,  "Rigoletto"  with  Pereira  as  Gilda,  and 
Giardini  in  the  title  role;  Saturday  matinee, 
"Conchita";  and  Saturday  night,  "Madame  But- 
terfly." 


Greenbaum's  October  Plans 

Manager  Will  L.  Greenbaum  announces  the 
dates  for  his  musical  attractions  in  October.  For 
his  opening  attraction  he  has  managed  to  effect 
a  combination  of  two  great  stars,  Riccardo  Mar- 
tin of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  and  Covent 
Garden  who  ranks  among  the  world's  few  great 
tenors,  and  Rudolph  Ganz,  the  Swiss  piano  vir- 
tuoso and  composer.  Ganz  will  appear  only  as  solo- 
ist, Mr.  Martin  having  his  usual  accompanist, 
Miss  Lima  O'Brien.  Two  concerts  will  be  given 
by  these  two  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall  on  Sunday 
afternoons  October  13  and  20.  Their  only  even- 
ing appearance  will  be  for  the  St.  Francis  Musical 
Art  Society  on  Tuesday  night,  October  15.  An 
attraction  that  will  appeal  to  the  masses  as  well 
as  to  music  lovers  will  be  the  famous  United 
States  Marine  Band  of  Washington  which  has 
been  stationed  at  the  White  House  as  the  presi- 
dent's official  band  and  orchestra  ever  since  the 
days  of  John  Quincy  Adams  and  which  has 
boasted  such  leaders  as  Fanciulli,  Schneider  and 
John  Philip  Sousa.  Congress  has  made  special 
provisions  regarding  its  pay,  so  the  director  is 
able  to  secure  the  finest  musicians.  Lieutenant 
William  Santelmann  is  now  the  conductor.  By 
invitation  of  the  Faculty  Committee  two  concerts 
will  be  given  at  the  Greek  Theater  on  the  after- 
noon and  night  of  Saturday,  October  19,  after 
which  concerts  will  be  given  at  Dreamland  on 
Sunday  and  Monday  afternoons  and  nights,  Oc- 
tober 20  and  21.  Mme.  Johanna  Gadski,  one  of 
the  best  beloved  artists  who  visit  San  Francisco, 
will  give  one  concert  only  this  time  on  account 
of  her  activities  at  the  Metropolitan.  She  is 
going  to  prepare  a  specially  great  and  attractive 


program  for  the  event  which  is  announced  for 
Sunday  afternoon,  October  21,  at  the  Columbia. 
As  it  has  usually  taken  three  concerts  to  supply 
the  demand  for  Gadski  tickets  it  would  be  well 
for  those  who  want  to  avoid  disappointment  to 
communicate  by  mail  with  Manager  Greenbaum 
without  delay.  Gadski  will  give  a  special  pro- 
gram in  Oakland  at  Ye  Liberty  on  Thursday 
afternoon,  October  24. 


Sarah  Truax  in  "Mother" 

Jules  Eckert  Goodman's  gripping  human  play 
"Mother"  will  be  the  Alcazar's  magnet  next 
week,  with  Sarah  Truax  in  the  title  part  and 
Thurlow  Bergen  and  the  members  of  the  stock 
company  appropriately  cast.  Miss  Lola  Fisher 
who  is  to  serve  as  the  Alcazar's  ingenue  during 
the  coming  season,  will  make  her  local  debut  in 
a  role  affording  ample  opportunity  for  effective 
display  in  her  special  line  of  acting. 


"The  Round-Up"  at  the  Columbia 

Maclyn  Arbuckle  in  "The  Round-Up,"  Klaw  and 
Erlanger's  production  of  Edmund  Day's  play, 
will  return  to  the  Columbia  for  two  weeks  be- 
ginning Monday  evening.  This  play  has  had  a 
great  success  and  is  remembered  for  the  sensa- 
tional battle  scene  in  which  so  many  Indians  bite 
the  dust.  The  company  is  a  large  and  capable 
one,  and  there  are  genuine  Western  cavalry- 
men, cowboys,  Mexican  vaqueros.  Apache  Indians 
and  twenty  cow  ponies  from  Arizona  cattle 
ranges.  The  locale  is  southwestern  Arizona  be- 
fore the  advent  of  wire  fences  and  during  the 
period  when  General  Crook  was  chasing  Conchise 
and  his  braves  into  the  reservation  at  Fort  Grant. 
The  art  of  the  scene  painter  and  the  marvels  of 
stagecraft  have  produced  impressive  scenes.  In 
the  battle  scene  twenty  mounted  Indians  ride 
along  a  tortuous  path  at  the  edge  of  a  precipice, 
attack  two  wanderers  in  the  desert  and  are  routed 
by  a  detachment  of  United  States  cavalry  headed 
by  "Slim"  Hoover,  the  sheriff. 


"An  Evening  in  Hawaii"  at  Pantages 

For  the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon 


another  strong  array  of  attractions  has  been  se- 
cured for  Pantages,  headed  by  "An  Evening  in 
Hawaii,"  an  elaborate  scenic  production  given  by 
ten  vocalists,  instrumentalists  and  dancers.  These 
talented  natives  are  said  to  give  a  delightful  en- 
tertainment. Loyd  Childs  who  presents  the  act. 
will  also  show  several  reels  of  motion  pictures 
depicting  life  in  the  Sandwich  Islands.  That  well 
known  character  comedian,  Ned  Burton,  sup- 
ported by  Norbert  Myles  and  Marion  Fctrd,  will 
present  his  tabloid  musical  comedy,  "The  Com- 
mercial Man."  The  Orpheus  Comedy  Four, 
great  favorites  in  this  city,  will  return  with  a 
brand  new  assortment  of  songs  and  comedy. 
Five  dainty  and  agile  damsels  are  the  "Juggling 
Jewels"  who  toss  around  Indian  clubs  and  are  as 
pretty  as  they  are  dexterous.  Good  banjo  play- 
ers are  scarce  and  the  Black  Brothers  are  masters 
of  the  pig  skin  instrument  and  finished  dancers 
besides.  Fagg  and  Dixon  will  present  "Afri- 
canology,"  abounding  in  quips  and  parodies. 
Gladys  and  Louis  LaVere  are  versatile  gymnasts. 
Sunlight  Pictures  will  complete  the  program. 


The  Symphony  Season 

The  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Musical  As- 
sociation of  San  Francisco  are  pleased  beyond 
measure  with  the  demands  on  the  opening  day 
of  the  sale  for  the  guarantors  of  the  Orchestra. 
All  indications  point  to  a  record-making  season. 
The  Board  of  Governors  are  particularly  pleased 
with  the  demand  for  seats  for  the  combined  sea- 
son of  the  ten  symphony  and  ten  popular  con- 
certs. The  sale  of  seats  for  the  general  public 
will  open  at  the  rooms  of  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra,  No.  711-712  Head  Building.  Post  and 
Grant  avenue,  on  Thursday,  October  3,  and  will 
close  Thursday,  October  17.  No  season  tickets 
will  be  sold  after  that  date.  The  sale  for  the 
single  tickets  will  open  at  the  box  office  of  the 
Cort  Theatre,  Monday  morning,  October  21. 
The  Board  of  Governors  requests  that  all  mail 
orders  be  made  payable  to  the  Musical  Associa- 
tion of  San  Francisco  and  addressed  to  Frank  W. 
Healy,  manager  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra,  No. 
711-712  Head  Building. 


SCENE  FROM  KLAW  AND  ERLANGER'S  MASSIVE  PRODUCTION  OF  "THE  ROUND-UI'" 
To  be  offered  at  the  Columbia  Theater  for  two  weeks  beginning  Monday  night,  September  30th. 


September  28,  1912 


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19 


Heinemann  at  the  Orpheum 

Alexander  Heinemann,  the  famous  German 
court  lieder  singer,  has  been  secured  by  the  Or- 
pheum for  next  week  only.  This  great  artist  had 
his  ticket  purchased  for  Europe  and  was  on  the 
eve  of  departure  when  the  Orpheum  management 
persuaded  him  to  delay  in  order  that  he  might 
play  his  first  and  in  all  probability  his  last  en- 
gagement in  vaudeville,  for  Herr  Heinemann's 
concert  engagements  in  the  old  world  extend  over 
several  years.  For  a  decade  and  a  half  he  has 
.been  the  idol  of  the  chief  capitals  of  Europe  and 
has  been  decorated  by  the  Emperor  of  Germany, 
the  King  of  Spain  and  other  European  monarchs. 
Herr  Heinemann  will  sing  Handel's  "Largo," 
"Hans  und  Liesel"  (Hans  and  Liza),  "Teufels- 
lied"  (The  Devil's  Song)  and  "Die  Beiden  Gren- 
adiere"  (The  Two  Grenadiers).  Miss  Fay  Foster 
will  accompany  him  at  the  piano.  To  the  vast 
host  of  Dickens'  admirers  which  includes,  it  may 


MISS  MARION  FORD 
With   Ned  Burton   and   Co.   at  the   Pantages  Theatre. 

be  safely  said,  the  great  majority  of  the  Orpheum 
patrons,  the  appearance  of  the  famous  Irish  actor 
Owen  McGiveney  will  be  of  great  interest.  He 
will  present  his  latest  and  greatest  protean  suc- 
cess "Bill  Sikes"  in  which  he  will  impersonate 
besides  the  name  part  Monks,  Fagin,  "The  Art- 
ful Dodger"  and  Nancy  Sikes.  All  these  char- 
acters appear  naturally  and  the  marvelous  man- 
ner in  which  Mr.  McGiveney  hides  his  own  in- 
dividuality by  skillful  and  almost  instantaneous 
changes  of  make-up  make  it  difficult  to  believe 
that  one  man  is  portraying  the  five  roles.  Claud 
and  Fannie  Usher  will  return  for  next  week  only 
after  quite  a  lengthy  absence  with  their  famous 
skit  "Fagan's  Decision."  The  little  play  is  a 
comedy  gem  with  a  touch  of  pathos  deftly  inter- 
jected towards  the  finish.  Williams  and  Warner, 
two  ingenious  Frenchmen  who  have  invented  a 
number  of  musical  instruments  and  funny  stunts, 
will  evidence  their  skill.  They  introduce  the 
Clacaphone,  described  as  an  organ  with  a  human 
voice.  LaMaze  Trio  are  eccentric  comedians. 
Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Annie  Kent,  "The 
Little  Jester,"  and  E.  Frederick  Hawley  and  Com- 
pany in  "The  Bandit."  It  will  also  conclude  the 
engagement  of  Nat  Wills,  "The  Happy  Tramp" 
who  will  sing  by  special  request  his  famous  par- 
ody on  "Alexander's  Ragtime  Band." 


The  Horrid  Man! 

She  was  young,  unmarried  and  of  rather  ample 
proportions,  and  she  went  for  a  dip  in  the  sea 
at  Santa  Cruz.  She  was  wearing  a  very  tight 
bathing  costume,  well  calculated  to  set  off  her 
graceful  curves. 

It  possessed  one  defect  wholly  unanticipated. 
Under  the  influence  of  the  sea  water  it  shrank  to 
such  an  extent  that  when  the  bather  regained  the 
dressing  room  she  was  unable  to  get  out  of  it. 
Worse  still,  the  material  of  which  it  was  composed 
was  so  tough  that  she  could  not  tear  it. 

Before  long  the  tightness  of  the  costume  in- 
terfered with  her  breathing  and  she  fainted.  Her 
mother,  who  was  with  her,  lost  her  head  and 
rushed  along  the  beach  calling  loudly  for  a  doctor. 
A  sportsman  answered  the  challenge  and  went 
to  the  room. 

He  remained  there  some  little  time  and  emerged 
triumphantly,  having  removed  the  dress  with  a 
pair  of  scissors.  The  shock  came  when  it  was 
found  that  the  self-called  doctor  was  no  doctor 
at  all,  but  just  an  ordinary  visitor  to  the  beach. 


AMUSEMENTS 

Commercial  Law 

Knicker— Do  you  understand  mortgages? 
Bockcr — Yes;  the  first  is  for  the  car  and  the 
secand  is  for  the  upkeep. 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

Lieut.-Col.  George  McK.  Williamson,  U.  S.  A., 
and  Mrs.  Williamson  have  taken  apartments  at 
the  Hotel  Victoria  for  the  winter.  Lieut.-Col. 
Williamson  is  on  duty  at  Fort  Mason.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walter  Talbot  of  Phoenix,  Arizona,  arc 
spending  several  days  at  the  Victoria.  Edward 
P.  Borden  and  Miss  E.  D.  Borden  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  are  there  for  an  indefinite  stay.  The  Bor- 
dens  have  spent  part  of  the  summer  in  Berkeley. 
Mrs.  M.  A.  Cachot  has  returned  to  the  Victoria 
for  the  winter.  Miss  Dorothy  May  was  a  dinner 
hostess  to  twelve  guests  on  Thursday  last. 

Los  Angeles  people  registered  at  Coronado  dur- 
ing the  past  few  days  include:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wm.  Robertson,  Mrs.  L.  O.  Pomeroy,  Alfred 
Cuetn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Hearsey,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Brinsmaid,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  T.  Rey- 
nolds, H.  M.  Lieb,  Winfield  S.  Williams,  R.  W. 
Richardson,  H.  B.  Percival  and  wife,  H.  M. 
Thompson,  J.  P.  Tuder,  Mrs.  Keasle,  Mrs.  Colt, 
W.  D.  Church  and  wife. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Holt,  society  folks  of  Den- 
ver, are  passing  several  days  at  Coronado.  Mr. 
J.  M.  Hoyt,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Chi- 
cago, with  Mrs.  Hoyt,  were  there  last  week  for 
a  few  days,  while  seeing  Southern  California. 
Mr.  Dwight  E.  Ryland,  accompanied  by  his  fam- 
ily, spent  several  days.  They  are  here  on  a  pleas- 
ure trip  from  Denver.  Miss  Aniia  C.  Strickland, 
a  young  society  woman  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  tour- 
ing the  West,  made  headquarters  at  the  hotel 
while  seeing  Southern  California.  Mr.  Geo.  F. 
Gosling,  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  remained  at 
the  hotel  while  on  a  business  trip  in  the  West. 

Captain  E.  F.  ("Kid")  Mohler  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco baseball  team  visited  Paso  Robles  last  week 
on  business  connected  with  the  training  arrange- 
ments for  next  spring.  With  both  the  White 
Sox  of  Chicago  and  the  Seals  of  San  Francisco, 
the  famous  springs  of  Paso  Robles  would  indeed 
be  a  Mecca  for  the  fans.  One  or  both  of  these 
teams  will  train  there  next  March.  Mr.  E.  F. 
Scott  of  Guadalajara,  Mexico,  is  at  Paso  Robles 
enjoying  the  climate,  the  baths  and  having  a 
quiet  rest.  Mr.  J.  H.  Bingham  of  Fresno  is 
spending  a  few  weeks  at  Paso  Robles  recuperat- 
ing. Miss  Elliott  of  Berkeley,  Miss  O'Connor 
and  Mrs.  D.  W.  Horsburgh  of  San  Francisco  are 
among  the  arrivals  at  Paso  Robles.  Dr.  Henry 
Krebs  and  Mrs.  Krebs  of  San  Francisco  are  at 
Paso  Robles  for  the  benefit  of  Mrs.  Krebs'  health. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Dougan  of  Tacoma  are  there, 
and  Mrs.  Dougan  will  remain  for  some  time. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Monday  Evening,  September  30,  and  Throughout  the  Week, 
the   Eminent   Emotional  Actress, 

SARAH  TRUAX 

Thurlow   Bergen  and  the  Alcazar  Company  in 

"MOTHER" 

Jules  Eckert  Goodman's  Gripping  Human  Play. 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Two    Weeks    Beginning    Monday,    September  30th 
Matinees   Wednesdays   and  Saturdays 
Klaw   and    Erlanger  Present 
MACKLYN  ARBUCKLE 
In   their  gigantic  production   of   Edmund   Days'  Drama 

"THE  ROUND-UP" 

134   People— 20  Horses 
Prices,  Evenings  ami  Wednesday  and  Saturday  Matinees : 
$1.50   to  25c. 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  September  29th 

AN  EVENING  IN  HAWAII 

10  T.Tlented  Islanders,  in  a  Gorgeous  Production  of  Native 
Novelties;  NED  BURTON  and  CO.  Presenting  "The  Com- 
mercial Man";  FIVE  TUGGLING  JEWELS,  Agile  ami 
Pretty  Maidens;  ORPHEUS  COMEDY  FOUR,  Vocalists 
Eccentrique;  BLACK  BROTHERS,  Dancing  Banjoists; 
FAGG  and  DIXON,  "Africanologuists" ;  THE  LaVERES, 
Versatile  Gymnasts,  and  SUNLIGHT  PICTURES. 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  ZENITH  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

ENGAGEMENT  FOR  NEXT  WEEK  ONLY 

ALEXANDER  HEINEMANN 

The  Famous  German  Court  Lieder  Singer.  Miss  Fav 
F.ister,  Accompanist;  OWEN  McGIVENEY  in  his  Proteaii 
success  "Bill  Sikes";  CLAUD  and  FANNIE  USHER  in 
••Pagan's  Decision";  WILLIAMS  and  WARNER,  Musical 
Merrymakers;  LA  MAZE  TRIO,  Eccentric  Comedians; 
.\NNINE  KENT;  E.  FREDERICK  HAWLEY  &  CO.  in 
••The  Bandit";  NEW  DAYLIGPIT  MOTION  PICTURES. 
Last  Week  of  NAT  WILLS,  Singing  by  Request  his  .fam- 
ous parody  on  "Alexander's  Ragtime  Band." 

Evening   Prices,    10c,   2Sc,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1  570. 


CORT^ 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


LOMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST  GRAND  OPERA  CO. 
Tonight— "CONCHITA" 
Second   Week   Begins   Tomorrow    (Sunday)  Night 
Repertoire  for  Second  Week: 

Sunday,  "Conchita" ;  Monday.  "Mme.  Butterfly";  'I'ues- 
day.  "Conchita";  Wednesday  Matinee,  '•Mme.  Butterfly"; 
Wednesday,  "Traviata" ;  Thursday,  "Conchita";  Friday, 
"Mme.  Butterfly." 

Prices— 50c  to  $2.00. 


Murphy — Phwat  is  a  compromise  candidate? 
Casey — Wan  thot  ayther  side  can  lick. 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
508  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  371 

Residence,  882  Grov«  St.    Phone  Park  1870 


20 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Financial  Outlook 

By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


September  28,  1912 


Stocks — There  was  a  resumption  of  bull  opera- 
tions in  the  stock  market  with  moderate  to  good 
gains  throughout  the  list  of  active  issues.  Prob- 
ably the  chief  advances  were  made  in  the  metal 
stocks  and  railway  equipment  shares,  though  the 
leading  railway  securities  showed  good  buying  in 
specialties  where  present  earnings  are  the  chief 
factor.  Money  rates  continued  to  indicate  only 
a  moderate  demand  from  Wall  street  and  foreign 
exchange  afforded  the  taking  of  some  $3,000,000 
more  gold  from  London.  There  was  little  in  the 
matter  of  news  that  would  bear  on  the  general 
financial  or  Wall  street  situation  and  there  was 
nothing  new  in  the  field  of  politics. 

Wheat — Prices  showed  a  little  weakness  but 
rallied  on  the  strength  at  Liverpool,  firmness  in 
the  Northwest  and  predictions  of  a  period  of  cold 
weather,  with  rain  or  snow  in  the  Northwest. 
Canadian  weather  cool  and  unsettled.  Strength 
at  Liverpool  due  to  better  demand  for  Canadian 
and  American  parcels  and  the  strength  at  Paris, 
these  influences  offsetting  the  big  world  ship- 
ments. There  was  some  selling  in  sympathy  with 
the  easy  tone  in  corn.  Cash  demand  slow,  and 
low  grades  again  inclined  to  drag.  Northwest 
reported  flour  sales  fair,  and  good  cash  demand. 
Cash  sales  wheat  were  140,000  bushels. 

Corn — Fine  weather  brought  long  corn  on  the 
market  in  good  volume.  The  leading  longs 
bought  openly,  but  were  supposed  to  have  sold 
through  commissison  houses.  Receipts  were 
heavy  enough  but  the  demand  was  good.  In- 
dustries were  the  largest  buyers.  Cash  markets' 
t(me  rather  steady,  outside  markets  mixed.  Un- 
settled and  cold  weather  indicated  for  near  future 
and  decidedly  cold  forecast  for  the  end  of  the 
week. 

Cotton — There  was  heavy  American  selling  in 
Liverpool,  presumably  for  the  purpose  of  break- 
ing the  market,  but  the  weather  news  was  so  un- 
favorable that  pressure  was  partly  withdrawn 
There  was  enough  cotton  for  sale  on  the  hard 
spots,  however,  to  hold  prices.  On  the  other 
hand  there  was  a  fair  demand  around  for  January 
and  Craig  brokers  were  credited  with  buying  De- 
cember on  all  the  soft  spots.  A  number  of  points 
in  the  Eastern  belt  reported  heavy  rains  doing 
considerable  damage  and  a  few  small  buying  or- 
ders accompanied  the  reports,  but  the  local  talent 
continues  so  bearish  that  no  attention  is  paid  to 
anything  but  good  news. 


FINANCIAL  NOTES 

The  chief  feature  of  the  local  inarket  during  the 
past  week  has  been  the  activity  in  Spring  Valley, 
the  result  of  the  published  reply  of  the  Water 
Company  to  the  city  concerning  the  negotiations 
now  pending,  in  which  the  properties  were  offered 


to  the  city  for  the  sum  of  $38,500,000,  but  2,300 
acres  of  Lake  Merced  land  were  withheld. 

It  is  estimated  in  real  estate  circles  that  this 
land  could  be  marketed  for  a  sum  somewhere  in 
the  vicinity  of  $12,000,000.  It  is  felt  in  financial 
circles  that  the  city  realizes  the  necessity  of 
bringing  to  a  conclusion  negotiations  with  the 
Water  coinpany,  or  abandoning  the  idea  of  a  munic- 
ipal supply  by  1915.  The  stock  has  been  active 
and  strong,  selling  as  high  as  3  1-4,  but  reacting 
toward  the  end  of  the  week  to  about  63.  The 
bonds  have  remained  unchanged,  selling  at  93  5-8. 

The  balance  of  the  market  has  not  been  par- 
ticularly active,  although  there  were  several  brisk 
sales  in  Associated  Oil  stock  at  about  44.  Gas 
and  Power  securities  have  not  changed  mate- 
rially. Northern  California  Power  remained  at 
its  low  level  of  around  37  1-2,  Pacific  Gas  & 
Electric  Common  selling  at  between  64  and  64  1-4 
ex-dividend  of  $1.25  per  share.  Western  Power 
securities  remained  unchanged,  with  several  sales 
in  the  bonds  at  88  7-8. 

During  the  week  Natomas  bonds  were  ad- 
vanced from  93  3-4  to  94.  Oro  Electric  Corpora- 
tion Sixties  selling  at  98  1-4  and  being  quoted 
98  1-4  bid,  98  1-2  asked. 

Sugar  stocks  have  been  dull,  with  a  downward 
tendency,  although  no  sales  of  importance  were 
registered. 

Money  has  been  slightly  easier,  the  result  no 
doubt  of  returns  froin  a  large  crop.  Real  estate 
loans  continued  at  same  rates. 


On  a  Summer's  Day 

Maud  Muller  was  raking  the  hay. 

"I'm  an  intelligent  agriculturist  at  the  very 
time  you  are  in  danger  of  the  recall,"  she  ex- 
plained in  refusing  the  Judge. 


A  Hair  Cut 

Damocles  saw  the  sword  suspended  by  a  hair. 
"Just  what  that  fellow  .'\bsalom  needed,"  he 
remarked. 


OPEN  ALL  WINTER 

The  Peninsula 

"A  Hotel  in  a  Garden" 

SAN  MATEO,  CAL. 

THIRTY  MINUTES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 
CLUB  HOUSE  AND  AUTO  GRILL 

An  unusual  Reduction  in  Winter  Rates  beginning  October  1.  1912. 
Write  for  particulars. 

Jame*  H.  Doolittle,  Manager 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Moiitgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.   A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein       Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watlcins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ... $1 1,070.803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12,281,957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— I saias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-I'res. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
loseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  \Vm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  \Vm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Dcering,  .■\.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  (or  Receipt  and  Payment  of 

Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New  York,  31-33-35  New  Street 

September  28,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


Varied  Types 

(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

is  very  much  the  same  Martinez,  only  a  bit  sub- 
dued by  marriage  perhaps.  He  wears  the  same 
old  corduroys  and  confines  his  glistening  straight 
long  hair  within  the  same  old  student's  velvet 
cap.  That  hair  is  scissored  from  time  to  time, 
no  doubt,  but  none  has  ever  known  when  it  wasn't 
long  enough  to  get  in  "Marty's"  eyes. 

I  asked  Martinez  what  he  considered  his  best 
work. 

"One  of  my  best  pictures  was  my  first,"  he 
says,  "the  Indian  Sculptor  which  was  bought  by 
Ignatz  Steinhart  and  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1906. 
Another  is  the  Bridge  which  belongs  to  Mr.  J.  D. 
Hahn  of  Oakland. 

"I  shall  never  do  better  work  than  I  did  in 
those.  An  artist  advances  so  far,  and  no  mat- 
ter how  much  he  may  learn  afterwards,  his  work 
is  no  better.    That  is  a  law  of  art." 

And  then  he  launched  into  his  favorite  subject 
of  Velasquez,  the  greatest  painter  that  ever  lived; 
with  side  excursions  into  Zuloaga  who,  he  in- 
sists, is  the  greatest  painter  in  the  world  of  to- 
day.   How  about  Sorolla?  I  asked. 

"His  pictures  are  too  much  like  snapshots," 
said  Martinez.  "But  in  the  matter  of  making 
money  he  is  much  more  successful  than  Zuloaga. 
When  Sorolla  came  to  this  country  he  was  so 
poor  that  Mr.  Huntington  had  to  pay  his  ex- 
penses; he  went  away  with  half  a  million  dollars. 
Zuloaga  came  here  poor,  and  went  away  no 
richer.  Which  goes  to  show  that  Nietzsche  was 
right  when  he  said — " 

And  the  sign-painter  who  knows  Velasquez 
from  Jabez  Swan  and  is  on  speaking  terms  with 
Zarathustra  lit  a  fresh  cigarette,  tasted  his 
absinthe  drip  and  went  on  to  expound  philosophy. 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

Show  me  the  Closed  Shop 
town  and  I'll  show  the  town 
that  is  on  the  down  grade. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  Bldg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


ARTIFICIAL  TEETH  S'lS"." 

Dr.  C.  E.  WILSON 
323  Geary  St.     Suite  604     San  Francisco 


A  Contribution  to  San  Francisco  History 

(Continued  from  Page  6.) 

rieros  and  servants.  Two  priests  from  San  Luis 
Obispo  accompanied  them.  Anza  reached  the 
junction  of  the  Colorado  and  Gila  rivers  on  the 
morning  of  May  11,  exactly  twenty-four  days.  He 
reached  San  Miguel  de  Horcasitas  on  June  1, 
1776. 

This  march  was  remarkable  in  more  senses 
than  one.  Anza's  diary  gives  no  intimation  of 
any  sufferings  from  hunger  or  thirst  on  this  sec- 
ond expedition.  He  mentions  some  sufferings 
from  cold  on  the  outward  journey  to  Monterey. 
But  one  death  occurred  on  the  whole  journey, 
going  and  returning,  that  of  a  woman  in  child- 
birth, near  Tubac,  on  October  24,  1775.  This  is 
remarkable  for  a  journey  of  over  nineteen  hun- 
dred miles.  It  is  only  exceeded  by  the  march 
of  the  Sixth  U.  S.  Infantry  from  Salt  Lake  City 
to  Sacramento,  790  miles,  in  1858,  without  the  loss 
of  a  single  life. 

The  presidio  was  established  in  1776;  a  fort 
was  built  on  the  summit  of  the  rock  where  Fort 
Winfield  Scott  now  stands.  The  garrison  re- 
mained, changing  from  time  to  time  by  death  or 
retirement  of  its  members,  until  1847. 

Mr.  Eldredge  traces  the  career  of  many  mem- 
bers of  Anza's  expedition.  Among  them  were 
Moraga,  Grisalva,  Aloiso,  Mesa,  Peralta,  Bojor- 
ques,  Pacheco,  Aceves,  Soto,  Valencia,  Sanchez, 
Arellanes,  Castro,  Bernal,  Vasquez,  Pico,  and 
others.  The  promise  of  the  King  of  Spain,  made 
upon  their  enlistment,  was  faithfully  kept.  'Ihey 
were  all  given  grants  of  land  in  California. 

There  have  been  several  historic  marches  since 
Anza's  day,  in  the  territory  of  the  United  States. 
Of  these  the  march  of  Lewis  &  Clarke  from  the 
Mississippi  river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia 
in  1807,  the  march  of  the  Sixth  U.  S.  Infantry 
from  Independence,  Missouri,  to  Sacramento, 
California,  in  1858,  and  the  march  of  a  battery  of 
artillery  from  Santa  Fe  to  Independence,  Mis- 
souri, in  1860,  without  the  loss  of  man,  horse  or 
gun,  are  equally  celebrated.  But  I  think  that 
Anza's  two  marches  from  Altar,  Sonora,  Mexico, 
to  San  Francisco,  may  be  justly  claimed  to  vie 
with  any  of  those  named.  Considering  the  op- 
portunities and  means,  of  preparation,  the  un- 
known character  of  the  country,  the  risks  of  death 
from  hunger  and  thirst  and  savage  Indians,  it  is 
certainly  not  the  least  of  the  expeditions  named 
in  accomplishment  and  results.  When  to  all  this 
is  added  the  well  known  indifference  of  the  Span- 
ish race  to  preparation  for  great  achievements,  the 
wonder  grows.  But  on  the  other  hand,  the  in- 
difference to  hardships,  especially  to  hunger  and 
thirst,  of  the  Spaniard  is  proverbial.  Some  of  the 
marches  from  Northern  Mexico  into  the  now  ter- 
ritory of  the  United  States,  are  equally  remark- 
able. 

It  remains  but  to  add  that  after  his  two  marches 
to  California,  Anza  was  appointed  Governor  of 


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December,  1788. 

Mr.  Eldredge  has  bestowed  much  labor  upon 
this  work.  First  of  all  he  has  in  person  been 
over  most  of  the  route  in  California  and  Arizona. 
Then  his  reading  upon  the  subject  has  been  most 
extensive.  The  journals  of  Melchior  Diaz  in 
1540,  of  Father  Knio  in  1701,  and  of  Father 
Garces  in  1771  have  been  deeply  studied  by  him. 
The  long  subsequent  historical  works  of  Frank- 
lin Tuthill  and  Bancroft  have  been  explored  and 
their  contradictions  harmonized  or  corrected. 
Maps  made  by  the  earliest  explorers  of  Cali- 
fornia have  been  perpetuated.  In  particular  there 
are  two  maps  of  the  entrance  to  San  Francisco 
Bay  which  deserve  notice,  and  the  painstaking 
search  of  the  author  in  his  investigations  deserves 
to  be  commended.  These  maps  accompanied  the 
diary  of  Father  Font,  a  priest  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church.  And  where  were  the  originals 
found?  we  may  ask.  In  the  John  Carter  Brown 
Library  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Both  are 
now  reproduced  and  restored  to  the  knowledge 
of  mankind  from  the  dusty  shelves  of  a  library 
over  three  thousand  five  hundred  miles  away.  In 
addition  to  this,  Mr.  Eldredge  has  inserted  in  his 
work  maps  of  Anza's  routes  on  his  two  trips  to 
California.  These  are  most  interesting.  They 
convey  an  idea  of  the  dangers  and  difficulties 
encountered  and  overcome  by  the  explorer  which 
nothing  else  could.  Finally  this  book  may  be  wel- 
comed as  a  permanent  addition  to  the  literature 
of  California  on  a  topic  of  surpassing  interest. 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cilifornia,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  44,453  ; 
Dept.   No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MARY  K.   RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
Iilaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624  Mills  Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  9-28-10 

"Has  he  done  anything  since  he  went  to  the 
Legislature?" 

"You  bet  he  has.    He  has  made  a  record." 

"Funny  I  hadn't  heard  anything  of  it." 

"You  will.  He  solicited  a  bribe  yesterday  and 
there  was  a  dictaphone  concealed  in  the  room." 


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Father 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

can  have  the  courage  which  I  never  had.  I  am 
doing  a  cowardly  act,  I  have  lived  a  cowardly 
life,  but  I  do  not  wish  to  die  like  a  coward.  A 
hundred  times  I  have  been  upon  the  point  of 
fleeing  from  this  house  and  carrying  you  away 
with  me  in  my  arms.  I  lacked  the  energy,  the 
strength  of  mind,  to  do  it.  I  would  have  done 
it  had  the  slightest  occasion  arisen;  had  your 
father  had  a  suspicion;  had  he  ever  said  to  me  a 
single  word  in  anger.  But  no,  none.  He  was  al- 
ways, always  good. 

The  young  man  stopped,  stunned  by  this  revela- 
tion. His  mother  had  loved!  And  she  had  kept 
the  secret  so  long.  She  had  been  able  to  talk, 
to  smile,  without  a  quiver  on  her  lips  to  betray 
her  secret  or  her  remorse.  And  he,  he  had  al- 
ways been  pitiless  toward  the  weaknesses  of 
other  women,  and  all  his  pride  and  joy,  all  his 
veneration  had  been  condensed  in  one  word: 
"Mother."  And  he  Iiad  gr(j\vn  up  there,  with 
them,  a  living  insult  to  that  grand,  good  man  who 
had  so  loved  him. 

All  the  memories  of  his  youth  came  to  him. 
Looking  back  he  could  see  himself  a  very  little 
boy,  taking  long  walks  through  the  streets  and 
holding  desperately  to  father's  hand.  Then  he 
grew  older.  A  serious  illness  held  him  for 
months  between  life  and  death,  and  he  could  see 
his  father,  always  seated  at  his  bedside,  trying 
to  smile  through  the  tears  that  always  would 
come  to  his  eyes.  Then  the  wheel  of  time  re- 
volves. There  are  business  troubles  and  he  re- 
members the  conversations  he  had  overheard 
while  he  was  lying  in  bed,  supposed  to  be  asleep. 
His  mother  said  very  little;  his  father  said:  "I 
will  economize;  I  will  not  smoke  any  more;  I 
will  not  go  to  the  restaurants;  the  clothes  I 
have  will  last  for  some  time;  the  boy  must  not 
want  for  anything.  By  saving  here  and  there 
we  will  be  able  to  do  everything  for  him  that 
he  needs.  Children  have  time  enough  to  suffer 
in  the  future,  why  add  to  their  sorrows  when 
they  are  young?" 

And  that  was  the  kind  of  man  she  deceived! 

He  began  to  cry.  That  sentence  in  the  letter 
came  back  to  him:  "You  are  old  enough  to  de- 
cide upon  your  future." 

It  was  true.  He  had  not  the  right  to  hesitate. 
Not  for  a  moment  did  the  question  of  wealth 
tempt  him,  but  he  must  have  the  courage  she 
did  not  have.  He  would  go  away  and  say  noth- 
ing. He  would  go  very,  very  far  away  and  never 
come  back.  And  then  the  shame,  the  shame  of 
it  all  would  go  with  him.  How  would  it  be  pos- 
sible for  him  now  to  sit  down  at  the  table  with 
this  good  man  and  hear  his  kindly  voice  say: 
"Darling,"  and  then  talk  about  his  mother. 


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He  had  taken  his  decision.  "Oh,  mother, 
mother,"  he  sobbed.    "How  could  you  do  it?" 

Farewell  to  that  quiet,  pleasant  life  which  he 
had  always  lived,  farewell  to  the  home,  farewell 
to  the  hearty  welcome,  for  now  he  had  no  right 
to  it,  no  right  to  continue  a  life  of  lying  and 
hypocrisy. 

He  sat  very  quiet,  numbed  by  his  suffering. 
Then  he  heard  voices  in  the  dining-room: 

"My  poor  little  boy!  How  he  will  feel  it.  He 
is  now  in  his  mother's  room  and  I  know  he  is 
crying.  What  a  misfortune!  I  am  getting  very 
old,  but  fortunately  for  me  I  have  him  left.  He 
is  a  good  boy,  and  will  never  leave  me." 

The  young  man  listened,  startled,  and  bit  his 
lips  till  the  blood  came.  The  father  kept  on 
talking,  and  little  by  little,  as  the  son  listened, 
his  thoughts  took  another  turn.  That  which  he 
had  thought  his  duty  now  seemed  less  easy.  The 
words;  "He  will  not  leave  me,"  rang  in  his  ears. 

Had  he  the  right  to  leave  this  poor  being,  to 
let  him  grow  old  seated  alone  by  a  deserted  fire- 
side? Leave  him!  Would  that  be  fair  payment 
for  all  the  tenderness  he  had  lavished  upon  him, 
all  the  efforts  that  had  been  made  to  protect 
him,  all  the  privations  that  had  been  endured  for 
his  sake?  But  he  was  not  his  son.  His  very 
presence  here,  under  this  roof,  had  something 
odious  about  it,  something  that  could  not  be  en- 
dured. But  he  must  deside,  decide  now,  without 
a  moment's  delay. 

He  still  held  the  letter  in  his  hand,  and  he 
began  to  read  it  again.  "I  would  have  done  it 
had  the  slightest  occasion  arisen;  had  your  father 
had  a  suspicion,,  had  he  ever  said  a  single  word 
to  me  in  anger.  But  no,  none.  He  was  always, 
always  good." 

Now  he  could  hear  his  father's  voice  again. 
He  was  talking  to  the  old  servant. 

"Yes,  I  lived  twenty-seven  years  with  her,  and 
during  all  that  time  there  never  was  a  cloud  that 
obscured  for  a  moment  the  sun  of  our  happiness, 
not  a  cloud." 

The  young  man  took  up  the  letter  again  and 
began  to  read:  "Now  I  am  going  to  tell  you  the 
name  of  your  real  father.    It  is — " 

His  hand  shook.  One  more  look  and  the 
name  would  be  forever  graven  upon  his  memory, 
would  permeate  his  whole  being  and  then  he 
could  not — 

Now  a  voice  called  him,  very  softly  and  very 
tenderly.  "Come,  come,  my  boy,  come  to  sup- 
per." 

A  great  tremor  shook  him  from  head  to  foot 
and  for  a  second  he  closed  his  eyes.  Then  he 
took  a  match  and  set  fire  to  the  letter.  He 
watched  it  burn  slowly,  and  when  the  flame 
reached  his  fingers  he  dropped  the  ashes  upon 
the  floor.  , 

He  went  to  the  door,  opened  it  and  stood  for 
a  moment  looking  at  that  kindly  face,  at  those 
eyes  reddened  by  weeping,  and  at  those  trem- 
bling hands;  and  then  he  went  to  him  and  took 
him  in  his  arms  and  said: 

"Father!     My  own,  dear,  old  father!" 


Omar  stood  by  in  suspense  while  the  editor 
glanced  through  his  quatrains. 

"They  do  you  credit,"  murmured  the  editor. 

"If  you  please,  I'll  take  cash  and  let  the  credit 
go,"  said  the  needy  poet. 

But  the  editor  said  the  Rubaiyat  was  not  up  to 
the  standard  of  his  paper. 


Tramp — You  know  the  sayin,'  mum:  'He  that 
giveth  to  the  poor  lendeth  to  the  Lord.' 

Mrs.  Subbubs— Very  true.  And  since  you 
speak  in  proverbs,  I'll  refer  you  to  another  old 
saw. 

Tramp — Which  one  is  dat,  mum? 

Mrs.  Subbubs — The  one  back  in  the  woodshed. 


September  21,  1912 

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Letters 

A  Mystery  Story 

Samuel  Hopkins  has  a  well-earned  reputation 
as  a  writer  of  stories  of  mystery  and  is  of  the 
few  who  can  concoct  a  plot  so  cleverly  that  the 
reader  is  kept  in  the  dark  until  the  author,  through 
the  agency  of  his  detective,  is  ready  to  reveal 
the  solution.  It  is  always  unexpected,  but  always 
plausible  and  logical  from  the  premises.  "The 
Secret  of  Lonesome  Cove"  concerns  the  identifica- 
tion of  a  woman's  body  washed  ashore  on  the 
New  England  coast.  It  is  lashed  by  ropes  to  a 
grating,  and  at  first  glance  would  appear  to  be 
the  victim  of  some  wreck,  but  there  has  been  no 
storm  and  no  shipwreck  on  the  coast,  nor  has  the 
body  been  long  enough  in  the  water  to  warrant 
a  supposition  that  it  has  drifted  from  a  distance. 
To  add  to  the  mystery,  around  the  left  wrist  there 
is  clasped  a  manacle  of  an  antique  type  once  used 
in  the  slave  trade.  The  usual  congregation  of  vil- 
lage idlers  has  gathered,  and  from  the  gossip 
amongst  them  it  appears  that  the  woman,  a 
stranger,  had  been  seen  in  the  vicinity  at  about 
sunset  on  the  previous  evening,  that  she  had 
spoken  to  one  of  them,  casually  asked  some  ques- 
tion concerning  an  artist  living  near  by,  and  had 
taken  her  departure  in  the  direction  of  his  bun- 
galow, and  that,  further,  she  was  seen  to  hold  con- 
versation with  him, and  he  was  probably  the  last 
one  to  have  seen  and  spoken  with  her  previous 
to  the  discovery  of  the  dead  and  presuiuably 
drowned  body  washed  ashore  in  the  cove  at  the 
base  of  the  cliff.  Questions:  Who  was  she?  How 
did  she  come  to  be  drowned?  What  was  the 
purpose  of  the  manacle  on  the  wrist  and  what  had 
become  of  the  jewelry  with  which  she  was  be- 
decked when  last  seen?  What  connection  had 
the  artist,  Francis  Sedgwick,  with  her?  And  what 
motive  could  he  have  had  for  putting  her  out  of 
the  way?  Amongst  those  who  had  come  toget- 
her in  Lonesome  Cove  was  Professor  Chester 
Kent,  a  scientist  with  a  reputation  for  the  solu- 
tion of  mysteries.  His  own  summing  up  of  his 
life  after  graduation  from  college  was  as  terse 
as  a  telegram:  "Post-graduate  science.  Agri- 
cultural department  job.  Lectures.  Invention. 
Judiciary  department  expert,"  and  his  work  was 
as  decisive  and  clean  cut  as  his  speech.  His 
present  interest  was  an  investigation  of  the  cur- 
rents of  Lonesome  Cfivc  around  which,  because 
of  some  peculiarities,  there  had  been  woven  a 
net  of  local  supcrstittions.  As  a  college  mate 
of  Sedgwick,  the  artist,  he  took  an  immediate  in- 
terest in  the  mystery  of  the  drowned  woman, 
since  it  was  evident  that  suspicion  pointed  to  him 
as  having  at  least  some  knowledge  if  not  direct 
connection  with  the  accident  or  crime.  While 
not  for  a  moment  believing  that  Sedgwick  could 
be  guilty  of  a  murder,  Kent  saw  at  once  that  the 
evidence,  superficial  and  circumstantial,  pointed 
towards  him,  and  after  winning  the  intimate  con- 
fidence of  his  friend  with  a  view  to  clearing  him. 
he  saw  still  more  clearly  that  every  fact  revealed 
would,  if  made  public,  strengthen  the  suspicion. 
It  goes  without  saying  that  in  the  sequel  Sedg- 
wick was  cleared  triumphantly,  but  meanwhile 
there  was  a  curiously  and  intricately  tangled 
skein  to  unwind.  It  led  back  to  the  artist  colony 
of  Paris,  and  took  a  loop  around  the  history  of 
a  dead  and  gone  slave-trader.  It  linked  toget- 
her a  mystic  cult  of  star-worshippers  which  had 
flourished  two  or  three  generations  before  and  a 
very  modern  astrologer  with  a  keen  scent  for  im- 
mediate returns.  There  were  family  scandals  to 
be  concealed  at  any  cost,  involved  venal  public 
officials  and  faithful  private  servants,  and  the 
whole  range  of  society  from  a  millionaire  manu- 
facturer to  a  patent  medicine  fakir,  with  all  the 
variety  of  village  gossips  between.  Like  all  stor- 
ies of  mystery,  once  the  right  thread  is  grasped, 


the  tangles  unravel  themselves  automatically. 
The  genesis  of  "The  Mystery  of  Lonesome  Cove" 
is  as  singular  as  the  opening  paragraphs  of  the 
novel.  The  dedication  is:  "To  One  Unknown — 
To  the  only  living  being  who  possesses  the  secret 
of  the  strangely  clad  and  manacled  body  found 
beneath  the  cliffs  of  Cornwall  on  April  30,  1909, 
this  story,  changed  in  the  setting,  as  he  will  un- 
derstand, is  blindly  dedicated."  The  original 
mystery  has  never  been  solved.  From  the  Bobbs- 
Mcrrill  Company. 


"Home  Entertaining" 

Mr.  William  E.  Chenery  could  hardly  have 
made  a  valid  claim  for  originality  on  behalf  of 
his  small  book  on  "Home  Entertaining,"  had  he 
so  desired.  The  plays  and  pastimes  which  make 
up  its  contents  may  be  new  to  the  juveniles  of  the 
twentieth  century,  but  their  grandparents  needed 
no  printed  reminders,  and  in  those  sections  where 
"dayncin' "  was  looked  upon  as  a  crime  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  if  not  under  the  law,  old  and 
young  alike  joined  heartily  in  games  which  in- 
volved the  payment  of  "forfeits"  for  mistakes  and 
blunders.  Some  of  the  features  described  as  ap- 
propriate for  Hallowe'en  are  decidedly  gruesome, 
and  others  require  a  considerable  amount  of 
preparatory  work  for  the  return  of  but  an  instant 
of  final  presentation.  A  large  proportion  de- 
pend altogether  on  the  humiliation  of  the  victim 
for  any  glint  of  humor,  and  in  nearly  every  in- 
stance the  meat  of  the  nut  is  extracted  at  the 
first  trial.  Mr.  Chenery  has  wisely  omitted  the 
kissing  games  once  so  much  in  vogue,  but  per- 
haps he  is  assuming  that  they  are  still  too  well 
known  and  too  popular  to  need  exploitation.  To 
quote  the  aphorism  of  President  Lincoln,  "For 
people  who  like  this  sort  of  thing,  it  is  about  the 
sort  of  thing  they  would  like" — merely  a  matter 
of  taste.    From  Lothrop,  Lee  and  Shepard. 


A  Pike's  Peak  Story 

Everett  Tomlinson's  "Four  Boys"  whom  he 
started  out  some  time  since  on  a  series  of  home 
travels  in  their  vacations  have  completed  their 
sixth  itinerary  with  a  trip  to  Pike's  Peak  and  the 
surrounding  territory.  Mr.  Tomlinson's  plan  was 
to  awaken  interest  in  our  own  country  and  to 
that  end  he  selected  four  youths,  school  chums 
from  approximately  the  four  points,  each  of  whom 
was  primarily  convinced  that  his  particular  sec- 
tion of  the  United  States  was  superior  to  all  the 
rest,  and  ready  to  maintain  his  opinion  at  the  ex- 
pense of  endless  argument.  As  all  four  are  re- 
liable and  trustworthy  young  men,  and  well  pro- 
vided with  means,  they  are  able  to  travel  com- 
fortably, stay  longer  than  the  usual  tourist  allot- 
ment of  between  trains,  and  see  something  more 
than  the  view  from  the  car  windows.  They  have 
adventures  enough,  both  unexpected  and  the  re- 
sult of  their  own  attempts  at  joking  with  one  an- 
other, and  they  do  absorb  not  only  history  and 
geography  but  a  wider  appreciation  of  the  re- 
sources and  wonders  of  their  own  country  than 


would  come  to  them  with  any  amount  of  mere 
schooling  and  the  provincial  culture  of  their  in- 
dividual sections  of  it.  The  quips  and  puns 
which  older  readers  would  find  tiresome  make  a 
direct  appeal  to  the  younger  generation.  There 
is  room  for  question  as  to  the  advisability  of  a 
steady  diet  of  specially  prepared  juvenile  fiction, 
and  perhaps  some  day  there  will  be  a  congres- 
sional committee  appointed  to  pass  on  the  merits 
of  mental  as  well  as  physical  food  stuffs.  Mean- 
while, as  long  as  there  is  no  limit  to  the  output 
nor  its  ingredients,  Mr.  Tomlinson's  are  amongst 
the  best  presented  for  consumption.  From  Loth- 
rop, Lee  and  Shepard. 


"You  are  in  love  with  a  blonde,"  remarked  the 
fortune  teller,  "but  after  you  marry  her,  beware 
of  a  brunette  who — " 

"No  danger,"  remarked  the  patron;  "it's  the 
same  woman." 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the    City   and   County   of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE, 

Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


SUMMONS 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,652; 
Department   No.  7. 
MAE  J.   RINEY,   Plaintiff,  vs.  JOSEPH  M.  RINEY, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defend.Tnt's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;,  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  tlie  State  of  (California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  J.  FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

428  Mills  Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  8-17-10 


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Also  Four  additional  Trains  leaving  San  Francisco  daily  with 
Standard   Pullman  and  Dining  Cars. 


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Passenger  (Third  and  Townsend) 


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p.  m. — Berkeley,  4:05  p.  m. 


Saint : 


Offers  (he  same  superior 
service  on  the  return  trip — 


Jas.  B.  Duffy,  Gen.  Agt.,  673  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.   Phone:  Kearny  315  and  J  3371. 

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Phone:  Oakland  425  and  A  4425. 


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Latest  types  of  Steel  Coaches,  Dining,  Obser- 
vation, Standard  and  Tourist  Sleeping-Cars. 

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Vol.  XX 


TOWN  TALK 


THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


San  Francisco,  October  5,  1912 


Xo.  1050 


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Blocking  Prosperity 

Politicians  we  have  frequently  been  told 
cannot  seriously  impair  business  in  a  coun- 
try whose  fertile  soil  produces  abundant 
crops.  This  appears  to  be  one  of  the 
many  fallacies  with  which  we  cozen  our- 
selves into  a  feeling  of  security.  Shake- 
speare defines  a  politician  as  a  man  who 
"would  circumvent  God."  Our  politicians 
do  circumvent  God.  They  convert  plenty 
into  scarcity.  Civilization  has  grown  com- 
plicated. The  State  is  no  longer  to  be 
divided  into  husbandmen  and  manufac- 
turers. Though  commerce  still  derives 
its  strength  and  stamina  from  agri- 
culture, though  the  farmer  is  still  the 
founder  of  prosperity,  both  are  dependent 
on  something  more  than  a  plow  in  a  field 
arable.  What  to  the  farmer  are  abundant 
crops  if  he  has  not  the  facilities  to  trans- 
port them  to  market?  If  the  railroads  do 
not  provide  those  faciliiies  the  fertility  of 
the  soil  is  of  no  advantage  to  the  farmer, 
and  prosperity  is  not  to  be  insured  in  a 
country  where  crops  are  greater  than  the 
capacity  of  the  railroads.  Now  the  politi- 
cians have  control  of  the  railroads,  and  the 
politicians  have  done  and  are  doing  great 
injury  to  business  by  discouraging  capital 
from  investing  in  our  great  transi)ortation 
systems.  This  is  a  truth  that  that  most  un- 
selfish of  all  patriots,  the  Hon.  William 
Randolph  Hearst,  has  come  to  own.  He 
tells  us  that  the  "railroad  situation  is  re- 
ceiving serious  consideration  on  all  sides," 
that  while  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission "is  suspending  rate  increases  the 
railroads  are  confronted  with  enormous 
present  and  prospective  tonnage  and  are 
not  equipped  to  handle  it  properly."  Mr. 
Hearst  has  come  to  see  the  light.  IMr. 
Hearst  being  the  owner  of  a  very  long 
string  of  newspapers  has  a  somewhat  sensi- 
tive pocket  nerve.  When  business  is  dull 
revenue  from  advertising  decreases.  It  has 
cost  Mr.  Hearst  considerable  money  to  play 
the  bull  in  the  china  shop.  So  he  has  de- 
cided to  c|uit  swatting  the  railroads  for 
a  while.  The  farmer  also  sees  the  light.  He 
isn't  so  hostile  to  the  railroads  as  formerly. 
In  some  sections  of  the  country  he  is 
cursing  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commis- 
sion, which  but  a  short  time  ago  he  regarded 
as  the  most  salutary  institution  ever  con- 
structed by  the  hand  of  man.  It  has  been 
the  policy  of  this  commission  to  increase 


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the  expenses  of  the  railroads  and  reduce 
their  revenue,  and  the  inevitable  has  hap- 
pened. The  railroads  are  short  of  money, 
and  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission, 
despite  the  superfluity  of  brains  with  which 
it  was  endowed  when  Franklin  K.  Lane  was 
diverted  from  incessant  job-chasing  in  Cali- 
fornia and  planted  in  Washington,  has  not 
yet  devised  means  of  compelling  men  to  in- 
vest their  coin  in  railroad  securities.  What 
the  railroads  need,  it  is  estimated  b}'  com- 
petent authority,  is  eight  billion  five  hun- 
dred million  dollars.  They  need  this  en- 
ormous sum  for  extensions,  betterments  and 
maintenance,  and  the  inadequacy  of  their 
plants  will  soon  be  shown,  for  four  States 
have  raised  five  hundred  thousand  more  car- 
loads of  wheat  and  corn  this  year  than  in 
1911,  and  the  combined  cotton  crops  of 
Oklahoma  and  Texas  will  have  a  cash  value 
of  more  than  four  hundred  million  dollars. 
Verily  the  politicians  have  the  power  to  halt 
prosperity. 


Tooting  Their  Own  Horn 

The  Bull  IMoosers  at  Sacramento  in  con- 
vention assembled  must  have  felt  that  the 
English  language  required  expansion  to 
afford  them  a  vehicle  for  self-felicitation. 
How  they  did  laud  their  Administration ! 
These  Bull  Moosers  who  never  tire  of  tell- 
ing us  what  they  have  done  for  the  dear 
people  appear  to  be  imitating  the  Mohamme- 
dan fig  seller — crying  the  louder  as  their 
wares  grow  staler.  It  appears  there  were 
no  honest  governors  before  Johnson.  Grad- 
ually since  the  days  of  the  Bear  Flag  the 
whole  scene  of  life  had  become  hopeless. 
Johnson  waved  his  w'and  and  presto !  the 
ideal  drawn  down  from  the  high  region  of 
dreams  was  here  built  on  the  actual ;  and 
here  now  it  rests  serene  on  the  firm  basis 
of  human  interest.  In  the  profounds  of  his 
sympathetic,  sensitive  heart  Hiram  felt  a 
thousand  times  more  keenly  what  everybody 
else  was  feeling — hatred  of  the  Octopus  and 
all  its  works — and  he  bodied  it  forth  in 
visible  shape  and  gave  it  a  habitation  and  a 
name.  From  the  panegryric  of  his  parasites 
we  should  judge  that  he  is  paragon  and 
epitome  of  all  the  spiritual  movement  that 
has  established  headquarters  at  Armaged- 
don. A  notable  essay,  this  of  the  Bull 
Moosers.  With  the  quantity  of  utterance 
its  positiveness  does  not  diminish,  nor  its 
modesty  increase.  But  how  futile !  The 
intrinsic  worth  and  weakness  of  an  .Admin- 
istration are  not  to  be  altered  by  the  shriek- 
ing sentences  of  a  flubdubian  platform. 
However  strong  the  denunciation  of  ma- 
chine politics  Satrap  Finn  of  the  water  front 
looms  large  among  his  minions,  somewhat 
more  inspiring  even  to  the  dull  than  a  mod- 
est primrose  by  a  river's  brim.  Virtue  may 
be  shouted  from  the  housetops  but  not  in  a 
voice  to  drown  the  clamors  that  come  from 
Palo  Alto  where  Building  and  Loan  Com- 
missioner Walker  has  been  found  in  cahoots 
with  Defaulter  Black.  The  purity  and 
goodness  of  the  Administration  may  be 
guaranteed  in  a  thousand  ringing  sentences, 
but  sceptics  are  not  to  be  dissuaded  from 
looking  askance  at  the  conservation  corn- 


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mission's  secretary  when  he  is  found  eating 
out  of  the  hands  of  the  lumber  barons. 
However,  it  is  not  to  be  gainsaid  that  the 
])eople  have  a  voracious  appetite  for  flubdub, 
and  after  all  it  may  be  of  scientific  interest 
to  have  their  capacity  tested  by  sating  them 
to  nausea. 


The  Reasonableness  of  Wallace 

Acting  (ioverncir  W  allace  though  not  a 
man  of  giant  intellect  has  a  certain  amount 
of  that  sinister  wisdom  called  cunning 
which  in  the  midst  of  political  exigencies 
might  serve  as  a  substitute  for  genius. 
Consider  how  neatly  he  retorted  on  his 
critics  who  stormed  the  capitol  and  rattled 
its  rafters  with  their  indignation  when  he 
lightened  the  labors  of  the  hangman  for  the 
benefit  of  George  Figueroa,  the  wife-mur- 
derer. The  horrendous  thunders  of  the 
press  were  still  reiiding  the  empyrean 
when  the  acting  governor  calmly  ordered 
the  withdrawal  from  the  condemned  cell  of 
three  murderers  whom  he  had  reprieved. 
In  this  instance  he  "passed  the  buck"  up  to 
the  people,  the  dear  sovereigns  to  whom  the 
government  has  been  kindly  brought  back 
by  a  beneficent  Administration.  "I  have 
decided  to  reprieve  these  men,"  says  our 
obedient  servant  by  way  of  rebuke  to  his 
critics,  "because  I  find  that  over  fifty  thou- 
sand signatures  have  been  obtained  to  tlu' 
petition  for  the  abolition  of  capital  punish- 
ment in  this  State.  This  will  result  in  the 
ultimate  submission  of  the  question  to  the 
people  of  the  State."  Not  half  bad  for  his 
acting  Excellency.  It  is  as  though  he 
would  admonish  his  critics  to  assuage  them- 
selves, to  reflect  that  after  all  there  must 
be  considerable  sentiment  in  approval  of  his 
action  in  the  Figueroa  case,  revolting  as 
was  the  murder.  If  twelve  men  decided 
that  Figueroa  should  hang,  there  are  fifty 
thousand  men  who  say  that  no  man  should 
hang.  It  might  reasonably  be  urged  in  this 
matter  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  re- 
call is  a  cardinal  principle  of  our  State  .gov- 
ernment, and  that  justice  is  deemed  to  be 
best  determined  in  California  by  a  count 
of  noses,  the  acting  governor  had  some  war- 
rant, if  not  legal,  for  his  action.  After  a 
fashion  he  is  giving  expression  to  the  spirit 
of  the  Administration  and  the  times.  This 
is  especially  true  of  his  action  in  the  mat- 
ter of  the  reprieve.  Fifty  thousand  of  the 
acting  governor's  peers,  nay,  his  .sovereigns, 
have  said  that  capital  punishment  is  repug- 
nant to  them,  and  that  they  would  like  a 
proposal  for  its  abolition  submitted  to  the 
electorate.  The  machinery  having  been 
set  in  motion  why  should  not  the  acting 
govenor  grant  a  stay  of  proceedings  till  the 
di\ine  voice  of  the  multitude  is  heard? 


Wallace  a  Scapegoat 

Though  not  at  all  in  sympathy  with  the 
acting  governor's  action  in  the  Figueroa 
case,  he  is  not  to  be  censured  by  us,  the  rea- 
son being  that  we  regard  him  as  the  docile 
scapegoat  of  the  Administration.  Circum- 
stances seem  to  justify  the  belief  that  act- 
ing Governor  Wallace  carried  out  the 
wishes  of  absentee  Governor  Johnson.  The 


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5 


pull  that  was  exerted  in  behalf  of  Figueroa 
was  the  pull  of  an  attorney  who  appears 
to  be  equally  powerful  Avith  both  the  gov- 
ernor of  the  State  and  the  mayor  of  San 
Francisco.  For  strange  as  it  may  appear 
the  scandals  of  the  past  resulting  from  an 
afifinity  between  lawyers  and  executives 
have  had  no  deterrent  influence  on  current 
dispensations.  The  Figueroa  pull  was  made 
manifest  some  time  ago  when  the  murderer 
was  reprieved  by  Governor  Johnson.  If 
Governor  Johnson  had  intended  that  Fig- 
ueroa should  hang  acting-  Governor  Wal- 
lace would  not  have 'saved  the  murderer's 
neck.  These  are  facts  most  cautiously  blinked 
by  the  critics  of  acting  Governor  Wallace, 
among  them  being  Administration  editors, 
who  by  visiting  their  censures  exclusively 
on  the  acting  governor  imply  that  the  ab- 
sentee governor  is  wholly  blameless.  Thus 
the  editor  of  the  Sacramento  Bee.  always 
intensely  emotional,  and  constant  in  his 
fidelity  to  the  governor,  has  lashed  himself 
into  a  lather  on  account  of  Wallace's  be- 
trayal of  justice,  but  Johnson  he  exempts 
from  criticism.  An  energumen  on  the  sub- 
ject of  law  and  justice,  he  is  scattering- 
epithets  as  from  a  mitrailleuse.  Horrified 
at  what  he  regards  as  the  "hellish  deed"  of 
a  "devil's  spawn,"  he  demands  that  hang- 
ing be  given  "a  fair  chance  in  California," 
and  solemnly  observes  that  if  the  acting 
governor  "shall  persist  in  his  present  course 
of  conduct,  the  Bee  will  not  be  surprised  to 
see  California  resort  again  to  Vigilance 
Committees."  There  is  a  good  deal  of 
violent  language  in  the  Bee,  but  not  one 
word  of  criticism  of  Governor  Johnson ;  yet 
if  the  truth  were  known  our  itinerant  Ex- 
ecutive, however  far  above  reproach,  gen- 
erally speaking,  as  a  servant  of  the  dear 
old  fat-witted  public,  would  not  be  held 
entirely  impeccable  in  this  particular  mat- 
ter. 


A  Bit  of  Misrepresentation 

It  is  curious  to  find  the  Bee  affecting  a 
deep  concern  for  justice  in  the  very  same 
breath  in  which  it  seems  to  evince  a  wanton 
disregard  for  justice  by  misrepresentation 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State.  Dis- 
cussing this  very  Figueroa  case  the  Bee 
says:  "What  with  the  technicalities  per- 
mitted in  the  courts  to  gag  justice  and  the 
attitude  of  our  Supreme  Court  in  sustaining 
and  canonizing  those  quibbles  for  the  pro- 
tection and  sanctuary  of  cold-blooded  mur- 
derers, it  is  not  often  a  guilty  fiend  is 
brought  within  the  shadow  of  the  gallows." 
When  we  find  a  paper  of  the  influence  of 
the  Bee  uttering  itself  in  this  fashion  the 
thought  occurs.  No  wonder  the  recall  was 
adopted  in  California.  E\en  so  calm  and 
sagacious  a  philosopher  as  the  editor  of  the 
Bee  has  permitted  himself  unconsciously  to 
assimilate  the  staple  errors  of  irresponsible 
criticism  and  to  be  influenced  by  them. 
What  the  Bee  says  about  the  Supreme 
Court  is  what  more  than  half  the  people  of 
the  State  believe,  and  they  believe  it  on 
testimony  no  better  than  that  of  our  Sac- 
ramento contemporary.  \*o\v  let  us  see 
how  much  truth  there  is  in  it.  Let  us  con- 
sult the  records.    The  records  show  that 


in  ,six  years  there  have'  been  thirty-two 
cases  of  capital  punishment  appealed  to  the 
Supreme  Court.  Of  that  number  five  were 
reversed,  and  not  on  what  might  be  truth- 
fully described  as  quibbles  or  technicalities. 
They  have  been  reversed  because  of  the 
stupidity  of  trial  judges  beloved  of  the  peo- 
ple. For  instance,  in  one  of  the  cases  sent 
back  for  a  new  trial,  the  judge  had  instructed 
the  jury  that  if  they  found  the  defendant 
guilty  of  murder  in  the  first  degree  they  had 
no  power  to  fix  the  sentence,  whereas  the 
jury  is  required  to  determine  whether  the 
punishment  should  be  imprisonment  or 
hanging.  Now  of  the  twenty-seven  cases 
in  which  the  Supreme  Court  afifirmed  the 
judgment,  thirteen  of  the  murderers  are  still 
living.  Figueroa  is  one  of  them.  The  three 
reprieved  by  acting  Governor  Wallace  are 
of  the  number.  Most  of  the  others,  we  be- 
lieve, have  also  been  reprieved  by  this  Ad- 
ministration. It  is  too  bad  that  the  Bee, 
concerned  as  it  is  for  justice,  should  un- 
wittingly have  acted  as  the  accelerator  of 
a  falsehood  that  has  been  speeding  on  its 
way  for  many  moons. 


The  Jap's  Dearest  Friend 

The  attitude  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  on 
the  Japanese  question  some  vears  ago  has 
not  been  entirely  forgotten.  This  is  still  a 
live  question  in  this  State.  The  men  most 
deeply  concerned  about  it  are  not  influenced 
by  industrial  considerations  alone,  nor  are 
they  apprehensive  of  complications  that 
might  lead  to  war,  but  they  have  visions  of 
a  distant  future  Avhen  the  whole  character 
of  California  may  be  changed  as  a  result  of 
the  spread  of  Oriental  influence  throughout 
the  State.  They  look  forward  to  the  grad- 
ual absorption  of  the  State  by  a  steadily 
growing  Oriental  population,  and  chimerical 
as  their  melancholy  misgivings  may  seem 
their  feeling  against  Theodore  Roosevelt 
is  heartfelt.  The  part  that  he  played  as 
the  friend  of  the  Japanese  during  the 
years  1906  and  1907  they  have  taken 
occasion  to  remind  us  of  in  a  circular  con- 
taining- excerpts  from  some  of  his  messages. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  international 
con-iplications  were  threatened  because  the 
Japanese  were  not  admitted  to  all  the  pub- 
lic schools.  Theodore  Roosevelt  demanded 
that  they  be  given  the  same  privileges  as 
wdiite  children,  and  said  that  if  they  were 
not  he  would  enforce  the  observation  of  our 
treaty  even  if  he  had  to  "employ  all  the 
forces  of  the  United  States  both  civil  and 
military."  Subsequently,  in  his  message 
of  December  3,  1906,  he  recommended  that 
an  act  be  passed  "specifically  providing  for 
the  naturalization  of  Japanese."  That  pro- 
posal was  bitterly  resented  by  our  Building 
Trades  Council.  In  January  1907  our 
Legislature,  many  of  the  members  of  which 
have  since  become  Progressives,  adopted  a 
resolution  denouncing  the  President  for  at- 
tempting to  coerce  the  people  of  California 
and  for  threatening  them  with  military  dis- 
cipline; also,  for  recommending  that  Jap- 
anese be  admitted  to  citizenship.  These 
are  some  of  the  matters  that  have  not  been 
forgotten  by  all  of  the  citizens  of  the  State. 


The  Consistent  Hero 

Some  of  the  learned  editors  of  the  land 
are  telling  us  that  Roosevelt  has  made 
I'ryanism  respectable  and  respected.  It 
may  be  truthfully  added  that  Roosevelt  has 
done  the  same  thing  for  Rooseveltism.  He 
made  Rooseveltism  respectable  and  re- 
spected as  long  ago  as  when  he  was  in  the 
White  House.  There  is  no  difference  be- 
tween the  Roosevelt  of  today  and  the 
Roosevelt  who  was  belauded  by  the  Re- 
publican National  Convention  four  years 
ago.  The  great  Republican  party  profound 
though  its  repentance  be  cannot  escape  the 
odium  of  having  tolerated  and  approved  a 
lawless  President.  It  will  not  do  to  say 
that  Roosevelt  has  changed  his  politics. 
Assuredly  he  has  not  changed  his  principles. 
Fundan-ientally  his  principles  are  the  same 
today  as  they  were  when  he  was  inciting 
class  hatred  in  Washington  and  urging  his 
darling  scheme  of  centralization.  If  we 
read  the  views  expressed  from  time  to  time 
by  Roosevelt  the  President  in  his  messages 
and  speeches  we  shall  see  that  he  was  im- 
patient of  the  restraints  of  institutional 
democracy  and  eager  to  revolutionize  our 
government.  In  what  respect  do  the  views 
of  the  Roosevelt  who  is  seeking  a  third  term 
differ  from  the  views  of  Roosevelt  the  Chief 
Magistrate?  In  all  essentials  they  are  the 
same.  The  emasculation  of  the  Constitu- 
tion was  and  still  is  the  consummation  de- 
voutly wished.  Not  yesterday  was  the  in- 
strun-ient  once  recognized  as  the  bulwark 
of  An-ierican  liberties  first  pronounced  the 
shield  of  special  priveleges.  Formerly 
frankly  asking  to  be  clothed  with  greater 
power,  now  the  Roosevelt  desideratum  is  the 
bestowal  of  more  power  on  the  people  that 
they  may  strengthen  the  hands  of  a  popular 
idol  in  the  White  House.  The  Colonel  has 
great  confidence  in  the  persuasiveness  of 
his  personality.  And  with  good  reason. 
^^^-len  he  was  President  he  enjoyed  an  over- 
Avhelming  popularity  and  almost  an  absolute 
freedon-i  from  criticism.  Consider  the  im- 
periousness  of  him  in  those  days  when  in- 
fluential newspapers  had  not  the  courage 
to  voice  their  sentiments  so  fearful  were 
they  of  alienating  public  favor.  In  those 
days  we  saw  our  lawless  President  ter- 
rorizing judges,  coercing-  Congress,  sus- 
pending laws  and  evading  the  Constitution. 
A\'hat  he  n-iight  have  done  had  the  Execu- 
tive branch  of  the  government  possessed 
just  a  little  more  power  it  is  not  hard  to 
conjecture.  We  know  that  he  demanded 
of  Congress  the  power  to  dismiss  without 
trial  or  court  martial  all  officers  of  the  army 
whose  conduct  displeased  him.  That  is  a 
power  that  Germany  has  refused  to  confer 
on  its  consecrated  War  Lord.  Congress  re- 
fused to  .gratify  that  particular  whim  of 
the  Colonel's,  but  we  learned  from  the  pub- 
lic press  of  the  time  that  General  Bell  had 
advised  our  soldiers  in  Cuba  to  say  nothing 
in  their  private  letters  home  which  might 
displease  the  President.  And  so  we  say  the 
respectability  of  Rooseveltism  is  not  a  mat- 
ter of  recent  date.  Rooseveltism  was  made 
respectable  when  the  Republican  party  was 
in  power.  It  has  a  new  label  today,  bnt  it 
is  the  same  old  nostrum. 


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October  5,  1912 


Air  Tight  Churches 

Some  Splendid  Specimens  in  San  Francisco 


By  Arch  Perrin,  Rector  Church  of  St.  Mary-the- Virgin 


As  I  walked  slowly  along  the  avenue  I  was 
thinking  over  many  things,  wondering  and  worry- 
ing and  meditating  and  planning.  Suddenly  I 
stopped  as  it  occurred  to  me  that  I  might  enter 
a  church,  kneel  down  and  say  a  prayer  or  two. 
Across  the  street  I  saw  a  bright  brick  front. 
"Ah,"  I  said,  "the  Church  of  Saint  Hammam!  I 
will  go  in."  Over  the  door  I  read  the  inviting 
inscription:  "Enter  into  His  Courts  with  Thanks- 
giving." But  alas!  I  had  left  my  pickaxe  at  home 
and  so  couldn't  make  my  way  inside.  The  locks 
and  bolts  were  all  in  perfect  condition,  so  I  de- 
cided to  postpone  my  praying. 

But  I  had  only  gone  about  a  block  when  I 
saw  the  wide  open  doors  of  Saint  Edward's!  And 
in  I  went.  What  a  relief  it  was  to  kneel  down 
in  the  beautiful  little  Gothic  church,  beside  a 
shrine  of  the  Holy  IMother  of  God,  and  say  my 
prayers,  while  at  the  altar  stood  the  priest  in 
Mass  vestments  of  pure  white,  elevating  the 
Sacred  Host  and  the  Chalice  with  the  Precious 
Blood.  It  was  a  Thursday  morning  but  there 
were  a  dozen  worshippers  present  and  I  re- 
mained for  about  half  an  hour  thinking  and  pray- 
ing. 

Another  day  my  eye  was  caught  by  the  notice 
advertising  a  little  church  around  the  corner.  I 
went  around  and  was  greeted  by  the  hearty  wel- 
come printed  in  gilt  letters  over  the  entrance: 
"Enter,  rest  and  pray."  Now  there  was  some- 
thing so  touching,  so  homely  and  friendly  in 
the  words,  something  almost  compelling.  They 
made  a  commandment  to  the  reader  who  looked 
at  them  as  he  came  along  the  street.  But  I 
had  to  break  the  commandment  because  I  could- 
n't break  in  the  doors.  The  Church  of  Saint 
Nothing  Doing!  It  was  a  Wednesday  afternoon 
and  what  do  you  want  of  religion  that  late  in 
the  week?  I  think  the  Saturday  bath  and  the 
Sunday  religion  must  be  first  cousins! 

Now  what  is  the  matter  with  us  when  we  allow 
this  state  of  aflfairs?  I  have  looked  all  over 
San  Francisco  and  the  same  story  is  repeated 
over  and  over  again: — closed  churches.  The 
Protestants  succeeded  in  opening  the  Bible  but 
in  doing  so  they  closed  their  churches. 

Do  the  tax-payers  ever  stop  to  consider  this? 
They  are  paying  the  taxes  on  these  buildings, 
because  the  church  buildings  themselves  are 
exempt.  Why  don't  they  demand  that  they  be 
used?  Is  it  enough  to  open  the  doors  on  Sun- 
day and  perhaps  Wednesday  evenings?  Is  the 
debt  discharged  that  easily? 

Another  point.  It  is  bad  business.  When  the 
shop  owner,  the  clerks  and  the  professional  men 
all  go  down  to  their  work  in  the  morning,  why 
isn't  the  clergyman  going  to  his?  Why  doesn't 
he  open  up  the  doors  and  welcome  the  com- 
munity? The  church  is  his  place  of  business. 
His  chief  duty  in  life  is  praying.  Now  if  on  a 
wet  day  many  of  the  parishoners  can't  come  to 
pray  with  him,  at  least  he  can  be  there  to  pray 
for  them.  Orare  est  laborare.  And  experience 
proves  that  there  would  always  be  some  of  them 
there  to  offer  their  praises  or  petitions.  If  the 
clergyman  answers  that  his  religion  is  intended 
for  Sundays,  then  he  had  better  change  his  re- 
ligion. I  could  show  him  a  brand  that  is  useful 
even  on  week-days. 

Some  of  the  ministers  are  very  loud  in  their 
denunciation  of  the  saloons.  They  wax  eloquent 
on  Sundays  when  they  think  of  the  Demon  Rum. 
Can't  you  see  the  righteous  indignation  exuding 


from  the  person  of  the  black-coated,  red-faced 
preacher  as  he  attacks  the  Alcohol  Devils?  And 
can't  you  see  him  stretched  out  in  bed  in  infant- 
like slumber  the  next  morning  while  the  saloon- 
man  across  the  street  is  opening  up  for  business? 
The  bar  will  be  open  to  all.  The  church  will 
be  closed  to  all,  because  the  religion  has  been 
put  away  in  moth  balls  so  that  it  may  be  kept 
until  the  next  Sunday.  If  used  too  much  it 
might  spoil. 

If  the  parish  won't  see  that  its  building  is  used 
more  than  one  day  in  the  week,  why  doesn't  the 
Community  use  it?  If  the  church  building  is 
too  good  to  be  used  for  services  and  private 
prayer  why  not  open  it  as  a  Rest-room?  People 
could  zo  in  off  the  streets  and  sit  down  and  take 
it  easy.  Good  reading  might  be  supplied.  Per- 
haps we  could  arrange  a  daily  and  evening  con- 
cert and  make  use  of  the  big  pipe  organ.  If 
the  building  isn't  good  enough  for  prayers  pos- 
sibly it  is  good  enough  for .  moving  pictures. 
Why  not  have  dances  on  some  of  the  evenings, 
decently  supervised  and  made  more  attractive 
than  the  cheap,  rotten  dance  halls? 

At  any  rate,  why  not  use  these  big  buildings? 
Isn't  it  a  bad  investment  to  erect  an  imposing 
edifice  of  green  stone  with  huge  pillars  and  great 
iron  doors  opening  on  Fillmore  street  and  then 
keep  it  bolted  and  barred?  What  is  the  use  of 
being  a  brilliant  preacher  and  filling  dear  old 
souls  with  new  wine  of  eloquence  if  you  can't 
be  a  good  enough  business  man  to  put  to  use 
one  of  the  most  obvious  instruments  for  helpnig 
your  cause?  It  is  very  nice  and  thoughtful  for 
the  Meant-Well  M.  E.'s  to  open  up  a  playground 
for  the  young.  But  suppose  you  are  not  young, 
and  suppose  that  instead  of  work  for  your  body 
you  want  rest  for  your  soul!  You'd  like  to  go 
inside  the  building  next  the  playground  and  rest 
and  perhaps  pray.  Wake  up,  tired  soul,  and  pass 
along.  You  have  forgotten  to  bring  your 
dynamite  and  therefore  how  can  you  expect  to 
get  into  that  building? 

The  closed  church  is  the  result  of  the  negative 
spirit,  the  spirit  of  "Thou  shaTt  not."  If  the 
buildings  are  closed  they  cannot  be  desecrated, 
if  open  you  can't  tell  what  might  occur  in  them. 
The  negative  spirit,  the  idea  of  protest,  is  useful, 
but  it  is  incomplete.  The  Ten  Commandments 
of  the  Old  Testament  must  be  supplemented  and 
completed  by  the  tw-o  Commandments  of  Christ 
in  the  New  Testament.  It  is  not  enough  to  say 
to  your  people,  "You  must  not  commit  adultery," 
or  "You  must  not  go  to  Nickelodeons."  You 
should  say  what  they  must  do.  They  must  be 
decent,  they  must  not  get  common  or  cheap. 
Why  not  suggest  that  instead  of  going  to  the 
rotten  cheap  Dance  Hall  they  come  around  to 
a  properly  managed  Dance  in  the  Parish  Hall  of 
the  Benighted  Presbyterians?  Why  not  suggest 
that  they  see  the  interesting  and  instructive 
Moving  Pictures  any  week-day  afternoon  in  the 
Beehive  Baptists'  Church?  Let  us  not  suggest 
to  people  only  that  they  must  not  be  bad.  Let 
us  try  to  show  them  many  means  to  help  them 
to  be  good.  It  isn't  very  helpful  to  tell  them 
that  evil  doesn't  exist  except  in  the  mind.  Take 
a  walk  along  the  Coast  and  see  how  easily  peo- 
ple fall  into  error.  The  laborers  who  work  for 
the  Devil  don't  belong  to  the  Union.  They  work 
twenty-four  hours  every  day.  The  Christian 
workers  often  seem  to  be  on  a  strike,  or  to  have 
forgotten  which  Master  they  are  working  for. 


I  wonder  what  Our  Lord  and  Master  thinks  oi 
all  this  waste?  When  He  was  Man  on  earth  the 
Christian  Church  had  no  fine  buildings  for  wor- 
ship. Even  He,  the  Son  of  Man  had  not  where 
to  lay  His  Head.  Were  He  to  walk  the  streets 
of  San  Francisco  today  He  might  go  for  blocks, 
passing  many  fine,  big,  empty  structures  bearing 
His  name,  looking  in  vain  for  an  open  door 
where  He  and  His  friends  might  enter  in, 

"The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple," — but  only 
on  Sundays  and  Wednesday  evenings, 

"I  was  glad  when  they  said  unto  me,  Wc  will 
go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord."- — hut  how  sad  if 
they  said  such  a  thing  on  a  Tucs:lay  morning. 


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TOWN  TALK 


7 


Varied  Types 


He  puts  the  sun  to  work.  He  harnesses 
Phoebus  Apollo  to  his  chariot  and  compels  the 
radiant  god  to  do  the  bidding  of  science.  He 
smiles  knowingly  at  jolly  old  Sol  and  the  eye 
of  heaven  winks  back  at  him.  There  is  a  per- 
fect understanding  between  them.  He's  onto  the 
sun.  It  keeps  none  of  its  secrets  from  him.  All 
day  long,  from  the  rising  in  the  East  even  unto 
the  setting  in  the  West,  they  are  in  constant 
communication.  If  it  comported  with  the  dig- 
nity of  science  he  could  call  the  golden  luminary 
by  its  first  name  and  slap  it  on  the  back. 

To  the  poet  Phoebus  Apollo  may  have  a  face 
of  unspcckled  glory,  but  not  to  Father  Ricard. 
He  knows  better.  He  has  seen  the  freckles  that 
mar  the  god's  complexion.  And  if  he  possessed 
all  the  lotions  and  creams  that  Venus  brought  to 
Olympus,  he  would  not  rub  those  freckles  out. 
He  needs  them  in  his  business. 

Although  the  sun  is  his  servant,  it  is  no  or- 
dinary drudge  but  rather  a  familiar.  And  so  he 
has  borrowed  from  the  sun.  He  has  the  sun's 
disposition,  for  he's  a  sunny  old  chap  with  a 
genial  heat  in  his  blood.  He  is  warm  always, 
sometimes  torrid.  And  from  being  so  much  in 
the  company  of  the  god  he  is  sun-burned  in  hand 
and  face.  That  is  one  of  the  familiarities  which 
he  has  allowed  Phoebus  to  take  with  him. 

When  the  sun  speaks  to  him  in  the  esoteric 
solar  language  which  is  their  means  of  com- 
munication, I  suppose  it  calls  him  "Rick."  Every- 
body else  calls  him  "Rick."  The  Santa  Clara 
boys  who  have  sat  in  his  lecture  room  always 
speak  of  him  as  "Rick."  And  "Rick"  himself 
never  calls  anybody  by  his  right  name.  A  chap 
named  Attridge  has  always  been  Trowbridge  to 
"Rick."  When  Martin  Merle  was  at  Santa  Clara 
he  was  always  Henry  Miller.  Another  lad  vA'as 
The  Count.  It  is  one  of  "Rick's"  peculiarities. 
And  "Rick"  has  many  peculiarities.  He's  as 
much  an  original,  a  character  as  any  you've  read 
of  in  fiction. 

It  is  "Rick's"  principal  claim  to  greatness  that 
he  has  put  the  freckles  on  the  face  of  Phoebus 
Apollo  to  practical  terrestrial  use.  He  has  a 
private  arrangement  with  the  sun,  part  of  their 
perfect  understanding,  a  clause  of  the  indenture 
by  which  the  sun  became  articled  to  his  service, 
that  the  sun  shall  show  a  freckle  whenever  it 
wants  to  tell  "Rick"  what  the  weather  is  going 
to  be.  In  other  words  he  forecasts  weather  by 
sun  spots. 

I  went  down  to  Santa  Clara  to  ask  him  about 
it  all.  I  found  him,  not  in  his  observatory  where 
he  talks  to  the  sun  but  in  his  work  room  where 
he  talks  about  it.  A  man  of  middle  height  past 
the  meridian  of  life  but  as  sound  as  a  sun-kissed 
pippin  and  alert  in  every  faculty,  he  has  keen 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


XCIV— REV.  J.  S.  RICARD,  S.  J. 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

brown  eyes  behind  gold-rimmed  spectacles  and 
the  brow  of  a  thinker  from  which  the  hair  has 
retre.ated,  graying  as  it  wentT  He  talks  slowly 
with  a  pronounced  nasal  drawl.  Because  he 
thinks  deeply  and  logically  as  he  talks  there  are 
ever  recurring  intervals  of  silence  and  these  he 
occupies  with  puffing  at  his  pipe.  He  fills  his 
pipe  continually  from  a  long  narrow  black  bag 
that  looks  like  an  old-fashioned  purse.  I  could- 
n't account  for  the  bag  till  I  watched  him  fill 
his  pipe.  He  inserts  the  pipe  into  the  bag, 
smothers  it  in  tobacco  and  crams  it  full  from 
the  outside,  a  process  which  couldn't  be  used 
with  a  rubber  pouch.  No  doubt  one  of  his  own 
ingenuities.  Certainly  a  great  saver  of  time  and 
tobacco. 


Courtesy  of  the  Call 


REV.  J.  S.  RICARD,  S.  J. 

I  didn't  know  a  thing  about  "Heliospotology," 
as  Father  Ricard  calls  it,  when  I  started  to  con- 
verse with  him.  All  I  knew  was  that  by  gazing 
on  the  face  of  the  sun  he  had  accurately  pre- 
dicted the  September  warm  spell;  that  the  farm- 
ers swear  by  him  and  that  when  the  hot  wave 
broke  over  San  Jose  his  name  was  in  everybody's 
mouth.  But  just  what  sun  spots  had  to  do  with 
weather  was  a  mystery  to  me.  So  Father  Ricard, 
wrapping  one  skirt  of  his  black  cassock  over 
the  other,  reduced  the  mystery  to  words  of  one 
syllable  and  expounded  the  elements  of  his  dis- 
covery. 

"The  main  thing,"  he  said,  "is  that  storms  can 
be  predicted  by  using  sun  spots,  not  as  previous 
students  of  the  sun  have  done,  but  simply  by 
minding  certain  critical  positions  on  the  sun 
which  have  been  found  by  experience.  My  first 
discovery  was  that  when  the  sun  spot  is  three 
days  from  the  western  limb  of  the  sun  a  new 
meteorological  disturbance  occurs  on  the  Coast. 
So,  when  I  found  a  new  sun  spot  on  the  eastern 
limb  of  the  sun  I  calculated  when  it  would  be 
three  days  from  the  western  limb  and  was  thus 
able  to  forecast  weather  nine  or  ten  days  in 
advance. 


"When  I  had  advanced  thus  far  there  came 
a  miniinum  period  of  sun  spots.  That  was  at  the 
end  of  1910,  and  the  period  will  last  till  the  end 
of  this  year.  During  this  period  the  spots  are 
few  and  far  between.  For  months  almost  there 
is  nothing  on  the  surface  of  the  sun,  and  when 
the  spots  are  there  they  do  not  last  long  and  dis- 
appear suddenly.  But  I  stood  by  my  law  and 
found  that  it  held  the  same  as  before.  In  other 
words,  although  I  could  not  follow  the  spots 
with  the  telescope  to  the  time  when  they  were 
three  days  from  the  western  limb,  because  they 
were  not  to  be  seen,  I  calculated  the  lime  when 
they  should  reach  that  position  and  was  able 
to  forecast  just  the  same.  So  the  minimum 
period  proved  a  blessing  in  disguise. 

"Next  I  found  that  when  the  sun  spot  crossed 
the  surface  of  the  sun  (as  we  may  express  it, 
although  of  course  the  spot  actually  revolves 
with  the  sun),  and  was  three  days  from  the 
central  solar  meridian  on  the  back  of  the  sun, 
the  same  law  obtained.  This  also  referred  not 
only  to  the  actual  spot  which  could  be  followed 
but  to  the  spot  which  had  disappeared  as  well. 
Then  I  asked  myself.  Would  a  real  spot  or  the 
trace  of  an  old  one  which  had  disappeared  pro- 
duce the  same  effect  when  it  came  within  three 
days  of  the  celestial  meridian  in  front?  The 
same  law  obtained.  There  was  perfect  harmony 
throughout.  The  phenomenon  was  not  confined 
to  the  western  limb  but  held  good  generally. 
The  result  is  that  by  following  the  same  law  I 
can  forecast  practically  a  month  ahead. 

"The  only  trouble  is  that  another  spot,  aside 
from  that  in  one  of  the  critical  positions,  may 
come  along  and  exert  its  own  influence.  So  I 
must  watch  for  new  spots  all  the  time.  That  is 
a  difficulty,  but  it  is  being  passed  over  because 
I  have  found  the  causes  of  sun  spots  and  the 
approximate  positions  in  which  they  will  occur 
either  in  front  or  in  back.  The  spots  are  caused 
by  the  planets  when  they  reach  certain  positions 
called  heliocentric  conjunctions.  The  spots  are 
to  the  sun  what  either  "highs"  or  "lows"  are 
to  the  earth.  But  whether  sun  spots  are  highs 
and  the  brilliant  patches  called  faculae  are  lows 
or  vice  versa,  I  am  not  yet  certain." 

So  there  you  are.  I  am  not  at  all  sure  that 
I  have  quoted  accurately  or  quoted  enough  to 
make  Father  Ricard's  discovery  clear.  I  have 
done  the  best  I  could,  considering  my  pro- 
found ignorance.  I  hope  that  I  have  at  least 
made  it  clear  that  Father  Ricard  has  penetrated 
the  secret  of  the  sun.  If  I  haven't,  the  fact  that 
hot  weather  comes  when  "Rick"  calls  it  will 
prove  his  position  much  more  satisfactorily. 

"Labor  omnia  vincit  improbus"  was  Father 
Ricard's  Virgilian  answer  when  I  asked  him  how 

(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


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TOWN  TALK 


October  S,  1912 


Correspondence 


Music  in  the  Public  Library 

Editor    Town    Talk,    Dear    Sir:    In  1901-1902 
Madame  Emilia  Tojetti  of  the  California  Club 
first    suggested    having    music    in    the  Public 
Library.    The   trustees  asked    Mmc.    Tojetti  to 
select  music  to  the  amount  of  $100.00.    After  that 
a  hundred  dollars  a  year  was  appropriated,  and 
among  others  Dr.  Louis  Lissner  was  asked  to  aid 
in  the  selections.    He  also  gave  liberally  from 
his  private  library.    This  entire   collection  was 
destroyed  in  the  fire  of  April,  1906.    The  present 
collection  has  been  made  possible  by  the  splen- 
did co-operation  of  Mr.  Julius  Rahn  Weber  who 
secured    for    the    library    the    large  circulating 
library  of  the  Boston  Music  Company,  branch  of 
G.  Schirmer's  New   York  house,  amounting  to 
many  thousands  of  pieces.    Through  Mr.  Weber's 
untiring  energy  in  building  up  this  department 
of  the  library,  composers,  publishers  and  private 
parties  were  written  to  and  all  have  contributed 
liberally.    American   composers  are   ^yell  repre- 
sented.   Among   them   are    MacDowell,  Arthur 
Foote,  Horatio  Parker,  George  William  Chad- 
wick,   Frederick    C.    Converse,    Edgar  Stillman 
Kelley,  Miss  Constance  Mills,  John  Orth,  William 
Sherwood  and  many  others.    Local  composers 
are  represented  by  the  compositions  of  Dr.  H.  J. 
Stewart,  John  W.  Metcalf,  William  J.  McCoy, 
Frederick  Zech,  Carlos  Troyer  (who  published 
his  Zuni  Indian  music),  H.  M.   Pasmore,  John 
Pratt,  Arthur  Fickenscher  and  others.    Mr.  Ar- 
thur  Farwell,  the  eminent  writer  and  composer 
who  got  out  many  beautiful  works  of  the  younger 
school  of  American  composers,  gave  the  Library 
a    complete    set    of    these    compositions.  The 
division  is  fully  equipped  as  a  music  circulating 


library  with  the  best  opera  scores,  oratorios, 
cantatas,  the  great  song  composers,  the  classics 
in  pianoforte  music,  with  many  examples  of  the 
modern  school  for  two  and  four  hands,  also  for 
two  pianos,  four  and  eight  hands.  At  present 
there  is  only  a  "finding"  catalog,  but  when  the 
new  Library  is  built  it  is  hoped  that  there  will 
be  a  music  room  to  house  the  collection,  and  that 
a  fully  descriptive  catalog  will  be  issued. 
Yours  very  truly, 

—Robert  Rca,  .Xctiiii,'  Librarian. 


Roosevelt  on  Cromwell 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  think  the  following 
excerpt     from     Theodore     Roosevelt's  "Oliver 
Cromwell"  will  prove  interesting: 

"Had  Cromwell  nut  become  cursed  with  the 
love  of  power,  had  he  not  acquired  a  dictatorial 
habit  of  mind  and  the  fatal  incapacity  to  ac- 
knowledge that  there  might  be  righteousness  in 
other  methods  than  his  own,  he  could  certainly 
have  avoided  a  break  with  his  Parliament." 

If  you  haven't  read  your  Polybius  lately  it 
may  interest  you  to  be  reminded  of  the  natural 
cause  to  which  he  attributes  the  degeneration  of 
democracy.  "Democracy,"  he  says,  "is  under- 
mined first  by  a  weakening  in  children's  chil- 
dren of  the  value  of  equality  and  freedom  which 
was  intense  in  the  fathers  who  won  equality  and 
freedom  from  their  oppressors;  secondly,  by  the 
rivalry  for  power  and  office  in  which  demagogues 
deceive  and  corrupt  the  masses,  and  awaken  in 
them  hopes  of  a  livelihood  from  the  property  of 
their  neighbors." 

Yours  truly,  — Taftite. 


Verses  From  Redding 

Redding.  Shasta  Co.,  Cal.,  Sept.  21,  1912. 
Editor  of  Town  Talk:  As  a  reader  and  admirer 
of  Town  Talk  I  have  been  greatly  interested  in 
your  sensible,  painstaking  and  deep  scrutiny  of 
the  Third  Party  Movement  and  its  megaU) 
maniacal  leader,  Theodore  Roosevelt.  There- 
fore I  take  the  liberty  to  enclose  a  few  fact- 
about  the  Japanese  question  in  San  Francisco 
and  Theodore  Roosevelt  while  he  was  President. 
A  local  admirer  of  Mr.  Taft  claims  to  have  hunted 
up  the  data  and  had  over  a  thousand  printed  and 
distributed.  If  you  see  fit  to  make  use  of  them 
in  your  valued  publication  and  thus  remind  the 
blind  public  of  some  stern  facts,  it  may  do  some 
good  to  the  great  cause  of  Mr.  Taft.  I  also  send 
you  a  little  piece  of  poetry,  entitled.  An  Ode  To 
Teddy,  which  runs  as  follows: 

From  the  shores  of  the  Pacific, 
From  Nevada's  snow-clad  peaks, 
There  is  but  one  opinion 
When  the  western  sinner  speaks; 
It's  the  voice  of  all  the  people 
Who  are  neither  fools  nor  vain. 
But  oft  express  opinions 
In  language  blunt  and  plain. 
From  wild  Montana's  mountains 
Way  down  to  Sabine  pass 
We  hear  the  wicked  echoes, 
"Old  Teddy,  you're  an  ass." 

Respectfully, 

— F.  Stabcl. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


Roosevelt  and  the  War  with  Spain 

James  Boyle  who  was  President  McKinley's 
private  secretary  and  who  was  later  appointed 
American  consul  at  Liverpool,  has  just  made  a 
statement  about  McKinley's  attitude  toward  war 
with  Spain  which  is  of  deep  historical  interest. 
It  shows  that  President  McKinley  considered 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  then  an  Assistant  Secretary 
of  the  Navy,  responsible  more  than  any  other 
man  for  the  declaration  of  war.  Boyle  quotes  the 
dead  President  as  saying  that  if  given  time  he 
could  have  averted  hostilities.  "But  the  pressure 
here  at  home  became  too  great  for  me  to  resist," 
President  McKinley  told  Boyle.  "Certain  news- 
papers w-ere  yelping  for  war,  and  the  demands  of 
Congress  were  increasing  in  insistence,  the  war 
fever  being  continually  fanned  by  some  hotheads, 
chief  of  whom  were  several  men  of  prominence 
and  influence  at  Washington.  I  refer  to  one  man 
in  particular.  He  was  more  clamorous  for  war 
than  any  other  man,  and  he,  more  than  any  other 
man  in  Washington,  was  responsible  for  this 
wave  of  passion  which  swept  over  the  country, 
and  which  I  finally  found  impossible  to  resist. 
That  man  wanted  war  from  the  very  commence- 
ment of  the  acute  stage  of  the  controversy  with 
Spain.  My  grief  is  owing  to  my  knowledge  of 
the  fact  that  I  could  have  prevented  that  war 
had  I  been  given  a  little  more  time,  for  I  had 
confidential  but  reliable  information  that  Spain 
was  about  to  concede  home  rule  to  Cuba,  and  un- 
der the  circumstances  home  rule  would  have  been 
better  than  independence."    Boyle  asked  Presi- 


dent McKinley  the  name  of  the  man  responsible 
more  than  any  other  for  fanning  into  an  irresisti- 
ble flame  the  demand  for  war.  "It  was  Theodore 
Roosevelt,"  said  President  McKinley.  This  con- 
versation took  place  in  Canton;  it  was  the  last 
Boyle  had  with  the  President,  so  it  was  impressed 
upon  his  mind. 


A  Tunnel  from  England  to  France 

There  is  revival  of  the  proposal  to  run  a  tunnel 
under  the  Straits  of  Dover  connecting  France 
with  England.  Years  ago  Marshal  von  Moltke 
advised  England  not  to  construct  the  tunnel  be- 
cause "it  would  join  France  to  England  and  do 
great  injury  to  Germany."  Political  conditions 
have  changed,  and  that  advice  might  be  given 
today  by  a  champion  of  the  project.  England 
would  need  France's  friendship  in  case  of  war 
with  Germany.  Next  to  Russia,  France  is  the 
great  food  producing  country  of  Europe.  Eng- 
land would  have  to  depend  on  France  for  food  in 
the  event  of  war,  because  the  German  fleet  could 
easily  cut  the  island  ofT  from  her  other  sources 
of  food  supply.  France  and  England  have  been 
joined  by  the  exigencies  of  their  foreign  policy, 
and  the  tunnel  would  bring  them  still  closer  to- 
gether, geographically  and  otherwise. 


Women  Outlive  Men 

The  French  insurance  companies  have  been 
compiling  statistics  relative  to  the  comparative 


longevity  of  men  and  women.  They  have  found 
that  the  advantage  on  the  feminine  side  is  almost 
one-third.  The  average  age  at  death  of  women 
on  one  company's  books  is  70,  while  for 
men  it  is  barely  50.  A  distinguished  doctor,  name 
not  given,  has  accounted  for  the  condition  thus: 
"Men  live  much  harder  and  smoke  and  drink  too 
much,  even  though  they  rarely  work  too  much. 
Women  are  wiser  and  think  of  the  future,  rarely 
smoke,  and  drink  one-tenth  as  much,  while  their 
preoccupations  and  moral  sufferings  are  much 
less  intense.  At  40  a  woman  is  in  the  plenitude 
of  her  physical  powers,  while  a  man  at  the  same 
age  has  probably  contracted  organic  weaknesses 
which  will  shorten  life."  All  of  that  will  meet 
with  the  approval  of  the  dear  women,  except  the 
statement  that  the  "moral  sufferings"  of  men  are 
greater  than  the  "moral  sufferings"  of  women. 
On  that  point  we  may  expect  loud  and  emphatic 
protests. 


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Perspective  Impressions 


An  English  apiarist  has  succeeded  after  several 
experiments  in  breeding  stingless  bees,  thus  mak- 
ing it  all  the  easier  to  rob  the  poor  insect  of  the 
product  of  his  labor.  Instead  of  the  benign  bee, 
why  not  the  malign  mosquito?  And  if  the  cactus 
can  be  rendered  spineless  and  the  bee  stingless, 
why  should  not  the  wild  ass  of  the  desert  be 
shorn  of  his  bray? 


A  slumless  world,  we  learn,  is  not  unattainable; 
but  it  will  take  "years  and  much  money."  Add 
money  to  your  list  of  panaceas,  and  revise  the 
old  saw  so  that  it  will  read,  "Money  is  the  root 
of  all  good." 


The  federal  commissioner  of  labor  has  filed  a 
report  showing  just  what  the  percentage  of  in- 
crease has  been  in  the  cost  of  fourteen  of  the 
principal  food  products  in  ten  years.  The  report 
is  probably  an  aid  to  reflection,  but  it  doesn't 
tend  to  make  meat  cheaper. 


Who's  a  liar  now? 


To  be  a  successful  leader  in  this  year  of  our 
Lord  is  to  be  ready  to  lead  wherever  the  mul- 
titude is  minded  to  run. 


Hearst  is  perfectly  willing  to  let  Wilson  and 
Bryan  pull  his  New  York  chestnuts  out  of  the 
Tammany  fire. 


President  Taft  ought  to  be  held  responsible 
for  the  monetary  disturbance  at  Palo  Alto.  If 
in  deference  to  the  wishes  of  Senator  Works  he 
had  appointed  Marshall  Black  sub-Treasurer 
Fortune  w'ould  not  have  unmasked  (hat  unhappy 
rogue. 


Colonel  Cornelius  Gardener  is  getting  to  be 
almost  as  popular  with  the  newspaper  photog- 
raphers as  "Mission  Jim." 


The  Lawrence  strikers  show  by  their  manifes- 
toes that  they  are  ultra-progressive. 


The  making  of  love  is  a  matter  of  making 
money. 


There  is  so  much  loose  thinking  nowadays 
that  it  has  become  greater  folly  than  ever  to  let 
your  happiness  depend  on  the  thoughts  of  others. 


Acquiring  a  spouse  is  with  woman  an  occupa- 
tion; with  man,  a  gamble. 


A  correspondent  wishes  to  know  if  there  is  no 
law  to  prevent  bare-legged  women  from  swim- 
ming across  the  bay  in  "full  view  of  passengers 
on  the  ferry  boats."  There  is  no  such  law,  but 
neither  is  there  a  law  requiring  commuters  to 
look  at  legs  that  are  swathed  in  nothing  but 
water. 


The  police  sergeant  Achumyelof,  wearing  his 
new  cloak  and  with  a  bundle  under  his  arm,  is 
walking  across  the  market-place.  He  is  fol- 
lowed by  a  red-haired  policeman  carrying  a  sieve 
filled  to  the  brim  with  confiscated  gooseberries. 
Quiet  reigns  all  around.  Not  a  soul  in  the 
market-place.  The  open  doors  and  windows  of 
the  stores  and  saloons  gaze  out  sadly  upon  God's 
world  like  hungry  mouths  wide  open.  Not  even 
l.cggars  are  hanging  around. 

Suddenly  Achumyelof  hears  someone  shouting: 
"So  you  want  to  bite,  you  accursed  beast!  Chil- 
dren, don't  let  him!  Nowadays  dogs  are  not 
allowed  to  bite.    Stop  him!    Oh,  oh!" 

The  howling  of  a  dog  is  heard.  Achumyelof 
looks  in  the  direction  from  which  the  sound 
comes  and  sees  a  dog,  limping  on  three  legs,  run 
out  of  Pichugin's  lumber-yard.  A  man  in  a 
starched  calico  shirt  and  with  his  vest  unbut- 
toned is  chasing  him.  The  man  is  close  at  the 
dog's  heels;  suddenly  he  lurches  forward,  falls 
to  the  ground  and  takes  hold  of  the  dog's  hind 
feet.  Again  the  dog's  howling  is  heard  and  the 
cry:  "Do  not  let  him!"  Sleepy  faces  appear  at 
the  windows  of  the  stores,  and  at  the  lumber-yard 
a  crowd  quickly  gathers  as  though  it  had  grown 
out  of  the  ground. 

"Do  you  think  it  can  be  a  riot?"  asks  the 
policeman. 

Achumyelof  turns  to  the  left  and  walks  to- 
ward the  crowd.  Near  the  gate  of  the  lumber- 
yard he  sees  the  man  with  the  unbuttoned  vest 
holding  up  his  right  hand  and  showing  the 
crowd  a  bloody  finger.  On  his  half  drunken  face 
there  is  an  expression  as  though  he  were  say- 
ing: "Wait,  I  will  make  you  pay  for  this,  you 
scoundrel!"  And  the  finger  itself  looks  like  a 
trophy.  In  this  man  Achumyelof  recognized 
Khriukin,  the  goldsmith.  In  the  centre  of  the 
crowd,  with  his  forefeet  spread  out  and  trem- 
bling from  head  to  foot,  sits  the  author  of  the 
whole  row — a  young  white  greyhound  with  a 
pointed  muzzle  and  a  yellow  spot  on  his  back. 
In  his  watery  eyes  there  is  an  expression  of  dis- 
trust. 

"What  is  the  matter?"  asks  Achumyelof,  mak- 
ing his  way  through,  the  crowd.    "Why  are  you 


The  Chameleon 

By  Anton  Chekhov  (From  the  Russian) 

here?  What  is  the  matter  with  your  finger? 
Who  has  been  screaming?" 

"I  was  just  walking  along,  sir,  not  touching 
anybody,"  says  Khriukin,  coughing  into  his  fist; 
"to  sec  about  the  wood-  for  Dimitri  Dimitriye- 
vich,  when  suddenly  this  vicinus  cur  bites  my 
finger.  You  will  excuse  me.  1  am  a  man  who 
works;  I  have  very  particular  work  to  do,  and 
somebody  will  have  to  pay  mc,  for  I  won't  be 
able  to  use  this  finger  maybe  for  a  week!  There 
is  nothing  in  the  law,  sir.  about  having  to  stand 
things  from  animals!  If  they  were  all  going  to 
bite  it  would  be  better  not  to  live  in  this  world!" 

"Now,"  says  Achumyelof  sternly,  moving  his 
eyebrows  up  and  down,  "now  whose  dog  is  this? 
I  shall  not  allow  this  matter  to  rest.  I  will  teach 
you  people  to  let  your  dogs  run  around  loose! 
It  is  time  that  something  were  done  about  peo- 
ple who  won't  obey  regulations.  When  I  pun- 
ish the  scoundrel  he  will  find  out  what  it  means 
to  let  dogs  and  other  animals  raam  about.  I 
will  Show  him  who  I  am!  Yeldrin,"  turning  to 
the  policeman,  "find  out  whose  dog  it  is  and 
draw  up  a  protocol.  The  dog  will  be  killed. 
Make  short  work  of  it!  He  is  probably  a  mad 
dog  anyhow.    Whose  dog  is  it?" 

"He  looks  like  General  Yigalof's  dog,"  says 
someone  in  the  crowd. 

"General  Yigalof's?  Hm!  Yeldrin,  take  off 
my  cloak;  it  is  terribly  hot!  It  is  probably  go- 
ing to  rain.  There  is  one  thing  that  I  do  not 
understand:  how  could  that  dog  bite  you?"  says 
Achumyelof  turning  to  Khriukin.  "He  does  not 
come  up  to  your  fingers.  He  is  such  a  little  dog, 
and  you  are  such  a  big  man.  You  have  probably 
torn  your  finger  on  a  nail,  and  afterward  the  idea 
of  the  dog  occurred  to  you  and  you  are  trying  to 
extort  money.  I  know  you  people;  you  are 
devils!" 

"He  teased  the  dog  by  putting  a  cigarette  in 
his  face;  but  the  dog  is  no  fool  and  went  for 
him.    That  man  is  a  quarrelsome  fellow,  sir." 

"You  lie,  squint-eye!  He  did  not  see  it,  sir! 
What  does  he  want  to  lie  for?  You,  sir,  you  are 
a  smart  gentleman  and  you  can  tell  whether  a 
man  is  lying  or  whether  he  is  talking  according 
to  his  conscience  as  in  the  sight  of  God.  But 


let  the  judge  decide  whether  I  am  lying!  The 
law  says  that  nowadays  we  are  all  equal.  I  have 
a  brother  myself  among  the  gendarmes.  If 
you — " 

"Stop  talking!" 

"No,  that  is  not  the  general's,"  observes  the 
policeman  pensively.  "The  general  does  not 
have  dogs  like  that.  His  dogs  are  mostly  set- 
ters." 

"Are  you  sure  of  that?" 
"Yes,   sir,   quite  sure." 

"I  know  it  myself,  too.  The  general  has  high- 
priced  thoroughbred  dogs,  but  this  is — the  devil 
knows  what!  He  has  neither  hair  nor  shape — 
just  a  common  cur.  For  anyone  to  keep  a  dog 
like  that!  What  are  you  people  thinking  of? 
If  such  a  dog  should  show  itself  in  St.  Peters- 
burg or  Moscow,  do  you  know  what  would  hap- 
pen? They  would  not  stop  to  look  up  the  law, 
but  just  simply — and  that  is  the  end!  Khriukin, 
you  have  suffered  pain,  and  I  will  not  let  this 
matter  rest.  I  must  give  tliem  a  lesson!  It  is 
about  time!" 

"But  perhaps  it  is  the  general's  dog  after  all," 
the  policeman  thinks  aloud.  "It  is  not  written 
on  his  muzzle.  The  other  day  I  saw  a  dog  like 
that  in  the  general's  yard." 

"Of  course,  it  is  the  general's,"  says  a  voice 
in  the  crowd. 

"Yeldrin,   help   me   put   on   my   coat.     It  is 

(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


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TOWN      TALK  October  S,  1912 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LX— THE  HILLS 


By  Charlotte  Perkins  Oilman 


(Mrs.  Charlotte  I  erkins  Stetson  G.Iman  s  too-littk-known  book  of  poems.  "In  This  Our  World"  has  already 
been  drawn  on  four  times  for  the  enriching  of  this  series.  "The  Bed  of  Fleur-de-Lys."  "I'owell  Street,"  "From  Rus- 
sian Hill     and     Our  San  Francisco  Climate    have  been  republished    here.    The    following    poem    is    from    the  same 


volume,   and   is   given   without   apology,    because   few    San  Franciscans  have  read  it.) 


The  flowing  waves  of  our  warm  sea 

Roll  to  the  beach  and  die, 
But  the  soul  of  the  waves  forever  fills 
The  curving  crests  of  our  restless  hills 

That  climb  so  wantonly. 

Up  and  up  till  you  look  to  see 

Along  the  cloud-kissed  top 
The  great  hill-breakers  curve  and  comb 
In  crumbling  lines  of  falling  foam 

Before  they  settle  and  drop. 


Down  and  down,  with  the  shuddering  sweep 

Of  the  sea-wave's  glassy  wall, 
You  sink  with  a  plunge  that  takes  your  breath, 
A  thrill  that  stirreth  and  quickeneth. 

Like  the  great  line  steamer's  fall. 

We  have  laid  our  streets  by  the  square  and  line, 

We  have  built  by  the  line  and  square; 
But  the  strong  hill-rises  arch  below 
And  force  the  houses  to  curve  and  flow 
In  lines  of  beauty  there. 


And  off  to  the  north  and  east  and  south, 

With  wildering  mists  between. 
They  ring  us  round  with  wavering  hold, 
With  fold  on  fold  of  rose  and  gold, 
Violet,  azure  and  green. 


The  Prison  Hysteria 

Notwithstanding  the  shock  which  acting  Gov- 
ernor Wallace  gave  the  State  when  he  com- 
muted the  sentence  of  that  depraved  scoundrel 
the  murderer  Figueroa,  the  hystcriacs  in  our 
midst  are  still  babbling  of  the  superior  virtue 
that  belongs  to  the  saints  incarcerated  in  Sati 
Quentin  and  Folsom  and  of  the  injustice  of  con- 
tinuing their  martyrdom.  If  we  may  believe 
what  we  are  forced  to  hear  day  in  and  day  out 
California's  thousands  of  convicts  are  progres- 
sives who  have  the  misfortune  to  wear  stripes. 
It  appears  that  if  the  doors  of  their  cells  were 
set  ajar  they  would  march  out  in  decorous  rank, 
singing  "Onward,  Christian  Soldier"  and  sig- 
nalize their  first  taste  of  free  air  by  joining  the 
cult  of  Bullmoosia.  They  are  good  men,  all  of 
them,  we  are  assured.  They  have  been  wiped 
clean  of  criminality;  it  is  the  State  which  is 
criminal  in  providing  them  with  a  compulsory 
boarding  house.  This  glorification  of  the  convict 
by  men  and  women  who  have  adipose  tissue 
where  their  brains  ought  to  be  has  gone  so  far 
that  it  has  deceived  a  lot  of  unsophisticated  folk 
who  never  break  the  crust  of  life  to  see  what 
is  beneath.  Sometimes  we  don't  realize  how 
many  people  there  are  in  the  world  for  whom 
the  superlative  viciousness  and  degeneracy  of 
life  do  not  exist;  they  have  never  heard  of  the 
darker '  side  of  existence  and  wouldn't  believe 
half  of  the  truth  if  it  were  told  to  them.  They 
are  happy  in  their  ignorance,  but  they  suffer  its 
penalty  in  that  they  are  easily  cozened  by 
hypocritical  canters  and  purveyors  of  pious 
platitudes.  To  such  people  the  propaganda  of 
the  hysteriacs  on  behalf  of  the  darling  convicts 
makes  a  strong  appeal.  It  hits  them  on  the 
sentimental  side  where  they  are  especially  weak. 
When  these  people  are  told  that  a  convict  has 
reformed  and  is  fit  for  restoration  to  the  society 
from  which  he  was  banished  for  law-breaking 
they  see  no  reason  to  doubt  that  it  is  true. 


The  Spectator 

A  "Reformed"  Prisoner 

For  the  benefit  of  these  simple  souls  I  have  a 
story  or  two  to  tell.  There  is  in  the  October 
number  of  the  American  Magazine  a  very  in- 
teresting article  by  Rufus  Steele  of  this  city 
entitled  "Where  Stage  Villains  Are  Real."  It 
deals  with  the  semi-annual  theatrical  perform- 
ances which  are  given  by  the  convicts  in  San 
Quentin;  and  it  tells  among  other  things  how  the 
convicts  are  incited  to  good  behavior  by  the  de- 
sire to  take  part  in  these  performances.  In  one 
of  these  prison  shows  a  quartet  of  prisoners 
sang.  The  leader  of  the  quartet  was  a  robber. 
"He  was  the  worst  prisoner  they  ever  had  had 
to  handle  in  the  Fresno  County  jail,"  writes  Mr. 
Steele.  "His  'bad  man'  reputation  was  estab- 
lished when,  booted  and  cuffed,  he  was  set  ,do\vn 
at  San  Quentin  gate.  Warden  Hoyle  told  his 
new  charge  that  no  prejudice  should  be  held 
against  him,  that  his  prison  life  should  be  what 
he  made  it,  and  sent  him  to  a  loom.  The  'bad 
man,'  sullen  and  scheming,  learned  of  the  semi- 
annual show.  In  a  month  the  applications 
would  go  in.  His  went  in;  he  wanted  to  try  out 
as  a  singer.  The  warden  was  for  him.  The 
robber  organized  the  Sunflower  Quartet.  An  out- 
law negro  has  found  himself;  he  is  an  outlaw  no 
more." 


A  Temporary  Reformation 

So  far  so  good.  From  Mr.  Steele  I  learn  that 
when  this  article  was  written  the  name  of  this 
negro  was  mentioned  in  the  text.  The  outlaw 
who  had  found  himself,  who  was  an  outlaw  no 
more,  was  Delehanty.  But  after  the  semi-annual 
show  took  place  and  after  Mr.  Steele's  article 
was  in  type  in  the  office  of  the  American  Mag- 
azine Delehanty  forgot  that  he  was  reformed. 
He  forgot  about  his  reformation  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  he  ran  amuck,  killed  "St.  Louis  Fat" 
and  carved  another  prisoner.  So  Delehanty's 
name  had  to  be  deleted  from  the  article.  He  had 
ceased  to  be  an  example  of  the  prison  uplift. 


The  gold  of  his  suddenly  acquired  virtue  had  been 
stage    money,   nothing  more. 


A  'Converted"  Prisoner 

Father  Scsnon  who  used  to  be  the  Roman 
Catholic  chaplain  at  San  Quentin  can  vouch  for 
the  truth  of  the  next  story  I  shall  tell.  If  a 
convict  desires  in  sincerity  to  receive  the  con- 
solations of  religion  he  is  given  every  opportun- 
ity, and  it  must  be  said  that  there  are  men  in 
prison  who  do  their  best  to  make  their  peace  with 
God  while  they  are  paying  the  temporal  penalty 
of  their  sins.  But  there  are  others  who  do  not 
hesitate  to  use  the  chaplain  for  their  own  cun- 
ning ends.  To  gain  the  favor  of  the  chaplain  is 
to  have  a  powerful  friend  who  will  plead  on  their 
behalf  for  favors  and  speak  for  them  before  the 
Prison  Commissioners  sitting  as  a  board  of 
parole.  Such  a  prisoner  went  to  Father  Sesnon 
and  stated  that  he  wished  to  be  prepared  for 
admission  to  the  Catholic  church.  Father  Ses- 
non was  of  course  delighted  to  give  him  instruc- 
tion. The  prisoner  was  a  model  catechumen. 
He  studied  his  catechism  till  he  had  it  letter  per- 
fect; he  showed  every  outward  sign  of  piety. 
Finally  he  was  admitted  to  the  sacraments  of 
Baptism  and  the  Eucharist.  And  then,  only 
then.  Father  Sesnon  learned  through  a  letter  ad- 
dressed to  this  convict  by  his  mother  in  Ireland 
that  he  had  been  born  a  Catholic  and  had  been 
brought  up  in  the  practice  of  his  religion.  The 
poor  old  mother  exhorted  him  in  her  letter  not 
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had  not  hesitated  to  desecrate  the  most  sacred 
sacraments  of  his  religion  just  to  gain  the  favor 
of  the  chaplain. 


More  Prison  Religion 

I  have  heard  another  story  somewhat  similar. 
It  is  told  by  a  Roman  Catholic  priest  who  was 
also  for  a  time  the  San  Quentin  chaplain.  In 
the  Catholic  church,  I  should  explain,  a  convert  is 
first  baptized  and  admitted  to  the  sacrament  of 
the  Eucharist;  then  at  a  somewhat  later  period 
he  is  given  Confirmation.  The  priest  I  have  in 
mind  admitted  a  convict  to  the  first  two  sacra- 
ments shortly  before  his  term  expired.  "He  went 
out  in  January,"  says  the  priest;  "but  he  was 
back  again  in  July,  just  in  time  to  be  confirmed." 


Jimmy  Lawler's  Ambition 

The  spirit  of  uplift  which  has  been  breathed 
into  the  convicts  by  our  penological  sentimental- 
ists must  hit  a  man  as  soon  as  he  dons  stripes. 
Take  Jimmy  Lawler,  the  white  slaver.  Jimmy 
has  only  done  a  little  time,  but  already  he  has 
conceived  a  big  ambition.  This  ambition  is  of 
such  a  kind  that  the  drudgery  of  the  jute  mill  is 
out  of  all  consonance  with  it.  Jimmy  is  eager  to 
have  Warden  Hoyle  assign  him  to  the  library. 
The  library  is  one  of  the  nice  places  in  the  prison. 
The  prisoner  who  works  there  has  rather  an  easy 
time  and  better  food  than  the  common  ruck  of 
convicts.  But  that  is  not  why  Jimmy  yearns  for 
the  library.  By  no  means.  Abe  Ruef  is  in  the 
library,  and  Jimmy  says  that  he  wants  to  study 
law  under  Abe  Ruef! 


Earl's  Debut 

The  most  interesting  of  all  the  incidents  of 
the  Roosevelt  meeting  in  Los  Angeles  was  not 
reported  by  the  Associated  Press.  I  allude  to 
the  reception  given  to  the  holiest  of  holy-rollers, 
Mr.  E.  Tartuffe  Earl.  This  gentleman,  feeling 
that  he  had  been  too  long  hiding  his  light  under 
a  bushel,  craved  the  distinction  of  mtroducing 
the  Colonel.  He  was  kindly  permitted  to  make 
his  first  public  appearance.  Meyer  Lissner  ac- 
corded him  the  favor.  Meyer  introduced  hiin 
saying  that  Theodore  Roosevelt  would  be  pre- 
sented to  the  audience  by  one  to  whom  the  peo- 
ple owed  an  undying  debt  of  gratitude,  one  who 
had  ever  served  their  cause  faithfully  and  un- 
swervingly, one  who,  feeling  that  the  great  work 
of  his  evening  paper  lacked  of  completeness  be- 
cause Los  Angeles  had  no  morning  paper  to  an- 
swer the  venomous  lies  of  a  hireling  press,  at 
great  expense  to  himself  started  such  a  paper 
to  battle  for  the  people's  rights.  He  asked: 
"Need  I  name  this  man,  Edwin  T.  Earl?"  Ed- 
win T.  Earl  took  the  platform  amidst  the  pro- 
found silence  of  the  audience.  He  began  by 
saying  he  was  honored  by  being  permitted  to 
present  to  that  distinguished  and  most  intelligent 
audience  the  greatest  protagonist  of  and  battler 
for  human  rights,  the  greatest  living  American. 
"Wealth,"  he  proceeded  to  say,  "flows  in  the 
United  States  in  a  boundless,  limitless  stream. 
All  should  share  in  its  beneficence,  but,  alas!  very 
few  do  so."  So  far  had  he  gone  when  there 
was  a  wild  shout,  "Yes,  and  you  are  one  of  the 
few."  Throughout  that  great  audience  and  from 
every  quarter  of  it  came  shouts:  "Get  off  the 
platform."  "Give  him  the  hook."  "Oh,  you 
prince  of  rebaters."  "Where  did  you  make  your 
money?"  "Oh,  you  king  of  grafters."  Through- 
out this,  Roosevelt  sat  in  amazed  silence  and 
Earl,  without  another  word,  was  forced  off  the 
platform.  The  Los  Angeles  Times  girded  at  the 
great  and  good  Earl  because  of  this  scene,  and 
Earl's  Los  Angeles  Express  felt  forced  to  make 
an  explanation.  The  explanation  was  that  every 
word  that  Lissner  had  said  in  eulogy  of  Earl  was 
true,  but  that  the  audience  was  naturally  im- 


patient to  hear  the  greatest  of  Americans  speak, 
and  so  asked  Mr.  Earl  to  curtail  his  own  ad- 
dress. 


The  Renown  of  Hiram 

"Count  Hiram,"  as  the  New  York  Sun  delights 
to  call  him,  has  become  a  man  of  great  renown. 
Up  and  down  and  across  the  country  they  are 
not  only  hearing  him  but  hearing  of  him.  As 
a  new  acquaintance  he  delights  the  student  of 
human  nature,  the  while  he  gives  to  the  ground- 
lings that  spinal  thrill  which  the  vulgar  regard 
as  the  ultimate  test  of  a  good  melodrama  or  a 
satisfactory  circus.  The  newspapermen  are  eat- 
ing him  up,  so  to  speak.  They  can't  get  enough 
of  him.  They  lug  him  into  the  most  unlikely 
articles.  Take  the  New  York  Sun,  for  instance. 
An  article  on  the  beggars  of  New  York  might 
seem  the  most  unlikely  place  to  look  for  an 
allusion  to  our  Hiram.  Yet  we  read  this:  "Hon- 
est at  heart,  they  dislike  to  seek  alms  but  as  one 
of  the  present  candidates  for  the  Vice-Presidency 
said,  'a  man  must  eat,'  and  so  they  set  out  to 
fill  their  stomachs  in  whichsoever  way  they  can." 
That  is  fame,  nothing  less.  Our  Hiram  has  given 
the  language  an  imperishable  saw;  he  has  brought 
the  belly  into  politics.  For  that  at  least  let  him 
be  remembered  forever. 


A  Bulletin  Quip 

Some  of  the  journalistic  fun  poked  at  our 
Hiram  is  a  bit  coarse.  The  Saturday  Evening 
Post,  exempli  gratia,  calls  him  Theoram  John- 
sovelt,  making  him,  as  it  were,  one-half  of  a 
Siamese  monstrosity.  Such  methods  are  ob- 
vious; they  lack  art.  I  prefer  the  subtle  raillery 
of  our  own  Bulletin.  The  Bulletin  loves  to  take 
a  gentle,  furtive  kick  at  Hiram,  and  there's  no 
mortal  offense  because,  in  accordance  with  the 
Virginian's  instructions,  it  smiles  when  it  does 
it.  Thus  the  special  correspondent  of  the  Bul- 
letin wired  this  from  New  Hampshire:  "When 
noon  came  and  Nashua  was  still  miles  away,  the 
Governor  insisted  he  must  lunch.  So  the  car 
was  drawn  up  to  a  lunch  wagon  where,  seated 
on  a  stool,  he  ate  the  sandwich  and  drank  the 
milk."  A  man  must  lunch!  Aye,  and  breakfast 
and  dine!  But  is  it  nice  of  the  Bulletin  to  take 
this  underhanded  swipe  at  him  whom  the  Bul- 
letin affects  to  consider  a  friend? 


The  Epigrammatic  Mrs.  Atherton 

To  perfect  himself  in  the  gentle  art  of  per- 
sonal abuse  Governor  Johnson  ought  to  sit  for 
a  while  at  the  feet  of  the  woman  with  the  edged 
tool  between  her  teeth.  The  woman  is  Gertrude 
Atherton,  a  woman  with  a  talent  for  aspersion 
far  surpassing  that  of  our  crude  purveyor  of 
vituperation  from  Sacramento.  Being  a  literary 
woman  Mrs.  Atherton  has  contempt  for  the  mere 
epithet.  Her  love  is  the  pregnant  epigram  that 
biteth  like  a  serpent  and  stingeth  like  an  adder. 
She  says  things  that  are  picturesque.  She  has 
the  knack  of  metaphor,  and  when  she  char- 
acterizes the  object  of  her  detestation  it  looms 
before  the  mind's  eye  making  an  impression  that 
lasts.  As  for  instance  when  she  says  that  Pier- 
pont  Morgan  "sits  in  his  library  like  a  fat  old 
spider  in  his  web."  Mrs.  Atherton  is  the  head- 
liner  of  the  campaign  in  California.  She  makes 
"good  copy."  There  is  nothing  like  personal 
abuse  to  titillate  the  mob,  and  Mrs.  Atherton 
exudes  it  with  a  freedom  of  utterance  that  no 
editor,  however  reckless,  would  dare  imitate. 
Pierpont  Morgan,  she  says,  treats  everybody 
like  a  dog.  He  is  the  most  ill-mannered  old  brute 
that    ever    was.    One    wonders    whether  Mrs. 


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Atherton  speaks  by  virtue  of  personal  experience 
or  from  hearsay.  It  strikes  one  as  incredible 
that  the  great  Plutocrat  would  ever  show  him- 
self as  at  all  lacking  in  politeness  to  the  suave 
and  amiable  lady  novelist.  Mr.  Morgan  loves  art 
and  its  exponents  almost  as  much  as  does  Mr. 
Phelan  who  doesn't  sit  in  his  office  like  a  spider 
but  like  an  iceberg.  Again:  "The  snobbishness 
of  the  Whitelaw  Reids  has  caused  much  fun 
among  the  English  people,"  says  Mrs.  Atherton. 
Why  drag  the  Reids  of  Menlo  Park  (Mrs.  Ather- 
ton's  old  home)  into  the  campaign?  What  are 
they  doing,  or  have  they  done?  Dragged  from 
its  context  this  biting  allusion  is  vague,  but 
doubtless  there  was  good  reason  for  it.  As  for 
Roosevelt,  Mrs.  Atherton  knows  "for  a  fact"  that 
he  has  responded  to  summonses  for  "midnight  con- 
ferences" with  Morgan.  Where  Mrs.  Atherton 
was  when  the  summons  reached  Teddy  and  when 
Morgan  received  him  are  matters  of  detail  about 
which  we  need  not  inquire.  Suffice  it  that  the 
midnight  hour  is  the  one  which  the  fat  spider 
reserved  for  his  distinguished  guest.  Are  suf- 
fragettes eligible  to  the  famous  club  organized 
by  the  Colonel?    If  so,  Gertrude  beware! 


Kent  Sees  a  Light 

Congressman  "Billy"  Kent  of  the  changeable 
mind  made  a  speech  in  San  Rafael  a  few  nights 
ago.  It  wasn't  much  of  a  speech  considered 
oratorically,  but  it  was  interesting  because  it 
seemed  to  indicate  that  for  Kent  the  dog  days 
have  passed  and  the  season  of  political  sanity 
is  waxing.  Kent  told  his  hearers  that  he  was 
tired  of  denouncing  people;  that  the  men  against 
whom  he  had  hurled  his  most  minatory  phrases 
were  not  so  bad  after  all.  His  notion  that  most 
congressmen  were  thieves,  liars  and  doublcdeal- 
ers  died  the  death,  he  explained,  when  he  had 
the  opportunity  to  study  them  at  close  range. 
"For  the  most  part,"  he  admitted  with  magnan- 
imity, "they  are  gentlemen  and  honest."  An 
ineradicable  instinct  for  "passing  the  buck"  he 
considered  the  prime  fault  of  the  ordinary  con- 
gressman. Incidentally,  after  a  brief  reference 
to  the   Big   Bull   Moose,   Kent  paid   a  glowing 


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tribute  to  Woodrow  Wilson  and  professed  him- 
self not  unwilling  to  serve  in  the  Congress  while 
the  doctor  served  in  the  White  House.  These 
strange  remarks  conveyed  the  impression  that 
Kent  preferred  Wilson  to  Teddy.  The  impres- 
sion was  so  strong  that  Gifford  Pinchot  who 
followed  Kent,  sought  to  remove  it  by  extravagant 
eulogy  of  his  idol. 


Black,  Walker  and  the  Call 

Two  days  after  the  Continental  Building  and 
Loan  Association  was  compelled  to  close  il.s 
doors  the  editor  of  the  Call  received  a  tip  from 
a  respectable  source  that  the  affairs  of  the  Palo 
Alto  Mutual  Building  and  Loan  Association  were 
in  a  very  bad  state  because  Senator  Marshall 
Black  had  been  diverting  the  funds  of  the  in- 
stitution to  his  own  private  enterprises.  A  re- 
porter was  detailed  to  interview  Black,  and  was 
met  with  an  absolute  denial  that  anything  was 
wrong  with  the  institution.  The  same  reporter 
then  went  to  State  Building  anil  Loan  Commis- 
sioner Walker,  and  his  denials  were  just  as 
emphatic.  It  was  natural  that  Black  should 
repudiate  the  charge  of  wrongdoing,  but  how 
about  Walker?  If  it  is  his  duty  to  keep  in  con- 
stant touch  with  the  affairs  of  building  and  loan 
associations  he  should  have  known  that  the  Palo 
Alto  institution  was  in  bad  shape.  If  it  is  not 
his  duty  to  keep  continually  posted,  why  did  he 
not  say  so  instead  of  making  a  denial?  It  seems 
to  me  that  this  places  Walker  in  a  position  that 
demands  explanation. 


Pardee  the  Job  Hunter 

The  Harriman-Roosevelt  correspondence  that 
was  brought  to  light  in  Washington  this  week 


is  of  special  interest  to  Californians.  In  that 
correspondence  is  to  be  found  an  allusion  to 
"Governor  Pardee."  The  allusion  is  somewhat 
vague,  and  the  date  of  the  letter  as  printed  in 
the  Examiner  is  misleading.  The  letter  is  dated 
June  2,  1901.  Obviously  this  is  a  misprint.  The 
Roosevelt-Harriman  correspondence  did  not  be- 
gin till  three  years  later,  and  Pardee  was  not 
governor  in  1901.  In  this  letter,  signed  E.  H. 
Harriman,  appears  this  somewhat  mysterious  lan- 
guage: "You  saw  something  of  Governor  Pardee 
last  year.  Have  you  considered  him  in  connec- 
tion with  the  position  we  talked  about?"  Now 
what  was  the  position  that  President  Roosevelt 
and  E.  H.  Harriman  had  talked  about?  What- 
ever it  was  presumably  Harriman  regarded  Gov- 
ernor Pardee  as  available.  And  it  is  hardly  to 
be  supposed  that  Harriman  would  have  suggested 
Pardee  to  Roosevelt  without  having  been  as- 
sured that  Pardee  was  willing.  Yet  Pardee  must 
have  been  governor  at  this  very  time;  for  he  was 
never  called  governor  before  his  election  to  the 
office,  and  it  is  certain  that  after  the  Santa  Cruz 
convention  the  octopus  took  no  interest  in  his 
welfare.  In  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case 
the  conclusion  appears  to  be  warranted  that  Dr. 
Pardee  while  governor  of  California  cherished 
the  hope  of  getting  a  federal  job  in  which  the 
Southern  Pacific  was  taking  a  deep  interest.  In 
this  connection  it  is  interesting  to  reflect  that 
.Alden  Anderson  was  lieutenant-governor  of  the 
State  and  would  have  fallen  heir  to  the  gub- 
ernatorial office  had  Roosevelt  appointed  P.irdee. 


The  Job  He  Wanted 

Perhaps  it  may  be  possible  to  li.\  the  date  of 
the  Harriman  letter  and  make  a  pretty  accurate 
guess  as  to  the  job  that  the  good  Dr.  Pardee 


hoped  to  get  through  the  favor  of  E.  H.  Harriman. 
"You  saw  something  of  Governor  Pardee  last 
year,"  said  Harriman.  Now  President  Roosevelt 
visited  San  Francisco  in  1903,  the  first  year  of 
Governor  Pardee's  term.  He  saw  Governor  Par- 
dec  in  the  parade  on  the  day  that  the  governor 
distinguished  himself  by  wearing  a  collapsible 
opera  hat  in  broad  daylight,  right  out  before 
everybody.  The  two  Executives  met  after  the 
parade.  So  it  was  probably  in  June  1904  that 
Harriman  wrote  to  Roosevelt  about  Pardee.  And 
it  was  .at  that  time  that  the  President  was  look- 
ing for  interstate  commerce  commissioners,  and 
there  was  no  commission  in  which  Harriman 
took  a  deeper  interest.  My  guess  is  that  our 
old  friend  of  the  pick-handle  was  eager  to  be- 
come an  interstate  commerce  commissioner.  An 
Examiner  writer,  observing  that  Roosevelt  con- 
sidered a  certain  congressman  preferable  to 
Pardee,  concludes  that  the  position  under  discus- 
sion was  the  Cabinet  secretaryship  that  was  given 
to  Metcalfe.  I'll  bet  the  Examiner  man  is  wrong 
and  leave  it  to  Pardee. 


He's  Tried  and  True 

This  Pardee  be  it  understood  is  the 
man  who  posed  as  a  victim  of  the  oc- 
topus after  the  Santa  Cruz  convention.  He  is 
the  same  Pardee,  by  the  way,  who  entertained 
Abe  Ruef  at  the  Pardee  fireside  on  a  cold  winter's 
night  just  after  the  close  of  the  gubernatorial 
campaign  of  1902,  on  which  occasion  .\bc  quelled 
the  doubt  in  the  Pardee  mind  regarding  the 
loyalty  of  the  S.  P.  Also,  this  is  the  same  Par- 
dee who,  regardless  of  the  biblical  injunction, 
got  s  through  life  being  righteous  overmuch,  suc- 
cessfully demonstrating  the  while  that  it's  wise 
to  wear  expansive  phylacteries  and  do  your  pray- 
ing on  the  street  corner.  Today  this  Pardee  is 
a  number  of  the  conservation  commission  of 
California,  conserving  the  interests  of  Pardee  to 
beat  the  band.  And  he  is  exhibit  A.  in  the  case 
of  Hiram  the  Just,  a  bit  of  incontrovertible  evi- 
dence of  the  stainlessness  of  the  Administration. 
Let  us  now  sing  the  Doxology  and  hymn  the 
pr.iisi  s  of  God's  vice-regent  of  Oyster  Bay. 


A  Bryanite  Overlooked 

In  the  published  list  of  honorary  vice-presi- 
dents for  the  big  Bryan  meeting  in  this  city  the 
name  of  one  Bryanite  was  conspicuous  by  its  ab- 
sence. I  refer  to  the  name  of  Alexander  M. 
Robertson,  the  bookman.  Robertson  is  one  of 
the  State's  original  Bryan  men.  He  has  been 
reading  and  talking  about  Bryan,  thinking  about 
Bryan  and  dreaming  of  the  day  when  Bryan 
would  hang  up  his  big  black  hat  on  the  rack  in 
the  White  House  hall  ever  since  the  Peerless 
One  from  the  Platte  introduced  the  crown  of 
thorns  and  the  cross  of  gold  into  national  politics. 
Even  this  year  when  Bryan  was  not  a  candidate 
for  the  presidential  nomination,  Aleck  Robert- 
son testified  his  devotion  by  writing  in  his  name 
on  the  primary  ballot.  But  apparently  Robert- 
son was  not  invited  to  sit  on  the  platform  when 
Bryan  spoke  here.  He  was  not  one  of  the  two 
hundred  and  fifty  distinguished  Bourbons  who 
formed  a  background  for  the  Nebraskan.  Why 
was  this?  I  don't  know,  but  I  have  heard  tire 
omission  made  the  subject  of  caustic  comment. 


Buckley  Was  There 

There  was  one  man  on  that  platform  whose 
presence  occasioned  even  more  comment  than 
did  the  absence  of  Robertson.  The  man  was  Mr. 
C.  A.  Buckley,  capitalist.  Mr.  Buckley  is  famil- 
iarly known  as  "Chris."  In  the  days  of  "Little 
Pete"  he  was  known  as  the  "Blind  White  Devil." 
Many  years  ago  Mr.  Buckley  withdrew  from  the 
political  arena  in  which  he  long  played  a  con- 


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spicuous  part,  and  took  a  hurried  trip  to  Canada. 
Almost  ever  since  his  return  he  has  held  himself 
aloof  from  politics.  His  interest  in  politics  re- 
vived somewhat  during  the  graft  prosecution 
when  he  joined  the  reformers  and  talked  scorn- 
fully of  the  wicked  men  who  had  looted  the  city. 
Now,  it  appears,  his  metamorphosis  is  complete, 
and  he  is  admitted  to  the  company  of  the  elect. 
On  the  platform  at  the  Bryan  meeting,  just  five 
seats  removed  from  the  purified  Buckley,  sat  the 
Hon.  James  D.  Phelan,  who,  it  may  be  remem- 
bered, at  the  outset  of  his  political  career  prom- 
ised to  do  to  Buckleyism  what  Governor  Johnson 
promised  to  do  to  the  octopus.  As  Mr.  Phelan  is 
Woodrow  Wilson's  confidential  agent  in  Cali- 
fornia and  as  he  constituted  himself  a  reception 
committee  of  one  on  the  day  of  Bryan's  arrival, 
the  supposition  is  that  Mr.  Buckley  appeared  on 
the  platform  by  kind  permission  and  invitation  of 
our  patriotic  young  millionaire. 


James  R.  Kelly 

We  have  men  who  are  laboriously  and  pain- 
fully good;  men  who  are  hopelessly  or  stupidly 
bad;  and  men  like  Kipling's  Tomlinson  who  are 
neither  the  one  nor  the  other.  But  of  men  like 
James  R.  Kelly  there  are  too  few.  He  wore  his 
piety,  as  it  were  the  favor  of  an  unspotted  mis- 
tress and  he  a  Galahad.  He  made  his  devotions 
scrupulously,  but  there  was  in  him  naught  of 
sanctimony:  religion  was  charity  to  him,  and  he 
was  as  quick  to  sympathize  with  weakness  as 
to  relieve  suflfering.  Cant  was  as  alien  to  him 
as  false  judgment.  A  mystic  with  a  cultivated 
taste  for  the  literature  of  ecstacy,  he  was  at  the 
same  time  one  of  the  most  human  devotees  of 
the  humane  letters  in  California.  The  best  in 
English  was  his  passion;  and  the  possession  of 
a  marvelous  memory  made  his  literary,  as,  for 
that  matter,  his  ordinary,  conversation  the  de- 
light of  his  friends.  He  had  too  a  genius  for 
family  happiness;  could  attach  his  relatives  to 
him  by  a  bond  that  was  almost  patriarchal.  He 
outlived  many  of  his  dearest  friends,  but  in  the 
circle  he  loved  all  were  believers  and  their 
separation  was  sanctified  by  an  undoubting  an- 
ticipation of  ultimate  reunion.  The  worth  of 
James  R.  Kelly  is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  mor- 
tality; it  lives  on  to  better  those  who  cherish  his 
memory. 


More  Hymnology 

Being  a  progressive  who  got  on  the  band  wagon 
early  and  elbowed  his  way  to  a  front  seat  where 
he  could  eat  his  pie  in  the  sight  of  all  men. 
Deacon  Pillsbury  has  developed  such  endurance 
that  he  progresses  twenty-four  hours  every  week- 
day and  then  some  more  on  Sunday.  Herein  he 
differs  from  Holy  Hiram  who  refuses  to  insult 
Taft  on  the  Sabbath.  Deacon  Pillsbury  went  to 
church  on  a  recent  Sunday,  and  came  away  with 
a  wonderful  contribution  to  the  progressive 
cause.  He  looked  through  his  hymn  book,  and 
lo!  he  found  a  progressive  hymn  ready  made  and 
just  as  suitable  for  the  praise  of  Teddy  as  for 
the  praise  of  God,  if  not  more  so.  So  the  Deacon 
"respectfully  suggests  the  hymn  as  a  proper  one 
to  be  sung  by  a  Jane  Addams  chorus  of  male 
voices,  fitted  to  some  Salvation  Army  tune."  I 
am  not  going  to  give  the  hymn  here,  because  I 
imagine  my  readers  are  sick  of  the  canting  hum- 
bug which  the  bullmoosers  are  mixing  with  their 
politics.  Still  the  spectacle  of  Deacon  Pillsbury 
going  to  church  and  finding  a  hymn  to  Teddy 
was  worth  visualizing.  The  Deacon  is  a  pious 
sight  as  he  says  his  prayers  to  the  Big  Bull 
Moose.  Time  was  when  he  said  them  to  that 
idol  of  the  wicked,  the  Republican  Machine. 


The  Spreckels  Ananias  Club 

Rudolph  Spreckels  has  organized  an  Ananias 


club,  and  Hiram  Johnson  is  the  first  member 
thereof.  Last  week  our  governor  told  the  people 
of  New  York  that  his  political  machine  in  Cali- 
fornia was  operated  by  the  people,  whereupon 
Mr.  Spreckels  had  himself  interviewed  by  the 
New  York  Sun.    He  said: 

Unfortunately  the  facts  do  not  bear 
out  Governor  Johnson's  contention,  for 
the  record  is  made  up  and  clearly  dem- 
onstrates that  our  State  politics  are  con- 
trolled by  political  job  holders  and  that 
they  are  the  organizers  in  every  cam- 
paign in  which  our  State  administration 
is  interested;  and  they  control  and  ob- 
tain votes  through  many  of  the  old 
political  methods.  Until  public  officials, 
employees  and  appointees  to  public  posi- 
tions are  prohibited  from  taking  part  in 
any  and  all  political  activities,  as  or- 
ganizers of  political  clubs,  as  members  of 
political  committees  or  in  any  other  man- 
ner participating  in  campaign  work  we 
will  continue  to  have  boss  rule,  for  every 
man  holding  employment  or  appoint- 
ment under  any  administration  knows 
that  his  position  depends  upon  his  faith- 
fully and  actively  serving  those  who  hold 
the  power  of  appointment  or  dismissal, 
and  California  is  no  exception. 


Horace  Davis  Honored 

A  foundation  has  been  established  at  Harvard 
for  the  collection  of  data  on  Western  history,  and 
Horace  Davis  of  this  city  has  been  appointed  a 
member  of  the  commission  which  will  administer 
the  work.  The  foundation  was  established  in 
honor  of  Charles  Eliott  Perkins  of  Burlington, 
Iowa,  the  great  railway  builder,  and  men  who 
have  helped  make  railway  history  in  the  West  are 
represented  on  the  board.  Andrew  McFarland 
Davis,  an  old  railroad  surveyor  who  used  to  live 
in  this  State  but  is  now  a  professor  at  Harvard 
is  the  chairman  of  the  commission.  The  founda- 
tion means  that  the  most  ancient  university  in 
the  East  is  to  take  the  lead  in  the  study  of  the 
West,  and  as  it  possesses  plenty  of  money  the 
work  will  go  ahead  with  vigor.  Speaking  for  Cali- 
fornia alone,  it  may  be  said  that  the  foundation 
IS  bound  to  shed  new  light  on  parts  of  our  annals 
which  are  now  but  imperfectly  understood. 
Horace  Davis  who  represents  this  State  on  the 
commission  was  once  president  of  the  University 
of  California  and  is  now  the  senior  trustee  of 
Stanford. 


The  Dinner  to  Patigian 

Haig  Patigian  the  sculptor  is  going  to  Europe 
soon,  so  his  friends  of  the  Bohemian  Club  gave 
him  a  rousing  sendofif  in  the  form  of  a  dinner 
a  few  nights  ago.  I'm  told  that  it  was  one  of 
the  most  successful  dinners  ever  given  by  the 
club,  recalling  the  old  days  of  simonpure  Bo- 
hemianism  when  the  club  was  not  so  opulent  as 
at  present  but  richer  in  the  gold  of  good-fellow- 
ship. Patigian  was  born  in  Armenia,  so  the 
feast  was  redolent  of  Armenian  atmosphere. 
Armenian  rugs,  Armenian  tapestries  and  Armen- 
ian weapons  decorated  the  red  room.  Armenian 
musicians  from  a  Barbary  Coast  cafe  rendered 
their  native  melodies.  Mackenzie  Gordon  was 
disguised  as  an  Armenian  minstrel;  Jack  Leigh- 
ton  appeared  as  an  Arrnenian  pedler;  Allan  Dunn 
was  a  Turkish  Ambassador  who  graciously  took 
the  diners  into  his  confidence  on  the  subject  of 
life  in  the  harem  and  other  delights  of  the  East. 
Justice  Melvin  and  Rufus  Steele  wrote  poems 
for  the  occasion  which  were  gorgeously  illum- 
inated by  Frank  Unger.  And  there  were  speeches 
aplenty.  Joseph  Versatile  Redding  was  toast- 
master,  and  pointed  out  that  while  the  club  was 
in   the  habit  of  honoring  celebrities   it  rarely 


picked  out  one  as  young  as  Patigian.  Whereat 
Haig  blushed  to  the  roots  of  his  jet-black  locks. 


The  Old  Sailors'  Home 

"I  see  that  Andy  Furuseth  says  that  Americ:m 
sailors  are  becoming  scarcer  every  year,"  said  the 
Man  Who  Winds  the  Ferry  Clock.  "He  .-,ay.5 
that  we  could  not  man  one-tenth  of  our  mer- 
chant marine  or  one-half  of  our  navy  with  actual 
seamen,  and  that  we  could  not  supply  even  the 
captains,  mates  and  engineers  with  native'  sea- 
men. Andy  knows.  If  you  want  to  see  for 
yourself  how  conditions  have  changed,  take  a 
walk  down  to  the  old  Sailors'  Home  on  the 
eastern  edge  of  Rincon  Hill.  There  was  a  time 
when  the  Sailors'  Home  swarmed  with  sailors; 
nowadays  it's  an  event  when  a  sailor  drifts  in  for 
a  bed.  The  place  is  principally  inhabited  by 
pigeons  who  make  their  home  between  the  de- 
caying clap-boards  under  the  iron  balconies.  The 
big  building  is  kept  clean  and  the  bed-rooms  are 
always  ready  for  roomers,  but  practically  the 
only  men  who  sleep  there  these  days  are  the  un- 
employed who  are  sent  down  there  by  the  As- 
sociated Charities  to  split  wood  for  an  hour  in 
exchange  for  a  meal  or  a  bed." 


An  Interesting  History 

"That  old  Sailors'  Home,"  continued  the 
Clock  Winder,  "has  had  a  most  interesting  his- 
tory. It  was  condemned  as  unsafe  after  the 
earthquake  of  '68,  but  it  stood  the  shock  of  1906 
and  is  still  a  pretty  stout  building.  They  built 
honestly  in  the  days  when  the  Sailors'  Home  was 
put  up.  It  was  built,  as  the  marble  tablet  in  the 
ofifice  will  tell  you,  in  1853,  as  a  Marine  Hospital. 
In  1857  the  Marine  Hospital  found  quarters  in 
the  Presidio,  and  the  building  was  made  a  Sailors' 
Home,  one  of  a  string  run  by  philanthropic  men 
and  women  in  all  the  great  seaports  of  the  world. 
When  it  was  condemned  in  '68  it  was  abandoned. 
Then  a  queer  thing  happened.  A  family  by  the 
name  of  Christmas  moved  in  bag  and  baggage  and 
lived  there  for  ten  years.  Nobody  thought  of 
disturbing  them,  and  they  used  to  keep  the  family 
cow  in  one  of  the  rooms  downstairs.  But  1878 
saw  the  building  a  Sailors'  Home  again.  Those 
were  great  old  days  for  the  sailors,  and  that  neigh- 
borhood was  a  busy  place.  Do  you  remember 
Hathaway's  Wharf?  Well,  it  was  opposite  the 
Home  and  was  one  of  the  most  important  on  our 
waterfront.    From  '78  till   last  June  when  the 


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lease  expired  the  Sailors'  Home  was  run  by  the 
association  of  women  who  took  an  interest  in 
sailors.  The  first  chairman  of  the  association 
was  Mrs.  Rebecca  Lambert,  a  fine  lovely  old 
lady  whose  grave  is  in  the  old  City  Cemetery. 
Cogswell  put  a  monument  over  it,  and  it  is  still 
to  be  found  in  Lincoln  Park  if  you  look  hard 
enough.  Long  before  last  June  the  sailors  had 
stopped  coming  to  the  Home  in  any  numbers. 
But  even  now  a  sailor  who  regards  the  big  brick 
structure  as  his  building  goes  there  for  a  bed. 
Drop  around  with  me  some  day,  and  we'll  sit  in 
the  old  garden  and  talk.  I  can  tell  you  many  a 
story  of  murder  and  dynamite  and  all  sorts  of 
violence  connected  with  thai  old  building."  I 
am  going  to  accept  the  Clock  Winder's  invitation. 


Newlands  Not  To  Resign 

From  an  authoritative  source  I  learn  that  there 
is  no  foundation  for  the  report  which  appeared 
in  the  press  despatches  that  Senator  Newlands 
intends  to  retire  to  private  life.  The  senator  is 
taking  as  keen  an  interest  as  ever  in  Nevada 
politics,  which,  by  the  way,  has  recently  taken 
a  turn.  Nevada  is  to  swing  to  the  Democratic 
column,  and  a  Democrat  will  be  elected  to  succeed 
Judge  Massey,  the  man  who  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Oddie  to  succeed  Senator  Nixon. 
This  is  the  latest  bit  of  news  that  has  come  down 
from  the  Sagebrush  State.  It  is  said  that  there 
is  but  one  man  who  might  have  prevented  the 
switch,  and  that  one  is  George  Wingfield,  who 
put  aside  the  plum  that  was  offered  him  by  Gov- 
ernor Oddie. 


THE  SENSITIVE  PLANT 
By  The  Peever 

A  Sensitive  Plant  in  a  garden  grew 
.\nd  Burbank  fed  it  with  wizard  dew, 
And  it  opened  its  floral  eye  to  the  light 
And  cried  like  a  babe  in  the  dead  of  night. 

"Let  other  plants  laugh  in  their  plantlike  way 
.\nd  careless  bloom  through  the  livelong  day; 
Let  them  all  have  their  fun;  let  them  smile — I 
shan't. 

For    I've  troubles  to  burn,"  said  the  Sensitive 
Plant. 

■■\\'ho  was  my  mother?   Who  was  my  dad? 

What  are  my  relatives,  good  or  bad? 

Have  I  an  uncle?    Have  I  an  aunt? 

I'm  blest  if  I  know!"  said  the  Sensitive  Plant. 

"Am  I  an  apricot?    Am  I  a  plum? 
What'll  my  blossoms  be  like  when  they  come? 
What  is  my  foliage,  full-leaved  or  scant? 
How  can  I  tell?"  cried  the  Sensitive  Plant. 

"I  may  be  a  nectarine  crossed  with  a  fig, 
Ot  a  green  rose  stuck  on  a  cherry  twig; 
When  I  think  of  my  future  I  tremble,  I  pant. 
For  I'm  Burbank's  slave,"  sobbed  the  Sensitive 
Plant. 

"He  may  graft  me  today  and  prune  me  tomorrow; 
He  may  lend  me  a  shoot  or  my  root  he  may 
borrow; 

I'd  die  on  his  hands  if  I  could,  but  I  can't! 
My  soul's  not  my  own,"   sighed   the  Sensitive 
Plant. 

"For  what  does  he  drench  me,  for  what  does  he 
pick? 

Do  I  deserve  to  be  tied  to  a  stick? 

If  I  start  to  get  stout  he  compels  me  to  bant! 

Oh  where  will  it  end?"  asked  the  Sensitive  Plant. 


Great  Burbank  approached  in  the  midst  of  his 
tears — 

He  plucked  the  complaining  stalk  out  by  the  ears. 
"I'll  never  complain  if  my  life  you  will  grant," 
Were  the  last  feeble  words  of  the  Sensitive  Plant 

Said  Burbank,  "No  good;  but  we'll  use  him  for 
seed; 

If  allowed  to  grow  up  he'd  be  nothing  but  weed." 
And  even  the  bees  were  too  busy  to  chant 
A  funeral  dirge  for  the  Sensitive  Plant. 

MORAL: 

Your  future  may  worry,  you  may  be  in  doubt. 
Not  knowing  just  how  you  were  meant  to  turn 
out; 

But  suffer  in  silence — don't  weep  and  don't  rant; 
A  stoical  weed  beats  a  Sensitive  Plant. 


Just  Spite 

The  rhapsodies  of  the  callow  Viscount  were 
doubtless  a  trifle  overdone,  but  had  not  Cerulia, 
the  lovely  chorister,  promised  he  should  be  her 
host  at  supper  that  evening? 

"Is  she  not  charming?"  he  maundered.  "Gems 
of  purest  ray  serene  are  her  eyes;  her  lips  eclipse 
the  glow  of  the  ruby;  her  hair  is  rich  in  auriferous 
wealth;  and  her  teeth — " 

"Are  like  herself  "  interrupted  the  jealous 
Letitia  Wallflower,  who  was  rapidly  annexing  a 
complaint  crystallized  in  her  own  picturesque  lan- 
guage as  'the  pip.' 

"Like  herself,  by  all  means,"  babbled  the  Vis- 
count, delighted  to  find  his  raptures  endorsed  in 
so  unexpected  a  quarter.  "Like  herself,  certainly; 
but  in  what  especial  particular?" 

"They  get  taken  out  at  night!"  snapped  the 
back  number  venomously.  And  the  atmosphere 
became  so  chilly  that,  although  somebody  switch- 
ed on  Elinor  Glyn,  the  thermometer  remained  at 
freezing  point. 


He  Felt  It 

"Football,"  cried  the  old  gentleman  in  the  Red 
Lion  smokeroom,  "is  a  sin  and  a  disgrace.  Foot- 
ball," he  continued,  thumping  the  table  with  his 
fist,  "is  an  abomination  and  a  blot  on  civilization. 
The  very  name  of  football,"  he  shouted,  sweeping 
two  glasses  and  a  pint  pot  off  the  board  in  his 
excitement — "the  very  name  of  football  is  enough 
to  make  a  decent,  respectable  man  go  and  'ang 
himself  out  of  pure  disgust!" 

"The  gentleman  seeins  to  feel  rather  deeply  on 
the  subject,"  said  a  commercial  traveler,  who  had 
been  listening  to  his  remarks. 

"He  do,"  assented  one  of  the  natives. 

"Has  he  lost  something  at  a  match?''  inquired 
the  commercial  traveler. 

"He  'ave  so.  'Ad  a  relative  killed  at  one,"  re- 
plied the  other,  oracularly. 

"What  relative  was  it?"  asked  the  querist. 

"'Is  wife's  first  husband!"  was  the  response. 


Slightly  Mixed 

In  a  small  newspaper  office  in  a  remote  country 
place  the  printer,  in  making  up  the  paper,  got  the 
type  mixed.  The  first  part  of  the  obituary  of  a 
townsman  had  been  placed  next  to  a  handful  of 
type  in  vv'hich  was  the  description  of  a  fire.  The 
country  folk  were  much  startled  when  they  came 
to  the  paragraph,  which  read  thus: 

"The  pall-bearers  lowered  the  body  to  the  grave. 
It  was  consigned  to  the  flames.  There  were  few 
if  any  regrets,  for  the  old  wreck  had  been  an  eye- 
sore to  the  town  for  years.  Of  course  there  was 
individual  loss,  but  it  was  fully  covered  by  in- 
surance." 


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Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


A  Stir  in  Suburbia 

One  of  our  placid  little  sun-browned  suburbs 
is  all  stirred  up  over  a  triangular  imbroglio  to 
which  a  well  known  physician,  his  wife  and  a 
hospital  nurse  have  contributed  the  dramatic 
thrills.  The  story  goes  that  hubby  so  far  forgot 
his  own  fireside  as  to  fan  the  embers  of  an 
errant  liking  in  the  apartments  of  the  pretty 
nurse.  Wifie  found  out  about  hubby's  straying 
from  the  straight  and  narrow,  sought  out  the 
nurse  and  in  hubby's  presence  inflicted  on  her 
the  physicial  chastisement  of  indignant  virtue. 
The  result  is  that  the  nurse,  from  being  an  at- 
tendant has  become  a  patient  in  the  hospital  to 
which  she  has  been  attached;  hubby  is  "in  bad" 
with  his  associates  of  the  medical  profession;  and 
wifie  is  considering  a  divorce.  Suburbia  hasn't 
had  so  much  excitement  for  a  long  time. 


Engagements  Broken  and  Remade 

Many  a  girl  in  society  cannot  afford  to  break 
her  engagement  when  she  finds  that  the  man 
to  whom  she  has  promised  herself  is  unworthy. 
The  reason  is  simple:  the  young  man  may  be 
financially  eligible,  though  otherwise  unfit,  and 
the  girl  needs  the  money.  This  is  one  reason 
for  the  multiplication  of  divorces  which  seems 
to  have  escaped  our  social  muckrakers.  Most 
fortunate  are  the  girls  who  are  so  placed  that 
they  can  sail  out  of  an  engagement  with  the 
same  serenity  which  distinguished  their  entrance. 
Girls  in  this  category  may  be  wealthy  or  they 
may  be  so  attractive  that  the  fear  of  lacking 
suitors  never  enters  their  pretty  heads.  There 
is  Elena  Robinson,  for  instance.  Old  Gammer 
Rumor  says  she  is  about  to  announce  her  third 
engagement.  She  has  broken  two.  The  second 
was  that  which  linked  her  name  with  Brewster 
Cameron's.  After  announcing  that  engagement 
she  went  to  visit  Cameron's  people  at  Tucson,  and 
on  her  return  she  broke  the  engagement.  The 
only  reason  she  gave  her  intimates  for  her  sud- 
den change  of  mind  was  that  her  fiance's  hair  was 
much  thinner  on  top  than  she  had  imagined. 
Trivial,  was  it  not?  But  girls  like  Elena  Robin- 
son can  indulge  in  such  trivialities.  So  can  girls 
like  Martha  Calhoun.  She  is  to  marry  young 
Hickox  in  Cleveland  next  week  after  a  broken 
engagement.  Last  June  she  gave  him  his  conge 
on  account  of  his  accidental  slip  from  the  water 
wagon.  That  was  equally  trivial — if  a  young 
man  can't  slip  ofT  the  water  wagon  once  in  a 
while  he  isn't  much  of  a  blood.  But  Miss  Cal- 
houn had  the  good  sense  to  reconsider  her 
decision. 


Very  Eligible  Young  Men 

Arthur  Payne,  the  youngest  of  the  three  Payne 


Hotel  St.  Francis 


Tea  served  in  Tapesty  Room  from 
Four  to  Six  O'clock 


Special  Music 


Fixed  Price 


A  Daily  Social  Event 


boys,  will  reach  his  majority  before  the  end  of 
the  year.  That  means  that  Clare,  Herbert  and 
Arthur  Payne  are  about  to  come  into  the  millions 
which  their  mother  Mrs.  Theo  Payne  has  been 
holding  in  trust  for  them.  The  Payne  estate  is 
one  of  the  biggest  in  San  Francisco,  consisting 
of  improved  property  scattered  over  the  busiest 
corners  of  our  downtown  section.  The  boys  will 
have  imposing  incomes.  So  we  may  expect  the 
managing  mamas  to  rush  them  quite  furiously. 
Girls  of  marriageable  age  will  be  thrown  at  their 
heads  in  the  cold-blooded  fashion  which  is  not 
considered  incompatible  with  our  lovely  social 
system.    I  shall  watch  the  comedy  with  interest. 


A.  B.  Spreckels  111 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  Spreckels  may  not  go  to 
Europe   after   all   to   select  the   furnishings  for 


Photo,  Scharz 


MISS  HELEN  .\CKER 


Daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  ,Acker  who  made 
her  bow   to   Oakland's  exclusive  set  last   week  at 
at  tea  given  by  her  mother. 

their  mansion  in  Washington  street.  Mr.  Spreck- 
els recently  suffered  a  severe  attack  of  ptomaine 
poisoning  and  is  still  feeling  the  effects  of  it. 
Mrs.  Spreckels  is  loth  to  leave  him,  so  many  of 
her  plans  for  the  new  house  have  been  left  to 
agents  to  carry  out.  A  number  of  handsome 
tapestries  were  ordered  in  France,  I  am  told. 
The  main  drawing-room  of  the  house  that  faces 
Holliday's  hill  and  Lafayette  square  promises  to 
be  one  of  the  handsomest  apartments  in  a  private 
residence  in  this  city.  It  extends  the  length  of 
the  western  side  of  the  house  with  a  superb 
view  of  the  Golden  Gate  from  the  northern 
windows. 


Wife  Wouldn't  Let  Him 

One  of  our  best  known  artists  went  home  to 
dinner  the  other  night,  beaming  with  satisfaction 
because  he  had  been  asked  for  an  interview  on 
the  following  day  in  which  he  was  to  express 
his  opinion  of  the  beautiful  women  of  California 

GENUINE  HOME-MADE  CANDIES.  That's 
the  kind  you  get  in  every  box  of  "Home-Made 
Specials."  Large  assortment  in  each  box.  Geo. 
Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


for  publication.  His  wife  inquired  the  cause  of 
his  good  nature  and  on  being  made  acquainted 
with  the  reason  for  his  self  satisfaction  remarked: 
"Well  I  guess  NOT!  Your  opinion  of  beautiful 
women  has  always  been  too  well  known  to  have 
it  recalled  in  a  printed  article.  Don't  let  me 
hear  of  your  permitting  yourself  to  be  inter- 
viewed." And  with  a  vision  of  her  threatening 
countenance  in  his  mind's  eye  the  artist  has  ever 
since  been  wildly  dodging  the  reporter  to  whom 
he  promised  to  talk. 


Inherits  an  English  Estate 

Good  fortune  is  to  deprive  us  of  a  very  inter- 
esting family.  That  may  be  paradoxical  but  it 
is  true.  The  good  wind  which  blows  us  ill  comes 
from  the  balmy  downs  and  upland  pastures  of 
Luxley,  Staffordshire,  England.  It  has  blown  a 
great  estate  in  the  direction  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ralph  Sneyd-Kynnersley  of  Broadway,  this  city. 
Mr.  Kynnersley  inherits  the  Luxley  acres 
through  the  death  of  his  nephew  Gerald  Kyn- 
nersley. Gerald  Kynnersley  died  a  bachelor  and 
Ralph  Kynnersley  is  the  next  of  kin.  The 
Sncyd-Kynnersleys  leave  this  week  and  will  sail 
for  England  on  October  10.  They  will  return 
to  California  about  the  first  of  the  year,  but  only 
in  order  that  Mr.  Sneyd-Kynnersley  may  close 
out  his  business  interests  here.  Then  they  will 
return  to  England  to  live.  Too  bad!  They  have 
been  long  and  prominently  identified  with  Cali- 
fornia. Mrs.  Kynnersley  was  Marion  Shaw,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Shaw  and  niece 
of  Mrs.  William  Hood.  She  is  also  a  niece  of 
the  late  Judge  Jackson  Temple  of  Santa  Rosa. 
Miss  Edith  Kynnersley  who  is  still  in  her  early 
teens  is  an  attractive  member  of  the  younger 
smart  set.  Miss  Daisy  Kynnersley  who  is  now 
in  New  York  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Kynnersley 
by  his  first  wife  who  died  many  years  ago. 


The  New  Way  With  Ushers 

At  the  weddings  of  Marian  Miller  and  Bernard 
Ford  and  of  Isabel  Donahue  Sprague  and  William 
Pool,  the  new  eastern  custom  of  inviting  young 
men  to  be  ushers  after  their  arrival  at  the  church, 
was  introduced.  The  arrangement  heretofore  has 
been  to  request  half  a  dozen  of  the  bridegroom's 
friends  to  act  in  this  capacity,  and  they  were 
formally  incorporated  into  a  pledged  bridal  party 
several  weeks  before  the  ceremony.  This  carried 
with  it  the  obligation  of  giving  at  least  one  pre- 
nuptial  entertainment  in  honor  of  the  bride  elect 
and  her  fiance,  and  necessitated  the  giving  of  an 
expensive  wedding  present.  As  a  result  it  has 
been  growing  more  and  more  difficult  to  induce 
men  to  serve  as  ushers  at  weddings,  and  many 
of  the  good-natured  ones  were  being  greatly  over- 
worked. On  several  occasions  popular  bachelors 
have  left  the  State  temporarily  to  escape  the 
embarrassment  of  having  to  refuse  to  act  as  at- 
tendants at  a  friend's  wedding.    A  trip  to  Chicago 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


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Unsurpassed  Cuisine 

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Dancing  in  Ball  Room  Every  Evening 
Private  Banquet  and  Dining  Rooms 
Friday  Fish  Dinner 

(table  d'hote) 


Vocal  and  Instrumental  Entertainment 


Techau  Tavern 

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SAN  FRANCISCO 

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A  High  Class  Family  Cafe 

A  dainty  lunch  served  gratuitously  to  ladies  every 
day  during  shopping  hours,  between 
3:30  and  5:00  p.  m. 

UNDER  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF 

A.  C.  MORRISSON 


was  infinitely  cheaper  according  to  the  reckoning 
of  one  of  them  than  the  expense  he  would  incur 
by  appearing  as  an  usher  at  a  smart  wedding. 
According  to  the  new  idea  any  four  men  among 
the  guests  may  be  asked  quietly  to  oblige  the 
bride  and  groom  by  joining  the  wedding  party, 
and  the  good  sense  of  it  is  appealing  to  many. 


The  Cunningham  Girls 

I  know  of  no  two  girls  among  the  youngsters 
in  society  who  are  more  interesting  than  Evelyn 
and  Genevieve  Cunningham.  These  two  pretty 
misses  have  an  equal  ardor  for  the  ball  room  and 
the  great  healthy  out-of-doors.  They  are  cul- 
tivated girls  but  have  a  charming  modesty  which 
prevents  them  from  "showing  ofif"  their  accom- 
plishments. They  are  the  daughters  of  Mrs. 
James  Athearn  Folger  of  Hazelvvood  Hills, 
Woodside.  Mrs.  Folger  was  Clara  Luning  before 
her    first    marriage    to    Mr.    Cunningham.  Last 


I'hoto,  Bianca  Conti 

MISS  ADELE  LUCRE 
The  attractive  and  popular  sister  of  Mrs.   Bruce  Fair. 


Sunday  when  the  beautiful  little  Mission  church 
of  Our  Lady  of  the  Wayside  was  dedicated  at 
Portola  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Folger  were  present  with 
the  two  girls.  At  the  Offertory  Evelyn  and 
Genevieve  closed  their  prayer  books,  stepped  out 
of  their  pew  and  took  up  the  collection.  They 
did  it  bashfully  but  I  have  no  doubt  that  they 
rather  enjoyed  the  novel  experience.  And  I 
hazard  the  guess  that  the  collection  was  larger 
than  it  would  have  been  had  two  mere  men 
passed  the  baskets. 


A  Descendant  of  Ponce  de  Leon 

How  many  people  know  that  we  have  in  Cali- 
fornia a  family  which  traces  its  ancestry  back 
to  Ponce  de  Leon  who  won  immortal  fame  by 
seeking  in  Florida  the  font  of  perpetual  youth? 
The  fact  has  been  called  to  my  attention  by  the 
publication  of  a  little  book  of  verses  from  the 
pen  of  Maria  Antonia  Field  of  Monterey.  Maria 
Antonia  Field  is  a  girl  just  past  twenty.  Her 
grandfather  was  Don  Estevan  Munras  who  came 
to  Monterey  in  1822  with  an  important  commis- 
sion from  the  King  of  Spain.  Her  great  grand- 
mother was  Senora  Catalina  Manzanelli  y  Ponce 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


de  Leon  de  Munras,  a  member  of  the  great  old 
house  of  de  Leon  which  gave  to  history  not  only 
a  dreamy  explorer  but  also  a  poet-philosopher 
renowned  in  the  annals  of  the  Spanish  Church. 
Miss  Field  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  J.  Field  of  Monterey.  She  is  the  au- 
thor of  a  little  volume  of  graceful  verses  entitled 
"Monterey  Zephyrs." 


A  Modest  Singer 

Miss  Field  is  a  modest  singer.  Her  little  book 
has  been  privately  printed  for  circulation  among 
her  intimate  friends.  She  does  not  crave  the 
applause  of  the  great  world;  perhaps  too  she 
shrinks  from  its  cold  criticism.  I  confess  that  a 
privately  printed  book  appeals  to  me.  I  admire 
those  who  sing  only  to  their  friends.  Miss  Hen- 
riette  Blanding  is  the  author  of  a  book  of  very 
good  poems  which  has  been  scrupulously  with- 
held from  the  hands  of  the  public.  And  now 
comes  Miss  Field  who  even  masks  her  identity 
on  her  title  page.  The  verses  are  by  "Maria 
Antonia."  This  sort  of  restraint  is  fetching;  it 
charms  by  its  very  bashfulness.  The  "Monterey 
Zephyrs"  are  what  such  gentle  winds  should  be, 
soft,  fragrant,  refreshing.  They  are  simple  lit- 
tle poems  that  exhibit  a  lovely  character  with  a 
strong  religious  bent.  One  of  them  is  addressed 
"To  My  Mother  on  Her  Birthday,"  and  one  can 
imagine  the  delight  of  that  mother  at  receiving 
so  sweet  a  gift.  "Eastertide,"  "The  Angelus," 
"San  Carlos  Mission"  and  "Hymn  of  Love"  are 
instinct  with  piety.  The  little  book  is  illustrated 
with  line  drawings,  some  of  them  irresistible  in 
their  naivete,  from  the  pen  of  the  young  poetess. 
.\nd  there  are  a  number  of  reflections  in  prose 
which  show  vigorous  thought.  I  am  glad  to  wel- 
come Miss  Field  to  the  company  of  our  Cali- 
fornia poetesses.  I  hope  that  she  will  forgive  me 
for  betraying  her  identity.  But  her  friends  alone 
will  sec  her  privately  printed  book,  and  of  course 
they  are  in  the  secret  of  its  authorship. 


An  Interesting  Blue  Stocking 

I  am  told  that  clever  Henriette  Blanding  is 
translating  the  Iliad  from  the  Greek  into  German, 
and  this  with  no  borrowings  from  translators 
before  her.  She  has  undertaken  this  work  as  an 
intellectual  exercise,  although  with  her  undoubted 
poetic  talent  and  excellent  command  of  German 
the  work  should  be  a  valuable  contribution  to 
German  letters.  Miss  Blanding  is  a  girl  of  rare 
attainments  to  whom  society  is  a  detail  of  minor 
import.  Still  she  likes  a  good  time  as  well  as 
anyone  and  is  a  good  sportswoman.  She  is  a 
slight  demi-blonde  with  the  light  of  intelligence 
in  her  face  and  of  attractive  presence.  Despite  her 
attire  which  is  conventionally  modish  she  ex- 
hibits a  distinctive  personality  for  so  young  a 
girl.  I  predict  a  bright  season  for  this  interest- 
ing debutante  who  will  be  entertained  by  her 
devoted  aunt  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  and  her  uncle 
Dr.  Harry  Tevis  who  gives  the  most  brilliant 
entertainment  in  society  when  he  comes  from  his 
hermitage  at  Los  Gatos  to  take  part  in  the 
frivolous  life. 


Married  at  Benicia 

The  marriage  of  Mrs.  Dulce  Bolado  Ashe  and 
Frank  H.  Davis  did  not  take  place  at  the  bride's 
home  in  Clay  street  as  was  given  out  to  the  so- 
ciety reporters.  Instead  the  bride  and  groom 
journeyed  to  Benicia  to  wed.  The  ceremony  was 
performed  by  an  Episcopal  clergyman  there  who 
is  an  old  friend  of  the  bride  and  whose  wife 
was  a  girlhood  chum  of  the  former  Dulce  Bolado. 
They  returned  to  the  Fairmont  the  same  day  and 
thence  departed  on  a  honeymoon  trip  through 
Southern  California.  Mrs.  Davis  is  one  of  the 
handsomest  young  matrons  in  society.    She  is 


October  S,  1912 


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17 


of  the  Spanish  type  and  most  cultivated  and  in- 
tellectual. She  was  only  eighteen  when  she  mar- 
ried Gaston  Ashe,  brother  of  Porter  and.  of  Mrs. 
McLaren  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Ashe.  They  were 
divorced  several  years  ago.  Mrs.  Davis  is  the 
mother  of  two  interesting  boys  who  are  attend- 
ing a  military  academy.  The  groom  is  a  popular 
member  of  the  Bohemian  Club. 


Engagement  Announcement 

Last  week  came  the  announcement  of  the  en- 
gagement of  Miss  Bernice  Smith  and  Alfred  L. 
Meyerstein,  causing  no  small  flutter  of  interest 
in  social  and  club  circles.  Miss  Smith  is  the 
very  charming  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ida  Smith  of 
Nevada  City.  She  has  many  friends  in  this  city 
where  she  has  spent  much  of  her  time  since  her 
school  days.  Mr.  Meyerstein  is  one  of  our  most 
active  and  enterprising  young  financiers  and  he 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Olympic  Club.  Im- 
mediately on  the  announcement  of  his  engage- 
ment there  was  a  round-up  of  his  friends  person- 
ally conducted  by  that  incorrigible  bachelor  Will- 
iam F.  Humphrey,  and  on  last  Monday  evening 
with  Mr.  Humphrey  as  host  a  dinner  was  given 
in  honor  of  Mr.  Meyerstein  at  the  Cliff  House. 
It  was  a  most  enjoyable  aflfair,  as  a  Humphrey 
dinner  always  is.  The  guests  were  Alfred  L. 
Meyerstein,  John  J.  Barrett,  Judge  Thomas  Len- 
non,  Judge  Frank  Kerrigan,  Arthur  Fisk,  Gus 
Umbscn,  Thomas  McCann,  William  A.  Lange, 
Roy  Carruther,  Theodore  Bonnet.  No  date  has 
yet  been  set  for  the  marriage,  but  it  is  under- 
stood that  it  will  take  place  within  a  month. 


Popular  Musical  Matinees 

The  musical  public  has  taken  great  interest  in 
the  weekly  matinee  musicales  of  Kohler  &  Chase, 
and  the  demand  for  admission  has  been  so  large 
of  late  that  many  people  have  had  to  be  turned 
away,  much  to  the  regret  of  everyone  concerned. 
It  is  planned,  if  the  overcrowding  continues,  to 
accommodate  two  audiences.  There  was  a  time 
when  musical  people  would  not  attend  the  con- 
certs of  resident  artists  even  upon  invitation,  and 
it  is  to  the  credit  of  Kohler  &  Chase  that  they 
have  made  their  events  so  attractive  by  engaging 
talent  of  unquestionable  efficiency  that  the  at- 
tendance is  so  large.  The  soloist  for  Saturday, 
October  5,  will  be  Carl  E.  Anderson,  tenor.  Mr. 
Anderson  is  one  of  the  most  successful  concert 
and  church  singers  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  The 
complete  program  will  be:  Ballade,  op.  23,  G 
minor,  (Chopin),  the  Pianola  Piano;  "La  Nuit" 
(Holmes);  Valse  "Caprice,"  op.  7  (Newland), 
the  Pianola  Piano;  "Songs  My  Mother  Taught 
Me"  (Dvorak);  "I  Know  of  Two  Bright  Eyes" 
(Clutsam);  "The  Pretty  Creature"  (Wilson),  Mr. 
Anderson,  with  Pianola  Piano  accompaniment; 
"You  Flaunt  Your  Beauty"  (Liza  Lehmann),  Mr. 
Anderson,  accompanied  with  the  Pianola  Piano; 


Offertory  of  two  Christmas  Hymns  (Guilmant), 
the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 


The  Peninsula's  Winter  Season 

The  Peninsula  Hotel  is  planning  a  full  house 
this  winter.  To  the  attractions  of  its  splendid 
location  "in  a  garden"  only  thirty  minutes  from 
San  Francisco  and  its  excellence  of  cuisine  and 
service  have  been  added  the  unusually  low  rates 
for  the  winter;  which  cannot  fail  to  interest  those 
who  prefer  the  freedom  of  the  suburbs  to  the 
crowds  of  the  metropolis.  The  Peninsula  is  so 
closely  connected  with  the  city,  however,  by  fre- 
quent and  excellent  train  and  trolley  service  that 
it  can  hardly  be  considered  other  than  one  of 
the  city  hotels.  All  indications  point  to  a  large 
and  fashionable  patronage  during  the  coming 
months.  The  unusually  low  winter  rates  took 
eflfect  the  first  of  the  month  and  reservations 
should  be  made  as  early  as  possible. 


Photo,  Francis  Bruguiere 


MISS  BERNICE  SMITH 
Whose  engagement  to  Alfred  Meyerstein  was  announced 
last  week. 

Luncheon  at  Tait's 

Tait-Zinkand  Cafe  is  serving  something  out 
of  the  ordinary  these  days  in  the  way  of  a 
special  fifty  cent  luncheon.  One  would  have  to 
go  long  and  far  to  duplicate  it  at  the  price.  And 
aside  from  the  good  things  to  eat  to  be  had  there 
every  day  from  11:30  to  2  there  is  an  excep- 
tionally good  entertainment  bill.  John  Tait  prom- 
ises that  this  special  fifty  cent  luncheon  is  go- 
ing to  be  still  better  in  the  future.  If  it  is  he'll 
be  suspected  of  being  a  philanthropist  for  even 
now  all  who  partake  of  this  half  dollar  luncheon 
wonder  how  he  does  it. 


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October  5,  1912 


Tarquini  in  "Conchita" 

"Conchita"  comes  to  us  as  the  last  word  in 
modernity  of  musical  composition.    It  serves  to 
introduce  to  us  a  composer  of  exceptional  gifts, 
a  man  with  a  talent  for  orchestral  writing  and 
with  a  fine  sense  of  tonal  beauty.    Wagner  and 
Richard  Strauss  have  a  worthy  disciple  in  Ric- 
cardo  Zandonai.    He  has  written  a  magnificent 
tone  drama,  and  the  wonder  of  it  is  that  from  so 
tawdry  a  theme  could  have  come  so  much  of 
genuine  inspiration.    Zandonai  is  susceptible  to 
commonplace  sentimentality.    After  all  is  it  not 
a  commonplace  theme — the  desire  of  the  wealthy 
man    to    possess    the    fascinating    and  humble 
cigarette  girl?    Her  coquetries  by  which  she  keeps 
him  at  a  loving  but  respectful  distance — these  are 
of  the  commonplace  too.    But  the  music  by  the 
sheer  beauty  of  its  rhythms  transports  one  far 
above  the  region  of  the  depicted  scenes.  There 
is  exaltation  in  the  palpitant  melodies  of  "Con- 
chita."   Yet    it   illustrates.    The    explanation  of 
course  is  that  Zandonai  is  a  poet,  an  idealist. 
The  commonplace  is  refracted  through  his  per- 
sonality.   He    elevates    the    object    of    his  con- 
templation.   But  this  will  hardly  do.    The  theme 
of  the  opera  does  not  grip  and  operagocrs  must 
have  their  story  as  well  as  their  music.  "Con- 
chita" will  probably  join  the  distinguished  com- 
pany of  Padercwski's  "Manru"  than  which  noth- 
ing could  have  been  more  scholarly,  but  which 
failed  from  lack  of  dramatic  appeal.    The  pro- 
duction of  the  new  opera  at  the  Cort  was  made 
doubly  interesting  because  it  served  to  introduce 
us  to  a  new  songbird  as  well  as  to  a  new  composer. 
Tarquinia  Tarquini  is  not  yet  to  be  ranked  among 
the  queens  of  song.    She  is  a  princess  of  the  royal 
household.    Tarquini    compels    instant  attention 
by  her  youth,  her  beauty,  her  lissomeness,  her 
lovely  voice.    I  am  not  sure  that  she  holds  that 
attention  very  long,  but  if  not,  perhaps  it  is  be- 
cause of  the  monotony  of  the  role.    She  has  given 
much  thought  to  Conchita,  and  enters  into  the 
spirit  of  it,  but  with  decidedly  studied  effects  and 
a    somewhat    cold    temperament.    With    all  her 
charm  she  is  the  most  obvious  poscusc  1  have 
ever   seen.    This  doubtless   is   to   be  attributed 
to  youth  and  inexperience.    Tarquini  is  not  yet 
mistress  of  the  art  of  illusion.    She  impresses 
one,  however,  as  the  ideal  Salome,  and  her  re- 
sources are  such  that  one  feels  certain  she  is 
capable  of  considerable  achievement.    Young  and 
beautiful  though  she  is  her  voice  is  her  greatest 
asset.    She  sings  her  dramatic  music  witli  true 
artistry. 

— H.  M.  3. 


Sublimated  Vaudeville 

.•\lexander  Heinemann's  supreme  artistry  may 
unfit  him  for  appearance  before  a  vaudeville 
audience,  as  some  of  the  local  critics  aver,  but 
that  fact,  if  it  be  a  fact,  was  not  demonstrated 
when  the  master  of  lieder  sang  on  Monday  night. 
The  audience  not  only  listened  eagerly  but  ap- 
plauded with  a  warmth  which  betokened  sin- 
cerity. And  yet  I  do  not  think  that  the  audience 
of  Monday  night  differed  from  any  ordinary  Or- 
pheum  audience.  It  was  not  at  all  like  the 
audience  you  would  find  at  a  Heinemann  con- 
cert. Had  it  been  so  it  would  not  have  gone 
wild  over  Nat  Wills  immediately  after  Heine- 
mann left  the  stage.  No,  it  was  the  typical  Or- 
pheum  audience,  and  its  behavior  as  it  listened 
to  the  grand  songs  of  Schumann  was  a  complete 
vindication  of  Martin  Beck's  judgment  in  decid- 
ing that  the  best  in  art  is  none  too  good  for 
vaudeville.    Some  of  the  critics  who  took  a  con- 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

trary  view  mentioned  the  restlessness  of  the 
audience  and  cited  the  rustling  of  programs  all 
over  the  house  to  prove  it.  The  rustling  did  not 
come  from  the  turning  over  of  program  pages 
but  from  the  study  of  the  extra  leaves  on  which 
the  songs  sung  by  Heinemann  were  printed. 
Hundreds  of  people  in  the  audience  had  never 
heard  those  songs  before;  hundreds  were  un- 
familiar with  German.  They  were  reading  the 
words  of  the  songs  in  the  English  translation  as 
the  master  sang.  In  other  words  they  were  do- 
ing their  best  to  appreciate  the  treat  which  Mar- 
tin Beck  had  provided  for  them.  It  is  not  too 
much  to  say  that  they  left  the  Orpheum  with  a 
new  desire  to  hear  the  best  of  ballad  music.  To 
mention  only  two  of  Heinemann's  songs,  "The 
Two  Grenadiers"  and  "The  Erlking"  were  re- 
ceived with  tremendous  applause.  Are  we  to 
suppose  that  those  songs  went  over  the  heads 
of  the  audience?  Not  a  bit  of  it!  Heinemann 
himsel*  was  pleased  with  the  cordiality  of  his 
reception,  for  his  serious  face  broke  into  smiles 
several   times.    Again    I   say,   Martin    Beck  has 


RICC.VRDO  M.ARTIN 
Tenor,  Scottish  Rite  Hall,  Sunday  Afternoons, 
October   I3th   and  20th. 

been  triumphantly  assured  of  the  correctness  of 
his  new  ideas  for  vaudeville.  He  is  reconstruct- 
ing vaudeville,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  that 
in  the  course  of  a  few  years  an  Orpheum  pro- 
gram will  be  as  different  from  what  it  is  today 
as  today's  program  is  different  from  the  old-time 
variety  show.  That  the  change  will  be  for  the 
better  none  will  deny.  Popular  taste  is  being 
boosted  all  the  time.  Alexander  Heinemann  is 
the  bill-topper  of  a  splendid  show.  Nat  Wills 
is  back  with  clever  parodies.  Vaudeville  will 
never  discard  performers  like  Nat  Wills,  because 
he  is  an  infallible  laugh-provoker  and  vaudeville 
will  outgrow  laughter  when  the  millennium  comes. 
Claud  and  Fannie  Usher  come  again  with  their 
fine  little  skit  "Pagan's  Decision."  Owen  Mc- 
Giveney  performs  a  remarkable  feat  by  playing 
the  parts  of  Bill  Sikes,  Monks,  Fagin,  the  Art- 
ful Dodger  and  Nancy  in  a  playlet  founded  on 
Oliver  Twist.  McGiveney  is  not  merely  protean; 
he  is  a  good  actor.  The  other  numbers  are  of 
a  high  standard  of  excellence. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


The  Greenbaum  Musical  Season 

With  two  great  combination  concerts  by  Ric- 
cardo  Martin,  one  of  the  star  tenors  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan and  Covent  Garden,  and  Rudolph  Ganz, 
the  Swiss  piano  virtuoso  and  composer,  Manager 
Will.  L.  Greenbaum  will  open  his  season  at  Scot- 
tish Rite  Auditorium.  Miss  Lima  O'Brien  will 
be  the  accompanist  for  Mr.  Martin.  Very  few 
cities  will  have  the  opportunity  of  hearing  these 
artists  in  joint  recital,  for  each  is  important  and 
famous  enough  to  attract  an  audience  alone,  but 
our  energetic  impresario  wants  to  open  his  sea- 


son in  a  blaze  of  glory;  so  our  music  lovers  will 
be  the  gainers.  At  the  first  concert,  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, October  13,  Mr.  Martin  will  sing  num- 
bers from  "La  Boheme"  and  "La  Tosca"  besides 
songs  by  Dvorak,  Sinigaglia,  Leoncovallo,  Chad- 
wick,  Henschle  and  others.  Mr.  Ganz  will  offer 
Schumann's  "Etudes  Symphoniques,"  a  group  of 
Chopin  works,  some  rather  rare  Liszt  works  and 
two  of  his  own  compositions.  The  second  and 
positively  last  concert  will  be  given  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, October  20,  with  an  entire  change  of 
program.  Mr.  Martin  will  sing  numbers  from 
Wagner's  "Die  Walkure"  and  Giordano's  "Fedora" 
besides  groups  of  songs,  and  by  request  Mr. 
Ganz  will  play  Beethoven's  "Moonlight"  Sonata. 
The  sale  of  seats  for  both  concerts  will  open  next 
Wednesday  morning  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's 
and  Kohler  and  Chase's  and  mail  orders  should 
be  addressed  to  Will.  L.  Greenbaum  at  either 
office.  On  Tuesday  night,  October  IS,  these  ar- 
tists will  give  the  first  of  the  St.  Francis  Musical 
Art  Society's  concerts,  and  on  Thursday  night, 
October  17,  Mr.  Martin  will  give  a  recital  at 
Stanford  University  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Peninsula  Musical  .Association. 


"The  Nigger"  at  the  Alcazar 

"The  Nigger"  in  which  Sarah  Truax  and  Thur- 
low  Bergen  will  conclude  their  season  at  the 
.•\lcazar  next  week  was  one  of  the  few  American 
plays  produced  in  the  New  Theatre,  New  York, 
and  created  a  profound  sensation  by  its  daring 
treatment  of  a  subject  that  older  and  more  ex- 
perienced dramatists  than  its  author,  Edward 
Sheldon,  had  either  shunned  entirely  or  handled 
in  a  manner  at  variance  with  realism.  It  was 
written  soon  after  Sheldon,  then  a  student  at 
Harvard,  had  compelled  recognition  by  the  suc- 
cess of  his  "Salvation  Nell,"  and  when  his  courage 
was  not  curbed  by  consideration  of  managerial 
acceptance  of  his  work.  Indeed,  if  there  had 
been  no  New  Theatre  there  might  not  have  been 
a  public  production  of  "The  Nigger."  It  cer- 
tainly required  boldness  to  tackle  with  impartial- 
ity such  a  serious  problem  in  American  society 
and  politics  as  the  "color  line,"  and  that  is  what 
the  young  playwright  did  in  his  construction  of 
"The  Nigger."  While  fearlessly  driving  home 
his  convictions  he  built  a  play  of  human  interest 
interwoven  with  exceedingly  strong  dramatic 
situations. 


The  San  Francisco  Orchestra 

The  response  of  the  guarantors  of  the  San 
I'rancisco  Orchestra  to  the  requests  contained  in 
the  prospectus  issued  by  the  Board  of  Governors 
for  this  season's  series  of  concerts  was  so  im- 
mediate and  enthusiastic  as  to  leave  no  doubt 
of  the  success  of  the  coming  season.  The  Board 
of  Governors  especially  requested  the  guarantors 
to  purchase  seats  for  the  combined  season  of 
symphony  and  popular  concerts;  thus  selling  out- 
right seats  for  all  twenty  concerts.  In  very  few 
instances  has  this  request  not  been  acceded  to. 
In  securing  the  services  of  Adolph  Rosenbecker 
for  concert-master,  the  Board  of  Governors  place 
at  the  disposal  of  Mr.  Hadley  a  man  of  estab- 
lished reputation  as  a  violinist  and  conductor. 
Mr.  Rosenbecker  was  the  prize  pupil  of  Ferdinand 
David,  the  celebrated  violin  tutor  of  Leipsig.  He 
was  brought  to  New  York  by  Theodore  Thomas 
and  for  ten  years  gave  his  valued  services  to 
that  estimable  conductor.  It  was  with  keen  re- 
gret that  Mr.  Thomas  saw  Rosenbecker  leave  to 
conduct  his  own  symphony  orchestra.  Arthur 
Hadley,  the  brother  of  Henry  Hadley,  will  be 


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leader  of  the  'cellos.  He  comes  direct  from  the 
Boston  Symphony  Orchestra  of  which  he  has 
been  a  valued  member  for  the  past  nine  years. 
Ralph  Wetmore,  a  most  capable  violinist,  has 
been  secured  as  the  principal  of  the  second  violins. 
B.  Emilio  Puyans,  a  flute  virtuoso  who  has  gained 
European  distinction  will  be  principal  flute. 
Other  artists  whose  engagements  are  worthy  of 
mention  are:  Joseph  Vito,  the  Chicago  harpist; 
Adolph  Bertram,  for  years  first  oboe  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan; S.  Meerlo,  bassoon;  Walter  Hornig, 
principal  French  horn  of  the  Victor  Herbert 
Orchestra;  Sakar  Borodkin,  the  celebrated  Rus- 
sian trumpeter  and  A.  Lombardi,  one  of  the  best 
English  horn  players. 


"The  Woman"  Coming  to  the  Columbia 

Klaw  and  Erlanger's  realistic  production  of  Ed- 
mund Day's  famous  play  "The  Round  Up"  which 
begins  its  second  and  la.st  week  at  the  Columbia 
nil  Monday  evening,  continues  its  unbroken  suc- 
cession of  crowded  audiences.  There  will  he 
n'atinees  during  the  final  week  on  Wednesday 
and  Saturday.  The  new  play  "The  Woman"  will 
he  produced  at  the  Columbia  for  two  weeks  be- 
ginning Monday  night,  October  14  with  matinees 
Wednesday  and  Saturday.  It  is  produced  by 
David  Bclasco.  William  C.  deMillc  who  wrote 
"1  he  Woman"  is  snid  to  have  given  the  stage 
'  "e  nf  its  most  forceful  and  realistic  plays.  The 
pl:iy  gained  great  success  in  New  York  and 
C  hicrgo  last  season,  having  been  played  for  nine 
n-oiitl-s  in  the  former  city  and  five  months  in  the 
I'.ittcr.  Mr.  Belasco  will  send  here  the  same  com- 
pany that  was  seen  in  the  play  last  seasmi. 


Franz  Adelman  at  Pantages 

.'\  bright  array  of  attractinns  has  been  secured 
lor  the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon  at 
Pantages.  It  is  headed  by  Boyle  Wolfolk's 
"Chicklets,"  half  a  dozen  dainty  and  pretty  girl 
singers  and  dancers  who  support  Raymond  Paine, 
a  comedian,  and  Hazel  McKee,  a  musical  comedy 
favorite.  The  Keene  Trio,  young  ladies  who  arc 
good  to  look  upon,  will  present  the  singing  act 
which  has  won  them  fame  in  the  principal  vaude- 
ville houses  of  the  east.  Paul  Gordon,  one  of 
the  best  trick  cyclists  before  the  public,  is  as- 
sisted by  Mile.  Rita  Ricca.  An  act  of  the  high- 
est musical  importance  will  be  contributed  by 
h'ranz  Adelman,  the  famous  violin  virtuoso  who 
has  not  been  heard  in  San  Francisco  for  many 
years.  Before  the  fire  Herr  Adelman  was  one  of 
the  best  known  violinists  who  ever  played  in  this 
city  and  he  returns  after  a  series  of  European 
triumphs  and  will  be  heard  in  a  program  includ- 
ing both  classical  and  popular  selections.  .An- 
other San  Francisco  favorite  who  is  bound  to  re- 
ceive a  warm  welcome  is  Tom  Kelly,  the  popular 
baritone  and  story  teller.  Fred  Graham,  Nellie 
Dent  and  their  company  will  present  an  original 
one  act  comedy,  "Just  Like  a  Man."  .'Mice 
Teddy,  the  roller  skating  and  wrestling  bear,  will 
give  the  act  which  has  frequently  been  seen  here 
before  but  which  is  always  received  with  salvos 
of  applause.  Sunlight  Pictures  will  complete  the 
bill. 


The  Third  Week  of  Opera 

The  second  week  of  the  Lambardis  at  the  Cort 
has  proven  quite  as  successful  as  the  first.  The 
theatre  has  had  capacity  audiences  for  practically 
every  performance,  and  the  work  of  the  artists 
and  orchestra  has  evoked  general  admiration  and 
enthusiasm.  The  second  week  comes  to  a  close 
with  the  performance  tonight  of  "Madame  But- 
terfly." The  repertoire  for  the  third  week  which 
begins  tomorrow,  Sunday  night,  is  exceedingly 
attractive.    "Rigoletto"  will  be  the  bill  tomorrow 


night  with  Pereira,  Giorgi  and  Giardini.  On 
Monday  night  "Conchita"  will  be  repeated  with 
the  peerless  Tarquini.  Tuesday  will  be  given 
over  to  "Madame  Butterfly"  with  Matini  in  the 
title  role.  At  the  Wednesday  matinee  "La 
Boheme"  will  be  given  with  Virginia  Pierce,  the 
popular  local  singer,  in  the  part  of  Mimi.  This 
promises  to  be  quite  a  social  event.  Wednes- 
day night  will  see  a  performance  of  "Conchita" 
and  Thursday  will  have  the  double  bill  "Cavalleria 
Rusticana"    and    "I'Paglkicci."     Thursday  night 


will  see  a  sensation  in  the  first  Western  produc- 
tion of  Strauss'  "Salome"  with  Tarquini  in  the 
title  role  in  which  she  has  won  distinction  abroad. 
At  the  Saturday  matinee  "Cavalleria  Rusticana" 
and  "I'Pagliacci"  are  to  be  repeated  and  another 
production  of  "Salome"  on  Sunday  night  will 
bring  the  third  week's  repertoire  to  a  close.  The 
fourth  week's  repertoire  will  be  unusually  at- 
tractive. 


Ethel  Barrymore  at  the  Orpheum 

A  distinct  triumph  for  Orpheum  vaudeville  is 
the   temporary   acquisition   of   Ethel  Barrymore 


who  vies  with  Maude  Adams  as  the  foremost 
American  actress.  She  has  been  secured  by  Mar- 
tin Beck  by  special  arrangement  with  Charles 
Frohman  and  will  appear  next  week  at  the 
Orpheum  in  J.  M.  Barrie's  remarkable  play  "The 
Twelve  Pound  Look."  Regardless  of  what  she 
might  play  Miss  Barrymore  in  vaudeville  is  a 
remarkable  achievement  and  in  "The  Twelve 
Pound  Look"  is  doubly  important  because  it 
brings  to  vaudeville  a  work  of  one  of  the  most 
important  authors  in  the  English  speaking  world. 


There  is  not  a  playgoer  who  is  not  entirely 
familiar  with  Miss  Barrymore's  career.  From 
the  time  she  first  became  a  star  in  Clyde  Fitch's 
"Captain  Jinks  of  the  Horse  Marines"  until  her 
last  tour  in  Sir  .\rthur  W.  Pinero's  powerful 
play  "Mid-Channel"  she  has  held  a  foremost  posi- 
tion in  the  stellar  firmament.  "The  Twelve 
Pound  Look"  was  presented  by  Charles  Frohman 
at  the  Empire  Theatre  as  a  curtain  raiser  for 
one  of  Miss  Barrymore's  vehicles.  The  critics 
were  unanimous  in  declaring  that  in  it  the  de- 
lightful actress  positively  appeared  at  her  best. 
The   Ofedos'   Manon   Opera    Company    will  be 


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lieard  next  week  only  in  excerpts  from  various 
grand  operas.  In  organizing  this  company  Mon- 
sieur Ofedos  secured  a  splendid  quartette  of  solo- 
ists. The  prima  donna  Cealia  Zawaschi  was  for 
several  seasons  coloratura  soprano  with  the 
Chicago  Grand  Opera  Company.  The  other  three 
members  of  the  company  are  singers  of  recogn- 
ized ability.  Their  repertoire  is  large  and  among 
their  favorite  selections  are  the  overture  from 
"Sonnambula,"  "Ensemble  Angelus,"  and  the 
famous  aria  and  finale  from  "Traviata."  Owen 
Clark  "the  master  magician"  and  the  inventor  of 
every  trick  he  performs  will  exhibit  his  extra- 
ordinary skill  as  a  conjuror.  Fred  Gray  and  Nel- 
lie Graham  will  present  next  week  only  a  pot- 
pourri of  comedy  and  music  entitled  "The  Musical 
Bell  Boy."  Frederick  Andrews  will  introduce 
his  Wonder  Kettle  next  week  only.  It  is  just  a 
plain  ordinary  kettle  which  boils  furiously  on  a 
huge  cake  of  ice.  Andrews  removes  the  kettle 
from  the  ice  and  makes  a  delicious  dish  of  ice 
cream  which  is  distributed  among  the  audience. 
With  the  same  fluid  he  fries  a  chop  till  it  is  as 
brittle  as  glass  and  then  to  demonstrate  that  the 
liquid  is  harmless  he  drinks  it.  He  also  sets  fire 
to  the  ice  and  performs  many  other  entertaining 
experiments.  Mclntyre  and  Harty,  "the  sugar 
plum  girlie  and  the  marshmallow  boy"  will  re- 
turn for  next  week  only  which  will  be  the  last 
of  Williams  and  Warner,  and  Owen  McGiveney 
in  his  protean  success  "Bill  Sikes." 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  H.  Hough  of  Stockton 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Henry  of  Templeton  were 
at  the  Hotel  Victoria  this  week  for  a  short  stay. 
Mrs.  Henry  was  Miss  Lynette  Hough  before  her 
marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  B.  McLeod  of  As- 
toria, W.  H.  Cole  of  this  city  and  A.  A.  Deon 
of  Liverpool,  England,  were  among  the  week's 
arrivals.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  E.  Hyde  of  Visaiia 
with  their  two  children  and  nurse  motored  up 
from  the  south  this  week.  They  are  guests  at 
the  Victoria.  Mrs.  E.  V.  Foote  has  taken  an 
apartment  for  the  winter.  Eliza  A,  Jewett,  Anna 
E.  Frye  and  Charles  W.  Frye  are  a  trio  of  Bos- 


MARIAN  BARNEY 
W  ith   "The   Woman"   at   the  Columbia,   October  14th, 
for   two  weeks. 

ton  guests.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Williams  of 
Los  Angeles  who  with  their  young  son  have  been 
spending  a  fortnight  at  the  Victoria  before  start- 
ing on  a  world  tour  are  motoring  through  Lake 
County  this  week.  They  have  as  their  guest  Mrs. 
W.  F.  Morris. 

An   interesting   foreign   visitor   who  recently 


registered  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  was  R.  Fer- 
tana  of  Brazil.  He  is  on  a  tour  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  and  chose  Coronado  as  his 
headquarters  while  seeing  Southern  California. 
Mrs.  A.  S.  Gage  of  San  Antonio  registered  at 
Coronado  Friday  for  an  indefinite  stay.  Mr.  G. 
M.  RufT,  prominent  in  Chicago  business  circles, 
is  enjoying  his  vacation  trip  at  Coronado.  Mrs. 
RufT  accompanies  him.  Among  the  more  prom- 
inent New  Yorkers  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  re- 
oently  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Purnie  of  Buffalo, 


RUDOLPH  GANZ 

Piano   virtuoso,   Scottish   Rite   Hall,  Sunday 
afternoons,  October  13th  and  20th. 

Mrs.  D.  B.  Parsons  of  New  York  City  and  Mr. 
P.  S.  Amiral  of  Rochester.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Purnie 
and  Mrs.  Parsons  are  on  pleasure  tours,  while 
Mr.  Amiral  is  here  on  a  brief  business  trip.  San 
Franciscans  registered  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  re- 
cently included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  McCormick, 
Mrs.  J.  Wade  McDonald,  H.  A.  Williams,  F. 
Riis  Jr.,  and  E.  C.  Bradley. 


Leaving  Him  at  Sea 

"Could  you  do  something  for  a  poor  old  sailor?" 
asked  the  seedy-looking  wanderer  at  the  gate. 

"Poor  old  sailor?"  echoed  the  lady  at  work  at 
the  tub. 

"Yes'm,  I  followed  the  wotter  for  sixteen  years." 

"Well,"  said  the  woman,  after  a  critical  look, 
"you  certainly  don't  look  as  if  you  ever  caught 
up  with  it." 

Then  she  resumed  her  labors 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CH.\SI- 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


WILL  L.  GREENBAUM 


will  inaueuratc  hit 
music  season  with 

RICC.\RI)() 

MARTIN 

Tenor  Metropolitan  Opera  Hou>e 
IN  JOINT  RECITAL  WITH 

PUDOLPH 

GANZ 

PIANO  VIRTUOSO 

MISS  LIMA  O'BRIE.X.  Accompanist 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOONS  OCTOBER  13-20 

Prices,  $2.00,  $1.50,  $1.00. 

BOX  OFFICES  at  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co.  and  Kohler  & 
Chase.    OPEN   NEXT   WEDNESDAY  MORNING. 

MAIL  ORDERS  to  Will.  L.  Greenbaum,  care  either  office, 
NOW. 

Steinway  Piano. 

Coming—UNITED  STATES  M.\RI.\E  BAND,  Dream- 
land,  San  Francisco,  and  Greek  Theatre.  Berkeley. 

GADSKI— Soon  for  One  Concert  Only.  ~ 


CQTO 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


LOMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST  GRAND  OPERA  CO. 

Tonight— -M-ME.  lUTTEKFLV 
Third  Week  Starts  Tom()rr(>w  (Sunday)  Night 
Repertoire  for  Third  Week 
Sunday,    "Rigoletto" ;     Monday,     "Conchita" ;  Tuesday, 
"Mme.    Butterfly";    Wednesday    Matinee,    "La    Boheme" : 
Wednesday,   "Conchita" ;   Thursday,  "Cavallcria  Rusticana" 
and    "I'Pagliacci" ;    Friday,    "Salome" ;    Saturday  Matinee, 
"Cavalleria      Rusticana"      and      "I'Pagliacci";  Saturday, 
"Salome." 

Prices — 50c  to  $2.00. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

n'Karrell,  near  Powell.     Phones.  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
Monday   Evening,   October   7,   and   Throughout   the  Week 
Farewell   Appear.Tnce<;  of 

SARAH  TRUAX 

and  Thurlow   Ik  rgeii.     Aided  by  ihtr  Alcazar  Company. 
They  will   Appear  in 

"THE  NIGGER" 

Edward  Sheldon's  Most   Powerful  Play. 
To  Follow — Maude  Fealy  and  James  Durkin  in  a  Reper- 
toire of  TTieir   Successful  Vehicles. 

Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  2Sc  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday,  Saturday,  Sunday. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  ISO  and  Home  C  5783 

Nightly,  including  Sunday 
Matinees   Wednesday   and  Saturday 
Second  and   Last   Week   Begins   Monday,  October  7th 

MACLYN  ARBUCKLE 

In  Klaw  anil   ErIaiiKir's   M;i^-ive  Production 

"THE  ROUND-UP" 

134  People — 20    Horses — Indians — Cowboys 
Monday,    October    14th — David    Belasco's    Big  Success 
"THE  WOMAN.  " 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Oppoaite  Mason 

Week  of  October  6th 
BOYLE  WOLFOLK'S 

CHICKLETS 

A  Dashing  Musical  Comedy  Offering;  GORDO  .\  and 
RICCA,  Cycling,  Talking,  Singing  and  Dancing;  KEENE 
■fRIO,  Charming  Songstresses;  FR.\.VZ  .\DELMAN, 
Violin  Virtuoso;  GRAH.VM,  DENT  and  CO.,  Presenting 
"Just  Like  a  Man";  ALICE  TEDDY,  Famous  Roller  Skat- 
ing   Bear;    St'NLIGHT    PICTURES,  and 

TOM  KELLY  Irvori^r"""'' 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:1S.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
INCOMPARABLE  VAUDEVILLE 

ETHEL  BARRYMORE 

In  J.  M.  Barric's  One  Act  Play  "THE  TWELVE 
POUND  LOOK";  OFEDOS'  MANON  OPERA  CO.; 
OWEN  CLARK,  the  Master  Magician;  GRAY  &  GRA- 
HAM in  "The  Musical  Bell  Boy";  FRED'K  ANDREWS 
WONDER  KETTLE;  McINTYRE  &•  HARTY  (Return  for 
one  week  only);  WILLIAM  &  WARNER;  NEW  DAY- 
LIGHT MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  of  OWEN 
McGIVENEY  in  his  Protean  Success  "Bill  Sikes." 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
.Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  lOc,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


October  5,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Despite  a  steady  hardening  of  money 
at  an  advance  in  call  loans  to  7  per  cent.,  the  high- 
est rate  of  the  year,  last  week's  stock  market 
continued  its  movements  toward  a  higher  level. 
The  rise  was  frequently  interrupted  by  realizing 
for  profits  and  renewal  of  short  selling,  but  ofifer- 
ings  were  freely  absorbed,  especially  United 
States  Steel  which  made  a  record  figure  for  the 
year,  as  did  also  Amalgamated  and  Anaconda 
coppers  and  other  issues  of  less  speculative  im- 
portance. All  the  known  developments  of  the 
week  excepting  the  monetary  situation  were  con- 
ducive to  the  rise.  The  crop  prospects  have  lost 
little  if  any  of  their  brilliant  promise.  General 
trade  continues  to  expand,  and  the  inquiry  for 
iron,  steel  and  copper  is  steadily  increasing  at 
home  and  abroad.  The  increase  in  Anaconda 
dividend  during  the  week  gives  promise  of  a 
similar  move  by  the  Amalgamated  which  controls 
Anaconda.  The  various  independent  steel  manu- 
facturing companies  report  large  improvements, 
this  condition  applying  with  equal  force  to  the 
equipment  companies,  although  much  of  the 
week's  activity  was  in  the  industrials.  Many  of 
the  railway  issues  also  showed  strength  result- 
ing from  better  earnings.  The  Union  Pacific  and 
Southern  Pacific  earnings  showed  up  very  well  in 
August,  and  other  leading  transportation  systems 
reported  gains  over  the  corresponding  month  last 
year.  With  crop  movements  soon  to  be  in- 
augurated it  is  fair  to  assume  that  earnings  for 
the  balance  of  the  year  will  increase  rather  than 
diminish. 

Wheat — There  was  little  if  any  change  in  the 
wheat  situation  last  week,  ft  is  the  same  rec- 
ord of  big  receipts  and  large  disbursements,  and 
values  are  practically  the  same  as  they  were 
weeks  ago.  There  seems  to  be  but  one  pre- 
dominating influence  affecting  the  public  mind, 
and  that  is  big  crops.  But  instead  of  encourag- 
ing the  .speculative  trade  this  has  the  opposite 
effect,  and  frightens  so  much  of  it  away  that  the 
volume  has  shrunk  to  small  proportions.  The 
puzzling  feature  of  the  situation  is  that  the  trade 
should  take  such  a  one-sided  view,  for  if  there 
ever  was  a  big  broad  commercial  demand  for 
wheat  both  at  home  and  abroad,  we  have  it  at 
the  present  time.  But  the  trade  is  so  over- 
whelmed by  what  it  considers  the  immensity  of 
the  crop  that  it  believes  the  demand  will  soon 
be  supplied,  and  that  we  will  enter  upon  a  period 
of  such  burdensome  stocks  that  values  are  bound 
to  recede  to  a  much  lower  level.  Just  at  present 
there  seems  to  he  a  lull  in  the  northwestern 
movement,  but  it  can  be  only  temporary.  It  is 
too  early  for  any  permanent  reduction,  and  the 
producer  has  suffered  from  the  two  previous  crop 
years,  and  must  now  sell  freely  to  make  up  all 


deficiencies.  That  supplies  will  pile  up  goes 
without  saying.  It  is  the  time  of  the  year  for 
small  grain  to  be  marketed  and  for  stocks  to  ac- 
cumulate and  then  gradually  work  oflf  and  be 
distributed  into  consumptive  channels.  Another 
peculiar  feature  is  the  insistency  of  the  trade  that 
present  values  are  too  high  and  that  there  must 
be  a  further  decline.  No  particular  point  lower 
down  is  given  as  a  permanent  economic  founda- 
tion, so  we  are  led  to  believe  that  if  the  market 
was  10  to  15  cents  lower  than  it  is  now  there 
would  be  the  same  insistence  that  values  of  wheat 
must  sink  to  a  yet  lower  level.  We  are  of  the 
opinion  that  before  long  bearish  sentiment  will 
have  exhausted  its  force,  that  the  strong  under- 
lying conditions  will  be  better  appreciated,  and 
that  there  will  be  such  a  return  of  confidence 
and  stability  in  values  as  will  result  in  an  active 
trade  and  contribute  to  the  improvement  of  busi- 
ness in  all  its  branches. 

Corn — As  far  as  corn  is  concerned,  all  anxiety 
about  damage  by  frost  has  passed.  The  crop  has 
practically  matured  and  is  fast  being  harvested. 
The  domestic  trade  has  absorbed  the  current  sup- 
plies at  73  to  80  cents  for  months  past  without 
any  aid  from  Europe,  so  it  is  natural  to  suppose 
that  the  demand  will  be  far  greater  at  around  53, 
the  price  at  which  it  is  selling  for  December  de- 
livery, especially  as  Liverpool  quotations  are  on 
a  parity  with  our  own  markets.  With  the  De- 
cember price  20  cents  below  the  present  price 
of  cash  corn,  it  is  altogether  likely  that  farmers 
will  market  their  old  corn  as  closely  as  they  did 
their  oats  and  that  we  will  begin  the  new  crop 
year  with  bare  granaries  just  as  was  the  case 
with  other  grains.  There  is  every  indication  of 
big  foreign  demand,  the  market  is  heavily  over- 
sold, the  big  crop  has  long  been  anticipated  and 
is  now  apparently  overestimated  and  in  all  prob- 
ability over-discounted.  The  present  market 
price  for  December  corn  affords  an  unusually 
favorable  opportunity  for  an  investment. 

Cotton — Instead  of  the  weekly  review,  our  cor- 
respondents have  estimated  the  condition  of  the 
crop,  and  figures  compiled  show  an  average  con- 
dition of  68.7.  Unusual  lateness  of  the  crop  is 
denoted  by  returns,  showing  that  east  of  the 
Mississippi  only  65  to  75  per  cent  of  fruit  on 
stock  consists  of  mature  bolls.  The  estimate 
by  the  same  correspondents  last  year  was  that 
from  65  to  85  per  cent  of-  the  cotton  was  open 
at  this  date,  and  practically  the  entire  crop  was 
matured.  Correspondents  were  asked  to  estimate 
the  crop  in  their  respective  localities  as  com- 
pared with  last  year.  This  estimate  reflects  the 
best  informed  conservative  opinion  of  men  who 
are  in  close  touch  with  the  crop.  Returns  in- 
dicate expectations,  assuming  a  normal  frost  date. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12.281,957.46 

Deposits    30.104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  SIoss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  VVm. 
Haas.  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.    Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 


Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New  York,  31-33-35  New  Street 


TOWN  TALK 


October  5.  1912 


within  25  per  cent  of  last  year  in  the  States  cast 
ol  the  Mississippi  and  95  per  cent  to  even  figures 
west  oi  the  river.  Telegraphic  returns  from 
Oklahoma  covering  the  frost  of  last  week  denote 
injury  to  low  lands  north  and  west  of  Oklahoma 
City,  ciinsisling  of  10  to  20  per  cent;  but  tliey 
show  that  the  uplands  were  very  slightly  injured. 
The  estimate  of  decreased  yield  is  average  and 
does  not  indicate  that  each  State  pro<lncing  less 
ct'itton  may  not  vary  more  or  les^^ 

SUMMONS 

In  Ihe  Sap*rior  Court  o(  the  Si.itc  of  California,  in  .ind 
■  T  th*  City  «nd  Coumv  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,-»53; 

iU  R  RITTER,  PUintiff,  vs.  M.\RV   R.  RITTER. 

;'  <■  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
:  -e  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
•   filfti  in  the  office  of  the  County 

California,  Send  Greeting  to: 

"t. 

.ippear  in  «n  action  brought 
nctj   Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
^  -  .  .-.ia.  in  and  for  the  City  .md 

I  -  .  ;  .1  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 

-    ^exclusive  of  the  day  oi  service) 
.  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
:    -  V  .  .   .       ^         .  .  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
»l«)~s. 

The  <oud  action  is  brouftht  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
,\ .  <    0  '\  ing  the   bonds  of  matrimony 

-Mid  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  said   plaintiff   for  more 
,   v^.^mmcncement  of  said  action ; 
..s   will  more  fully   appear  in  the 
>.  oh  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

pitied  that,  unless  you  .ippcar  and 
ayj>ucr  i>  .  .  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 

meril  f*^r  a-  r  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 

r^l.^M-T  ,-55  ,--  .  ntract.  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 

r.ded  in  the  Cora.Maint. 
-ind  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
.:  >.      .       ,       .  :    >  I'^th  dav  of  September.  A.  D.  \912. 
tSeaJ)  n.  I.  Ml  l.CREVY.  Clerk. 

Bv  I-.  T.  WF-LCH.  Deputv  Clerk. 
F.  1,  CRISP.  .\ttv.  for  Plaintiff. 

6^4  Mills  Bldg..  Sao   Francisco.  Cal  O-:S-10 


Ted — So  Tom  told  you  the  champion  hard-luck 
story? 

Ned — Yes.  He  got  a  Black  Hand  letter,  and 
was  on  his  way  to  deposit  the  money  demanded 
when  he  was  held  up  by  bandits  in  a  taxi. 


:t;rfns*    A:',iance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

The  closed  charter  and  the 
closed  shop  go  hand  in  hand 
as  creators  of  monopoly. 

The  Citiiens  .\lliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  BIdg.,  Nos.  ?63-3M-36S. 
San  Francisco.  Cal.  The  Free  Re^s- 
traticn  Bureaa  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


ARTIFICIAL  TEETH 

Dr.  C.  E.  WILSON 
323  Gearr  St.      Suite  604     San  Francisco 


The  Chameleon 

(Continued  from  rage  9.) 

draughty  around  here;  I  am  shivering.  Take  the 
dog  to  the  general's  and  find  out  there.  Say  thai 
1  found  him  and  send  him.  .And  tell  him  not 
to  lot  the  dog  out  >>n  the  street.  It  is  probably 
an  expensive  dog,  and  if  every  fellow  is  to  hit 
him  on  the  nose  with  his  cigar,  he  will  soon  be 
ruined.  .\  dog  is  a  delicate  creature.  .\nd  you, 
blockhead,  put  down  your  hand!  It  is  not  neces- 
sary to  exhibit  that  stupid  finger  of  yours.  It 
is  your  own  fault!" 

"There  is  the  general's  cook.  Let  us  ask  him. 
Hello,  Prokhor,  come  here  a  minute!  Look,  is 
that  dog  yours?" 

"That  dog?  We  never  had  such  a  dog  in  our 
lives!" 

"He  is  not  worth  asking  questions  about,"  says 
.\chiimj-elof.  "He's  a  tramp  dog.  There  is 
nothing  more  to  be  said.  If  1  say  he  is  a  tramp 
dog,  he  is  a  tramp  dog!    He  will  be  killed." 

"That  is  not  ours,"  continues  Prokhor.  "That 
dog  belongs  to  the  general's  brother,  who  has  re- 
cently arrived.  My  master  is  not  a  lover  of  grey- 
hounds, but  his  brother  is  fond  of  them." 

"So  his  brother,  Vladimir  Ivanovich,  has  ar- 
rived?" asks  .\chumyelof,  and  a  rapturous  smile 
spreads  over  his  face.  "Well,  well,  and  I  did  not 
know  it!    He  is  here  on  a  visit?" 

"Yes,  sir,  on  a  visit?" 

"Well,  well,  he  probably  was  homesick  for  nis 
dear  brother.  And  I  did  not  know  it!  So  it  is 
his  dog,  you  say?  I  am  very  glad.  Take  him! 
.-\  nice  little  dog!  .\  quick  little  dog — Snap,  and 
he  has  hold  of  the  fellow's  linger.  Ha-ha-ha! 
Why  are  you  trembling,  you  dear  little  thing? 
That  man  is  a  villain!" 

Prokhor  calls  the  dog  and  walks  away  with 
him  from  the  lumber-yard.  The  crowd  laughs  at 
Khriukin. 

"I  will  catch  you  smue  time!"  .\chumj-elof 
threatens  him,  and  wrapping  himself  in  his  cloak, 
he  continues  on  his  w.iy  across  the  market-place. 


Varied  Types 


AUTO  NOTES 

The  new  Rambler  sales  and  service  building  in 
the  newer  Back  Bay  district  of  Boston  will  be 
dedicated  and  formally  opened  to  the  public  next 
month.  It  is  an  imposing  four  story  fire  proof 
structure.  It  is  216  feet  long.  The  property  has 
been  leased  for  a  term  of  twelve  years  at  a  rental 
of  S102,1XX\  The  exterior  is  magnificent.  The 
total  floor  area  is  60.000  square  feet.  The  build- 
ing will  be  used  for  show  rooms  and  sales  and 
service  headquarters  of  The  Thomas  B.  jeffery 
Company  for  Boston  and  its  vicinity. 


Voice  of  a  Crook 

The  cow  with  tlie  crumpled  horn  looked  to  her 
laurels. 

"I'm  afraid  the  bull  mo '-e  will  be  worse 
iwisted,"  she  cried. 


H  * 


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SIC.  GREENEB.XL'M  Chairman  of  the  Board 

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A.  L.  LANGERM.\N  Secretary 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

he  had  come  to  connect  sun  spots  and  weather. 

"Labor,  stubborn  labor  did  it,"  he  explained. 
"First  I  became  interested  in  astronomy;  then 
in  meteorology  and  weather  maps.  It  was  idle 
curiosity  in  the  beginning.  But  fooling  with  the 
two  things  at  the  same  time  it  was  natural  to 
combine  them.  I  noticed  coincidences;  then  I 
found  that  the  coincidences  were  too  frequent 
to  be  mere  coincidences.  It  took  me  six  or 
seven  years  to  get  on  firm  ground.  The  first 
three  years  I  was  simply  fooling,  playing.  I 
wrote  nothing;  I  kept  the  data  in  my  head.  I 
was  not  sure  of  my  conclusions. 

".Ml  the  scientists  laughed  at  me.  Most  of 
them  are  laughing  still.  They  had  failed  out- 
rageously, so  why  should  I  expect  to  succeed? 
But  some  of  them  have  been  converted,  par- 
ticularly W.  T.  Foster  of  Washington.  He  fore- 
casts by  means  of  the  planets  and  I  forecast  by 
means  of  sun  spots.  We  always  agree  in  our 
results.  He  says  I  have  caught  the  other  end 
of  the  terminal.  But  others  still  show  evidences 
of  incredulity." 

It  is  quite  plain  that  "Rick"  doesn't  care  a  rap 
for  the  men  who  dispute  his  theory.  Why 
should  he?  When  he  sights  the  storm  from  afar, 
the  storm  comes.  When  he  predicts  a  warm  spell, 
we  swelter.  He  predicts  hot  weather  for  Oc- 
tober, so  don't  put  away  your  knee-lengths  for 
a  while  yet. 

.\t  present  he  only  predicts  a  month  in  ad- 
vance. He  says  he  won't  go  further  for  some 
time.  But  no  doubt  the  time  will  come  when 
he'll  serve  us  our  weather  by  the  year;  when 
we'll  buy  a  weather  calendar  on  New  Year's 
Day  and  pick  out  the  particular  variety  of  weather 
wc  prefer  for  our  summer  vacation.  You  never 
can  tell.  When  a  man  makes  the  sun  work  for 
him  there's  no  telling  liow  far  he  will  go. 


May — She  has  nothing  on  me. 
Jess — And  less  on  herself. 


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TOWN  TALK 


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Letters 


The  Heritage  of  Hiroshige 

This  is  a  work  to  be  placed  on  the  bookshelf 
right  next  to  Henry  P.  Bowie's  line  study  "On 
the  Laws  of  Japanese  Painting."    Both  are  from 
the  press   of  Paul   Elder  who   has  done  more, 
probably,  than  any  other  American  publisher  to 
acquaint    Americans    with    the    art    of  Nippon. 
Japanese  art,  insofar  as  it  is  known  in  America, 
is  the  passion  of  specialists;  but  this  condition 
bids  fair  to  he  removed  by  the  iluminating  vol- 
umes which   Mr.  Elder  is  giving  to  the  public, 
volumes  which  make  it  possible  for  all  amateurs 
of  art  to  approach  Japanese  painting  with  eyes 
that    see    and    minds    that    understand.  "The 
Heritage  of  Hiroshige"  has  for  its  subtitle  "A 
Glimpse  at  Japanese  Landscape  Art."    The  book 
is   by    Dora    Amsden    who    was   assisted   in  its 
preparation    by    John    Stewart    Happer.  Both 
names  were  known  to  students  of  Japanese  art. 
Dora  Amsden  had  already  brought  out,  through 
Paul    Elder,    "Impressions    of    Ukiyo-Ye."  The 
present  volume  will  greatly  enhance  her  reputa- 
tion.   Ukiyo-Ye  means  color  printing,  and  Hiro- 
shige was  the  master  colorist  of  Japan.    A  study 
of  his  works  introduces  the  student  to  the  Jap- 
anese ideal  of  landscape  beauty  under  the  best 
possible    conditions.     Miss    Amsden    gives  i;s 
what  she  modestly  calls  a  "glimpse"  at  the  en- 
tire field  of  Japanese  art,  but  it  is  more  than  a 
glimpse;  it  is  a  thorough-going  introduction  to 
the    subject.    But    the    bulk    of   her  interesting 
volume  is  devoted  to  Hiroshige  the  master.  Mr. 
Mapper's  contribution  to  the  work  includes  an 
explanation    of    his    great    discovery,    the  seal- 
ing dates  of  the  Hiroshige  prints  by  cycle-ciphers. 
This   discovery,   made   after   years   of   close  in- 
vestigation, enabled  the  great  English  connois- 
seur of  Japanese  prints  to  discriminate  between 
the  works  of  the  master  Hiroshige  and  those 
of  the  two  other  Hiroshiges  who  were  his  pupils 
and  used  the  same  brush  name.    The  illustra- 
tions of  this  book  are  exquisite  reproductions  of 
rare  prints  belonging  to  the  Happer  and  Amsden 
collections  and  are  typical  examples  of  the  mas- 
ter's work.    An  appendix  contains  facsimiles  of 
Hiroshige  signatures,  seals  and  marks,  facsimiles 
of  other  artists'  signatures  and  a  bibliography 
of  important  books  dealing  with  the  subject  of 
Japanese  art.    Tliis  bibliography  is  brought  r\\z,ht 
down  to  (kite,  and  includes  the  title  of  Mr.  How- 
ie's recent  volume.    The  typography  (  f  the  hook 
is  exquisite  and  the  binding  may  be  callctl  unique, 
San  F"rancisco  sliould  be  pr(nid  that  a  work  of 
this  sort   has  been   brought   out   l)y   one   oi  her 
publishers. 


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deserve  a  word  of  commendation  for  cutting 
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mere  story  goes,  "Mr.  Responsibility"  is  at  least 
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sensationalism.  For  the  boys  still  young  enough 
to  revel  in  juvenile  stories,  "Mr.  Responsibility" 
is  about  as  good  as  anything  to  be  found.  From 
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Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Admmistrator 
of  the  estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors 
of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased, 
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months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
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and  Hartley  F.  Peart,  514-518  Humboldt  Bank  Building, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  deceased. 

PATRICK  J.  RIORDAN, 
Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  Deceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  September  7,  1912. 
GEO.  F.  HATTON  and  HARTLEY  F.  PEART, 
Attorneys  for  Administrator, 

514-518  Humboldt  Bank  BIdg.,  San  Francisco.  9-7-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
tor   the    City   and    County    of   San  Francisco. 

LINEHAN-ARENDT  CO.,  Plaintiff,  vs.  F.  S.  DOW, 
Defendant.  ,    v     c»  <.  t 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  Mate  oi 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County.  „     ,  ^ 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  yoij 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere.  .    ,  ,  j 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  tlie  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint.    ,    .     ^  .  , 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29,h  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912.   .^^^CREVY,  Clerk. 

^  By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE,  o  ,n 

.\ttorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


SUMMONS 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  42,65-i , 

MArrRINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEY, 

''*'!'ctkfn*'brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County.  .      _     ,  ^ 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to. 
TOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant.         _  •  . 

■  You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  vou  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
Countv  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
niter  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 

''^The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect ;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff,  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
"s  .-Irising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
anv  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint.  . 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  n  and  for  the  City  and  County 
o,  San  Francisco,  this  3d  d^V^^f  /"-^.^c^EVYl'cierk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A    I.   FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

8-17-10 


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Vol.  XX  San  Francisco,  October  12,  1912  No.  1051 


MARIAN  BARNEY 

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The  Lunacy  of  a  Nation 

The  New  York  Sun,  a  journal  distin- 
guished for  its  wit  and  sense,  is  puzzled  by 
the  psychology  of  the  political  aberrations  of 
the  Hon.  J.  Downey  Works,  junior  Senator 
from  California.    Of  course  it  is  not  easy 
to  follow   Senator  Works  in  the  infinite 
windings  of  his  inscrutable  thoughts.  As 
the  Sun  says,  "He  faces  four  ways  without 
knowing  which  may  he  is  turned" ;  also,  "his 
mind  is  in  a  whirl  of  undigested  conviction," 
and  "he  has  the  busy  forward-backward 
movement  of  the  self-centred  crab" ;  but 
Senator  Works  is  not  at  all  singular  in  his 
day    and    generation.     Why    marvel  at 
Works  at  a  time  when  the  public  mind  is 
unhinged,  when  the  genius  of  the  nation 
has  its  main  screw  loose?      Our  wits  are 
wandering  in  the  fogs  of  Bedlam,  and  if 
there  is  a  sane  man  among  us  it  must  make 
him  vertiginous  to  watch  the  corroborees 
of  our  leading  statesmen  as  they  whirl  in 
Apache  abandon  on  the  dancing  floors  of 
the  Midway  of  Buncombe.    Senator  W'orks 
has  "gone  back  on  his  gang,"  he  is  for  Wil- 
son but  not  for  the  Democratic  party,  and 
as  the  Sun  says,  "One  consolation  he  hugs 
to  his  bosom  'I  am  still  a  Republican.'  " 
Nevertheless  Senator  Works  is  not  at  all 
singular.    We  have  sworn  Republicans  in 
California  who  are  for  the  Colonel  and  the 
Progressive   party.    Senator   Cummins  of 
Iowa  is  for  Roosevelt  and  against  the  Pro- 
gressive party.    The  Colonel  himself  is  for 
the  Commandments  in  Chicago  and  for  lar- 
ceny in  California.    Woodrow  Wilson  is  for 
one  principle  in  his  books  and  for  another 
on  the  public  platform.    This  is  the  golden 
age  of  topsey-turveydom.    Now  as  to  the 
ingratitude  of  Senator  Works,  it  ought  to  be 
considered  his  finest  asset.    Ingratitude  is 
the  homage  of  the  head  paid  by  our  politi- 
cians to  the  selfishness  of  the  mob.    Most  of 
the  Colonel's  political  capital  is  ingratitude 
without   alloy.     Expediency   dictating,  he 
never  hesitated  to  be  false  to  any  obligation 
of  friendship  that  he  ever  glacly  incurred, 
and  for  nothing  has  he  been  more  warmly 
acclaimed  than  for  his  treachery.  Wood- 
row  Wilson  has  proved  himself  as  free  from 
the  trammels  of  friendship  as  from  the  in- 
convenience of  his  own  sentiments,  and  by 
reason  of  this  very  sinister  strength  of  char- 
acter he  has  made  himself  the  standard 


bearer  of  a  great  party.  Assuredly  this  is 
no  time  for  criticism  of  men  on  account  of 
inconsistency  or  self-stultification  or  indif- 
ference to  the  old-fashioned  virtues  and 
standards  of  right  conduct.  The  motto  of 
the  hour  is  that  he  who  is  not  true  to  him- 
self need  not  be  true  to  any  man.  It  ap- 
pears to  be  the  theory  of  the  dear  people 
that  the  man  who  is  most  treacherous  in  his 
private  relations  is  bound  to  be  most  loyal 
in  all  that  concerns  the  public. 


President  Wheeler  At  His  Best 

"We  called  a  bath  a  'bawth,'  and  I  believe 
I  wore  a  black,  long-tailed  coat  all  of  one 
day  to  try  and  impress  the  people  of  that 
city  that  the  University  of  California  was  a 
place  worth  while."    The  speaker  was  Ben- 
jamin Ide  Wheeler,  president  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California.    Thus  he  uttered  him- 
self on  the  occasion  of  the  banquet  in  honor 
of  the  men  from  Victoria  who  came  to  town 
to  return  the  visit  of  the  Flying  Legion  to 
their   hospitable   city.    President  Wheeler 
was  in  happy,  jovial  mood.    He  w'as  sus- 
taining once  more  the  reputation  of  the 
University  of  California  as  "a  place  worth 
while."    This  time  with  evening  dress  and 
an    after-dinner    speech    sparkling  with 
epigram.    In  Victoria  with  nothing  but  a 
long-tailed  coat  and  a  silk  hat  to  attest  the 
worth  of  our  famous  institution  of  learning 
President  Wheeler  was  at  a  disadvantage. 
For  President  Wheeler's  clothes  do  not  be- 
speak the  man.    Indeed  his  outward  appear- 
ance is  deceptive.    He  has  none  of  those 
mannerisms  that  are  the  patent  of  scholar- 
ship.   There  is  no  title  page  on  his  shirt 
front  to  proclaim  the  contents  of  the  human 
volume.    President  Wheeler  is  at  his  best 
when  he  is  on  his  feet  with  great  thoughts 
bubbling  on  his  lips.    And  so  as  an  ad- 
vertisement for  the  university  he  was  far 
more  eflfective  as  a  speechmaker  at  the  ban- 
quet than  as  a  flying  legionite  in  the  streets 
of  Victoria,  where,  as  he  said,  he  felt  that  he 
had  "discovered  a  new  entity  regardless  of 
political  boundaries."   Here  we  have  a  speci- 
men of  genuine  highbrow  wit — the  use  of  a 
phrase  that  sounds  big  and  means  nothing. 
It  was  in  just  such  diverting  bon  mots  and 
jeux  d'esprit  that  President  Wheeler's  schol- 
arly speech  abounded.    There  is  a  kind  of 
wit  by  which  a  person  makes  a  butt  of  him- 
self, exhibiting  his   own   foibles  and  ab- 
surdities.   This  is  the  kind  of  wit  that  runs 
through  the  whole  character  of  FalstafF.  It 
likewise  ran  through  President  Wheeler's 
speech   at  the  banquet.     He  represented 
himself  as  affecting  a  pious  air  in  Victoria, 
and  he  remarked  of  the  Victorians,  "They 
saw  through  the  silk  hat  and  the  early  morn- 
ing godliness."    It   was  a  great   ad.  for 
Berkeley.     In    his    peroration  President 
Wheeler  expressed  himself  like  a  man  of 
taste   with   a   natural    elegance   and  the 
vivacity  of  a  keen  intellect.    He  said :  "The 
visit  to  Victoria  helped  us  to  realize  that 
we  must  get  together,  and  that  even  if  San 
Francisco  is  a  hussy  we  love  her  just  the 
same,  and  we  want  British  Columbia  to  be- 
lieve we  have  established  a  new  entity  and 
a    new    love    for    our    city."  President 


W^heeler  is  a  Columbus  for  new  entities, 
which  the  Victorians  must  realize  while  ap- 
preciating the  uncommonness  of  his  senti- 
ments and  the  strong  masculine  sense  that 
flashes  from  his  intellectuals. 


A  Rare  Political  Type 

In  these  days  of  impassioned  politics, 
these  doleful  days  of  a  boisterous  campaign 
the  atmosphere  of  which  is  charged  with 
venom,  spleen  and  hatred,  the  fruit  of  which 
is  insincerity  and  intellectual  meanness,  let 
us  be  grateful  to  the  Republicans  of  New 
York  for  having  nominated  Job  Hedges  for 
governor.     In   such   unpleasant   times  as 
these,  made  uproarious  by  crimination  and 
recrimination,  the  air  vibrant  with  abuse 
and  execration,  it  is  refreshing  to  find  a 
man  of  the  character  of  Job  Hedges  running 
for  a  job.    The  Hedges  type  of  man  is  as 
rare  these  days  as  a  black  swan.    We  have 
heard  a  great  deal  of  Lincoln  these  days. 
Many  times  we  have  heard  him  likened  unto 
his  antithesis.    "Away  to  heaven  respec- 
tive lenity,  and  fire-eyed  fury  be  my  conduct 
now."    Thus  Roosevelt,  and  his  followers 
exclaim,  "How  like  Lincoln  !"   Many  strong 
points  of  resemblance  to  Lincoln  we  find 
in  Job   Hedges.    When  Job  Hedges  de- 
cided that  he  wanted  to  be  governor  he 
came  out  with  what  the  press  of  New  York 
describes  as  a  characteristic  announcement. 
He  said:  "I  am  announcing  my  candidacy 
because  I  believe  I  can  fill  the  job,  and  I 
want  it.    Nobody  is  fooled  by  this  coy  air 
that  most  candidates  assume,  nor  by  that 
talk  about  ofl^ering  themselves  for  the  good 
of  the  party.    I  want  the  job."  Something 
of  this  frankness  was  a  characteristic  of 
Lincoln.    Hedges,  like  Lincoln,  is  a  man 
eminently  lovable,  with  the  virtues  of  an 
ardent   kindness  and  a  generous  nature. 
Like  Lincoln  Hedges  is  distinguished  for 
his  homespun  humor.    A  few  years  ago  he 
published  a  book  called  "Common  Sense  in 
Politics."    Here  are  two  of  his  aphorisms: 
"The  most  pathetic  case  is  the  man  who 
thinks  he  is  in  himself  a  moral  reform"; 
"While  charges  of  inconsistency,  maladmin- 
istration and  graft  are  occupying  public  at- 
tention, it  may  be  pertinent  to  remark  that 
the  political  crime  of  the  present  decade  is 
not  larceny  but  hypocrisy."    In  his  speech 
of  acceptance  at  Saratoga  he  said :  "It  is  in- 
stinctive to  w-ant  to  sell  at  the  highest  and 
buy  at  the  lowest.    There  should  be  a  fair 
line  between  these  two  propositions,  and 
this  is  the  square  deal.    But  it  is  natural 
to  grow  suspicious  of  the  man  who  wants 
to  deal  all  the  time."    It  is  clear  that  Job 
Hedges  has  a  keen  sense  of  kindly  humor. 
But  he  has  other  qualities  that  should  com- 
mend him  to  the  people.    He  was  a  deputy 
attorney-general  of  New  York  in  1900  when 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  then  governor,  directed 
him  to  prosecute  the  election  fraud  cases  in 
New  York  city,  taking  them  away  from  the 
district  attorney.    He  resigned  in  1902.  In 
1908  President  Roosevelt  off^ered  to  appoint 
him  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States 
at  New  York.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Bar 
Association   of   New   York,   the   Sons  of 
Veterans,  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  belongs  to  the  Union  League, 


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University  and  Princeton  clubs.  Immedi- 
ately after  his  nomination  President  Taft 
wired  him,  "Your  campaign  of  truth  and 
common  sense  will  elect  the  whole  ticket." 
Job  Hedges  is  something  more  than  a  hum-- 
orist.  He  had  the  confidence  of  Roosevelt 
and  he  has  the  confidence  of  Taft,  but  above 
all  he  has  the  friendship  and  admiration  of 
men  in  all  walks  of  life  because  of  his  kindly 
nature  and  his  instinctive  candor. 


Those  Campaign  Contributions 

As  in  the  case  of  that  other  great  man 
Jonathan  Wild,  if  we  view  but  one  side  of 
the  character  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  he 
must  be  acknowledged  equal  if  not  superior 
to  most  of  the  heroes  of  antiquity.  The  side 
we  refer  to  is  the  one  painted  by  himself. 
There  are  other  points  of  resemblance  be- 
tween Fielding's  great  rogue  and  our  former 
President,  but  we  need  not  go  into  all  of 
them.  Suffice  it  that  we  observe  that  Wild 
achieved  success  in  defiance  not  only  of  the 
laws  of  his  country  but  of  the  common 
sense  of  his  countrymen.  Something  of  this 
same  audacity  is  to  be  perceived  in  the  con- 
duct of  the  Colonel,  especially  at  the  sen- 
atorial inquisition  in  Washington,  w  here  be- 
cause of  certain  well  defined  imputations 
he  affected  the  indignation  of  outraged  vir- 
tue and  stormed  with  all  the  apparent  fury 
of  a  man  of  honor  justly  resentful  of  in- 
famous calumny.  There  was  a  time  when 
the  Colonel's  dithyrambic  denial  was  all 
that  was  necessary  for  self-vindication. 
The  short  and  ugly  word  used  to  be  as  con- 
clusive as  a  geometrical  demonstration.  But 
it  may  be  doubted  whether  the  obsession  en- 
dures that  for  so  many  years  insured  the 
Sagamore  saint  against  suspicion  of  wrong- 
doing. The  Colonel  has  lost  none  of  his 
power  of  protest.  1 1  is  lungs  are  still  sound 
and  his  vociferations  are  as  resonant  as  ever, 
but  the  facts  that  irritate  have  become  more 
insistent,  more  clamorous,  and  even  more 
obvious.  Every  letter  in  the  I-iarriman  cor- 
respondence may  be  interpreted  in  a  man- 
ner conclusive  of  the  integrity  of  the  sur- 
viving author,  but  in  bulk  the  epistles  are 
damning  beyond  hope  of  redemption.  The 
big,  insuperable  truth  is  that  whatsoever 
was  Harriman's  understanding  of  the  mat- 
ter he  enjoyed  the  intimate  confidence  of 
the  man  in  the  White  House,  he  could  pre- 
sume to  suggest  the  sentiments  of  a  Presi- 
dent's message,  and  request  the  appoint- 
ment of  men  to  high  station.  Mr.  Roose- 
velt may  now  inform  us  that  nobody  who 
expected  a  favor  was  permitted  to  make  a 
campaign  contribution,  but  the  tone  of  Har- 
riman's letters  is  clearly  that  of  a  man  who 
must  have  been  assured  that  he  had  a  right 
to  expect  favors.  That  he  did  not  get  them 
is  not  of  the  slightest  importance.  The  rea- 
.son  he  did  not  get  them  may  be  that  the 
man  who  had  it  in  his  power  to  give  had 
made  other  arrangements.  Are  we  not  jus- 
tified in  conjecturing  that  such  was  the 
case?  Colonel  Roosevelt  could  not  serve 
two  masters — Harriman  and  Morgan.  Those 
two  men  became  implacable  enemies.  Har- 
riman was  denied  but  not  Morgan.  That 
voracious  money-grubber,  who  tells  us  that 
he  contributed  $150,000  to  a  campaign  fun  J 


for  the  b.enefit  of  his  country,  managed  to 
have  his  son-in-law  appointed  to  the  Roose- 
velt cabinet.  He  was  permitted  to  absorb 
the  Tennessee  Coal  and  Iron  Coniijany. 
He  was  given  an  enormous  sum  of  public 
money  to  halt  a  panic  in  Wall  street ;  and 
until  a  few  months  ago  all  the  world  be- 
lieved that  it  was  his  own  coin  that  he  had 
used  and  that  for  using  it  he  was  entitled 
to  praise  as  a  great  public  benefactor.  Mor- 
gan wielded  a  great  power  throughout  the 
Roosevelt  administration,  and  now  the 
Colonel  would  have  us  believe  that  not  un- 
til last  week  did  he  ever  hear  of  a  Morgan 
contribution.  It  is  remarkable  how  little 
the  Colonel  knew  of  what  was  going  on  in 
the  campaign  of  1904  and  to  what  an  ex- 
tent he  was  compromised  by  his  confidential 
adviser  Mr.  Cortelyou,  who  nevertheless 
continues  to  enjoy  the  esteem  and  affection 
of  the  great  statesman.  Cortelyou  never 
told  him  that  Harriman  had  been  urged  to 
serve  as  a  member  of  a  secret  campaign  com- 
mittee. Cortelyou  never  told  him  of  the 
Standard  Oil  contribution  till  it  was  too  late 
to  return  the  money.  Cortelyou  kept  to 
himself  knowledge  of  the  two  contributions 
made  by  J.  P.  Morgan.  The  Colonel  didn't 
even  know  of  Prick's  contribution.  It  ap- 
]3ears  from  his  testimony  that  during  the 
campaign  of  1904  the  usually  alert  and 
omniscient  Colonel  was  groping  in  Egypt- 
ian darkness.  Apparently  he  was  not  at  all 
curious  as  to  the  magical  process  by  which 
prodigious  sums  of  money  were  made  con- 
tinuously available  for  the  purposes  of  the 
campaign.  But  how  incompatible  this  ap- 
parent indifference  with  the  incessant  im- 
portunity of  Harriman  as  evidenced  by  the 
correspondence !  F"rom  the  Harriman  let- 
ters it  appears  that  the  pecuniary  affairs  of 
the  campaign  deeply  engrossed  the  Colonel's 
mind,  but  at  this  time  it  appears  that  what- 
ever it  was  better  for  him  not  to  have  known 
he  was  in  blissful  ignorance  of.  Consid- 
ering how  great  is  the  tax  the  Colonel  would 
impose  on  credulity  he  ought  to  be  some- 
what less  impatient  of  the  scepticism  of  the 
benighted  citizen  of  little  faith. 


The  Dread  of  a  Holy  War 

Events  are  giving  the  lie  to  the  optimists 
who  told  us  that  the  establishment  of  the 
Young  Turks  in  power  would  prove  a  guar- 
antee of  peace.  From  the  moment  of  their 
accession  to  power  the  Young  Turks  showed 
that  they  were  spoiling  for  a  fight  with  some 
one  and  making  every  preparation  for  it. 
First  they  irritated  the  Greeks  by  boycotting 
their  goods,  and  then  the  Bulgarian  Gov- 
ernment was  obliged  to  remonstrate  against 
the  cruelty  and  injustice  practiced  against 
their  fellow-countrymen  in  Macedonia  where 
the  attempt  to  make  "good  Ottomans"  out 
of  diverse  nationalities  led  to  the  persecu- 
tion of  Christians.-  Later  there  was  trouble 
in  Albania  precipitated  by  a  Turkish  com- 
mander's desire  for  distinction.  And  there 
was  an  uprising  that  was  soon  suppressed, 
but  beneath  the  surface  there  remained 
danger  of  insurrection,  a  large  section  of  the 
country  being  under  the  government  of  a 
secret  court-martial  of  Young  Turks  of  a 
most  arbitrary  disposition.    So  even  before 


Italy,  provoked  by  efforts  to  cripple  her 
trade  in  the  Mediterranean,  resolved  upon 
assuming  a  Protectorate  over  Tripoli  the 
Young  Turks  had  done  little  to  encourage 
their  well-wishers  in  Europe.  Indeed  they 
had  only  succeeded  in  justifying  the  worst 
fears  of  those  who  predicted  that  Turks, 
whatever  they  called  themselves,  remained 
the  same,  incapable  of  really  assimilating 
Western  ideas  or  of  learning  from  the  past. 
It  has  been  made  too  clear  to  subject  races 
in  the  Ottoman  Empire  that  they  had  little 
to  hope  from  the  new  Government.  The 
little  finger  of  the  Young  Turk  has  proved 
thicker  than  the  loins  of  Abdul  Hamid. 
And  now  we  hear  that  the  long  threatened 
break-up  of  the  Turkish  Empire  is  im- 
minent. The  Balkan  problem  is  once  more 
pressing  for  solution.  Perhaps  it  will  be 
submitted  to  the  arbitrament  of  the  sword 
to  which  there  has  already  been  recourse, 
but  it  is  more  likely  that  we  shall  see  a  halt 
called  and  another  international  Congress 
such  as  that  of  Berlin,  which  the  Russian 
victory  over  the  Turks  and  the  treaty  of 
San  Stefano  in  1878  made  necessary.  There 
is  one  great  menace  which  is  always  to  be 
feared  when  the  Turks  are  at  war,  and  it  is 
that  menace  that  makes  European  diplomat- 
ists eager  to  pacify  them.  It  is  the  menace 
of  a  Holy  War.  Long  ago  there  would 
have  been  a  general  scramble  in  the  Balkans 
were  it  not  for  the  danger  of  a  conflagra- 
tion fed  by  religious  fanaticism.  England, 
especially,  is  in  great  dread  of  a  Holy  War, 
for  the  numbers  of  her  Mohammedan  sub- 
jects throughout  the  world  much  exceed 
those  of  any  other  Power.  A  Holy  War 
would  lead  to  insurrection  in  India  and  in 
Egypt.  France,  too,  has  reason  to  dread  a 
Holy  War,  for  France  has  large  spheres  of 
interest  in  North  Africa  peopled  by  Mo- 
hammedans. All  of  which  makes  clear  the 
ticklishness  of  the  Balkan  problem  and  the 
expediency  of  a  solution  by  conference.  The 
treaty  of  Berlin,  which  has  in  a  large  meas- 
ure directed  European  politics  ever  since 
1878,  is  no  longer  effective.  The  recent 
operations  of  Italy  in  the  Aegean  have  made 
a  new  treaty  necessary,  and  a  conference 
for  that  purpose  must  be  held,  but  the  Turk 
must  first  in  a  measure  be  pacified.  He  will 
of  course  concede  something  to  Italy,  just 
as  at  Berlin  he  was  obliged  to  yield  Tunis 
to  France,  but  doubtless  he  will  insist  on 
keeping  his  hold  on  the  Balkan  States.  At 
Berlin  the  congress  coerced  Russia  into  a 
retreat.  The  Powers  will  now  coerce  the 
Balkan  States.  Italy  and  Germany  may  be 
depended  upon  to  stand  with  the  Turks,  for 
Italy,  before  assuming  her  Protectorate  over 
Tripoli,  warned  the  Balkans  to  keep  quiet, 
and  it  was  Germany  that  encouraged  Italy 
to  look  to  Tripoli  for  compensation  when 
France  had  gone  to  Tunis.  As  long  ago  as 
1866  Bismarck  was  whispering  that  Italy 
might  hope  for  a  Mediterranean  Empire, 
and  it  was  after  the  treaty  of  Berlin  that 
Italy  entered  into  the  triple  alliance  with 
Austria  and  Germany  thus  establishing  the 
present  balance  in  European  afifairs.  Italy 
having  obtained  what  she  wanted  the  Bal- 
kan States  will  not  be  permitted  to  keep 
Europe  on  edge  very  long. 


6 


TOWN  TALK 


October  12,  1912 


The  Spilling  of  the  Sago 


By  Susan  Gregory 


(When  the  cook  spilled  a  bag  of  sago  on  the  kitchen  ilonr,  Miss  Gregory  was  inspired  by  the  mishap  and  set 
down  the  following  verses  showing  how  different  poets  would  have  treated  such  a  tragedy.  Miss  Gregory  is  a 
member  of  the  old  de  la  Guerra  family  of  California,  and  the  accident  embalmed  in  the  following  verses  happened 
in   her   Oakland  home.) 


Swinburne 

O  sack  of  llic  .succukTit  sago, 
All  shattered  and  strewn  o'er  the  floor, 

Dost  thou  know  that  thy  lover  is  grieving. 
That  his  soul  in  thy  sadness  is  sore? 

Thou  hast  cheered  and  sustained  and  consoled 
him 

With  thy  substance  more  meaty  llian  meat. 
O  what  will  life  turn  to  without  tlicc, 
O  saccharine  sw'eet! 

What  country  first  found  thee  and  used  thee, 

O  frail  unforgettable  food? 
Did  Semiramis  know  thee  and  love  thee 

Or  Charmian  find  thou  wcrt  good? 
Or  was  it  in  ages  still  older 

That  the  goddess  foam-footed  and  fleet 
Said  nectar  was  nauseous  beside  thee, 
O  saccharine  sweet! 

Farewell!     From  my  life  thuu  dipartcst — 
'i'liy  globules  gyrate  on  the  floor — 

J  will  live  out  my  life  to  its  last  days 
But  the  lilt  of  my  living  i^^p'er. 

All  things  that  are  rare  shall  remind  me 
Of  the  times  thou  didst  tempt  me  to  eat, 

And  I'll  miss  thee  till  kind  death  shall  blind  me, 
O  saccharine  sweet! 


Browming 

Sti'p,    What  is  that  you  say? 

Broken?  the  sago  bag? 
That  would  be  sad  indeed 

Were  it  but  true — 
But  somehow  as  you  chatter 

That  news,  the  soul-destroying 
Gloom  that  was  with  us  goes. 

Evanishes — and  comes — 

I  know  not  how — 

Great  courage  to  endure — 


To  probe  to  th'  heart  of  it — 

To  defy  the  worst,  ere  doubting — 
Ever  unreconciled 


Mrs.  Browning 

I  felt  that  now  at  last  my  fragile  feet 
Could  bear  mc  on  to  thee,  my  hands  the  while. 
Those  pale  weak  hands,  for  work  too  small  and 
sweet. 

Bearing  to  thee  a  gift  tc)  win  thy  smile, 
.\  gift  wrought  while  my  tears  ran  ever  fleet 
In  hope  to  pay  thy  kindness  in  this  style 
.\nd  o  lir  and  o'er  again  thou  would'st  repeat 
Sweet  words  mj'  chronic  sadness  to  beguile. 
But  when  great  joy  we'd  quaflf  there  oft  come 
slips — 

These  sobs  still  wrack  my  sorrow-sunken  frame — 
When  all  was  ready  and  the  milk  was  boiled 
To  cook  the  sweet  dish  for  thy  kiagly  lips. 
My  frail  streagth  tried  to  lift  it  to  the  flames. 
But  dropped  it  and  the  sago  all  wa*.  spoiled. 


Wordsworth 

"Twas  nothing  but  a  sago  bag — 

Sago  was  all  its  store — 
Then  someone,  careless,  punched  its  side, 

.\nd  it  spilled  on  the  floor. 

Xo  j%wels  did  the  white  bag  hold — 

Sago  and  nothing  more — 
.•\nd  now  it's  gone,  and  1  must  go 

To  buy  some  at  the  store. 


Rossetti 

In  Italy  our  people  love  good  sago, 

(Ah  mc!  ah  me!  the  sago  sack  is  torn!) 
Some  times  tluy  put  it  into  milk  to  boil 
Or  eat  it  in  the  good  old  style  with  oil; 
(Sago  is  sweet,  and  oh!  my  soul  is  sad!) 


The  sago  sack  is  torn,  and  now  I  know 

(Ah  me!  ah  me!  the  sago  sack  is  torn!) 
That  once  before  I  felt  this  selfsame  woe 
Those  unremeniberable  years  ago; 

(Sago  is  sweet,  and  oh!  my  soul  is  sad!) 


Poe 

The  Beautiful  Sago 
Is  spilt  on  the  floor, 

And  now  I  can  see 

I  shall  ne'er  taste  it  more, 

That  sago  I  never 
Shall  taste  any  more! 

How  supine  it  lies 

In  the  midst  of  the  room, 
While  my  passionate  heart 

Is  enveloped  in  gloom. 
My  poor  throbbing  heart 

Is  enveloped  in  gloom. 

.Ml  the  glory  is  gone. 

(And  my  sorrow  is  keen) 
From  those  spherical  shapes 

Of  the  globes  crystalline — 
Those  shapes  of  the  spherical 

Globes  crystalline. 


Keats 

Pale  sorrow  floods  mj-  fever  weakened  brain. 

And  all  iny  soul  is  trodden  down  by  Care; 
E'en  Fancy's  wings  are  drooping  and  in  vain 

I  cry  to  her  to  help  me  rise  in  air. 
Olives  yet  ripen,  full  of  luscious  oil. 
Teaches  in  perfumed  orchards  blush  and  bloom. 

Still  Smyrna  figs  come  wrapped  in  sandalwood 
.A.nd  bright  tin  foil — 
But  in  my  heart  there  is  a  vacant  room. — 

(ione  is  the  sago — life's  no  longer  good! 


Anywhere  Out  of  the  World" 


Life  is  a  hospital,  in  which  every  patient  is 
possessed  by  the  desire  of  changing  his  bed. 
One  would  prefer  to  suffer  near  the  fire,  and  an- 
other is  certain  that  he  would  get  well  if  he  were 
by  the  window. 

It  seems  to  me  that  I  should  always  be  happy 
if  I  were  somewhere  else,  and  this  question  of 
moving  house  is  one  that  I  am  continually  talking 
over  with  my  soul. 

"Tell  me,  my  soul,  poor  chilly  soul,  what  do 
you  say  to  living  in  Lisbon?  It  must  be  very 
warm  there,  and  you  would  bask  merrily,  like  a 
lizard.  It  is  by  the  sea;  they  say  that  it  is  built 
of  marble,  and  that  the  people  have  such  a  horror 
of  vegetation  that  they  tear  up  all  the  trees. 
There  is  a  country  after  your  own  soul;  a  coun- 
try made  up  of  light  and  mineral,  and  with  liquid 


By  Charles  Baudelaire   (F'rom  the  French) 

to  reflect  them." 

My  soul  makes  no  answer. 

"Since  you  love  rest,  and  to  see  moving  things, 
will  you  come  and  live  in  that  heavenly  land, 
Holland?  Perhaps  you  would  be  happy  in  a 
country  which  you  have  so  often  admired  in  pic- 
tures. What  do  you  say  to  Rotterdam,  you  who 
love  forests  of  masts,  and  ships  anchored  at  the 
doors  of  houses?" 

My  soul  remains  silent. 

"Or  perhaps  Java  seems  to  you  more  attrac- 
tive? Well,  there  we  shall  find  the  mind  of 
Europe  married  to  tropical  beauty." 

Not  a  word.    Can  my  soul  be  dead? 

"Have  you  sunk  then  into  so  deep  a  stupor 
that  only  your  own  pain  gives  you  pleasure?  If 
that  be  so,  let  us  go  to  the  lands  that  are  made 


in  the  likeness  of  Death.  I  know  exactly  the 
place  for  us,  poor  soul!  We  will  book  our  pas- 
sage to  Torneo.  We  will  go  still  further,  to  the 
last  limits  of  the  Baltic;  and,  if  it  be  possible, 
further  still  from  life;  we  will  make  our  abode  at 
the  Pole.  There  the  sun  only  grazes  the  earth, 
and  the  slow  alternations  of  light  and  night  put 
out  variety  and  bring  in  the  half  of  nothingness, 
monotony.  There  we  can  take  great  baths  of 
darkness,  while,  from  time  to  time,  for  our  pleas- 
ure, the  Aurora  Borealis  shall  scatter  its  rosy 
sheaves  before  us,  like  reflections  of  fireworks 
in  hell!" 

At  last  my  soul  bursts  into  speech,  and  wisely 
she  cries  to  me:  "Anywhere,  anywhere,  out  of 
the  world!" 


October  12.  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


7 


He  went  to  war  and  came  back  with  a  cage 
of  song  birds.  A  most  unusual  eventuation,  you 
will  admit.  Men  have  gone  to  war  and  returned 
with  wounds  or  empires  or  diseases;  but  never  in 
the  previous  history  of  war  did  it  happen  that 
the  man  who  went  out  to  fight  came  back  with 
a  lot  of  trillers  in  tow. 

To  be  accurate,  Ettore  Patrizi  didn't  go  out 
to  fight.  And  to  cap  that  instance  of  slavish 
adherence  to  fact  with  still  another,  he  didn't 
snare  his  song  birds  on  the  battlefield.  Ettore 
Patrizi,  being  an  editor,  went  to  write  about  war, 
not  to  wage  it.  He  went  to  Tripoli  and  found 
the  Italians  lambasting  the  Turks,  a  situation 
from  which  he  derived  unimaginable  pleasure. 
But  before  he  returned  to  America  he  began  col- 
lecting singers,  and  by  the  time  he  had  gathered 
together  enough  to  make  an  opera  company  he 
had  all  but  forgotten  the  glories  of  the  Italian 
campaign  in  Africa.  Going  away  from  here  his 
thoughts  were  all  of  battle;  coming  back  they 
were  all  of  opera.  After  all,  what's  a  war  among 
artists? 

Ever  hear  of  the  battle  of  Zanzur?  Probably 
not.  It  took  place  somewhere  in  Tripoli  and 
afTorded  the  Italians  an  opportunity  of  sending 
t'ftecn  hundred  Turks  and  Arabs  to  Mahomet's 
paradise.  From  all  accounts  it  was  as  pretty 
a  battle  as  has  been  fought  in  many  a  day. 
Patrizi  saw  it;  arrived  in  Tripoli  just  in  time  tc 
see  his  countrymen  dealing  eternal  happiness  to 
the  paythans  on  the  plain  of  Zanzur  aforesaid. 
Patrizi  was  thrilled;  he  exulted  in  the  fight  and 
r'joiced  becomingly  in  the  victory.  But  not 
wholeheartedly.  His  thoughts  were  not  on  fight- 
ing. 

The  fact  is,  Patrizi  had  been  to  Milano. 
Milano  is  an  immense  municipal  cage  full  of  twit- 
tering canaries,  so  to  speak.  Patrizi  had  heard 
a  lot  of  the  canaries  twitter,  and  he  had  made 
up  his  mind  to  bring  some  of  them  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. So  while  his  eyes  were  following  the  bat- 
tle of  Zanzur  his  brain  was  at  work  on  the  oper- 
atic problem.  He  stood  on  the  edge  of  the  bat- 
tle field  and  wondered  whom  he'd  cast  for  this 
part  and  whom  for  that.  Every  time  a  countryman 
picked  off  a  Turk  or  did  for  an  Arab  Patrizi  cried 
"bravo!"  or  "bis!"  for  all  the  world  as  though 
he  were  sitting  in  the  gallery  of  the  old  Tivoli. 

What's  the  result?  Simply  that  we've  been 
treated  to  the  best  Italian  opera  company  that 
has  come  this  way  in — well,  just  how  many  years 
doesn't  matter.  Think  of  popular-priced  Italian 
opera  singers  who  drive  to  their  apartments  at 
the  St.  Francis  in  taxicabs!  In  other  years  they 
used  to  hoof  it  to  the  Italian  quarter  and  cook 
their  own  spaghetti.  But  there  are  singers  at 
the  Cort  who  hail  a  taxi  as  casually  as  you  or  I 
signal  a  street  car.  And  the  bringing  of  such  to 
San  Francisco  was,  I  submit,  no  small  achieve- 
ment on  the  part  of  Patrizi. 

Of  course  running  up  taxi  bills  isn't  the  meas- 
ure of  the  greatness  of  these  singers.  It  is 
merely  a  proof  of  their  prosperity.  Patrizi,  as 
might  be  suspected,  hired  them  for  their  voices. 
Whether  or  not  he  is  a  good  judge  of  voices  may 
be  left  to  opera-goers  to  determine.  The  at- 
tendance at  the  Cort  seems  to  be  a  sort  of  in- 
dorsement of  his  ear. 

Patrizi  tells  me  that  it's  no  easy  matter  picking 
your  singers  in  Milan.  Milano  is  the  world 
market  for  vocalists,  as  he  expresses  it.  and  it 


Varied  Types 

XCV— ETTORE  PATRIZI 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

seems  that  there  is  a  good  deal  of  dishonest 
trading.  The  agents  are  prepared  to  "slip  one 
over  on  you,"  to  use  an  elegance  of  current  dic- 
tion, at  any  time.  They  are  schemers,  says 
Patrizi;  when  the  demand  is  large  the  prices 
jump. 

But  Patrizi  knew  what  singers  he  wanted.  He 
was  not  an  inexperienced  marketer.  He  had  been 
reading  the  Italian  papers  quite  a  bit,  as  you 
may  imagine,  and  the  good  singers  were  not 
strangers  to  him.  Tarquini,  for  instance,  he  had 
had  his  managerial  eye  on  for  ten  months.  From 
the  night  of  her  first  appearance  in  Zandonai's 
opera  just  a  year  ago  he  had  tabbed  her  for  his 
company.  He  looked  her  up  the  moment  he  got 
to  Milan.    Incidentally  he  got  the  best  of  Dippel. 

Patrizi    heard    that    Tarquini    was    going  to 


Covent  Garden.  He  knew  that  once  she  sang 
there  her  price  would  be  prohibitive.  So  he 
hastened  to  tie  her  up  with  a  contract  before 
she  left  Milan  for  London.  Dippel  was  not  so 
foxy.  He  waited  till  after  the  Covent  Garden 
season.  And  then  he  found  that  he  couldn't  get 
Tarquini  till  San  Francisco  was  through  with  her. 
But  he  wants  her  so  much  that  he'll  be  glad  to 
take  her  anyway.  All  of  which  may  be  musical 
history  some  day.  You  never  can  tell.  Covent 
Garden  may  be  as  proud,  a  few  years  from  now, 
of  having  given  Tarquini  to  San  Francisco  as 
San  Francisco  already  is  of  having  given  Tet- 
razzini  to  Covent  Garden. 

Patrizi  had  more  trouble  with  some  of  the 
less  important  twitterers  than  with  Tarquini. 
They  tried  his  patience  woefully.  He  was  haled 
from  city  to  city  to  hear  them  sing.  And  some 
of  them  wouldn't  sing  for  him— wanted  to  be  en- 
gaged on  the  strength  of  their  reputations. 

"An  artist  of  fame  is  ofifended  if  you  ask  him 
to  sing,"  says  Ettore;  "it's  a  very  dangerous  re- 
quest to  make." 

So  he  engaged  two  without  hearing  them.  And 
he's  sorry  he  did  it.  For  they  haven't  made  good. 
But  wild  horses  wouldn't  suffice  to  drag  their 
names  from  me. 


"Are  the  song  birds  very  hard  to  handle,  once 
you've  caught  them?"  I  asked  Patrizi. 

"These?  Well,  these  are  not  as  bad  as  the 
usual  run,"  he  admitted  cheerfully.  "They  are 
actually  on  good  terms  with  one  another.  Think 
of  it!  Two  of  the  baritones  live  together  in 
perfect  amity.  Why,  they're  as  friendly  as  could 
be.  And  the  prime  donne  get  along  without 
friction.  They  eat  together.  There  is  no  jeal- 
ousy.   It  is  all  very  remarkable." 

Of  course  Patrizi  may  exaggerate  a  bit  out  of 
loyalty  to  his  cage  of  twitterers.  An  opera  com- 
pany wherein  the  dear  women  didn't  pull  hair 
and  scratch  occasionally  and  the  men  didn't  sneer 
and  shrug  the  expressive  shoulder  would  be  a 
miracle,  and  we  are  usually  assured  that  the  age 
of  miracles  has  passed, 

"You  know  one  of  the  reasons  things  were 
easy  for  me?"  asked  Patrizi. 

How  could  I  guess? 

"Publishers,  composers  and  singers  all  ask  one 
question:  'Who  is  going  to  be  your  conductor?' 
And  when  I  told  them  Bavagnoli,  it  was  all  right. 
I  wanted  Polacco  in  the  first  place,  but  when  I 
couldn't  get  him  I  was  glad  to  take  Bavagnoli." 

Which  must  be  regarded  as  a  sort  of  compliment 
to  the  hardest  working  man  of  the  whole  musical 
organization. 

"Reward?"  mused  Patrizi  in  response  to  an- 
other question.  "There  is  no  reward  in  all  this 
except  the  artistic  satisfaction.  But  is  not  that 
enough?  I  have  given  San  Francisco  'Conchita.' 
That  is  a  great  satisfaction.  Ours  was  the  first 
city  in  America  to  hear  'Boheme.'  I  was  instru- 
mental in  bringing  it  here.  Our  city  is  also  the 
first  to  hear  Zandonai's  opera.  But  there  is  this 
difference:  That  first  night  of  'Boheme'  at  the 
California  in  Bush  street  was  not  a  great  occa- 
sion; there  was  not  a  big  house,  and  the  com- 
pany was  poor.  The  first  night  of  'Conchita'  was 
a  triumph  in  every  way. 

"We  are  more  wide  awake  about  our  music 
now  than  we  were  then.  Perhaps  the  change 
started  about  the  time  Mascagni  came  here.  I 
brought  him  here,  you  may  remember.  He  came 
for  a  rest  from  his  eastern  law  suits  and  went 
away  with  over  $20,000." 

Eager  to  hear  musical  history  I  encouraged 
Patrizi  to  go  on.  The  result  was  that  I  discov- 
ered another  discoverer  of  Tetrazzini.  Just  add 
Ettore  to  the  list. 

"I  brought  her  here  from  the  City  of  Mexico," 
he  says  proudly.  "Leahy  tried  to  get  her,  but 
came  back  in  despair.  Then  I  went  and  suc- 
ceeded." 

Very  interesting,  but  I  wonder  what  Doc 
Leahy's  version  of  that  incident  is? 

I  don't  have  to  remind  you  that  Patrizi  has 
been  fiddling  with  opera  for  some  little  time.  In 
(Continued  on  Page  22.) 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


8 


TOWN  TALK 


October  12,  1912 


Viereck  Replies  to  Witter  Bynner 

Xew  York,  Sept.  28,  1912. 
Town  Talk,  Gentlemen:  In  your  issue  of  Sep- 
tember 7  you  print  a  few  remarks  by  Mr.  Witter 
Bynner  which  I  cannot  let  pass  without  protest. 
Mr.  Bynner  speaks  in  a  derogatory  manner  of 
my  verse.  This  surprises  me  as  lie  repeatedly 
asked  me  to  submit  my  books  to  a  firm  of  pub- 
lishers which  he  represents.  He  must  be  un- 
faithful either  to  the  firm  or  t(j  liis  critical  judg- 
ment, if  he  has  so  low  an  opinion  of  "Vicreckl^'sS- 
ness."  Mr.  Bynner  attributes  a  remark  to  A\'ill- 
iam  Marion  Reedy  concerning  "Pimples  and 
Puberty"  which  Mr.  Reedy  never  made.  The 
bon  mot  in  question  was  coined  by  a  smart  young 
man  of  . Mr.  Bj^nner's  own  set.  Let  me  assure 
you  that  whatever  may  be  said  of  my  poetry,  my 
complexion  is  impeccable.  When  Mr.  Bynner 
says  that  1  "claimed'"  that  my  father  was  the 
illegitimate  son  of  old  Kaiser  William,  he  utters 
an  untruth,  but  I  have  no  wish  to  discuss  that 
subject.  1  regret  that  the  verse  my  attitude  in-, 
spired  in  Mr.  Bynner  is  so  hopelessly  bad.  That 


Correspondence 

is  indeed  adding  insult  to  injury.  Mr.  Bynner 
is  equally  at  fault  when  he  remarks  that  my 
poem,  "The  Haunted  House"  was  written  to  the 
body  of  a  dead  woman.  If  he  will  take  the 
trouble  to  look  up  the  poem  in  ([uestion  he  will 
find  that  the  lady  was,  on  the  contrary,  very 
much  alive.  It  is  quite  possible  that  I  may  have 
made  the  remark  about  "St.  .Mfred"  and  "St. 
Oscar"  in  my  green  days.  .Meanwliile,  I  have 
grown  up.  but  Mr.  Bynner  evidently  has  not.  Mr. 
Bynner  finally  falsely  accuses  me  of  being  witty. 
I  admit  I  was  clever  in  the  past  but  I  had  to 
give  it  up  because  it  ruined  my  reputation. 
Sincerely  yours. 

— George  Sylvester  Viereck. 


"Open-Faced  Barber  Shops" 
Editor  Town  Talk:  Is  there  any  reason  why 
proprietors  of  barber  shops  could  not  be  com- 
pelled to  screen  the  windows  of  their  establish- 
ments ^and  save  the  passerby  the  very  disagree- 
able sight  of  seeing  men  undergoing  their  ton- 
sorial  obligations?    It  is  anything  but  pleasant  I 


assure  you  for  a  lady  to  sec  their  "dear  men" 
perched  upon  chairs  swathed  in  towels,  their 
faces  covered  with  lather,  and  the  artists  stand- 
ing over  them  wielding  their  dangerous  looking 
implements  of  execution  as  if  about  to  cut  their 
tliroats.  Others  with  steaming  towels  being  ap- 
plied to  their  lobster-hued  faces  appearing  as  if 
they  were  about  to  choke,  and  then  there  is  the 
hair  clipper — Oh  my — for  my  part,  and  hundreds 
of  others,  the  sight  is  very  unpleasant.  What 
would  you  men  think  if  we  women  were  to  sit 
in  the  windows  of  fashionable  hair  dressing 
"parlors"  and  go  through  the  evolution  of  having 
our  faces  steamed,  bleached,  rouged,  powdered, 
liair  crimped,  dressed,  and  our  nails  manicured? 
Why  there  would  be  a  great  hue  and  cry.  Then 
for  Heaven's  sake,  men,  don't  patronize  open- 
faced  barber  shops  whose  owners  have  not  the 
decency  to  screen  their  customer  from  the  com- 
mon gaze,  to  the  disgust  of  the  ladie.s. 

Respectfully. 
— Woman  Subscriber. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Sigjnificant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


Oldest  Royal  Line  Extinct 

With  the  recent  death  of  Prince  Nicholas 
Lusignan  in  St.  Petersburg  ends  the  oldest  royal 
line  in  the  world.  Prince  Xicliolas  was  the  only 
son  of  Lusignan  VI.,  King  of  Cyprus,  Syria  and 
Jerusalem  until  the  year  1878,  when  the  English 
occupied  Cyprus.  His  house  had  reigned  there 
since  the  days  of  the  Crusade.'; — a  matter  of  seven 
and  a  half  centuries.  The  British  Government 
offered  King  Lusignan  a  handsome  pension  if  he 
w^ould  formally  renounce  his  claims  and  retire 
to  some  spot  in  the  British  Empire,  but  the 
monarch  refused,  saying  he  would  rather  die  in 
penury  than  renounce  his  rights  to  his  foes,  lie 
w-as  exiled  from  Cyprus  and  Went  to  St.  Peters- 
burg, where  his  family  was  brought  up.  They 
all  died  in  the  greatest  poverty  and  Prince 
Nicholas  ended  his  life  in  a  public  hospital  in 
that  city.  This  ancient  line  came  from  the  town 
of  Lusignan  in  France.  They  \vcre  known  in 
history  as  Counts  of  Forez  till  the  eleventh 
century,  -when  one  of  them  became  King  of 
Cyprus  and  Jerusalem  which  were  taken  from  the 
Moslems  by  the  Knights  of  the  Cross 


The  Danger  of  Measles 

Measles,  which  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  neces- 
sary and  not  serious  ills  of  childhood,  lihd  a 
death  rate  in  1910  more  than  half  as  large' tis 
that  for  both  diphtheria  and  croup.  A  death  rate 
table  compiled  for  the  States  which  -  make  an 
annual  report  on  vital  statistics,  or  for-  the  so- 
called  "registered  ar^fli"  which  intludes  half  the 
population  of  the. United  States^  was. exhibited  at 
the  International  Congress  of  Jlygiene  and 
Demography,  which  met "  iri  Washington,  '  Sep- 
tember 26.    II:  showed  the  following  death'  rates: 

Death  per 
100,000  Population 

Diphtheria  and  Croup           11,512  21.4 

Whooping  Cough                    6.146  11.4 

Scarlet  Fever                          6,255  11.6 

Infantile  Paralysis                  1,549  2.7 

Cerebro-Spinal    Meningitis    2,272  42 

Measles                                6,598  12.3 


Cigarettes  Least  Harmful 

We  used  to  think  tli.it  the  pipe  was  the  least 
harmful  means  of  consuming  tobacco;  that  the 
cigarette  was  the  most  harmful:  and  that  the 
cigar  came  in  between.  But  the  London  Lancet, 
a  great  medical  authority,  asks  us  to  revise  our 
notions.  The  Lancet  experts  have  made  an  in- 
vestigation and  report  that  pipe  mixtures  con- 
tain the  most  nicotine  and  yield  the  largest  per- 
centage when  smoked.  In  other  words,  more 
nicotine  reaches  the  mouth  from  a  pipe  than  from 
a  cigar  or  cigarette.  At  the  same  time  the  Lan- 
cet investigators  say  that  perhaps  too  much  at- 
tention has  been  paid  to  nicotine  and  not  enough 
to  other  harmful  constituents  of  tobacco.  One  of 
these,  the}'  say,  is  furfural,  a  toxic  and  highly 
irritating  substance.  There  is  a  lot  of  furfural 
in  cheap  cigarettes,  and  that  may  explain  why 
they  cause  throat  trouble  when  smoked  to  excess. 


The  Male  Nude  in  Paris 

The  I'aris  authorities  centred  the  new  statue 
of  Oscar  Wilde  in  Pere  Lacliaise  with  tarpaulin 
because  it  was  a  male  nude.  The  result  was 
that  the  sculptor,  a  young  American  named 
Jacob  Epstein,  waxed  so  indignant  that  he  tofik 
the  first  boat  from  Dover  to  Calais,  rushed  to 
Paris  and  tore  the  covering  oflf.  The  incident 
calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  there  is  a  ban 
on  the  male  nude  in  France.  The  female  nude 
is  tolerated  but  not  the  male.  This  is  rather  a 
curious  situation,  and  hard  to  account  for.  The 
reverse  seems  to  be  the  case  in  Berlin.  There 
are  lots  of  male  nude3  there  but  the  female  nudes 
could  be  counted  on  one's  fingers.  .As  for  the 
Wilde  statue,  Rodin  is  using  his  influence  to  let 
thie^  statue  stay  in  the  cemetery  without  its 
tarpaulin  covering. 


Conditions  in  Spain 

At  the  instigation  of  King  Alfonso  of  Spain, 
Premier  Canalejas  recently  directed  the  Minister 
of  the  Interior  to  prepare  a  report  giving  par- 
ticulars regarding  the  emigration  of  Spanish  sub- 
jects, of  educational  conditions  and  measures  and 


other  information  regarding  the  eron  ./.v..  :r  if 
the  land.  The  report  has  shown  a  shocking  and 
deplorable  state  of  affairs.  It  has  revealed  that 
60  per  cent  of  the  land  in  Spain  is  uncultivated 
and  that  38  per  cent  of  that  under  cultivation 
lacks  irrigation  utterly.  Forty-five  hundred  vil- 
lages in  Spain  have  no  roads  or  methods  of  com- 
munication, not  even  bridle  paths,  and  entirely 
lack  railroad  communication.  Two  thousand  vil- 
lages are  constantly  under  fever  plagues.  Thirtj' 
thousand  towns  and  villages  (two-thirds  of  those 
in  the  country)  possess  no  school  or  any  means 
of  education  and  12.000,(XX)  of  the  17,000,000  in- 
habitants of  Spain  can  neither  read  nor  write. 
The  neglect  of  the  soil  and  the  lack  of  educa- 
tional opportunities  have  turned  the  more  am- 
bitious Spaniards  to  the  Latin-American  republics. 
The  National  Agricultural  League  denounces 
these  conditions  as  shameful  and  constituting  a 
national  disgrace,  and  the  Spanish  press  demands 
reformation  in  the  name  of  the  very  life  of  the 
nation. 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFFICES  TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 

Our  Facilities  for  Handling 
INVESTMENT  SECURITIES 

Will  be  Considerably  Increased 


Established  1858 


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Private  Exchange 
Connecting  All  Depts. 


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Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet  Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


October  12.  1912 


TOWN 


A  L  K 


Perspective  Impressions 


All  the  Presidential  candidates  are  satisfied 
with  the  outlook.    Not  so  all  the  people. 


"Breakfastless,  Johnson  left  Schenectady  for 
Auburn."  Dear,  dear!  This  will  never  do.  The 
Stomach  in  Politics  is  getting  careless. 


Now  comes  a  Methodist  preacher  of  Pittsburg 
who  insists  that  men  should  shave  before  enter- 
ing church.  This  is  a  case  of  recognizing  the 
razor  as  an  instrument  of  salvation. 


The  Candid  Friend  says  that  Bill  Kent  is  no 
hypocrite.  To  be  sure  not.  To  do  what  one 
disapproves  in  others  is  not  hypocrisy.  The 
spirit  is  willing  but  the  flesh  is  weak. 


The  feminine  passion  for  thinness  has  spread 
to  Germany  where  the  ladies  of  the  nobility  are 
assiduously  cultivating  the  pangs  of  hunger.  If 
the  Kaiser  likes  them  fat  what  an  awful  roar  he 
will  emit! 


See  what  politics  has  done  to  Gertrude  Ather- 
ton.  She  has  consented  at  the  request  of  the 
provincial  suffragettes  of  Los  Angeles  to  hold 
herself  aloof  from  Lady  Nicotine  in  public.  This 
is  tragic.  It  savors  of  tiic  pcilitician's  passion 
for  popularity. 


David  Starr  Jordan  has  discovered  the  cause 
of  the  high  cost  of  living.  It  is  the  military  sys- 
tem that  reduces  the  number  of  men  available  for 
labor.  If  there  is  anything  else  you  don't  know, 
ask  Dave,  the  oracle,  to  whom  political  economy 
is  a  paradox. 


If  Teddy  wants  to  be  an  editor  why  doesn't 
he  start  a  paper  of  his  own  and  call  it  "The  Short 
and  Ugly." 


After  looking  over  the  field  very  carefully  we 
have  found  that  Teddy  has  settled  every  national 
problem  except  the  tariff  and  every  international 
problem  except  the  Balkans. 


"1  am  hurrying  home  to  work  for  Wilson  and 
Marsliall  and  Sulzer  and  Glynn,"  writes  W.  R. 
Hearst.  But  if  he  works  for  Sulzer  the  way  he 
has  been  working  for  Wilson,  our  sympathies  are 
at  the  command  of  Sulzer. 


"Wiiat  Ciiristianity  has  failed  to  accomplisii 
Bahaism  has  already  accomplished,"  said  the 
Unitarian  Bradford  Leavitt  in  introducing  Abdul 
Baha  Abbas  to  his  congregation.  And  what  is 
this  great  accomplishment?  Simply  the  teaching 
of  "the  fundamental  unity  of  all  religions."  But 
a  Sunday  school  pupil  could  tell  Dr.  Leavitt  that 
Christianity  never  dreamed  nf  teaching  anything 
of  the  sort. 


In  Los  Angeles  wliere  evil  comes  up  softly  like 
a  flower,  a  censnr  of  public  morals  has  been 
caught  in  a  lapse  from  virtue  much  to  the  in- 
dignation of  the  communtiy.  That's  what  the 
young  man  gets  for  being  momentarily  sobet 
Los  Angeles  is  the  land  of  Cockaigne  where  they 
follow  the  counsel  of  Baudelaire:  Be  always 
drunken — with  wine,  with  poetry  or  with  virtue. 
They  eschew  wine  and  poetry  in  Los  Angeles. 


Governor  Johnson  has  made  a  name  for  him- 
self in  the  East.  But  the  folk  at  home  have  no 
reason  to  be  proud  of  it. 


Dr.  Jordan  says  he  is  going  to  resign  his  uni- 
versity job  to  fight  for  international  peace.  More 
work   for   Rozinante.  Gidap! 


Why  put  a  time  limit  on  the  quafiing  of  foam- 
ing beakers  by  the  frolicsome  breakers  on  the 
Great  Wine  Way?  Some  people  seem  to  be  un- 
der the  delusion  that  the  clock  is  a  sacramental 
killjoy  in  the  interest  of  virtue. 


The  McNamaras  missed  the  opportimity  of 
their  lives  when  they  failed  to  blow  up  the 
Panama  Canal.  That  would  have  been  a  dandy 
social  crime,  a  beautiful  protest  against  war  and 
the  powers  that  be.  Is  there  no  Industrial 
Worker  meditating  on  the  glory  of  such  a  grand 
achievement  ? 


Hearst  has  a  new  issue  of  tremendous  import- 
ance— the  throwing  open  of  public  school  houses 
for  public  meeting  purposes  after  school  hours. 
He  says:  "When  every  American  school  house 
becomes  as  it  should  be  a  pi:)litical  and  civic 
center  the  foundations  of  a  true  people's  govern- 
ment w  ill  be  forever  safe."  Yet  we  are  told  that 
we  are  too  sophisticated  nowadays  for  spread- 
eagle  claptrap.  The  orator  of  the  crossroads  is 
not  dead.  He  is  writing  flubdub  for  the  Hearst 
papers. 


The  Balkans  Today 


■We  were  at  Pirot  in  Servia,  on  the  Bulgarian 
frontier,  and  close  to  the  Turkish  frontier:  a 
town  that  is  strongly  fortified,  and  where  watch 
is  kept  for  agents  and  spies.  The  Servian  journ- 
als were  full  of  the  war  between  Italy  and 
Turkey,  and  suspicious  of  advantage  being  taken 
by  Albanians  and  Austrians,  so  one  had  to  be 
careful.  At  this  Pirot,  in  the  heart  of  the  Bal- 
kan district,  one  was  at  the  heart  of  the  Balkan 
question.  I  was  with  a  man  who  knew  all  the 
surrounding  countries  and  their  tongues,  who 
had  lived  in  Turkey  and  Asia  Minor;  and  grad- 
ually, as  we  visited  primary  schools,  churches, 
and  gymnasiums,  from  his  talk,  and  others  I 
had  had  in  Belgrade  and  Bucharest,  I  obtained 
a  more  lucid  idea  of  these  complications  than  I 
had  before.  The  Balkans  simply  means  the 
mountains.  The  peasants  here  say  "I  am  going 
into  the  Balkans" — i.  e.  the  hills;  hence  the 
difficulty  of  getting  exactly  to  know  what  are  the 
Balkans  locally.  The  Balkan  question  involves 
the  States  of  Austria,  Hungary,  Turkey,  Bul- 
garia, Roumania,  Servia,  Montenegro,  Russia.  It 
is  almost  wholly  a  question  of  race  and  religion 
and  largely,  too,  an  aspiration  after  ancient  dom- 
inion possessed  by  these  different  kingdoms  cen- 
turies ago.  The  territory  in  which  the  smaller 
nations  live  is  beautiful.  Rushing  rivers  flow 
through  awful  gorges  and  defiles;  range  on  range 
of  hills  lead  up  in  involved  masses  to  the  greater 
mountain  chains  where  winter  rules,  as  was 
shown  to  the  world  in  1878,  in  the  war  horrors 
of  the  Shipka  Pass  and  the  heroism  of  Plevna. 


By  James  Baker 

Encircled  by  the  hills  are  rich  valleys  and  vast 
marshy  plains  where  formerly  yellow  fever  was 
plentiful,  but  today  cultivation  has  destroyed  it. 
Through  a  great  part  of  this  Balkan  district  flows 
the  Danube,  and  all  the  States  involved  in  the 
Balkan  question  are  linked  with  or  border  on 
this  fascinating  river;  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina 
are  linked  through  their  Austrian  connection,  and 
Montenegro,  far  from  the  Danube,  is  linked  with 
the  Balkan  t)Ucstion  by  race  relation  with  the 
Slavs. 

The  Balkan  States  are  just  emerging  from  the 
centuries  of  fierce  and  corrupt  Moslem  rule. 
Mosques  are  still  in  these  cities,  and  Oriental 
customs  and  habits  of  thought  still  cling  to  their 
peoples.  Not  fifty  years  have  passed  by  since  the 
power  of  the  Sultan  was  dominant  in  the  Balkans, 
and  this  fact  must  ever  be  remembered  when 
the  state  of  the  towns  and  villages  is  considered; 
and,  being  remembered,  the  great  advance  in  the 
general  welfare  of  the  people,  and  the  develop- 
ments in  the  cities  and  towns  are  deeply  interest- 
ing and  very  remarkable.  This  town  of  Pirot  is, 
as  it  were,  an  advance  guard  of  the  Slav  folk 
against  the  Moslem,  but  it  also  illustrates  the 
division  of  the  Slavs  amongst  themselves,  for  its 
extensive  fortress,  now  partly  a  picturesque  ruin, 
was  only  a  few  years  ago  taken  by  the  Bulgarians 
and  the  next  day  retaken  by  the  Servians  after 
a  fierce  two  days'  bloodshed.  How  suspicious 
they  are  today,  and  even  watchful,  was  proved 
to  me  promptly  by  my  being  accosted  rather 
roughly  in  Servian,  when   1  had  gone  alone  to 


the  outskirts  of  the  town,  and  was  looking  round 
on  the  Bulgarian  hills,  noticing  the  position  of 
the  old  fortress,  and  the  numerous  modern  sunk 
forts  on  the  hills  around.  My  questioner  fol- 
lowed me  back  into  the  town  asking  questions  I 
did  not  understand,  a  gendarme  joining  him,  until 
I  regained  my  friend,  who  then  explained;  and 
he  told  me  the  man  was  a  Government  official  in 
plain  clothes;  there  were  many  spies  from  the 
neighboring  Powers  around  them.  The  civiliza- 
tion or  culture  in  these  towns  in  the  Balkan 
States  is  in  a  transition  state.  Everywhere  one 
sees  the  late  developments  of  science  and  educa- 
tion being  adopted,  towns  are  being  rapidly 
changed.  But  get  on  to  the  outskirts,  or  in  the 
])oorer   quarters    of   these    towns,   and   you  are 

(Continued  on  Page  23.) 


Going  Jib  road? 

To  the  Orient? 

*To  the  Mediterraneati  ? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

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TOWN     1  A  L  K  Octoi*"  1912 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXI— OUR  LADY  OF  THE  GATE 


By  Samuel  J.  Alexander 


(Some  time  ago  a  poem  "To  San  Francisco"  by  Samuel  John  Alexander  of  Beresford  was  published  in  this 
series.  Smce  then  Mr.  Alexander  has  published,  through  A.  M.  Robertson  of  this  city,  a  very  meritorious  volume 
of  poems  entitled  "The  Inverted  Torch  and  Other  Poems."  The  following  which  may  be  termed  a  rhapsody  is  taken 
from  that  volume.) 


While  Still  the  pillars  of  the  earth  endure 
The  deep  foundations  of  Her  house  are  sure 
Though  the  red  flag  of  cosmic  hate  unfurled 
Flash  through  the  caverns  of  the  underworld; 
Though  Titans   struggling  in  the  primal  deeps 
Fling  hill  on  hill,  to  gain  Her  sun-crowned  steeps. 
Still  shall  She  reign.  Our  Lady  of  the  Gate, 
Where  all  things  enter,  come  they  soon  or  late. 
Still  North  and  South,  still  East  and  West  shall 
meet 

To  lay  their  vassal  homage  at  Her  feet. 
Still  Time,  Her  handmaid,  gathe-  to  Her  hands 
The  sea-flung  tribute  of  Her  subject  lands. 
Oh  Thou,  beloved!     Mother  of  many  men, 
Strong  sons,  who  build  Thy  broken  walls  again, 


Who  with  enduring  labor  set  the  base 
Of  all  Thy  future  in  its  ancient  place. 
Temples  to  Hermes  shall  they  build,  to  meet 
The  needs  that  spring  beneath  his  winged  feet. 
Yet  at  those  altars,  where  the  God  receives 
The  tangled  vows  of  traders  and  of  thieves. 
Yea,  even  there,  diviner,  drifted  down 
From  higher  heights,  a  higher  light  may  crown. 
Oh,  may  that  Flower  of  Beauty  that  was  Greece, 
That  Star  of  Splendor  that  was  Rome,  increase, 
And  bloom  familiar  round  Thy  wonted  ways. 
And  shine  above  Thee  with  serencr  rays. 
So  shalt  Thou  hear,  the  while  Thy  walls  aspire, 
The  throbbing  music  of  the  Sun  God's  lyre. 


The  Spectator 


To  Douse  the  Red  Lights 

The  oldest  profession  on  earth  is  soon  to  come 
to  the  end  of  its  days  in  this  State.  This  I  learn 
from  a  letter  and  some  circulars  sent  me  by  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  of  Cali- 
fornia. The  ladies  of  this  ascetic  society  have 
started  what  they  call  "a  campaign"  against 
prostitution.  They  purpose  to  abolish  it  by  legis- 
lation, and  they  ask  me  to  give  support  to  an 
act  to  be  introduced  at  the  next  session  of  the 
legislature.  I  am  told  that  the  proposed  law  is 
similar  to  the  "red  light  injunction  and  abatement 
law  in  Iowa  which  has  proven  effective  in  the 
wiping  out  of  public  prostitution  in  that  State." 
I  am  told  that  the  "chief  advantage  of  this  law 
is  that  any  citizen  with  the  help  of  any  attorney 
he  may  select  may  bring  action  against  the  prop- 
erty owner  who  is  held  responsible  for  the  un- 
lawful use  of  his  property."  The  ladies  of  the 
temperance  union  must  struggle  along  without 
my  assistance.  The  kind  of  reform  that  Herbert 
Spencer  has  described  as  "spontaneous  reform" 
does  not  appeal  to  me.  I  have  no  faith  in  legis- 
lative short-cuts  to  purification  of  morals,  nor  do 
I  approve  a  proposal  to  give  "any  citizen"  and 
"any  attorney"  a  power  that  ought  to  reside  ex- 
clusively in  the  hands  of  the  constituted  author- 
ities. The  law  which  the  ladies  wish  to  have  en- 
acted may  do  more  toward  promoting  blackmail 
than  abating  prostitution.  The  ladies  tell  me 
that  the  law  has  proved  "effective  in  the  wiping 
out  of  public  prostitution  in  Iowa,"  which  may 
be  so,  but  I  cannot  see  what  advantage  is  to  be 
derived  from  making  prostitution  private.  The 
chief  purpose  of  the  campaign,  it  is  sai'd,  is  to 
prevent  the  spread  of  disease,  but  this  is  not  to 
be  accomplished  by  abating  public  prostitution 
and  increasing  the  private  variety.  Like  all  re- 
formers the  ladies  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Tem- 
perance Union  lack  worldly  knowledge.  Their 
law  if  adopted  will  have  an  effect  directly  op- 
posite to  that  which  they  are  aiming  at.  In  this 
matter  they  are  jumping  at  a  wrong  conclusion 
with  the  same  enthusiasm  with  which  they  ad- 
vocated the  abolition  of  the  army  canteen. 


The  Moral  Spasm  in  Chicago 

In  Chicago  there  is  a  law  similar  to  the  one 
which  the  temperance  women  hope  to  have  en- 
acted in  this  State.  What  the  effect  of  the  law 
has  been  may  be  learned  from  a  press  despatch 
in  the  Chronicle  of  last  Tuesday.  It  says:  "Dis- 
position of  the  large  number  of  women  who  have 
left  the  'levee'  is  a  problem.  Many  of  them 
have  sought  lodging  in  hotels  and  boarding- 
houses  in  the  residence  neighborhood."  This  is 
what  may  be  expected  in  any  city  where  the  law 
is  enforced.  The  evil  may  be  scattered  by 
statute,  but  it  is  not  to  be  extirpated  by  that 
means. 


The  Perennial  Problem 

This  social  evil  problem  has  been  solved  many 
times  in  the  minds  of  American  reformers.  At 
the  suggestion  of  doctrinaires  many  laws  have 
been  passed,  some  guaranteed  to  check  the  evil, 
others  designed  to  regulate  it,  not  a  few  to  stamp 
it  out,  but  there  is  not  a  big  city  in  this  country 
where  it  does  not  flourish.  We  arc  no  nearer  to 
the  solution  of  the  problem  today  than  were  the 
sanguine  reformers  in  the  days  of  Lecky,  whose 
views  on  the  subject  might  be  read  to  advantage 
by  the  temperance  women  of  California.  There 
is  one  paragraph  in  the  History  of  European 
Morals  which  has  been  frequently  quoted,  but 
which  will  bear  repetition  at  this  time.  Says 
Lecky: 

"There  has  arisen  in  society  a  figure 
which  is  certainly  the  most  mournful,  and 
in  some  respects  the  most  awful,  upon 
which  the  eye  of  the  moralist  can  dwell. 
That  unhappy  being  whose  very  name  is 
a  shame  to  speak;  who  counterfeits  with 
a  cold  heart  the  transports  of  affection, 
and  submits  herself  as  the  passive  instru- 
ment of  lust;  who  is  scorned  and  insulted 
as  the  vilest  of  her  sex,  and  doomed,  for 
the  most  part,  to  disease  and  abject 
wretchedness  and  an  early  death,  appears 
in  every  age  as  the  perpetual  symbol  of 
the  degradation  and  the  sinfulness  of 
man.    Herself  the  supreme  type  of  vice. 


she  is  ultimately  the  most  efficient  guard- 
ian of  virtue.  But  for  her,  the  unchal- 
lenged purity  of  countless  happy  homes 
would  be  polluted,  and  not  a  few  who.  in 
the  pride  of  their  untempted  chastitj', 
think  of  her  with  an  indignant  shudder, 
would  have  known  the  agony  of  re- 
morse and  of  despair.  On  that  one  de- 
graded and  ignoble  form  are  concentrated 
the  passions  that  might  have  filled  the 
world  with  shame.  She  remains,  while 
creeds  and  civilisations  rise  and  fall, 
the  eternal  priestess  of  humanity,  blasted 
for  the  sins  of  the  people." 


Cocksure  Jordan 

David  Starr  Jordan,  I  see,  is  in  sympathy  with 
this  feminine  reform  movement.  This  is  quite 
natural.  Dr.  Jordan  instinctively  decides  every 
question  on  its  own  basis,  however  narrow,  with 
never  the  slightest  thought  of  the  possibility  of 
light  being  thrown  upon  it  from  principles  more  ex- 
tensive than  itself.  Dr.  Jordan  is  the  greatest 
haphazard  reformer  of  the  age.  He  is  for  every- 
thing that  looks  good  at  first  blush — everything 
from  reforming  orthography  to  improving  the 
instincts  of  the  seals.  Not  in  him  is  there  any 
eagerness  for  comprehensive  inquiry  or  curiosity 
regarding  principles  he  knows  nothing  about. 
Label  a  thing  "Reform"  and  Dr.  Jordan  is  for  it. 
And  so  he  says:  "There  is  no  more  important 
matter  to  come  before  civilized  nations  than  that 
of  the  absolute  extermination  of  the  red  light  dis- 
tricts of  our  cities."  Neither  is  there  any  mat- 
ter more  important  to  come  before  civilized  na- 
tions, according  to  Dr.  Jordan,  than  the  Carnegie 


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system  of  bad  spelling,  not  barring  the  Carnegie 
scheme  for  putting  the  nations  of  the  world  on  a 
perpetual  peace  basis.  The  extermination  of  the 
red  light  districts  is  important  says  Jordan  be- 
cause they  are  plague  spots  and  by  destroying 
them  we  shall  destroy  the  plague.  The  cock- 
sureness  of  Jordan  is  perennial. 


The  Problem  Solved 

If  Dr.  Jordan  will  consult  one  of  Stanford's 
former  professors  he  may  learn  something  worth 
while  with  reference  to  this  very  matter  under 
discussion.  The  professor  is  Earl  Barnes  who 
has  written  a  book  on  "Woman  in  Modern  So- 
ciety." Earl  Barnes  is  one  of  the  cocksure  school 
of  philosophers.  He  is  not  concerned  about  red 
light  districts,  but  unconsciously  he  has  suggested 
a  method  of  accomplishing  the  very  thing  de- 
sired by  Dr.  Jordan  and  the  ladies  of  the  tem- 
perance union.  He  tells  us  that  the  only  com- 
plete realization  of  life  for  both  men  and  women 
lies  in  romantic  love  and  that  to  make  this  real- 
ization possible  we  should  abolish  the  medieval 
system  of  marriage.  Professor  Barnes  is  for  free 
divorce.  He  regards  those  communities  as  "pro- 
gressive and  enlightened"  in  which  divorce  is  in- 
creasing rapidly,  and  he  says  that  in  the  course 
of  time  there  will  be  no  restriction  on  married 
persons.  The  millennium  will  come,  according  to 
Barnes,  when  men  and  women  have  nothing  to 
bind  them  but  mutual  love  for  their  children. 
Now  this  is  the  millennium  that  Dr.  Jordan  should 
seek  to  hasten.  When  divorce  becomes  free  with 
marriage  as  lasting  only  as  passion,  the  oldest 
profession  on  earth  will  fall  into  innocuous 
desuetude. 


The  News  About  the  Call 

Is  it  news?  From  time  to  time  we  heard  that 
John  D.  Spreckels  contemplated  changes  in  the 
management  of  the  Call,  but  nothing  happened. 
Now  the  rumor  is  revived  in  slightly  different 
shape.  It  is  being  told  in  newspaper  circles  that 
Charles  W.  Hornick,  the  general  manager  of  the 
Call,  will  soon  be  succeeded  by  William  Wallace 
Chapin  of  Seattle  and  that  Chapin  will  eventually 
buy  the  paper  from  Spreckels.  This  may  be  true, 
but  you  never  can  tell.  Newspaper  deals  have  a 
way  of  falling  through.  But  there  seems  to  be 
no  doubt  that  Hornick  will  discontinue  the  man- 
agement of  the  paper.  His  health  has  been  very 
bad  of  late,  and  I  understand  that  his  physician 
has  stated  that  he  will  not  live  more  than  three 
months  unless  he  quits  active  work.  I  believe 
that  Hornick  has  decided  to  lease  his  home  here 
and  betake  himself  to  the  European  watering 
places  for  rest  and  recuperation. 


Who  Chapin  Is 

William  Wallace  Chapin  who  is  mentioned  as 
the  man  to  succeed  Hornick  as  general  manager 
of  the  Call,  was  until  recently  general  manager 
and  part  owner  of  the  Seattle  Post-Intelligencer. 
John  L.  Wilson  is  the  principal  owner  of  the 
P.-I.  and,  I  believe,  bought  out  Chapin's  interest 
when  the  latter  decided  to  retire.  Chapin  has  not 
been  in  the  newspaper  business  long  but  he  likes 
it  and  wants  to  have  a  paper  of  his  own.  It  is 
said  that  he  considered  launching  an  afternoon 
daily  in  Seattle,  but  that  after  going  over  the  field 
very  carefully,  he  decided  that  starting  a  new 
paper  was  too  risky  a  business  when  there  were 
papers  already  established  which  might  be  ac- 
quired. Then  followed,  if  the  story  may  be  be- 
lieved, his  dickering  with  John  D.  Spreckels.  It 
is  said  that  Chapin  has  entered  into  a  deal  with 
Spreckels  by  which  he  will  take  over  the  Call  at 
once  with  an  option  of  buying  the  newspaper 
within  one  year.  I  believe  that  Chapin  is  ex- 
pected in  this  city  soon.  He  has  a  lot  of  money; 
his  interest  in  the  F.-I.  brought  him  a  handsome 


sum,  and  he  recently  came  into  a  fortune  through 
the  death  of  a  rich  relative  in  the  East.  There  is  a 
report  in  Seattle  that  Chapin  offered  the  manag- 
ing-editorship of  the  Call  to  Erastus  Brainerd 
who  used  to  be  editor  of  the  P.-I.  Whether  true 
or  not  it  seems  to  indicate  that  Ernest  S.  Simp- 
son, the  present  managing  editor  of  the  Call,  will 
leave  the  paper  with  Hornick.  They  went  to  the 
Call  together  from  the  Chronicle. 


Pinchot  Gives  Up  His  Goat 

Gifted  Pinchot  has  come  away  from  Eureka 
with  no  high  opinion  of  the  intelligence  of  the 
people  of  that  thriving  town.  Their  intelligence 
he  put  to  a  test  while  shedding  on  them  the 
light  of  his  countenance  and  edifying  them  with 
sentiments  dear  to  his  heart.  "All  those  who 
want  to  see  Roosevelt  elected  hold  up  their 
hands,"  said  the  Cabinet  candidate.  That  was  the 
test.  There  were  a  thousand  people  in  the  hall. 
Pinchot  was  able  to  count  not  more  than  fifty 
hands.  He  was  astounded.  He  was  also  peeved. 
He  frowned  on  his  audience,  and  his  face,  never 
at  any  time  good  to  look  at,  resembled  a  gargoyle. 
And  then  as  if  to  rebuke  the  audience  he  ob- 
served that  Roosevelt  would  be  elected  in  No- 
vember. A  storm  of  "Noes"  shook  the  house. 
One  man  got  on  his  feet  and  offered  to  bet  the 
speaker  ten  dollars  on  Wilson.  Pinchot  ignored 
the  proposition,  and  closed  his  speech  with  a  few 
words  on  conservation. 


Huntington  May  Come  Back 

That  Henry  E.  Huntington  may  again  make 
San  Francisco  the  centre  of  his  financial  opera- 
tions some  of  his  friends  in  this  city  believe. 
The  outlook  in  this  city  is  inviting  to  a  man  of 
Huntington's  wealth  and  enterprise,  and  there 
appears  to  be  a  very  good  opening  for  him.  That 
mammoth  corporation  that  was  organized  some 
time  ago  when  "Borax"  Smith  and  Will  Tevis 
combined  forces  under  the  direction  of  llanford 
the  promoter,  is  believed  to  be  very  much  in  need 
of  the  talent  for  organization  that  Huntington 
possesses.  Mr.  Hanford  has  not  succeeded  in 
vitalizing  that  colossal  corporation.  Its  nicely 
engraved  and  artistic  securities  have  not  caused 
any  flurry  among  men  skilled  in  the  imponder- 
abilities of  high  finance,  and  thus  far  there  has 
been  little  done  toward  development  of  the  united 
properties.  Some  months  ago  Mr.  Huntington 
was  induced  to  look  them  over,  and  now  it  is 
said  he  is  thinking  of  buying  the  Hanford  in- 
terests. If  he  does  take  hold  it  is  unlikely  that 
he  will  be  satisfied  with  a  minor  interest.  In- 
deed if  he  is  to  take  part  in  any  deal  at  all  the 
probability  is  that  he  will  take  control. 


The  Passing  of  Lucien  Young 

He  died  a  rear  admiral,  but  it  is  doubtful 
whether  any  of  his  friends  ever  called  him  aught 
but  "Captain."  His  friends  were  scattered  all 
over  the  world,  but  there  were  very  many  of  them 
here.  He  loved  this  city  for  its  cosmopolitan 
gaiety  and  its  easy-going  democracy.  For  he  was 
one  of  the  most  democratic  of  men.  Too  dem- 
ocratic the  snobs  of  the  navy  always  considered 
him.  But  he  laughed  at  them  for  their  pretense, 
their  ram-rod  stiffness  and  their  wouldbe  asser- 
tion of  superior  caste.  So  they  hated  him  and 
did  all  they  could  to  retard  his  promotion.  The 
bureaucrats  at  Washington  held  him  in  bitter 
enmity,  and  when  his  boat,  the  Bennington,  was 
blown  up  in  San  Diego  harbor  they  tried  to 
fasten  the  blame  on  him.  They  failed,  and  he 
was  completely  exonerated.    How  horrified  some 

Physicians  everywhere  recommend  the  Italian- 
Swiss  Colony's  choice  TIPO  (red  or  white)  on 
account  of  its  purity  and  quality.  Ask  your 
grocer  for  TIPO. 


of  his  brothers  in  the  service  were  when  they  saw 
him  on  the  Vallejo  boat  drinking  with  a  scow 
captain  or  passing  pleasantries  with  a  deck  hand. 
The  enlisted  men  in  the  navy  loved  him  for  his 
genuineness,  for  his  bravery  and  for  the  kindly 
way  he  treated  them.  He  liked  to  see  merit 
recognized  by  promotion  from  the  ranks;  and, 
an  Annapolis  man  himself,  never  stopped  to  in- 
quire whether  a  brother  oflficer  had  gone  through 
college  before  extending  to  him  the  considera- 
tion which  his  worth  deserved. 


A  Typical  Sea  Dog 

The  stories  of  his  bravery  arc  part  of  our  naval 
annals.  For  that  Huron  affair  he  was  voted  a 
medal  of  the  first  class  by  Congress  and  from 
his  native  and  beloved  State  of  Kentucky  he  re- 


Dutch  Apple  Cake 

One  traveling  in  Europe  sees  much  of  the  Dutch 
Apple  Cake.  It  is  fruity,  easily  digested,  and  alto- 
gether a  wholesome  dish.  The  crust  is  important. 
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ceivcd  a  sword  and  an  honorary  membership  in 
the  Legislature.  He  was  the  youngest  man  of 
his  rank  in  the  service  despite  the  fact  that  pro- 
motion came  to  him  slowly.  The  bureaucrats 
sent  him  from  Mare  Island  to  Pensacola  to  side- 
track him,  but  they  could  not  withhold  from  him 
the  rank  of  rear  admiral  which  was  his  due.  He 
was  a  typical  old  sea  dog  who  loved  fighting, 
drinking  and  story  telling.  There  never  was  a 
better  raconteur  or  a  sounder  judge  of  good 
whiskj'.  How  contemptuous  he  was  of  cellar 
made  goods!  He  had  some  curious  notions.  One 
was  that  the  reason  Manila  cigars  were  not  as 
popular  as  they  should  be  in  the  United  States 
was  because  they  had  become  seasick  on  the  way 
over!  He  insisted  that  they  had  to  rest  after 
the  voyage  to  regain  their  flavor. 


He  Was  Known  Everywhere 

He  knew  the  great  men,  tile  men  worth  while, 
in  every  countrj'.  He  could  go  nowhere  that  he 
was  not  hailed  with  delight.  Whenever  he  set 
foot  in  Honolulu  the  whole  populace  seemed  to 
turn  oul  to  grasp  him  by  the  hand  and  pledge  his 
health.  He  used  to  tell  how  he  was  once  cross- 
ing the  wild  mountains  of  South  America  with 
a  pack  train  and  two  mozos  and  came  one  after- 
noon to  a  mean  shack  in  a  most  God-forsaken 
part  of  the  route.  A  dirty,  hairy,  savage-looking 
man  came  out  at  his  call.  Captain  Young  asked 
for  shelter  and  food  and  drink.  "You're  Lucien 
Young,  ain't  you?"  asked  the  man.  It  turned  out 
that  the  hermit  was  a  New  Yorker  who  had  fled 
the  law  at  the  time  of  the  Jake  Sharp  graft  ex- 
posures. And  so  it  was  .everywhere.  In  the 
most  unlikely  places  he  ran  into  people  who  knew 
him.  In  this  connection  let  me  give  some  verses 
which  I  have  never  seen  in  print.    I  have  had 


them  a  long  time,  and  don't  know  who  wrote 
them.    Tliej'  are  addressed 

To  Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy 
I. 

I've  sailed  the  wide  seas  over. 

Been  in  many  a  foreign  land; 
The  Tartar's  yell  and  the  Hindoo's  howl 

I've  managed  to  understand. 
And  in  many  tongues  tliis  question. 

With  his  praises  has  been  sung; 
"Do  you  know  an  American  over  there 

"By  the  name  of  Lucien  ^'oung?" 

"Wha-at?     Lucien  Young  of  the  Xavy? 

"Wh-o?    Captain  Young  of  the  Hist? 
"Why,  we  point  with  pride  on  the  other  side 

"To  Lucient  Young  who  rules  the  tide, 
"(Be  the  tide  of  wine  or  the  deep  sea's  brine), 

"To  Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy." 

II. 

In  Russia  and  in  Germany, 

Witik  their  vodka  and  tlieir  beer. 
They  do  such  stunts  of  drinking 

As  are  seldom  witnessed  here. 
But  there's  one  man  they  remember, 

And  their  heads  with  shame  have  hung, 
When  they  asked,  "Do  you  know  an  American 

"By  the  name  of  Lucien  Young?" 

"Wlia-t?    Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy? 

"Who-o?   Captain  Young  of  the  Hist? 
"Then  a  friend  of  his  is  a  friend  of  mine. 

"And  we'll  pledge  his  luck  in  tlie  foaming 
wine. 

"Here's  a  toast  at  la.st  shall  not  be  passed, 
"To  Lucien  Young  of  the  Navj-." 


in. 

In  Yokohama  one  fine  eve  I  was  feeling  rather 
tacky 

And  I  made  some  sign  to  Geisha  girl 
To  join  me  in  some  saki. 

She  toddled  over  to  my  side,  and  this  query  on 
me  sprung: 
"You  savee  'Melican  man,  allee  samee 

"By  nainee  Lucy  Young?" 

"W-h-a-t?    Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy? 

'W-h-h-o?    Captain  Young  of  the  Hist? 
"If  you'll  only  take  the  trouble  to  look, 

"You'll  find  his  name  in  the  spelling-book." 
And  I  clinked  the  glass  of  the  slant-eyed  lass. 

To — Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy. 

IV. 

In  Chile,  Spain,  Alaska,  in  Java  and  Samar, 
In  Honolulu,  Hudson  Bay,  Port  Said  or  Zan- 
zibar, 

In  every  sort  of  gibberish  I've  heard  this  ques- 
tion sprung: 
"Do  you  know  a  man  in  your  countree 
"By  the  name  of  Lucien  Young?" 

"Wha-t?     Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy? 

"Wh-o?   Lucien  Young  of  the  Hist? 
"Oh,  yes,  he'll  put  you  up  for  the  night, 

"And  he'll  put  you  under  the  table  all  right, 
"So  here's  to  his  health,  hjng  life  and  wealth, 

"To  Lucien  Young  of  the  Navy." 


[n  a  Havana  Sewer 

So  much  credit  was  given  to  General  Leonard 
Wood  for  the  cleaning  up  of  Havana  after  the 
war  that  the  part  the  navy  played  in  that  cam- 
paign of  sanitation  has  been  ignored.  It  was 
found  necessary  to  clean  out  the  sewers  which 
were  a  menace  to  health,  and  the  bluejackets 
were  ordered  from  the  ships  in  the  harbor  to  do 
the  work.  They  didn't  fancy  the  job  at  all,  and 
stood  about  uncertainly,  fingering  their  shovels. 
Captain  Young  took  in  the  situation.  "Here, 
give  me  a  shovel."  he  cried;  "I'll  show  you  hew 
to  do  it."  And  he  jumped  down  a  manhole  and 
set  to  work.  Out  of  pure  shame  the  men  had 
to  follow  his  example,  and  the  work  was  well 
done. 


Mixed  Drinks  in  St.  Petersburg 

( )nce  when  Young  was  at  St.  Petersburg  a 
grand  banquet  was  given  to  the  naval  oflicers  by 
the  Russian  nobles  at  Tsarkoe  Selo.  Young  sat 
ne.\t  to  a  grand  duke  who  plied  him  with  vodka 
with  the  evident  intention  of  getting  him  drunk. 
The  grand  duke  was  curious  about  American 
mixed  drinks,  had  never  tasted  any.  Could  Cap- 
tain Young  mix  him  a  cocktail?  Captain  Young 
admitted  that  he  was  a  skilled  mixologist.  So 
he  took  champagne  and  mixed  it  with  catsup, 
salt  and  pepper.  The  grand  duke  was  delighted. 
F.\ery  time  Young  drank  a  glass  of  vodka  the 
grand  duke  punished  one  of  Young's  cocktails. 
The  catsup  was  soon  exhausted,  so  Captain  Young 
substituted  tabasco  sauce  or  Worcestershire  as 
the  fancy  seized  him.  "After  a  while  I  began 
tf)  feel  the  effect  of  the  vodka,"  he  would  say  in 
telling  the  story.  "First  I  noticed  the  salt  cellar 
running  round  my  plate.  Then  the  pepper  shaker 
began  chasing  the  salt  cellar.  Pretty  soon  all 
the  bottles  were  playing  ring-around-with-Rosy. 
The  last  I  remembered  was  the  grand  duke  still 
sitting  there  perfectly  sober  and  smacking  his 
lips  over  one  of  my  cocktails." 


Mosher  on  Mrs.  Atherton 

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at  Portland,  Maine,  paid  his  disrespects  to  Gert- 
rude Atherton  in  the  September  number  of  his 


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October  12,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


little  publication  which  was  devoted  to  two  stories 
by  Ernest  Dowson.  "There  is  one  aspect  of 
Dowson's  case,"  says  Mosher  in  his  foreword, 
"that  we  may  at  once  grapple  and  have  done 
with.  Considerable  rubbish  at  all  times  has  been 
printed  on  the  literary  genius  gone  wrong.  It 
was  reserved  for  the  author  of  The  Gorgeous  Isle 
to  rake  in  the  ashes  of  the  poet's  lamentable  life 
and  seek,  as  it  would  seem,  to  justify  her  ways; 
assuredly  not  of  God  to  man.  but  rather  of  the 
enterprising  novelist  keen  fur  sensational  ad- 
vertising 'copy.'  In  an  interview  graciously 
granted  the  New  York  Times  reporter,  December 
12,  1908,  we  see  this  lady  'sitting  in  her  apartment 
at  the  Hotel  Wellington,'  giving  an  absurd  theory 
of  the  sources  of  inspiration  of  the  poor  little 
wretch  of  a  poet  who  was  only  at  white  heat 
when  drunk.  The  'Warner'  whose  experience  in 
her  book  'is  wholly  founded  on  fact'  seems  to 
iiave  been  two  persons  in  one;  Dowson  and  an- 
other whose  name  is  not  given,  but  whom  we  may 
confidently  take  to  have  been  no  less  a  person- 
age than  the  late  Algernon  Charles  Swinburne. 
We  can  safely  leave  the  d'"ad  Swinburne  to  his 
friend,  Mr.  Theodore  VVati_-Duntr]n,  and  we  can 
just  as  safely  affirm  that  the  notion  of  a  man 
being  able  to  write  anything  worth  while  when 
under  the  influence  of  drink  is,  at  least,  a  very 
doubtful  assertion.  It  certainly  was  not  so  with 
Rossctti  or  Poe.  Do  you  believe  it  likely  to  have 
been  so  with  Francis  Tliompson  or  Ernest  Dow- 
son ?" 


A  Chance  for  Mrs.  Atherton 

Here  is  a  chance  for  Mrs.  Atherton.  As  slie  is 
a  painstaking  student  of  human  nature  and  re- 
sourceful in  argument,  I  have  no  doubt  of  the 
result  if  she  undertakes  to  pulverize  the  claims 
of  Mr.  Mosher.  I  have  heard  Mrs.  Atherton  say 
that  both  Swinburne  and  Dowson  did  actually 
write  good  poetry  "while  the  booze  burned  in 
the  brain,"  as  Louis  Robertson  put  it.  In  fact 
she  has  told  me  that  Swinburne  ceased  to  write 
good  poetry  when  Theodore  Watts-Dunton  car- 
ried him  off  to  the  country  and  undertook  to 
cure  him  of  the  drink  habit.  A  comparison  of 
dates  will  show  that  Swinburne  ceased  to  do  the 
sort  of  work  which  made  him  immortal  just  about 
the  time  that  Watts-Dunton  pinned  a  blue  rib- 
bon on  him.  As  for  Dowson  his  latter  days  were 
pretty  nearly  (jnc  long  glorious  jag,  if  what  I 
have  heard  from  men  who  knew  him  is  true.  So 
there  may  be  a  good  deal  of  assumption  as  well 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 


RYE 

RIPE,  RICH,  MELLOW 


Sold  at  all  first-class  cafes  and  by  jobbers 
VVM.  LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


as  petty  malice  in  what  Mr.  Mother  of  Maine  says 
about  Mrs.  Atherton.  I  hope  that  the  author  of 
The  Gorgeous  Isle  will  pause  in  her  political 
labors  long  enough  to  reply  to  him. 


Rudolph  Wants  to  Know 

It  is  impossible  not  to  be  in  accord  with  Mr. 
Rudolph  Spreckels  at  times  either  in  his  affec- 
tions or  his  antipathies.  For  Mr.  Spreckels  is 
variable  of  temperament.  At  present  there  are 
many  people  in  accord  with  Mr.  Spreckels  who 
were  never  so  before.  They  are  in  accord  with 
him  in  his  attitude  toward  the  Johnson  adminis- 
tration and  toward  his  old  ally,  the  Colonel,  who 
used  to  send  him  telegrams  for  publication  in 
the  Bulletin,  telling  him  what  a  noble  citizen 
he  was  and  what  great  work  he  was  doing  for  the 
dear  people.  Johnson  and  Teddy  have  become 
detestable  to  Mr.  Spreckels,  and  the  Bulletin,  by 
which  he  was  so  often  guaranteed  in  the  past,  he 
regards  as  intolerable.  Nowadays  Mr.  Spreckels 
is  getting  a  good  deal  of  pleasure  out  of  life 
girding  at  his  old  cronies  and  holding  up  their 
pretensions  to  public  ridicule.  Mr.  Spreckels  has 
become  a  facile  writer,  and  he  turns  out  readable 
stuff;  as,  for  instance,  his  open  letter  to  Governor 
Johnson  in  which  he  demands  information  as  to 
the  governor's  intentions  with  regard  to  Abe  Ruef 
and  the  McNamaras.  According  to  Mr.  Spreck- 
els the  governor  is  playing  both  ends  against  the 
middle,  thus  cultivating  for  political  purposes  the 
friends  of  Ruef  who  wish  to  see  him  pardoned  and 
also  the  men  who  wish  to  see  him  kept  in  jail. 
Mr.  Spreckels  says  that  though  the  governor 
promised  Lincoln  Steffens  that  he  would  pardon 
the  McNamaras,  he  has  since  said  that  he  did  not 
intend  to  pardon  them.  Mr.  Spreckels  calls  on 
the  governor  to  "declare  in  unequivocal  terms  his 
true  attitude  on  both  of  these  matters."  The 
governor  may  make  reply,  but  I  doubt  it.  He 
is  very  busy  singing  Onward,  Christian  Soldiers. 
Besides  in  this  campaign  Mr.  Spreckels  is  a 
lieretic. 


A  New  Member 

The  Bulletin  which  once  upon  a  time,  conceiv- 
ing Mr.  Spreckels  to  be  but  little  lower  than 
the  angels,  basked  proudly  and  ostentatiously  in 
the  soft  radiance  of  his  aureole,  took  occasion 
promptly  on  the  appearance  of  his  open  letter  to 
elect  him  to  membership  in  the  Ananias  Club. 
Says  my  contemporary:  "The  Bulletin  is  in  a  posi- 
tion and  therefore  informs  Mr.  Spreckels  and  the 
public  that  Lincoln  Steffens  never  visited  or  talked 
with  Governor  Johnson  by  telephone  or  other- 
wise while  he  was  on  his  recent  trip  to  Cali- 
fornia and  that  therefore  he  could  not  and  did  not 
discuss  the  McNamara  case  with  him  either  to  ask 
for  a  pardon  or  for  any  other  purpose."  Thus  does 
my  contemporary  betray  its  clairvoyant  power. 
It  "is  in  a  position  to  know."  Some  sort  of 
ethereal  position  manifestly  it  must  be,  for  cer- 
tainly the  Bulletin  could  not  know  unless  it  played 
the  part  of  invisible  guardian  angel  either  to 
Steffens  or  the  governor  during  the  muckraker's 
last  visit.  But  assuming — and  this  is  what  gives 
a  naive  touch  to  the  statement — assuming  that 
what  the  Bulletin  says  is  true  it  does  not  follow 
that  Mr.  Spreckels  is  a  liar,  for  Mr.  Spreckels  has 
not  said  that  the  interview  between  Steffens  and 
Johnson  took  place  on  the  occasion  of  the  muck- 
raker's  last  visit.  Both  Johnson  and  Steffens  have 
been  wandering  all  over  the  country.  They  may 
have  met  in  a  hundred  places.  Moreover  Steffens 
has  been  in  California  more  than  once  since  the 
McNamaras  went  to  the  penitentiary.  But 
doubtless  Mr.  Spreckels  is  able  to  take  care  of 
himself.  He  will  probably  have  something  more 
to  say  on  the  subject. 


The  Old  City  Cemetery 

Taking  my  cue  from  what  my  friend  the  Man 
Who  Winds  the  Ferry  Clock  told  me  last  week 
about  the  history  of  the  Sailors'  Home,  I  went 
out  to  the  old  City  Cemetery  to  have  a  look  at 
the  grave  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Lambert.  For  years 
Mrs.  Lambert  was  the  good  angel  of  the  sailor 
lads,  and  when  she  died  she  was  buried  among 
them.  That  indefatigable  erector  of  monuments, 
the  late  Dr.  Cogswell,  commemorated  her  in 
wrought  iron,  a  fact  of  which  I  was  ignorant  till 
the  Clock  Winder  told  me  about  it.  The  old 
City  Cemetery  is  now  Lincoln  Park,  and  it  is 
indubitably  one  of  the  city's  most  attractive 
beauty  spots.  With  the  exception  of  the  Lambert 
grave  and  monument  only  a  broken  slab  or  two 
remain  to  tell  the  stranger  that  Lincoln  Park  was 
once  a  city  of  the  dead.  Its  grassy  slopes  are 
given  over  to  golfers  and  a  few  children;  oc- 
casionally an  automobile  climbs  its  road  so  that 
the  motorists  may  enjoy  the  view.  I  don't  know 
where  you  can  get  a  more  glorious  view  in  San 
Francisco.  From  the  summit  of  the  park  you 
have  a  feast  of  water  and  hill  scenery  that  is 
enough  to  inspire  a  poet.  The  Marin  coast.  Point 
Bonita,  Fort  Point,  the  Golden  Gate  and  the 
city's  hills  are  spread  out  before  you.  The  "bare, 
brown  hills"  that  run  down  to  Baker's  Beach, 
Lone  Mountain,  Parnassus  Heights,  the  sandy 
elevations  south  of  Golden  Gate  Park  are  all  at 
the  command  of  your  eye.  If  you  don't  know 
this  wondrous  view  hasten  to  get  acquainted  with 
it. 


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The  Lambert  Monument 

Dr.  Cogswell,  ridiculed  as  he  has  been  for  his 
monumental  monstrosities,  must  have  been  some- 
thing of  a  poet  after  all;  otherwise  he  would 
never  have  picked  out  the  ideal  spot  for  the  shaft 
to  Mrs.  Lambert.  It  rises  just  south  of  the  high- 
est point  in  the  park  and  consists  of  a  wrought 
iron  column  on  a  granite  base.  It  bears  the 
following  inscription: 

Presented 
to  the 
Ladies'  Seaman's 
Friend  Society  by 
Dr.  Henry  D.  Cogswell 

A  Landmark  Ot  The 
Seaman's    Last  Earthly 
Port  And  Resting-Place 
In  Which  He  Awaits  The 
.\dvent  Of  The  Great  Pilot 
For  His  Eternal  Destiny. 

Dedicated  To 
Mrs.  Rebecca  H.  Lambert, 
The   Founder  Of   This  Society, 
Who,  By  Universal  Consent, 
Has  Merited  The  Unqualified 
And  Lasting  Gratitude  Of 
The  Seaman's  Friend   For  Her 
Unselfish  And  Lifelong 
Devotion  To  Their  Cause. 

Next  to  this  monument  in  a  square  formed  by 
evergreens  is  the  grave  of  Mrs.  Lambert:  the 
name  Lambert  is  carved  on  the  granite  coping. 


An  Indignant  Italian 

The  visitors  from  Victoria  attended  the  per- 
formance of  "Conchita"  at  the  Cort  last  Tuesday 
night.  Before  the  overture  the  orchestra  took 
formal  notice  of  their  presence  by  playing  "God 
Save  the  King"  and  the  audience  did  them  the 
courtesy  of  standing  up.  Then  "The  Star 
Spangled  Banner"  was  played  and  everybody 
stood  up  again.  After  that  the  overture  started. 
But  an  Italian  in  the  gallery  took  offense.  Here 
was  an  Italian  opera  sung  by  an  Italian  company, 
and  there  was  no  recognition  of  Italy.  "Why  you 
no  play  Italia  march?"  he  shouted  in  indignation. 
It  was  some  time  before  he  could  understand  the 
explanation  volunteered  by  his  better  posted 
neighbors. 


A  Derangement  of  Epitaphs 

I  quote  from  that  airy-fairy  persifleur  Cholly 
Francisco  of  the  Examiner:  "The  play  and  the 
play  alone  is  the  thing,  and  everything  else  is  leather 
and  prunella — or  something  to  that  effect — is 
the  way  a  certain  Englishman — no,  he  was  Irish — 
stated  the  situation."  Accurate  quotation  may 
savor  of  pedantry  in  the  exclusive  circles  which 
Cholly  honors,  but  I  cannot  help  setting  him 
right.  If  Cholly  will  look  into  his  Hamlet  he 
will  find  "The  play's  the  thing."  Then  if  he 
looks  into  Pope's  Essay  on  Man  he  will  find 

Worth  makes  the  man,  and  want  of  it  the  fellow; 
The  rest  is  all  but  leather  or  prunello. 

May  I  add  that  neither  Shakespeare  nor  Pope 
was  an  Irishman? 


He  Needs  the  Money 

I  have  been  told  that  Alexander  Heinemann, 
the  great  lieder  singer  who  was  at  the  Orpheum 
last  week,  went  into  vaudeville  for  the  very  sim- 
ple and  satisfactory  reason  that  he  needed  the 
money.  The  story  is  that  Heinemann  was  vic- 
timized by  an  Easterner  with  whom  he  had  busi- 
ness connections,  his  loss  amounting  to  about 
$20,000.  That  wiped  out  all  the  profits  of  his 
last  American  tour,  and  he  would  have  started 
across  the  Atlantic  to  fill  his  European  engage- 
ments practically  penniless  had  not  Martin  Beck 
obtained  his  ear  at  the  psychological  moment  and 
unfolded  to  him  a  means  of  putting  money  in  his 
purse.  Heinemann  didn't  like  the  notion  of  go- 
ing into  vaudeville,  but  he  was  hard  up  and  the 
liberal  offer  made  by  Beck  proved  irresistible. 


Cabaniss  Tagged 

"Do  not  interrupt  the  witness,"  roared  Assist- 
ant District  Attorney  Jim  Brennan. 

"I  am  not  interrupting  the  witness,"  retorted 
Attorney  Tom  O'Connor. 

"You  are  interrupting  the  witness,"  ruled  Judge 
Cabaniss. 

"I  submit  to  the  authority  of  the  court,"  replied 
O'Connor;  "for  your  honor  is  an  artist  in  inter- 
ruptions." 


Club  Jealousy? 

The  members  of  the  Family  are  wondering 
whether  a  certain  prominent  member  of  the 
Bohemian  Club  was  indulging  in  a  sarcastic  refer- 
ence aimed  at  the  Family  men  on  the  occasion 
of  the  After  Glow  jinks  a  few  nights  ago.  The 
After  Glow  is  a  jinks  given  every  year  a  month 
or  so  after  the  Grove  Play.  At  the  conclusion 
of  this  year's  After  Glow  which  was  quite  a  suc- 
cess, the  prominent  Bohemian  announced  that 
the  jinks  would  be  repeated  for  the  benefit  of 
"the  Fourth  Methodist  Church."  The  members 
of  th^  Family  who  were  present  did  not  join  the 
Bohemians  in  the  laugh  which  followed.  Rightly 
or  wrongly  they  interpreted  the  remark  as  an  ill- 
natured  reference  to  the  entertainment  they  gave 
two  weeks  ago  for  the  benefit  of  the  new  Catholic 
Church  at  Portola. 


A  New  Name 

They  were  discussing  Brown,  his  charming 
manners,  and  his  lack  of  moral  responsibility  in 
all  matters  connected  with  money.  "He  means 
to  be  honest  as  the  sun,"  said  one  of  his  friends, 
"but  he  doesn't  get  around  to  paying  his  debts." 

"He  ought  not  to  have  any  debts,"  said  another 
man.  "He  ought  to  have  what  my  boy  in  college 
wrote  me  for  the  other  day — 'Kathleen  Mavour- 
neen'  loans." 

"What  are  they?"  asked  one  of  the  party. 

"A  Kathleen  Mavourneen  loan  'may  be  for 
years  and  it  may  be  forever,' "  said  the  father. 


Hobb — Your  wife  looks  like  a  well-built  woman. 
Nobb — Yes;  but  you  should  have  seen  her  dur- 
ing the  course  of  construction. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  MORITZ  NICKELSIiURG,  Deceased— No. 
14114  N.  S. ;   Dept.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Melvil  S. 
Xickelsburg,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all 
persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  executor 
at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  room  71.? 
Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected 
with  the  said  estate  of  Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased. 

MELVIL  S.  NICKELSBURG, 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Moritz  Nickels- 
burg, deceased. 
Dated,  October  12,  1912. 
HELLER,    POWERS   &  EHRMAN, 
-■\ttorneys    for  Executor, 

Nevada  Bank  Building,  San  Francisco.  10-12-5 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the    City   and   County    of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW. 
Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County:  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GALE, 

Attorneys  for  Plaintiff.  8-17-10 


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NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  JOHN  H.  RIORDAN.  Deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  Administrator 
of  the  estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  deceased,  to  the  creditors 
of  and  all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased, 
to  exhibit  them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said 
Administrator  at  the  office  of  his  attorneys,  Geo.  F.  Hatton 
and  Hartley  F.  Peart,  514-518  Humboldt  Bank  Building, 
San  Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  deceased. 

PATRICK  J.  RIORDAN, 
Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  John  H.  Riordan,  Deceased. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  September  7,  1912. 
GEO.  F.  HATTON  and  HARTLEY  F.  PEART, 
Attorneys  for  Administrator, 

514-518  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco.  9-7-S 


October  12,  1912 


She  Scented  Naughtiness 

If  Felton  Elkins  would  only  say  that  he  ex- 
pected to  get  married — as  rumor  persists  in  put- 
ting it — he  wouldn't  have  anything  like  the  dif- 
ficulty he  seems  to  be  having  in  trying  to  rent  a 
palatial  apartment.  In  negotiating  for  a  ten 
room  apartment  last  week  he  admitted  inad- 
vertently that  it  was  just  for  "himself  and  his 
valet."  "O,  I  couldn't  think  of  renting  it  to 
you"  exclaimed  the  woman  who  owned  it;  "this 
isn't  Paris." 


A  Salesgirl  De  Luxe 

Mrs.  Phoebe  Binney  Harnden  is  working  as  a 
salesgirl  in  one  of  our  big  department  stores. 
This  news  is  of  particular  interest  to  graduates 
of  the  University  of  California  who  remember 
Phoebe  Binney  as  the  belle  of  the  campus.  When 
she  was  at  the  University  a  few  years  ago  Phoebe 
Binney  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  most  brilliant  of  the  coeds.  She  was  presi- 
dent of  the  women's  student  body,  prominent  in 
sorority  life  and  active  in  all  sorts  of  collegiate 
doings.  And  now  she  is  a  salesgirl  in  a  depart- 
ment store.  But  before  you  shed  the  ready  tear 
let  me  explain  that  Phoebe  Binney  Harnden  was 
not  driven  to  toil  by  dire  necessity.  Far  from 
it.  She  has  quite  a  large  fortune  and  just  before 
her  recent  marriage  to  Robert  Harnden  of  Berk- 
eley she  made  a  leisurely  tour  of  the  world,  taking 
a  girl  friend  along  for  company.  No,  Mrs.  Harn- 
den is  working  in  the  department  store  as  a  sales- 
girl de  luxe.  She  has  been  taking  a  seminar 
course  at  the  University  and  has  become  inter- 
ested in  social  problems.  The  status  of  the  sales- 
girl, about  which  so  much  is  written  these  days, 
appealed  to  her  as  a  subject  worthy  of  investiga- 
tion. Does  the  salesgirl  receive  a  living  wage? 
Is  she  exposed  to  insults  from  male  customers? 
Are  the  temptations  in  her  path  too  strong  for 
her  to  resist?  Mrs.  Harnden  decided  that  the 
only  way  to  find  answers  to  these  questions  was 
to  go  and  be  a  salesgirl.  So  a  salesgirl  she  be- 
came. On  the  first  day  of  her  adventure  two  of 
her  girl  friends  were  discussing  the  unconven- 
tional move.  "Oh,  dear,"  said  one,  "I'm  just 
crazy  to  see  Phoebe  and  find  out  what  happened. 
I'm  longing  to  ask  her  whether  anybody  insulted 
her!" 


Signing  Up  Dancing  Men 

We  have  fallen  upon  hard  times  socially.  The 
scarcity  of  dancing  men  in  the  Greenway  set 
amounts  to  a  positive  famine.  The  greatest 
finesse  and  diplomacy  are  necessary  on  the  part 
of  the  most  attractive  girls  in  order  to  procure 
even  mediocre  partners  for  their  waltzes  and 
two-steps,  while  eligible  partis  have  become  so 
elusive  and  expensive  that  the  fathers  of  some 
of  the  debutantes  are  demurring  at  the  value  that 
these  young  men  place  upon  themselves  merely 
as  ornamental  accessories.  A  girl  must  now  give 
a  large  and  elaborately  appointed  dinner  before 


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TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

a  Bachelor  and  Benedick  ball  in  order  to  be  as- 
sured of  as  many  dances  as  she  has  men  at  her 
table — and  in  few  cases  does  she  have  any  more, 
maneuver  as  she  will.  Every  Greenway  bachelor 
is  already  pledged  as  a  dinner  guest  preceding 
all  of  the  balls  of  the  season  and  the  best  of 
them  were  all  "taken"  by  the  early  birds  who 
had  the  foresight  to  invite  them  as  long  ago  as 
last  winter.  Imagine  the  desperate  state  of  af- 
fairs that  necessitates  asking  a  man  to  dinner 
six  months  before  the  date  of  a  ball  in  order  to 
be  sure  of  having  a  partner  for  one  dance!  If 
Horace  Greely  were  alive  he  would  surely  change 
his  tune  from  "Go  West,  Young  Man"  to  "Girls, 
Go  East." 


Photo,  lioye 


MISS  DAISY  K.  ADAMS 

Who  gave  a  reading  of  "Salome"  at  the  Sorosis  Club 
Alonday  afternoon. 

Anent  Three  Army  Bachelors 

Major  Leon  Roudiez,  Captain  Murray  Bald- 
win and  Captain  Harry  Howland  were  a  trio  of 
army  officers  rated  as  three  most  popular  bach- 
elors in  service  circles  here  last  winter,  and  in 
local  society  where  they  were  welcomed  most 
cordially  they  were  the  rivals  of  every  civilian- 
beau  in  the  smart  set.  But  matrimonial  im- 
munity was  conceded  them  when  they  danced 
through  the  entire  season  without  succumbing 
to  the  fascinations  of  the  buds  and  belles  to 
whom  they  were  apparently  devoted.  Captain 
Baldwin's  penchant  was  for  the  girls  of  the 
debutante  set,  and  he  had  one  or  two  narrow 
escapes — going  to  the  very  brink  of  an  engage- 
ment with  one  pretty  girl.  Major  Roudiez's  at- 
tentions to  an  interesting  widow  who  left  last 
week  for  New  York  to  spend  the  winter  was 
very  marked  up  to  the  sailing  time  of  his  regi- 
ment, the  30th  Infantry— a  few  months  ago— but 
he    departed    alone.    Foreign    stations  however 

Give  a  Hallowe'en  Party  on  October  31st:  Your 
friends  will  enjoy  the  jolly  time.  All  kinds  of  ap- 
propriate candy  boxes  and  favors  at  Geo.  Haas 
&  Sons'  four  Candy  Stores. 


If 


have  taken  all  of  the  heroics  out  of  them  as  far 
as  bachelorhood  is  concerned.  Captain  Baldwin 
was  ordered  to  the  wilds  of  Mindinao  in  the 
Philippines  with  the  8th  Infantry — and  in  two 
months  he  sent  for  a  girl  to  come  all  the  way 
from  California  to  marry  him.  Now  comes  the 
news  that  Major  Roudiez,  banished  last  month 
to  the  frozen  wastes  of  Alaska  for  two  years' 
service,  induced  Miss  Lulu  Gray  Horan  of  Bronx- 
ville  who  was  visiting  friends  at  the  fort  to  be- 
come his  bride  after  an  acquaintance  of  only  two 
weeks.  Unless  Captain  Howland  is  ordered 
away  from  San  Francisco  to  some  desolate  army 
post  he  may  cling  to  his  bachelor  freedom  for 
another  season — or  at  any  rate  until  he  decides 
between  one  of  the  pretty  heiresses  who  makes 
her  home  at  the  Fairmont  and  the  fascinating 
little  Spanish  beauty  who  came  here  recently 
from  the  South. 


Charlie  Clark  and  His  Books 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Clark  have  returned 
from  Europe  to  their  beautiful  San  Mateo  home. 
They  Iiave  brought  with  them  a  lot  of  rare  books 
and  editions  de  luxe.  Charlie  Clark  is  as  fond 
of  books  as  he  is  of  horses.  He  can  talk  in- 
cunabula with  an  expert,  and  knows  a  valuable 
first  edition  from  a  worthless  one  as  well  as  some 
of  our  librarians.  His  library  at  El  Palomar  is 
one  of  the  best  in  California.  Mrs.  Clark  who 
was  Cecilia  Tobin  shares  his  enthusiasm  for 
rare  volumes  and  helped  him  gather  additions 
to  the  home  library  during  the  recent  tour  abroad. 
I  am  reminded  that  she  nearly  lost  one  of 
Charlie's  treasures  some  time  ago.  It  was  the 
first  edition  of  Thackeray's  "Funeral  of  Nap- 
leon,"  one  of  the  rarest  items  in  Clark's  splendid 
collection  of  Thackerayana.  Mrs.  Clark  took  it 
to  the  Burlingame  Country  Club  one  day.  She 
read  it  at  the  club  house  but  thoughtlessly  left 
it  on  a  chair  when  she  went  out  on  the  links  and 
motored  home  without  it.  When  the  loss  was 
discovered  Charlie  and  his  wife  were  in  despair. 
But  the  next  day  it  was  returned  by  a  non-lit- 
erary chauffeur  who  was  handsomely  rewarded. 


A  Beautiful  Salome 

It  is  rarely  indeed  that  I  screw  my  courage  to 
the  point  of  invading  a  woman's  club,  but  having 
been  bidden  to  the  Sorosis  on  Monday  for  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to  a  recitation  of  Oscar 
Wilde's  "Salome,"  I  took  my  boldness  in  both 
hands  and  went.  I  am  not  going  to  gild  the  re- 
fined gold  of  my  bravery  by  telling  just  how  few 
men  were  in  the  audience  beside  myself.  Suffice 
it  that  the  very  attractive  assembly  hall  of  the 
dear  ladies  of  the  Sorosis  was  filled  with  an  eager 
audience.  "Salome"  was  given  by  Mrs.  Daisy 
Kimball  Adams,  a  statuesque  woman  of  unusual 
attractiveness  reinforced  by  mental  brilliancy. 
Mrs.  Adams  does  for  Wilde's  "Salome"  what  Mar- 
shall Darrach  does  for  "The  Tempest"  and  "Ham- 
let."   That  is  to  say,  she  gives  the  play  from 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


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San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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TOWN  TALK 


October  12,  1912 


memory,  investing  each  character  with  unmis- 
takeable  personality.  This  is  not  mere  recita- 
tion; it  is  interpretation  in  the  best  sense  of  the 
word,  and  Mrs,  Adams  achieves  it  most  happily. 
Every  character  stood  out  with  such  distinctness 
that  it  was  just  as  easy  to  follow  the  recited 
dialogue  as  it  would  have  been  to  read  it,  al- 
though Mrs.  Adams  only  indicated  the  names  of 
the  speakers  on  the  occasion  of  their  first 
speeches.  Her  Salome  is  a  most  arresting  figure, 
full  of  the  weird  beauty  and  the  tangled  passions 
(jf  tlie  Orient.  Her  lokanaan  was  equally  im- 
pressive, almost  a  disembodied  voice,  crying  in 
the  palace  of  Herod  as  it  had  cried  in  the  wild- 
erness. Let  me  convey  to  Mrs.  Adams  the  con- 
gratulations which  I  was  too  bashful  to  extend 
in  the  presence  of  so  many  women. 


The  Capitulation  of  Lawson 

Now  that  John  Lawson  has  finally  capitulated 
to  Cupid  society  would  not  be  surprised  if  Dick 
Tobin  should  follow  suit.  The  surprise  of  Law- 
son's  surrender  has  prepared  it  for  anything. 
Close  friends  of  the  handsome  Mrs.  Babcock 
knew  of  his  professed  admiration.  So  did  one  or  two 
of  his  intimates,  but  beyond  a  few  in  the  secret 
no  one  guessed  that  the  most  popular  bachelor 
of  the  Burlingame  set  contemplated  matrimony. 
Lawson  is  a  tall  broad-shouldered  Englishman 
who  has  been  much  sought  by  designing  duennas, 
but  his  engagement  was  never  even  rumored  be- 
fore, although  at  one  time  the  possibility  of  his 
marrying  Jennie  Crocker  was  seriously  discussed. 
Both  Miss  Crocker  and  Lawson  laughed  at  the 
idea,  however,  and  tlie  Crocker-Whitman  en- 
gagement was  announced  soon  afterward.  Law- 
son  is  an  intimate  friend  of  Richard  Tobin  and 
together  they  introduced  polo  in  San  Mateo. 
Lawson  is  a  crack  player  who  will  enter  games 
in  England  this  season  on  his  honeymoon.  Un- 
like most  young  Englishmen  who  take  up  a 
residence  in  the  West  he  is  a  man  of  means,  and 
for  this  reason  has  never  been  propelled  by  the 
necessity  of  making  a  rich  marriage.  Mrs.  Bab- 
cock who  was  the  lovely  Miss  Eels  is  an  un- 
doubted beauty  whose  first  marriage  was  a  sad 
one.  Her  husband,  Captain  Babcock  of  the  army, 
was  an  invalid  for  several  years  before  his  death 
two  years  ago  at  the  Eels  home  in  this  city. 
The  marriage  in  Ross  Valley  next  week  will  be 
attended  only  by  intimate  friends. 


A  Spoiled  Honeymoon 

When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Piggott  planned 
their  honeymoon  they  decided  to  go  to  Inverness. 
As  Bessie  Ashton  the  bride  had  frequently  visited 
this  quiet  resort  and  its  seclusion  commended  it 
as  an  ideal  place  for  a  honeymoon.  The  Henry 
Williams  had  closed  their  summer  cottage. 
Likewise  the  Van  Fleets  and  Beavers  who  had 
returned  to  town  for  the  winter  season.    A  few 


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guests  might  be  found  at  the  hotel  but  none  to 
bother  the  bride  and  grooin  who  could  count  on 
being  safely  lost  to  their  friends  for  a  fortnight. 
Unluckily  they  did  not  take  their  friends  into 
the  secret  of  their  plans.  Judge  of  their  chagrin 
on  reaching  Inverness  to  find  at  least  a  score  of 
the  young  people  of  their  set  there  to  welcome 
them.  The  beautiful  Fall  weather  had  inspired 
those  with  country  homes  to  visit  them  for  a 
few  days  and  there  were  four  house  parties  in 
progress.  Of  course  no  one  would  have  thought 
of  deliberately  upsetting  a  quiet  honeymoon  in 
this  fashion,  and  had  the  bride  and  groom  stated 
their  destination  the  cottages  at  Inverness  would 
have  remained  closed.  Since  it  was  unwittingly 
done  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Piggott  made  the  best  of  it 
and  joined  in  the  merry-makings  of  their  friends. 


Photo,   liianca  Conti 

MISS  LEOT.\  TL'TTLli 

A   sister  of   Mrs.   Charles  Cooper  and   well   known  in 
the  younger  set. 

Sensible  Wedding  Gifts 

A  few  brides  may  have  received  more  gorgeous 
gifts  than  those  bestowed  on  winsome  Constance 
McLaren,  but  none  a  more  useful  and  well 
selected  array.  Instead  of  many  jewels  for  tlie 
bride,  friends  of  the  young  couple  iiave  sent  a 
collection  of  beautiful  things  for  the  new  home. 
There  are  half  a  dozen  Oriental  rugs  of  great 
value  and  an  assortment  of  old  mahogany  that 
would  make  a  collector  of  antiques  green  with 
envy.  It  includes  a  davenport,  chairs,  tables  and 
,1  dining  room  set  of  rich  old  wood.  A  number 
of  good  pictures  were  also  sent  to  the  lucky 
young  people  who  will  set  up  their  Lares  et  Pen- 
ates in  a  pretty  residence  in  Octavia  street 
which  Millen  Griffith  has  had  entirely  remodeled 
.■ind   renovated   for  his  bride. 


Was  Charlie's  Wife 

Mrs.  Clarence  Eddy  who  will  appear  here  in 
concert  with  her  husband  next  week  was  form- 
erly the  wife  of  Charles  Dickman  and  a  social 
favorite  in  this  city  a  decade  ago.  She  was 
Grace  Dohrman,  niece  of  William  Dohrman 
when  she  married  the  young  artist  and  Bo- 
heiTiian  whose  pictures  have  since  brought  him 
fame.    After  several  years  of  married  life  they 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


were  divorced,  but  remained  excellent  friends. 
Mrs.  Dickman  would  frequently  say  that  as  a 
friend  Charlie  was  all  that  could  be  desired. 
She  possessed  a  good  voice  heard  to  advantage 
m  a  number  of  amateur  operatic  productions  and 
after  the  separation  she  went  to  New  York  to 
enter  upon  a  professional  career.  In  the  East 
she  met  and  married  Clarence  Eddy  the  organ- 
ist. Dickman  has  also  married  a  second  time  and 
happily. 


Society  and  the  Balkans 

One  might  not  think  offhand  that  the  war 
cloud  in  the  Balkans  would  darken  our  social 
horizon.  But  such  is  the  fact.  Here  we  have 
Prince  and  Princess  Lazarovich-Somethingor- 
other  about  to  start  for  Servia  so  that  the  Prince 
may  fight  for  his  country.  The  Princess  was 
Xellie  Calhoun  of  San  Jose  and  has  a  lot  of 
friends  here  who  will  regret  her  departure.  But 
Princess  Xellie  is  doubtless  keen  to  go.  She 
wrote  a  ponderous  history  of  Servia  in  two  vol- 
umes, and  may  get  material  for  another  work  if 
the  war  clouds  let  out  any  real  thunder.  It  re- 
mains to  be  seen,  though,  whether  they'll  let  the 
Prince  enter  Servia.  He's  an  exile.  But  perhaps 
they'll  be  glad  to  enlist  him  for  the  scrap.  It 
is  interesting  to  note  that  the  Prince  is  now 
.It  Stanford.  Went  there  to  deliver  two  lectures 
on  world  peace.  Just  as  soon  as  he  has  deliv- 
ered theiTi  he'll  hie  him  to  the  South  of  Europe 
and  help  break  the  world's  peace.  I  wonder  if 
St  arr  Jordan  sees  the  joke?  Another  social  dis- 
appointment is  also  due  to  the  trouble  in  the 
Balkans.  Lord  Tweedmouth,  Lord  Herbert, 
Lord  Innes-Ker  and  Viscount  Gower  were  coming 
to  California  to  play  polo.  But  they've  wired 
Walter  Dupee  that  they  can't  come.  Why?  War 
cloud  in  the  Balkans.  What  that's  got  to  do 
with  it  I  can't  imagine.    But  it  sounds  impres- 


Our  Suspicious  Patronesses 

.Miss  Caroline  .'Mexander,  an  interesting  little 
Southern  girl  from  Tennessee  who  is  arranging 
to  give  a  society  recital  of  negro  dialect  stories, 
h.is  had  the  greatest  difficulty  in  interesting  our 
local  smart  set  women  as  patronesses.  Simply 
because  she  told  them  that  she  had  appeared  be- 
fore princesses,  duchesses,  countesses  and  the 
like  in  the  English  Capital.  They  haven't  yet  re- 
covered from  the  jolt  that  Mrs.  Soley-Morle  gave 
iluin  last  winter,  when  they  "patronessed"  the 
li.isco  she  "put  over"  to  their  discomfiture. 
.Miss  Alexander  was  subjected  to  the  most  rigid 
tryouts  before  any  of  them  would  venture  to 
lend  their  names  but  as  the  list  is  now  quite 
lengthy  and  formidable  it  may  be  taken  for 
^^rante(l  th;it  she  made  good. 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DR.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  I'imples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient)  ;  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
.ill  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S   ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
l"or  infants  and  adults.    F.xquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  .Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Kcmoves  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS.  Prop.. 
37  Great  Jones  St.,  New  York  City 


October  12,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


17 


Joe  and  Hank  at  Work  Again 

When  tile  Haig  Patigians  departed  for  Europe 
they  leased  their  apartment  at  The  Gables  to  the 
noted  collaborators,  Joe  Redding  and  Henry 
Hadley  and  I  am  told  that  librettist  and  com- 
poser are  engaged  on  a  new  work  for  profes- 
sional production.  Both  were  greatly  disap- 
pointed that  a  public  performance  of  The  Atone- 
ment of  Pan  was  denied  by  the  Bohemian  Club 
owing  to  the  sentiment  attached  to  the  Grove 
plays.  It  determined  them  to  try  their  talents  in 
collaboration  for  the  public  and  as  a  result  Had- 
ley and  Redding  have  withdrawn  largely  from  the 
distractions  of  club  life  to  spend  their  evenings 
at  work.  In  the  absence  of  the  Patigians  their 
domocile  may  see  the  conception  and  execution 
of  a  great  work.  Let  me  make  a  guess  'that  it 
will  find  its  inspiration  in  fairy  lore.  Wait  and 
see  if  I'm  right. 


The  Hard  Road  of  Art 

The  artist  who  undertakes  to  cater  to  the  taste 
of  society  women  or  to  paint  their  portraits,  and 
the  physician  with  a  fashionable  clientele  are  the 
best  paid  and  most  to  be  pitied  of  any  in  the 
category  of  professional  men.  Foreign  artists 
have  been  very  much  the  fad  of  the  fashionable 
women  here  for  the  past  two  years,  but  these 
painters  pay  the  price  of  their  popularity  in 
nerve  fag  and  dissipation  of  their  temperamental 
energies.  After  a  controversy  witli  a  woman 
who  ordered  a  picture,  one  of  them  was  so 
frazzled  that  lie  couldn't  paint  a  sunset  for  days. 
Only  an  artist  would  be  foolish  enough  to  argue 
about  "tone  values"  in  a  landscape  with  a  woman 
who  has  never  measured  anything  except  in 
terms  of  dollars  and  cents.  In  Piazzoni's  studio 
are  two  exquisite  panels  painted  in  the  artist's 
best  style.  He  designed  them  as  gifts  for  the 
ladies  who  had  commissioned  him  to  paint 
several  canvasses  to  be  hung  in  a  country  club. 
The  panels  have  never  been  delivered  to  the  par- 
ties for  whom  they  were  intended.  Fearing  that 
he  might  be  requested  to  "paint  in"  numerous 
extraneous  objects  that  would  cause  revolt  in 
the  soul  of  any  artist — as  he  had  been  ordered 
to  do  in  the  purchased  pictures — he  substituted 
offerings  from  the  florist  and  kept  his  panels  for 
more  appreciative  patrons. 


Southern  Women  Entertain 

In  keeping  with  its  yearly  custom  of  giving 
an  elaborate  entertainment  for  the  benefit  of  the 
soldiers,  widows  and  orjihans  under  its  care,  the 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  will  pre- 
sent a  varied  program  this  Saturday  afternoon  in 
the  ball  room  and  adjoining  parlors  of  the  St. 
I-'rancis  Hotel.  The  Albert  Sidney  Johnston 
Chapter  will  officiate  and  the  leading  sketch  will 
be    "Yesterday,   Today   and    Tomorrow,"  which 


will  include  a  potpourri  of  clever  doings.  A 
prominent  musical  feature  will  be  songs  by  one 
of  the  members  of  the  Lambardi  company.  The 
concessions,  of  which  there  will  be  several,  will 
have  the  accompaniment  of  a  string  orchestra 
and  other  amusements  will  include  fortune  tell- 
ing. Sales  tables  will  contain  such  attractions  as 
Maryland  biscuits,  home-made  candy,  punch,  tea 
and  cake.  The  affair  will  have  the  patronage  of 
a  large  number  of  society  women  and  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements  will  comprise  Mrs.  Vir- 
ginia Beede,  chairman;  Mrs.  D.  S.  Lisberger, 
vice-chairman;  Mrs.  S.  A.  Pleasants,  Mrs.  M.  H. 
Crittcher,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Funston,  Mrs.  Mary  Polk 
Du  Bcse,  Mrs.  H.  O.  Jones,  Mrs.  D.  C.  Farn- 
ham,  Mrs.  Alexander  Jones,  Mrs.  Squire  V. 
Mooney,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Creed,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Mathey, 
Mrs.  Howard  Barbier,  Mrs.  George  Hellman, 
Mrs.  Hervey  Darneal.  Mrs.  James  C.  Sims  and 
Mrs.  William  Pritchard  who  is  the  daughter  of 
Albert  Sidney  Johnston.  The  entertainment  will 
continue  from  2  to  7  o'clock. 


Special  Musical  Features 

Among  the  nidst  appreciated  features  of  the 
weekly  music  matinees  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall 
are  the  selections  interpreted  by  the  magnificent 
Aeolian  Pipe  Organ.  In  order  to  please  all  who 
admire  this  fine  instrument  two  numbers  of  the 
program  arranged  for  Saturday  afternoon.  Oc- 
tober 12,  have  been  chosen  for  the  organ.  These 
consist  of  Rubinstein's  admirable  Kanimenoi 
Ostrow  overture  which  will  be  interpreted  by  the 
organ  and  the  pianola  piano,  and  selections  from 
Puccini's  La  Boheme.  These  arrangements  have 
been  made  especially  for  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ 
and  those  who  were  entrusted  with  this  task  suc- 
ceeded in  securing  a  beautiful  orchestral  eflfect  on 
the  instrument.  The  soloist  will  be  Chas.  F.  Rob- 
inson, basso,  who  will  on  this  occasion,  make 
his  public  debut.  ."Xniong  the  most  important 
of  the  works  to  be  sung  by  him  will  be  an  aria 
from  Rossini's  famous  Stabat  Mater,  which  is 
generally  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  greatest  com- 
positions of  a  religious  character  ever  written. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Miss  MoUie  Hayes  and  Mr.  James  Lyle  were 
married  in  Los  Angeles  on  Wednesday.  There 
was  a  nuptial  mass  and  afterwards  a  small  re- 
ception at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother  Mrs. 
Mary  Hayes  on  Figueroa  street.  .-Mter  an  East- 
ern honeymoon  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lyle  will  live  in 
Los  Angeles  except  for  a  few  months  every  year 
when  Mr.  Lyle's  interests  require  his  presence 
in  .Maska.  The  bride's  sister  Mrs.  John  J.  Bar- 
rett and  her  cousin  Mrs.  Paul  Kingston  went 
down  from  this  city  on  Monday  to  participate  in 
the  wedding  festivities.  They  will  return  next 
week. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Comte  Jr.  and  tlieir  beautiful 


Telsphone  Kearny  1 1 


Armor  Plate  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 

OF  UNION  SAFE  DEPOSIT  COMPANY  IN  BUILDING  OF 

Union  Trust  Company 
=  of  San  Francisco  = 

JUNCTION  OF 

MARKET  and  O'FARRELL  STS. 
and  GRANT  AVE. 

Largest,  Strongest  and  Most  Conveniently 
Arranged  Safe  Deposit  West  of  New  York 

BOXES  $4.00  PER  ANNUM  AND  UPWARDS 


children  are  again  settled  for  the  winter  in  their 
Clay  street  home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  E.  Mulcahy  have  closed  their 
country  home  at  Fair  Oaks  for  the  season.  Mrs. 
Mulcahy  will  spend  the  winter  and  coming  sum- 
mer abroad  sailing  from  New  York  on  Thursday. 
Mr.  Mulcahy  will  join  Mrs.  Mulcahy  in  Paris  in 
April,  when  they  will  make  an  extended  motor 
touring  trip  through  Europe. 

The  Beringer  Musical  Club  held  its  first  meet- 
ing of  the  sixth  season  last  week  at  the  Beringer 
Conservatory  of  Music  in  Pierce  street.  The 
newly-elected  officers  took  charge  with  Miss' 
Zdenka  Buben  as  president.  The  club  purposes 
to  give  a  number  of  concerts  this  season,  each 
program  to  include  pianoforte,  vocal  and  ensemble 
numbers  which  will  be  of  great  interest  to  the 
public.  The  first  public  recital  will  be  given  by 
the  club  at  the  end.  of  October  at  Century  Club 
Hall. 

Geo.  W.  Lewis  who  is  in  the  United  States  navy 
stopped  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  for  several  days 
last  week.  Mrs.  Lewis  accompanied  him.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Thos.  E.  Murphy  of  Philadelphia  who 
are  here  on  a  vacation  trip,  registered  at  Coronado 
last  week,  to  remain  while  seeing  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  H.  Barton  of  Chicago 
will  remain  at  Coronado  for  a  brief  visit,  Mr. 
Barton  being  on  a  business  trip.  Mrs.  A.  L.  Reed 
of  Omaha  has  arrived  at  Coronado  to  remain 
during  the  Fall,  and  possibly  through  the  Winter. 
\n  interesting  visitor  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  is 
Mr.  H.  B.  Coffin  who  has  registered  from  Ar- 
gentine Republic.  He  is  on  a  tour  of  North 
America  and  will  be  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  in- 
definitely. Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  Cary,  prominent 
society  folk  of  the  Capitol  City,  are  now  at 
Coronado,  to  remain  several  days.  Mr.  C.  A. 
Cairns,  a  well  known  Chicago  merchant,  arrived 
at  Coronado  recently  to  remain  indefinitely.  Mrs. 
Ruth  W.  Brewster  of  Connecticut  registered  at 
Coronado  a  few  days  ago  for  an  unlimited  visit. 


that  is  the  price 


IS  Cents  ^™ 
For  Comfort 

per  cake  for  Pears'  Soap — famous  lor 
its  purity  and  quality ;  its  power  to  give 
a  fresh,  healthy  skin,  with  pores  kept  free; 
a  radiant  complexion. 

Pears' 
S  OAP 

  75c  fi  Cake  for  the  Unsccnted  ^^^^.^ 


Victrola  Floor 

REMODELED 

We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of  our  build- 
ing, devoting  it  to  the  perfect  display  of  VICTORS, 
VICTROLAS  and  RECORDS.  This  entire  floor  is 
devoted  to  individual  glass  partitioned  sound-proof, 
demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  and  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed  for  the  proper 
demonstration  of  our  tremendous  stock  of  Victor 
goods,  aud  for  the  comfort  of  our  patrons. 

Sherman  ^ay  &  Go. 

Steinway  and  Other  Pianos    Victor  Talking  Machines 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


iS 


The  Great  Agostini 

Through  the  medium  of  that  delightful  opera 
"Madame  Butterfly"  I  renewed  acquaintance  with 
the  glorious  voice  of  Giuseppi  Agostini,  and  I 
could  not  but  marvel  at  the  freshness  of  it  and 
reflect  on  the  years  of  comparative  neglect 
through  which  this  wonderful  singer  has  gone. 
He  sings  as  though  his  voice  is  just  come  to 
maturity,  which  is  as  it  should  be,  for  he  is  only 
in  the  early  forties.  Here  in  San  Francisco  we 
love  to  boast  of  our  sensitiveness  to  art  and 
genius.  We  never  weary  of  reminding  ourselves 
that  we  discovered  Modjeska  and  Tetrazzini  and 
others  too  numerous  to  mention.  But  what 
about  Agostini?  San  Francisco  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  discover  him.  It  is  one  of  the  traditions 
of  the  city  that  here  for  the  first  time  in  America 
was  La  Boheme  sung.  Agostini  was  of  the  cast. 
Did  the  critics  enthuse  over  him?  It  is  not  of 
record  that  they  did.  When  he  came  back  with 
a  provincial  company  some  years  ago  they  re- 
membered that  he  was  the  Rudolfo  of  other  days, 
but  apparently  thej'  regarded  him  as  a  has-been. 
Since  then  he  has  appeared  at  Covcnt  Garden 
and  in  other  places  where  song  comes  high,  and 
though  he  has  never  been  celebrated  for  his 
;irt  it  is  certainly  of  the  very  highest  quality. 
.\ow  one  of  the  tests  of  the  art  of  song 
•s  the  endurance  of  a  voice.  For  a  voice 
cannot  last  if  its  possessor  is  not  skilled  in  the 
art  of  tone  production.  So  skilled  is  Agostini 
that,  frail  lyric  tenor  though  he  is,  his  voice  after 
many  years  retains  all  the  freshness  of  youth. 
But  Agostini,  one  of  the  world's  greatest  expon- 
ents of  bel  canto,  has  never  soared  to  great 
heights  in  his  profession.  Perhaps  it  would  have 
been  otherwise  had  he  been  a  little  less  modest, 
little  more  given  to  the  art  of  self-laudation. 
Perhaps  his  manner  and  appearance  have  counted 
against  him,  for  Agostini  has  never  been  a 
matinee  idol.  In  "Madame  Butterfly"  he  is  not 
an  ideal  naval  officer,  but  his  voice  more  than 
compensates  for  the  misfit  of  his  clothes.  It  is 
a  voice  with  soul  in  it,  a  voice  that  goes  straight 
to  the  heart.  There  is  a  (juality  in  that  pure, 
virile  voice  that  searches  out  the  deepest  emo- 
tions and  flutters  them  on  the  surface.  The  Lam- 
bardis  have  given  us  a  very  fine  production  of 
"Madame  Butterfly."  Artistically  it  is  an  em- 
phatic success,  and  it  is  in  every  sense  theatrically 
effective.  Amino  Matini  is  a  most  charming 
Butterfly.  A  beautiful  voice  has  Matini,  and  her 
singing  is  faultless.  Ida  Zizolfi  gives  an  excellent 
impersonation  of  Suzuki  and  her  duet  with  Mad- 
ame Butterfly  is  one  of  the  big  hits  of  the  per- 
formance. 

— H.  M.  B. 


The  Barrymore  in  Vaudeville 

Last  week  Alexander  Heinemann  and  this  week 
beautiful  Ethel  of  the  House  of  Barrymore!  If 
vaudeville  keeps  on  soaring  like  this,  where  will 
it  stop?  There  was  much  talk  of  the  unfitness 
of  Heinemann  for  the  Orpheum  milieu.  There 
can  be  none  in  relation  to  Ethel.  She  steps  upon 
the  Orpheum  stage  as  one  to  the  vaudeville  man- 
ner born.  It  is  a  way  all  the  Drews  and  Barry- 
mores  have;  wherever  footlights  glow  they  are 
at  home.  An  artist  "ab  imis  unguiculis"  is  Ethel, 
which  would  be  the  Roman's  way  of  saying  that 
she  is  "class"  to  the  fingertips.  In  one  of  the 
finest  one-act  plays  ever  written  she  abated  not 
a  jot  of  her  artistry,  and  because  she  gave  of  her 
best  the  Orpheum  rose  to  her  as  a  man  and  gave 
her  a  soul-warming  ovation.  She  is  slenderer 
than  she  was  when  saw  her  in  "The  Twelve 
Pound  Look"  a  year  ago.    Then  she  was  quite 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

matronly;  now  she  is  like  the  dear  old  Ethel  of 
the  "Captain  Jinks"  days,  and  in  a  wonderful 
blue  gown  of  the  very  latest  cut  she  was  a  vision 
to  rhapsodize  about.  Not  a  line  of  the  play  did 
she  slight,  and  what  great  lines  they  are!  "Oh 
the  fat  talk  while  we  ate  too  much."  Barrie's 
playlet  is  crammed  with  meaty  expressions,  and 
some  of  the  wit  is  just  a  little  subtle,  but  not  a 
point  was  lost.  Nothing  went  over  the  heads  of 
the  Orpheumites,  those  maligned  listeners  some- 
times considered  low-brow.  The  more  Ethel 
Barrymores  Martin  Beck  signs  up  the  better  the 
Orpheumites  will  like  his  bills.  But  of  course 
there  is  only  one  Ethel — never  will  be  another. 


ETHEL  B.ARRYMORE 

Who  will  close  her  wonderfully  successful  engagement 
next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

The  Other  newcomers  must  not  be  mentioned  in 
the  same  breath  with  Ethel,  but  they  are  good, 
very  good.  There  are  Mclntyre  and  Harty,  the 
"sugar  plum  girlie"  with  a  pretty  voice  and  the 
"marshmallow  boy"  with  an  all-conquering  smile. 
Then  there  is  Owen  Clark  with  his  illusional 
magic  and  Frederick  Andrews  with  his  natural 
magic.  Fred  Gray  and  Nellie  Graham  are  back, 
as  amusing  as  ever;  although  Fred  would  be  just 
as  funny  if  he  left  the  harelip  out  of  his  facial 
makeup.  The  Ofedos'  Manon  Opera  quartet  is 
another  hit.  The  holdovers  are  Williams  and 
Warner  with  their  "slapophone"  and  Owen  Mc- 
Giveney  in  his  amazing  protean  production  of 
"Bill  Sikes." 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


The  Martin-Ganz  Concert 

Riccardo  Martin,  one  of  the  important  star 
tenors  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  in 
conjunction  with  Rudolph  Ganz,  the  famous 
Swiss  piano  virtuoso  and  composer,  assisted  by 


October  12,  1912 


Miss  Lima  O'Brien  as  accompanist,  will  open 
Manager  Will  Greenbaum's  season  this  Sunday 
afternoon,  October  13,  at  Scottish  Rite  Audi- 
torium. The  combination  of  two  such  stars  in 
joint  recital  is  one  of  the  strongest  attractions 
ever  offered  in  this  city.  Martin  will  sing  arias 
from  two  of  his  greatest  successes,  "La  Boheme" 
and  "La  Tosca,"  besides  songs  in  German.  French, 
Italian  and  English.  Ganz  will  play  Schumann's 
"Etudes  Symphoniques,"  a  group  of  Chopin 
works  and  other  important  numbers.  The  sec- 
ond and  positively  last  appearance  of  these  ar- 
tists will  be  on  Sunday  afternoon,  October  20, 
with  an  entire  change  of  program.  Martin 
promises  arias  from  "Die  Walkure"  and  "Fedora" 
as  his  principal  numbers,  and  by  special  request 
Mr.  Ganz  will  include  Beethoven's  "Moonlight 
Sonata"  in  his  offerings.  Seats  are  now  on  sale 
at  Sherman  Clay  and  Co.'s  and  Kohler  and 
Chase's.  On  Sunday  the  box  ofiice  will  be  open 
at  the  hall  after  ten  o'clock,  and  phone  orders 
will  receive  courteous  attention. 


The  United  States  Marine  Band 

By  special  permission  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 
granted  at  the  request  of  sixteen  Senators  and 
Congressmen  from  the  West  who  were  anxious 
to  have  their  "home  folks"  hear  the  famous  of- 
ficial band  of  the  White  House,  popularly  called 
"The  President's  Own,"  but  whose  formal  title 
is  "The  United  States  Marine  Band,"  Manager 
Greenbaum  is  enabled  to  present  the  world  re- 
nowned organization  in  four  concerts  at  Dream- 
land Rink,  the  dates  being  Sunday  afternoon  and 
night.  October  20,  and  Monday  afternoon  and 
night.  October  21.  The  Marine  Band  is  the 
largest  and  oldest  musical  organization  in  the 
United  States  and  has  been  the  official  band  at 
all  big  events  in  Washington  ever  since  the  term 
(if  John  Quincy  Adams.  During  the  McKinley 
administration  a  law  was  passed  greatly  increas- 
ing the  pay  of  the  members  of  the  band,  so  that 
the  finest  instrumentalists  could  be  induced  to 
enlist  and  the  leader  was  given  the  rank  and  pay 
of  a  first  lieutenant  in  addition  to  his  regular  pay. 
Such  great  musicians  as  Francis  Scala,  Louis 
Schneider,  F.  Fanciulli  and  John  Philip  Sousa  have 
been  directors  of  the  Marine  Band.  Mr.  Sousa 
served  for  twelve  years  and  wrote  many  of  his 
finest  works  for  its  use.  The  present  leader  is 
Lieutenant  Wm.  H.  Santelmann,  a  splendid  artist 
from  the  Leipsic  Conservatory  who  is  equally  at 
home  as  a  band  or  symphony  orchestra  conductor, 
and  under  his  regime  every  member  of  the  Ma- 
rine Band  must  be  able  to  officiate  in  both 
capacities  for  the  string  concerts  of  the  organi- 
zation are  as  popular  in  Washington  in  winter 
as  are  the  famous  open  air  concerts  on  the  White 
House  lawn  in  summer  and  spring.  This  will  be 
the  first  lengthy  furlough  allowed  the  band  in 
twenty-one  years  when  it  played  at  the  old  Grand 
Opera  House  here  under  Sousa.  Magnificent 
programs  will  be  given  and  two  soloists  will 
appear  at  each  concert.  Seats  will  be  ready 
Monday  at  Sherman  Clay  and  Co.'s  and  Kohler 
and  Chase's.  Popular  prices  will  prevail  and  in 
order  that  the  young  folks  may  have  this  oppor- 
tunity of  seeing  and  hearing  Uncle  Sam's  only 
big  musical  organization  in  its  magnificent  uni- 
forms of  red  and  blue  a  special  price  of  twenty- 
five  cents  will  be  made  for  children  under  sixteen 
at  the  matinees.  The  Marine  Band  will  play  at 
the  Greek  Theatre  in  Berkeley  at  the  invitation 
of  the  University  authorities  on  Saturday  after- 
noon and  night,  October  19.  For  these  events 
special  programs  have  been  arranged  and  tickets 


October  12,  1912. 


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may  be  secured  at  the  box  offices  in  this  city 
and  at  Sadler's,  The  Sign  of  the  Bear,  Glessners- 
Morse  Co.'s,  Tupper  and  Reed's  and  the  Students' 
Co-Op  Store  in  Berkeley. 


Gadski  Coming 

The  one  and  only  concert  in  this  city  by  Mme. 
Gadski  will  be  given  at  the  Columbia  on  Sun- 
day afternoon,  October  27.  Mail  orders  may  now 
be  addressed  to  Will.  L.  Greenbaum  and  as  one 
concert  is  scarcely  enough  to  accommodate  one- 
half  of  Gadski's  admirers  in  this  community  it 
might  be  well  to  give  this  matter  prompt  at- 
tention. In  Oakland  Gadski  will  also  give  one 
concert.  The  date  is  Thursday  afternoon,  Oc- 
tober 24,  at  "Ye  Liberty  Playhouse."  Mme. 
Gadski  writes  Mr.  Greenbaum  that  she  is  prepar- 
ing two  special  programs  entirely  different  from 
those  she  is  giving  in  any  other  cities. 


The  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society 

The  members  of  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art 
Society  will  be  entertained  with  two  special  pro- 
grams this  month,  the  first  being  by  Martin  and 
Ganz  on  next  Tuesday  night,  October  IS,  and 
the  second  by  Gadski  on  October  22.  Later  in 
the  season  Kitty  Cheatham  ,  the  renowned 
"diseuse,"  will  make  her  first  appearance  on  the 
Coast  under  the  auspices  of  this  splendid  art- 
supporting  society. 


"The  Woman"  at  the  Columbia 

Great  expectations  are  aroused  as  to  the  value 
of  "The  Woman"  by  William  C.  deMille  which 
will  be  offered  by  David  Belasco  at  the  Columbia 
for  two  weeks  beginning  Monday  night,  October 
14,  with  matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 
"The  Woman"  was  the  dramatic  sensation  of  last 
season  in  New  York  and  Chicago  where  it  ran 
nine  and  six  months  respectively.  There  are  only 
two  female  characters  in  "The  Woman."  One  is 
a  young  matron  who  is  haunted  by  an  indiscretion 
committed  before  marriage.  The  other  is  a  girl, 
an  optimistic  little  telephone  operator  who  be- 
comes entangled  in  an  intrigue  of  congressisonal 
statecraft  through  the  nature  of  her  duties.  How 
this  weak,  demure  girl  defies  a  cross-examining 
conclave  of  shrewd  lawyers  and  rough  politicians 
in  order  to  spare  the  fair  name  of  the  older 
woman,  forms  the  supreme  moment  of  the  swift 
moving  story.  "The  Woman"  is  a  tale  founded 
on  what  might  be  logical  incidents  in  the  ex- 
perience of  an  average  girl  and  a  woman  whose 
life  has  been  tranquil  save  for  a  single  unfortunate 
episode.  But  natural  and  simple  as  are  the  links 
in  its  chain  of  events  the  climax  of  "The  Woman" 
is  perhaps  the  most  powerful  and  stirring  situa- 
tion in  the  current  dramatic  calendar.  Majorie 
Wood  plays  Wanda  Kelly,  and  Marian  Barney 
the  title  role.  Other  members  of  the  cast  are 
James  Seeley,  Howell  Hansel,  Austin  Webb, 
Hugh  Dillman,  Hallett  Thompson,  Peter  Ray- 
mond, Homer  Granville,  Kalman  Matus  and 
Frank  Austin. 


Fealy  and  Durkin  at  the  Alcazar 

What  promises  to  be  an  event  of  exceeding 
importance  in  Alacazar  annals  will  be  the  open- 
ing of  a  limited  engagement  next  Monday  eve- 
ning by  Maude  Fealy  and  James  Durkin  as  co- 
stars  in  "The  Easiest  Way."  The  drama  was 
written  by  Eugene  Walter  and  originally  pro- 
duced by  David  Belasco  in  one  of  his  New  York 
theatres,  where  it  ran  throughout  a  twelvemonth 
and  then  repeated  its  artistic  and  pecuniary  suc- 
cess on  a  tour  that  embraced  every  city  of  con- 
siderable size  in  the  United  States,  including 
San  Francisco.  It  drew  capacity-taxing  au- 
diences  to   every   performance   during  its  two 


weeks'  stay  at  one  of  the  local  high-price  houses 
two  years  ago.  This  play  was  selected  as  the 
medium  of  inaugurating  the  Fealy-Durkin  sea- 
son at  the  Alcazar  because  of  its  proved  intrinsic 
worth  and  of  the  exceptional  opportunities  it  af- 
fords both  stars  to  exhibit  their  most  impressive 
acting  methods.  In  the  cast  with  them  will  be 
the  cream  of  the  regular  stock  company,  and  a 
pictorial  production  of  more  than  ordinary  real- 
ism is  assured  by  strict  adherence  to  David 
Belasco's  directions  as  to  scenic  and  lighting 
effects. 


opera  followers  during  the  early  part  of  the  Lam- 
bardi  engagement.  "Madame  Butterfly"  will  be 
given  on  Tuesday  night  with  Matini  in  the  title 
role  and  Agostini  in  the  tenor  part  of  Pinkerton. 
At  the  Wednesday  matinee  "Salome"  will  be  re- 
peated and  on  Wednesday  night  the  double  bill 
of  "Cavalleria  Rusticana"  and  "I'Pagliacci"  is  to 
be  the  offering.  The  real  feature  of  the  wcck 
however  will  be  the  appearance  of  Tarquini  in 
"Carmen."  There  is  a  great  desire  on  the  part 
of  the  opera  patrons  to  see  the  prima  donna  as 
Bizet's  cigarette  girl.    The  opera  will  be  repeated 


GAETANO  BAVAGNOLI 

One  of  the  most  magical  musical  conductors  that   San   Francisco  has  known,   who   is   with  the 

Lambardi  forces  at  the  Cort. 


Last  Week  of  Opera 

Success  has  been  stamped  all  over  the  season 
of  the  Lambardi  company  at  the  Cort.  During 
the  past  three  weeks  capacity  audiences  have  been 
the  rule  rather  than  the  exception.  The  fourth 
and  final  week  of  the  engagement  at  the  Cort 
starts  with  a  performance  of  "La  Boheme"  to- 
morrow night.  Matini  will  again  sing  the  role 
of  Mimi,  and  Armanini  will  once  more  be  Rudolfo. 
Tonight  will  see  a  repetition  of  "Salome"  which 
proved  a  sensation  on  its  first,  presentation  Friday, 
with  Tarquini  in  the  title  role.  Monday  night 
will  be  devoted  to  another  performance  of  the 
Strauss  masterpiece  with  the  same  cast  as  before. 
The  interest  in  this  opera  has  exceeded  even  that 
in  "Conchita"  which  occupied  the  attention  of 


on  Saturday  night,  the  farewell  performance  of 
the  season.  "II  Trovatore"  will  be  given  its  first 
and  only  performance  on  Friday  night,  and  at  the 
Saturday  matinee  "La  Boheme"  will  be  repeated. 
On  Sunday  night,  October  20,  comes  John  Cort's 
own  production  of  "The  Rose  of  Panama,"  a 
comic  opera  that  has  had  a  tremendous  success 
and  which  comes  here  with  the  original  cast  that 
appeared  at  Daly's  Theatre,  New  York.  Chap- 
ine,  the  dainty  French  actress,  appears  at  the  head 
of  the  company  and  an  augmented  orchestra  will 
interpret  the  beautiful  melodies  with  which  the 
opera  abounds. 


One  Week  More  of  Ethel  at  the  Orpheum 

Ethel  Barrymore's  engagement  at  the  Orpheum 


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October  12,  1912 


is  resulting  in  one  of  the  greatest  theatrical 
furores  this  city  has  ever  known.  Her  perform- 
ance of  Kate  in  J.  M.  Barrie's  one-act  play  "The 
Twelve  Pound  Look"  will  be  repeated  all  next 
week  which  will  most  positively  be  the  last  of 
her  season  here.  The  other  attractions  for  next 
week  will  be  new  and  of  a  high  order  of  merit. 
Jack  Wilson  supported  by  Franklyn  Batie  and 
Ada  Lane  will  appear  in  "A  1912  Review"  which  is 
a  receptacle  for  some  clever  songs,  an  eccentric 
dance  or  two  and  an  abundance  of  bright,  clean 
and  spontaneous  humor.  Considerable  uncer- 
tainty exists  concerning  the  identity  of  the  clever 
comedienne  who  under  the  name  of  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth has  become  a  pronounced  success  in  vaude- 
ville. Rumor  has  it  that  she  is  a  prominent  New 
York  society  girl.  Interest  however  centers 
rather  upon  what  she  can  do  than  who  she  is. 
In  a  dainty  little  act  of  song  and  story  she  dis- 
plays great   charm   and  ability  and   she   is  ex- 


LIEUT.   WM.   H.  S.XNTELMANN 
Conductor  of  the  United  States  Marine  Band. 

pectcd  to  prove  one  of  the  greatest  hits  of  the 
new  bill.  Mary  Quive  and  Paul  McCarty,  recent 
recruits  from  musical  comedy  and  prominent  feat- 
ures of  "Louisiana  Lou,"  come  with  a  combina- 
tion of  talents.  Miss  Quive  who  is  the  sister  of 
Grace  Van  Studdiford,  sings  with  great  charm 
and  beauty  of  voice,  and  her  vocalization  is  con- 
siderably enhanced  by  the  manner  in  which  she 
performs  delightful  violin  obligates.  Mr.  Mc- 
Carty excels  both  as  as  a  pianist  and  vocalist. 
The  eminent  English  actor  Ben  Lewin  will  in- 
troduce next  week  only  his  marvelously  accurate 
delineations  which  include  Fagin  in  his  prison 
cell.  Grandfather  Trent  and  other  characters  from 
Dickens.  One  of  his  greatest  hits  is  his  recital 
of  Chevalier's  "A  Fallen  Star"  which  is  the  com- 
plaint of  an  aged  and  decrepit  actor.  Leonard 
Gautier's  Animated  Toyshop  is  one  of  the  best 
animal  acts  in  vaudeville.  Deiro,  the  famous 
piano  accordeonist  will  display  his  wonderful 
musical  ability  next  week  only,  and  Owen  Clark 
will  mystify  with  his  astounding  feats  of  magic. 


Programs  for  Popular  Concerts 

The  first  symphony  concert  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra  is  scheduled  for  Friday  afternoon, 
October  25,  and  the  first  popular  concert  for  Sun- 
day afternoon,  October  27.  The  manager  has 
announced  the  programs  for  the  two  popular  con- 
certs, Sunday,  October  27  and  Sunday,  November 
17,  which  will  be  a  surprise  and  a  delight  to  music 
lovers  of  San  Francisco.    The  program  for  Oc- 


tober 27  is:  Grieg,  March  of  Homage;  Wagner, 
Overture,  "Flying  Dutchman":  Charpentier,  (Do 
puis  le  jour),  "Louise,"  Beatrice  Fine;  Christian 
Kriens,  Suite,  "In  Holland,"  (first  time  here), 
1.  Morning  on  the  Sea,  2.  The  Dutch  Mill,  3.  Eve- 
ning Sounds,  4.  Wooden  Shoe  Dance;  Strauss- 
La  Forge,  "Storielle  del  Bosco,"  Viennese  (waltz). 
Beatrice  Fine;  Massenet,  Meditation  "Thais," 
Adolph  Rosenbecker;  Strauss,  Waltz,  ".Artists' 
Life." 


Monkeyshines  at  Pantages 

P'or  the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon 
the  bill  at  Pantages  will  be  headed  by  Robert 
Everest's  Monkey  Hippodrome,  the  cleverest  ag- 
gregation of  simians  ever  shown  here.  These 
four-legged  actors  offer  a  monkey  orchestra, 
monkey  aerialists  and  all  kinds  of  monkeysliines 
generally.  Earl  Dewey  and  his  four  "Dancing 
Dolls"  will  present  an  act  abounding  in  terpsic- 
horean  surprises  and  catchy  songs,  the  girls 
showing  several  beautiful  changes  of  costume. 
A  burlesque  on  "You  Beautiful  Doll"  concludes 
their  aumber.  Chot  Eldridge  and  Harriet  Bar- 
low will  be  seen  in  their  original  comedy  sketch. 
"The  Law."  Gladys  Van  and  Arthur  Pearce  will 
offer  a  skit  of  an  entirely  different  character  in 
"Get  a  License."  "The  Bow  and  String  Maids," 
as  Miss  Helene  Schiller  and  Miss  Olive  Hurlbut 
are  known,  will  be  heard  in  a  delightful  number, 
including  a  duct  for  violin  and  'cello,  violin  ducts 
and  songs.  Davis  and  Scott,  "mirth  and  melody 
dispensers,"  promise  a  highly  original  and  fetch- 
ing specialty,  and  the  management  has  another 
act  in  reserve  that  promises  to  be  a  great  sur- 
prise. Sunlight  Picture  will  complete  the  varied 
program. 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 

Posti\-ely    Last  W'ctk 

ETHEL  BARRYMORE 

Presenting  J.   M.   Barrie's   One   .\ct  Play 
"The  Twelve  Pound  Look" 
In  Conjunction  With  AN   ENTIRELY   NEW  SHOW 

JACK  WILSON,  supported  bv   I'ranklvn    ISatic  aiul 
Lane   in    "A    1912    Review";    M.\KV    Kl.  IZ.\  I!  ICTII ,  Com 
edicnne;    MARY    Ql'IVE   and    I'.M'L    McCARTY;  HKX 
LF.WIN;  (;AL'TIER'S  AN'IMATED  TOYSHOP:  DEIRO. 
Piano   Accordeonist;    NEW    DAYLIGHT    MOTION  PU 
Tl'RES;  AWEN  CLARK. 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c.   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
.Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  lOc,  25c,  50c. 
Phones.  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones.  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 
Two  Weeks  Commencing  Monday  Night,  October  14th 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
David  Belasco  Presents 
The   Play  That   Has   Set   the   Nation  Thinking 

"THE  WOMAN" 

.\  Griiiping  Drama  of  .NOW  by  William  C.   I)e  Mille 
With   a    Perfect    Helasco   Cast   anrl  Production 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3   O  CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  (California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

LOMBARDI 

PACIFIC  COAST  GRAND  OPERA  COMPANY 
Tonight  — "Salome." 
Fourth  and  L.\ST  Week  Starts  Tomorrow  (Sunday)  Night 
Repertoire  for  Final  Week: 
Sunday.  "L.\   HOIIEME";   .Mon.lay,  "S.VLOME";  Tues- 
day,   "M.ME.    lilTTERKLY";    Wed.    Mat..  "SALOME"; 
Wednesday.  "C.W.VLI. ERI A  RI  STICANA"  and  "I'PAG- 
LIACCI";  Thursday.  "CARMEN";   Friday.  "IL  TROVA- 
TOKE";    Saturday    Matinee,   "LA    BOHEME";  Saturday, 
•CARMEN." 

Commencing  Sunday  Night.  October  20th— "THE  ROSE 
OF  PANMA." 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Karrell.  near  Powell.    I'hones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  445S 

Monday   Kvening,   October    14th,   Opens  a  Limited 
Season  of 

MAUDE  FEALY  and  JAMES  DURKIN 

.\5sist0d    by    the    Alcazar   Company  in 
David    llflasco's   Grcatfst  Success 

THE  EASIEST  WAY 

liy  Eugene  V\'altcr 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinee:  Thursday.  Saturday,  Sunday. 

Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  October  13th 

A  MONKEY  HIPPODROME 

THE  SENSATION  OF  THE  CENTURY 
E.VRL  l)EWi:v  and  His  FOIR  1).\NCI\(".  D()Lt>. 
EI.DRIDGE  and  l!.\ULOW.  Comedy  Sketch.  "The  Lau"; 
\' AN  and  PK.XRCE  ni  "Get  a  License":  DAVIS  and 
.<(  OTT.  Mirth  and  Melody  Dispensers;  HELENE 
St  IlII.I.ER  and  OLIVE  Ill  RLIilT.  Violinists. 

.Matinee  Dailv  at  2:30.  Nights.  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Niglils  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c.  20c  and  30c. 


RICC.\R1)<^ 
MART  IN 

Tenor    Metropolitan    Opera  Co. 


RIDOLPH 
GANZ 

The   Swiss  Piano  Virtuoso 
TWO    JOINT  CONCERTS 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  OCTOBER  13  at  2:30 
and  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  OCTOBER  20  at  2:30 

Rcserve<l  Seats,  $2.00,  $1.50  and  $1.00.  Now  on  Sale  at 
Sherman.  Clay  &•  C^o's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's.  On  Sunday 
lifter  10  a.  m.  at  the  Hall. 

Steinway   Piano  L'sed. 

THE 

UNITED  STATES 
MARINE  BAND 

ol   Washington.    I),  t. 

Till-;  pri;sidi;nt's  own  is.xnd" 
4  Concerts  at  "Dreamland" 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  and  EVE.  OCT.  20 
and 

MONDAY  AFTERNOON,  aod  EVE.  OCT.  21 

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October  12,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


The  Financial  Outlook 

By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — New  high  records  were  scored  early 
in  the  week  in  some  of  the  principal  stocks,  but 
prices  did  not  hold  and  at  the  end  of  the  week 
the  market  was  inclined  to  drag  a  little.  It  was 
the  general  belief  that  the  market  would  not  move 
much  pending  some  important  development  in 
the  foreign  situation,  and  no  one  seemed  to  know 
what  to  expect  in  that  matter.  Some  of  the 
specialties  like  Lead  and  Interboro  took  quite  a 
spurt,  advancing  about  five  dollars  a  share.  At 
the  advance  there  was  heavy  selling  of  Interboro 
by  a  prominent  house.  The  stock,  however,  ap- 
peared to  be  well  taken  and  it  was  predicted  that 
after  this  selling  is  over  Interboro  will  come  in 
for  a  good  advance.  Steel  common  sold  up  to 
80  3-4  early  in  the  week,  but  as  this  stock  has 
had  a  good  advance  it  was  in  order  for  a  fair 
setback  which  took  place  later  in  the  week.  The 
high  price  for  call  money  also  had  some  effect 
on  the  market  and  it  was  feared  that  if  the  situa- 
tion in  the  far  east  did  not  improve  money  rates 
might  be  advanced  still  further.  It  was  predicted 
that  the  Atchison  statement  for  September  would 
show  a  gain  in  gross  between  $850,000  and 
$1,000,000.  The  Great  Northern  statement,  show- 
ing a  gain  of  $1,005,000  gross  for  the  month,  ex- 
cited favorable  comment.  The  market  is  acting 
as  if  in  need  of  some  further  favorable  news  as  a 
basis  for  a  renewal  of  bullish  operations.  We 
feel  very  friendly  to  the  market  on  all  minor  set- 
backs and  believe  stocks  bought  around  present 
prices  will  show  a  handsome  profit  a  little  later 
on. 

Wheat- — The  wheat  market,  as  far  as  prices  are 
concerned,  is  in  the  same  uneventful  rut  as  char- 
acterized it  for  so  many  weeks  past.  But  from 
a  standpoint  of  supply  and  demand,  receipts  and 
disbursements,  it  presents  a  most  interesting  sit- 
uation. One  which  augurs  well  for  appreciating 
values  later  on  in  this  crop  year.  Just  now  the 
energies  of  the  trade  seem  to  be  absorbed  and 
exhausted  in  marketing  and  distributing  the  crop 
in  the  proper  channels  of  domestic  and  foreign 
consumption.  The  world's  shipments  this  week 
furnished  an  object  lesson  to  the  trade.  They 
show  a  total  of  13,968,000.  5,840,000  of  this 
amount  came  from  America,  leaving  8,100,000 
bushels  that  were  supplied  by  all  the  exporting 
countries  of  the  world.  This  statement  contains 
all  the  more  force  when  it  is  realized  that  of  the 
5,840,000  of  American  wheat  shipments,  practically 
all  comes  from  the  United  States  and  little  or 
none  from  Canada.  The  visible  supply  statement 
also  supplies  food  for  reflection,  for  with  all  the 
big  receipts,  the  increase  for  the  week  was  but 
a  little  more  than  one  million  bushels  which  was 
slightly  less  than  that  of  a  year  ago  and  greatly 
under  expectations.  Late  advices  from  the  United 
Kingdom  state  that  while  the  harvest  has  at  last 


been  gathered,  the  quality  of  the  wheat  is  so  poor 
that  it  can  be  used  only  in  proportions  of  one- 
fourth  to  one-half  of  native  wheat  with  a  mix- 
ture of  foreign  wheat  for  the  remainder.  Then 
too,  the  prevailing  prices  indicate  a  phenomenal 
condition  of  some  kind.  Liverpool  maintains 
steady  quotations  at  21  to  22  cents  above  our 
market,  while  Paris  has  a  chronic  upheaval  in 
values  at  the  end  of  every  contract  month  and 
the  closing  price  of  $1.60  for  the  last  day  of 
September  is  an  indication  of  the  acute  situation 
there  is  in  wheat  in  France.  Taking  everything 
into  consideration  the  price  of  our  wheat  is  not 
high  and  a  pronounced  move  from  this  level  will 
be  to  the  advantage  of  the  purchaser. 

Corn — The  trade  can  now  settle  down  to  a  sup- 
ply and  demand  basis  for  its  calculations,  as  the 
crop  has  matured  without  any  serious  curtailment 
by  frost.  Investigations  made  by  crop  observers 
in  Iowa  convince  us  that  a  big  yield  of  this  cereal 
is  assured  for  that  State  and  the  same  condi- 
tions are  approximately  true  of  most  of  the  other 
corn  sections  of  the  country.  Now  comes  the 
question  of  how  current  values  of  old  corn  and 
new  crop  prices  are  to  adjust  themselves.  It  is 
a  big  drop  from  68  cents,  the  price  at  which 
cash  corn  is  selling,  to  53  cents,  the  present  price 
for  December.  This  wide  difference  suggests 
the  producer  will  market  his  old  corn  as  closely 
as  he  did  his  oats  and  other  grain.  Accordingly 
it  is  altogether  likely  that  we  will  begin  the  new 
crop  year  with  bare  granaries,  the  same  as  in 
wheat  and  all  cereals.  Sentiment  is  aggressively 
bearish,  but  perhaps  it  may  turn  out  that  the 
bearish  conditions  have  been  over  discounted, 
that  we  are  to  have  an  oversold  market  for  De- 
cember and  that  the  consumptive  demand  will 
continue  to  absorb  the  supplies  as  fast  as  they 
are  furnished.  As  there  has  been  a  domestic  de- 
mand that  has  absorbed  the  supplies  it  is  pretty 
evident  that  the  demand  will  be  far  greater  with 
prices  25  cents  less,  especially  as  it  is  likely  to 
be  supplemented  by  heavy  foreign  requirements. 

Cotton — The  market  has  shown  a  declining 
tendency  the  past  week  and  prices  are  off  from 
$2  to  $3  per  bale  compared  with  last  week  and 
are  now  at  the  lowest  price  on  this  year's  crop. 
Rallies  have  been  in  order  from  every  quick  de- 
cline due  to  the  predictions  of  frost  which  has  as 
yet  not  materialized  except  in  the  northern  part 
of  Oklahoma  and  the  extreme  northwestern  part 
of  Texas  where  very  little  cotton  is  raised.  The 
census  report  showing  over  three  million  bales 
ginned  up  to  September  25  and  the  Government 
condition  report  of  69.6  were  the  principal  factors 
in  the  market  and  both  were  much  better  than 
expected.  There  were  rumors  the  past  week  of 
storms  approaching  from  the  Gulf  and  this  was 
also  used  to  rally  the  market  from  time  to  time 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  2 1st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,    601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH.    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12  281  957  46 

I^'Posi"    30;  104.366.00 

Officers— Isaias  VV.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr  , 
v.-  'res,;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-I  res, ;  Frank  B,  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin.  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm  F 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfcld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639.482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Bnardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.   Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein       Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick   F.   Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m,,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


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Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

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TOWN  TALK 


October  12.  1912 


but  so  far  there  has  been  no  damage  done  ex- 
cept possibly  a  little  too  much  rain  in  Georgia  and 
Alabama.  Temperatures  too  have  been  danger- 
ously near  the  frost  line  at  times.  Spot  cotton 
has  held  up  remarkably  well,  considering  the  en- 
ormous receipts.  In  fact,  receipts  at  times  were 
larger  at  the  ports  than  for  the  same  time  a  year 
ago.  This  would  indicate  that  the  Government 
figures  were  nearly  correct  as  to  the  amount  of 
cotton  ginned  and  the  condition  of  the  growing 
crop.  Farmers  show  no  disposition  as  yet  to  hold 
their  cotton  and  are  free  sellers  on  the  basis  of 
11  cents  for  middlings.  Export  business  is  not 
on  as  large  a  scale  as  last  year.  The  total  ex- 
ports up  to  date  show  a  falling-off  of  around 
300,000  bales  compared  with  last  year.  This  is 
probably  due  to  the  large  crop  in  both  India  and 
Egypt  where  it  is  said  the  crop  this  year  will 
break  all  records.  However,  business  in  all  lines 
is  good.  This  will  mean  a  good  consumptive  de- 
mand for  our  cotton  both  here  and  abroad.  While 
we  look  for  lower  prices  temporarily  due  to  the 
part  of  the  spinner,  ultimately  we  expect  higher 
prices  and  believe  that  cotton  for  May  delivery 
around  10  1-2  cents  will  look  cheap  later  on. 


CERTIFICATE    OF    CO-PARTNERSHIP— No.  1057 

We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify  that  we  are  co- 
oartners  doing  business  under  the  firm  name  and  style  of 
PACIFIC  COAST  HOTEL  GAZETTl'  CO  ;  that  our 
principal  place  of  business  is  in  the  C.ty  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  No.  163  Sutter  St. , 
and  that  the  following  are  the  names  in  full  of  all  the 
members  of  said  partnership,  and  their  respective  places 
of  residence,  to-wit :  „       .    .  t>    t   i        i~  i 

William  P.  Harrison,  1440  Euclid  Avenue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Martial  Davoust,  Mendel  Apartments,  Ellis  at  Jones 
Street.  San   Francisco,  Cal.  ,        ,     ^  j 

In  witness  whereof  the  undersigned  and  above  named 
partners  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  this  24th  day  of 
September,  1912.  vVILLIAM  P.  HARRRISON. 

MARTIAL  DAVOUST. 
ST.\TE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City   and   County   of   San    Francisco— ss 

On  this  24th  day  of  September,  1912,  before  me  John 
D.^Gish    a  Notary  'public  in  and  for  tl-^..t^^;|y  Coun  y 

of  San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  W  illiam  1  .  nam 
son  and  Martial  Davoust,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons 
whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrunient,  and 
They  du"y  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed  the  same 

In  w  tness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  offic  al  seal  at  my  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San^^ancisco,  the  day  and  year  m  this  certificate  first 
above  written.  iriTTM  n  HTSH 

Nit^rTtilbfifln   and   for  the  .  Cit^  l^n^CouTy^of  San 

(E"n=dT;  lll^d  S'ct^tml;  H.  I.  Mulcrevy.  Clerk^ 
By  L.  J.  Welch.   Deputy  Clerk.  '"^^ 


KNIGHT  &  HEGGERTY 

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SUMMONS   TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Action  No. 
32,803. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
.\ny  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting : 
Vou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KUCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows; 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316J 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (25)  leet ;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  th,.. premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.   HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 
The    first    publication    of    this    Summons    was    made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff:  Names, 
none;  .\ddresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
^vttorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   Bldg.,   San    Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  44,453  ; 
Dept.   No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RIITER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JLVRY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624   Mills   Bldg.,  San   Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 


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NOTARY  PUBLIC 
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ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1.600.000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIG  GREF.NERAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

W'M.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

1902  he  went  to  Italy  with  Doc  Leahy  to  gather 
the  first  all-Italian  company  that  ever  sang  here. 
Before  that  we  had  companies  which  sang  Eng- 
lish, Italian,  German  and  French  in  the  same  pro- 
duction. But  in  1902  Patrizi  helped  Doc  Leahy  dis- 
cover Tina  di  Spada,  Montanari,  di  Padova,  de 
Frate  and  others.  Then  again  in  1907,  he  says,  he 
was  "crazy  enough"  to  go  to  Italy  with  Lambardi 
and  engage  the  Milan  Opera  Company  to  sing  in 
the  ruins.  He's  rather  proud  of  Bertozzi,  Ferra- 
bini,  Pimazonni  and  the  others  who  filled  the 
Chutes  with  melody  that  year. 

Which  brings  us  around  to  Lambardi.  Poor  old 
Lambardi!  He  is  with  us,  but  not  as  exuberant 
as  of  yore.  He  has  even  quenched  the  flame  of 
his  flamboyant  waistcoats.  He  is  as  sad  in  suc- 
cess as  he  was  formerly  joyful  in  failure.  Per- 
haps because  it's  not  his  success.  The  editor 
who  went  to  war  and  came  back  with  song  birds 
has  eclipsed  him. 

SUMMONS 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  42,652; 
Department   No.  7. 
MAE  J.   RINEY,   Plaintiff,  vs.  JOSEPH  M.  RINEY, 

Defendant. 

.'\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  (California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  J.  FRITZ,  .\tty.  for  Plaintiff, 

428  Mills   Bldg..  San   Francisco,  Cal.  8-17-10 


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October  12,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


23 


The  Balkans  Today 

(Continued  from  Page  9.) 
back   in    Moslem    modes    of   life,    although  the 
mosque  has  disappeared. 

Bucharest,  the  capital  of  Roumania,  a  little 
Brussels  as  it  may  aptly  be  described,  is  full  of 
handsome  streets,  boulevards  and  palatial  build- 
ings. But  go  into  the  outer  portions  of  the  city, 
and  you  are  in  the  midst  of  clusters  of  the  tiniest 
huts,  thrown  together,  inhabited  by  people  rag- 
gedly picturesque.  The  aspiration  of  the  Rou- 
manians in  the  Balkan  question  is  to  include 
again  Bessarabia  in  their  kingdom,  as  Rou- 
manians live  there.  It  will  be  seen  that  each 
of  the  Balkan  States  has  ambitions  for  an  en- 
larged territory.  But  the  Roumanians  have  in- 
ternal troubles;  they  have  not  the  system  of 
peasant  proprietorship  that  their  Slav  neighbors 
possess,  and  it  is  only  about  four  years  ago  that 
the  peasants  rose  and  set  on  fire  many  of  the 
properties.  From  the  Danube  steamers  all  down 
the  river  these  fires  were  seen  blazing  on  the 
Roumanian  side.  Perhaps  a  town  that  illustrates 
the  culture  and  development  of  Roumania  more 
than  its  capital  is  Turn  Severin,  a  new  Danube 
port  which  is  young  and  progressive.  The  prin- 
cipal part  is  a  very  handsome  oblong  Grand 
Place,  surrounded  on  all  sides  (save  at  the  river 
end,  where  there  is  a  garden  promenade)  by  fine 
buildings  and  shops.  At  the  upper  end  is  the 
market-house,  and  perhaps  the  most  picturesque 
folk  to  be  seen  in  Europe.  The  women's 
dresses  are  full  of  color,  and  the  needlework  and 
embroidery  upon  them  are  artistic.  The  groups 
of  women  are  standing  or  sitting  about  in  their 
long  white  skirts  with  the  parti-colored  broad 
borders  and  decorated  sleeves  arid  breasts,  over 
which  is  the  sheepskin  jacket,  with  a  brilliant- 
colored  apron  before  and  behind.  These  groups 
give  masses  of  color  and  artistic  poses  such  as 
can  only  be  seen  in  this  Near  East.  The  descrip- 
tion given  of  these  peasants  by  a  young  Rou- 
manian avocat  was,  "They  are  intelligent,  but 
savage  "  and  his  friend  standing  near  asked  if 
I  knew  Hungary.  Knowing  the  antipathy  be- 
tween the  races,  I  did  not  own  to  any  great 
knowledge  of  Hungary.  "Ah,  they  are  savages," 
was  the  exclamation.  "There  are  three  million 
Roumanians  in  Hungary;  the  rest  are  savages." 
And  this  word  "savage,"  so  utterly  untrue  of  all 
these  Balkan  peoples,  is  hurled  by  the  people  of 
each  State  at  the  peoples  of  all  the  other  States. 
At  Giurgevo,  in  Roumania,  I  heard  also  a  Buchar- 
est lady  speak  of  the  Roumanian  peasants  as 
savages. 

The  code  of  laws  of  Roumania  is  founded  on 
the  Napoleonic  code,  and  in  the  law  courts  it 
was  interesting  to  see  the  peasants,  some  in  mod- 
ern dress,  waiting  to  talk  with  their  lawyers,  and 
the  witnesses  waiting  to  be  called.  I  asked  my 
avocat  friend  how  Roumanians  accounted  for  this 
Latin  race,  with  a  language  printed  very  like 
Italian  in  Roman  letters,  being  left  here  amidst 
the  Slav  races,  whose  language  approaches  the 
Russian  and  is  printed  with  similar  characters. 
"The  Romans  came  here,"  he  replied,  "got  mixed 
with  the  Dacians,  and  that  mixed  race  and  tongue 
has  remained  here."  The  schools  in  this  small 
new  town  are  large  and  important,  and  they  do 
not  neglect  their  history,  for  there  is  a  good 
modern  monument  to  Trajan;  but  I  saw  a  man 
taking  part  of  the  stones  of  the  ruins  of  Trajan's 
castle,  that  with  the  bridge  form  such  interesting 
objects  here,  for  building  purposes. 

The  ambition  of  Bulgaria  is  to  go  back  to 
the  days  of  the  Emperor  Samuel,  who  early  in 
the  eleventh  century  had  grouped  the  whole  of 
the  Macedonian  tribes  into  one  State.  On  land- 
ing in  Bulgaria  at  first  one  feels  in  Russia;  tlierc 
is  the  same  type  of  burly,  powerful  gendarme, 
some  in  serviceable  dark-blue,  red-faced  uniform. 


with  revolver  and  short  sword,  and  others  in  the 
spotless  white  that  is  so  noticeable  directly  one 
touches  a  Russian  port.  The  Bulgarians  have 
great  individual  freedom,  and  yet  their  Constitu- 
tion was  drawn  up  for  them  by  a  Russian  Count. 
Their  peasants  are  proprietors,  and  many  are 
very  wealthy,  most  well-to-do;  and  this  year  the 
enormous  piles  of  sacks  of  produce  waiting  to 
be  shipped  at  every  halting-place  of  the  Danube 
steamers  told  of  their  great  harvest.  Whether 
the  increase  of  income  will  make  the  Bulgarian 
bureaucracy  more  aggressive  remains  to  be 
proved.  As  one  lands  at  such  a  town  as  Lom 
Palanka  there  are  two  significant  signs  of  the 
evolution  of  the  Bulgarian — the  minaret  speaking 
of  the  Turkish  oppression,  and  the  Russian-like 
gendarme,  active,  energetic,  taking  down  the 
names  of  everyone  going  on  and  off  the  ship. 
But,  as  I  have  said,  they  have  advanced  from  the 
Russian  rule. 

The  old  kingdom  of  Servia,  as  it  was  under 
Dushan  in  the  fourteenth  century,  included  Bos- 
nia and  Herzegovina  and  the  Sandyak  of  Novi 
Bazar  and  Montenegro.  As  an  enthusiastic  Ser- 
vian exclaimed,  "We  had  it  for  180  years."  This 
was  the  cause  of  the  excitement  in  Servia  when 
Austria  closed  her  thirty  years  of  development  in 
the  two  Balkan  provinces  by  annexing  them,  so 
cutting  off  Servia  from  all  hope  of  her  dream  be- 
ing realized.  There  is  a  practice  peculiar  to  the 
Serbs  in  all  this  part  of  Europe  that  proves  their 
nationality,  say  the  Servian  enthusiasts,  and  that 
is  the  practice  of  "Slava,"  a  veneration  of  tlie 
household  gods.  Penates  in  old  days;  today  the 
veneration  of  the  household  saints.  This  is  the 
purest  proof  of  the  Serb  nationalities.  Each 
house  adopts  a  saint  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion, and  the  priest  comes  to  the  house  and  pray- 
ers are  offered  up,  a  special  cake  is  made  that  the 
priest  cuts,  and  boiled  corn  is  eaten,  much  as  our 
"frumenty"  of  the  West  of  England  is  eaten  in 
mid-Lent.  The  Servians  are  intensely  patriotic, 
and  given  a  period  of  settled  government  their 
country  would  develop  rapidly.  They  have  re- 
duced their  illiterate  population  from  90  per  cent, 
to  about  60  per  cent.,  and  are  building  schools, 
gymnasiums,  and  girls'  schools  in  all  their  towns, 
and  education  is  now  compulsory  throughout  the 
State.  In  the  frontier  town  of  Pirot  I  went  into 
several  of  their  primary  schools  and  over  a  well- 


tury,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  kingdom  of  Servia 
reached  from  the  Danube  by  Belgrade  to  the 
whole  of  the  Dalmatian  coast,  and  the  kingdom 
of  Bulgaria  reached  from  the  Danube,  including 
the  Black  Sea  coast,  close  to  Adrianople,  only 
a  narrow  strip  of  the  Eastern  Roman  Empire 
separating  her  from  the  Aegean  Sea.  It  is  these 
ancient  kingdoms  the  people  of  these  districts 
are  taught  to  dream  of,  and  the  enthusiastic 
patriots  in  the  country  talk  of;  and  Turkey's  ex- 
tremity is,  they  think,  their  opportunity;  mean- 
while they  are  extending  their  propaganda  by  es- 
tablishing newspapers  in  the  Servian  tongue 
wherever  the  Serbs  live,  in  Hungary  or  elsewhere, 
and  they  point  to  the  fact  that  there  are  700 
newspapers  now  being  issued  in  and  around  Ser- 
via in  Servian.  One  lies  before  me  now,  "Zas- 
tava,"  printed  in  Hungary.  At  the  present  time 
keen  watch  is  being  kept  on  the  Albanians,  and 
if  they  rise  there  is  likely  to  be  a  movement  in 
Servia,  as  the  Albanians,  it  is  said,  persecute  the 
Servians.  Religion — or  rather,  one  should  say, 
sectarianism  in  the  Churches — has  a  great  deal  to 
do  with  this  race  problem,  and  the  Servian  priests 
have  very  frequently  led  the  people  into  battle 
and  fought  and  fallen  in  the  fight. 


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The  Shooting  of  Roosevelt 

The  Milwaukee  episode  may  serve  a  good 
purpose.  Mr.  Roosevelt  assumes  that  the 
shooting  was  the  result  of  the  unbalancing 
of  a  mind  by  perfervid  personal  abuse.  Per- 
haps as  a  consequence  the  tone  of  the  cam- 
paign may  change  somewhat  in  the  closing 
weeks.  This  would  be  a  very  happy  out- 
come of  an  incident  that  is  universally  re- 
gretted. For  in  this  campaign,  as  we  have 
heretofore  remarked,  there  has  been  gen- 
erated much  heat  and  passion.  The  atmo- 
sphere is  charged  with  spleen  and  hatred. 
It  reeks  of  insincerity  and  intellectual  mean- 
ness. It  is  certainly  time  to  call  a  halt.  Mr. 
Roosevelt  promises  that  so  far  as  he  is  con- 
cerned a  halt  will  1)e  called.  "I  will  disown 
and  repudiate."  he  says,  "any  man  of  my 
l)arty  who  attacks  with  vile,  foul  slander 
and  abuse  my  opponents  of  any  other  party." 
lM-(im  this  it  is  to  lie  inferred  that  Governor 
johnson  will  1)e  muzzled,  and  that  the 
President  will  never  again  be  referred  to  as 
"the  most  humiliating  spectacle  in  the  his- 
tory of  his  country."  It  is  to  be  hoped  of 
course  that  the  Colonel  will  also  assuage 
himself  and  moderate  his  language.  But 
unfortunately  Mr.  Roosevelt  is  a  law  unto 
himself.  Even  in  the  very  speech  in  which 
he  deplored  the  vulgar  character  of  the  cam- 
paign he  spoke  of  the  "foul  mendacity  and 
abuse"  that  had  been  heaped  on  him  in  the 
interest  of  his  opponents,  and  he  added:  "I 
say  now  I  have  never  said  on  the  stump  one 
word  against  any  opponent  that  I  would  not 
defend  in  the  library.  I  have  said  nothing 
that  I  could  not  substantiate  and  nothing 
I  ought  not  to  have  said,  nothing  that,  look- 
ing back,  I  would  not  say  again.  I  am  all 
right."  How  characteristic  of  onr  former 
I'resident!  He  was  probably  never  more 
sincere  than  when  he  uttered  himself  with 
a  bullet  in  his  breast  on  the  platform  in  Mil- 
waukee;  and  his  utterances  are  those  of  a 
man  who  has  constituted  himself  a  cult. 
They  are  naively  illustrative.  .•\fFecting 
a  complete  detachment  from  self  he  in- 
dulges in  self-criticism,  and  finds  himself 
flawless.    The  man  famous  for  his  cres- 


San   I'r.incisco,  October  19,  1912 


cendoes  of  vituperation,  deplores  the  fury 
of  partisan  spirit,  censures  his  opponents 
for  their  violent  language — and  re]5eats  by 
implication  everything  he  has  said  in  the 
campaign.  The  first  among  all  the  candi- 
dates to  make  mean  accusations,  he  now  as- 
sures his  hearers  that  he  stands  ready  to 
substantiate  everything  he  has  said,  and  in 
the  same  breath  in  which  he  calls  for  sur- 
cease of  calumny  he  declares  that  he  lias 
said  nothing  he  would  not  say  again.  This 
is  the  talk  of  a  wilful,  petulant  child.  It  is 
the  talk  of  a  man  who  is  assured  of  his  own 
infallibility.  "To  talk  about  me,"  he  says, 
"is  calumny;  to  talk  about  you  is  my  special 
privilege  because  I  do  not  err."  This  is  the 
sentiment  of  the  new  Roosevelt,  not  the 
Roosevelt  who  was  elected  President,  but 
the  Roosevelt  who  has  come  to  remind  us 
of  what  was  said  of  Disraeli,  that  he 
first  deceived  his  party  and  then  himself, 
'idiese  observations  we  make  dispassion- 
ately, with  no  feeling  but  that  of  commisera- 
tion, lirought  to  reflection  by  the  bullet  of 
a  madman,  we  find  in  our  heart  nn  feeling 
of  bitterness  toward  the  man  wliosc  conduct 
we  have  often  reprehended  and  passionately 
denounced  in  these  columns.  There  is  1)ut 
one  feeling  that  he  excites  in  us,  the  feeling 
of  pity.  This  feeling  has  been  heightened 
by  the  psychological  study  which  he  pre- 
sented in  Milwaukee.  Wha  that  is  capable 
of  detachment  from  the  ])olitics  of  the  mo- 
ment can  fail  to  realize  the  infinite  pathos 
of  the  career  of  Theodore  Roosevelt? 


The  Third  Term  Issue 

If  Mr.  Roosevelt,  as  we  all  earnestly  hope, 
has  a  speedy  and  complete-  recovery  ]ier- 
haps  he  will  have  no  reason  to  regret  the 
shooting.  It  may  .give  new  impetus  to 
the  cause  in  which  he  has  shed  his  blood. 
In  the  modern  acceptation  of  the  term  to 
be  shot  as  a  result  of  partisan  leadership  is 
to  sufi^er  a  species  of  martyrdom.  And  so 
Colonel  Roosevelt  is  now  a  more  interest- 
ing figure  than  he  was  a  week  ago.  He  ap- 
peals more  .strongly  than  ever  to  the  im- 
agination of  the  public  Ijecause  of  the  pluck 
and  coolness  and  magnanimity  that  he  dis- 
played at  the  supreme  moment.  In  the  cir- 
cumstances it  is  unnecessary  for  the  Pro- 
gressive organs  to  accuse  the  Money  Lords 
of  having  inspired  the  shooting ;  nay  it  is 
stupid,  since  it  savors  too  pungently  of  an 
unsentimental,  business-like  disposition  to 
transmute  the  blood  of  Roosevelt  into,  coin 
for  the  campaign  fund.  It  is  especially 
stupid  when  attention  is  called  particularly 
to  the  fact  of  the  madman's  insisting  that 
every  third-termer  ought  to  be  regarded  as  a 
traitor  to  the  American  cause.  This  the  Bul- 
letin tells  us  is  the  sentiment  of  the  special 
interest  press.    It  may  be  well  to  remind  the 


No.  1052 


Bulletin  of  its  self-confessed  sin  of  unscrup- 
ulosity  and  warn  it  against  a  disposition  to 
return  to  forsworn  tactics;  also,  to  ob- 
serve that  sentiment  against  a  third  term  was 
]irevalcnt  throughout  the  country  long  be- 
fore there  was  any  talk  of  special  interests. 
It  is  a  sentiment  that  has  come  down  to  us 
from  the  Founders  of  this  Republic.  It  is 
a  sentiment  the  absence  of  which  we  are 
told  by  some  very  sagacious  students  of  his- 
tor\-,  who  ne\  er  had  any  interest  in  American 
politics,  is  the  first  symptom  of  the  hopeless 
degeneracy  of  a  Republic.  It  is  a  sentiment 
tiiat  had  a  very  strong  hold  on  the  public 
mind  of  this  country  even  as  late  as  the 
time  when  the  special  interests  induced  Gen- 
eral Grant  to  become  a  candidate  for  a  third 
term.  The  argument  was  made  in  those 
days  that  the  principle  of  a  third  term  had 
reference  only  to  a  third  successive  term  ; 
and  if  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin  wishes  to 
know  what  was  said  to  the  contrary  he  has 
but  to  read  the  political  literature  of  the 
period.  Now  it  is  not  to  be  gainsaid  that 
the  mind  of  the  man  wdio  thinks  he  was 
directed  by  the  shade  of  William  McKinley 
to  assassinate  Theodore  Roosevelt  is  un- 
balanced, but  let  us  not  be  so  disingenuous 
as  to  pretend  to  believe  that  the  issue  on 
which  he  worked  himself  into  a  murderous 
frenzy  was  manufactured  merely  for  polit- 
ical effect.  There  are  many  intelligent  lov- 
ers of  their  country  who  regard  that  issue 
as  the  paramount  issue  of  the  campaign, 
who  believe  that  nothing  is  more  deplorable 
than  the  neglect  of  it.  And  that  belief  is  by 
no  means  inconsistent  with  faith  in  the  sin- 
ceritv  or  honesty  of  Theodore  Roosevelt. 

In  the  Interest  of  Beauty 

Our  consuming  passion  for  the  beautiful 
now  finds  expression  in  terms  of  hostility 
to  high  fences  plastered  over  with  the  debas- 
ing literature  and  art  of  trade.  Let  us  give 
credit  to  the  business  managers  of  the  dail- 
ies, the  lordly  leaders  of  this  esthetic 
propaganda  that  has  for  its  salutary  object 
the  curtailment  of  the  profits  of  the  bill- 
sticker.  The  newspaper  business  manager 
is  an  ardent  lover  of  the  beautiful.  It 
grieves  him  nnich  to  see  ]iictures  staring 
at  him  from  the  walls  along  the  iiighway 
wliile  good  space  is  .going  to  waste  in  jour- 
nals devoted  to  the  uplift  of  the  masses. 
.\nd  so  he  has  been  educating  our  public 
servants  up  to  a  sense  of  the  shame  of  a 
city  tliat  tolerates  so  much  ugliness.  May 
we  not  hope  that  in  the  course  of  time  this 
same  propaganda  may  devote  some  atten- 
tion to  the  architectural  monstrosity  which 
symbolizes  the  ruling  passion  of  the  elect- 
orate? We  refer  of  course  to  the  election 
booth  which  daily  and  nightly  serves  to  re- 
mind us  that  the  government  has  been 
brought  back  to  the  people.    In  other  days 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


October  19,  1912 


the  curb-stone  shanty  was  an  eyesore  only 
at  Ion};-  intervals.  It  was  removed  from 
sif^ht  after  every  election.  lUit  now  as  we 
are  called  upon  every  little  while  to  vote 
for  something  or  somebody  or  other,  and  as 
women  cannot  be  expected  to  walk  long 
distances  to  cast  their  precious  ballots,  the 
election  booth  has  multiplied  and  has  come 
to  stay.  In  the  circumstances  it  behooves 
us  in  our  enthusiasm  for  the  ijeautiful  to 
mitigate  as  far  as  possible  this  civic 
nuisance.  We  might  take  a  hint  from  con- 
tinental cities  of  the  old  world,  and  fit  the 
election  booth  up  with  certain  "conven- 
iences," thus  making  it  less  intolerable 
by  making  it  more  useful.  l!ut  what- 
ever we  do  let  us  have  it  monumental  ana 
graceful.  The  problem  beckons  the  dear 
people  once  more  to  alluring  polls.  Perhaps 
it  may  be  made  to  serve  as  a  pretext  for  an- 
other bond  election. 


The  Rosenthal  Murder 

The  story  of  the  I^osenthal  murder  as  it 
has  been  told  on  the  witness  stand  has  the 
fascination  of  a  monstrous  abnormality  that 
is  beyond  the  apprehension  of  the  ordinary 
individual.  But  the  assassins,  though  it  ap- 
pears there  survives  in  them  the  genius  of 
l)rinieval  man,  the  dominant  instinct  of  the 
prehistoric  savage  or  brute  beast,  are  not 
such  unconimon  persons  as  we  might  fancy 
at  first  blush.  Men  of  their  type  infest  the 
haunts  of  criminals  in  all  large  cities.  Lieu- 
tenant Becker  is  the  one  picturesque  char- 
acter in  the  drama.  His  is  a  figure  that 
might  have  stepped  out  of  one  of  the  blood- 
boltered  plays  of  D'Annunzio.  This  police- 
man who  orders  a  murder  as  he  would  a 
mutton  chop,  and  who  gloats  over  the  corpse, 
possessed  of  the  notion  that  he  would  like 
to  cut  out  his  victim's  tongue,  is  a  character 
that  has  .something  of  the  supreme  attrac- 
tion for  us  of  a  Borgia.  He  makes  a  strong 
appeal  to  our  imagination.  We  can  con- 
ceive of  him  rollicking  amid  clotted  horrors 
of  his  own  contrivance.  But  his  servitors, 
the  accommodating  assassins,  if  they  have 
distinguished  themselves  it  is  because  of 
their  faith  in  the  prerogative  of  their  master. 
Never  was  royal  mandate  for  the  eiTusion  of 
blood  heeded  with  less  thought  of  con- 
sequences. Here  was  a  curious  tribute  to 
the  majesty  of  the  law  as  incarnated  in 
the  person  of  a  police  ofificial.  It  serves 
to  enable  us  to  realize  how  great  is  the  re- 
spect which  the  criminal  has  for  police 
power.  "Croak  him!"  said  Becker;  "croak 
him  in  front  of  a  policeman!"  Even  Henry 
II  was  not  so  bold  when  to  rid  himself  of 
the  pestiferous  i)riest  he  but  suggestionized 
his  sycophants.  .\  literal  minded  lot  were 
Becker's  gangsters,  wholly  devoid  of  im- 
agination. They  might  have  got  rid  of 
Rosenthal  in  a  score  of  ways,  but  they  chose 
the  worst  possible  way,  like  amateurs  in 
carnage  such  as  De  Quincey  tells  us  of 
in  his  essa}-^  on  ]\Iurder  as  a  Fine  Art. 
.Anatole  France  says  there  are  murders  that 
are  superb  on  account  of  the  dramatic  spec- 
tacle they  present  to  the  mind's  eye.  The 
Rosenthal  murder  is  not  one  of  them.  This 
murder  is  rcpellant  in  its  ugliness,  shocking 
by  reason  of  the  state  of  things  it  reveals  in 


the  life  of  a  great  city.  But  that  state  of 
things  is  not  peculiar.  This  is  a  thought 
startling  enough  in  itself.  The  truth  is  that 
between  policemen  and  criminals  relations 
are  not  always  strained.  The  police  make 
professional  use  of  criminals  and  criminals 
make  professional  use  of  policemen.  "Police 
protection"  has  come  to  be  a  familiar  phrase 
in  our  language.  How  few  of  us  stop  to 
])onder  all  that  it  means!  There  have  been 
many  police  scandals  in  American  cities,  and 
there  has  been  bloodshed  in  more  than  one 
instance  as  a  result  of  the  criminal  relations 
between  policemen  and  thugs.  A  mighty 
dis(iuieting  phenomenon  this,  of  the  tend- 
ency to  collusion  between  policemen  and 
criminals,  but  how  it  is  to  be  curbed  is  a 
problem  of  the  most  perplexing  character. 
In  some  of  the  countries  of  Europe  there  are 
Government  spies  employed  to  watch  the 
police,  and  in  Napoleon's  day  there  were 
spies  employed  to  watch  the  spies,  but  ex- 
perience teaches  that  the  more  elaborate  the 
system  of  surveillance  the  greater  the  evils 
that  flow  therefrom. 


The  College  Oracle 

It  ma\-  be  well  to  felicitate  ourselves  on 
the  awakening  of  the  public  conscience,  but 
it  does  no  harm  to  reflect  that  the  age  which 
has  just  gone  by  with  all  its  sins,  all  its 
glitter  and  material  opulence,  was  at  least 
an  age  of  tranquillitj^  and  opportunity.  We 
are  now  in  the  midst  of  vast  disquietudes, 
beset  by  forces  that  we  cannot  estimate,  and 
there  is  no  certainty  of  an  afternoon  serene 
and  unending.  Repeatedly  we  are  told  that 
we  are  in  times  similar  to  those  preceding 
the  French  Revolution.  This  is  not  to  be 
disputed.  This  is  an  age  of  intellectual  re- 
volt. The  French  Revolution  was  preceded 
by  schools  of  philosophy.  It  had  its  incep- 
tion in  a  literature  of  protest,  which  was 
succeeded  by  a  yellow  journalism  of  the 
most  detestable  character.  We  are  having 
both  at  once,  but  there  is  this  difiference, — 
that  the  literature  of  France  was  of  a  high 
order  while  ours  is  on  a  level  with  our 
yellow  journalism  which  is  a  product  of 
our  school  system.  This  country  is  now 
experiencing  the  ill  effects  of  miseducation. 
For  many  years  a  passion  for  the  kind  of 
learning  to  be  obtained  in  our  universities 
has  been  a  national  disease ;  and  we  have 
reached  a  point  where  ridiculous  pedantry 
of  the  very  kind  that  Rabelais  helped  to  ex- 
tinguish with  a  laugh  is  rampant  in  every 
city,  town  and  hamlet  in  the  land.  Educa- 
tion is  with  us  a  kind  of  fetish,  anfl  edu- 
cators we  have  exalted  till  they  have  become 
in  the  popular  mind  something  of  the  nature 
of  supermen.  To  them  we  look  as  to  in- 
fallible guides  for  light  and  leading.  The 
college  professor  with  a  message  has  be- 
come the  pre-eminent  matinee  idol  of  the 
-American  people.  Swollen  with  self-im- 
portance, he  presumes  to  set  us  right  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the 
body  and  the  soul.  This  is  no  new  state  of 
affairs  in  the  world's  history.  The  o.stenta- 
tious  obtrusion  of  the  presumption  of  schol- 
ars is  an  old  story.  In  many  countries,  in 
many  periods,  the  vacant  skull  of  pedantry 
has  furnished  out  a  throne  and  temple  for 


mischievous  vanity.  But  the  pedant  as  a 
political  and  social  reformer  never  before 
wielded  the  influence  that  he  has  in  this 
country  today.  For  never  before  were  his 
opportunities  so  great.  .Such  is  the  passion 
for  culture  that  he  is  the  most  popular  of 
lecturers,  and  so  universally  is  he  acknowl- 
edged as  an  authority  that  his  books  are 
best-sellers  and  his  essays  are  printed  in 
magazines  and  daily  papers.  He  is  pro- 
ducing a  shabby  literature  of  protest  against 
the  ideals  of  all  time  and  against  what  he 
regards  as  the  cramping  boundaries  of  con- 
vention. He  is  the  symbol  of  the  fresh 
child  mocking  at  the  limitations  of  his 
father.  If  we  read  him  we  find  that  there 
is  no  dogma,  no  theory  of  sociology  or 
politics,  however  foolish,  to  which  he  does 
not  set  his  seal.  Indeed  of  most  of  the 
strange  dogmas  and  theories  of  the  day  he 
is  the  proud  and  pompous  author.  He  is  the 
same  old  familiar  pedant  that  men  of  sense 
and  wit  have  so  often  made  the  object  of 
ridicule.  As  always,  he  sees  things  not  as 
they  are  but  as  he  fancies  they  should  be, 
and  "shuts  his  apprehensions  up"  in  order 
that  he  may  discover  nothing  to  interfere 
with  his  prejudices  or  convince  him  of  their 
absurdity.  All  the  loose  ideas  in  circula- 
tion among  the  non-thinking  of  the  dav  are 
to  be  traced  to  our  universities.  W'hatever 
of  dissatisfaction  there  is  with  existing  in- 
stitutions owes  its  origin  to  the  speculative 
and  subversive  philosophy  that  is  tried  out 
on  the  minds  of  students  in  the  class-room 
by  pigmy  Voltaires  and  incipient  Huxleys. 
The  American  pedant  is  above  all  things 
an  iconoclast.  ]5y  speaking  disrespectfully 
of  whatever  is  sacred  he  acquires  a  reputa- 
tion for  boldness  and  originality,  and  so  he 
scouts  tradition  because  it  is  tradition  and 
recommends  innovation  because  it  is  innova- 
tion. To  study  the  development  of  thought 
in  our  universities  is  to  trace  the  genesis 
of  our  great  Progressive  movement  down 
to  the  epitomizing  of  it  in  a  platform  made 
in  Chicago  at  a  conference  of  college  pro- 
fessors. The  Progressive  movement  is  an 
academic  movement.  The  enthusiasm  be- 
hind it  is  the  enthusiasm  of  men  keen 
for  the  perception  of  anomalies  but 
never  for  the  truth  that  might  rectify 
them.  Great  multitudes  of  men  are  pin- 
ning their  faith  on  the  understandings  of 
these  sophomoric  philosophers,  not  a  few 
of  whom  are  skilled  in  metaphysics,  versed 
in  the  teachings  of  Nietzsche,  familiar  with 
the  castes  of  the  Hindoos,  most  learned  in 
whatever  is  least  liable  to  be  brought  to  the 
test  of  experience  and  as  ignorant  of  human 
nature  as  a  bull  moose  is  of  the  Darwinian 
theorv. 


A  Professor  at  Close  Range 

Every  little  while  we  are  permitted  to 
study  a  college  professor  at  close  range — 
a  Wheeler  at  a  banquet,  a  Jordan  on  a 
hobby.  Now  comes  Earl  Barnes,  a  po- 
tentate of  the  mind  from  Palo  .Alto,  oracular 
like  all  his  breed  on  something  of  which  it 
is  impossible  that  he  should  know  anything 
but  by  conjecture.  "Two  centuries  from 
now,"  says  Barnes,  "family  life  as  at  pres- 
ent constituted  with  its  sacramental  sig- 


October  19.  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


5 


nificance,  its  lack  of  a  eugenic  conscience 
and  its  medieval  ethical  standards  will  be 
almost  incomprehensible."  Here  we  have 
the  typical  dogmatist  of  the  cocksure  school 
of  philosophy,  which  flatters  itself  that  it  is 
going  to  produce  another  French  Revolu- 
tion. Here  is  a  prophet  who  looks  into  the 
seeds  of  time,  and  at  a  safe  distance — two 
hundred  years  hence — sees  the  passing  of 
the  night  of  the  old  religions  when  men  will 
hurl  imprecations  at  whatever  gods  may  be. 
According  to  Professor  Barnes  the  ideal 
state  of  civilization  will  come  when  there 
shall  be  no  impediment  to  divorce.  He  in- 
sists that  "a  eugenic  conscience"  should 
take  the  place  of  the  old  "theological  con- 
science," and  he  declares  that  when  men 
and  women  are  permitted  to  marry  as  often 
as  they  please  marriage  will  be  brought  back 
to  its  "eternally  binding  realities."  The 
eugenic  conscience  will  do  the  trick.  The 
eugenic  conscience  will  generate  romantic 
love,  says  Barnes.  Barnes  reminds  us  of 
that  penetrating  thinker  imagined  by  George 
Eliot,  who  could  see  his  way  through  the 
centuries  to  a  society  composed  of  machines 
of  perfect  mechanism,  a  State  in  which  by 
pressing  a  button  brains  were  let  loose  to 


give  readings  of  the  spiral  vortices  con- 
cerned in  the  production  of  epic  poems  and 
judicial  harangues.  Of  the  college  profes- 
sors of  other  days  it  was  said  they  knew 
nothing  but  books.  The  American  college 
professor  is  ignorant  even  of  books.  That 
is  why  he  is  so  progressive  along  lines  that 
extend  back  into  the  mists  of  time.  This 
ideal  state  conceived  by  Professor  Barnes, 
like  most  of  the  political  cure-alls  of  the 
day,  has  been  experimented  with  by  several 
peoples,  who  found  in  every  instance  it 
wasn't  an  ideal  State  at  all.  The  Greeks 
had  a  eugenic  conscience  and  gave  it  play 
not  with  admirable  results.  The  Romans 
had  free  divorce,  and  their  romantic  love 
was  soon  converted  into  a  pig  stye  passion. 
If  Professor  Barnes  had  ever  read  David 
Hume,  who  is  fairly  well  esteemed  in 
academic  circles,  perhaps  he  -would  not  be 
so  enthusiastic  about  the  eugenic  con- 
science. Hume  says  that  nothing  is  more 
dangerous  than  to  unite  two  persons  so 
closely  in  all  their  interests  and  concerns 
as  man  and  wife  without  rendering  the 
union  entire  and  total.  When,  according  to 
Hume,  the  tie  between  man  and  wife  is 
wavering  and  uncertain  there  are  bound  to 


arise  endless  c|uarrels  and  suspicions.  He 
points  out  that  when  there  was  no  im- 
pediment to  divorce  in  Rome  marriages 
were  most  rare,  and  Augustus  was  obliged 
by  penal  laws  to  force  men  of  fashion  into 
the  married,  state.  But  we  need  not  go 
back  to  Hume  or  to  Rome  to  see  the  ab- 
surdity of  the  college  professor's  ideal  state. 
Divorce  is  as  free  today  as  it  is  possible  to 
make  it.  No  man  or  woman  needs  to  re- 
main married  while  there  is  a  Reno,  the 
most  progressive  city  in  the  world  from 
the  Barnes  viewpoint.  But  we  see  no 
sign  of  marriage  beingf  brought  back  as 
Barnes  puts  it  to  "its  eternally  binding  real- 
ities." The  happiest  marriages  today  as 
always  are  those  which  by  long  acquaint- 
ance have  ripened  into  a  lasting  friendship, 
fluman  nature  is  such  that  romantic  love 
in  the  married  state,  with  or  without  a 
eugenic  conscience,  endures  not  beyond  the 
ecstasies  of  the  honeymoon.  Hence  the 
fond  conviction  of  man  that  he  is  a  poly- 
gamous animal,  a  conviction  so  well 
grounded  that  socict\',  which  takes  care  of 
itself  first  and  the  indi\idual  afterward, 
deems  it  advisable  to  take  no  chances  with 
the  eugenic  conscience. 


The  H< 

.'\  (Jay  shall  break — the  widening  rose  of  dawn 
Petal  on  petal  lifting  from  the  gold 
Until  tlie  neutral  earth  is  green,  the  stars 
Reborn  as  dew — that  day  shall  break, 
Au<\  thou  sleep  on. 

Sleep  so  serenely  that  the  pitcher  left 

To  brim  and  overflow,  the  whitened  ash. 

The  needle  rusting  in  the  seam 

Shall  be  as  recollected  play; 

So  deeply,  not  the  push 

Of  dimpled  fingers  at  thy  breast 

May  call  thee  back. 

Beneath  a  coronal  of  bloom,  the  frui! 
Is  ripening  ere  the  petals  fleet 
Through  quiet  airs, 
A  fragrant  generation  at  a  breath. 


of  Clay 

When  is  fullilled 

The  law,  the  purpose  of  our  earth, 
We  tiio  may  wing  into  the  vast. 

The  sacred  fire 

Smoulders  upon  tiic  hearth,  though  red 
On  circling  wall  the  pageantry  of  iiell 
Within  the  shrine 

The  priestess  pours  libation  till  the  years 
Are  numbered  and  a  younger  vestal  brings 
The  oil  and  wine. 

From  the  low  house  of  clay  we  look 
Through  storied  window  of  the  creeds; 
From  the  low  house  of  clay — the  altar  lit. 
Or  black  with  dying  brand — we  step 
Into  the  light. 

— C.  A.  Dawson  Scott. 


Perspective  Impressions 


John  D.  Works  is  herby  placed  in  nomination 
for  house  manager  of  the  Club  of  Bores. 


Let  us  hope  that  the  Los  Angeles  couple  who 
married  in  Esperanto  will  not  repent  in  English. 


If  the  Balkans  refuse  to  go  to  the  Hague  will 
Dr.  Jordan  bring  the  Hague  to  the  Balkans? 


War  is  a  lesson  in  geography.  Brush  the  dust 
from  your  old  text  book  and  test  the  fascination 
of  following  the  armies  in  the  Balkans. 


"The  growth  of  — ■■  in  popular  favor 

is  indicated  by  the  spread  of  enthusiasm  all  over 
the  country."  The  name  is  merely  a  question 
of  newspaper  partisanship. 


When  you  hear  that  sweet  trio,  Pecksniff 
Rowell,  Tartuflfe  Earl  and  Blue  Jay  Lissner  sing- 
ing Onward,  Christian  Soldiers,  remember  it  is 
written,  "Woe  unto  you  that  laugh." 


Having  paid  tlie  tribute  of  our  undivided  at- 
tention to  the  Red  Sox  and  the  Giants  let  us  now 
consider  the  brave  struggle  that  the  Montenegrins 
are  making  for  their  liberties. 


Of  course  nobody  has  abused  President  Taft 
in  this  campaign.  Far  be  it  from  any  Progres- 
sive organ  or  orator  to  impute  to  our  good  Presi- 
dent a  fondness  for  stolen  goods. 


Teach  yourself  the  gospel  of  content.  For  in- 
stance: Remind  yourself  that  the  joyous-looking 
joyrider  '.vith  the  earful  of  peaches  may  be  an 
embez-zler  who'll  be  caught  next  week  or  a 
chauff'^ur  stealing  his  employer's  gasoline. 


Tom  Lipton  thus:  "1  am  looking  for  a  race,  and 
I  long  to  see  my  fighting  flag  flying  from  the 
mast  and  hear  the  boom  of  the  signal  gun  off 
Sandy  Hook."  And  of  course  a  boom  in  Lipton's 
tea  is  the  source  of  an  inspiration  all  its  own. 


The  bare  knee  skirts  may  be  immodest,  but  the 
law  of  compensation  gives  us  the  feminine  knee 
bared  which  is  quite  another  thing. 


Mrs.  Woodrow  Wilson,  says  the  press 
despatches,  has  been  buying  gowns  suitable  to 
wear  at  White  House  functions.  So  even  the 
candidate's  wife  must  be  pressed  into  service  for 
the  campaign. 


When  a  man  has  grit  enough  to  talk  to  an 
audience  for  ten  minutes  while  bleeding  from  a 
bullet  w<nuid  in  the  chest  the  probability  is  that 
he  has  determination  enough  to  pull  through  with 
very  little  surgical  assistance. 


The  women  of  the  EUendale  Methodist  Church 
of  EUendale,  Del.,  have  agreed  to  contribute 
every  egg  laid  on  Sunday  on  their  farms  toward 
paying  off  the  church  debt.  Now  let  us  see  if 
the  Methodist  hens  are  Sabbatarians. 


6  TOWNTALK  October  19,  1912 


I. 

Jc;in  had  inherited  from  his  father  a  little  field 
close  beside  the  sea.  Round  this  field  the  branches 
of  the  pine  trees  murmured  a  response  to  the 
sighing  of  the  wind. 

In  this  field  grew  roses  and  raspberries.  The 
pretty  girls  of  the  neighborhood  came  to  Jean's 
home  to  buy  these  fruits  and  flowers,  so  like  their 
own  lips  and  cheeks.  The  roses,  the  lips,  and  the 
berries  had  all  the  same  youth,  had  all  the  same 
beauty. 

Jean  lived  happily  beside  the  sca,  at  the  foot 
of  the  hills,  beneath  an  olive  tree  planted  near  his 
door,  which  in  all  seasons  threw  a  lace-like  blue 
shadow  upon  his  white  wall. 

Near  the  olive  tree  was  a  well,  the  water  of 
which  was  so  cold  and  pure  that  the  girls  of  the 
region  with  their  cheeks  like  roses  and  their  lins 
like  raspberries,  came  thither  night  and  morning 
with  their  jugs.  Upon  their  heads,  covered  with 
pads,  they  carried  their  jugs,  round  and  slender 
as  themselves,  supporting  them  with  their  beau- 
tiful bare  arms,  raised  aloft  like  living  handles. 

Jean  observed  all  these  things,  and  admired 
them,  and  blessed  his  life.  As  he  was  only  twenty 
years  old  he  fondly  loved  one  of  the  charming 
girls  who  drew  water  from  his  well,  who  ate  his 
raspberries  and  breathed  the  fragrance  of  his 
roses.  He  told  this  young  girl  that  she  was  as 
pure  and  fresh  as  the  water,  as  delicious  as 
the  raspberries  and  as' sweet  as  the  roses.  Then 
the  young  girl  smiled. 

He  told  it  her  again,  and  she  made  a  face  at 
him.  He  sang  her  the  same  song,  and  she  mar- 
ried a  sailor  who  carried  her  far  away  beyond 
the  sea. 

Jean  wept  bitterly,  but  he  still  admired  beauti- 
ful things,  and  still  blessed  his  life.  Sometimes 
he  thought  that  the  frailty  of  what  is  beautiful 
and  the  brevity  of  what  is  good  adds  value  to 
tlie  beauty  and  goodness  of  all  things. 

II. 

One  day  he  learned  by  chance  that  the  red 
earth  of  his  field  was  an  excellent  clay.  He  took 
a  little  of  it  in  his  hand,  moistened  it  with 
water  from  his  well,  and  fashioned  a  simple  vase, 
while  he  thought  of  those  beautiful  girls  who 
arc  like  the  ancient  Greek  vases,  at  once  round  and 
slender. 

The  earth  in  his  field  was,  indeed,  excellent 
clay. 

He  built  himself  a  potter's  wheel.  With  his 
own  hands,  and  with  his  clay,  he  built  a  furnace 
against  the  wall  of  his  house,  and  he  set  himself 
to  making  little  pots  to  hold  raspberries.  He  be- 
came skillful  at  this  work,  and  all  the  gardeners 
round  about  came  to  him  to  provide  themselves 
with  these  light,  porous  pots,  of  a  beautiful  red 
hue,  round  and  slender,  wherein  the  raspberries 
could   be    heaped    without    crushing   them,  and 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


TTie  Vase  of  Clay 

By  Jean  Aicard  (I'rom  the  French) 

where  they  slept  under  the  shelter  of  a  green  leaf. 

The  leaf,  the  pot,  the  raspberries,  these  en- 
chanted everybody  by  their  form  and  color;  and 
the  buyers  in  the  city  market  would  have  no  ber- 
ries save  those  which  were  sold  in  Jean  the  pot- 
ter's round  and  slender  pots. 

Now  more  than  ever  the  beautiful  girls  visited 
Jean's  field.  Now  they  brought  baskets  of  woven 
reeds  in  which  they  piled  the  empty  pots,  red  and 
fresh.  But  now  Jean  observed  them  without 
desire.  His  heart  was  forevermore  far  away  be- 
yond the  sea. 

Still,  as  he  deepened  and  broadened  the  ditch 
in  his  field,  from  which  he  took  the  clay,  he  saw 
that  his  pots  to  hold  the  raspberries  were  var- 
iously colored,  tinted  sometimes  with  rose,  some- 
limes  with  blue  or  violet,  sometimes  with  black 
or  green.  And  these  shades  of  the  clay  reminded 
him  of  the  loveliest  things  which  had  gladdened 
his  eyes:  plants,  flowers,  ocean,  sky.  Then  he  set 
himself  to  choose,  in  making  his  vases,  shades 
of  clay,  which  he  mingled  delicately.  And  these 
colors,  produced  by  centuries  of  alternating  lights 
and  shadows,  obeyed  his  will,  changed  in  a  mo- 
ment according  to  his  desire. 

Each  day  he  modelled  hundreds  of  these  rasp- 
berry pots,  moulding  them  upon  the  wheel  which 
turned  like  a  sun  beneath  the  pressure  of  his  agile 
foot.  The  mass  of  shapeless  clay,  turning  on  the 
center  of  the  disk,  under  the  touch  of  his  finger, 
suddenly  raised  itself  like  the  petals  of  a  lily, 
lengthened,  broadened,  swelled  or  shrank,  sub- 
missive to  his  will.  The  creative  potter  loved 
the  clay. 

III. 

,'\s  he  still  dreamed  of  the  things  which  he 
had  most  admired,  his  thoughts,  his  remem- 
brance, his  will,  descended  into  his  fingers,  where 
— without  his  knowing  how — they  communicated 
to  the  clay  that  mysterious  principle  of  life  which 
the  wisest  inan  is  unable  to  define.  The  humble 
works  of  Jean  the  potter  had  marvellous  graces. 
In  such  a  curve,  in  such  a  tint,  he  put  some  mem- 
ory of  youth,  or  of  an  opening  blossom,  or  the 
very  color  of  the  weather,  and  of  joy  or  sorrow. 

In  his  hours  of  repose  he  walked  with  his  eyes 
fixed  upon  the  ground,  studying  the  variations  in 
the  color  of  the  soil  on  the  cliffs,  on  the  plains, 
on  the  sides  of  the  hills. 

And  the  wish  came  to  him  to  model  a  unique 
vase,  a  marvellous  vase,  in  which  should  live 
through  all  eternity  something  of  all  the  fragile 
beauties  which  his  eyes  had  gazed  upon;  some- 
thing even  of  all  the  brief  joys  which  his  heart 
had  known,  and  even  a  little  of  his  divine  sor- 
rows of  hope,  regret  and  love. 

He  was  then  in  the  full  strength  and  vigor  of 
manhood;  and  yet,  that  he  might  the  better  medi- 
tate upon  his  desire,  he  forsook  the  well-paid 
work,  which,  it  is  true,  had  allowed  him  to  lay 
aside  a  little  hoard.  No  longer,  as  of  old,  his 
wheel  turned  from  morning  until  night.  He 
permitted  other  potters  to  manufacture  raspberry 
pots  by  the  thousand.  The  merchants  forgot  the 
way  to  Jean's  field.  The  young  girls  still  came 
there  for  pleasure,  because  of  the  cold  water,  the 
roses,  and  the  raspberries;  but  the  ill-cultivated 
raspberries  perished,  the  rose-vines  ran  wild, 
climbed  to  the  tops  of  the  high  walls  and  offered 
their  dusty  blossoms  to  the  travellers  on  the  road. 
The  water  in  the  well  alone  remained  the  same, 
cold  and  plenteous,  and  that  sufficed  to  draw 
about  Jean  eternal  youth  and  eternal  gaiety. 


Only  youth  had  grown  mocking  for  Jean.  For 
him  gaiety  had  now  become  scoffing. 

"Ah,  Master  Jean!  Does  not  your  furnace 
burn  any  more?  Your  wheel.  Master  Jean,  does 
it  scarcely  ever  turn?  When  shall  we  see  your 
amazing  pot  which  will  be  as  beautiful  as  every- 
tliing  which  is  beautiful,  blooming  like  the  rose, 
beaded  like  the  raspberry,  and  speaking — if  we 
must  believe  what  you  say  about  it — like  our 
lips?" 

Now  Jean  is  ageing;  Jean  is  old.  He  sits  upon 
his  stone  seat  beside  the  well,  under  the  lace-like 
shade  of  the  olive  tree,  in  front  of  his  empty 
field,  all  the  soil  of  which  is  good  clay  but  which 
no  longer  produces  either  raspberries  or  roses. 

Jean  said  formerly:  "There  are  three  things: 
roses,  raspberries,  lips."  All  the  three  have  for- 
saken him.  The  lips  of  the  young  girls  and  even 
those  of  the  children  have  become  scoffing. 

"Ah,  Father  Jean!  Do  you  live  like  the  grass- 
hoppers? Nobody  ever  sees  you  eat,  Father  Jean! 
Father  Jean  lives  on  cold  water.  The  man  who 
grows  old  becomes  a  child  again!  What  will  you 
put  into  your  beautiful  vase,  if  you  ever  make  it, 
silly  old  fellow?  It  will  not  hold  even  a  drop  of 
water  from  your  well.  Go  and  paint  the  hen- 
coops and  make  water-jugs!" 

Jean  silently  shakes  his  head,  and  only  replies 
to  all  these  railleries  by  a  kindly  smile.  He  is 
good  to  animals,  and  he  shares  his  dry  bread 
with  the  poor.  It  is  true  that  he  eats  scarcely 
anything,  but  he  does  not  suffer  in  consequence. 
He  is  very  thin,  but  his  flesh  is  all  the  more 
sound  and  wholesome.  Under  the  arch  of  his 
eyebrows  his  old  eyes,  heedful  of  the  world,  con- 
tinue to  sparkle  w-ith  the  clearness  of  the  spring 
which  reflects  the  light. 

IV. 

One  bright  morning,  upon  his  wheel,  which 
turns  to  the  rhythmic  motion  of  his  foot,  Jean 
sets  himself  to  model  a  vase,  the  vase  which  he 
has  long  seen  with  his  mind's  eye.  The  horizon- 
tal wheel  turns  like  a  sun  to  the  rhythmic  beat- 
ing of  his  foot.  The  wheel  turns.  The  clay  vase 
rises,  falls,  swells,  becomes  crushed  into  a  shape- 
less mass,  to  be  born  again  under  Jean's  hand. 
At  last,  with  one  single  burst,  it  springs  forth  like 
an  unlooked-for  flower  from  an  invisible  stem.  It 
blooms  triumphantly,  and  the  old  man  bears  it 
in  his  trembling  hands  to  the  carefully  prepared 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


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7 


An  orator  to  the  tip  of  thy  index  finger!  An 
advQcate  whose  tongue  drops  manna  on  the 
aridities  of  the  law,  and  not  unskilled  at  times 
to  make  the  worse  appear  the  better  reason! 
Whether  discoursing  philosophy  in  thy  Tusculan 
villa  at  Menlo,  exalting  genius  in  the  rostrum  or 
pleading  causes  in  the  forum,  to  whom  can  I  so 
fittingly  compare  thee  as  to  the  friend  of  Atticus, 
the  cliampion  of  Archias,  the  scourge  of  Catiline 
and  the  savior  of  Milo?  Samuel,  thou  arc  the 
Cicero  of  California!  the  Marcus  Tullius  of  a 
later  republic! 

Gentle  reader,  do  not  regard  this  as  too  hap- 
liazard  a  comparison.  In  many  respect  Short- 
ridge  lias  formed  his  life  on  the  life  of  the  Ro- 
man orator.  The  Ciceronian  disertitudc  is  the 
model  of  his  ehiquence ;  the  Ciceronian  suavity 
mellows  his  manner  and  softens  the  rudeness  of 
our  speech  as  it  falls  from  his  lips;  the  Ciceron- 
ian polish  is  in  his  gestures  and  his  diction;  a 
not  unciccronian  cultivation  fashions  tlio  matter 
of  his  thought  and  directs  the  course  nf  his  rend- 
ing. And,  as  if  to  accentuate  the  comparison, 
a  bust  of  Cicero  in  purest  Carrara  marble 
stands  by  his  desk,  the  presiding  genius  of  his 
law  office,  tlie  eidcdon  of  his  intellectual  wor- 
ship. 

Cicero,  as  Macaulay's  schoolboy  knows,  loved 
the  theater  and  was  the  warm  friend  of  Roscius, 
the  greatest  actor  of  his  day.  Herein  too  did 
Cicero  prefigure  our  Samuel.  Shortridgc  has 
been  so  familiar  with  the  plays  of  Shakespeare 
all  his  life  that  the  hardest  tug  at  his  memory 
will  not  sufTice  to  bring  back  the  occasion  of  his 
first  reading  them.  They  are  as  much  a  part  of 
his  mental  equipment  as  the  alphabet.  In  fact, 
if  there  should  arise,  some  time  or  other,  a  legend 
telling  that  the  infant  Shortridge  came  into  the 
world  holding  a  volume  of  the  bard  in  one  hand 
and  pointing  out  a  passage  in  "Hamlet"  with  the 
index  finger  of  the  other,  I  rather  think  it  would 
find  ready  belief  among  those  who  know  him. 

"Rut  I  do  recall  very  vividly,"  he  told  me,  "the 
first  time  1  saw  a  play  of  Shakespeare  on  the 
stage.  1  saw  Lawrence  Barrett  in  'Hamlet,'  .md 
the  effect  was  tremendous.  I  was  in  a  trance,  a 
state  of  ecstacy  for  days.  I  went  about  oblivious 
of  all  external  things,  my  mind  concentrated  r)n 
that  wonderful  experience." 

It  is  the  classic  drama  which  Shortridge  loves. 

"I  don't  care  for  the  modern  school  of  play- 
wrjting,"  he  says.  "The  theater  should  idealize 
life.  If  I  want  to  see  a  crowd  of  men  in  a  bar 
room  1  can  walk  down  Market  street.  Why 
should  I  go  to  the  playhouse  for  such  a  sight? 
The  drama  which  talks  hogwash  may  turn  men's 
minds  from  sorrow,  may  make  them  forget  their 
troubles.  In  that  sense  it  may  be  a  wholesome 
antidote.  But  it  doesn't  improve  mind  or  morals. 
The  great  classical  plays  are  educational  and  al- 
together good.  In  them  virtue  triumphs  and  the 
wicked  things  of  life  bear  their  bitter  fruit.  They 
preach  a  sermon." 

The  phrase  brought  our  Cicero  back  from  the 
realm  of  Roscius  to  the  subject  of  oratory. 

"Yes,"  he  repeated,  "they  preach  a  sermon, 
and  it  is  well  that  they  do.  For  the  pulpit  is 
empty.  Where  today  is  there  a  Henry  Drum- 
mond?  a  Beecher?  a  Spurgcon^  a  Phillips  Brooks? 
This  great  field  of  oratory  lies  unfilled.  Great 
indeed!  for  it  includes  all  earthly  and  immortal 
things.  The  lawyer  deals  with  hearts;  the 
preacher  with  souls."' 


Varied  Types 

XCVI— SAMUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 
By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

Shortridgc  knows  whereof  he  speaks.  His 
father  was  a  clergyman  and  a  master  of  oratory. 
Indeed  oratory  runs  in  the  family.  Eli  Short- 
ridgc was  one  of  the  great  lawyer-orators  of 
Kentucky.  There  is  something  in  heredity.  The 
young  Shortridge  proved  it,  not  by  turning  to 
the  church  but  by  shaping  his  course  toward  the 
law  and  learning  to  conjure  with  the  spoken 
word. 

"It  was  always  understood  in  our  family  that 
I  was  to  be  a  lawyer." 

Was  there  the  hint  of  a  sigh  as  he  spoke?  I 
almost  thought  so.  I  ])robed  a  bit.  The  con- 
versation of  Cicero  veered  back  to  Roscius. 

"My  city  of  San  Jose,"  he  explained,  "pro- 
duced John  T.  Malone  and  Sam  Piercey.  I'or  a 
time    1    clreamed   thnt   it  might   produce  a  third. 


Courtesy  of  the  Chronicle 

S.\MUEL  M.  SHORTRIDGE 


We  had  an  amateur  dramatic  club,  and  I  played 
the  leading  parts  in  'The  Marble  Heart,'  'Coralie,' 
'Diplomacy'  and  other  plays.  I  shall  never  for- 
get the  praise  I  received  for  my  acting  in  that 
beautiful  old  play  of  'Coralie.'  It  was  bestowed 
by  Eugene  T.  Sawyer,  then  a  writer  on  the  Mer- 
cury but  afterwards  exalted  to  a  proud  emin- 
ence as  the  author  of  the  Nick  Carter  stories  of 
blood  and  thunder.  Sawyer  suggested  that  I 
should  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  Malone  and 
Piercey. 

"I  thought  so  too  for  a  time.  But  you  remem- 
ber that  Goethe  cherished  the  belief  that  he  knew 
more  about  the  theory  of  light  than  any  other 
man  in  Germany.  I  have  thought  at  times  tliat 
I  could  play  the  great  parts.  After  all,  you  may 
count  on  your  fingers  the  actors  of  today  who 
are  also  students.  How  few  grasp  the  subtle 
meanings  of  Shakespeare!  How  many  glide  over 
sentences  pregnant  with  philosophy!  And  so, 
having  been  a  passionate  student  of  the  plays  I 
have  sometimes  dreamed  that  I  could  interpret 
them  not  unworthily. 

"And  yet  I  remember  what  Cicero  said  in  his 


essay  'Dc  Oratore.'  The  great  advocate  musi 
be  an  actor  and  something  more;  he  must,  says 
Tully,  combine  all  knowledge  with  the  art  of 
Roscius.  The  actor  from  Roscius  to  Burbage 
and  from  Burbage  to  my  dear  friend  Sothern  does 
not  create  the  noble  thoughts,  the  grand  sit- 
uations to  which  he  gives  his  powers  of  interpreta- 
tion. ,'\fter  all,  the  dramatic  is  a  poor  art  as  com- 
pared with  the  ideals  represented  yonder." 

Wliercupon  Shortridge  turned  with  a  smile  to 
that  magnificent  bust  of  the  Rornan  Shortridge. 

So  it  happened  that  our  Cicero  resisted  the 
blandishments  of  Eugene  T.  Sawyer,  gave  up 
the  dramatic  club  and  joined  the  Lecticonians. 
,'\ll  old  San  Joscans  remember  the  Lecticonians, 
an  earnest  group  of  students  who  gathered  for 
frequent  debate  on  the  burning  issues  of  govern- 
ment, politics  and  literature. 

Curiously  enough  Shortridge's  first  speech  be- 
fore the  Lecticonians  was  made  in  opposition 
to  the  Baconian  theory.  From  the  time  that  Mrs. 
Hacon  started  that  curious  controversy  he  has 
been  a  consistent,  a  passionate  champion  of 
Shakespeare.  Cicero  defended  Roscius  and  Ar- 
chias with  just  such  flaming  enthusiasm. 

That  speech  against  the  Baconians  won  the 
hearts  of  the  Lecticonians;  thenceforth  he  was 
their  leader.  From  his  lectica  of  eloquence  he 
looked  down,  though  not  unkindly,  upon  the 
lesser  orators. 

That  was  his  first  triumph  of  golden  speech. 
There  have  been  many  others  more  conspicuous, 
though  perhaps  not  quite  so  sweet.  Later  on  in 
life  when  Shortridge  was  invited  to  a  dinner  given 
at  the  Bohemian  Club  to  Frederick  Warde,  he  was 
asked  to  respond  to  the  toast,  "Shakespeare,"  and 
unprepared  acquitted  himself  so  well  that  he  was 
immediately  elected  to  membership. 

Come  to  think  of  it,  there  should  be  a  bust  of 
Shakespeare  in  Shortridge's  office  as  well  as  a 
bust  of  Cicero,  Wliy  not  the  prince  of  poets  on 
one  side  and  the  prince  of  orators  on  the  other? 

Perhaps,  though,  he  would  prefer  to  carry  the 
image  of  the  bard  in  his  heart.  Cicero  is  not 
merely  an  affection  but  also  an  inspiration.  An 
advocate  and  orator  was  Cicero.  So  too  is 
Shortridge.  But  Cicero  was  more  than  that.  A 
senator,  you  recall.  .  .  .  Who  knows  of  what 
Shortridgfe  is  thinking  when  he  studies  that  mar- 
ble effigy? 


Victrola  Floor 

REMODELED 

We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of  our  build- 
ing, devoting  it  to  the  perfect  display  of  VICTORS, 
VICTROLAS  and  RECORDS.  This  entire  floor  is 
devoted  to  individual  glass  partitioned  sound-proof, 
demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  and  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed  for  the  proper 
demonstration  of  our  tremendous  stock  of  Victor 
goods,  and  for  the  comfort  of  our  patrons. 

Sherman  ^ay&  Go. 

Steinway  and  Other  Pianos    Victor  Talking  Machines 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


8 


The  Cost  of  Tunnels 

l'"(lit()r  Town  'J'alk,  Sir:  If  tunnels  are  to  he 
Imilt  fur  tlic  purpose  of  bringing  the  Inglesidc 
Ir.ut  ,111(1  other  tracts  nearer  to  the  city  would- 
n't it  be  a  good  idea  to  start  proceedings  at  once 
and  let  the  burden  of  cost  fall  on  the  people 
who  are  now  selling  off  outside  lands  at  enormous 
profits?  There  has  been  much  speculation  of  late 
in  lands  south  of  the  Park  and  west  of  Twin 
Peaks.  Real  estate  speculators  are  selling  lots 
at  the  price  at  which  but  a  few  weeks  before  they 
bought  whole  blocks.  I  suppose  the  suckers  who 
buy  the  lots  will  have  to  pay  the  cost  of  the 
tunnels.  I  don't  pretend  to  know  anything  about 
this  game,  but  it  seems  to  me  to  be  a  sucker 
game.  Compare  the  value  of  residence  property 
south  of  Market  and  in  Richmond  with  the 
residence  property  south  of  the  Park  that  was 
cow  pasture  si.x  months  ago  and  you  will  see 
that  prices  have  been  inflated  beyond  all  reason. 

Sincerely  yours, 

— R.  I..  G. 


Information  Wanted 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  read  with  much  in- 
terest the  paragraph  about  Henry  Ihmtington 
and  the  United  Properties  Company.    It  would 


TOWN  TALK 

Correspondence 

be  a  fine  thing  if  the  deal  went  through,  as 
Huntington  has  lots  of  money,  but  what  about 
Tevis  and  Smith?  Haven't  they  lots  of  money 
too?  Or  are  they  depending  on  the  public  to 
finance  their  business  for  them?  Meanwhile  what 
Pd  like  to  know  is  whether  the  Oakland  Trac- 
tion Company  is  to  benefit  from  the  deal  in  the 
event  of  its  going  through. 

Respectfully, 

— Francis  Lennon. 

Oakland,  October  S,  1912. 


Mr.  Bynner  Concludes 

October  12,  1912. 
Town   Talk,   Gentlemen:    Lest  poets  seem  to 
set  up  in  Town  Talk  a  department  of  mutual  ad- 
vertising, I  have  answered  Mr.  Viereck  in  a  per- 
sonal note,  with  penitence  and  patience. 

Very  truly  yours, 

— Witter  Bynner. 


The  Danger  of  the  Beauty  Contest 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  I  notice  that 
.'\rthur  Putnam,  the  sculptor,  has  been  giving  his 
views  about  beauty  contests  to  the  morning  paper 
which  is  conducting  one  at  present.  He  says: 
"I'eauty   contests   are    mighty   good    things  for 


October  19,  1912 


the  public,  because  they  educate  its  taste  for  real 
beauty."  That  is  all  very  well;  but  I  have  long 
been  of  the  opinion  that  beauty  contests  are  not 
a  good  thing  for  the  women  who  take  part  in 
them.  In  fact,  I  think  they  are  a  mighty  bad 
thing  for  the  contestants.  They  encourage  van- 
ity, envy  and  other  weaknesses  to  which  women 
are  prone  enough  without  them.  A  beauty  con- 
test is  particularly  bad  for  the  woman  who  wins 
it.  She  regards  herself  as  a  very  fortunate 
woman,  whereas  she  is  really  most  unfortunate. 
I  know  a  man  who  attributes  the  wreck  of  his 
domestic  happiness  to  the  fact  that  his  wife  once 
won  first  prize  in  a  beauty  contest.  From  that 
day,  he  says,  there  was  no  holding  her.  It  turned 
out  that  she  had  more  beauty  than  brains.  Her 
head  was  turned  by  flattery.  She  answered 
every  request  for  her  phf)tograph;  made  use  of 
all  the  lotions  which  were  sent  her  by  dealers 
in  exchange  for  testimonials;  in  fact,  lived  for 
her  face  alone.  The  result  was  the  breaking  up 
of  a  once  happy  family.  So  at  least  the  husband 
has  told  me.  I  think  that  girls  make  a  mistake 
when  they  take  part  in  beauty  contests.  They 
are  mortgaging  their  future  peace.  They  should 
be  congratulated  when  they  do  not  win. 

Very  sincerely, 

— A  Bachelor. 


Siftmgs  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Signiii  cant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 


Germany  Would  Attack  Kgypt 

One  of  the  most  candid  statements  about  Ger- 
many's plans  for  a  possible  war  with  I'jigland 
has  been  made  by  the  German  Admiral  Breusing. 
He  says  that  Egypt  would  be  Germany's  first  ob- 
jective if  she  came  to  blows  with  Great  Britain. 
The  Admiral  says  that  the  attack  on  Egypt  would 
be  by  land  and  would  be  made  with  the  co-opera- 
tion of  Austria  and  Italy.  The  purpose  would  be 
to  control  the  Suez  Canal  and  intercept  the  Eng- 
lish food  supply  immediately  on  the  outbreak  of 
hostilities.  The  Italian  forts  in  Tripoli  would  be 
the  base  of  the  attack.  There  are  good  roads 
along  the  rim-  of  northern  Africa  into  Egypt. 
England  now  sees  the  need  for  a  strong  naval 
base  within  striking  distance  of  Tripoli,  and  for 
a  squadron  of  offensive  strength  in  or  near 
Egyptian  waters. 


Juvenile  Crime  in  France 

In  a  report  that  the  administration  of  Criminal 
Justice  has  addressed  to  the  President  of  the 
French  Republic  the  alarming  statement  is  made 
that  crime  flourishes  among  minors  three  times 
more  than  it  does  among  adults  in  France.  The 
maximum  of  criminality,  both  for  males  and 
females,  was  found  among  the  prisoners  from 
18  to  21  years  of  age.  Among  men  of  that  age 
there  are  301  prisoners  for  every  10,000  in- 
habitants of  the  same  age  and  sex.  This  ratio 
is  three  times  greater  than  that  established  among 
those  who  have  reached  their  majority.  While 
crimes  against  property  among  minors  are  falling 
off,  crimes  of  violence  are  increasing.  This  is  at- 
tributed to  the  fact  that  absinthe  drinking  and 
other  vices  among  adults  have  produced  in  their 
offspring  tendencies  to  violence  and  lack  of  men- 
tal restraint. 


Is  War  with  Japan  Impossible? 

A  Japanese  authority  thinks  that  geographical 


By  Robert  McTavish 

conditions  make  the  waging  of  war  between  the 
United  States  and  Japan  impossible.  This  novel 
view  is  advanced  by  Y.  Takegoshi,  a  leader  in 
the  Japanese  House  of  Commons  who  says:  "I 
think  I  am  right  in  saying  that  some  Americans 
are  talking  about  war  between  the  two  countries 
without  thinking  much.  If  they  will  study 
geography  and  learn  how  wide  the  Pacific  Ocean 
is  they  will  doubt  the  possibility  of  such  a  war, 
and  if  they  will  study  further  and  learn  how  much 
coal  a  battleship  needs  during  a  voyage  from 
Japan  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  they  will  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  Japan  cannot  attack  America  un- 
til the  globe  is  remodeled,  because  she  has  no  coal- 
ing station  between  Japan  and  America.  America 
has  a  coaling  station  at  Hawaii,  but  no  battle- 
ship can  load  enough  coal  to  sail  from  Hawaii  to 
the  Japanese  coast,  fight,  and  sail  back  to  Hawaii. 
These  two  countries  are  so  situated  that  they 
cannot  fight  before  political  geography  is 
changed." 


Alas,  Poor  Woman! 

Man  is  literally  tlie  salt  of  the  earth,  accord- 
ing to  the  very  latest  scientific  dictum  that  has 
come  out  of  Paris.  In  other  words,  man  has  a 
larger  percentage  of  chloride  of  sodium  in  his 
blood  than  woman  has.  The  fact  that  man's 
blood  is  saltier  than  woman's  gives  him  some 
decided  advantages,  say  the  Paris  savants.  The 
more  salt,  they  say,  the  higher  the  intelligence 
and  general  development.  Because  woman  has 
less  brine — and  therefore,  we  are  told,  less  red 
corpuscles — she  is  inferior  in  reason  as  well  as 
in  physical  force.  Besides,  they  say  the  facial 
angle  of  the  woman  more  closely  resembles  that 
of  a  brute  animal  than  does  the  facial  angle  of 
the  man.  So  her  senses  are  less  keen  and  she 
feels  less  pain.  All  of  which  is  referred  to  the 
suffragettes  and  the  women's  clubs  for  comment. 


English  College  Men 

The  British  youth  has  been  much  chastised  re 
cently  for  his  own  good.  His  critics  are  of  his 
own  household.  A  writer  in  a  London  daily  has 
severely  criticised  the  public  schools  and  uni- 
versities. "Swank"  and  snobbishness  were  de- 
clared to  be  the  distinguishing  characteristics  of 
both.  A  much  discussed  article  in  an  English 
review  added  preparatory  schools  to  the  list  and 
carefully  demonstrated  how  all  three  combined 
to  turn  out  a  nice  fellow  who  had  learned  noth- 
ing useful,  and  unless  he  "found  himself"  quickly 
after  his  university  career  was  only  fit  to  become 
a  remittance  man  abroad  or  a  country  house 
loafer  at  home.  The  Duke  of  Argyll,  who  is  him- 
self an  Etonian  and  a  Cambridge  man,  now  joins 
the  critics.  The  Duke  points  out  that  in  foreign 
universities,  such  as  Berlin  and  Paris,  men  as- 
semble for  real  study  in  stern  preparation  for 
the  hard  work  of  life,  but  to  Oxford  and  Cam- 
bridge students  go  less  for  study  than  to  obtain 
a  knowledge  of  the  natures  of  their  fellow  beings. 
"An  extravagant  life  is  led  and  injurious  habits 
are  formed,"  says  the  Duke,  "against  which  a 
half  monastic  show  is  provided,  but  the  monastic 
rule  and  spirit  are  wholly  absent."  Let  us  be 
thankful  that  for  once  the  American  Rhodes  schol- 
ars are  not  sneered  at. 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFRCES  TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 

Our  Facilities  for  Handling 
INVESTMENT  SECURITIES 

Will  be  Considerably  Increased 
Established  18S8 

SUTRO  &  COMPANY 

Telephone  Private  Exchange 

Sutter  3434  Connecting  All  Depts. 


October  19,  1912 


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Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LXII— GREETING 
By  Alberta  Bancroft 

(The  following  little  poem  was  written  (or  Sunset  Magazine  where  it  was  published  September,  1905.  Al- 
berta  Bancroft  has  written   a  number  of  graceful  verses    for  various  magazines.) 

The  copper-sailed  feluccas 

Are  out  upon  the  bay, 

Past  Alcatraz  a-skimming 

Like  sea-gulls  on  their  way. 

Yo-ho,  you  swarthy  fisher  folk, 

A-tacking  in  the  strait. 

May  luck  attend   your   fishing  nets 

Beyond  the  Golden  Gate; 

And  may  a  shining  harvest 

Be  yours,  my  friends,  to  weigh 

Your  copper-sailed  feluccas 

A-tilt  upon  the  bay. 


Abbas  and  Voliva 

Abdul  Baha  Abbas  sounds  the  slogan  of  uni- 
versal peace  and  the  unification  of  all  the  relig- 
ions on  the  earth.  Wilbur  Voliva,  trailing  the 
robes  of  John  Alexander  Dowie,  swats  the  pulpit- 
pounders  and  sets  himself  up  as  the  only  simon- 
pure,  blown-in-the-bottle  Messiah.  It  may  all  be 
very  interestng  but  it  is  not  impressive.  Not  im- 
pressive at  least  to  those  who  know  something 
of  the  rise  and  fall  of  crazy  cults  and  of  the  com- 
ing and  going  of  religious  pretenders.  That  such 
men  as  Abdul  Baha  and  Wilbur  Voliva  should 
receive  serious  consideration  is  a  meaningful  sign 
of  the  times.  In  times  of  mental  softness  and 
moral  laxity  the  religious  pretender  always  ap- 
peals. In  such  a  time  the  Jews  set  up  a  Golden 
Calf  and  fell  down  before  it;  under  similar  condi- 
tions the  Romans  of  the  decadent  Empire  em- 
braced the  Zoroastrian  cult  of  Mithras.  And  so 
today.  We  have  our  sun  worshipers  and  we  have 
Bahaism  and  we  have  the  exceedingly  profitable 
Christian  Catholic  Apostolic  Church  of  Zion. 
Weak  intellects  are  attracted  and  open  their 
hearts  and  purses  to  the  picturesque  trailers  of 
Oriental  garments  who  wear  their  sleeves  large 
and  loose  so  that  they  may  laugh  in  them  with 
comfort  and  security. 


Jarring  Sectarians 

It  is  an  easy  life  these  propagandists  live.  They 
are  missionaries  de  luxe  who  sit  on  silk  cushions 
to  preach  their  gospels.  They  breathe  an  atmo- 
sphere of  roses  and  adulation.  "In  a  sunny 
apartment  sat  Abdul  Baha,  the  Servant  of  God, 
surrounded  by  roses,"  we  read.  They  are  always 
in  the  sun,  these  unifiers  of  religion  who  would 
unite  all  men  by  adding  another  to  the  list  of 
jarring  sects.  There  are  so  many  of  them  that 
all  tastes  may  be  satisfied.  If  you  don't  like  the 
crudities  of  Voliva's  Zion  you  can  sample  the 
dreamy  oriental  platitudes  of  Bahai.  But  alas! 
they  are  forever  beset  with  turmoil.  Abbas  would 
reform  the  world  and  give  us  peace,  but  he  can't 
keep  discord  out  of  his  own  household.  His  own 
nephew  says  he's  a  fakir  and  a  twister  of  the 
truth;  even  quotes  Bahai  scripture  to  prove  him 
a  lying  impostor.  Abdul  says  he's  "the  center 
of  the  covenant,"  but  his  nephew  attempts  to 
take  the  center  of  the  stage  by  claiming  that  title 
for  the  Almighty  alone.    Such  broils  might  breed 


The  Spectator 

suspicion  among  the  followers  of  Abdul  if  those 
followers  were  not  made-to-order  devotees  who 
blind  themselves  to  everything  but  the  light  of 
the  countenance  which  smiles  upon  them.  There 
is  a  similar  fight  going  on  in  the  ranks  of 
Theosophy.  From  time  to  time  printed  matter 
comes  to  this  office  wherein  the  Besantists  and 
the  anti-Besantists  air  their  dififerences,  one  fac- 
tion accusing  the  leader  of  the  other  faction  of 
all  high  crimes  and  misdemeanors.  But  the  rank 
and  file  go  right  on  worshiping  with  their  eyes 
shut  and  their  checkbooks  open. 


The  Heathen  Invasion 

I  should  like  to  call  to  the  attention  of  foolish 
San  Franciscans  who  feel  the  lure  of  these  various 
manifestations  of  oriental  craziness  an  article  writ- 
ten for  Hampton's  last  year  by  Mabel  Potter  Dag- 
gett. It  is  called  "The  Heathen  Invasion"  and  it 
tells  part  of  the  story  of  the  oriental  cultists  in 
the  United  States.  The  invasion  began,  says  the 
writer,  with  the  Congress  of  Religions  at  the 
Chicago  World's  Fair  in  '93.  "The  Swamis  and 
Babas  who  came  to  America  discarded  in  India 
the  simplicity  of  their  Sanhyasin  garb  for  gor- 
geous robes  more  tempered  to  Western  taste. 
They  arrived  silken  clad  and  sandal  shod,  to 
prove  an  attraction  that  outshone  the  plain 
American  variety  of  divine,  the  minister  in  a 
frock  coat  and  a  white  tie."  And  so  they  were 
lionized  in  fashionable  drawing  rooms.  "It  was 
far  better,"  says  the  writer,  "than  squatting,  clad 
in  a  yellow  loin  cloth,  at  some  heathen  temple's 
gate."  Naturally  they  sent  word  to  others  to  fol- 
low them,  and  those  others  "combed  out  their 
matted  hair,  allowed  to  hang  uncared  for  during 
the  years  of  sacred  meditation,  and  leaving  their 
begging  bowls  behind,  hurried  over  to  this  so 
much  more  lucrative  field."  The  result  is  ap- 
parent on  the  Pacific  Coast.  There  is  a  Budd- 
hist temple  in  Seattle;  a  Hindoo  temple  here; 
a  Krishna  temple  in  Los  Angeles;  down  at  Point 
Loma  the  Purple  Mother  holds  sway.  It  is  the 
same  in  other  parts  of  the  United  States. 


Yoga  and  the  Women 

The  swamis  from  India  who  preach  yoga  have 
found  their  American  disciples  principally  among 
weak-minded  women.  In  this  connection  the 
writer  of  the  article  in  Hampton's  gives  some 


arresting  data.  "Miss  Sarah  Farmer,  a  New 
England  spinster  with  a  beautiful  idea  of  uni- 
versal brotherhood,  gave  her  fortune  in  the 
founding  of  Green  Acre,  where  for  years  she  was 
a  familiar  figure  in  her  flowing  gray  gown  and 
veil.  The  study  of  many  religions  unbalanced 
her  mind  and  she  has  been  for  several  years  an 
inmate  of  an  asylum  at  Waverly,  Massachusetts. 
In  Chicago,  a  few  years  since.  Miss  Aloise  Reuss, 
a  woman  of  culture  and  refinement  was  taken, 
screaming  and  praying,  from  the  Mazdaznan 
Temple  of  the  Sun  to  be  incarcerated,  a  raving 
maniac,  in  an  Illinois  asylum.  The  death  of  Mrs. 
Ole  Bull,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  widow  of 
the  world-renowned  violinist,  occurred  in  Jan- 
uary last,  and  her  will  bequeathing  several  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  to  the  Vedantist  Society 
was  set  aside  by  the  courts  on  the  grounds  of 
mental  incapacity.  On  the  very  day  of  the  de- 
cision, her  daughter,  Mrs.  Olea  Bull  Vaughn,  in 
whose  behalf  the  verdict  was  rendered,  died 
technically  of  tuberculosis  but  actually,  the  doc- 
tors said,  of  a  broken  heart.  Mrs.  May  Wright 
Sewell,  the  club  woman  of  national  repute,  who 
spent  iiiuch  time  with  Mrs.  Bull  at  the  latter's 
Cambridge  home,  is  sufifering  from  ill  health,  and 
is  said  to  be  a  physical  wreck  through  the  prac- 
tice of  yoga  and  the  study  of  occultism.  The 
relatives  of  Mrs.  Ellen  Shaw  of  Lowell,  Mass- 
achusetts, a  while  ago  petitioned  the  courts  that 
a  conservator  be  appointed  to  prevent  her  from 
bestowing  her  property  on  the  sun  worshipers. 
Witnesses  at  the  trial  testified  that  Mrs.  Shaw  had 
taken  nude  sun  baths  on  the  lawn  of  her  resi- 
dence in  the  fashionable  Tyler  Park  section  of 
Lowell.  Last  spring  Dr.  William  R.  C.  Latson, 
a  New  York  physician,  was  found  mysteriously 
dead  in  his  Riverside  Drive  apartment,  and  Alta 
Markheva,  the  young  Jewish  girl  who  called  him 
her  man-god  or  'guru'  in  the  study  of  yoga,  at- 


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tempted  to  follow  him  in  suicide.  More  recently 
the  handsome  and  cultured  wife  of  President 
Winthrop  Ellsworth  Stone  of  Purdue  University 
abandoned  her  home  and  husband  and  children  to 
join  the  sun  worshipers  in  the  study  of  yoga." 


The  Lure  of  Bahai 

The  abominations  of  sun  worship  may  have 
nothing  in  common  with  the  cult  which  Abdul 
Abbas  preaches,  but  you  never  can  tell  about 
these  religions  until  you  are  deeply  initiated. 
When  Dr.  Ameen  Ullah  Farced  of  Teheran  first 
came  here  a  year  ago  to  preach  Bahai  he  was 
accompanied  by  the  estimable  wife  of  a  Wash- 
ington physician.  Mrs.  Getsinger  was  this 
woman's  name,  and  she  dressed  in  a  blue  mantle 
corded  at  the  waist.  She  had  been  to  Acca  to 
teach  children  and  nurse  the  sick.  Now  I  see 
that  a  Los  Angeles  woman  has  yielded  to  the 
spell  and  will  journey  to  the  Far  East  for  the 
same  philanthropic  work.  Is  it  necessary  for 
women  to  leave  their  homes  and  their  own  coun- 
try to  do  good  in  the  world?  Are  there  no  chil- 
dren to  teach  here,  no  sick  to  nurse?  I  should 
like  to  know  just  what  is  behind  this  Bahai  move- 
ment, and  I  sincerely  hope  that  these  and  other 
foolish  women  won't  find  to  their  sorrow  that 
they  have  Ijeen  duped  by  the  specious  patter  of 
wily  religious  pretenders. 


The  Phelan  Contribution 

Rumur  lias  it  that  the  lion.  James  D.  Phelan 
will  be  pleased  to  take  an  ambassadorship  in  the 
event  of  Woodrow  Wilson's  election.  Rumor 
goes  so  far  as  to  mention  two  posts  either  of 
which  will  be  satisfactory — Rome  and  Madrid. 
Somebody  in  my  judgment  has  been  guessing 
wide  of  the  mark.  Mr.  Phelan  might  be  satis- 
fied with  an  ambassadorship,  but  not  with  one 
beyond  the  range  of  the  calcium.  Mr.  Phelan's 
ambition  is  to  shine  in  home  politics,  and  doubt- 
less he  would  like  to  be  in  a  President's  caonict, 
but  it  appears  to  me  he  is  neglecting  his  op- 
portunity. With  all  his  wealth,  all  his  passion- 
ate devotion  to  the  cause  of  democracy,  he  has 
contributed  only  the  measly  little  sum  ot  two 
thousand  dollars  to  the  campaign  fund.  Mr. 
Phelan  shows  signs  of  becoming  a  tight-wad  in 
his  declining  years.  Fancy  a  multi-millionaire 
who  has  paid  as  high  as  ten  thousand  for  a 
work  of  art  putting  up  less  than  the  yearly  sal- 
ary of  his  imported  chauffeur  to  help  elect  a 
Democrat  to  the  Presidency!  One  would  be  jus- 
tified in  suspecting  him  of  being  already  haunted 
by  the  bourgeois  hallucination  common  to  rich 
Americans — dread  of  the  poor  house.  His  ac- 
quaintances explain  that  he  hopes  to  "get  by" 
inasmuch  as  he  got  his  friends  Rudolph  Spreckels 
and  Gertrude  Atherton  into  the  fight.  Mrs. 
Atherton  is  one  of  Wilson's  strong  cards,  and  Mr. 
Phelan,  the  hero  of  one  of  her  novels,  is  pointing 
to  her  with  pride  as  though  she  were  a  specimen 
of  his  handiwork.  I  hope  that  our  darling  pub- 
licist is  not  deceiving  himself. 


Rudolph  and  the  Editor 

Certain  points  made  by  Rudolph  Spreckels  in 
his  open  letter  to  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin  are 
not  touched  upon  by  the  editor  of  the  Bulletin 
in  his  answer  to  Mr.  Spreckels'  letter.  The  editor 
of  the  Bulletin  addresses  himself  chiefly  to  the 
question  whether  Governor  Johnson  should  tell 
what  he  intends  to  do  about  Abe  Ruef,  and  the 
editor  says  that  the  power  to  parole  Abe  Ruef 
is  exclusively  the  power  of  the  board  of  prison 
directors.  This  is  a  good  enough  answer  if  it  is 
to  be  believed;  that  is,  if  people  believe  that 
Governor  Johnson  has  no  power  over  the  prison 
directors.  But  what  about  those  other  questions 
asked  by  Mr.  Spreckels?    This  one,  for  instance: 


"Can  any  one  fail  to  see  the  significance  of  the 
fact  that  of  all  the  prisoners  in  our  State  prison 
seeking  parole  Ruef  alone  seems  worthy  of  the 
most  unprecedented  and  continual  fight  made  by 
that  paper?"  Mr.  Spreckels  adds:  "This  com- 
munity and  the  people  of  this  great  State  should 
be  able  by  now  to  determine  who  of  those  enlisted 
in  the  fight  to  make  our  city  and  State  clean 
politically,  are  now  doing  personal  politics  and 
politics  for  gain."  After  reminding  us  that  prac- 
tically every  man  associated  with  him  in  the  graft 
prosecution  has  landed  in  a  job  notwithstanding 
that  he  paid  them  all  liberally  for  their  services 
Mr.  Spreckels  observes  that  if  the  editor  of  the 
Bulletin  "had  followed  his  own  inclinations  and 
beliefs  unselfishly"  he  would  have  refused  to 
desert  La  Follette.  This  means,  I  take  it,  that 
the  Bulletin  had  some  ulterior  reason  for  switch- 
ing from  La  Follette  to  Roosevelt.  Mr.  Spreck- 
els docs  not  conjecture  that  such  was  the  case. 
He  says  it  was  the  case.  Yet,  nothing  on  this 
subject  in  the  answer. 


Jones  and  Johnson 

"Down  in  the  grime  and  dirt  and  dust  of  un- 
remitting toil  and  poverty  there  are  men  and 
women  who  from  dire  necessity  are  performing 
their  part  in  the  scheme  of  society.  .  .  .  At 
last  the  object  of  a  great  national  party  is  to 
reach  down  there  to  those  who  are  less  fortun- 
ate among  our  fellows  and  lift  them  up  till  they 
shall  have  some  of  God's  sunlight.  That,  oh! 
that  is  our  cause  my  friends.  .  .  We  intend 
to  prevent  occupational  diseases.  We  demand 
minimum  wage  standards.  Oh,  the  sin.  the 
shame  of  this  great  nation  that  we  should  an- 
nually feed  to  the  greed  of  men  hundreds  <»f 
thousands  of  unformed  children.  This  year 
Progressivism  will  stop  it."  This  speaker  of 
course  was  our  Hiram.  The  occasion  was  his 
first  ineeting  last  week  in  New  York  City.  I 
read  the  speech  and  my  mind  went  back  to  "The 
Crusaders,"  not  the  historic  crusaders  but  the 
men  and  women  in  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  play  of 
that  name,  and  I  reflected  that  here  was  another 
instance  of  liction  going  before  reality.  Twenty- 
one  years  ago  in  London  was  produced  a  Jones 
play  that  satirized  men  and  women  of  the  same 
character  as  those  who  are  now  singing  Onward, 
Christian    Soldiers.    Jones   held   the    British  re- 


formers up  to  ridicule  by  playfully  exaggerating 
the  type  and  he  succeeded  in  producing  persons 
who  talk  just  like  Governor  Johnson.  After  read- 
ing the  Johnson  speech  I  read  over  again  the 
old  Jones  play.  I  find  that  Philos  the  eccentric 
poet  thus  described  the  object  of  his  Progressive 
movement : 

I  want  to  put  an  ideal  London  before 
every  Londoner.  1  want  all  good  citizens 
to  stand  in  line  and  say  to  London  filth, 
to  London  ugliness,  to  food  adulteration, 
to  slums,  to  bad  drains,  to  legal  chican- 
ery, to  horse-racing,  to  the  Stock  Ex- 
change and  to  all  other  ways  of  living  on 
your  neighbor  without  working  for  him, 
to  the  thief,  to  the  idle,  to  the  drunk- 
ard— I  want  London  to  say  to  all  of 
them, — "We'll  abolish  you!" 
Philos  was  asked  where  he  would  begin. 
He  made  reply: 

Everywhere  where  there  is  dishonesty, 
misery,  disease,  despair!  I  want  to  make 
every  Londoner  feel  that  every  broken 
waif  of  humanity  in  this  city,  no  matter 
how  evil,  wretched,  ignorant,  sunken, 
diseased,  is  his  brother,  his  sister,  his 
child. 

And  the  cynic  of  the  play  observed,  "I  fancy 
we've  heard  something  like  this  before." 


The  Power  of  Love 

The  crusaders  conceived  by  Jones  have  strutted 
their  brief  hour  and  will  probably  strut  no  more, 
for  the  play  is  hopelessly  old-fashioned  in  its 
technique,  but  the  satire  is  of  the  freshness  of 
the  flower  in  bloom,  and  the  reading  of  it  I  heart- 
ily commend,  especially  to  my  sentimental  friends 
who  read  John  D.  Barry  and  the  other  gushing 
mouthpieces  of  the  uplift  propaganda.  1  almost 
suspect  Mr.  Barry  of  borrowing  from  Mr.  Jones. 
Listen  to  Una  the  sly  lady  reformer:  "Oh,  but 
I  love  blackguards!  I  love  gaol-birds!  I  love 
outcasts  of  all  sorts!  I  love  everybody  that's 
unfortunate  and  miserable  and  ugly  and  wicked 
and  stupid.    Don't  you  love  them?" 

"At  some  distance,"  said  Lord  Burnham. 

"Oh,"  said  Una,  "but  you'll  have  to  love  them 
if  you  want  to  reform  them.  You'll  never  do 
without  love." 

And   then    comes   the   poet   who   declines  an 


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invitation  to  dinner  because,  as  he  says,  he  can't 
feast  while  his  brothers  and  sisters  are  starving. 
Asked  where  his  brothers  and  sisters  are  he  says: 
"In  the  gutters,  in  the  alleys,  in  the  gaols  and 
work-houses.  There  are  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  them  in  the  East  End  of  London  that  never 
smile."  The  net  result  of  the  reform  movement 
conducted  by  the  Crusaders  was  a  revolution  in 
South  America  and  two  cents  added  to  the  in- 
come tax. 


The  Loquacious  Wheeler 

Schrank  is  not  the  only  crank  that  has  been 
gendered  in  the  dust  and  heat  of  this  campaign. 
Everywhere  are  minds  o'erstrung,  at  random 
driven.  Take  Mr.  Charles  Wheeler,  for  ex- 
ample. One  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  is  Charles, 
a  man  once  wedded  to  his  profession,  a  stickler 
for  the  law  as  it  is  writ;  now  give  him  a  case 
with  the  law  against  him  and  at  once  he  talks 
of  the  rights  of  the  people.  The  Progressive 
bug  has  its  grip  on  Mr.  Wheeler.  The  other  day 
he  was  invited  to  speak  at  a  Unitarian  Church 
conference  called  to  devise  ways  and  means  for 
the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  religion,  and  he 
talked  an  hour  and  a  half  about  the  stealing  of 
delegates  in  Chicago.  He  was  as  much  of  a  bore 
as  Joe  Leggett  on  single  tax.  Then  he  turned 
to  and  wrote  an  answer  to  Senator  Works  for 
the  Bulletin  in  which  he  thought  he  justified  the 
stealing  of  electors  in  California.  It's  in  Mon- 
day's Bulletin.  Read  it,  and  then  take  Locke's 
differentiation  of  a  fool  and  an  insane  man  and 
try  to  classify  Charley.  Surely  that  once  bright 
mind  that  argued  so  well  for  the  breaking  of  the 
Fair  trust  was  not  in  its  normal  state  when  it 
afifectcd  the  belief  that  the  Republicans  of  this 
State  have  already  passed  upon  the  question 
whether  they  should  repudiate  the  nomination  of 
President  Taft.  He  says  that  by  an  overwhelm- 
ing majority  the  Republican  party  declared  in 
favor  of  such  repudiation.  It  might  be  unfair  to 
charge  Mr.  Wheeler  with  wilful  deception,  but 
he  has  no  hesitation  in  accusing  Taft  Republicans 
of  trying  to  deceive  the  people.  Nor  does  he 
lack  the  eflfrontery  to  argue  that  the  Progressives 
have  the  right  to  use  the  name  of  the  Republican 
party  in  California.  This  conclusion  he  reaches 
by  first  assuming  that  the  Republicans  of  Cali- 
fornia have  repudiated  the  nominee  of  the  party 
and  that  the  Republicans  of  California  are  ab- 
solutely independent  of  the  national  Republican 
party.  He  has  nothing  to  say  however  as  to 
the  perjury  it  was  necessary  for  the  puppets  of 
the  Johnson  machine  to  commit  in  order  to  en- 
able the  Progressives  to  masquerade  success- 
fully as  Republicans,  or  as  to  why  the  Progres- 
sives should  prefer  to  be  designated  as  Republi- 
cans if  they  really  believe  that  the  party  in  Cali- 
fornia does  not  stand  for  the  nomination  of 
President  Taft. 


Dr.  Bryant's  Mistake 

Dr.  Edgar  R.  Bryant,  the  well  known  member 
of  the  Bohemian  Club,  created  a  brief  sensation 
in  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  at  midnight  last  Wed- 
nesday. Among  those  who  were  lingering  over 
their  supper  or  chatting  in  the  lobby  and  the  club 
room  were  several  friends  of  the  genial  doctor. 
Imagine  their  surprise  when  Dr.  Bryant  entered 
the  hostelry,  not  clad  in  conventional  afternoon 
or  evening  clothes  but  looking  like  a  picture  cut 
out  of  a  comic  supplement.  He  wore  an  absurd 
black  hat  with  a  broad  flapping  brim,  a  crimson 
scarf  flaming  against  a  background  of  lurid 
shirt,  and  his  short  overcoat  exposed  the  legs 
of  a  pair  of  trousers  with  the  largest  and  loud- 
est checks  ever  seen  outside  of  negro  minstrelsy. 
In  addition,  he  carried  a  small  satchel.  Every- 
body who  saw  this  apparition  wondered  what  had 
suddenly    gone    wrong    with    Doctor  Bryant. 


Friends  and  strangers  gathered  in  knots  to  ob- 
serve him  while  he  stopped  at  the  desk  to  speak 
to  the  night  clerk.  The  night  clerk,  suppressing 
a  laugh  with  difficulty,  shook  his  head  negatively, 
and  Doctor  Bryant  with  a  woe-begone  expression 
that  accentuated  the  weirdness  of  his  makeup 
turned  and  walked  toward  the  club  room. 
There  Harry  Cosgriff  of  the  Olympic  Club  ac- 
costed him,  with  considerable  misgiving,  and 
asked  him  to  explain  his  clothes.  The  explana- 
tion was  very  simple.  Dr.  Bryant  had  been 
asked  to  the  masquerade  given  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mooser  in  honor  of  Clarence  Kolb  and  Max 
Dill.  But  he  had  come  just  one  week  ahead  of 
time.  The  doctor  took  a  drink  or  two  to  sustain 
his  courage  and  then  went  his  homeward  way,  a 
very  unhappy  masker, 


The  Change  on  the  Call 

Now  it  is  being  said  in  the  newspaper  shops 
that  the  ownership  of  the  Call  will  not  pass  from 
John  D.  Spreckels  to  William  Wallace  Chapin  of 
Seattle.  It  is  stated  that  the  Call  has  not  been 
sold  and  will  not  be  sold.  Still  you  never  can 
tell.  That  a  man  like  Chapin  who  really  wants 
to  own  a  newspaper  should  take  charge  of  the 
Call  during  the  temporary  absence  of  Charles 
W.  Hornick,  incapacitated  by  illness,  seems 
strange.  Besides,  Chapin  is  to  bring  a  man  with 
him  from  Seattle,  I  hear.  I  am  told  that  Carl  H. 
Brockhagen  has  resigned  as  manager  of  the  Post- 
Intelligencer  and  will  soon  leave  for  this  city  to 
assume  a  similar  position  on  the  Call.  Brock- 
hagen has  been  with  the  P. -I.  for  years  and  has 
demonstrated  his  capacity.  He  and  Chapin  were 
business  associates  while  Chapin  was  part-owner 
of  the  P.-I.,  but  in  addition  there  is  a  bond  of 
friendship  between  the  two  men.  Perhaps  they 
will  come  to  stay. 


"Exposition  Fatigue" 

This  is  a  phrase  invented  in  Germany,  and  it 
will  be  disquieting  for  San  Franciscans  to  learn 
that  it  is  being  used  in  connection  with  our 
World's  Fair.  What  the  Germans  will  do  for 
our  Fair  in  1915  is  still  a  secret.  It  seems  that 
the  German  Government  does  not  intend  making 
any  public  announcement  of  its  intention  until 
after  the  presidential  election.  Besides,  the 
various  industries  usually  interested  in  exposi- 
tions have  not  yet  concluded  their  deliberations 
in  regard  to  the  desirability  of  taking  part.  A 
number  of  the  interested  parties  ,  are  using  that 
unpleasant  phrase,  "exposition  fatigue."  They 
say  the  German  people  are  surfeited  with  fairs. 
Belgium,  for  example,  is  now  planning  her  fourth 
world's  fair  within  twelve  years.  That  is  re- 
garded as  too  much.  Paris  which  had  a 
world's  fair  every  eleven  years  up  to  1900,  has 
abandoned  it.  But  since  then  there  have  been 
the  Si.  Louis  in  1904,  the  Brussells  in  1910  and 
the  Turin  in  1911.  The  world's  progress  is  un- 
doubtedly rapid,  say  the  Germans,  but  they 
gravely  question  whether  it  is  swift  enough  to 
justify  the  herculean  labor  and  expense  of  uni- 
versal expositions  within  so  brief  a  span.  How- 
ever, let  us  not  worry.  Germany  will  probably 
exhibit  despite  "exposition  fatigue." 


He  Wants  the  Job 

"Pop"  Cahill,  acting  on  the  theory  that  Con- 
gressman "Billy"  Kent  is  no  hypocrite  and  that 
he  is  better  than  the  company  he  keeps  has  been 
trying  to  retrieve  the  millionaire  political 
plunger  from  the  error  of  his  ways.  But  "Billy's" 
acquaintance  with  himself  is  more  intimate  than 

The  red  and  white  grape  wine  vinegar  of  the 
Italian-Swiss  Colony  gives  "fineness"  to  cooking 
and  is  used  by  all  chefs.  Order  it  from  your 
grocer. 


"Pop's."  And  "Billy"  doesn't  want  a  cernficaie 
of  character  that  is  too  hard  to  live  up  to.  He 
prefers  the  job,  and  it  makes  him  sore  to  be 
told  he  can't  win.  So  he  not  only  ignores  "Pop's" 
compliments  but  snubs  him  for  his  pains  some- 
what after  the  manner  of  Scribe  who  answered 
the  millionaire  by  whom  he  had  been  asked  for 
the  loan  of  his  genius  for  a  consideration  that 
it  was  contrary  to  Scripture  for  a  horse  and  an 
ass  to  plough  together.  Nevertheless  the  amiable 
Candid  Friend  insists  that  Kent  is  in  bad  com- 
pany, thus  implying  that  the  millionaire  congress- 
man has  a  character  to  lose.  And  we  find  "Billy" 
himself  taking  it  for  granted  that  he  is  a  man 
of  ripe  ethical  judgment,  for  he  presumes  to  ac- 
quit his  friend  U'Ren  of  "any  improprieties  in 
his  actions."  And  this  is  the  "Billy"  Kent  that 
herds  with  the  wild  ass  of  the  desert!  the  same 
"Billy"  Kent  who,  when  he  was  grooming  him- 
self for  the  job  as  a  civic  reformer  and  backer 
of  the  graft  prosecution  saw  no  impropriety  in 
becoming  a  member  of  Mayor  Taylor's  phoney 
committee  appointed  ostensibly  for  the  purpose 
of  making  an  honest  investigation.  Let  us  not 
worry  about  "Bill."  If  he  isn't  immune  from 
contamination  he  ought  to  be.  "Bill"  is  from 
Chicago. 


A  Curious  Display 

There  was  a  curious  display  of  theatrical  pic- 
tures in  the  lobby  of  the  Alcazar  last  week.  On 
one  side  of  the  lobby  were  two  "frames,"  as  they 
are  called  in  the  lingo  of  the  craft,  advertising 
"The  Nigger,"  last  week's  bill.  One  frame  con- 
tained pictures  of  Sarah  Truax,  the  leading  lady. 
The  other  contained  flashlight  photos  of  the  New 
York  production  of  "The  Nigger"  with  Guy 
Hates    Post    in    the    principal    role.    Thus  Guy 


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October  19,  1912 


Bates  Post  and  Sarah  Truax  were  brought  side 
by  side,  for  the  first  time  since  a  very  spicy 
divorce  action  severed  the  bond  which  made 
them  man  and  wife.  On  the  other  side  of  the 
lobby  were  two  more  frames.  One  contained 
photos  of  the  New  York  production  of  "The 
Easiest  Way"  with  Frances  Starr  appearing 
prominently  in  every  picture.  The  other  con- 
tained photographs  of  Maude  Fealy  and  her  hus- 
l)and  James  Durkin  who  have  been  appearing  in 
"The  Easiest  Way"  this  week,  .^nd  so  James 
Durkin  and  his  erstwhile  affinity  l-'rances  Starr 
were  brought  together  for  the  first  time  since 
David  Bclasco  separated  them. 


Painful  Poker 

Captain  John  J.  Sliea,  the  genial  pilot,  has 
developed  a  grudge  against  poker.  Not  because 
he  has  lost,  for  the  captain  is  a  good  player  and 
takes  his  infrequent  setbacks  like  a  true  sports- 
man, but  because  he  met  with  a  rather  serious  ac- 
cident while  playing.  The  captain  was  sit- 
ting in  a  game  at  the  Transportation  Club  the 
other  day  and  was  doing  very  nicely.  In  the 
midst  of  the  play  a  friend  whom  he  hadn't  seen 
for  some  time  approached  the  table.  The  cap- 
tain rose  hastily  to  shake  hands,  but  stumbled 
over  a  cuspidor  and  was  picked  up  with  a  broken 
rib.  The  captain  says  he  won't  play  another 
game  for  some  time. 


The  Band  Wagon  Orators 

.\11  the  spellbinders  (jf  the  local  Democracy  are 
anxious  to  take  the  stump  this  year.  Their  sen- 
sitive nostrils  scent  the  fragrant  odor  of  victory 
from  afar,  and  they  are  crazy  to  be  in  at  the  kill. 
To  make  a  speech  may  mean  to  get  a  job  later 
on;  to  make  a  number  of  speeches  may  mean  to 
get  a  better  job.  So  the  orators  are  tumbling 
over  one  another  in  their  eagerness  to  be  given 
the  route.  The  committee  at  headquarters  which 
has  charge  of  the  speechmaking  end  of  the  cam- 
paign has  been  overwhelmed  with  applications. 
As  there  are  only  fifty-seven  speeches  to  be  made 
by  orators  from  San  Francisco  there  has  been  an 
embarrassment  of  talking  material  to  pick  from. 
So  the  committee  devised  a  means  of  giving  sat- 
isfaction to  the  country  towns.  A  request  was 
sent  to  all  the  cities  and  towns  where  San  Fran- 
cisco orators  arc  wanted,  instructing  the  local 
political  managers  to  name  their  choice  of  orators. 
The  result  is  that  a  lot  of  the  wouldbe  stump 
speakers  will  liavc  no  chance  to  tear  loose. 


Harmon  on  "The  Coast" 

Judson  Harmon,  the  big.  handsome  governor 
of  Ohio,  made  many  friends  during  his  stay  in 
this  city.  And  he  enjoyed  himself  in  the  most 
whole-hearted  manner.  1  k-  went  everywhere, 
observed  keenly  and  commented  with  the 
shrewdness  of  a  seasoned  thinker.  Of  course  he 
made  a  tour  of  the  Barbary  Coast  and  the  neigh- 
boring Alsatia.  His  comments  on  that  part  of 
our  city  may  shock  some  of  our  uplifters.  When 
the  tour  was  over  he  said  to  John  Uri  Lloyd  who 
accompanied  him:  "San  Francisco  seems  to  me 
to  have  handled  this  very  difficult  problem  sensi- 
bly and  satisfactorily.  The  people  of  such  a  dis- 
trict cannot  be  ignored;  they  must  be  regulated. 
This  city  has  shown  wisdom  in  keeping  them 
within  a  restricted  district."  Or  words  to  that 
general  effect. 


Raleigh's  Beautiful  Wife 

San  Franciscans  who  knew  Harry  Raleigh 
when  he  was  an  artist  on  the  Examiner  here. 


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ful wife.  Raleigh  is  one  of  the  best  known 
ilhistrators  in  New  York;  his  work  is  to  be 
found  month  after  month  in  the  best  magazines. 
Recently  he  married  Dorothy  Marian  Scott. 
The  New  York  World  has  been  making  inquiries 
among  photographers  for  the  most  beautiful 
women  in  the  metropolis,  and  one  of  the 
photographers  produced  a  picture  of  Mrs.  Harry 
Raleigh.  Then  he  enthused  as  follows:  "She's 
really  beautiful.  There  is  something  in  her  face 
that  we  photographers  are  always  searching  for. 
It  is  ideal  and  still  splendidly  human.  It  has 
what  we  call  appeal.  Its  outward  beauty  ap- 
peals to  the  eye,  and  yet,  even  in  the  photograph, 
you  catch  that  something  else.  Some  people  call 
It  soul.  Some  let  it  go  at  psychic  attraction. 
But  it's  there."  Then  the  photographer  took 
breath  and  went  on:  "Sec  her  eyes,  eager,  wist- 
ful, with  the  slight  droop  at  the  corners,  and 
heavy  lashes.  In  them  is  the  call  that  artists 
seek  all  their  lives  in  women's  faces.  See  those 
little  delicate  shadows  around  the  mouth,  and 
again  the  beautiful  throat  line  and  clean  cut  chin. 
Her  hair  and  eyes  are  both  brown."  The  pic- 
ture bears  out  what  the  photographer  says.  The 
Raleighs  are  spending  their  honeymoon  on  a 
sea-going  power  boat  lifty-five  feet  long.  There 
is  nobody  with  them  but  the  engineer.  Mrs. 
Raleigh  named  the  boat  "Aloha."  When  last 
heard  from  the  bride  and  groom  were  in  the 
Bermudas. 


Subtle  Feminine  Flattery 

It  has  been  often  said  that  women  will  never 
succeed  in  politics  because  they  have  no  diplom- 
acy. But  it  seems  that  the  very  tricks  of  flat- 
tery that  men  have  been  working  on  them  for 
so  long  they  are  now  trying  on  each  other.  Mrs. 
Charles  Bentley  who  beside  being  a  society 
woman  and  a  golf  champion  is  an  ardent  suf- 
fragette, started  out  the  other  day  to  interest  the 
shop  girls  of  the  city  in  the  coming  election  and 
to  urge  them  to  be  present  at  a  series  of  lunch- 
eons that  the  women  of  the  Civic  League  had 


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arranged  for  every  day  this  week  at  different 
hours  in  order  to  accommodate  the  girls  who 
lunched  from  11  until  2.  She  passed  up  and  down 
the  aisles  in  one  of  the  big  stores  explaining 
that  luncheon  would  be  furnished  free,  also 
that  a  temperate  talk  would  be  given  on 
politics,  and  urging  the  girls  to  accept  one  of 
the  tickets  of  admission  that  she  was  distribut- 
ing. They  were  not  very  enthusiastic  and  made 
the  usual  feminine  excuses  for  their  inability  to 
be  present.  It  was  evident  that  Mrs.  Bentley  was 
discouraged  in  spite  of  her  smiling  face,  and  the 


Limited  for  New  York,  which  city  he  will  leave 
iin  October  19  on  the  Hamburg- American  Line 
Steamship  "Cleveland"  which  will  on  that  day 
commence  her  annual  pleasure  cruise  around  the 
world  due  to  arrive  in  San  Francisco  on  January 
31,  1913.  Mr.  Wheeler  has  been  selected  as  lec- 
turer for  this  cruise,  and  during  the  voyage  will 
deliver  lectures  touching  on  the  following  coun- 
tries visited:  Madeira,  Gibraltar,  Italy,  Egypt, 
India,  Burma,  Java,  Strait  Settlements,  Philip- 
pines, China,  Japan,  Honolulu  and  California, 
The  several  thousand  colored  lantern  slides  fcat- 


ARTHUR  HADLEY 

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Conductor  Henry  Hadley. 


talented   Ijrutlier  of 


Stereotyped  question,  "Have  you  registered?" 
which  opened  her  conversation  with  each  group, 
began  to  be  half-hearted.  Approaching  one  of 
the  department  counters  she  glanced  over  the 
long  line  of  women  and  put  the  question,  "Have 
you  registered?"  and  then  added  regretfully,  "No 
I  expect  not.  You  are  all  too  YOUNG  to  vote." 
Every  girl  at  the  counter  rose  to  the  delicate  in- 
sinuation, and  so  successful  was  the  ruse  that 
Mrs.  Bentley  was  tempted  to  try  it  on  several 
other  groups  with  equally  good  results. 


Steamship  "Cleveland"  Lecturer  Departs 

R.  S.  Wheeler,  Principal  of  the  Piedmont 
School,  Oakland,  starts  today  on  the  Overland 


uring  Mr.  Wheeler's  talks  are  believed  to  be  the 
most  complete  set  ever  collected  for  travel  talks 
encircling  the  entire  globe,  and  it  is  noteworthy 
that  the  Hamburg-American  Line  had  the  entire 
collection  of  lantern  slides  made~in~San  Ftjiii- 
cisco,  as  even  the  large  Eastern  cities  did  not 
possess  the  wide  choice  of  necessary  subjects,  of 
which  our  local  dealers  may  be  proud.  Rever- 
end Charles  C.  Champlin,  formerly  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  at  present  Chaplain  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  San  Rafael,  accompanies 
Mr.  Wheeler.  Rev.  Champlin  has  been  engaged 
as  Chaplain  aboard  the  "Cleveland"  during  her 
world  cruise. 


Nonsense 

Seymour — I  don't  see  how  you  are  going  to 
manage  to  reach  London  from  Chicago  in  less 
tlian  a  day's  time. 

Ashley— It  will  be  easy.  The  world  is  25,000 
miles  in  circumference,  isn't  it? 

Seymour — Yes. 

Ashley — And  it  makes  a  rcvulution  on  its  axis 
in  twenty-four  hours,  or  nt  the  rate  of  .-ibout 
1,000  miles  an  hour? 

Seymour — I  guess  that's  right. 

Ashley— Well,  sir,  I'll  get  in  my  airship,  ascend 
from  Chicago,  and  just  wait  a  few  hours  in  the 
air,  till  London  rolls  around  to  me. 


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October  15,  1912 


The  New  Order  of  Things 

Socially  a  iKvv  order  of  things  has  been  in- 
augurated with  the  Hallowe'en  recital  that  Clara 
Alexander  will  give  at  the  St,  Francis  in  con- 
junction with  a  number  of  society  girls  and  men. 
That  recital  is  causing  a  small-sized  tempest 
as  to  Who's  Who.  Miss  .Alexander  is  classed  as 
a  "professional,"  having  been  associated  with 
Forbes-Robertson,  Coquelin  and  others  of  equal 
note  in  the  theatrical  world  beside  having  the 
endorsement  of  a  number  of  the  English  nobility. 
Heretofore  it  has  been  the  custom  for  society 
to  give  a  benefit  and  invite  professional  talent  to 
help  out  but  on  this  occasion  Miss  Alexander  is 
giving  the  "show"  on  her  own  account  and  she 
will  be  assisted  by  society.  Already  there  has 
been  some  contention  as  to  who  should  be  ex- 
ploited in  large  type  in  the  complimentary  news- 
paper notices.  Enid  Gregg,  Mrs.  George  Arms- 
by,  Ernestine  McNear — our  society  amateurs — 
and  Felton  Elkins,  our  local  play  amateur  are 
sui)pt)rting  the  professionals. 


"Felton's  First  Play" 

Hy  the  way,  I  noticed  Felton  Elkins  and  beau- 
tiful Miss  Enid  Gregg  at  luncheon  together  in 
the  St.  Francis  the  other  noon.  As  Miss  Gregg 
is  to  play  the  principal  role  in  the  youngster's 
play,  it  is  quite  natural  that  playwright  and  lead- 
ing lady  should  be  much  together.  They  were 
deep  in  conversation,  and  a  professional-looking 
manuscript  was  more  than  once  consulted  by  the 
blonde  young  Clyde  Fitch.  The  play  is  to  be 
on  the  order  of  G.  B.  S.'s  "Fannie's  First  Play," 
I  am  told.  For  that  reason  I  have  heard  it  re- 
ferred to  as  "Felton's  First  Play."  The  title 
gave  one  ill-natured  society  chap  the  chance  for 
a  jibe.  "Why  advertise  the  fact  that  it's  his  first 
play?"  he  demanded.  "We'll  discover  that  soon 
enough  when  it's  produced."  But  as  a  matter  of 
fact  it  isn't  his  first.  Felton  has  tried  before. 
Let  us  hope  for  his  sake  that  the  new  venture  will 
be  very  like  G.  B.  S.  in  wit.  And  still,  why  in- 
sist on  dragging  in  Shaw?  Still  Felton  is 
very  young,  only  about  twenty-two,  and  the 
wonderful  genius  his  admirers  credit  him  with 
may  develop  one  of  these  days.  Let  us  remem- 
ber that  most  men  don't  reach  the  full  maturity 
of  their  powers  till  they  are  forty. 


Californians  in  Paris 

Miss  Eleanor  King  who  went  to  Paris  some 
months  ago  with  Bessie  Bowie  to  study  music 
and  cultivate  her  voice  has  been  heard  by  Jean 
de  Reszke  who  at  once  consented  to  accept  her 
as  a  pupil.  But  Miss  King  for  the  present  will 
continue  a  course  of  study  with  Miss  Bowie  and 
Liter  on  she  will  put  herself  under  the  tutelage  of 
the  famous  tenor.  I  hear  that  she  has  become 
quite  a  social  favorite  in  Paris,  and  that  she  spent 
last  summer  on  the  Riviera  as  the  guest  of  dis- 
tinguished foreign  friends.  .A.fter  the  holidays 
Miss  King  will  be  joined  by  her  mother  Mrs. 


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Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

William  Tovvnsend  and  her  sister  Mrs.  Pedar  S. 
liruguiere  who  is  going  over  with  her  husband 
Dr.  Bruguiere  and  their  little  daughter.  Eniilc 
and  Francis  Bruguiere,  by  the  way,  have  been  in 
Paris  for  some  time  and  have  acquired  the 
Parisian  air.  Both  spend  all  their  time  in  art 
circles.  Emile  is  taking  life  very  seriously,  de- 
voting himself  to  music  and  giving  promise  of 
becoming  a  maestro.  He  is  now  at  work  on  an 
opera. 


Prefers  London  to  San  Francisco. 

Miss  Ether  Moreland  isn't  coming  here  this 
Winter.  Too  bad!  We've  all  been  waiting  eag- 
erly, ever  since  she  announced  that  she  would 
favor  us  again,  for  a  sight  of  those  wondrous 
gowns   which  cost  oodles  of  money  but  which 


I'hoto,  .Scharz 

MISS   MILDRED  PORTF.R 
.\  girl  who  is  prominent  in  Oakland  society  and  whose 
engagement   to   Air.   Albert   Rowe  was 
announced  recently. 


she  never  thinks  of  wearing  more  than  once.  We 
were  all  interested  in  Miss  Moreland's  career  at 
Newport  this  Summer  because  wc  had  the  op- 
portunity to  see  her  last  Winter  w-hen  she  came 
here  as  the  guest  of  Mrs.  George  Marye.  Her 
beauty  took  more  than  passing  notice,  but  we 
didn't  realize  what  a  personage  she  was  until  she 
descended  on  Newport  and  shed  glory  on  her 
native  city  of  Pittsburg  by  getting  herself  ac- 
claimed the  most  beautiful  girl  of  the  season. 
Then  came  that  story  about  the  gowns  which,  of 
course,  made  Miss  Moreland  a  national  figure. 
So,  when  it  was  announced  that  she  was  coming 
here  for  another  Winter,  've  couldn't  have  been 
more  stirred  up  if  "Tommy"  Sears  herself  were 
coming.  But  alas!  She  isn't  coming.  Going  to 
London  instead.  No  matter  how  apocryphal 
some  of  the  New-port  stories  about  her  may  have 
been,  she  has  arrived  at  last.  The  perennial 
Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Fish  has  taken  her  up.  That 
gives  her  the  cachet.    So  she's  to  have  a  season 

FOR  HALLOWE'EN  PARTIES.  Grinning 
Jack  O'Lanterns.  strange  Goblin  candy  boxes  and 
appropriate  Dinner  Favors — all  these  for  your 
Hallowe'en  party  on  October  31st.  Geo.  Haas 
&  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


in  Lunnon  which  means  a  great  deal  more  to 
Ikt  than  a  season  in  San  Francisco.  She  may 
be  i)resented  at  court  in  a  superlatively  wonder- 
ful gown. 


Has  a  Press  Agent 

I  am  told  that  Miss  Moreland  has  acquired  a 
press  agent  since  she  was  in  San  Francisco.  I'm 
not  surprised.  That  story  of  the  gow-ns  that  are 
worn  only  once  is  a  typical  press  agent  story 
and  not  a  very  good  one  at  that.  Many  of  the 
women  at  Newport  have  press  agents.  Mrs. 
Fish  started  the  custom,  and  see  what  it  has  done 
for  her!  Mrs.  O.  H.  P.  Belmont  followed  suit. 
At  present  she  has  two,  a  social  press  agent  and 
one  for  her  political  doings.  Mrs.  Tcssie  Oel- 
richs  has  a  press  agent,  but  her  sister  Birdie  Fair 
Vanderbilt  has  not  followed  her  example.  Mrs. 
Ava  Willing  .Astor  has  one;  so  has  Mrs.  "Billy" 
Leeds.  The  last  named  has  one  of  the  most  in- 
dustrious of  all.  .A.mong  the  unmarried  women 
of  Newport  Eleanor  Sears  and  Connie  Warren 
may  be  mentioned  as  two  who  have  hired  press 
agents.  So  Miss  Esther  Moreland  is  in  very 
splendiferous  company. 


There  Are  None  Here 

There  are  no  regularly  employed  social  press 
agents  in  San  Francisco.  One  or  two  women 
who  know  how  to  write  and  how  to  get  their 
"copy"  into  the  papers  have  from  time  to  time 
press-agented  girls  in  need  of  artificial  boost- 
ing, but  it  has  been  done  for  the  most  part  on 
a  basis  not  strictly  financial.  But  why  shouldn't 
the  custom  be  introduced  here?  The  only  rea- 
son is  that  we  arc  still  very  provincial.  Our 
newspapers  are  so  eager  to  publish  any  sort  of 
story  about  a  society  girl  that  they  keep  report- 
ers busy  all  the  time  hunting  them  out.  The  hired 
press  agent  would  have  to  get  up  very  early  in 
the  morning  to  beat  our  newspapermen  on  a  story 
having  to  do  with  a  society  girl.  That  being  the 
case,  our  social  lights  are  spared  the  expense  of 
hiring  one.  But  it's  a  profitable  field.  The 
press  agents  at  Newport  (who  are  mostly  women) 
make  enormous  sums.  They  are  retained  by 
their  principals  to  get  the  names  and  doings  of 
those  principals  into  the  papers,  but  they  are 
clever  enough  to  make  the  papers  pay  for  the 
stories  too.  So  they  make  money  coming  and 
going,  as  the  saying  is.  One  Newport  press 
agent  boasted:  "I  can  marry  any  girl  to  any  man 
I  pick  out,  just  by  starting  a  rumor  of  their  en- 
gagement and  following  it  up  week  after  week." 
Truly,  a  formidable  power  to  wield! 

Affection  Wasted  on  Dogs 

The  amount  of  maternal  afTection  that  is  being 
dissipated  in  San  Francisco,  the  existence  of 
which  was  betrayed  at  the  Toy  Dog  Show  given 
at  the  St.  Francis,  should  certainly  be  conserved 
by  some  of  the  modern  methods  known  only  to 

Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND   FANCY  COSTUMES 
420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 

San  Francisco,  Cal.   


October  19,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


club  women.  The  "mothering"  that  was  lavished 
upon  these  tiny  dogs  was  a  revelation  to  the  on- 
lookers who  had  old-fashioned  notions  that  such 
sentimental  affection  should  be  reserved  for  the 
infants  of  the  race.  The  "Prince  of  Pilsen," 
catalogued  as  the  smallest  black  and  tan  in 
America  was  the  idol  of  his  mistress  Mrs.  J.  T. 
Hailing  who  confided  to  her  intimates  the  cir- 
cumstance under  which  he  had  come  into  her 
possession.  She  couldn't  vouch  for  his  pedigree, 
because  her  agent,  while  negotiating  for  his  pur- 
chase in  Toronto,  discovered  that  the  only  rea- 
son he  was  being  offered  for  sale  was  that  the 
gentleman  who  offered  him  had  quarrelled  with 
his  wife  and  was  selling  her  pet  toy  dog  for  spite. 
(The  lady  had  no  baby  to  kidnap  and  whisk  away 
in  the  obsolete  fashion  of  breaking  the  heart  of 
a  mother).  Mrs.  Railing's  agent  consequently 
closed  the  deal  as  expeditiously  as  pf)ssible,  and 
departed  from  Toronto  in  the  dead  of  night, 
without  the  usual  credentials  of  good  ancestry 
required  by  the  purchasers  of  expensive  dogs. 
But  the  Prince  of  Pilsen  looked  aristocratic  and 
took  a  prize. 


the  other  night.  He  was  alone  and  a  beatific 
smile  played  over  his  face  as  he  sat  through  the 
music.  I'll  wager  his  thoughts  wore  far  away 
from  the  Cort. 


A  Pet  With  a  History 

Mrs.  Mersero  confessed  to  having  liad  in  her 
possession  a  Chinese  sacred  sleeve  dog,  strangely 
obtained,  but  still  very  much  loved.  He 
was  stolen  from  the  Palace  in  Pekin,  smuggled 
out  of  the  country  and  into  California — 
after  the  manner  of  much  of  the  "lout"  tliat  came 
to  this  city  at  the  time  of  the  Bo.xit  war  in  China. 
He  lost  his  life  during  the  excitement  of  the  lire 
of  1906  and  was  hurriedly  buried  in  the  garden  of 
the  Merser(5  home  in  Jones  street.  Afterward  he 
was  disinterred  and  his  remains  now  rest  in  a 
cedar  wood  box  under  a  willow  tree  at  Burlin- 
game.  Mrs.  Charles  Sutro's  ".Xnn.-ibcl"  is  a 
pampered  pet,  and  if  Lydia  Hopkins  and  Mar- 
garet Barron  ever  expend  as  much  time  on  babies 
as  on  their  dogs,  they  will  easily  take  prizes  as 
model  mothers.  There  was  the  usual  growling 
and  grumbling  over  the  distribution  of  prizes  and 
one  exhibitor  exclaimed  with  tears  in  her  eyes  as 
she  held  her  defeated  pet  close  in  her  arms: 
"It's  bad  enough  to  think  Toto  didn't  get  a  prize, 
but  to  have  him  beaten  by  a  mutt  is  too  much." 


Miss  Klumpke  Explained 

A  pretty  trick  was  played  Monday  after- 
noon by  Miss  Anna  Klumpke  on  an  audience  of 
women  at  the  Sequoia  Club  made  up  of  members 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  Women's  Press  Association. 
Miss  Klumpke  had  occasion  to  read  a  letter  from 
Rosa  Bonheur.  She  read  it  first  in  French  and 
then  translated  it  into  English.  She  prefaced  her 
translation  with  a  sweetly  apologetic  smile  while 
she  remarked:  "There  are  so  many  young  girls  in 
the  audience  that  translating  the  letter  into  Eng- 
lish for  THEM  will  not  be  amiss.  The  others 
will  excuse  me,  1  know." 


An  Old  Romance 

I  am  told  that  the  engagement  of  John  Lawson 
to  Mrs.  Gertrude  Eels  Babcock  grew  out  of  an 
old  romance.  It  is  said  that  John  proposed  to 
Gertrude  Eels  while  she  was  still  the  belle  of  the 
smart  set  and  long  before  she  gave  her  hand 
to  p-ranklin  Babcock.  He  was  rejected  then,  but 
his  love  remained,  and  his  fidelity  is  now  being 
rewarded.    By  the  way,  I  saw  John  at  the  opera 


Golf,  Bathe  and  Rest  at 

Paso  Robles  Hot  Springs 

Five  Hours  from  San  Francisco 


A  Millionaire  Widow 

When  Henry  Koehler  of  St.  Louis  died  re- 
cently he  left  his  wife,  Mrs.  Margaret  Craven 
Koehler  three  million  dollars.  The  amount  was 
a  surprise,  as  it  was  not  thought  that  he  was 
nearly  so  wealthy.  Mrs.  Koehler  is  remembered 
here  as  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Nettie  Craven  of 
Fair  estate  notoriety.  She  has  one  child,  a 
daughter  named  Dorothy,  fourteen  years  of  age. 
Mrs.  Koehler  is  executrix  as  well  as  sole  heir 
of  her  husband's  estate. 


A  New  Way 

To  Miss  Kate  Peterson  who  announced  her  en- 
gagement last  week  to  Ward  Mailliard  is  due 
the  credit  of  an  original  and  pretty  way  of  mak- 


Photo,  Moore  and  Clark 

MISS   .\.    G.  PRESTON 
.\   young  lady  who  is   prominent   in   .Mameda  society. 
She  is   an   enthusiastic  motorist   and   is  frequently 
seen  at  the  wheel  of  her  own  car. 

ing  the  news  known  to  her  friends.  As  the 
guests  entered  the  dining-room  envelopes  were 
distributed.  They  were  directed  to  the  guests  by 
name  "in  care  of  Miss  Kate  Peterson,  Belvedere." 
When  the  seals  were  broken  the  cards  inside  an- 
nounced the  charming  hostess's  engagement. 
The  pasteboards  also  served  as  place  cards  for 
the  luncheon.  Thirty-two  guests  were  informed 
in  this  fashion.  Both  young  people  are  still  in 
their  teens,  but  Ward  Mailliard  has  been  a  per- 
sistent wooer  for  the  past  live  years. 


Cards  in  a  Worthy  Cause 

A  number  of  well  known  ladies  have  arranged 
a  card  party  for  the  benefit  of  St.  Ignatius  Col- 
lege. It  is  to  take  place  this  Saturday  night, 
beginning  at  half  after  eight,  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel.  Scores  will  be  computed  and  prizes 
awarded  at  half  after  ten  when  a  delightful  sup- 
per will  be  served  in  the  White  and  Gold  room. 
The  party  is  sure  to  be  largely  attended,  for  the 
cause  is  a  most  worthy  one  and  the  entertain- 
ment promised  is  of  the  most  attractive  sort. 
The  patronesses  are  all  prominent  in  society. 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street 


Three  Well  Known  Soloists 

Those  in  charge  of  the  regular  weekly  music 
matinees  given  through  the  courtesy  of  Kohler 
&  Chase  every  Saturday  afternoon  at  Kohler  & 
Chase  Hall  have  left  nothing  undone  to  make 
Saturday  s  event  a  particularly  brilliant  one. 
Three  soloists  have  been  engaged  and  a  musical 
treat  of  the  highest  order  may  be  expected.  The 
soloists  are  Miss  Ella  R.  Atkinson,  soprano, 
Zdenka  Bubcn,  pianiste  and  Prof.  Joseph  Ber- 
inger,  pianist.  Miss  Atkinson  is  one  of  Cali- 
fornia's leading  singers  and  her  popularity  in  the 
concert  field  is  well  established.  Miss  Buben  is 
one  of  the  younger  set  of  musicians.  She  is  quite 
a  clever  performer,  being  the  possessor  of  a 
brilliant  technique  and  reading  very  intelligently. 
She  is  an  advanced  pupil  of  Professor  Beringer 
who  himself  is  one  of  our  protninent  pianists. 
Miss  Buben  and  Professor  Beringer  will  play  the 
Polonaise  from  Mignon  which  the  latter  has 
especially  arranged  for  two  pianos.  Another 
feature  on  the  program  is  a  most  successful  ar- 
rangement for  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ  of 
Tschaikowsky's  powerful  Marclie  Slav. 


Doings  at  "The  Peninsula" 

As  autumn  advances  tlie  Peninsula  Hotel  is 
again  becoming  the  scene  of  many  pleasant  social 
affairs.  Its  delightful  surroundings  and  the 
charm  of  its  beautiful  lobby  make  the  hotel  a 
most  desirable  place  for  holding  these  events. 
The  Peninsula  Club,  an  organization  of  San 
Mateo's  most  desirable  young  people,  gave  their 
initial  dance  of  the  season  at  the  hotel  on  Satur- 
day evening,  October  5.  Over  fifty  couples  par- 
ticipated. It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  give 
a  dance  each  month  during  the  winter  season. 
One  of  the  select  luncheons  given  recently  at 
The  Peninsula  was  presided  over  by  Mrs.  John 
Lee  Jr.  of  Palo  Alto  as  hostess  to  seventeen  of 
her  most  intimate  friends.  The  luncheon  was 
served  in  the  private  banquet  room.  The  decora- 
tions were  many  and  beautiful.  It  was  a  delight- 
ful event  and  Mrs.  Lee  was  highly  complimented 


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October  19,  1912 


on  her  ability  as  a  hostess.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
H.  Breeze  of  Menlo  Park  who  have  been  visiting 
in  the  East  for  several  months,  returned  recently 
and  are  making  the  Peninsula  their  temporary 
home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Shreve  with  their 
daughters  Miss  Agness  and  Elizebeth  are  among 
the  most  recent  arrivals  at  the  hotel.  The 
Shreves  will  make  the  Peninsula  their  winter 
home  this  season.  Mrs.  A.  M.  Talbot  accom- 
panied by  her  daughter  Miss  Amylita  Talbot  is 
pleasantly  domiciled  at  the  Peninsula.  They  ar- 
rived early  in  September  and  will  remain  in- 
definitely. 


Mrs.  Graham's  Clothes 

Mrs.  William  Miller  Graham  is  going  to  take 
our  breath  away  by  the  grandeur  of  her  clothes 
this  Winter.  Mrs.  Graham  was  abroad  for  two 
months,  dividing  her  time  between  Paris  and 
Venice  for  the  most  part.  In  Paris  she  shopped; 
shopped  in  the  luxurious  fashion  possible  to  a 
woman  with  a  successful  man  like  "Bill"  Graham 
for  a  husband.  We  shall  see  the  result  this 
Winter  whenever  Mrs.  Graham  favors  us  with 
her  presence  which,  I  am  afraid,  will  not  be  very 
often.  Mrs.  Graham  likes  Santa  Barbara  but  has 
never  been  overwhelmed  by  the  grandeur  of  San 
Francisco  or  peninsular  society.  Still  she  will  be 
with  us  from  time  to  time,  especially  for  musical 
affairs  of  the  first  order;  and  then  we  shall  peep 
at  her  gowns.  I  emphasize  this,  because  they  are 
gowns  worth  waiting  for.  A  writer  who  saw  her 
in  a  Paris  atelier  just  before  she  crossed  the 
ocean  to  New  York  and  the  St.  Regis  on  her  way 
to  California  described  how  she  was  dressed: 
"She  wore  a  gown  made  of  the  most  supple  grey 
moire,  folded  over  on  the  left  side  with  a  suffi- 
cient movement  to  have  a  peep  at  one  foot,  and 
where  the  other  folds  were  revealed  a  pleating 
showed,  held  in  place  by  buttons.  Of  course 
there  was  the  inevitable  fur  collar  of  Pekin,  a 
new  fur.  Her  hat  was  exceedingly  large,  of  black 
plush  and  the  plumes  were  set  in  the  erratic 
fashion  called  the  aeroplane,  sweeping  across  the 
front  of  the  brim  and  drooping,  or  rather  caress- 
ing the  shoulders." 


A  Hint  to  Truxtun  Beale 

The  following  unkind  remarks  addressed  to 
one  of  our  citizens  are  taken  from  Town  Topics 
of  New  York:  "An  eyesore  that  has  long  been  a 
subject  of  comment  in  Washington  is  the  shabby 
old  mansion  in  Lafayette  Square,  the  property 
of  Truxtun  Beale.  It  makes  one  think  of  creep- 
ing things  just  to  walk  past  it.  The  extended 
wing  along  H  street  in  the  days  of  Commodore 
Decatur  and  his  immediate  successors  was  given 
over  to  the  slaves  who  attended  the  household, 
and  these  rooms  have  not  been  occupied  for  up- 
ward of  twenty  years.  Not  in  a  decade  has  Trux- 
tun Beale  expended  a  cent  on  this  property,  ex- 
cept the  superficial  furbishing  the  front  rooms 
got  when  he  brought  his  second  wife  to  try  out 
Washington  socially.  The  effort  was  not  as  suc- 
cessful as  he  wished  and  he  soon  moved  west- 
ward. The  presence  of  Hattie  Blaine  Beale  in  the 
same  city  made  it  embarrassing  for  Mrs.  Beale 
Number  Two,  and  she  found  few  congenial  com- 
panions in  the  Capital.  Mme.  Bakhmeteff  is 
more  amenable  to  her  brother  and  his  wife  than 


LUNCH  75c  REGULAR  DINNER  $1.00 

Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet  Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


was  the  late  Mrs.  John  R.  McLean.  Perhaps 
they  may  try  it  again,  and  if  they  do  Truxtun 
really  should  do  something  to  improve  the  old 
Beale  mansion. 


A  Mizner  Marries 

Dr.  Henry  Mizner  of  the  Mizner  family  was 
married  this  week  in  St.  Louis,  choosing  for  his 
bride  Miss  Eleanor  Postlethwaite.  Dr.  Mizner 
is  not,  like  his  brother  Dr.  William  Mizner,  a 
physician  but  a  clergyman.  He  ministers  to  an 
Episcopal  congregation  in  St.  Louis.  Of  course 
he  is  well  known  here,  having  paid  us  several 
visits  since  he  took  up  his  pastorate  in  St.  Louis. 
Congratulations  are  being  showered  upon  him 
and  his  bride.  Which  serves  to  remind  me  that 
the  Mizner  boys  cannot  be  called  a  marrying 
crowd,  at  least  not  to  any  great  extent.  Addi- 
son is  a  bachelor  in  New  York,  and  I've  not  heard 
that  he  thinks  of  giving  up  his  single  blessedness. 
Edgar  is  a  bachelor  in  San  Francisco,  with  more 
or  less  set  ideas  about  remaining  so.  The  same 
holds  true  of  Lansing  who  would  hate  to  give 
up  the  Pacific-Union  Club  for  a  domestic  estab- 
lishment. Wilson  is  an  exception  of  course.  He 
married,  but  not  with  conspicuous  success.  His 
union  with  Mrs.  Yerkes  did  not  last  long,  and  to- 
day he's  more  interested  in  footlights  than  a 
hearthstone.  On  the  other  hand,  Minnie  Mizner, 
the  sister  of  the  Mizner  boys,  is  happy  as  Mrs. 
Howard  Blanchard  Chase. 


"The  Dangerous  Age" 

Those  who  have  read  the  book  will  appreciate 
the  following.  It  was  at  rather  a  large  social 
gathering  which  took  the  form  of  a  musicale,  and 
one  of  our  well  known  young  clubmen,  recently 
returned  from  a  tour  of  the  world,  regarded  the 
assembled  guests  rather  critically.  "I  think  I 
shall  leave,"  he  told  a  friend,  with  every  outward 
evidence  of  trepidation.  "Why  so?"  demanded 
the  friend.  "Because,"  answered  our  young  club- 
man, "there  are  so  many  women  here  who  are  at 
the  dangerous  age." 


A  Pretty  Tea 

Mrs.  C.  O'Brien  Reddin  entertained  at  tea 
Saturday  afternoon  in  honor  of  her  daughter  Miss 
Florence  Reddin  whose  engagement  was  an- 
nounced to  Dr.  Frank  Sarll  of  Madera.  Dr. 
Sarll  was  formerly  dental  surgeon  at  Ycrba 
Buena  Island,  but  for  the  past  four  months  has 
been  practicing  in  Madera.  Mrs.  Reddin  was 
assisted  by  Mrs.  William  Breen,  Miss  Roberta 
Holmes,  Miss  Mary  Bates,  Miss  Lily  Katz,  Miss 
Ethel  Graham,  Miss  Elizabeth  Bates,  Miss  Edmce 
Artiques,  Miss  Elizabeth  McCarthy,  Mrs.  Parker 
Wood,  Miss  Florence  Katz  and  Miss  Margaret 
Reddin. 


Society  at  Coronado 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  MacPherson,  prominent 


society  folk  of  Oakland,  are  now  at  Hotel  del 
Coronado  to  remain  several  days.  Mr.  Gus 
Ormsby  of  Kansas  City  is  stopping  at  Coronado. 
Mr.  Frank  Biggar  is  registered.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  M.  Murphy,  prominent  in  Pasadena,  arrived 
Sunday  to  remain  several  days.  Mr.  C.  R.  Rich- 
ards of  New  York  is  enjoying  the  comforts  of 
Coronado.  Mr.  Jas.  Bachrach  of  Tacoma  ar- 
rived this  week  for  a  short  stay.  Miss  Henrietta 
Buckler  of  El  Paso  is  spending  some  time.  Mr. 
R.  R.  Bauss  is  spending  a  few  days.  Los  An- 
gelenos  arriving  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  recently 
included:  Miss  Leslie  E.  Brand,  Miss  J.  T.  Stew- 
art, Mrs.  P.  H.  Griffith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emmet  Y. 
Murray,  Harrison  Albright,  F.  M.  Byron,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henenberger.  Among  the  prominent 
people  from  Long  Beach  were:  J.  M.  Young,  Wm. 
Holz,  S.  G.  Chapman,  Geo.  S.  Noble,  Mrs.  J.  O. 
McSorly,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Tesmer.  Prom- 
inent San  Franciscans  include:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
S.  Hamburger,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Williams, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Schilling,  Mr.  R.  Barnes. 


The  Lure  of  Tait's 

Always  an  attractive  place  to  eat,  Tait's  Cafe 
is  more  than  usually  alluring  these  days.  The 
cuisine  is  of  course  always  excellent.  In  addi- 
tion to  this,  however,  are  the  attractions  of  taste- 
ful decorations  of  an  original  order  and  splendid 
music,  vocal  and  instrumental,  by  artists  and 
entertainers  of  unsurpassed  skill.  Of  course  there 
are  other  attractions  at  Tait's.  The  resourceful- 
ness of  the  manager  of  this  popular  cafe  is  in- 
exhaustible. He  is  always  devising  means  of 
interesting  his  patrons,  particularly  the  women 
patrons.  Women  who  drop  in  these  days  between 
the  hours  of  three  and  six  are  sure  to  find  their 
visit  worth  while.  The  Tait's  special  luncheon 
at  fifty  cents  is  undoubtedly  the  finest  in  town, 
both  as  to  the  quality  and  the  variety  of  the 
food. 

Modern  Maud 

Maud  MuUer,  on  a  summer  night, 
Turned  down  the  only  parlor  light. 

The  Judge,  beside  her,  whispered  things 
Of  wedding  bells  and  diamond  rings. 

He  spoke  his  love  in  burning  phrase, 
And  acted  foolish  forty  ways. 

When  he  had  gone  Maud  gave  a  laugh 
And  then  turned  off  the  dictagraph. 


"I  thought  you  told  me  you  were  paying  for 
an  auto?" 
"So  I  -was." 

"I  don't  see  any  auto?" 

"You  haven't  looked  in  the  right  place.  Go 
look  in  my  grocer's  garage." 


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October  19.  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


The  Lambardi  Salome 

Let  us  be  grateful  to  Lambardi  and  Patrizi 
for  giving  us  Salome.  If  it  is  not  the  sensational 
Salome  that  has  been  seen  and  heard  elsewhere 
let  us  consider  that  perhaps  after  all  it  is  an 
opera  in  which  we  should  have  some  preliminary 
shocks  before  taking  the  full  voltage.  Anyway 
we  have  heard  Strauss.  He  sounds  like  Chaos, 
but  we  know  he  isn't,  as  the  most  sceptical  music 
mathematicians  in  the  world  are  compelled  to  ad- 
mit that  there  is  a  good  and  sufficient  mathemat- 
ical reason  for  every  note  that  Strauss  ever  wrote 
in  his  wildest,  most  anarchistic  scores.  Every 
instrument  goes  on  as  if  superbly  scorning  all 


FELICE  MORRIS 
The    clever   young   comedienne   who   will    appear  next 
week  at  the  Orpheum. 

the  others,  yet  there  is  never  a  moment  when 
the  ear  can  be  unmindful  of  the  perfect  har- 
monies pervading  the  sound  battle.  Always  we 
hear  musical  phrases — new  ones.  It's  never  the 
same  idiom  of  melody,  but  distinctive  are  the 
component  parts  of  the  stupendous  structures. 
The  severest  harmony  experts  must  acknowl- 
edge that  the  crashes  make  music.  But  there  is 
nothing  to  remember  in  the  music  of  Salome,  and 
that  is  why  most  of  us  don't  like  it.  The  vocal 
score  is  decidedly  secondary,  and  the  singers  just 
declaim  their  lines  through  the  superb  orchestra- 
tion. Every  Lambardian  sings  his  and  her  music 
beautifully,  but  there  isn't  a  soul  on  the  stage 
that  acts  Wilde  except  the  man  who  manipulates 
the  moon.  Constantly  the  moon  at  the  Cort 
symbolizes  for  us  what  Wilde  intended  should 
be  the  condition  of  mind  and  state  of  heart  of 
those  tragic  Judeans.  Look  up  to  it,  oh  chilly 
Lambardians!  for  though  like  you  it  cannot  sing 
with  a  voice  that  scatters  strange  perfumes  its 
pantomime  is  perfect.  Tarquini,  though  phys- 
ically equipped  for  an  ideal  Salome  is  a  dis- 
appointment. She  looks  the  little  princess,  whose 
hands  are  like  butterflies,  who  has  little  white 
doves  for  feet,  who  is  like  the  shadow  of  a  white 
rose  in  a  mirror;  and  she  has  the  courage  to 
dare  try  to  be  Salome,  that  most  unpleasant  miss. 


Yes  Tarquini  looks  the  part  and  means  well. 
See  how  she  undresses  her  little  body  to  look 
the  alluring  child  of  the  lascivious  Judean  court, 
and  how  boldly  she  sings  her  amorous  lines,  but 
always  without  bodily  or  facial  expression.  I 
think  that  Salome  is  a  role  like  Juliet  of  which 
tradition  says,  "It  is  that  of  a  child,  but  a  woman 
to  play  it  must  have  had  much  actual  experience 
in  love  and  many  years  to  think  it  over."  Tar- 
quini looks  very  innocent  and  very  young,  and 
slic  deserves  generous  praise  and  loud  applause 
for  her  industry  and  energy  in  learning  the 
strenuous  role.  If  she  would  only  be  a  little  less 
deliberate  slu-  might  affect  us  as  with  the  fire  of 
inspiration.  There  is  deliberation  even  in  the 
veil  dance  when  she  carefully  unpins  each  veil. 
She  might  at  least  try  like  Mary  Garden  to  send 
her  women  auditors  home  to  waste  their  time  in 
front  of  mirrors  winding  and  unwinding  perfectly 
good  yards  of  wrinkly  chiflfon  about  their  bodies 
in  a  vain  effort  to  light  upon  the  mysterious  way 
in  which  she  keeps  her  veils  on  and  gets  them 
off.  On  the  whole  the  performance  was  unsatis- 
factory. Even  Nicoletti  as  John — well,  his  eyes 
are  not  like  black  lakes  troubled  by  fantastic 
moons,  he  is  not  like  a  thin  ivory  statue,  his  body 
is  not  like  the  snows  that  lie  on  the  mountains 
of  Judea,  his  hair  is  not  like  clusters  of  grapes, 
his  mouth  is  not  like  the  bow  of  the  king  of  the 
Persians,  and  he  wears  for  camel's  hair  what  looks 
like  a  mid-Victorian  piano  mat.  But  Nicoletti 
sings  his  music  superbly  and  Agostini  though 
anything  but  the  lustful  Herod  sings  delightfully 
the  most  beautiful  music  in  tlic  opera. 

— H.  M.  B. 


"The  Woman"  at  the  Columbia 

It's  a  very  exciting  game  of  Chcrchez  La 
Femme  that  they  are  playing  at  the  Columbia 
this  week.  They  hunt  relentlessly  from  the  rise 
'of  the  first  curtain  and  the  woman  isn't  found 
till  the  end  of  the  third  and  last  act.  In  between 
there  are  thrills  aplenty;  thrills  for  the  audience, 
and  for  the  miserable  woman  heart  aches  that 
the  audience  feels  too.  It  is  the  old,  old  story, 
old  but  ever  new,  of  a  transgression  that  rises 
up  out  of  the  past  to  haunt  the  transgressors. 
A  scandal  is  needed  by  a  group  of  unscrupulous 
politicians  who  are  trying  to  down  a  reformer. 
They  smell  it  out  as  such  vultures  always  smell 
out  carrion,  but  the- name  of  the  woman  who 
was  compromised  eludes  them.  They  must  lind 
the  woman,  or  the  scandal  will  have  no  sting. 
In  the  end  they  do  find  her,  but  she  is  the 
daughter  of  one  of  the  plotters  and  the  wife  of 
another,  so  the  plot  collapses.  That  is  the  out- 
line of  a  skillfully  constructed  play.  It  is  a  play 
which  wrings  the  heart  more  than  once  with  its 
spectacle  of  a  good  woman  driven  to  the  verge 
of  despair  by  the  apparition  of  a  single  indis- 
cretion. It  is  a  play  too  which  starts  a  train  of 
thought  about  reformers.  The  reformer  in  "The 
Woman"  is  a  member  of  Congress  who  has  led 
the  fight  against  the  old  machine  and  sees  the 
Speakership  in  sight.  We  are  asked  to  regard 
him  as  typical  of  the  reform  movement  of  the 
day.  The  playwright  has  drawn  him  with  con- 
siderable care,  and  one  may  even  say,,  with  a 
good  deal  of  sympathy.  There  comes  a  time 
in  the  play  when  the  reformer  believes  that  the 
woman  he  compromised  years  before  is  about  to 
be  sacrificed  to  shameful  publicity.  He  is  told 
that  he  can  prevent  the  exposure  with  its  con- 
sequences of  sorrow  and  disgrace  by  withdrawing 
his  opposition  to  a  railroad  bill  which  the  old 
machine  is  trying  to  pass.  Blackmail?  Of 
course  it's  blackmail.    But  the  sort  of  blackmail 


to  which  a  man  of  real  manhood  would  submit. 
When  a  man  has  wronged  a  woman  and  is  sorry 
for  it  he  will  bow  to  the  penalty  involved  in  sav- 
ing her  from  public  disgrace.  But  our  reformer 
doesn't  see  it  that  way.  It  wasn't  his  fault,  he 
says:  it  was  the  woman's.  Besides,  he  is  making 
a  fight  for  "the  people,"  and  the  good  name  of  a 
>ingle  woman  must  not  be  weighed  in  the  scale 
against  the  welfare  of  "the  people."  If  this  is  not 
typical  of  the  meanness,  the  cowardice  and  cant 
which  are  masking  themselves  today  under  the 
name  of  reform,  I  wonder  what  is?  There  was 
some  applause  for  the  reformer  when  he  took  this 
stand,  applause  from  the  gloved  hands  of  women 
softly  patted  together.  Strange,  is  it  not?  I 
don't  think  any  man  in  the  Columbia  admired  the 
reformer  at  that  particular  moment.  He  made  us 
asliamed  of  our  sex. 

— Edward  F".  O'Day. 


Martin  and  Ganz 

Herr  Greenbaum  opened  his  season  last  Sim- 
day  afternoon  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall  with  two 
famous  stars  of  the  music  firmament  for  his  at- 
traction, one  a  singer,  the  other  a  pianist.  The 
singer  is  Riccardo  Martin,  an  artist  who  comes 
to  us  with  high  encomiums  from  the  Metropol- 
itan Opera  House.  There  he  sings  tenor  roles, 
but  his  voice  is  hardly  of  the  tenor  quality.  In 
the  upper  tones  especially  it  is  distinctly  baritone. 
Mr.  Martin  made  a  favorable  impression  on  his 
first  appearance  in  this  city,  but  on  Sunday  he 
(lid  not  appear  to  be  in  good  voice.  Interest  was 
centered  in  Mr.  Ganz,  a  pianist  from  Switzer- 
land who  plays  with  a  great  deal  of  force  and 
virility.  He  proved  himself  a  musician  of  high 
rank,  a  man  en  rapport  with  his  instrument  and 
something  of  originality  in  his  interpretations. 
He  is  the  sort  of  pianist  who  provokes  discus- 
sion. Both  artists  will  be  heard  again  this  Sun- 
day afternoon. 

— H.  M.  B. 


Joe  Jefferson  at  the  Orpheum 

Joseph  Jefferson,  a  son  of  the  famous  American 
actor  of  that  name  and  Felice  Morris  whose  per- 


MME.  J()II.\N.\.\  G.'VDSKI 
Who  will  appear  in  one  concert  only  at  the  Columbia. 

sonal  magnetism  and  histrionic  ability  have  made 
her  very  popular  will  appear  in  Jesse  L.  Lasky's 
production  of  William  C.  De  Mille's  problem  play 
of  the  future  entitled  "In  1999"  at  the  Orpheum 
next  week.  Albertina  Rasch's  "Le  Ballet  Class- 
ique"  will  be  presented  with  Mile.  Domina  Marini 
and  Marcel  Bronski,  dancers  of  international  fame 
and  late  of  the  Metropolitan,  New  York.    It  con- 


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October  19,  1912 


sists  of  a  series  of  classic  dances  in  which  the 
premieres  have  the  support  of  ten  skilled  and 
graceful  coryphees.  "The  Suffragette,"  a  political 
satire,  will  be  played  next  week  only  by  Franklyn 
Ardell  who  is  its  author,  with  the  assistance  of 
Marie  Walters.  Mae  Melville  and  Robert  Big- 
gins will  amuse  with  a  skit  entitled  "Just  Married." 
They  are  favorites  in  this  city  and  are  sure  of 
enthusiastic  recognition.  The  Great  Asahi  and 
his  Quintette  will  be  seen  in  their  feats  of  magic, 
mystery  and  risley.  The  feature  of  the  act  is 
the  "human  fountain."  The  act  is  beautifully 
staged  and  the  equipments  include  the  famous 
$4,000  curtain  which  is  hand-embroidered.  Next 
week  concludes  the  engagements  of  Mary  Quive 
and  Paul  McCarty  and  Leonard  Gautier's  "An- 
imated Toyshop."  It  will  also  be  the  last  of 
Jack  Wilson  and  his  clever  associates  Franklyn 
Batie  and  Ada  Lane. 


Sonata,  "Rhapsody"  in  C  major,  Dohnanyi,  "In- 
termezzo" Op.  110  and  "Capriccio"  Op.  76, 
Brahms,  and  works  by  Liszt  and  Ganz.  Seats 
are  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's  and  on  Sun- 
day the  box  office  will  be  open  at  the  hall  after 
10  a,  m. 


Last  Week  of  "The  Woman" 

"The  Woman"  will  be  seen  again  this  week  at 
the  Columbia.  One  of  the  most  talked  of  actors 
in  America  today  is  Julian  Eltinge,  the  star  of 
"The  Fascinating  Widow"  which  comes  to  the 
Columbia  on  Sunday  night,  October  27.  Eltinge 
in  his  dual  role  in  this  musical  play  is  called  upon 
to  impersonate  various  types  of  beautiful  women. 
He  does  this  so  thoroughly  and  artistically  that 
he  has  inspired  the  paradoxical  expression  "the 
handsomest  woman  on  the  stage  today  is  a  man." 
An  immense  chorus  and  elaborate  production  will 
be  found  surrounding  Eltinge. 


The  United  States  Marine  Band 

The  famous  United  States  Marine  P>and  un- 
der the  leadership  of  Lieut.  Wm.  H.  Santelmann 
will  give  its  opening  concerts  this  Saturday  af- 
ternoon at  three  and  this  Saturday  night  at  8:15 
in  the  Greek  Theater  of  the  University  at  Berk- 
eley under  the  auspices  of  the  Faculty  Commit- 
tee on  Music  and. Drama.  At  the  afternoon  con- 
cert such  numbers  as  Wagner's  "Rienzi"  Over- 
ture, two  of  the  most  beautiful  movements  of 
Dvorak's  "From  the  New  World  Symphony," 
Bizet's  Suite  "L'Arlesienne"  and  Liszt's  "Pol- 
onaise" are  programed,  and  the  soloists  will  be 
Mr.  Robert  Steel,  flutist,  and  Mr.  Peter  Lewin, 
said  ti.  be  a  virtuoso  on  the  xylophone.  At  the 
evening  concert  the  complete  "Peer  Gynt  suite 
by  Grieg,  Gungl's  "Spring  Festival  in  the  .Alps," 
selections  from  Ilumpcrdinck's  fairy  opera  "Han- 
sel und  Grctel"  and  half  a  dozen  other  gems 
will  be  given.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at  the  usual 
Greenbaum  box  offices  in  this  city  and  the  usual 
places  at  Berkeley.  On  Sunday  afternoon  and 
night  and  again  on  Monday  afternoon  and  night 
the  Marine  Band  will  give  four  entirely  different 
programs  at  Dreamland  Rink.  Diflferent  soloists 
will  appear  at  each  concert,  and  Miss  Mary  Sher- 
rier,  a  brilliant  coloratura  soprano,  will  lend 
variety  to  the  programs  by  singing  works  by 
Bizet,  Bemberg,  Tosti,  etc.  Complete  programs 
of  all  the  concerts  may  be  secured  at  the  box 
offices  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's  and  Kohler  & 
Chase's.  Special  tickets  for  children  under  six- 
teen will  be  sold  at  25  cents,  both  for  the  con- 
certs in  this  city  and  at  the  Greek  Theater. 


Martin  and  Ganz  Farewell  Concert 

Riccardo  Martin,  tlic  dramatic  tenor  of  the 
Metropolitan  and  Rudolph  Ganz,  the  pianist,  will 
give  their  farewell  concert  this  Sunday  afternoon, 
October  20,  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  at  2:30 
p.  m.  Mr.  Martin's  numbers  will  include  the 
"Lovesong"  from  Wagner's  "Die  Walkure,"  the 
aria  "Amor  ti  vieta"  from  "Fedora"  by  Giordano. 
"Si  mcs  vers."  Hahn.  "Chant  Venitien,"  Berm- 
berg  and  numbers  by  Bimboni,  Chadwick,  Edward 
Elgar  and  Roger  Quilter.  Mr.  Ganz  will  play, 
by    special    request,    Beethoven's  "Moonlight" 


Two  Headliners  at  Pantages 

Next  Sunday  comes  to  Pantages  a  bright  ag- 
gregation of  attractions,  with  two  distinct  head- 
line acts,  Mercedes,  "the  musical  enigma,"  and 
Hassan  Ben  AU's  .Arabian  troupe.  Mercedes,  as- 
sisted by  Mile.  Stantone.  will  offer  a  series  of 
startling  demonstrations  of  thought  transmission 
as  applied  to  music.  With  his  assistant  seated 
at  the  piano  on  the  stage,  he 
passes  through  the  audience,  re- 
questing the  spectators  to  mention 
the  name  of  any  familiar  musical 
selection,  which  Mile.  Stantone  im- 
mediately plays,  although  she  does 
not  hear  the  request.  The  act  of 
Mercedes  'has  created  a  genuine 
sensation  both  abroad  and  in 
America.  The  eleven  "sons  of  the 
desert."  comprising  Hassan  Ben 
Ali's  troupe,  are  the  very  best 
gymnasts  that  ever  came  to  this 
country  and  they  give  a  whirlwind 
act  that  is  said  to  be  little  short 
of  marvelous.  Lowell  and  Esther 
Drew,  well  known  in  musical  com- 
edy, will  present  their  original 
conceit ,  "At  the  Drug  Store." 
Andrew  A.  Copeland  and  "Lankey 
Lew"  Payton  present  "Fun  in  a 
Dining  Car."  They  liave  been 
here  before  and  are  as  funny  a 
dusky  duo  as  ever  faced  the  foot- 
lights. Flo  and  Ollie  Walters  will 
offer  "the  act  dainty"  in  which 
they  will  be  heard  in  some  de- 
lightful songs  and  be  seen  in 
unique  dances.  The  Great  Harrah 
and  Company  are  exceptional  rol- 
ler skaters.  An  event  of  especial 
interest  to  San  Francisco  will  be 
the  vaudeville  debut  of  Sylvia 
Sabolcsay,  a  well-known  young 
lady  of  this  city  who  will  be  heard 
in  classical  and  popular  selections 
on  the  violin.  Sunlight  Pictures 
will   complete   the  program. 


and  Strauss  and  works  in  English  by  Saar, 
Schneider,  Metcalf,  Rummel  and  Oley  Speaks. 
Mr.  Edward  Schneider  will  be  the  pianist.  The 
sale  of  seats  will  open  Monday  morning  at  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Go's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's  and  mail 
orders  should  be  addressed  to  Will.  L.  Green- 
baum. The  Oakland  concert  will  be  given  this 
coming  Thursday,  October  24,  at  Ye  Liberty 
Playhouse  at  3:15  p.  m.  An  entirely  different 
program  will  include  the  Aria  from  "Tann- 
hauser,"  three  other  Wagner  gems,  groups  by 
Schubert,  Brahms  and  Richard  Strauss  and  songs 
in  English  by  Branscombe.  For  this  concert 
seats  will  be  ready  Monday  at  Ye  Liberty  box 


The  Gadski  Concerts 

On  account  of  her  many  oper- 
atic engagements  this  season  Mme. 
Gadski  will  sing  but  one  concert 
in  this  city  in  addition  to  her  ap- 
pearance next  Tuesday  night,  Oc- 
tober 22,  before  the  St.  Francis 
Musical  Art  Society.  The  date  of 
this  one  public  concert  is  Sunday 
afternoon,  October  27,  at  2:30  p. 
m.  and  the  place,  the  Columbia 
theater.  When  it  was  discovered 
that  this  queen  of  song  would 
have  only  time  enough  for  two 
concerts  in  public,  the  one  in  San  Francisco 
and  the  other  in  Oakland,  she  cabled  Manager 
Greenbaum  that  she  would  make  up  two  of  the 
greatest  programs  possible  for  these  events  and 
she  has  more  than  kept  her  promise.  Her  offer- 
ings at  the  St.  Francis  will  likewise  be  unusually 
fine.  At  the  one  and  only  concert  at  the  Colum- 
bia she  will  sing  the  Aria  "Ritorna  Vincitor" 
from  "Aida."  the  "Suicide  Scene"  from  "La 
Gioconda,"  "Isolde's  Narrative  to  Brangane"  and 
the  wonderfully  beautiful  "Liebestod"  from  Wag- 
ner's "Tristan  und  Isolde"  besides  a  group  of 
most  important  lieder  by  Schubert,  Wolf,  Franz 


CHAPINE  and  JOHN   R.  I'HILIPS 


Who  will  appear  Sunday  at  the  Cort  Theatre  in  John  Cort's 
original  production  of  "The  Rose  of  Panama." 


office  and  mail  orders  should  be  sent  to  H.  W. 
Bishop  at  that  theater. 


Maude  Fealy  in  "The  Inferior  Sex" 

Maude  Fealy  and  James  Durkin  will  open  the 
second  week  of  their  season  at  the  Alcazar  next 
Monday  night  in  the  leading  roles  of  "The  In- 
ferior Sex,"  a  three-act  comedy  by  Frank  Stay- 
ton  which  was  successfully  utilized  as  a  starring 
vehicle  in  England  and  this  country  by  Maxine 
Elliott.  Unlike  any  other  work  constructed  with 
especial  view  to  suiting  that  actress,  however,  it 
affords  ample  opportunity  for  effective  effort  by 


October  19,  1912 


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everyone  in  the  cast,  and  rehearsals  have  shown 
that  Miss  Fealy,  Mr.  Durkin  and  the  Alcazar  com- 
pany will  make  of  it  a  very  pleasing  entertain- 
ment. All  the  action  takes  place  aboard  "The 
Firefly,"  an  ocean  yacht  owned  by  a  bachelor  who 
has  started  on  a  long  voyage  to  obtain  seclusion 
while  ventilating  his  disesteem  of  femininity  by 
writing  a  book  to  be  entitled  "The  Inferior  Sex." 


"The  Rose  of  Panama"  at  the  Cort 

John  Cort's  production  of  Heinrich  Berte's 
Viennese  operetta  "The  Rose  of  Panama"  will 
be  the  attraction  at  the  Cort  for  one  week,  com- 
mencing Sunday  evening  with  the  complete 
wealth  of  costumes  and  beautiful  scenery  that  so 
impressed  the  large  audiences  which  gave  it 
patronage  during  the  engagement  at  Daly's 
Theatre,  New  York,  last  season.  Chapine,  the  lit- 
tle Frenchwoman  who  captured  New  York  in  a 
single  night,  will  be  heard  in  the  prima  donna 
role  of  Jacinta,  while  many  others  of  the  Met- 
roplitan  company  have  been  retained  for  this 
tour.  Heinrich  Berte's  music  is  perhaps  the  prin- 
cipal feature  of  the  opera.  The  score  contains 
more  than  twenty  really  high  class  numbers  that 
are  reminiscent  of  "The  Pink  Lady."  "The 
Chocolate  Soldier"  and  "The  Merry  Widow,"  but 
sufficiently  removed  to  absolve  the  composer 
frcfm  plagiarism.  The  scene  is  laid  in  a  Central 
American  republic  whose  president,  Remy  de  Val- 
more,  is  anxious  to  surrender  his  job  and  hie  him- 
self to  dear  old  Paris.  Holbrook  Blinn  in  "A 
Romance  of  the  Underworld"  folhivvs. 


The  First  Symphony  Soon 

The  fact  that  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra  has 
been  daily  and  diligently  rehearsing  since  Tues- 
day, October  8,  and  that  the  sale  of  tickets  for 
single  seats  will  open  for  the  first  concerts,  Mon- 
day, October  21  at  the  box  offices  of  the  Cort 
Theatre,  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  and  Kohler  & 
Chase's,  reminds  us  that  the  season  is  quite  close. 
Conductor  Hadley  and  the  music  committee  of 
the  Musical  Association  are  pleased  beyond 
measure  with  the  Orchestra  that  has  been  as- 
sembled and  predict  for  lovers  of  orchestral  music 
a  genuine  treat.  The  Board  of  Governors  are 
extremely  anxious  to  make  known  tlie  fact  that 
it  is  not  the  intention  to  make  the  popular  con- 
certs cheap  in  any  respect,  excepting  as  regards 
the  prices  of  admission  which  are  one-half  those 
asked  for  the  symphony  concerts.  The  Board  of 
Governors  stale  tliat  the  programs  for  the  pop- 
ular concerts  will  be  fascinating,  impressive  and 
instructive  and  that  many  new  works  will  he 
given.  In  selecting  for  the  first  concert  .Antonin 
Dvorak's  Symphony  No.  5  in  E  minor  "From  the 
New  World"  Mr.  Hadley  was  influenced  by  the 
fact  that  it  would  claim  the  very  best  efforts  of 
the  conductor  and  his  men.  "The  New  World 
Symphony"  which  is  a  beautiful  example,  of 
orchestral  music,  was  written  by  Dvorak  in  New 
York  and  was  first  performed  by  the  Philhar- 
monic, December  15,  1893.  It  follows  the  lines 
of  a  classic  symphony. 


Up  Against  the  Bars 

Old  King  Cole  was  a  merry  old  soul; 

A  merry  old  soul  was  he! 
He  called  for  his  pipe,  and  he  called  for  his  bowl. 

And  he  called  for  his  fiddlers  three. 
But  only  two  of  the  fiddlers  came; 

The  third,  they  said,  was  barred 
From  earning  his  living  thenceforth,  because 

He  carried  no  union  card. 
Nor  came  the  pipe  with  its  fragrant  weed, 

Nor  the  bowl  with  its  golden  brew; 
l'"or  all  such  things  had  been  driven  from  court 

By  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 


He  Stuck  to  It 

The  girl  asked  the  polite  salesman  if  he  had 
good  cheese. 

"We  have  some  lovely  cheese,"  was  the  smil- 
ing answer. 

"You  should  not  say  lovely  cheese,"  she  cor- 
rected. 

"Why  not?"  he  declared. 

"Because — with  boarding  school  dignity — "love- 
ly should  be  used  to  qualify  something  that  is 
alive." 

"Well,"  he  retorted,  "I'll  stick  to  lovely." 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Week    Commencing   Monday    Night,    October  2Ist 
With   Matinees  Thursday,   Saturday  and  Sunday 
MAUDE   FEALY    and   JAMES  DURKIN 
Leading  the  Alcazar  Company  in 
Frank   Stayton's   Delicious  Comedy 

THE  INFERIOR  SEX 

Maxine   Elliott's   Mf)st   Successful   Starring  Vehicle. 
I'rices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees.  25c  to  50c. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.     Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

Second   and   Last   W^eek   Begins  Sunday 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Once  More  Belasco  Triumphs 
The    IMay  That   Has   Set  the   Nation  Thinking 

"THE  WOMAN" 

By  William   C.   1  )e  Millo 
Perfect    Belasco   Cast   and  Production 
Sunday  Night.  October  27th— JULIAN  ELTINGE  in  his 
big  hit  "The  Fascinating  Widow." 

Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week   of   October  20th 

Sensation    of    Londun    ami  Paris 

MERCEDES 

The   Musical  Enigma. 

HASSAN  BEN  ALI  TROUPE 

]]  — .\R.\HI.\N   WHIRLWIND.^— II 
And  an  ALL  FEATURE  SHOW. 
Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.    Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and    Holidays    Matinees    at    1:30    and    3:30.     Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices— 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


SINGLE   TICKET  SALE 
SAN  FRANCISCO  m 

Orchestra 

HenryHadley-Conductor 

SEASON  1912-1913— CORT  THEATRE 

Opens  Monday  Morning,  October  21st 

At  Box  Offices;  Cort  Theatre,  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co., 
Kohler  &  Chase 

Make  all   checks,   etc.,   payable  to 

Musical  Association  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
riano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


AMUSEMENTS 


MARTIN  and  GANZ 

I-.\RE\VELr,  CONCERT 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON, 
OCTOBER  20  at  2:30 


SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Tickets,  $1.00,  $1.50  and  $2.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's 
and  Kohler  &  Chase's. 

On   Sunday   All    Day   at  Hall. 

Steinway  Piano. 


UNITED  STATES 
MARINE  BAND 

I'rom  "The  White  House  at  Washington" 

Half   a    Hundred    Musicians    Directed  by 

LIEUT.  WM.  If.  SANTELlVtANN 

"DREAMLAND  RINK" 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON  and  NIGHT  at  2:30  and  8:15 
and  MONDAY  AFTERNOON  and  NIGHT  at  3:15  and  8:15 

General  Admission  50c.    Reserved  Seats  75c  and  $1.00. 
Children   at   Matinees  25c. 
Box  Offices  as  Above.    Sunday  at  Dreamland. 


MARINE  BAND  AT  GREEK  THEATER 
This  Saturday  Afternoon  at  3  and  Night  at  8:15 
Take  Two  and  Seven  O'clock  Boats  for  Berkeley 


MME.  JOHANNA 

GADSKI 

D.XK   Cn.N'CEKT  ONLY 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.  OCT.  27  at  2:30 


Ticktis.  $1,110,  $1.50,  $2.00  and  $2.50,  ready  Monday  at 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's. 

.\ddress  Mail  Orders  with  Funds  to  Will.  L.  Greenbaum. 


IN  OAKLAND  AT  YE  LIBERTY 
This  Coming  Thursday  Afternoon  at  3:15 


Coming— VOL. \.\1).\   MERI),    ri,e   lluiigarian  Pianistc 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Tonight— Lambarrli   Opera  "CVRMEN" 
Beginning  Tomorrow  (Sunday)  Night — One  Week  Only 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
JOHN  CORT  Offers  His  Great  New  York 
Comic  Opera  Success 

"THE  ROSE  OF  PANAMA" 

With  CHAPINE,  the  Dainty  French  Prima  Donna 
Company  of  75.        Orchestra  of  30 
The  Only  and  Original  Company 
Nights  and  Saturday  Matinee — 50c  to  $1.50. 
DOLLAR   WEDNESDAY  MATINEE 
N'cxt — Holbrook  Blinn  in  ".\  Romance  of  the  Underworld.' 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 

A  GREAT  NEW  COMEDY  BILL 

JOSEPH  JEFFERSON  and  FELICE  MORRIS  in  Jesse 
L.  Lasky's  production  of  William  C.  De  Mille's  Problem 
Play  "In  1999";  ALBERTINA  RASCH'S  "LE  BALLET 
CLASSIQUE"  with  Domina  Marini,  assisted  by  Marcel 
Bronski  and  Co.  of  Ten;  FRANKLYN  ARDELL  &  CO. 
in  "The  Suffragette";  MELVILLE  &  HIGGINS  in  "Just 
Married";  THE  GREAT  ASAHI,  assisted  by  his  Quintette; 
MARY  OUIVE  &  PAUL  McCARTY;  GAUTIER'S 
ANIMATED  TOYSHOP;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION 
PICTURES.  Last  Week  of  JACK  WILSON,  assisted  by 
Franklyn  Batie  and  Ada  Lane. 

Evening   Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


20 


TOWN  TALK 


October  19,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — European  developments  were  the  chief 
factors  in  determining  the  course  of  the  market 
the  past  week.  All  continental  stock  exchanges 
were  disturbed  by  the  unrest  in  the  Balkan  states 
and  the  probability  of  war  between  Turkey  and 
some  of  her  old  provinces.  Panic  or  something 
nearly  like  it  reigned  on  the  Vienna  Bourse  and 
the  Bank  of  France  refused  to  part  with  gold 
at  any  price.  London  and  the  Continent  sold 
stocks  very  freely  in  our  market,  and  the  big 
interests  here  were  kept  busy  trying  to  stem  the 
tide.  Money  rates  were  very  high  early  in  the 
week,  but  the  return  to  the  banks  of  the  October 
disbursements  eased  the  strain  and  money  was 
fairly  plentiful  and  cheaper  at  the  close  of  the 
week.  Trading  was  broad  and  active  and  less 
attention  was  paid  to  specialties  as  compared 
with  the  regular  market  leaders.  Treasurer  Mc- 
Veagh  decided  not  to  deposit  the  vast  surplus 
under  his  control  with  western  and  southern 
banks  for  crop  moving  purposes  unless  the  situa- 
tion became  more  acute.  He  was  assured  by  the 
New  York  banking  fraternity  that  assistance  was 
not  necessary,  and  matters  were  so  arranged  here 
that  large  sums  were  forwarded  by  the  sub- 
treasury  to  New  Orleans  which  relieved  the  strain 
as  far  as  cotton  was  concerned.  So  enormous 
arc  the  profits  the  banks  are  making  at  present 
that  bank  stocks  have  advanced  sharply  in  tlie 
New  York  market.  As  far  as  the  domestic  sit- 
uation is  concerned  existing  conditions  and  the 
outlook  for  future  business  could  hardly  be  bet- 
ter. No  attention  is  being  paid  to  politics.  The 
railroads  are  making  more  money  than  ever  be- 
fore, as  far  as  gross  receipts  are  concerned  and 
all  important  lines  of  trade  are  expanding  rap- 
idly. The  claims  that  are  made  for  the  steel 
business  are  almost  fabulous.  The  labor  situa- 
tion is  also  improved.  We  believe  stocks  bought 
around  present  levels  will  show  handsome  profits 
later  on. 

Wheat — Tlic  influences  surrounding  I  lie  wlieat 
market  the  past  week  were  much  the  same  as 
those  which  have  prevailed  for  weeks  past.  It  is 
a  record  of  big  receipts,  of  enormous  domestic 
distribution  and  seaboard  clearances  that  are 
several  times  greater  than  those  of  a  year  ago. 
There  are  also  the  same  predictions  of  an  enor- 
mous spring  wheat  movement  which  we  are  about 
to  realize  and  which  has  been  delayed  by  wet 
weather.  It  is  these  extravagant  estimates  of  the 
amount  of  wheat  that  is  to  come  forward  that 
restrict  trade,  as  an  investor  naturally  waits  to 
see  what  the  extent  of  the  movement  will  be  and 
the  effect  it  will  have  on  values  so  that  the  buy- 
ing is  limited  to  the  commercial  demands  for 
consumptive  requirements  alone.  The  wheat 
crop  of  the  United  States  for  1912  is  universally 
conceded  to  be  a  large  one.  hut  it  is  not  an  over- 


whelming one,  and  probably  has  been  exceeded 
once  or  twice  before,  and  whatever  the  amount 
of  production,  it  will  all  be  disposed  of  in  the 
usbal  channels  of  consumption.  Accordingly,  in 
considering  the  bountiful  production  of  1912,  it 
is  well  to  remember  that  the  population  of  this 
country  is  the  largest  in  its  history.  Furthermore 
about  100,000,000  bushels  of  our  wheat  are  raised 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  where,  on  account  of  the 
prohibitory  transportation  charges,  it  might  as 
well  be  counted  out  of  consideration,  as  far  as 
utilizing  it  east  of  the  Rockies.  The  foreign  de- 
mand is  several  times  larger  than  last  year,  as 
is  shown  by  the  daily  seaboard  clearances.  As 
far  as  the  Balkan  situation  is  concerned,  the 
great  powers  of  Europe  seem  to  be  united  in 
their  ricific  efforts  and  while  they  will  probably 
succeed,  it  is  by  no  means  assured  that  they 
will  be  successful.  It  would  seem  however  that 
nature  itself  for  a  while  will  furnish  a  formidable 
barrier  against  war  in  the  neat  approach  of 
winter. 

Corn — The  Government  now  estimates  the 
crop  at  a  little  over  three  billion  bushels.  If 
there  were  normal  supplies  of  cattle  and  hogs 
to  which  this  could  be  fed  and  only  the  normal 
amount  of  other  food  stuffs  raised,  there  would 
be  some  reason  for  buying  corn  at  present  prices, 
but  with  the  largest  supply  of  all  feeding  ma- 
terials combined  which  this  country  has  ever 
seen,  and  with  less  than  usual  the  number  of 
animals  to  be  fed  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any 
reason  for  investment  unless  there  should  ap- 
pear an  extraordinary  foreign  demand  to  relieve 
the  market  of  what  will  otherwise  be  a  large 
surplus.  We  cannot  feel  that  there  is  any  good 
reason  as  yet  for  buying  corn  for  an  investment. 

Cotton^ — The  cotton  market  continues  to  drag 
to  new  low  levels,  and  at  the  close  of  the  week 
prices  are  about  at  the  lowest  point  of  the  sea- 
son. This  is  primarily  a  weather  market  and  the 
weather  could  hardly  be  better  for  the  crop  than 
it  has  been  the  past  week.  No  frost  was  re- 
ported and  very  little  rain.  The  promised  gulf 
storm  that  was  to  come  whirling  up  the  .At- 
lantic coast  was  sidetracked  by  the  high  bar- 
ometer and  raged  in  fine  shape  two  or  three 
hundred  miles  out  at  sea  whence  it  was  reported 
by  wireless  by  vessels  caught  in  it.  Weather 
map  readers  can  see  nothing  that  can  affect  the 
cotton  belt  in  the  next  four  or  five  days  and 
the  crop  is  making  wonderful  progress.  The 
pressure  of  new  cotton  is  now  approaching  its 
height  and  every  spot  buyer  in  Texas  seems  to 
be  selling  hedges.  Some  northern  banks  are 
also  selling  for  the  account  of  customers  bor- 
rowing against  purchases  of  cotton.  This  is  the 
regular  and  inevitable  course  of  events  at  this 
season,  but  the  pressure  is  unusually  severe  just 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Ejcchange   12.281.957.46 

Deposits    30.104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson. 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  VV.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen.  Hartland  Law.  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J,  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering.  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits,  .tl, 768, 076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meycrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.   Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President  , 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meycrstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  naaking 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  ; 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND   DISTRICT   BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 
Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 


October  19,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


now  because  ocean  freight  room  cannot  be  found 
fur  cotton  l)ought  for  export.  Some  of  the  larg- 
est spot  linuses  bought  on  the  break  but  this  did 
not  encourage  the  ring  crowd.  Sentiment  was 
very  bearish  and  traders  said  Texas  would  raise 
a  5,000,000  bale  crop  and  Oklahoma  would  score 
a  new  high  record,  which  taken  together  would 
make  up  for  the  shortage  in  Georgia  and  Al- 
abama. We  see  nothing  in  the  situation  at  the 
moment  except  a  scalping  attitude,  and  believe 
around  10  cents  cotton  can  be  bought  for  an  in- 
vestment. 


AUTO  NOTES 

That  the  American  woman  sits  in  the  court  of 
final  judgment  when  it  comes  to  the  purchase  of 
a  car  is  the  decision  that  has  now  been  reached 
by  every  progressive  motor  car  manufacturer  in 
America.  Even  the  leaders  arc  going  far  be- 
yond ordinary  limits  to  attract  the  attention  of 
the  woman  to  the  car.  The  demand  this  year, 
according  to  E.  S.  Jordan  of  The  Thomas  B. 
Jeffery  Company,  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  is  for  a 
car  that  is  just  as  near  an  electric  as  possible  in 
comfort,  equipment  and  convenience  but  which 
has  the  power  and  the  long  distance  ability  of 
the  gasoline  car.  To  satisfy  the  taste  of  women, 
a  new  model,  the  Sedan,  has  been  designed.  This 
Sedan  has  all  the  advantages  of  the  electric 
coupe  without  its  limitations.  It  is  equipped  with 
the  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor  which  makes 
it  possible  for  a  woman  to  start  the  car  and  drive 
with  the  same  comfort  and  ease  as  she  formerly 
enjoyed  in  her  electric.  Not  only  in  the  design- 
ing is  the  manufacturer  catering  to  the  woman. 
Some  concerns  are  now  employing  women  to 
sell.  While  there  are  but  very  few  women  who 
have  had  training  in  this  line,  if  there  are  any  to- 
day who  feel  that  they  have  special  ability  in 
that  line  they  need  only  convince  one  of  the  lead- 
ing manufacturers  of  that  ability  and  a  position 
is  open. 


"I  hear  you  had  words  with  Casey." 
"We  had  no  words." 
"Then  nothing  passed  between  ye?" 
"Nothing  but  one  brick." 


a?? 


In  a  Safe  Deposit  box  in  the 

CROCKER  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

All  it  will  cost  you  is  $4.00  per  year  and  you  have 
Ihe  assurance  that  your  valuable  papers,  etc.,  are  safe. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  p,^r.^dNfarke;"su. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manaser 


The  Vase  of  Clay 

(Continued  from  Page  6.) 

furnace  where  fire  must  add  to  its  beauty  of  form 
the  illusive,  decisive  beauty  of  color. 

All  through  the  night  Jean  has  kept  up  and 
carefully  regulated  the  furnace-fire,  that  artisan 
of  delicate  gradations  i->f  color.  At  dawn  the 
work  must  be  finished. 

And  the  potter,  old  and  dying,  in  his  deserted 
field,  raises  toward  the  light  of  the  rising  sun 
the  dainty  form,  born  of  himself,  in  which  he 
longs  to  find,  in  perfect  harmony,  the  dream  of 
his  long  life.  In  the  form  and  the  tint  of  the 
frail  little  vase  he  has  wished  to  fi.x  for  all  time 
the  ephemeral  forms  and  colors  of  all  the  most 
beautiful  things. 

Oh,  god  of  day!  The  miracle  is  accomplished. 
The  sun  lights  the  round  and  slender  curves,  the 
colorations  infinitely  refined,  which  blend  har- 
moniously, and  bring  back  to  the  soul  of  the 
aged  man,  by  the  pathway  of  his  eyes,  the  sweet- 
est joys  of  his  youth,  the  skies  of  daybreak  and 
the  mournful  violet  waves  of  the  sea  beneath  the 
setting  sun. 

Oh,  miracle  of  art,  in  which  life  is  tluis  epitom- 
ized to  make  joy  eternal! 

The  humble  artist  raises  toward  the  sun  his 
fragile  masterpiece,  the  flower  of  his  simple 
heart;  he  raises  it  in  his  trembling  hands  as 
though  to  offer  it  to  tlie  unknown  divinities  who 
created  primeval  beauty. 

But  his  hands,  too  weak  and  trembling,  let  it 
escape  from  them  suddenly,  even  as  his  tottering 
body  lets  his  soul  escape — and  the  potter's  dream, 
fallen  with  him  to  the  ground,  breaks  and  scat- 
ters into  fragments. 

Where  i.s  it  now,  the  form  of  that  vase  brought 
to  the  light  for  an  instant,  and  seen  only  by  the 
sun  and  the  humble  artist?  Surely,  it  must  be 
somewhere,  that  pure  and  happy  form  of  the 
divine  dream,  made  real  for  an  instant! 


Tabloid  Truth 

An  ounce  of  tomorrr)w  is  worth  a  pound  of  yes- 
terday. 

Glittering  generalities  are  really  the  rhinestones 
of  speech. 

Tlie  fellow  with  money  to  burn  may  live  to 
sieve  the  ashes. 

Ever  notice  that  the  man  who  says  he  only 
drinks  to  forget  never  forgets  to  drink? 

Happiness  is  a  toss-up  between  a  riiarried  man's 
warning  and  a  bachelor's  adyice. 

Ilard  work  offers  small  odds,  but  is  generally 
a  winner.    Genius  is  a  100-to-l  shot. 

Many  a  man's  extravagance  consists  largely  of 
adjectives. 

The  woman  who  reigns  in  her  home  doesn't 
storm  about  it. 

In  picking  the  winners  it  is  safe  to  wait  till  the 
race  is  over. 


H  * 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIG  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
TOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.  R.   BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Descriljed  or  Any   Part   Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Greig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publicaion  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet  ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
a  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa    Street   and    point   of  commencement. 

P»eing  portion  of  Potrero  Nuevo   Block  Number  270. 

PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
.Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning- 
Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 
And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted:  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles.,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
dav  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.   I.   MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 

MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912.  _ 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DF.VOTO,  RICHARDSON   &  DEVOTO, 

.\ttorneys    for  Plaintiflf, 

68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-10 

Don't  Get  Up  in  a  Hurry 

Don't  jump  up  the  first  thing  your  eyes  are 
open.  Remember  that  while  you  sleep  the  vital 
organs  are  at  rest.  The  vitality  is  lowered  and 
the  circulation  not  so  strong. 

A  siidden  spring  out  of  bed  is  a  shock  to  these 
organs,  especially  to  the  heart,  as  it  starts  pump- 
ing the  blood  suddenly.  Don't  be  in  such  a  hurry. 
Stretch  and  yawn  and  yawn  and  stretch.  Stretch 
the  arms  and  legs,  stretch  the  whole  body.  A 
good  yawn  and  stretch  is  better  even  than  a  cold 
bath.  Take  time.  It  will  keep  you  j'oung  and 
add  years  to  your  life. 


The  Gloomy  Guest 

The  best  man  noticed  that  one  of  the  wedding 
guests,  a  gloomy  looking  young  man,  did  not 
seem  to  be  enjoying  himself.  He  was  wandering 
about  as  though  he  had  lost  his  best  friend.  The 
best  man  took  it  upon  himself  to  cheer  him  up. 

"Er — Have  you  kissed  the  bride?"  he  asked  him 
by  way  of  introduction. 

"Not  lately,"  replied  the  gloomy  one  with  a 
far-away  expression. 


TOWN  TALK 


October  19,  1912 


STATEMENT  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP.  MANAGEMENT, 
CIRCULATION.  ETC. 

of  Town  Talk,  published  weekly  nl  S;in  Kr.incisco,  rc(|ii;reil 
by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912. 

Name  of — Editor,  Theo.  F.  Bonnet.  I'ost-Olhce  Address  - 
88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Managing  Editor,  Theo.  F. 
Bonnet,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Business  Manager, 
C.  W.  Raymond,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco ;  Publisher, 
Pacific  Publication  Co..  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Owners:  (If  a  corporation,  gives  names  and  addresses  of 
stockholders  holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of 
stock.)  Theo.  F.  Bonnet,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Ralph 
(Irover,  Berkeley,  Cal. ;  G.  I-.  liaraty,  Humboldt  Bank 
Building,  San  Francisco. 

Known  bondholders,  mortagees,  and  other  security  hold- 
ers, holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds, 
mortgages,  or  other  securities :  None. 

THEO.  F.  BONNET. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  10th  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1912. 

(Seal)                                    HENRY  P.  TRICOU. 
Notary    Public   in    and   for   the   City   and   County   of  San 
Francisco,    State    of    California.    (My    commission  ex- 
pires  August   5,  1913.  

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for   the   City   and    County    of   San  Francisco. 
LINEHAN-ARENDT    CO.,    Plaintiff,   vs.    F.    S.  DOW, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to: 
F.  S.  DOW,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought  against  you 
in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  within  ten  days 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty  days  if  served 
elsewhere. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court  at 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California, 
this  29th  day  of  July,  A.  1).  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MLLCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  Welch,  Deputy  Clerk. 

DONAHUE  &  GAIJ:. 

Attorneys  for  I'l;iintiff.  S-17-10 

SUMMONS   TO    ESTABLISH  TITLE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — .\ction  No. 
32,803. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  .-\11  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof.  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KUCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet ;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintitT  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
iudged  that  the  jilaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  pro.ierty  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.    HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  I2th  day  of  October,  A.  1). 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff:  Names, 
none ;   .\ddrcsses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills'  Bldg..   San    Francisco,    Cal.  10-12-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate    of    MORITZ     NICKELSBURG,     Deceased— No. 
14114  N.  S. ;  Dept.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Melvil  S. 
Nickelsburg,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all 
persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  executor 
at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  room  713 
Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected 
with  the  said  estate  of  Moritz  NickeUburg,  deceased. 

MELVIL  S.  NICKELSBURG. 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Moritz  Nickels- 
burg, deceased. 

Dated,  October  12,  1912.  

HELLER,    POWERS    &  EHRMAN, 

Attorneys    for    Executor,   „      ^       .  ,„  c 

Nevada  Bank  Building,  San  Francisco.  10-12-5 


CERTIFICATE    OF    CO-PARTNERSHIP— No.  1057 

We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify  that  we  are  co- 
partners doing  business  under  the  firm  name  and  stvle  of 
l'.\CIFIC  COAST  HOTEL  (;.\ZKTTE  CO.;  that  our 
principal  place  of  business  is  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  No.  163  Sutter  St.; 
and  that  the  following  arc  the  names  in  full  of  all  the 
members  of  said  partnership,  and  their  respective  places 
of  residence,  to-wit: 

William  P.  Harrison,  1440  Euclid  .\venue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Martial  Davoust,  Mendel  .Apartments,  Ellis  at  Jones 
Street,  San   Francisco,  Cal. 

In  witness  whereof  the  undersigned  and  above  named 
partners  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  this  24th  day  of 
September,  1912. 

WILLIAM   P.  HARRRISON. 
MARTIAL  DAVOUST. 
STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — ss. 

On  this  24th  day  of  September,  1912,  before  me  John 
D.  Gish,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  William  P.  Harri- 
son and  Martial  Davoust,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons 
whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  and 
tiiey  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first 
atjove  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JOHN  D.  GISH, 

Notary    I'ublic   in   and   for  the   City   and   County   of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 
(Endorsed):  Filed  Oct.  2.  19IJ.    11.   1.  Mulcrew.  Clirk. 
By   L.  J.   Welch,   Deputy   Clerk.  1012-5 

SUMMONS 

In  'he  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  ami 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,453  ; 
Dept.   No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER. 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MARY  R.   RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  tor  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  d;iy  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defen<iaiit,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  mure 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  sai*l  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  sai{l  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  deman<ie<l  in  the  c  -m- 
plaint  as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Com.daiiit. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this   19th  day  of  September,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624   Mills  Bldg.,  San   Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  42,652  ; 
Department   No.  7. 
MAE   J.    RINEY,    Plaintiff,   vs.   JOSEPH   M.  RINEY, 
Defendant. 

-\etion  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk 
of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
JOSEPH  .M.  RINEY,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
<iays. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  de- 
cree of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now 
existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  grounds  of 
defendant's  wilful  desertion  and  wilful  neglect;  also  for 
gener.il  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint 
on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  3d  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  J.  FRITZ,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

8-17-10 


428  Mills   Bldg..   San   Francisco,  Cal. 


NOTICE  OF  INTENTION  TO  BECOME  A 
SOLE  TRADER 

In   the   Superior   Court   of   the   State  of    California,  within 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  -Application  of  WINIFRED  KIM- 
BALL DE  WOLFE  to  Become  a  Sole  Trader. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  undersigned,  Winifre.l 
Kimball  dc  Wolfe,  the  wife  of  Edgar  S.  dc  Wolfe,  who  i^ 
a  resident  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  intends  to  make  an  application  to  :hc  .nho\f 
entitled  Court  on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the 
opening  of  the  Court  on  said  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  av 
said  application  may  be  heard,  for  a  judgment  and  order 
i  (  said  Court,  iiermitting  and  authorizing  her  to  become 
?  Sole  Trader  and  to  transact  business  in  her  own  name, 
and  upon  her  own  account,  as  a  Sole  Trader,  under  the 
provisions  of  Title  XII,  Part  III,  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
J'rocedure  of  the  State  of  California;  that  the  nature  ot 
the  business  to  be  conducted  by  the  undersigned  is  that  of 
an  Interior  Decorator  and  Designer,  and  to  buy  and  sell 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  the  place  at  which  it  is 
proposcti  to  conduct  said  business  is  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated  this  5th  day  of  October,  1912. 

WINIFRED    KIMBALL    DE  WOLFE. 
CHARLES  H.  l  AlRALL.  Atty.  for  Petitioner, 

Balboa  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19  .I 


"That  gentleman  over  there  kissed  the  pretty 
rirl.    I'icklf  man!    He  will  forget  it  in  an  hour." 
"Oh,  no  In-  wcin't;  ho".';  niy  luisband." 


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Letters 


Anonymous  But  by  a  San  Franciscan 

The  contents  of  "The  Master  of  Mysteries"  con- 
sist of  twenty-four  clever  short  stories  each  liav- 
ing  for  its  central  interest  tlie  same  character, 
"Astro,"  a  mysterious  Oriental  who  reveals  past, 
present  and  future  through  his  wonderful  occult 
gifts;  and,  of  course,  gathers  into  lii-  studio  all 
the  credulous,  curious  and  bewildered  who  are 
able  or  willing  to  pay  his  enormous  fees.  "As- 
tro" really  is  a  remarkable  man,  with  naturally 
keen  intuition,  quick  observation,  a  logical  mind 
and  daring  imagination,  and  to  these  natural 
gifts  well  cultivated,  he  has  added  a  wide  a)id 
deep  if  not  profound  knowledge  of  all  the  arts 
and  sciences.  If  he  is  not  certain  of  facts  he 
always  knows  where  to  turn  for  verification  of 
theories.  He  would  be  a  valuable  man  in  any 
business,  but,  whereas  he  would  be  unable  to  com- 
mand more  than  a  fair  salary  restricted  by  more 
or  less  hampering  supervision  in  any  "legitimate" 
occupation  where  his  miracles  would  be  per- 
formed confessedly  as  a  result  of  knowledge  and 
sublimated  common  sense,  as  a  Seer  lie  is  in- 
dependent of  all  interference,  and  his  cHents  stand 
in  awe  of  his  uncanny  abilities  and  do  not  attempt 
to  conceal  or  distort  facts  which,  they  arc  as- 
sured, he  will  discover  in  s])ite  of  thcni.  "Astrci" 
receives  his  clients  in  a  studio  draped  witli  l)l;ick 
velvet  and  furnished  with  genuine  treasures  as 
well  as  with  tlie  usual  parapliernalia  of  tlie 
crystal  gazer,  astrohigist  and  jjalmist,  lie  sits 
cross-legged  nn  ,i  divan,  wrapped  in  a  red  silk 
robe  witli  a  jewel-decorated  tur1i;in  nn  liis  liead 
;ind  his  oriental  water  i>ipe  at  his  siile.  llis  at- 
litiide  lit  repusc  completely  ccmceals  his  active 
mind  as  his  long,  dark  lashes  veil  liis  (|uick.  keen 
sight,  and  llis  professional  patter  of  vibrations  and 
emanations  mystifies  if  it  docs  not  convince  his 
callers  who,  however  skeptical  at  lirst,  are  apt 
to  be  soon  surprised  by  some  casual  remark  wliich 
suggests  second-sight  if  nut  omniscience.  Valeska 
Wynne,  tlie  pretty  bhmde  assistant  who  ushers 
the  visitors  from  the  reception  room  to  the 
-tudio  and  busies  herself  with  bookkeeping  and 
other  commonplaces  of  recording  is,  in  fact,  a 
very  clever  girl  under  tlie  training  of  the  master 
mind,  courageous.  resourceful,  and  willing. 
Moreover,  she  is  self-possessed  and  despite  tlie 
necessary  intimacy  of  her  confidential  employ- 
ment, quite  capable  of  keeping  a  respectable  dis- 
t.-ince  between  herself  anil  licr  singular  ma'^ter, 
so  that  the  progress  of  the  attachment  wliich 
springs  up  between  them,  and  the  (|uestion  of 
how  it  will  terminate,  though  it  is  never  ob- 
truded upon  the  reader's  attention,  forms  another 
story  witliin  a  story.  In  tlie  course  of  time 
every  conceivable  baffling  situation  which  can 
beset  people  disinclined  to  call  upon  the  assist- 
ance of  the  officers  of  the  law  comes  to  "Astro" 
for  solution,  and  even  the  police  department  is 
not  averse  to  an  exchange  of  favors  entirely  sub 
rosa.  There  are  mysterious  disappearances  both 
of  people  and  of  valuables,  murders,  anonymous 
letters,  double  personalities,  a  ghost  to  be  laid, 
dynamite  outrages,  an  elopement  to  be  assisted 
and  the  excesses  of  a  Greek-letter  fraternity  to 
be  checked.  In  one  instance  a  five-year-old  child 
in  an  East-side  street  held  up  for  the  inspection 
of  a  police  officer  an  enormous  opal  and  the  mum- 
mified hand  of  a  dead  negro.  In  another,  a  fan- 
tastically dressed  ape  appeared  at  a  second-story 
window  and  presented  to  a  young  lady  of  social 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
525  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  3074 

Resirfence.  882  Grove  St     Phone  Park  1870 


position  a  black  bag  filled  with  the  proceeds  of 
a  recent  burglary  and  took  his  departure  after 
delivering  himself  of  a  speech  which  was  a  jumble 
of  algabraic  formulas  and  uncouth  sounds.  A 
lieutenant  in  the  construction  department  of  the 
United  States  navy  in  charge  of  some  secret  work 
suddenly  began  to  display  evidence  of  mental 
disturbance  at  certain  intervals.  A  young  lady  in 
her  own  home  passed  from  the  living  room  to  her 
boudoir  for  a  forgotten  handkerchief  and  was 
discovered  within  a  few  minutes,  dead,  strangled, 
with  both  doors  locked  on  the  inside.  These  are 
a  few  of  the  uncanny  occurrences  which  the  high 
priest  of  the  occult  was  invited  to  deal  with.  The 
reader  is  taken  behind  the  scenes  every  time. 
Alone  with  Valeska  we  have  the  clever,  keen, 
clear-eyed  logician  who  occasionally  drops  into 
the  jargon  of  his  cult  and  laughs  in  his  sleeve 
at  the  credulity  of  the  world.  He  has  a  well 
stocked  library  and  knows  its  contents  by  more 
than  their  titles,  and  a  well  etpiippcd  laboratory 
in  which  he  keeps  himself  in  touch  with  chem- 
istry. He  could  lecture  to  a  class  of  young  doc- 
tors to  their  profit  or  take  a  chair  in  language  in 
any  college.  The  oriental  pose  was  as  easily 
thrown  aside  as  the  garb,  but  it  is  a  truth  well 
k-iiown  before  Barnum  put  it  into  homely  speech, 
"The  people  love  to  be  humbugged."  The  pub- 
lishers' announcement  inf(jrms  us  that.  "This  book 
was  written  by  a  well-known  author  who,  for 
reasons  of  llis  own  has  preferred  to  remain 
anonymous.  I'or  the  benefit  of  liis  friends,  how- 
ever, he  has  incor])orated  in  the  book  two  mes- 
sages, one  revealing  his  name  and  the  other  lii^ 
motive  for  withholding  it  from  tlie  title  i)age." 
It  is  unf.-iir  to  tell  the  answer  to  a  riddle  till  all 
lia\e  had  a  chance  to  solve  it,  but  there  ri,:ill\ 
is  no  necessity  for  any  one  familiar  with  current 
literature  to  study  out  the  cypher.  The  author  is 
well  known  in  S.'in  h'rancisco  where  he  lived  for 
a  number  of  years  and  he  has  written  more  than 
one  book  both  characteristic  and  realistic,  of 
phases  of  life  in  our  cit\'.  .\ny  one  with  even  a 
r,n-ote  interest  in  the  methods  of  seers  will  find 
"The  Master  of  Mysteries"  both  absorbing  and 
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JULIAN  ELTIN'GI':  GOES  TO   i'.AKIS  TO    HAVE  HIS  PICTURES  TAKEN 

Here  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  pictures  of  tlie  year.  It  is  the  result  of  a  trip  which  Julian  Eltinge,  star  of  "The 
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The  European  Blaze 

I  he  (•x|.((  lc-<l  .-ipi.t-ars  to  have  hai>pfnc(l 
ill  the  llalkans.  lint  it  didn't  haiiptn 
in  the  way  that  was  expected.  I"'>r  years 
Rnropean  j)r()phets  have  been  iiredictinfi 
that  Turkey  would  soon  be  involved  in  a 
war  the  conscfpieiice  of  wliich  would  be  the 
removal  of  the  checks  wliich  normally  pre- 
serve the  statns  <|no,  and  now  that  Turkey 
has  a  war  on  her  hands  the  colossal  struni,'le 
seems  to  be  not  far  distant,  i'.nt  how  sing- 
ular that  n<»body  should  have  dreamt  of  the 
fire  bein^  lighted  l)y  the  hand  that  struck 
the  iiialdi  ill  Tripoli!  Of  all  the  Christian 
nationalities  with  which  the  Turkish  I'ln- 
pire  is  roncerned  the  ( Ireek  caused  the  most 
uneasiness.  \'ery  lar^.;e  numbers  of  (Ireeks 
are  to  be  found  in  all  the  various  provinces, 
and  these  all  look  to  .Athens  as  the  centre 
of  their  race  iiinl  reliniou.  .Most  of  them 
are  sharp  and  born  inlrinuers,  and  many 
are  weallliy.  They  have  always  been  re- 
l^arded  as  a  daiinerous  element  to  be  reck- 
oned with  ill  any  coiilinj^ency.  'The  ( Ireeks 
not  the  Italians  were  expected  to  start  the 
inevitable  conlbn^ration,  and  the  'Turk>.  at 
the  first  sij^n  of  trouble  were  expected  to 
overrun  Thessaly  and  extort  terms  of  peace 
in  a  time  to  be  reckoned  by  days  rather  than 
weeks,  and  never  dnl  iinybody  imaj^ine  I  bat 
the  MouleiK  grills  would  lake  the  initiative 
and  slaiij-hter  the  (  >tloiuans  in  their  moun- 
tain fastnesHCH.  'The  diiima  i*.  not  al  all 
in  accordance  willi  the  leclmit|ne  outlined 
in  the  speculations  uf  sanitcioiis  statesmen. 
N  et  let  it  not  be  supposed  that  al  the  out 
break  I'.urope  was  taken  by  surprise.  T.ver 
since  Italy  opened  hostilities  in  Africa 
l'",uro|if  has  been  on  the  tiptoe  of  expectancy. 
Indeed  ever  since  Austria  secure<l  her  pnsi 
lion  in  Hosuia  and  ller/e(iovina  wise  slates- 
MU'ii  have  been  anxiously  waiting;  for  the 
rise  of  the  nulain  on  the  ^reat  catastrophe, 
Hoih  in  lln^land  and  llermauy  it  was  eoii 
lidrnllv  asserted  that  unless  something:  were 
done  by  one  or  both  of  these  I'owers  |o 
slay  the  hand  of  aijurcssiou  nil  {'"urnpe  would 
soon  be  in  a  bla/e.  And  both  liave  re- 
iiuiiiied  ipiirseent  ihroui^li  fear  of  filieualini^ 
a  possible  nllv.  "This  i^  |hc  whole  «lorv  in 
a  few  words.  I'ach  of  these  Power;*  sees 
the  other  iu  fancv  as  a  (.'ojosnu^  srekini;  to 
bestride  the  t^lobe.  and  as  \\  result  of  this 
oli«<r^sion  each  ae(|iiu'<res  in  ihr  nuKraudi^c- 
inrnl  nl  the  cxpciiKr  of  "Tnrkcv  of  evcrv 


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State  whose  neutrality  or  alliance  they  must 
buy.  -Anrl  that  is  why  the  amiable  notion 
of  inducing  all  nations  to  steref>tyjje  their 
existinf^  scale  of  armaments  has  come  to 
nothin}^.  What  the  end  is  to  be  nf)  man 
can  predict.  .Assuredly  it  will  not  come 
with  an  early  settlement  (A  the  present  dif- 
ficulties in  the  ISalkans.  Something;  more 
practical  than  a  peace  conference  is  neces- 
sary to  conjure  away  the  jealousies  and 
savaj^cry  of  mankind.  When  two  of  the 
most  civilized  nations  cannot  sit  down  and 
agree  together  on  means  of  handling  their 
greedy  associates  it  is  palj)ably  lost  time 
to  discuss  the  institution  of  universal  ar- 
bitration. 


Uplifting  the  Drama 

.\oiliing  more  deei)ly  affects  the  life  of  the 
pco]»le  than  the  theatre,  and  the  art  of  the 
theatre  were  it  made  tf)  exercise  a  beneficent 
influence  would  render  unnecessary  many  of 
the  schemes  of  reform  and  regeneration  that 
now  engage  the  attention  <»f  people  with  a 
passion  for  setting  things  right.  It  is  there- 
fore one  of  the  good  signs  of  the  time  that 
in  .\'ew  N'ork.  I'oston  and  -St.  Louis  societies 
li.ive  been  organized  for  the  cultivatit)n  of 
the  dramatic  art.  'This  uplift  movement  will 
iloubtless  receive  encouragement,  the  dram- 
atic art  having  been  far  from  languishing 
of  late.  'The  pessimists  who  tell  us  there  is 
no  demand  for  anything  but  the  frivolous 
drama,  and  that  jieople  go  to  the  theatre  to 
be  amused,  not  to  think,  are  not  telling  the 
wIkiIc  truth.  'There  are  many  people  who 
stay  away  from  the  theatre  on  account  oi 
the  inanity  and  stujiidity  of  the  great  bulk 
of  the  dramas  that  are  supposed  to  be  pop- 
ular. If  frivolous  dramas,  the  dramas  of 
mawkish  seutimeiilalily  and  silly  motifs,  are 
really  popular  why  are  there  so  many  people 
who  go  nowhere  for  entertainment  but  to 
the  v.iudeville  houses?  .\nd  if  there  was 
no  demand  for  serious,  well-written  dramas, 
why  are  there  so  many  people  reading 
Sudcrniaun.  Strindlurg.  I'rieux,  Schnit/ler 
and  llaiiptmaun?  These  are  playwrights 
whose  plays  are  so  seldom  acted  in  this 
country  that  to  know  anything  about  them 
one  must  reati  them.  They  are  not  played  Ik'- 
cause  the  supposition  is  they  are  not  profit- 
able, and  while  this  may  be  true  there  is  a 
reason  for  it.  The  newspapers  have  created 
a  prejudice  against  what  is  known  as  the 
highbrow  drama.  Many  witticisms  lia\e 
been  written  on  this  sul)jcct.  an«l  the  con- 
setpieuce  is  the  popular  impression  that  a 
highbn>w  drama  is  soiuetliing  esoteric, 
something  be\  ond  the  compreheusitin  of  the 
held,  snniething  exclusivel)  for  esthetes,  for 
lovers  of  the  synilM>lieal  and  for  fantastic  cul- 
lists,  Of  course  nothing  is  further  fr\>m 
the  truth.  \  highbrow  drama  is  a  tlrama 
that  tiepicts  actuality  with  the  help  »»f  real 
men  ami  women.  In  a  sense  "  Tho  F.asivst 
\\a\"  is  a  highluow  drama,  and  at  the 
same  time  it  is  one  of  the  few  genuine 
dramas  of  \merican  workmanship  Most  of 
the  so-called  higlibt^uv  dramatists  are  men 
with  messages,  and  (hough  they  have  at  times 
failed  to  c\>nvcy  their  messages  tKr\nigh  the 
meditnu  tif  ^entiine  «lrama  they  have 
»\»itteM  sonic  powcrftd  dramas,  »lranta<  that 


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stir  the  em')tions  of  lowbrows  as  well  as 
highbrows,  and  these  are  dramas  for  the 
multitude  as  well  as  for  the  minority.  They 
are  worth  while  not  for  the  messages  they 
convey  but  for  the  effect  they  have  as  ar- 
tistic scenic  compositions.  These  plays  are 
to  be  commended  not  because  they  make 
I)eople  think,  but  because  to  enjoy  them 
one  does  not  have  to  discard  his  intellectuals 
before  taking  his  seat  in  the  theatre.  If 
work  of  the  high  standard  reached  in  the 
dramas  of  some  oi  the  European  play  w  rights 
were  the  staple  of  the  -American  theatre  the 
probability  is  that  the  clientele  of  the 
theatre  would  be  greatly  increased ;  for 
whereas  the  majority  of  theatregoers  may  be 
entertained  by  art  as  well  as  by  flub- 
dub there  is  a  substantial  minority  that 
cannot  tolerate  anything  but  the  genuine 
article.  The  theatre  will  be  uplifted  when 
all  have  been  sufficiently  enlightened  to  be 
able  to  detect  the  spurious. 

Partisan  Malevolence 

If  we  may  ju<lge  a  cause  by  the  tactics  em- 
p!<jyed  for  its  advancement  what  shall  we 
say  of  the  cause  which  has  for  its  prophet 
the  Hon.  Theodore  Roosevelt?  Immediately 
after  the  prophet  was  shot  in  Milwaukee  his 
apostles  devoted  themselves  to  the  business 
of  rousing  a  false  sentiment  against  their 
opponents  by  illicit  means.  .At  once  they 
assumed  that  the  shooting  of  the  former 
President  was  the  result  <if  the  bitter  anim- 
adversions of  a  hostile  press,  anil  strove  to 
suggestionize  the  public  mind  into  rage 
against  everylxidy  who  had  tlenounce  1  Mr. 
Roosevelt  for  his  third-term  aspirations  and 
his  pernicious  influence  in  .\merican  politics. 
.Mr.  Roosevelt  himself  gave  the  cue  to  his 
apostles  in  his  speech  in  .Milwaukee  when 
he  converted  the  incident  into  a  spectacular 
drama  anil  induced  a  thrill  by  means  of  a 
blooily  shirt  while  contrasting  the  mendacity 
of  his  opponents  with  his  own  purity  of 
conduct  and  high  respect  for  the  amenities 
of  polite  controversy.  Mr.  Roosevelt's  high- 
minded  running-mate  tiv>k  public  i"H:cas»on 
to  assume  that  the  shiKiting  was  instigateil 
by  the  opponents  of  the  former  Presitlent. 
and  though  Mr.  Rix^sevclt  had  annoiincetl 
his  intention  to  reputliate  any  member  of  his 
own  faction  who  sttxijHrtl  to  scurrilities  we 
find  him  a  day  or  twi*  later  approving 
lohnson  and  urging  him  into  the  fray. 
.\'ow  it  ought  to  be  unnecessary  lo  char- 
acterize this  stirt  of  political  strategy :  but 
it  has  been  s«»  often  ailopteil  in  recent  years 
not  only  by  the  |>estiferv»us  V''S"'i"t*  »*f 
panH'hial  |>olitics  but  als4>  by  men  who  are 
presumeil  to  be  scmpulous  and  hotu>mble 
that  something  sho'  '  I  mak- 

ing the  shame  of  it  -  ■  to  the 

multitude  that  no  man  with  the  slightest 
pretension  tv»  influence  wvhiKI  r^-V 
fainy  of      wwanlly  a  means  ^ 
his  rancxmnis  antip   '  - 
tisanship.    I  an  a  ti, 
ceived  th.u 
to  tliis  \  ipv 

insinceritN   oi  liiin  is  »vI>\kh»Sv  V.' 

that  a  ntavlmatt  wh\'  has  shv>t  a  f;  * 

was  »u»1>»eiKtNl  by  »>ewspa(Hrr  . 

that   sufticient   rrasvvn  intU  o 


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public  mind  against  the  authors  of  the 
criticisms?  Does  the  act  of  the  madman 
prove  that  the  criticisms  are  unjust?  Be- 
cause there  are  men  in  whom  newspapers 
by  their  perfervid  language  produce  brain- 
storms must  newspapers  sterilize  their 
editorial  columns  and  see  to  it  that  their 
appeals  to  the  electorate  are  innocuous?  In 
other  words  must  the  press  in  the  interest 
of  law  and  order  submit  to  the  test  of  be- 
ing read  in  an  insane  asylum  without  fret- 
ting a  patient?  All  these  questions  the 
editor  of  the  Older  type  if  he  is  sincere  will 
answer  in  the  affirmative.  Whenever  a 
madman  shoots  anybody  who  is  putting 
water  on  the  Bulletin  wheel  Mr.  Older  wants 
every  opposition  editor  to  be  pronounced 
particeps  criminis.  He  was  especially  in- 
sistent at  the  time  poor  Haas,  driven  to 
frenzy  by  the  inhumanity  of  Heney,  sent  a 
bullet  tearing  into  that  bully's  jaw.  Let 
us  suppose  that  at  the  time  Older  was  nag- 
ging Warden  Hoyle  and  censuring  the 
prison  commissioners  for  not  interpreting 
the  parole  law  in  the  interest  of  Ruef,  there 
occurred  an  outbreak  at  San  Quentin  during  a 
meeting  of  the  commissioners  and  the 
warden  and  all  of  them  were  killed,  would 
Older  feel  that  his  contemporaries  were 
justified  in  pointing  to  him  as  the  inspira- 
tion of  the  horrible  crime?  We  think  it 
quite  improbable  that  he  would.  If  a  mad- 
man had  killed  President  Taft  at  the  time 
that  Older  and  the  editors  organized  to 
traduce  the  Administration  in  the  interest 
of  the  Progressives  were  disseminating 
mean  insinuations  against  our  Chief  Mag- 
istrate, and  if  the  madman  had  said  that  he 
was  influenced  by  the  criticisms  growing 
out  of  the  Ballinger-Pinchot  controversy, 
would  Mr.  Older  have  been  pleased  to  have 
the  Administration  organs  impute  to  him 
what  he  imputed  to  Hearst  after  the  killing 
of  Mr.  McKinley?  We  think  not.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  Mr.  Older  doesn't  believe  that 
newspapers  should  abstain  from  the  expres- 
sion of  their  views  on  public  questions  and 
public  men  on  account  of  the  homicidal 
tendency  of  maniacs.  We  have  brought  the 
matter  home  to  Mr.  Older,  but  only  to  serve 
the  purpose  of  illustration.  Mr.  Older  is 
no  different  from  the  political  orator  who 
indulges  in  the  same  form  of  unfair  con- 
troversy. It  is  really  not  Mr.  Older  who 
does  this  sort  of  thing.  It  is  the  spirit  of  a 
blind  partisanship  carried  away  by  zeal  for 
faction. 


The  Crank  and  the  Hero 

Why  accuse  the  Money  Lords  and  the 
Interests  and  the  Reactionaries  and  the 
Servile  Press  of  inciting  the  madman  who 
tried  to  assassinate  Colonel  Roosevelt?  It 
has  been  said  that  history  by  some  specious 
appearance  of  real  good  often  furnishes  pre- 
texts for  great  crimes.  Perhaps  it  was  his- 
tory that  influenced  John  Schrank.  Who 
knows  but  that  Shakespeare  is  more  to 
blame  than  anybody  for  what  happened  in 
Milwaukee.  Nowhere  is  there  to  be  found 
a  more  charming  hero  than  Marcus  Brutus 
as  he  appears  in  the  play  of  Julius  Caesar. 
Is  it  not  likely  that  the  worship  of  Brutus 
induced   chiefly    by    Shakespeare   had  its 


effect  on  the  shallow  mind  of  John  Schrank? 
This  crazy  individual  explains  that  his  mo- 
tive was  a  patriotic  one,  and  singularly 
enough,  crazy  as  he  is,  were  it  possible  lo 
justify  his  deed,  the  one  plea  in  justifica- 
tion he  made  when  he  said  in  substance  that 
for  a  man  who  has  been  President  to  be- 
come a  candidate  for  a  third  term  is  to 
menace  the  liberties  of  his  country.  Now 
Brutus  even  as  pictured  by  Shakespeare  had 
not  so  ])lausible  an  excuse  for  his  crime. 
As  Coleridge  has  pointed  out  Brutus  in  his 
thinking  aloud  bottoms  his  purpose  not  at 
all  on  anything  Caesar  has  done  or  is  doing 
but  simply  on  what  he  may  become  if 
crowned.  Schrank's  pretext  is  that  Colonel 
Roosevelt  is  running  for  a  third  term,  and 
he  has  very  high  authority  not  among  the 
Colonel's  enemies  but  among  wise  states- 
men long  since  dead  that  it  is  a  matter  of 
the  very  gravest  importance  to  the  institu- 
tions of  this  country  to  keep  the  third  term 
tradition  inviolate.  We  are  not  making  a 
plea  for  Schrank  ;  we  are  pointing  out  how 
a  moral  lesson  drawn  from  history  may  be 
used  to  vitiate  our  minds  and  destroy  our 
ha])piness.  Incidentally  we  are  taking- 
Shakespeare  to  task  for  elaborating  too 
much  on  Plutarch.  He  has  made  a  very 
fascinating  figure  out  of  a  man  who  ought 
to  be  held  in  very  great  contempt.  It  is  no 
wonder  that  Caesar  exclaimed  "  Lt  tu 
Brute!"  Brutus  owed  more  than  nne  un- 
dying debt  of  gratitude  to  Caesar.  It  is 
more  than  probable  that  to  Caesar  he  was 
indebted  even  for  his  life,  though  of  this  he 
was  ignorant,  a  circumstance  that  ought  to 
have  rendered  his  gratitude  all  the  more 
profound,  since  he  was  treated  as  a  son 
without  ever  knowing  the  reason  why. 
Brutus  may  have  acted  from  a  motive  of 
patriotism,  but  it  is  significant  that  he  per- 
mitted himself  to  be  led  by  Cassius.  Brutus 
himself  was  the  cause  of  the  hatred  that 
Cassius  bore  Caesar,  for  that  hatred  was  in- 
curred by  giving  Brutus  an  office  that  Cas- 
sius wanted.  It  is  also  significant  that 
Brutus  was  the  logical  man  for  the  job  in 
which  he  caused  a  vacancy  when  he  led  the 
conspirators  against  his  benefactor.  And 
this  Brutus,  descendant-  of  Servilius  Ahala 
who  was  one  of  the  most  cowardly  assassins 
in  all  history,  is  celebrated  to  this  day  as 
a  hero  while  John  Schrank,  a  wretched  mad- 
man, is  lucky  that  he  wasn't  torn  to  pieces 
by  an  infuriated  mob.  Life  is  indeed  a 
comedy. 

Courage  or  Vainglory? 

None  of  us  is  able  to  make  a  correct  esti- 
mate of  a  man  who  has  inspired  in  us  a 
deep  feeling  either  of  aversion  or  affection. 
The  reason  is  that  our  judgments  of  men 
are  the  result  rather  of  feeling  than  of  in- 
tellectual process,  and  feelings  are  swayed 
by  personal  likes  and  dislikes.  Thus  in  the 
case  of  Mr.  Roosevelt,  opinion  of  him  errs 
in  both  directions.  Bias  leads  to  ridiculous 
extremes  of  judgment  with  regard  to  every- 
thing Mr.  Roosevelt  says  or  does;  as,  for 
instance,  in  the  case  of  the  Bulletin  which 
believes  that  he  qualified  for  a  third  term 
simply  by  his  behaviour  at  Milwaukee.  In 
an  ecstasy  of  adoration  our  contemporary 


tells  us  the  shooting  episode  was  "a  test 
of  his  metal,"  that  he  "met  the  test  without 
a  quiver,"  that  "he  rang  true."  The  Bul- 
letin quotes  the  Colonel  thus:  "I  do  not  care 
a  rap  about  being  shot.  AVhat  I  do  care  for 
is  my  country."  And  the  Bulletin  adds, 
"This  was  the  real  Roosevelt" ;  furthermore, 
"it  was  the  same  courage  that  led  him  to 
fight  law-defying  financiers  in  the  White 
House."  After  a  fervent  prayer  to  restrain 
us  from  going  to  the  opposite  extreme  we 
will  take  up  the  psychological  study  pre- 
sented by  the  Colonel  at  Milwaukee  with  a 
view  to  seeing  whether  it  tends  to  vindicate 
his  claim  to  the  confidence  of  the  American 
people.  First  let  us  point  out  the  absurd- 
ity of  confounding  physical  and  moral  cour- 
age. It  does  not  require  physical  courage 
for  a  President  to  discipline  financiers.  The 
courage  shown  by  Mr.  Roosevelt  in  Mil- 
waukee was  not  the  kind  of  courage  he 
needed  when  J.  Pierpont  Morgan  opened  his 
maw  to  swallow  competition  in  iron  ore. 
Although  when  Mr.  Rofisevelt  was  shot  he 
showed  considerable  presence  of  mind,  it 
may  he  questioned  whether  he  exhibited 
genuine  courage,  what  Napoleon  described 
as  "two  o'clock  in  the  morning  courage," 
e.xplaining  that  he  meant  unprepared  cour- 
age, that  which  is  necessary  on  an  im- 
expected  occasion.  The  captain  of  a  ship 
who  goes  gallantly  to  the  bottom  with  his 
vessel  does  not  exhibit  genuine  courage.  He 
has  thought  a  thousand  times  what  he 
should  do  in  just  such  an  emergency,  he  has 
steeled  himself  for  the  supreme  moment. 
To  give  his  due  to  a  captain  who  chose  to 
perish  with  his  vessel  it  is  only  to  be 
said  that  he  had  the  bravery  to  follow 
a  hazardous  occupation  and  the  determina- 
tion to  live  up  to  its  traditions.  It  is  no  dis- 
paragement of  him  to  say  that  men  are 
usually  brave  in  the  dangers  to  which  they 
have  accustomed  themselves  either  in  im- 
agination or  practice;  nor  to  insist  that  a 
superior  kind  of  courage  is  that  which  for 
a  beneficent  purpose  bravely  dares  the 
danger  nature  shrinks  from.  Now  we  may 
be  sure  that  Mr.  Roosevelt  had  often  im- 
agined the  experience  that  came  to  him  in 
Milwaukee.  Made  President  by  the  hand 
of  an  assassin,  attended  through  the  years 
by  a  bodyguard,  reading  at  intervals  of 
attempts  on  the  lives  of  rulers  in  Europe, 
and  doubtless  struck  by  the  superb  serenity 
of  their  behaviour,  is  it  to  be  supposed  that 
he  had  not  determined  on  his  course  of  con- 
duct in  like  circumstances?  To  be  sure  Mr. 
Roosevelt  did  not  merely  comport  himself 
like  a  brave  man.  He  did  not  exhibit  that 
circumspection  that  distinguishes  the  cour- 
age of  the  wise  man  from  the  hardiness  of 
the  fool.  He  exhibited  a  reckless,  rash  in- 
difference to  consequences.  He  was  spec- 
tacularly imprudent.  He  did  something 
wholly  unnecessary,  something  that  might 
have  been  attended  by  fatal  consequences. 
Instead  of  going  to  bed  and  getting  surgical 
treatment,  he  went  to  a  hall  and  harangued 
a  multitude.  This  performance  reminds  us 
more  of  Don  Quixote  than  of  d'Artagnan, 
especially  as  the  esteemed  candidate  ex- 
claimed, "I  don't  care  about  being  shot; 
what  I  do  care  for  is  my  country."  An 


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October  26,  1912 


heroic  utterance,  if  it  had  been  made  on  a 
battlefield ;  somewhat  rodomontadonoiis  in 
the  city  made  famous  by  Schlitz  and 
Schrank.  Yet,  as  the  Bulletin  exultingly 
tells  us,  "This  was  the  real  Roosevelt",  the 
man,  alas !  without  that  divine  prophylactic 
against  megalomania — a  sense  of  humor. 
If  instead  of  a  bullet  Mr.  Roosevelt  had 
been  penetrated  with  the  healthful  spirit  of 
humor,  which  has  for  its  offspring  a  sense 
of  proportion  and  fitness,  he  would  take 
things  less  seriously — even  himself.  No 
really  great  man  is  without  that  spirit. 
Even  the  solemn,  spectacular  Caesar  had  it, 
and  he  could  joke  with  the  pirates  when  they 
were  holding  him  for  a  ransom  and  prom- 
ise them  that  he  would  hang  them  later  on. 
Even  the  proud  and  arrogant  Bismarck  had 
it,  as  we  learn  from  Motley,  who  describes 
him  in  his  garden  talking  in  the  simplest, 
funniest  and  most  interesting  manner  about 
things  of  tremendous  importance.  Great  is 
the  self-confidence  of  great  men.  but  self- 
consciousness  they  temper  with  the  spirit  of 
humor.  Airs  of  importance  are  the  cred- 
entials of  impotence.    The  man  who  thinks 


aloud  that  his  life  is  essential  to  the  welfare 
of  his  country  reduces  himself  from  what- 
ever actual  proportions  to  the  size  of  Aesop's 
fly  that  observed  as  it  sat  on  the  coach- 
wheel,  "What  a  dust  do  I  raise!"  But  to 
return  to  the  psychology  of  this  Milwaukee 
afTair.  Was  there  not  more  of  vainglory 
than  of  courage  to  be  observed  in  the  per- 
formance? The  most  powerful  of  all  the 
principles  of  human  conduct  is  a  timorous 
and  slavish  regard  for  what  other  people  will 
say.  It  is  this  solicitude  about  opinion  that 
is  at  the  bottom  of  all  our  vanity.  It  makes 
men  do  what  is  unnecessary,  what  is  foolish, 
and  restrains  them  from  doing  what  con- 
science dictates  should  be  done.  Was  not 
this  the  principle  that  delayed  the  Col- 
onel's trip  to  the  hospital?  Discussing 
this  very  principle  Schopenhauer  tells  us  of 
a  murderer,  who,  on  the  morning  he  was  to 
be  hanged,  was  anxious  onl}'  to  acquit  him- 
self bravely  before  the  spectators  of  his 
ignominious  end.  He  bowed  to  the  crowd, 
and  "his  coolness,"  says  Schopenhauer, 
"called  forth  a  tremendous  cheer  from  the 
degraded    crowd    beneath."     "This,"  the 


philosoi)her  continues,  "is  an  admirable  ex- 
ample of  the  way  in  which  a  man  with  death 
in  the  most  degraded  form  before  his  eyes 
and  eternity  beyond  it  will  care  for  nothing 
hut  the  impression  he  makes  upon  a  crowd 
of  gapers."  Now  while  it  is  not  to  be 
denied  that  Mr.  Roosevelt  by  his  coolness 
made  a  profound  ini]3ression  on  the  crowd  in 
Milwaukee,  we  think  it  would  be  too  bad 
were  the  .American  people  to  have  their  judg- 
ment influenced  in  the  way  suggested  by 
our  contemporary.  To  assume  that  they  are 
to  be  so  influenced  is  to  put  the  American 
electorate  on  a  level  with  the  crowd  de- 
scribed by  Schopenhauer.  We  think  it  un- 
just to  Mr.  Roosevelt  to  form  an  estimate 
of  him  from  his  behaviour  in  Milwaukee. 
.-\  much  better  estimate  of  him  is  to  be 
formed  from  the  record  of  his  past  career  j 
at  least  a  much  better,  much  more  satis- 
factory, estimate  of  his  physical  intrepidity, 
dreat  presence  of  mind  has  the  Colonel,  and 
he  has  much  better  judgment  than  he  showed 
w  hen  as  a  candidate  for  President  he  preferre  1 
a  hall  to  a  hospital  and  exhibited  a  bloody 
shirt  rather  than  a  sound  discretion. 


Wc  met  again  the  other  night 

With  people;  you  were  quite  polite. 

Shook  my  hand  and  spoke  awhile 

Of  common  things  with  cautious  smile; 

Paid  the  usual  debt  men  owe 

To  fellows  whom  they  used  to  know. 

But,  when  our  eyes  met  full,  yours  dropped. 

And  sudden,  resolute,  you  stopped, 

Moving  with  hurried  syllables 

To  make  remarks  to  some  one  else. 

1  caught  them  not,  to  me  they  said: 

"Let  the  dead  past  bury  its  dead, 

Things  were  very  different  then. 

Boys  are  fools  and  men  arc  men." 


An  Old  Friend 

Several  times  the  other  night 
You  did  your  best  to  be  polite; 
When  in  the  conversation's  round 
You  heard  my  tongue's  familiar  sound 
You  bent  in  eager  pose  my  way 
To  hear  what  1  had  got  to  say. 
Trying,  you  thought  with  some  success, 
To  hide  the  chasm's  nakedness. 
But  on  your  eyes  hard  films  there  lay; 
No  mock-interest,  no  pretence 
Could  veil  your  blank  indifference: 
.\nd  if  thoughts  came  recalling  things 
Far-off.  far-off,  from  those  old  springs 
When  underneath  the  moon  and  sun 


Our  separate  pulses  beat  as  one. 

Vagrant  tender  thoughts  that  asked 

Admittance  found  the  portal  mas'<ed; 

You  spurned  them  when  I'd  said  my  say. 

With  laugh  and  nod  you  turned  away 

To  toss  your  friends  some  easy  jest 

That  smote  my  brow  and  stabbed  my  breast. 

Foolish  though  it  be  and  vain 

I  am  not  master  of  my  pain, 

An(\  when  I  said  good-night  to  you 

I  hoped  we  should  not  meet  again. 

And  wondered  how  the  soul  I  knew 

Could  change  so  much;  have  I  changed  too? 

— Simon  de  Montfort. 


Perspective  Impressions 


"That's  just  like  Johnson — never  thinking  of 
himself,"  said  the  Colonel  with  a  tear  in  his  eye. 
llow  these  running  mates  do  know  eacli  other! 


Inflated  unimportance  is  a  phenomenon  that 
obtrudes  in  campaign  times  when  the  newspapers 
print  the  opinions  of  the  village  Hainpdens. 


Those  persons  who  tell  us  that  Governor  John- 
son may  resign  should  remember  that  the  high 
cost  of  eating  is  still  the  paramount  problem. 


Chairman  Ryan  of  the  Progressive  State  Com- 
mittee predicts  that  Roosevelt  will  carry  Cali- 
fornia by  100,000.    A  Daniel  come  to  humbug. 


The  Hearst  newspapers  having  abolished  ])rize 
fighting  and  removed  icebergs  from  the  path  of 
ocean  liners  are  now  leading  a  campaign  for  the 
extermination  of  the  pistol.  Will  Doc.  Jordan 
please  take  a  hand? 


It  was  reserved  for  a  madman  lo  remind  the 
American  people  of  the  only  really  important 
issue  of  the  campaign,  the  one  that  may  be  dis- 
cussed without  heat  and  without  passion. 


Delicate  inattention  is  the  highest  form  of  well- 
bred  incivility. 


There  is  a  warning  for  all  of  us  in  the  case  of 
Joseph  Marski  who  died  in  Chicago  at  the  age  of 
110.  After  passing  the  century  mark  he  had  the 
hardihood  to  swear  off  on  alcohol  and  tobacco. 


.Another  grand  passion!  The  errant  wife  is 
working  in  San  Francisco  and  the  amorous 
pastor  is  polishing  hardwood  floors  in  Oakland, 
but  a  temperamental  affection  reaches  from 
shore  to  shore  and  holds  them  together. 


Infant  prodigies  are  not  half  so  remarkable  as 
those  feminine  prodigies,  the  bedizened  grand- 
mothers who  wear  sheath  skirts  and  hats  in  full 
bloom  and  are  described  in  the  social  columns 
as  beautiful. 


"I'm  going  to  take  this  little  old  town  apart 
and  see  what's  inside  it.  Maybe  there's  a  play 
or  two  here." — Thus  Paul  Armstrong  in  the  pat- 
ter of  Forty-second  street,  proving  himself  a 
typical  New  York  provincial. 


The  ([uick  recovery  of  Colonel  Roosevelt  is 
gratifying  to  all  the  people. 


Says  Mr.  Rudolpii  Spreckels  of  the  Progressive 
angel  Mr.  George  W.  Perkins:  "He  thinks  he 
can  capitalize  public  opinion."  Rudolph  knows 
from  experience  how  difficult  is  the  achievement. 


Slowly  wc  are  adding  to  our  stock  of  informa- 
tion on  royal  etiquette.  Hays  Hammond  always 
nudges  a  king.  Now  comes  Handy  Andy  Car- 
negie w'ho  says:  "I  always  laugh  when  I'm  in 
the  presence  of  a  king.  As  a  rule  he  does  not 
mind.  He  knows  he  is  something  of  a  fakir,  so 
he  laughs  with  me."  The  way  the  augurs  used 
to  do  in  Rome,  you  remember. 


In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Christian  Soldiers 
are  battling  for  the  Lord  to  the  tune  of  the 
Doxology  why  not  praise  God  for  sparing  the 
prophet's  life?  It  would  seem  that  even  the 
Colonel  himself,  with  all  his  piety  has  neglected 
to  offer  up  thanks  to  the  One  who  sees  with  equal 
eye  "a  hero  perish  or  a  sparrow  fall."  How 
unlike  Lincoln! 


October  26.  1912  TOWNTALK  7 


Varied  Types 

XCVII— WILLIAM  H.  LEAHY 


"I  brought  Tetrazzini  here  from  the  City  of 
Mexico.  Leahy  tried  to  get  her,  but  came  back 
in  despair.  Then  I  went  and  succeeded." — Ettore 
Patrizi. 

"Patrizi  brought  Tetrazzini  here?  Oh,  yes! 
So  did  the  Southern  Pacific!" — Doc  Leahy. 

Two  weeks  ago  when  Ettore  Patrizi  told  me 
in  an  interview  that  he  deserved  the  credit  for 
introducing  San  Francisco  to  the  great  Luisa, 
I  reserved  the  right  to  obtain  Doc  Leahy's  vers- 
ion of  the  incident.  So  I  dragged  him  away  from 
his  blue  prints  in  the  old  Tivoli  lot  and  asked 
him  about  it.  To  say  that  the  Doc  replied  with 
some  heat  hardly  does  justice  to  the  torrid  vigor 
o;  hi-  tones.  He  was  mad  clean  tliroiigh  and 
nia<le  no  bones  about  it. 

"Patrizi  went  down  to  the  City  of  Mexico 
as  an  employe  of  mine  to  act  as  interpreter  and 
handle  the  baggage  of  the  opera  company  on  its 
trip  to  this  city.  He  was  paid  by  me  to  act  as 
escort  and  interpreter.  I  had  already  made  the 
trip  for  the  purpose  of  securing  Tetrazzini.  1  could 
not  get  her  without  engaging  the  wliole  com- 
pany, so  I  signed  up  the  whole  bunch  of  tliem. 
Then  1  came  back  and  sent  Patrizi  down  to  see 
their  baggage  through  the  Custom  House,  se- 
lecting him  simply  because  he  knew  Italian.  1 
paid  him  from  $1800  to  $2000  for  that  work.  I 
employed  him  then,  as  1  had  employed  him  for 
many  years,  as  an  interpreter.  The  idea  of  h'\s 
saying  that  he  brought  Tetrazzini  here!  So  did 
the  Southern  Pacific  railroad  train  I  Wiiy, 
Patrizi  got  ids  knowledge  of  the  operatic  busi- 
ness, such  as  it  is,  from  me.  .And  at  that  he 
doesn't  know  anything  about  it  today!" 

."Ml  of  which  is  set  down  to  keep  the  record 
straight.  We  can't  be  too  careful  in  the  matter 
of  a  Tetrazzini,  you  know. 

"I'm  not  a  Columbus."  continued  tlic  Doc.  "1 
don't  claim  to  have  discovered  Luisa.  She  liad 
been  a  great  .success  in  Buenos  .Ayres,  in  Russia, 
in  Germany  and  Madrid  before  she  sang  in  tliis 
city." 

The  Doc  may  in  it  lia\  e  discovered  the  great 
diva,  but  he  made  her.  Slie's  worth  a  million 
dollars  today,  largely  through  her  association 
with  Leahy. 

When  I  could  steer  the  Doc  away  from  the 
subject  of  Tetrazzini — no  small  task,  believe  me 
— 1  led  him  to  the  discussion  of  the  Tivoli  and 
elicited  some  half-forgotten  history. 

"Joe  Kreling,"  he  told  me,  "came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco from  New  York  with  his  father  in  '76.  Joe 
started  a  small  hotel,  but  he  was  ambitious 
musically,  spoke  German  and  French  with 
fluency  and  cast  about  for  a  chance  to  invest 
his  musical  knowledge.  At  that  time  Dr.  Bowie 
owned  an  old  place  in  Sutter  street  next  to  the 
Temple  Emanu  El.  It  was  an  old-fashioned 
home  set  in  the  middle  of  a  fifty-vara  lot  with  a 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


I  N  ION   SQL  ARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

garden  around  it,  and  it  had  wide  verandas  en- 
closed with  glass.  Tlie  place  had  been  partially 
burned  some  time  before  and  had  remained  un- 
repaired and  unoccupied. 

"There  Joe  started  the  Tivoli.  opening  with  tlic 
Spanish  Students  who  had  come  here  from 
Mexico,  and  a  number  of  variety  acts.  You  paid 
two  bits  for  admission  and  received  a  check 
which  entitled  you  to  two  glasses  of  beer.  Sand- 
wiches, salads  and  other  light  refreshments  were 
also  served  at  the  tables.  The  entertainment  was 
given  on  a  platform.  The  Spanish  .Students 
stayed  for  six  months  and  made  a  great  success. 
The  place  became  a  rendezvous  for  prominent 
people  and  various  little  coteries  made  a  prac- 
tice of  meeting  there  some  night  once  a  week. 
The  next  attraction  was  the  Ladies'  Vienna  Or- 


riioto.  Tcrkelson  and  Henry 


WILLI.\M   H.  LE.^IIY 

chestra  which  had  not  been  very  successful  at 
Piatt's  Hall,  but  they  made  a  big  hit  at  Joe's 
place. 

".About  this  time  Joe's  brothers,  William  and 
John,  came  to  San  Francisco,  and  the  resort  was 
doing  so  well  that  Joe  made  up  his  mind  to  move 
to  a  bigger  place.  So  he  leased  the  lot  in  Eddy 
street  and  put  up  the  old  Tivoli  in  79.  That  was 
cut  in  the  sand  dunes  then;  all  the  places  of 
amusement  except  the  Grand  Opera  House  were 
in  Bush  street. 

"  'Pinafore'  was  the  rage  at  the  time.  There 
had  been  a  surfeit  of  'Pinafore'  and  lots  of  the 
singers  were  stranded.  Joe  determined  to  go 
in  for  f)pera  at  the  new  place,  so  he  gathered 
together  a  'Pinafore'  company  and  opened  the 
place  with  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  piece.  It 
ran  for  sixty-three  nights.  Then  he  put  on  'The 
Wreck  of  the  Pinafore'  written  by  a  San  Fran- 
cisco woman  named  Mrs.  Church  and  that  ran 
for  three  or  four  weeks.  Then  he  revived  'Pina- 
fore' with  'Trial  by  Jury.'  Altogether  these  at- 
tractions ran  for  live  months.  Imagine  that  in 
a  city  of  about  100,000  population! 

"There  was  no  stage  in  the  Tivoli  when  it 


was  built,  and  the  performances  were  g'.ven  a; 
lirst  on  a  platform.  Then  Joe  tore  a  hole  in  the 
back  wall  and  built  a  stage  on  the  lot  in  the  rear. 
Later  the  regular  stage  was  built.  .After  that  he 
began  to  produce  all  sorts  of  operas.  For  one 
thing  it  was  easier  to  get  good  singers  in  those 
days.  Opera  was  in  vogue  and  bel  canto  singers 
were  numerous  and  could  be  engaged  at  low 
salaries.  Artists  would  straggle  into  the  city 
broke  and  Joe  would  snap  them  up.  In  this 
way  he  got  Baldanza,  and  Guile  who  had  been 
Patti's  principal  tenor,  and  Madame  Sepelli  and 
Linda  Brambilli-Sordclli  and  Enrico  Campo- 
bello. 

"It  was  a  wonderful  organization.  Joe  had  his 
own  costuming  plant  even.  The  first  electrical 
effect  on  any  stage  was  produced  at  the  Tivoli 
in  those  days.  The  opera  was  'Satanella'  and  in 
Pluto's  march  sixteen  girls  appeared  carrying 
spears  and  shields  illuminated  by  electricity. 
Tliere  were  hundreds  of  holes  bored  in  the  stage 
with  sockets  fitted  to  them.  In  the  various 
evolutions  of  the  march  the  girls  would  halt  and 
fit  their  spears  in  these  sockets,  thus  making  the 
electrical  connection.  I  believe  the  Tivoli  was 
the  first  house  in  the  United  States  to  be  lit  by 
electricity.    That  was  in  '85. 

"Joe  Kreling  died  in  '87,  and  William  took 
cluirge.  His  first  production  was  'She'  with  Ed 
Stevens  and  Laura  Clement  in  the  principal  roles. 
The  music  was  by  Billy  Furst,  the  musical  di- 
rector of  the  house.  It  ran  for  three  months. 
The  music  was  so  good  that  Al  Hayman  took 
Furst  to  New  York  and  he's  been  there  ever 
since,  acting  as  one  of  Charles  Frohman's 
nu'sical  producers. 

"In  '9,3  William  Kreling  died  and  I  took  charge 
of  the  Tivoli.  It  was  quite  natural  that  I  should 
do  so.  I  had  begun  business  life  at  the  age  of 
nine  in  a  doctor's  office — whence  my  nickname — 
worked  for  five  years  in  General  Cobb's  law  of- 
fice and  then  had  decided  to  learn  a  trade,  so  I 
went  into  a  furniture  factory.  The  Krelings  en- 
gaged in  the  furniture  business  when  they  first 
came  to  San  Francisco  and  I  went  into  their 
employ  in  '84.  I  was  friendly  with  the  boys  and 
was  around  the  Tivoli  a  great  deal.  Even  as  a 
youngster  I  had  had  a  liking  for  the  stage.  Some 
of  us  boys  built  a  little  place  we  called  the 
Miniature  Theatre  in  the  basement  of  a  building 
at  Ninth  and  Harrison  and  played  such  things 
:is  'Struck  Oil,'  borrowing  our  props  from  Dave 
Belasco  who  was  property  man  at  the  Baldwin. 
If  our  plays  went  we  repeated  them  at  Saratoga 
Hall.  Edith  Woodthorpe,  now  Mrs.  AI  Dobson, 
is  the  only  one  of  our  company,  I  think,  who 
achieved  a  success  on  the  stage.  So  I  was  around 
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Thoughtful  people  will  all  agree  that  each  gen- 
eration has  some  paramount  evil  tendency  to 
contend  with,  and  that  frequently  that  tendency 
is  along  right  lines,  except  that  it  is  diverted, 
perverted  and  applied  to  improper  and  wholly 
wrong  and  hurtful  uses. 

For  instance,  there  is  no  more  wholesome 
doctrine  than  the  rule  of  the  people,  as  applied 
to  fundamental  questions  of  right  and  wrong, 
and  to  the  broad  and  general  purposes  of  gov- 
ernment under  conditions  such  as  prevailed  at 
the  time  of  the  foundation  of  our  government 
and  the  adoption  of  the  American  Constitution, 
where  the  whole  body  of  the  law  was  to  apply 
in  a  full  and  equal  sense  to  all  of  the  people 
that  adopted  it,  and  as  they  hoped,  to  their  chil- 
dren and  their  children's  children  forever. 

There  can  be  no  better  nor  more  wholesome 
doctrine  than  this,  and  yet  when  it  is  sought  to 
divert  it  and  apply  it  and  to  hold  that  the  action 
of  the  majority  upon  all  occasions,  when  passion 
and  prejudice  are  aroused,  and  sectional  and 
selfish  interests  are  frequently  involved,  and 
especially  where  partisan  controversies  are  in 
process  of  settlement,  there  is  no  human  agency 
more  likely  to  err  than  the  popular  majority. 

The  history  of  the  world  is  simply  full  of  ex- 
amples of  questions  that  have  vexed  the  world 
for  centuries,  including  human  slavery,  where 
the  majority  for  indefinite  years  have  registered 
their  view  one  way,  and  later  their  views  were 
overturned  and  the  evil  removed,  and  it  is  now 
the  common  judgment  of  mankind  that  the 
majority  was  all  along  wrong,  and  it  is  an  axiom 
that  no  question  is  ever  settled  until  it  is  set- 
tled right. 

Applying  these  considerations  to  the  situation 
in  California,  about  the  only  argument  that  is 
used  to  justify  the  use  of  the  name  and  the 
legal  rights  and  the  recognized  standing  of  the 
Republican  party  under  the  law,  to  the  aid  of 
candidates  not  of  that  party,  and  in  behalf  of 
principles  to  which  it  is  opposed,  is  that  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Republican  voters  in  California  have 
so  decided  it,  and  that  not  only  ends  it  in  law, 
but  in  morals,  and  forever  settles  that  it  is 
right. 

Considering  the  situation  for  a  moment,  it  is 
provided  under  the  law  of  this  State  that  any 
political  party  casting  exceeding  three  per  cent 
or  over  of  the  votes  at  any  election  may  thereafter 
proceed  under  the  law  and  through  delegates 
and  conventions  as  the  law  indicates,  to  put  the 
candidates  of  that  party  in  the  field.  The  legal 
consideration  rests  solely  and  only  upon  whether 
the  requisite  number  of  votes  was  cast  at  the 
last  election. 

If  so,  under  the  law  that  party,  no  matter 
whether  it  is  increased  or  diminished  in  pop- 
ularity, has  the  right  to  put  its  candidates  before 
the  voters  of  the  State  under  and  pursuant  to 
the  law.  As  to  any  party  that  has  not  cast  three 
per  cent  of  the  votes  at  the  previous  election, 
such  party  may  be  newly  organized  or  re-or- 
ganized, and  its  candidates  may  go  before  the 
people  by  petition  signed  in  the  manner  required 
by  law,  and  not  otherwise. 

When  the  followers  of  Colonel  Roosevelt 
bolted  the  Chicago  convention,  and  later  organ- 
ized the  Progressive  party  and  nominated  Col- 
onel Roosevelt  and  Governor  Johnson,  it  came 
about  (so  far  as  there  was  ever  any  opportunity 
to  determine  the  question,  which  is  fully  as- 
sumed for  the  purpose  of  what  is  being  said), 
that  a  majority  of  the  Republicans  of  California 
desired  the  success  of  the  new  or  Progressive 


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Numerical  Honesty 

By  Frank  H.  Short 

party,  and  the  election  of  Roosevelt  and  John- 
son, and  desired  the  failure  of  the  Republican 
party  and  the  defeat  of  Taft  and  Sherman.  In 
other  words,  we  are  assuming  that  a  majority 
of  the  members  of  the  Republican  party  in  Cali- 
fornia became  apostate  to  the  faith  of  the  party, 
and  desired  to  desert  therefrom  and  organize  a 
new  party  in  this  State  and  support  a  new  party 
and  its  candidates  already  organized  as  a  national 
party. 

Measured  by  the  language  and  meaning  of 
the  law,  there  is  no  more  question  that  two  and 
two  make  four,  than  that  the  Republicans  of 
this  State,  those  desiring  the  success  of  the  party 
that  had  cast  more  than  three  per  cent  of  the 
votes  at  the  last  previous  election,  and  the  suc- 
cess of  the  national  nominees  of  the  Republican 
party,  had  a  direct  and  undeniable  right  to  pro- 
ceed uiider  the  law,  and  to  place  their  electors 
before  the  voters  of  the  State. 

It  is  equally  clear  that  the  Progressives,  being 
all  members  of  the  Republican  party  desiring 
the  success  of  the  Progressive  party  or  its  can- 
didates, had  an  absolute  right  to  organize  a  new 
party,  call  it  the  Progressive  party,  name  elec- 
tors in  its  behalf,  and  put  them  before  the  peo- 
ple, all  as  provided  by  law. 

Therefore,  we  have  an  undeniable  case  where 
one  party,  under  the  plain  reading  of  the  law, 
had  the  rights  to  the  benefit  of  the  law  and  to 
proceed  thereunder;  and  where  another  party, 
having  never  participated  in  any  election  under 
the  law  or  within  its  meaning,  had  no  right  to 
place  their  candidates  before  the  voters  of  this 
State  otherwise  than  by  petition  and  under  the 
name  of  the  new  party  to  which  they  belonged. 

However,  an  extraordinary  thing  has  come 
about.  It  occurred  to  the  leaders  of  the  new  move- 
ment w'ithin  the  Republican  party  that  by  tak- 
ing advantage  of  their  majority  within  the  party 
they  could  proceed  in  its  name  and  under  its 
legal  rights  to  nominate  as  Republican  electors 
men  who  were  not  Republicans,  who  were  Pro- 
gressives, and  support  the  Progressive  party,  its 
platform,  its  principles  and  its  candidates,  and 
exclude  from  similar  action  the  members  of  the 
Republican  party  who  desired  to  assert  its  rights 
in  the  regular  way  under  the  law. 

This  same  procedure  was  suggested  and  ac- 
tually put  under  way  in  several  other  States,  but 
later  abandoned;  so  that  California  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  State  in  the  Union 
in  this  position. 

But  it  may  be  suggested  that  the  Supreme 
Court  of  this  State  has  decided  in  favor  of  the 
Progressives  and  against  the  Republicans,  and 
has  vindicated  their  position.  The  answer  is 
that  the  Progressives  have  been  sustained,  but 
not  vindicated.  The  Supreme  Court  holds  that 
since  the  law  of  the  State  requires  certain  af- 
fidavits to  be  made  as  to  the  party  affiliations  and 
the  intention  of  the  candidates  and  delegates  as 
to  the  party  with  which  they  would  affiliate  and 
the  candidates  they  would  support,  that  the  same 
rests  in  the  consciences  of  the  candidates  and 
the  delegates  and  the  agencies  through  which 
they  proceed,  and  that  the  court  cannot  review 
such  political  action. 

We  quote  from  Chief  Justice  Beatty:  "In  my 
opinion  it  is  very  bad  law;  it  disfranchises  ab- 
solutely the  voters  of  this  State,  and  deprives 
them  of  the  free  exercise  of  their  functions  as 
independent  voters,"  etc.  And,  "It  is  not  jus- 
tifiable, but  it  is  the  law,"  etc.  "This  court,  how- 
ever, is  bound  by  the  law,  and  as  long  as  it  is 
conceded  by  both  sides  that  the  law  has  been 


October  26,  1912 


correctly  interpreted  here,  there  is  nothing  to 
do  but  sustain  the  demurrer  of  the  attorney  gen- 
eral and  deny  the  plea  of  the  petitioners." 

Justice  Shaw  said:  "The  delegates  to  the  Sac- 
ramento Convention,  having  qualified  as  Re- 
publicans, could  under  our  law  nominate  the 
nominees  of  any  party,  or  any  one  they  chose 
to  nominate." 

Justice  Angelotti  said;  "What  the  delegates 
do  after  they  assemble  in  convention  is  a  matter 
that  rests  with  their  own  consciences." 

Chief  Justice  Beatty,  after  stating  the  qualifica- 
tion of  the  delegates  in  conformity  w'ith  the  laws 
of  California,  said:  "With  this  much,  and  with 
this  much  only,  is  this  court  concerned.  What 
was  done  following  this  regular  procedure  is 
something  that  assumes  the  elements  and  char- 
acter of  political  questions.  We  can  only  decide 
what  is  the  law."  He  then  proceeded  to  say, 
as  above  quoted,  "In  my  opinion,  it  is  a  very 
bad  law,"  etc. 

The  gist  of  the  whole  decision  was  that  so 
long  as  they,  the  candidates  and  delegates  to 
the  Republican  Convention,  had  proceeded  with- 
in the  forms  of  law,  notwithstanding  it  was  ad- 
mitted under  the  pleadings  then  before  the  court 
that  while  formally  proceeding  as  Republicans 
they  had  endorsed  the  platform  of  another  and 
a  hostile  party,  had  repudiated  the  candidates  of 
the  Republican  party  and  endorsed  the  can- 
didates of  such  other  hostile  party;  that,  never- 
theless, the  court  was  barred  by  the  record  and 
had  to  assume  that  the  records  spoke  the  truth, 
although  it  was  alleged  and  admitted  on  the  face 
of  the  proceedings  that  the  trust  had  been 
violated,  the  party  abandoned,  and  another  party 
was  the  recipient  of  its  rights  under  the  law,  and 
of  the  benefits  and  support  ostensibly  extended 
to  the  Republican  party. 

Perhaps  in  this  record  the  situation  is  not  un- 
like some  injunction  cases  recently  much  dis- 
cussed. A  bill  in  equity  is  presented  to  the 
court,  asking  for  an  injunction,  alleging  the  in- 
nocent and  lawful  occupation  of  a  certain  house 
or  building  for  benevolent  or  political  purposes, 
and  that  the  police  are  threatening,  in  violation 
of  law,  to  forcibly  break  in  the  doors  and  invade 
the  house  without  the  consent  of  the  occupants. 
It  is  asserted  that  notwithstanding  the  averments 
of  the  complaint  the  house  is  being  used  for 
the  unlawful  purpose  of  playing  fan-tan  and  that 
chc  newspapers  and  everybody  else  except  the 
court  knows  that  an  unlawful  fan-tan  game  is 
being  conducted,  and  that  the  court  ought  to 
know  it  also  and  look  behind  the  doors.  But  it 
is  asserted  that  for  the  purposes  of  the  tempor- 
ary action  of  the  court  it  must  act  upon  the 
evidence  before  it,  and  under  that  evidence  the 
truth  of  the  allegations  of  the  bill  must  be  as- 
sumed and  acted  upon.  And  while  it  may  be 
assumed  that  the  local  papers  have  much  the 
best  of  the  argument  on  the  merits,  it  is  appar- 
ently equally  demonstrated  that  the  other  side 

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October  26,  1912  TOWNTALK. 

Was  It  Justice? 

By  Emilia  Pardo  Bazan  (From  the  Spanish) 


Without  being  philosopher  or  sage,  but  solely 
through  the  natural  alertness  of  his  mind,  Pablo 
Roldan  had  set  up  for  himself  in  many  matters 
a  singular  and  independent  standard.  I  would 
hardly  call  it  a  higher  standard,  for  I  do  not  be- 
lieve that  it  was;  but  at  least  it  was  quite  distinct 
from  that  of  the  average  person.  At  all  times 
such  a  divergence  must  have  existed  between  the 
world's  way  of  thinking  as  a  whole  and  the  in- 
dividual views  of  the  few  who  are  too  progres- 
sive or  too  retrograde,  since  we  separate  our- 
selves from  our  own  epoch  quite  as  much  by  tak- 
ing the  lead  as  we  do  by  lagging  behind. 

One  of  the  problems  which  Pablo  Roldan  handled 
in  an  original  and  rather  startling  fashion  was 
that  of  the  infidelity  of  a  wife.  It  should  be  men- 
tioned that  Pablo  Roldan  was  married,  and  to 
a  lady  of  such  distinction,  such  youth  and  beauty 
and  charm  that  she  drew  after  her  the  eyes — 
and  apparently  the  hearts,  too — of  all  who  looked 
upon  her.  Such  a  treasure  deserved  to  be  jeal- 
ously guarded  by  the  possessor;  yet  Pablo  not 
only  exhibited  a  blind  confidence,  bordering  on 
neglect,  but  even  said  openly  that  watchfulness 
seemed  to  him  without  purpose,  because  he 
claimed  no  property  rights  in  his  fair  partner  and 
did  not  consider  himself  in  a  position  to  stand 
guard  over  her,  as  one  stands  guard  over  a  vine- 
yard or  an  orchard  or  a  strong  box.  A  wife, 
Pablo  smilingly  argued,  differs  from  a  fruit  or  a 
roll  of  bank-notes  in  the  possession  of  a  con- 
science and  a  tongue.  No  one  ever  thinks  of 
blaming  the  peach  for  the  worm  that  blights  and 
devours  it;  but  a  wife  is  a  free  agent,  answer- 
able for  her  own  acts. 

"You  think  me  too  easygoing,"  he  told  us,  "but 
really  I  am  more  severe  than  the  most  jealous 
tyrant  among  you.  A  wife  is  answerable,  cul- 
pable— that  is  my  point — when  she  deceives.  My 
own,  of  course,  could  never,  in  a  moral  sense,  de- 
ceive me,  because  I  should  be  the  veriest  idiot  if 
I  could  not  tell  what  sort  of  an  impression  my 
presence  produced  upon  her,  whether  of  love  or 
indifference  or  aversion.  There  would  be  no 
need  for  my  wife  ever  to  make  me  a  confession 
of  a  change  of  heart;  I  should  divine  it  myself, 
infallibly.  And  after  divining  it,  so  surely  as  my 
name  is  Pablo  Roldan  and  I  claim  to  be  a  man 
of  honor,  I  should  consider  that  the  bond  uniting 
her  to  me  was  broken,  and  I  should  not  offend 
the  Creator  of  our  souls  by  doing  violence  to  a 
soul  essentially  equal  to  my  own.  From  the  day 
when  she  ceases  to  love  me  my  wife  shall  be,  as 
between  ourselves,  free  as  air.  Of  course,  since 
the  legal  knot  is  indissoluble  and  the  mistake 
mutual,  I  shall  warn  her  of  her  obligation  to  keep 
up  appearances,  to  take  account  of  public  opinion, 
not  to  make  me  the  target  of  current 
scandal;  and  I,  on  my  side,  would  consider  my- 
self bound  to  continue  to  support  her  and  to  pro- 
tect her  good  name.  Pshaw,  old  fellow!  I  am 
only  talking  to  hear  myself  talk.  Felicia  has 
given  no  sign  as  yet  of  having  lost  her  fondness 
for  me.  These  are  just  theories;  and  you  know, 
when  reduced  to  practice,  how  few  men  there  are 
who  can  apply  them  rigorously." 

Roldan  never  talked  in  this  fashion  except 
among  a  few  close  friends,  who  loved  and  un- 
derstood him.  Among  others,  he  held  that  ques- 
tions of  such  delicacy  should  not  be  discussed. 

Apparently  Pablo's  broad  and  generous  system 
bore  excellent  results.  The  couple  continued  to 
live  united,  respected  and  content.  None  the  less, 
watching  them — as  I  did  continually,  because  of 
my  interest  in  such  a  curious  experiment — I  be- 
gan to  notice,  after  a.  few  years — shortly  after 


Pablo's  wife  had  entered  upon  the  thirties,  that 
golden  period  of  feminine  beauty — certain  rather 
disquieting  symptoms.  Pablo  at  times  would  go 
about,  sad  and  lost  in  thought.  He  had  whole 
days  of  gloom  and  hours  of  utter  absorption;  and 
then  again  he  would  recover  himself  and  return 
to  his  accustomed  equanimity.  His  wife,  on  the 
contrary,  showed  a  gaiety  and  animation  that 
were  exaggerated  and  feverish,  and  gave  her- 
self up  more  than  ever  to  the  whirl  of  social 
pleasures.  They  continued  to  live  in  close  com- 
panionship; the  good  old  habits  of  wedded  life 
seemed  not  in  the  least  altered;  and  yet  I,  who 
am  rather  far  from  being  the  veriest  idiot  my- 
self, could  not  doubt  that  there  existed  in  that 
once  happy  union  a  certain  discord,  a  certain 
secret  grief,  a  certain  something  which  had 
changed  the  quality  of  its  relations.  To  the  out- 
side world  the  house  of  Roldan  maintained  itself 
with  unimpaired  credit;  in  my  own  private  opin- 
ion, the  house  of  Roldan  had  already  dissolved 
partnership. 

At  about  this  time  the  wedding  of  a  certain 
rich  young  woman  was  announced,  and  her 
parents  invited  the  relatives  and  intimate  friends 
to  inspect  the  presents  and  the  lavish  contents  of 
the  bride's  trousseau.  I  had  just  been  taken  aside 
to  admire  a  large  string  of  pearls,  the  gift  of  the 
groom,  when  I  saw  Roldan  enter  with  his  wife. 
They  approached  the  gift-laden  table,  around 
which  the  guests  were  so  closely  crowded  that 
they  had  difficulty  in  opening  a  passage.  Roldan's 
wife  grew  enthusiastic  over  the  pearl  necklace. 
"How  perfect,  how  large,  what  a  pure  and  silvery 
sheen!"  But  while  she  was  expressing  her  ad- 
miration for  the  jewels,  I  noticed — who  can  ex- 
plain why  I  should  have  troubled  myself  to  watch 
so  anxiously  the  movements  of  Roldan's  wife?- — 
I  noticed  that  Damaso  Vargas  Padilla,  a  young 
man  better  known  for  his  follies  and  extravag- 
ances than  for  his  deeds  of  piety,  had  worked  his 
way  to  her  side,  as  though  anxious  to  join  in  with 
her  enthusiasm,  and  I  could  not  help  seeing, 
against  the  tan  shade  of  the  lady's  glove,  the 
gleam  of  a  small  white  object  that  was  swiftly 
transferred  into  the  keeping  of  a  glove  of  reddish 
dogskin.  And  I  felt  the  same  sense  of  anguish 
as  though  it  had  been  a  personal  blow,  when  I 
convinced  myself  that  Pablo  Roldan,  whose  face 
was  the  color  of  death,  had  seen  what  I  had  seen 
and  like  myself  had  detected  the  passage  of  the 
note  from  the  hand  of  his  wife  into  that  of 
Vargas. 

I  feared  that  he  would  fling  himself  upon  the 
pair  who  had  thus  made  a  mock  of  him  in  public. 
But  he  did  nothing  of  the  kind.  He  did  not  give 
the  least  sign  of  anger  or  displeasure.  On  the 
contrary,  he  continued  to  examine  and  to  praise 
the  costly  gifts,  turning  and  displacing  those  that 
lay  near,  lingering  and  forcing  his  wife  also  to 
linger  until  she  had  observed  the  beauty  of  each 
one  in  turn.  So  slowly  did  he  proceed  in  his  ex- 
amination that  the  guests  had  withdrawn  one  after 
another,  until  not  more  than  half  a  dozen  of  us 
remained  in  the  room.  I  myself  was  on  the  point 
of  passing  through  the  door,  when  a  backward 
glance  revealed  a  sight  that  produced  an  effect 
analogous  to  that  of  the  dread  head  of  Medusa, 
paralyzing  me  with  horror,  leaving  me  voiceless, 
speechless,  breathless.  Pablo  Roldan  had  quickly 
slipped  the  pearl  necklace  into  his  coat  pocket 
and  walked  out  tranquilly,  with  head  held  high, 
jesting  with  his  wife  and  praising  a  certain  paint- 
ing, toward  which  he  succeeded  in  turning  the  at- 
tention of  all  the  by-standers. 

Within  twenty-four  hours  gossip  was  busy  over 


the  subject  of  the  theft,  at  first  in  low  tones  that 
later  grew  into  a  public  scandal.  Some  of  the 
newspapers  began  to  make  insinuations,  and  the 
outcry  became  horrible.  The  many  distinguished 
guests  who  had  admired  the  bride's  presents  were 
naturally  moving  heaven  and  earth  to  discover 
the  identity  of  the  thief.  Many  innocent  persons 
were  wrongfully  suspected,  and,  in  the  heat  of 
resentment,  were  quite  ready  to  retaliate.  At 
last,  however,  people  could  breathe  freely  again 
at  the  news  that  the  judge,  in  response  to  an 
anonymous  letter,  had  ordered  a  search  made  of 
Roldan's  house  and  had  found  the  string  of 
pearls  in  a  cabinet  in  Senora  Roldan's  dressing- 
room. 

Then  for  the  first  time  I  understood  the 
tremendous  vengeance.  Then  for  the  first  time 
I  solved  the  sinister  enigma,  the  key  to  which  was 
hidden  from  the  lady  herself,  who  must  expiate 
with  a  term  of  years  the  crime  that  she  had  not 
committed.  One  day  when  I  met  Pablo,  I  opened 
my  heart  to  him  and  confessed  my  perplexities, 
my  doubts  whether  it  was  not  my  duty  to  reveal 
the  truth,  since  I  happened  to  know  it.  Pablo 
answered  me  with  tears  of  anger  gathering  in  his 
lashes: 

"Don't  interfere!  Let  justice  take  its  course. 
She  ceased  to  love  me,  and  I  felt  that  I  had  no 
right  to  complain.  She  loved  another,  and  I 
asked  her  only  that  she  should  not  expose  me  to 
the  laughter  of  the  world.  You  know  how  much 
heed  she  gave  to  my  request!  Rather  than  have 
her  go  on  making  me  ridiculous  with  her  shame- 
lessness — the  means  were  wrong,  perhaps,  yet  I 
had  warned  her!  If  you  are  one  of  those  who 
believe  that  vengeance  should  be  left  to  God, 
let  us  separate,  for  we  shall  never  understand 
each  other.  Love,  hatred  and  vengeance — where 
in  the  world  is  there  to  be  found  anything  more 
wholly  human?" 

I  turned  away  from  Pablo  Roldan,  and  I  do  not 
wish  to  see  him  again.  I  know  not  how  to  judge 
him;  no  sooner  have  I  justified  him  than  he  in- 
spires me  with  a  fresh  horror. 

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To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

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TOWN  TALK 


October  2n. 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXIV— POINT  BONITA 


By  Lucius  Harwood  Foote 


("The  Wooing  of  the  Rose  aii<I  Othtr  Poems"  is  the  title  of  a  vohime  i>vihlishecl  last  year  which  contains  the 
best  verses  of  (ieneral  Lucius  Harwood  Koote.  Many  of  (ieneral  Foote's  efforts  belong  to  what  is  known  as 
"occasional"  poetry:  they  were  written  for  a  dinner  at  the  Hoheniian  Club  or  for  some  other  festivity.  Hut  there 
are  a  few  which  have  a  wider  appeal.    "Point   Bonita"  is  one  of  these.) 


The   foam-lines  flash,   the   wind   pipes  free, 

The  city  looms  in  sight; 
The  clouds  drift  in  across  the  lea, 
And  on  the  grand  strand  beats  the  sea, 

liitimino;  day  and  night. 


Around  Twin  Peaks,  above  the  town, 

The  misty  vapors  creep; 
And  Russian  Hill  lofiks  dimly  down 
Where  Alcatraz  and  Fort  Point  frown, 

(irini   warders  n(  the  deep. 


No  sunlight  on  the  landscape  lies. 

No  song-birds  flit  and  sing. 
But  wild  geese  with  their  clanging  cries 
Sweep  on  athwart  the  brooding  skies. 

Like  Nomads  on  the  wing. 


And,  looming  up.  Lone  Mountain  lifts 

Its  cone  against  the  sky. 
And  softly  through  the  broken  rifts 
The  sunlight  for  a  moment  sifts 
.And  gilds  the  cross  on  high. 


Out  <in  the  links  I  stroll  at  ease. 

And  there  I  watch  and  wait. 
As  on  and  off  before  the  breeze 
The  ships  beat  inward  from  the  seas 
.And  pass  the  Golden  Gate. 


I  hear  the  call,  and  counter-cai'.. 

Of  wild  birds  on  the  wing; 
While  bud  and  bough  are  held  in  thrall. 
Till  dark  December  lifts  its  pall 

.And  ushers  in  the  spring. 


There  is  a  charm  in    I'.arth's  gray  shroud. 

Its  solemn  undertone; 
When  sea  and  shore  arc  sobbing  loud, 
-And  tears  are  in  the  trailing  cloud. 

And  wind  and  wave  make  moan. 


Wanted,  An  Exposition  Chief 

Ever  since  John  Brisbcn  Walker  and  the  direc- 
tors of  the  Panatria-Pacitic  reached  the  con- 
clusion that  they  could  not  agree  the  directors 
have  been  looking  for  a  man  to  take  charge  of 
the  exploitation  and  publicity  department  of  tlic 
World's  Fair.  That's  a  most  important  billet 
and  the  directors  have  been  going  slow,  not  want- 
ing to  make  another  mistake.  Of  course  there 
have  been  a  lot  of  candidates  for  the  job,  but  the 
Exposition  officers  have  an  idea  that  the  ideal 
tnan  for  the  position  is  neither  out  of  w(jrk  nor 
anxious  to  change  his  employment.  So  they 
have  disregarded  applicants  and  have  sought 
their  man  among  the  ranks  of  those  who  never 
think  of  soliciting  a  berth.  Their  first  choice  was 
Charles  K.  Field  of  this  city.  "Charley"  {•"ield 
is  one  of  the  most  brilliant  men  that  ever  came 
out  of  Stanford.  1  don't  remember  wluther  he 
was  expelled  frfim  the  university  or  not.  but  1 
rather  think  he  must  have  been — most  of  the 
brilliant  tnen  were.  He  is  a  writer  of  graceful 
verses,  but  unlike  most  poets  possesses  executive 
ability  of  a  high  order.  That  is  proved  by  the 
success  he  has  achieved  as  the  chief  editor  of 
Sunset  ever  since  the  death  of  Charles  Aitken. 
But  Field  refused  the  position  with  the  World's 
Fair;  refused  it  reluctantly  on  the  advice  of  his 
physician  who  told  him  his  health  was  not  robust 
enough  to  stand  the  inevitable  strain.  The  next 
pick  made  by  the  directors  was  Hugh  Chalmers, 
the  live  wire  automobile  manufacturer  of  De- 
troit. Chalmers  was  out  here  last  winter  and 
made  a  great  hit  with  our  business  men.  Chal- 
mers wired  that  he  appreciated  the  compliment 
implied  in  the  offer  but  explained  that  his  in- 


The  Spectator 

terests  were  so  large  that  he  could  not  affoid 
to  .t;ive  tlieiii  second  phice  tluring  three  years. 
So  n(j«  ihe  directors  are  looking  for  .somebody 
else. 


Irme  Kiralfy  Coming 

irnie  Kiralfy.  the  great  show  man,  is  coming 
to  .San  F'rancisco  to  make  plans  for  a  spectacle 
at  our  World's  F'air.  Those  who  attended  the 
World's  F'air  in  Chicago  cannot  have  forgotten 
the  great  spectacle  called  "F'our  Hundred  Years 
of  American  History."  'I'hat  was  Kiralfy's.  It 
was  one  of  the  biggest  moneymakers  at  the  fair, 
netting  one  million  dollars  in  seven  and  one-half 
months,  apart  from  the  rental  of  concessions. 
His  other  spectacle,  "The  Life  of  Columbus," 
ran  for  two  years  after  the  Chicago  fair  had 
closed.  Most  of  the  time  since  then  Kiralfy 
has  spent  in  England,  teaching  the  Britisher  to 
play.  He  got  up  a  pageant  at  Shepherd's  Btish 
during  the  Olympic  Games  in  London,  and  it 
was  so  successful  that  in  a  year  he  paid  back  the 
entire  capital  and  166  per  cent,  in  dividends.  Si.N 
months  later  it  paid  an  additional  dividend  of 
sixty  per  cent.  So  Kiralfy  must  be  tabbed  as  a 
successful  showiTian.  He  has  been  invited  to  dis- 
cuss plans  for  a  big  show  with  our  World's  F'air 
directors,  and  he's  coming  across  the  pond  very 
soon.  His  son  Charles  is  in  this  country  already, 
and  will  probably  come  West  with  Irme. 


Trouble  in  the  Balkans 

.At  last  it  has  come!  Torpenhow  will  be  there. 
.^nd  the  Nilghai.  "fat,  burly  and  aggressive,"  "the 
chiefest  as  he  was  the  hugest  of  the  war  cor- 
respondents" whose  "experience  dated  from  the 


liirtli  of  the  first  needle  gun."  Keneu.  ■'the  great 
War  Eagle"  will  be  on  the  job  too.  and  of  course 
Cassavetti.  And  though  Dick  Heldar  is  blind 
and  cannot  go,  there  will  be  plenty  of  artists  to 
represent  the  Central  Southern  and  all  the  other 
syndicates.  It  is  putting  it  mildly  to  say  that  the 
"ar  correspondents  of  the  world  ask  of  life  noth- 
ing better  than  the  conflagration  which  has  sud- 
denly flamed  over  the  Near  East.  The  field  of 
war  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  history  of  civiliza- 
tion. The  very  names  are  inspiring.  Thrace! 
The  Mountains  of  Rhodope!  .Adrianople!  .And 
Kossovo,  the  Field  of  Blackbirds  where  in  1389 
the  power  of  Old  Servia  was  broken  forever. 
Ninety  thousand  Servians  died  on  that  bloody 
lield,  but  they  slaughtered  one  hundred  and 
thirty  thousand  Turks  before  they  were  blotted 
out.  .At  their  head  fell  the  rnler  of  the  Serbs. 
L.izar  Hrebelyanovich  from  whom,  we  thought. 
.\ellie  Calhoun's  husband  was  descended.  But 
now  we  arc  told  that  the  Princess  Nellie's  con- 
sort is  only  an  Hungarian  actor! 


San  Francisco's  Share 

Great  is  the  rejoicing  these  days  in  the  Gree'k 
coffee  houses  in  Third  street.    The  conversation 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 

/".Vew  York  Stock  Exchange 
w.„v,„,J  New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
VThe  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange.  S.  F 

Main    Office— MILLS    BUILDING.    Sin  Pranciico 

Branch  Offices — Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore.,  Seattle,  Wash.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


October  26,  1912 


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is  all  of  war.  San  Francisco  is  to  do  her  part. 
Recruits  arc  liurrying  to  the  colors  by  every 
overland  train.  Money  is  being  subscribed,  and 
I  am  told  that  before  the  end  of  the  year  $100,000 
will  be  sent  from  this  city  alone.  Alexander 
Pantages  is  spending  some  of  the  money  he  has 
made  out  of  his  chain  of  playhouses  for  the  good 
cause.  He  has  subscribed  liberally,  and  is  now 
engaged,  I  hear,  in  recruiting  and  equipping  a 
company  of  his  native  Greeks  which  -he  will 
despatch  to  the  seat  of  war.  The  patriotic  en- 
thusiasm is  not  confined  to  those  San  Franciscans 
who  claim  the  Balkan  countries  as  their  home. 
The  Slavs  and  the  Croats  are  equally  awake. 
One  of  the  leaders  of  the  colony  tells  me  that 
just  as  soon  as  the  Emperor  Franz  Josef  dies 
the  entire  southern  part  of  his  mighty  empire 
will  break  away  and  set  up  a  republican  form 
of  government.  Yes,  it's  a  real  war  cloud  in  the 
Balkans  this  time. 


Bull  Moose  Bill 

Up  from  the  South  in  a  Pullman  drawing  room, 
bearing  to  Bull  Moosia  glad  tidings  of  the  steady 
march  of  Christian  soldiers,  our  old  friend  the 
Hon.  Bill  Langdon  thus  reminds  us  that  though 
his  vogue  is  gone  he  still  persists  and  will  cun- 
tinue  so  long  as  the  chameleon  has  a  virtue  of 
its  own.  Bill  is  deserving  of  a  paragraph  any 
time  he  comes  to  town  if  for  no  other  reason  than 
the  curiosity  of  his  friends  as  to  the  current  ob- 
ject of  his  variable  affections.  Bill  is  the  must 
adaptable  of  men.  Hence  his  nickname  of 
"Muley,"  which  is  a  great  joke  when  it  is  ex- 
plained to  you.  Bill  reminds  his  friends  of  the 
mule  not  because  of  his  stupidity  which  so  many 
have  assumed,  but  because  he  is  so  different  from 
that  noble  animal  whose  salient  characteristic  is 
his  stubborn  immobility.  Bill  is  always  on  the 
move.  He  is  keenly  sensible  of  the  expediency 
of  change.  Bill  is  no  fool.  His  record  proves 
him  one  of  the  wisest  of  politicians.  Originally 
a  Democrat,  I  believe,  he  was  elected  superin- 
tendent of  schools.  Seeing  a  chance  to  become 
district  attorney  he  joined  the  Labor  Union  party, 
and  was  elected.  Then  ho  aspired  to  the  guber- 
natorial office,  and  became  an  Independence 
Leaguer.  A  little  later  he  became  a  Republican, 
and  now  he  is  a  Bull  Mooser.  Bill  made  the 
complete  tour  within  ten  years,  and  found  time 
on  the  journey  to  marry  into  the  control  of  a 
Merced  bank.  Bill  is  a  man  of  the  very  highest 
ideals,  an  exemplar  of  all  the  political  virtues,  a 
civic  patriot  worthy  of  imitation.  San  Fran- 
cisco's loss  is  Merced's  gain. 


A  Vanishing  Type 

In  strong  contrast  to  the  Langdon  type  of 
politician  is  the  politician  of  the  Max  Popper 
type.  I  see  that  Max  went  up  the  road  to  meet 
Governor  Marshall.  Max  has  been  doing  just 
that  sort  of  thing  for  thirty  years.  He  is  one 
of  the  old  guard,  a  survivor  of  the  glad  days 


of  the  early  eighties,  when  Grover  Cleveland  re- 
covered the  spoils  for  the  ragged  and  hungry 
Democracy.  How  few  of  them  have  come  down 
to  this  generation  unspotted  of  political  office, 
true  to  the  faith,  loyal  to  the  gods  of  their  young 
manhood!  Max  must  have  many  a  cynical 
quarter  of  an  hour  if  he  is  at  all  given  to  reflec- 
tion; especially  if  he  ever  looks  over  the  roster 
of  the  Iroquois  Club  and  sees  the  names  of  the 
Sullivans,  the  Dwyers,  the  McCabes,  the  Lang- 
dons  and  all  the  other  erstwhile  followers  of 
Bryan  who  have  made  politics  pay  in  their  zeal 
for  reform  and  their  vigilance  for  self-aggrandize- 
ment. The  Popper  type  is  vanishing  from 
politics  along  with  many  of  the  ideals  of  other 
days,  and  in  its  stead  has  come  the  Progressive 
opportunist  who  has  contempt  for  party  lines  and 
practices  apostasy  out  of  love  of  the  dear  people. 


He  Invented  the  Murphy  Button 

How  many  people  who  read  that  Dr.  John  B. 
Murphy  had  been  summoned  to  attend  Colonel 
Roosevelt  in  Chicago  were  aware  that  this  was 
the  surgeon  who  invented  the  Murphy  button? 
Not  many,  I  venture  to  assert.  Indeed  it  is 
not  to  be  supposed  that  many  people  ever  heard 
of  the  Murphy  button;  yet  the  Murphy  button 
is  almost  as  well  known  among  scientists  of  the 
medical  profession  as  cholorform.  The  Murphy 
button  is  used  to  join  together  cut  edges  of  liv- 
ing intestines.  It  is  the  only  eflfective  means  of 
joining  them  together.  For  ten  years  surgeons 
have  been  using  this  invention  in  delicate  opera- 
tions. When  a  living  intestine  is  cut  the  Murphy 
button,  made  of  steel  or  aluminum,  is  used  to 
approximate  the  edges  just  as  might  be  done  with 
a  garden  hose.  As  the  cut  parts  grow  together 
the  button  is  sloughed  oflf.  Dr.  Murphy  is  per- 
haps the  most  famous  of  American  surgeons.  He 
is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  but  he  studied  medicine 
at  the  Rush  Medical  School  in  Chicago,  and  he 
is  now  chief  surgeon  of  the  Mercy  Hospital  of 
tliat  city.  He  is  president  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  The  University  of  Chicago 
gave  him  the  degree  of  L.  L.  D.  in  1905  and  ho 
received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Surgery  from 
the  University  of  Sheffield,  England  in  1908  and 
the  Laetare  medal  from  Notre  Dame  in  1902. 


Roosevelt's  Thrilling  Experiences 

Colonel  Roosevelt's  experience  in  Milwaukee 
was  not  at  all  a  novel  one  for  him;  nor  are 
dangers  which  might  have  had  a  fatal  ending. 
In  his  books  he  describes  many  of  his  thrilling 
experiences  in  the  West  ■  while  hunting  wild 
animals  and  outlaws,  and  we  know  that  he  has 
had  more  tlian  one  escape  from  assassination. 
When  he  was  police  commissioner  of  New  York 
a  bomb  was  addressed  to  him  which  would  ex- 
plode the  moment  the  wrapper  of  it  was  torn  of¥. 
The  assassination  of  President  McKinley  de- 
veloped a  horde  of  cranks  and  homicidal  lunatics 
who  for  the  most  part  contented  thomsolvcs  with 


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TOWN  TALK 


October  26,  1912 


Secretary  and  the  secret  service  men  covered 
the  President  and  the  man  was  overborne.  He 
declared  he  only  wanted  to  shake  hands.  He  was 
unarmed. 


Cranks  and  Anarchists 

The  President  went  West  in  May,  1903,  to  hunt 
mountain  lions.  The  day  he  was  to  reach  Salt 
Lake  City  a  heavily  armed  lunatic  was  picked 
up  in  the  street.  He  announced  openly  that  lie 
was  going  to  assassinate  him.  He  was  sent  to  an 
asylum.  Just  before  the  President  was  to  go  to 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  September,  1903,  a  man  named 
Miller  was  arrested  on  the  complaint  of  Mrs. 
Mary  Smith  of  that  city.  He  had  informed  her 
that  he  was  going  to  assassinate  the  President. 
Henry  W.  Weilbrenner,  a  half  witted  farmer  of 
Syosset,  N.  Y.,  invaded  Sagamore  Hill  in  Septem- 
ber, 1903,  at  night.  He  was  armed.  Secret 
service  men  caught  him  within  100  feet  of  the 
veranda  on  which  the  President  was  sitting.  .\ 
Swede  who  gave  his  name  as  Peter  Eliott  and 
said  he  was  from  Lancaster,  Pa.,  was  arrested  in 
the  White  House  October  5,  1903.  He  was 
armed  with  a  revolver,  knife  and  scissors.  He 
had  sent  letters  and  poems  before  that  time  and 
the  police  were  looking  for  him.  He  fought 
desperately  against  capture  and  injured  a  secret 
service  man  before  he  was  subdued.  The  arrest 
of  a  Pole  at  Portland,  Ore.,  on  June  2,  1906,  re- 
vealed the  fact  that  five  men  had  agreed  to  go 
to  Washington  and  each  try  separately  to  kill 
the  President.  These  men  were  all  phj-sical  force 
anarchists,  but  no  arrests  were  made  as  the  men 
were  reported  to  have  fled  across  the  border.  .\ 
woman  was  arrested  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  May. 
1908,  as  she  was  boarding  a  train  on  a  Washing- 
ton ticket.    She  announced  calmly  that  she  was 


going  to  kill  the  President.  She  was  Carrie  Ade, 
once  a  cook  for  a  family  in  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 
In  the  following  month  while  the  President  was 
fording  Rock  Creek,  Washington,  on  a  skittish 
horse  the  animal  reared  up  and  fell  backward. 
The  President  freed  his  feet  of  the  stirrups  in 
time  and  lit  standing  up.  After  the  end  of  his 
term  Mr.  Roosevelt  undertook  his  famous  trip 
to  Africa,  which  concluded  with  fraternal  visits 
to  the  great  countries  of  Europe.  He  has  liim- 
self  described  his  experiences  of  standing  the 
charge  of  a  desperate  rhinoceros  and  of  lion  kill- 
ing in  which  a  straight  shot  was  all  that  stood 
between  him  and  safety.    The  shot  was  made. 


Blair  "Comes  Back" 

Some  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's  prominent  opponents 
in  the  excitement  that  followed  the  news  of  the 
shooting  in  Milwaukee  expressed  their  sympathy 
with  the  sentiments  uttered  by  him  respecting 
the  bitterness  of  campaign  controversy.  Not  so 
Henry  W.  Blair,  former  United  States  senator 
from  New  Hampshire  and  president  of  the  Anti- 
Third  Term  League.  The  issue  was  not  to  be 
befogged  so  far  as  he  was  concerned.  He  gave 
out  a  statement  that  was  published  in  all  the  big 
Eastern  dailies.  "This,"  said  he,  "is  no  time 
to  salve  the  personal  feelings  of  those  who  as- 
sail our  liberties  and  who  themselves  take  the 
offensive  against  moderation  of  speech.  Every 
good  citizen  must  regret  resort  to  physical 
violence  in  politicial  discussions  because  it  is  a 
crime  against  society  by  him  who  commits  the 
overt  act,  and  an  even  worse  crime  1)y  him  who 
provokes  it." 


Hot  Shot  for  the  Colonel 

Mr.  Blair  did  not  mince  his  words.    He  said 


further:  "If  it  were  not  serious  it  would,  how- 
ever, be  amusing  to  read  the  report  this  morning 
of  the  Bull  Moose  exordium  in  the  Auditorium 
when  he  reproved  the  press  for  having  used 
harsh  language  about  him,  as  though  he  had  not 
provoked  all  that  has  ever  been  said  against  him, 
if  not  more.  It  is  just  such  a  speech  as  Caesar 
might  have  made  to  the  Romans  if  he  had  been 
merely  pricked,  not  slain.  Let  us  rejoice  that 
there  is  no  occasion  for  an  Antony.  No  can- 
didate ever  did  so  much  to  provoke  violence  as 
Colonel  Roosevelt  has  done  in  this  campaign. 
The  third  Presidential  term  movement  in  which 
lie  has  vainly  sought  to  merge  the  Progressive 
movement,  is  in  substance  and  effect  revolution- 
ary and,  if  successful,  this  country  will  never 
know  peace  and  prosperity  again.  The  transfor- 
mation of  free  government  into  anarchy,  mon- 
archy and  despotism  will  not  be  arrested,  for 
revolutions,  once  begun,  never  go  backward 
The  anti-third  term  movement  is  simply  defen- 
sive. The  object  is  to  preserve  our  liberty  by 
defeating  Roosevelt  now,  and  by  securing  an 
amendment  of  the  written  Constitution,  which 
will  suppress  all  similar  revolutionary  attempts 
in  the  future.  We  protest  against  all  physical 
violence  and  the  use  of  the  language  of  the 
street  brawler  and  the  slugger  and  of  all  forms 
of  Billingsgate  which  provoke  it.  Men  are  not 
and  ought  not  to  be  patient  when  denounced  as 
liars  and  thieves.  No  man  could  walk  a  single 
square  on  Pennsylvania  avenue,  charging  every 
fellow  being  he  met  with  these  crimes  and  not 
be  shot  dead  in  his  tracks.  How,  then,  can  he 
be  expected  to  do  so  with  impunity  in  solemn 
public  documents  and  before  vast  assemblies  of 
excited  citizens  in  all  parts  of  the  country?  When 
he  does  so,  and  yet  escapes  with  his  life,  he  ought 
to  thank  God  for  his  mercy." 


Tarquini  and  Her  Critics 

A  grave,  if  not  epochal,  dispute  has  arisen  be- 
tween Mr.  J.  Lawrence  Toole  and  Mr.  Thomas 
-Vunan  of  the  Examiner  regarding  the  merits  of 
that  somewhat  immature  prima  donna  Sigiior.i 
Tarquinia  Tarquini.  Mr.  Toole  pronounces  her 
"mediocre,  neither  good  nor  bad"  and  submits  a 
bill  of  particulars.  Mr.  Toole,  it  appears  to  me. 
lias  an  advantage  over  his  collaborator  inasmuch 
.'IS  Mr.  Nunan  is  not  versed  in  Italian.  To  pass 
complete  judgment  on  Tarquini's  art  we  must 
understand  the  language  in  which  she  sings,  and 
Mr.  Toole  is  an  Italian  scholar.  This  I  learn 
fronj  his  criticism.  He  tells  us  that  she  "con- 
stantly sacrifices  diction  for  sound,"  by  which 
1  presume  he  means  that  she  phrases  improperly, 
which  is  something  he  cannot  know  unless  he 
knows  Italian.  But  if  Tarquini  doesn't  phrase 
correctly,  and  if  she  does  all  that  Mr.  Toole 
says  she  does  then  he  is  somewhat  in  error  in 
saying  she  is  neither  good  nor  bad.  A  singer 
who  phrases  iiic(>rrectly,  who  sings  falsetto  at 
tinir-s  i\nu  who  "trembles  on  the  note,"  is  a  singer 
who  ha.-  not  yet  learned  the  rudiments  of  her 
;irt.  But  evidently  Mr.  Toole  does  not  regard 
tremolo  as  a  serious  blemish.  He  tells  us  that 
almost  all  Italian  singing  voices  tremble  on  the 
note.  I  have  heard  something  like  this  before. 
It  is  akin  to  those  conventional  observations  that 
are  heard  in  art  galleries  when  Philistines  are 
parading  their  knowledge  of  technique.  Tremolo 
is  a  defect  in  singing  peculiar  to  no  nation.  It 
is  peculiar  only  to  bad  singers.  There  are  some 
critics  who  confuse  vibrato  and  tremolo,  which 
are  two  very  different  things.  Vibrato  bespeaks 
feeling,  tremolo  an  inability  to  sustain  a  tone. 


An  Exchange  of  Compliments 

When  Dan  Ryan,  Bull  Moose  leader,  com- 
mented on  the  attempted  assassination  of  Colonel 
Roosevelt  for  the  public  prints  he  aroused  the 


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flat  shape,  just  fit  in  the  tool  box. 

Insist  on  getting  Zerolene  in  the  original  packages. 
For  sale  everywhere. 

Standard  Oil  Company 

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Oakland,  Cal.  Stockton,  Cal.  Seattle,  Wash.  Nome,  Alaska. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.       Sacramento,  Cal.  Spokane,  Wash.  Honolulu,  T.  H. 

San  Diego,  Cal.  Marysville,  Cal.  Tacoma,  Wash, 


October  26,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


13 


ire  of  Hugo  K.  Asher.  The  Democratie  attorney 
felt  that  Ryan  was  making  political  capital 
out  of  Schrank's  crime.  Asher  was  so  indignant 
that  he  wrote  an  open  letter  to  Ryan  which  was 
published  in  the  Chronicle.    Ryan  replied: 

My  Dear  Hugo:  If  I  didn't  know  you 
so  well  I  would  think  another  fanatic 
had  broken  loose,  and  if  I  didn't  like 
you  so  well  T  would  say  so  anyway. 

Whereupon  Asher  waxed  poetical  as  follows: 

Great  Philip  of  old  Macedonia 
Laid  siege  to  the  town  of  Laconia. 

Said  Phil,  "If  I  take  you, 

By  Jove!  I  will  break  you!" 
"Yes,  if!"  said  the  men  of  Laconia. 

There  are  two  of  these  "ifs"  in  your  letter, 
Which  makes  you  go  Touchstone  one  better. 

"Much  virtue  in  'if'," 

Said  that  comical  stiff; 
But  when  was  an  "if"  a  vote-getter? 


The  Fight  for  Single  Tax 

These  are  great  days  for  Judge  Magnire,  Joe 
Leggett,  E.  P.  E.  Troy,  Percy  Long,  Wells  Drury, 
Stitt  Wilson  and  the  rest  of  the  noble  army  which 
follows  the  gonfalon  of  Henry  George,  h'or  the 
fight  for  single  tax  is  on  in  California,  and  the 
single  taxcrs  have  a  hunch  that  victory  is  gofng 
to  perch  on  their  banderoles.  And  victory  may 
do  just  that  thing  if  the  people  of  the  State 
don't  awake  speedily  to  what  is  going  on.  The 
single  taxers  have  "put  one  over."  They  hSye 
placed  on  the  ballot  as  an  initiative  measure  a 
proposed  amendment  to  the  State  Constitution 
which  will  pave  the  way  directly  to  single  tax. 
They  call  this  the  "'home  rule  in  taxation  amend- 
ment," and  the  title  is  attractive  enough  to  win 
many  voters.  Before  many  people  in  the  State 
knew  what  the  amendment  meant  it  had  been 
endorsed  by  a  number  of  labor  unions  and  by  the 
League  of  California  Municipalities,  of  which 
H.  A.  Mason,  a  single  taxcr,  is  the  secretary  and 
excentivc  officer.  1  believe  it  has  also  been  en- 
dorsed hy  the  c|uidnuncs  of  the  Commonwealth 
Club. 


FIRST 
OVER  THE  BARS 

BEST 
OVER  THE  BARS 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 

Sold  at  all  first-class  cafes  and  by  jobbers 
WM.  LANAHAN  &  SON,  Baltimore,  Md. 


Plenty  of  Money 

The  single  taxers  seem  to  have  plenty  of  money 
to  spend.  They  were  able  to  pay  for  the  circula- 
tion of  a  petition  to  put  the  amendment  on  the 
ballot,  and  they  maintain  an  organization  which 
must  spend  an  enormous  sum  in  stamps  alone. 
"The  Little  Giant"  is  president,  Stitt  Wilson  is 
vice-president  and  Joe  Leggett  who  once  talked 
single  tax  at  a  funeral  is  treasurer.  The  hand 
of  Joseph  Pels,  the  millionaire  soapman  and 
single  taxer,  is  in  this  political  pie.  Pels  estab- 
lished the  Pels  Fund  Commission,  a  national  or- 
ganization for  the  furtherance  of  the  single  tax 
propaganda,  and  the  Commission  contributes  a 
dollar  for  every  dollar  spent  in  the  cause.  Three 
States  are  in  the  midst  of  a  single  tax  fight  this 
year.  In  Oregon  the  fight  is  being  made  to  re- 
peal single  tax  legislation  put  over  two  years 
ago  by  W.  S.  U'Ren.  In  Missouri  the  liglit  is 
being  made  as  it  is  being  made  in  California.  And 
of  course  in  all  three  States  the  money  of  the 
soap  man  is  lathering  the  hands  of  the  single 
taxers. 


The  Fight  Against  It 

There  is  an  organization  here  which  is  trying 
to  explain  the  purpose  of  the  "home  rule  in  taxa- 
tion amendment,"  but  it  is  having  a  hard  time  of 
it  because  there  is  no  Fels  to, put  up  "the  stufif." 
It  is  called  the  Anti-Single  Tax  League,  and 
I'Vank  Mattison  who  was  for  twelve  years  with 
the  State  Board  of  Equalization,  is  the  moving 
spirit.  Professor  Carl  Plehn  who  dreams  about 
taxation  when  he  goes  to  bed  is  also  active,  lie- 
cause  of  the  short  time  before  election  (they 
didn't  start  to  fight  the  single  taxers  till  recently) 
the  antis  can't  do  much  except  call  the  attention 
of  property  owners  in  general  to  tlic  danger  in- 
volved in  the  measure.  But  they  have  secured 
the  support  of  the  State  liealty  Pederation, 
the  State  Grange,  and  tlie  Civic  League  of  this 
city. 


The  Unmanageable  League 

William  R.  Hearst  used  to  h;ive  a  good  <I(al 
of  trouble  making  tlie  i)<io',ile  Dees  take  pro- 
gram when  the  lndepen<lence  League  still  ex- 
isted in  this  community.  It  kept  Al  Murphy  of 
the  Examiner  on  the  jump  to  prevent  them  from 
kicking  over  the  traces  time  and  time  again. 
Now  I  see  that  the  Hearst  managers  in  New  York 
have  been  through  similar  trouble  and  have  em- 
erged with  a  defeat.  Hearst  is.  supporting  Sulzer 
for  governor.  Of  course  he  had  to  support  the 
man  whom  one  of  his  magazine  writers,  not  long 
ago,  coiTipared  in  physiognomy  and  mentality  to 
President  Lincoln.  But  the  Hearst  Independence 
League  is  not  for  Sulzer;  it's  for  Strauss.  It 
seems  that  Hearst  wanted  to  have  the  League  in- 
dorse Sulzer  and  go  out  of  business  as  a 
political  entity.  The  expense  of  keeping  up  the 
organization  has  been  tremendous.  (Somebody 
s:ii(l  once  that  it  was  not  a  political  party  but 
a  pay  roll.)  But  some  of  the  leaguers  had  their 
own  ideas  as  to  whom  they  wished  to  endorse. 
They  rallied  at  the  league's  convention,  downed 
the  Sulzerites  and  put  the  seal  of  their  approval 
on  the  Bull  Moose  candidate.  So  Hearst's 
league  is  for  Strauss  while  Hearst  and  his  pjipers 
are  for  Sulzer. 


Exit  a  Gentleman  Farmer 

About  two  years  ago  Sam  Shortridge  went 
back  to  the  soil.  Now  he  has  backed  away  from 
the  soil  and  is  becoming  citified  once  more. 
Shortridge  started   gentleman   farmer  with  en- 

A  Sparkling  Burgundy  that  has  no  peer  is  the 
Italian-Swiss  Colony's  ASTI  DOUGE.  It  is 
naturally  fermented  in  the  bottle  and  not  car- 
bonated. 


thusiasm,  but  the  enthusiasm  was  not  long  in 
abating.  He  liked  Menlo  well  enough;  he  had 
congenial  neighbors;  his  agricultural  and  hor- 
ticultural operations  were  tolerably  successful. 
But  still  Shortridge  was  not  happy.  '"Not  that 
I  love  Menlo  less  but  San  Francisco  more,"  is 
the  way  he  puts  its.  The  commuting  did  not  ap- 
peal to  him.  "Why  should  a  man  become  the 
slave  of  his  watch?"  he  asks.  "Is  it  reasonable 
that  a  reasoning  being  should  be  the  sport  of  a 
minute  hand?"  Besides,  the  nights  in  the  coun- 
try were  sometimes  very  lonely.  The  city  kept 
beckoning  to  the  gentleman  farmer,  and  like 
Whittington  he  turned  again.  He  laid  down  his 
gentleman-farmer's  pitchfork,  dofTed  his  gentle- 
man-farmer's overalls  (can  you  imagine  the  Ches- 
terfield of  our  bar  in  overalls  wielding  a  pitch- 
fork?), and  leased  the  Spreckels  home  in  the 
Western  Addition. 


Purely  Personal 

General  Leonard  Wood  (who  is  no  Adonis) 
used  to  be  called  "Mush,"  but  nobody  sprang  the 
old  nickname  the  other  night  when  he  dined  with 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin. 

Xavier  Martinez  says  Arthur  Putnam  is  a  bet- 
ter sculpter  than  Michelangelo,  and  seems  to 
mean  it. 

Tim  Crowley,  the  lawyer,  is  a  very  nifty  little 
Sliakespearian  scholar. 

When  Felton  Elkins  stops  at  the  St.  Francis 
he  registers  from  "America." 


To  Hunt  for  His  Idol 

In  certain  parts  of  Central  America,  par- 
ticularly in  the  remote  mountain  regions,  super- 
stition, idolatry  even,  is  still  rampant.  The  na- 
tives have  ugly  little  idols  carved  from  rock  and 
looking  for  all  the  world  like  Billikins,  to  which 
they  pay  extravagant  honors.  Dr.  Eustorjio 
Calderon,  the  well  known  physician,  possessed 
one  of  these  idols  before  the  fire  and  valued  it 
very  liighly.  When  the  doctor's  home  in  Mason 
street  was  burned  in  the  fire  of  1906  the  idol 
was  lost.  Because  fire  could  not  destroy  it  the 
doctor  is  quite  certain  that  it  is  lying  somewhere 
in  the  ruins  of  the  old  home.  And  he  has  told 
his  friends  that  he  is  going  to  make  a  determined 
effort  to  find  it  within  the  next  few  days.  So  if 
you  happen  to  see  a  distinguished-looking  gentle- 
man digging  in  the  ruins  of  a  Mason-street  lot, 
yon  will  know  that  it  is  Dr.  Eustorjio  Calderon 
looking  for  his  Central  .American  idol. 


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How  Jennie  Crocker  Proposed 

'I'lu'  l.itt'Sl  st<iry  I  Iiavo  lu'anl  .ibiJiil  JtMinic 
CrockiT  Wliilni.ni  m.iy  In-  Iriic  aiul  liicii  again 
it  may  nd  l)c  Inu',  l)\it  it  i^  tcm  inU-rcsting  to 
ignore.  It  tells  how  Jennie  proposed  to  Malcolm 
Whitman.  The  story  goes  that  when  Malcolm 
Whitman  loi.k  his  first  wife  who  was  Jennie's 
school  elnini.  In-  clu>se  for  his  best  man  an  I'lng- 
lishman  of  wealth  and  position,  Ihinkin.y  to  make 
;i  match  between  this  British  friend  of  his  and 
the  California  luiiess.  lint  Jennie  told  Whitman 
and  h'\-  bride  th.it  she  would  never  marry  until 
^he  found  a  man  like  Whitman,  prefer.ibly  an 
American.  During  a  trip  I'.ast  last  Spring,  the 
story  continues,  Jennie  re^t^■ll  a  day  in  Chicago. 
Whitman  saw  her  at  dinner  in  her  hotel  and  went 
to  her  table  to  chat  with  her.  lie  joked  her 
about  her  spinstcrhood  and  rem.irkeil  that  he 
had  conndcntly  expected  to  hear  .>f  her  engage- 
ment to  an  English  peer  at  the  lime  of  the 
Coronation.  Whereupon  Jennie  reminded  him 
of  the  remark  she  had  made  to  him  and  his  bride 
several  years  before.  Whitman,  being  a  wid- 
ower, saw  a  personal  referctice  in  the  repetition 
of  the  remark  and  declared  that  he  would  never 
marry  a  girl  with  so  much  money.  Whereupon 
Jennie  t.dd  him  that  she  would  give  him  her 
money  and  lur  love  besides.  Whitman  tlfught 
a  moment,  and  during  his  silence  Jennie  cnlled 
for  a  telegraph  pad.  "You  haven't  said  'no,'"  she 
remarked;  "may  1  telegraph  my  brother?"  Tem 
plcton  Crocker  announced  her  engagement  in 
this  city  on  the  following  day. 


The  Barrymore  Ragged 

No  guest  of  the  St.  h'rancis  has  ever  attracted 
more  attention  than  is  lavished  upon  Kthel 
Barrymore  in  her  quiet  comings  and  goings  by 
a  host  of  stranger-friends.  Everybody  knows 
Ethel  Barrymore  by  sight,  and  nearly  everybody 
worships  unselfishly  at  the  shrine  of  her  beauty. 
When  she  traverses  the  corridors  of  the  hotel 
every  eye  follow-s  her  admiringly,  and  those  to 
whom  she  speaks  arc  immediately  envied.  1 
saw  her  stop  the  other  afternoon  to  exchange  .i 
few  words  with  Charles  "Kindling"  Kenyon, 
whereupon  a  hardened  man  about  town  with 
about  as  much  literary  faculty  as  a  wooden  In- 
dian declared  that  he'd  write  a  play  himself 
if  it  would  win  him  a  word  or  two  from  the  fairy 
godchild  of  the  Drews  and  Barrymores.  Bear- 
ing these  things  in  mind,  you  may  imagine  the 
excitement  which  seized  upon  the  guests  .it  a 
rag  ball  Saturday  night  when  h'thel  made  her 
appearance.  It  wouldn't  have  been  nearly  as 
great  if  Queen  Mary  of  England  and  the  Czarina 
of  Russia  had  walked  in  arm-in-arm.  The  rag 
ball  was  given  by  the  association  of  hotel  em- 
ployes at  Eagle's  Hall,  and  Miss  Barrymore  at- 
tended in  company  with  Martin  Beck,  Morris 
Meyerfeld,  Miss  Marjorie  Wood  of  "The  Woman" 
company  and  "Bill"  L:inge,  alias  "NT errylegs." 
Miss  Barrymore  not  only  attended  the  rag  ball 


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TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

— she  also  r.igged.  and  a  corking  good  ragger 
she  provi-d.  "Bill"  l.aiige  ragged  with  her,  and 
afterwards  declared  with  enthusiasm  that  she 
knows  as  much  about  ragging  as  she  does  about 
baseball,  which  is  high  praise,  as  Ethel  is  an  out- 
and-out  fan.  Others  who  had  the  honor  of  ragg- 
ing with  Miss  Barrymore  were  Martin  Beck, 
"Buck"  Travis  and  Frank  Maroney. 


Beck's  Wonderful  Partner 

Martin  Beck  loves  to  tread  the  syncopated 
measures,  lie  derives  as  much  pleasure  from  a 
romp  to  the  strains  of  "Alexander's  Ragtime 
J5and"  ;is  he  does  from  booking  the  Divine  Sara 
or  the  incomparable  Heinemann  for  his  circuit, 
lie  was  one  of  the  busiest  d.inccrs  ;it  the  ball  to 


I'll. lie,  (ji-.,lKC 


MRS.   ROnEKT  .Sl'.MN  \V()()1)\V.\I<1) 

I'cirrm'riy    Miss    llazcl    Cook    wl)()sc    wcdtlinR    :it  tin- 
Fairmont  was  one  of  last   week's  lirilli.'int 
affairs. 

which  I  have  just  made  reference.  Perhaps  the 
busiest  of  all,  next  to  "Bill"  Lange.  He  danced 
with  Miss  Barrymore,  he  danced  with  Miss  Mar- 
jorie Wood — one  of  the  best  raggers  that  has 
ever  done  the  dip  in  this  ragging  community — 
•and  he  danced  with  many  others.  But  one  pretty 
girl  eclipsed  all  the  rest  in  his  estimation.  She 
was  so  graceful,  so  light  on  her  dainty  little  feet, 
so  possessed  with  the  spirit  of  the  music,  so 
skillful  in  combining  the  necessary  activity  with 
the  equally  necessary  abaiulon  of  the  rag  that 
Martin  Beck  was  transported  with  delight.  He 
danced  with  her  again  and  again,  and  sang  the 
praises  of  her  footing  to  all  who  would  listen 
including  Ethel  Barrymore  and  Marjorie  Wood. 
I'inally  he  delivered  a  eulogy  on  the  subject  to 
Morris  Meyerfeld.  "Tier  name  escaped  me  when 
1  w.is  presented,"  he  concluded,  "but  somehow  or 
other  1  think  I  have  met  her  before."  "Certainly 
>  oil   have   met   her   before,"   replied  Meyerfeld; 


11  IE  CHILDREN'S  PARTY.  On  Hallowe'en, 
( )ctober  31.  We  have  a  world  of  helpful  sugges- 
tions for  the  party.  Jack  O'Lanterns,  Black  Cats. 
Goblins  and  many  appropriate  Table  Favors. 
Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  candy  stores. 


October  26,  1912 


"she's  your  chambermaid  at  the  St.  Francis." 
.And  it  was  even  so! 


Literature  in  St.  Helena 

I'm  afraid  literary  cultivation  has  not  ad- 
vanced beyond  the  primary  stage  in  St.  Helena. 
They  had  a  Wilson  meeting  there  last  Saturday 
night,  and  the  rural  chairman  made  this  announce- 
ment: "I  regret  that  we  have  not  with  us  tonight 
M  iss  or  Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton  or  whatever  her 
name  is."  Whereupon  Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker, 
the  sister  of  Billy  Bourn  and  an  ardent  Demo- 
cr.ilic  elector,  shuddered  where  she  sat. 


Listening  to  Gadski 

The  St.  I'"rancis  Musical  Art  Society  patrons 
.ire  rather  a  blase  lot  of  gaffers  and  gammers: 
they  like  novelties  and  skip  pages  in  the  twice 
told  tale.  That  probably  explains  why  a  lot  of 
them  were  not  in  their  chairs  when  Gadski  sang 
in  the  ball  room  of  the  St.  Francis  Tuesday  night. 
Despite  the  absentees,  however,  there  was  (|uite 
a  brilliant  crowd,  and  a  commendable  number 
of  new  gowns  afforded  matter  for  chatter  in  the 
pauses  of  the  program.  Gadski's  glittering  array 
of  diamonds  and  rubies  drew  all  eyes  when  the 
singer  made  her  first  bow,  and  most  of  the  people 
were  so  absorbed  in  them  that  some  time  passed 
before  they  asked  one  another  the  inevitable, 
"Isn't  she  putting  off  %veight?"  The  second  song 
on  Gadski's  program  was  "The  Rain  Is  Falling 
on  the  Flowers"  by  Henry  Hadley.  Our 
symphony  leader  was  sitting  with  the  Edgar 
I'eixottos  and  others,  and  when  all  eyes  were 
turned  his  way  at  the  commencement  of  the  beau- 
tiful song  he  stood  the  scrutiny  very  well  in- 
deed. There  were  almost  as  many  plaudits  for 
him  as  for  the  singer,  and  the  ever  gracious  Gad- 
ski repeated  the  song,  a  rare  compliment.  Had- 
ley's  friends  on  all  sides  nodded  their  congratula- 
t.ii>ns,  and  Joseph  Versatile  Redding,  Hadley's 
collaborator  in  "The  .Atonement  of  Pan"  leaned 
forward  from  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin's  box  and 
w.ived  him  an  approving  five  fingers.  It  was 
quite  a  triumph,  and  Arthur  Hadley  looked  ex- 
ceedingly proud  of  his  brother. 


A  Woman  Fainted 

It  was  a  trifle  warm  and  close  in  the  room,  and 
while  Gadski  was  singing  Brahms'  splendid  "Auf 
dem  Kirchofe,"  a  woman  gave  forth  a  long  sigh 
.and  toppled  over  in  her  chair.  Whether  it  was 
tlu'  atmosphere  or  the  appeal  of  the  music  to 
high  strung  nerves  1  can't  say.  Al  any  rate,  she 
fainted  dead  away,  and  there  was  considerable  ex- 
citement. Gadski  kept  right  on  singing.  Baron 
voii  Schrocder  and  one  or  two  others  stepped 
(|uietly  to  the  assistance  of  the  poor  woman. 
They  managed  to  lift  her  from  her  chair  and 
started  to  carry  her  out  head  first  when  she  gave 
another  sigh,  came  to  and  walked  out,  assisted. 
It  sounds  funny  perhaps,  but  it  was  the  cause  of 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND    FANCY  COSTUMES 
420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


October  26,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


a  good  deal  of  uneasiness  for  a  minute  or  two. 
But  Gadski  never  faltered,  so  the  audience  re- 
tained its  composure.  Wiien  the  concert  was 
over  the  enthusiasm  was  so  great  that  Gadski 
reappeared  from  behind  the  screen  and  sang  her 
famous  "Cry  of  the  Valkyrie"  three  times. 
Whereat  everybody  was  happy.  No  Gadski  pro- 
gram is  complete  without  that  and  the  Kriking; 
the  Musical  Art  patrons  got  botli. 


The  Fewness  of  Blondes 

At  this  concert,  by  the  way,  one  could 
scarcely  help  remarking  the  scarcity  of  blondes. 
Mme.  Gadski  on  the  stage,  Gertrude  Atherton  in 
a  box  and  Mrs.  Fred.  Henshaw  against  the  blue 
background  of  her  fauteuil  were  three  striking 
exceptions  to  the  brown  and  near  brown  tone  pre- 
vailing. The  brunette  beauty  of  the  Misses  de 
Nieto  sparkled  from  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin's  box 
affording  another  strong  contrast  to  the  general 
average  of  color  in  hair. 


An  Amateur  Frohman 

Felton  Elkins,  the  young  millionaire  of  the 
peninsular  set  who  once  collaborated  on  a  skit 
with  Miss  Janet  von  Schroedcr  and  who  lately 
completed  the  Shavian  imitation  called  "Felton's 
First  Play,"  has  rather  ambitious  designs  in  so 
far  as  the  drama  is  concerned.  He  intends  at  no 
far  distant  date  to  try  conclusions  in  the  field 
where  Clyde  Fitch,  Augustus  Thomas,  David 
Belasco,  Eugene  Walter  and  others  have  been  so 
successful.  In  other  words,  he  is  going  to  in- 
vade the  theatre  as  a  professional  playwright. 
His  first  long  play  called  "The  Cripple"  is  Iialf 
finished  and  has  been  promised  a  London  pro- 
duction. Meanwhile  young  Elkins  is  an  in- 
defatigable writer.  He  has  on  the  ways  three 
short  dramas  which  will  be  presented  in  this  city 
by  a  company  of  his  own  selection.  For  I'Jkins 
is  a  sort  of  amateur  Frohman  with  ideas  about 
producing  as  well  as  about  writing  plays.  Per- 
haps it  would  be  better  to  call  him  an  amateur 
Belasco.  Elkins  is  quietly  organizing  a  company 
of  am;itctirs  to  lie  called  the  Comedy  Club.  Tliis 


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of  Quality 

AROMATIC  OELICACr 
MILDNESS 
PUMTY 

At  your  Club  or  Dealer's  or 
TH8  SURBRUa  CO.,  Makers,  New  York 

Golf,  Bathe  and  Rest  at 

Paso  Robles  Hot  Springs 

Five  Hours  from  San  Francisco 


club  will  present  plays  written  by  Elkins,  and  it 
will  be  a  very  exclusive  affair,  because  only  in- 
vited guests  will  pass  the  portal  of  its  playhouse. 
The  first  productif)n  will  be  staged  in  January 
with  Miss  Ernestine  McNear,  Miss  Merritt  Reid, 
Willard  Barton  and  Gail  Anderson  in  the  prin- 
cipal roles.  The  play  to  be  given  is  "The  Can- 
ary." Elkins  has  I.iid  the  scene  in  Southern 
California,  and  the  "  the  canary"  is  a  young  girl 
who  has  been  caged  on  a  farm  and  who  finds 
life's  first  difficulties  wlicn  she  spreads  her  wings 
in  the  freer  city  air. 


I'liotf).  Scharz 


MJSS  (il..\l)\S  CE.VKV 

.Vn  attractive  member  of  the  younger  e.xclusive  set 
of  Oakland. 

A  Benefit  Worth  While 

There  is  a  story  told  of  an  Irish  wood  cho])per 
who  was  left  a  fortune  and  who  married  and 
lived  in  a  mansion.  One  day  he  appeared  in  the 
drawing  room,  and  told  his  wife  he  was  going 
into  the  woodshed.  She  asked  him  why,  and  he 
said,  "Pm  dying  to  handle  an  ax."  This  story 
I  was  told  once  upon  a  time  apropos  of  the  an- 
nouncement that  Camille  D'Arville  who  had  (|uit 
the  stage  and  taken  to  matrimony  was  to  sing 
at  a  vaudeville  entertainment  for  charity.  It 
was  explained  that  she  was  dying  to  handle  an 
ax.  I  am  reminded  of  the  story  by  the  news 
that  that  very  worthy  charity,  the  Catholic 
Humane  Bureau,  is  the  motif  of  a  benefit  con- 
cert to  be  given  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  Michael  Fredericks  in  Presidio  Terrace 
next  Thursday  afternoon,  on  which  occasion  Mr. 
Fredericks  will  sing.  Now  Mr.  Fredericks  was 
once  in  opera,  and  he  has  a  beautiful  voice. 
Those  of  my  friends  who  have  heard  him  sing 
tell  me  he  is  worth  going  miles  to  hear.  He  is 
to  be  heard  on  Thursday  in  selections  fnnn 
Italian  operas.  Mrs.  Fredericks,  who,  by  the 
way,  is  the  daughter  of  one  of  Ohio's  famous 
lawyers,  is  also  to  appear  in  the  concert.  She 
will  give  an  aria  from  La  Favorita  and  she  \\\\\ 
sing  a  duet  with  her  husband.  These  are  not 
the  only  musical  numbers.  There  will  be  piano 
solos  and  an  address  by  Mr.  Samuel  M.  Short- 
ridge  whose  voice  is  melody,  wliose  prose  is 
often  rhythmical,  and  who  is  occasionally  sus- 
ceptible to  the  call  of  the  ax. 

Mrs.  Vincent  at  Muckross 

The  success  of  Mrs.  Arthur  Rose  Vincent  as 
a  country  lady  in  Ireland  is  very  gr.itifying  tn 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


Iier  California  friends.  The  former  Maud  Bourn 
of  Burlinganie  presides  with  grace  and  dignity 
over  a  mansion  in  Belgravia  during  the  London 
season  but  is  more  inclined  to  life  on  the  Irish 
estate  presented  by  her  devoted  father.  Muck- 
ross Castle,  pronounced  with  the  final  syllable  ac- 
cented and  the  first  one  slurred,  is  set  in  a 
beautiful  park  with  a  village  beyond  it  where 
the  women  were  once  famous  as  lace  makers. 
Since  her  advent  Mrs.  Vincent  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  their  work  and  the  result  is  Muck- 
ross lace  is  again  to  be  had  in  the  shops  of  Lon- 
don. Mrs.  Vincent  has  established  classes  in 
lace  making  and  imported  designers  for  new  pat- 
terns suitable  to  the  Muckross  mesh.  It  is  a 
worthy  interest,  such  as  those  most  English 
women  of  wealth  take  up.  They  are  an  active 
busy  class  and  it  is  to  the  United  States  one 
must  come  to  llnd  continuous  leisure  and  the  idle 
rich. 


Mrs.  Maud's  Loss  by  Fire 

The  destruction  by  fire  of  the  residence  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Maud  at  Monterey  has  caused 
genuine  regret  to  their  friends,  and  much  sym- 
pathy is  expressed  for  the  invaluable  collection 
of  art  treasures  that  was  burned.  Mrs.  Maud  who 
was  formerly  the  wife  of  Ernest  La  Montague  of 
New  York  had  lived  much  abroad  and  gathered 
many  valuable  pictures  and  antiques.  She  had  a 
number  of  rare  bits  of  old  porcelain  that  had 
each  a  historic  value.  Mrs.  Maud's  wardrobe 
was  also  destroyed,  the  fire  taking  place  during 
the  family's  absence.  They  hurried  down  to 
Monterey  on  receiving  news  of  the  catastrophe 
only  to  find  a  heap  of  ashes.  The  Mauds  have 
not  decided  whether  they  will  rebuild  immedi- 
ately, and  will  spend  the  greater  part  of  the 
winter  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  John  Darling  who  is 
Mrs.  Maud's  mother. 


Irwin's  Serious  Illness 

I  am  told  that  the  illness  of  W.  G.  Irwin  is  of 
a  serious  nature.  At  present  the  California  mil- 
lionaire is  a  patient  at  Johns  Hopkins  hospital  in 
Baltimore  whither  he  went  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Irwin  two  weeks  ago.  Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker 
is  going  East  to  join  her  parents  in  the  early 
winter  when  it  is  intended  to  remove  the  invalid 
to  New  York.  Irwin  was  stricken  with  the  ill- 
ness that  necessitated  his  going  East  for  treat- 
ment while  in  Honolulu  last  summer.  His  con- 
dition hastened  the  return  to  San  Francisco  for 
medical  care  and  for  several  weeks  he  was  con- 
fined to  the  family  home  at  Washington  and 
Laguna  streets.  When  it  was  deemed  safe  to 
undertake  the  trip  across  the  continent  physicians 
advised  going  to  Johns  Hopkins  for  treatment. 
While  not  in  a  dangerous  condition  Irwin  is  a 


A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

DE.  T.  FELIX  GOURAUD'S 

ORIENTAL  CREAM 

OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples, 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years ; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient):  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
I  recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

For  Sale  by  all  Druggists  and  Fancy  Good  Dealers 
GOURAUD'S   ORIENTAL  TOILET  POWDER 
T'"r  infants  and  adults.    Exquisitely  perfumed.  Relieves 
Skin  Irritation,  cures  Sunburn  and  renders  an  excellent 
complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

GOURAUD'S  POUDRE  SUBTILE 
Removes  Superfluous  Hair.  Price  $1.00,  by  Mail 

FERD.  T.  HOPKINS,  Prop., 
37  Great  Jones  St.,  New  York  City 


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October  26.  1912 


very  sick  man  and  those  closest  to  him  are  much 
concerned  for  his  recovery.  It  is  stated  that  his 
improvement  at  Johns  Hopkins  in  the  past  week 
has  been  marked  and  Mrs.  Irwin  has  written  let- 
ters of  encouragement  from  the  sick-room. 


fore  her  marriage,  a  sister  of  George  Lewis  and 
niece  of  .Mrs.  Ray  of  Mare  Island.  She  in- 
herited a  large  fortune  from  her  father. 


Back  to  the  Land 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce  Bonncy  are  the  latest  ad- 
ditions to  those  who  prefer  country  life  to  that  of 
the  city.  They  were  suburbanites  for  several 
years  with  a  residence  in  .Sausalito  but  have  de- 
cided to  desert  Marin  to  become  out  and  out 
country  folk  with  an  estate  in  the  hills  back  of 
Los  Gatos  far  from  the  sight  and  sound  of  the 
metropolis.  Bonny  has  recently  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land  and  will  improve  the  property, 
putting  the  latest  scientific  theories  of  farming 
into  practice;  and  he  will  erect  a  commodious 
country  home.    Mrs.  Bonny  was  Mabel  Lewis  be- 


Dutch  Apple  Cake 

One  traveling  in  Europe  sees  much  of  the  Dutch 
Apple  Cake.  It  is  (ruiiy,  easily  digested,  and  alto- 
gelher  a  wholesome  dish.  The  cnist  is  importanL 
To  get  It  crisp,  creamy,  and  fine  Bavor,  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

RECIPK-Mix  tojret»ier  two  cnpfuls  sifted  flour.half  a 

tf.ispooiilul  s;ilt.  one  ^ftierous  t«a.'4pooii(ui  baking  pow- 
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She's  a  Mighty  Hunter 

Peninsular  society  had  better  sit  up  and  take 
notice.  In  particular  the  athletic  women  of  the 
Hurlingame  and  Menlo  country  clubs  had  better 
put  aside  their  golf  clubs,  discard  their  rackets, 
forget  their  horses  and  learn  to  shoot.  For 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  K.  Burnham  are  going 
to  settle  somewhere  on  the  peninsula.  Fred 
Burnham  is  a  wealthy  hunter  of  big  game  and 
liis  wife  is  a  crack  shot.  They  arrived  here  the 
other  day  after  a  forty-three  day  hunt  in  the 
Cassiar  district  of  Alaska,  and  Mrs.  Burnham 
boasts  of  having  downed  numerous  caribou  and 
mountain  sheep  while  her  husband  got  five 
grizzlies.  Obviously  the  Burnhams  are  not  go- 
ing to  give  up  hunting  when  they  join  the  penin- 
■sular  set.  And  our  progressive  sportswomen 
cannot  be  expected  to  sit  at  their  embroidery 
while  Mrs.  Burnham's  gun  is  cracking.  So  it 
behooves  all  those  who  walked  when  "Tommy" 
Sears  made  pedestrianism  fashionable  to  have 
their  husbands  and  brotlicrs  teach  them  to  shoot. 


Why  Mrs.  "Edward"? 

Speculation  is  rife  in  society  as  to  why  Mrs. 
Martin  who  for  twenty  years  has  sent  out  cards 
to  her  functions  in  the  name  of  "Mrs.  Eleanor 
Martin"  has  suddenly  adopted  Mrs.  Edward  Mar- 
tin as  the  name  which  she  is  to  be  known  by 
socially  this  season.  Considerable  confusion  was 
caused  last  week  when  she  issued  her  invitations 
for  the  reception  to  General  Wood,  because  the 
name  Mrs.  Edward  Martin  appeared  on  the  card 
with  the  old  familiar  Broadway  address.  "Who 
is  Mrs.  Edward  Martin"?  was  the  timorous  query 
addressed  over  the  telephone  to  society  editors 
by  women  who  were  not  quite  sure  to  whom  they 
were  indebted  for  the  invitation.  That  the  pre- 
valence of  divorcees  in  society  who  use  their 
Christian  names  instead  of  those  of  their  dis- 
carded husbands  may  have  caused  .Mrs.  Martin 
to  return  to  the  form  used  by  legitimate  widows 
is  the  only  logical  reason  yet  suggested  for  her 
adoption  of  Edward  instead  of  Eleanor.  But  as 
Eleanor  Martin  her  name  will  go  down  to  pros- 
terity  in  the  social  annals  of  San  Francisco,  do 
what  she  may  to  re-establish  her  identity  as  a 
real  widow. 


Interloctuory  Bachelors 

The  social  status  of  men  who  have  been 
divorced — or  partially  divorced  as  they  are  dur- 
ing the  time  they  are  serving  the  interlocutory 
term — has  never  caused  serious  concern  in  so- 
ciety here,  no  matter  what  may  have  been  the 
opinion  concerning  feminine  divorcees.  At  the 
Afterglow  of  the  Bohemian  Club  jinks  however 
there    was    some    complication.    A    contest  of 


some  farcical  nature  between  married  and  single 
men  was  part  of  an  impromptu  stunt.  Men  who 
liave  been  only  "interlocutorily"  divorced  claimed 
to  be  single,  while  some  of  the  members  of  the 
club  challenged  their  position  and  insisted  that 
they  were  still  married.  The  genuine  bachelors 
challenged  the  qualifications  of  men  who  had  been 
really  divorced  and  questioned  their  right  to 
designate  themselves  as  "single."  The  complica- 
tion was  partially  set  straight  by  some  of  the  legal 
luminaries  present  who  have  had  much  experience 
in  separating  (professionally)  society  couples, 
and  their  decision  was  that  a  man  with  an  inter- 
locutory decree  is  "single"  because  he  is  as 
"free"  as  he  ever  will  be  again  in  his  life. 


Attractive  Music 

The  program  to  be  given  at  the  next  regular 
weekly  music  matinee  of  Kohler  &  Chase,  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  October  26,  will  be  of  the 
utmost  interest  to  music  lovers.  Among  the  par- 
ticular features  will  be  the  Twelfth  Rhapsodic  by 
Liszt  which  will  be  interpreted  on  the  Pianola 
Piano,  and  the  Overture  to  Weber's  Freischutz 
which  will  be  given  on  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 
Both  works  belong  to  the  gems  of  musical  lit- 
erature and  should  be  most  enjoyable  to  hear. 
The  soloist  will  be  Robert  Malcom  Battison,  a 
well  known  church  and  concert  tenor  of  this 
city.  He  will  sing  an  aria  from  La  Gioconda  and 
songs  by  Tosti  and  Leoncavallo. 


Tait's  Knowm  Abroad 

It  is  always  interesting  to  know  that  some 
popular  place  at  home  is  well  known  abroad. 
This  was  clearly  indicated  last  week  in  a  tel- 
egram received  by  Tait's  from  Mr.  Edwin  Gould, 
reserving  a  table  at  this  popular  cafe  for  himself 
and  party  for  the  only  evening  of  his  stay  in 
San  Francisco.  This  speaks  mighty  well  for  the 
popularity  of  Tait's,  outside  the  borders  of  this 
city.  -Another  evidence  of  the  great  popularity 
of  this  cafe  was  the  dinner  entertainment  by 
Governor  Harmon  to  his  party  and  a  few  guests, 
the  middle  of  last  week.  When  the  good  things 
and  places  in  any  section  become  known  else- 
where, it  means  much  for  the  community  that 
institutions  like  Taifs  are  well  thought  of. 


A  Brilliant  Function 

One  of  the  most  notable  events  of  the  past 
week  was  the  elaborate  function  given  to  a 
coterie  of  friends  by  Mrs.  Edwin  Lee  Dunlap  at 
Techau  Tavern  last  Tuesday.  The  affair  which 
was  both  brilliant  and  unique,  took  the  form  of 
a  charming  luncheon,  after  which  the  guests  en- 
joyed a  most  delightful  dance  in  the  ball  room 
of  the  Tavern.  It  is  becoming  more  and  more 
fashionable  to  hold  these  society  events  at  this 
famous  cafe,  where  the  appointments  and  service 
are  such  as  to  insure  the  success  of  any  function 
demanding  the  observance  of  all  the  niceties. 


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Gadski  at  the  St.  Francis 

Too  bad  that  Gadski  can  spare  the  time  for 
but  a  single  public  concert  in  San  Francisco! 
Too  bad  for  us,  and  too  bad  for  Gadski.  This 
great  diva  is  nowhere  more  beloved  than  in  San 
Francisco,  and  she  is  now  in  the  very  heyday  of 
her  career.  At  the  St.  Francis  Tuesday  night  she 
looked  prettier,  younger  than  ever,  and  that  de- 
lightful womanly  personality  of  hers  was  never 
so  appealing.  Paris  if  he  had  all  the  great  divas 
before  him  would  not  hold  the  apple  long  after 
setting  his  eyes  on  the  effulgent  Gadski.  In  her 
blue  gown  veiled  in  pink,  with  her  kindly  bhie 
eyes,  golden  hair,  radiant  skin  and  loving  smile 
she  was  a  veritable  goddess  of  the  dawn.  She 
gave  a  very  taking  program,  mostly  of  German 
songs,  over  the  lines  of  which  she  shed  much 
color,  diversity  and  warmth.  Her  singing  was 
best  of  course  in  the  Wagner  numbers  in  which 
her  voice  soars  up  rocket-wise  with  a  height- 
ened expression  at  crises  of  feeling  that  few  sing- 
ers ever  attain.  As  was  to  be  expected,  at  the 
close  she  gave  the  Valkyrie  cry  in  her  thrilling 
wonderful  way.  It  had  a  galvanic  effect  on  the 
usual  undemonstrative  audience — actually  woke 
it  up,  so  that  she  had  to  repeat  her  notable 
bravura.  Mr.  Schneider  is  still  with  Mme.  Gad- 
ski, accompanying  her  with  the  perfect  sympathy 
born  of  long  association.  He  played  some  de- 
lightful piano  numbers,  and  Mme.  Gadski  sang 
two  of  his  pretty  songs  and  a  charming  one  by 
Mr.  Hadley,  our  talented  symphony  leader. 

— H.  M.  B. 


"The  Rose  of  Panama" 

"The  Rose  of  Panama"  reminds  me  of  James 
H.  O'Brien's  story  about  the  Irishman's  recipe 
for  making  concrete:  "So  much  water  an'  so 
much  rock  an'  so  much  cimint,  and  whin  the 
owner  ain't  lookin',  not  so  much  cimint."  Evi- 
dently the  owner  wasn't  looking  when  the  build- 
ers made  "The  Rose  of  Panama,"  for  they 
omitted  the  cement  altogether.  They  were  lav- 
ish with  the  music,  generous  with  the  scenery 
and  painstaking  with  the  costumes,  but  they 
clean  forgot  the  cement  of  comedy.  Perhaps 
they  discovered  their  mistake  when  they  thought 
it  was  too  late  to  correct  it.  But  it  is  never  too 
late  to  mend  a  play,  and  a  corps  of  capable 
menders  might  still  do  sometliing  with  this 
Viennese  operetta  whicli  has  ah'cady  passed 
through  multitudinous  hands.  I  am  merely 
speculating,  not  advising.  There  is  room  for 
doubt  as  to  whether  "The  Rose  of  Panama"  is 
worth  the  pains  which  would  have  to  be  ex- 
pended on  it.  Perhaps  not.  It  is  written  about 
a  wornout  theme.  Central  America  with  its  re- 
volutions remains  a  joke,  but  though  a  joke  may 
be  immortal  we  cannot  go  on  laughing  at  it  for- 
ever. This  joke  has  palled.  Besides,  the  joke  is 
stupidly  told  by  a  raconteur  who  has  forgotten 
the  point.  Its  music  too  has  the  familiar  sound 
which  takes  the  edge  off  enjoyment.  It  is  just 
what  you  might  expect  the  music  of  a  Viennese 
operetta  to  be,  supposing  all  Viennese  operettas 
to  be  written  by  formula.  There  is,  for  instance, 
the  waltz  motive  which  producers  have  insisted 
on  ever  since  Franz  Lehar  set  feet  a-tripping. 
The  action  for  this  episode  consists  in  the  hero 
clutching  the  prima  donna  in  some  unusual  way 
and  gyrating  madly;  and  the  only  originality  pro- 
ducers allow  has  regard  to  the  particular  way 
in  which  the  clutching  is  done.  In  "The  Rose 
of  Panama"  the  hero  clutches  the  prima  donna 
in  the  region  of  the  medulla  oblongata.  Tlie  com- 
pany is  lacking  in  distinction.  Chapinc,  the  lit- 
tle singer  with  the  big  voice,  assumes  an  undue 
importance  because  of  her  association  with  less 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

than  mediocre  vocalists.  Roger  Gray  works  hard 
to  extract  blood  from  the  turnip,  laughter  from 
the  lines,  and  giving  up  in  despair,  introduces  a 
few  funny  nothings  of  his  own  to  which  the 
audience  clings  almost  uproariously  amid  the  gen- 
eral gloom. 

• — Edward  F.  O'Day. 


"The  Man  from  Home"  at  the  Alcazar 

"The  Man  from  Home"  to  which  Maude  Fealy 
and  James  Durkin's  third  week  at  the  Alcazar 
will  be  devoted,  was  written  by  Booth  Tarking- 
ton  and  Harry  Leon  Wilson  and  ranks  high 
among  the  most  successful  American  plays  pro- 
duced during  the  past  decade.  For  half-a-dozen 
years  it  has  been  constantly  on  tour  with  William 
Hodge  in  the  character  which  Mr.  Durkin  is  to 


AMELIA  BINGHAM 

The  famous  actress  who  will  present  her  original  idea 
"Big   Moments   from   Great   Plays"   next  week 
at  the  Orpheum. 

assume  in  the  Alcazar  production.  Miss  Fealy 
will  also  be  seen  to  advantage.  In  the  cast  with 
the  stars  is  the  full  strength  of  the  stock  com- 
pany, including  Margaret  Sayres,  engaged  for 
the  season  to  play  grande  dames,  and  Thomas 
Chatterton,  pleasantly  remembered  by  the  Al- 
cazar's clientele  as  a  capable  actor  of  juvenile 
and  light  comedy  roles.  Ample  opportunity  for 
picturesque  staging  is  afTorded  by  the  locale,  and 
some  beautiful  pictures  are  assured,  among  the 
places  shown  being  a  hotel  terrace  on  a  cliff 
overlooking  Sorrento,  an  Italian  garden  and  a 
luxuriously   furnished  apartment. 


Gadski  This  Sunday 

Mme.  Johanna  Gadski,  the  greatest  living 
dramatic  soprano  and  interpreter  of  the  Wagner 
works,  will  give  her  one  and  only  concert  at 
the  Columbia  this  Sunday  afternoon  at  2:30  p.  m. 
The  single  program  will  contain  riches  enough 
for  two  or  three  concerts  by  an  ordinary  artist. 
Mme.  Gadski  is  at  the  zenith  of  her  powers,  and 
those  fortunate  enough  to  secure  seats  will  en- 
joy one  of  the  greatest  feasts  of  song  ever  of- 
fered. ./XBsisted  by  the  eminent  pianist-com- 
poser Mr.  Edwin  Schneider,  the  diva  will 
sing  four  great  (jperatic  scenes  as  follows,  "Rit- 
orna    Vincitor"    from    "Aida,"    "Suicide  Scene" 


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from  "La  Gioconda,"  "Isolde's  Narrative  to 
Brangane"  and  the  "Liebestod"  (Love-Death) 
from  Wagner's  "Tristan  und  Isolde,"  besides  a 
score  of  songs  by  Schubert,  Franz,  Brahms, 
Schneider,  Speak,  MacDowell,  Richard  Strauss 
and  others.  Seats  are  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Go's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  on  Sunday  the 
box  office  will  be  open  at  the  Columbia  after 
10  a.  m. 


The  Beel  Quartet 

The  first  of  a  series  of  six  concerts  by  the  Beel 
Quartet  will  be  given  in  the  St.  Francis  Hotel 
ball  room  on  Sunday  afternoon,  November  3, 
when  the  splendid  organization  will  have  the 
assistance  of  Mrs.  Alice  Bacon  Washington,  a 
pianiste  who  has  been  heard  too  little  in  public 
during  the  past  few  years.  The  Beel  Quartet  is 
now  established  as  one  of  the  important  factors 
in  our  musical  life  and  its  work  will  stand  com- 
parison with  any  organization  of  the  kind  in  this 
country.  The  program  for  the  first  concert  is  as 
follows:  Quartet  in  F.  Op.  45,  Schumann;  Son- 
ata for  violin  and  piano,  Brahms;  "Quartet"  in 
D  flat,  Dohnanyi.  The  last  number  has  only 
been  heard  once  in  this  city  and  that  was  on  the 
occasion  of  the  first  visit  of  the  Flonzaley 
Quartet.  Season  tickets  and  single  tickets  for 
the  Beel  Quartet  series  are  now  on  sale  at  Sher- 
man, Clay  &  Go's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's.  In 
Berkeley  the  Beel  Quartet  will  give  its  second 
concert  next  Thursday  night,  October  31,  at  the 
Berkeley  Piano  Club. 


Alice  Nielsen's  Concerts 

The  coming  of  Alice  Nielsen  for  the  first  time 
since  she  won  her  place  among  the  Metropolitan 
stars  will  be  a  notable  event  in  the  musical  his- 
tory of  this  city  where  she  commenced  her 
career  in  a  most  humble  manner.  There  were 
many  people  here  who  predicted  that  the  bril- 
liant artiste  would  unquestionably  get  to  the 
top  and  she  most  certainly  has.  The  Nielsen 
programs  will  be  very  similar  to  those  given  at 
the  Sunday  night  concerts  at  the  Metropolitan, 
for  she  will  have  the  assistance  of  six  of  the 
leading  artists  of  the  Boston  Opera  Company, 
and  there  will  be  trios,  duets  and  quartets  in  ad- 
dition to  the  solos.  It  will  be  quite  a  change 
from  the  regulation  concert  offering.  At  her 
opening  concert,  in  addition  to  the  concert  part 
of  the  program,  Miss  Nielsen  will  offer  a  fifty- 
minute  version  of  Rossini's  "Barber  of  Seville" 
with  costumes  and  scenery.  At  two  of  the  events 
she  will  present  Wolf-Ferarri's  "The  Secret  of 
Suzanne"  in  its  original  form  and  with  the  orig- 
inal orchestration  for  which  she  possesses  the 
sole  rights  in  this  city. 


Yolanda  Mero,  Hungarian  Pianiste 

The  first  piano  recitals  of  the  Greenbaum  sea- 
son will  be  given  by  Yolanda  Mero,  a  young 
Hungarian  virtuosa  who  has  just  made  a  great 
success  with  the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra  at 
the  Worcester  Festival  and  who  is  among  the 
soloists  engaged  by  the  Theodore  Thomas, 
Philadelphia  and  New  York  Philharmonic  or- 
chestras this  season.  It  is  Mme.  Mero's  second 
American  tour  and  her  first  visit  west  of  Chicago. 
In  this  city  Mme.  Mero  will  give  three  concerts, 
the  dates  being  Sunday  afternoon,  November  10, 
Thursday  night,  November  14  and  Saturday  af- 
ternoon, November  16.  Manager  Greenbaum 
selected  Saturday  at  the  request  of  a  number  of 
teachers  and  students  at  conservatories  and  con- 
vents in  neighboring  towns.  Greenbaum  prom- 
ises quite  a  number  of  novelties  on  the  Mero  pro- 
grams. 


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October  26,  1912 


Armstrong  Play  at  the  Cort 

Paul  Armstrong's  plays  <jf  the  iindcrworlcl  have 
been  tremendously  successful  here.  They  have 
proven  peculiarly  fascinating  to  San  Francisco 
audiences.  "Alias  Jimmy  Valentine"  holds  the 
top  record  for  attendance  at  the  Curt  and  "The 
Deep  Purple"  was  not  far  behind  in  popularity. 
On  Sunday  night  at  tlie  Cort  we  shall  become  ac- 
quainted with  Armstrong's  "A  Romance  of  the 
Underworld,"  a  four-act  drama  which  was  elab- 
orated from  the  one-act  vaudeville  sketch  of  the 
same  name  that  proved  such  a  success  when 
played  over  the  Orpheum  circuit  last  season.  In 
its  present  form  the  play  has  scored  tremendously, 
we  are  assured.  Additional  interest  attaches  to 
the  engagement  because  the  star  is  Holbrook 
Blinn,  a  San  Franciscan.  Blinn  occupies  an  en- 
viable place  on  the  stage.    In  ".\  Romance  of 


tile  Orplieum  Circuit  and  will  appear  in  an  orig- 
inal idea  of  her  own  entitled  "Big  Moments 
from  Great  Plays"  at  the  Orpheum  next  week. 
Miss  Bingham  includes  "F"edora,"  "Madame  Sans 
Gene,"  "The  Climbers,"  "La  Tosca"  and  "A 
Modern  Lady  Godiva,"  the  latter  play  being  from 
her  own  pen.  Her  supporting  company  consists 
of  Lloyd  Bingham,  Lisle  Leigh,  Will-Nell  Lav- 
ender and  Beresford  Lovett.  Nellie  Nichols,  the 
chic  and  dainty  singer  of  lilting  songs  returns 
with  a  number  of  new  and  catchy  ditties.  Frank 
Morrell,  known  in  New  York  as  "the  California 
Boy"  and  one  of  the  best  tenors  in  vaudeville, 
will  introduce  a  novel  act  next  week  only  entitled 
"The  Singing  Minstrel."  The  famous  clown 
Slivers  will  present  his  original  pantomine  "The 
Ball  Game"  next  week  only.  Frank  "Slivers" 
Oakley   will   be   pleasantly  remembered   as  one 


its  music  is  by  the  author  of  "Madame  Sherry" 
which  is  its  best  recommendation.  The  Kltinge 
beauty  chorus  is  exceptional.  The  eight  beauti- 
ful girls  who  sing  and  dance  the  "Ragtime  Col- 
lege Girl"  number  in  the  second  act  lose  no  op- 
portunity to  win  the  plaudits  of  the  audience. 
Eltinge's  supporting  company  is  a  strong  one. 
Matinees  will  be  given  Wednesdays  and  Satur- 
days. 


The  First  Popular  Concert 

The  San  I'rancisco  Orchestra  commenced  its 
second  season  of  symphony  and  popular  priced 
concerts  at  the  Cort  on  Friday  afternoon.  The 
Board  of  Governors  have  all  along  contended  that 
it  was  their  intention  to  devote  much  time  and 
money  to  the  stimulation  of  interest  in  good  music. 
The  sale  of  seats  for  the  series  of  symphony 
concerts  being  so  large  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of 
the  success  of  the  ten  symphony  concerts,  the 
Music  Committee  at  a  most  enthusiastic  meeting 
held  Tuesday  afternoon,  October  22.  in  the  of- 
liccs  of  Manager  F'rank  W.  Hcaly,  decided  to 
make  some  changes  in  the  program  announced  for 
the  first  popular  concert,  and  as  a  consequence, 
those  who  attend  the  popular  priced  concert  of 
Sunday  afternoon,  October  27,  will  hear  the  San 
I'rancisco  Orchestra  in  a  most  excellent  and 
worthy  program.  Mr.  Hadley  has  agreed  to  give 
the  two  most  beautiful  movements  of  the  "New 
World  Symphony."  The  revised  program  stands 
as  follows:  Grieg.  March  of  Homage;  Wagner. 
Overture,  "FIj'ing  Dutchman";  Charpentier,  Aria, 
"Depuis  le  jour"  from  "Louise";  Dvorak,  Sym- 
l)h(>ny  No.  5,  in  E  minor  ("From  thci  New 
World");  II.  Largo;  IV.  Allegro  con  fucco; 
Strauss-La  Forge,  "Storielle  del  Busco,"  Vien- 
nese (Waltz);  Massenet,  Violin  Solo.  Meditation 
"Thais",  .Adolpli  Rosenbeckcr;  Tschaikowsky. 
"Marchc  Slav."  Seats  are  on  sale  at  the  box  of- 
fices of  the  Cort.  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.  and 
Kohler  &  Chase. 


Interesting  Acts  at  Pantages 

Many  novelties  arc  promised  at  Pantages  for 
the  week  commencing  Sunday  afternoon,  one 
bearing  the  sensational  title  of  "Mysteries  of  the 
Dope.  "  said  to  be  a  strikingly  uni<|ne  production 
with  a  big  cast  of  clever  comedians  and  pretty 
>iiiging  and  dancing  girls,  the  act  finishing  in  a 
startling  and  surprising  manner.  Schepp's  com- 
edy circus  which  includes  dogs,  ponies  and 
monkeys,  should  prove  most  pleasing  to  the  chil- 
dren and  the  bucking  pony,  the  star  of  the  ag- 
gregation, will  kick  up  all  kinds  of  excitement 
at  every  performance.  Minnie  Palmer's  "Six 
American  Beauties."  talented  young  women  who 
])lay  violins,  the  viola,  harp  and  "cello,  will  offer 
a  delightful  musical  interlude  in  which  they  in- 
termingle their  instrumental  selections  with  a 
song  or  two.  Al  Espe  and  Laura  Roth  will  toss 
around  cannon  balls  and  torpedos  as  if  they  were 
tennis  balls,  Espe  doing  most  of  the  hard  work 
and  Miss  Roth  supplying  the  comedy  portion  of 
tlie  specialty,  a  very  novel  one,  by  the  way.  Cal. 
Stewart,  who  is  as  well  known  for  his  phono- 
graphic records  as  for  his  entertaining  ability, 
will  be  heard  for  the  first  time  here  in  his  rural 
anecdotes  and  stories  about  "Uncle  Josh";  and 
Julie  Cooper  and  Dell  Moore,  pretty  girls  who 
Serve  up  the  latest  popular  ballads  in  a  way 
peculiarly  their  own,  will  make  four  changes  of 
song  and  costume.  Other  acts  and  special  Sun- 
light Pictures  will  complete  a  varied  and  interest- 
ing program. 


Music  Before  the  Decline  and  Fall 

Nero  fiddled  while  Rome  burned. 
"The  cook  always  sings  while  she  burns  the 
steak."'   he    defended  himself. 


HOLBROOK  BLINN 

The  San  Franciscan  who  is  the  star  of  Paul  .\rmstrong's   ".\    Romanme   of  the 
Underworld"    coming   to   the   Cort   Theatre   Sunday  night. 


the  Underworld"  he  is  said  to  have  the  best  role 
of  his  career.  Blinn  is  supported  by  a  notable 
company  which  includes  Catherine  Calvert,  Ruth 
Benson.  Anna  MacDonald.  W.  Tammany  Young. 
George  Miller,  Leonard  Hollister,  Robert  Stevens, 
James  Marcus  and  Benjamin  P^iazza.  "A  Rom- 
ance of  the  Underworld"  will  stay  at  the  Cort 
for  two  weeks  with  the  usual  matinees  on  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays. 


Amelia  Bingham  at  the  Orpheum 

Miss  Amelia  Bingham,  one  of  the  foremost 
star  actresses  in  this  country  who  on  the  occa- 
sion of  her  only  visit  to  this  city  several  years 
ago,  scored  an  immense  hit  in  Clyde  Fitch's  com- 
edy "The  Climbers,"  is  making  a  brief  tour  of 


of  the  greatest  comedy  hits  known  in  vaudeville. 
Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  Albertina  Rasch's 
"Le  Ballet  Classique";  Melville  and  Higgins;  The 
.\sahi  Quintette;  and  Joseph  Jefferson  and  Felice 
Morris. 


Julian  Eltinge  in  "The  Fascinating  Widow" 

The  Julian  Eltinge  engagement  which  opens  at 
the  Columbia  this  Sunday  night,  October  27, 
should  be  one  of  the  most  attractive  theatrical 
events  of  the  year.  A  glance  at  Eltinge's  por- 
traits in  the  female  role  which  he  enacts  in  "The 
Fascinating  Widow"  is  sufficient  to  arouse  the 
keenest  curiosity.  He  brings  here  his  New  York 
company  intact.  The  production  is  elaborate. 
Its  songs  and  dances  are  refreshingly  new  and 


October  26,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

The  Beringer  Musical  Club  will  give  its 
twenty-third  piano  and  vocal  recital,  under  the 
direction  of  Prof,  and  Madame  Joseph  Beringer, 
Thursday  evening,  October  31,  at  Century  Club 
Hall.  The  well  arranged  program  will  include 
piano,  vocal  and  ensemble  numbers  of  the  best 
known  composers,  and  will  be  presented  by  the 
Misses  Zdenka  Buben,  Maya  C.  Hummel,  Loie 
Nunsil,  Arene  Torrigino,  Irma  Persinger,  Irene 
De  Martini,  Mr.  Marry  Samuels  and  Prof.  Joseph 
Beringer. 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Gage  of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  is  at 
the  Hotel  del  Coronado  for  a  visit  of  indefinite 
duration.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Ruff  of  Chicago 
are  visitors.  Other  prominent  eastern  society 
and  business  people  include:  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jos.  J. 
Hall,  H.  C.  Watanabe,  New  York;  Mrs.  George 
Roland  Parker,  Mrs.  Alice  Thorwart,  Chicago. 
Also  Mrs.  Arch  Morrison  of  Chicago  and  her 
sister  Miss  Bowman,  the  latter  from  Texas. 
They  have  been  touring  California  for  a  number 
of  weeks.  Mr.  Joseph  P.  Emms  of  the  torpedo 
boat  destroyed  "Hopkins"  at  Mare  Island,  and  his 
bride,  formerly  Miss  Margaret  Blackwood  of 
Vallejo  spent  their  honeymoon  at  Coronado. 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Bryce  and  Miss  M.  C.  Parker  and  her 
sister  of  Pittsburg  are  guests.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
Sweet,  prominent  society  folk  of  Prince  Rupert, 
B.  C,  are  registered.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Fulks 
of  Peoria  arrived  this  week  for  a  visit  of  in- 
definite   (hiratinn.    Prominent    San  Franciscans 


THE   BEEL  QUARTET 
Sunday  afternoon,   November  3,  at  St.  Francis  ball  room. 

who  spent  last  week-end  are  J.  G.  McEwen,  F. 
W.  Wolfe,  J.  W.  Judge,  Martial  Davaust  and 
Carlisle  Norwood.  Los  Angelenos  include:  Dr. 
W.  S.  Philip,  Preston  Morris,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. 
H.  Thompson,  May  A.  Carr,  Mrs.  Minnie  L.  Hunt 
and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Downing. 

The  concert  supper  which  took  place  in  the 
white  and  gold  room  of  the  St.  Francis  on  last 
Saturday  evening  at  the  conclusion  of  the  card 
party  given  for  the  building  fund  of  St.  Ignatius 
Church  was  a  brilliant  function.  The  list  of 
guests  included  many  socially  prominent.  They 
were  afforded  a  rare  musical  treat.  The  program 
consisted  of  vocal  selections  by  Mme.  Malvina 
Pcreira  of  the  Lambardi  Opera  Co.,  Miss  Dorothy 
May.  Miss  Ida  Weick,  Signor  Manuel  Carpis  of 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  of  October  27th 

MYSTERIES 
OF  THE  DOPE 

A   Sensational   ahd   Novel  Production. 


AMUSEMENTS 

•as* 

SCHEPP'S  COMEDY  CIRCUS 

AND    OTHER   BIG  ACTS 
Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.    Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and    Holidays    Matinees    at    1  :30    and    3 :30.    Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices— 10c,  20c  and  30c. 

FIRST  POPULAR   PRICED   CONCERT  OF  THE 

^    SAN  FRANCISCO  - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-  Conductor 

Program,   Sunday  Afternoon,   October  27,  1912 

(Irieg   Mai-cli    of  Homage 

Wagner   (Overture,   "l*'lying  Dutcbni.m" 

Charpentier  Aria — "Depuis   le   jour"   from  *'Loui-.e" 

Beatrice  Fine. 

Dvorak  Symphony   No.   5,   in    E  minor 

("From    the   New  World") 
II.  Largo. 

IV.    .Mlegro  con  fnoco. 
Strauss-I-^a  Forge,  .'ititorielle  del   Bosco" — Viennese  (Waltz) 
Beatrice  Fine. 

Massenet  Violin  Solo,  Meditation  "Thais" 

Adolph  Rosenbecker. 

Tschaikowsky   "Marche  Slav" 

SEATS  ON  SALE  at  the  Box  Offices  of  the  Cort  Theatre, 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  and  Kohler  &  Chase.  Prices,  $1.00, 
75c,   50c  and  35c. 

Lambardi  Opera  Co.  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prosper 
Rciter. 

Prominent  San  Franciscans  at  Paso  Robles  just 
now  are:  Mrs.  C.  F.  Baker,  wife  of  a  well  known. 
Ijanker,  with  Miss  Bishop;  Mrs.  John  F.  Mer- 
rill and  her  son's  wife,  Mrs.  John  S.  Merrill,  who 
frequently  go  there  from  their  Menlo  Park  home; 
Miss  Margaret  Loewy,  daughter  of  the  attorney 
of  the  German  Embassy;  Mr.  John  Lawson  and 
bride;  Mr.  James  L.  Flood  and  Mr.  John  W. 
Twiggs. 

MUSTAPHA'S  DESIRE 

Even  today  I  have  him  'before  my  eyes,  just 
as  if  1  were  seeing  him  bodily — and  yet  he  has 
been  dead  nearly  three  years.  Remarkably  tall 
he  was,  old  Mustapha,  and  dry  like  a  stick,  his 
forehead  creased  with  wrinkles,  his  face  sun- 
burnt— a  most  remarkable  appearance. 

From  the  moment  he  put  his  belt  around  his 
hips,  day  by  day,  from  morning  until  evenmg, 
he  dredged  on  both  banks  the  broken  stones 
through  a  net.  But  as- he  fished  the  gravel  up, 
the  river  brought  down  fresh.  Thus  he  fought 
with  the  river  year  after  year — the  gravel  always 
before  the  net  and  the  sand  behind  it.  On  the 
backs  of  three  rugged  little  horses,  in  six  bas- 
kets, the  old  man  would  load  the  sand  and  make 
for  the  town.  Tap,  tap,  tap  he  went  on  with  the 
cold  pipe  in  the  lining  of  his  collar.  Even  with 
permanent  customers  it  is  a  hard  bread-winning, 
with  just  sufficient  for  one  meal  every  day,  and 
one  coat  each  year. 

One  Friday,  after  the  prayer,  old  Mustapha 
was  sitting  with  several  men  on  the  well-bench 
before  the  mosque.  Each  one  of  them  was  long- 
ing for  something — they  felt  endless  desires  for 
they  knew  not  what. 

"Eh,"  cried  one,  "if  I  only  had  what  I  am  think- 
ing of — castles  and  villages — !" 

To  the  second  an  empire  only  would  have 
sufficed — and  the  third  cried  for  fabulous,  gold- 
filled  jugs. 

".\nd  thou,  Mustapha?" 

The  old  man  sighed;  then,  after  a  pause,  he 
said : 

"1    would — I    would — like   to  be  \'oung  again, 
to  be  able  to  dig  my  gravel — as  once  I  did!" 


GADSKI'S 

ONLY  CONCERT 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON. 
OCTOBER  27  at  2:30 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

Tickets,  $2.50,  $2.00,  $1.50  and  $1.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Co's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's.    Sunday  at  Columbia. 

THE  BEEL  QUARTET 

.\ssisted   by   Mrs.   Alice    I'.acon   Washington,  Pianist 
FIRST  CONCERT— SECOND  SEASON 
NEXT  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  NOVEMBER  3 
AT  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Season  Tickets  (6  concerts),  $5,(11).  Single  Tickets,  $1.U0. 
.\t   l!o.\  (Jffices  as  Above. 

Steinway  Piano 
Coming— VOL. VND.V   M  ERO— Hungarian  Pianist. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Last    Time   Tonight — "The    Rose   of  Panama." 
Beginning    Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night — Two  Weeks 
Matinees    Wednesday   and  .Saturday 

HOLBROOK  BLINN 

In   Paul   Arnistron^''s  Foiir-Act  Drama 

"A  ROMANCE  OF  THE  UNDERWORLD" 

The   Dramatic  Sensation   of  the  Century 
.Xight  and  Saturday  Matinee  Prices — 50c  to  $1.50. 
WKDN'ESD.W   .MAT.   WHOLE   LOWER   FLOUR,  $1.00. 


IXfiAXSWV 

Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD   OF  VAUDEVILLE 

The    Distinguishcil  .\ctrcss 

MISS  AMELIA  BINGHAM 

In  Her  Original  Idea  "Big  Moments  from  Great  Plays." 

NELLIE  NICHOLS,  Dainty  Singer  of  Lilting  Songs; 
FR.VNK  MORRELL,  "The  California  Boy";  "SLIVhlRS, 
the  Famous  Clown  in  his  original  Pantomime  "The  Ball 
Came";  .\I.P>IiRTIN.\  R.NSCH'S  "LE  B.XLI.E'I'  CL.VSS- 
lOl  E";  MELVILLE  &  HICCINS;  THE  CREAT  .\SAHI 
\-  CO.;  N'EW  n.WLICHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last 
Week  of  TOSEPH  lEFFERSON  &  FELICE  MORRIS 
"In  1999." 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Week    Commencing    Monday    Night.    October  28tli, 
Witli    Matinees   Thursday,   Saturday   and  Sunday 
MAUDE   FEALY    and   JAMES  DURKIN 

Leading  the  Alcazar  Company  in 
Iiooth   Tarkington   and  Harry   Leon  Wilson's 
Sterling  Play, 

THE  MAN  FROM  HOME 

Presented  for  the  First  Time  in  a  Popular- Priced  Theatre 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  SOc. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

lieginning   Sunday   Night,   October  27th 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAYS  AND  SATURDAYS 
A  H.  Woods  Presents' 
The  Famous 

JULIAN  ELTINGE 

.\nd   Original  New   York  Company  in 
The  Musical  Comedy  Triumph 

"THE  FASCINATING  WIDOW" 


20 


TOWN  TALK 


October  26,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks— All  attempts  tu  bull  the  stock  market 
and  til  advance  prices  of  leading  issues  last  week 
were  in  vain.  Europe  had  a  war  scare  and  sold 
American  securities  in  New  York  while  the  local 
bull  contingent  made  a  market  in  which  foreign- 
ers could  unload  and  thus  check  gold  imports. 
Those  who  tried  to  work  up  a  boom  in  stocks 
against  the  wishes  of  the  banking  interests  and 
in  the  face  of  alarming  conditions  in  the  near 
East,  met  with  disaster,  and  when  they  finally 
concentrated  their  efforts  on  a  few  specialtits 
and  Reading,  the  purely  manipulative  character 
of  the  movement  became  plain  to  all.  Apart 
from  the  foreign  war  scare,  a  period  of  high 
money  and  the  severe  strain  of  moving  the  crops 
on  the  eve  of  a  Presidential  election  was  not  an 
auspicious  time  for  stock  jobbing,  but  a  small 
group  of  ambitious  speculators  wished  to  an- 
ticipate the  improvement  that  should  follow  the 
activity  in  business  throughout  the  country 
thougli  they  were  warned  that  any  such  pre- 
mature boom  would,  in  all  probability,  defeat  its 
own  end.  Luckily  this  manipulation  did  not  go 
far  enough  to  do  any  harm,  and  the  conservative 
element  remains  in  control  of  the  situation.  Es- 
timates vary  greatly  as  to  the  volume  of  stocks 
sold  back  to  us  by  Europe  since  the  Balkan  war 
cloud  began  to  darken  the  sky,  but  those  best 
able  to  judge  and  willing  to  talk  put  it  at 
7(X1.0(K1  shares,  consisting  largely  of  high  priced 
issues,  including  Canadian  Pacific  and  Union  Pa- 
cific. Paris  also  sold  copper  stocks  freely  and 
both  London  and  Paris  parted  with  Steel  Com- 
mon despite  its  promising  outlook.  Investors 
will  be  able  to  pick  up  bargains,  but  this  is  not 
the  time  for  wild  cat  speculation. 

Wheat— The  prominent  feature  in  the  grain 
trade  the  past  week  has  been  the  extreme  dull- 
ness. Except  for  a  little  flurry  early  in  the  week 
due  to  war  news  the  market  has  been  in  a  rut, 
outside  speculation  being  at  a  standstill.  The 
tone  however  has  been  firm  and  the  market  is 
generally  a  little  higher  than  last  week's  range. 
Foreign  markets  have  been  nervous  over  the 
political  situation  in  the  near  East,  which  has 
been  reflected  in  firmer  markets  in  most  of 
Europe,  but  trade  here  is  looking  as  closely  at 
the  phenomenal  marketings  at  primary  markets 
as  at  the  foreign  situation.  TIutc  has  been  no 
popular  speculative  response  to  the  European 
war  talk,  which  leaves  the  heavy  movement  to 
take  care  of  the  large  export  movement.  Tlie 
showing  for  North  America  was  an  increase  in 
the  combined  United  States  and  Canadian  visibles 
of  4,474.000  bushels  in  addition  to  the  7,144.000 
bushels  cleared  for  export.  Duluth  continues  to 
offer  No.  1  Northern  at  liberal  discounts.  Offers 
are  now  at  one-half  cent  under  Chicago  December 
for  No.  1  Northern  C.  L  F.  Buffalo  and  with  a 


poor  demand  at  this. 

Corn — The  corn  market  has  been  a  very  dull 
and  uninteresting  affair  the'  past  week.  Specula- 
ti(pn  in  this  cereal  is  so  light  that  the  market 
cIi.inKcs  are  very  slight.  There  has  been  some 
weakness  in  the  October  future  as  well  as  in  the 
casli  price  but  the  distant  futures  remain  steady. 
The  weather  has  been  very  favorable  for  matur- 
ing new  corn  and  there  is  said  to  be  quite  a  lot 
of  it  headed  toward  Chicago  for  early  November 
shipment  but  at  a  price  3  to  5  cents  under  the 
December  delivery.  We  have  plenty  of  corn 
this  year  and  while  the  price  may  look  cheap  at 
this  level  it  does  not  look  as  if  there  is  any  up- 
turn in  sight  until  after  the  weight  of  the  move- 
ment is  felt. 

Cotton — The  cotton  market  has  made  a  new 
low  price  record  for  this  season  of  the  year 
:ind  at  tn'e  close  of  the  week  the  market  is  al- 
most at  the  lowest  price  of  the  season.  Another 
week  of  favorable  weather  both  for  gathering 
and  the  making  of  the  crop,  and  as  yet  no  cold 
weather  or  tropical  storms  to  interfere  with  it. 
In  the  meantime  European  political  develop- 
ments have  been  of  such  an  unfavorable  char- 
acter as  to  threaten  a  general  conflagration  in 
the  Balkan  States  .and  the  possibilities  of  com- 
plications between  the  larger  Powers  is  not  lack- 
ing since  .\ustria  has  taken  such  a  firm  stand  as 
tu  her  intention  of  protecting  her  interests.  The 
week  closed  with  panickj'  conditions  in  the  stock 
market  abroad  and  the  feeling  remains  very  ner- 
vous and  unsettled  owing  to  the  fear  of  further 
complications.  The  world's  visible  and  invisible 
supply  of  raw  cotton  is  of  record  breaking  pro- 
portions, the  growing  crop  promises  to  be  sec- 
ond only  to  last  year's  yield  as  being  the  largest 
on  record,  while  the  foreign  crops  of  India  and 
"igypt  are  reported  to  be  much  larger  than  one 
year  ago.  In  other  words  there  will  probably 
be  an  over-production  throughout  the  world, 
even  if  the  war  in  the  Balkans  is  brought  to  a 
close  in  the  near  future.  Under  the  circum- 
stances, what  might  be  the  result  if  the  Balkan 
trouble  should  spread? 


"Drink  to  nie  only  with  thine  eyes 
.\nd  I  will  pledge  with  mine" — 
For  I  should  have  to  pledge  my  watch 
If  thou  shouldst  ask  for  wine. 


There  is  only  one  thing  w'orse  than  running 
u])  against  a  bore,  and  that  is  to  have  him  run 
up  against  you. 


The  Explanation 

Knicker — Does  the  Colonel  stand  at  .Xrmaged- 
don  and  battle  for  the  Lord? 

Bocker— Yes.  but  he  thinks  he  is  the  Lord. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

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Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits. ..  .$11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12.28I.9S7. 46 

Deposits    30.104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  VV.  Hellman  Jr.. 
V'.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Prcs. ;  James  K.  Wilson. 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs.  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
loseph  Sloss.  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas.  F.  \V.  Van  Sicklen.  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
I..  Flood.  J.  Henry  Meyer.  Chas.  J.  Deering.  A.  H. 
Payson.  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  f^ipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner   New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .Jl. 768.076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639.482.36 

Deposits    6.368,228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meycrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  n.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    VV.    Jones  Cashier 

Geo.   Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  .Assistant  Cashier 

*F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.   Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McN'ab 

.Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  f^ohert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  .V.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deyjosit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sund.Tvs  and  Holidays  included. 


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(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of   the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

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Between  21st  and  22nd 
RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH.   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

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Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


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October  26,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


Numerical  Honesty 

(Cnntinued  from  Page  8.) 
lias  much  the  best  of  the  law. 

So  it  is  ill  our  political  case.  The  Progressives 
make  the  proper  affidavits,  comply  with  the  law, 
and  prove  they  are  Republicans.  Of  course,  for 
every  other  purpose  except  the  court  procedure, 
they  admit  that  they  are  not.  fiut  the  court  is 
bound  by  the  face  of  the  record,  and  holds  that 
they  are  what  everybody  except  the  court  knows 
they  are  not.  The  Progressives  have  named 
electors  in  the  name  of  the  Republican  party  to 
support  the  Progressive  party  and  its  candidates, 
but  in  their  affidavits  and  formal  political  proced- 
ure they  say  they  are  Republicans,  and  therefore 
it  is  Iield  that  behind  this  perfectly  transparent 
technical  screen,  through  which  everybody  can' 
see,  and  about  which  everybody  knows,  they  can 
play  their  little  fan-tan  game  in  the  name  of  and 
under  the  rights  of  the  Republican  parly,  but 
really  in  support  of  the  Progressive  party  and 
the  Progressive  nominees. 

The  proponents  of  the  political  doctrine,  having 
^\•on  their  political  case,  will  probably  abandon 
tlieir  arguments  in  the  gambling  cases. 

It  may  be  safely  set  down  that  upon  the  morals 
and  merits  of  the  controversy  it  can  be  asserted 
to  be  right  only  upon  two  grounds:  lirst.  it  is 
in  behalf  of  Colonel  Roosevelt,  and  secondly.  Ihe 
niajority  of  the  Republicans  in  this  State  (in  so 
far  as  they  have  spoken  or  acted),  have  sanc- 
tioned and  approved  of  it.  .'\iid  it  does  not  sig- 
nify that  these  so-called  Republicans,  .at  least 
temporarily,  had  ceased  to  desire  the  success  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  at  least  temporarily 
desired  to  see  it  defeated  and  humiliated  and 
likewise  they  desired  the  success  of  another  party, 
and  to  see  its  candidates  elected.  Therefore  tliey 
were  about  as  impartial  a  judge  as  a  thirst)'  man 
would  be  in  deciding  between  himself  and  .an- 
other as  to  who  was  entitled  to  a  glass  of  water, 
the  man  with  the  thirst  being  in  possession. 

Happily  or  otherwise,  as  you  may  look  at  il, 
we  quote  what  was  once  the  highest  American 
authority  broadly  to  sustain  the  doctrine  that 
there  is  no  more  indefensible  doctrine  than  th.at 
the  decision  of  the  majority  is  the  ultimate  test 
of  right.  We  (juote  from  Colonel  Theodore 
Roosevelt,    biographer    of    Gouverneur  Morris: 

"He  (referring  to  the  statements  and 
attitude  of  Gouverneur  i\lorris),  de- 
nounced with  a  fierce  scorn  that 
they  richly  merit,  the  despicable  dem- 
agogues and  witless  fools  who  teach  that 
in  all  cases  the  voice  of  the  majority 
must  be  implicitly  obeyed  and  that  pub- 
lic men  have  only  to  carry  out  its  will 
and  thus  'acknowledge  themselves  the 
willing  instruments  of  folly  and  vice. 
They  declare  that  in  order  to  jdease  the 
people  they  will,  reg.ardlcss  alike  of 
what  conscience  may  dictate  or  reason 


approve,  make  the  profligate  sacrifice  of 
public  right  on   the  altar  of  private  in- 
terest.   What  more  can  be  asked  by  the 
sternest   tyrant   of  the   most  despicable 
slave?     Creatures  of  this  sort  are  the 
tools   which   usurpers   employ   in  build- 
ing despotism.'  " 
How  far  in  these  few  years  has  fallen  the  bold 
champion  of  abstract  right  and  justice!  Appeal- 
ing from  Roosevelt  in  his  wild  scramble  for  a 
third  term,  and  for  arbitrary  and  indefinite  power, 
to  Roosevelt  the  man  of  letters  and  of  thought, 
is  like  appealing  from  Philip,  drunk,  to  Philip, 
sober.    Think  of  the  language  from  Roosevelt, 
"The   despicable   demagogues  and   witless  fools 
who   teach   that   in   all   cases   the   voice   of  the 
majority     must     be     implicitly     obeyed,"  and, 
"Creatures    of    this    sort    are    the    tools  which 
usurpers  employ   in   building  despotism." 

Oh,  what  a  fall  do  we  see  here,  my  country- 
men! Ani}  alas,  that  it  could  ever  have  come 
al)out  in  American  history!  tliat  he  could  have 
preached  so  much  that  was  high  aufl  gorjd  and 
beneficial  to  the  people,  and  sn  much  of  what 
he  describes  as  the  argument  f>i  "despicable  dem- 
agogues and  witless  fools,"  who  te.ach  tliat  in  all 
cases  the  voice  of  the  majority  must  be  im- 
plicitly obeyed! 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 
tile  Tivoli  all  tlie  time,  and  even  developed  as])ira- 
tions  as  a  singer,  taking  lessons  for  a  while  from 
Parolini,  the  baritone.     But  I  didn't  become  an 
artist;  1  became  a  manager. 

"In  '94  1  decided  to  have  a  season  of  grand 
opera  every  year.  That  year  I  used  principally 
the  comic  opera  singers;  but  the  next  year  I  got 
a  lot  of  special  singers,  among  them  Michelena, 
■Abramoff  and  Ida  Valerga  who  Iiad  understudied 
Patti.  I  also  got  -Mice  Nielsen  who  had  been 
nt  tlie  Wigwam  with  Tommy  Leary.  That  re- 
minds me  of  a  story. 

"Id.i  V.ilerga  was  to  sing  'Lucia'  which  we  Iiad 
I  lUed  fiir  .a  w  liole  week,  so  T  needed  an  ;ilter- 
n.ite.  When  my  other  prima  donna  heard  Va- 
lerga rehearse  she  got  scared  and  pleaded  a  cold, 
1  tidd  her  she'd  have  to  sing  or  quit;  so  she  tpiit. 
This  was  on  Friday,  f  didn't  know  what  to  do. 
and  I  was  walking  through  the  auditorium 
puzzling  the  thing  out  when  I  noticed  Alice 
Nielsen.  Up  to  this  time  she  li:id  been  singing 
small  parts. 

"  'Do  you  think  you  can  sing  T.ncia  by  Tues- 
day night?'  I  asked  her. 

"  'I  can  make  a  bluff  at.  it,'  she  replied. 

"In  the  next  four  days  she  had  about  eight 
hours'  sleep.  When  she  sang  Tuesday  night  the 
audience  went  wild.  The  way  she  took  the  high 
notes  was  marvelous.  I  don't  think  she  herself 
knew  what  she  was  doing.  Never  since  then 
liave  I  heard  .Mice  Nielsen  sing  so  well.  Old 
man  McDonald  of  tlie  Rostonians  heard  Iier  that 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600,000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
SIG  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.  R.   BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

fy.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


niglit  and  engaged  her  immediately.  That  was 
.Mice  Nielsen's  start. 

"And  so  it  went.  We  gave  San  Francisco  great 
grand  opera  for  twenty-five  and  fifty  cents. 
Nothing  was  too  big  for  us  to  attempt.  Operas 
which  I  should  approach  with  fear  and  trembling 
today  didn't  feaze  me  then.  And  we  never  had 
a  season  which  was  not  a  financial  success.  One 
reason  was  that  we  all  worked  together  like  a 
happy  family.  From  the  man  who  swept  the 
auditorium  to  the  prima  donna  everybody  was 
eager  to  make  the  house  a  success.  We  had  an 
electric  ballet  two  years  before  New  York.  When 
we  gave  'The  Queen  of  Sheba'  we  had  a  sand- 
storm effect  which  I  saw  billed  at  the  Hippo- 
drome in  New  York  last  year  as  something  new. 
And  from  the  time  the  Tivoli  was  opened  till 
the  fire  of  1906  the  house  closed  only  seven  days, 
and  then  on  account  of  various  deaths. 

"When  the  new  Tivoli  opens  we  shall  start  in 
where  we  left  off.  For  thirty  years  we  educated 
the  people  in  music;  a  new  generation  is  ready 
for  us  now,  and  the  old  traditions  will  be  e.:ni- 
tinued.  I  hope  to  open  in  March  with  the  Dipne! 
company  including  Caruso,  Mary  Garden  and 
Tetrazzini,  but  it  all  depends  on  the  weatlier  we 
have." 

"What  makes  a  place  like  the  Tivoli  success 
ful?"  I  asked. 

"Organization,"  replied  the  Doc;  "and  in  the 
manager,  the  same  sort  of  business  conduct  as 
is  necessary  to  make  any  other  business  pay. 
There  must  be  one  treatment  for  all,  chorus  girl 
and  prima  donna  alike.  There  must  be  no  pulls, 
no  infatuations.  The  manager  who  favors  a 
woman  because  she  is  beautiful  cannot  hope  to 
succeed.  You  must  be  kind,  but  at  the  same 
time  you  must  be  domineering.  You  must  be 
just  but  you  must  rule  with  an  iron  hand." 

And  then  the  Doc  went  Ijack  to  the  Tiv(ili  lot 
to  study  his  blue  prints. 


The  Cjmic's  Reform 

Diogenes  threw  away  his  lantern. 
"Me  for  the  dictagraph!"  he  yelled 


Not  Teddy  Himself 

"I  am  the  ori.ginal  Roosevelt  man." 
"Get  out;  you  can't  pass  yourself  off  here  for 
tile  Colonel." 


And  see  us  about  renting  a  safe  deposit  box  for  your 
valuables.  It  is  tlie  only  place  for  them  if  you  wish 
to  insure  their  safety. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  pj;r.trMtL'^;"sV 


John  F.  Cunningham,  Mana  i 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

The  labor  union  i<  ,t  I.-ibor  trust. 
Its  leaders  .-ire  like  Kings  and  hold 
oftice   for  life. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  Itldg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco.  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


October  26.  1912 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE 

111  the  Siujcrior  Court  of  tlic  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
tlic    City    and    C'ounty   of   San    Francisco—  No.    1-1,193  ; 
I)ci)artnici!t    No.  10. 
In   the   Matter  of  the  (luanlianship   of  the   Tcrson  and 
Estate   of  J()H.\   AlUl'ST   S.\NDELL,    an  Incompetent 
Person. 

I'non  reading  and  filing  the  verified  petition  of  Amelia 
J.  Sardell.  Guardian  of  the  person  and  estate  of  John 
August  Sandell,  an  incompetent  person,  and  good  cause 
ap.)earing  therefor. 

It  is  hereby  ORDI^RKD  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  atiove  entitled  estate  ap.iear  before  this  Court  on 
M().\1).\Y.  the  11th  day  of  November.  1912.  at  the  hour 
'>f  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  that  day  and  at  the  Court- 
room of  Department  No.  10  of  the  above  entitled  Court, 
in  the  new  City  Hall  on  the  South  side  of  Market  Street 
between  Eighth  and  Ninth  Streets,  in  the  said  City  and 
Courty  of  San  Francisco,  then  and  there  to  show  catise  why 
the  following  described   real   property,  viz: 

That  certain  store  on  the  g''ound  floor  of  that  certain 
buMfling  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  TIaight  and  Fillmore 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  said  store  being  known  as  No.  .110  Fillmore 
Street,  together  with  a  [jortion  of  the  basement  in  said 
building  dirtclly  under  said  store,  and  heretofore  and 
now  used  for  baths,  together  with  bathing  etprpment 
therein. 

should  not  be  leased  for  the  period  of  three  years  at  the 
rental  mentioned  in  sai<I  petition,  to-wit :  Sixteen  hundred 
ard  Fighty  ($16S0.00)  Dollars,  payable  in  equal  monthly 
installments  of  $40.00  per  month  for  the  first  year  of  sa  d 
term  and  $50.00  per  month  for  the  remaining  two  years 
(  f  said  tfrm.  reference  being  hereby  had  to  the  said  peti- 
tion of  said  .\melia  J.  Sandell,  as  such  Guardian,  on  file 
for  further  particulars. 

IT  IS  Ft  RTHFK  ORDERED  Ih-t  this  order  be  pub- 
lished for  two  successive  weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  news- 
paper of  general  c'rcilation  printed  and  published  in  said 
C'tv  and   (iourtv  of  San  Francisco. 

D-.ttd :  (.-ciober  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GR.MIAM, 
Judge  r.f  the  Superior  Court   of  the  City  and   County  of 
San  Francisco. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  21,   1912.    II.    I.   .Mulcrevy,  Clerk 
I'y  F..   n.  Gilson.  De,)utv  Clerk. 
J.  J.   I.F.UMEN,  Atty  for  Guardian, 

5(14   i!:illi(,a   Uldg..  S.in   l-'rai:cisco,  Cal.  lO-Jf.-.l 

NOTICE  OF  INTENTION  TO  BECOME  A 
SOLE  TRADER 

In   the   SuiR-rior   Court   of   the   State   of    California,  wi'bin 
and  for  the  City  ard  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  the  Mnfter  of  the  Application  of  WT.NIFRED  KIM- 
r.AI.I.   DE  WOI.FE  to  Itecome  a  Sole  Trader. 

.Notice  is  hereby  given  th.at  the  undersigned,  Winifred 
Kmiball  de  Wolfe,  the  wife  of  Edgar  S.  de  Wolfe,  who  is 
a  resident  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  intends  to  make  an  application  to  the  above 
entitled  Court  on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the 
opening  of  the  Court  on  said  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
said  api)Iication  may  be  heard,  for  a  judgment  and  order 
of  said  Court,  permitting  and  authorizing  her  to  become 
»  Sole  Trader  and  to  transact  business  in  her  own  name, 
and  upon  licr  own  acc  .unt,  as  a  Sole  Trader,  under  the 
Ijrovisions  of  Title  XII,  I'art  III,  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
I'rocedure  of  the  State  of  California;  that  the  nature  of 
the  business  to  be  conducted  by  the  undersigned  is  that  of 
an  Interior  Decorator  and  Designer,  and  to  buy  and  sell 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  the  place  at  which  it  is 
proposed  to  conduct  said  business  is  the  City  anil  County 
of  .San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated  this  -Sth  day  of  October,  1912 

WINIFRED    KIMISAI.I.    DE  WOI.FF.. 
CII,\RI.ES  II.  .AIRAI.I.,  Atty.  for  I'etili.Mur. 

lialboa   lildg.,  .San   I'rancisco,  Cal.  lO-19-.s 

SUMMONS   TO    ESTABLISH  TITLE 

111  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Action  No. 
32.803. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  PlaiiitifT.  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  .Any   Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein   described  or  any  part   thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  reiiuired  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitlcii  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  (lublication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  y.iu  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situ.ited  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described   as  follows: 

lieginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
'Twenty-fifth  .'\venue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  i)oint  of 
beginning.     Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands   Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  apjiear 
and  answer,  the  plaintitT  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  comidaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
iudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted  ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
s-iiiie  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  j>remises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
dav  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.   HI-GHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 
The    first    publication    of    this    Summons    was    made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in. 
or  lien  ui)on,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff:  Names, 
none;   .Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   BIdg..   San   Francisco.   Cal.  10-12-10 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
IMale    of    MORITZ     NICKELSBlRti,     Deceased— No. 
14114  N.   S. ;   Dept.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Melvil  .S. 
Nickelsburg,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Moritz  Nickelsburg.  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all 
persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  executor 
at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  iS:  Ehrman,  room  713 
Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected 
with  the  said  estate  of  Moritz  Nickelsburg.  deceased. 

MELVIL  S.  NICKELSBURG, 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Moritz  Nickels- 
burg, deceased. 
Dated,  October  12,  1912. 

HELLER,    POWERS  lUIRMAN, 
.Attorneys    for  Executor, 

\pvad.i    liaiik    BnildinK.  San   Fr.mciscn.  10-12-5 

NOTICE  OF   SALE   OF   REAL   ESTATE  BY 
GUARDIAN 

In  the  .Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  C'<.unty  of  San  Francisco — Depart- 
ment No.  9. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  and  Guardianship  of 
WII.I.I.\.\I  P.  BURKE,  .\LICE  M.\RY  BURKE,  EDITH 
M.\R(;ARK'T  lit  RKE  and  RICH.VRD  BURKE,  JUNIOR. 
Minors.  — No.   1431,  N.  S. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  an  order  ot 
the  Sujierlor  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fian- 
c  SCO,  State  of  California,  matle  on  the  25th  day  of  Sep- 
tember. 1912.  and  filed  herein  on  the  28th  day  of  Septem- 
ber. 1912.  in  the  matter  of  the  estate  and  guardianship  of 
Edith  Margaret  Burke  and  Richard  Burke.  Junior,  minors, 
(Willi. m  P.  Burke  and  .Mice  Mary  Burke  having  arrived 
at  legal  age  prior  to  the  date  hereof),  the  undersigned, 
R'chaTd  Burke,  as  guardian  of  the  persons  and  estates  of 
said  two  remaining  minors,  namely,  Edith  Margaret  Burke 
and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the 
highest  bidder,  for  cash,  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States, 
on  or  after  MOND.\Y,  the  2nd  day  of  December,  1912. 
.''i;d  subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Court,  the  undivided 
five-twtlfths  (5-12)  interest  of  the  estate  of  said  Edith 
Margartt  Burke  and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  minors,  and 
ill  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  said  two  remaining  min- 
ors in  and  to  the  following  described  real  pro))erty,  situate, 
ly  i  g  ai'd  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  Snn  Francisco, 
of  Calif:  rr.ia,  and  bounded  and  described  as  follows, 
ii-wit: 

Ccmm-rncirg  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of  Spear 
s  rcet,  distrnt  thrrccn  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine  (229) 
feet  and  two  (2)  inches  northwesterly  from  the  point  of 
intcrnc'icn  cf  the  northwesterly  line  of  Fclsom  street  with 
the  said  nc rtheasterly  line  of  Spear  street,  and  running 
thence  northwesterly  and  along  said  northeasterly  line  of 
Spear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  ami  ten  (10)  inches;  thence 
at  a  r'glit  angle  northeasterly  and  parallel  with  said  nortli- 
westely  lire  of  I'cUom  street  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
sevin  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches:  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeastt rly  ar.il  parallel  with  said  northeasterly  line 
of  S.>ear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  and  ten  (10)  inciies; 
and  thenc-'  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly  anfi  parallel  with 
said  northwesterly  line  of  Ftrlsom  street  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet  and  s'x  (6)  inches  to  said  north- 
easterly line  of  Sjiear  street  and  the  point  of  comnieiice- 
inert.  Being  a  nortion  rf  One  Hund-ed  (100)  \'ara  Block 
.\iniber  Three   Hundred   and   Twenty-two  (322.) 

Ten  (10)  per  cent  of  the  bid  payable  at  the  time  of 
sale  and  the  linlance  upon  cmfinintion  of  the  s^le  by 
said  Court ;  deed  and  abstract  at  the  exi>ense  of  imrcbaser ; 
the  luirjhaser  to  assume  the  payment  and  take  the  property 
p-rchased  by  him  subject  to  all  the  State,  county  and 
<»!-.-r  tives,  .tnd  all  assessments  of  whatsoever  name  and 
nature  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  become  chargeable 
to  or  a  lien  against  the  property  purchased  by  him. 

OIT.  r;  i  r  bids  nv.isl  be  in  writing  and  will  be  received  anil 
may  be  left  at  the  office  of  Garret  W.  McEnerney.  attorney 
f'r  said  guardian.  Room  1277  Flood  Bu  ldiiig.  -San  Fran- 
c  -c-.  CaTfcrnia.  or  may  be  delivered  to  saiil  guardian  per- 
son.-'lly,  or  m->v  be  filed  in  the  oflice  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  named  Court  at  any  time  after  the  first  luiblication 
of  this  notice  and  before  the  making  of  this  sale. 

RICHARD  BURKE, 
Giirrd  PM   of   the   Persons   and   Estates   of   Edith  Margaret 
l  u'.ke  .Tc!   Richard  Burke.  Junior.  Minors. 

'•■■■r  \v    McENFRNEV.  .\ttv.  for  Guardian. 
Room  1277  Flood  BIdg.,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  10-26-3 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44.453; 
Dept.   No. '  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  Peojile  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to : 
M\RY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Su.ierior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filecl 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  inore 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  (California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH.  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff. 

624  Mills  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 


STATEMENT  OF  THE  OWNERSHIP,  MANAGEMENT. 

CIRCULATION,  ETC. 
of   Town  Talk,  published  weekly  at  San  Francisco,  required 
by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912. 

-Name  of— Editor,  Theo.  F.  Bonnet.  Post-Office  Address — 
88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Managing  Editor,  Theo.  F. 
Bonnet,  88  First  St..  San  Francisco;  Business  Manager, 
C.  W.  Raymond,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Publisher, 
Pacific  Publication  Co.,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Owners:  (If  a  corporation,  gives  names  and  addresses  of 
stockholders  holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of 
slock.)  Theo.  F.  Bonnet,  88  First  St.,  San  Francisco;  Ralph 
(irovcr,  Berkeley,  Cal.;  G.  L.  Baraty.  Humboldt  Bank 
Building.  San  Francisco. 

Known  bondholders,  mortagees,  and  other  security  hold- 
ers, holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds, 
mortgages,  or  other  securities :  None. 

THEO.  F.  BONNET. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  lOlh  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1912. 

(.Seal)  HENRY  P.  TRICOU, 

.Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
F'rancisco,  State  of  California.  (My  commission  ex- 
pires August  5,  1913. 

ORDER  TO   SHOW  CAUSE 

In   the   Superior   Court   of   the   .State   of   California,   in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,492; 
Department    No.  7. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ALICE  QUESADA,  De- 
ceased. 

.Mice  Schingle  and  Sarah  Sullivan,  administratrices  of 
the  estate  of  -Mice  Quesada,  deceased,  having  this  day 
presented  to  the  Court  and  filed  with  the  clerk  thereof  their 
verified  jretition  praying  for  an  order  of  this  Court  au- 
thorizing, empowering  and  directing  them  to  sell  the  whole 
of  the  real  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of  said  de- 
ceased at  either  public  or  private  sale,  as  said  adminis- 
trai rices  should  deem  most  beneficial  to  said  estate,  and 
those  interested  therein,  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court 
from  such  petition,  that  it  is  necessary,  and  that  it  woultl 
be  f<  r  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
of  said  deceased,  and  those  interested,  to  sell  the  whole  of 
said  real  estate  for  the  purposes  and  reasons  mentioned  In 
saiil  petition; 

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  the  estate  of  said  fleceaseil,  be  and  appear  before 
this  Court,  Department  .No.  7  thereof,  at  its  Courtroom 
situate  in  the  building  known  and  designated  as  the  New 
City  Hall,  south  side  of  .Market  street  between  8th  and  9lh 
streets,  San  F'rancisco,  California,  on  Monday,  the  25th 
<lay  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour  of  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 
thereof,  of  said  day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said 
administratrices    for    the   sale   of   such  estate. 

It  is  further  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  order  to 
show  cause  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  successive 
weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation, 
printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAIIA.M, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

WALTER    E.    HORN  and 

St  I.LIV.VN.  SULLIVAN  and  THEO.  J.  ROCHE, 
.\ttorneys   for  .Ailministratrices, 

linx    Humboldt    Savings    Bank  Building. 

San   I'rancisco,  Cal.  10-26-5 

SUMMONS 

III  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  J2,898 ; 
Department  .No.  10. 

\\II.I.1.\M  (iREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claimmg 
.\iiy  Interest  in  or  Lien  I  pon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  .Any    Part   Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California;  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  f»r  lien  upon  the  real  properly 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

^'ou  are  hereby  re<iuired  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  (ireig.  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit; 
PIECE  NO.  1, 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
.Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
I>osa  Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  .Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ol 
Mariposa  Street  and   point   of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of   Potrero  Nuevo   Block   .Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
.Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises.  ..... 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
day  of  October,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  H.  1.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 
The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October.  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in.  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVOTO.  RICHARDSON   &  DEVOTO, 
.Attorneys  for  Plaintiff. 
«8  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-1910 


October  26,  1912 


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Letters 


"The  Jingo" 

Usually  George  Randolph  Chester's  romances 
of  the  business  and  financial  world  are  convinc- 
ing enough  to  the  reader,  once  his  premises  have 
been  accepted.  In  "The  Jingo"  the  premises  are 
hard  to  adopt  and  there  is  no  logic  in  the  course 
of  events.  He  has  grasped  too  much  and  failed 
to  maintain  his  grip.  There  is  nothing  possible 
or  even  remotely  probable  in  the  recital,  while 
the  achievements  follow  each  other  with  such  be- 
wildering rapidity  that  the  plot  is  confused  by 
the  accumulation  of  details.  Isola,  the  scene  of 
the  romance,  is  one  of  the  lost  corners  of  the 
earth,  located  somewhere  east  of  the  sun  and  west 
of  the  moon  and  beneath  the  stars.  Long  cen- 
turies ago,  by  some  convulsion  of  nature,  a  high 
and  impassable  range  of  mountains  was  thrown 
up.  cutting  off  from  the  land  side  a  fertile  dis- 
trict rich  in  mineral  wealth.  At  the  same  time 
rocks  and  reefs  covering  miles  of  the  ocean  front 
made  either  exit  or  ingress  from  the  water  im- 
possible, so  that  the  castaways  who  saved  their 
lives  when  their  ship  went  down  were  completely 
cut  off  from  all  the  world.  They  appear  to  have 
increased  and  multiplied  amazingly,  however,  for, 
during  the  course  of  the  narrative,  at  one  time 
or  another  there  are  upwards  of  fifty  thousand 
able  bodied  men  under  arms.  Tiiough  evidently 
highly  intelligent  and  enlightened  the  Isolians  are 
practically  in  the  same  stage  of  advancement  as 
their  shipwrecked  forbears,  for  though  they  have 
stone  palaces,  carved  statuary  and  other  evidences 
of  skill,  they  are  ignorant  of  glass,  gun  powder, 
fire  arms,  machinery,  books,  electricity,  and  all 
the  modern  conveniences.  An  unusually  severe 
equinoctial  storm  wrecks  and  destroys  a  vessel 
f)n  the  outer  line  of  reefs,  miles  away  hut  still 
in  sight  of  the  royal  palace,  and  from  it  a  single 
survivor,  clad  only  in  bathing  trunks,  but  laslicd 
to  a  light  case,  finally  floats  to  land  much  bruised 
and  battered.  This  proves  to  be  Jimmy  Smith, 
an  embodiment  of  egotistic  Americanism  who, 
seeing  the  inevitableness  of  the  disaster,  had 
clothed  himself  as  slightly  as  possible  and  seized 
one  treasure  to  preserve  out  of  the  wreck,  a 
volume  of  "Jones'  Handbook  of  Modern  Shop 
Practice  and  Revised-to-the-Minute  Formulas." 
Equipped  with  this  and  a  copious  vocabulary  of 
slang,  with  no  practical  experience  whatever  in 
any  line  save  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  ma- 
chinery. Smith  proceeded  to  revolutionize  Isola, 
and  in  the  course  of  little  more  than  a  year's 
time  he  had  manufacturies  for  every  known 
product,  department  stores,  street  railroads,  tel- 
ephones and  telegraphs  in  full  operation.  Auto- 
mobiles and  air  ships  were  commonplace,  and 
well  drilled  armies  expert  in  every  branch  of  the 
service  were  ready  to  take  the  field  at  a  moment's 
notice.  Rival  baseball  leagues  contended  for 
supremacy  and  newspapers  exulted  in  scoops. 
Fashions  were  revolutionized,  cosmetics  intro- 
duced, theaters  and  restaurants  in  full  swing  and 
the  young  ladies  of  the  upper  circles  of  the 
nobility  contemplated  elevating  the  stage,  while 
American  slang  superseded  the  ancient  Isolian 
tongue,  and  company-promoting,  stock-concerns, 
trust-busting  and  all  their  kindred  opera- 
tions were  incidental  to  the  day's  work,  and  fin- 
ally, to  crown  the  jingoistic  achievement,  lest 
some  other  nation  should  get  wind  of  the  situa- 
tion and  forestall  him,  the  redoubtable  Jimmy 
Smith  finally  induced  the  hereditary  rulers  to 
adopt  a  republican  form  of  government  and  de- 
clare themselves  a  territorial  part  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  he,  meantime,  having  married 
the  erstwhile  crown  princess.  Apparently,  until 
Jimmy  taught  them  the  trick  the  Isolians  knew 
nothing  of  the  manufacture  of  steel,  yet  the  ladies 
all  wore  embroidered  robes  and  must  have  had 


needles  with  which  t(j  manipulate  their  materials. 
Evidently  they  had  knowledge  of  dyeing  pro- 
cesses which  enabled  them  to  produce  such 
delicate  shades  as  lavender,  light  green  and  pale 
blue  and  pink,  and  they  did  not  pluck  their  em- 
broidery silks,  ribbons,  laces  and  gossamer  gauzes 
from  the  sunbeams.  A  people  able  to  do  so  much 
ought  to  have  been  able  to  do  much  mure.  If 
Mr.  Chester  had  in  mind  a  burlesque  on  the 
host  of  novels  dealing  with  the  unknown  [jrinccss 
of  Nowhere  and  the  irresistible  American  youth, 
or  its  converse,  royalty  in  disguise  and  the  all- 
cont|Uering  American  beauty,  he  has  missed  his 
mark.  If  he  thought  he  was  giving  us  something 
on  the  same  general  lines  but  with  new  combina- 
tions of  colors  and  figures  he  has  missed  it  just 
as  far.  His  American  wizards  do  better  at  home 
and  f(jr  the  sake  of  his  own  reputation  as  a 
writer  he  had  better  keep  them  tliere.  From  the 
Bobbs-Merrill  Company. 


Sordid  Philosophy 

If  Helen's  beauty  you   would  sins. 

In  the  end  you'll  lind  it  better 
To  sing  it   in   her  car  than 

To  write  it  in  ;i  letter. 

Sudden  passions  often  cool. 

You'll  try  then  to  forget  her. 
But  Helen  has  a  mem'ry  and 

Helen  has  a  letter. 

Display  caution  if  you'd  avoid 

The  matrimonial  fetter: 
Words  die  in  the  open  ;iir. 

But  never  in  a  letter. 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
525  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  3074 

Residence,  882  Grove  St.     Plione  I'ark  1870 


CERTIFICATE    OF    CO-PARTNERSHIP— No.  1057 

We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify  that  we  are  co- 
partners doing  business  under  the  firm  name  and  style  ot 
I'.'\CIFIC  COAST  HOTEL  GAZETTE  CO.;  that  our 
principal  place  of  business  is  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  No.  163  Sutter  St.; 
and  that  the  following  are  the  names  in  full  of  all  the 
members  of  said  partnership,  and  their  respective  places 
of  residence,  to-wit  : 

William  P.  Harrison,  1440  Euclid  .Avenue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Martial  Davoust,  Mendel  Apartments,  Ellis  at  .Idiks 
Street,  San   Francisco,  Cal. 

In  witness  whereof  the  undersigned  and  ahove  namcil 
partners  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  this  24th  day  of 
September,  1912. 

WILLIAM   P.  FTARRRTSON. 
MARTIAL  DAVOUST. 
STATE  OF  CALIF(mNrA, 
City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — ss. 

On  this  24th  day  of  September,  1912,  before  me  John 
D.  Gish,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  William  P.  Harri- 
son and  Martial  Davoust,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons 
whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  and 
they  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first 
above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JOHN  D.  GISH, 

Notary   Public   in   and   for   the   City   and   County   of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 
(Endorsed):  Filed  Oct.  2,  1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By   L.   J.   Welch,   Deputy   Clerk.  10-12-5 


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Our  Prophetic  Mayor 

Mayor  Rolph  has  been  doing  so  well  of 
late  we  should  be  reluctant  to  find  fault 
with  him  for  not  doing  better.  Not  in  the 
spirit  of  carping  criticism  then,  but  rather 
out  of  concern  for  his  health,  we  will  sug- 
gest that  he  refrain  from  assuming  super- 
human powers.  Enervating  enough  are  the 
duties  of  his  office,  and  it  would  be  most 
unreasonable  for  the  people  to  demand  of 
him  labor  not  nominated  in  the  bond.  As 
a  matter  of  fact  the  people  are  not  unreason- 
able, and  it  is  wholly  unnecessary  for  the 
mayor  to  deplete  his  nerve  force  in  the 
arduous  business  of  divination.  But  this  he 
is  doing,  so  unconcerned  is  he  for  his  health, 
so  eager  to  serve  the  people.  Listen : 
"When  existing  franchises  (railroad)  expire 
complete  municipal  ownership  will  occur." 
Thus,  not  E.  P.  E.  Troy,  but  Mayor  Rolph. 
Now  while  we  are  all  willing  to  own  that 
Mayor  Rolph  is  a  fine  business  man  and  a 
conscientious  public  servant,  we  are  some- 
what sceptical  as  to  his  prophecies.  Indeed 
we  suspect  that  for  him  the  seeds  of  time 
have  been  salted.  Though  we  have  not  yet 
had  our  bellyful  of  municipal  ownership, 
thus  far  in  view  of  our  experience  in  the 
matter  of  the  garbage  crematory  and  the 
building  of  the  auxiliary  water  system  and 
the  Geary  street  road  we  ha'e  our  doots. 
And  there  is  more  experience  to  come ;  for 
the  Geary  street  cars  are  yet  to  run,  and 
besides  Mayor  Rolph  is  not  to  run  on  for- 
ever; nor  has  municipal  government  given 
promise  of  approximating  perfection  in  the 
near  future.  Mayor  Rolph  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding,  the  passion  for  politics  in 
all  things  pertaining  to  public  convenience 
may  soon  be  on  the  wane.  Meanwhile 
might  it  not  be  well  to  encourage  private 
capital  to  give  us  adequate  transportation 
facilities?  Let  us  take  a  chance  on  the  gods 
in  the  gallery  being  somewhat  bored. 


San  Francisco,  November  2,  1912 


Beveridge  and  Roosevelt — A  Contrast 

Shot  in  Milwaukee,  but  wounded  in  the 
house  of  his  friends — such  the  fate  of  the 
man  of  destiny.  Hitherto  criticism  of 
Theodore  Roosevelt  as  a  receiver  of  con- 
tributions for  campaign  purposes  from 
predatory  plutocrats  was  like  water  on  a 
duck's  back.  It  was  assumed  that  the  Bull 
Moose  had  finer  scruples  than  anybody  else. 
Hence  his  privilege  to  set  up  standards  of 
conduct.  Whatsoever  he  did  was  right. 
He  was  the  arbiter  of  the  moralities.  But 
now  comes  former  Senator  Beveridge  of  In- 
diana, a  man  of  ordinary  clay,  pretentious 
as  to  rhetoric,  but  in  nowise  vain  of  his  vir- 
tues ;  now  comes  this  lowly  mortal  whose 
light  has  been  hidden  under  a  bushel,  and 
lo!  the  Roosevelt  halo  flickers  to  extinction. 
More  scrupulous  than  the  Colonel  is  the 
man  from  Indiana.  Blessed  is  the  man  that 
endureth  temptation  and  preserves  the 
purity  of  his  soul.  The  Perkins  that  walk- 
eth  in  darkness  failed  to  corrupt  Beveridge. 
The  former  Senator  touched  pitch,  but  was 
not  defiled  therewith.  He  sent  it  back 
with  thanks.  What  a  generous  man  this 
Perkins !  Unlike  Archbold  Perkins  didn't 
wait  to  be  touched.  On  his  own  impulse 
he  cast  his  bread  on  the  waters.  And  when 
Beveridge  declined  with  thanks  Perkins 
wrote  him :  "An  honest  politician  is  the 
noblest  work  of  God,"  thus  apparently  im- 
plying that  if  Beveridge  like  Roosevelt  had 
accepted  the  conclusion  would  be  warranted 
that  he  was  a  dishonest  politician.  In  that 
message  to  Beveridge  Perkins  seems  to  ex- 
press his  real  opinion  of  the  Roosevelt 
type  of  politician.  It  would  be  inter- 
esting to  know  how  many  statesmen 
are  grateful  to  this  little  Uriah  Heep  of 
the  Harvester  and  Steel  trusts.  Hitherto 
it  was  supposed  that  he  was  concerned  only 
about  the  occupant  of  the  White  House,  but 
now  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  the  Senate  also 
engaged  his  afifections.  It  would  be  inter- 
esting to  know  how  many  Senators  voted 
for  the  expulsion  of  Lorimer  out  of  grat- 
itude to  Perkins.  But  unfortunately  Perk- 
ins was  more  discreet  than  Archbold;  either 
he  didn't  write  letters  or  else  he  saw  to  it 
that  they  were  inaccessible  to  Hearst.  Let 
us  be  thankful,  however,  for  the  faint 
glimpses  that  we  have  been  getting  behind 
the  scenes.  And  let  us  appreciate  the  dis- 
tinction between  Beveridge  and  the  erst- 
while Holiest  of  the  Holy. 


Another  Glimpse  of  Jordan 

What  would  this  mad  world  do  without 
Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan,  president  of  that 
remarkable  institution  of  learning  the  uni- 
versity at  Palo  Alto?  The  world  will  not 
be  permitted  to  go  on  its  mad  way  if  Dr. 


No.  1054 


Jordan  can  help  it.  "Learn  my  son,"  said 
the  satirist,  "to  bear  tranquilly  the  calam- 
ities of  others."  That  is  the  only  thing  Dr. 
Jordan  cannot  learn.  His  intellectual 
powers  compel  him  to  the  functions  of  a 
miscellaneous  agitator.  He  is  indebted  to 
the  defects  of  the  world  for  all  the  pleasure 
he  gets  out  of  it.  He  would  die  of  ennui 
in  Utopia.  Like  Lord  Brougham,  who  was 
known  as  The  Harangue,  he  is  a  machine 
for  moving  amendments,  especially  those 
approved  by  the  Laird  of  Skibo  to  whose 
Foundation  the  Palo  Alto  erudite  expects 
to  go  when  he  gives  up  the  academic  ghost 
at  Stanford.  A  passion  for  propagandas 
has  Dr.  Jordan,  and  he  attaches  himself  to 
every  new  one  that  comes  along,  but  there 
is  one  to  which  he  is  more  devoted  than  to 
all  others — the  peace  propaganda — which 
at  present  is  somewhat  languishing  owing 
to  untoward  circumstances  in  Europe  and 
America.  But  there  are  no  circumstances 
that  can  render  Dr.  Jordan  mute.  When 
the  cannons  roar  so  also  does  Jordan.  When 
the  blast  of  war  blows  in  his  ears  he  un- 
sheaths  his  tongue  and  talks  sonorously  for 
publication.  "As  if  increase  of  appetite  had 
grown  by  what  it  fed  on"  Dr.  Jordan  has 
become  such  a  glutton  for  publicity  that 
he  keeps  a  press  agent  on  the  premises;  an 
undergraduate,  we  fancy,  from  the  style  of 
the  interview  which  appeared  in  the  Bul- 
letin the  other  day.  The  deference  of  the 
interviewer,  the  reverent  spirit  breathing 
between  the  lines,  gives  the  impression  that 
when  he  approached  the  Presence  the  inter- 
viewer like  Esther  before  Ahasuerus  almost 
swooned.  The  interview  took  place  at 
night  in  the  great  peace  propagandist's 
home.  He  sat  "in  an  arm  chair  in  front  of 
a  cheerful  fire"  and  made  it  clear  that  he 
"did  not  find  in  the  present  situation  in  the 
Balkans  that  delightful  complexity  which  is 
the  joy  of  diplomatic  specialists."  To  the 
Jordan  mind  nothing  is  complex.  Talking 
of  the  motives  and  impulses  of  nations  with 
this  Jupiter  of  the  academic  grove  is  like 
discussing  theology  with  God.  Says  the 
rapt  interviewer:  "There  is  a  deadly  simplic- 
ity about  Dr.  Jordan's  explanations  of  war 
and  the  causes  of  war."  A  divine  fluency 
has  the  doctor,  and  an  absolute  intuition  of 
whatever  he  is  talking  about.  And  when 
luxuriating  in  the  commonplaces  of  his 
theme,  whether  before  a  club  of  culturines 
or  a  transfixed  undergraduate  reporter,  he 
is  never  so  recondite  as  to  talk  over  the  head 
of  his  audience.  Yet,  the  interviewer  tells 
us,  "It  is  hard  to  convey  an  accurate  idea 
of  Dr.  Jordan's  phrasing  and  manner  of  talk- 
ing." And  for  this  reason:  "The  homely 
Anglo  Saxon  words  and  idioms  which  he 
uses  are  as  devoid  of  needless  entanglement 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


November  2,  1912 


as  the  thought  behind  them.  They  go 
directly  to  the  root  of  things.  What  he  has 
to  say  he  repeats,  now  from  one  angle  and 
now  from  another."  Behold!  the  great 
man's  ideas  are  fermenting  and  overflowing 
with  the  ebullitions  of  a  lively  apprehension. 
In  other  words  he  is  garrulous.  But  of  that 
we  need  not  have  been  informed.  For  years 
a  steady  stream  of  verbiage  has  been  flow- 
ing from  Palo  Alto,  and  its  source  is  Jordan. 
The  scattering  of  the  flower  of  his  thought  is 
a  continuous  performance,  lie  spends  his 
days  clearing  moot  points  from  all  con- 
troversy, past,  present  and  to  come.  On 
this  occasion  the  eminent  man  talked  two 
columns  full  as  he  warmed  up  in  his  arm 
chair  by  the  fire,  and  the  interviewer  gives 
us  the  talk  with  the  enthusiasm  of  an 
Apostle  writing  the  gospel.  "The  gist 
of  the  whole  message  about  war  and 
militarism,"  he  says,  "is  that  it  is  main- 
tained for  the  personal  profit  of  a  few  to  the 
infinite  harm  of  the  many."  How  soothing 
to  get  in  addition  to  this  new  apocalypse 
the  inspiriting  assurance  that  "Dr.  Jordan's 
clear  recognition  of  the  prime  cause  of  the 
war  does  not  hinder  him  from  extending 
the  warmest  sympathy  toward  the  strug- 
gling mountaineers  in  their  death  grapple 
with  their  ancient  enemy."  In  other  words 
this  great  scholar,  despite  his  remoteness 
from  the  things  of  this  earth,  far  up  on 
the  serene  and  cloudless  heights  of  idealism, 
is  sensible  of  the  sufferings  of  mortals  and 
heaves  them  an  occasional  sigh.  The  in- 
terviewer had  the  boldness  to  suggest  that 
some  good  might  come  of  the  war,  but 
Phoebus  "shook  his  head."  He  knew  bet- 
ter. And  when  the  interviewer  was  leav- 
ing the  Infallible  One  "shook  his  head" 
again,  this  time  sadly,  and  observed,  "We 
wish  they  could  have  been  a  little  more 
patient."  And  Dr.  Jordan,  it  is  said,  O.  K.'s 
the  proofs  of  these  interviews !  This  one  no 
doubt  will  be  sent  to  Andrew. 


Causes  of  the  War 

Dr.  Jordan  knows  somewhat  less  about 
the  war  in  the  Balkans  than  he  is  reported 
to  know  about  fish.  According  to  Dr.  Jor- 
dan the  men  that  control  the  finances  of  the 
world  are  responsible  for  this  war.  At  the 
same  time  he  tells  us  it  is  a  medieval  war. 
Now  the  doctor  is  entirely  wrong.  The 
financiers  of  Europe  have  nothing  to  do  with 
the  war;  it  is  medieval  only  in  the  sense 
that  Christians  are  opposed  to  Mahometans. 
The  war  is  the  outcome  of  a  long  series  of 
abuses  practiced  by  the  Young  Turks  on 
the  non-Turkish  races  of  the  empire.  These 
Young  Turks  are  the  Progressives  of  their 
country.  The  leaders  of  them  are  school 
men  who  were  very  heartily  applauded  by 
all  the  Jordans  of  this  country  when  they 
seized  the  reins  of  power.  We  were  told 
that  they  were  idealists,  and  this  they 
proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  our  college  pro- 
fessors— such  is  the  power  of  a  name — by 
calling  their  organization  the  Committee  of 
Union  and  Progress.    Their  purpose,  it  was 


said,  was  to  band  together  conflicting  peo- 
ples, to  put  their  country  on  a  level  of  front- 
rank  Powers  by  reorganizing  the  army, 
navy,  finances,  and  by  affording  facilities 
for  developing  the  great  natural  riches  of 
the  land.  They  desired,  once  for  all,  to  put 
an  end  to  the  erosion  of  the  Ottoman  Em- 
pire. The  record  of  their  dealings  with  the 
non-Turkish  races  indicates  that  they  have 
curious  ideas  respecting  a  policy  of  concilia- 
tion. They  began  by  irritating  the  Bulgar- 
ians of  Macedonia.  Eirst  they  suppressed 
the  Constitutional  Clubs  which  sought  to 
create  a  perfectly  loyal,  if  nationalist  or- 
ganization for  the  Bulgarian  race.  Then 
they  attempted  to  dilute  the  Slav  majority 
by  settling  Moslem  immigrants  in  predom- 
inantly Christian  districts,  and  about  the 
same  time  they  began  a  process  of  dis- 
armament which  was  attended  by  great 
cruelties.  Two  years  before  all  this  the 
Bulga/ians  were  marching  in  step  with  the 
Young  Turks  to  take  Constantinople.  As  a 
result  of  Turkish  despotism  the  Bulgarian 
conscripts  who  had  been  enrolled  in  the 
Ottoman  army  began  deserting  by  whole 
companies  at  a  time.  All  the  while  the 
Young  Turks  were  irritating  the  Greeks. 
They  organized  a  boycott  of  Greek  com- 
merce and  oppressed  the  peasants  of  Greek 
villages.  The  result  was  the  growth  of  a 
fraternity  in  suffering  between  Greeks  and 
Bulgarians.  Their  old  struggles  for  pre- 
eminence disappeared  and  they  were  united 
by  a  strong  sentiment  against  the  Turks. 
Meanwhile  the  Servians  made  restless  by 
many  grievances  began  an  agitation  against 
the  Turks  throughout  the  Empire,  and  the 
Servians  are  a  most  virile  and  most  patriotic 
people.  They  have  a  powerful  secret  so- 
ciety by  means  of  which  they  prepared  pub- 
lic opinion  for  war  throughout  the  Balkan 
area.  They  formed  a  network  of  clubs,  dis- 
seminated round-robins  and  fiery  proclama- 
tions, established  caches  of  arms,  ammuni- 
tion and  infernal  machines  of  the  most  ar- 
tistic type.  The  Servians  had  not  forgotten 
their  brethern  in  Old  Servia,  the  home  of 
their  ancient  Tsars,  their  traditional  design 
to  retrieve  the  fortunes  lost  on  Blackbirds' 
Plain.  The  Servians,  like  the  Greeks,  as  a 
result  of  Turkish  oppression  buried  their 
old  prejudices  against  the  Bulgarians  and 
formed  an  alliance  with  the  astute  Ferdin- 
and. Such  were  the  factors  that  combined 
under  the  propitious  policy  of  the  Young 
Turks,  not  only  making  this  war  possible 
but  precipitating  it  without  either  assistance 
or  protest  from  foreign  parts.  The  Balkan 
war  is  a  war  of  independence  and  never  was 
there  a  war  less  artificial  of  character. 


Perhaps  He's  Only  Joking 

In  time  it  may  turn  out  that  the  great 
comic  genius  of  this  age  is  none  other  than 
Theodore  Roosevelt.  Peradventure  we  shall 
some  day  be  taken  into  his  confidence  and 
learn  that  what  he  really  prides  himself  on 
is  his  success  as  a  practical  joker.  Who 
knows  but  that  he  splits  his  side  with 
laughter  every  time  he  has  a  moment  of 


solitude  at  Oyster  Bay.  As  a  matter  of 
fact  it  is  quite  possible  that  he  is  carrying 
out  a  plan  for  the  enlightenment  of  the 
-American  people;  that  in  the  fulness  of  his 
patriotism  he  is  carrying  imposture  to  pre- 
posterous extreme  for  the  sole  purpose  of 
impressing  the  people  with  the  danger  of 
hero-worship.  All  this  indubitably  is  less 
incredible  than  that  he  takes  himself 
seriously.  There  is  of  course  the  hypothesis 
that  his  monumental  ambition  has  over- 
come all  scruples  and  rendered  him  ab- 
solutely indifferent  to  the  scorn  of  men. 
Again,  it  may  be  that  he  has  argued  with 
himself  somewhat  after  the  style  suggested 
of  Count  Cagliostro  by  Thomas  Carlyle. 
That  great  Quack  of  Quacks  is  represented 
to  us  as  an  exponent  of  the  principle  that 
the  end  justifies  the  means  and  as  asking 
himself  the  question,  "Ought  not  a  man  of 
my  genius,  since  he  was  not  born  a  Prince, 
since  in  these  scandalous  times  he  was  not 
elected  a  Prince,  to  make  himself  one?" 
Colonel  Roosevelt  appears  to  have  taken 
Cagliostro  for  his  model.  Consider  some  of 
the  points  of  resemblance  between  them. 
"He  has  a  native  genius  for  deception,"  says 
Carlyle  of  the  Count;  "above  all  things  a 
forehead  of  brass  which  nothing  can  dis- 
concert." He  was  a  great  promiser,  was 
the  Count ;  even  greater  than  the  Colonel, 
going  so  far  as  to  assure  his  followers  that 
he  would  abolish  original  sin.  The  taste  of 
both  these  great  men  in  music  was  very 
much  the  same.  The  Count  had  never 
heard  Onward,  Christian  Soldiers,  but  he 
prescribed  the  singing  of  the  Te  Deum.  The 
Count,  in  short,  was  the  original  Renovator 
of  the  Universe,  the  first  man  to  claim  a 
vested  interest  in  truth  and  the  power  to 
make  it  germinate  in  the  human  breast. 
Who  can  doubt  that  the  conduct  of  our 
former  President  is  influenced  by  the  Ital- 
ian model  ?  Even  in  the  Colonel's  arrogance 
one  sees  a  resemblance  to  the  Count.  "The 
smallest  contradiction,"  says  Carlyle,  "puts 
him  in  a  fury ;  his  vanity  breaks  through  on 
all  sides.  He  quarrels  with  his  coadjutors, 
and  fancies  that  a  simple  giving  of  the  lie 
will  persuade  the  public  that  they  are  liars." 
Reads  like  a  description  of  the  Colonel  be- 
fore the  Senate  Committee  when  he  insisted 
that  he  wasn't  the  solicitor  but  that  Harri- 
man  came  to  him  to  advise  the  raising  of 
money  for  the  New  York  State  organization. 
If  Cagliostro  went  a  Httle  further  than  the 
Colonel  has  gone  in  some  matters,  so,  too, 
has  the  Colonel  surpassed  his  prototype  in 
others.  The  greatest  stroke  of  genius  in  all 
the  Rooseveltian  career  was  that  by  which 
he  changed  Kettle  Hill  into  San  Juan  Hill. 
By  that  he  out-Cagliostroed  Cagliostro. 
Perhaps  that  stroke  is  not  a  matter  of  gen- 
eral knowledge.  That  it  may  be  appreciated 
it  must  be  explained  that  for  many  years 
the  Colonel  was  falsely  credited  with  an 
achievement  that  he  had  no  hand  in — the 
leading  of  the  charge  up  San  Juan  Hill.  By 
no  fault  of  his  when  that  charge  was  being 
led  he  stood  on  Kettle  Hill.  But,  reluctant 
to  put  Fame  in  the  Ananias  club,  he  posed 
for  a  portrait  of  himself  leading  the  charge, 


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5 


and  subsequently,  as  President  he  caused 
the  map  of  the  country  to  be  changed  so 
that  today  the  Kettle  Hill  of  the  battle  is 
now  San  Juan  Hill.  Is  the  author  of  this 
stroke  of  genius  to  be  regarded  as  a  solemn 
egotist  or  as  a  rollicking  humorist  with  a 
passion  for  humbuggery?  The  more  we 
think  it  o\  er  the  more  inclined  we  are  to  the 
belief  that  the  Colonel's  impostures  are  de- 
signed as  a  test  of  the  gullibility  and 
patience  of  the  fat-witted  public.  By  way 
of  justifying  this  view  we  will  call  atten- 
tion to  an  illustration  of  the  Colonel's  alert- 
ness in  assuming  authorship  of  whatever  is 
popular.  Some  time  ago  he  claimed  credit 
for  the  pure  food  and  drug  law.  Let  us 
glance  at  the  history  of  the  law.  The  con- 
trol of  foods  and  drugs  was  given  to  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  by  the  Fiftieth 
Congress  by  means  of  a  bill  introduced  by 
General  W.  H.  F.  Lee  of  Virginia.  When 
President  Roosevelt  was  Governor  of  New 
York  a  call  for  a  national  pure  food  and 
drug  congress  was  issued.  The  governors 
of  the  several  States  and  Territories  were 
asked  to  send  delegates.  Only  four  failed 
to  respond,  and  only  one  declined  to  make 
the  appointment.  That  one  was  Theodore 
Roosevelt.  In  1906  the  pure  food  law  was 
passed  after  two  sessions  of  the  pure  food 
and  drug  congress  and  its  careful  considera- 
tion by  nine  Ignited  State  congresses,  and 
Roosevelt  being  President  signed  the  bill. 
That  was  his  first  and  only  connection  with 
the  great  reform.  Does  it  not  seem  like  do- 
ing him  injustice  not  to  look  forward  to  the 
time  which  he  has  set  for  taking  ofif  the 
mask  and  grinning  through  a  horse  collar 
at  the  dearly  beloved  people? 


Personal  Evolution 

In  these  days  of  Progressive  ]jolitics  rife 
with  moral  platitudes  and  altitudinous 
ethical  maxims  it  appears  to  be  a  case  not 
of.  May  the  best  man  win,  but,  Let  us  chose 
the  lesser  evil.  In  California  as  we  are 
constrained  to  a  choice  between  Colonel 
Roosevelt  and  Dr.  Wilson,  were  it  not  for 
the  principle  of  the  third  term  the  solution 
might  be  left  to  the  arbitrament  of  the  toss 
up.  As  it  is  the  question  presents  itself. 
Ought  a  man  go  to  the  polls?  We  all  have 
fashioned  for  ourselves  an  ideal  President. 
Dififer  as  we  may  as  to  the  essentials  of  mind 
and  temperament  it  is  safe  to  say  we  are 
agreed  as  to  one  thing — that  our  Chief 
Magistrate  should  possses  the  utmost  of 
self-respect  and  sincerity.  Many  are  the 
shortcomings  we  can  make  allowance  for 
in  a  man  of  whose  intellectual  honesty  there 
is  no  question,  and  difficult  is  it  to  conceive 
an  assemblage  of  virtues  that  will  compen- 
sate for  the  absence  of  it.  We  are  made  ap- 
prehensive therefore  the  more  we  reflect  on 
the  Hon.  Woodrow  Wilson's  facility  in  self- 
stultification.  Dr.  Wilson  may  be  a  very 
good  man,  worthy  of  the  Presidency,  and  of 
sufficient  strength  of  character  to  be  true  to 
himself  in  the  White  House,  but  if  so  how 
unfortunate  that  he  should  seem  otherwise; 
that  he  should  deem  it  compatible  with 
dignity  to  conciliate  by  recantation  both  of 
views  and  principles.  The  other  day  the 
New  York  Tribune  applied  the  deadly 
parallel  to  the  New  Jersey  governor.  Side 
by  side  the  Tribune  exhibited  what  Dr. 
Wilson  said  about  his  fellow  citizens  in 
Chicago  and  what  he  said  about  them  in 
his  history.    This  is  the  exhibit : 


The  Candidate 

"As  I  reflect  upon  the 
great  bodies  of  people 
that  have  come  to  this 
great  country  of  ours, 
with  love  of  liberty  in 
their  hearts,  not  only 
the  great  Irish  people 
but  the  great  liberty 
loving  men  and  women 
from  every  civilized 
country  on  the  globe, 
the  great  people  of  lib- 
erty loving  Poland, 
where  so  much  blood 
has  been  spent  in  the 
cause  of  human  rights; 
the  ancient  Italian  peo- 
ple, whose  love  of  lib- 
erty runs  back  to  the 
days  of  the  Roman  Re- 
public; the  great  Slavic 
people,  the  great  people 
out  of  Sicily,  the  great 
peoples  from  every 
quarter  of  the  globe  who 
have  come  to  America 
in  order  to  be  free,  I 
reflect  upon  this  ques- 
tion: What  did  they 
ciime  to  be  freed  from?" 


The  Historian 

"But  now  there  came 
multitudes  of  men  of  the 
lowest  class  from  the 
south  of  Italy  and  men 
of  the  meaner  sort  out 
of  Hungary  and  Poland, 
men  out  of  the  ranks 
where  there  was  neither 
skill  nor  energy  nor  any 
initiative  of  quick  in- 
telligence; and  they 
came  in  numbers  which 
increased  from  year  to 
year,  as  if  the  countries 
of  the  south  of  Europe 
were  disburdening  them- 
selves of  the  more  sor- 
did and  hapless  ele- 
ments of  their  popula- 
tion, the  men  whose 
standards  of  life  and 
w^ork  were  such  an 
American  workmen  had 
never  dreamed  of  hith- 
erto. *  *  *  The  un- 
likely fellows  who  came 
in  at  the  Eastern  ports 
were  tolerated  because 
they  usurped  no  place 
but  the  very  lowest  in 
the   scale  of  labor." 


lietween  Dr.  Wilson  the  historian  and 
Dr.  W'ilson  the  candidate  there  is  a  wide 
di\  ergence  of  viewpoint  not  only  with  ref- 
erence to  immigrants  but  with  reference  also 
to  statesmanship  and  the  principles  of  gov- 
ernment. The  historian  was  a  conservative, 
the  candidate  is  a  radical.  The  same  is  true 
of  '['heodore  Roosevelt  who  abhors  in  his 
histories  traits  of  character  that  he  has  come 
to  exhibit  himself.  It  may  be  of  course  that 
these  two  distinguished  officeseekers  have 
exj)erienced  a  complete  change  of  heart  and 
mind  and  that  it  was  due  rather  to  enlight- 
enment than  to  a  lively  sense  of  benefits  that 
miirht  accrue. 


O  silver  sickle  of  the  waning  moon, 
Bending  above  the  wintry  desert's  woe. 

How  mighty  is  the  harvest-home  of  dreams. 
Waving  in  silence  for  you  here  below! 


THE  WANING  MOON 
By  Gabriel  D'Annunzio 

The  fluttering  breath  of  sudden  leaves,  of  flowers. 

Of  forest  streams,  wafts  softly  out  to  sea; 
No  weeping  and  no  laughter  breaks  the  silence — 

The  vast  silence  of  thine  cmpiry. 


Oppressed    witli    passion    and    oppressed  with 
pleasure, 

The  throbbing  world  sleeps,  tossing  to  and  fro; 
O  sickle,  what  a  harvest-home  of  visions 
Lies  dreaming,  waiting  for  you  here  below! 


Perspective  Impressions 


The  Turk  appears  to  have  lost  faith  in 
Mahomet's  heaven. 


And  for  years  we  said  that  the  Turks  were  the 
most  dangerous  fighters  in  Europe! 


Yerba  Bucna?  Go  to!  The  man  in  the  street, 
the  final  arbiter,  is  no  stickler  for  a  name. 


The  man  who  has  done  things  is  not  necessarily 
praiseworthy.  So  many  men  have  done  things 
the  penitentiaries  are  overflowing. 


When  it's  all  over  at  .Armageddon  perhaps 
Teddy  may  l)e  willing  to  continue  the  crusade 
for  the  Lord  in  the  Near  East. 


One  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  a  love  letter! 
But  alas  for  sinful  human  nature,  the  sum  was 
not  awarded  as  a  literary  prize  but  in  ilamages 
to  a  wronged  husband. 


Los  Angeles  is  now  purifying  its  public  library. 
If  all  the  Earls  and  Lissners  of  Los  Angeles  were 
to  rush  out  simultaneously  to  make  bonfires  of 
their  pet  pretences  they'd  burn  up  the  town. 


This  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  mad  world 
but  since  Mr.  Roosevelt  introduced  us  to  emo- 
tional politics  sprinkled  with  religion  for  the  pur- 
pose ostensibly  of  uplifting  mankind  it  has  be- 
come a  raving  mad  world  in  whicli  it  would  seem 
but  fitting  to  use  padded  cells  for  election  booths. 


The  humdrum  life  befits  the  soul  of  him  that 
lias  it. 


"Shall  we  shoot  the  old  ministers?"  asks  the 
editor  of  the  Christian  Advocate.  Why  not  let 
them  live  to  repent?  Now  as  to  some  of  the 
young  ones  that  we  read  about  it  might  be  well 
to  consider  ways  and  means  of  rendering  them 
harmless. 


The  .\merican  Progressive  who  has  been  tell- 
ing us  that  we  are  far  behind  England  in  the 
matter  of  legislation  for  the  uplift  of  the  masses 
will  please  take  note  of  the  fact  that  there  are 
more  men  out  of  work  in  London  than  ever  be- 
fore and  that  the  Government  is  appalled  by  the 
prospect  of  unprecedented  widespread  distress. 
The  agitators  and  demagogues  are  eating  but 
the  objects  of  their  solicitude  are  starving. 


e  TOWNTALK  November  2,  1912 


]n  a  little  hollow  of  the  Marin  hills  near  Green- 
brae  stands  a  gnarled,  old,  sturdy  oak  tree.  It 
spreads  its  lichened  branches  like  venerable  arms 
extended  in  benediction,  and  there  is  a  sylvan 
silence  all  about  it.  From  the  quiet  glade  the 
hills  rise  on  one  side  in  curving  progress  till  they 
make  the  majesty  of  Tamalpais;  on  the  other  they 
drop  gracefully  downward  to  the  waters  of  the 
bay.  It  is  a  spot  for  conteinplation,  where  one 
may  hold  one's  soul  aloof  from  the  noisy  world 
and  let  nature  whisper  to  it.  Just  such  a  nook 
would  a  poet  hunt  out  when  the  urge  of  inspira- 
tion sent  him  from  mankind  to  the  breast  of 
Mother  Earth.  Just  such  a  spot  would  Daniel 
O'Connell  have  loved.  So  there  is  a  happy  ap- 
propriateness in  the  choice  of  this  charming  place 
for  a  memorial  to  the  dead  poet  of  Bohemia. 

The  new  memorial  to  Daniel  O'Connell  we 
shall  owe  to  Charles  Rollo  Peters.  Between  the 
dead  poet  and  the  painter  whose  brush  is  dipped 
in  the  witchery  of  moonlight  there  was  a  strong 
affection.  It  lasted  through  many  years  of  glor- 
ious ups  and  dismal  downs,  and  it  was  consec- 
rated by  death.  Peters  was  among  the  last  at 
the  poet's  deathbed;  he  wept  as  he  followed  the 
mortal  remains  to  the  tomb.  When  it  was  pro- 
posed to  erect  a  memorial  at  Sausalito,  and  funds 
were  not  forthcoming.  Peters  put  up  one  of  his 
best  pictures  at  auction  and  made  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  project  possible. 

Perhaps  Rollo  Peters  is  jealous  of  the  indis- 
criminate throng  which  shares  that  Sausalito 
memorial  with  him.  Perhaps  he  feels  that  Dan 
O'Connell  should  be  commemorated  in  the  woods 
he  so  passionately  loved  as  well  as  in  the  town 
where  he  lived.  Whatever  the  motive  or  mixture 
of  motives,  Peters  resolved  on  a  memorial  in  the 
Marin  hills.  He  has  painted  there  a  great  deal, 
and  knows  their  many  charming,  secret  places. 
He  picked  the  quiet  glade  with  its  noble  oak  as 
fittest  to  receive  the  honor  of  commemorating 
his  poet  friend. 

In  a  few  days  a  bronze  tablet  designed  by 
Peters'  and  O'Connell's  friend,  Willis  Polk,  will 
be  affixed  to  the  oak  tree.  It  bears  only  these 
words:  "In  loving  memory  of  Daniel  O'Connell, 
poet,  philosopher,  friend."  There  will  be  a  fit- 
ting celebration.  Porter-  Ashe,  Ned  Hamilton 
and  others  will  recall  the  good  old  days  when 
"The  Roseleaves"  fluttered  about  in  madcap 
merriment.  And  then  the  tablet  will  be  left  to 
Mother  Nature  and  to  the  silence  which  is  only 
broken  by  the  soughing  of  the  breeze  through 
the  branches  and  the  music  of  the  bee  and  the 
katydid.  Only  the  wanderer  in  the  hills  or  the 
devout  pilgrim  seeking  out  shrines  of  song  will 
find  the  tablet  on  the  oak. 

"Dan  O'Connell  loved  God's  out-of-doors,"  said 
Peters  when   I  asked  him  about  the  memorial. 


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"He  delighted  in  life  in  the  open.  He  was  an 
excellent  shot,  a  skilled  fly  fisher  and  an  expert 
yachtsman.  So  it  seemed  right  to  commemorate 
him  in  the  hills  and  among  the  trees." 

This  reminded  me  of  what  Delmas  wrote  of 
the  poet:  "A  lover  of  nature,  his  genius  expanded 
and  poured  forth  its  garnered  treasures  the  closer 
it  nestled  upon  the  breast  of  the  great  parent  of 
the  universe." 

"Did  you  know  that  Dan  O'Connell  was  a 
grand-nephew  of  the  great  Irish  Liberator?" 
Peters  asked  me.    I  admitted  my  ignorance. 

"He  came  of  fine  stock,"  the  painter  continued. 
"He  was  a  cousin  of  Herbert  of  Muckross,  the 
owner  of  the  Killarney  estate  before  Billy  Bourn 
bought  it  for  his  daughter.  His  father  was  the 
original  of  the  hero  of  Charles  Lever's  novel 
'The  Knight  of  Gwyn.'  He  had  an  estate  at 
Darrynane  in  Clare,  but  ruined  himself  by  excess 
of  hospitality,  like  so  many  other  Irish  gentle- 
men. 

"Dan  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 
and   then   went   into  the   British   navy.    Rut  he 


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fought  a  duel  with  a  Frenchman  in  China, 
wounded  him  and  had  to  skip  to  avoid  being 
courtmartialed.  He  came  to  San  Francisco,  and 
from  here  made  his  way  to  Santa  Clara  College 
on  foot.  Why  he  went  there  I  never  learned — 
perhaps  he  knew  some  priest  at  the  college — but 
at  any  rate  they  made  him  a  professor  and  he 
stayed  for  some  time.  Later  he  came  to  San 
Francisco  and  supported  himself  by  writing  for 
the  papers.  He  was  generally  desperately  poor, 
but  his  friends  assisted  him  from  time  to  time 
and  he  managed  to  get  along  somehow  or  other. 

"His  poetry  was  written  at  odd  times  and  brought 
him  little  money.  He  knew  it  was  good  poetry, 
but  was  not  conceited.  At  the  same  time,  he  had 
an  Irishman's  sentimentality  and  often  wondered 
whether  he  would  be  remembered  after  death. 

"His  death  was  very  sudden  and  was  due  to 
pneumonia.  He  died  at  Sausalito  in  a  house  be- 
longing to  James  V.  Coleman.    Two  weeks  be- 


fore he  had  written  his  most  beautiful  poem, 
'The  Chamber  of  Sleep.'  It  reads  like  a  prophecy 
now,  but  when  he  wrote  it  he  did  not  expect  to 
die.  A  few  hours  before  his  death  I  went  to  his 
bedside  with  Coleman  and  Billy  Berg.  He  was 
breathing  heavily.  He  drew  me  down  close  to 
him  and  whispered: 

"  'Charley,  me  boy,  they've  struck  the  old  ship 
below  the  water  line  and  she's  sinking.' 

"Then  in  a  louder  voice,  and  so  as  to  deceive 
his  wife  who  was  standing  close  by,  he  added: 

"  'Yes,  bring  me  all  the  magazines  you  can. 
I'll  read  them  while  I'm  getting  well.' 

"He  was  buried  from  the  Bohemian  Club;  the 
only  man,  I  suppose,  who  ever  was  or  ever  will 
be  buried  from  there. 

"He  was  a  jovial  fellow,  and  used  to  write  a 
lot  of  nonsense  verse  for  his  friends  to  sing. 
There  are  some  foolish  lines  of  his  running 
through  my  head  now.  The  Roseleaves  used  to 
roar  them  out  when  they  went  for  a  barbecue  be- 
hind Angel  Island  in  Commodore  Harrison's 
'Frolic'  They  were  written  about  a  chap  named 
McCarthy  who  owned  a  yacht  that  his  father 
didn't  know  about.  They  went  something  like 
this: 

"Xow  old  McCarthy  drew  the  prize. 

And  it  was  a  glorious  day 
When  to  the  bank  the  old  man  went 

To  salt  the  coin  away. 
But  young  Dick,  he  was  a  blood,  you  bet. 

From  his  head  down  to  his  heel, 
.\\id  every  day  he'd  stale  away 

To  take  the  schooner's  wheel. 
Miss  Daisy  Green  is  very  ill. 

Miss  -Aggie  Riordan's  worse, 
Tim  Fagan  lays  aside  his  pipe 

Anne  Finncrty  to  nurse; 
And  though  they  are  as  limp  as  rags. 

They  are  too  game  to  squeal, 
.-^nd  say,  'The  Lord  is  with  us  while 

McCarthy's  at  the  wheel.' 

"O'Connell  had  a  charming  personality.  He 
was  very  magnetic,  a  great  story  teller  and  quick 
at  repartee.  But  there  was  no  evil  in  his  mind, 
no  malice  in  his  wit.  I  never  heard  him  say  any- 
thing calculated  to  inflict  pain.  Time  and  time 
again  when  someone  baited  him  in  after  dinner 
talk  he  would  lean  over  to  me  and  say: 

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Grandmother's  Nut  Tree 


Evidently  a  little  coolness  had  arisen  between 
them.  As  they  moved  slowly  down  the  pleasant 
green  avenue,  his  kindly,  patrician  face  wore  a 
look  of  masculine  determination,  while  there  was 
a  slightly  defiant,  slightly  grieved  little  tilt  to  her 
delicate  old  chin.  Moreover,  they  were  careful 
to  keep  at  a  decided  distance  from  one  another, 
while  not  a  word  or  even  a  look  was  exchanged, 
except,  indeed,  for  an  occasional  covert  glance 
from  each  other,  full  of  mutual  reproach. 

Small  and  frail,  she  leaned  lightly  on  the  knob 
of  her  long-handled  sunshade.  He,  tall  and  very 
upright,  walked  with  sprightly  step,  his  hands 
clasped  lightly  behind  his  back.  Her  delicate  old 
face,  though  showing  many  tiny  wrinkles,  was 
yet  soft  and  fresh  as  a  girl's,  while  her  high-bred 
forehead  was  shaded  with  numerous  quaint  little 
ringlets  of  the  still  plentiful  silver-gray  hair. 
There  was  a  soft  rustle  from  the  rich  brown  silk 
of  her  gown,  and  over  her  head  was  thrown  a 
scarf  of  exquisite  lacework,  held  lightly  beneath 
her  chin  by  slim,  bejeweled  fingers. 

Every  line  and  fold  of  his  faultlessly  made  gar- 
ments denoted  exquisite  taste  and  care;  his  broad- 
brimmed  hat  of  finest  straw  rested  jauntily  nn  his 
gray  hair,  reminding  one,  somehow,  of  hnt  days 
in  those  far-away  lands  where  negroes,  simply 
clad  in  white  pajamas,  worked  cheerily  among  the 
sugar  canes;  or  again,  of  the  <|uaiiit  pictures 
sometimes  to  be  seen  in  old,  nld  xnlumes  uf 
"Paul  and  Virginia." 

The  cool  avenue  down  wliicli  this  silent  cmipk- 
sauntered  was  lined  on  either  side  with  line  old 
elm  trees,  the  boughs  of  which,  clothed  in  the 
full  luxuriant  foliage  of  summer,  arched  grace- 
fully overhead.  Soft  summer  breezes  stirring 
lightly  among  the  leaves,  flecked  the  pathway  with 
patches  of  ever-shifting  golden  sunlight.  Here 
and  there  were  clumps  of  fresh  green  shrubs, 
for  all  the  world  like  so  many  pretty  little  green 
islands  upon  which,  from  the  green  foliage  over- 
head. Old  Sol  delighted  to  throw  joyously  dancing 
beams.  And  these  shrubs,  together  with  the 
emerald  green  of  the  freshly  mown  lawn  grass 
which  lined  each  shady  walk,  made  one  think  of 
pleasant  garden  landscapes  such  as  arc  to  be 
found  in  treasured  volumes  of  old  engravings. 

Presently,  when  this  silent  couple  had  traversed 
half  the  length  of  the  avenue,  a  bright  spot  far 
beyond  spoke  eloquently  of  pleasant  open  fields 
where  the  glorious  summer  sunshine  was  turning 
the  green  wheat  to  golden  grain.  Then  tliey 
found  themselves  less  far  apart,  and: 

'Tt  is  decided,  then?"  asked  Grandmamma,  in 
low,  grieved  tones,  in  which  however,  might  still 
be  detected  a  touch  of  anger.  "You  have  fully 
resolved  to  cause  the  unhappiness  of  the  child?" 

"On  the  contrary,"  Grandfather  replied  in  de- 
cided tones,  "I  most  earnestly  desire  that  our 
little  granddaughter  may  never  have  to  say  that 
my  imprudence  was  the  cause  of  unhappiness  to 
her." 

With  that  pretty,  patrician  air  whicli  so  well 
became   her.   Grandmamma  gave  a  tiny  defiant 


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toss  of  her  head. 

"Because  the  young  man  she  loves  has  more 
fortune  than  she?"  cried  she  with  a  fine  air  of 
contempt.  "A  nice  state  of  affairs,  indeed!  Yet 
they  are  at  least  sure  of  having  bread  to  eat — " 

"But  not  butter,"  interrupted  Grandfather  with 
exasperating  calmness. 

"When  people  are  in  love,  they  can  have  kisses 
even  with  dry  bread,"  remarked  Grandmamma, 
a  little  smile  lurking  about  her  lips. 

Grandfather  took  refuge  in  dignified  silence. 

Nothing  more  was  said  for  a  time.  Presently, 
with  a  sudden  new  light  shining  in  her  bright 
brown  eyes.  Grandmamma  moved  on  more 
briskly,  glancing  the  while  from  side  to  side  until 
suddenly  she  stopped  before  a  fine  old  hazelnut 
tree.  "See,  dear,"  she  said  softly,  "I  think  that 
is  a  hazelnut  tree." 

With  that  chivalrous  politeness  which,  not- 
withstanding any  little  difference  of  opinion  there 
might  be  between  them,  Grandfather  always  dis- 
played toward  Grandmamma,  he  drew  near,  and 
after  carefully  adjusting  his  gold-rimmed  eye- 
glasses, surveyed  the  tree  critically. 

"Tlicy  arc  certainly  liazelnuts,"  he  remarked 
blandly. 

"Will  you  fiathcr  tlieni  for  me,  dear?"  she 
asked  demurely,  jxiinting  to  a  hunch  quite  be- 
yond her  reacli. 

Grandfather  n.gar<Ied  lu-r  witli  im  little  sur- 
prise. It  was  indeed  many  and  many  a  long  year 
.since  lie  and  Grandmamma  had  found  amusement 
in  gathering  and  eating  hazelnuts.  However,  in 
his  old-fashioned,  courtly  way,  he  deftly  passed 
the  crooked  handle  of  his  walking  stick  over  the 
branch,  carefully  bringing  it  within  reach.  Then 
he  plucked  llic  coveted  bunch  and  handed  it  to 
her. 

Grandmamma  daintily  pinned  the  half-ripe  nuts 
in  the  bodice  of  her  dress. 

"Don't  you  remember,  dear?"  she  asked  softly, 
yet  still  with  the  light  in  her  fine  old  eyes,  and 
the  denuire  little  smile  on  her  lips. 

A  vagrant  sunbeam  which  had  wandered  down 
through  the  branches  above  seemed  to  give  a 
strange  light  to  Grandfather's  face,  while  Granda- 
mamma's  brown  eyes  looked  into  his  gray  ones 
with  disturbing  persistency.  Did  he  remember, 
indeed!  He  remembered  perfectly  well.  But 
that  was  many  years  ago,  and  Grandmamma's 
pretty  silver-gray  hair  had  been  a  beautiful  rich 
brown,  just  matching  the  soft  velvet  of  her  brown 
eyes.  However,  one's  dignity  must  be  main- 
tianed  at  all  costs — and,  moreover,  what  had  hazel- 
nuts and  those  old,  old  days  to  do  with  such  a 
serious  matter  as  the  marriage  of  their  only 
granddaughter?  With  a  movement  as  of  slight 
displeasure  at  such  frivolity,  he  was  turning  to 
another  tree,  whose  low-hanging  boughs  were 
sadly  in  need  of  a  pruning  knife,  when  Grand- 
mamma's fingers  caught  him  by  the  button-hole. 

"It  is  the  same,"  she  said  softly,  while  pointing 
to  the  aged  nut  tree,  "the  very  same  tree  that 
was  so  loaded  that  year — " 

"Yes.  yes,  I  know,"  interrupted  Grandfather 
with  a  little  frown,  trying  to  escape;  but  though 
Grandmamma's  gentle  old  fingers  shook  a  little, 
they  held  him  fast,  and  her  voice  trembled 
slightly  as  she  went  on: 

"I  was  just  here,  you  remember?  I  had  stripped 
the  lower  branches  when  you  came.  It  was  you, 
dear,  who  finished  gathering  them  for  me.  And 
as  the  nuts  fell  into  my  apron,  your  eyes  grew 
more  and  more  eloquent.  Then  you  kissed  me 
— and  pinned  the  last  bunch  of  all  in  my  dress, 
just  where  I  pinned  one  now — " 


"My  dear,  dear  wife!"  murmured  Grandfather, 
his  dignity  quite  forgotten. 

'And  you  said:  'Madeline,  if  you  parents  re- 
fuse to  allow  us  to  marry,  I  will  blow  my  brains 
out — '  " 

"But  we  did  marry!  And  besides,  we've  been 
quite  happy  together  for  over  fifty  years!"  cried 
Grandfather,  with  a  great  shout  of  happy  laugh- 
ter. 

"And  we  were  not  at  all  rich,  don't  you  remem- 
ber, dear?"  patting  his  cheek  with  tremulous 
fingers — "but  we  have  been  very,  very  happy. 
And  the  children  will  be  happy  too — perhaps  rich 
besides,"  she  added,  with  a  little  twinkle  of  the 
eye. 

Again  silence.  But  now  it  was  the  happy 
silence  of  mutual  love  and  trust,  as,  with  arms 
linked  lovingly  and  aged  faces'  all  aglow  with 
the  tender  memories  of  those  long  past  but  never- 
to-be-forgotten,  dear  old  courting  days,  they 
walked  happily  together  on  to  where  the  bright 
spot  at  the  end  of  the  avenue  had  grown  into  a 
great  archway  full  of  warm,  golden  sunlight. 

Then  Grandfather  turned  to  Grandmamma. 

"We  must  begin  to  economize  at  once,"  he  said 
in  half-quizzical  tones  intended  to  hide  his  emo- 
tion, "so  that  the  child's  dowry  may  be  the  larger." 

"Well,"  said  Grandmamma,  with  a  little  toss 
of  her  head  and  a  sly  glance  at  her  rich  silken 
gown,  "a  little  economy  won't  hurt  us — very 
much." 

"So  that  after  all,"  said  Grandfather  with  mock 
gravity,  "the  poor  children  may  have  a  little 
butter  with  their  bread!" 

"And  there  are  always  nuts  to  be  had  for  the 
gathering!"  cried  Grandmamma  with  a  happy 
little  laugh;  adding  softly,  "if  they  are  only  half 
as  happy  as  we  have  been — !" 

And  Grandfather's  loving  glance  more  than 
finished  the  sentence. 


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Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXV— THE  SPIRIT 
By  Henry 

(The    following    poem    by    Henry    Meade    lUand  of 
Short   Story   Club  Magazine.    It  was  sent  to  this  o; 
desires  to  acknowledge.) 

1  am  Tro)',  I  am  Tjtc  and  Sidon; 
I'm  the  glory  of  Rome  and  of  Greece; 
I  am  Venice  of  old  with  her  riches  untold; 
1  am  Toil,  I  am  Triunipli  and  Peace. 

I'm  De  Leon's  long-yearned-for  fountain; 
I'm  the  Indes  the  great  Adm'ral  sought; 
I'm  the  haven  of  rest  in  the  Isles  of  the  Blest; 
I'm  the  heart  of  the  stout  Argonaut. 

I  am  Hercules,  Theseus,  and  Dion; 
I'm  Apollo,  and  Baldur,  and  Thor; 
.And  my  shining  steed  is  swifter  in  speed 
Than  the  fiery  Morning  Star. 


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Meade  Bland 

San  Jose  was  published  several  months  ago  in  the  Pacific 
by  Sue  H.  Terill  of  San  Jose  whose  kindness  the  editor 

I'm  the  soul  of  a  sorrowing  woman 
Made  strong  in  her  battle  with  fate; 
I  am  love  set  a-whirl  in  the  heart  of  a  girl; 
1  am  Kve;  I  am  Shcha  the  great. 

I'm  the  splendor  of  high  aspiration 

In  the  temples  of  tliought  and  of  dream; 

I'm  the  glory  apart  that  reigns  o'er  the  heart; 

For  of  Joy  I  am  builder  supreme. 

And  where  is  the  hand  that  shall  hinder 
My  course  to  the  uttermost  goal: 
For  one  is  as  ten  in  my  legion  of  men. 
And  each  an  unconq'rable  soul! 


The  Spectator 


To  Meet  Abbas  Eflendi 

1  went  out  to  California  street  near  Franklin 
the  other  day  to  meet  Abdul  Baha  or  Abbas 
Effendi  as  he  is  sometimes  known,  and  to  take 
a  sip  of  the  perfumed  waters  of  Bahaism. 
Wouldn't  have  missed  the  experience  for  the 
world!  Haven't  seen  such  a  collection  of  queer 
women  and  queerer  men  since  I  attended  a  re- 
vival meeting.  And  in  truth  there  are  many 
features  of  the  revival  meeting  about  this  curious 
cult  brought  into  the  West  by  the  Prisoner  of 
Akka  (who,  I  have  been  told,  never  was  a  pris- 
oner— but  this  is  immaterial).  There  was  the 
same  show  of  unbridled  emotionalism  as  distin- 
guished the  old-fashioned  revival  meeting;  the 
same  foolish  unlocking  of  the  lachrymal  gates. 
The  manifestation  of  the  Bahai  propaganda  to 
which  I  was  treated  struck  me  as  thoroughly 
unhealthy,  particularly  for  the  women.  If  the 
scenes  I  saw  were  typical  of  Bahaism,  and  I 
suppose  they  were,  I'd  as  soon  turn  women  loose 
in  the  orgiastic  muddle  of  religious  and  erotic 
mania  that  characterizes  a  back  country  camp 
meeting  as  encourage  them  to  fondness  for  this 
religious  fad. 


A  Strange  Gathering 

Among  those  gathered  in  the  big  house  which 
was  the  temporary  home  of  the  University  Club 
after  the  fire  were  Mirza  Ameen  Ullah  Fareed,  the 
poet  of  Teheran  who  is  the  chief  apostle  of  the 
Bahai  movement  in  this  country,  and  Mrs.  Get- 
singer  of  Washington,  D.  C,  a  cultivated  woman 
who  has  apparently  given  up  her  home  ties  to 
consecrate  herself  to  the  cult.  Gertrude  Boyle, 
the  sculptor,  and  Kanno,  her  Japanese  poet-hus- 
band, were  there,  the  poet  of  Nippon  attired  in 
a  tuxedo  suit  wtih  heavy  boots  such  as  Joaquin 
Miller  wears  and  a  scarlet  scarf  wrapped  about 
him  where  a  white  shirt  might  have  been  looked 
for.  This  afternoon  attire  didn't  seem  to  sur- 
prise anybody;  mere  outward  habiliments  arc  be- 
neath the  notice  of  these  sectarians.  There  were 
women  with  many  children  who  didn't  know 
what  it  was  all  about  and  wandered  around  ad- 
miring the  beautiful  chrysanthemums  with  which 
the  rooms  were  decorated.    There  was  one  man 


who  announced  in  solemn  tones  that  he  had 
walked  six  hundred  miles  to  see  and  converse 
with  the  Master.  He  looked  it.  There  was  an 
unhappy  looking  man  with  an  equally  unhappy 
looking  woman  and  two  perfectly  miserable  babies 
who  had  come  from  Seattle  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. I'm  sure  they  couldn't  afford  the  money 
for  the  trip.  There  was  one  woman  m  very 
gorgeous  afternoon  clothes  which  stood  out  in 
vivid  contrast  with  the  freak  garments  that  were 
the  general  rule.  And  there  was  also,  I  noticed 
with  interest,  a  young  man  named  Hatch  who 
used  to  be  probation  officer  here  until  his  Denver 
record  was  exposed  and  he  had  to  resign. 


Expounding  Bahai 

It  was  late  in  the  afternoon  when  I  called,  but 
most  of  these  people  had  been  there  all  day  wait- 
ing for  Abbas  Effendi  to  descend  from  upstairs 
and  give  them  a  benediction.  I  learned  that  the 
Abbas  had  lingered  over  a  late  luncheon  and  was 
resting  after  the  arduous  process  of  consuming 
food.  He  may  have  been  taking  n  snooze  for  all 
I  know.  To  pass  away  the  time  young  Mr.  Hatch 
expounded  the  principles  of  the  cult,  and  I 
learned  that  the  religious  faith  which  has  just 
been  brought  within  our  city  gates  teaches  nun 
to  eschew  booze  and  tobacco,  dope  and  the  fes- 
tive gambling  games;  that  it  discourages  celi- 
bacy and  asceticism;  and  that  it  is  strong  not 
only  for  universal  peace  but  also  for  an  universal 
language.  In  other  words  it  is  a  religion  where- 
in Doctor  Jordan,  the  nemesis  of  the  War  Lords, 
the  good  women  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  and  Frank 
Drew  of  the  Esperanto  Society  could  come  to- 
gether if  they  saw  fit.  I  also  learned  that  the 
Jew  should  stop  waiting  for  the  coming  of  his 
Messiah,  the  Christian  for  the  second  coming  of 
Christ,  the  Moslem  for  the  coming  of  the  Mahdi, 
the  Buddhist  for  the  coming  of  the  fifth  Buddha,  the 
Zoroastrian  the  coming  of  Shah  Bahram  and  the 
Hindu  the  return  of  Krishna — this  for  the  very 
simple  reason  that  all  these  actually  came  when 
Baha  Ullah,  the  father  of  Abbas  Effendi,  appeared 
on  the  earth!  All  of  which  convinced  me  thai  the 
Bahai  people  are  very  nifty  claimers. 


Tears  for  the  Abbas 

l  inally  .Abbas  Effendi  came  downstairs.  He's 
an  old  chap  with  a  long  white  beard,  and  wears 
a  tan  robe  and  a  white  silk  cap.  When  he  ap- 
peared in  the  room  many  of  the  women  advanced, 
knelt  at  his  feet  and  kissed  the  hem  of  his  gar- 
ment. One  of  them  said  she  had  been  waiting 
for  that  precious  moment  for  years  and  years. 
To  all,  disciples  and  others,  the  Abbas  gave  a 
touch  of  his  soft  white  hand.  (Why  do  these 
Masters  always  have  soft  white  hands?)  Then 
he  talked  in  Persian  and  Ullah  Fareed  interpreted 
the  words  of  wisdom  as  they  fell.  They  were 
not  very  impressive  words  but  their  effect  was 
remarkable.  Pent  up  emotions  broke  loose.  I 
noticed  with  surprise  one  woman  who  stood  near 
me.  She  was  laboring  under  intense  agitation. 
Her  bosom  heaved  convulsively  with  long  sobs 
and  finally  she  burst  forth  in  a  torrent  of  tears. 
The  weeping  became  general.  Young  Mr.  Hatch 
was  so  overcome  that  he  buried  his  head  in  a 
fold  of  a  portiere  and  cried  like  a  baby.  Of 
course  the  youngsters  set  up  a  sympathetic 
chorus  of  their  own.  If  this  was  religious  joy  it 
was  the  dampest  religious  joy  I  ever  witnessed. 
Before  I  left  I  told  one  of  the  initiates  that  I 
had  enjoyed  myself  immensely,  and  he  glared  at 
me  for  an  unregenerate  dog. 


Our  Unschooled  Diplomats 

The  opportunities  for  rubbing  elbows  with  the 
great  of  other  nations  afforded  by  the  various 
ceremonial  functions  in  connection  with  the  build- 
ing of  our  World's  Fair  should  do  much  to  round 
the  sharp  edges  of  provincialism  so  noticeable 
in  our  leading  cits.    Much  good  along  this  line 


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9 


has  been  accomplished  already,  but  there  is  plenty 
of  room  for  further  improvement.  Our  distin- 
guished men  are  not  always  happy  in  their 
speeches.  They  are  somewhat  deficient  in  the 
delicate  knack  of  suiting  the  word  to  the  oc- 
casion. They  leave  unsaid  the  graceful  things 
which  ought  to  be  said.  But  most  of  all  they 
are  inclined  to  speak  the  word  which  should  be 
left  unsaid.  For  instance,  there  was  Henry  P. 
Bowie,  the  learned  amateur  of  Japanese  paint- 
ing, who  was  one  of  the  speakers  at  the  Presidio  the 
day  the  Japanese  commissioners  chose  the  site 
for  their  fair  .building.  Bowie's  talk  was  inter- 
esting and  pat  until  he  suddenly  launched  out  in 
praise  and  advocacy  of  universal  peace.  That 
may  be  a  very  commendable  theme  at  the  proper 
time,  but  it  is  a  subject  not  to  be  publicly  dis- 
cussed on  the  military  reservation  in  presence  of 
all  the  ofificers  of  the  post;  especially  when  there 
has  just  been  a  magnificent  review  of  2,000 
troops!  There  was  another  instance  last  week 
when  the  Chinese  commissioners  chose  their  site. 
Colonel  Cornelius  Gardiner  was  a  speaker.  He 
paid  many  glowing  tributes  to  the  Chinese. 
Among  other  things  he  complimented  them  on 
the  fact  that  they  have  not  in  their  country  the 
priestcraft  which  according  to  our  son  of  Mars, 
has  been  for  centuries  the  bane  of  Europe!  As 
I  said  before,  more  experience  will  tend  to  make 
such  blunders  impossible. 


The  Acting  Governor  Explained 

Acting  Governor  Wallace  has  been  heard  sev- 
eral times  lately  in  the  site-choosing  ceremonies. 
He  is  a  not  a  very  happy  speaker.  He  is  perhaps 
too  greatly  impressed  with  the  importance  of  his 
official  duties.  I  judge  so  from  the  fact  that  he 
lugs  the  discussion  of  them  into  these  addresses 
to  foreign  commissioners.  At  the  luncheon  to 
the  Chinese  commissioners  at  the  St.  Francis  he 
talked  about — what  do  you  think?  You  couldn't 
guess  in  an  hour,  unless  you  know  the  acting 
governor.  Why,  he  talked  about  the  Figueroa 
case!  That  case  must  be  very  much  in  his  mind, 
otherwise  he  wouldn't  drag  it  into  a  luncheon 
talk  to  the  Chinese  commissioners.  The  acting 
governor  did  not  mention  Figueroa  by  name,  but 
he  complained  that  he  had  been  severely  criticized 
for  commuting  the  sentence  of  a  convict,  and 
looking  around  the  luncheon  table,  added:  "You 
all  know  the  case  to  which  I  refer."  Evidently 
Wallace  thought  the  Chinese  were  posted  on  this 


matter  of  purely  Californian  importance.  The 
acting  governor  proceeded  to  imitate  Dogberry. 
He  told  of  a  conversation  he  had  had  with  Ches- 
ter Rowell  on  this  Figueroa  case.  He  quoted 
Rowell  as  saying  that  his  (Wallace's)  conduct 
could  be  explained  on  three  hypotheses.  "The 
first,"  he  quoted  Chester  as  saying,  "is  thus  and 
so;  the  second  is  that  and  the  other  (there  is  no 
need  of  specifying);  the  third  is  that  you  are  a 
blank  fool."  "I  assured  Mr.  Rowell."  said  Wal- 
lace, "that  I  had  not  acted  on  the  first  or  second 
hypothesis  he  mentioned."  So  here  we  have  an 
acting  governor  who  is  content  to  be  considered 
a  blank  fool.  Even  the  Chinese  showed  signs 
of  amazement  at  this  curious  avowal. 


Trouble  in  the  Pacific-Union 

There  has  been  a  change  in  the  directorate  of 
the  Pacific-Union  Club,  and  with  the  change  has 
come  the  possibility  of  a  very  pretty  scrap.  The 
trouble  comes  from  certain  official  action  taken 
when  Billy  Bourn  was  president.  To  the  Billy 
Bourn  regime  has  succeeded  the  George  Pope 
regime  the  members  of  which  are  not  altogether 
in  sympathy  with  the  policy  pursued  by  their 
predecessors.  It  seems  that  when  Bourn  was 
president  the  board  of  directors  admitted  certain 
consuls  general  into  the  club  on  payment  of  one- 
half  the  usual  initiation  fee.  This  action  was 
taken  because  the  board  thought  that  the  local 
representatives  of  certain  nations  should  be  mem- 
bers of  our  most  exclusive  club.  Naturally  the 
consuls  general  were  in  sympathy  with  this  sense 
of  what  was  fitting,  particularlj'  when  the  fee 
was  cut  in  two.  But  the  new  board  of  directors 
with  George  Pope  at  its  head  thinks  that  this 
was  all  wrong,  and  there  is  talk  of  divorcing  the 
new  members  from  the  club  on  the  ground  that 
their  election  was  irregular. 


Poet,  Playwright  and  Despot 

Some  hitherto  obscure  potentates  have  been 
basking  in  the  limelight  since  the  opening  of 
the  war  in  the  Balkans.  Not  the  least  interest- 
ing of  them  is  King  Nicholas  of  Montenegro. 
This  monarch  is  an  odd  personality.  Educated 
in  Paris,  a  poet  and  playwright  his  drama  "Bal- 
kanska  Tsaritso"  (the  Balkan  Empress)  has  long 
been  popular  among  the  Balkan  Slavs.  With  all 
his  culture  King  Nicholas,  or  Nikita,  which  is 
his  real  name,  remains  at  heart  an  Oriental  despot 
as  he  must  needs  be  to  rule  his  half  savage  high- 


landers.  His  predecessor  on  the  throne  was  mur- 
dered by  a  Montenegrin  Albanian,  who  was 
avenging  the  honor  of  his  wife.  The  first  act  of 
Nicholas  when  he  ascended  the  throne  was  to 
have  the  whole  family  of  this  Albanian,  number- 
ing eighty  persons,  massacred.  That  was  the 
blood  feud  with  a  vengeance.  In  1905,  in  imita- 
tion of  the  example  of  the  Russian  Czar,  he 
granted  a  constitution  and  himself  swore  obed- 
ience to  it,  but  when  the  composition  of  the 
Skuptchina,  or  Parliament,  revealed  a  large  Op- 
position element,  which  demanded  the  European- 
ization  of  the  institutions  and  the  army,  the 
abolition  of  the  patronage  system  and  even  the 
establishment  of  a  civil  list,  the  "constitutional" 
King  was  very  much  upset.  The  Skuptchina  was 
soon  dissolved,  a  new  Parliament  was  "appointed" 
and  a  reign  of  terror  followed.  The  chief  leaders 
of  the  Opposition  were  arrested,  including  the 
former  Premier,  Radovitch,  on  a  bogus  charge 
of  conspiracy.  Most  of  these  men  are  languish- 
ing in  prison  to  this  day,  with  the  exception  of 
Tomitch,  the  ex-President  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
who  got  "accidentally"  soaked  in  petroleum  and 
burnt ! 


A  Glutton  for  Mazuma 

King  Nicholas's  foreign  policy  is  very  inter- 
esting. It  is  based  on  cash  considerations  temp- 
ered by  matrimony.  From  the  Sultan  Abdul 
Hamid  King  Nicholas  received  to  the  very  day 
of  the  Sultan's  deposition  the  salary  of  a  Grand 
Vizier  in  consideration  of  his  services  in  abstain- 
ing from  causing  trouble,  and  in  1899  he  accepted 
from  Abdul  Hamid  $200,000  under  a  promise  not 
to  encourage  sedition  in  Macedonia.  With 
Russia  his  relations  have  been  particularly  in- 
timate. He  succeeded  in  marrying  two  of  his 
daughters  into  the  Russian  imperial  family  and 
he  has  been  receiving  regularly  a  grant  of  $87,500 
a  year  from  the  Czar's  private  purse,  to  say 
nothing  of  various  presents  from  time  to  time, 
chiefly  in  the  shape  of  war  material.  Similar 
presents  flowed  to  Cettinje  from  Italy,  for  the 
Queen  of  Italy  is  a  third  daughter  of  King 
Nicholas.  Lastly,  Austria  was  in  the  habit  of 
paying  him  over  $10,000  a  year,  and  since  the 
annexation  of  Bosnia  four  times  as  much.  As 
a  matter  of  fact  Montenegro  and  her  King  have 
been  living  for  many  years  on  their  richer  neigh- 
bors and  patrons,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that 
when  the  first  Skuptchina  wanted  to  draw  up  a 
budget  it  found  no  data  to  go  on. 


That  Champagne  Bet 

Quite  as  inaccurate  as  the  report  of  Mark 
Twain's  death  when  he  was  alive  in  London  was 
the  story  in  the  Examiner  the  other  day  of  the 
bet  made  by  Maguire  and  Gus  Eisen  on  the  ques- 
tion of  the  merits  of  California  champagne.  The 
question  was  not  whether  California  champagne 
was  equal  to  foreign  champagne  but  whether  it 
was  possible  to  distinguish  a  certain  brand  of 
California  champagne  from  certain  varieties  of 
imported  champagne.  Nor  was  the  solution  of 
the  question  made  a  matter  of  taste  and  prefer- 
ence. Now  if  a  champagne  can  be  manufactured 
in  this  State  so  near  akin  to  the  imported  wine 
that  champagne  drinkers  are  unable  to  perceive 
a  difference  it  is  of  some  importance  that  the 
fact  should  be  known.  Ever  since  Arpad  Har- 
azthy  made  a  fizzle  while  trying  to  produce  the 
genuine  fizz,  champagne  drinkers  have  scoffed 
whenever  they  have  been  told  of  the  success  of 
a  California  champagne  maker.  And  their  scoff- 
ing was  justified.  Even  Paul  Masson,  good  wine 
maker  tliough  he  must  be  owned,  has  not  yet 
threatened  to  injure  the  business  of  the  wine 
makers  of  France.  But  let  us  no  longer  swallow 
the  stuff  and  nonsense  that  so-called  experts 
have  palmed  off  as  reasons  why  California  may 


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never  hope  to  produce  a  genuine,  bubbling, 
palatable,  inspiriting  and  inspiring  champagne. 
Their  favorite  explanation  has  been  that  the  al- 
chemy of  our  soil  was  not  equal  to  the  wizard 
task  of  imparting  the  right  flavor  to  the  essential 
grape.  Notwithstanding  all  that  has  been  .'said 
in  support  of  this  assertion  some  sceptical  Cali- 
fornians  have  risked  a  fortune  in  giving  our  grape 
a  fair  trial.  Tliey  brought  a  champagne  expert 
from  the  champagne  district  at  an  enormous 
salary  to  see  what  he  could  do  with  our  recalci- 
trant grape.  They  gave  him  all  the  machinery 
he  wanted  and  all  the  time  he  needed  to  make 
and  perfect  his  product,  and  the  result  was  the 
wine  that  led  to  the  bet  between  Maguire  and 
Eisen. 


wines  and  thrice  he  called  a  foreign  brand  the 
Caiifornian  product.  Then  came  "Buck"  Travis, 
the  automobile  expert,  fastest  driver  in  the  State, 
who  couldn't  believe  that  you  could  fool  his  palate. 
He  got  it  right  once  and  missed  it  three  times. 
Others  tried  and  others  failed. 


How  It  Was  Decided 

The  bet  was  that  Eisen  couldn't  tell  the  dif- 
ference between  foreign  wine  and  the  particular 
bra  nd  of  California  champagne  made  by  the  im- 
ported expert.  Eisen,  having  a  palate  educated 
to  the  subtleties  of  champagne  flavor  and  savor, 
laughed  at  the  idea  of  his  not  being  able  to 
detect  the  shortcoming  of  the  California  grape. 
He  was  sure  that  the  imprisoned  laughter  of 
France  would  touch  his  soul  as  soon  as  it  entered 
his  head.  And  this  is  what  happened.  Blind- 
folded he  sat  before  four  glasses  of  bubbling 
wine.  In  each  of  three  of  them  was  a  foreign 
wine,  in  the  fourth  was  the  California  wine,  the 
name  of  which  the  Examiner,  notwithstanding 
its  love  of  the  State  and  its  eagerness  to  promote 
Caiifornian  industries,  failed  to  mention,  but 
which  I  will  mention  though  California  industries 
have  done  very  little  for  Town  Talk.  The  wine 
is  called  Golden  State,  and  it  is  manufactured 
by  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony.  Well,  to  make  a 
long     story     short.     Eisen     sampled     all  four 


The  Knowing  Mr.  Barry 

From  occasional  reading  of  Mr.  John  D.  Barry 
in  the  Bulletin  I  have  come  to  marvel  at  the  man 
—his  fluency,  his  vast  knowledge,  his  wonderful 
circle  of  acquaintances.  He  has  been  everywhere, 
seen  everything,  met  everybody.  He  loves  to 
adorn  a  theme  with  the  last  word  spoken  on  the 
subject  to  him  in  London  or  New  York  or  Thibet 
by  the  one  person  universally  acknowledged  as 
authority.  If  learning  is  the  knowledge  of  that 
which  is  not  generally  known  to  others  Mr. 
Barry  is  one  of  the  most  learned  of  men.  Take 
him  on  any  old  subject,  the  drama,  for  instance, 
and  see  how  much  he  knows  that  you  or  I  don't 
know.  He  says,  for  instance,  that  "the  dramatist 
of  today  is  more  restricted  than  Shakespeare  was 
with  his  freedom  to  change  the  scene  whenever  he 
pleased,"  and  that  in  time  "dramatists  will  rebel 
against  this  limitation;"  also  that  scenery  has 
exercised  "a  kind  of  tyranny  over  the  dramatist," 
making  "the  dramatist  its  victim."  If  this  had 
been  written  twenty-five  years  ago  it  would  be 
pronounced  trite,  but  now  it  is  anything  but  that. 
It  is  but  to  voice  the  general  impression  of  per- 
sons who  think  they  know  everything  of  the 
drama  that  playwrights  of  late  have  come  to  be 
on  more  familiar  terms  than  formerly  with  their 
medium  and  that  they  have  imposed  greater  re- 
strictions than  ever  on  themselves  in  the  interest 
of  art.  If  conditions  of  theatrical  representations 
are  much  harder  now  than  they  were  in  Shake- 
speare's day,  it  is  not,  the  unenlightened  have 


supposed,  because  of  the  tyranny  of  scenery.  The 
ordinary  student  of  the  drama  will  tell  you  that 
Ibsen,  who  revolutionized  the  art  of  playwriting, 
made  scenery  a  matter  of  secondary  consideration. 
He  will  also  explain  to  you  that  since  Ibsen 
pointed  the  way  playwrights  have  scorned  the 
soliloquy  and  the  "aside,"  those  darling  expedients 
which  made  it  comparatively  easy  to  write  a  play. 
Xo  longer  does  the  hero  reveal  the  villain  to  the 
audience  by  telling  the  footlights  that  the  man 
who  has  just  entered  is  the  man  that  stole  his 
wife.  The  lady's  maid  has  ceased  to  be  essential 
as  a  means  of  explaining  the  state  pf  affairs  in  the 
first  act.  The  letter  that  arrives  at  the  pyscho- 
logical  moment  is  a  thing  of  the  past.  Greater 
than  ever  is  the  intractability  of  the  playwright's 
medium,  the  plain  student  of  the  drama  will  tell 
you,  but  he  will  add  that  the  skilled  playwright 
has  worked  himself  clear  of  all  trace  of  conform- 
ing with  the  laws  of  his  art,  and  that  there  will 
be  no  likelihood  of  a  revolt  against  limitation 
until  the  public  becomes  as  unsophif^'icated  as 
it  was  in  the  days  when  it  luxuriated  in  Sardo- 
odledum. 


The  Essential  Theme 

Another  thing  we  didn't  kn<iw  till  Barry  told  us 
is  "the  restriction  in  theme  of  the  drama."  Every 
play  must  deal  with  love.  No  playwright  has  man- 
aged to  write  a  good  play  "without  using  love"  and 
"of  course  no  play  can  deal  truly  and  searchingly 
with  human  life  that  does  not  involve  the  attrac- 
tion between  men  and  women."  Let  us  conclude, 
therefore,  that  Timon  of  .\thens  and  Julius  Caesar 
are  not  plays;  that  Ghosts,  a  study  of  a  tragic 
aspect  of  heredity,  and  An  Enemy  of  the  People, 
a  study  of  the  fundamental  dishonesty  of  the  peo- 
ple, are  merely  tracts.  And  how  shall  we  char- 
acterize "The  Weavers,"  a  drama  so  quick,  so 


The  Big  Desk  House 


purchased  the  entire  stock  of  Office  Desks  and  Chairs 
of  W.  &  J.  Sloane  and  has  placed  it  on  Sale  at  prices 
entirely  inconsistent  with  the  high  quality  and  charac- 
ter of  this  Office  Furniture. 

Every  Desk  and  every  Chair  is  labeled  with  a  red  Sale  tag, 
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vital,  so  moving  in  its  own  palpitating  fiber  that 
it  fairly  acts  itself.  But  this  great  play  has  never 
been  supposed  to  have  love  for  its  theme.  Hunger 
is  the  theme — the  madness  of  famine,  the  despair 
of  the  empty  stomach.  The  German  Emperor 
revoked  the  State  subsidy  formerly  enjoyed  by  the 
Deutsche  Theatre  in  Berlin  for  producing  this 
play.  Was  it  on  account  of  the  eroticism  of  it? 
Mr.  Barry  knows.  He  probably  talked  with  the 
Emperor  about  it. 


The  Status  of  the  Call 

About  two  weeks  ago,  when  the  rumor  got 
about  newspaperdom  that  John  D.  Spreckels  had 
sold  the  Call  to  William  Wallace  Chapin  of 
Seattle,  an  official  statement  was  pasted  on  the 
Bulletin  board  in  the  Call  local  room  setting 
forth  that  while  Mr.  Chapin  was  to  take  charge 
of  the  paper,  there  would  be  no  other  changes 
and  that  nobody  need  be  fearful  of  losing  his 
position  except  for  good  cause.  That  served  to 
allay  the  natural  anxiety  felt  by  the  editorial  staff. 
But  the  anxiety  seems  to  be  reviving.  I  am  told 
that  there  are  to  be  further  changes  after  all.  One 
rumor  is  to  the  effect  that  a  new  man  is  to 
succeed  Ernest  S.  Simpson,  the  very  capable 
managing  editor.  I  have  even  heard  speculation 
as  to  who  the  new  man  might  be,  and  some 
who  had  the  air  of  "being  in  the  know"  suggested 
the  name  of  Ed  Insley,  the  managing  editor  of 
the  Sacramento  Union.  Chapin  who,  by  the  way, 
used  to  be  quite  a  beau  in  Sacramento  before  he 
went  to  Seattle,  worked  with  Insley  on  the  Paris 
edition  of  the  New  York  Herald.  They  have 
always  been  fast  friends. 


Wizard  Freeman 

Edgar  Allan  Poe  showed  in  one  of  his  stories 
how  three  Sundays  could  come  together  in  one 
week,  but  Poe  was  inferior  in  wizardry  to  John 
R.  Freeman  of  Providence,  R.  I.  Freeman  is 
the  city's  Hetch  Hetchy  expert.  A  very  expert 
man  is  Freeman  in  the  delicate  matter  of  making 
out  a  bill.  So  expert  that  he  crowds  as  many 
as  sixty-eight  days  into  one  month.  What  is 
Poe's  achievement  to  that?  Freeman's  bill  shows 
that  he  worked  fifty-three  days  in  June  and  sixty- 
eight  in  July.  Freeman  figures  that  seven  hours 
make  a  day's  work.  Being  a  glutton  for  work, 
however,  he  keeps  right  at  it,  even  on  Sunday 
and  the  Fourth  of  July,  serving  the  city  for 
twelve  or  fourteen  hours  at  a  stretch.  For  the 
seven  hours  Freeman  charges  the  city  two  hun- 
dred dollars;  for  seven  hours  of  overtime  he 
charges  one  hundred  dollars.  Because  he  is 
such  an  assiduous  worker  and  such  a  skillful 
biller  Freeman  has  been  able  to  serve  the  city  to 
the  tune  of  forty-nine  thousand  dollars. 


Our  Splendid  Musicians 

The  four  weeks  of  grand  opera  and  the  first 
two  performances  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra 


serve  to  remind  us  that  wc  have  a  lot  of  splendid 
musicians  in  this  city.  If  you  are  not  prepared 
to  admit  this  offhand,  there  is  the  testimony  of 
an  outsider  whose  word  is  weighty  with  authority. 
Adolph  Rosenbecker,  the  distinguished  musician 
who  is  concert  master  of  the  San  Francisco  Or- 
chestra, is  loud  in  his  praise  of  the  local  musicians 
with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact.  "When  we 
of  the  Chicago  Opera  Company  gave  'Salome'  in 
Chicago,"  he  said  the  other  day,  "we  rehearseo 
it  for  one  hundred  and  thirty  hours.  Here  your 
musicians  rehearsed  it  for  thirty-six  hours  only, 
and  gave  just  as  good  a  performance  of  the  very 
difficult  music."  The  Lambardi  Company's  or- 
chestra consisted  of  sixty  musicians,  twelve  of 
whom  came  here  with  the  company  while  the 
remaining  forty-eight  were  local  men.  Of  course 
they  had  a  wonderful  leader  in  Bavagnoli,  but 
what  could  Bavagnoli  have  done  with  poor  ma- 
terial? This  leader,  by  the  way,  worked  so  hard 
here  that  his  health  was  impaired  and  he  is  tak- 
ing a  badly  needed  rest. 


Kirkpatrick's  Confession 

A  short  time  ago  a  waiter  in  the  Palace  made 
a  very  serious  blunder,  a  blunder  which  cost  the 
hotel  money.  The  head  waiter  w-ent  to  see  Col- 
onel Kirkpatrick  about  it.  "It  was  a  bad  mis- 
take," he  explained,  "but  he  is  a  good  waiter  and 
he  made  the  mistake  in  good  faith,  so  I  don't 
like  to  fire  him."  "Well,"  drawled  Colonel  Kirk- 
patrick, "I  guess  it's  not  necessary  to  fire  him. 
We  all  make  mistakes.  I  make  mistakes  myself. 
I  put  the  billiard  hall  in  the  basement  of  the  old 
hotel  and  it  cost  us  $35,000." 


From  a  Former  Generation 

I  noticed  old  Henry  Callaghan  in  the  Palace 
the  other  afternoon.  There  was  a  time  when 
Henry  Callaghan  knew  nearly  everybody  in  that 
famous  lobby,  but  times  have  changed.  The  old 
days  have  gone,  leaving  few  of  his  friends  behind; 
and  a  new  crowd  of  mining  men  has  taken  the 
place  of  the  coterie  consisting  of  Hayward,  Ho- 
bart,  Sharon  and  Hearst  in  which  Henry  Callag- 
han loved  to  move.  There  is  only  one  of  the  old- 
timers  left  to  greet  Callaghan  on  the  rare  occa- 
sions when  he  enters  the  hotel,  and  that  is  old 
John  Harper.  But  I'll  wager  that  any  old  miner 
who  has  fallen  on  evil  days  can  get  a  twenty  dol- 
lar gold  piece  from  Callaghan  merely  by  accost- 
ing him  and  repainting  old  scenes. 


He  Has  Broken  Down 

In  the  old  mining  days  Henry  Bratnober  was 
Callaghan's  particular  pal.  I  understand  that 
Bratnober's  health,  mental  and  physical,  has 
broken  down  and  that  he  has  been  removed  from 
his  home  in  Piedmont  to  a  sanitarium.  Brat- 
nober was  a  husky  giant  but  always  nervous  and 
high-strung;  he  had  a  collapse  once  before  and 
went  to  Alaska  to  recuperate.    It  is  only  about 


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ten  years  since  Bratnober  and  Callaghan  gave 
up  active  service  as  mine  experts.  John  W. 
Gates  used  to  pay  Bratnober  one  thousand  dol- 
lars a  day  to  examine  and  report  on  mines.  It 
was  about  a  decade  ago  that  Bratnober  and  Cal- 
laghan went  to  London  to  bull  copper.  They 
were  eyed  askance  by  English  investors,  but 
persisted  and  when  their  deal  was  completed  they 
and  their  principals  cleaned  up  some  three  or 
four  millions.  The  liaughty  Londoners  were 
willinsj  to   fraternize  witli   them  after  that. 


A  Bray  Story 

There  were  several  prominent  men  who  wanted 
to  be  chief  of  the  bureau  of  concessions  of  the 
World's  Fair  before  the  directors  fixed  on  Burt 
of  Denver  for  the  job.  One  of  them  was  Charles 
E.  Bray,  right  hand  man  of  Martin  Beck  in  the 
management  of  the  Orpheum  circuit.  Bray  was 
out  here  two  or  three  weeks  ago  to  see  the  ex- 
position directors  about  the  matter  but  was  too 
busy  to  wait  for  a  definite  answer.  He  was 
standing  in  front  of  the  box  office  one  afternoon 
chatting  with  Ed  Childs  of  the  local  Orpheum 
when  the  talk  turned  on  theatrical  "nuts."  "I 
used  to  have  in  my  employ,"  he  said,  "a  young 
fellow  who  was  a  fine  worker.  He  was  earning 
$60  a  week  at  his  desk  when  he  became  imbued 
with  the  idea  that  stage  money  was  'easy.'  "Why 
should  they  pay  the  monologists  such  big  coin?' 
he  said  to  me  one  day.  'They  earn  it,'  I  replied. 
"Hush  your  talk!'  he  went  on.  'If  those  fellows 
earn  it  I  can  earn  it.  I  can  sing  better  than  any 
monohigist  I  ever  heard,  and  as  for  jokes,  I've 
got  a  bunch  of  them  that  are  world  beaters.' 
The  idea  got  such  a  hold  on  him  that  he  finally 
cjuit  me  and  went  on  the  stage.  I  got  him  a 
chance  on  the  small  time.    He  worked  several 


months  and  then  came  back  to  me  broke.  I  let 
him  go  back  to  his  desk.  In  a  year  he  had  the 
ambition  again.  This  time  he  fixed  up  a  magic 
act,  and  it  looked  as  though  he  was  going  to  get 
over  with  it.  He  quit  me  again  and  went  out 
with  the  act.  In  six  months  he  was  back  broke 
again.  Twice  more  he  left  mc  and  tried  the 
stage,  but  each  time  he  spent  all  his  money  and 
returned.  He  just  didn't  have  that  something 
that  helps  stage  people  make  good."  'Where  is 
he  now?"  asked  Childs.  "He's  in  Chicago  work- 
ing hard  at  his  desk."  "Letter  for  you.  Mr. 
Bray,"  said  an  office  boy  at  this  point.  Bray 
opened  the  letter  and  read  the  first  few  lines. 
It  said:  "Dear  Charlie — I  am  just  starting  out 
with  my  new  trapeze  act.  Wish  me  luck,  old 
man."    "That's  the  guy,"  said  Bray. 


Tires  Did  the  Trick 

After  having  battled  his  way  across  oceans  of 
sand  and  mud,  through  raging  torrents  and  over 
mesas  where  the  roads  had  been  obliterated  by 
one  of  the  most  severe  storms  in  the  history  of 
the  Southwest,  Ralph  Hamlin  on  October  28 
realized  his  life's  ambition  by  driving  a  Franklin 
car  to  victory  in  the  Los  Angelcs-to-Phoenix  road 
race.  Hamlin  crossed  the  tape  at  the  Fair 
Grounds  in  Phoenix  at  1:02:48  o'clock.  His  run- 
ning time  was  18  hours  45  minutes.  One  of  the 
most  remarkable  features  of  the  race  was  the  test 
of  the  tires  of  the  pacing  cars.  Never  in  the  his- 
tory of  automobile  competition  have  tires  been 
called  upon  to  stand  such  a  grueling  test,  and  the 
fact  that  Hamlin  succeeded  in  leading  the  way 
over  the  500-mile  desert  race  in  such  fast  time  was 
largely  due  to  the  service  of  the  Pennslyvania 
Vacuum  cup  tires.  This  news  brought  joy  to  the 
hearts  of  Manager  J.  E.    French    of    the  coast 


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branch  of  the  Pennsylvania  Tire  Company  and 
Joe  Tansey,  head  of  the  Tansey-Crowe  Company, 
the  local  distributers.  The  desert  race  is  as  hard 
a  test  on  tires  as  it  is  on  the  drivers  and  the  cars 
and  the  time  made  in  the  run  was  no  doubt  due 
in  a  large  measure  to  the  splendid  tire  service 
it  received  from  the  Pennsylvania's  nonskid  cas- 
ings. According  to  Hamlin  these  tires  gave  him 
no  trouble,  and  as  the  time  he  made  is  remark- 
ably fast  for  conditions  of  the  country  and  route, 
the  performance  of  the  Pennsylvania  tires  was 
one  of  the  best  demonstrations  of  the  efficiency 
of  automobile  tires  ever  made. 


Hale's  New  Building 

The  most  remarkable  building  record  made  in 
San  Francisco  has  just  been  established  in  the 
erection  of  the  new  store  of  Hale  Bros.,  Inc.. 
at  the  corner  of  Market  and  I^fth  streets.  Just 
208  days  after  ground  was  broken,  or  at  the  end 
of  175  actual  working  days,  the  magnificent  new 
home  of  Hale  Bros,  was  thrown  open  to  the  pub- 
lic. The  building  has  five  stories  and  a  base- 
ment, is  of  reinforced  concrete  construction,  em- 
bodies every  modern  device  for  safety  and  con- 
venience, and  represents  an  investment  of  over 
$500,000.  The  record  is  made  the  more  interest- 
ing because  the  work  was  all  d<me  by  local  firms, 
Reid  Bros,  being  the  architects  and  Macdonald 
and  Kahn  the  contractors.  Practically  all  the 
wf)rk  on  the  building  was  done  by  local  firms, 
and  its  completion  in  record  time  is  a  splendid 
testimonial  to  the  efficiency  of  our  home  work- 
ers. Hale  Bros.,  Inc.,  is  a  California  institution, 
the  first  store  having  been  founded  by  Marshall 
Hale  Sr.  in  San  Jose  thirty-six  years  ago.  A 
chain  of  stores  has  been  extended  throughout  the 
State,  and  twenty  years  ago  the  first  Hale  store 
was  established  in  San  Francisco.    .After  the  fire 

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of  1906  when  a  new  building  was  completely  de- 
stroyed the  firm  refused  to  seek  quarters  further 
up  town,  and  at  once  commenced  the  erection  of 
the  building  they  are  now  vacating,  which,  by 
the  way,  was  the  first  permanent  fire-proof  build- 
ing to  be  erected  on  Market  street  after  the  city's 
disaster.  Though  only  six  years  have  passed, 
that  building  proved  too  small  for  the  needs  of 
the  firm  and  the  new  building  which  was  opened 
on  Thursday  of  this  week  is  much  larger,  and  is 
perhaps  the  most  modern  store  on  the  coast. 
The  location  at  Market  and  Fifth  streets  has 
practically  established  a  "new  retail  center." 
Sixteen  carlines  radiating  to  all  parts  of  the  city 
come  within  one  block  of  the  store,  and  San 
Francisco's  only  inter-urban  line  starts  from  that 
corner.  The  construction  of  the  building  at- 
tracted comment  because  of  the  fact  that  instead 
of  forcing  people  off  the  sidewalk  during  the 
building  operations,  a  pure  white  tunnel  was 
constructed  on  the  street  level,  which  made  a 
novel  passage  way  for  pedestrians.  The  over- 
head beams  of  the  tunnel  were  utilized  to  give  in- 
teresting facts  about  the  new  store  and  the  city 
in  general.  Hale  Bros.,  Inc.,  have  stores  in  San 
Francisco,  Oakland,  Sacramento,  Stockton  and 
San  Jose.  The  present  members  of  the  firm  in- 
clude P.  C.  Hale,  president;  Marshal  Hale,  vice- 
president;  R.  B.  Hale,  secretary  and  treasurer; 
and  E.  W.  Hale  and  F.  O.  Cobb,  directors. 


A  Reformer  Tout 

It  is  very  interesting  to  note  tliat  preachers 
throughout  the  State  and  the  dear  women  of  tlie 
women's  clubs  have  been  listening  with  edifica- 
tion to  the  addresses  on  race  track  gambling  made 
by  Mr.  Harry  Brolaski.  Mr.  Brolaski  has  been 
honored  unusually  during  this  campaign.  He 
has  occupied  many  pulpits;  he  has  spoken  from 
the  platform  of  many  an  exclusive  woman's  club. 
Everywhere  he  has  been  received  with  considera- 
tion. Only  the  other  day,  I  noticed,  he  spoke  at 
the  l-'irst  Baptist  Church  of  Alameda.  Mr. 
Brolaski  is  very  mucli  opposed  to  race  track 
gambling;  hates  it  with  what  looks  like  a  holy 
hatred.  But  it  isn't  a  Imly  liatred.  Those  who 
know  Mr.  Rrolaski's  career  realize  that.  Mr. 
Brolaski  used  to  be  a  tout  at  Emeryville, 
day  he  became  a  welcher  by  "running  out' 
$2,800.  Then  President  Tom  Williams  barred 
him  from  the  track,  and  Mr,  Brolaski  hasn't  liked 
racetrack  gambling  ever  since. 


One 
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Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  6,) 

"  'Charlie,  nic  boy,  I  could  say  so  and  so  in 
answer  to  that,  but  what's  the  use?' 

"These  suppressed  replies  were  always  gems 
of  repartee, 

"He  always  presented  a  smiling  face  to  the 
world,  1  remember  once  on  one  of  the  expedi- 
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the  chowder  and  I  went  looking  for  him.  I 
found  him  sitting  some  distance  up  the  beach. 
He  refused  to  return  with  me. 

"  'I've  got  a  riproaring  headache,"  he  told  me. 
'and  I  might  say  something  ill-natured  that  I'd 
regret.' 

"He  had  many  sincere  friends.  Stevenson  was 
one  of  them.  I  think  the  one  sincere  spot  in 
Delmas'  life  was  his  fondness  for  Dan  O'Connell. 

"Clay  Greene  says  that  when  he  was  at  Santa 
Clara  he  was  a  handsome  young  man  but  in 
later  years  he  was  red-faced,  fat  and  of  great 
bulk. 

"I  remember  years  ago  reading  in  an  English 
magazine  a  story  by  Somerest  Maugham  called 
'An  Irish  Gentleman."  I  thought  at  the  time 
that  Maugham  had  Dan  0"Connell  in  mind,  and 
meeting  him  years  afterwards,  asked  him  about 
it.  He  said  I  was  right.  He  had  known  Dan 
well.  And  he  described  him  correctly.  Yes,  Dan 
O'Connell  was  an   Irish  gentleman." 


"Jones  seems  to  have  sworn  off  for  keeps.  How 
did  it  happen?" 

"His  wife  had  a  moving  picture  made  of  his 
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TOWN  TALK 


November  2,  1912 


Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


As  to  the  Hobarts 

kuiiiDr?  of  a  rcconciliatifjn  between  Walter 
Hobart  and  his  beautiful  young  wife  who  re- 
turned last  week  from  Europe  are  without  founda- 
tion, I  am  told.  Mrs.  Hobart  broke  the  trip 
across  the  continent  to  visit  her  sister-in-law  Mrs. 
Charles  Baldwin  who  was  Virginia  Hobart,  and 
the  latter  accompanied  her  to  this  city.  They 
are  on  the  best  of  terms  and  Mrs.  Hobart  has  the 
sympathy  of  her  husband's  sister  in  her  position. 
She  went  at  once  to  her  own  sister's  home  in  San 
Rafael  and  after  a  few  days  spent  with  Mrs.  Lil- 
Icy  departed  for  the  South  to  recuperate  from 
her  long  journey.  Walter  remains  debonair  and 
apparently  care-free.  It  is  said  he  has  reiterated 
his  admiration  for  his  lovely  wife  whose  sojourn 
abroad  has  mellowed  and  developed  her  some- 
what classic  type  of  beauty.  On  her  return  from 
Santa  Barbara  Mrs.  Hobart  will  again  visit  at 
the  Liliey  home  until  her  plans  for  the  winter 
are  defined.  The  impression  in  smart  set  circles 
that  have  been  absorbedly  interested  in  Mrs. 
Hobart's  visit  is  that  it  is  purely  for  the  purpose 
of  arranging  certain  property  settlements.  Nous 
verrons. 


Jim  Fair's  Strategy 

So  young  Herman  Oelrichs  is  about  to  re- 
ceive half  a  million  from  his  aunt  Mrs.  Birdie 
Fair  Vanderbilt  because  he  has  reached  his 
majority  without  smoking  or  drinking.  A  very 
lucky  young  man  he  is,  indeed.  Much  luckier,  it 
occurs  to  me,  than  his  deceased  uncle  Jim  Fair. 
When  Jim  Fair  was  a  youth  of  rather  wild  pro- 
clivities his  father  old  James  G.  promised  him  a 
fortune  if  he  would  quit  drinking  for  a  certain 
length  of  time.  Jim  agreed  and  went  on  the 
water  wagon.  The  specified  length  of  time  had 
about  run  its  course,  the  date  for  paying  over  the 
fortune  was  at  hand,  when  old  James  G.  bethought 
him  of  a  way  to  save  the  money.  He  sent  a  man 
to  his  son  Jim  with  instructions  to  take  him  out 
on  a  time  and  get  him  drunk.  The  plot  suc- 
ceeded, and  young  Jiin  never  got  the  money. 


Tricking  a  Bishop 

Whicli  goes  to  show  that  James  G.  Fair  was  a 
resourceful  man  in  conserving  his  money.  An- 
other story  comes  to  mind.  Fair  had  a  quarrel 
with  his  wife  in  the  old  days  at  Virginia  City, 
and  enlisted  the  assistance  of  Bishop  Monogue 
for  the  purpose  of  arranging  a  reconciliation. 
The  bishop  succeeded.  Then  James  G.  Fair,  to 
show  his  gratitude,  presented  to  the  bishop  a  big 
blt)ck  of  very  valuable  mining  stock.  The  bish(jp 
had  roseate  visions  of  improvements  in  the 
schools  and  churches  of  his  diocese.  But  alas! 
they  never  became  realities.  For  James  G.  Fair 
manipulated  the  inarket.  piled  assessments  upon 
that  stock  and  made  it  impossible  for  poor  Bishop 
Monogue  to  liold  it. 


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In  the  Spanish  Church 

For  many  reasons  the  wedding  of  pretty 
Katrina  Page-Brown  and  Austin  Moore  which 
took  place  in  New  York  on  Wednesday,  was  in- 
teresting. For  one  thing  the  young  folks  made 
an  interesting  couple.  For  another  thing,  they 
were  married  in  the  most  beautiful  church  in  New 
York,  .\ustin  Moore,  the  son  of  Mrs.  Willis 
Polk,  is  a  Catholic.  Miss  Page-Brown  became 
a  Catholic  a  few  weeks  ago.  This  made  it  pos- 
sible to  have  the  wedding  in  a  Catholic  church. 
Because  Austin  Moore's  mother  is  of  Spanish 
family    (she   was   Christine   Barreda),   the  new 


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.\  young  matron  who  has  been  entertaining  a  good  deal 
in  a  quiet  way.    She  is  considered  one  of  the  he^t 
dressed  women  in  the  city. 

Spanish  church  of  Our  Lady  of  Hope  was  picked 
out.  Architects  declare  that  it  is  the  most  beauti- 
ful church  in  New  York,  if  not  in  .America.  It  is 
on  Riverside  Drive  adjoining  the  museum  of  the 
Hispanic  Society,  and  like  the  latter  institution, 
it  owes  its  being  largely  to  the  munificence  of  the 
adopted  son  of  Mrs.  Collis  Huntington.  It  is  en- 
riched with  golden  and  jewel-encrusted  altar  ves- 
sels, the  gifts  of  King  Alfonso  of  Spain  and  e.x- 
King  Manuel  of  Portugal.  The  interesting  wed- 
ding of  Wednesday  was  one  of  the  first  to  he 
performed  within  its  bronze  doors. 


Mrs.  Chamberlain's  Jewels 

Miss  Innes  Keeney,  the  bridc-clect  of  Willard 
Chamberlain  has  the  reputation  of  owning  more 
handsome  jewels  than  any  of  tlie  girls  in  her  set. 
Her  collection  has  been  augmented  by  the  wed- 
ding gifts  that  her  friends  have  showered  on  this 
fortunate  young  person,  for,  knowing  her  fond- 
ness for  precious  stones,  many  selected  jeweled 
ornaments.  Perhaps  the  richest  piece  in  the  col- 
lection is  the  lavalliere  of  sapphires  and  diamonds 
presented  by  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  with  whom  Miss 
Keeney  is  a  great  favorite.  The  stones  are  set 
in  platinum  exquisitely  designed.    To  match  this 

FOOTB.ALL:  Going  to  the  big  game?  Then 
remeiTiber  that  she'll  want  a  souvenir  bf'x  of 
candy  decorated  with  her  favorite  college  colors. 
Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  Candy  Stores. 


beautiful  corsage  ornament  are  the  sapphire  and 
diamond  earrings  sent  by  Miss  Kthel  Crocker. 
Miss  Crocker  is  at  present  with  her  aunt 
Princess  Poniatowski  in  Paris,  but  the  jewels  were 
selected  here  by  Mrs.  Crocker  to  match  the  gift 
of  Mrs.  Sharon.  From  Mr.  Keith,  the  rich  old 
bachelor  who  delights  to  bestow  handsome  gifts 
on  his  friends,  there  are  pear-shaped  diamond  ear 
drops  in  Miss  Keeney's  collection.  One  of  her 
treasured  possessions  is  a  diamond  bracelet,  the 
Christmas  present  of  Mrs.  Sharon  last  year. 


Changes  at  the  Presidio 

Mrs.  Lucy  Ord  Mason,  widow  of  Lieutenant 
John  Mason  who  is  visiting  her  son-in-law  and 
daughter  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Keith  Gregory  at 
the  Presidio,  has  an  interesting  store  of  rem- 
eniscences  of  society  in  San  Francisco  in  early 
days.  As  Lucy  Ord,  daughter  of  the  Command- 
ant at  the  Presidio  in  the  fifties  and  early  sixties 
she  was  a  great  belle.  The  Ords  are  an  old 
Southern  family  and  the  Southern  element  ruled 
society  in.  San  Francisco  in  those  days.  General 
Ord  practised  a  lavish  hospitality  at  his  home, 
the  same,  I  believe,  which  Colonel  Cornelius 
Gardener  now  occupies.  Mrs.  Mason  finds  many 
changes  and  improvements  in  the  old  post.  With- 
in the  past  month  the  parade  ground  has  been  ex- 
tended down  to  the  road  that  leads  past  the  hos- 
pital, by  the  removal  of  the  high  lattice  fence 
which  for  the  past  forty  years  served  as  a  break- 
wind  across  the  eastern  end.  The  result  is  a 
superb  unbroken  view  of  the  bay  and  Alameda 
hills  from  officers'  row  and  the  f)ld  club  where 
hops  are  given  and  where  they  were  held  when 
Mrs.  Mason  was  a  girl. 


Notice  to  Needy  Bachelors 

The  arrival  of  Miss  Marguerite  Doe  on  the  so- 
cial scene  is  of  interest  to  our  impecunious 
bachelors  who  secretly -aspire  to  rich  marriages. 
Some  openly  acknowledge  their  ambition  but 
few  achieve  it  for  the  reason  that  our  heiresses 
are  given  to  choosing  their  husbands  from  among 
the  wealthier  young  men.  Many  of  the  recent 
rich  marriages  demonstrated  this  fact.  Miss 
Jennie  Crocker  selected  a  man  of  wealth  and 
position.  Miss  Helene  Irwin,  heiress  to  millions, 
married  Templeton  Crocker.  Miss  .\bby  Par- 
rot, another  heiress,  became  the  wife  of  Ed  Tobin 
of  the  afTluent  Tobin  clan.  Miss  Marie  Louise 
Elkins  with  an  inheritance  said  to  be  two  mil- 
lions in  her  ow^n  right  wedded  Christian  De 
Guigne.  heir  to  a  share  of  the  Parrott  fortune. 
Miss  Isabel  Sprague  with  a  million  inherited  from 
the  Donahue  estate,  her  father  having  been  the 
late  Mervyn  Donahue,  married  wealthy  young 
William  Pool  of  New  York.  And  so  it  goes. 
TJie  heiresses  bestow  their  fortunes  on  those 
already  favored.  But  Miss  Doe,  mistress  of  a 
million  in  her  own  right,  is  still  unwed.  She 
has  lived  in  semi-retirement  for  two  years  at  her 


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November  2,  1912 

liome  in  Montecito  but  she  will  return  to  San 
Francisco  next  week  for  a  visit  and  to  enjoy  some 
of  the  winter  gayeties.  Let  the  impecunious 
bachelors  take  notice. 


Miss  Jolifife  on  the  Stump 

Miss  Frances  Joliffe  has  followed  her  brother- 
in-law  Rudolph  Spreckels  into  the  Democratic 
camp  of  VVoodrow  Wilson,  and  has  followed  her 
friend  Gertrude  Atherton  to  the  political  stump. 
She  is  now  engaged  in  making  Wilson  speeches  at 
district  meetings  in  various  sections  of  the  city. 
Her  speeches  are  not  as  violently  anti-Rooseveltian 
and  anti-Morganatic  as  are  those  of  Mrs.  Ather- 
ton, but  they  are.  very  effective,  I  hear.  Miss 
Joliffe  has  done  several  things  in  her  life  and 
always  with  considerable  distinction.  She  played 
the  role  of  society  maid  until  it  palled.  Then 
she  went  on  the  stage  and  played  real  roles.  That 
palled  too,  so  she  took  up  newspaper  work, 
achieving  success  as  a  dramatic  critic.  Now  the 
emancipation  of  the  fair  sex  in  California  has 
given  her  an  opportunity  to  apply  to  practical 
uses  the  knowledge  of  government  and  politics 
whicli  she  has  been  acquiring  for  some  time. 


A  Brotherly  Protest 

Kathleen  Thompson  Norris  who  has  been  so 
successful  as  a  writer  in  New  York  that  she  may 
never  return  to  her  old  home  in  San  Francisco, 
tells  a  good  story  about  "Mother,"  the  wonderful 
short  story  which  was  the  foundation  stone  of 
her  fame.  She  says  that  her  brother  Frederick 
Thompson,  a  well  known  members  of  the  Bo- 
hemian and  Family  clubs,  was  indignant  when  he 
read  the  story  in  manuscript.  "Why,  that's  us!" 
he  protested.  "It's  indecent  to  print  that!"  But 
despite  tliis  nbjection  the  story  was  printed.  It 
made  a  hit  because  innumerable  brothers  and 
sisters,  nol  tci  mention  mothers,  said  with  con- 
viction when  they  read  it,  "Why,  that's  us!" 


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Mrs.  Alexander's  Patrons 

Miss  Clara  Alexander,  the  darkey  impersonator 
who  gave  a  concert  varie  Thursday  night  with 
the  assistance  of  Miss  Enid  Gregg,  Mrs.  George 
Armsby,  Felton  Elkins,  Willard  Barton  and 
others,  has  appeared  before  a  lot  of  distinguished 
people  in  her  time.  The  list  of  royal  highnesses 
who  have  honored  her  performances  is  almost 
as  long  as  the  list  of  duchesses,  countesses  and 
marchionesses.  Untitled  men  and  women  in 
Miss  Alexander's  list  are  apt  to  be  Pierpont 
Morgans  or  Rothschilds.  So  I  am  rather 
surprised  to  see  the  name  of  Governor  Hiram 
Johnson  in  the  published  roster.  He  is 
wedged  between  Mrs.  Cornwallis  West  and  "Tay 
Pay"  O'Connor.  He  seems  to  me  to  be  out  of 
his  sphere,  for  nearly  all  the  distinguished  men 
and  women  he  appears  with  are  reactionaries, 
standpatters,  champions  of  the  old  order.  He's 
the  only  progressive  in  the  list.  But  perhaps  the 
Governor  is  more  conservative  in  art  and 
esthetics  than  in  politics. 


A  Popular  Dancing  Club 

The  University  Assembly  will  give  the  first 
dance  of  its  season  on  November  16.  Last  year 
the  assemblies  were  held  in  Century  Hall,  but 
owing  to  the  increased  membership  the  committee 
has  decided  to  give  them  in  the  Palace  Hotel. 
The  members  are  fraternity  men  and  women  from 
the  University  of  California  and  Stanford,  as  well 
as  alumni  of  the  two  universities  and  their  friends, 
including  many  young  society  people  on  both 
sides  of  the  bay.  The  committee  consists  of 
Ralph  Bundschu.  Frank  L.  Keser,  Vincent  La 
Coste,  Harold  Maundrell,  Fred  E.  Palmer  and 
Fred  St.  Goar.  The  patronesses  are  Mesdames 
Rudolph  W.  Baum,  Charles  Bundschu,  Edward 
F.  Delger.  Diodemus  S.  Dorn,  Frank  H.  Kerrigan, 
James  Lanagan,  Millard  J.  Laymance,  Harry 
Maundrell,  James  McNab,  William  Metzner,  Wil 
Ham  E.  Palmer,  Kaspar  Pischel,  Charles  F.  Run- 
yon,  William  A.  Schrock.  Gustave  H.  Umbsen. 
George  X.  Wendling  and  Robert  White. 


At  Kohler  and  Chase  Hall 

.'\.t  the  regular  weekly  music  matinee  of  Kohler 
&  Chase  which  will  be  given  at  Kohler  &  Chase 
Hall  Saturday  afternoon,  November  2,  an  im- 
portant feature  of  the  program  will  be  a  new  con- 
certo for  piano  by  Pierre  Douillet,  Dean  of  the 
Conservatory  of  Music  of  the  College  of  the  Pa- 
cific. Mr.  Douillet  is  a  pianist  aivd  a  composer 
of  international  reputation,  having  appeared  on 
concert  tours  in  Europe  and  America  prior  to  his 
appointment  as  Dean  of  the  music  department 
above  referred  to,  in  which  position  he  has  now 
been  successfully  active  during  the  last  fifteen 
years.  Mr.  Douillet  will  preside  at  the  second 
piano,  the  first  piano  being  played  by  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Henry  Banks  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Col- 
lege of  the  Pacific  Conservatory,  having  studied 
under  Douillet.  Mrs.  Banks  is  also  a  pupil  of 
Rafael  Josephy,  the  famous  pianist.  She  is  a 
musician  of  brilliant  faculties  both  from  a  tech- 
nical and  musical  point  of  view.  The  soloist  will 
be  Mrs.  Zilpha  Ruggles  Jenkins,  soprano,  a  very 
capable  church  and  concert  singer.  In  addition 
to  these  feature  numbers  of  the  program  to  be 
given  on  Saturday  there  will  be  excellent  selec- 
tions for  the  Pianolo  Piano  and  the  Aeolian  Pipe 
Organ. 


Concert  of  Miss  Heath 

A  concert  that  will  be  a  refreshing  novelty  in 
its  charm,  in  its  excellence,  and  in  its  artistic 
satisfaction,  will  be  that  given  by  Miss  Helen  Col- 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


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burn  Heath,  soprano,  assisted  by  Herbert  Riley, 
'cello  virtuoso,  and  Uda  Waldrop,  pianist,  at  the 
Colonial  Ball  Room,  St.  Francis  Hotel,  at  8:30 
o'clock  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  November  21. 
Miss  Heath  who  is  well  and  favorably  known  in 
this  city,  has  but  recently  returned  from  Europe, 
where  she  coached  with  George  Henschel  and 
Francis  Korbay.  The  ladies  under  whose  patron- 
age Miss  Heath's  concert  will  be  given  are  Mes- 
dames Richard  Bayne,  Edgar  Preston  Brinegar, 
Frank  B.  Carpenter,  Robert  Chester  Foute, 
James  Monroe  Goeway,  George  W.  Hallowell, 
Ralph  C.  Harrison,  J.  Downey  Harvey,  Rosalie 
Kaufman,  James  Potter  Langhorne,  Eleanor  Mar- 
tin, Benjamin  Franklin  Norris.  Max  C.  Sloss, 
Vanderlyn  Stow,  James  Ellis  Tucker,  Charles 
Stetson  Wheeler.  This  concert  is  under  the  busi- 
ness management  of  Frank  W.  Healy. 


The  Busy  Day  at  Techau's 

It  would  seem  that  there  are  but  few  hours  of 
the  day  or  evening  when  Techau  Tavern  is  not 
crowded  with  a  throng  of  those  who  enjoy  the 
good  things  of  this  life  and  know  where  they  may 
best  be  found.  Many  merchants  whose  time  is 
limited  during  business  hours  have  fallen  into 
the  habit  of  relying  on  the  hurried,  but  always 
excellent,  luncheon  served  from  the  kitchenette 
on  wheels.  By  the  time  the  last  luncheon  parties 
have  dispersed,  the  ladies  begin  to  assemble  for 
the  dainty,  gratuitous  afternoon  tea  which  is  a 
novel  and  much  appreciated  feature  of  the  Tavern. 
It  goes  without  saying  that  the  cafe  is  always 
crowded  at  the  dinner  hour  and  by  the  after- 
theatre  patrons,  while  there  is  hardly  a  lull  in 
the  hours  between,  thanks  to  the  novel  attractions 
which  are  always  in  evidence. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mr.  E.  M.  Dustin  and  Mr.  G.  E.  Lester,  prom- 
inent in  business  circles  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  ar- 
rived at  Hotel  del  Coronado  a  few  days  ago  to 
remain  indefinitely.  Another  visitor  from  the 
same  State  is  John  A.  Royall,  registered  from 
Boston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Cameron  who  are 
on  a  pleasure  trip,  have  registered,  to  remain 
while  seeing  Southern  California.  Mr.  H.  S. 
Turner  is  there  on  a  business  trip.  A  party  of 
New  Yorkers  consisting  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm. 
Conklin,  Grace  Benham  Crane,  Ogden  Crane  and 
Ethel  Von  Waldron  are  to  remain  for  a  period 
of  indefinite  duration.  Mr.  G.  H.  Seeley  and 
family  of  Kansas  City  are  occupying  a  suite  of 
rooms.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Vaughn  and  P.  J. 
Galaghy  will  remain  indefinitely.  They  are 
registered  from  Seattle.  Mr.  F.  D.  Kavanagh  is 
also  from  Seattle.  Mrs.  F.  Deslege  accompanied 
by  her  son  Joseph  arrived  recently,  expecting  to 
remain  for  a  lengthy  period. 


Victrola  Floor 

REMODELED 

We  have  remodeled  the  Third  Floor  of  our  build- 
ing, devoting  it  to  the  perfect  display  of  VICTORS, 
VICTROLAS  and  RECORDS.  This  entire  floor  is 
devoted  to  individual  glass  partitioned  sound-proof, 
demonstration  rooms,  all 

Perfectly  Ventilated  and  Day-Lighted 

Every  convenience  has  been  installed  for  the  proper 
demonstration  of  our  tremendous  stock  of  Victor 
goods,  and  for  the  comfort  of  our  patrons. 

Sherman  ^ay  &  Go. 

Steinway  and  Other  Pianos    Victor  Talking  Machines 
Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


TOWN      TALK  November  2,  1912 

An  Able  Man  for  Congress 

Being  a  Few  Observations  Respecting  the  Character  and  Qualifications  of  Bert  Schlesinger 


Not  often  has  San  I'rancisco  had  tlif  op- 
portunity to  send  to  Congress  a  man  of  the  calibre 
of  Rert  Schlesinger,  the  Democratic  candidate  in 
the  I'^ourth  District.  Mr.  Schlesinger  is  not  a 
politician,  but  he  has  had  some  brief  experience 
in  public  ofificc.  As  a  young  man  he  served  the 
people  in  the  legislature,  as  a  lawyer  he  served 
the  Government  in  the  office  of  the  District  At- 
torney of  the  United  States.  In  both  positions  he 
proved  himself  a  man  of  tlie  character  most  de- 
serving of  the  conlidence  and  support  of  the 
people. 

Mr.  Schlesinger  is  a  product  of  our  public 
school  system,  and  one  that  reflects  the  highest 
credit  upon  it.  Education  was  to  him  the  ap- 
prenticeship of  life.  It  awakened  in  him  a  just 
sense  of  duty,  and  furnished  him  with  a  well- 
rounded,  solid,  moral  and  intellectual  character. 

With  the  awakening  of  the  public  conscience 
has  come  realization  of  the  perniciousness  of 
the  notion  that  all  that  is  necessary  to  qualify  a 
ni.in  for  office  is  the  cunning  that  enables  him 
to  get  it.  The  demand  of  the  hour  is  for  talent 
and  probity:  for  men  who  have  the  welfare  of 
the  State  at  heart  and  the  ability  to  foster  and 
promote  its  interests.  We  hear  a  great  deal 
these  days  of  the  imperfections  of  our  govern- 
ment, but  the  government  is  not  deteriorating; 


nor  will  it  deteriorate  while  the  people  see  to  it 
that  the  quality  of  men  in  public  places  and  in 
places  of  public  trust  shall  not  run  down.  This 
is  not  a  government  of  the  people.  No  people 
can  administer  a  government.  They  can  only 
designate  the  men  who  shall  administer  it.  To 
that  end  they  should  strive  to  differentiate  can- 
didates, to  distinguish  between  the  mere  office- 
seeker  and  the  man  with  ability  who  sincerely 
wishes  to  do  something  for  his  fellow-men.  And 
if  they  set  themselves  to  this  task  they  will  find 
that  there  is  as  much  capacity  in  this  country 
today  as  there  ever  was.  If  it  is  called  for  it 
will  come  to  the  surface.  If  it  is  made,  as  it 
should  be,  the  exclusive  requisite  to  public  office 
it  will  not  fail  to  be  found.  All  of  which  is  more 
or  less  illustrated  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Schelsinger. 
who  is  now  found  in  the  arena  of  politics  not 
because  of  obedience  to  his  own  impulses,  but  be- 
cause the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  cause  in  San 
Francisco  called  him  from  his  office  and  urged 
him  to  vindicate  his  devotion  to  his  party. 

Mr.  Schlesinger  having  been  preoccupied 
through  the  years  with  the  practice  of  law  is 
known  chiefly  to  the  members  of  his  profession, 
and  it  ought  to  be  sufficient  to  say  of  him  as  a 
candidate  that  he  will  receive  the  support  of 
all    lawyers    who    are    among    his  constituents. 


For  Mr.  Schlesinger's  conception  of  his  profes- 
sion is  what  it  was  once  pronounced  by  high 
authority — "as  honorable  as  justice  and  as  ancient 
as  the  forms  of  law";  and  he  has  brought  to  bear 
upon  the  practice  of  it  the  elevation  of  character 
and  purity  of  motive  which  he  has  displayed  in 
every  relation  of  life.  Mr.  Schelsinger  has  made 
a  very  vigorous  campaign,  and  those  who  have 
heard  him  discuss  its  issues  know  that  he  is  in 
touch  with  the  affairs  of  government  and  that  he 
has  an  intellect  disciplined  by  study  and  thought. 

There  is  great  enthusiasm  behind  the  Schle- 
singer campaign,  and  it  is  not  wholly  of  a  partisan 
nature,  for  Mr.  Schlesinger  is  not  merely  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  Democracy.  He  stands  for 
progressive  principles  and  for  all  those  institu- 
tions of  government  which  are  grounded  in  the 
idea  that  the  only  perfect  government  is  that 
under  which  a  wrong  to  the  humblest  is  an 
affront  to  all  and  that  the  proper  function  of  gov- 
ernment is  to  make  it  easy  for  the  people  to  do 
good  and  difficult  for  them  to  do  evil.  It  matters 
not  whether  the  next  President  of  the  United 
States  is  to  be  Governor  Wilson  or  Thedore 
Roosevelt,  in  either  event  Bert  Schlesinger  by 
reason  of  his  impulses  is  of  the  type  of  man 
whose  services  will  be  recjuired  in  the  Congress 
that  meets  next  March. 


1 


THE  GREAT  RECONCILER 

in  all  this  State  there  is 

not  a  minister  of  the  gospel 

who  has  done  more  for  the 

benefit  of  society  than  Judge 

Thomas    F.    Graham."  Such 

were  the  words  of  the  Rev. 

1".  W.  Clampett.    They  were 

littered  the  other  night  at  a 

public     meeting     of  Judge 

(jraham's  friends  and  admir- 

,  .     „   .  ers  at  which  were  represented 

Judge  Graham 

men  and  women  of  every  walk  of  life.  Judge  Gra- 
ham is  now  a  candidate  for  re-election,  but  he  is  a 
man  of  whom  little  need  be  said  in  this  com- 
munity. Indeed  his  reputation  is  not  confined  to 
the  limits  of  this  State.  Judge  Grahman  has 
made  a  national  reputation.  It  would  be  good 
for  all  of  us  were  judges  generally  to  imitate  the 
example  of  Judge  Graham,  to  exercise  their 
functions  in  the  interest  of  the  best  institutions 
of  society.  There  is  nothing  of  self-consciousness 
in  Judge  Graham  on  the  bench.  He  administers 
justice  as  he  sees  it,  but  with  a  disposition  to 
make  amity  the  keynote  of  his  decisions.  As  in 
divorce  cases  he  is  always  concerned  for  the  in- 
terest of  the  family  and  more  eager  to  conciliate 
than  to  decree,  so  in  all  litigation  it  is  his  aim  to 
assuage  the  passions  that  inspire  it.  The  most 
disappointed  suitor  carries  away  from  the  court 
respect  for  the  judge.    His  unfailing  courtesy  and 


kindness,  his  amiable  temper,  his  unquestioned 
and  unquestionable  purity  of  character,  his 
patience  in  hearing,  the  unassuming  dignity  and 
(luiet  decorum  that  are  part  of  the  atmosphere 
of  his  court,  the  practical  sense  and  acuinen  with 
which  he  disposes  of  evidence  and  solves  prob- 
lems—  these  are  qualities  which  will  always  be 
remembered  by  those  who  have  had  business  in 
his  department. 


A  JUDGE  AND  HIS  RECORD 

No  better  record  has 
been  made  on  the  local 
bench  than  that  on  the 
strength  of  which  Ju<lge 
Edward  P.  Shortall  qual- 
ified as  a  candidate  for 
the  Superior  Court  at  the 
recent  primary  election. 
Judge  Shortall  in  his 
official  capacity  has  been 
in  the  public  eye  for  years  and  what  the  public  es- 
timate of  him  is  may  be  judged  from  the  cir- 
cumstance that  at  the  primary  election  he  re- 
ceived the  next  to  the  highest  vote  on  the  ticket. 
As  a  police  magistrate  Judge  Shortall  has  proved 
himself  at  once  a  lawyer  and  a  man  of  humane 
principles  with  a  liberal  stock  of  that  most 
valuable  of  all  essentials  in  the  equipment  of  a 
judicial  officer — common  sense.    The  criminal  de- 


Judge  Shortall 


partmcnt   of  our  Superior   Court   is  not  over- 
burdened with  brains,  and  it  would  be  decidedly 
to  the  advantage  of  the  taxpayers  were  Judge 
Shortall  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  which  is  to 
occur  at  the  end  of  this  year.    Judge  Shortall  has 
made  a  success  as  a  judge  because  he  first  qualified 
for  the  judicial  office  by  practicing  law.    H  ex- 
perience at  the  bar  was  a  prerequisite  to  eligibility 
to  the  bench  the  taxpayers  of  San  Francisco 
would  not  so  often  be  saddled  with  the  expense 
of  new  trials.    Judge  Shortall  had  several  years 
experience  at  the  bar  of  this  State,  and  he  is 
known  in  his  profession  as  a  lawyer  of  ability  and 
a  man  with  a  keen  appreciation  of  the  ethics  of 
his    profession.    During    all    the    years    of  his 
service  f)n  the  police  bench  he  has  conducted  him- 
self with  dignity,  with  a  sense  of  his  responsibil- 
ity to  the  public  and  with  due  regard  to  the  rights 
of   citizens   brought    before    him.    Some  people 
think  nowadays  that  a  judge  can  be  manufactured 
out  of  almost  any  sort  of  material.    While  it  is 
true  enough  that  almost  any  man  can  sit  on  the 
bench,  can  hear  causes  and  after  a  fashion  can 
decide  them,  a  man  to  be  thoroughly  fitted  for 
the  judicial  office  must  have  the  judicial  tempera- 
ment, and  Judge  Shortall  has  it  in  the  highest 
degree.    To  him  law  is  not  an  aggregation  of 
arbitrary  rules,  but  a  broad  and  noble  science, 
with  a  wholesome,  salutary  influence  that  ought 
to  pervade  all  the  affairs  of  human  life 


November  2,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


17 


The  Armstrong  Play 

By  Theodore  Bonnet 


Many  years  ago  there  lived  in  England  a  play- 
wright by  the  name  of  Dennis.  He  was  ex- 
tremely prolific  and  not  at  all  original.  His  plays 
were  the  shreds  and  patches  of  plays  that  had 
gone  before.  But  Dennis  had  a  very  good  opin- 
ion of  himself,  and  he  thought  all  other  play- 
wrights were  plagiarists.  It  is  related  of  him 
that  one  night,  sitting  in  a  London  theatre  at 
the  first  performance  of  a  play  by  a  rival  play- 
wright that  opened  with  a  terrific  thunderstorm, 
he  exclaimed,  "That's  my  thunder!"  I  thought 
of  Dennis  Monday  night  when  the  thunder  pealed 
in  the  third  act  of  Paul  Armstrong's  play  "A 
Romance  of  the  Underworld."  For  it  occurred 
to  me  that  the  thunder  was  the  only  thing  in  the 
play  worth  claiming.  Mr.  Armstrong,  I  hear, 
has  written  several  successful  plays.  I  hear  he 
has  grown  rich  writing  plays.  If  this  be  true, 
how  strange  there  is  any  poverty  in  the  world! 
If  a  man  can  make  money  writing  plays  of  the 
kind  of  "A  Romance  of  the  Underworld"  what 
need  is  there  for  mastering  the  art  of  play-mak- 
ing? This  is  one  of  the  most  difficult  of  all  the 
arts;  so  difficult  that  so  great  a  literary  genius 
as  Robert  Louis  Stevenson,  notwithstanding  his 
keen  dramatic  instinct,  refused  to  write  a  play  for 
Irving,  saying  that  he  would  not  attempt  so  un- 
grateful a  task.  Stevenson  would  not  risk  being 
inartistic.  But  the  objection  to  the  Armstrong 
play  is  not  that  it  is  inartistic.  One  may  not 
be  a  stickler  for  art,  and  yet  be  intolerant  of  this 
play.  The  objection  to  this  play  is  that  it  needs 
too  many  crutches;  it  is  not  articulated;  it  has  lo- 
comotor ataxia.  I  can  stand  for  a  play  that  is 
merely  spavined  or  that  has  a  broken  back,  but 
a  play  that  sprawls  all  over  the  stage,  that  creaks 
in  every  joint,  that  gasps  at  every  breath,  sug- 
gests nothing  but  a  hurry-call  for  an  ambulance. 
Now  lest  I  may  appear  harsh  in  my  criticism  I 
will  summon  as  corroborative  witnesses  com- 
petent critics  who  are  obviously  kindly  disposed 
toward  Mr.  Armstrong.  First  let  us  hear  from 
Mr.  Young  of  the  Chronicle.  It  "sustains  Mr. 
Armstrong's  reputation  for  delivering  the  punch," 
says  Mr.  Young;  also,  "he  has  written  with  the 
same  skill  for  climax  which  lifted  his  'Alias 
Jimmy  Valentine'  into  the  realm  of  intense, 
tightly  riveted  drama."  But — alas!  there  is  a 
but  in  this  criticism — "without  enough  butter  for 
his  slice  of  bread  he  has  endeavored  to  make  what 
he  had  do.  It  is  spread  too  thickly.  It  is  meas- 
ured out  over  too  large  a  surface.  The  material 
for  the  first  two  acts  is  not  enough  for  two 
acts."  Furthermore,  speaking  of  the  fourth  act 
Mr.  Young  says:  "You  wait.  He  does  just  what 
you  fear  he  will  do — nothing."  So  much  for  the 
skill  that  lifted  Jimmy  into  "the  realm  of  intense, 
tightly  riveted  drama."  It  is  apparent  that  even 
Mr.  Young  misses  some  of  the  rivets  out  of 
those  first  two  acts  and  that  he  was  unable  to  find 
any  in  the  fourth.  Next  comes  Mr.  Anthony,  the 
amiable  Call  critic  with  high  praise  for  Mr.  Arm- 
strong for  having  done  "as  well  in  this  as  in  his 


other  plays,"  one  of  which,  I  learn,  "is  the  finest 
bit  of  play-writing  of  American  make."  Mr.  An- 
thony finds  "indirection  of  action  in  the  first 
act,"  which  is  more  than  compensated  for  by  the 
types  that  make  this  "a  splendid  bit  of  type 
drama."  However  Mr.  Armstrong  "has  made 
what  was  once  a  twenty  minute  sketch  a  four  act 
drama,  and  the  only  evidence  in  the  piece,  at  the 
Cort,  of  attenuation  is  the  fourth  act,  which  is 
superfluous,    .    .    .    Without  it  (the  fourth  act) 


M.\DAME  MARIA  GALVANV 

The  famous   European  prima  'clonna  who  will  be  heard 
next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

'A  Romance  of  the  Underworld'  would  witness 
its  final  curtain  shortly  after  ten  o'clock,  and  that 
would  be  deemed  insufficient  entertainment  for  a 
two  dollar  bill,  so  Armstrong  has  tacked  on  a 
fourth  act  for  good  measure."  Far  be  it  from 
me  to  bestride  the  high  horse  of  criticism,  but 
I  subinit  that  Mr.  Armstrong's  eulogists  by  their 
testimony  have  damned  his  play  not  with  faint 
praise  but  with  injudicious  acclaim.  And  the 
strength  of  their  testimony  is  in  its  concurrence. 
True,    Mr.   Anthony  appears   to   contradict  Mr. 


Young.  For  though  Mr.  Yovmg  finds  there  isn't 
enough  butter  for  the  bread,  Mr.  Anthony  says 
there  is  no  evidence  of  attenuation  except  in  the 
fourth  act,  which  is  superfluous.  Does  it  not 
strike  you  that  if  one  fourth  of  a  play  serves  only 
as  a  means  of  withholding  the  final  curtain  there 
is  considerable  attenuation?  But  Mr.  Anthony 
goes  further.  He  says  there  is  indirection  in  the 
first  act.  If  so  the  first  act  must  be  somewhat 
attentuated.  To  say  that  indirection  is  com- 
pensated for  by  the  introduction  of  the  types 
that  make  tlie  play  a  fine  type  drama  is  hardly 
true.  If  a  play  is  halted  while  characters  are 
being  introduced  then  the  characters  are  not 
types  at  all;  they  are  merely  puppets,  and  they 
cannot  make  a  type  drama.  Types  are  introduced 
in  a  play  by  the  action  of  the  play.  What  they 
are  types  of  the  action  reveals,  and  the  action 
must  be  vital,  organic.  Now  the  truth  is  that  the 
action  of  the  first  act  of  the  Armstrong  play  is 
mostly  inorganic.  It  has  nothing  to  do  with  the 
story.  In  that  act  are  three  complete  one-act 
dramas  that  bear  not  the  slightest  relevancy  to  the 
play  itself.  They  reveal  to  us  a  tender-hearted 
judge  whose  chief  business  in  life  is  to  suspend 
sentence  and  get  applause  from  the  gallery.  If 
a  playwright  can  get  away  with  a  first  act  of  this 
kind  there  is  no  reason  why  he  should  be  in 
straits  for  want  of  material  at  ten  o'clock  and  be 
put  to  the  expedient  of  tacking  on  a  fourth  act 
for  good  measure,  since  he  might  just  as  well 
keep  on  introducing  types,  the  world  being  full 
of  them.  But  it  wasn't  from  lack  of  material  that 
Mr.  Armstrong  suffered;  it  was  from  lack  of 
ability  to  tell  his  story.  A  competent  craftsman 
given  this  story  to  tell,  this  story  of  a  rich  villain's 
passion  for  a  young  woman,  his  attempt  to  rail- 
road her  brother  to  prison  and  the  thwarting  of 
him  by  a  shrewd  lawyer — a  competent  craftsman 
would  have  invented  material  to  lead  him  directly 
and  logically  up  to  the  climax.  The  story  would  un- 
fold itself  without  the  aid  of  alien  types.  The 
problem  of  acquitting  the  young  man  would  be 
solved,  and  there  would  still  be  enough  material 
left  to  bring  the  hero  and  heroine  into  each 
other's  arms  without  seeming  to  bolster  out  the 
plot  to  that  end.  Furthermore,  the  competent 
craftsman  had  he  resolved  on  a  court  scene  and 
on  presenting  the  trial  of  a  case  would  have 
satisfied  himself  as  to  technical  accuracy.  The 
big  climax  comes  in  the  Armstrong  play  when 
the  fact  is  revealed  that  the  witnesses  for  the 
prosecution  have  lied  as  to  a  collateral  fact.  The 
judge  immediately  orders  them  into  custody  for 
perjury.  Judges  don't  do  that  sort  of  thing. 
Judges  know  it  is  not  perjury  to  swear  falsely 
about  what  is  merely  collateral.  But  let  us  not 
quibble  over  what  is  merely  the  flubdub  of  Arm- 
strong's big  scene.  On  the  whole  he  has  man- 
aged this  scene  very  well,  and  Mr.  Holbrook 
Blinn  plays  it  very  well.  Mr.  Blinn  is  an  actor 
whom  I  should  like  to  see  m  a  good  part  in  a 
good  play. 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


Symphony  and  Song 

The  San  Francisco  Orchestra  began  its  second 
season  auspiciously  at  the  Cort  Theatre  on  Fri- 
day of  last  week.  The  big  house  was  filled  with 
the  wealth  and  fashion  of  our  city,  which  by  duty 
or  inclination,  on  such  occasions  at  least,  is 
musical;  and  very  largely  represented  was  that 


class  to  whom  music  is  bread  and  butter  or  a 
sixth  sense  and  sometimes  both.  Everybody  was 
in  a  reverential  mood  and  waves  of  sympathy 
went  up  to  the  stage  to  that  fine  intelligent  body 
of  men  and  their  gallant  leader.  They  too  were 
keyed  up  to  enthusiasm  and  played  with  fine  dash 
and  spirit.    In  this  orchestra  it  appears  to  me 


there  are  superb  captains  all  alertly  responsive 
to  their  general  Mr.  Hadley.  and  at  the  same  time 
one  feels  that  the  individuals  are  fairly  well  for- 
gotten in  the  music.  A  word  for  Mr.  Hadley:  a 
most  unostentatious  conductor  is  he,  most  agree- 
ably devoid  of  mannerisms,  sensible  of  the  fact 
that  symphony  audiences  come  to  listen  not  to 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  2,  1912 


stare.  He  never  makes  the  every-move-a-picture 
appeal  to  his  audience,  but  does  his  honest  best 
to  play  upon  that  great,  flexible  instrument,  the 
orchestra.  The  program  Friday  was  one  that 
did  not  especially  appeal  to  music  lovers,  perhaps 
because  of  Dvorak's  New  World  Symphony. 
Negro  melodies  may  be  suitable  as  groundwork 
for  a  symphony,  but  as  woven  by  Dvorak  they 
seem  to  spoil  both  the  symphony  and  the  mel- 
odies. Perhaps  it  might  be  better  done  by  a 
native.  As  Burns  with  his  little  natural  inspira- 
tion found  inspiration  in  his  native  ballads  and 
converted  doggerel  into  poems  of  exquisite 
poignancy  so  might  a  native  American  impart 
heavenly  strains  to  the  dancing  melodies  of  the 
South.  Dvorak  says  he  has  merely  given  us  his 
impressions  of  negro  folk  songs,  which  reminds 
me  that  Richard  Strauss  explained  that  his 
Domestic  Symphony  depicted  a  day  in  his  family 


life,  just  the  little  family  gathering — papa,  mamma 
and  the  baby.  When  it  was  lirst  heard  it  was 
observed  that  it  was  too  bad  that  Strauss  led  such 
a  life.  It  reminded  the  observer  of  the  siege 
of  Port  Arthur.  The  "Leonore"  overture,  the 
opening  oflfering,  written  it  is  said  in  the  period 
of  Beethoven's  greatest  musical  exaltation  was 
much  better  received  than  the  Dvorak  symphony, 
it  is  one  of  those  things  that  delight,  rest  and 
comfort  our  souls  just  as  some  symphonies  shat- 
ter our  nerves  with  the  pain  of  the  composer's 
anguish.  The  closing  number  was  a  gay.  viva- 
cious one,  "Capriccio  Espagnol."  In  this  num- 
ber Mr.  Hadley  was  at  his  best. 

****** 

Of  course  Mnie.  Gadski's  only  public  concert 
in  San  Francisco  was  a  huge  success.  No  great 
singer  has  more  admirers  in  this  city  than  the 
handsome    German    diva,    and   among   her  en- 


thusiastic following  there  was  genuine  joy  at  the 
very  perceptible  wonderful  improvement  in  her 
always  lovely  voice.  It  seems  to  have  gained  an 
added  brilliancy  and  flexibility,  and  like  her 
charming  person  a  surer  poise.  Her  art  is  per- 
fect whether  in  the  singing  of  delicate  pianis- 
simo phrases  or  stirring  fortissimo  sustained 
tones.  Her  dramatic  power  is  as  apparent  in 
delicate  lilting  narrative  as  in  powerful  declam- 
atory commands.  She  sang  from  Schubert, 
Brahms,  Wolf,  Wagner  and  Verdi  and  also  some 
darling  songs  by  her  accompanist  Mr.  Edgar 
Schneider.  Mr.  Schneider  delighted  the  big 
audience  with  several  piano  numbers. 

— H.  M.  B. 


Julian  Eltinge,  a  Manly  Woman 

This  female  impersonation  is  a  dangerous  busi- 
ness, and  Julian  Eltinge  knows  it.    I  recall  that 


when  he  was  here  before  with  Harry  Lauder  he 
remarked  to  a  group  of  newspapermen  at  a  Press 
Club  jinks.  "I  know  what  they  usually  say  about 
a  female  impersonator,  but  I  am  willing  to  take 
a  chance  of  being  gossiped  about."  Of  course 
what  "they"  usually  say  about  a  female  imper- 
sonator is  that  he  dons  woman's  gear  and  paints 
his  face  as  the  result  of  a  psychopathic  impulse, 
though  it  is  not  phrased  in  just  that  way.  N'o 
doubt  the  indistinguishable  "they"  sometimes  say 
that  of  Julian  Eltinge.  A  dramatic  critic  hinted 
it  once  in  print.  Thereupon  Eltinge  showed  that 
while  he  is  conscious  of  the  sort  of  gossip  con- 
cerning himself  which  is  apt  to  go  the  rounds 
he  is  by  no  means  complacent  when  it  reaches 
his  ears.  He  met  the  dramatic  critic  on  the 
street  and  punched  him  in  the  jaw.  The  dram- 
atic critic  went  down  and  out  beneath  Eltinge's 
unladylike  fist.    That  was  not  argument,  but  it 


was  a  most  satisfactory  way  of  replying  to  the 
insinuation  in  question.  That  insinuation  about 
the  personal  character  of  the  female  impersonator 
cannot  be  ignored  in  dealing  with  "The  Fascinat- 
ing Widow."  The  reason  is  that  everything  pos- 
sible has  been  done  to  forestall  that  insinuation, 
or,  if  it  will  not  be  forestalled,  to  meet  it  and 
punch  it  down  and  out,  like  the  insinuating 
dramatic  critic.  All  the  publicity  agents  of 
Eltinge's  manager  are  engaged  in  this  work 
when  they  are  not  advertising  a  corset,  a  cold 
cream  or  a  liquid  powder.  We  are  not  told  the 
story  about  the  dramatic  critic,  but  we  are  shown 
pictures  of  Eltinge  boxing  with  Jim  Corbett. 
Otto  Hauerbach.  the  author  of  "The  Fascinating 
Widow,"  had  that  insinuation  in  mind  all  the 
time  he  was  writing  the  play.  In  the  first  act  he 
has  Julian  Eltinge  punching,  not  a  dramatic 
critic  but  an  obnoxious  young  man.  .\ll  through 
the  play,  while  wearing  woman's  clothes,  Eltinge 
is  doing  masculine  things.  He  powders  his  nose, 
then  takes  a  drink.  He  hooks  his  dress,  then 
lights  his  pipe.  Whenever  the  plot  allows  him 
to  he  betrays  his  masculinity  by  his  stride,  by 
squaring  his  shoulders,  by  the  way  he  holds  his 
;irms.  We  are  never  allowed  to  forget  that 
Julian  Eltinge  would  much  rather  be  a  man 
than  a  woman.  So  the  whole  thing  becomes  a 
lark,  a  huge  joke  skillfully  carried  out.  There  is 
plenty  of  decent  fun,  but  no  offense.  It  could 
very  easily  have  been  otherwise.  If  an  effeminate 
female  impersonator  played  the  part  which  Julian 
Eltinge  plays  "The  Fascinating  Widow"  would  be 
repugnant.  But  Eltinge,  no  matter  how  tightly 
he  may  l.ice  himself  in  corsets,  doesn't  constrict 
his  manhood.  The  rouge  and  the  cold  cream,  the 
powder  and  the  liquid  whiting  do  not  change  his 
character.  He's  a  very  manly  woman.  If  we 
must  have  female  impersonators,  by  all  means 
I'.t  them  be  like  Julian  Eltinge. 

—Edward  F  O'Day. 


A  Favorite  Costume  Play  at  the  Alcazar 

"When  Knighthood  Was  in  1-lower."  prettiest 
and  most  dramatic  of  all  the  so-called  "costume" 
plays,  will  be  the  .Alcazar's  attraction  next  week, 
with  .Maude  Fealy  and  James  Durkin  leading  the 
complete  stock  company  and  a  large  number  of 
specially  engaged  players.  .As  tlic  period,  locale 
and  personages  of  the  play  make  picturesque  and 
luxurious  staging  imperative,  an  elaborate  pic- 
t<irial  production  is  assured.  Charles  Major  wrote 
the  novel  from  which  "When  Knighthood  Was  in 
Flower"  was  dramatized  by  Paul  Kester  for 
Julia  Marlowe  and  E.  H.  Solhern,  and  their  suc- 
cess in  the  principal  roles  has  been  duplicated  by 
Miss  Fealy  and  Mr.  Durkin  who  value  the  play 
as  one  of  their  best  vehicles. 


"The  Chocolate  Soldier"  Soon 

".A  Romance  of  the  Underworld,"  Paul  .Arm- 
strong's drama  which  is  now  the  attraction  at  the 
Cort,  has  had  an  exceedingly  successful  first 
week,  and  the  advance  sale  for  the  second  and 
last  week  of  the  engagement,  which  starts  to- 
morrow night,  augurs  a  continuance  of  the  same 
business.  On  Sunday  night,  November  10,  "The 
Chococlate  Soldier"  comes  to  the  Cort  on  its  an- 
nual visit.  This  wonderful  comic  opera  is  sure 
of  a  great  welcome  from  San  Francisco's  music- 
lovers  and  theatregoers.  Since  the  days  of  Gil- 
bert and  Sullivan  the  stage  has  known  nothing 
more  delightful  in  the  ranks  of  light  opera.  The 
Whitney  Opera  Company  is  the  producer  and  a 
notable  cast,  including  four  favorites  who  were 
here  last  season,  is  announced. 


Yolanda  Mero,  the  Hungarian  Pianiste 

Xo  one  knows  better  than  Manager  Greenbaum 
the  diflficulties  of  introducing  an  almost  unknown 
artist  to  this  community.    But  when  he  secures 


November  2,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


19 


one  whom  he  knows  to  be  worthy  our  impresario 
does  not  hesitate  to  risk  his  time  and  money  in 
backing  up  his  judgment.  That  Greenbaum 
knows  haw  to  pick  his  artists  has  been  proven  by 
his  success  with  Blanche  Arral,  Katharine  Good- 
son,  Leonard  Borwick  and  others.  Now  he  ex- 
pects to  create  a  sensation  in  music  circles  with 
Mme.  Yolanda  Mero,  the  Hungarian  piano  vir- 
tuosa  who  is  making  her  second  tour  of  America 
and  who  has  been  re-engaged  by  every  symphony 
orchestra  and  musical  organization  before  which 
she  appeared  on  her  previous  short  tour.  These 
include  such  organizations  as  the  Boston,  Phil- 
adelphia, New  York  and  Thomas  Symphony 
orchestras.  Born  in  Hungary  and  educated  at 
the  Conservatory  at  Buda-Pesth  Mme.  Mero  is 
said  to  possess  the  dashing,  fiery  yet  sympathetic 
temper  of  the  Magyar.  This,  coupled  with  the 
highest  technical  development  and  a  big  brain, 
give  her  a  position  in  the  foremost  rank  of  the 
living  pianists.  Greenbaum  announces  three  pro- 
grams replete  with  novelties  and  a  number  of 
classics  that  have  been  somewhat  neglected. 
They  are  to  ge  given  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium 
Sunday  afternoon,  November  10,  Thursday  night, 
November  14  and  Saturday  afternoon,  November 
16.  Complete  programs  may  be  had  at  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's  where  the  box 
office  opens  ne.xt  Thursday,  November  7. 


The  Reel  Quartet 

The  first  concert  of  the  second  series  by  the 
Beel  Quartet  will  be  given  in  the  ball  room  of 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel  this  Sunday  afternoon. 
The  hour  is  half  after  two.  Manager  Greenbaum 
is  confident  that  even  the  warmest  admirers  of 
Mr.  Beel  and  his  associates  will  be  delighted  with 
the  improvement  in  the  quartet's  work,  an  im- 
provement only  made  possible  by  months  of 
practice.  The  four  artists  have  been  steadily  at 
work  all  summer.  Here  is  the  program:  Quartet 
in  F  Op.  43,  Schumann;  Sonata  for  Violin  and 
Piano  G  major,  Brahms;  Quartet  in  D  flat.  Op.  IS, 
Dohnanyi.  Mrs.  Alice  Bacon  Washington  will 
assist  in  the  rendition  of  the  Brahms  Sonata. 
Tickets  are  $1.00  and  are  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Co's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's,  and  on  Sunday  at 
the  ball  room. 


Alice  Nielsen  Coming 

Alice  Nielsen,  llic  brilliant  young  soprano  who 
commenced  her  career  at  the  old  Wigwam  in 
this  city  and  who  from  the  very  first  said  she 
was  going  to  work  and  study  until  she  reached 
the  top  rung  of  the  ladder  fif  fame,  has  certainly 
achieved  her  end  and  is  this  year  registered  as 
one  of  the  star  members  of  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  Company,  and  as  special  guest  singer  at 
the  Boston  and  Chicago  opera  houses  as  well. 
This  summer  Miss  Nielsen  appeared  for  the  first 
time  in  Germany  and  her  success  was  great,  par- 
ticularly in  Berlin.  Her  Mimi  in  "La  Boheme" 
and  her  singing  of  the  Mozart  operas  won  her  the 
highest  praise  from  the  most  conservative  critics. 
Before  commencing  her  season  at  the  Metropol- 
itan. Miss  Nielsen  will  make  a  brief  concert  tour 
in  which  she  will  have  the  assistance  of  the  fol- 
lowing stars  of  the  Boston  Opera  Company,  by 
special  arrangement  with  Mr.  Henry  Russel: 
Mile.  Jeska  Swartz,  contralto;  Signor  Alfredo 
Ramella,  lyric  tenor;  Signor  Rudolpho  Fornari, 
baritone;  Signor  Jose  Mardones,  basso;  Signor 
Luigi  Tavecchia,  buflfo-basso  and  Signor  Fabio 
Rimini,  pianist  and  director.  Quite  out  of  the 
ordinary  will  be  the  programs  ofifered  by  Miss 
Nielsen  and  her  company,  the  first  part  being  de- 
voted to  solos,  duets,  trios,  etc.,  from  the  modern 
and  classic  operas,  and  the  second  part  being 
operatic  performances  in  costume.  One  program 
contains  a  condensed  version  of  "The  Barber  of 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  Commencing  November  3rd 

California's   Famous  Swimming  Girl, 

NELLIE  SCHMIDT 

"The  Girl  Who  Swam  Around  the  Seal  Rocks" 
"The  Girl  Who  Swam  San  Francisco  Bay" 
"The  Girl  Who  Will   Swim  the  English  Channel" 
In  an  Exhibition  of  Trick  and  Fancy  Diving  ind  Swinimin.i- 
in  a  Huge  Glass  Tank 
7— ALL   STAR   ACTS— 7 


Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1  :30  and  3 :30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


Seville,"  and  the  otlier  the  complete  version  of 
the  new  Wolf-Ferrari  success  "The  Secret  of 
Susanne."  All  of  the  Nielsen  performances  will 
be  given  with  complete  grand  opera  orchestra, 
the  star  possessing  the  exclusive  rights  to  do 
the  unabridged  version  of  "The  Secret  of  Susanne" 
with  its  complete  brilliant  orchestration,  in  this 
city.  The  Nielsen  company  appears  during  the 
week  of  November  17,  and  full  particulars  of 
these  interesting  events,  both  for  this  city  and 
Oakland,   will  appear  in   ne.xt  week's  issue. 


Gedvany  at  the  Orpheum 

Tlie  Orpheum  announces  fur  ne.xt  week  Mad- 
ame Maria  Galvany.  the  famous  European  prima 
donna  who  will  be  heard  in  arias  frtnn  her 
repertoire  of  grand  opera.  Her  success  abroad 
has  amounted  to  a  positive  triumph  and  her  en- 
gagement for  the  Orpheum  Circuit  is  a  distinct 
managerial  coup.  Her  beautiful  soprano  voice 
is  said  to  be  as  clear  as  crystal,  and  its  range 
and  volume  are  truly  remarkable.  Madame  Gal- 
vany has  proved  a  great  lyric  sensation  in  Russia, 
Italy,  Spain,  Portugal  and  England.  Her  favorite 
opera  is  "La  Sonambula"  but  she  has  also 
triumphed  in  "II  Flauto  Magico,"  "II  Puritani," 
"Rigoletto,"  "II  Barbiere,"  "Don  Pasquale"  and 
"Lucia."  Joseph  Hart's  production  of  George  V. 
Hobart's  playlet  "Mein  Liebchen"  (My  Loved 
One)  will  be  a  feature.  It  tells  in  a  realistic  man- 
ner a  charming  little  love  story  of  the  sincere 
affection  of  the  owner  of  a  big  department  store 
for  one  of  his  girl  employees  who  is  the  daughter 
of  an  old  German  musician.  Gus  C.  Weinburg, 
best  remembered  for  his  admirable  rendition  of 
the  Burgomaster  in  the  musical  comedy  of  that 
name,  plays  the  old  musician.  Howard,  the  Scot- 
tish sub-vocalist  who  comes  next  week  is  the  most 
original  ventriloquist  before  the  public  today. 
Dane  Claudius  and  Lillian  Scarlet  will  introduce 
next  week  only  a  musical  melange  entitled  "The 
Call  of  the  Sixties."  The  couple  are  splendid 
banjoists  and  excel  particularly  in  their  perform- 
ance of  the  old  songs  of  war  times.  Les  Marco 
Belli,  French  comedy  conjurors,  will  oflfer  a 
series  of  clever  illusions  in  a  humorous  and  novel 
manner.  Charles  Olcott  will  present  a  comic 
opera  in  ten  minutes.  Next  week  will  be  the  last 
of  Nellie  Nichols,  the  chic  and  dainty  singer  of 
humorous  songs.  It  will  also  conclude  the  en- 
gagement of  Amelia  Bingham  who  will  present 
(Additional  Gossip  of  the  Theatre  on  Page  21.) 


AMUSEMENTS 


BEEL 
QUARTET 


FIR.ST  CONCERT 
THIS  SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON,  NOVEMBER 
3  at  2-30 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL  BALLROOM 

Alice   Bacon  Washington,  Pianiste 
Tickets.  $1.00,  at  Sherman.  Clay  .S:  Co's,  Kohler  &  Chase's 
and   Sunday  at   the  St.  Francis. 

YOLANDA 

MERO 

riic  Hungarian  Piano  Virtuoso 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON  NOVEMBER  10 
THURSDAY  NIGHT  NOVENBER  14 
SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  NOV.  16 

Tickets.  $1.00  and   75c,  ready  next  Thursday,  No- 

vember 7th.  at  Slierman,  Clay  &  Co's  and  Kohler  &  Cha.se'5. 
Mail  Orders  to  Will.  L.  Greenbaum. 

Steinway  Piano  l^sed 
Coming— .\LICE  NIELSEN. 


CORX 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Second  and  T.ast  liig  W'etk  .Starts  Tomnnow 
The  r*aul  .\niistrong  Co.  Presents 

HOLBROOK  BLINN 

And  a   Company  of   Fifty  in  the   Sensation   of  the  Century 

"A  ROMANCE  OF  THE  UNDERWORLD" 

By   I*aul  Armstrong 
Night  ant]  Saturday  Matinee  Prices — 50c  to  $1.50.  Entire 
Lower  Floor  $L00  at  Wednesday  Matinee. 
NEXT— Sunday.  November  10th— "The  Chocolate  Soldier." 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
A  GREAT  NEW  SHOW 

M.\1).\.\1K  M.VRI.V  G.\LV.\.\V.  the  famous  European 
1  rima  Donna;  Joseph  Hart's  production  of  Geo.  V.  Hobart's 
playlet  "Min.V  1,1  EliCII  EN'"  (Mv  Loved  One)  with  fins 
C,  WeinbuiR:  1I()W.\KD,  the  Scottish,  Original  Suh-\'ocal- 
ist;  CE.M'DU'S  ^:  SCRALET,  Presenting  ".'V  Call  of  the 
Sixties";  EES  M.\RCO  BELLI,  French  Comedy  Conjur- 
ors; CHARLIE  OLCOTT,  a  Coiuic  Opera  in  Ten' Minutes  ; 
NELLIE  NICHOLS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTIO.N'  I'lC- 
Tl'RES.  Last  Week— Tremendous  Success  of  .\MELI\ 
I'.INGHAM.   New  Repertoire. 

ELECTION  RETURNS  TUESDAY 

Evening   Prices.    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Week    Commencing    Monday    Evening,    November  4th. 
With    Matinees   Thursday,    Saturday   and  Sunday 
MAUDE   FEALY    and   JAMES  DURKIN 

Leading  the  Alcazar   Company,   in  a 
Superb  Pictorial  Production  of 

"when  knighthood  was  in  FLOWER" 

Dramatized   from   Charles   Majors'  Famous 
Novel  Similarly  Titled 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

IT'S  Sl'CCESS  IS  ENORMOUS! 

IT'S  SECOND  WEEK  BEGINS  SUNDAY  NIGHT,  NO- 
VEMBER .^rd. 
IT'S  THE  TALK  OF  THE  TOWN 
and 

IT'S   DR.XWING   IMMENSE  THRONGS. 

A.  H.  Woods'  .\ttraction 

JULIAN  ELTINGE 

In   the   Alu'^ical   Comedy  of   Real    Fun   and   Real  Music 

"THE  FASCINATING  WIDOW" 

Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Coming— DUSTIN  FARNUN  in  "The  Littlest  Rebel." 


20 


TOWN 

The  Financial  Outlook 


TALK 


November  2,  1912 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Though  the  stock  markets  of  tlic  world 
have  become  steadier,  the  money  markets  still 
reflect  the  fear  of  what  the  Balkan  war  may 
bring.  The  Bank  of  England,  the  Bank  of  France 
and  the  government  banks  of  Sweden  and  Bel- 
gium advanced  their  discount  rates:  the  Bank  of 
England  from  4  to  5  per  cent.,  and  the  Bank  of 
France  from  3  to  3  1-2  per  cent.  This  is  not  the 
time  for  a  stock  market  boom.  As  has  been  said 
repeatedly,  patience  for  a  few  days  will  see  the 
end  of  the  election  campaign  and  the  probable  ex- 
tent of  the  war  in  Turkey.  The  requirements  for 
crop  moving  will  also  be  better  know-n,  and  the 
volume  of  sales  of  securities  that  must  be  paid 
for  will  be  ascertained  with  comparative  accur- 
acy. It  is  useless  to  disregard  the  Balkan  war  or 
belittle  its  importance  at  present,  but  the  at- 
titude of  the  great  powers  of  Europe  towards 
the  belligerents  should  become  clear  very  soon. 
American  securities  have  received  a  splendid  ad- 
vertisement all  over  Europe.  They  found  a  good 
market  when  the  government  securities  of  Great 
Britain  and  France  were  selling  lower  than  they 
liave  been  in  a  generation  and  foreign  investors 
will  not  forget  the  lesson.  General  business  re- 
mains active  and  healthy,  and  the  movements  of 
grain  are  heavier  than  usual.  Prices  are  well 
maintained.  The  buying  power  of  the  farmers 
is  greater  than  ever  before.  Exports  are  growing 
though  not  so  fast  as  imports.  Still,  this  is  not 
a  bad  sign  though  it  will  have  a  temporary  effect 
on  foreign  exchange  and  money  rates. 

Wheat — The  last  week  has  witnessed  the  reality 
of  a  great  war  where  before  there  was  only  the 
possibility  of  one.  It  is  progressing  at  a  furious 
rate,  and  vihat  it  portends  few  realize,  while  fewer 
still  are  presumptuous  enough  to  hazard  a  pre- 
diction. The  wheat  situation  at  present  is  of 
great  statistical  interest,  because  of  the  enormous 
inovement  of  wheat  from  the  farms  to  the  market 
centers  and  its  rapid  absorption.  The  quantity 
of  wheat  received  at  the  priinary  points  since  the 
first  of  July  has  been  forty-two  million  bushels 
greater  and  the  increase  in  visible  stocks  twenty- 
five  million  bushels  less  than  for  the  correspond- 
ing time  in  1911.  Accordingly  sixty-seven  million 
bushels  more  have  disappeared  or  been  absorbed 
than  was  the  case  a  year  ago.  This  suggests  the 
(|uery  whether  the  holes  to  fill  are  not  bigger 
than  the  supply  with  which  to  fill  them.  One 
peculiar  feature  of  the  big  movement  of  spring 
wheat  is  that  northwestern  millers  had  little  or  no 
need  of  hedging  sales  this  season,  because  the 
demand  for  flour  keeps  pace  with  the  supply  of 
wheat,  a  feature  w'hich  makes  this  season  a  nota- 
ble exception.  But  neither  export  business  nor 
domestic  demand  stimulates  any  speculation.  The 
public  is  paying  undue  regard  to  the  production 


of  spring  wheat  this  year  and  too  little  attention 
to  the  world-wide  influences  in  other  directions. 

Corn — The  corn  market  maintains  a  quiet  at- 
titude. The  investment  trade  is  waiting  for  a 
movement  of  new  corn  in  the  expectation  that 
it  will  result  in  lower  values.  The  necessities  of 
the  consumer  are  such  that  he  cannot  wait  for 
the  new  corn,  but  takes  the  old  supply  at  10  to  12 
cents  higher  than  the  prevailing  prices  of  the 
new  crop  futures.  The  present  market  prices  for 
December  and  May  discount  the  big  crop  and 
suggest  that  opportunities  to  invest  in  this  cereal 
should  be  watched  for. 

Cotton — The  cotton  inarket  during  the  past 
week  has  been  a  weather  market,  up  one  day  on 
predicted  heavy  frost  only  to  be  down  the  next 
when  the  weather  map  fails  to  note  any  frost. 
Up  to  ♦^le  present  writing  there  has  been  no  frost 
of  consequence.  The  trade  early  in  the  week 
were  inclined  to  be  very  bearish,  but  on  the  pub- 
lication of  the  United  States  ginning  figures 
showing  the  amount  ginned  to  October  18  to  be 
6,838.000,  a  reversal  in  sentiment  took  place  and 
the  local  traders  are  inclined  to  switch  to  the  buy- 
ing side  on  breaks,  giving  as  their  excuse  that 
the  amount  ginned  to  October  18  represents  about 
half  the  crop.  It  is  reported  that  spinners  too 
have  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  market  and 
have  been  calling  cotton  freely  both  here  and  in 
Liverpool.  Of  course  the  houses  that  w^ould 
naturally  have  these  orders  arc  the  spot  houses. 
The  talk  around  the  ring  continues  to  reflect  lit- 
tle or  no  confidence  in  a  sustained  improvement 
at  this  time,  but  the  selling  has  been  far  from 
aggressive.  Exports  continue  large  and  there  is 
a  big  trade  in  cotton  goods  both  here  and  abroad 
which,  we  think,  will  continue  for  some  time  to 
come.  Stocks  of  cotton  goods  are  comparatively 
small,  and  in  many  instances  spinners  are  reported 
sold  ahead  in  the  next  year  at  very  profitable 
prices,  based  on  present  cost  of  the  raw  material, 
stocks  of  which  remaining  in  spinners'  hands  ari' 
also  smaller  than   generally  snpposcil 


Citizens'  Alliance 

OPEN 


of    San  Francisco 

SHOP 


The  labor  trust  pretends  tn  own  ii> 
units  as  chattels,  body  and  soul.  The 
feudal   lords  were  no  worse. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  arc 
in  the  Russ  BIdg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  in 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12,281.957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
v. -Pres. :  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  \V.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier:  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfcid,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368.228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyrrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.   W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein       Kobert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  L'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m..  Siind,iys  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the  Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,   2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  2Ist  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

November  2,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

(Continued  from  Page  I  9.) 
the  principal  scene  from  Stanislaus  Stange's  com- 
edy "A  School  for  Husbands." 


Julian  Eltinge  Next  Week 

Julian  Eltinge's  triumph  in  "Tiie  Fascinating 
Widow"  at  the  Columbia  last  Sunday  night  was 
a  great  one.  The  storms  of  applause  which 
greeted  the  famous  impersonator's  every  entrance 
and  rewarded  his  every  scene  throughout  the 
musical  piece  indicated  that  San  Francisco  had 
followed  in  the  footsteps  of  New  York  and 
Chicago  in  acclaiming  star  and  play.  A  record- 
breaking  attendance  at  the  Columbia  Theater 
throughout  Eltinge's  stay  is  promised.  The  Wed- 
nesday and  Saturday  matinees  are  sure  to  prove 
strong  magnets  in  drawing  the  feminine  con- 
tingent of  local  theatregoers  who  are  sure  to 
marvel  at  Julian  Eltinge's  wonderful  wardrobe  of 
Parisian  gowns. 


Nellie  Schmidt  at  Pantages 

The  host  of  friends  and  admirers  of  Miss  Nellie 
Schmidt,  the  stout-hearted  young  Alameda  girl 
who  swam  across  the  bay  of  San  Francisco  and 
around  the  Seal  Rocks  and  who  will  soon  attempt 
the  feat  of  swimming  the  English  Channel,  will 
be  pleased  to  learn  of  their  little  friend's  plunge 
into  vaudeville  at  Pantages  for  the  week  starting 
Sunday,  November  3.  Miss  Schmidt  will  give  an 
expert  exposition  of  trick  and  fancy  diving  and 
swimming  in  the  huge  glass  tank  provided  for 
her.  Beautiful  special  scenery,  showing  the  Cliff 
House,  Sutro  Heights,  the  Seal  Rocks  and  the 
Golden  Gate,  has  been  painted  to  order  and  will 
be  shown  for  the  first  time  when  Miss  Schmidt 
makes  her  debut.  Noted  the  world  over  for  their 
burlesque  on  cycling  and  their  thrilling  feats 
on  cycles,  the  Millard  Brothers  will  be  welcomed. 
Eleanor  Otis  and  her  clever  company  will  be  seen 
in  the  laughing  success  of  life  behind  the  scenes, 
entitled  "De  Vere  of  the  Chorus."  The  All  Star 
Trio  return  with  a  new  repertoire  of  old  and  new 
songs.  Mile.  Esmeralda,  a  young  woman  xylo- 
phonist;  De  Lea  and  Orma  in  "Six  Feet  of  Com- 
edy," Jack  Matthews'  "School  Kids"  and  two 
reels  of  late  pictures  complete  the  attractive  bill. 


The  Burr  Mcintosh  Lecture 

Owing  to  a  physical  accident  Burr  Mcintosh 
was  compelled  to  postpone  his  "Plain  Talk"  from 
October  24  to  November  4,  next  Monday  evening. 
The  lecture  will  be  given  at  Scottish  Rite  Temple, 
and  seats  already  secured  will  be  held  as  pre- 
viously reserved.  The  "plain  talk"  deals  with  the 
wonders  of  California  and  our  country  and  will 
be  illustrated  with  fine  colored  views. 


The  Next  Concert  at  the  Cert 

The  next  appearance  of  the  San  Francisco 
orchestra  will  take  place  at  the  Cort,  P'riday  after- 


VALUABLE  INFORMATION 

Of  a  Business,  Personal  or  Social  Nature 
from  the  Press  of  the  Pacific  Coast 

DAKES'  PRESS  CUPPING  BUREAU 

12  GEARY  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phones,  Kearny  1440  and  Home  C  1470 

432  S.  MAIN  STREET,  LOS  ANGELES 

Phones,  F  1289  and  Main  4133 

Clippings  Served  from  5c  to  $.S  per  Month 
Order  Now.    Stop  When  You  Please 
Pay  for  What  You  Get 


noon,  November  8,  when  the  program  will  present 
elements  of  keen  social  as  well  as  musical  inter- 
est. ,'\(lele  Rosenthal,  a  native  of  San  Francisco 
who  has  been  studying  and  concertizing  abroad 
for  nearly  eight  years,  will  make  her  first  appear- 
ance in  America.  In  securing  the  services  of  this 
gifted  pianiste  for  the  second  of  the  popular 
concerts,  the  Musical  Association  made  a  wise 
choice.  Her  artistic  achievements  are  attested  by 
Harold  Bauer,  with  whom  she  studied  in  Berlin 
for  two  years,  and  Mme.  Remaury  Montigny,  be- 
lieved by  many  to  be  the  greatest  of  French 
pianists.  The  latter  undertook  the  launching  of 
Miss  Rosenthal's  professional  career  and  assisted 
the  young  American  girl  to  a  hearing  in  the  music 
centers  of  Europe.  Her  confidence  in  her  protege 
was  rewarded,  for  the  critics  of  Berlin,  Dresden, 
Paris  and  London  acclaimed  her  "a  born  pianist," 
"a  thorough  musician,"  "an  extremely  gifted 
pianist,  full  of  temperament."  At  next  Friday's 
concert,  Miss  Rosenthal  will  play  the  piano  score 
of  Grieg's  Concerto  in  A  minor,  while  Hadley 
will  direct  his  players  through  the  beautiful  in- 
strumentation for  full  orchestra.  In  the  selec- 
tion of  the  orchestral  numbers,  care  has  been 
taken  to  choose  only  the  best  of  music,  but  at 
the  same  time  to  avoid  such  selections  as  might 
be  considered  "heavy"  by  the  average  untrained 
music  lover.  It  is  the  plan  of  the  management 
to  make  these  popular  concerts  educational  as 
well  as  interesting  to  the  end  that  patrons  of  the 
"pop"  concerts  may  become  subscribers  to  the 
regular  symphony  concerts.  The  overture  to 
Thomas'  "Mignon"  will  be  played.  An  arrange- 
ment of  MacDowell's  piano  composition,  "Clair 
de  Lune"  will  be  interpreted  by  the  orchestra 
whose  presentation  of  MacDowell's  "To  a  Wild 
Rose"  has  given  pleasure  to  thousands.  "Clair 
de  Lune"  is  even  a  finer  work  and  quite  as 
adaptable  to  an  orchestral  rendering.  Two  move- 
ments of  Tschaikowsky's  '"Symphony  Pathetique" 
will  be  given.  It  will  prove  to  be  as  compelling 
a  composition  as  the  same  composer's  "Marche 
Slav."  The  program  will  close  with  Moszkow- 
ski's  "Malaguena"  movement  from  his  Ballet, 
"Boabdill."  Tickets  may  be  secured  at  the  Cort 
Theatre,  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  and  Kohler  & 
Chase. 


H  * 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1.600.000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
Sir,  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.  H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


CERTIFICATE    OF    CO-PARTNERSHIP— No.  1057 

We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify  that  we  are  co- 
partners doing  business  under  the  firm  name  and  style  of 
PACIFIC  COAST  HOTEL  GAZETTE  CO.;  that  our 
principal  place  of  business  is  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  No.  163  Sutter  St.; 
and  that  the  following  are  the  names  in  full  of  all  the 
members  of  said  partnership,  and  their  respective  places 
of  residence,  to-wit : 

William  P.  Harrison,  1440  Euclid  .\venue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Martial  Davoust,  Mendel  Apartments,  Ellis  at  Jones 
Street,  San   Francisco,  Cal. 

In  witness  whereof  the  undersigned  and  above  named 
partners  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  this  24th  day  of 
September,  1912. 

WILLIAM  P.  HARRRISON. 
MARTIAL  DAVOUST. 
STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — ss. 

On  this  24th  day  of  September,  1912,  before  me  John 
D.  Gish,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  William  P.  Harri- 
son and  Martial  Davoust,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons 
whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  and 
they  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal,  at  my  ofliice  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first 
above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JOHN  D.  GISH, 

Notary    Public   in   and   for  the   City   and   County   of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 
(Endorsed)  :  Filed  Oct.  2,  1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By  L.  J.  Welch,   Deputy   Clerk.  10-12-.'; 

NOTICE  OF  INTENTION  TO  BECOME  A 
SOLE  TRADER 

In  the   Superior   Court  of  the  State  of   California,  within 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  WINIFRED  KIM- 
B.M.L  DE  WOLFE  to  Become  a  Sole  Trader. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  undersigned,  Winifred 
Kimball  de  Wolfe,  the  wife  of  Edgar  S.  de  Wolfe,  who  is 
a  resiclcnt  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  intends  to  make  an  application  to  the  -Tbove 
entitled  Court  on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the 
opening  of  the  Court  on  said  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
said  application  may  be  heard,  for  a  judgment  and  order 
t'l  said  Court,  permitting  and  authorizing  her  to  become 
?  Sole  Trader  and  to  transact  business  in  her  own  name, 
and  upon  her  own  account,  as  a  Sole  Trader,  under  the 
provisions  of  Title  XII,  Part  III,  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
Procedure  of  the  State  of  California ;  that  the  nature  of 
the  business  to  be  conducted  by  the  undersigned  is  that  of 
an  Interior  Decorator  and  Designer,  and  to  buy  and  sell 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  the  place  at  which  it  is 
proposed  to  conduct  said  business  is  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated  this  5th  day  of  October,  1912. 

WINIFRED    KIMBALL    DE  WOLFE. 
CHARLES  H.  i-AIRALL,  Atty.  for  Petitioner, 

Balboa  Bl.lg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-5 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  FOR  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  GRANTED 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  .Tnd  for 
the    City    and    County    of    San    Francisco — (Probate); 
No.   10,980;   Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANTHONY  DORRITY, 

Deceased. 

W.  J.  PALETHORPE,  the  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Dorrity,  Deceased,  having  filed  herein  his  veri- 
fied petition  for  order  of  sale  of  real  property,  and  it  appear- 
ing therefrom  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  tl;at  a  sale 
of  the  real  estate  described  in  said  petition  is  necessary  and 
for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
and  those  interested  therein, 

IT  IS  ORDERED:  That  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  deceased  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
appear  before  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  Department  No.  10,  thereof,  in  the 
City  Hall  Building  on  Market  Street  between  Eighth  and 
Ninth  Streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday, 
the  4th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 
of  said  day,  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  an  order 
should  not  be  granted  to  said  administrator  for  the  sale 
of  the  whole  of  the  real  estate  of  the  Estate  of  said  de- 
ceased ;  and 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED:  That  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  once  a  week  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks 
in   Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  tlie 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
Dated:  October  29,  A.  D.  1912. 

THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  30,   1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
l!y   E.   B.   Gilson,   Deputy  Clerk. 
COOPER.  GK.\Y  &  COOPER,  Attys.  at  Law, 

Mills  Bldg..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  1 1  -2-5 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  2,  1912 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,453  ; 
Dept.    No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MARY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brouglit 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action: 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  isade. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Com,jlaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MI  LCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624   Mills  Bldg..   San   Francisco.  Cal.  9-28-10 

NOTICE  OF   SALE  OF   REAL   ESTATE  BY 
GUARDIAN 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Depart- 
ment No.  9. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  and  Guardianship  of 
WILLIAM  P.  BL'RKE,  ALICE  MARY  BURKE,  EDITH 
MARGARET  BURKE  and  RICHARD  BURKE,  JUNIOR, 
Minors.— No.  1431,  N.  S. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  an  order  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  made  on  the  25th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1912,  and  filed  herein  on  the  2Sth  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1912,  in  the  matter  of  the  estate  and  guardianship  of 
Edith  Margaret  Burke  and  Richard  Jiurke,  Junior,  minors, 
(William  P.  Buske  and  Alice  Mary  iUirke  having  arrived 
at  legal  age  prior  to  the  date  hereof),  the  undersigned, 
Richard  Burke,  as  guardian  of  the  persons  and  estates  of 
said  two  remaining  minors,  namely,  Edith  Margaret  Burke 
and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the 
highest  bidder,  for  cash,  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States, 
on  or  after  MOND.\Y,  the  2nd  day  of  December,  1912, 
and  subject  to  confirmation  by  saia  Court,  the  undivided 
five-twelfths  (5-12)  interest  of  the  estate  of  said  Edith 
Margaret  Burke  and  Richard  Burke.  Junior,  minors,  and 
all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  said  two  remaining:  min- 
ors in  and  to  the  following  described  real  property,  situate, 
lying  and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  bounded  and  described  as  follows, 
to-wit : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of  Spear 
street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine  (229) 
feet  and  two  (2)  inches  northwesterly  from  the  point  of 
intersection  of  the  northwesterly  line  of  Folsom  street  with 
the  said  northeasterly  line  of  Spear  street,  and  running 
thence  northwesterly  and  along  said  northeasterly  line  of 
Spear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  and  ten  (10)  inches:  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  and  parallel  with  said  north- 
westerly line  of  Folsom  street  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches:  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  and  parallel  with  said  northeasterly  line 
of  Spear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  and  ten  (10)  inches: 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly  and  parallel  with 
said  northwesterly  line  of  Folsom  street  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  to  said  north- 
easterly line  of  Spear  street  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  One  Hundred  (100)  Vara  Block 
Number  Three  Hundred  and  Twenty-two  (322.) 

Ten  (10)  per  cent  of  the  bid  payable  at  the  time  of 
sale  and  the  balance  upon  confirmation  of  the  sale  by 
said  Court;  deed  and  abstract  at  the  expense  of  purchaser; 
the  i>urchaser  to  assume  the  payment  and  take  the  property 
purchased  by  him  subject  to  all  the  State,  county  and 
other  taxes,  and  all  assessments  of  whatsoever  name  and 
nature  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  become  chargeable 
to  or  a  lien  against  the  property  purchased  by  him. 

Offers  or  bids  must  be  in  writing  and  will  be  received  and 
may  be  left  at  the- office  of  Garret  W.  McEnerney,  attorney 
for  said  guardian.  Room  1277  Flood  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  or  may  be  delivered  to  said  guardian  per- 
sonally, or  may  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  named  Court  at  any  time  after  the  first  publication 
of  this  notice  and  before  the  making  of  this  sale. 

RICHARD  BURKE, 
Guardian   of  the   Persons  and   Estates   of   Edith  Margaret 

Burke  and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  Minors. 
GARRET  W.  McENERNEY.  Atty.  for  Guardian, 

Room  1277  Flood  Bldg.,  .San  I'rancisco.  Cal.  10-2()-3 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 
Estate   of    MORITZ    NICKELSBURG.    Deceased— No. 
14114  N.  S. :  Dept.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Melvil  S. 
Nickelsburg,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all 
persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  executor 
at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  room  713 
Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected 
with  the  said  estate  of  Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased. 

MELVIL  S.  NICKELSBURG, 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Moritz  Nickels- 
burg, deceased. 
Dated,  October  12,  1912. 
HELLER,   POWERS   &  EHRMAN, 
Attorneys    for  Executor, 

Nevada  Bank  Building,  San  Francisco.  10-12-5 


SUMMONS  TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
■or^^ne  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— Action  No. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 
\ou  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet ;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
iudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By   S.   I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 
The    first    publication    of    this    Summons    was    made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff :  Names, 
none;   Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   Bldg.,   San    Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the   City   and   County  of   San   Francisco — No.  14,193; 
Department   No.  10. 
In   the   Matter  of  the  Guardianship  of  the   Person  and 

Estate   of   JOHN   AUGUST   SANDELL,   an  Incompetent 

Person. 

Upon  reading  and  filing  the  verified  petition  of  Amelia 
J.  Sandell,  Guardian  of  the  person  and  estate  of  John 
August  Sandell,  an  incompetent  person,  and  good  cause 
appearing  therefor. 

It  is  hereby  ORDERED  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  above  entitled  estate  appear  before  this  Court  on 
.MOND.\Y,  the  11th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour 
of  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  that  day  and  at  the  Court- 
room of  Department  No.  10  of  the  above  entitled  Court, 
in  the  new  City  Hall  on  the  South  side  of  Market  Street 
between  Eighth  and  Ninth  Streets,  in  the  said  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  why 
the   following  described  real   property,  viz: 

That  certain  store  on  the  ground  fioor  of  that  certain 
building  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  Haight  and  Fillmore 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  said  store  being  known  as  No.  310  Fillmore 
Street,  together  with  a  portion  of  the  basement  in  said 
building  directly  under  said  store,  and  heretofore  and 
now  used  for  baths,  together  with  bathing  equipment 
therein. 

should  not  be  leased  for  the  period  of  three  years  at  the 
rental  mentioned  in  said  petition,  to-wit:  Sixteen  hundred 
and  Eighty  ($1680.00)  Dollars,  payable  in  equal  monthly 
installments  of  $40.00  per  month  for  the  first  year  of  said 
term  and  $50.00  per  month  for  the  remaining  two  year^ 
of  said  term,  reference  being  hereby  had  to  the  said  peti- 
tion of  said  Amelia  J.  Sandell,  as  such  Guardian,  on  file 
for  further  particulars. 

IT  IS  FI  RTHER  ORDERED  that  this  order  be  pub- 
lished for  two  successive  weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  printed  and  published  in  said 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  21,   1912.    H.   I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By  E.  B.  Gilson,  Deputy  Clerk. 
J.  J.  LERMEN,  Atty  for  Guardian, 

504  Balboa  Bldg..  San  Francisco.  C.il,  10-26-3 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,492; 
Department    No.  7. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ALICE  QUESADA,  De- 
ceased. 

Alice  Schingle  and  Sarah  Sullivan,  administratrices  of 
the  estate  of  Alice  Quesada,  deceased,  having  this  day 
presented  to  the  Court  and  filed  with  the  clerk  thereof  their 
verified  petition  praying  for  an  order  of  this  Court  au- 
thorizing, empowering  and  directing  them  to  sell  the  whole 
of  the  real  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of  said  de- 
ceased at  either  public  or  private  sale,  as  said  adminis- 
tratrices should  deem  most  beneficial  to  said  estate,  and 
those  interested  therein,  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court 
from  such  petition,  that  it  is  necessary,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
of  said  deceased,  and  those  interested,  to  sell  the  whole  of 
said  real  estate  for  the  purposes  and  reasons  mentioned  in 
said   petition  ; 

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  be  and  appear  before 
this  Court,  Department  No.  7  thereof,  at  its  Courtroom 
situate  in  the  building  known  and  designated  as  the  New 
City  Hall,  south  side  of  Market  street  between  8th  and  9th 
streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Monday,  the  25th 
day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour  of  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 
thereof,  of  said  day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said 
administratrices   for   the  sale  of   such  estate. 

It  is  further  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  order  to 
show  cause  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  successive 
weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation, 
printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
„  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

WALTER  E.   DORN  and 

SULLIVAN,  SULLIVAN  and  THEO.  J.  ROCHE, 
Attorneys   for  Administratrices, 

1108   Humboldt    Savings   Bank  Building, 

San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-26-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the   City   and   County   of   San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 
WILLIAM   GREIG,   Plaintiff,  vs.   All   Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien   Upon  the  Real   Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part   Thereof,  Defendants. 

"The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 
You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  (jreig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  ana  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit: 
PIECE  NO.  1. 
Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ot 
Mariposa  Street  and   point  of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of  Potrero  Nucvo   Block   Number  270. 

PIECE  NO.  2. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 
And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 
The  first  publication  ot  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVCrrO,  RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

Attorneys   for   Plaintiff.  .„.„,„ 
68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  101910 


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November  9,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


The  City  of  Opportunity 

As  It  Was,  As  It  Is,  and  As  It  Will  Be  When  Uncle  Sam  Rolls  the  Curtain  Up  on  the  Broad  Pacific 


Long  content  to  enjoy  an  individuality  for 
which  she  has  been  much  celebrated  in  song  and 
story  San  Francisco  is  now  ambitious  of  the  dis- 
tinction enjoyed  by  the  few  great  cities  that  are 
known  as  the  centres  of  commerce.  The  City  of 
St.  Francis  has  been  bitten  with  materialism.  It 
has  been  entranced  by  a  vision  of  a  beautiful 
maiden  rising  out  of  the  waves  by  the  sundown 
sea  and  joyously  spinning  the  financial  web  of 
the  world.  Now  San  Francisco  is  intoxicated 
with  the  hope  of  becoming  a  rival  of  the  most 
opulent  city  on  the  continent.  Indeed  even  now 
she  experiences  growing  pains,  she  hears  the 
hum  of  industries  that  are  not  yet  born,  she  is 
preparing  to  leap  forward  to  the  commercial  ex- 
ploitation of  the  world.  And  why  not?  Amer- 
ican civilization  has  come  to  centre  about  the 
conception  of  life  as  a  matter  of  industrial  en- 
ergy. The  people  of  this  country  are  organized 
for  one  purpose.  Business  is  the  all-absorbing 
interest,  nothing  else  counts.  So  the  young  am- 
bition of  San  Francisco  is  quite  in  keeping  with 
the  spirit  of  the  nation;  nor  is  it  at  all  extrav- 
agant. The  great  industrial  events  of  the  future 
are  to  be  staged  on  the  bosom  of  the  broad  Pa- 
cific, and  San  Francisco  is  so  situated  that  she 
must  necessarily  be  involved  in  the  perform- 
ances. San  Francisco  has  become  the  City  of 
Opportunity. 

Through  the  years  since  her  christening  San 
Francisco  has  sat  serene  at  the  Golden  Gate  in- 
different to  her  relative  position  among  the  cities 
of  the  country.  The  sentiment  of  the  community 
was  that  nothing  better  was  to  be  found  than  to 
eat  and  drink  and  be  merry  while  we  may.  A 
lackadaisical  city  was  San  Francisco,  self-satis- 
lied  within  the  boundaries  of  a  narrow  penin- 
sula, proud  of  her  colorful  life,  concerned  chiefly 
with  the  joy  of  living,  rejoicing  in  an  atmosphere 
redolent  of  poetry  and  romance,  caring  not 
whether  trade  went  elsewhere  or  clamored  at  the 
door.  Times  have  changed.  San  Francisco  is 
now  asserting  her  claims  to  precedence  as  the 
metropolis  of  the  Pacific.  In  other  words  she 
is  tooting  her  own  horn.  No  longer  is  it  deemed 
sufficient  for  San  Francisco  to  have  individuality. 
It  used  to  please  us  to  have  poets  try  to  in- 
terpret the  soul  of  San  Francisco,  literary  men 
analyze  the  atmosphere  of  San  Francisco, 
tourists    from    everywhere    describe    their  first 


By  Theodore  Bonnet 

impressions  and  enthuse  about  the  charms  of  a 
pleasure  city  that  reminded  them  in  some  re- 
spects of  Paris,  of  Vienna,  of  some  place  where 
their  tastes  had  been  gratified  or  their  imagina- 
tion quickened;  but  now  San  Francisco  like  a 
capricious  maiden  bored  with  the  panegyrics  of 
her  lovers  demands  that  other  merits  hitherto 
neglected  be  given  the  tribute  they  deserve. 

It  is  considered  desirable,  for  instance,  to  have 
it  known  that  San  Francisco  is  at  once  a  winter 
and  summer  resort  inasmuch  as  temperature 
varies  only  ten  degrees  between  seasons,  with  an 
average  winter  temperature  of  fifty-one  degrees 
and  an  average  summer  temperature  of  fifty-nine 
degrees,  and  sunshine  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  days  in  the  year.  Attention  is  called  to  the 
fact  that  no  other  large  city  ofifers  such  op- 
portunities for  out-door  sports  near  at  hand — 
yachting  on  the  bay  and  rivers,  deer  and  duck 
shooting  within  two  hours'  ride  by  boat  and  rail, 
fishing  in  the  bay  or  right  off  the  rocks  at  the 
northern  extremity  of  the  peninsula.  In  the  im- 
mediate vicinity  of  San  Francisco  are  enough 
short  pleasure  trips  to  keep  a  tourist  delighted 
for  months;  among  others,  the  trips  to  Mount 
Tamalpais  and  Muir  Woods,  to  the  Greek  Theatre 
and  the  several  Missions.  For  him  who  would 
escape  the  madding  crowd  there  are  inviting 
avenues  galore,  and  entertainment  every  step  of 
the  road. 

So  much  has  been  said  about  the  wickedness 
of  San  Francisco  that  our  press  agents  are  now 
pointing  with  pride  to  the  fact  that  we  have  two 
hundred  and  eight  churches  and  thirty  jarring 
sects  all  sufficiently  cushioned  to  prevent  shock. 

Also  they  are  finding  ways  and  means  of  letting 
it  be  known  that  even  now,  with  the  Panama  Canal 
yet  to  be  opened  for  business  San  Francisco  is 
an  opulent  city.  As  a  financial  centre  San  Fran- 
cisco ranks  as  one  of  the  five  or  six  largest  in 
the  country.  Bank  clearings  piled  up  last  year 
to  $2,427,075,543.  The  city  has  1,795  factories 
with  a  capital  of  $133,760,000,  with  an  annual  out- 
put valued  at  $132,929,000.  And  these  figures,  like 
those  of  the  census  bureau,  tell  but  half  the 
story.  For  San  Francisco,  does  not  sprawl  all 
over  the  map.  It  has  never  expanded  on  paper 
by  legislative  enactment.  It  counts  only  the 
citizens  within  a  radius  of  a  few  miles  down  the 
peninsula,  thus  being  credited  with  a  population 


of  less  than  500,000,  although  in  the  bay  region 
tributary  to  San  Francisco  there  sleep  nearly 
200,000  people  who  make  the  struggle  for  exist- 
ence in  the  metropolis.  San  Francisco  is  the 
centre  of  a  metropolitan  district  that  has  a  pop- 
ulation of  nearly  700,000  within  a  radius  of  twenty 
miles  of  the  City  Hall. 

San  Francisco's  standing  as  a  seaport  is  in- 
dicated by  her  customs  receipts,  which  amounted 
in  1911  to  $6,673,355.  Her  exports  for  the  year 
were  valued  at  $78,000,000,  her  imports  at  $56,- 
075,324.  Shipments  from  this  port  in  the  coast- 
wise trade  to  Atlantic  States  increased  more  than 
one  hundred  per  cent  in  the  year  1911.  They 
were  valued  at  $23,218,836.  San  Francisco  also 
commands  a  great  salmon  industry  in  Alaskan 
waters  and  a  big  sugar  trade  with  the  islands  of 
the  Pacific. 

What  San  Francisco  has  been  doing  since  the 
great  calamity  of  1906  may  be  judged  from  the 
circumstance  that  the  people  have  voted  bond 
issues  of  $45,000,000  for  a  water  system  and  $18, 
0000,000  for  municipal  improvements.  Yet  San 
Francisco  has  a  lower  percentage  of  bonded  debt 
in  proportion  to  the  assessed  valuation  than  any 
larger  city  in  the  United  States.  In  addition  to 
all  this  money  which  is  pouring  into  the  channels 
of  trade,  the  State  of  California  is  spending 
$10,000,000  for  harbor  improvements  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  there  is  $15,000,000  to  be  spent  by  the 
city,  her  citizens  and  the  State  on  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  while  as  much 
more  will  be  spent  by  the  several  States  of  this 
country  and  of  Europe  and  the  Orient  that  are 
to  exhibit  in  San  Francisco  in  1915. 

So  all  things  considered  San  Francisco  has 
reason  to  claim  recognition  at  this  time  as  a  City 
of  Opportunity.  The  realization  of  what  is  pre- 
dicted by  her  enthusiastic  citizens  seems  easy 
compared  with  achieving  anything  like  an 
adequate  conception  of  what  is  in  store.  The 
opening  of  the  Panama  Canal  will  revolutionize 
the  commerce  of  the  world.  Its  effect  on  the  Pa- 
cific will  be  immediate.  The  Orient  and  the  Oc- 
cident will  be  brought  into  closer  relation,  and 
there  will  immediately  spring  up  an  intimacy  be- 
tween the  ports  of  South  and  North  America. 
In  no  city  will  the  general  effect  of  this  colossal 
transformation  be  more  directly  felt  than  in  San 
Francisco. 


THE  EXPOSITION  CITY 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


November  9.  !5!2 


The  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 

A  Description  of  the  World's  Fair  City  Soon  to  be  Reared  by  the  Waters  of  the  Golden  Gate 


California  is  keeping  step  with  Colonel  Gocthals 
at  Panama.  America's  Panama  celebration,  to 
stand  out  alone  among  all  other  world's  celebra- 
tions for  its  daring  originality  and  splendor,  will 
be  the  first  of  the  great  world's  fairs  in  America 
to  swing  its  gates  open  at  the  date  set  upon  a 
completed  spectacle. 

Rapid  progress  is  evidenced  in  all  phases  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition.  With- 
in ten  months  all  of  the  principal  exhibit  palaces, 
fourteen  in  number,  will  be  under  course  of  con- 
struction. By  June  25,  1914,  all  the  structures 
will  have  been  completed.  Twenty  foreign  na- 
tions have  so  far  conveyed  to  the  Department  of 
State  their  formal  acceptances  of  America's  in- 
vitation. Thirty-two  of  the  commonwealths  of 
the  United  States  have  at  this  early  date  taken 
definite  action  towards  participation.  Japan 
alone,  as  almost  everyone  knows,  will  expend 
$l,(X)0,t)00  upon  the  Japanese  representation. 
New  York  State  will  expend  $700,000.  The  ap- 
plications for  exhibit  space,  coming  from  all  por- 
tions of  the  world,  exceed  in  number  those  re- 
ceived by  any  exposition  one  year  in  advance  of 
its  opening. 

Were  no  more  responses  received  this  celebra- 
tion, which  will  signalize  the  completion  of  the 
greatest  material  achievement  in  the  history  of 
the  American  people,  would  surpass  any  of  the 
great  expositions  of  the  past.  But  the  oflficial  re- 
sponses are  just  beginning  to  be  received.  In  re- 
spect to  early  preparations  by  the  world's  nations 
the  exposition  enjoys  an  advance  of  more  than 
one  year  over  any  of  its  notable  predecessors. 

The  most  striking  feature  of  the  construction 
plan  of  the  exposition,  from  the  viewpoint  of  the 
notable  commission  of  great  architects  having 
charge  of  the  exposition  design,  will  be  a  scries 
of  great  inner  courts  to  lie  between  the  main  ex- 
hibit palaces.  Each  of  the  courts  is  designed 
by  a  different  architect  or  group  of  architects; 
each  will  present  some  individual  architectural 
ideal.  The  result  of  the  architects'  deliberations 
is  believed  to  be  the  most  notable  exposition  de- 
sign ever  conceived. 

The  site  of  the  exposition  at  Harbor  View,  a 
great  basin  opening  out  upon  San  Francisco  Bay, 
occupies  625  acres,  approximately  the  area  (693 
acres)  occupied  by  the  World's  Columbian  Ex- 
position at  Chicago  in  1893.  The  site  is  two 
miles  west  of  the  Ferry  Building  and  ne^r  the 
most  populous  portion  of  the  city.  The  grounds 
extend  along  the  shores  of  the  harbor  for  two 
miles,  and  are  one-half  mile  in  greatest  width. 
On  the  west,  south  and  east  the  site,  which  lies 
as  the  floor  of  an  amphitheatre,  is  encircled  by 
the  hills  of  the  city  rising  in  successive  stages 
from  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  three  hundred 
feet  in  height.  The  exposition  structures  will 
lie  on  an  east  and  west  axis  between  an  esplan- 
ade, the  Marina  (Villa  gardens)  it  will  be  called, 
along  the  bay  upon  the  north,  and  a  garden 
boulevard  lying  at  the  fringe  of  the  city's  hills 
upon  the  south.  The  garden  boulevard,  to  be 
known  as  the  Alameda,  will  be  seventeen  hundred 
feet  in  length  and  three  hundred  feet  in  width. 
It  will  be  the  entrance  to  the  exposition  grounds 
from  the  city,  and  Fillmore  street  and  Van  Ness 
avenue  as  well  as  other  streets  will  run  into  it  at 
right  angles. 

The  setting  for  the  exposition  palaces  could 
not  be  surpassed.    Before  the  site  in  1915  there 


By  Hamilton  Wright 

will  assemble  the  greatest  fleet  of  battleships 
ever  brought  together  in  history.  This  will  be 
nothing  less  than  a  composite  fleet  of  the  navies 
of  the  world.  Rear  Admiral  Staunton,  one  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Panama  Exposition 
Commission  to  Europe,  has  asked  Congress  to  re- 
mit tolls  on  the  fleet  through  the  canal  to  the 
Golden  Gate.  Senator  Swanson  of  Virginia  last 
year  put  a  bill  in  whereby  the  President  will  in- 
vite the  battleships  to  assemble  first  at  Hampton 
Roads.  Then  this  majestic  fleet  will  go  through 
the  canal  and  will  round  Seal  Rocks  into  the 
Golden  Gate. 

Just  imagine  yourself  on  one  of  these  big  bat- 
tleshijjs  directly  abreast  of  the  exposition  on  the 
opening  day,  February  20,  1915.  Looking  to- 
ward the  exposition  you  will  see  three  great 
groups  of  exposition  buildings.  The  center 
group  will  be  the  rectangle  of  eight  great  main 
exhibit  palaces  flanked  by  six  other  structures. 
On  the  east  and  nearest  the  Ferry  building  will 
be  the  concessions'  center  lying  in  part  behind 
Fort  Mason  and  covering  sixty-five  acres;  and 
to  the  west  of  the  main  or  central  group  and  near- 
est the  Golden  Gate  will  be  the  area  occupied  by 
the  buildings  of  the  States,  of  the  foreign  nations, 
and  of  the  United  States  government. 

The  great  exposition  city,  rising  against  the 
amphitheatre  of  the  hills,  will  be  impressive;  the 
buildings  will  be  so  huge  in  their  dimensions  that 
tliey  will  not  suffer  by  contrast  with  their  sur- 
rf)undings.  In  the  center  of  the  main  group  will 
rise  the  lofty  tower  of  the  Admtnistration  build- 
ing, flanked  on  either  side  by  the  gilded  domes, 
towers,  and  minarets  of  the  other  buildings  of 
tile  group.  This  tower  will  be  375  feet  high;  the 
smaller  towers  and  domes  will  vary  from  135  to 
230  feet  in  height.  The  facade  of  the  outside 
wall  that  faces  the  sea  will  be  sixty-five  feet  high, 
but  the  skyline  of  the  walled  city,  apart  frfim  the 
domes  and  towers  will  be  110  feet  high. 

At  night  the  illuminations  will  cover  the  ex- 
position city  with  the  spirit  of  enchantment.  Ten 
huge  searchlights  will  direct  their  rays  skyward 
from  the  summit  of  the  great  tower.  Along  the 
harbor  front  marvelous  electric  lighting  effects 
will  be  witnessed.  A  battery  of  huge  search- 
lights thirty-six  inches  in  diameter,  larger  than 
those  carried  by  the  largest  battleships,  will  direct 
colored  rays  against  clouds  of  steam  and  fog. 
The  windows  of  the  buildings  will  diffuse  golden 
lights.  Throughout  the  courts  at  night  indirect 
or  reflected  lighting  will  be  employed.  The  lights 
themselves  will  not  be  seen,  but  their  reflected 
lights  of  many  colors  will  produce  the  effect  of 
brilliant  moonlight. 

Marvels  in  color  effects  will  be  attained  in  the 
decoration  of  the  courts.  Mr.  Jules  Guerin.  the 
noted  artist,  has  charge  of  the  color  plan  of  the 
exposition.  Mr.  Carl  Bitter  is  director  of  sculp- 
ture. Each  court  will  possess  its  own  marvelous 
cnlnr  plan  and  sculpture  typifying  the  theme  of 
the  court;  each  will  be  rich  with  tropical  trees, 
flowering  shrubs,  flowers  and  vines. 

Eight  of  the  main  exhibit  palaces, — nearest  the 
bay  the  two  Agricultural  buildings,  the  Transpor- 
tation building  and  the  Mines  and  Metallurgy 
building,  and  farthest  from  the  bay  the  Varied 
Industries,  Liberal  Arts,  and  Education  build- 
ings— will  be  grouped  to  form  a  huge  rectangle, 
three  thousand  feet  in  length  and  twelve  hundred 
feet  from  north  to  south.    The  outside  walls  of 


the  buildings  will  form  a  continuous  wall  about 
the  rectangle  broken  only  by  the  tremendous 
arches,  arcades  and  passageways  that  will  give 
entrance  to  the  interior  courts. 

Most  imposing  and  largest  of  all  the  courts  will 
be  the  great  Court  of  Honor,  the  court  of  the 
East  and  West.  At  the  south  end  of  this  court 
will  be  the  Administration  building  with  its  tower 
rising  375  feet  and  flanked  on  either  side  by  the 
domes,  towers  and  minarets  of  the  remaining 
buildings  of  the  central  group.  At  the  base  of 
the  tower,  which  will  occupy  one  acre,  will  be  a 
huge  arcade  beneath  which  the  visitor  may  enter 
from  the  south  garden  or  Alameda  into  the  grand 
Court  of  Honor.  In  its  center  the  court  will  con- 
tain a  sunken  garden  and  in  its  northern  axis 
between  the  Agricultural  and  Transportation 
buildings  will  be  a  great  pool  of  water  embellished 
with  statuary  and  fountains  and  bordered  by 
tropical  growths. 

To  the  west  of  the  Court  of  Honor  there  will 
be  a  huge  arch  to  the  Court  of  Four  Seasons 
whose  walls  will  be  partly  formed  by  the  Liberal 
Arts  and  Education  building,  by  the  Palace  of 
Agriculture,  and  partly  by  the  colonnades  and 
peristyles  that  will  connect  these  buildings.  In 
harmony  with  its  title  there  will  be  in  each  of  the 
four  corners  of  the  court  great  niches  screened 
by  classic  colonnades  and  presenting  four  large 
mural  paintings  suggesting  the  seasons. 

East  of  the  Court  of  Honor  will  be  a  festive 
court,  suggestive  of  the  joys  of  life,  dedicated  to 
music,  dancing  and  acting.  The  main  tower  of 
the  court  will  contain  a  huge  pipe  organ,  with 
echo  organs  in  the  smaller  towers. 

Each  of  the  three  main  north  and  south  courts 
will  open  out  upon  the  esplanade  on  the  shores 
of  San  Francisco  Bay  upon  the  north  and  upon 
the  great  tropical  garden  that  will  form  the 
boundary  between  the  exposition  grounds  and 
the  hills  of  the  city  upon  the  south.  Two  minor 
courts  will  open  out  upon  the  southern  boulevard; 
one  of  these  will  be  south  of  the  festive  or  east 
court,  and  one  south  of  the  Court  of  Four  Sea- 
sons. These  minor  courts  will  be  identical  in 
size  and  will  be  marvels  of  transplanting. 

The  sixth  and  last  of  the  great  court  effects 
will  be  obtained  in  the  area  lying  at  the  extreme 
west  of  the  main  group  of  buildings  and  between 
the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts  and  the  Education  and 
Agricultural  buildings.  This  court  will  be  ex- 
l)ressive  in  its  architecture  of  the  Italian  Renais- 
sance. In  its  center  will  be  a  great  lagoon  from 
whose  surface*  will  be  reflected  the  quiet  and 
beautiful  architecture  of  the  Fine  Arts  Palace. 

Near  the  southern  extremity  of  the  western 
court  will  be  one  of  the  most  attractive  of  all  the 
exposition  palaces,  the  great  Palace  of  Horti- 
culture, constructed  almost  entirely  of  glass  and 
covering  over  five  acres,  or  approximately  two 
city  squares  in  extent.  The  Horticultural  Palace 
will  be  surmounted  by  a  dome  150  feet  in  height; 
it  will  be  over  672  feet  long  and  its  greatest  width 
will  be  320  feet;  a  great  nave  80  feet  high  will 
run  the  length  of  the  building;  paralleling  the  cen- 
tral nave  there  will  be,  on  either  side,  two  side 
aisles  50  feet  in  height. 

On  the  extreme  western  side  will  be  the  stock 
pavilions  and  a  drill  ground  capable  of  accom- 
modating ten  thousand  troops  in  drill,  and  en- 
circling it  will  be  a  race  track  where  harness  and 
speed  races  will  be  held. 


November  9,  1912 


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JOHN  D.  SPRECKELS 


6  ^  TOWNTALK  November  9.  1912 

The  Genius  of  San  Diego 

Being  a  Brief  Account  of  the  Amazing  Results  Which  Followed  the  Compact  of  Mutual  Help  Entered  into  between  the 

City  of  San  Diego  and  Mr.  John  D.  Spreckels. 


California  is  to  have  two  great  expositions  in 
celebration  of  the  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal 
in  1915.  One  will  be  the  great  World's  Fair  in 
San  Francisco;  the  other  the  Panama-California 
Exposition  in  San  Diego  wherein  a  mission  city 
modeled  after  the  architecture  of  the  padre  period 
will  feature  the  aboriginal  life  of  our  Continent 
and  the  resources  of  the  Southwest. 

There  is  not  the  slightest  reason  why  any  San 
Franciscan  with  an  ordinary  liberality  of  view- 
point should  look  with  distrust  upon  the  exposi- 
tion to  be  given  by  the  sister  city  of  the  sunny 
Southland.  The  World's  Fair  in  San  Francisco 
will  be  of  tremendous  benefit  to  every  community 
in  California,  including  San  Diego.  In  the  same 
way  the  San  Diego  fair  will  bring  prosperity  to 
all  the  State,  not  excluding  our  metropolis.  The 
two  cities  may  well  join  hands,  for  they  are  to 
advantage  each  other  mutually,  and  have  no  rea- 
son for  any  jealousy. 

It  is  unCalifornian  for  the  citizens  of  one  com- 
munity to  look  askance  at  the  strides  made  by 
the  citizens  of  another  community.  San  Fran- 
cisco, like  a  big  brother  of  generous  impulses, 
should  take  delight  in  the  growth  of  San  Diego. 
That  growth  has  been  one  of  the  most  amazing 
phenomena  in  the  late  history  of  California.  It 
has  been  a  steady,  healthful  progress,  and  has 
benefited  the  whole  State.  It  is  as  much  to  the 
interest  of  San  Francisco  to  encourage  it  as  it 
is  to  the  interest  of  the  good  people  of  San 
Diego  themselves. 

The  history  of  San  Diego's  growth  is  bound 
up  with  the  doings  of  one  man.  Without  John 
D.  Spreckels,  there  is  no  exaggeration  in  the  state- 
ment, San  Diego  would  not  be  today  what  she 
is.  To  understand  the  growth  of  the  city  one 
must  review  the  career  of  John  D.  Spreckels  there. 
Years  ago  San  Diego  and  Spreckels  entered,  as  it 
were,  into  a  compact  of  mutual  help.  It  has  been 
of  tremendous  advantage  to  both  of  them.  The 
story  of  its  start  and  continuance  makes  a 
chapter  of  Californian  municipal  history  well 
worth  the  study.  There  is  inspiration  in  it  for 
other  communities,  not  excepting  San  Francisco. 

In  the  month  of  July  of  1887  John  P  Spreckels 
boarded  his  yacht  for  a  trip  from  Sai.  Francisco 
down  the  Coast.  He  arrived  in  the  Bay  of  San 
Diego  after  calling  at  various  ports.  This  was 
the  first  time  he  had  ever  seen  San  Diego.  Old 
Father  Horton  who  laid  out  what  is  now  the 
modern  city  of  San  Diego,  had  bought  up  a  lot 
of  raw  land  for  about  25  cents  an  acre  and  platted 
a  city  on  the  hills  overlooking  the  Bay  of  San 
Diego.  San  Diego,  at  that  time,  had  very  large 
ideas,  the  platted  area  of  the  city  being  about 
24  miles  by  six  miles  in  width,  said  to  be  the 
third  largest  city  in  platted  area  in  all  the  world. 

A  boat  put  oflf  to  the  yacht  Lurline  and  a  mid- 
dle-aged gentleman  stepped  on  board  and  in- 
quired for  Mr.  Spreckels.  Chris  Smith  was  on 
deck  that  morning  and  John  D.  Spreckels  himself 
was  at  the  wheel  of  the  yacht,  togged  out  in  old 
clothes  and  a  sou'wester  and  piloting  the  boat  in. 
The  gentleman  offered  free  pilotage  but  it  was 
declined  as  he  said  he  thought  he  could  find  his 
own  way  in. 


The  visitor  from  the  city  inquired  for  Mr. 
Spreckels  and  whether  he  was  still  down  below. 
Chris  Smith  said  he  believed  he  was  and  quite  a 
little  conversation  took  place  between  him  and 
the  visitor  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  Mr.  Spreckels, 
the  kind  of  man  he  was,  etc.,  all  of  which  Mr. 
Spreckels,  still  standing  at  the  wheel  and  looking 
like  a  foremast  hand,  enjoyed  hugely.  The  joke 
was  on  the  visitor  from  San  Diego  and  he  was 
formally  introduced  to  the  man  at  the  wheel  as 
the  real  John  D.  Spreckels.  Anyone  intimately 
acquainted  with  Mr.  Spreckels  knows  he  gets  more 
fun  than  most  men  out  of  the  jokes  and  joshes 
in  which  he  participates. 

Shortly  after  Mr.  Spreckels'  arrival  he  was  re- 
ceived with  some  acclamation.  He  was  oflFered 
a  wharf  franchise  in  San  Diego,  a  curious  offer, 
but  the  matter  was  explained  in  this  way, — that 
it  was  a  good  thing  to  interest  Mr.  Spreckels  in 
San  Diego  as  he  was  engaged  in  shipping,  and 
that  with  a  wharf  franchise  he  might  come  down 
to  San  Diego  and  invest  a  little  money  and  help 
the  place  along.  They  are  not  offering  any 
franchises  of  any  kind  to  Mr.  Spreckels  just  now, 
although  he  appears  to  have  fulfilled  the  obliga- 
tions imposed  by  a  public  franchise  as  fully,  as 
conscientiously  and  as  squarely  as  they  have  been 
fulfilled  anywhere  else.  San  Diego  formerly  had 
a  2S-year  franchise  law  under  her  charter,  but  un- 
der the  initiative  and  referendum,  after  a  very 
hot  campaign,  on  a  vote  two  and  one-half  to  one 
the  city  went  on  record  to  extend  its  franchise 
limits  to  fifty  years. — something  that  has  not  been 
done  by  anv  other  city  in  the  United  States  and 
could  not  have  been  done  in  San  Dieeo  except  for 
the  reeard  and  resnect  in  which  Tohn  D.  Snreckels 
is  held  bv  the  citizens  of  that  thriviner  little  citv 
in  the  «otith.  Tt  is  true  that  the  franchises  thnt 
have  been  granted  are  subject  to  reneal.  A 
frnnchisp  usf^d  to  be  subiert  to  reneal  bv  the 
rnunril.  but  under  the  new  form  of  franchise  th'' 
renp^l  or  amendment  or  alterine  of  the  franchis^> 
is  left  in  the  hands  nf  a  maioritv  vote  nf  the 
nponlf — n  verv  sniind  nrpcaution  and  onp  thnt 
micrht  hf  pdnntpd  in  other  cities  with  n  ereat  dfnl 
nf  o-ood  Fvidpntlv  the  neonle  wpre  sntisfipd 
Mr.  Snrpct-els  prid  hp  was  satisfied  "'ith  the 
nponlp.  as  thp  strpet  railwav  shortiv  aftpr  thp 
nropndpd  conditions  nf  the  franchisp  was  prantpd 
a  franchise  for  fortv-one  vpars.  subiect  to  reneal 
or  amendment  whenever  advisable  or  necessary 
at  thp  will  of  the  neonle. 

Ooine  back  to  the  franchise  Mr.  Snreckels  was 
oflFered  when  he  first  came  to  San  Dieeo,  it  is 
curious  that  the  wharf  franchise  was  really  the 
first  property  he  atnuired  in  thnt  city.  At  that 
time  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  made  San  Diego  its 
headquarters.  That  town  was  its  Pacific  terminal. 
San  Diego  has  a  beautiful  land-locked  harbor  and 
it  presented  possibilities  to  Mr.  Spreckels  that  in- 
terested him  suflficiently  to  invest  some  money. 
He  built  a  wharf  on  which  were  erected  modern 
coal  bunkers  and  he  commenced  shipping  coal  into 
San  Diego  direct  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad.  This  takes  us  back  to  the 
days  when  the  Santa  Fe  was  in  the  hands  of  a 
receiver    at    which    time    they    owed   John  D. 


Spreckels  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  for 
the  coal  they  got  from  him.  There  has  always 
been  a  firm  bond  of  friendship  between  John  D. 
Spreckels  and  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  since  those 
old  days,  for  were  it  not  for  the  assistance  he 
rendered  them  at  that  time  there  is  a  grave  ques- 
tion whether  they  could  have  given  any  adequate 
service  whatever. 

When  Mr.  Spreckels  established  his  coal  busi- 
ness in  San  Diego  he  needed  someone  to  look 
after  it.  E.  S.  Babcock,  a  prominent  man  in  the 
business  of  San  Diego  at  that  time,  and  Capt.  C. 
T.  Hinde,  a  friend  of  Mr.  Babcock  who  came  from 
St.  Louis  and  was  formerly  connected  with  the 
steamship  business,  associated  themselves  with 
Mr.  Spreckels.  They  managed  the  business  and 
John  D.  Spreckels  financed  it.  The  profits  of  the 
business  were  large  and  out  of  the  profits  they 
were  able  to  take  care  of  their  own  investments 
and  through  this  one  connection  became  prac- 
tically independently  rich.  This  connection  led  to 
others.  Mr.  Babcock  was  associated  with  several 
other  gentlemen  in  the  building  of  Hotel  del 
Coronado.  This  was  in  the  height  of  the  boom 
in  1888.  The  hotel  was  opened  February  1,  1888. 
Just  about  the  time  the  hotel  opened,  the  boom 
busted  and  everything  flattened  out  in  San  Diego. 
As  an  instance,  one  piece  of  property  for  which 
a  man  had  been  constantly  raising  his  price,  (he 
had  received  an  offer  of  $70,000  and  held  at 
$75,000),  was  subsequently  sold  out  for  a  few 
hundred  dollars,  just  sufficient  to  meet  the  grad- 
ing charges.  Men,  who  a  few  months  before  had 
been  prosperous  and  had  driven  around  with  fine 
horses,  expensive  carriages,  etc.,  literally  walked 
on  their  uppers.  There  never  had  been  a  greater 
boom  or  a  greater  bust  than  this  Southern  Cali- 
fornia boom,  and  the  worst  of  it  was  probably  in 
San  Diego. 

Mr.  Spreckels,  however,  advanced  the  money 
for  carrying  on  every  enterprise  of  the  Coronado 
Beach  Company,  covering  Hotel  del  Coronado  and 
large  landed  interests,  and  he  subsequently  be- 
came interested  in  the  street  car  line  which  was 
then  a  horse  car  line,  which  they  electrized  in 
1892.  There  was  a  cable  line  in  San  Diego  in 
addition  to  the  Spreckels  electric  line.  This, 
however,  went  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver  and 
was  purchased  by  Mr.  Spreckels  in  1897. 

Many  bad  years  followed  the  bursting  of  the 
boom.  It  was  a  case  of  everything  going  out 
and  nothing  coming  in,  and  all  this  time  John  D. 
Spreckels  and  his  brother  Adolph,  stood  up  to 
their  necks  in  the  ebb  tide,  set  their  teeth  together 
and  determined  to  fight  it  out. 

The  greater  portion  of  the  lot  on  which  is 
located  the  Union  Building,  named  for  the  San 
Diego  Union,  a  morning  newspaper  owned  by  the 
Spreckels,  was  purchased  in  1901  for  $10,000.  On 
this  block  was  a  two  story  building,  fitted  up 
downstairs  as  a  bank  with  expensive  equipment, 
huge  safes,  etc.  In  the  days  of  the  boom  this 
building  had  cost  over  $60,000  exclusive  of  the 
lot.  In  1901  John  D.  Spreckels  purchased  this 
building  and  housed  his  newspaper  in  it.  The 
price  was  $10,000  and  they  oflFered  ten  years  time 
for  payment.    At  the  present  time  this  same  prop- 


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erty  would  be  worth  probably  $200,000.  This  will 
give  one  an  idea  of  the  tremendous  growth  and 
prosperity  of  San  Diego.  It  was  about  this  period 
that  the  town  had  a  population  of  17,000.  In  1910 
the  census  showed  about  40,000,  while  the  actual 
residents  were  probably  50,000.  There  are  many 
people  who  live  in  bungalows  in  San  Diego  and 
still  claim  their  birthplaces  as  their  place  of 
residence. 

In  1901  and  1902  much  to  the  astonishment  of 
the  people  of  San  Diego,  for  the  town  was  very 
dead,  Spreckels  rebuilt  the  entire  street  car  sys- 
tem. This  seemed  to  put  a  little  new  life  into 
the  people.    They  said,  "If  Mr.  Spreckels  has  faith 


only  during  certain  hours  of  the  day  under  certain 
conditions.  Then  the  drought  broke,  and  John 
D.  Spreckels  went  ahead  to  build  up  the  Southern 
California  Mountain  Water  Company's  system. 
This  system  embraced  several  system,  such  as  the 
Otay  Water  Co.  and  the  Mount  Tecarte  Water 
Company,  that  had  for  many  years  been  working 
at  the  problem  of  conserving  water  in  natural 
dam  sites  behind  San  Diego.  The  largest  of 
these  dams,  called  the  Morena,  is  situated  fifty 
miles  away  in  the  back  country.  E.  S.  Babcock  is 
the  man  who  had  gathered  all  these  loose  ends  to- 
gether and  induced  John  D.  and  Adolph  Spreckels 
to  go  into  the  enterprise  with  him.    They  had  a 


from  their  reservoir  to  the  city's  reservoir,  and 
on  August  6,  1906,  commenced  to  supply  water  to 
the  city  of  San  Diego  in  abundance.  This  water 
came  through  a  pipe  line  and  then  through  a 
filter  plant  and  after  that  was  delivered  into  the 
city's  reservoir  and  from  that  into  the  city's  mains. 
This  is  probably  one  of  the  finest  water  supplies 
in  the  United  States  today.  The  Spreckels'  water 
is  drawn  from  every  faucet  in  San  Diego,  and  a 
pure,  delicious,  filtered  water  is  used  for  sprinkling 
lawns  in  San  Diego,  a  most  unusual  condition. 
From  the  time  this  mountain  water  flowed  into 
San  Diego,  the  city  began  to  grow.  One  might 
say  it  grew  by  leaps  and  bounds.    Mr.  Spreckels 


THE  SPRECKELS  THEATRE  BUILDING 


enough  to  put  money  into  San  Diego  at  that  rate, 
we  will  stay  and  see  it  out." 

San  Diego  was  in  the  midst  of  a  drought  at  that 
time,  and  this  drought  did  not  break  until  1904. 
There  was  no  water  in  the  dams.  San  Diego  was 
receiving  a  little  water  that  was  being  pumped 
from  the  San  Diego  river  bed.  It  was  indifferent 
in  quality  and  lacking  in  quantity.  Most  of  the 
houses  built  in  San  Diego  at  that  time  put  in  rain 
water  cisterns  in  which  to  catch  the  rain  from  the 
roof  of  the  house  in  order  to  carry  the  people 
through  until  the  next  rainy  season.  The  city 
lived  up  fully  to  the  limits  of  its  water  supply. 
People  were  fined  for  watering  their  lawns,  and 
they  were  only  allowed  to  use  so  much  water  and 


contract  with  the  city  of  San  Diego  that  on  the 
completion  of  the  Morena  Dam  they  were  to 
receive  a  certain  sum  of  money.  Bonds  were 
voted  for  the  purpose  but  difficulties  arose,  the 
matter  was  never  carried  to  a  satisfactory  point 
and  the  bonds  were  ultimately  canceled.  The 
whole  water  system  had  been  lying  in  abeyance, 
so  to  speak,  because  there  had  been  no  water  to 
collect. 

The  rainfall  of  1904  was  quite  heavy  and  was 
followed  by  another  good  rainfall  in  1905,  and  in 
the  meantime  the  Southern  California  Mountain 
Water  Company  entered  into  a  contract  with  the 
city  of  San  Diego  to  supply  it  with  water  up  to 
7,777,000  gallons  per  day.    They  built  a  pipe  line 


invested  more  money  and  still  further  improved 
the  street  car  system.  Then  he  built  the  Union 
Building,  the  first  reinforced  concrete  building  in 
the  city.  This  was  followed  by  the  Grant  Hotel, 
and  the  Timken  Building,  and  the  Scripps  Build- 
ing, all  large  reinforced  concrete  buildings,  and 
then  Mr.  Spreckels  built  an  addition  to  the  Union 
Building  which  carried  the  whole  block  in  one  line 
of  architecture.  Then  the  American  National 
Bank  Building,  ten  stories  in  height,  was  erected. 

In  1906  Mr.  Spreckels  started  building  the  San 
Diego  &  Arizona  Railway,  from  San  Diego  to 
Yuma.  This  gave  a  tremendous  impetus  to  the 
growth  of  San  Diego.  The  railroad  to  Yuma  had 
long  been  the  dream  of  San  Diego.    From  that 


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time  San  Diego  has  continued  to  grow.  People 
had  been  accustomed  to  seeing  other  cities  grow 
but  they  were  impressed  by  the  wonderful  growth 
of  San  Diego.  Thousands  and  thousands  of 
homes  have  grown  like  mushrooms  almost  over 
night.  One  could  go  out  one  week  and  then  six 
weeks  later  and  where  there  were  no  houses  find 
scores  of  houses  had  been  started  and  completed. 
Everybody  wondered  where  the  people  came 
from.  They  came  from  all  over  the  United 
States.  They  had  long  known  of  San  Diego  and 
had  heard  of  her  beautiful  climate.  People  came 
out  here,  were  delighted,  went  back  and  told  their 
friends  that  San  Diego  was  a  growing  town.  She 
has  continued  to  grow  like  a  young  boy— the  boy 
you  knew  last  year  but  do  not  recognize  in  the 
young  man  you  see  today. 

Since  the  San  Diego  &  Arizona  Railway  was 
started  it  has  turned  out  that  Mr.  Spreckels  was 
not  the  originator  of  this  railroad.  It  appears 
from  the  records  of  the  courts  that  Mr.  Spreckels 
was  approached  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway 
to  act  on  their  behalf  in  building  a  line  from 
San  Diego  to  Yuma.  Mr.  Spreckels  states  they 
approached  him  and  asked  him  to  build  the  road 
because  they  did  not  wish  to  be  identified  with 
the  project.  It  was  not  possible  for  them  to  come 
in  either  under  their  own  name  or  as  some  other 
small  corporation  without  being  suspected,  but 
as  long  as  Mr.  Spreckels  would  announce  his  in- 
tention to  build  the  road  it  could  be  done  with- 
out suspicion.  Contractual  relations  were  en- 
tered into  between  J.  D.  Spreckels  and  the  South- 
ern Pacific  Company.  He  started  out  to  acquire 
land  holdings,  make  terminals,  get  rights  of  way 
for  the  railroad.  This  gave  a  tremendous  im- 
petus to  the  town.  Surveys  were  commenced, 
and  then  construction  started  and  everything 
looked  well.  Mr.  E.  H.  Harriman  became  inter- 
ested in  this  line.  He  came  out  here  in  his  priv- 
ate car  and  visited  at  Mr.  Spreckels'  home  at 
Coronado  in  the  Spring  of  1910.  John  D.  and 
Mr.  Harriman  had  a  heart  to  heart  talk.  Mr. 
Harriman  took  a  liking  to  Mr.  Spreckels  and  Mr. 
Spreckels  took  a  liking  to  him,  and  they  became 
fast  friends.  Mr.  Harriman  told  Mr.  Spreckels  to 
go  ahead  and  he  would  stand  behind  the  enter- 
prise. Mr.  Spreckels  was  to  finish  the  road  and 
any  pledges  Mr.  Spreckels  made  were  to  be  cared 
for  by  the  Southern  Pacific  and  would  be  fully 
and  completely  redeemed.  Mr.  Spreckels  went 
ahead.  Then  Mr.  •  Harriman  died.  A  sudden 
change  came  over  the  policies  of  the  Southern 
Pacific.  They  went  back  on  Mr.  Harriman's 
word  and  literally  left  Mr.  Spreckels  up  in  the 
air.  He  went  on  to  New  York  to  see  the  South- 
ern Pacific.  They  seemed  obdurate  and  disin- 
clined to  do  anything.  They  refused  to  accept 
Mr.  Harriman's  pledges,  notwithstanding  these 
pledges  were  made  in  the  presence  of  one  of  their 
vice-presidents.  As  an  outcome  of  this  meeting 
between  Mr.  Spreckels  and  the  Southern  Pacific 
officials,  a  sort  of  agreement  was  entered  into 


whereby  Mr.  Spreckels  claims  he  had  the  right 
to  take  over  the  railroad  within  a  period  of  twelve 
months  under  certain  conditions.  The  Southern 
Pacific  claim  they  sold  the  railroad  to  Mr.  Spreck- 
els at  that  time.  This  is  the  question  that  is  now 
in  the  courts,  to  determine  the  nature  of  the 
agreement  entered  into  between  John  D.  Spreckels 
and  the  Southern  Pacific  Company. 

Mr.  Spreckels  found  that  the  Southern  Pacific 
practically  dominated  every  connection  this  road 
could  make,  and  he  threw  the  matter  into  litiga- 
tion in  the  expectation  and  hope  that  a  way  would 
present  itself  whereby  he  could  fulfill  his  pledges 
to  the  people  of  San  Diego,  and  at  the  same  time 
satisfy  the  investment  of  the  Southern  Pacific  and 
himself.  Doubtless  some  solution  will  be  evolved 
from  the  lawsuit  which  will  be  satisfactory.  In 
the  meantime  the  railroad  is  going  ahead,  but 
slowly.  No  doubt  it  will  be  completed.  There 
is  still  less  doubt  that  if  Mr.  E.  H.  Harriman  had 
lived,  the  San  Diego  &  Arizona  Railway  would  be 
running  into  Yuma  by  1915.  E.  H.  Harriman  was 
one  of  the  worst  abused  men  we  had  in  the  United 
States,  but  he  was  a  man  who  kept  his  word. 
Here  we  have  the  case  of  a  man  himself  giving 
his  word  in  a  matter  and  his  associates  refusing 
to  carry  out  his  pledges  when  he  dies. 

In  1910  Mr.  J.  D.  Spreckels  commenced  the 
erection  of  the  theater  building.  This  covers  al- 
most an  entire  block.  It  is  a  very  handsome 
building  in  the  modern  office  building  style  of 
architecture.  The  entire  building  is  of  reinforced 
concrete.  It  has  an  alleyway  all  around  the 
theater.  It  has  been  built  largely  with  the  idea 
of  complete  and  absolute  protection  from  fire. 
It  has  some  unusual  conveniences.  A  wagon  can 
drive  in  from  the  street  clear  across  the  back  of 
the  stage  and  out  on  the  next  street.  The  stage 
itself  is  of  unusual  depth  and  is  fitted  with  every 
modern  requirement.  A  number  of  the  famous 
theater  managers  of  the  country  who  have  seen 
it  say  it  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  world  today,  if 
not  in  point  of  size,  at  least  in  point  of  con- 
venience, safety  and  in  the  beauty  of  its  decora- 
tion. The  rest  of  the  building  is  devoted  to  of- 
fices. There  are  about  375  offices,  well  lighted 
and  fitted  with  the  usual  modern  conveniences. 
Many  people  have  criticised  Mr.  Spreckels'  in- 
vestment in  this  large  building  at  this  time. 
Mr.  Spreckels  has  bought  a  great  deal  of  property 
on  D  street  and  his  aim  is  to  make  that  street 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  United  States.  He  has 
kept  his  buildings  to  the  six  story  limit  and  to 
the  same  general  style  of  architecture.  He  figfures 
if  he  does  not  rent  all  the  rooms  in  the  first  year 
or  two,  that  the  great  increase  that  is  coming 
to  the  town  and  his  faith  as  evidenced  by  the  erec- 
tion of  these  buildings,  will  make  the  buildings 
profitable  in  the  long  run. 

John  D.  Spreckels  is  a  pretty  broad-minded  man 
and  far  sighted.  He  long  desired  to  build  up  San 
Diego  and  he  has  succeeded.  He  takes  chances 
that  some  men  would  call  big  chances,  but  he 


has  one  great  saving  quality,  when  he  has  the 
wheel  in  his  hand  he  sets  the  course  and  he  keeps 
the  ship  to  it.  It  is  the  vacillating,  high-stepping 
and  ground  hitting  people,  the  hot-headed  and 
cold-footed  operators  who  make  most  of  the 
failures.  The  captain  who  sets  a  course  for  his 
ship,  keeps  a  bright  lookout,  and  holds  the  ship 
to  her  course  that  makes  a  safe  and  quick  passage, 
and  so  it  is  with  Mr.  John  D.  Spreckels  who  in  a 
great  measure  carries  his  seamanship  (he  has  a 
captain's  certificate)  into  his  business  policies. 

Since  the  acquisition  of  the  41-year  franchise  he 
has  spent  a  great  deal  of  money  on  the  street 
railway  business.  San  Diego  has  one  of  the 
finest  power  houses  in  the  United  States  today. 
It  is  the  latest  one  built  and  so  one  might  say 
the  most  modern  of  its  kind  and  it  will  take  some 
years  to  outbuild  it.  Anyone  can  go  through  the 
power  house  without  having  to  ask  one  question. 
Every  valve  is  marked  for  the  service  it  has  to 
perform,  and  whether  it  is  open  or  closed.  Every 
pipe  is  above  the  surface  so  that  any  leaks  can 
be  promptly  cared  for.  Every  pipe,  whether  oil, 
steam  or  water,  is  designated  in  plain  letters,  it 
being  the  policy  of  the  company  that  for  new 
employes  it  is  easier  to  show  them  something 
they  can  see  than  to  have  them  learn  by  long 
experience  which  may  be  costly  to  the  company. 

The  first  center-entrance,  pay-as-you-cnter  cars 
in  the  United  States  were  designed  by  the  San 
Diego  Electric  Railway  Company,  and  were  built 
by  the  American  Car  Company  of  St.  Louis,  and 
are  in  operation  in  San  Diego  today.  These  are 
the  most  convenient  cars  of  their  kind  in  the 
United  States,  for  one  reason, — a  passenger  never 
has  to  walk  the  entire  length  of  the  car.  If  he 
goes  to  the  rear  of  the  car,  he  comes  back  out  at 
the  center.  If  he  goes  to  the  front,  he  goes  out 
a  separate  entrance  at  the  front  of  the  car.  The 
main  reason  for  the  adoption  of  this  type  of  car 
was  to  avoid  the  usual  step  accidents;  so 
many  foolish  people  insist  on  getting  on  and  off 
a  car  before  it  stops,  and  then  when  they  fall 
they  blame  the  company  for  the  accident. 

San  Diego  has  a  rosy  future  before  her.  She 
is  having  her  harbor  improved  under  a  bond  issue 
of  a  million  dollars.  She  has  started  an  exposi- 
tion for  1915  to  celebrate  the  opening  of  the  Pan- 
ama Canal,  together  with  San  Francisco,  and 
will  undoubtedly  receive  a  large  share  of  the 
travel  to  this  State,  for  most  of  the  people  will 
want  to  see  a  city  that,  with  less  than  50,000  in- 
habitants, had  the  grit  to  undertake  an  exposition 
of  any  kind.  San  Diego  has  a  beautiful  climate, 
one  of  perpetual  summer.  She  has  built  400 
miles  of  automobile  roads  and  has  some  of  the 
best  roads  in  the  State  of  California.  If  there 
ever  was  a  community  that  deserved  to  go  ahead, 
it  is  San  Diego.  California  should  be  proud  of 
her,  and  when  we  learn,  as  we  ultimately  will,  to 
pull  together  for  everything  that  is  in  our  State, 
San  Diego  will  receive  the  support  of  every  loyal 
Californian. 


November  9,  1912  TOWNTALK  9 

Herbert  Fleishhacker 

The  Views  of  a  Banker  Who  Has  Achieved  Conspicuous  Success  as  to  the  Financial  Future  of  Our  World's  Fair  Community 


What  constitutes  a  banker?  One  replies  off- 
hand a  knack  for  figures,  a  disciplined  capacity 
for  routine,  a  knowledge  of  the  laws  of  interest, 
an  understanding  of  the  rules  that  govern  loans, 
a  conservative  attitude  toward  investments  and 
the  power  of  correctly  appraising  stocks  and 
bonds. 

Given  these  elements,  you  have  a  banker  in 
the  ordinary  acceptation  of  the  term.  You  have 
a  man  competent  to  go  into  the  money  market 
and  deal  there  with  intelligence  and,  it  may  be, 
with  success.  But  a  banker  may  possess  these 
qualifications  and  still  remain  in  the  ranks  of 
mediocrity.  To  rise  to  the  top  of  his  profession 
other  attributes  must  be  added.  The  great 
banker  must  have  imagination  and  he  must  have 
an  intimate  acquaintance  with  human  nature. 

It  may  appear  at  first  blush  that  imagination 
has  no  place  in  the  counting  house.  It  may 
seem  that  knowledge  of  human  nature  is  unneces- 
sary in  a  business  which  is  transacted  so  largely 
by  means  of  adding  machines  and  stamping  out- 
fits. But  no  banker  was  ever  successful  who  did 
not  combine  with  his  business  resourcefulness 
these  two  crowning  qualities  of  imagination  and 
knowledge  of  human  nature. 

All  the  streams  of  modern  life  flow  through  our 
banking  establishments.  The  human  drama  with 
its  tragedies,  its  comedies  and  its  melodramatic 
flourishes  is  acted  every  day  on  the  tesselated 
pavement  that  leads  to  the  windows  of  the  pay- 
ing teller  and  the  cashier.  The  successful  banker 
is  at  once  the  principal  actor  and  the  critic  of 
the  dramas  which  are  staged  within  his  four 
walls,  and  unless  he  keeps  his  finger  on  the  pulse 
of  humanity,  unless  he  has  a  quick  perception  of 
human  motives  and  the  power  of  appraising 
human  character,  he  must  fail  miserably  in  his 
work. 

Imagination  and  knowledge  of  human  nature 
are  added  to  the  more  prosaic  banking  qualifica- 
tions in  Herbert  Fleishhacker,  and  that's  why 
his  career  as  a  financier  has  been  conspicuously 
successful.  That  is  why,  at  the  age  of  forty,  he 
is  president  of  the  Anglo  and  London  Paris 
National  Bank,  a  banking  corporation  which 
stands  proudly  in  the  front  rank  of  American 
national  depositories. 

Because  Herbert  Fleishhacker  has  demon- 
strated by  his  career  that  he  has  the  large  vision 
of  the  great  banker;  because  he  is  a  seer  as  well 
as  a  doer  in  the  realms  of  finance,  he  is  a  good 
man  to  go  to  when  you  are  troubled  about  the 
financial  outlook  of  this  city.  He  has  optimism, 
has  Herbert  Fleishhacker,  the  reasoned  optimism 
of  the  observer  who  looks  ahead  along  a  straight 
line  and  who  knows  how  to  look  out  of  the  dark 
to  where  the  dawn  may  be  expected. 

"I  don't  like  to  prognosticate,"  he  will  tell  you 
with  a  smile  that  illuminates  his  keen  face.  And 
straightway  he  will  indulge  in  prognostication. 

"I  am  a  firm  believer,"  he  says,  speaking  with 
the  rapidity  of  a  man  with  lots  to  do  and  no  time 
to  waste  dawdling  over  his  words,  "I  am  a  firm 
believer  in  the  sound  and  the  pretty  rapid  growth 
of  San  Francisco  within  the  next  few  years." 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

That  qualified  adjective  is  typical  of  Herbert 
Fleishhacker.  Another  might  say  just  "rapid"; 
but  with  the  careful  banker  accurate  statement 
about  the  future  is  as  necessary  as  about  a  pres- 
ent business  transaction.  So  it  is  "pretty  rapid," 
because  that's  the  way  he  forecasts  it. 

"The  Panama  Canal,"  he  continues,  "will  put  us 
in  direct  and  rapid  communication  with  all  the 
large  ports  of  the  world  and  will  bring  the  At- 
lantic seaboard  closer  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  All 
the  foreign  steamship  companies  are  planning  to 
have  San  Francisco  one  of  their  main  ports. 
Naturally,  this  will  benefit  the  whole  Pacific  Coast, 
but  because  San  Francisco  is  the  centre  of  pop- 


HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER 


ulation  and  the  financial  metropolis  of  the  coast, 
it  will  be  the  natural  channel  through  which  the 
increased  trade  will  flow. 

"The  greater  our  commercial  prosperity,  the 
more  independent  we  shall  become.  This  does 
not  mean  that  we  shall  no  longer  depend  on  the 
eastern  money  market  and  react  to  the  changes 
that  occur  in  that  market  from  time  to  time.  All 
money  is  sensitive  and  reacts  to  the  influence  of 
other  money.  But  while  the  volume  of  money 
moving  to  the  East  will  increase  with  our  increase 
in  population  and  trade,  the  percentage  of  our 
total  wealth  so  moving  will  be  smaller.  In  other 
words,  there  will  be  a  greater  percentage  of  our 
total  wealth  for  investment  right  here.  That  is 
a  situation  to  which  we  may  all  look  forward  with 
satisfaction. 

"So  wonderful  are  our  climatic  conditions  and 
so  remarkable  the  fertility  of  our  soil  that  there 
is  no  reason  why  this  should  not  become  the 
wealthiest  and  most  thriving  section  of  the  United 
States. 

"Right  now  the  conditions  are  such  that  the 
banks  have  plenty  of  money  for  all  legitimate 


needs.  They  have  not  so  much,  however,  as  to  make 
it  easy  for  borrowers  to  obtain  money  for  purely 
speculative  purposes,  and  that  is  a  healthy  con- 
dition. Our  growth  is  a  healthy  growth  and  will 
so  continue.  The  element  of  speculation  is  not 
prominent  in  our  financial  transactions.  Real  es- 
tate values  are  firm  and  will  climb  steadily  up- 
ward. Money  for  legitimate  investment  is  easy 
to  obtain,  and  the  rates  are  more  favorable  than 
they  are  in  the  East. 

"We  have  passed  the  'fire'  period.  We  have 
outgrown  the  unusual  conditions  which  obtained 
in  the  period  of  reconstruction.  Our  retailers 
have  recovered  all  that  they  lost  in  the  disaster, 
and  are  sounder  than  ever  before.  There  are 
hardly  any  failures  in  business,  and  what  failures 
there  are  will  be  found  on  examination  to  be  of 
little  consequence. 

"As  far  as  the  banks  themselves  are  concerned, 
the  reports  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Currency 
and  the  State  Superintendent  of  Banks  show  that 
our  national  and  State  banks  are  in  a  healthier 
condition  than  ever  before.  Business  in  all  of 
them  has  shown  substantial  growth. 

"The  tendency  toward  consolidation  which  has 
been  observed  in  the  banks  of  late  is  a  good 
tendency  when  properly  restricted.  The  same 
tendency  is  observable  in  other  lines." 

Here  is  a  point  on  which  Herbert  Fleishhacker 
speaks  with  particular  authority.  He  represents 
that  tendency  toward  consolidation.  In  March, 
1909,  the  bank  with  which  he  was  connected,  the 
London,  Paris  and  American,  absorbed  the  Anglo 
and  California  Limited  and  the  consolidated  cor- 
poration became  the  Anglo  and  London  Paris 
National.  Herbert  Fleishhacker  was  made  the 
manager  and  vice-president.  Later  he  became  the 
president  and  still  occupies  that  position.  As 
an  evidence  of  the  results  which  have  been  ob- 
tained under  his  active  direction  of  this  corpora- 
tion it  may  be  stated  that  at  the  time  of  the 
merger  the  "L.  P.  and  A."  did  a  business  of  four 
and  one-half  millions.  The  merger  brought  the 
figure  up  to  fifteen  millions.  Now  it  has  passed 
twenty-six. 

In  the  efforts  which  are  being  made  by  the 
State  government  and  by  municipalities  through- 
out the  State  to  improve  roads  and  to  erect  larger 
and  more  beautiful  public  buildings  Herbert 
Fleishhacker  sees  an  encouraging  sign.  He  is  not 
afraid  to  have  a  community  bond  itself  for  the 
good  of  the  future.  Locally  he  is  an  enthusiastic 
advocate  of  the  Civic  Center  project,  and  rejoices 
in  the  efforts  being  made  to  give  the  city  a  City 
Hall  of  which  it  can  be  proud. 

"Still,"  he  says,  "we  must  not  go  too  fast.  We 
haven't  done  so  thus  far,  for  I  am  confident  that 
within  a  few  years  we  shall  be  able  to  digest  the 
bonds  which  we  have  already  voted." 

There  speaks  the  optimist,  the  man  of  imagina- 
tion, the  banker  who  knows  human  nature.  There 
speaks  also  the  man  who  has  found  time  to 
father  some  of  the  biggest  industrial  enterprises 
of  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  seer  and  doer  whose 
visions  are  not  roseate  creations  of  fancy  but  the 
adumbrations  of  future  realities. 


10 


TOWN  TALK 


November  9,  1912 


Herbert  E.  Law 

One  of  the  Leading  Financiers  of  the  West,  Distinguished  for  Those  Qualities  That  Make  for  Success 


If  one  were  asked  to  name  the  basic  qualities 
upon  which  Herbert  Edward  Law  of  San  Fran- 
cisco has  built  his  conspicuous  success  in  the 
western  financial  world,  the  answer  would  be: 

"Courage  and  foresight." 

In  his  case  the  courage  to  take  great  chances, 
to  give  battle  to  tremendous  odds  and  to  stand 
ground  when  the  less  forceful  man  would  be 
tempted  to  flee  the  held — this  sort  of  courage  is 
conjoined  with  a  foresight  almost  clairvoyant,  a 
lively  anticipation  of  luture  possibilities,  a  sort 
of  instinct  lor  piercing  the  veil  of  the  future  and 
looking  ahead  to  see  what  the  years  have  in 
store. 

Ihe  courage  to  dare  and  the  foresight  to  dare 
aright  have  made  Herbert  t.  Law  one  of  the 
dominating  hgures  in  the  business  circles  of  tne 
Jb'acihc  Coast. 

ihe  development  of  any  city  or  section  is. 
ultimately  Uepemlent  on  the  enterprise  ol  it= 
private  citizens.  AO  matter  what  may  be  tlone 
by  the  public  othcers  ot  a  municipality  or  btait, 
uieir  ettoris  at  development  will  be  largely  wasteu 
unless  private  capital  co-operates  witn  inem 
Ueariiiy,  not  to  say  entliusiasiicaiiy.  As  an  cn- 
tnusiasiic  investor  irlerbert  l^aw  has  been  a 
power  lor  good  iii  the  development  ot  aan  J:"raii- 
cisco. 

vvnat  is  tiie  career  of  this  man.'  What  were 
his  beginnings'  vvnat  his  training  for  tne  worn, 
oi  his  mature  years.'  A  unci  review  ot  his  career 
vMil  sliow  mat  iicruert  i^.  i^aw  nas  worKed  out 
tile  pieiuiscs  in  me  syilogisin  oi  iiie  to  tile  logiCai 
conclusion  ol  success. 

xierLicrt  i:.uvvaiu  i^aw  was  born  near  ;dheiiieiu, 
iLligidiiu,  on  tne  mill  Ol  j.^cceiiiuer,  loo-*.  ixia 
iiioLiiL'i    was  iveuecca  urowii  i^aw  aua  lus  laiu^i 

oodiL'y  j.^ctvv  aiLci  vvlioiii  Lilc  v^io^aiey  xjUiiuhiq 
Ol  tiiib  eiL^  vvu:3  iiaiiicu.  x  11k:  L^Hw:^  v^eie  all  -l^hq- 
iisu  iaiiiii>  ol  sluiuiiicss  aiiu  aiiiiquiiy,  aiiu  ^ii.>- 
uei  I.  iiuiuiileu  iioiu  a  long  line  ol  aiici;SLOis  a 
iitaiLiiy  uouy  wiiicn  nas  ever  ueeii  tiie  rcccpia<.n. 
Ol  <t  iiealiuy  iiiiiiu.  '\iviens  Sana  m  coipoie  saiio 
13  aiicr  an  one  oi  llie  pieie^uisues  ol  succcs:>iui 
(.nutavor,  no  inaiier  wiial  one  s  walK  oi  me  ina.; 
ue. 

j.ne  uesire  to  give  Ins  sons  a  better  opportunity 
man  sccined  to  present  itselt  in  tne  ancient  coin- 
muiiity  to  wUicti  tney  were  Dorn  overcaiiie 
«^i  ossiey  i^aw  s  aitacnnicnt  to  the  native  son;  so 
tiiat  vvncn  ileruert  i^aw  was  a  uaoe  ot  two  years 
tne  lamiiy  crossed  tne  ocean  to  America  anu 
settled  in  the  eagerly  vital  city  ot  Chicago. 

'Ihe  boy  Herbert  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Chicago  and  later  the  German-American  In- 
stitute where,  in  addition  to  a  sound  training  in 
the  usual  branches  of  study,  he  became  a  proh- 
cient  user  of  the  German  language,  thus  starting 
life  with  that  bi-lingual  equipment  which  is  of  so 
much  importance  in  the  careers  of  many  of  our 
most  prominent  citizens.  His  standing  may  be 
inferred  from  the  fact  that  he  left  the  Institute 
as  a  student  only  to  re-enter  it  immediately  as 
an  instructor. 

Herbert  Law's  initiation  into  business  came 
when  he  was  made  the  confidential  secretary  of 


By  Lawrence  Dunlap 

E.  C.  Potter,  manager  of  the  North  Chicago  Roll- 
ing Mills,  a  concern  which  later  developed  into 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation.  The  knowl- 
edge of  the  great  steel  industry  which  Law  ob- 
tained at  that  time  stood  him  in  good  stead  later 
on  in  life. 

But  it  was  the  book  business  which  introduced 
Herbert  Law  to  San  Francisco.  With  his  brother 
Hartland  he  engaged  in  the  sale  of  subscription 
books,  and  in  1884,  under  the  firm  name  of  Law, 
King  and  Law,  they  opened  an  office  here  as  the 
representatives  of  the  Western  Publishing  House 
of  Chicago. 


llERIiF.RT   E.  L.WV 


Two  years  later  they  had  so  prospered  tliat 
they  were  able  to  buy  a  controlling  interest  in 
the  Chicago  publishing  house.  But  Herbert  Law 
had  caught  the  contagion  of  San  F'rancisco.  He 
liked  the  city,  and  through  that  gift  of  foresight 
he  saw  here  the  opportunities  of  greater  success 
than  he  could  hope  for  in  Chicago.  So  the  pub- 
lishing business  was  disposed  of  and  the  two 
brothers  returned  to  San  Francisco,  never  to 
leave. 

Their  first  big  enterprise  in  this  city  remains 
today  the  main  stem  of  their  widely  branching  in- 
terests. This  is  the  Viavi  System  of  Treatment. 
The  organization  of  this  business  was  slow  but 
thorough-going.  From  a  small  concern  it  grad- 
ually enlarged  until  today  there  are  more  than  ten 
thousand  in  its  employ  scattered  through  twenty 
countries  all  over  the  world.  The  Viavi  Com- 
pany of  which  Herbert  Law  is  vice-president,  is 
housed  in  a  beautiful  building  on  the  slope  of 
Nob  Hill,  a  building  which  is  one  of  the  architec- 
tural features  of  the  city. 

With   the   piling  up  of  capital   Herbert  Law 


turned  his  attention  to  the  field  of  real  estate. 
His  realty  operations  again  proclaimed  him  a  mar* 
of  courage  and  foresight.  He  set  the  pace  in  big 
deals  and  in  the  financial  volume  of  the  transac- 
tions which  he  engineered  there  is  perhaps  no  one 
to  touch  him  in  this  community. 

All  San  Franciscans  are  familiar  with  the 
gigantic  deal  by  which  Herbert  Law  and  his 
brother  exchanged  the  beautiful  Rialto,  Crossley 
and  other  buildings  for  the  unfinished  Fairmont 
Hotel.  It  was  a  transaction  which  astounded  the 
city.  When  the  fire  came  in  191)6  the  uncom- 
pleted hotel  on  the  crest  of  Nob  Hill  was  gutted, 
and  Herbert  Law  spent  $1,840,000  in  restoring 
and  completing  it,  thus  giving  San  Francisco  a 
hostelry  which  is  known  all  over  the  world. 

but  that  was  only  one  of  his  big  deais.  In 
three  years  following  the  fire  $/,OOU,tAjO  worth  oi 
property  was  handled  in  the  ottices  of  Jrleroert 
i-aw.  1  he  impetus  to  the  work  of  rehabilitation 
wliich  these  great  transactions  gave  by  inspiring 
tile  dow  n-heartcd  with  confidence  in  the  city  s 
luture,  IS  incalculable.  Courage  and  foresight 
were  indeed  needed  in  those  trying  days,  and 
Herbert  Law  exemplified  them. 

When  Herbert  Law  traded  back  the  Fairmont 
to  Airs.  Herman  Oelrichs  he  secured  in  the  ex- 
change forty  acres  of  water  front  property  ad- 
joining Fort  Mason.  A  great  deal  of  money  had 
to  be  spent  to  improve  these  "water  lots,"  but 
Herbert  Law  did  not  hesitate.  He  foresaw  their 
possibilities.  And  he  was  more  than  justified 
when  the  controversy  over  the  location  of  the 
I'anaina-Facilic  International  Exposition  was  de- 
cided in  lavor  of  Harbor  View,  ihe  part  he  tooK 
HI  deciding  that  question  benefited  himself  natur- 
ally, t)ut  It  aiso  helped  to  give  ban  Francisco  an 
exposition  sue  which  in  the  opinion  ol  the 
arcnuecis,  painters  and  others  is  superior  to  that 
oi  any  otiier  world  s  tair  ever  held. 

ljuiiiig  tne  period  loliowmg  tne  lire  ol  IbOo 
Herbert  i.a«  extenued  his  operations  to  ocam... 
lie  became  the  president  ot  the  Western  sieei 
Corporation,  tnus  putting  to  practical  use  anu 
pioi.t  tne  iviiowlcuge  wiiicli  lie  nad  gathered  as 
lue  connUeniiai  seeieiary  to  tne  manager  ot  the 
iNorth  Chicago  Rolling  ^vlills.  1  wo  years  ago  he 
negotiated  with  the  Chinese  Government  the 
largest  contract  for  steel  which  China  had  ever 
made. 

iierbert  Law's  linancial  interests  are  many,  but 
they  have  never  monopolized  his  time.  He  has 
given  heartily  of  his  experience  to  the  affairs  oi 
the  Merchants'  Association;  he  strove  patiently 
after  the  fire  for  a  better  San  Francisco;  and  he 
has  contributed  to  the  artistic  beauty  of  the  city 
by  erecting  some  of  the  most  beautiful  buildings 
which  we  possess. 

A  well  rounded  career  is  that  of  Herbert  Law, 
a  career  which  is  still  far  from  finished.  He  is 
now  in  the  maturity  of  his  powers,  and  San  F'ran- 
cisco  has  not  yet  received  from  him  all  the 
stimulus  which  his  active  mind  imparts  by  con- 
stant investment  and  improvement.  The  courage 
is  still  in  good  working  order;  the  foresight  is  on 
the  job  all  the  time! 


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11 


A  Great  Street  Railroad  System 

Being  a  Brief  Recital  of  the  Achievements  of  a  PubUc  Service  Corporation  that  has  Encountered  Many  Difficulties 


Some  years  ago  the  street  railroad  system  of 
San  Francisco  was  metamorphosed.  Originally 
the  street  railroads  were  operated  by  several  in- 
dependent companies,  and  the  transportation 
facilities  were  far  from  satisfactory.  Some  of  the 
roads  had  been  permitted  to  "run  down,"  and 
there  was  no  uniform  transfer  system  and  there 
was  universal  dissatisfaction.  The  change  came 
when  as  a  result  of  consolidation  all  but  one  or 
two  roads  were  brought  under  the  ownership  and 


By  Robert  L.  Condon 

officers  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
the  people.  It  was  evident  that  they  were  men 
of  enterprise,  that  they  had  confidence  in  the 
city  and  were  eager  to  take  the  initiative  wherever 
there  was  the  slightest  prospect  of  expansion. 

Then  came  the  disaster  of  April  1906. 

San  Francisco  has  been  celebrated  the  world 
over  for  the  prodigious  energy,  industry  and  en- 
terprise which  it  exhibited  in  the  period  of  re- 
construction   immediately    following   the  earth- 


the  city  could  be  reconstructed  within  a  shorter 
period  than  ten  years.  The  conservative  estimate 
was  that  it  would  take  twenty  years  to  restore 
the  sway  of  the  Queen  of  the  Pacific.  Yet  the 
officers  of  the  United  Railroads  were  prepared 
even  before  the  fire  was  extinguished  to  start  the 
work  of  reconstruction.  From  them  emanated 
a  wave  of  encouragement  that  swept  over  the 
city  inspiriting  even  the  disconsolate.  Patrick 
Calhoun,  the  president  of  the  corporation  was  in 


PATRICK  CALHOUN 


management  of  one  corporation.  The  United 
Railroads,  as  this  corporation  is  called,  infused 
new  life  into  the  whole  transportation  system. 
The  men  behind  this  company  were  sensible  of 
the  fact  that  their  interests  and  the  interests  of 
the  city  were  identical,  and  their  policy  from  the 
outset  was  to  make  all  sections  of  the  city  easily 
and  cheaply  accessible.  They  extended  their 
transfer  system  till  it  was  unsurpassed  anywhere 
in  the  country.  They  established  an  all-night 
service,  and  as  fast  as  possible  they  modernized 
their  equipment.  Before  long  the  United  Rail- 
roads was  in  a  most  flourishing  condition.  Its 


quake  and  fire  of  1906.  No  small  part  of  the 
credit  due  to  the  community  as  a  whole  is  due 
to  the  United  Railroads  of  San  Francisco.  The 
United  Railroads  is  the  corporation  that  controls 
all  but  a  very  small  fraction  of  the  traction  sys- 
tem of  the  city.  The  loss  suffered  by  the  United 
Railroads  in  consequence  of  an  unprecedented 
calamity  was  in  proportion  to  the  loss  suffered 
by  the  whole  city.  The  plant  of  the  corporation 
was  almost  totally  destroyed.  At  that  time 
despair  was  widespread.  Though  the  spirit  of 
the  community  was  not  crushed  there  was  no- 
body so  sanguine  as  to  cherish  the  belief  that 


the  East  at  the  time,  but  he  was  soon  in  com- 
munication with  his  assistant  Thornwell  Mullally, 
and  quickly  it  became  known  that  steps  were  be- 
ing taken  to  resume  operation  of  the  traction 
system.  Without  transportation  facilities  con- 
fusion would  have  been  confounded  beyond  the 
power  of  imagination  to  conceive,  but  these 
facilities  were  provided  with  remarkable  celerity 
and  to  the  amazement  of  the  man  in  the  street. 
It  seemed  incredible  that  the  corporation  would 
go  to  the  enormous  expense  of  reconstructing 
lines  of  railroad  through  miles  of  waste  sections 
of  what  seemed  to  be  a  deserted  city.    The  as- 


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November  9,  1912 


surance  that  the  corporation  would  pour  its 
money  out  for  this  purpose,  and  the  speedy 
verification  of  the  assurance  by  prompt  action 
revived  the  spirits  of  men  and  made  infections 
the  faith  and  pluck  that  astonished  the  world. 

In  what  degree  the  United  Railroads  vindicated 
its  faith  in  the  future  of  San  Francisco  may  be 
judged  from  this, — In  less  than  three  years  from 
the  day  of  the  earthquake  $12,000,000  had  been 
spent  for  reconstruction  and  equipment.  As  this 
corporation  lost  more  by  the  calamity  than  any 
other  individual  or  corporation,  so  also  it  paid  out 
more  than  any  other  for  the  revival  of  its  busi- 
ness.   Today  the  company  is  operating  more  than 


250  miles  of  street  car  lines,  and  a  very  large  per- 
centage of  this  is  new  construction.  Moreover 
it  is  of  the  very  finest  character  of  construction. 
Everywhere  there  are  steel  rails  of  more  than 
adequate  weight  for  the  traffic.  They  run  from 
107  to  141  pounds  to  the  yard.  These  rails  are 
laid  in  concrete  and  on  many  streets  the  pave- 
ment between  the  rails  is  the  better  part  of  that 
provided  for  traffic. 

On  the  shoulders  of  Thornwell  Mullally  de- 
volved after  the  fire  the  burden  of  the  task  of 
bringing  order  out  of  confusion,  and  as  a  result 
of  his  achievements  great  was  the  admiration 
the  people  had  for  him.  Mr.  Mullally  was  com- 
paratively a  new  comer  in  San  Francisco,  but 
he  had  entered  into  the  spirit  of  the  community 
from  the  start,  and,  well  stocked  with  that  im- 
ponderable quality  called  magnetism  he  became 


the  centre  of  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Mr. 
Mullally  is  a  graduate  of  Yale.  While  at  that  uni- 
versity he  was  editor  of  the  Yale  Literary  Mag- 
azine. The  faculty  awarded  him  the  Thomas 
Giasby  Waterman  prize  for  scholarship.  He  rep- 
resented Yale  in  the  debate  with  Harvard  in  1892. 
He  supplemented  his  course  at  Yale  at  the  School 
of  Law  at  the  University  of  Virginia  and  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York  where  he  prac- 
ticed law  and  took  an  active  part  in  military 
affairs. 

In  San  Francisco  Mr.  Mullally  has  proved  him- 
self a  man  with  genius  for  organization.  He  has 
had  many  qualities  tested  in  this  city,  for  he  has 


TTTORXWEI.T,  MUI.L.M.LY 


had  a  most  varied  and  trying  experience  with 
nothing  of  precedent  to  guide  him.  It  required 
a  man  with  rare  talent,  with  the  power  of  initia- 
tive, to  rise  to  the  emergency  that  confronted  him 
on  the  morning  of  the  eighteenth  of  April  in 
1906.  He  perceived  at  once  that  the  city  was 
doomed  and  he  lost  no  time  in  taking  steps  to 
secure  the  books  and  papers  of  the  corporation. 
These  he  had  carted  to  safe  quarters.  Seeing 
that  the  traction  system  had  been  put  out  of 
business  he  offered  his  services  to  the  authorities. 
He  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  mayor  2000  uni- 
formed men  to  be  used  as  a  supplementary  police 
force.  This  order  he  issued  from  his  head- 
quarters: 

"San  Francisco  is  in  peril.  Fire  is  sweeping 
over  the  city  destroying  property.  Acts  of  van- 
dalism are  being  committed.    The  United  Rail- 


roads places  itself  at  the  services  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  United  Railroads  calls  upon  all  em- 
ployees, as  United  Railroads  men  and  as  citizens 
of  San  Francisco,  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  aid 
at  this  time.  All  men  are  asked  to  report  as  soon 
as  possible  to  General  Manager  Chapman  at 
Market  and  Valencia  streets,  uniformed  men  in 
full  uniform,  all  men  with  their  badges. 
"U.  R.  R.  of  S.  F., 

"By  Thornwell  Mullally, 

"Assistant  to  President." 
This  order  was  sent- out  by  men  on  bicycles,  in 
automobiles  and  on  horseback,  and  it  resulted  in 
the  formation  of  a  fine  system  of  patrol.  Dur- 


ing the  fire  and  for  days  thereafter  Mullally  con- 
ducted a  commisariat  at  a  carhouse  and  fed  thou- 
sands of  people.  Many  were  the  blessings  in- 
voked out  of  gratitude  to  the  United  Railroads  in 
those  melancholy  days. 

Meanwhile  President  Patrick  Calhoun  was  busy 
in  the  East.  He  wired  $75,000  for  the  relief  of 
the  stricken  city.  He  telegraphed  to  cities  all 
over  the  East  for  permission  to  purchase  street 
cars  that  were  being  built  for  them.  Before  the 
fire  was  extinguished  he  had  purchased  $350,00(J 
worth  of  cars.  His  confidence  in  the  future  of 
the  city  is  illustrated  by  the  following  despatch 
which  he  sent  to  Mullally  on  April  26: 

"Confidence  among  our  friends  unshaken.  Am 
arranging  to  furnish  any  additional  engineers  or 
other  men  you  may  need.  The  whole  of  Messrs. 
Ford,  Bacon  &  Davis  force  is  at  your  disposal. 


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13 


Pittsburg  is  ready  to  furnish  additional  engines 
and  dynamos  if  needed,  and  the  Westinghouse 
and  General  Electric  Company  have  kindly  offered 
to  furnish  any  temporary  facilities  in  priority  to 
all  other  claims.  Congratulate  you,  Davis  and 
Chapman  on  the  effective  way  in  which  you  have 
handled  the  situation.  We  are  rejoiced  at  your 
and  their  safety." 

In  eight  days  from  the  date  of  the  breaking  out 
of  the  tire  cars  were  running  on  two  lines  of 
street  railroad,  and  three  days  later  cars  were 
in  operation  throughout  the  burned  district.  The 
magnitude  of  this  achievement  it  is  now  impos- 
sible to  conceive. 

Patrick  Calhoun  arrived  in  San  Francisco  on 
April  29,  after  having  made  all  pecuniary  ar- 
rangements in  the  Kast  for  the  rehabilitation  of 
a  traction  system  the  value  of  which  at  the  time 
of  the  calamity  was  in  the  neighborhood  of 
$75,000,000.  He  found  the  work  of  reconstruc- 
tion proceeding  satisfactorily,  but  there  were 
many  problems  to  solve,  and  the  worst  were  to 
come.  At  that  time  there  was  a  freight  car 
famine,  and  it  was  exceedingly  difficult  to  get 
supplies.  But  Calhoun  had  facilitated  matters  in 
the  East,  and  on  a  single  day  a  month  after  the 
fire  there  were  eighty-seven  carloads  of  material 
and  equipment  for  the  company  on  the  road  be- 
tween San  Francisco  and  St.  Louis.  Special  men 
were  placed  along  the  line  to  hasten  the  move- 
ment. When  the  company  could  not  get  ties  by 
rail  schooners  were  chartered  and  sent  up  the  coast 
and  redwood  ties  were  brought  down  by  water. 
Crushed  rock  was  scarce,  and  the  company  had 
to  find  its  own  quarries,  but  no  obstacle  was 
too  great  to  be  overcome. 

The  toughest  difficulties  encountered  by  the 
railroad  officials  were  not  those  due  to  conditions 
arising  from  the  calamity.  They  were  of  a 
political  and  of  a  personal  nature.  Patrick  Cal- 
houn had  not  become  the  traction  magnate  of 
San  Francisco  without  incurring  the  enmity  of 
linanciers.  In  certain  powerful  circles  there  was 
organized  a  cabal  against  him  and  it  pursued  him 
with  most  vindictive  fury.  Among  the  conse- 
quences of  this  hostility  were  industrial  complica- 
tions. Strikes  were  precipitated  that  greatly  ag- 
gravated the  burdens  of  the  company.  They 
not  only  delayed  the  work  of  reconstruction  but 
they  absorbed  the  attention  of  the  railroad  of- 
ficials at  a  time  when  all  their  energies  were  re- 
quired for  business  of  the  most  pressing  nature. 
The  labor  troubles  continued  for  months,  causing 
not  only  great  damage  to  the  company's  property 
but  also  a  great  deal  of  bloodshed,  and  incal- 


culable injury  to  the  business  interests  of  the  city. 

This  industrial  conflict  served  to  emphasize 
once  more  the  grit  and  determination  of  the  rail- 
road officials.  Patrick  Calhoun  did  everything  in 
his  power  to  conciliate  the  labor  leaders,  but  he 
soon  perceived  that  they  were  not  animated  by 
zeal  for  their  followers,  and  he  resolved  to  give 
them  battle.  His  enemies  at  that  time  were  very 
powerful.  They  had  control  of  the  government 
of  the  city,  and  they  made  no  concealment  of  their 
hostility.  In  the  circumstances  the  strikers  were 
greatly  encouraged,  and  took  violent  measures  to 
prevent  the  operation  of  street  cars.  In  this 
critical  period  Ihornwell  iViullally  again  distm- 
guished  himself  for  his  ability  as  an  organizer 
and  for  his  bravery.  He  took  personal  charge  of 
the  company's  forces,  rode  with  his  employees 
on  street  cars  through  howling  mobs,  deiendeU 
them  against  gun  hghters,  and  participated  in 
more  than  one  hght  in  which  men  were  killed. 

As  may  be  seen  from  this  Driet  recital  the 
experience  of  the  United  Railroads  has  been 
checkered  by  many  strange  vicissitudes,  but 
the  story  has  not  been  half  told.  'I  he  whole 
country  has  been  impregnated  of  late  with  that 
strange  fallacy  that  the  hounding  of  public  service 
corporations  is  a  pastime  prohtable  to  the  dear 
people.  As  a  result  of  this  fallacy  the  great  trans- 
portation systems  on  which  depends  to  a  great  ex- 
tent the  prosperity  of  the  country  have  not  been 
able  to  keep  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  country. 
But  the  people  are  beginning  to  appreciate  the 
mischievousness  of  the  hostile  attitude  of  the 
Government  toward  the  railroads,  and  there  is 
now  apparent  a  feeling  of  reaction.  The  same 
fallacy  that  has  been  responsible  for  the  mis- 
chief done  the  great  transportation  systems,  the 
United  Railroads  has  had  to  contend  with  in  San 
Francisco.  And  in  this  city  also  there  is  a  feel- 
ing of  reaction.  Some  time  ago  the  municipal 
authorities  employed  a  traction  expert  at  a  large 
salary  to  investigate  the  problem  of  how  to  pro- 
vide adequate  transportation  facilities  for  San 
Francisco.  Some  time  ago  he  made  a  report  the 
substance  of  which  is  in  harmony  with  the  sub- 
stance of  many  reports  that  had  been  made  to 
the  authorities  by  Thornwell  Mullally.  In  brief 
the  expert's  report  is  simply  that  it  is  to  the  in- 
terest of  the  city  to  co-operate  with  the  United 
Railroads  and  to  make  it  feasible  for  that  cor- 
poration to  expand  its  system.  The  necessity  for 
expansion  has  been  evident  for  some  time,  but 
unfortunately  the  politicians  of  the  city  had  im- 
posed such  absurd  restrictions  on  franchises  that 
it  would  have  been  folly  for  the  United  Railroads 


to  extend  its  lines  into  new  territory.  The  official 
expert  now  recommends  that  these  restrictions 
be  withdrawn,  and  that  satisfactory  inducement 
to  investment  be  given  to  private  capital.  When 
the  expert's  advice  is  followed  doubtless  no  time 
will  be  lost  in  providing  the  people  of  the  sections 
of  the  city  remote  from  the  center  with  adequate 
transportation  facilities.  For  certainly  the  United 
Railroads  has  never  shown  itself  indifferent  to 
the  weltare  of  the  city.  Ihe  company  otticials 
realize  that  the  luiure  of  the  city  and  the  luture 
ot  the  United  Railroads  are  closely  identihed. 
i  o  impede  tne  progress  ol  one  is  to  retard  the 
uevelopment  ol  tne  otner.  ihe  men  ot  the  United 
Kauroaas  liave  coiUriDuted  in  no  sugui  Uegree 
lu  tne  advancement  oi  tnis  metropolis,  iney 
nave  never  shown  themselves  lacKing  in  enter- 
prise, llieir  transter  system  they  nave  extenUea 
lo  all  parts  ot  tne  city.  Vvnen  tnere  was  a  can 
lor  an  "owl  service  promptly  they  rcsponueU. 
vvnen  electric  power  was  not  what  it  snouid  De 
LUey  invested  itieir  money  in  one  ol  tne  large 
power  plants  ol  the  State,  at  once  increasing  tne 
power  available  lor  the  city  and  saving  irom  col- 
lapse a  power  producing  corporation  tne  SLaL)iut> 
ol  which  was  a  matter  of  the  highest  miporiance 
10  the  whole  State. 

1  hese  men  who  are  certainly  deserving  of  the 
conhdence  of  the  people  stand  ready  to  join  the 
march  ot  progress  which  the  great  Exposition 
Uity  is  taking.  Ihe  growth  of  their  street  rail- 
road system  will  more  than  keep  pace  with  tlie 
growth  of  the  metropolis;  indeed  it  will  con- 
tinue to  mark  the  lines  of  advance,  for  such  has 
been  the  policy  from  the  beginning.  Within  the 
next  few  years  will  be  seen  great  activity  in 
screet  railroad  construction  work  in  San  Fran- 
cisco; otherwise  transportation  facilities  would  be 
grievously  inadequate.  The  municipal  author- 
ities seeing  that  the  ever-increasing  population 
is  now  stretching  far  out  into  the  suburbs  realize 
tlie  importance  of  rendering  those  sections  easily 
accessible  to  the  business  centre,  and  to  that  end 
they  must  co-operate  with  the  officials  of  the 
United  Railroads.  Furthermore,  owing  to  tlie 
enormous  traffic  that  must  be  handled  in  the 
northern  section  of  the  city  the  Exposition  is 
to  be  held,  lines  of  street  railroad  must  be 
thrown  out  in  that  direction.  In  view  of  all 
these  circumstances  it  is  natural  that  pub- 
lic sentiment  should  be  making  itself  felt  among 
the  servants  of  the  people,  and  that  there 
should  now  be  observed  a  disposition  on  the  part 
of  all  hand  to  get  together  and  build  for  the 
future. 


14  TOWNTALK  November  9,  1912 

George  Wingfield 

Captain  of  Industry  of  Nevada,  Who  Has  Had  a  Career  Full  of  Excitement  and  Adventure  and  Who  is  Now  the  Foremost  Citizen  of  His  Statej 


George  Wingfield  of  Nevada  is  the  only  man 
in  American  history  who  refused  a  seat  in  tlie 
United  States  Senate  when  it  was  offered  to  him 
by  the  Governor  of  his  State.  This  remarkable 
distinction  came  to  Wingfield  when  his  old  part- 
ner Senator '  Nixon  died,  and  Governor  Oddic 
of  Nevada  sent  word  to  the  young  millionaire 
that  he  intended  to  appoint  him  to  the  vacant 
place.  Wingfield  gave  the  matter  careful  con- 
sideration and  declined,  alleging  that  his  private 
interests  and  his  financial  responsibilities  oc- 
cupied so  much  of  his  time  and  were  of  such 
importance  to  his  State  that  he  would  be  domg 
not  only  himself  but  also  Nevada  an  injustice  by 
plunging  into  public  life.  And  he  stuck  to  that 
determination,  thereby  causing  surprise  all  over 
the  country. 

The  man  who  felt  that  he  should  stay  at  home 
instead  of  joining  the  "most  exclusive  club  in  the 
world"  has  had  a  career  truly  remarkable.  He 
has  risen  from  lowly  position  to  the  rank  of  multi- 
millionaire by  his  own  unaided  exertions.  He 
is  today  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  the  West. 

George  Wingfield  was  born  in  Fort  Smith,  Ar- 
kansas, on  August  16,  1876,  so  he  is  now  in  his 
thirty-seventh  year.  He  came  to  the  West  as  a 
boy  and  has  been  identified  with  this  side  of  the 
country  ever  since.  His  father,  Thomas  Y.  Wing- 
field, engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  South- 
eastern Oregon,  and  Wingfield  spent  several 
years  in  the  open  as  a  cowboy. 

Wingfield's  early  career  was  full  of  excitement 
and  interesting  adventures.  It  was  of  the  sort  to 
ground  him  in  self-reliance,  to  make  him  cool, 
independent  and  master  of  himself  under  all  kinds 
of  difficult  conditions.  But  it  began  to  be  a  bril- 
liant career  in  1897. 

In  that  year  Wingfield  went  to  Nevada.  He 
speedily  became  interested  in  "the  quest  of  the 
golden  fleece."  Not,  however,  until  he  had  had 
a  costly  experience  with  the  copper  mines  of 
Golconda.  His  ventures  were  unsuccessful  there, 
and  he  left  Golconda  broke.  But  Wingfield  has 
always  known  how  to  convert  experience  into 
working  capital.  He  studied  mining,  kept  his 
eyes  open  and  awaited  his  opportunity. 

Opportunity  didn't  have  to  knock  twice  at  his 
door.  When  it  gave  him  the  signal  in  1901  he 
obeyed  and  ever  since  opportunity  has  been,  not 
his  master  but  his  servant. 

In  May,  1901,  he  settled  in  Tonopah  and  be- 
gan buying  mining  stocks  and  claims.  Then  he 
moved  to  Goldfield.  He  was  the  first  man  to  sec 
the  great  golden  future  of  that  mining  camp. 
Among  the  properties  he  acquired  without  loss 
of  time  were  the  Sandstorm,  Kendall  and  Colum- 
bia. Next  he  took  a  lease  on  the  Florence  Mine 
and  with  his  associates  dug  $750,000  out  of  its 
sparkling  ribs.  During  1904  and  the  two  years 
following  he  purchased  all  the  adjoining  prop- 
erties of  a  promising  sort  including  the  great 
Mohawk,  the  Laguna  and  many  others. 

Meanwhile  he  had  not  confined  himself  to  min- 
ing. He  had  engaged  in  the  banking  business  in 
Tonopah,  Reno  and  Carson,  and  later  on  in  Gold- 
field.  All  his  enterprises  flourished.  He  seemed 
to  wield  the  magic  wand  of  fairyland  that  con- 
jures success. 

The  year  1906  was  an  important  one  in  the 
furtherance  of  George  Wingfield's  fortunes.  In 
that  year  he  possessed  himself  of  the  Red  Top 
and  Jumbo  mines.    This  led  to  the  organization 


By  Lawrence  Roberts 

of  the  world-famous  Goldfield  Consolidated  Min- 
ing Company,  comprising  at  first  the  Mohawk, 
Red  Top,  Jumbo  and  Laguna  holdings,  but  after- 
wards enlarged  by  the  purchase  of  the  Goldfield 
Mining  Company's  properties  which  were  merged 
with  the  former  organization.  Next  he  bought 
out  the  Combination  Mines  Company  and  added 
it  to  the  others,  thus  converting  six  organized 
mining  companies  into  one  enormous  corpora- 
tion. This  made  George  Wingfield  the  president 
and  chief  owner  of  a  mining  concern  which  has 
produced  more  than  $42,000,000  in  the  past  six 
years. 


Photo,  Boye 


GEORGE  WINGFIELD 

In  many  of  his  biggest  deals  George  Wingfield 
had  been  associated  with  United  States  Senator 
Nixon.  Their  interests  were  of  three  sorts,  bank- 
ing, real  estate  and  mining.  In  April,  1909,  their 
partnership  was  amicably  dissolved.  Senator 
Nixon  retaining  practically  all  the  banking  and 
real  estate  interests,  while  Wingfield  took  over 
the  mining  properties.  Wingfield,  however,  kept 
the  John  B.  Cook  Banking  Company  of  Goldfield, 
of  which  he  is  sole  owner. 

Since  then  Wingfield's  interests  have  kept  on 
expanding.  He  has  large  interests  in  California 
and  Nevada  which  include  live  stock  and  oil  fields. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Nevada 
Petroleum  Company  which  has  its  oil  wells  at 
Coalinga  and  is  still  heavily  interested  in  it. 

No  review  of  George  Wingfield's  extraordinary 
career  would  do  him  justice  which  omitted  refer- 
ence to  his  fight  against  the  Industrial  Workers 
of  the  World  aud  the  Western  Federation  of 
Miners.  The  two  organizations  made  common 
cause  in  Nevada;  in  fact  they  were  nearly  identi- 
cal. Including  in  their  membership  a  large  body 
of  undesirable  citizens  glad  of  any  pretext  for 


stirring  up  trouble,  they  disturbed  industrial  con- 
ditions by  strikes,  particularly  when  their  high- 
grading  depredations  in  the  Consolidated  proper- 
ties were  vigorously  stamped  out. 

Wingfield  showed  the  stuflf  he  was  made  of  in 
his  campaign  against  these  trouble-breeders. 
Threats  against  his  life  were  made  continually, 
but  he  laughed  at  them,  and  when  his  fight  was 
at  its  bitterest  and  violence  was  rife  he  walked 
amid  the  leaders  of  the  two  organizations  with 
such  cool  contempt  for  their  loud  intimidations 
that  they  were  cowed  into  silence  and  inactivity. 
When  the  fight  was  over  the  ring  leaders  had  been 
run  out  of  Nevada,  the  power  for  evil  of  the 
I.  W.  W.  and  the  Western  Federation  had  been 
destroyed,  and  mining  in  Nevada  was  placed  on 
a  peace  footing  which  has  made  for  prosperity 
ever  since,  not  only  among  the  mine  owners  but 
also  among  the  workingmen. 

After  Senator  Nixon's  death  came  the  extra- 
ordinary incident  of  his  refusing  the  United  States 
senatorship.  The  sincerity  which  was  back  of 
that  sacrifice  (for  it  can  only  be  regarded  as  such), 
endeared  him  to  all  the  people  of  the  State  and 
enhanced  his  popularity  which  was  already  very 
great. 

Life  is  made  up  of  little  as  well  as  big  things, 
and  it  is  in  some  of  the  little  things  that  George 
Wingfield  has  shown  his  calibre.  It  is  said  of  him 
that  he  has  never  forgotten  a  favor,  and  it  is 
probably  true.  It  is  also  said  of  him  that  he 
has  never  neglected  to  reply  to  a  letter  written 
him  on  no  matter  what  subject.  Busy  though  he 
is  every  minute  of  the  day,  he  usually  attends  to 
all  his  correspondence  himself.  Another  thing 
said  of  him  is  that  he  never  forgets  the  friends 
who  were  true  to  him  before  he  became  pros- 
perous. Many  a  man  has  been  helped  unosten- 
tatiously by  George  Wingfield  when  adversity 
clouded  his  horizon. 

Wingfield  is  not  very  keen  about  social  life, 
but  he  enjoys  the  company  of  interesting  men 
and  is  at  home  in  many  clubs.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.  and  donated  many  thousand 
dollars  to  complete  the  beautiful  home  of  the 
Llks  in  Goldfield.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Bohemian  and  Press  clubs  of  San  Francisco,  the 
ijierra  Madre  Club  of  Los  Angeles,  the  Keno 
Commercial  Club  and  the  Rocky  Mountain  Club 
of  New  York.  When  there  was  talk  of  repeating 
••The  Atonement  of  Pan,"  the  grove  play  written 
by  Henry  Hadlcy  and  Joseph  D.  Redding,  at  the 
Greek  Theater  in  Berkeley,  Wingfield  was  so 
enthusiastic  about  the  merit  of  the  performance 
and  so  eager  that  the  general  public  should  have 
an  opportunity  to  enjoy  it  that  he  offered  $5,000 
as  part  of  a  fund  to  guarantee  the  producers 
against  a  possible  financial  loss. 

Success  has  not  changed  George  Wingfield. 
He  is  the  same  quiet,  retiring  man  today  that  he 
was  before  the  millions  began  rolling  up.  His 
old  friends  are  still  his  closest  friends.  To  say 
that  is  to  say  that  he  has  stood  the  severest  test 
of  unlimited  prosperity. 


November  9,  1912  TOWNTALK  15 

Stanley  Moore 

The  Brilliant  Son  of  His  Father  Who  Proved  His  Worth  as  a  Lawyer  During  a  Stormy  Period  in  the  History  of  the  City 


The  old  bar  is  passing,  and  the  gladiatorship 
which  it  loved,  and  the  attic  prose  it  produced, 
and  the  suave  manner  of  didactic  exposition  char- 
acteristic of  its  leaders,  and  the  learned  spirit 
of  human  dealing  which  it  applied  to  the 
exigencies  of  professional  practice,- — all  are  pass- 
ing but  occasionally  one  meets  with  a  young 
disciple  of  the  historic  school  and  catches  echoes 
of  other  days.  These  echoes  are  what  might  be 
expected  of  a  son  of  A.  A.  Moore,  for  the  career 
of  Moore  Sr.  extends  a  considerable  distance  into 
the  past,  and  his  was  a  prominent  figure  at  the 
bar  of  this  State  when  not  a  few  of  the  men  who 
made  its  best  traditions  were  in  active  practice. 
Stanley  Moore,  the  son  of  A.  A.  Moore,  though 
now  in  his  very  early  thirties  is  already  num- 
bered among  the  leaders  of  his  profession;  not 
that  he  has  shown  symptoms  of  first  rate  ability 
in  one  or  two  cases  that  he  mastered,  but  be- 
cause he  has  already  taken  an  active  part  in  a 
great  deal  of  litigation  and  in  a  manner  to  com- 
mand the  respect  and  admiration  of  lawyers  of 
the  maturest  judgment  and  highest  ability. 

Stanley  Moore  is  a  product  of  the  public  schools 
of  Oakland.  He  was  trained  for  the  university 
at  Boone's  Academy  and  received  his  degree  in 
1901.  He  studied  law  in  his  father's  office,  and 
was  therefore  more  fortunate  than  the  average 
young  man  who  aspires  to  distinction  in  the 
animating  and  fascinating  game  that  is  played 
for  verdicts  and  judgments.  There  is  nothing 
that  can  take  the  place  of  the  kind  of  guiding 
influence  that  Stanley  Moore  had  when  he  was 
getting  initiated  into  the  intricacies  of  the  law 
and  fitting  himself  for  the  practice  of  his  chosen 
profession. 

These  are  days  of  short-cuts  to  everything. 
Men  are  trained  for  a  professional  career  before 
they  are  given  the  rudiments  of  an  education. 
Hence  the  large  army  of  quacks  undermining  the 
health  of  fools  and  the  equally  large  army  of 
quacks  disintegrating  the  body  politic.  If  all 
lawyers  received  the  training  Stanley  Moore  had, 
if  in  other  words  the  prerequisite  to  admission  to 
the  bar  were  the  mastery  of  law  as  a  science,  the 
study  of  its  principles  to  their  source,  the  public 
would  today  have  less  cause  to  complain  of  the 
administration  of  justice  and  firmer  would  be  the 
hold  of  the  profession  on  public  confidence. 


By  Robert  McTavish 

After  his  admission  to  the  bar  Mr.  Moore  be- 
came a  deputy  in  the  office  of  the  District  At- 
torney of  Alameda  county,  where  he  obtained 
some  little  experience  in  the  practice  of  criminal 
law.  Then  he  returned  to  his  father's  office  where 
he  soon  had  the  handling  of  important  litigation 
and  qualified  himself  for  partnership  with  his 
father.  For  several  years  he  devoted  himself 
to  the  defense  of  railroad  damage  suits,  exhibit- 
ing from  the  start  an  astonishing  vigor,  clearness 
and  precision  of  thought  and  exceptional  skill  in 
cross-examination  and  in  dialectics. 


STANLEY  MOORE 


Railroad  damage  suits,  by  tlie  way.  arc  difficult 
suits  to  defend.  These  suits  are  usually  prose- 
cuted by  lawyers  who  are  experts  in  appealing 
to  the  prejudices  and  sympathies  of  juries  and 
who  usually  have  a  large  pecuniary  interest  in  the 
verdicts.  In  some  cities  they  are  known  as 
"ambulance  chasers"  for  the  reason  that  they  em- 
ploy runners  to  solicit  business  whenever  a  per- 
son is  injured  in  a  railroad  accident.  They  are 
also  known  as  half-a-leg  lawyers,  the  reason  be- 
ing that  if  a  man  loses  a  whole  leg  they  will  take 
a  case  for  half  the  amount  recovered.  But  juries 
are  not  informed  as  to  the  stimulus  to  an  at- 
torney's zeal  in  a  damage  suit.  It  is  therefore 
easy  to  win  their  sympathy  for  the  person  who 
has  been  injured,  especially  if  the  person  is  poor 


and  the  corporation  is  rich.  So  well  is  this  un- 
derstood that  the  average  railroad  corporation 
would  rather  compromise  with  a  claimant  than 
go  into  court.  In  the  circumstances  it  is  obvious 
that  defending  railroad  damage  suits  is  not  an 
easy  way  for  a  lawyer  to  earn  a  reputation.  The 
cards  are  stacked  against  him.  Yet  in  this  very 
species  of  litigation  Stanley  Moore  distinguished 
himself  shortly  after  severing  his  connection  with 
the  district  attorney's  office  of  Alameda  County. 
In  damage  suits  he  proved  himself  a  master  of 
the  science  of  cross-examination.  He  handled  his 
cases  with  superb  skill  commanding  the  respect 
and  admiration  of  juries  and  winning  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  trial  judges. 

Owing  to  his  professional  connections  Mr. 
Moore  was  drawn  into  the  graft  prosecution  and 
for  several  years  he  played  a  leading  part  on  the 
side  of  the  defense.  In  all  the  judicial  history  of 
tliis  State  there  were  never  any  cases  that  so 
tried  the  patience  and  temper,  so  tested  the  judg- 
ment and  acumen  and  courage  of  lawyers  as  did 
the  so-called  graft  cases.  They  furnished  an  en- 
tirely new  experience  for  all  lawyers  opposed  to 
the  prosecution,  for  the  prosecution  was  some- 
thing entirely  unique  not  only  in  its  methods  but 
in  its  manner.  It  wielded  a  power  that  was 
never  before  put  in  the  hands  of  prosecuting  of- 
ficers in  this  country,  and  it  exercised  that  power 
with  an  arrogance  and  brutality  never  witnessed 
before  in  an  American  court.  The  position  of  a 
defendant  in  those  days  was  but  little  worse  than 
the  position  of  an  attorney  for  the  defendant. 
Yet  the  prosecution  was  successfully  opposed 
and  finally  routed,  and  to  no  man  more  than 
Stanley  Moore  is  credit  due  for  the  achievement. 
He  was  in  the  vanguard  through  the  dust  and 
heat  of  the  whole  struggle  and  never  was  he  out- 
manoeuvred, never  did  he  falter  in  his  devotion 
to  the  interests  of  his  clients.  In  the  graft  cases 
Stanley  Moore  established  a  reputation  for  him- 
self that  will  long  stand  him  in  good  stead,  a 
reputation  not  only  for  resourcefulness  and  tact 
as  a  trial  lawyer  but  also  for  that  knowledge  and 
those  qualities  which  a  lawyer  must  have  to 
present  properly  the  merits  and  law  of  his  case 
in  the  appellate  courts. 


16  TOWNTALK  November  9,  1912 

Thomas  B.  Dozier 

An  Eloquent  Lawyer  Formerly  of  Shasta  County,  Now  One  of  the  Most  Active  Members  of  the  San  Francisco  Bar 


My  first  acquaintance  with  Thomas  B.  Dozier 
was  at  a  banquet  of  one  of  our  commercial 
bodies  on  which  occasion  President  Benjamin 
Ide  Wheeler  was  the  star  speaker  of  the  evening. 
President  Wheeler  threw  a  few  jarring  discords 
into  the  symposium,  and  Mr.  Dozier  took  occa- 
sion to  dissent  in  one  of  the  best  after-dinner 
speeches  I  ever  heard.  He  aroused  my  curiosity. 
I  inquired  about  him,  and  I  learned  that  he  was 
a  man  with  a  reputation  for  eloquence  through- 
out the  interior  of  the  State.  He  was  not  a 
stranger  to  San  Francisco,  having  lived  here  in 
his  boyhood,  but  of  late  years  he  practiced  law 
in  Shasta  County  where  he  was  looked  up  to  as 
the  leader  of  the  bar. 

Like  all  big  communities  we  have  a  certain 
conceit  that  is  sometimes  described  as  provincial- 
ism. We  flatter  ourselves  that  everything  worth 
while  in  the  whole  State  is  to  be  found  in  the 
metropolis.  Everything  we  have,  even  brains,  we 
regard  as  the  best,  when  as  a  matter  of  fact 
there  is  a  goodly  supply  of  the  first  quality  re- 
mote from  the  madding  crowd.  There  are  some 
skilled  surgeons  and  learned  physicians  in  the 
small  towns  of  the  State;  likewise  talented 
lawyers,  and  as  for  judges  some  of  the  best  of 
them  hold  court  many  miles  from  San  Francisco. 
Several  of  the  leaders  of  the  local  bar  established 
their  reputation  before  coming  to  this  city,  and 
among  them  is  Thomas  B.  Dozier,  who  came 
hither  because  in  Shasta  County  he  was  too  far 
removed  from  the  business  of  some  of  his  best 
clients.  Dozier  was  at  one  time  district  attorney 
of  Shasta  County  and  he  was  there  a  terror  to 
evil-doers,  which  means  that  he  is  a  man  of  cour- 
age, for  way  up  in  Shasta  County  there  are  some 
pretty  desperate  characters,  and  public  prose- 
cutors in  such  places  are  not  always  as  zealous 
as  they  might  be.  It's  really  preferable  for  a 
man  who  likes  the  quiet  life  to  let  things  drift. 
But  Dozier's  conception  of  his  duty  was  the  dis- 
couragement of  crime,  and  he  was  a  pretty  active 
prosecutor.  But  also  according  to  his  concep- 
tion a  district  attorney's  duty  is  to  assist  the 
court  in  ascertaining  the  truth.  His  aim  was  not 
to  make  a  record  for  convictions,  but  to  see  that 
while  guilty  men  were  punished  innocent  men 
should  be  acquitted.  Not  all  district  attorneys 
I  regret  to  say;  nay,  not  all  judges,  are  of  this 
mind. 

Speaking    of    orators — for    Mr.    Dozier,  the 


By  Robert  McTavish 

lawyer  is  also  an  orator  as  you  might  have  per- 
ceived had  you  been  at  the  banquet  which  I  have 
mentioned,  or  if  you  had  ever  heard  him  dis- 
cussing political  issues  in  a  campaign.  Speaking 
of  orators,  I  am  reminded  that  occasionally  one 
hears  that  oratory  is  a  thing  of  the  past;  is  the 
blustering  spoiled  child  of  a  semi-barbarous  age. 
The  same  idea  was  prevalent  in  Rome  after  the 
death  of  Cicero;  also  in  Greece  after  Demosthenes 
was  gathered  to  his  fathers,  and  in  England  when 
the  voice  of  Burke  was  no  more.    Usually  the  no- 


THOMAS  B.  DOZIER 


tion  is  indulged  whenever  people  look  upon  them- 
selves as  delightfully  unsophisticated.  Now 
oratory  is  never  a  thing  of  the  past.  It  was 
surely  not  a  thing  of  the  past  in  Webster's  day. 
It  was  certainly  in  its  flower  on  the  occasion  when 
William  J.  Bryan  stampeded  a  convention  with 
his  Cross  of  Gold  speech.  The  power  of  oratory 
is  evidenced  every  time  a  lawyer  melts  a  jury  to 
tears.  The  power  of  oratory  will  survive  till  our 
passions  have  been  extinguished,  our  emotions 
mandraked. 

Eloquence  is  as  much  an  essential  of  a  lawyer's 
equipment  today  as  it  ever  was.    That  it  is  not 


generally  so  recognized  is  because  many  lawyers 
have  nothing  else  to  recommend  them  but  their 
ability  as  talkers.  Lawyers  of  this  type,  how- 
ever, are  not  really  orators.  They  have  the 
knack  of  declamation;  that  is  all.  They  rely  on 
a  readiness  of  tongue  to  compensate  for  their 
lack  of  everything  else,  and  they  never  go  far 
in  their  profession.  The  lawyer  who  is  educated 
in  the  law  knows  that  he  must  be  able  to  debate 
as  well  as  to  talk;  that  he  must  be  grounded  in 
the  science  of  law  as  well  as  in  the  art  of 
rhetoric.  Likewise  to  be  a  great  orator  a  man 
must  develop  the  highest  faculties  of  the  mind, 
the  very  faculties  that  are  required  for  success- 
ful achievement  at  the  bar. 

Of  course  there  arc  not  many  lawyers  that  com- 
h'lin-  all  these  qualities,  but  Thomas  B.  Dozier  is 
one  who  does.  As  an  orator  he  is  a  master  of  his 
ideas  and  he  has  the  imagination  and  the  diction 
to  appeal  to  the  sympathies  of  human  nature  and 
call  up  the  feelings  of  the  human  breast.  He  is 
tloquent  by  force  of  thought  and  sincerity  of 
expression.  And  as  a  lawyer  he  is  master  of 
tlic  facts  and  circumstances  which  it  is  necessary 
for  him  to  know  in  order  to  judge  fairly  and 
reason  wisely.  In  debate  he  is  able  to  unwind 
the  web  of  sophistry  and  to  apply  the  law  on 
which  judgment  is  asked.  Such  is  the  impression 
lu'  has  made  on  me,  and  such  also  is  the  impres- 
sii)n  that  he  has  made  on  the  judges  of  this 
.State. 

In  the  circumstances  it  is  no  wonder  that  the 
lawyer  who  came  among  us  but  a  few  years  ago 
is  now  one  of  the  busiest  members  of  the  local 
l)ar.  Though  his  services  were  first  called  for  in 
criminal  cases  he  is  now  occupied  principally 
with  civil  business.  He  represents  the  biggest 
copper  interests  on  the  coast,  and  he  has  many 
mining  men  among  his  clients.  In  politics  Mr. 
Dozier  is  a  Republican,  and  in  the  years  agone 
he  was  a  very  active  member  of  that  pat^".  Two 
years  ago  he  made  a  great  hit  as  the  presiding 
officer  of  a  State  Convention.  During  the  pres- 
ent Administration  at  Sacramento  Mr.  Dozier  has 
been  seldom  seen  in  the  political  arena,  but  he 
has  remained  on  the  directory  of  the  Napa  In- 
sane Asylum.  During  the  scandal  in  that  institu- 
tion some  months  ago  when  the  Administration 
effected  a  change  of  management  and  one  or 
two  of  the  directors  found  it  expedient  to  resign 
Mr.  Dozier  sat  tight  through  the  storm,  and  not 
a  finger  was  pointed  to  him. 


November  9,  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Frank  C.  Drew 

Being  a  Sketch  of  the  Career  of  a  Man  Who  Has  Risen  by  His  Own  Efforts  to  High  Station 


Prominent  alike  in  legal  and  financial  circles, 
Frank  C.  Drew  stands  out  in  this  community  as 
one  of  our  most  distinguished  citizens,  and  owing 
to  his  long  and  faithful  service  of  his  party,  is 
being  pointed  to  as  the  logical  Democratic  can- 
didate for  the  United  States  senatorship. 

Frank  C.  Drew  of  the  well  known  law  firm  of 
Metson,  Drew  and  McKenzie,  was  born  in  San 
Jose  on  May  31,  1861.  He  came  to  San  Francisco 
as  a  youngster  and  studied  first  at  the  Lincoln 
Primary  and  afterwards  at  the  Lincoln  Gram- 
mar school,  leaving  the  latter  to  enter  the  Boys' 
High  in  1876.  He  spent  two  years  in  the  high 
school  and  tiicn  went  forth  to  grapple  with  the 
world. 

Drew  entered  the  publishing  house  of  Bacon 
and  Company  as  a  book  and  job  printer  and 
proof  reader.  Because  he  was  full  of  ambition 
and  charged  with  inexhaustible  energy,  he  did 
not  satisfy  himself  with  the  work  he  did  by  day, 
but  devoted  his  nights  to  the  study  of  shorthand 
so  that  he  might  qualify  as  a  stenographer.  The 
result  was  that  he  left  the  printing  shop  and  in 
1883  he  was  occupying  the  position  of  an  amanu- 
ensis with  Eppinger  and  Company,  the  wheat 
operators.  Later  he  occupied  the  same  position 
with  the  tea  firm  of  Siegfried  and  Brandenstein, 
and  then,  after  spending  some  time  as  a  proof 
reader  and  compositor  on  the  Call,  entered  the 
law  office  of  the  late  Patrick  Reddy  as  a  stenog- 
rapher. Perhaps  this  might  be  described  as  the 
turning  point  of  his  very  interesting  career. 

Drew  stayed  with  Patrick  Reddy  till  1894  at 
which  time  he  became  the  stenographer  for  Gov- 
ernor Budd.  He  did  not  retain  this  office  long, 
but  it  led  to  a  solid  and  lasting  friendship  be- 
tween Drew  and  the  Governor.  In  fact,  he  be- 
came the  Governor's  chief  political  adviser  and 
was  naturally  drawn  into  active  field  service  for 
the  Democratic  party  in  California 

When  Rhodes  Borden  was  appointed  Superior 
Judge  of  this  city,  Drew  became  his  shorthand 
reporter,  and  he  continued  in  this  branch  of  legal 
work  for  some  time.  Meanwhile  the  old  habit 
of  study  had  not  been  lost.  The  same  ambition, 
the  same  passion  for  advancement  urged  Drew 
to  the  study  of  the  law,  and  the  result  of  his 
persistent  burning  of  the  midnight  oil  was  that 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1903.    He  became 


By  Lawrence  Dunlap 

a  member  of  the  firm  of  Campbell,  Metson  and 
Drew  which  changed  later  to  the  present  firm  of 
Metson,  Drew  and  McKenzie. 

Drew's  legal  activities  have  been  notable. 
Among  the  important  cases  which  he  handled 
were  the  trial  of  Mayor  Schmitz  in  which  he 
was  associate  counsel  and  the  case  of  Rankin  who 
was  accused  of  hypothecating  Ocean  Shore  bonds, 
in  which  he  was  leading  counsel  for  the  defense. 


Photo,  George  G.  Fraser 

FRANK  C.  DREW 


His  work  as  an  attorney  has  been  eminently 
successful,  and  his  conduct  in  office  and  in  court- 
room has  shown  a  high  regard  for  the  best 
standards  of  legal  ethics. 

In  1900  Drew  married  Mrs.  Helen  P.  White, 
and  from  that  time  on  a  great  part  of  his  time 
was  perforce  devoted  to  the  management  of  his 
wife's  great  lumber  interests.  He  became  presi- 
dent and  superintendent  of  the  L.  E.  White  Lum- 


ber Company  and  spent  two  years  in  close  study 
of  this  complicated  business.  Under  his  brilliant 
management  the  assets  of  the  company  grew  from 
half  a  million  to  five  million  dollars,  and  its  hold- 
ings were  enlarged  so  as  to  include  a  large 
acreage  of  sugar  pine  lands  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  State. 

While  immersed  in  professional  and  business 
cares  Drew  has  found  time  to  cultivate  the  social 
side  of  life.  He  belongs  to  many  clubs  and  so- 
cieties, including  the  Bohemian,  Family  and  Press 
clubs,  the  San  Francisco  Bar  Association,  the  Tour- 
ing Club  of  France,  the  Native  Sons,  the  Eagles, 
the  Redmen,  the  American  Geographical  Society, 
the  Dolphin  Swimming  and  Rowing  Club,  the 
American  Esperanto  Association,  the  French  So- 
ciety for  the  Development  of  Phonetics  and  the 
International  Association  of  Esperanto  Jurists. 

Some  of  these  names  suggest  Drew's  chief  so- 
cial and  intellectual  pursuits.  He  is  an  en- 
thusiastic motorist  and  traveler,  and  knows 
Europe  as  well  as  any  confirmed  sightseer  in  this 
part  of  the  world.  His  interest  in  linguistics 
amounts  to  a  passion,  and  he  is  a  master  of 
French  and  Esperanto.  The  universal  language 
propaganda  is  one  of  his  delights,  and  his  ac- 
tivities in  this  regard  are  known  wherever  the  dis- 
ciples of  Dr.  Zamenhof  gather  together. 

When  the  last  national  Democratic  convention 
assembled  in  Baltimore,  Drew  was  one  of  the 
prominent  delegates  from  California.  He  was 
much  to  the  front  in  the  financing  of  the  cam- 
paign in  California,  and  has  won  the  respect  of 
Democracy's  warring  factions  by  his  devotion 
to  principle  and  his  avoidance  of  petty  bickerings 
and  animosities.  At  the  same  time  he  has  not 
hesitated  to  speak  out  when  the  Democratic  prin- 
ciples to  which  he  is  committed  have  seemed  at 
stake. 

On  a  recent  occasion  of  this  sort  he  made 
tentative  announcement  of  his  candidacy  for  the 
United  States  Senate.  The  suggestion  was  re- 
ceived with  such  enthusiasm  by  Democrats  in  all 
parts  of  the  State  that  there  seems  now  no  doubt 
that  he  will  be  an  active  candidate  when  the  time 
comes  for  the  Legislature  to  elect.  California 
would  be  most  ably  represented  in  the  upper 
chamber  of  the  national  legislature  if  it  sent 
Frank  C.  Drew  to  Washington. 


18 


TOWN  TALK 


November  9,  1912 


William  M.  Abbott 


Being  a  Study  of  the  Rapid  Progress  in  His  Profession  of  an  Attorney  Who  Was  Practicing  Law  at  Twenty-one 

By  Vincent  Martin 


All  the  professions,  we  are  told,  are  over- 
crowded. We  are  also  told  that  there  is  always 
room  at  the  top  for  the  man  who  has  it  in  him 
to  adapt  himself  to  his  profession  and  the  stick- 
toitiveness  to  persevere  in  spite  of  obstacles  and 
disappointments.  Of  all  the  professions  there  is 
none  that  better  illustrates  the  idea  of  "hope 
deferred"  than  the  profession  of  the  law.  Few 
are  the  young  men  to  be  found  in  the  front  rank 
of  this  profession.  But  of  those  who  have 
reached  proud  eminence  it  is  never  said  that 
luck  was  the  principal  clement  of  their  equipment. 
At  the  bar  a  man  must  have  brains  to  win 
recognition.  No  man  can  go  far  in  the  practice 
of  law  with  none  but  superficial,  showy  qualities 
to  carry  him  along. 

When  a  young  man.  then,  is  found  in  the  front 
rank  of  the  legal  profession  there  is  no  question 
as  to  his  ability,  especially  when  we  find  him  so 
well  intrenched  as  William  M.  Abbott,  general 
attorney  for  one  of  the  great  corporations  of  the 
State.  Mr.  Abbott  was  born  in  this  city  on  St, 
Patrick's  Day,  1872.  He  has  been  prominent  at 
the  bar  for  more  than  a  decade.  As  long  ago 
as  1898,  when  Tirey  L.  Ford  became  attorney 
general  of  California,  Mr.  Abbott  became  his 
most  active  assistant.  To  him  was  assigned  the 
important  business  of  advising  all  State  officials 
on  questions  of  law  that  perplexed  them  in  the 
performance  of  their  duties.  His  was  a  quasi- 
judicial  official  that  required  much  study  and 
research  and  that  therefore  gave  him  a  lot  of 
valual";  experience. 

During  his  term  of  office  Mr.  Abbott  rendered 
opinions  on  many  intricate  questions  of  law  that 
subsequently  stood  the  test  of  judicial  determina- 
tion in  the  highest  courts  of  the  State.  Also  as 
an  attorney  for  the  State  he  played  a  prominent 
part  in  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Tax  Cases.  It 
was  necessary  for  him  to  handle  these  cases  in 
the  courts,  and  opposed  though  he  was  by  some 
of  the  veteran  and  most  brilliant  attorneys  in 
tlie  country  he  won  distinction  by  the  display 
which  he  made  of  his  familiarity  with  all  the 
principles  and  cases  bearing  on  the  issue. 

When  Mr.  Abbott  was  conducting  this  import- 
ant litigation  he  was  only  in  his  thirties.  Most 
young  lawyers  at  this  period  of  their  career  are 
either  engaged  in  the  drudgery  of  office-work  or 
shedding  their  pin-feathers  in  nisi  prius  courts. 
But  Mr.  Abbott,  even  before  this  period,  was  a 
member  of  one  of  the  leading  law  firms  of  the 
city.  In  the  eighties  he  went  through  the  John 
Swett  Grammar  School  and  the  Boys'  High 
School.  In  1893  he  graduated  from  the  Hastings 
College  of  Law,  and  just  as  he  attained  his 
majority  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
Within  two  years  his  talents  won  recognition, 
and  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Cross,  Ford,  Kelley  &  Abbott  and  remained  with 
it  until  its  dissolution. 

In  1902  Mr.  Abbott  became  assistant  general 
counsel  for  the  United  Railroads.  He  was  one 
of  the  attorneys  for  Brown  Brothers,  the  Balti- 
more syndicate  which  purchased  the  properties 
now  owned  by  the  United  Railroads,  and  was 
active  in  the  consolidation  of  all  street  railroads, 
an  achievement  of  a  most  intricate  nature  that 


called  for  a  most  intimate  knowledge  of  cor- 
poration law. 

By  reason  of  his  official  connection  with  the 
United  Railroads  Mr.  Abbott  became  one  of  the 
objects  of  the  vindictiveness  of  the  graft  prose- 
cution, but  he  received  a  most  thorough  vindica- 
tion, the  prosecutors  themselves  being  compelled 


f 


WILLIAM  M.  ABBOTT 

to  admit  in  open  court  that  his  skirts  were  en- 
tirely clean.  Nevertheless  they  realized  that  he 
was  faithful  to  the  interests  of  his  clients  and 
that  they  had  to  deal  with  him  as  a  courageou.s 
and  zealous  attorney,  one  who  was  neither  tn 
be  intimidated  or  conciliated.    He  fought  them 


every  inch  of  the  ground.  At  the  conclusion  of 
the  cases  he  was  appointed  general  attorney  for 
the  corporation,  a  position  which  he  holds  to  this 
day,  and  by  virtue  of  which  he  is  now  engaged  in 
negotiating  terms  of  compromise  with  the  city 
in  matters  over  which  there  has  been  serious  dis- 
pute. In  these  negotiations  he  has  proved  him- 
self a  man  of  remarkable  patience. 

Mr.  Abbott  is  president  of  the  Market  Street 
Railway  Company,  the  San  Francisco  and  San 
Mateo  Electric  Railway  Company,  the  Metropol- 
itan Railway  Company.  He  is  also  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  South  San  Francisco  Railroad  and 
Power  Company  and  a  director  of  the  United 
Railroads  Ctmipany. 

Assuredly  a  man  of  parts  is  William  M.  Abbott. 
To  become  the  man  of  affairs  that  he  is  today,  at 
his  age,  a  man  must  possess  certain  qualities  of 
mind  and  heart  that  Nature  does  not  bestow  with 
prodigal  hand.  Some  young  men  have  the  good 
fortune  to  be  attended  from  their  earliest  years 
by  powerful  social  or  financial  influence  that 
makes  smooth  the  road  to  eminence,  but  Mr.  Ab- 
bott is  the  architect  of  his  own  triumph.  He 
found  his  own  road  and  carried  his  own  lamp. 
His  is  the  success  that  comes  from  native  capac- 
ity cultivated  by  honest  and  persevering  eflfort. 

A  man  of  genial  nature  with  a  taste  for  social 
diversions  and  intellectual  pursuits  Mr.  Abbott 
is  a  member  of  many  organizations  that  bespeak 
the  nature  of  his  divers  activities.  For  years  he 
has  been  identified  with  the  National  Geog- 
raphical Society,  the  American  Academy  of 
Political  and  Social  Sciences,  the  Academy  of 
Pacific  Coast  History  and  the  California  His- 
torical Landmark  League  of  which  he  was 
formerly  vice-president  and  is  now  treasurer. 
He  belongs  to  the  Union  League,  the  Bohemian 
Club  and  the  California  Tennis  Club.  He  is  Past 
Exalted  Ruler  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks.  He  has 
filled  all  the  offices  of  Stanford  Parlor,  N.  S. 
G.  W.  He  is  a  member  of  California  Lodge  No. 
1.  F.  and  \.  M.,  California  Chapter  No.  5,  R.  A. 
M.,  Knights  Templar,  California  Commandery 
No.  1.  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  the  Phi  Delta  Phi. 


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19 


The  California  Market 

One  of  the  Show  Places  of  San  Francisco,  Colorful  and  Delightfully  Redolent  of  Orchard  and  Farm 


That  the  California  Market  is  the  finest  market 
in  the  world  is  not  an  empty  boast  founded  on 
provincial  ignorance  of  conditions  in  the  market- 
ing business  elsewhere,  but  a  considered  state- 
ment of  the  truth.  It  is  a  fact  which  cannot  be 
challenged  successfully  by  those  who  have  exam- 
ined with  an  expert  eye  the  markets  of  the  United 
States  and  the  great  purveying  establishments  of 
Great  Britain  and  the  continent  of  Europe. 

The  California  Market  is  an  institution  of  San 
Francisco.  It  is  known  to  travelers  from  every 
part  of  the  globe,  like  the  Palace  Hotel,  the  Cliff 
House  and  Golden  Gate  Park.  It  stands  in  the 
minds  of  all  who  know  it  for  the  highest  example 
of  first-class  purveying. 

As  it  was  established  way  back  in  1867,  the 
California  is  now  in  its  forty-fifth  year  of  exis- 
tence, and  is  of  course  to  continue  as  long  as  this 
city  does.  It  has  grown  with  the  growth  of  the 
city.  Its  beginnings,  like  the  beginnings  of  the 
city,  were  humble;  it  has  enlarged  itself  slowly 
but  surely  through  the  years. 

At  the  time  of  the  conflagration  in  1906  the 
old  California  Market,  one  of  our  landmarks,  was 
destroyed.  Since  that  time  it  has  arisen  from 
its  ashes,  more  beautiful  than  ever.  Its 
architecture  represents  the  last  word  in  construc- 
tion for  such  a  building.    It  is  of  concrete,  tile, 


marble  and  glass,  and  its  sanitary  arrangements 
are  perfect. 

A  walk  through  the  California  Market  is  always 
a  delight.  The  various  departments  which  are 
under  control  of  independent  dealers  suggest  by 
their  beauty  of  arrangement  that  their  owners 
have  vied  with  one  another  in  a  friendly  rivalry  to 
see  which  could  have  the  most  fascinating  display. 
The  result  is  that  even  an  expert  would  be  hard 
put  to  it  to  decide  which  of  the  many  establish- 
ments in  the  market  is  entitled  to  the  prize. 

Here  are  all  varieties  of  fresh  produce  for  the 
table,  all  of  a  kind  to  make  the  mouth  of  the  epi- 
cure water  and  to  throw  the  gourmand  into  ec- 
stacies  of  admiration.  Meats  in  tempting  array; 
fat  poultry  carefully  dressed;  every  variety  of 
game  which  the  law  permits  the  sale  of  at  what- 
ever season  of  the  year;  fish  of  all  the  sorts  which 
abound  in  our  own  or  neighboring  waters;  luscious 
oysters;  all  the  fruits  of  California  and  the  tropics; 
vegetables  smelling  sweetly  of  the  loamy  gardens 
from  which  they  are  plucked  daily;  all  dairy  pro- 
ducts— golden  butter,  rich  cream  and  milk,  eggs 
and  cheese;  delicatessen  to  suit  the  taste  of  all  the 
cosmopolitan  population  of  our  city;  and  tempt- 
ing French  pastry.  There  are  besides  precious 
plants  and  gorgeous  cut  flowers  which  belong 
here  because  they  are  so  often  used  to  decorate 
the  tables  of  people  who  want  to  dine  in  fragrant 


and  beautiful  surroundings. 

A  visit  to  the  California  Market  is  always  of 
great  interest.  At  all  hours  of  the  day  there  is 
bustle  and  business,  but  the  trade  is  handled  so 
expertly  that  no  time  is  lost  and  no  customer  is 
made  to  lose  his  temper,  as  is  so  frequently  the 
case  in  markets  not  so  well  appointed.  Here  you 
will  see  the  high-priced  men  who  cater  for  the 
great  hostelries  and  restaurants  and  cafes  order- 
ing the  market.  Here  those  careful  house- 
also  you  will  see  the  servants  of  the  wealthy  do- 
ing the  marketing.  Here  those  careful  house- 
wives who  will  not  allow  their  servants  to  do  their 
buying  are  busy  pricing  and  selecting.  Here  also 
are  housewives  and  husbands  who  have  no  ser- 
vants, for  all  classes  have  learned  to  buy  at  the 
California  Market.  At  luncheon  time  the  market 
gathers  in  a  great  number  of  men  and  women 
who  know  the  worth  of  the  restaurants  and  oyster 
houses  there  and  who  lunch  there  year  in  and 
year  out. 

The  fact  that  the  California  Market  extends 
through  from  Pine  to  California  street  is  a  great 
advantage  in  handling  crowds  and  attending 
promptly  and  quickly  to  the  enormous  business. 
It  is  important  in  another  way,  for  many  people 
who  walk  through  the  market  to  make  a  short 
cut  from  street  to  street  frequently  stop  to  buy, 
unable  to  resist  the  lure  of  the  staples  and  dainties 
on  display. 


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EMILIO  LASTRETO 

An  Enthusiast  of  the  Histrionic  Art  Who  Gives 
Shakespearean  Performances  in  His 
Private  Theatre 

The  Greek  Theatre  of  Berkeley  is  not  the  only 
theatre  hereabouts  where  the  classic  drama  has 
a  habitation.  Less  imposing  than  the  theatre 
across  the  bay,  but  supported  with  quite  as  much 
enthusiasm  is  the  private  theatre  of  Emilio  Las- 
treto  in  his  home  on  the  western  slope  of  Rus- 
sian Hill.  Here  does  Shakespeare  receive  the 
reverence  do.  Here  his  plays  are  staged  with 
fidelity  to  the  best  traditions  of  the  theatre,  and 
interpreted  by  talented  amateurs  with  a  passion 


ICMILIO  i..\.stki:t() 


for  the  cultivation  of  the  histrionic  art.  The 
seating  capacity  of  this  theatre  is  less  than  two 
hundred,  but  its  equipment  is  as  complete  as  that 
of  any  public  theatre.  When  "The  Merchant  of 
Venice"  was  produced  last  December  with  Mr. 
T,astreto  as  Shylock,  the  scenery  of  Venice — the 
Rialto,  the  Grand  Canal  and  Shylock's  home — 
was  reproduced  with  rare  artistry.  The  paint- 
ing was  done  by  one  of  the  artists  of  the  Rus- 
sian Hill  colony.  In  April  "Othello"  with  Mr. 
Lastreto  in  the  leading  role,  was  given  with  com- 
pleteness of  detail.  Scenery  was  painted  for  this 
production  by  clever  artists,  and  Desdemona's 
House  and  the  tower  on  the  Island  of  Cyprus 
were  among  the  most  striking  features.  Mr. 
Lastreto  always  has  to  give  two  performances 
that  all  his  friends  may  be  accommodated.  On 
the  12th  and  15th  of  this  month  he  will  present 
"Hamlet."  Mr.  Lastreto  is  a  native  of  this  city 
where  he  was  born  February  25,  1869.  His  father 
was  one  of  our  pioneer  merchants.  He  went 
through  the  Boys'  High  School  in  the  eighties, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  State  on  May  5,  1890.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  active  practice  ever  since.  He  is  a 
man  of  culture,  speaks  French,  Italian  and  Span- 
ish and  is  a  student  of  the  literature  of  the  rom- 
ance languages.  A  pupil  of  Professor  Tronchet, 
for  years  he  was  the  champion  fencer  of  the 
Olympic  Club  being  skilled  in  the  use  of  foils, 
broad-sword,  single  stick,  dagger  and  rapier.  He 
is  Past  President  of  Alcalde  Parlor  No.  154,  N.  S. 
G.  W.,  and  has  been  prominent  at  many  sessions 
of  the  Grand  Parlor.  He  is  also  a  Past  Sachem 
of  the  I.  O.  R.  M.  and  as  Great  Representative 
has  represented  this  State  on  three  or  four  occa- 
sions in  the  Supreme  Council  held  in  the  Eastern 
States. 


E.  S.  PILLSBURY 

The    Richest    Lawyer    in    San    Francisco.  He 
Represents  Many  Corporations  and 
Reads  the  Outlook 

Mr.  E.  S.  Pillsbury  is  one  of  San  Francisco's 
veteran  practitioners.  He  made  his  reputation 
as  a  lawyer  in  Stockton  many  years  ago.  At  the 
San  Francisco  bar  he  has  been  distinguished  not 
so  much  for  his  legal  learning,  which  is  con- 
siderable, but  for  his  generalship  and  his  rare 
business  tact.    Few  lawyers  have  surpassed  him 


E.    S.  riLLSBURY 


in  the  business  of  building  up  a  clientele.  He  is 
known  as  a  corporation  lawyer.  From  many  cor- 
porations for  many  years  he  has  received  large 
retainers.  The  captains  of  industry  recognize 
subtle  talent  for  accomplishing  things  by  methods 
all  his  own.  At  the  time  of  the  graft  prosecution 
in  San  Francisco  Mr.  Pillsbury  was  attorney  for 
the  telephone  company  which  was  among  the 
public  service  corporations  that  had  done  busi- 
ness with  Mr.  Abe  Ruef,  who  used  to  hold  in- 
timate political  relations  with  Mr.  Pillsbury  and 
who  mentions  Mr.  Pillsbury  by  no  means  affect- 
ionately in  an  autobiography,  which  of  course  is 
a  circumstance  to  Mr.  Pillsbury's  credit.  Mr. 
Pillsbury  was  the  one  representative  of  the 
telephone  company  against  whom  the  graft  prose- 
cutors appeared  to  have  no  grievance  and  no  hard 
feeling.  Today  Mr.  Pillsbury  ranks  as  the  rich- 
est lawyer  in  San  Francisco.  He  no  longer  takes 
an  active  interest  in  political  affairs,  but  despite 
his  devotion  to  public  service  corporations  for 
years  he  has  become  an  ardent  civic  reformer, 
and  is  now  a  subscriber  to  the  Outlook  probably 
for  the  reason  that  he  loves  the  moral  platitudes 
of  the  Contributing  Editor. 


CHARLES  F.  HANLON 

A    Lawyer    Who    Has    Handled  Important 
Litigation  and  Earned  Some  Big  Fees 

By  Lawrence  Dunlap 

Charles  F.  Hanlon  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
San  Francisco  bar.  Through  the  possession  of 
a  mind  with  a  natural  legal  bent  and  by  unre- 
mitting study  and  close  application  to  his  profes- 
sion, he  has  risen  to  an  enviable  position  among 
the  prominent  lawyers  of  this  city.  When  a  list 
of  the  attorneys  who  have  handled  well  remem- 
bered cases  is  made  up,  the  name  of  Charles  F. 
Hanlon  claims  a  very  conspicuous  place. 


To  the  plodding  practicioner  who  is  content  to 
busy  himself  with  an  accumulation  of  small  cases 
the  law  yields  a  sufficiently  satisfactory  income, 
but  nothing  more.  Such  a  man  never  achieves 
the  sort  of  success  in  his  profession  which  makes 
him  an  object  of  general  attention.  It  is  the  bril- 
liant lawyer  who  goes  after  "big  game"  and  knows 
how  to  bring  it  down;  the  attorney  who  scorns  to 
enter  a  court  room  unless  great  interests  are  at 
stake;  the  legal  luminary  who  allows  his  clerks 

to  handle  the  details  of  litigation,  reserving  him- 
self for  the  larger  issues — it  is  this  practicioner 
who  waxes  wealthy  and  distinguished.  That  is 
the  sort  of  lawyer  Charles  F.  Hanlon  is.  The  law 
has  been  an  amiable  mistress  to  Hanlon,  load- 
ing him  with  favors. 

One  reason  for  that       tlKit  rharles  F.  Hanlon 


CH.VRLr.S  F.  HANLON 


is  solidly  grounded  in  his  profession.  He  was 
educated  at  the  Jesuit  College  of  St.  Ignatius  in 
this  city,  distinguishing  himself  in  science,  in  the 
classical  languages,  in  the  humanities  and  in 
mental  philosophy.  With  this  generous  equip- 
ment, the  groundwork  for  any  professional 
studies,  he  entered  the  law  office  of  John  Burnett, 
at  the  time  one  of  the  very  best  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. In  that  office  he  learned  the  theory  and 
practice  of  the  law.  He  was  a  hard  student, 
burning  the  midnight  oil  incessantly  and  working 
hard  by  day  as  well.  A  sound  physique  enabled 
him  to  continue  this  close  application  for  years. 

The  result  was  that  when  Charles  F.  Hanlon 
branched  out  for  himself  he  had  passed  the  stage 
at  which  most  young  lawyers  have  arrived  when 
they  achieve  the  independence  of  an  individual 
rent  bill  and  a  private  telephone.  He  was 
equipped  for  the  big  cases  of  his  profession. 
The  big  cases  came  his  way  with  interesting  reg- 
ularity; he  won  the  big  cases  with  gratifying  fre- 
quency. His  fees  took  the  breath  away  from  at- 
torneys who  had  started  with  him  but  whom  he 
had  left  behind. 

For  his  services  in  probating  the  will  of  his 
intimate  friend  Mervyn  Donohue  Hanlon  re- 
ceived an  honorarium  of  $60,000.  In  the  famous 
Pratt  case  his  fee  was  $80,000.  In  the  Sanford 
will  contest  he  received  another  fee  the  same 
respectable  proportions.  And  so  it  has  been  dur- 
ing all  the  years  of  his  addiction  to  the  practice 
of  law.  His  retainers  alone  are  very  large.  Hav- 
ing made  a  specialty  of  commercial  law  he  rep- 
resents many  large  corporations.  He  is  also  a 
favorite  among  theatrical  managers  who  find 
themselves  entangled  in  the  meshes  of  litigation. 
Among  others  Florenz  Ziegfeld  may  be  men- 
tioned; Hanlon  has  protected  his  interests  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  for  years. 

While  giving  the  bulk  of  his  time  to  law, 
Charles  F.  Hanlon  has  found  time  for  the  cul- 
tivation of  arts  and  letters.    He  is  one  of  our 


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most  enthusiastic  students  of  Shakespeare,  both 
in  the  closet  and  in  the  theater.  He  is  an 
amateur  of  pictures  and  has  more  than  a  dilet- 
tante's taste  for  the  best  in  music.  His  collection 
of  scores  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  West. 

Hanlon  is  also  a  great  traveler.  He  makes  the 
European  tour  almost  every  year,  and  is  quite  as 
well  known  in  the  clubs  of  London  and  Paris  as 
in  those  of  San  Francisco.  He  is  a  raconteur  of 
unusual  ability,  and  makes  a  fine  after-dinner 
speech.  As  a  dinner  host  he  has  achieved  con- 
siderable distinction  in  this  city  where  some  of 
his  dinners  to  visiting  stage  celebrities  set  a 
new  mark  for  that  kind  of  entertainment.  He  is 
also  an  enthusiastic  motorist. 

All  his  activities  serve  to  show  what  pleasant 
fruits  grow  on  the  tree  of  the  law  for  those  who 
have  the  ability  to  reach  up  and  pick  them. 


SYSTEM  PERSONIFIED 

The  Man  With  a  Passion  for  Facility  in 
All  Things 

The  movements  of  the  sun  and  its  planets  have 
been  reduced  to  mathematical  formulae  and  called 
a  system;  the  neural  tissue  of  the  mouse  has  been 
dissected  out  and  called  a  system;  men  have 
beaten  the  bank  at  Monte  Carlo  and  called  it  a 
system.  But  System, — real,  genuine,  guaranteed- 
under-the-pure-food-act  System, — is  a  California 
product  transplanted  from  Missouri.  When  they 
christened  him,  some  fifty-four  years  ago  back  in 
Monroe  county,  there  was  the  chance  to  dignify 
the  word  'system'  into  a  perfectly  proper  noun; 
instead,  they  wasted   the  opportunity  iqion  the 


TIREY   L.  FORD 


middle-  name  Lafayette,  and  ever  since  he  has 
been  known  as  Tirey  L.  Ford;  synonym:  System. 
He  has  only  to  reach  out  and  touch  chaos  itself, 
and  where  confusion  prevailed  there  exists  Sys- 
tem. 

While  he  doesn't  admit  it,  yet  as  a  matter  of 
course  his  activities  that  caused  him  to  be 
elected  district  attorney  of  Sierra  county  in  1888. 
and  a  State  senator  from  Plumas,  Sierra  and 
Nevada  counties  in  1892,  and  to  be  thereafter  ap- 
pointed attorney  for  the  board  of  harbor  com- 
missioners, were  reduced  to  System. 

He  became  attorney  general  of  California  in 
1899,  and  forthwith  introduced  into  that  branch 
of  the  State  government  the  novelty  of  System. 

In  1902,  upon  assuming  charge  of  the  legal 
affairs  of  the  newly  organized  United  Railroads 


of  San  Francisco, — of  which  corporation  he  is  the 
general  counsel, — he  built  his  department  upon 
a  plan  that  called  for  System  as  its  foundation 
stone  and  that  should  fly  from  every  window 
the  sacred  flag  of  System. 

In  his  capacity  as  a  State  prison  director  he 
was  instrumental  in  bringing  about  consideration 
of  the  numerous  applications  for  parole  accord- 
ing to  formulated  procedure,  or  System.  He  be- 
lieves in  methods  of  prison  administration  that 
tend  to  the  reclamation  of  the  criminal,  especially 
of  the  first  offender,  such  as  the  indeterminate 
sentence,  the  segregation  into  grades,  the  teach- 
ing of  letters  and  useful  arts,  the  scientific  treat- 
ment of  physical  and  mental  defects,  liberality 
in  parole;  in  short,  he  is  an  advocate  of  the  so- 
called  modern  Reformatory  System. 

As  a  director  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  which 
recently  sold  to  the  city  for  its  civic  center  the 
old  Mechanics'  Pavilion  site  at  a  price  near  three- 
quarters  of  a  million  dollars,  he  will  doubtless 
use  his  influence  to  have  the  income  from  the 
fund  thus  realized  expended  in  the  "dissemination 
of  useful  knowledge"  under  some  well-defined 
System. 

And  if  anything  in  the  universe,  from  the  solar 
system  to  the  nervous  system,  seems  to  be  out 
of  joint  with  the  purpose  in  hand,  he  will  re- 
duce the  problem  to  terms  of  golf  and  solve  it 
to  his  complete  satisfaction  by  his  infallible, 
copyrighted  Golf  System. 

He  is  the  original,  systematic  systematizer; 
he's  the  fellow  who  put  the  stem  on  System. 


J.  CHARLES  GREEN 

A  Live  Wire  With  Initiative  and  Enterprise 

J.  Chas.  Green,  a  concentrated  compound  of 
energy  and  enthusiasm,  is  truly  representative 
of  the  wonderful  spirit  of  progress  so  distinc- 
tively San  Franciscan. 

Born  in  Kempen,  Germany,  he  came  to  this 
city  in  boyhood  and  made  his  way  through  the 
grammar  grades  at  the  old  South  Grammar 
School,  selling  papers  on  the  streets  of  San 
Francisco  to  pay  his  way.  Gradually  he  worked 
up  to  assistant  manager  of  one  of  the  papers  he 
had  been  selling.  From  here,  it  was  but  a  step 
to  publishing  several  weeklies,  which  early  San 
Franciscan's  fondly  remember  for  their  share  in 
the  making  of  the  city's  history. 

Sighting  a  larger  field  of  his  activities,  he  sold 


out  his  newspaper  interests  to  engage  in  the  out- 
door advertising  business.  How  wisely  he  moved 
is  to  be  judged  by  his  present  day  standing. 

The  earthquake  of  1906  brought  Mr.  Green  into 
great  prominence.  Before  the  bricks  were  cold, 
he  had  fundreds  of  7x10  foot  posters  displayed 
all  over  town.  "WORK  MORNING,  NOON, 
AND  NIGHT.— MAKE  DEAR  'FRISCO  ONE 
MILLION  BY  1915."  Such  were  his  words  of 
advice  and  encouragement.  And  now  he  says 
that  his  dream  is  coming  "through." 


J.  CH.\S.  GREEN 


The  fire  all  but  wiped  the  Green  plant  out  of 
existence.  What  had  not  been  burned,  the  gov- 
ernment troops  used  to  build  temporary  homes 
with. 

As  soon  as  suitable  building  material  could  be 
obtained,  Mr.  Green  at  once  started  construction 
on  the  Princess  and  Orpheum  Theatres  and  the 
Auditorium  Pavilion.  Then  came  the  Valencia 
Theatre,  the  most  modern  and  best  equipped  play- 
house in  the  west,  after  which  he  went  to  San 
Jose,  and  there  built  the  Auditorium. 

Building  theatres  and  auditoriums  was  but  a 


The  Bird-Archer  Go's  I  metallic  extract 

BoUer  Compounds 

SCIENTIFIC  FEED  WATER  TREATMENT 
Pacific  Coast  Agents 

The  Bird-Archer  Co. 

704   FIFE  BUILDING 

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side  line — a  safety  valve  to  his  tremendous  energy. 
His  real  work  was  the  rebuilding  of  the  entire 
billposting  and  painted  display  plant.  The  orders 
for  posters  from  the  San  Francisco  merchants 
struggling  to  re-establish  themselves  in  business 
kept  ahead  of  the  carpenters  for  months.  Even 
so  up  to  the  present  day.  His  equipment  is  not 
yet  adequate  to  supply  the  demand,  and  there  is 
a  waiting  list  of  orders. 

His  business  having  outgrown  his  old  offices 
at  Stevenson  street  and  Clinton  park,  an  entire 
building  was  taken  on  Valencia  street  near  Four- 
teenth, which  was  remodedel  to  accomodate  what 
is  said  by  Hugh  Chalmers,  Elbert  Hubbard  and 
other  widely  known  advertising  men  to  be  the 
best  equipped  and  most  enthusiastic  and  loyal 
outdoor  advertising  organization  in  the  world. 

Mr.  Green's  success  in  business,  of  which  he  is 
justly  proud,  is  due  as  much  to  his  enthusiasm  as 
to  his  enterprise.  He  is  not  a  man  to  follow  in 
beaten  tracks.  Whatever  he  has  to  do  he  resolves 
to  do  in  an  original  way,  and  therefore  whatever 
he  does  has  the  impress  of  his  personality.  The 
secret  of  his  success  in  the  advertising  business  is 
that  he  is  not  content  merely  to  accommodate 
business  men,  in  quest  of  publicity.  He  realizes 
that  while  the  merchant  or  manufacturer  may  be 
skilled  in  his  own  line  of  business  he  may  be  en- 
tirely devoid  of  ideas  respecting  the  science  of  ad- 
vertising. That  science  Mr.  Green  has  mastered, 
and  his  ideas  are  at  the  service  of  those  who  need 
them  and  who  have  the  sense  to  profit  from  them. 
He  is  a  man  with  every  technical  detail  of  his 
business  at  his  finger  tips,  and  there  is  no  prob- 
lem in  advertising  that  he  is  not  able  to  solve. 
His  success  is,  therefore,  the  triumph  of  en- 
thusiasm. 


COLONEL  GEORGE  H.  PIPPY 

A  Versatile  Public  Spirited  Citizen  of  Many 
Engaging  Qualities 

A  man  of  savoir  faire,  schooled  in  all  the  graces 
of  hospitality  and  possessed  of  a  knack  for  mak- 
ing the  distinguished  stranger  within  our  gates 
feel  as  though  he  is  at  home.  Colonel  George  H. 
Pippy  occupies  an  enviable  position  in  this  com- 
munity. 

Colonel  Pippy  might  be  designated  a  "good 
fellow"  were  it  not  that  that  erstwhile  flattering 
term  has  been  debased  by  careless  usage.  He  is 
a  man  of  easy  address,  a  genial,  smiling  mixer 
and  a  happy  talker  of  witty,  spontaneous  noth- 
ings what  time  the  black  cofTee  circulates  and  the 
banquet  board  has  been  cleared  of  all  but  the 
wine  and  the  cigars. 

Whenever  there  is  a  man  of  prominence  to 
be  entertained,  a  cabinet  officer,  a  general  from 
abroad,  a  foreign  diplomat,  a  cleric  of  outstand- 
ing importance  or  a  merchant-prince  with  his  eye 
on  Californian  opportunities,  Colonel  Pippy  is  al- 
ways one  of  those  who  arc  entreated  to  sit  at  the 
speaker's  table  and  give  verbal  expression  to  the 
felicities  of  the  auspicious  occasion.  He  has  of- 
ficiated so  often  in  this  capacity  that  it  is  not 
too  much  to  say  that  prominent  men  all  over  the 
world  know  his  aptitude  and  remember  his 
twinkling  smile.  His  reputation  has  long  since 
passed  our  gates  to  pe.ietrate  the  East  and  West. 
The  world  knows  Colonel  Pippy  as  one  of  San 
Francisco's  representative  hosts. 

San  Francisco  has  long  looked  up  to  him  as 
one  of  her  foremost  citizens.  No  public  move- 
ment of  worthy  origin  and  commendable  purpose 
lacks  his  hearty  co-operation.  He  has  left  his 
impress  upon  most  of  the  campaigns  for  civic 
betterment  which  have  been  waged  during  the 
past  generation,  and  his  energies  for  this  sort 
of  service  are  far  from  exhausted.  For  Colonel 
Pippy  has  the  genius  for  public  life. 

Colonel  Pippy  is  that  most  unusual  combina- 


tion, a  successful  business  man  who  is  at  the 
same  time  a  lawyer  of  high  distinction.  In  the 
management  of  a  big  business,  the  milk  business, 
he  has  exhibited  that  broad  grasp  of  mercantile 
technique  which  stamps  the  man  born  for  vic- 
tory in  the  hard  battles  of  trade.  At  the  same 
time  he  has  handled  a  large  legal  practice  for  our 
best  people  with  enviable  results.  Perhaps  in 
keeping  busy,  in  being  always  hard  at  work  he 
has  found  the  secret  of  happiness. 

But  there  is  another  unit  in  Colonel  George  H. 
Pippy's  formula  of  happiness.  He  is  a  man  of 
unwearied  charities.  Unostentatiously,  with  what 
amounts  to  a  horror  of  being  found  out,  he  is  con- 
stantly doing  good  deeds  for  the  needy,  the 
downtrodden,  the  men  and  women  who  have  fal- 
len down  in  the  fight  and  need  special  succor  to 
regain  their  places.  This  is  a  side  of  Pippy's 
life  which  is  known  only  to  his  closet  friends,  for 
he  never  parades  his  good  deeds  as  some  of  our 
more  spectacular  philanthropists  are  wont  to  do. 

In  club  life  Colonel  Pippy  has  always  been  a 
prominent  figure.  His  connection  with  the 
Union  League  Club  is  particularly  noteworthy. 
He  helped  place  that  fine  club  in  the  eminent  posi- 
tion it  holds  today  in  San  Francisco  clubdom,  and 
he  occupied  the  presidency  with  honor  to  himself 
and  to  the  gratification  of  his  fellow  members. 


THE  HEALD  COLLEGES 

History   of   a   Pioneer   Educational  Institution 
That  Has  Rendered  Valuable  Service  to  the 
People  of  This  Coast 

Nearly  fifty  years  ago,  or,  to  be  accurate,  forty- 
nine  years  ago  in  October,  there  came  to  San 
Francisco  a  young  man  who  was  destined  to  do 
a  great  work  in  the  development  of  business  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  This  youth,  then  barely  past 
his  majority,  was   Edward   Payson   Heald,  the 


E.    p.  ]IE.\LD 


subject  of  this  sketch.  Young  Heald  came  from 
New  England,  the  home  of  a  sturdy  and  progres- 
sive race.  His  ideals  were  high,  and  he  started 
upon  his  career  with  much  energy  and  with  an 
aim  single  to  the  accomplishment  of  a  great  work. 
How  well  his  work  has  been  performed  is  evi- 
denced by  the  results  of  his  fifty  years  of  faithful 
service  to  the  young  people  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
to  whom  he  has  given  the  advantage  of  a  business 
training  which  in  many  instances  has  proved  the 
foundation  of  fortune. 

Scores  of  colleges  have  come  and  gone  since 
the  establishment  of  the  Heald  College  in  1863, 
but  the  institution  established  by  Mr.  Heald  has 
been  continuiously  identified  with  the  develop- 
ment of  this  city  and  State.  It  has  the  quality  of 
the  Tennysonian  brook.  The  long  years  of 
service,  beset  by  the  vicissitudes  attendant  the 


development  of  the  business  of  the  Western 
Coast,  is  an  interesting  narrative  in  itself.  Sur- 
mounting all  difficulties,  overcoming  all  obstacles, 
Mr.  Heald  persisted  in  the  task,  which  in  a  large 
measure  was  a  labor  of  love  and  his  college  today 
is  a  monument  that  will  long  endure  as  testimony 
of  his  worth  and  of  his  fidelity  to  high  principles. 

It  was  in  October,  1863,  that  Heald's  Business 
College  was  established  in  San  Francisco.  Not 
one  of  the  gentler  sex  attended  the  Institution 
until  it  had  been  in  operation  for  over  ten  years. 
Men  of  mature  years  came  to  its  doors  with  one 
thought  in  mind: — to  prepare  for  business.  The 
profession  of  shorthand  writing  was  unknown  in 
the  early  days  of  the  College;  and  as  not  until 
long  "after  the  war"  did  women  make  any  at- 
tempt to  take  a  place  in  commercial  circles  the 
sterner  sex  was  alone  represented  in  this  institu- 
tion of  learning.  Heald's  College,  built  upon  a 
firm  foundation  of  devotion  to  its  pupils,  im- 
mediately won  recognition  for  its  high  standards, 
for  its  development  not  only  of  the  mind  but  of 
the  qualities  essential  to  the  highest  success  in 
business  life.  For  forty  years  it  has  held  undis- 
puted supremacy  in  its  particular  line  of  endeavor. 
Not  until  the  gfeat  earthquake  of  1906  was  its 
progressive  and  successful  career  in  any  wise  in- 
terrupted, but  during  the  trying  days  following 
that  great  disaster  the  College  rose  out  of  the 
ashes,  and  opened  the  way  for  achievement  far 
greater  than  ever  before. 

The  undaunted  leader,  Heald,  immediately 
evolved  plans  for  greater  work  by  planning  to 
place  a  "Heald  Education"  within  the  reach  of 
all  ambitious  young  people  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
He  immediately  surrounded  himself  with  a  half 
dozen  enthusiastic  young  educators,  who  were  to 
forge  the  Heald  Chain  of  Colleges,  each  one  of 
which  was  to  partake  of  the  same  general  char- 
acteristics that  made  for  the  great  success  of 
the  parent  college. 

Heald  Colleges  were  opened  respectively  in 
Oakland,  Stockton,  Fresno,  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz, 
Los  Angeles,  Long  Beach,  Riverside,  Chico,  Sac- 
ramento and  Reno,  Nevada,  each  manned  by 
principals  and  teachers  who  represent  a  stand- 
ard of  business  training  that  is  being  placed 
higher  and  higher  to  meet  the  demands  of  pro- 
gressive business.  Forty  thousand  young  men 
and  women  have  gone  forth  into  business  to 
vindicate  the  quality  of  Heald  training  that  has 
made  a  "Heald  Education"  the  standard  by  which 
all  other  commercial  training  is  being  measured. 


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OUR  SENIOR  SENATOR 

Few  are  the  men  in  public  life  today  whose 
political  career  has  extended  over  so  ^ong  a 
period  as  that  of  the  senior  Senator  from  Cali- 
fornia, the  Hon.  George  C.  Perkins.  Few  there 
are  who  have  had  a  more  interesting  career. 
Born  in  Maine  in  1839,  raised  on  a  farm,  his 
taste  was  for  the  sea  and  at  thirteen  he  was  on 
a  sailing  v,.jsel  bound  for  New  Orleans.  He  ar- 
rived in  San  Francisco  in  1855,  and  was  soon  en- 
gaged in  a  mercantile  business  in  Oroville.  In 
time  he  became  a  banker,  and  later  he  engaged 
in  the  business  of  steamship  transportation.  In 
1869  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  to  rep- 
resent Butte  County,  and  he  was  re-elected  in 


SENATOR  PERKINS 


1873.  In  1879  he  became  Governor  of  the  State. 
In  1893  he  was  appointed  to  the  United  States 
Senate  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Senator  Stanford.  He  has  been  re-elected  at  the 
expiration  of  every  term,  and  he  is  today  one  of 
the  most  influential  men  in  the  Senate  of  his 
country.  Senator  Perkins  is  of  the  conservative 
school  of  statesman,  a  man  of  excellent  judgment 
in  all  the  affairs  of  life,  a  firm  believer  in  the 
soundness  of  the  "fundamental  principles  of  our 
government  and  with  that  abhorrence  of  radical 
experimentation  that  distinguished  all  the  really 
great  statesmen  in  the  world's  history. 


FROM  OCEAN  TO  OCEAN 

The  men  who  steer  the  course  of  craft  up  and 
down  the  coast  are  pioneers  of  trade,  and  ul- 
timately they  help  to  form  the  backbone  of  the 
traders  of  the  nation.  Captain  Charles  J.  Swan- 
son  is  illustrating  this  fact  in  the  waterfront  life 
of  this  city.  Captain  Swanson  comes  of  that 
hardy  northern  race  of  Europe  whose  sons  are 
the  natural-born  sea-rovers  of  the  world.  When 
but  a  small  boy  in  Sweden  he  went  aboard  ship, 
like  a  duck  to  water,  lived  aboard  ship,  grew 
up  on  a  ship,  and  what  he  doesn't  know  about  a 
ship  and  shipping  isn't  worth  knowing.  He 
served  in  all  capacities  in  all  parts  of  the  world, 
and  finally  won  a  captain's  certificate  which  made 
him  master  of  both  steam  and  sail  vessels.  In 
the  course  of  time  he  sailed  a  vessel  into  San 
Francisco  bay.  Quite  naturally  this  immense 
harbor  impressed  him  favorably,  and  he  determ- 
ined to  make  it  his  home  port.  That  was  in 
1896.  Since  then  he  has  become  acquainted  along 
the  Pacific  coast  ports  and  the  Orient  and  with 
the  leading  men  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
All  this  while  he  was  learning  the  lesson  that 
there  is  T..jre  profit  in  trading  goods  for  your- 
self than  in  carrying  them  in  vessels  for  others. 


After  he  had  accumulated  a  comfortable  fortune 
some  years  ago  he  retired  from  the  sea,  and  set 
up  in  business  for  himself  in  a  well-equipped 
general  store  at  119  East  street,  opposite  the 
Union  Ferry  Depot.  He  has  a  big  and  growing 
business,  the  principal  line  being  uniforms  and 


CAPTAIN  CHARLES  J.  SWANSON 


seafaring  men's  clothes.  Me  carries  everything 
needed  by  ca|)taill^  and  uther  officers  and  gives 
particular  attcntinn  t<i  the  yacliting  service.  Any 
nilMi  wlici  wants  to  be  easily  and  (|uickly  outfitted 
in  general  chjtliing  find  exactly  what  he  wants 
at  fair  prices  at  Captain  Swanson's. 


A.  P.  GIANNINI 

Among  the  solid  linanciai  institutions  of  San 
Francisco  is  the  Bank  of  Italy  which  owes  no 
small  part  of  its  success  and  reputation  to  the 
sagacity  and  business  ability  of  Mr.  A.  P.  Gian- 


.\.  r.  GIAXNINI 
nini.  The  men  with  Latin  blood  in  their  veins 
play  a  very  important  part  in  the  industrial,  social 
and  political  life  of  San  Francisco.  This  was 
never  so  vividly  exeinplified  as  in  the  days  of 
rehabilitation,  when  it  became  a  matter  of  gen- 
eral comment  that  the  section  of  the  city  which 
was  the  first  to  be  restored  to  its  normal  state 
was  that  occupied  by  the  Italian  Colony.  No- 
where else  was  order  so  quickly  brought  out  of 
chaos;  nowhere  else  did  the  energies  of  the  peo- 


ple so  speedily  achieve  results.  In  that  section 
it  was  for  a  short  time  that  the  wheels  of  in- 
dustry failed  to  turn.  One  of  the  first  of  the 
city's  financial  institutions  to  open  its  doors  was 
the  Bank  of  Italy,  and  in  those  tumultuous  days 
nil  man  kept  a  steadier  shoulder  to  the  wheel 
than  Mr.  Giannini.  This  enterprising  banker  is 
iMK'  of  San  Francisco's  most  public  spirited 
citizens.  He  comes  of  a  family  that  is  identified 
with  the  best  traditions  of  the  city.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Commonwealth  Club, 
which  concerns  itself  with  civic  problems,  and  in 
all  the  important  discussions  held  by  that  organ- 
ization he  has  proved  himself  a  man  with  the 
courage  of  his  convictions  and  with  the  very 
highest  of  civic  ideals. 


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The  Man  In  the  White  House 

Hail  to  the  victor!  To  President  Taft 
the  assurance  of  our  respect  and  esteem. 
All  that  can  be  said  against  our  worthy 
Chief  Magistrate  has  been  said.  Now  for 
a  few  observations  that  are  not  to  be  thought 
of  partisan  inspiration ;  neither  let  it  be  sup- 
posed that  they  spring  from  a  feeling  of 
compassion.  The  funeral  of  the  week  was 
not  President  Taft's.  He  met  defeat,  but 
retained  his  self-respect.  He  hazarded 
nothing,  he  lost  nothing.  Merely  for  the 
time  being  another  is  thought  more  worthy 
than  he.  At  this  moment  the  impression 
prevails  that  President  Taft  is  a  blunderer, 
but  if  you  think  it  over  you  may  conclude 
that  in  all  his  political  career  he  made  but 
one  great  mistake — the  mistake  of  succeed- 
ing Theodore  Roosevelt.  At  the  close  of 
Mr.  Roosevelt's  term  the  popular  concep- 
tion of  a  President  was  impossible  of  real- 
ization save  by  the  re-election  of  Mr.  Roose- 
velt. By  the  manners  of  a  swashbuckler 
and  the  methods  of  a  born  demagogue,  the 
ebullient,  picturesque  bronco  buster  not 
only  achieved  a  popularity  unparalleled  but 
impressed  himself  indelibly  on  the  public 
mind,  establishing  an  absolutely  new  stand- 
ard of  comparison.  Who  could  hope  to 
come  up  to  expectation  following  on  the 
heels  of  so  bizarre  a  President  as  Roose- 
velt? Naturally  there  seemed  to  be  about 
his  successor  something  mediocre  in  tone, 
something  too  studiously  conservative, 
something  dull,  in  fine,  which  made  his  per- 
formances, however  satisfying  to  the  student 
of  government,  absolutely  tedious  to  him 
who  had  been  thrilled  by  a  series  of  dram- 
atic effects.  From  the  beginning  the  Taft 
administration,  according  to  the  view  of  the 
man  in  the  street,  lacked  the  punch.  It  has 
had  no  zip,  no  Wild  West  tang,  no  go. 
Naturally  it  has  palled.  Also  from  the  be- 
ginning it   suffered  from  the  malevolent 


machinations  of  the  tireless  cabal  organized 
by  the  doctrinaire  statesmen  of  the  Tennis 
Cabinet  who  had  been  given  their  walking 
papers.  In  ordinary  circumstances  Presi- 
dent Taft  might  have  made  a  very  popular 
President,  but  as  the  successor  of  the  ruth- 
less superman  possessed  of  stronger  draw- 
ing powers  than  an  eight-legged  calf  or  a 
Tartar  giant,  he  was  colorless  and  insipid. 
Yet  Mr.  Taft  is  not  without  the  qualities 
that  a  President  should  possess.  With  him 
public  office  is  in  the  highest  sense  a  public 
trust.  His  severest  critics  would  not  charge 
him  with  using  the  power  of  his  ofifice  to 
help  his  candidacy.  There  was  truth  of  high 
importance  in  Secretary  Knox's  tribute  to 
President  Taft  for  refusing  to  play  politics 
with  the  Mexican  question.  A  man  less 
patriotic  might  have  found  opportunity  over 
and  over  again  to  force  a  situation  which 
would  have  insured  his  re-election.  What 
the  verdict  of  history  on  President  Taft  will 
be  we  will  not  venture  to  predict.  Wise 
men  are  reluctant  to  make  predictions  in 
this  topsy-turvy,  ever-changing  world,  but 
we  will  hazard  the  general  remark  that  like 
Grover  Cleveland,  whom  he  reminds  us  of 
by  reason  of  certain  qualities  of  a  plain  and 
homely  species,  he  will  steadily  grow  in 
public  esteem.  Of  Mr.  Taft  it  may  be  justly 
said  that  he  never  played  the  game  of  poli- 
tics for  low  and  selfish  objects,  and  that 
could  he  have  had  his  way  he  might  have 
redeemed  the  game  from  its  intrinsic 
degradation. 


Theodore  Roosevelt 

Colonel  Roosevelt  has  accomplished  part 
of  his  purpose.  He  has  beaten  President 
Taft.  By  doing  so  he  has  wrecked  the  party 
that  made  him  the  foremost  citizen  of  his 
country.  But  now  that  the  excitement  is 
over,  now  that  the  applause  has  died  away 
and  no  more  is  heard  the  shouting  of  the 
captains  or  the  paeans  of  the  parasites, 
comes  the  melancholy  hour  of  reflection. 
What  did  it  avail  the  Colonel  to  injure  the 
man  who  had  been  his  friend,  to  shatter  the 
party  that  had  bestowed  great  honors  upon 
him?  So  long  the  spoiled  child  of  Good 
Fortune,  the  Colonel  in  his  hour  of  defeat 
is  in  all  probability  a  very  unhappy  man. 
He  must  realize  that  his  ambition  played 
him  a  very  scurvy  trick.  Less  than 
two  years  ago  the  most  honored  of 
American  citizens,  the  most  powerful  in  a 
legitimate  and  honorable  way;  yesterday,  his 
dignity  stripped  from  him  by  his  own  hands 
in  an  ignoble  struggle  ;  today,  baffled,  beaten, 
meanly  and  ingloriously  beaten,  what  a 
pitiable  spectacle  he  presents  to  mankind. 
In  his  case  we  see  how  by  one  false  step 
in  the  momentous  concerns  of  life  a  man 
may  utterly  blast  a  reputation  acquired  by 


years  of  noble  endeavor.  Colonel  Roose- 
velt is  in  a  position  that  time  cannot  im- 
prove but  must  impair.  There  is  nothing 
that  recedes  like  the  tide  of  success  at  its 
turn.  The  name  of  Roosevelt  is  no  longer 
a  name  to  conjure  with.  As  time  runs  on 
it  must  clearly  be  seen  that  the  principles 
which  served  to  give  color  to  the  Roose- 
velt aspirations  were  but  the  cloak  of  ambi- 
tion. Because  of  his  candidacy  a  plank  was 
inserted  in  the  Democratic  platform  pledg- 
ing the  party  to  urge  the  adoption  of  a  Con- 
stitutional amendment  making  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  ineligible  to  re- 
election. And  this  is  a  matter  bound  to  be 
the  subject  of  agitation.  The  more  it  is 
agitated  the  more  enlightenment  will  come 
to  the  people,  the  more  clearly  they  will 
appreciate  the  enormity  with  which  this 
country  was  threatened  by  a  demagogue 
sensible  himself  of  the  importance  of  the 
third-term  tradition  as  we  know  from  the 
circumstance  that  he  once  voluntarily 
pledged  himself  to  abide  by  it.  And  as  time 
runs  through  days  of  calm  undisturbed  by 
the  sophistries  of  unscrupulous  politicians 
thought  will  be  given  to  the  extravagance 
of  the  former  President's  campaign  preten- 
sions and  to  the  facts  that  were  brought  to 
light  in  the  course  of  an  official  inquiry  re- 
specting campaign  contributions  of  which 
this  self-constituted  exemplar  of  all  the  civic 
virtues  was  the  beneficiary.  Colonel  Roose- 
velt in  his  downfall  may  find  consolation 
in  the  defeat  of  President  Taft,  but  even 
that  is  something  that  may  plague  him ;  for 
by  defeating  the  President  he  incurred  a 
powerful  rivalry  in  a  field  that  was  formerly 
his  own.  We  shall  soon  have  two  former 
Presidents,  and  the  voice  of  Taft  will  not  be 
a  voice  in  the  wilderness. 


Is  the  Grape  Vindicated? 

According  to  Brillat-Savarin  the  man  who 
invents  a  new  dish  renders  a  greater  service 
to  mankind  than  he  into  whose  ken  swims 
a  new  planet.  If  so  what  about  the  man 
who  puts  a  new  champagne  on  the  market 
at  a  price  that  is  not  prohibitive  even  to  you 
and  me?  And  especially  what  shall  we  say 
of  the  man  who  makes  the  California  grape 
the  basis  of  this  high  achievement?  As- 
suredly he  does  more  than  appeal  to  our 
palate  and  our  purse.  Above  all  he  vin- 
dicates the  virtue  of  the  native  daughter  of 
the  vine.  And  this  native  daughter  has  long 
been  under  a  cloud.  She  was  a  prophetess 
without  honor  in  her  own  home.  Long 
have  Californians  scoffed  at  the  idea  of  mak- 
ing a  champagne  of  a  noble  and  generous 
character  in  this  State.  Impossible,  they 
have  said,  to  imprison  here  the  invisible 
spirit  that  diffuses  a  glory  with  its  smile, 
that  comes  with  sportive  cupids  who  fan 


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their  votaries  with  fragrant  wings  and  fill 
the  glass  with  sparkling  fancies  that  whirl 
and  foam.  We  had  come  to  harden  our 
hearts  to  the  soft  allurements  of  our  native 
grape.  You'd  think  that  the  quest  of  the 
alkahest  was  not  less  futile  than  the  at- 
tempt to  perfect  a  process  for  making  the 
sprightly  nectar  in  the  smiling  vineyards  of 
California.  Because  a  few  men  had  failed 
we  were  quick  to  give  ear  to  the  wine- 
makers  of  France.  They  told  us  it  couldn't 
be  done.  But  Frenchmen  are  notoriously 
and  preposterously  vain  about  everything 
bearing  the  French  label.  A  Frenchman 
will  slaughter  the  King's  English  with  per- 
fect nonchalance  while  ridiculing  you  for 
mispronouncing  a  French  word.  French- 
men are  as  proud  of  their  champagne  as  they 
are  of  their  tongue.  But  how  absurd  for 
us  to  take  their  word  for  it  that  we  cannot 
make  champagne !  The  proof  of  the  pud- 
ding is  in  the  eating.  What  is  the  proof 
of  champagne?  If  it  tastes  like  the  real 
thing,  if  it  sparkles  like  the  real  thing,  if  it 
has  all  the  inspiriting  effect  of  the  real  thing, 
what  more  should  we  ask?  Now  it  is  of 
some  importance  for  us  to  know  whether  it 
is  true  that  Californians  have  succeeded  in 
making  a  genuine  champagne  equal  in  qual- 
ity and  character  to  the  best  imported  wines. 
For  if  they  have  California  has  a  new  in- 
dustry, and  the  captains  of  it  will  need  en- 
couragement, for  they  will  find  that  they 
have  certain  prejudices  to  overcome  and  a 
deeply  rooted  conviction  to  extirpate,  not  to 
mention  the  pride  of  the  parvenu  which  is 
something  to  be  reckoned  with,  as  the  par- 
venu is  inclined  to  judge  wine  as  he  judges 
works  of  art — by  the  price. 


War  and  Peace 

That  the  war  in  the  Balkans  is  a  menace 
to  all  Europe  is  a  fact  of  which  all  Europe 
is  aware.  Why  then  have  not  the  civilized 
Powers  interfered?  Why  did  they  not  seek 
to  avert  the  catastrophe?  To  these  ques- 
tions there  may  be  several  answers.  Per- 
haps the  one  that  will  be  most  generally  ac- 
cepted is  that  European  diplomacy  has 
broken  down  under  the  prodigious  strain  of 
preserving  the  balance  of  power.  It  is  not 
to  be  gainsaid  that  all  Europe  is  agitated 
and  demoralized  by  jealousies  and  sus- 
picions ;  but  there  is  .something  else  the  mat- 
ter with  Europe.  The  civilized  nations  of 
the  Old  World  are  running  to  seed,  the 
spirit  of  national  enthusiasm  is  languishing, 
the  masses  are  demanding  from  government 
more  than  government  can  give,  and  men 
in  high  place  have  come  to  realize  that  there 
is  urgent  necessity  of  reviving  the  senti- 
ment of  patriotism.  More  than  a  year  ago 
one  of  the  leading  statesmen  of  Germany 
was  quoted  in  the  press  to  the  effect  that 
there  was  nothing  like  war  to  arouse  national 
enthusiasm  and  render  innocuous  the  rampant 
preachers  of  discontent.  This  statesman 
expressed  the  belief  that  a  big  war  would 
be  necessary  to  stem  the  torrent  of  So- 
cialism. Now  it  is  not  improbable  that  this 
sentiment  is  held  in  more  than  one  of  the 
chancelleries  of  Europe.  It  is  by  no  means 
a  novel  sentiment.    It  comes  down  to  us  from 


antiquity.  More  than  once  the  Roman  legions 
were  sent  to  war  for  no  other  purpose  than 
to  take  the  minds  of  the  people  from  econ- 
omic problems.  And  after  all  who  knows 
but  that  war  is  part  of  the  universal  scheme 
of  things?  Philosophers  and  closet  students 
have  turned  with  loathing  from  the  carnage 
and  suffering  which  inevitably  follow  in 
train  of  war  allowing  their  minds  to  be 
imposed  upon  by  a  conception  of  suffering 
which  has  blinded  them  to  the  true  propor- 
tions of  its  evils  and  the  resultant  conse- 
quences for  good.  But  such  is  not  the  case 
with  all  philosophers,  with  all  students  of 
history.  There  are  many  of  them  who  tell 
us  war  is  to  the  body  politic  what  fever  is 
to  the  individual,  and  owes  its  presence  to 
moral  impurity  in  its  widest  sense.  They 
tell  us  war  must  be  accepted  as  a  phenom- 
enon in  the  life  of  a  nation  strictly  analogous 
to  disease  in  the  life  of  the  individual,  an 
incident  in  the  struggle  for  existence.  It 
must  be  guarded  against  by  every  rational 
exercise  of  our  powers,  but  endured  nobly 
when  it  comes.  When  von  Moltke  wrote, 
"The  idea  of  universal  peace  is  but  a  dream 
and  not  even  a  beautiful  dream,"  he  prob- 
ably had  in  mind  the  tendency  of  nations 
to  deteriorate,  of  their  people  to  neglect  the 
practice  of  the  civic  virtues  and  to  engage 
in  intestinal  strife.  Perhaps  he  considered 
the  expectation  hopeless  that  human  nature 
could  be  perfected  without  war  into  arch- 
angelic  content  and  altruism.  Assuredly 
if  men  cannot  resist  the  corroding  influence 
of  prolonged  peace,  if  in  time  of  peace  men 
can  do  no  better  than  devote  themselves 
exclusively  to  materialism,  war  has  a  whole- 
some influence  that  goes  a  great  way  toward 
compensating  for  its  terrible  evils. 


The  Politicians  and  the  Railways 

Now  that  the  campaign  is  over  and 
Thanksgiving  Day  not  far  distant  we  ought 
to  cultivate  the  mood  optimistic,  but  alas ! 
there  haunts  the  reflecting  mind  the  soul- 
depressing  question.  Will  the  politicians 
let  us  alone?  The  blighting  hand  of  the 
politician  casts  a  shadow  over  us  all.  Even 
now  with  the  country  on  the  high  road  to 
a  record  period  of  prosperity  the  politician 
gives  us  pause.  Let  us  turn  for  cheer  and 
hope  to  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domes- 
tic Commerce  at  Washington  and  listen  to 
the  inspiriting  words  of  Assistant  Chief 
Austin.  "With  no  alarming  political  devel- 
opment," he  says,  "every  citizen  within  the 
next  few  years  will  have  cause  to  give  thanks 
that  he  is  an  American."  And  then  he  pro- 
ceeds to  put  us  in  a  glow  of  enthusiasm  with 
the  sparkling  wine  of  facts  and  figures. 
There  has  been  an  increase  of  $3,000,000,000 
in  our  foreign  commerce  since  1870.  The 
home  market  for  home  products  has  grown 
from  $7,000,000,000  to  $33,000,000,000  in  the 
same  period.  And  all  the  while  our  crops 
are  increasing  amazingly  and  rail  transpor- 
tation rates  have  fallen  from  thirty-three 
cents  a  bushel  to  ten  cents  a  bushel.  In- 
deed, as  Mr.  Austin  tells  us  in  a  burst  of 
emotion,  our  freight  rates  have  been  steadily 
lowered  and  are  now  lower  than  in  any 


country  in  the  world.  But  Mr.  Austin 
neglects  to  tell  us  that  the  country  is  badly 
in  need  of  more  railways  and  better  rail- 
ways. He  neglects  to  tell  us  how  the 
politicians  have  been  forestalling  prosperity 
by  diverting  capital  from  our  transportation 
systems.  The  full  tide  of  prosperity  can 
never  come  to  this  country  while  the  rail- 
ways are  unable  to  provide  adequate  facil- 
ities for  the  handling  of  crops  and  manu- 
factures, and  at  the  present  time  the  amount 
of  capital  necessary  to  place  transportation 
facilities,  especially  of  the  western  part  of 
the  country,  abreast  of  the  agricultural  and 
manufacturing  development  is  almost  in- 
conceivable. The  reason  is  not  hard  to  find. 
It  is  to  be  found  in  the  accounts  published 
by  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 
These  accounts  show  what  becomes  of  every 
dollar  of  capital  acquired  by  any  railway 
company  and  what  use  is  made  of  every 
dollar  received  by  it  from  the  sale  of  trans- 
portation. From  these  accounts  it  is  clear 
that  the  railroads  of  the  country  are  no 
longer  doing  a  business  that  justifies  the  in- 
vestment of  capital  therein,  for  though  their 
revenues  have  increased  the  increase  is  far 
from  being  in  proportion  to  the  increase  in 
operating  expenses.  Notwithstanding  that 
wages  have  been  raised  and  that  the  cost 
of  material  has  increased  rates  have  been 
lowered.  The  result  has  been  that  the 
value  of  railways  has  increased  but  little 
more  than  half  as  fast  as  the  value  of  all 
property,  and  that  the  increase  in  the  ag- 
gregate capital  of  twenty-one  principal 
manufacturing  industries  from  1900  to  1910 
was  three  times  as  great  as  the  increase  in 
the  cost  of  road  and  equipment  of  the  rail- 
ways. Even  in  greater  ratio  has  the  capital 
value  of  agriculture  outstripped  the  increase 
in  the  value  of  the  transportation  systems. 
So  it  is  no  wonder  there  is  a  shortage  of 
cars  and  a  general  lack  of  the  facilities  es- 
sential to  the  transaction  of  the  business  of 
the  country.  The  one  thing  needed  by  the 
railways  is  capital,  and  capital  persists  in 
going  where  it  can  obtain  the  best  security 
and  the  most  satisfactory  returns.  If  dur- 
ing the  coming  few  years  our  politicians  do 
not  enable  the  railways  to  attract  capital  the 
result  will  be  stagnation  of  business. 

COATES  ORIGINAL 

PLYMOUTH 

DRY  GIN 


The  Finest  Dry  Gin  Imported 

For  Cocktail,  Fizz  and  Rickey 

Alex.  D.  Shaw  &  Co.,  Agent 
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Perspective  Impressions 


That's  all! 


Now  let's  forget  about  politics  and  go  to  work. 

Somehow  or  other  the  man  who  gets  robbed 
on  the  Barbary  Coast  doesn't  seem  entitled  to 
much  sympathy. 

What  cares  Abdul  Hamid?  He  still  has  his 
Circassian  favorite. 


Think  you,  now,  it  would  be  difficult  to  recall 
the  man  who  gave  us  the  recall  and  disfranchised 
the  Republican  voters  of  California? 

The  Bulletin  will  please  take  a  few  more  straw 
votes. 


And  still  a  man  must  eat — crow? 


Honor  to  whom  lnjnor  is  due.  We  learn  from 
the  Jersey  Lily  that  it  was  not  she  but  Lady  Corn- 
wallis  West  who  cooled  the  Prince  of  Wales'  hot 
spine  with  a  piece  of  ice. 


With  tongue  in  check  France  proposes  a  policy 
of  "territorial  disinterestedness"  in  the  Balkans, 
and  the  other  Powers  wink  as  they  pretend  to 
think  it  over. 


Wonder  if  Danny  Ryan  really  believed  all  that 
he  said  during  the  campaign! 


Wiiat  a  fall  was  there — at  Armageddon! 


Back  up,  Christian  Soldiers,  never  mind  the 
Doxology,  give  us  Down  Went  McGinty  to  the 
tune  the  old  cow  died  of. 


What  about  that  spontaneous  demand  of  the 
people  and  that  call  of  seven  (or  was  it  ten?) 
Governors? 


Dr.  Jordan  has  an  uncontrollable  weakness  for 
rushing  to  a  violent  opinion  as  to  a  rampart  from 
which  to  flourish  foolish  phrases  against  imagined 
enemies. 


Mediocrity  has  a  profound  distrust  of  the  ab- 
normal. Hence  the  inadvisability  of  being  bril- 
liant. 


Bulgarian  altar  of  rijses  cannot  be  had  because 
of  the  war.  Let  it  not  be  supposed,  however,  that 
the  Bulgarians  are  perfuming  the  Turk  to  make 
him  easier  of  approach. 


A  millionaire  mummer.  A  dramaturge  de  luxe. 
A  playwright  who,  if  the  fancy  pleased  him,  could 
pen  his  pretty  scenes  on  vellum  with  a  stylus 
of  gold.  A  producer  with  such  a  plethoric  pouch 
of  double  eagles  that  he  could  build  his  own 
theatre,  pay  his  company  the  top  price  in  salar- 
ies, splurge  on  splendiferous  scenery,  let  the 
audience  in  free  of  charge  and  still  amble  along 
in  careless,  cosy  comfort,  with  no  thought  of  fir- 
ing his  valet,  curtailing  his  gasoline  or  slighting 
his  bill  at  Poole's  if  his  theatrical  ventures  went 
up  the  flume. 

That  is  the  unique  (and  shall  I  say,  enviable?) 
position  in  which  Felton  Elkins  finds  himself. 

It  doesn't  matter,  from  the  financial  angle, 
whether  Felton  Elkins'  plays  succeed  or  fail.  He 
doesn't  need  the  inoney.  Failure  can  no  more 
blight  his  future  than  success  can  increase  his 
spending  opportunities.  He  has  about  all  he 
needs  or  will  ever  need  in  the  matter  of  filthy 
lucre.  Never  for  him  has  tonight's  slumber  been 
worried  into  fitfulness  by  the  carking  uncertainty 
of  tomorrow's  breakfast.  He  has  never  dodged 
a  dun  or  engaged  in  the  exhilarating  pastime 
known  as  "raising  the  wind."  He's  a  boy  mil- 
lionaire who  works  for  the  joy  of  the  task,  the 
most  unmercenary  architect  of  scenarios  it  has 
been  my  hap  to  meet. 

I  talked  with  him  the  morning  after  "Felton's 
First  Play"  was  sprung  on  society  at  the  Sin- 
frawncis.  The  first  discovery  I  made,  though  by 
no  means  the  most  interesting  or  the  most  im- 
portant, was  that  "Felton's  First  Play"  was  a 
misnomer.  "Felton's  First  Play"  is  not  Felton's 
first  play  any  more  than  it  is  going  to  be  his 
last.  Neither  is  it  his  second  nor  his  third.  It 
is  not  even  the  first  of  his  plays  to  be  produced. 


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Varied  Types 

XCIX— FELTON  ELKINS 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

lie  had  had  plays  privately  produced  before  "Fel- 
t(jn's  First  Play"  was  submitted  to  the  critical 
lorgnettes  of  hai  aristai  (with  their  escorts)  at 
the  Sinfrawncis  aforesaid.  "Felton's  First  Play" 
is  Elkin's  first  play  only  in  the  restricted  sense 


I'hoto,    KrariL;^  llij^mcre 


FELTON  ELKINS 

that  it  is  his  first  publicly  produced  play,  the  first 
of  ills  efforts  to  be  laid  before  an  audience  that 
had  paid  for  its  seats  and  had  therefore  pur- 
chased the  right  to  dissect  and  comment  carp- 
ingly. 

It  was  Elkins'  first  play  too  in  the  sense  that 
it  was  the  first  play  in  which  he  himself  took 
part.  He  nearly  took  part  in  "She  Stoops  to 
Conquer"  when  he  was  "prepping"  at  St.  Mark's 
in  Massachusetts. 

"I  had  the  small  part  of  a  drunken  lackey,"  he 
explained,  "but  I  got  tired  of  going  to  rehearsals 
and  waiting  to  do  my  lines.    I  found  that  very 


stupid.  It  was  much  more  interesting  to  stay 
in  my  chambers  and  write  plays  of  my  own.  So 
I  gave  up  the  part." 

So  "Felton's  First  Play"  introduced  Felton 
Elkins  to  the  acting  game.  He's  not  very  strong 
for  that  end  of  the  craft. 

"I  was  dreadfully  nervous."  he  says.  "I  had  a 
horror  of  losing  my  voice  despite  the  port  wine 
and  the  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia  I  took  be- 
forehand. I'd  much  rather  write  plays  than  act 
in  them." 

Hut  to  return  to  the  misnomer.  "Felton's  First 
I'lay"  is  a  misnomer  because  Elkins  has  written 
oodles  of  plays.  Not  as  many  perhaps  as  Hart- 
ley Manners  who  is  credited  (or  shall  we  say, 
charged?)  with  a  whole  trunkful,  but  still  a  re- 
spectable number  just  the  same. 

Elkins  would  have  more — and  this  was  a  much 
more  interesting  discovery — if  he  hadn't  torn  up 
a  lot.  Whenever  he  stops  work  on  a  play 
tlircnigh  lack  of  inspiration  or  because  he  has  lost 
inttresl  in  its  theme,  he  is  just  as  apt  as  not  to 
I'ln-  it  into  the  waste  paper  basket  and  forget  it 
was  ever  started.  Instead  of  laying  it  aside  until 
the  inspiration  blazes  again  or  interest  revives,  he 
usually  makes  auto  da  fe  of  it  and  tackles  some- 
tliing  else.  He  doesn't  believe  in  the  hoarding 
of  wit.  in  economy  of  cleverness,  in  the  conser- 
vation of  literary  resources.  He's  a  lavish  spender 
of  intellectual  gol<l  and  silver,  scatters  gems  of 
tliought  and  jewels  of  dialogue  like  a  prince  out 
of  the  .Arabian  Nights. 

Which  is  to  be  expected.  A  millionaire  dram- 
atist can't  be  skimping  his  sentences  and  saving 

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INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


November  9,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


27 


LXVI— THE  HOMING  OF  DRAKE 


By  George  Sterling 


(The  Golden  Hind,  bearing  Sir  Francis  Drake,  British  navigator  and  sea  rover,  entered  Bodega  Bay,  on  the 
California  Coast,  a  few  miles  north  of  San  Francisco  bay,  on  September  29,  1579,  forty-one  years  before  the  pilgrims 
of  the  Mayflower  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock.  The  following  poem  was  published  in  Sunset  Magazine,  February,  1906. 
Sunset  is  the  respository  of  many  fine  poems  about  San  Francisco,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  republish 
some  of  them  in  this  series.  This  splendid  poem,  "The  Homing  of  Drake''  does  not  appear  in  any  volume  Sterling 
has  so  far  brought  out.) 


Was  it  the  night  that  foiled  his  daring  eyes, 
Or  passed  he  in  the  blindness  of  the  fog 
To-South,  nor  dreamt  what  keep  of  Empire  stood 
So  near  his  grasp?    I  can  but  deem  it  strange 
That  God  withheld  from  England  in  that  hour 
The  incomparable  haven,  that  His  veils 
Were  somehow  on  the  insatiate  sight  of  Drake, 
So  that  the  land  is  not  today  her  dow'r — 
She,  fostered  since  by  all  His  winds  and  tides! 
For  then,  as  now,  the  Port  lay  vast  with  peace, 
The  hills  were  secret  with  the  far-sought  gold, 
And  streams  were  glad  in  valleys  unprofancd. 


Rich  as  that  France  she  harried.    Had  he  seen, 
In  time  his  tale  had  set  her  outpost  here. 
Guard  of  the  Coast  forever.    But  his  eyes 
Were  holden,  and  our  waters  checked  him  not — 
For  leagues  beyond  the  gray  and  desolate  Gate 
Stained  from  swart  rivers!    Saw  he  not  the  clue? — 
Nay,  blind  to  Empire  sundered  from  his  sight, 
He  passed,  the  intrepid,  and  the  "Golden  Hind," 
A  v^-aif  in  hostile  deserts  of  the  deep. 
Fled  homeward,  to  such  issues  as  are  told. 
When  but  a  glance,  or  quickening  of  the  sense. 
Had  shattered  thrones,  and  rent  the  bournes  of  rule. 


And  broken  crowned  fames,  and  swerved  the  course 
Of  all  the  tides  of  conquest  round  the  world. 
The  Fates  have  mighty  darkness  at  their  seats, 
Nor  use  revealing  stars.    Wherefore  to  us 
Time's  sea  is  strange,  nor  learn  we  to  what  law 
Our  needle  veers,  nor  witness,  for  the  Dark, 
What  shapes  inscrutable  stand  at  the  helm. 
Nor  whence,  amazed,  the  ordaining  winds  that  urge 
Our  keels  to  harbors  other  than  we  dream. 


The  Manoeuvring  of  James 

The  horse  cars  are  still  running  in  Market 
street,  but  let  it  not  be  supposed  that  Mayor 
Rolph  is  to  blame.  The  reason  the  horse  cars 
are  still  running  in  Market  street  is  that  the 
supervisors  recently  approved  the  compromise 
agreement  made  by  City  Attorney  Percy  Long. 
If  that  compromise  had  been  arranged  Mayor 
Rolph  would  have  got  no  credit  at  all.  Percy 
Long  would  have  been  hailed  and  hymned  as 
the  man  who  solved  the  perplexing  problem.  It 
was  too  bad  that  Percy  didn't  submit  the  agree- 
ment to  the  mayor  and  let  it  appear  that  it  was 
the  child  of  his  fertile  brain.  The  mayor  is  a 
glutton  for  publicity  and  glory,  and  nobody  else 
is  to  be  permitted  to  edge  him  out  of  the  lime- 
light. Indeed  the  mayor  has  genius  for  the  ac- 
quisition of  glory;  and  by  way  of  illustration 
some  amusing  anecdotes  are  being  told  at  the 
City  Hall.  It  is  said  that  some  time  ago  when  he 
heard  that  the  Board  of  Public  Works  had  nearly 
finished  certain   plans  which   had  been  long  in 


Going  Abroad? 


To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zepplin  Airship? 

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course  of  preparation,  and  had  resolved  to  sub- 
mit them  on  a  certain  day,  he  called  a  meeting 
and  announced  that  he  would  no  longer  tolerate 
delay,  that  the  plans  must  be  submitted  on  a 
certain  day  and  the  day  he  mentioned  was  the 
one  that  had  already  been  agreed  upon.  Then 
the  newspapers  told  what  a  great  business  man  the 
mayor  was.  Somewhat  similar  is  the  story  which 
the  underwriters  are  telling.  They  had  decided 
upon  a  new  schedule  of  rates  to  be  put  into  effect 
on  a  certain  day.  Thereupon  the  mayor  got  busy, 
made  a  great  commotion  about  insurance  rates 
and  got  the  credit  for  forcing  the  underwriters 
to  make  a  reduction.  With  a  man  on  the  job  so 
alert  for  the  psychological  moment  how  absurd 
for  Percy  Long  to  attempt  to  "put  one  over"  in 
his  own  interest! 


Signs  of  Discord 

And  meanwhile  as  I  have  said  the  horse  cars 
are  still  running  in  Market  street.  Mayor  Rolph 
has  drawn  up  a  brand  new  agreement  by  the 
terms  of  which  he  exacts  greater  concessions  from 
the  public  service  corporation  than  were  dreamt 
of  in  the  Long  philosophy.  Some  of  the  terms 
are  mere  flubdub  that  look  well  on  paper  and 
they  were  readily  assented  to  for  the  greater  glory 
of  Mission  Jim.  Others,  the  acceptance  of  which 
would  mean  the  reduction  of  the  revenues  of 
the  company,  have  been  rejected.  But  these 
terms  are  very  popular,  and  so  the  mayor  is  very 
proud  of  them.  The  more  you  expand  the  trans- 
fer system  the  greater  will  be  the  satisfaction  of 
the  people,  but  no  matter  how  many  people  are 
in  favor  of  free  rides  the  United  Railroads  is  not 
likely  to  give  what  it  doesn't  have  to  give.  It 
appears,  however,  from  the  agreement  made  by 
Long  and  approved  by  supervisors  who  are  known 


to  be  far  from  friendly  to  the  corporation,  that 
the  United  Railroads  was  willing  to  meet  the 
city  more  than  half  way  in  an  endeavor  to  abate 
the  horse  car  nuisance.  Perhaps  Mayor  Rolph 
will  be  able  to  get  much  more  than  Long  got,  but 
thus  far  he  has  only  succeeded  in  impugning  the 
intelligence  and  integrity  of  several  public 
servants  who  hitherto  labored  in  harmony  with 
him  in  the  interest  of  the  city  government. 
These  officials  were  willing  that  he  should  get 
all  the  glory  he  could  legitimately  earn,  but  they 
are  inclined  to  turn  against  him  for  striving  for 
glory  at  their  expense. 


The  Perennial  Scandal 

If  Mark  Twain  had  ever  been  a  resident  of 
Los  Angeles  I  should  have  no  doubt  that  he  had 
that  city  in  mind  when  he  wrote  "The  Man  that 
Corrupted  Hadleyburg."  The  people  of  Los  An- 
geles are  the  only  hadleyburgians  this  side  of  Had- 
leyburg. They  are  a  wonderfully  moral  people, 
are  the  people  of  Los  Angeles.  But  they  have 
a  very  narrow  idea  of  morality.  The  sins  that 
they  damn  are  the  sins  that  ascetics  abhor.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  dyspepsia  in  Los  Angeles,  and 


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consequently  a  prejudice  against  things  that  in- 
flame the  stomach.  There  are  a  great  many  old 
maids  in  Los  Angeles  and  a  great  many  old  men 
with  young  wives,  and  consequently  there  is  a 
great  deal  of  prejudice  against  certain  forms  of 
frivolity.  But  they  are  money  mad  in  Los  An- 
geles and  consequently  the  ethics  of  business  are 
no  better  in  Los  Angeles  than  elsewhere.  If  they 
catch  a  sucker  in  Los  Angeles  they  never  scruple 
at  bumping  his  head.  They  have  lots  of  real 
estate  to  sell  down  there,  and  therefore  the  town 
must  be  boomed,  and  to  boom  it  fraudulent  regis- 
tration is  made  one  of  the  principal  industries. 
Occasionally  you  hear  about  the  people  being 
shocked  by  a  play  at  a  theatre,  but  you  never 
hear  of  them  being  shocked  by  the  stuffing  of  the 
register.  That  is  a  scandal  notorious  from  one 
end  of  the  State  to  the  other.  The  only  place  it 
is  never  discussed  is  Los  Angeles. 


Their  Leading  Citizens 

In  a  community  where  there  is  so  much  cant- 
ing humbug  it  is  no  wonder  that  a  man  of  the 
type  of  Guy  Eddy  should  become  a  censor  of 
public  morals.  Eddy  is  the  man  who  framed  an 
ordinance  making  it  a  felony  for  any  man  to  have 
illicit  irttercourse  with  a  woman.  Eddy  is  the 
man  who  tried  to  prevent  the  performance  of  a 
play  that  was  never  thought  to  be  obscene  till 
he  witnessed  it.  And  Eddy  was  caught  recently 
in  the  midst  of  a  performance  that  stamped  him 
as  a  man  of  very  loose  moral  character.  About 
the  time  that  Eddy  was  suspended  for  his  in- 
decent  behaviour    William    F.    Bryant  resigned 

While  TIPO  is  the  best  known  of  the  Italian- 
Swiss  Colony  wines  there  are  other  varieties  as 
choice.    Each  is  positively  the  best  in  its  class. 


from  the  presidency  of  the  Good  Government 
League.  Bryant  is  a  typical  Los  Angeles  re- 
former. He  and  Eddy  and  Mayor  Alexander  had 
been  working  together  in  the  grand  work  of 
purifying  the  atmosphere.  Bryant  resigned  be- 
cause of  a  suit  for  maintenance  that  had  been 
filed  against  him.  The  complaint  brought  !>■ 
light  the  fact  that  some  years  ago  he  deserted  his 
wife  and  two  children  in  Montana.  Not  till  the 
other  day  was  his  wife  able  to  discover  his  where- 
abouts. She  found  that  he  was  a  leading  citizen 
of  the  moral  city  of  Los  Angeles.  The  qualities 
that  best  tit  a  man  for  leadership  in  a  city  where 
it  pays  to  be  righteous  overmuch  are  the  qualities 
that  distinguish  such  men  as  Eddy,  Bryant.  Earl 
and  Lissner.  It  is  as  amusing  to  observe  their 
pretensions  as  it  is  to  read  one  of  Moliere"s 
clever  satires,  but  it  is  conducive  to  melancholy 
to  reflect  that  Los  Angeles  is  making  its  brand 
of  morality  contagious  while  striving  to  reform 
the  whole  State  along  the  lines  laid  down  by  the 
Eddys  and  Earls.  Already  they  have  experi- 
mented with  the  scheme  for  eradicating  prostitu- 
tion which  they  hope  to  make  a  State  law,  and  the 
women  'of  the  oldest  profession,  strewn  all  over 
the  city,  have  made  it  a  complete  tenderloin. 


Polacco  at  the  Metropolitan 

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Company  for  the  coming  season  I  read  that  "the 
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conductor  of  ability  and  distinction."  So  our  old 
friend  Giorgio  has  received  his  cachet.  The 
conductor  who  swayed  the  baton  at  the  Tivoli  in 
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The  City  of  Siege 

The  eyes  of  the  world  are  focussed  on  Ad- 
rianople  as  they  were  focussed,  a  few  years  ago, 
on  Port  Arthur.  Yet  how  little  do  we  know  of 
this  historic  city!  It  has  had  a  part  in  military 
history  such  as  has  been  allotted  to  few  cities 
of  its  size  and  importance  in  the  world.  Its 
whole  history  from  the  time  of  its  foundation, 
through  its  rebuilding  by  Hadrian  and  its  con- 
quests by  Goth,  Ottoman  and  Slav  has  been  a 
story  of  captures,  reprisals  and  bloody  engage- 
ments beneath  its  walls  and  of  bloodshed  and  lire 
within  its  own  gates.  Moreover,  it  has  been  so 
closely  connected  with  conquests  and  defeats  of 
the  Ottoman  arms  that  its  commercial  and  fin- 
ancial success  has  depended  upon  the  rise  and 
fall  of  the  star  and  crescent.  Its  prosperous 
days  followed  the  conquest  of  the  Byzantines  by 
Amurath  in  1361,  when  it  became  for  almost  a 
hundred  years  the  residence  of  the  Sultans. 
Then  were  reared  the  great  dome  of  the  solemn 
mosque  of  Solim  and  its  four  stately  minarets, 
the  beautiful  minaret  of  Boursali  Jami  with  its 
spiral  in  white  marble  and  red  granite,  and  the 
still  higher  tower  of  Utch  Sherifely,  where  ever 
since  from  its  three  balconies  at  the  sinking  of 
the  sun  the  muezzin  has  called  the  faithful  to 
prayers.  Then  the  Ottoman  Empire  extended 
north  of  the  Danube,  and  from  all  over  Thrace, 
from  what  is  now  Rumelia,  Servia,  Bulgaria  and 
even  Rumania  great  caravans  came  to  its  bazaars 
bringing  the  products  of  these  lands  and  taking 
away  the  goods  of  the  Adrianople  merchants. 


Its  Declining  Glory 

When  the  Russian  general  Diebitsch  occupied 
Adrianople  in  1829  and  forced  the  Sultan  to 
sign  the  treaty  that  recognized  the  independence 
of  Greece  and  compelled  the  concession  to  the 
conquerors  of  certain  Turkish  territory  Adrianople 
began  to  decline.  The  Ottoman  territory  from 
which  trade  could  be  drawn  was  not  only  de- 
creased but  the  people  who  once  came  to  Adrian- 
ople to  do  their  trading  refused  to  live  under  a 
foreign  domination  and  left  in  great  numbers  for 
Asia  Minor.  When  the  Russians  came  again, 
when  in  January,  1878,  after  the  fall  of  Shipka 
Pass  the  town  was  occupied  by  them  almost 
without  opposition,  and  when  the  treaty  was 
signed  at  Berlin  which  took  away  from  the 
Ottoman  control  all  the  land  north  of  the  Bal- 
kans, then  again  Adrianople,  partly  burned  and 
greatly  impoverished  by  the  disastrous  war,  was 
compelled  to  face  a  still  greater  loss.  Finally 
there  came  the  taking  away  of  Eastern  Rumelia 
and  the  establishing  of  a  strong  and  vigorous 
rival  at  Philippopolis.  Adrianople  no  longer  had 
any  trade  from  the  north.  As  the  Turkish  arms 
were  driven  back  to  the  Bosporus  Adrianople, 
devastated  by  war  and  wrecked  in  fortune,  re- 
mained. It  has  always  been  an  outpost  of  Con- 
stantinople, and  today  it  is  even  more,  an  out- 
post   of    the    Ottoman    Empire.     The  position 


which  it  occupies  and  the  defences  by  which  it  is 
surrounded  make  it  geographically  and  strategic- 
ally the  key  to  nil  Eastern  operations. 


The  Balkans'  Amazing  Military  Strength 

The  war  in  the  Balkans  has  upset  the  calcula- 
tions of  all  the  leading  diplomatists  and  military 
experts  of  Europe.  This  we  have  learned  by  read- 
ing what  the  wise  ones  were  saying  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  conflict.  The  diplomatists  thought 
they  would  have  no  difficulty  in  getting  together 
and  arranging  terms  of  peace.  Now  it  is  evi- 
dent that  this  is  a  most  perplexing  problem. 
Russian  public  opinion  will  not  tolerate  inter- 
ference with  the  victorious  Bulgars.  Russia  has 
been  long  looking  forward  to  a  coalition  of  all 
the  Slavs  of  Europe  in  one  great  powerful  con- 
federacy, and  the  realization  of  the  dream  seems 
now  quite  feasible.  Moreover  the  Balkan  States 
are  now  in  a  position  to  do  what  Turkey  has 
been  doing  for  many  years.  The  Turks  main- 
tained themselves  in  Europe  by  playing  the 
jealousy  of  one  Power  against  another.  This  is 
what  the  people  of  the  Balkans  are  now  able  to 
do  in  their  own  interest.  As  to  the  military  ex- 
perts, they  figured  that  after  a  few  skirmishes 
Turkey  would  gather  all  her  forces  and  crush  her 
assailants  with  one  blow.  But  the  Balkan  States 
have  given  the  world  an  example  of  military 
preparedness  for  the  like  of  which  one  must  go 
back  to  ancient  times.  Consider  the  showing 
made  by  the  Montenegrins.  The  population  of 
Montenegro  is  under  300,000,  but  within  a  week 
after  hostilities  were  begun  there  were  30,000 
Montenegrins  fighting  on  Turkish  soil.  To  ap- 
preciate this  achievement  one  must  recall  that 
the  Northern  States  which  had  a  population  of 
20,000,000  in  1861  were  able  to  put  upon  the  field 
of  Bull  Run,  nearly  two  months  after  Fort 
Sumter  was  fired  upon,  only  30,000  troops.  In 
1898,  with  a  population  of  70,000,000,  two  months 
after  war  was  declared  against  Spain,  we  were 
able  to  send  Shafter  from  Florida  with  only  15,000 
imperfectly  equipped  troops.  Hardly  less  aston- 
ishing than  Montenegro's  performance  is  that  of 
Greece.  The  tiny  Hellenic  Kingdom  has  a 
population  of  2,500,000,  yet  it  is  agreed  that  in 
the  first  ten  days  125,000  Greek  soldiers  had  been 
mobilized  on  the  Turkish  frontier.  In  1815 
Napoleon  was  able  to  round  up  for  his  Waterloo 
campaign  after  two  months  of  effort  and  in  a 
country  filled  with  veterans  and  with  a  popula- 
tion of  30,000,000  only  124,000  soldiers. 


The  Mighty  Bulgarians 

It  is  the  military  resources  of  Bulgaria  whicli 
are  really  most  amazing  to  military  experts.  At 
Austerlitz  where  Napoleon  overthrew  the  com- 
bined Russian  and  Austrian  hosts  the  Grand 
Army  numbered  but  65,000,  that  of  its  opponents 
less  than  85,000.  At  Gettysburg  Federal  and  Con- 
federate forces  combined  did  not  exceed  150,000. 
A  week  ago  on  the  Bulgarian  frontier  facing 
Adrianople    were    250,000    Bulgarian,  although 


Bulgaria  has  less  than  5,000,000  inhabitants.  To 
find  anything  comparable  with  the  military  show- 
ing of  these  small  nations  one  must  go 
back  to  ancient  history.  The  small  city  of 
Athens  sent  to  the  expedition  against  Sicily 
nearly  40,000  men.  Dionysius  the  elder,  whose 
territories  extended  no  further  than  the  city 
of  Syracuse,  about  a  thirtl  of  the  island  of  Sicily, 
maintained  a  standing  arm  of  100,000  foot,  ten 
tliousand  horse,  besides  a  large  fleet  of  sail. 

How  the  Experts  Figured 

Not  less  astonishing  than  the  number  of  Bul- 
garians soldiers  are  their  fighting  qualities  and 
the  skill  of  their  officers.  Just  as  the  war 
opened  Austro-Hungarian  military  experts  de- 
clared that  the  Turkish  army  was  in  splendid  con- 
dition, as  might  be  judged  from  the  circumstance 
that  the  nation  had  been  preparing  for  a  titanic 
effort  against  Italy.  The  Austro-Hungarian  ex- 
perts predicted  an  easy  triumph  for  the  Turks. 
German  observers,  relying  upon  the  fact  that  a 
German,  General  von  der  Goltz,  had  trained  the 
Ottoman  forces,  were  equally  confident  of  Turk- 
ish success.  British  experts  compared  the  cam- 
paign against  Adrianople  with  the  campaign  of  the 
Russians  against  Plevna  in  1877  when,  in  defence 
of  that  position,  the  Turkish  soldiers  displayed 
a  tenacity  and  a  fighting  capacity  seldom  sur- 
passed,winning  a  reputation  which  has  survived, 
recalling  identically  the  reputation  achieved  by 
the  Japanese  soldiers  more  recently  in  the  Man- 
churian  campaign.  In  the  end  Turkey  was 
beaten  because  her  generals,  largely  handicapped 
by  orders  from  Constantinople,  failed  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  opportunities  for  offensive  opera- 
tions which  the  valor  of  their  soldiers  provided. 
In  the  present  campaign,  we  were  told,  the  Bul- 
garian troops  suffered  by  comparison  with  the 
Russians  of  1877,  and  it  was  doubtful  if  they 
could  develop  any  generals  to  compare  with  Skob- 
eleff  and  Todleben,  the  famous  defender  of 
Sebastopol.  None  of  the  experts  reckoned  with 
the  genius  of  Czar  Ferdinand,  who  now  promises 
to  develop  into  one  of  the  great  military  heroes 
and  strategists  of  modern  times. 


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"No,  auntie,  he  isn't  that  kind  of  a  young  man. 
He  was  telling  me  all  about  the  filled  cheese 
business." 


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Varied  Types 

(Continutd  from  Page  26.) 

liis  ideas  like  a  poor  devil  who  lives  in  Grub 
street  and  drives  a  gnawed-off  pencil  for  the 
elusive  butter  to  his  doubtful  bread.  A  play- 
wright who  was  born  with  a  golden  fountain  pen 
in  his  mouth  must  be  allowed  his  little  extrav- 
agances. 

Not  that  Felton  Elkins  isn't  a  very  sensible 
young  playwright.  His  majority  is  not  far  behind 
him,  but  he  has  long  since  caught  up  with  his 
discretion.  He  realizes  that  the  plays  he  tears 
up  from  time  to  time  are  not  masterpieces  on 
which  the  world  of  art  has  an  inalienable  moral 
claim.  Immaturity  is  never  so  tolerable  as  when 
it  is  humbly  conscious  of  itself.  Felton  Elkins 
is  not  the  dupe  of  illusory  complacence.  He 
knows  he  has  a  long  road  to  travel  before  he 
overtakes  the  men  who  have  mastered  the  dif- 
ficult craft  he  dabbles  in.  That  was  the  most 
interesting  discovery  I  made. 

To  return  to  that  morning  after  the  great  night 
at  the  Sinfrawncis.  The  morning  after  a  premiere 
is  not  the  best  time  to  interview  a  dramaturge 
who  has  mummed  in  his  own  play.  Obviously 
not,  if  the  play  has  been  damned.  And  if  the 
play  has  been  successful,  the  intoxicating  chorus 
of  praise  drowns  out  those  sober  minor  strains  of 
criticism  which  would  be  heard  in  other  circum- 
stances. 

Elkins  had  heard  nothing  but  praise  of  his  Sin- 
frawncis efTort  when  I  met  him  the  morning  after. 
The  praise  had  been  sweeping.  It  had  not  been 
confined  to  the  idea  of  the  play  which  was  ad- 
mirable, nor  to  the  lines  which  showed  much 
wit  and  a  promising  knack  in  the  kneading  of 
dialogue,  nor  to  the  insinuating  satire  sneaked  in 
here  and  there.  The  panegyric  of  Elkins'  friends 
embraced  the  playlet  as  a  perfect  whole  without 
flaw  and  above  reproach. 

I  tried  to  slant  a  more  subdued  light  upon 
the  matter,  but  with  dubious  success.  I  asked 
him  his  own  opinion. 

"It  was  too  short."  he  replied.  "It  ran  thir- 
teen minutes  when  it  should  have  gone  sixteen 
at  least." 

"Do  you  think  there  was  enough  action?"  I 
pursued. 

"Certainly,"  he  answered.  "The  success  of  a 
skit  like  that  doesn't  depend  on  action,  but  on  the 
wit  of  the  lines.  I  think  the  lines  were  good, 
don't  you." 

"Some  of  them  were  very  good,"  I  testified. 

Now  this  may  seem  to  contradict  what  I  have 
said  about  the  pleasant  lack  of  complacence  in 
Felton  Elkins.  But  not  necessarily.  Despite  old 
saws  and  modern  instances  there  are  many  roads 
to  success.  Elkins  is  convinced  he  knows  his 
road.  And  he  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 
He  is  thoroughgoing  anyway.  Action  he  con- 
sidered negligible   in   "Felton's   First   Play,"  so 


when  the  script  was  distributed  at  the  first  re- 
hearsal, not  a  bit  of  "business"  was  indicated. 

That  was  a  mistake,  of  course.  But  Elkins  will 
learn  to  correct  his  mistakes  as  he  goes  along. 
He  is  impatient  of  instruction,  as  a  millionaire 
youth  is  apt  to  be. 

"I  have  read  Price  on  the  drama  and  Clayton 
Hamilton's  book,"  he  says,  "but  I  don't  think 
they  did  me  much  good.  And  I  don't  think  I  de- 
rive much  good  from  reading  the  plays  of  Ibsen, 
Shaw,  Sudermann,  Brieux  and  the  rest.  I  don't 
attempt  to  analyze  them,  as  we  used  to  analyze 
plays  at  school.  I  get  more  instruction  by  going 
repeatedly  to  see  the  production  of  a  play  which 
appeals  to  me.  But  whatever  success  I  am  to 
have  in  writing  plays  will  come  by  trying  to 
write  them  and  keeping  on  trying." 

I  said  something  sufficiently  trite  about  the 
value  of  hard  work. 

"I  can't  work  hard,"  replied  the  dramaturge  de 
luxe.  "I  work  spasmodically.  I  may  try  for  a 
month  and  accomplish  nothing.  Then  again  I 
may  produce  something  very  quickly.  I  wrote 
'FeltvJii's  First  Play'  in  two  days  and  a  half." 

So  Elkins  gets  action  when  he  works,  though 
he  may  put  none  of  it  into  some  of  his  plays. 

There  is  plenty  of  action,  he  tells  me,  in  some 
of  his  other  plays.  One  of  them,  "The  Cripple" 
was  seriously  considered  for  London  production 
by  Gertrude  Kingston,  so  it  cannot  be  deficient 
in  action.  Another  with  action  is  "The  Canary" 
which  John  Galsworthy  read  when  he  was  here. 
But  more  than  to  these  Elkins  pins  his  faith  to 
"Feet  of  Clay"  which  we  may  see  with  "The 
Canafy"  early  next  year. 

I  am  not  going  to  dull  the  edge  of  curiosity 
by  divulging  the  themes  of  these  dramas.  Elkins 
sketched  them  for  me.  and  they  seemed  promising. 
He  is  not  afraid  to  paint  on  a  big  canvas.  The 
major  problems  of  life  don't  daunt  this  youthful 
dramaturge.    He  thinks. 

Consider  the  inspiration  he  obtained  from 
Omar  for  one  of  his  attempts.    He  read: 

The  Worldly  Hope  men  set  their  Hearts  upon 
Turns  Ashes — or  it  prospers. 

The   lines   gave   him   an   inspiration,   but  not 


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before  he  had  twisted  their  meaning,  thus: 
The  Worldly  Hope  men  set  their  Hearts  upon 

Turns  Ashes — for  it  prospers. 
That,  I  submit,  is  not  a  bad  emendation  nor  an 
insignificant  one,  coming  from  a  millionaire  who 
has  never  set  his  heart  upon  a  material  hope 
which  hasn't  become  reality  at  his  beck.  Here's 
that  his  higher  hopes  may  prosper  and  still  not 
turn  to  ashes! 

NOTICE   OF   SALE  OF   REAL   ESTATE  AT 
PRIVATE  SALE 
In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  11,144; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  MARY  E.  O'KANE.  De- 
ceased. 

XOTICE  IS  HF.REBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  sale  made  by  the  Superior  Court  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  California,  on  the 
22nd  day  of  October.  1912.  in  the  matter  of  the  above  estate 
the  administrator  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased  will  sell 
at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  upon  the  terms  and 
conditions  hereinafter  mentioned  subject  to  confirmation  by 
said  Superior  Court,  on  or  after  the  26th  day  of  November, 
1912,  all  the  right,  title,  interest  and  estate  of  said  Mary 

E.  O'Kane,  deceased,  at  the  time  of  her  death  and  all  the 
right,  title,  and  interest  that  said  estate  has  by  operations 
of  law.  or  otherwise  acquired  other  than,  or  in  addition  to 
that  of  said  deceased  at  the  time  of  her  death,  of,  in  and 
to  that  certain  lot.  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and 
being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

COMMENCING  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of  Sut- 
ter Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  forty  (140) 
feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street,  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Sutter 
Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches:  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right  angles  easterly 
twenty-seven  t27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right 
angles  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet 
and  six  (6)  inches  to  point  of  commencement. 

BEING  a  portion  of  Western  Addition  in  Block  429. 

Terms  and  Conditions  of  Sale — Cash  Gold  coin  of  the 
United  States,  ten  per  cent  ClOVc)  of  the  purchase  price 
to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  making  said  sale,  balance  on  con? 
firmation  of  sale  by  said  Superior  Court,  all  bids  or  offers 
must  be  in  writing  and  may  be  left  at  the  ofTice  of  John 

F.  Hanlon.  Attorney  for  said  .\dministrator.  at  his  office, 
Room  505  Phelan  Building.  San  Francisco.  California,  or 
may  be  delivered  to  the  administrator  personally  or  be 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  said  above  named  Court  at  any 
time  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  and  before 
the  making  of  said  sale.  Deed  and  abstract  taxes  for 
current  year  at  expense  of  the  purchaser. 

Dated:   this  9th  day  of  November.  1912. 

WILLIAM   D.  O'KANE, 
Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  Mary  E.  O'Kane,  Deceased. 
JOHN  F.  H.XNLON.  Atty.  for  Administrator, 

,^05   Phelan    Bldg.,   San    Francisco,   Cal.  11-9-3 

CERTIFICATE     OF     NAME     OF     PERSON  DOING 
BUSINESS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME— No.  1073 

I.  the  undersigned,  hereby  certify  that  my  full  name  is 
EL.MIRE  Rl'FFIEl'X,  and  that  the  place  of  my  residence 
is  at  Hotel  Manx.  Northwest  comer  of  Powell  and  O'Farrell 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of 
California :  and  that  I  am  transacting  a  French  Confection- 
ery business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State 
of  California,  under  the  name  and  style  of  L.  RUFFIEUX; 

That  the  principal  place  of  my  said  business  is  at  No. 
211   Powell  Street,  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that   I   will  continue  to  transact  such  business  , 
thert-in.  under  said  name  and  style; 

That  there  is  no  other  person  interested  with  me  in  said 
business,  and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

Dated,  this  30th  day  of  October.  A.  D.  1912. 

ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX. 

State  of  California, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

On  this  30th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  One  Thousand 
Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  me,  JAMES  H.  STIR- 
LI. \G.  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX, 
known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to 
the  within  instrument,  and  she  duly  acknowledged  to  me 
that  she  executed  the  same. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  my  Official  Seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  cer- 
tificate first  above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  J.\MES  H.  STIRLING. 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California.  My  Commission  Ex- 
pires September  11,  1915. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  31,   1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By  W.  R.  Castagnetto,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  COMTE.  IR..  Atty.  at  Law, 

No.  3.13  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco.  Cal.  11-9-5 


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November  9,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


Social  Prattle 


To  Entertain  the  Tea  Baronet 

It  has  been  abundantly  set  forth  that  when  Sir 
Thomas  Lipton  comes  to  San  Francisco,  Cap- 
tain Martin  Crinimins  and  charming  Mrs.  Crim- 
mins  will  monopolize  his  time  and  supervise  his 
routine  of  entertainment.  But  I  think  this  is  a 
bit  inaccurate.  I  have  it  on  pretty  good  authority 
that  the  Knight  of  Oolong  will  bring  a  letter 
of  introduction  to  that  vivacious  widow  Mrs. 
Kate  Voorhies  Henry.  Naturally,  therefore,  some 
part  of  the  four  days  which  tlie  Baronet  of  the 
Soothing  Beverage  will  spend  in  our  midst  will 
be  devoted  to  Mrs.  Henry.  And  I  forecast  that 
in  her  company  he  will  have  the  time  of  his 
life.  Mrs.  Henry  is  a  charming  hostess  whose 
entertainments  are  calculated  to  make  a  yachts- 
man forget  the  bitterness  of  three-fold  defeat. 
And  Sir  Tommy  loves  lively  company.  He 
mingled  a  bit  in  that  gay  set  which  was  headed 
by  the  late  King  Edward  and  Mrs.  George 
Keppel.  In  fact,  for  a  long  time  George  Keppel 
was  employed  in  Lipton's  New  York  office,  a 
situation  which  enabled  the  late  king  and  Mrs. 
Keppel  to  be  much  together.  When  the  king 
died  and  Mrs.  Keppel  went  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth  to  digest  her  grief  Sir  Tommy  sought  her 
out  among  the  fragrant  tea  trees  of  Ceylon  and 
sought  to  assuage  her  consuming  sorrow.  They 
are  still  good  friends.  But  Sir  Tommy  has  a 
great  capacity  for  friendship;  and  he  will  display 
it  to  advantage,  I  make  no  doubt,  when  Mrs. 
Henry  has  him  to  tea. 


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The  Concert  Varie 

A  vaudeville  program  can't  "get  by"  on  the 
strength  of  a  pretty  name  unless  it's  a  good 
vaudeville  program.  "Concert  varie"  is  a  pretty 
name  for  vaudeville,  but  alas!  the  concert  varie  at 
the  St.  Francis  last  Thursday  night  was  not  a 
very  good  vaudeville  show.  It  lacked  the  co- 
hesive strength  of  good  vaudeville;  some  of  the 
parts  were  greater  than  the  whole;  it  bent  be- 
neath the  burden  of  monotony.  Three  separate 
numbers  on  the  program  were  supplied  by  Miss 
Clara  Alexander  who  also  appeared  in  one  of  the 
skits.  Two  separate  numbers  were  given  by 
Miss  Ida  von  Weick.  And  there  were  three  one- 
act  plays.  John  Morrissey  could  have  told  the 
projectors  of  this  entertainment  that  you  can't 
make  up  a  good  vaudeville  program  in  that  fash- 
ion, even  when  you  call  it  a  concert  varie.  It 
was  a  concert,  but  it  lacked  variety.  The  audience 
was  large,  brilliantly  garbed  (the  women  are 
meant),  but  the  audience  was  disappointed.  It 
showed  its  disappointment  by  laughing  in  the 
wrong  places  and  talking  most  of  the  time. 
When  a  number  topped  the  general  level  of 
mediocrity  the  audience  was  unaffectedly  de- 
lighted. So  it  hailed  Oscar  Frank  as  the  savior 
of  the  show.  Frank  gave  a  bird  lecture  which 
was  a  scream,  and  followed  it  by  an  imitation  of 
Kellogg,  the  bird  man,  which  was  even  funnier. 
He  was  the  hit  of  the  evening  because  he  had 
real  humor  and  didn't  strain  any  points  in  im- 
parting it. 


Miss  Alexander's  Contribution 

Miss  Alexander  is  a  woman  of  poise.  She  is 
very  sure  of  herself,  but  could  not  be  too  sure 
of  her  audience  except  at  the  moments  when  her 
darkey  imitations  were  of  the  broadest  and  most 
obvious  sort.  When  she  recited  a  poem  by  Paul 
Laurence  Dunbar  the  audience  got  the  fidgets 
and  lost  interest  in  everything  but  its  own 
chatter.  The  poem  did  not  lend  itself  to  effec- 
tive recitation.  By  the  way.  Miss  Alexander 
spoke  of  Dunbar  as  "the  only  colored  poet." 
Think  again,  Miss  Alexander!  Miss  von  Weick 
displayed  a  cultivated  voice  and  a  charming  man- 
ner, and  her  singing  of  Nevin'g  exquisite  setting 
of  Eugene  Field's  "Little  Boy  Blue"  was  par- 
ticularly fine.  M.'  Andre  Ferrier  sang  the  Pag- 
liacci  prologue  not  so  well  as  we  have  heard  it 
many  times  before.  There  was  some  excitement 
when  Mile.  Jeanne  Gustin  sang.  On  the  pro- 
gram her  song  appeared  as  "Marguerite  au  roues," 
but  the  excitement  died  when  it  was  found  that 
she  was  not  singing  of  roues  but  roses.  Merely 
a  typographical  error.  Why  the  projectors  of 
the  show  chose  Mrs.  Barry  Pain's  skitlet  "After 
All"  must  remain  a  mystery.  Mrs.  Pain  has  none 
of  the  witty  cleverness  of  her  husband,  for  so  long 
the  star  story  writer  for  Black  and  White.  The 
skit  is  dull  in  talk  and  devoid  of  action.  Willard 
Barton,  Miss  Alexander  and  Arthur  J.  Owen 
struggled  with  it  valiantly  but  vainly.  Much  bet- 
ter was  "Le  Marriage  de  Colombine"  given  by 
Mile.  Gustin  and  M.  Ferrier.  There  was  a  cer- 
tain satisfaction  in  being  able  to  laugh  loudly  at 
witty  points  made  in  French,  and  of  course  we 
really  have  some  people  wlio  can  follow  the 
rapidly  spoken  lines  of  a  French  play. 

Thanksgiving  Turkey  Favors.  Dainty  little 
minature  turkeys  in  life-like  pose  and  colors, 
filled  with  candies,  make  appropriate  gifts  and 
attractive  decorations  for  the  Thanksgiving  Din- 
ner.   Geo.  Haas  &  Sons'  four  Candy  Stores. 


"Felton's  First  Play" 

This  was  the  piece  de  resistance,  and  the 
audience  followed  it  closely.  The  amateurs  ac- 
(luittcd  themselves  well,  particularly  well  when 
it  is  remembered  that  they  had  almost  nothing  to 
do  but  talk.  To  talk  and  talk  and  do  nothing  is 
quite  a  task  even  for  a  seasoned  John  Drew. 
I<"clton  Elkins,  the  author-playwright,  was  a  bit 
nervous  but  managed  very  well.  So  did  Willard 
Barton  who  has  had  experience.  But  interest 
centered  in  Miss  Gregg  and  Mrs.  George  Armsby. 
Miss  Gregg  was  perfectly  fascinating,  as  usual; 
it  is  no  effort  for  her  to  be  so.  And  her  acting 
was  natural  and  unaffected.  Mrs.  Armsby  was 
lines  which  got  a  laugh  was  interpolated  from 
lines  which  got  a  laugh  was  interploated  from 
the  audience.  "Give  me  a  kiss,"  said  Mrs.  Arms- 
by in  her  character  of  maid  to  Felton  Elkins  in 
his  character  of  society  man.  Whereupon  from 
the  audience  Harry  Scott  suggested,  "Let  George 
do  it"  whereupon  Mrs.  George  Armsby  blushed 
prettily  and  the  audience  roared.  Walter  Mar- 
tin started  the  cry  of  "Author"  at  the  conclusion 
and  it  was  taken  up  on  all  sides,  but  Elkins  mod- 
estly hugged  the  background  and  refused  to  ap- 
pear, except  to  help  receive  the  loads  of  flowers 
which  were  passed  up  for  Miss  Gregg  and  Mrs. 
Armsby. 


Two  Interesting  Debutantes 

Two  of  the  most  interesting  debutantes  this 
Winter  are  Phyllis  de  Young  and  Nancy  Glenn 
whose  names  have  just  been  added  to  the  list 
of  young  ladies  who  will  make  their  first  bow. 
Miss  Phyllis  de  Young  is  considered  by  many  the 
prettiest  of  the  pretty  de  Young  girls.  Unlike 
her  sisters  she  is  of  the  blonde  type  and  has  a 
face  of  classic  lines  which  is  very  strikingly  at- 
tractive. Miss  Nancy  Glenn  is  a  Dresden  China 
maid  and  also  of  unusual  attractiveness.  She  is 
the  granddaughter  of  the  Glenn  after  whom  Glenn 
County  was  named.  It  was  named  after  him  for 
the  quite  sufficient  reason  that  he  owned  most 
of  it.  Miss  Glenn's  father  lives  in  Glenn  County, 
but  she  is  here  with  her  aunt  Mrs.  Charley  Leon- 
ard who  has  apartments  at  the  Palace.  She  has 
just  returned  from  a  finishing  school  in  the  East. 


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November  9,  1912 


As  Miss  Glenn  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  land 
heiresses  in  the  State  she  is  bound  to  have  many 
suitors. 


The  Sociable  Cardinal 

John  Cardinal  Farley  is  quite  the  most  fes- 
tive dignitary  that  has  visited  San  P'rancisco  in 
some  time,  and  society  is  delighted  with  him. 
The  smart  set  is  rather  given  to  viewing 
askance  the  dignitaries  of  the  church,  and  is 
rather  shy  of  inviting  them  to  participate  in 
their  frivolous  functions.  There  have  been  a 
few  notable  exceptions.  Rev.  Edward  Morgan 
has  been  very  much  of  a  society  beau  and  a 
few  seasons  ago  was  included  in  all  of  the  theatre 
and  supper  parties  given  by  Florence  Brecken- 
ridge  (now  Mrs.  Fermor  Hesketh)  and  Miss 
Augusta  Foute.  Father  Robert  Sesnon  has  been 
wont  to  grace  the  parties  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Mar- 
tin and  a  few  other  dowagers  at  the  big  musical 
affairs  and  appear  at  their  formal  dinners.  But 
as  a  usual  thing,  when  entertaining  a  prelate,  the 
hostess  arranges  a  conventional  reception  or  else 
a  very  large  and  pretentious  dinner  that  much 
resembles  a  banquet.  But  for  John  Cardinal 
Farley  are  being  given  the  most  intimate  jolly 
affairs,  the  most  important  yet  being  the  cham- 
pagne breakfast  Sunday  morning  given  in  his 
honor  by  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  at  her  home  in 
Broadway.  Brilliance,  breeziness  and  informal- 
ity marked  the  affair  and  the  high  church  dig- 
nitary has  been  declared  perfect  according  to 
western  social  ideals. 


Drinking  Equipment  for  Brides 

The  tendency  of  the  times  is  curiously  man- 
ifested in  the  wedding  gifts  that  are  showered 
upon  the  latest  society  couples.  In  every  col- 
lection acquired  by  recent  brides  there  has  been 
an  amazing  amount  of  drinking  equipment 
Among  Innes  Keeney's  gifts  were  half  a  dozen 
cut  glass  decanters,  silver  mounted  cocktail  sets, 
individual  bottles  for  Bourbon  and  Scotch  and 
a  fascinating  novelty  that  came  from  ."Xustin 
Moore  in  New  York  in  the  shape  of  a  combina- 
tion decanter  of  glass  mounted  in  silver  which 


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winter,  quite  overshadowing  the  china  and  bric- 
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ago  were  wont  to  be  showered. 


was  cleared  for  dancing,  the  music  being  fur- 
nished by  a  full  orchestra. 


At  Kohler  and  Chase's 

The  weekly  music  matinees  given  at  Kohler 
&  Chase  Hall  every  Saturday  afternoon  continue 
to  be  attractions  for  hundreds  of  eager  music  lov- 
ers. The  program  to  be  presented  this  Saturday 
afternoon  is  on  the  usual  high  plane.  Mrs. 
Ruth  Waterman  Anderson,  contralto,  has  been 
engaged  as  soloist.  She  is  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent concert  artists  on  the  Coast.  She  will  in- 
terpret compositions  by  Thomas,  Schubert  and 
Bemberg.  The  selections  for  the  Pianola  Piano 
are  particularly  important  this  time.  They  will 
include  Sarasate's  Zigeunerweisen  and  the  Moon- 
light Sonata  by  Beethoven.  The  great  Magic  Fire 
scene  from  Wagner's  Walkure  will  be  played  on 
the  .A-colian  Pipe  Organ. 


The  Main  Attraction 

It  is  successful  catering  to  the  tastes  and  de- 
sires of  the  seasoned  epicure  that  has  made  the 
great  success  of  the  special  luncheon  at  50  cents 
served  every  day  at  the  Tait-Zinkand  Cafe.  And 
in  catering  to  the  palate  at  this  noonday  "bite," 
the  management  hasn't  overlooked  pleasing  the 
whims  and  fancies  of  a  pleasure  loving  crowd. 
We  do  not  think  it  an  exaggerated  statement 
when  we  say  that  this  special  luncheon  is  the 
best  to  be  had  in  town.  There's  an  "air"  about 
this  popular  dining  place  that  captivates  all  who 
enter  it.  And  whether  one  is  Bohemian,  rounder 
or  stay-at-home,  you  can  enjoy  yourself  to  your 
heart's  content.  The  special  50  cent  luncheon  is 
served  every  day  from  11:30  to  2. 


Affairs  at  Techau's 

The  officials  of  the  Railway  Mail  Service  held 
an  elaborate  banquet  at  Techau  Tavern,  Monday 
evening,  November  4.  The  decorations  were 
unique  and  in  keeping  with  the  occasion,  the  menu 
being  in  the  form  of  a  locomotive  as  was  also 
the  first  course.  The  crowning  decoration  was 
a  huge  locomotive  carved  from  a  solid  block  of 
ice,  perfect  in  every  detail,  handsomely  decorated 
and  illumunated,  the  tender  containing  the  des- 
sert. Music  and  other  forms  of  entertainment 
enlivened  the  evening  which  was  most  success- 
ful. On  Saturday,  November  2,  upwards  of  one 
hundred  members  of  the  Shriners'  Patrol  of  Islam 
Temple  held  a  banquet  at  the  Tavern,  at  which 
the  lighting  effects  were  in  the  form  of  camels, 
and  an  enormous  camel  carved  in  ice  the  most 
notable  decoration.    After  the  dinner  the  floor 

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SIG  GREENEBAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUL  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.  H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

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The  Symphony 

A  Schumann  symphony  full  of  the  pranks  of 
fairies  and  goblins,  singing  of  moonlight,  of  sun- 
shine, of  love  and  joy  and  youth,  a  Strauss  "tone 
poem"  full  of  the  tragedy  of  the  separation  of 
the  soul  from  the  body  and  the  miracle  of  trans- 
figuration, pain,  sorrow  and  their  spiritual  exalta- 
tion, and  finally  a  contralto  singer  who  sang  for 
us  three  of  her  own  operatic  successes — such 
were  the  substance,  the  variety  of  the  second 
symphony  concert.  A  thing  of  sheer  beauty  is 
the  Schumann  symphony,  with  none  of  the 
qualities  that  repel  or  that  call  for  the  apprecia- 
tion of  the  mystic,  and  therefore  more  delightful 
to  me  than  the  hard  scientific  work  of  Strauss. 
The  musician  with  a  message  like  his  brother  the 
dramatist  with  a  problem  to  solve  is  a  bore 
at  times.  If  as  somebody  has  said  the  mission  of 
the  symphony  is  not  to  teach  but  to  give  pleas- 
ure and  excitement  then  assuredly  Schumann  is 
preferable  to  Strauss,  even  though  it  be  con- 
ceded that  the  former  was  never  a  great  master 
of  form.  To  be  sure  the  Strauss  symphony  is  a 
thing  of  superb  construction,  but  one  feels  that 
the  composer  dwells  far  oflf  in  a  world  remote 
from  the  world  of  man.  All  through  there  is 
splendid  coloring,  and  one  does  really  catch  a 
little  of  the  composer's  exalted  spirit  when  the 
brass  flares  out  betokening  the  end  of  the  strug- 
gle between  soul  and  body,  for  then  came  the 
calm  and  peace  that  are  not  of  this  humdrum 
work-a-day  world.  But  that  obtrusive  brass — I 
am  wondering  yet  if  Hadley  read  the  score  that 
way  or  if  the  man  who  blared  did  so  on  his  own 
motion.  No,  it  was  Straussesque,  for  Hadley 
kept  on  calmly  beating  time,  without  that  char- 
acteristic shake  of  his  hair  which  he  always  gives 
at  the  moment  of  strong  attack.  Mme.  Carrie 
Bridewell,  who  contributed  the  vocal  numbers,  is 
or  was  of  the  Metropolitan  forces.  She  is  a 
robust  lady  with  a  robust  contralto  voice,  more 
robust  than  brilliant.  She  sang  from  Rhinegold, 
from  Mignon  and  Lucretia  Borgia,  the  orchestra 
accompanying.  — H.  M.  B. 


The  Concert  by  the  Beel  Quartet 

A  gathering  in  the  ball  room  of  the  St.  Francis 
is  usually  stencilled  with  all  the  marks  whereby, 
we  are  told,  that  amazing  entity  called  "society" 
may  be  recognized.  Gorgeous  dowagers  re- 
splendently  jeweled  and  rustlingly  arrayed  touch 
naked  elbows  with  mincing  debutantes  in  frilly 
frocks  designed  to  emphasize  virginal  but  not 
ingenuous  charms.  Blase  youngsters  who  buy 
their  coats  in  London  and  their  shirt  buttons  in 
Paris  sink  simpering  into  seats  beside  apoplectic 
veterans  of  the  dining  room  who  glow  with  wine 
and  vinous  good  nature.  There  is  much  chatter 
about  a  thousand  silly  nothings  and  little  ap- 
preciation of  aught  that  is  worth  while.  There 
is  boredom  at  the  start,  drowsiness  at  the  middle 
and  a  little  interest  at  the  end  of  the  entertainment 
when  supper  time  is  approaching.  That  is  "so- 
ciety's" sophisticated  patronage  of  art  in  the 
ball  room  of  the  St.  Francis.  But  it  is  not  al- 
ways so.  There  are  other  occasions.  There  was, 
for  instance,  the  concert  given  by  the  Beel  Quar- 
tet Sunday  afternoon.  "Society,"  as  an  entity, 
was  not  there.  There  were  only  those  individ- 
uals who  are  admissible  to  the  sacred  corral  but 
who  find  the  main  business  of  life  elsewhere.  It 
was  in  fact  a  representative  gathering  of  San 
Francisco's  music  lovers,  that  fine  band  of  ama- 
teurs and  professionals  of  whom  it  is  flatteringly 
accounted  that  our  foremost  entrepreneur  Will 
Greenbaum  knows  them  all  by  their  first  names. 
They  had  gathered  for  the  first  concert  of  Sig- 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

mund  Beel's  second  season.  Nearly  every  one 
of  them  had  been  to  all  the  Beel  concerts  last 
winter;  nearly  every  one  of  them  will  miss  no 
Beel  concert  this  winter.  These  are,  so  to  speak, 
the  musical  backbone  of  San  Francisco;  on  their 
word  the  reputation  of  a  musician  in  this  finicky 
community  stands  or  suffers  fall.  They  came 
with  no  fuss  or  feathers,  but  they  brought  an  in- 
tense love  of  music  with  them.  And  they  got 
what  they  deserved,  for  they  enjoyed  the  best. 


LULU  McCONNELL  and  GRANT  SIMPSON 
Who  will  appear  this  Sunday  matinee  at  the  Orpheum. 

It  is  late  in  the  day  to  sing  the  praises  of  Sig- 
mund  Beel  and  Emilio  Meriz,  masters  of  the 
violin,  of  Nathan  Firestone,  the  magician  of  the 
viola,  and  of  Wencslao  Villalpando,  who  conjurs 
the  heart  strings  of  the  impressionable  'cello.  They 
are  all  artists  to  the  fingertips,  and  they  form  so 
compact  a  quartet  that  it  might  be  fancied  one  soul 
of  music  animated  them  all.  Their  Sunday  offer- 
ing was  notable.  First  there  was  a  Schumann 
quartet,  as  it  were  a  poem  in  four  contos  im- 
prisoning the  impalpable  spirit  of  beauty.  There 
was  also  a  Dohnanyi  quartet  wherein  an  ultra- 
modern shows  his  scorn  of  fashionable  im- 
pressionism by  weaving  heavenly  harmonies 
through  and  through  the  brilliant  texture  of  his 
piece.  And  there  was  a  Brahms  sonata  for  piano 
and  violin  rendered  by  Mrs.  Alice  Bacon  Wash- 
ington and  Sigmund  Beel.  Perhaps  the  most  cul- 
tivated musicians  liked  that  best.  It  was  ob- 
served that  Mrs.  Washington  subordinated  her 
instrument  to  that  of  Mr.  Beel,  but  is  not  this 
to  catch  the  spirit  of  the  Beel  concert  wherein 
none  seeks  a  personal  triumph  but  all  play  for 
the  achievement  of  a  perfectly  rounded  result? 
It  was  a  fragrant  ninety  minutes  or  so  of  the  best 
music,  and  the  music  lovers  went  away  with 
happy  smiles  upon  their  faces  and  melody  sing- 
ing in  their  hearts.  "If  only  I  could  hear  that 
program  again  before  the  day  is  over!"  said  one. 
And  I  imagine  many  felt  that  way. 

—Edward  F.  O'Day. 


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Old  Time  Melodies  at  the  Orpheum 

"Wait  for  the  Wagon."  "Billie  Boy."  "When 
Johnny  Comes  Marching  Home."  "Dan  Tucker." 
"Nellie  Gray."  "Grandfather's  Clock."  "Clem- 
entine." It's  a  long  time  since  most  of  us  have 
opened  the  old  song  book  and  gathered  around 
the  piano  to  sing  them  in  the  dusk  of  a  sum- 
mer's evening.  A  lot  of  those  thumbed  and  dog- 
cared  song  books  of  war  time  were  burned  in 
1906  and  have  never  been  replaced.  The  fever 
of  rag  time  is  in  our  blood,  and  those  sweet  old 
melodies  have  been  almost  forgotten.  But  not 
quite.  That  was  proved  at  the  Orpheum  when 
Dane  Claudius  and  Lillian  Scarlet  thrummed 
them  on  their  banjos.  The  half-remembered  airs 
swept  over  the  audience  like  perfume  shaken  from 
the  folds  of  yellowed  wedding  robes.  It  was  a 
new  note  in  vaudeville;  new  because  so  very  old. 
It  captured  the  audience  at  once.  Pretty  soon 
they  were  singing  the  quaintly  simple  words  in 
all  parts  of  the  house.  The  banjo  players 
stopped  their  thrumming  for  a  minute  in  the 
midst  of  "Grandfather's  Clock,"  and  lo!  every- 
body in  the  Orpheum,  or  nearly  everybody,  was 
singing;  had  been  singing  almost  unconsciously. 
Then  everybody  laughed,  as  people  will  laugh 
when  they  are  caught  a-sentimentalizing.  And 
when  the  words  of  the  last  song  had  faded  from 
the  screen  there  were  thunders  of  applause.  The 
gallery  which  is  a  bit  neglected  in  these  sophis- 
ticated days  of  vaudeville,  came  down  to  a  man. 
TIic  gallery  doesn't  come  down  very  often  these 
days.  Decidedly  Dane  Claudius  and  Lillian 
Scarlet  gave  us  one  of  the  best  because  one  of 
the  most  appealing  vaudeville  stunts  we've  had 
in  many  a  day.  My  hat  is  ofif  to  them.  George 
V.  Hobart  contributes  the  sketch  this  week.  It's 
a  good  little  sketch  called  "Mein  Liebchen,"  but 
it  is  best  when  Gloriana  the  shop  girl  talks 
Hobart  slang.  Aside  from  Rupert  Hughes  there 
is  nobody  who  can  give  us  such  breezy  and 
original  slang  as  George  Hobart.  To  speak  of 
Amelia  Bingham's  "big  moments  from  great 
plays"  is  to  deal  with  a  painful  subject,  Miss 
Bingham's  acting  is  so  bad.  If  I  were  asked 
to  tell  an  aspiring  actress  how  not  to  act  I  should 
bid  her  go  to  the  Orpheum  and  see  Miss  Bing- 
ham in  "The  School  for  Husbands"  and  "Madame 
Sans-Gene."  Miss  Bingham  omits  no  acting 
faults  in  these  travesties  of  "big  moments."  Les 
Marco  Belli,  French  comedy  conjurors,  Charlie 
Olcott  in  a  clever  satire  on  comic  opera,  singing 
Nellie  Nichols,  Maria  Galway  the  coloratura 
singer  and  Howard  the  ventriloquist  furnished  the 
rest  of  the  entertainment. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 

Yolanda  Mero  This  Sunday  Afternoon 

Mme.  Yolanda  Mero,  the  famous  Hungarian 
piano  virtuosa,  will  make  her  first  appearance  on 
the  Pacific  Coast  this  Sunday  afternoon  at  Scot- 
tish Rite  Auditorium  under  the  direction  of  Will. 
L.  Greenbaum.  The  program  will  include  Bach's 
Chromatic  Fantasie  and  Fugue,  Beethoven's 
Sonata  Op.  Ill  which  has  not  been  heard  here 
since  Josef  Hofmann  played  it  and  works  by 
Merkler,  Dohnanyi,  Chopin  and  Liszt.  The  sec- 
ond concert  will  be  given  next  Thursday  night, 
November  14,  when  a  number  of  novelties  will  be 
given. 

Mme.  Gerville-Reache 

The  French  prima  donna  contralto  Mme. 
Jeanne  Gerville-Reache  whose  glorious  voice  can 
only  be  likened  to  Mme.  Scalchi's  in  quality  and 
who  made  such  a  deep  impression  when  she 
visited  this  city  two  years  ago,  will  be  the  next 
vocal  recitalist  to  appear  under  the  Greenbaum 
management. 


34 


TOWN  TALK 


November  9,  1912 


The  Beel  Quartet 

Quartets  by  Haydn,  Debussy  and  Beethoven 
will  form  the  program  for  the  second  concert  of 
the  Bed  Quartet  announced  for  Tuesday  night, 
November  26. 


"Mcin  Liebchen";  Howard,  the  Scottish  Ven- 
triloquist; Les  Marco  Belli  and  Madame  Maria 
Galvany,  the  prima  donna  who  will  be  heard  in  an 
entirely  new  repertoire. 


Alice  Nielsen  and  Company 

Manager  Will.  L.  Greenbaum  announces  that 
he  will  from  now  on  accept  mail  orders  for  what 
promises  to  be  the  sensation  of  the  music  season, 
the  appearances  of  Alice  Nielsen  with  a  com- 
pany of  star  members  of  the  Boston  Opera  Com- 
pany. The  conductor  will  be  Signor  Fabio  Rim- 
ini of  the  opera  in  Bologna.  The  first  perform- 
ance will  be  given  at  Scottish  Rite  Hall  on  Thurs- 
day night,  November  21,  when  Miss  Nielsen  will 
present  Wolf- P"erarri's  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne." 
Prior  to  the  performance  a  grand  operatic  concert 
will  be  given  in  wiiich  Mile.  Jeska  Swartz,  the 
prima  donna  contralto,  will  sing  the  aria  from 
Tschaikowsky's  "Joan  of  Arc,"  Signor  Mardones 
the  aria  from  Verdi's  "Simon  Booanegra."  Sig- 
nor Ramella  the  aria  from  "La  Boheme,"  Signor 
Fornari  the  I'Mgaro  aria  from  "The  Barber  of 
Seville"  and  Miss  Nielsen  will  offer  some  de- 
lightful concert  numbers  and  an  operatic  aria. 
The  second  and  last  performance  of  "The  Secret 
of  Suzanne"  will  be  given  on  Sunday  afternoon, 
November  24. 


Dustin  Farnum  Next 

Julian  Fltingc  will  begin  the  third  and  final 
week  of  his  enga.gement  in  "The  h'ascinating 
Widow"  at  the  Cf>lumbia  Sunday  night.  Dustin 
F'arnum  comes  to  tlic  Columbia  to  present  Ed- 
ward Peple's  play,  "The  Littlest  Rebel,"  the  en- 
gagement beinning  Sunday  night,  November  17. 
In  this  drama  of  the  Civil  War  Dustin  Farnum 
is  said  to  have  scored  the  most  remarkable  suc- 
cess of  his  career.  The  title  role  will  be  in  the 
hands  of  Mary  Miles  Minter  who  originated  the 
part,  as  did  George  Thatcher,  Alexis  B.  Luce, 
Morris  Burr,  Harry  St.  Julian  and  J.  A.  Gustain 
their  respective  parts.  The  advance  sale  will  be- 
gin ne.xt  Thursday  morning. 


"The  Right  Princess"  at  the  Alcazar 

Mental  suggestion  is  the  theme  of  "The  Right 
Princess,"  a  play  by  Clara  Louise  Burnhani  which 
is  to  be  staged  for  the  first  time  in  San  Francisco 
next  Monday  evening  and  throughout  the  week 
at  the  Alcazar,  with  Maude  F"ealy  and  James 
Durkin  leading  the  cast.  It  served  that  talented 
team  as  a  starring  vehicle  last  season  in  the  East, 
and  when  their  current  engagement  exi)ires  they 
will  tf)ur  the  Pacific  Coast  with  it,  api>earing  in 
high-price  theatres  only.  By  special  arrange- 
ment with  the  author  they  are  enabled  to  present 
it  in  the  O'l'^arrel-street  playhouse,  its  run  being 
limited  to  one  week. 


At  the  Orpheum 

Lulu  McConncll  and  Grant  Simpson  will  pre- 
sent at  the  Orpheum  ne.xt  week  a  one-act  com- 
edy "The  Right  Girl"  written  for  them  by  Her- 
bert Hall  Winslow.  A  marvelous  exhibition  of 
athletics  will  be  introduced  by  Nat  Nazarro  and 
his  company.  They  have  just  completed  a  three 
months'  engagement  at  the  Winter  Garden,  New 
York,  where  they  created  a  sensation.  George  H. 
Watt  who  has  puzzled  and  astounded  the  patrons 
of  the  leading  foreign  music  halls  by  his  wonder- 
ful control  of  electricity  will  also  appear.  He 
allows  over  500,000  volts  to  pass  through  his  body, 
making  it  possible  for  him  to  light  firecrackers, 
bicycle  lamps,  paper,  etc.,  on  his  hands,  head  and 
chest.  Adele  Ferguson  and  Edna  Northlane  who 
style  themselves  "the  London  Tivoli  girls"  will 
contribute  music  and  impersonations.  Next  week 
will  be  the  last  of  Joseph  Hart's  production  of 


"The  Chocolate  Soldier"  at  the  Cort 

"The  Chocolate  Soldier"  is  enjoying  its  third 
season  of  unabated  popularity.  It  comes  to  the 
Cort  for  a  single  week's  engagement  beginning 
Sunday  night.    Fred  C.  Whitney,  director  of  the 


"'J'hc  Cliocolatc  Soldier"  at  the  Cort. 
ILON  BEKCERF. 
.\   great   local   favorite  who   returns   to   us  in 

Wliitney  Opera  Comp;iny  and  producer  of  "The 
Chocolate  Soldier,"  has  sought  to  surpass  his 
former  achievements.  The  company  embraces 
Rena  Vivienne,  lion  Bergerc,  Lucille  Saunders, 
Charles  Purcell,  J.  Russell  Powell,  Hazel  Frazier, 
Sylvain  Langlois,  Pony  Moore,  J.  F.  McDonough, 
and  other  favorites.  The  Whitney  Opera  Com- 
ii|ue  orchestra  will  be  under  the  baton  of  Max 
I-'ichandler.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Purcell 
appeared  in  the  role  of  Lieutenant  Bumerli  last 
season  at  the  Cort.  Hon  Bergere,  Lucille  Saund- 
ers, and  Sylvain  Langlois  were  other  members  of 
the  cast. 


The  Fine  Ball  at  Pantages. 

There  will  be  a  great  bill  at  I'antages  next  week. 
It  will  include  "l'"rom  White  to  Black",  a  Ned 
Wayburn  tabloid  musical  comedy  which  brings 
the  "Minstrel  Misses".  "804  Marked  Money"  is 
a  "surprise  act."  The  Zara  Carmen  trio  will  roll 
hoops  and  juggle.  William  Howard  Langford  is 
the  "Beau  Brummel  of  singers".  The  Ccrved  Due 
play  the  newest  instrument,  the  piano  accordeon. 
The  sketch,  "The  Return  of  the  Vassar  Girl"  and 
motion  pictures  complete  the  bill. 


The  San  Francisco  Orchestra 

The  following  excellent  prograin  will  be  given 
at  the  third  symphony  concert  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra:  Mozart,  Overture  "Marriage  of 
F'igaro";  Rachmaninoff,  Symphony  No.  2  in  E 
Minor.  Op.  27;  S.  Soleridge-Taylor,  The  Bam- 
boula — Rhadpsodic  Dance,  (new;  first  time  in 
San  Francisco) ;  Wagner,  Siegfried's  Funeral 
March  from  Die  Gotterdammerung.  For  the  af- 
ternoon of  Sunday,  November  17,  the  day  of  the 
third  popular  concert  Dippel's  production  of  the 
Secret  of  Susanne  will  be  given.  The  first  part 
of  the  program  will  be  devoted  to  the  orchestra; 
the  second  part  will  be  the  Secret  of  Susanne, 
and  Attilio  Parelli  will  wield  the  baton. 


CERTIFICATE    OF    CO-PARTNERSHIP— No.  1057 

We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify  that  we  are  co- 
partners doing  business  under  the  firm  name  and  style  of 
I'ACIFIC  COAST  HOTEL  GAZETTE  CO.;  that  our 
principal  place  of  business  is  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  at  No.  163  Sutter  St.; 
and  that  the  following  are  the  names  in  full  of  all  the 
members  of  said  partnership,  and  their  respective  places 
of  residence,  to-wit : 

William  P.  Harrison,  1440  Euclid  Avenue,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Martial  Davoust,  Mendel  Apartments,  Ellis  at  Jones 
Street,  San   Francisco,  Cal. 

In  witness  whereof  the  undersigned  and  above  named 
partners  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  this  24th  day  of 
September,  1912. 

WILLIAM  P.  HARRRISON. 
MARTIAL  DAVOUST. 
STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — ss. 

On  this  24lh  day  of  September,  1912,  before  me  John 
D.  Gish,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  William  P.  Harri- 
son and  Martial  Davoust,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons 
whose  names  are  subscribed  to  the  within  instrument,  and 
they  duly  acknowledged  to  me  that  they  executed  the  same. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  official  seal,  at  ray  office  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first 
above  written, 

(Notarial  Seal)  JOHN  D.  GISH, 

Notary   Public   in   and   for  the   City   and   County   of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California. 
(Endorsed):  Filed  Oct.  2,  1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk, 
liy   L.   J.    Welch.    Deputy   Clerk.  10-12-.'; 

NOTICE  OF  INTENTION  TO  BECOME  A 
SOLE  TRADER 
In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of   California,  within 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  WINIFRED  KIM- 
li.M.L  DE  WOLFE  to  Become  a  Sole  Trader. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  undersigned,  Winifred 
Kimball  de  Wolfe,  the  wife  of  Edgar  S.  de  Wolfe,  who  is 
a  resident  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  intends  to  make  an  application  to  the  above 
entitled  Court  on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the 
opening  of  the  Court  on  said  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
said  application  may  be  heard,  for  a  judgment  and  order 
nf  said  Court,  permitting  and  authorizing  her  to  become 
r  Sole  Trader  and  to  transact  business  in  her  own  name, 
and  upon  her  own  account,  as  a  Sole  Trader,  under  the 
provisions  of  Title  XII,  Part  III,  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
Procedure  of  the  State  of  California;  that  the  nature  of 
the  business  to  be  conducted  by  the  undersigned  is  that  of 
an  Interior  Decorator  and  Designer,  and  to  Imy  and  sell 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  the  place  at  which  it  is 
proposed  to  conduct  said  business  is  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated  this  5th  day  of  October,  1912. 

WINIFRED    KIMBALL    DE  WOLFE. 
CHARLES  H.  l  AIRALL,  Atty.  for  Petitioner,  , 
Balboa  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  CaK  '"•'''■^ 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  FOR  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  GRANTED 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the    City    and    County    of    San  Francisco — (Probate); 
No.   10,980;   Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Mauer  of  the  Estate  of  ANTHONY  DORRITY, 

Deceased. 

W  J.  PALETHORPE,  the  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Dorrity.  Deceased,  having  filed  herein  his  veri- 
fied petition  for  order  of  sale  of  real  property,  and  it  appear- 
ing therefrom  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  tliat  a  sale 
of  the  real  estate  described  in  said  petition  is  necessary  and 
for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
and  those  interested  therein,  .  .       .  j  ■  .u. 

IT  IS  ORDERED:  That  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  deceased  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
appear  before  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  Department  No.  10,  thereof  in  the 
Citv  Hall  Building  on  Market  Street  between  Lighth  and 
Ninth  Street^;,  .San  Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday, 
the  4th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 
of  said  day,  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  w-hy  an  order 
should  not  be  granted  to  said  administrator  for  the  sale 
of  the  whole  of  the  real  estate  of  the  Estate  of  said  de- 

"it''i's*FURTHER  ORDERED:  That  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks 
in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  printed  and  pubhshed  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  29,  A.  D^m2.^^g  ^ 

Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  30,   1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
Bv   E.   B.  Gilson,  Deputy  Clerk. 
COOPER,  GRAY  &  COOPER,  Attys.  at  Law, 

Mills  Bldg.,  S.in  Francisco.  Cil.  U--;-S 


CHILBLAINS 

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November  9,  1912 


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Concert  of  Miss  Heath 

A  fine  concert  will  be  that  given  by  Miss  Helen 
Colburn  Heath,  soprano,  assisted  by  Herbert 
Riley,  'cello  virtuoso,  and  Uda  Waldrop,  pianist, 
at  the  Colonial  Ball  Room,  St.  Francis  Hotel,  on 
the  evening  of  Thursday,  November  21.  Miss 
Heath  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  this  city. 


Concert  of  Adele  Rosenthal 

Adele  Rosenthal,  the  San  Francisco  pianist  who 
created  a  sensation  at  the  concert  of  the  San 
Francisco  Orchestra  will  be  heard  in  recital  at 
the  Scottish  Rite  Hall  on  Wednesday  evening, 
November  13.  An  excellent  program  will  be 
given  and  will  include  Brahms,  Scarlatti,  Chopin, 
Schumann,  and  Liszt. 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence  Eddy  are  stopping  at 
the  Hotel  Victoria.  General  Cooke  and  son  are 
also  there.  John  F.  Bigelow  and  wife  have  taken 
apartments.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bunker  of  Mill  Val- 
ley are  registered.  Miss  Marshall  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  is  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  Sims. 
Dr.  A.  M.  Flood  and  wife  are  registered.  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Hartley  is  registered  for  the  season.  Mr. 
Alexander  Aaronsohn  of  Washington,  D.  C,  who 
is  stopping  at  the  hotel,  is  lecturing  on  the  Holy 
Land  and  his  brother  Mr.  Aaron  Aaronsohn  of 
Haifa,  Palestine  (where  he  is  engaged  in  ex- 
perimental agriculture),  has  been  delivering  lec- 
tures upon  his  work  here. 


San  Francisco 
"Overland  Limited" 


Leaves  10:20  A.  M.  Daily 
Arrives  at  Chicago  in  68  Hours 

Pullman  equipment  of  latest  design. 
Electric  lighted  throughout. 

Rotunda  Observation  Car  contains  Li- 
brary, Parlor  and  Clubroom. 

Daily  market  reports  and  news  items  by 
telegraph. 

Excellent  Dining  Car  Service 
Meals  a  la  carte. 

Every  attention  shown  patrons  by 
courteous  employees. 

UNION  PACIFIC 

42  Powell  Street 
Phone   Sutter  2940 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Flood    Building,   Palace   Hotel,    Ferry  Station 
Phone  Kearny  3160 


KNIGHT  &  HEGGERTY 

Attorneys  at  Law  and  Proctors  in  Admiralty 

CROCKER  BUILDING  Rooms  807-810 

Telephone  Kearny  4145 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Ned  Wayburn's  Great  Novelty  Success 

12--  MINSTREL  MISSES  --12 

The  Big  Surprise 
"804  MARKED  MONEY" 

7  BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS  -  -  -  7 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 

^    SAN  FRANCISCO  - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry HadleY'  Conductor 

THIRD    SYMPHONY  CONCERT. 
Friday  Afternoon.   November    15.    1912.  at  3:15  o'clock 
AT  THE  COTT  THEATRE 

PROGRAM 

Mozart   Overture,  "Marriage  of  Figaro" 

1756-179]. 

Rachmaninoff  Symphony  No.  2,  in  E  Minor.  Op.  11 

1873. 

I.  Largo — Allegro  Moderato. 
11.  Allegro  Molto. 
III.  Adagio. 
IV.  Allegro  Vivace. 

S.  Coleridge  Taylor  The  Bamboula — Rhapsodic  Dance 

1875-1912        (New— first    time    in    San  Francisco.) 
Wagner. . Siegfried's    Funeral   March    from    Die  Gotterdam- 
18U-1883.  merugn 
Seats  on  Sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  Kohler  &  Chase 
and  the  Cort  Theatre.    Prices,  75c,  $1.00,  $1.50,  $2.00. 
Frank  W.  Healy,  Manager,  711  Head  Building. 

Adele  Rosenthal,  a  native  of  San  Francisco  who  devoted 
the  past  eight  years  to  study  and  concert i zing  in  Europe 
will  give  her  first  concert  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Hall  on  the 
evening  of  Wednesday,   November   1 3th. 

Miss  Rosenthal  is  spoken  of  as  an  exceptionally  clever 
pianist  and  has  had  the  benefit  of  tuition  under  the  fol- 
lowing masters: 

Alfred   Cortot,  Paris. 

Alfred    Relsenauer,    Leipsic,   in   his   Meister  Classe. 
Joseph   Lhevinne,  Berlin. 
Harold    Bauer,  Paris. 

PROGRAM 

J.    Brahms  Sonata   F  Minor 

1.  Allegro  Maestro. 

2.  Andante. 

(Der  Abend  daemmert,  das  Mondlicht  scheint 
Da  sind  zwei  Herzon  in  Liebevereint 
Und   haltenssich   selig  umfangen) 

3.  Scherzo. 

4.  Intermezzo  (Ruckblick). 

5.  Finale. 

Scarlatti   Sonata  in  C  Major 

Scarlatti — Tausig   Pastorale 

Scarlatti  Sonate  in  D  Mijor 

Chopin   Bacarolle 

Schumann  Fantasie,  Op.  17 

1.  Allegro  fantastico  e  con  passione. 

2.  Moderato  ma  energico. 

3.  Andante  Sostennto. 

I'.  Liszt  Rhapsodic  hongroise  No,  1 2 

The  concert  is  under  the  business  direction  of  Frank  W. 
Healy. 

Seats  may  be  obtained  after  Wednesday,  November  6th.  at 
the  box  offices  of  Sherman.  Clay  &  Co.  and  Kohler  & 
Chase,  and  at  the  residence  of  Miss  Rosenthal,  3242  Wash- 
ington  St.     Prices.   75c,   $1.00.  $1.50. 

Steinway  Piano  Used. 

CONCERT  OF 

MISS  HELEN  COLBURN  HEATH 

SOPRANO 
AT  THE  COLONIAL  BALL  ROOM 

St.  Francis  Hotel. 
THURSDAY.    NOVEMBER   81st,   at  8:30   P.  M. 

Assisted  by 
HERBERT  RILEY.  Cello 
UDA  WALDRUP.  Pianist 
Prices:   Reserved   Seats,   $1.00.    Box  Seats,   $1.50.  Seats 
on    Sale   After   November   14th.  at 

Sherman,  Clay  &  Co., 
St.   Francis  Hotel, 
And 

From  Miss  Heath,  2505  Clay  Street,  Telephone  West  4890 
Direction  Frank  W.  Healy. 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O  CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


AMUSEMENTS 


•ills' 


Mail  Orders  NOW  to  Will.  L.  Greenbauni, 
101    l*ost    St.,   San    Francisco,  for 

ALICE  NIELSON  CO. 

Of  Grand  Opera  Stars  and  Orchestra  of 
30    in   the   Original    Version  of 

"the  secret  of  SUZANNE" 


THURSDAY  EVENING,  NOVEMBER  21  .t  8:30 
SUNDAY  AFTFRNOON,  NOVEMBER  24  at  2:30 

Tickets,  $2.50,  $J.OO  and  $1.00. 


NIELSEN   CO.   IN  OAKLAND 

Friday  Afternoon.  November  22  at  3:15,  Ye  Liberty 
"The  Barber  of  Seville" 


Coming— GERVILLE-RE.\CHE,  Contralto. 


YOLAND.V 

MERO 

The  Hungarian  Piano  Virtuoso 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

\'an   Ness  at  -Suttur 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON  NOVEMBER  10 
THURSDAY  NIGHT  NOVENBER  14 
SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  NOV.  16 

Tickets,  $1.50,  $1.00.  75c,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's  and 
Kohler  \-  Chase's. 

Steinway  Piano  I^sed 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 

Last    Time   Tonight — Holbrook    lilinn  in 
"A  Romance  of  the  Underworld." 

I'cgiinn'ng    Tomorrow    (Sunday)    Night — One    Week  Only 
Matinees  Wednesday  and  .Saturday 
Farewell  \'isit  of  the  T'opular  Idol 

"THE  CHOCOLATE  SOLDIER" 

Presented  by  The  Whitney  Opera  Company 
Cast  of  75— Full   Opera  Orchestra 
Commencing   Monday,    Nov.    18th — "A    Butterfly   on  the 
Wheel." 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

l.ri.U  McCONNEI.L  and  CR.XNT  SIMPSON  in  their 
lat.-st  success  "The  Right  Girl";  NAT  NAZARRO  &•  CO.. 
the  .\cme  of  Athletic  Artistry;  (iEORGE  H.  WATT,  the 
Electric  Problem;  ADELE  FERGUSON  and  EDNA 
N()RTHL,\NE,  the  London  Tivoli  Girls;  Joseph  Hart's 
"MELIN  LIEHCHEN";  HOWARD,  .Scottish  .Sub-Vocal- 
ist; EES  MARCO  HELLI,  French  Comedy  Conjurors; 
NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION  PICTURES.  L,-ist  Week  of 
MADAME   GALVANY,    Entirely   New  Program. 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  ncaF  Powell.    Phones,  Kc'arny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Week  Commencing  Monday  Night,  November   1 1th, 
With   Matinees  Thursday,   Saturday  and  Sunday 
MAUDE   FEALY   and   JAMES  DURKIN 

Leading  the  Alcazar  Company  in  Clara   Louise  Uurnham's 
Successful  Play  of  Mental  Science 

"THE  RIGHT  PRINCESS" 

Its  First  Presentation  in  San  Francisco. 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

lleginning    Sunday    Night,    November  10th 
THIRD  AND  LAST  WEEK 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 

JULIAN  ELTINGE 

111   the   Musical    Cometly  'rriunir)li 
(Glorious   Girls — Gorgeous   (iowns — Sparkling   Music — 
Real   Comedy.    Last  Time  Saturday  Night,   Nov.  I6th 
Sun(I.-.y  Night,  Nov.  27th— DUSAIN  FARNUM   in  "The 
Littlest  Rebel." 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  9,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — In  contrast  to  the  previous  week  the 
New  York  stock  market  has  been  relatively 
weaker  than  the  European  markets.  The 
foreign  stock  exchanges  have  taken  the  Balkan 
war  news  more  philosophically  and  have  re- 
mained comparatively  steady  while  stocks  have 
fallen  sharply  here,  one  day  of  declines  being 
followed  by  another  of  comparative  strength  but 
trifling  recoveries.  The  average  decline  in  the 
barometer  stocks  since  the  market  turned  only 
amounts  to  five  points  or  so,  which  is  not  a 
serious  matter.  The  large  financial  and  bank- 
ing interests  have  set  their  faces  against  the 
boom  in  stocks.  They  want  quiet  and  they  have 
punished  those  who  tried  to  manipulate  minor 
industrials  and  oil  stocks  at  the  wrong  time.  The 
market  was  permitted  to  drop  until  steel  com- 
mon sold  below  74  in  order  to  reduce  loans  and 
strengthen  the  position  of  the  banks,  but  those 
in  control  checked  the  breaks  before  they  became 
serious  and  have  thus  strengthened  the  technical 
position  of  the  market.  In  the  long  run  nothing 
can  discount  the  splendid  crops  and  the  high 
prices  the  farmers  are  receiving.  That  is  where 
prosperity  begins,  as  the  banks  have  the  situa- 
tion so  well  in  hand  that  trade  has  been  con- 
ducted for  nearly  two  years  on  very  conservative 
lines.  Both  stock  and  commodity  markets  should 
make  a  fresh  start.  No  decline  in  intrinsic 
values  has  taken  place,  and  quoted  prices  are 
easily  and  (|uickly  restored  when  the  sky  clears. 
The  steel  trade  becomes  more  flourishing  day  by 
(lay,  and  the  last  of  the  season's  crops,  cotton, 
is  now  half  picked  and  reasonably  assured.  For 
it  as  well  as  other  agricultural  products  the  farm- 
ers arc  receiving  remunerative  prices. 

Wheat — The  action  in  the  wheat  market  the 
past  week  has  demonstrated  that  if  there  was  any 
inflation  in  prices  on  account  of  the  Balkan  war, 
it  has  been  pretty  well  dissipated  as  the  market 
is  now  lower  than  when  the  war  was  considered 
merely  a  remote  possibility.  It  appears  to  be  tiic 
desire  of  the  leading  powers  of  Europe  that  the 
allied  nations  in  the  Balkan  war  be  speedily 
crushed  and  driven  to  a  permanent  submission. 
This  unnatural  sentiment  is  undoubtedly  due  to 
the  financial  position  of  the  great  centers,  where 
little  or  no  preparations  had  been  made  for  so 
disturbing  an  influence.  The  heavy  decline  in 
securities,  and  the  difficulties  in  present  semi- 
monthly settlements,  together  with  the  combina- 
tion of  banking  interests  to  check  the  liquidation, 
should  be  given  careful  consideration  in  connec- 
tion with  the  grain  trade,  for  no  influence  would 
produce  greater  apprehension  among  business 
people  and  investors  the  world  over,  than  a  sub- 
stantial rise  in  cereals.  The  action  of  the  grain 
markets  has  calmed  public  sentiment  to  a 
marked  degree. 


Corn — The  break  of  nearly  7  cents  per  bushel 
in  old  corn  is  an  indication  of  the  readjustment 
that  has  taken  place  between  the  price  of  the  old 
crop  and  the  new  crop  futures.  The  decline  ac- 
centuates the  bearish  sentiment  which  is  still 
more  intensified  by  the  enlarged  estimates  of 
this  year's  production  by  the  crop  experts.  A 
due  regard  for  existing  conditions  suggests  that 
a  further  latitude  be  given  for  bearish  sentiment 
to  run  its  course,  before  investment  enterprises 
will  be  in  order. 

Cotton — There  was  no  mistaking  the  trend  of 
the  cotton  market  the  past  week  and  at  the  close 
the  market  shows  an  advance  of  nearly  seven 
dollars  a  bale.  Traders  who  have  been  predict- 
ing 9  1-2  cents  for  cotton  and  who  have  been 
short  were  competing  with  investors  to  get  cot- 
ton at  almost  any  price.  The  change  in  senti- 
ment was  brought  about  by  the  action  of  the  big 
spinners  who  have  been  taking  all  the  spot  cot- 
ton offered  in  the  south  and  predicting  a  big 
business  in  their  line.  The  news  too  was  a  lit- 
tle more  favorable  to  higher  prices,  especially  the 
weather  map  which  has  been  frosty  nearly  every 
morning  and  heavy  cold  rain  has  fallen  in  nearly 
all  States  east  of  the  Mississippi  which  has 
lowered  the  grade.  The  Liverpool  market  has 
advanced  as  fast  as  our  market  and  their  pur- 
chases of  actual  cotton  from  this  side  are  almost 
as  large  as  last  year.  The  movement  for  the 
week  however  was  rather  free,  showing  that 
something  like  725,000  bales  came  into  sight  but 
this  was  lost  sight  of  as  the  demand  was  said  to 
equal  the  receipts.  A  good  many  crop  experts 
have  lowered  their  estimate  and  the  popular  guess 
now  seems  to  be  for  a  crop  in  the  neighborhood 
of  14,000,000  bales  which  is  considered  bullish 
around  this  level.  The  market  has  had  a  good 
advance  and  is  certainly  entitled  to  fair  reaction 
but  we  believe  cotton  should  be  bought  on  all 
recessions  for  an  investment  and  with  politics  out 
of  the  way  and  the  tremendous  crops  of  grain, 
prosperity  should  be  in  order  which  will  mean 
an  enormous  consumptive  demand. 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

The  labor  trust  pretends  t(i 
own  its  units  as  chattels,  body 
and  soul.  The  feudal  lords 
were  no  worse. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  Bldg.,  Nos.  363-364-36S, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  E:xchange   12,281,957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres. ;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V..Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christcson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  \Vm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen.  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld.  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner   New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639.482.36 

Deposits    6.368.228.S0 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyrrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Bnardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAIGHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

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E. 

F. 

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BROKERS 

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Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

November  9.  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


37 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,453  ; 
Dept.   No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER.  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MARY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624  Mills  BIdg.,   San   Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 

NOTICE  OF   SALE  OF   REAL   ESTATE  BY 
GUARDIAN 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  tlie  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Depart- 
ment No.  9. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  and  Guardianship  of 
WILLIAM  P.  BURKE,  ALICE  MARY  BURKE,  EDITH 
MARGARET  BURKE  and  RICHARD  BURKE,  JUNIOR, 
Minors.— No.  1431,  N.  S. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  an  order  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  made  on  the  25th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1912,  and  filed  herein  on  the  28th  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1912,  in  the  matter  of  the  estate  and  guardianship  of 
Edith  Margaret  Burke  and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  minors, 
(William  P.  Burke  and  Alice  Mary  Burke  having  arrived 
at  legal  age  prior  to  the  date  hereof),  the  undersigned, 
Richard  Burke,  as  guardian  of  the  persons  and  estates  of 
said  two  remaining  minors,  namely,  Edith  Margaret  Burke 
and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the 
highest  bidder,  for  cash,  in  gold  coin  of  the  United  States, 
on  or  after  MOND.\Y,  the  2nd  day  of  December,  1912, 
and  subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Court,  the  undivided 
five-twelfths  (5-12)  interest  of  the  estate  of  said  Edith 
Margaret  Burke  and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  minors,  and 
all  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  said  two  remaining  min- 
ors in  and  to  the  following  described  real  property,  situate, 
lying  and  being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
State  of  California,  and  bounded  and  described  as  follows, 
to-wit : 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northeasterly  line  of  Spear 
street,  distant  thereon  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine  (229) 
feet  and  two  (2)  inches  northwesterly  from  the  point  of 
intersection  of  the  northwesterly  line  of  Folsom  street  with 
the  said  northeasterly  line  of  Spear  street,  and  running 
thence  northwesterly  and  along  said  northeasterly  line  of 
Spear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  and  ten  (10)  inches;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  northeasterly  and  parallel  with  said  north- 
westerly line  of  Folsom  street  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  a  right 
angle  southeasterly  and  parallel  with  said  northeasterly  line 
of  Spear  street  forty-five  (45)  feet  and  ten  (10)  inches; 
and  thence  at  a  right  angle  southwesterly  and  parallel  with 
said  northwesterly  line  of  Folsom  street  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  (137)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  to  said  north- 
easterly line  of  Spear  street  and  the  point  of  commence- 
ment. Being  a  portion  of  One  Hundred  (100)  Vara  Block 
Number  Three  Hundred  and  Twenty-two  (322.) 

Ten  (10)  per  cent  of  the  bid  payable  at  the  time  of 
sale  and  the  balance  upon  confirmation  of  the  sale  by 
said  Court;  deed  and  abstract  at  the  expense  of  purchaser; 
the  purchaser  to  assume  the  payment  and  take  the  property 
purchased  by  him  subject  to  all  the  State,  county  and 
other  taxes,  and  all  assessments  of  whatsoever  name  and 
nature  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  become  chargeable 
to  or  a  lien  against  the  property  purchased  by  him. 

Offers  or  bids  must  be  in  writing  and  will  be  received  and 
may  be  left  at  the  office  of  Garret  W.  McEnerney,  attorney 
for  said  guardian.  Room  1277  Flood  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  or  may  be  delivered  to  said  guardian  per- 
sonally, or  may  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
above  named  Court  at  any  time  after  the  first  publication 
of  this  notice  and  before  the  making  of  this  sale. 

RICHARD  BURKE, 
Guardian   of  the   Persons   and   Estates   of   Edith  Margaret 

Burke  and  Richard  Burke,  Junior,  Minors. 
GARRET  W.  McENERNEY,  Atty.  for  Guardian, 

Room  1277  Flood  BIdg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-26-3 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  MORITZ  NICKELSBURG,  Deceased— No. 
14114  N.  S. ;   Dept.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  Melvil  S. 
Nickelsburg,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and  all 
persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit 
them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months 
after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the  said  executor 
at  the  office  of  Heller,  Powers  &  Ehrman,  room  713 
Nevada  Bank  Building,  No.  14  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  office  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected 
with  the  said  estate  of  Moritz  Nickelsburg,  deceased. 

MELVIL  S.  NICKELSBURG, 
Executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Moritz  Nickels- 
burg, deceased. 
Dated,  October  12,  1912. 
HELLER,   POWERS   &  EHRMAN, 
Attorneys    for  Executor, 

Nevada  Bank  Building,  San  Francisco.  10-12-5 


SUMMONS   TO    ESTABLISH  TITLE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Action  No. 
32  803 

PETER  ■  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be  • 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff:  Names, 
none ;   Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   BIdg.,   San    Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the   City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — No.    14,193 ; 
Department   No.  10. 
In   the   Matter  of  the   Guardianship  of  the   Person  and 
Estate   of  JOHN   AUGUST   SANDELL,   an  Incompetent 
Person. 

Upon  reading  and  filing  the  verified  petition  of  Amelia 
J.  Sandell,  Guardian  of  the  person  and  estate  of  John 
August  Sandell,  an  incompetent  person,  and  good  cause 
appearing  therefor. 

It  is  hereby  ORDERED  that  all  persons  interested  in 
the  above  entitled  estate  appear  before  this  Court  on 
MONDAY,  the  11th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour 
of  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  that  day  and  at  the  Court- 
room of  Department  No.  10  of  the  above  entitled  Court, 
in  the  new  City  Hall  on  the  South  side  of  Market  Street 
between  Eighth  and  Ninth  Streets,  in  the  said  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  then  and  there  to  show  cause  wliy 
the  following  described  real  property,  viz: 

That  certain  store  on  the  ground  floor  of  that  certain 
building  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  Haight  and  Fillmore 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  said  store  being  known  as  No.  310  Fillmore 
Street,  together  with  a  portion  of  the  basement  in  said 
building  directly  under  said  store,  and  heretofore  and 
now  used  for  baths,  together  with  bathing  equipment 
therein. 

should  not  be  leased  for  the  period  of  three  years  at  the 
rental  mentioned  in  said  petition,  to-wit:  Sixteen  hundred 
and  Eighty  ($1680.00)  Dollars,  payable  in  equal  monthly 
installments  of  $40.00  per  month  for  the  first  year  of  said 
term  and  $50.00  per  month  for  the  remaining  two  years 
of  said  term,  reference  being  hereby  had  to  the  said  peti- 
tion of  said  Amelia  J.  Sandell,  as  such  Guardian,  on  file 
for  furtlier  particulars. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  this  order  be  pub- 
lished for  two  successive  weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  printed  and  published  in  said 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  City  and   County  of 
San  Francisco. 
Endorsed:   Filed   Oct.  21,  1912.    H.   I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By  E.  B.  Gilson,  Deputy  Clerk. 
J.  J.  LERMEN,  Atty  for  Guardian, 

504  Balboa  BIdg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-26-3 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,492; 
Department    No.  7. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ALICE  QUESADA,  De- 
ceased. 

Alice  Schingle  and  Sarah  Sullivan,  administratrices  of 
llie  estate  of  Alice  Quesada,  deceased,  having  this  day 
presented  to  the  Court  and  filed  with  the  clerk  thereof  their 
verified  petition  praying  for  an  order  of  this  Court  au- 
thorizing, empowering  and  directing  them  to  sell  the  whole 
of  the  real  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of  said  de- 
ceased at  either  public  or  private  sale,  as  said  adminis- 
tratrices should  deem  most  beneficial  to  said  estate,  and 
those  interested  therein,  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court 
from  such  petition,  that  it  is  necessary,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
of  said  deceased,  and  those  interested,  to  sell  the  whole  of 
said  real  estate  for  the  purposes  and  reasons  mentioned  in 
said  petition; 

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  be  and  appear  before 
this  Court,  Department  No.  7  thereof,  at  its  Courtroom 
situate  in  the  building  known  and  designated  as  the  New 
City  Hall,  south  side  of  Market  street  between  8th  and  9th 
streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Monday,  the  25th 
day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour  of  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 
thereof,  of  said  day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said 
administratrices   for   the   sale   of  such  estate. 

It  is  further  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  order  to 
show  cause  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  successive 
weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation, 
printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

WALTER    E.    DORN  and 

SULLIVAN,  SULLIVAN  and  THEO.  J.  ROCHE, 
Attorneys   for  Administratrices, 

1108   Humboldt   Savings   Bank  Building, 

San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-26-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Greig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit: 
PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,-  25  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ot 
Mariposa   Street  and   point  of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of  Potrero  Nuevo   Block   Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  F.asterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  jiomt  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises.  .,   _  ,. 

Wit  less  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVOTO,  RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

Attorneys   for   Plaintiff,  .„  ,„  „ 

68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-10 


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political  faction  led  by  a  powerful  chief  the 
personality  of  the  man  may  count  more  than 
the  principles  of  his  cause  and  when  such  is 
the  case  dispraise  of  him  is  not  to  be  rigor- 
ously avoided.  Nor  is  it  justly  to  be  as- 
sumed that  spleen  rather  than  political  sen- 
timent is  the  animus  of  personal  criticism. 
When  times  are  turbulent,  when  vital  issues 
are  before  the  people  and  a  great  man  has 
changed  his  attitude  toward  the  burning 
questions  of  the  day.  why  should  not  his 
motives  be  frankly  and  freely  canvassed? 
It  is  inaccurate  to  say  that  it  is  a  low  order 
of  modern  journalism  that  is  given  to  per- 
sonalities in  political  discussion.  No  men 
were  more  addicted  to  analysis  of  men  and 
motives  than  Demosthenes  and  Cicero.  In 
modern  times  Cobbett  was  perhaps  the  most 
violent  of  all  partisan  debaters.  He  loved 
to  coin  a  nickname,  and  for  years  he  pes- 
tered Erskine  with  his  second  title  of  Baron 
Clackmannan.  One  of  his  favorite  com- 
pendious expressions  was  "The  Sons  and 
Daughters  of  Corruption."  Seldom  has  there 
1)een  a  time  in  British  politics  when  prin- 
ciples were  not  subordinate  to  personalities. 
When  Sir  Robert  Peel  changed  his  attitude 
toward  the  Corn  Laws  Disraeli  believed 
himself  justified  not  only  in  attacking  the 
new  policy  but  in  ridiculing  and  satirizing 
its  author.  Gladstone  and  Disraeli  were 
continually  attacking  each  other,  and  it  was 
not  in  the  House  of  Commons  but  at  a  ban- 
quet that  Disraeli  went  out  of  his  way  to 
swat  his  powerful  opponent  when  he  de- 
scribed him  as  a  "sophistical  rhetorician 
inebriated  by  the  exuberance  of  his  own 
verbosity."  Coming  down  to  our  own  day, 
was  there  ever  a  time  in  American  history 


when  discussion  of  men  and  motives  was 
more  justifiable  than  in  the  recent  cam- 
paign? Dealing  with  the  Progressive  party 
we  were  dealing  chiefly  with  the  ambition 
and  pretensions  of  one  man.  Accepting 
that  man  at  his  own  valuation,  his  senti- 
ments might  have  been  deemed  worthy  of 
serious  consideration.  It  became  import- 
ant to  show  that  the  man  was  an  impostor 
and  that  nobody  was  more  sensible  of  the 
fallacy  of  his  sentiments  than  the  man  him- 
self. 


The  Colonel's  Consolation 

Colonel  Roosevelt  and  his  lieutenants 
would  have  us  believe  that  they  find  cause 
for  gratification  in  the  circumstance  that 
the  Bull  Moose  ticket  polled  more  votes 
than  the  Republican.  On  the  morning 
after  the  election  the  Colonel  had  a  very 
keen  eye  for  a  silver  lining  to  the  cloud  that 
darkened  Oyster  Bay.  But  the  Colonel 
we  may  be  sure  is  under  no  delusion  re- 
specting the  late  disaster.  The  Colonel  is 
an  excellent  interpreter  of  political  phenom- 
ena. He  understands  very  well  that  the 
strength  of  the  Republican  party  is  not  to 
be  judged  by  the  election  last  week.  The 
Democratic  landslide  made  possible  by  the 
split  in  the  Republican  party  received  a 
great  deal  of  impetus  from  voters  actuated 
not  by  dissatisfaction  with  President  Taft 
but  by  dread  of  the  great  proponent  of 
rule  or  ruin.  Eager  as  the  Colonel  may  be 
to  render  his  grief  less  poignant  he  will  find 
it  extremely  difficult  to  digest  his  present 
affliction.  Time,  the  great  comforter,  whose 
agency  is  exhaustion  may  soothe  the  Col- 
onel's feelings  during  the  Wilson  regime, 
but  the  Colonel's  egotism  is  not  to  be  easily 
depleted.  It  will  be  hard  for  him  to  realize 
that  he  has  shot  his  bolt.  The  Pinchots, 
the  Munseys  and  the  Uriah  Heep  of  the 
Harvester  Trust  may  succeed  in  convincing 
him  that  he  can  come  back  and  take  on  the 
appearance  of  a  menace  once  more.  But  we 
look  to  see  the  Colonel's  forces  disintegrate 
rapidly  long  before  the  end  of  the  Wilson 
term.  We  are  told  that  like  William  J. 
Bryan  he  will  continue  despite  his  defeat 
to  play  an  important  part  in  the  politics  of 
the  nation.  But  the  cases  of  Bryan  and 
Roosevelt  are  not  at  all  analogous.  The 
Colonel  had  the  misfortune  to  fall.  Bryan 
never  reached  the  crest  of  the  acclivity. 
There  was  about  the  Colonel  the  glamor  of 
the  winner;  he  was  the  Man  of  Destiny,  the 
invincible  captain,  the  impregnable  fortress 
that  had  never  been  taken.  Now  the  illu- 
sion is  dispelled.  The  hero  who  returned 
from  Elba  has  gone  the  route  to  Waterloo. 

Bryan's  Self-Revelation 

How  like  the  Hon.  William  J.  Bryan  was 
the  message  he  sent  to  Governor  Wilson  the 
morning  after  election  !    A  better  yardstick 


to  measure  the  Nebraskan  by  we  have  never 
seen.  "I  am  glad,"  he  said,  "to  report  that 
you  have  carried  my  State,  my  city  of  Lincoln 
and  my  precinct.  Your  success  here  adds 
to  my  enjoyment  of  your  national  victory." 
In  other  words,  I  am  glad  to  know  that  the 
honors  are  with  both  of  us.  Which  brings 
to  mind  the  observation  of  Lavater  that  he 
only  is  great  who  has  the  habits  of  great- 
ness; who,  after  performing  what  none  in 
ten  thousand  could  accomplish  passes  on 
like  Samson  and  tells  neither  father  nor 
mother  of  it.  Not  by  this  test  are  we  to 
form  an  estimate  of  the  great  man  who  has 
been  recommended  for  the  office  of  Sec- 
retary of  State.  Here  is  a  heavy  unimagina- 
tive sort  of  man  whose  flights  are  circum- 
scribed to  his  own  prospects.  When  it  is 
fitting  for  him  to  give  graceful  utterance  to 
himself,  so  wanting  is  he  in  ideas  that  noth- 
ing apart  from  his  own  routine  of  sensations 
presents  itself  to  say.  Mr.  Bryan  is  one  of 
those  men  who  are  eternally  clamorous  of 
their  own  exploits.  Trifles  in  the  abstract 
are  not  trifles  with  him,  but  subjects  of 
legitimate  interest  to  the  world,  and  the 
world  is  his  confessor  in  the  matter  of  his 
daily  actions.  Men  of  this  type  think  that 
you  are  interested  in  knowing  that  they 
take  a  bath  every  morning  and  that  they  eat 
a  light  breakfast.  They  will  attempt  to 
found  a  claim  to  distinction  on  a  fondness 
for  buttermilk.  It  is  to  Governor  Wilson's 
credit  that  he  sized  up  Mr.  Bryan  years  ago 
when  he  expressed  the  hope  that  the  Nebras- 
kan would  soon  be  knocked  into  a  cocked 
hat. 


What  Think  They  Now? 

Now  that  the  voice  of  the  people  has  been 
heard  it  would  be  interesting  to  know  what 
is  thought  of  it  at  this  time  by  certain 
eminent  citizens  who  have  been  telling  us  a 
long  time  that  public  opinion  is  the  real 
test  of  what  is  true  and  what  is  false.  We 
allude  of  course  to  Theodore  Roosevelt, 
Senator  Dixon  of  Montana,  Senator  Bourne  of 
Oregon,  Governor  Aldrich  of  Nebraska,  Gov- 
ernor Stubbs  of  Kansas  and  all  the  other  doc- 
trinaire job-chasers  who  have  insisted  that 
"everybody  was  cleverer  than  anybody,"  and 
who  have  been  left  stranded  by  the  ebbing  tide 
of  public  opinion  on  the  side  of  the  popular 
current.  These  gentlemen  never  had  anything 
to  say  of  the  rhythmical  movement  of  pub- 
lic opinion,  of  its  actions  and  reactions,  or 
of  the  need  of  judging  whereabouts  in  the 
oscillation  the  truth  was  to  be  found;  ac- 
cording to  their  philosophy  it  was  safe  to 
take  the  verdict  of  public  opinion  at  any 
time  on  any  subject.  Therefore  they  were 
in  favor  of  making  this  a  government  of 
public  opinion  with  facilities  for  registering 
it  on  the  slightest  provocation,  whether  for 
a  political  purpose  or  for  the  administering 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


November  16,  1912 


of  justice.  Ilencc,  too,  their  proposal  to 
make  the  Constitution  easily  susceptible  of 
change.  So  it  would  be  interesting  to  know 
what  now  is  thought  of  public  opinion  by 
the  universal  Crichton  who  was  snubbed 
on  election  day;  as  well  as  by  the  inflam- 
matory Dixon  who  used  to  say  that  the 
people  never  err,  and  by  J.  Bourne  who  once 
ofTered  a  prize  of  $1,000  for  the  best  essay 
setting  forth  why  jMr.  Roosevelt  should  have 
a  third  term.  We  fear  that  the  people  have 
alienated  some  of  their  best  friends  and 
warmest  admirers.  We  believe  that  if  Mr. 
Roosevelt  were  now  to  express  his  candid 
opinion  it  would  be  to  the  effect  that  the 
people  are  easily  duped,  fit  only  to  be  led 
or  driven. 


In  Behalf  of  the  Heavenly  Maid 

It  goes  without  saying  that  this  is  a 
music-loving  community.  We  love  brass 
bands  and  we  love  Italian  opera,  and  we 
are  tolerant  of  a  certain  kind  of  music  at 
our  meals.  All  sorts  of  tunes  appeal  to  the 
parochial  ear.  We  are  not,  however,  in  the 
highest  stage  of  musical  cultivation.  The 
delights  of  music  in  its  loftiest  development 
are  known  to  a  very  small  element  of  this 
community.  The  passion  for  orchestral 
music,  the  kind  that  gives  us  emotion, 
color,  atmosphere,  that  speaks  to  the  senses 
with  all  the  distinctness  of  a  painting  or  a 
poem,  is  not  widespread ;  indeed,  as  to  this 
kind  of  music  there  is  a  very  broad  virgin 
field  for  cultivation.  But,  thanks  to  the 
generosity  of  some  of  our  public-spirited 
citizens,  the  men  who  are  going  to  build  us 
an  opera  house,  our  education  is  no  longer 
neglected.  These  men  have  already  given 
us  a  superb  orchestra,  which  is  now  spread- 
ing the  light.  The  symphony  concerts  are 
stimulating  an  interest  in  the  musical  art,  as 
is  evidenced  from  the  growing  demand  for 
the  literature  of  music,  and  the  frequency 
with  which  one  hears  discussions  of 
academic  questions  pertaining  to  music.  In 
certain  circles  nowadays  not  to  be  able  to 
dispute  intelligently  as  to  the  proper  func- 
tion of  a  symphony,  or  to  be  ignorant  of  the 
nature  of  the  dispute  between  Wagner  and 
Nietzsche,  or  of  the  relative  merits  of  Ber- 
lioz and  Bach  is  to  argue  oneself  hopelessly 
uncultured.  This  is  one  of  the  good  signs 
of  the  times.  San  Francisco  is  becoming 
curious  about  the  mysteries  of  music  and 
the  aims  and  philosophy  of  the  master  com- 
posers. Also  Herr  Hadley  is  surely  enlarg- 
ing his  clientele.  In  the  circumstances  we 
make  bold  to  venture  a  suggestion,  and  it 
is  this, — that  greater  effort  be  made  to  pop- 
ularize the  so-called  "Pop"  concerts.  The 


"Pop"  concerts  should  serve  as  a  prepar- 
atory school  to  the  regulation  symphony 
concerts,  and  they  should  be  made  more  in 
the  nature  of  the  European  promenade  con- 
certs to  which  in  a  measure  they  correspond. 
Now  to  make  .symphony  concerts  popular 
it  is  not  sufficient  to  bring  the  music  within 
the  comprehension  of  the  plain  people;  it 
is  necessary  to  lure  the  public,  esjiecially  of 
the  feminine  gender.  In  other  words  San 
Francisco  is  in  need  not  only  of  an  opera 
house  but  of  a  symphony  hall.  It  is  a 
(piestion  whether  symphonies  can  be  en- 
joyed to  the  utmost  in  an  ordinary  theatre. 
There  are  adventitious  aids  to  the  enjoy- 
ment of  music.  An  oratorio  sung  in  a 
church  where  it  moves  many  to  tears  and 
causes  them  to  raise  their  eyes  to  heaven 
in  pious  ecstasy  is  quite  different  from  the 
same  oratorio  sung  in  a  theatre.  Wagner 
we  are  told  cannot  be  heard  anywhere  as 
well  as  at  Bayreuth  where  there  is  atmo- 
sphere for  the  religious-minded  who  may 
listen  to  the  music  as  to  a  sacred  ritual  at 
which  they  are  assisting.  And  so  though 
we  realize  that  it  is  imposing  on  generosity 
and  good  nature  to  suggest  to  the  gentle- 
men who  have  given  us  a  fine  symphony 
orchestra  and  who  are  going  to  give  us  an 
opera  house,  that  a  concert  hall  would  add 
to  the  joy  of  living  hereabouts  we  feel  as- 
sured that  even  if  they  heed  not  the  sug- 
gestion they  will  appreciate  the  spirit  in 
which  it  is  made. 


Some  Simplified  Spelling 

The  simplified  spellers,  jirominent  among 
whom  is  that  fantastic  scholar  David  Starr 
Jordan,  have  been  making  great  progress  of 
late.  They  have  reached  a  point  where  their 
absurdity  is  apparent  e\  en  to  the  unlettered. 
Possessed  of  the  notion  that  they  ought  to 
make  spelling  easier  and  consistent,  and 
make  words  look  better,  they  have  invented 
a  system  which  compasses  none  of  their 
objects.  How  great  has  been  their  failure 
may  be  seen  almost  at  a  glance  by  laying 
before  you  the  ballad  of  "John  Gilpin"  as  the 
reformers  would  have  us  spell  it.  Here  are 
a  few  verses  which  the  reformers  have 
printed  in  a  little  book  containing  their  ar- 
guments in  favor  of  spelling  reform  : 

He  sunn  replied,  "I  dii  atlmicr 

Of  woomanciend  but  wun, 
And  yu  ar  she,  mi  deerest  deer, 

Thairfor  it  shal  be  diin." 
****** 

John  Gilpin  cist  hiz  hiving  wicf; 

Oerjoid  woz  he  tu  fiend 
That,  tho  on  plezhcr  she  woz  bent. 

She  had  a  fruugal  micnd. 


So  thrc  dorz  of  the  shaiz  woz  staid 

Whair  thai  did  aul  get  in; 
Sics  preshus  soelz,  and  aul  agog 

To  dash  thru  thic  and  thin. 
****** 

Aa  lucles  speech,  and  buutles  boest 

For  which  he  paid  ful  deer; 
For,  whiel  he  spaic,  a  braiing  ,'is 

Did  sing  moest  loud  and  cleer. 
****** 

Nou  let  us  sing,  long  liv  the  Cing 

.A.nd  Gilpin,  long  liv  he! 
And  when  he  necst  duth  ricd  abraud. 

Mail  I  be  thair  tu  se! 

We  used  to  laugh  at  Artemus  Ward,  and 
he  wasn't  half  as  funny  as  these  simplified 
spellers.  It  is  evident  on  the  most  casual 
examination  that  Jordan  and  his  confreres 
are  not  consistent,  a  man  may  run  and  see 
that  they  have  not  made  words  prettier, 
nor  is  the  logic  of  the  alterations  always 
apparent.  If  the  word  two  should  be  changed 
to  tu  why  should  the  word  frugal  be  changed 
to  fruugal.  And  if  beauty  and  ease  are 
desiderata  consider  the  line  "Whot  nyues? 
What  nyuez?  yuer  tiedingz  tel."  Why  the 
consonant  c  which  has  two  sounds  should 
be  substituted  for  k  which  has  only  one 
sound  is  a  mystery  that  passeth  understand- 
ing. P.eing  almost  a  circle  c  is  a  more  beau- 
tiful letter  than  k,  but  assuredly  it  does  not 
improve  the  appearance  of  all  words  in  which 
it  is  substituted.  For  instance  "woomanciend" 
is  not  as  pretty  as  it  should  be.  We  are 
told  that  simplified  spelling  will  save  a 
great  deal  of  time  in  a  child's  education,  but 
we  are  of  the  opinion  that  children  will  find 
simplified  spelling  quite  as  difficult  to  master 
as  complex  spelling.  And  we  are  not 
at  all  sorry,  now  that  we  have  seen  speci- 
mens of  the  reformers'  handiwork  in  verse. 
Nay,  it  is  comforting  to  find  that  they  have 
made  such  a  botch  of  the  language,  for  at 
first  they  filled  us  with  something  of  dread. 
Now  language  is  far  more  than  an  ar- 
bitrary arrangement  of  symbols  and 
sounds  for  representing  and  communicating 
thought.  It  is  a  thing  of  picturesque 
growth,  full  of  sentimental  interest.  Words 
are  landmarks  on  the  roads  that  nationalities 
have  traveled.  They  remind  us  of  the 
progress  of  human  speech  and  the  develop- 
ment of  human  thought.  To  alter  deriva- 
tive spelling  is  to  efface  the  history  of  a 
word,  to  weaken  its  significance  and  destroy 
its  suggestiveness.  These  considerations 
may  be  of  no  importance  to  a  Jordan  or  a 
Carnegie,  but  to  men  who  realize  that  man- 
kind live  not  by  science  and  mechanics 
alone  the  preservation  of  language  un- 
marred  is  deemed  a  very  worthy  object  of 
earnest  solicitude. 


For  Sappho 


By  Wilton  Agnew  Barrett 


One  noon  I  sat  and  sang  to  j'ou 
(Over  our  heads  the  roses  blew), 
I  touched  as  in  wild  dream  my  lyre. 

The  music  I  drew  forth  was  fire, 

.\nd  fire  the  words  that  sought  my  tongue- 

Ah!  I  was  your  lover  and  mad  and  young. 


You  leaned  on  the  marble  and  looked  at  me 
(Over  our  heads  the  roses  blew), 
My  song  was  the  lure  and  beauty  of  you- 

Like  flame  beneath  thin  ivory! 

But  ever  your  burning  eyes  would  scan 

The  sea  for  the  Lesbian  ferryman. 


November  16,  1912 


"Dick"  Tobin  is  our  prcux  clicvalicr  of  polo. 
As  Kipling  put  it  about  the  captain  of  the  Lusli- 
kar  team,  he  plays  across  a  polo  field  like  a 
lambent  flame.  A  golfer  too  is  "Dick"  Tobin ;  in 
fact,  a  lover  of  all  healthy  outdoor  activities. 

But  unlike  many  others  of  his  set  "Dick"  Tobin 
is  not  exclusively  an  open  air  man.  Can  j'ou 
picture  Walter  Hobart  at  a  chamber  concert? 
Or  burning  the  midnight  oil  over  a  volume  of 
Chesterton?  There  is  no  such  difficulty  in  the 
case  of  "Dick"  Tobin.  Unroll  the  scroll  of  his 
busy  and  interesting  life,  examine  what  he  has 
accomplished,  study  his  position — and  you  will 
find  that  his  has  been,  from  every  angle,  an 
eminently  satisfactory  career.  He  stands  at  the 
forefront  of  a  banking  institution  known  all  over 
the  world;  he  has  cultivated  the  rare  art  of  con- 
versation; he  has  the  instinct  of  graceful  hos- 
pitality; he  is  prominent  among  our  connoisseurs 
of  literature,  painting  and  music. 

His  love  of  music  has  brought  his  name 
into  the  public  prints  a  good  deal  of  late. 
Noticing  that.  I  paid  him  a  visit  at  the  Hibernia 
Bank.  I  went  to  talk  with  Richard  M.  Tobin 
because  he  is  active  in  the  affairs  of  tlie 
Musical  Association  of  San  Francisco.  That 
body  has  given  us  our  symphony  orchestra 
and  is  now  busily  engaged  in  preparing 
plans  for  a  magnificent  opera  house.  Richard  M. 
Tobin  is  one  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the 
association.  More  than  that,  he  is  on  the  music 
committee.  So  he  is  having  much  to  ■  do,  and 
will  in  the  future  have  a  great  deal  more  to  do, 
with  directing  and  improving  the  musical  taste 
of  this  by  no  means  musically  benighted  com- 
munity. The  views  of  such  a  man  on  the  artistic 
outlook  in  San  Francisco,  particularly  in  so  far 
as  music  is  concerned,  should  prove  very  inter- 
esting. 

"Residence  in  California  is  accompanied  by 
many  delights  and  many  benefits."  he  began. 
"Nowhere  is  there  a  more  lovely  climate  and  no- 
where are  the  beauties  of  nature  so  entrancing. 
Californians  have  nothing  to  regret  so  far  as 
the  natural  advantages  of  their  State  and  its 
climate  are  concerned.  We  do  lack,  liowever, 
artistic  resources  and  interests.  The  thing  that 
makes  one  feel  most  our  remoteness  from  the 
centers  of  civilization  is  the  very  rare  op- 
portunities we  have  of  listening  to  the  opera,  of 
hearing  good  music  in  other  forms,  of  seeing 
the  best  plays  and  the  drama  in  its  classic  form, 
and  of  looking  at  beautiful  pictures.  This  ab- 
sence of  artistic  interest  and  aesthetic  resources, 
it  must  be  frankly  confessed,  is  a  drawback  to 
life  in  California.  1  believe  that  it  is  this  dis- 
advantage that  has  led  so  many  men  who  have 
become  rich  here  to  take  their  families  to  live 
in  other  parts  of  the  world.  The  absence  of  in- 
tellectual and  artistic  pleasures  is  particularly 
hard  upon  women  who  are  so  much  more  de- 
veloped upon  that  side  than  men  are,  and  who 
moreover  have  not  the  material  resources  of  busi- 
ness aflfairs. 

"The  attractions  that  Europe  has  for  Americans 
arc  the  great  art  galleries,  the  opera,  the  splendid 
music  festivals.  The  need  of  this  country  is  to 
develop  artistically.  This  is  what  Colonel  Roose- 
velt meant  when  he  pointed  out  in  one  of  his 
speeches  at  Berkeley  that  men  of  the  type  of 
St.  Gaudens  were  the  really  great  contemporary 
Americans. 

"Consider  the  matter  of  painting,  .'or  instance. 


TOWN  TALK 

Varied  Types 

C— RICHARD  M.  TOBIN 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

A  writer  in  the  Nation  points  out  that  a  collec- 
tion made  of  all  the  great  paintings  of  Americans 
would  not  bear  comparison  with  the  collection 
of  any  one  of  the  principal  European  cities.  He 
affirms  that  American  art  collections  are  consid- 
erable only  in  the  Dutch  school.  There  is  in  the 
whole  of  America  only  one  Botticelli  of  note. 

"I  think  it  is  plain  that  a  realization  of  this 
deficiency  has  become  general  within  the  last  ten 
or  fifteen  years.  Up  to  that  time  no  very  great 
enthusiasm  for  art  had  been  exhibited  in  this 
country,  either  by  the  nation  or  by  its  citizens. 
We  all  know  how  severely  those  who  brought 
great  masterpieces  of  art  into  this  country  were 
penalized  by  the  fatuous  practice  of  imposing  a 
huge  duty  on  works  of  art.    It  is  said  that  the 


KICH.\RD    M.  TORIN 
beautiful    collection    of    Mrs,    Gardener  aluKist 
ruined  her  in  custom  duties,  though  it  must  be 
plain  that  her  superb  possessions  will  one  day 
become  the  property  of  the  nation. 

"Boston  and  New  York,  as  cities,  have  set  us 
a  very  good  example.  The  occasion  of  my  first 
visit  to  Boston  was  to  hear  the  Boston  Symphony 
Orchestra  play,  and  to  see  the  frescoes  in  the 
public  library.  I  should  have  felt  well  rewarded 
if  the  journey  had  been  as  far  as  Pekin.  These 
two  accomplishments  in  art  are  sufficient  to  give 
Boston  a  very  high  place  among  the  cities  of 
America. 

"New  York  is  manifesting  a  similar  enthusiasm. 
The  collection  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  be- 
comes year  by  year  more  interesting  and 
precious.  The  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of  the  rich  public-spirited 
citizens  in  New  York,  has  now  a  season  which  in 
many  ways  is  unequalled  in  Europe.  Two  fine 
orchestras  are  supported  by  similar  means.  Mr. 
Pulitzer  in  his  will  left  a  bequest  of  $400,000  to  the 
New  York  Philharmonic.  The  history  of  the 
New  Theatre  is  a  striking  example  of  what  sac- 
rifices New  Yorkers  are  ready  to  make  to  in- 
crease the  charm  and  the  artistic  interest  of  their 
city.    Through    the    personal    influence    of  Mr. 


Morgan  the  sum  of  over  $2,000,000  was  collected 
in  the  hope  of  founding  an  American  Comedie 
Erancaise.  And  now  San  Francisco  seems  to 
have  become  animated  by  the  same  inspiration. 

"Two  years  ago  a  symphony  orchestra  was  or- 
ganized here,  and  through  the  munificence  of 
some  three  hundred  of  our  citizens  has  been 
placed  upon  what  we  may  hope  is  a  permanent 
basis.  It  has  given  a  great  deal  of  the  best  kind 
of  pleasure  to  those  who  love  classic  music.  We 
have  a  great  many  musicians  here  who  deserve 
tlie  name  of  artists  in  its  highest  sense.  These 
have  been  assembled  in  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra  and  under  tlie  leadership  of  Mr.  Hadley 
have  after  a  short  existence  of  less  than  two 
years  begun  to  play  in  a  manner  that  may  be 
compared  to  the  best  orchestras  of  our  country. 
The  performance  that  was  given  of  Richard 
Strauss'  tone  poem,  'Death  and  Transfiguration' 
may  well  have  been  a  source  of  pride  and  satis- 
faction to  everybody  who  has  hopes  for  the  ar- 
tistic development  of  this  city.  The  manner  in 
which  the  public  has  supported  the  enterprise 
shows  how  anxious  the  people  here  are  for  good 
music  and  how  appreciative  when  it  is  given. 

"The  success  of  the  Symphony  Society  has.  I 
believe,  been  the  inspiration  for  the  creation  of 
an  opera  house.  San  Francisco  is  fortunate  to 
linsses.s  among  its  citizens  one  who  combines 
public  spirit  witli  ability  and  constancy  of  pur- 
pose, and  wlio  enjoys  moreover  to  a  high  degree 
the  confidence  and  gratitude  of  his  fellow  citizens, 
.Mr,  Crocker  modestly  depreciates  the  difficulties 
of  his  undertaking;  but  the  fact  remains  that  in 
;i  very  short  space  of  time  he  has  secured  con- 
tributions to  the  extent  of  over  $600,000  towards 
tlic  purpose  of  the  opera  house.  The  contributors 
of  this  vast  sum  will  receive  no  material  ad- 
vantage in  return,  except  the  privilege  of  being- 
permitted  to  purchase  their  own  boxes  for  such 
performances  as  may  be  given. 

"The  erection  of  this  opera  house  is  the  one 
tiling  tiiat  could  have  made  possible  the  perform- 
ance of  opera  in  San  Francisco.  In  order  to  in- 
duce the  management  of  the  great  opera  organ- 
izations in  the  East  to  bring  their  artists  here, 
and  to  face  the  great  initial  loss  involved  by  the 
journey,  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  have  a 
liouse  large  enough  to  hold  an  audience  sufficient 
in  size  to  insure  an  adequate  return.  None  of  our 
theatres  could  possible  have  held  such  an 
audience.  In  an  opera  house  such  as  is  planned 
I  believe  we  may  expect  a  yearly  visit  from  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  Company,  which  means  of 
course  performances  given  by  the  greatest  of 
living  artists, 

"Moreover  a  home  will  be  provided  for  or- 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


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November  16,  1912 


Perspective  Impressions 


Among  all  the  fools  a  mysterious  Providence 
lets  live  the  freak-election-bet  fool  takes  idiotic 
precedence. 


We  shall  not  suffer  from  the  war  until  the 
supply  of  Turkish  tobacco  runs  out. 


Turkish  rugs,  however,  will  be  as  plentiful  as 
ever,  for  the  simple  reason  that  most  of  them 
are  made  in  this  country. 


We  bet  there  isn't  a  school  boy  in  San  Fran- 
cisco who  can  bound  Albania.  Or  who  knows 
where  Macedonia  begins  and  ends. 


The  Crown  Prince  of  Greece  has  cleaned  his 
name  from  that  old  blot  of  cowardice;  the  cap- 
ture  of  Saloniki   gives  him   a   new  start. 


Is  Ambassador  Bryce  afraid  that  President 
Wilson  will  try  to  talk  history  to  him? 


W  ill  the  sentimentalists  please  shed  a  few  tears 
for  Ortie  McManigal?  Those  souvenir  spoons 
prove  that  a  murderous  dynamiter  may  be  a  good 
husband. 


Xot  the  most  attractive  feature  of  woman 
suffrage  is  the  female  c.xhortcr  of  the  campaign 
stump. 


Probably  Governor  Johnson  never  had  a 
tougher  job  than  that  of  writing  this  year's 
Thanksgiving  Day  proclamation. 


Lost  or  strayed  but  certainly  not  stolen  a 
jimmy  gartield.  Disappeared  somewhere  between 
Chicago  and  .'\rmageddon. 


Goverfior  Johnson  lost  his  home  town  ancl 
was  beaten  in  his  own  precinct,  and  Lieutenant 
Governor  Wallace  was  unmercifully  scratched  in 
Los  Angeles.  Thus  we  learn  that  where  they 
are  best  known,  they  are  least  liked. 


If  Mr.  Wilson  can  play  ball  without  squinting 
too  much  at  the  grand  stand  he's  all  right. 


He  is  dead,  his  red  lips  will  never  kiss  again,  his 
proud  eyes  are  closed  forever,  so  why  give  way. 
oh,  Katranida?  Why  give  the  grace,  the  youth, 
all  the  beauty  that  you  have,  to  be  food  for  the 
worms  that  consume  his  body?" 

But  the  Saracen  woman,  wrapping  herself  in 
her  sorrow,  heard  not  a  word.  She  hurried  out 
of  the  fortress.  Her  face  was  like  a  milkwhitc 
stone,  and  the  black  light  of  her  eyes  seemed  to 
overflow  with  tears. 

The  mourning  scarf  that  she  wore  knotted  on 
her  forehead  floated  out  behind  her,  catching 
here  and  there  on  the  rough  walls  as  she  ran  down 
the  narrow  street,  and  the  terrified  slave  who 
was  following  her  tried  in  vain  to  catch  the  frail 
stuff  to  stop  her  flight. 

All  at  once,  below  them,  the  galley  appeared, 
the  flaming  brilliance  of  its  graceful  sails  rising 
and  falling  on  the  deep  blue  of  the  waves. 

.At  that  instant  the  funeral  train  appeared  at 
the  landing  place.  The  steep  descent  of  the  nar- 
row street  threw  the  procession  into  disorder. 
Staggering  at  every  step,  the  bearers  of  the  great 
coffin  kept  their  feet  with  difficulty,  now  and  again 
catching  up  the  pall  of  black  velvet  that  kept  slip- 
ping from  its  place. 

Sorrowful  voices  chanted  a  dirge,  accompained 
by  the  sound  of  wind  instruments,  and  in  the 
pauses  of  the  music  could  be  heard  the  clank  of 
armor  and  the  heavy  rhythm  of  the  men's  tread. 
Before  them  the  standard  flashed  among  the 
bared  swords. 

At  the  sight  Katranida  faltered.  Up  till  that 
time  it  had  seemed  to  her  like  the  fluttering  of 
sinister  wings,  a  misfortune  which  had  been  pre- 
dicted but  which  left  the  dead  erect  and  free. 
This  cruel  sight  crushed  her  with  its  definiteness : 
a  prisoner  of  the  coffin. 

Breath  failed  the  Un'ing  woman,  who  tottered 
back  with  her  arms  spread  out  like  a  cross  against 
the  burning  whiteness  of  the  wall,  and  her  head 
nodded  as  if  she  would  still  deny  the  reality. 

At  the  foot  of  the  declivity  the  voices  took 
up  again  the  cadence  of  the  song  and  order  was 
reestablished  in  the  cortege,  which  spread  out 
into  a  procession  on  the  same  jetty  near  the  gal- 
ley. 

Round  about,  from  the  roofs  of  the  terraced 
houses,  in  all  the  open  space  and  on  the  quay,  the 
crowd  of  Saracens  looked  on,  grave  and  silent. 
The  dead  adversary  was  allowed  to  go,  the  mag- 
nificent enemy  so  admired  by  those  whom  he  had 
fought  agains  that  they  called  him:   The  Great 


The  Splendid  Knight 

By  Judith  Gautier  (From  the  French) 

Count,  the  Splendid  Kniglu,  the  King  of  the 
P'ranks,  and  even  the  Little  God  of  the  Chris- 
tians. He  had  so  longed  to  sleep  the  great  sleep 
down  there  in  La  Pouille.  near  his  illustrious 
father,  Robert  Guiscard,  and  his  noble  ancestors; 
let  him  go  then,  and  might  Allah  have  mercy  on 
him ! 

.•\  group  of  knights,  the  points  of  their  lances 
lowered,  pressed  around  the  coffin.  Heralds  pre- 
ceded it,  sending  forth  a  loud  fanfare;  they 
stepped  upon  the  galley,  and  the  knights  began  at 
once  to  take  their  places  on  the  unsteady  deck, 
directing  the  dangerous  embarkation  of  the  great 
coffin.  After  them  the  s(|uires  and  men-at-arms 
embarked,  and  the  rest  of  the  funeral  was  left  on 
shore. 

Katranida,  as  if  chains  were  tugging  at  her 
heart,  advanced,  pushing  aside  the  arms  that 
barred  her  passage.  One  of  the  knights  took  her 
part:  "Come,  since  you  weep,  fair  infidel,"  and 
she  passed  on  board,  quickly  drawing  her  long, 
black  veil  over  her  face,  hiding  her  tears. 

Presently  the  galley  started  with  all  its  white 
sails  set,  and  gradually  the  lamentation  of  those 
who  remained  grew  fainter;  the  "amens"  of  the 
deacons  kneeling  in  the  great  tower  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  floated  solemnly  over  the  heads  of  all. 

An  awning  of  gold  brocade,  draped  with  black 
cloth,  now  sheltered  the  coffin,  and  on  it,  in  the 
midst  of  the  black  velvet,  lay  the  great  and  terri- 
ble sword  of  Bohemond.  The  sun  was  mirrored 
in  its  long  blade,  which  sent  forth  a  thousand 
blinding  flashes. 

While  the  white  Laodicean  disappeared  in  the 
golden  mist,  the  knights,  seated  in  a  circle  about 
the  coffin,  their  hands  resting  on  their  lances, 
deplored  with  tearful  voices  the  loss  of  their 
prince  and,  in  a  sorrowful  litany,  retold  the  great 
deeds  of  his  glorious  life:  the  arrival  from  the 
West  of  the  renowned  Norman  prince  Bohemond, 
son  of  Robert  Guiscard;  his  entry  into  Constanti- 
nople, in  company  with  Godefroy  of  Tancredia 
and  other  noble  and  puissant  crusaders;  then  the 
alliance  with  the  Grecian  emporer,  Ale.xis  Com- 
nene,  who  was  terrified  by  his  guests  and  made 
them  fair  promises  and  great  vows;  the  conquest 
of  Antioch,  of  which  Bohemond  became  sovereign 
prince,  the  pillage,  the  booty,  the  incalculable 
riches  and  the  extravagant  luxuries,  the  wild 
orgies,  the  crimes  before  which  heaven  and  earth 
had  tretnbled;  then  the  dark  days,  the  terrible 
sieges  and  the  fearful  privations  they  had  made 
the  Saracens  endure;  finally  how  they  had  been 


crushed  by  number^,  betrayed  by  the  emperor 
who  foreswore  his  vows  and  g;i\e  tliem  into  cap- 
tivity and  death. 

Groaning,  they  tore  their  hair  and  beards  and 
beat  upon  their  breasts. 

The  Arab  sailors  looked  at  them  impassively 
and  heard  without  understanding. 

Katranida,  leaning  against  the  mast,  was  fasci- 
nated by  a  bare  corner  of  the  coffin  that  the 
drapery,  blown  by  the  wind,  had  left  uncovered. 

She  hurried  forward  to  wind  her  arms  about 
it,  to  set  her  lips  upon  it,  and  her  heart  was  as  if 
broken  by  the  feeling  of  horror  that  drove  her 
from  her  well  beloved.  Her  love  hurled  itself 
against  the  wall  of  the  irreparable  that  shut  out 
the  future.  There  could  be  nothing  more  for  all 
time,  and  a  flood  of  tears  carried  her  back  to  the 
past. 

In  her  turn,  in  a  broken  and  trembling  voice 
that  grew  stronger  little  by  little,  she  herself  t(dd 
what  she  knew  of  the  dead  hero,  while  the  Arab 
sailors,  disturbed  at  their  work,  listened  to  her 
with  knitted  brows. 

"Have  I  not  been  the  greatest  victim  of  this 
victor? — even  to  the  very  day  when,  after  a  super- 
human struggle,  he  was  conquered?  Shy  and  cur- 
ious. I  wanted  to  see  the  captives  of  my  father, 
the  Sultan  Soliman.  I  pressed  my  face  to  the 
barred  window  of  the  dungeon  where  they  were; 
but  I  stayed  there  longer  than  I  should  have  done, 
fascinated  with  admiration. 

"Bohemond  did  not  seem  to  belong  to  the  hu- 
man race,  and  surely  the  world  has  never  see- 
another  such  as  he.  Taller  by  a  cubit  than  his 
companions,  his  appearance  was  terrifying,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  though  one  could  not  say  why, 
it  was  gracious  and  gentle  as  that  of  a  little  child. 
His  skin  was  of  a  wonderful  whiteness,  with  a 
little  flush  of  red  in  the  cheeks;  his  beard  was 
line    and    of   a   golden    color;    his    silken  ctirl- 

(Continued  on   Page  21.) 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Xovcmbcr  16,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


7 


Correspondence 


A  Voice  From  Uskub 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  am  a  Greek  and  I 
wish  to  protest  against  the  nonsense  which  Dr. 
Jordan  has  been  uttering  about  the  uprising 
against  Turkey.  He  says  that  the  penple  who 
have  been  under  Turkish  despotism  ouglit  t"  be 
more  patient.  1  lived  former'y  in  Uskub  and  1 
have  a  brother  there  now  whose  tongue  was  cut 
out  by  Turks  for  refusing  to  tell  where  he  kept 
arms  and  ammunition.  He  had  neither,  and  there 
was  nothing  for  him  to  tell  but  he  lost  his 
tongue  nevertheless  and  both  his  arms  were 
broken.  My  brother's  case  is  but  one  of  many. 
If  Dr.  Jordan  knew  something  of  the  cruelties 
which  the  Turks  have  been  inflicting  on  Christians 
in  the  Balkan  States  he  would  know  why 
patience  is  not  a  virtue  there.  The  (iveeks  and 
the  Bulgarians  are  fighting  not  merely  for  their 
liberty  but  for  freedom  from  l)rutality,  .ind  tliey 
have  sufifered  so  mucli  that  they  will  win.  It  is 
preferable  to  die  on  the  battlefield  than  to  be 
tortured  to  deaih  in  the  street,  'i'he  fall  of 
Uskub  is  a  very  good  sign.  Owing  to  its  posi- 
tion al  the  junction  of  several  valleys  and  roads 
this  town  has  always  been  a  place  of  great 
strategic  imporlance  from  tin-  days  when  it  was 
the  capital  of  the  great  Servian  l-".mpire  of 
Stephen  Dusan  down  to  the  present  time.  Dur- 
ing the  heydaj  of  the  Ottoman  iiower  Uskub 
was  a  name  of  terror  for  all  Christendom.  It 
was  there  that  the  Sidtan  o:  lieglerbeg  of  Rum- 
cli;i  gathered  the  Turkish  armies  when  contem- 
plating a  fresh  raid  into  Europe.  It  is  still  a 
place  of  great  imijortance.  It  is  situated  on  both 
banks  of  the  Vardar,  which  is  crossed  by  several 
bridges.  The  massive  Inown  walls  of  Czar  Dus- 
an's  citadel  rising  up  (Uit  of  the  sluggish  river, 
crowned  with  the  dazzling  white  Konak,  the  bar- 
racks and  other  public  buildings  and  the  opales- 
cent outlines  of  the  mighty  Sehar  Dagh  in  the 


background  form  one  of  the  most  striking  sights 
in  the  Balkan  land.  Uskub  is  a  meeting  point  of 
many  races,  many  creeds  and  many  political 
aspirations,  and  the  various  discordant  elements 
which  make  up  Macedonia  are  all  represented 
there.  The  most  conspicuous  part  of  the  popula- 
tion  are   soldiers.    Soldiers  arc  everywhere. 

Yours  truly, 

— An  E.xile. 


No  Bad  Books  for  Children 

Itditor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  I  notice  .i  tel- 
egraphic despatch  in  one  of  your  papers  stating 
that  cert.nin  books  for  chilclren  h:i\e  been  b.'irred 
from  the  |)ublic  library  of  W  ashington,  D.  C.  1 
am  glad  to  see  that  the  library  authorities  of  the 
capital  are  following  the  e.vample  which  L(js  .An- 
geles set  ten  years  ago.  I  should  be  very  glad 
also  to  learn  that  San  Francisco's  public  library 
was  considering  the  same  step.  \'ou  need  such 
n  slrictive  measures  much  more  than  we  do.  In 
the  Los  .\ngeles  public  library  the  following 
"juveniles"  are  barred:  Oliver  Optic  series, 
Horatio  Alger  books.  College  Sjiort  series.  Jack 
Ranger  series.  Boy  Hunter  series,  Dare  Well 
series,  Motor  Girl  series.  Dorothy  Dale  series, 
Dorothy  Dainty  series,  L.  T.  Meade  series.  The 
"Pansy"  ;ind  the  "Elsie"  books  were  never  al- 
lowed at  all.  There  was  talk  of  excluding  "The 
h'ive  Little  Peppers,"  but  it  w;is  reluctantly  al- 
lowed to  sta)'.  The  idea  in  our  city  is  to  keep 
these  books  aw.ay  from  the  young  so  that  they 
may  have  more  time  to  read  "Sanford  and  Mer- 
ti  n"  and  other  stories  which  instruct  wdiile  they 
entertain.  \'ou  h.ive  a  lot  of  badly  behaved  chil- 
dren in  your  city,  and  much  of  their  misbehavior 
is  due  to  their  reading.  Hadn't  you  better  do  as 
Li  s  .\ngeles  has  done? 

Very  sincerely. 

— A  Los  .Angeles  Woman. 


The  Bulgarian  Czar 

Editor  Town  Talk.  Dear  Sir:  You  seem  sur- 
prised that  Czar  Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria  should 
suddenly  loom  so  large  on  the  European  horizon. 
Have  you  forgotten  his  lineage?  His  grand- 
father was  Louis- Philippe,  one  of  the  cleverest 
men  of  his  time.  His  mother  was  the  Princess 
Clementine  who  married  the  Duke  of  Coburg- 
Kohary.  Louis  regarded  her  as  the  most  highly 
endowed  of  his  daughters.  Queen  Victoria  was 
very  fond  of  her,  and  a  distinguished  diplomat 
once  said  of  her  that  she  was  "Alexander  Ill's 
nightmare,  F'rancis  Joseph's  bog,  Bismarck's 
sleeping  draught  and  one  of  the  three  clever 
women  of  Europe."  Is  it  any  wonder  that  her 
son  should  achieve  outstanding  greatness? 
Respectfully, 

— The  Genealogist. 


Marble  Days  on  Oak  Mound 

Ukiah,  Cal.,  Xovendx-r  9,  1912. 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Anent  the  character 
sketch  (if  .Attorney  Thomas  B.  Dozier,  which  ap- 
])ears  in  this  week's  issue  of  Town  Talk,  the  en- 
closed clipping  from  the  Ukiah  Times  of  June  27 
may  be  of  interest  to  you,  as  it  gives  a  sort  of 
flashlight  of  him  thirty  years  ago.  When  a 
student  of  Oak  Mound,  young  Dozier  did  not 
thumb  the  \-ocabuIarics  of  his  Cicero  and  Virgil 
in  \ain.  I'ranklin  K.  Lane,  Garret  \V.  McEn- 
erncy,  Theodore  .\.  Bell,  "Copper  King"  Burrage, 
Professor  .\dolpli  C.  Miller,  Dean  Sharp  of  the 
College  of  Dentistry,  h'rank  Mathieu  and  other 
celebrities  knuckled  marbles  on  the  Oak  Mound 
grounds  when  they  were  young.  "Haec  olim 
meminisse  juvabit."     1  .am. 

Very  truly  yours. 

— F.  O.  Mower. 


Sittings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Sig^nifcant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


Elevators  in  the  Forum 

It  is  permissable  for  this  once  to  repeat  the  Lc- 
clcsiastes  chestnut.  "Nothing  new  under  the  sun." 
The  Romans  had  twelve  elevators  in  the  Forum. 
Professor  Boni.  the  archaeologist,  discovered  one 
built  fifty  years  before  our  era  began.  It  con- 
sisted of  a  wooden  platform  and  was  raised  and 
lowered  by  ropes  and  pulleys  which  were  worked 
by  a  capstan  in  the  subterranean  corridors  .jt  the 
Forum.  And  yet  it  is  an  exceptional  Latin 
scholar  who  could  tell  you  ofThand  the  Ciceronian 
word  for  "lift." 


Knox  Made  a  Hit 

Secretary  of  State  Knox  made  a  great  hit  with 
the  Japanese  Government  when  he  delivered  in 
person  the  condolences  of  the  American  Govern- 
ment on  the  death  of  the  Mikado.    Among  other 


J,  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 

/■New  York  Stock  Exchange 
)  New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
Members<  Board  of  Trade 

VThe  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  S.  F. 

Main    Office— MILLS    BUILDING,    ban  Francisco 

Branch  Offices— Los  Angeles,  San  Diego.  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore..  Seattle,  Wash.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


nice  things  he  said:  "The  late  Mikado's  nanu-  will 
lie  remendiered  in  histcn'v  for  all  time  as  .great 
among  the  world's  greatest  men.  The  people; 
of  .America  with  one  heart  and  mind  profoundly 
sympathize  with  Japan  in  her  deep  bereavement 
and  at  the  same  time  they  rejoice  with  the  Japan- 
ese people  in  that  the  halo  which  is  lighted  about 
Mutsuhito's  n.ime  v\ill  .grow  in  glory  and  bril- 
liance with  the  coming  of  the  ages."  These  words 
,ire  being  repeated  approvingly  all  over  Nippon, 
riiey  have  a  diflferent  ring  from  the  formal  re- 
grets delivered  by  representatives  of  other  gov- 
ernments. The  new  Mikado  has  ordered  that 
they  be  written  in  the  imperial  record  book  kept 
in  the  inner  palace  and  also  that  they  be  inscribed 
on  the  monument  over  the  dead  Emperor's  grave. 


Why  Nogi  Died 

General  Nogi  committed  suicide  following  the 
death  of  the  Japanese  Emperor  because  he  felt 
that  lie  had  disgraced  himself  by  losing  a  regi- 
mental flag  during  the  Saigo  Rebellion.  This  fact 
has  come  to  light  through  the  publication  of  a 
letter  the  (jeneral  wrote  immediately  before  kill- 
ing himxlf.  The  incident  happened  when  he 
was  a  ytiim.g  man,  but  lie  never  got  over  it.  al- 
tluiUgh  the  Emi)eror  overwhelmed  him  with 
marks  of  distinguished  consideration.    It  has  also 


Come  out  that  althotigli  the  Countess  Nogi  killed 
lursill  with  all  the  fortitude  belltting  the  wife 
of  a  Samurai,  she  cried  out  with  the  great  pain, 
thus  attracting  a  maid  servant.  The  General  hid 
hiirself  while  the  maid  was  in  the  room  but  as 
Soon  as  she  left  to  summon  assistance,  he  slew 
himself  in  the  presence  of  his  wife. 


Mikado's  Doctor  in  Disgrace 

The  doctcn-  who  attended  the  Emperor  of  Japan 
in  his  last  illness  is  finding  himself  in  difificulties 
because  he  will  not  satisfy  the  demands  of  that 
circle  in  Tokio  which  still  clings  to  old  ideas. 
These  persons,  who  have  been  much  impressed 
by  General  Nogi's  suicide,  demand  that  the  doctor 
;ilso  shall  kill  himself,  but  he  declines  to  do  so. 
It  has  been  explained  to  him  that  he  will  be  held 
in  dishonor  if  he  does  not  follow  the  example  of 
Nogi,  but  all  the  persuasion  and  indignation  leave 
him  unmoved.  "It  was  not  my  fault,"  he  says, 
"that  tiie  Emperor  died."  He  has  declared  in  sev- 
eral journals  that  he  was  unable  to  attend  the 
Mikado  as  he  should  have  done  owing  to  the 
Court  tti(|Uette,  and  added  that  if  the  Emperor 
had  followed  his  advice  and  abstained  from  al- 
coholic drinks  he  would  still  be  alive.  The  doc- 
tor, w  ho  is  ,in  uncommonly  able  man,  is  at  the 
moment  one  of  the  most  despised  men  in  Japan. 


8  TOWNTALK  November  16,  1912 


Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXVII— A  SEA  DREAM 


By  Edmund  F.  Green 


(The  following  lines  are  from  a  modest  volume  entitled  "Verses"  published  in  1909  by  Edmund  F.  Green.  Mr. 
Green  is  a  well  known  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club  and  is  in  the  insurance  business.  He  is  a  very  unpretentious 
singer,  as  becomes  an  insurance  man,  but  when  he  finds  his  inspiration  in  San  Francisco  scenes,  as  in  the  following 
verses,   he  writes  gracefully  enough.) 


Loaded  down  to  the  water's  brim. 

Sailing  over  the  quiet  bay, 
I'ar  to  the  west,  where  the  setting  sun 

Gilds  the  close  of  a  summer  day. 


What  lies  back  of  tlie  mist  and  cloud? 

Back  of  the  west  and  the  golden  haze: 
1-airy  palaces,  fairy  isles, 

Fairy  measure  of  endless  days; 


Sailing  off  to  the  land  of  dreams. 
Following  fantasies  still  to  be. 

Airy  phantoms  that  beckon  it  on 
Over  the  breast  of  the  summer  sea. 


Rest  forever  for  him  who  sails. 
Smoothly,  quietly,  far  away, 

Out  of  the  harbor,  across  the  bar, 
Over  the  water,  at  close  of  day. 


The  Spectator 


Miss  Foy  for  the  Cabinet 

The  local  papers  published  a  despatch  from 
Los  Angeles  reciting  that  the  Bourbon  suffraget- 
tes of  the  southern  town  had  requested  President- 
elect Wilson  to  appoint  a  woman  to  his  cabinet. 
Unfortunately  the  cream  was  skimmed  from  the 
jest  before  it  reached  the  newspaper  shops.  The 
story  in  its  untouched  purity  has  to  do  with  the 
ambition  of  Miss  Mary  E.  Foy.  Miss  Foy  is  one 
of  the  presidential  electors  on  the  Wilson  ticket, 
the  only  woman  who  shares  this  honor  with  her 
being  Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker  of  St.  Helena, 
the  sister  of  "Billy"  Bourn.  Miss  Foy,  like  Mrs. 
Tucker,  is  a  woman  of  wealth  and  energy.  Giv- 
ing lavishly  of  her  time  and  money  she  organ- 
ized a  great  number  of  women's  Wilson  clubs  in 
the  southland.  When  victory  crowned  the  Wil- 
son banner  she  decided  to  reimburse  herself  by 
seeking  signal  political  honor.  The  result  was 
renewed  activity  in  Los  Angeles  followed  by  a 
telegram  to  the  women  in  charge  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic campaign  in  this  city.  The  telegram  re- 
cited that  one  thousand  prominent  Democratic 
women  in  the  South  had  indorsed  Miss  Foy  for 
a  position  in  the  new  president's  cabinet,  and 
instructed  the  northern  women  to  get  busy  and 
back  up  the  action  of  her  admirers  below  the 
Tehachapi.  The  wire  was  received  by  Jennie 
Leland  Durst,  chairman  and  Mrs.  Grace  Caukin, 
secretary  of  the  Women's  Committee  of  One 
Hundred.  When  they  read  it  their  indignation 
knew  no  bounds.  They  communicated  its  con- 
tents to  other  women  prominent  in  the  commit- 
tee, and  the  thermometer  went  up  every  time  it 
was  read.  "Perhaps  she  wants  to  be  Secretary 
of  War,"  said  one  woman  with  withering  sarcasm. 
"We'll  teach  her  to  keep  her  place!"  vowed  an- 
other. All  the  women  to  whom  the  contents  of 
the  telegram  were  communicated  including  Mrs. 
Tucker,  Mrs.  Atherton,  Miss  Frances  Joliffe, 
Mrs.  Arthur  Cornwall,  Mrs.  Peter  Hamilton  and 
Mrs.  V.  de  Witt  Warr  have  declared  themselves 
in  strenuous  oppositoin  to  the  vaulting  ambition 
of  Miss  Foy. 


A  Warning  for  Mrs.  Atherton 

The  men  in  charge  of  the  Woodrow  Wilson 
campaign  in  California  were  a  good  deal  wor- 
ried from  time  to  time  by  the  speeches  which 
Gertrude  Atherton  made  on  the  stump.  The  fact 
that  she  made  cigarette  smoking  an  issue  in  the 


campaign  filled  them  with  anxiety.  There  was 
evidently  a  good  deal  of  this  nervousness  left 
on  election  night.  On  that  night  Mrs.  Atherton 
paid  a  visit  to  the  campaign  headquarters  in  the 
Phelan  Building.  Louis  H.  Mooser  was  one  of 
those  who  kept  her  posted  as  the  returns  came 
in.  "I'm  just  dying  for  a  smoke,"  said  Mrs. 
Atherton  casually  to  Mooscr.  "For  God's  sake, 
Mrs.  Atherton,"  exclaimed  Mooser,  "don't  smoke 
in  here."  "But  I  must  have  a  smoke,"  insisted 
Mrs.  Atherton.  "If  you  must,  please  go  out  and 
smoke  in  the  corridor,"  begged  Mooser.  But 
Mrs.  Atherton  decided  to  do  without. 


Wants  To  Be  Ambassador 

Word  conies  to  me  from  Los  .\ngeles  that  one 
of  the  first  Democrats  to  apply  for  a  job  under 
the  new  president  is  R.  F.  Del  Valle,  a  presi- 
dential elector.  Del  Valle  belongs  to  one  of  the 
wealthy  old  Spanish  families  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
he  thinks  that  he  is  eminently  fitted  to  be 
ambassador  to  Mexico.  So  he  lost  no  time 
in  making  application  for  the  post.  Down 
in  Los  Angeles  they  are  saying  that  one  of  the 
men  in  California  who  will  be  close  up  to  Presi- 
dent Wilson  is  Lynn  Helm,  the  Angeleno  at- 
torney. Helm  is  president  of  the  California  Bar 
.\ssociation,  and  wielded  considerable  influence  in 
the  presidential  fight.  But  the  principal  reason 
for  his  closeness  to  the  new  chief  executive  is 
that  they  were  classmates  at  Princeton. 


The  Job-Chasers  Are  Busy 

The  Bourbons  have  been  out  of  office  so  long 
that  their  desire  for  jobs  is  sadly  in  need  of 
satiation;  so  they  are  crowding  up  to  the  pie 
wagon  with  frantic  eagerness.  Every  mail  brings 
to  the  headquarters  of  the  State  Central  Com- 
mittee a  bundle  of  applications  for  all  sorts  of 
billets  from  United  States  Attorney  down  to 
fourth  class  Postmaster.  As  soon  as  it  was 
known  that  Wilson  had  won  offers  of  money 
to  pay  the  State  campaign  bills  began  pouring  in. 
One  man  who  has  held  office  as  a  Democrat  for 
many  years  visited  headquarters  on  Tuesday 
night  and  left  a  small  check  behind,  explaining 
that  he  had  been  too  busy  to  contribute  before. 
Ever  since  the  election  checks  have  been  re- 
ceived, some  of  them  ingenuously  dated  before 
the  election.  T  suppose  the  total  of  contributions 
profTered  since  the  election  would  be  in  the 
neighborhood  of  six  or  seven  thousand  dollars. 


A  Bull  Moose  Congressman 

Among  the  many  blessings  fur  which  we  arc 
indebted  to  the  Johnson  administration  is  the 
Hon.  John  I.  Nolan,  Congressman-elect  from 
San  Francisco.  Mr.  Nolan  having  long  been 
walking  delegate  of  the  Machinists'  Union  is  in 
the  true  sense  of  the  word  a  representative  citizen 
of  this  city.  Mr.  Nolan  has  had  much  experience 
of  strikes  and  politics.  He  was  a  supervisor 
when  P.  H.  McCarthy  was  mayor,  and  he  used 
to  spend  his  time  at  Sacramento  during  sessions 
of  the  Legislature  urging  legislation  of  the  kind 
that  is  most  desired  by  organized  labor.  Mr. 
Nolan  distinguished  himself  during  the  Rolph 
campaign  at  a  Rolph  meeting  by  getting  on  his 
feet  and  asking  the  mayoralty  candidate  un- 
pleasant questions. 


Our  Opera  House  Expert 

Joseph  Versatile  Redding  is  about  to  shine  in 
another  role.  He  is  now  on  his  way  to  Europe 
to  look  over  the  great  opera  houses  and  so 
gather  ideas  to  be  embodied  in  the  proposed  home 
of  grand  opera  in  this  city.  In  the  East  Joe 
will  arm  himself  with  letters  from  Andreas  Dip- 
pel  of  the  Chicago  Opera,  Gatti-Casazza  of  the 
Metropolitan  and  VVhitelaw  Reid.  our  .Embassador 
to  London.  Thus  fortified  he  will  depart  for  the 
capitals  of  the  old  world,  and  when  he  returns 
what  he  doesn't  know  about  the  architecture  of 
opera  houses  will  be  a  minus  quantity.  Joe  is 
particularly  keen  to  see  the  new  opera  house  in 
Palermo,  said  to  be  one  of  the  finest  ever  built. 


Spreckels  Suspects 

So.  Mr.  Rudolph  Spreckels  suspects  that  Wil- 
son was  counted  out  in  California  and  is  willing 
to  contribute  to  a  fund  to  defray  the  expense  of 
a  recount!  Well  Mr.  Spreckels  ought  to  be  re- 
garded as  mighty  good  authority  on  this  par- 
ticular subject.    Once  upon  a  time  all  the  strong- 


WE  HAVE  MOVED  OUR  OFRCES  TO 

410  MONTGOMERY  ST. 

Our  Facilities  for  Handling 
INVESTMENT  SECURITIES 

Will  be  Considerably  Increased 

Established  18S8 

SUTRO  &  COMPANY 

Telephone  Private  Exchange 

Sutter  3434  Connecting  All  Depfs. 


November  16,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


9 


arm  men  of  the  current  dispensation  were  pals 
of  his.  They  were  on  his  staff  in  more  than  one 
municipal  election  in  San  Francisco.  Detective 
Burns  knows  intimately  the  ways  of  the 
Johnsons,  McCabes  and  Dwyers.  The  probability 
is  that  Detective  Burns  can  come  out  here  un- 
der the  direction  of  Mr.  Spreckels  and  uncover 
any  raw  work  that  was  done. 


The  Stemming  of  Enthusiasm 

It  turns  out  that  the  most  active  spirit  behind 
the  association  which  is  raising  the  money  to 
build  an  opera  house  for  San  Francisco  is  William 
H.  Crocker.  This  is  the  same  Mr.  Crocker,  one 
of  the  dailies  tells  us,  who  made  possible  the  re- 
building of  the  Olympic  Club,  who  financed  the 
new  Masonic  Temple  enterprise,  and  who  gave 
away  nearly  a  block  of  land  on  California  street 
hill  for  a  site  for  the  pro-cathedral  of  the 
Episcopal  Church.  The  list  of  Mr.  Crocker's 
benefactions  is  a  long  one.  The  whole  list  has 
never  been  published,  the  reason  being  perhaps 
that  not  all  of  the  big  things  he  has  done  since 
the  fire  are  known  to  any  individual.  We  only 
know  in  a  general  way  that  when  any  public  en- 
terprise is  started  the  first  step  is  toward  the 
Crocker  bank.  Yet  it  has  not  been  seen  fit  to 
indulge  Mr.  Crocker's  enthusiasm  for  good 
works.  This  enthusiasm  has  been  frowned  on 
by  the  one  man  in  the  State  who  knows  what's 
what  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  public  wel- 
fare. Mr.  Crocker  used  to  be  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of 
the  California  University,  and  his  associates  re- 
garded him  as  invaluable  in  that  position.  The 
university  received  the  benefit  not  only  of  his 
services  and  his  enthusiasm  but  of  his  money. 
When  Governor  Johnson  learned  how  active  Mr. 
Crocker  was  in  university  afifairs  he  ordered  a 
new  deal  in  the  finance  committee.  The  Gov- 
ernor knew  that  Mr.  Crocker  ought  to  be  re- 
moved from  the  chairmanship  because  he  also 
knew  that  Mr.  Crocker  had  not  been  in  sympathy 
with  the  political  aspirations  of  Hiram  Johnson. 
Tluis  does  a  broadminded  man  in  the  gubernator- 
ial office  perceive  how  things  are  to  be  set  right. 


Back  to  the  Barn 

Well,  it's  all  over.  The  horse  cars  are  to  be 
banished  from  Market  street.  Our  city  authorities 
got  every  scintilla  of  glory  from  the  compromise 
negotiations  that  was  available,  and  when  they 
reached  the  point  where  they  were  told  that  one 
more  appeal  to  the  gallery  would  result  in  the 
withdrawal  of  every  concession  they  quit — all 
but  Koshland  and  Bancroft.  These  two  protect- 
ors of  the  rights  of  the  dear  pee-pul  are  almost  as 
exacting  as  E.  P.  E.  Troy,  the  only  genuine 
civic  patriot  in  our  midst.    Koshland  was  not  at 


BUCHANAN'S 

BUCK  AND  WHITE 

SCOTCH  WHISKY 


The  Highest  Standard  of  Quality 


Alex.  D.  Shaw  &  Co.,  Agents,  Pacific  Coast 
214  Front  Street,  San  Francisco 


all  satisfied  with  the  compromise.  And  doubtless 
Koshland  knows  more  about  the  iniquity  of  the 
corporation  than  any  of  his  confreres,  for  super- 
visoring  is  his  only  business.  Besides  purchasing 
supplies  for  the  city  he  has  nothing  to  do  but 
watch  the  bad  corporations,  and  it  is  perhaps 
a  matter  of  great  significance  that  he  had  an 
amendment  to  offer  which  the  other  supervisors 
shied  at.  Bancroft  was  satisfied,  but  he  was  in 
favor  of  submitting  the  matter  to  the  objects  of 
all  his  solicitudes — the  dear  pee-ptil.  The  raise 
in  taxes  hasn't  made  Bancroft  sweat  a  hair. 
"Pile  on  the  agony,"  is  his  philosophy,  "so  long 
as  it  is  made  to  appear  that  I  am  on  the  job 
making  the  corporations  behave." 


A  Flashy  Joker 

Of  course  our  public  servants  are  deserving  of 
great  credit  for  getting  so  many  concessions  from 
the  railroad.  Thornwell  Mullally  appears  to  have 
given  them  everything  they  asked.  Indeed  it  ap- 
pears he  was  willing  to  give  them  more  than 
they  first  appeared  to  want.  -  He  was  willing  to 
stop  the  Jackson  street  cars  at  Sutter  and  Market, 
and  doubtless  was  laughing  in  his  sleeve  when 
he  vouchsafed  that  concession.  But  when  the 
supervisors  heard  from  the  people  on  Jackson 
street  they  dropped  the  proposition  as  though  it 
were  a  red  hot  stove.  Mullally  also  agreed  that 
the  city  should  have  the  right  to  switch  its  cars 
from  the  outside  to  the  inside  tracks  ana  tnat 
the  company  should  not  have  the  right  to  switch 
its  cars  from  the  inside  to  the  outside.  At  first 
blush  this  seems  as  if  the  company  is  taking  the 
worst  of  it,  and  therefore  the  concession  puts  a 
feather  in  the  official  cap.  Of  course  it's  unfair  to 
the  company,  but  it  shows  that  our  servants  are 
looking  after  our  interests  and  willing  to  gouge 
a  little  for  the  dear  people.  Thus  is  popularity 
fashioned  of  flubdub.  But  consider — Who  will 
suffer  in  a  tie-up  on  lower  Market  street?  Not 
the  comparatively  small  number  of  people  riding 
on  the  Geary  street  car,  but  the  great  bulk  of 
people  riding  on  all  the  cars  of  the  United  Rail- 
roads. In  other  words,  the  supervisors,  to  make 
it  appear  that  they  are  rubbing  it  into  a  public 
service  corporation,  are  really  rubbing  it  into  the 
great  majority  of  the  people  of  the  city.  This 
is  but  a  specimen  joker.  Let  us  be  grateful,  how- 
ever, since  the  horse  cars  are  to  be  banished,  but 
let  us  not  forget  to  revile  the  railroad.  Let  us 
wholly  forget  that  Thornwell  Mullally  initiated 
the  whole  compromise  scheme,  inviting  the  city 
to  run  its  cars  down  Market  street  and  granting 
every  request  that  could  be  conceived  in  the  fer- 
tile mind  of  a  supervisor  bent  on  vindicating  his 
devotion  to  the  dear  pee-pul — barring  of  course 
the  final  request  of  the  inimitable  Koshland  and 
Referendum  Bancroft. 


Willis  Polk  and  St.  John 

This  is  the  story  of  Willis  Polk's  patron  saint, 
as  told  by  Willis  himself.  "When  I  was  young 
and  foolish,"  says  Willis,  "1  lived  over  in  Pied- 
mont, and  my  place  was  the  rendezvous  for  a  lot 
of  painters,  poets  and  others  who  had  a  liking  for 
what  was  then  considered  rather  unconventional 
fun.  The  result  was  that  my  quiet  neighbors 
were  kept  awake  many  a  night  by  the  noise  of 
music  and  laughter,  and  they  were  a  good  deal 
shocked  by  what  they  thought  our  wicked  way  of 
life.  One  night  I  gave  a  party,  and  the  fun  was 
faster  and  more  furious  than  usual.  It  lasted  far 
into  the  night.  In  the  midst  of  the  revelry  there 
came  a  modest  tap-tap  at  my  door.  'Come  in!' 
I  yelled.  And  there  stepped  into  the  room  a 
gentleman  in  clerical  dress  with  a  package  under 
his  arm.  'Mr.  Polk,'  he  said,  'I  am  Dr.  Wor- 
cester, one  of  your  neighbors,  and  I  have  brought 
you  a  little  present  which  I  hope  you  will  ac- 
cept.'   He  refused  to  stay,  though  I  urged  him 


to,  and  departed,  leaving  the  package.  I  learned 
afterwards  that  he  was  the  Reverend  Joseph 
Worcester,  pastor  of  a  church  in  Piedmont.  He 
is  now  the  pastor  of  the  beautiful  Swedenborgian 
Church  in  this  city.  Well,  of  course  everybody 
was  curious  to  see  the  present  which  had  come 
to  me  in  such  strange  circumstances,  so  I  un- 
wrapped the  package  and  there  was  a  beautiful 
copy  of  Donatello's  bust  of  St.  John.  There  was 
a  roar  of  laughter.  One  of  my  crazy  guests 
stuck  a  cigarette  between  the  saint's  lips,  and 
another  put  an  old  stove-pipe  hat  on  his  head. 
Then  we  forgot  all  about  him,  and  the  party 
went  on.  But  the  next  day  when  my  guests  had 
gone  and  I  awoke  to  see  the  saint  gazing  gravely 
at  me,  I  was  ashamed  of  what  we  had  done.  I 
took  the  hat  off  his  head;  I  removed  the  cigarette 
and  carefully  wiped  the  cigarette  stains  from  his 
mouth.  Then  I  gave  St.  John  the  place  of  honor 
in  my  apartment.  He  remained  there  as  long 
as  I  was  in  Piedmont  and  when  I  moved  to  San 
Francisco  St.  John  came  with  me.  The  saint 
talked  to  me  for  fifteen  or  sixteen  years.  Then 
the  earthquake  came  and  tumbled  him  from  his 
place  of  honor,  shattering  him  to  pieces.  Shortly 
afterwards  I  met  Dr.  Worcester.  It  was  the  first 
time  I  had  seen  him  since  that  wild  night.  I  told 
him  that  St.  John  had  been  broken  and  said  I 
was  going  to  have  him  mended  and  restored  to 
his  niche.  'You  needn't  do  that,'  replied  Dr. 
Worcester;  'he  has  done  his  work.  I  don't  think 
you  need  him  any  more.'  " 


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the  flame  of  conviviality  with  the  wing  of  friend- 
ship, too  long  neglected,  must  be  attended  to; 
also,  that  to  that  end  a  series  ot  dinners  should 
be  given  during  the  winter.  The  tirst  of  them 
was  pulled  off  at  the  Cliff  House  I'riday  night  of 
last  week.  The  motif  (a  dinner  ti>  be  a  success 
must  always  have  a  motif)  was  James  Woods  of 
the  St.  l-'rancis.  The  toastmaster  was  Frank 
Maroney  who  explained  that  it  had  been  un- 
animously agreed  that  there  wasn't  anybody  in 
town  more  deserving  of  honor  at  the  hands  of 
representative  citizens  of  San  l-'rancisco  than  the 
quiet,  amiable,  public  spirited  police  commis- 
sioner who  manages  the  big  hotel  in  Powell 
street.  It  is  one  of  the  paradoxes  of  the  city, 
as  was  observed  by  Myron  Wolf,  in  responding 
to  a  toast,  that  a  community  famed  for  its  hos- 
pitality should  have  learned  so  much  of  the  art 
of  dispensing  hospitality  from  "Jim"  Woods,  an 
importation  from  the  cold  and  effete  East,  whose 
counsel  and  services  are  in  demand  for  every 
movement  for  the  betterment  of  the  city.  In  a 
somewhat  different  strain  spoke  Larry  Harris, 
who  more  than  sustained  his  reputation  on  this 
occasion  for  sprightly,  humorous  after-dinner 
speaking.  He  brought  out  his  pan  and  aacled 
a  dish  to  the  menu  that  was  full  of  meat  and 
well  spiced,  .-\n\ong  the  speakers  were  William 
II.  .Metson.  J.  C.  Nealon.  Judge  Graham  and 
Major  Stanton,  .\mong  the  banqueters  were 
l-'rank  Drum.  Wellingti)n  Gregg.  Thornwell  Mul- 
lally.  William  1*".  Humphrey,  Percy  Henderson, 
Jack  Spreckels.  "Bud"  Havens.  E.  P.  Brinegar, 
M.  H.  Esberg.  Colonel  George  Pippy.  Clarence 
Ward,  A.  C.  Eisen.  Chief  of  Police  White.  Dr. 
John  Gallwey.  I'elix  Hoendorf.  Edwin  C.  Ham- 
mer, Samuel  X  Rucker,  Fay  C.  Beal.  Joseph 
neering.   I'red   I'eiiwick  and  Bush  I'iimell. 


A  Ponderous  Guide  Book 

The  late  Mr.  Murray  and  the  present  Mr. 
Baedeker  saw  to  it  that  their  guide  books  were 
handy  volumes  of  pocket  size  and  light  weight, 

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ease.  Ilandiuess  would  seem  to  be  the  lirst  desid- 
eratum in  such  a  book.  How  can  a  guide  book 
guide  you  if  you  can't  t.ike  it  with  you?  .\ 
pocket  compass  might  just  as  well  be  as  large 
as  a  binnacle.  Helen  Tliroup  Purdy  should  have 
thought  of  this  before  she  sent  her  guide  book 
to  the  press.  "San  Francisco;  .\s  It  Was,  .Xs  It 
Is  and  How  To  See  It"  i^  a  guide  book  nine 
inches  long  by  seven  inches  wi<le  and  weigh- 
ing about  five  pounds.  Obviously  this  is  not  a 
handbook  or  manual.  Ni'U  can't  take  it  with 
you  on  your  excursions  around  San  Francisco. 
Volt  must  leave  it  behind  when  you  start  out. 
Then  what  are  you  to  do?  .Make  copious  notes 
from  it?  There  seems  n.i  other  way.  for  the 
information  which  it  give>  about  street  car  lines 
must  be  immediately  available  to  be  worth  any- 
thing. The  sightseer  can't  go  back  to  his  hotel 
to  consult  a  reference  \idume  every  time  he 
wishes  to  take  a  street  car  to  a  place  of  interest. 
It  may  be  said  that  the  sightseer  has  other 
means  of  actpiiring  information,  a  hotel  folder, 
■for  \nstance.  But  this  b(H)k  enters  into  competi- 
tion with  the  hotel  folder  It  tells  where  all  the 
points  of  interest  in  the  eity  are.  even  including 
shops,  and  what  cars  to  take  to  visit  them. 
Helen  Throop  Purdy's  bunk  seems  to  defeat  its 
own  purpose.  It  is  a  guide  book  suffering  from 
obesity. 


The  Name  of  City  and  Bay 

Mrs.  Purdy  seems  to  entertain  doubts  on  the 
subject  of  San  Francisco  Bay  having  been  named 
after  St.  Francis  of  .Assisi.  "It  is  possible."  she 
suggests,  that  the  bay  was  named  for  Sir  Francis 
Drake,  and  that  the  Spaniards  changed  Sir  Fran- 
cis te)  St.  Francis.  This  reminds  me  of  a  verbal 
gem  flashed  before  the  Bi'ard  of  Supervisors  by 
.\be  Friedlander,  an  obscure  lawyer,  when  the 
Board  was  changing  a  lot  of  street  names 
throughout  the  city.  Abe  had  been  retained  by 
members  of  the  .\rguello  family  to  persuade  the 
city  fathers  to  commemor.ite  their  great  family 
by  attaching  its  patronymic  to  one  of  the  avenues 
in  the  Richmond  District.  The  supervisors 
pointed  v)Ut  that  they  had  decided  to  rechristen 
this  street  St.  Francis  Boulevard.  .Xbe  was  in- 
dignant. "Don't  you  know."  he  cried,  "that  St. 
I'rancis  was  the  greatest  pirate  that  ever  saileil 
the  Spanish  .Main?"  There  was  a  murmur  of 
shocked  surprise,  and  one  of  the  .\rguellos 
plucked  .\be  by  the  sleeve  and  whispered  to 
him.  "Of  course,  gentlemen,"  corrected  the 
abashed  .Abe,  "the  St.  Francis  I  refer  to  is  St. 
Francis  Drake."  Like  .\lie  Mrs.  Purdy  seems  to 
have  her  saints  mixed. 


Who  Is  Our  Patron  Saint? 

Mr-i    Purdy  makes  no  doubt  that  the  city  of 


November  16.  1912 

San  F'rancisco  was  named  in  honor  of  St.  Francis 
of  Assisi.  But  is  the  gentle  .Assisian  our  patron 
saint?  .Most  people  take  it  for  granted,  including 
Bishop  Nichols  who  is  eager  to  have  a  statue 
of  the  saint  erected  on  the  crest  of  Lincoln  Park. 
Yet  the  matter  admits  of  doubt.  In  the  "Ec- 
clesiastical and  Religious  Journal  for  San  Fran- 
cisco," written  by  Father  Langlois.  a  Jesuit 
priest  who  came  to  the  city  in  1848.  we  find  these 
curious  words:  "The  tirst  mass  said  in  the  Mis- 
sion established  in  the  city  of  St.  Francis  Xavier 
was  on  June  17th.  1849."  Father  Langlois  means 
our  San  Francisco  when  he  speaks  of  the  city  of 
St.  Francis  Xavier  Evidently  he  regarded  the 
great  Jesuit  saint  and  not  the  founder  of  the 
Franciscan  order  as  our  patron.  .\n  explanation 
of  this  interesting  point  is  attempted  by  Rev 
Joseph  W.  Riordan.  the  author  of  "The  First  Half 
Century  of  St.  Ignatius  Church  and  College."  as 
fidlows:  ".\lthough  the  children  of  St.  Francis 
had  named  the  bay  after  their  Holy  Founder, 
they  had  named  the  Mission  established  on  its 
she.  ■  •  "Dolores"  in  memory  of  the  Sorrows  of 
the  Virgi..  Mother.  This  foundation  had  nothing 
to  do  directly  wu>  the  settlement  from  which  the 
present  city  has  sprung,  and  which  was  called 
Verba  Buena  until  January.  1847.  when  Alcalde 
Bartlett  issued  a  decree  changing  the  name  to 
San   P'rancisco.  While,  therefore,  the 

title  of  the  bay  had  long  been  consecrated  by 
I'sage,  the  title  of  the  town  wa".  of  recent  origin, 
and  imposed  by  the  will  of  one  man.  The  town 
was  named  after  the  bay:  the  bay.  after  St.  Fran- 
cis of  .Assisi:  as  a  natural  consequence,  town  and 
bay  should  have  the  same  patron.  But  he  who 
by  his  office  could  give  a  new  name  to  the  town, 
could  not  reach  the  priv»te  devotion  of  its  in- 
habitants. The  official  name  must  remain  San 
Francisco  (St.  Francis)  but  the  civil  government, 
under  .American  rule,  was  not  specially  concerned 
in  discriminati.ig  between  the  various  saints  of 
that  name;  and  so  Father  Langlois  considered 
hiinself  free  to  designate  the  spiritual  protector 
of  the  city;  the  more  so.  as  we  shall  see.  because 
as  Vicar  for  the  northern  part  of  the  diocese 
the  administrati>>n  of  ecclesiastical  affairs  bc- 
longetl  to  him.  Now.  as  missionary,  his  special 
patron  had  been  St.  Francis  Xavier.  the  .Apostle 
of  the  Indies.  .As  an  accepted  novice  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Jesus,  his  special  devotion  was  naturally 
towards  the  Jesuit  saints.  The  title, 

therefore,  was  neither  unintentional,  nor  the  re- 
sult of  ignorance,  but  was  the  product  of  the 
novice  devotion  of  I-'ather  Langlois'  heart."  So 
the  question  is  really  open  to  debate. 


Not  Very  Reliable 

To  return  to  .Mrs  Purdy's  guide  book.  It  is 
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wlierc  her  infoniiatioii  is  faulty  and  other  places 
where  it  is  inadequate.  She  says,  for  instance, 
tliat  the  names  of  the  lirst  two  Jesuits  to  come 
here  were  Bhmchet  and  Langlois.  She  means 
Brouillet  and  Langlois.  The  sculptor  of  the 
Lick  Monument  in  Marshall  Square  was  not 
I-"rank  Happenbergcr,  but  Frank  Happersberger. 
Typographically,  in  binding  and  in  pictures  Mrs. 
Purdy's  book  does  credit  to  Paul  Elder,  its  pub- 
lisher. 


The  Restraint  of  Shortall 

Judge  Shortall  made  a  campaign  speech  in  a 
nickch)deon  in  the  Sunset  District  a  few  nights 
before  election  day.  He  told  the  story  of  his  life, 
recounting  his  struggle  with  early  hardships,  his 
care  for  the  dear  folks  at  home  and  other  in- 
timate details  which  suers  for  the  sufifrage  feel 
called  upon  to  bare  when  they  mount  the  stump. 
He  wound  up  by  saying:  "And  I  didn't  begin  to 
raise  a  family  until  after  I  was  married."  Which, 
in  these  sad  bad  days,  may  be  glorified  as  an  in- 
stance of  proper,  not  to  say  rectitudinous  re- 
straint. 


Jim  Barry's  Threat 

"Did  you  ever  licnr  about  Jim  Barry  at  tlie 
County  Jail?"  asked  the  Man  Who  Winds  the 
I'erry  Clock  when  I  caught  him  in  a  conversa- 
ticjiial  mood  the  other  day.  I  admitted  that  I 
liad  not,  but  added  that  I  should  be  delighted  to 
hear  any  story  about  the  genial  editor  of  the 
Star.  "Well,"  said  the  Clock  Winder,  "Jim 
Barry  was  once  set  to  the  County  Jail  for  con- 
tempt of  court.  Laumeister  was  sherift  at  the 
time,  and  being  very  fond  of  Barry  and  looking 
on  his  imprisonment  as  a  purely  formal  matter 
anyway,  gave  him  a  nice  sunny  room  at  the  Jail. 
While  Barry  was  there  another  editor,  this  time 
the  editor  of  a  little  fly-by-night  paper,  was  also 
ordered  into  custody  for  contempt.  SherifT 
Laumeister  sent  his  undersherifF  to  Barry  to 
ask  him  whetlicr  he  would  be  willing  to  share 
his  room  witli  the  other  editor.  Barry  had  a 
great  contempt  for  the  editor  in  question,  and 
was  indignant  at  the  request.  'Share  my  room 
with  liim!'  he  exclaimed  indignantly.  'Why,  I'll 
lea\  c  tlie  jail  first!'  " 


His  First  Book 

Score  another  for  Peter  B.  Kyne,  our  young 
story  teller.  Peter's  first  novel  is  about  to  appear 
as  a  serial  in  Sunset,  and  already  he  has  disposed 
of  the  book  rights  to  Doubleday,  Page  and  Com- 
pany. The  story  is  entitled  "The  Long  Chance," 
and  the  action  is  laid  on  the  California  desert. 
Twenty  illustrations  have  been  made  for  it  by 
Maynard  Dixon  who  came  from  New  York  at  the 
invitation  of  the  Sunset  people  to  do  the  work. 
When  the  Eastern  publishing  house  read  the  an- 
nouncement of  this  serial  story  they  immediately 


DOROTHY 

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so  well  that  they  oflFered  Kyne  an  advance  of 
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It  is  interesting  to  know  that  they  made  only  one 
suggestion.  "Put  more  tears  into  it  if  you  can," 
they  told  Kyne;  "the  women  readers  like  'em." 
So  Kyne  is  sprinkling  more  tears  on  the  story, 
but  not  in  the  way  Dick  Swiveller  used  to  sprinkle 
tliem  on  his  letters. 


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says  he  stepped  off  the  Lark  at  Los  Angeles  a 
few  days  ago  and  made  his  way  through  the 
depot  crowd  to  a  taxicab.  As  lie  was  about  to 
give  a  direction  to  the  chauffeur  he  was  nearly 
knocked  over  by  a  young  man  he  knew  who  was 
rushing,  suitcase  in  hand,  to  catch  a  train  out  of 
the  southern  city.  "What's  your  hurry,  Joe?" 
demanded  BIythe  when  he  had  regained  his  bal- 
ance. "Why,"  exclaimed  the  young  man,  "I've 
just  found  out  that  the  police  down  here  employ 
pretty  women  to  tempt  men  and  then  arrest  them 
if  they  fall.  I  know  my  weakness,  and  I'm  get- 
ting out  of  the  city  before  temptation  comes  ihy 
way!" 


Mrs.  Wiggin's  First  Book 

Kate  Douglas  Wiggin  has  been  telling  in  the 
New  York  Times  how  she  came  to  write.  The 
story  has  particular  interest  for  us  because  Mrs. 
Wiggin  lived  and  worked  in  San  Francisco  when 
she  first  broke  into  the  literary  enclosure  where 
she  now  ranges  at  will.  Here  is  how  it  hap- 
pened: "My  first  acivent  into  print  was  not  a 
book,  but  a  three-part  story,  accepted  by  the  St. 
Nicholas  Magazine  and  paid  for  (mirabile  dictuli 
to  the  extent  of  $150.  I  was  17,  and  why  I  did 
not  consider  myself  a'  full-fledged  author,  em- 
barked upon  a  successful  career,  I  can  hardly  tell, 
but  a  period  of  common  sense  overtook  me  with 
considerable  severity.  I  examined  mj-sclf  and, 
though  I  discovered  an  intense  desire  to  write, 
I  discovered  nothing  to  write  about.  I  had 
neither  knowledge  nor  experience,  nor  yet  the 
genius  which  supplies  at  a  pinch  the  place  of 
both,  so,  somewhat  regretfully,  I  turned  my  back 
on  Literature  (the  Muse  showing  a  most  unflat- 
tering indiflference)  and  took  a  peep  into  Life. 
.Ml  tnv  instincts  led  me  toward  work  with  chil- 


dren, so  1  studied  educaliiMial  methods  for  a  year 
and  a  half,  finishing  with  a  course  of  kinder- 
garten, theory  and  practice.  Then  most  unex- 
pectedly I  found  myself  in  the  position  of  or- 
ganizing the  first  free  kindergarten  work  west 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  my  sphere  of  effort  be- 
ing a  precinct  in  San  Francisco  known  as  "Tar 
,  Flat."  This  is  not  the  place  to  describe  that  ex- 
periment, which,  under  favoring  circumstances, 
took  root,  blossomed  and  bore  fruit  all  up  and 
down  the  Pacific  Coast.  Suffice,  it  to  say,  I  was 
too  busy  with  living  to  think  of  writing.  I  was 
helping,  in  my  woman's  way,  (1  fear  at  first  it 
was  but  a  girl's  way),  to  do  my  share  of  the 
world's  work,  and  it  absnrbed  all  my  energies  of 
body,  mind,  and  soul.  Rut  though  the  public 
was  generous,  there  was  never  money  enough! 
Fifty  children  under  school  age,  between  4  and  6, 
were  enrolled,  but  the  procession  of  waiting 
mothers  grew  longer  daily.  Patrick's  mother, 
Henri's,  Levi's,  Angelo's,  Leo's,  Katarina's,  Sel- 
ma's,  Alexandrina's,  stood  outside  the  door  ask- 
ing when  there  would  be  room  for  more  chil- 
dren •  On  a  certain  October  day  1  wondered  to 
myself  could  I  write  a  story,  publish  it  in  paper 
covers,  and  sell  it  here  and  there  for  a  modest 
price,  the  profits  to  help  toward  the  establishment 
of  a  second  kindergarten.  Preparations  for 
Christmas  were  already  in  the  air,  and  as  I  sat 
down  at  my  desk  in  a  holiday  spirit  I  wrote  in 
a  few  days  my  real  first  book,  "The  Birds' 
Christmas  Carol."  It  was  the  simplest  of  all 
possible  simple  tales;  the  record  of  a  lame  child's 
life;  a  child  born  on  Christmas  Day,  and  named 
Carfil  by  Mr.  and  Mrs  Bird,  her  father  and 
mother.  The  Dark  Ages  in  which  I  wrote  were 
full  of  literary  Herods,  who  put  to  death  all  the 
younj;  children  in  their  vicinity,  and  1  was  no 


exception  with  my  fragile  little  heroine.  What 
saved  me  finally  was  a  rudimentary  sense  of 
humor  that  flourished  even  in  the  life  I  was  liv- 
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Clark  .\shton  Smith,  the  Auburn  boy  for  whom 
puberty  and  poetry  were  simultaneous  phenom- 
ena, has  attained  to  the  dignity  of  book  covers. 
He  has  been  published  by  Aleck  Robertson, 
which  is  a  distinction  in  itself;  and  furthermore, 
has  been  printed  in  golden  gorgeousness  with 
a  rubricated  title  page  by  the  Philopolis  Press. 
The  virgin  poems  of  Keats  or  Shelley,  Words- 
worth or  Tennyson  were  casketed  in  no  fairer 
receptacle.  Wherefore  the  shy  singer  of  the 
mountains  may  be  very  proud,  if  he  will;  but 
there's  a  peril  for  p<jets  in  any  sort  of  pride,  so 
he  had  better  not.  "The  Star  Treader  and  Other 
Poems"  contains  some  half  a  hundred  efforts, 
short  and  long;  withal  a  toothsome  morsel  for 
the  bite  of  criticism.  At  first  glance  they  seem 
to  range  over  a  wide  field,  but  in  fact  they  arc 
pretty  closely  confined  to  that  gloomy  meadow 
'tother  side  of  Phlegethon  where  day  is  indis- 
tinguishable from  night.  Young  Smith  loves  the 
gloom;  and  if  he  must  face  the  light,  'tis  rarely 
the  honest  sun — rather  the  rarefied  ether  of  the 
interstellar  spaces — which  holds  his  gaze.  Star 
Treader  is  no  misnomer. 


An  Impressionable  Poet 

.\  very  impressionable  young  man  is  Clark 
Ashton  Smith,  taking  the  swift  impress  of  Nature, 
the  more  readily  if  she  hap  to  be  in  her  moods 
of  mystery.  Taking  also  the  swift  impress  of 
other  poets.  It  may  be  the  Tennyson  of  "In 
-Memoriam,"  it  may  be  the  Browning  of  "Childe 
Roland";  but  principally  it  is  Keats  and  Shelley. 
One  of  the  best  poems  in  this  book  is  "Saturn," 
a  longish  narrative  in  blank  verse.  Reading  it 
one  cannot  resist  stating  the  obvious,  and  the 
obvious  is  that  if  there  had  been  no  Keats' 
"Hyperion"  there  would  be  no  Clark  Ashton 
Smith's  "Saturn."  "Hyperion."  a$  Macaulay's 
school  boy  remembers,  was  left  unfinished. 
"The  poem,"  said  Keats  pathetically,  "was  in- 
tended to  have  been  of  equal  length  with  'En- 
dymion,'  but  the  reception  given  to  that  work 
discouraged  the  author  from  proceeding,"  Smith 
had  the  courage  to  resume  a  little  beyond  where 
Keats  left  off.  Doubtless  he  found  his  inspira- 
tion in  these  words: 

Above  her,  on  a  crag's  uneasy  shelve, 
Upon  his  elbow  rais'd,  all  prostrate  else, 
Shadovv'd   Enceladus;  once  tame  and  mild 
As  grazing  ox  un worried  in  the  meads; 
Now   tiger-passion'd,   lion-thoughted,  wroth. 
He  meditated,  plotted,  and  even  now 
Was  hurling  moinitains  in  that  second  war, 
.\ot  long  delayed. 

Smith  gives  us  that  second  war  of  the  Titans 
against  Jove  and  his  younger  gods,  and  right 
warm  milling  it  is  too! 


Peering  Into^he  Abyss 

'i  iiung  Smith  is  avid  of  the  mood  melancholy. 
He  is  a  callow  II  Pensoroso  who  wears  a  cloud 


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on  his  brow  and  sends  liis  thoughts  along  tlic 
murky  channel  of  gloomy  musings.  Thus  wc 
have  "The  Night  Forest,"  "Song  to  Oblivion,"' 
"Medusa,"  "Ode  to  the  Abyss,"  "The  Last  Night," 
"Lament  of  the  Stars,"  "Lethe,"  "The  Eldritch 
Dark,"  "Shadow  of  Nightmare,"  "To  the  Dark- 
ness" and  "Averted  Malefice,"  till  one  is  con- 
strained to  cry,  "Something  too  much  of  this." 
Somebody  who  has  influence  with  young  Smith, 
say  George  Sterling,  should  entreat  him  to  come 
away  from  the  abyss.  If  he  loses  his  balance  a 
good  poet  is  lost.  This  entire  book,  as  a  matter 
(if  fact,  should  be  regarded  as  a  collection  of 
those  efforts  which  a  poet  leaves  behind  him  as 
he  nears  maturity.  All  young  singers  are  fas- 
cinated by  the  dark,  luxuriate  in  melancholy  and 
hollow  their  cheeks  witli  weeping  for  the  death 
i)f  Pan  and  the  evanishment  of  the  Olympians. 
That  is  a  phase  through  which  the  poet  must 
pass.  But  it  is  not  to  be  taken  too  seriously, 
except  in  relation  to  his  future  work.  Young 
Smith  has  the  gift  of  song,  there's  no  denying 
that;  but  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  he  will 
emerge  into  the  clean  white  light  of  day  and  do 
his  singing  in  the  open  road,  instead  of  haunting 
ca\  erns  and  treading  the  spaces  between  the  stars. 


The  Promise  of  "Nero" 

I  think  we  may  pin  our  faith  to  the  youngster. 
All  the  work  in  this  volume  is  superbly  done, 
and  some  of  it  is  as  valuable  for  its  matter  as 
for  its  manner.  Especially  the  "Nero,"  a 
monologue  in  the  Tennysonian  style  of  "Ulysses," 
but  not  a  copy  of  anything  I  know.  A  strength 
not  boyish  muscles  these  lines  wherein  the  last 
of  the  Caesars  yearns  for  the  godhead  which 
would  make  his  power  of  mischief  infinite.  Any 
poet  alive  today  might  well  be  proud  to  have 
written  this  poem.  And  there  are  others  which 
show  promise,  simple  things  which  perhaps  young 
Smith  doesn't  value  overmuch.  Such  are  "The 
Mystic  Meaning,"  "The  Winds,"  "The  Snow 
Blossoms"  and  others.  There  is  no  new  tone  in 
any  of  these,  as  there  is  no  new  tone  in  the 
longer,  more  pretentious  poems,  but  they  arc 
downright  music  just  the  same.  Withal  "The 
Star  Treader"  is  a  book  wliich  ni)  lover  of  poetry 
w  ill  care  to  miss. 


Back  to  the  Farm 

Judge  Nusbaum  of  Oakland  has  hearkened  to 
the  call  of  the  country.  He  has  given  up  his  law 
practice,  banished  all  thoughts  of  the  codes  and 
hied  him  to  Mendocino  County  to  be  close  to 
Mother  Nature.  Judge  Nusbaum  has  become  the 
foreman  of  the  big  Eden  Valley  ranch  which 
belongs  to  the  Henshaws.  The  Eden  Valley 
ranch  is  a  valuable  property  with  great  cattle 
ranges  and  a  game  preserve,  but  it  has  not 
prospered.  Bad  management  has  made  it  for  a 
long  time  a  very  costly  holding.  The  sheep  have 
<lied,  the  cattle  have  had  to  be  sold  at  the  wrong 


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A  Sidewalk  Rag 

In  llu'  iild  il:i>>  «  hrii  soulli  M:iil<i  t  w;is 
sctith  111'  Market  slrci-t  llio  >■o^lll«-l^.•^^  i>f  thai 
l>iil)iili>lis  soction  wuiiltl  natluT  ahmit  an  Italian 
orKiiii  K'i"<'<^'''  <l;""-"i'  I'is  ins|>iritinK 
niiisio.  Ollu-r  tinirs  olln-r  niannirs.  Now  tin- 
yuunn  |)iM>|>li-  ran  in  liroadway  \l  Uasi  tlu'v 
(lid  llu'  ni^liI  n<  till  lir^l  ( Jrocii w.i y  'I'lir  {■"nlii'il 
Stoilis  \\lii>  li\i'  al  111 oaduay  and  Stcinrr  KiWi- 
a  dinnii  l<<  iliirly  pi iciilinu;  the  llaidulor  and 
lUiu'dii-U  liall.  It  was  a  ha\  i>irty.  and  tlu- 
frionds  nf  llic  Misses  Harriet  and  Marion  Stmu' 
iiijoyc'd  tlu'insclvcs  iinnii-nsidy.  Vpiianntly  tluy 
wcro  so  I'aftcr  to  dance  that  tluy  eiuildn't  wait 
till  tliey  reached  the  l'"airniiint  So  they  went 
out  on  the  sidewalU  and  ranycil.  'Ihe  music 
floated  out  to  tliein  tliioiiKli  the  open  window^ 
It  was  a  pretty  sinhl.  hut  so  niuisnal  that  the 
neijrhhors  were  stirprised 


The  "Caved-In"  Figure 

Mi-s  I'.liza  McMiillen.  the  pretty  little  .urand- 
daiiKhler  of  Mrs.  John  McMlillen,  is  heinji  wel 
coined  hack  I'rom  Paris  where  she  has  heen  for 
llu'  past  year.  She  left  a  pretty  little  Dresden 
.shepherdess  type  of  nir\  with  lloppy  sash-girdled 
frocks  with  the  IhilTy  frilly  accessories  that  only 
the  petite  tlfftire  can  display  lavishly.  She  re- 
turns "tailored"  to  the  last  second  of  Parisian 
fasiiion.  She  has  aci|uircd  Ihe  new  "caved-in" 
liiiure  that  is  accomplished  by  a  strange  hciidiiigr 
of  the  knees  tliat  ^;i\■es  a  cronchiii;j  appearance 
to  the  liniire  and  the  walk  that  accompanies  it 
i-  a  shuffling  >{lide.  Kliza  McMuUen  carries  it 
otT  in  most  fasciiiatinjj;  manner,  and  in  a  tan 
tailored  suit  with  its  cutaway  coat  she  is  the 
claimant  ol  mncli  admiration.  The  .i;irls  who  are 
tryin.u  to  Coi)y  her  style  are  li.i\int;  a  woeful  time 
id"  it  hut  it  will  come  in  time  to  those  who  have 
slender  lii;iires.  Harriett  .Alexander  has  very 
nearly  acipiired  it.  She  has  the  crouch  hitt  her 
walk  is  yet  an  incipient  wolihK  instead  of  llu 
coveted  ^lide. 


Advice  from  the  Bride 

.\li'-^  liuu  s  Kei  ney  was  a  \ery  heaulilui  bride. 
And  very  composed.  When  she  entered  Trinity 
and  was  ahout  to  advance  to  the  altar  to  he- 
coiiie  the  wife  of  W'illard  Chamherlin  she  no- 
ticed that   Miss   Helen  Oean.  one  of  her  hrides- 


TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

maids,  was  \er>  pale  and  lu  i  vous.  "For  lieaveii  s 
sake,  Helen,  smiK  I"  slie  <  \claimed.  And  Helen 
did   her  hest   to  smile. 


Cheever  and  the  Ribbon  Counter 

In  the  New  \drk  World  1  read  that  "Cheever 
t'.o\(lin  li.is  lired  of  nu:iMirinn  rihhons  for  liis 
l.illu  i  and  ha>  ^;one  to  (  aliforni.-i.  He  is  not 
cut  oiii  lor  a  dry  (if>o(ls  uu  rchant  and  the  rililioii 


I'Ik.I...  Il.ll.>in>lil 


Tlic  youngest  tl.'iuKlitcr  of  Mr.  .iiid  Mrs.  M.  II.  l)r 
^*ull^g  wlio  m.itle  lit-r  itcliut  Tut-viI.Ty  niglit  at  a  brilliant 
reception  in  the  l)c  Yoting  inaiisinn  in  California  street. 

counter  is  not  his  forte  so  Cheever  has  gone 
\\  est  aiul  perhaps  thcrehy  hangs  a  talc."  Can 
this  refer  to  young  Cowdin's  marriage  to  Miss 
Hopkins  only  now  anticipated  by  the  society 
writer  of  the  World?  It  looks  that  way,  for  all 
the  stir  the  wedding  made  in  local  smart  set 
circles.  .Mthough  Cowdin  and  his  bride  passetl 
the  summer  in  the  East  the  metropolitan  scribes 
seem  ignorant  of  his  marriage  and  since  his  re- 
turn are  hinting  .it  a  Caliloruia  romance.  Truly 
we  are  specks  on  the  New  York  social  horizon. 
It  is  news  to  me  that  Cheever  ever  measured 
ribbons.  1  cannot  condemn  his  distaste  for  this 
means  of  making  a  livelihootl  and  since  it  is  not 
essential  that  he  make  a  livelihood,  having  one 
fairly  provided  for  him.  why  should  he  mensure 
ribbon- ' 


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our  oflferings. — Vogcl's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


Xoveniber  16.  1912 


An  Unique  Celebration 

.\lr  and  .Mrs.  (ieorjre  lUckley  who  were  mar- 
ried at  the  St.  h'raucis  last  year  had  an  unique 
celebration  at  their  Hfinolulu  home  two  weeks 
ago.  Mrs.  Heckley  who  was  Miss  Beatrice 
Campbell,  step-daughter  of  Colonel  Sam  Parker, 
has  sent  photograi)hs  of  the  event  taken  by  flash- 
light to  friends  in  this  city.  It  was  a  native 
fe.ist  for  one  hundred  guests  given  under  a 
marquee  on  the  lawn  of  the  Reckley  residence 
to  celebrate  the  christening  of  the  small  daughter 
of  the  house  as  well  as  the  eighteenth  birthday 
of  lur  mother.  It  is  not  often  in  this  age  of 
I.ite  marriages  that  ;i  mother  can  celebrate  her 
own  coming  of  age  ;it  her  child's  christening  and 
the  double  event  made  the  affair  one  of  peculiar 
interest  Conspicuous  among  the  guests  was  the 
luaiitiful  Princess  D.ivid  Kawananakoa,  sister  of 
llu  hostess,  who  1  am  told  h.is  entirely  recovered 
her  health  in  the  salubrious  climate  of  her  native 
islands,  but  she  is  not  likely  to  revisit  San  Fran- 
cisco soon. 


"The  Rag"  Cut  Out 

Miss  Cirace  Garri-.h.  the  clever  Minneapolis 
V'irl  who  is  drilling  society  girls  and  men  for 
the  production  of  the  "Campus  Mouser"  which 
will  he  put  on  at  the  Valencia  next  Monday  and 
Tuesday  night  for  the  benclit  of  society's  pet 
charity,  the  .Vrmitam-  Orphanage  at  San  Mateo, 
h.is  had  to  eleminate  the  "ragging"  which  she  in- 
-.erteil  in  the  play  as  a  delicate  little  compliment 
to  San  h'rancisco.  She  wrote  it  in  Minneapolis 
,ind  has  given  it  in  a  number  of  cities,  notably 
Portland,  but  no  mention  of  the  "rag"  was  in  the 
lines  or  suggestion  of  it  in  the  dances.  For  the 
San  I'raucisco  production  however  it  was  liber- 
.lily  introduceil.  ( )ne  rehearsal  before  the 
patronesses  however  showed  Miss  Garrish  that 
she  would  have  to  permit  it  to  be  censored.  Mrs. 
v..  Duplessis  Reylard  loudly  voiced  her  objection 
to  even  the  word  "rag"  being  permitted  to  re- 
ni.iin  in  the  mouth  of  tiainty  little  Harriet  Alex- 
.iiuKr  who  is  playing  the  part  of  Cynthia.  .\ 
few  members  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Orphanage  were  inclined  to  express  themselves  as 
not  minding  the  exhibition  in  the  least,  but  the 
ctutservative  element  triumphed  and  the  Tango, 
the  new  .\rgentini.in  dance,  lead  by  Dorothy 
Deaiie  will  be  the  only  innovation. 


Miss  De  Young's  Debut 

That  was  a  brilliant  affair  Tuesday  night  at 
which  beautiful  Phyllis  De  Young  made  her  first 
formal  social  bow.  .\mid  beautiful  decorations 
and  surrounded  by  the  matrons  of  her  fainily, 
this  charming  girl  received  the  representative 
members  of  San  Fr;incisco  and  peninsular  society, 
and  was  in  turn  welcoined  to  the  ranks  of  the 
debutantes.  Miss  He  Young  is  a  girl  of  great 
intellectual  as  well  ,is  personal  charm.  She  has 
llu-  poi-i'  which  comes  from  long  sojourn  in  the 


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for  Christmas?  \'oii  will  gladdi-n  the  whole  family 
with  a  worKI  of  music  and  cnteitainment  if  you  do. 
Itiit  do  not  wait  until  the  week  lu-forc  Christmas  to 
select  that  VICTRl)I..\.  Come  in  now  and  select  at 
your  leisure.  We  will  hold  the  N  ICTROl.A  and 
deliver  it  any  tlay  —  Christmas  day  if  you  desire. 

VICTROLAS  $15  to  $200 

ViaOR  TALKING  MACHINES  $10  to  $68    E»sy  Tetms. 


Sherman  piay  &  Co. 

Pleinway  and  Other  Pianos    Victor  Talking  Machines 
.\pollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
Sheet  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise 

Kearny  and  Sutter  Sts.,  San  Francisco 
Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


November  16,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


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(lid  xvoiid  e()ni1)incd  with  a  girlish  \i\'acity  vvhicli 
will  make  her  a  favorite  at  the  balls  and  teas  and 
iitlier  entertainments  of  the  Winter.  She  made  a 
pretty  picture  indeed  as  she  stood  in  her  gown 
of  snowy  white  in  the  midst  of  a  floral  bower  and 
greeted  her  friends.  After  the  reception  there 
was  dancing  for  the  younger  folk  and  bridge  for 
the  oldsters.  About  five  hundred  guests  attended 
this  interesting  debut.  Among  them  were:  Mr. 
and  Mrs. — Horace  Pillsbury,  Charles  Crocker, 
Edward  Barron,  George  Armsby,  Henry  C.  Breed- 
en,  Henry  Foster  Button,  Frederick  McNear, 
Samuel  Hopkins,  Augustus  Taylor,  William  II. 
Taylor,  Leon  Greenebaum,  Frederick  H.  Beaver, 
Henry  E.  Bothin,  J.  A.  Chanslor,  Oscar  Cooper, 
John  Deane,  Lawrence  Fuller,  Larry  Harris,  Rob- 
ert Henderson,  Capt  and  Mrs.  Martin  Crimniins. 
E.  O.  McCormick,  Downey  Harvey,  A.  W.  Foster, 
Harry  E.  Holbrook.  Webster  Jones,  Clinton 
Worden,  Joseph  L.  King,  Jerome  I.andfiekl, 
Walter  E.  Dean,  Walter  L.  Dean,  Andrew  Welch, 
Lansing  Kellogg,  Emory  Winship:  Mesdames — 
Eleanor  Martin,  A.  N.  Towne,  Gertrude  .'\tlicrtiin, 
Fletcher  Ryder,  John  Darling,  Henry  E.  Dodge, 
Jesse  Dent  Grant:  The  Misses — Louise  Janin, 
Jane  Hotaling,  Helen  Dean,  Dorothy  Deane,  Alice 
Hager,  Virginia  Jolifife,  Frances  Jolifife,  Enid 
Gregg,  Nellie  Grant.  Ethel  Gregg,  Helen  Gar- 
ritt,  Geraldine  Forbis,  Margaret  Casey,  Ysabel 
Chase,  Dorothy  Beaver,  Jennie  Blair,  Marie 
Brewer,  Elena  Brewer,  Helen  Bertheau:  Messrs. — 
Felton  Elkins,  Gordon  Armsby,  Roger  Bocqueraz, 
Gayle  Anderton,  Henry  Hadley,  Arthur  Hadley, 
Walter  Hobart,  Knox  Maddox. 


The  Society  Circus 

Just  to  show  that  our  society  young  men  are 
not  without  a  certain  amount  of  literary  cultiva- 
tion, let  me  repeat  a  conversation  I  heard  in  the 
tapestry  room  of  the  St.  Francis  the  other  after- 
noon. Two  of  our  gilded  youths  were  examinin.s> 
the  beautiful  electric  motor  car  which  is  on  dis- 
play there  in  connection  with  the  society  circus. 
"I  say,"  one  of  them  addressed  the  other,  "do 
you  know  who  .gave  the  first  society  circus?" 
"How  should  I  know,  old  man?"  replied  the  other; 
"I'm  no  l)Iue  book  or  social  encyclopedia."  "Blue 
book  be  buttered!"  exclaimed  the  first  youth. 
"Have  you  ever  read  Suetonius?"  "Who  wrote 
it?"  asked  the  other.  "Well,"  replied  the  inter- 
locutor with  scorn,  "if  you  stay  home  some  night 
and  find  Suetonius'  Lives  of  the  Caesars  in  your 
daddy's  library,  you'll  find  that  Nero  gave  the  first 
society  circus."  Though  the  remark  was  not 
meant  for  me,  1  took  the  hint,  and  sure  enough 
the  speaker  was  right.  Nero  did  give  the  first 
society  circus,  and  it  was  a  great  affair.  Knights, 
senators,  even  Roman  matrons  took  part  in  the 
plays.  One  knight  seated  on  an  elephant  was 
lowered  to  the  stage  from  a  trap  in  the  ceiling. 
Senators  fought  as  gladiators.  Even  Nero  did 
not  disdain  to  let  the  audience  hear  his  beautiful 
falsetto  voice.  It  was  the  first  society  circus  and 
vaudeville,  and  it  w.is  a  great  success.  It  was 
perhaps  on  a  more  lavish  scale  than  that  which 
will  be  given  soon  for  charity  in  this  city,  but 
this  latter  will  not  be  insignificant  by  any  means. 
The  energetic  women  who  have  been  enlisted  in 
the  sweet  cause  of  charity  by  Mrs.  .Adrian 
Splivalo,  the  projector  of  the  circus,  are  working 
hard,  anrl  ])romise  many  novelties. 


The  List  of  Buds 

The  debutantes  who  have  been  passed  upon 
by  Ned  Greenway  as  eligible  to  the  set  over 
which  he  holds  sway  and  who  will  make  their 
first  formal  appearance  in  society  this  winter  arc: 
Miss  Sophie  Beylard,  Miss  llenriettc  Blanding, 
Miss  Corona  Williains,  Miss  Elizabeth  Brice, 
Miss  Grace  Gibson,  Miss  Nancy  Glenn,  Miss 
Amalyta  Talbot.  Miss  Phyllis  de  Young,  Miss 


Dorothy  Deane,  Miss  llelen  llinckley.  .Miss 
Helen  Nicol,  Miss  Maigaret  Nichols,  Miss  Har- 
riett Pomeroy,  Miss  Ruth  Zeilc,  Miss  Helen 
Wright,  Miss  Mary  Ga}U\  and  Miss  Barbara 
Sutton.  The  list  does  not  include  Miss  Arabella 
Morrow  who  attended  se\'eral  of  the  Greenways 
last  season  as  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin; 
Miss  Constance  Metcalf  and  Miss  Jane  Hotaling; 
nor  Miss  Christine  Donohoe — all  of  whom  arc 
supposed  to  be  of  "Assembly"  rating.  That  they 
were  not  guests  at  the  First  Bachelor  and 
Benedick   Ball  is  causing  speculation. 


MRS.  ADRIAN  SPLIVALO 


T]\e    charming    projector    of    the    Society    Circus  ,tik1 
Horse  Sliow  which  is  to  he  held  next  month. 

The  Mystery  of  Ermine  Tails 

The  significance  of  ermine  tails  as  a  dress  ac- 
cessory is  being  speculated  upon  by  the  members 
of  a  certain  ultra-smart'  clique.  The  wife  of  a 
prominent  ariny  ofificer  at  the  Presidio  has  a 
marked  ])redilection  for  ermine  and  wears  a 
magnificent  stole  of  this  expensive  fur  on  all 
occasions — and  in  ,ill  her  photographs.  Recently 
she  has  appeared  wearing  ermine  tails  as  hair 
ornaments.  .\t  a  recent  dinner  at  which  Gener.il 
and  Mrs.  Arthur  Murray  w  ere  the  guests  of  honor 
she  appeared  with  one  ermine  tail  arranged  ag- 
gressively in  her  coiffure.  The  next  week  when 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  ga\c  a  dinner  in  honor  of 
.Major  General  Leonard  Wood  the  same  lady  was 
present  with  three  tails  in  her  hair.  On  or- 
dinary occasitjns  she  appears  without  them,  which 
has'  given  rise  to  the  speculation  that  there  must 
he  some  deference  to  rank  when  she  increases 
llicir  number,  and  an  especial  compliment  paid 
to  guests  of  linnnr  when  she  wears  thein  at  all. 
Interest  is  centered  now  on  the  cjucry.  "How- 
many  will  she  wear  at  the  ball  to  be  given  No- 
vember 21   in  honor  of  .Sir  Thomas  Lipton  by 


TIIAXKS(jlVI.\G  SU(;(;ESTI0XS.  N'atur.-il 
lookin.g  little  turkeys  Idled  with  candies,  or 
miniatm-e  candy  plum  jniddings  decked  with 
holly  add  ituiuenscly  to  the  attractiveness  of  the 
Thanksgiving  dinner  table.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons' 
four  candy  stores. 


.\lis.  .Martin  Crimniins"?  I'^nid  (jregg  has  an  at- 
tractive gown  wdiieli  she  dons  on  occasion  that 
has  one  single  ermine  tail  nestling  at  the  hem 
of  the  skirt  on  the  left  side.  Can  it  be  that  an 
ermine  tail  thus  worn  by  a  pretty  girl  may  have 
a  significance  also?  The  "language  of  fans"  once 
so  much  the  mode  was  simple  cotnpared  to  the 
ixissible  subtleties  cif  the  new  fad. 


A  Cultured  Family 

Miss  Adele  Rosenthal  who  won  all  sorts  of 
warm  encomiums  by  her  piano  playing  at  the 
"pop"  concert  last  Friday  belongs  to  a  well  known 
.San  Francisco  family.  She  is  the  daughter  of 
Marcus  Rosenthal,  the  lawyer,  and  the  niece  of 
Tiiby    Rosenthal,    tlie    painter.    She    has  spent 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND    FANCY  COSTUMES 
420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cat. 


LUNCH  75c  REGULAR  DINNER  $1.00 

Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet  Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


HOFBRAU 

Cafe... 

Pacific  Building,  4th  and  Market  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
A  Delightful  Place  To  Dine.    MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT 


MISS  MARION  BELLE  WHITE 
...School  of  Dancing... 

2868    CALIFORNIA    ST.  Tel.    Fillmore  1871 

Pupil  of  Mr.  Louis  H.  Chalif,  Mme.  Elizabeth 
Menzeli,    Gilbert    Normal    School  of 
Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York  and 
will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy,  National, 
Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New  Ball  Room  Dances 
for  this  season  :  Tango,  Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Bos- 
ton.   Hall  for  Rent. 


ST.  XAVIER 

APARTMENTS 

2335    Pacific   Avenue,  Near  Fillmore  Street 

In  the  center  of  tlie  best  Home  district. 
The  most  exclusive  new  building  in  the  city. 
Apartments  of  5,  6  and  7  rooms  furnished 
and  unfurnished  leased  by  the  year  from 
$9f  10.00  to  $2000.00. 

MRS.  L.  FLOWER,  Manager 

Telephone  Fillmore  2205;   West  1746 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  16,  1912 


many  years  abroad,  chiefly  in  Munich  where  her 
uncle  has  a  high  position  in  the  artistic  fraternity. 
Many  years  have  passed  since  Toby  Rosenthal 
lived  in  San  Francisco  and  painted  "Elaine,"  but 
he  is  still  an  indefatigable  worker.  Miss  Rosen- 
thal's brother  is  following  in  his  uncle's  foot- 
steps, having  devoted  liiniself  to  the  palette  and 
brush. 


golf  course  have  also  been  added  to  the  enter- 
tainment feature.^  of  the  grounds.  David  B. 
Plumcr,  General  Manager,  is  expected  to  arrive 
about  the  fifteenth  of  November. 


Plunged  in  Mourning 

Several  of  our  prominent  families  have  been 
plunged  into  mourning  recently  and  will  be  in 
retirement  this  winter.  Two  or  three  young 
matrons  whose  entertainments  are  always  feat- 
ures of  the  season  will  be  sadly  missed.  Mrs. 
Jack  Wilson  who  is  in  mourning  for  her  father 
William  ClufT  will  take  no  part  in  the  social 
program  nor  will  her  sister  Mrs.  John  Breuner 
who  has  decided  to  spend  a  quiet  winter  at  her 
Mcnio  Park  home.  Mrs.  Harry  Bates  has  also 
decided  to  winter  at  Menlo  Park  as  she  will  fore- 
go the  diversions  of  the  beau  monde  owing  to 
the  death  of  her  father  John  F.  Merrill.  Last 
week  Mrs.  John  Drum  canceled  all  her  plans  for 
the  winter  when  her  father  J.  J.  Spieker  passed 
away.  Mrs.  Drum  has  the  sympathy  of  many 
friends  in  her  bereavement  as  she  was  devotedly 
attached  to  her  father  whose  onlv  child  she  was. 


The  Kohler  and  Chase  Recital 

At  the  weekly  music  matinee  of  Kohler  & 
Chase  which  will  take  place  at  Kohler  &  Chase 
Hall  this  Saturday  afternoon,  two  soloists  will 
appear.  One  of  these  will  be  Lowell  Moore 
Redfield,  a  baritone  who  is  a  favbrite  in  club  and 
church  circles.  The  other  soloist  will  be  Miss 
Lorraine  Ewing,  pianist,  a  pupil  of  Hugo  Mans- 
feldt.  Mr.  Redding  will  sing  works  by  Gounod, 
Bohm  and  Dudley  Buck  Miss  Ewing  will  play 
compositions  by  Mason,  I'Viml  and  Kely.  Kohler 
&  Chase  desire  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  no 
cards  of  admission  are  required  at  these  events. 
Tlic  firm  cordially  invites  the  public  to  attend 
and  to  partake  of  its  hospitality.  Among  the 
other  feature  will  be  the  interpreation  of  Liszt's 
famous  Hijngariari'f  Rhapsodic  No.  14  on  the 
Pianola  Piano.  There  will  also  be  two  e.xcellent 
works  played  on  the  fine  .\eolian  Pipe  Organ. 


Opening  of  Hotel  Green 

.\nnouncenient  has  been  made  that  Hotel 
Green  of  Pasadena,  the  largest  resort  hotel  in 
the  west,  will  open  for  winter  season  on  the 
twenty-third  of  November.  Heretofore  the  Hotel 
Green  has  opened  its  doors  for  the  winter  season 
from  December  15  to  20,  keeping  open  for  the 
season  of  five  months.  The  Green  is  receiving 
numerous  reservations  daily  and  their  manage- 
ment looks  for  a  long  and  successful  season. 
Since  last  season  the  east  wing  of  the  hotel  has 
been  enlarged  to  make  room  for  a  new  and 
attractive  European  dining  room,  in  addition  to 
which  the  attractions  for  early  guests  will  include 
the  arcade  stores,  grill,  billiard  room  and 
tlieatre.     .\     fine    new    tennis    court    and  lawn 


Football  Night  at  Techau's 

The  night  of  the  big  football  game  was  a  gain 
occasion  at  Techau  Tavern,  where  hundred* 
gathered  joyously  to  celebrate  the  event.  Ad- 
mission was  by  reservation  only  and  many  who 
neglected  to  secure  tables  in  advance  were  un- 
able to  find  accommodation.  The  scene  reminded 
one,  by  reason  of  its  life  and  gaiety,  of  the  merry 
crowds  that  throng  the  Tavern  on  New  Year's 
eve,  or  the  more  recent  gathering  on  election 
night.  Great  as  is  the  number  present  on  these 
special  nights,  it  is  by  no  means  unusual  for  the 
Tavern  to  be  quite  as  well  patronized  on  ordinary 
occasions,  when  the  after-theatre  patrons  fre- 
quently require  every  available  seat.  This  pop- 
ularitj'  is  due  to  the  constant  eflforts  of  the  man- 
agement to  maintain  not  only  the  unequaled  serv- 
ice and  cuisine,  but  to  preserve  that  atmosphere 
of  good  fellowship  which  is  one  of  the  chief 
cliarms  of  the  cafe. 


San  Francisco 
"Overland  Limited" 

Protected  by  Automatic  Electric  Block  Signals. 
From  Market  Street  Ferry  10:20  A.  M. 

To  Chicago     68  Hours 

Every  Travel  Comfort  is  afforded  on  this  train.  The  Observation- 
Library-Clubroom  Car  is  a  special  feature.  Daily  market  reports 
and  news  items  are  received  by  telegraph.  Your  wants  are  looked 
after  by  attentive  employes  and  the  Dining  Car  Service  is  ex- 
cellent. The  route  across  the  Sierras  and  Great  Salt  Lake, 
through  Weber  Canon  and  over  the  Trans-Continental  Divide, 
is  a  most  attractive  one. 

Equipment  and  Track 
of  Highest  Standard 

UNION  PACIFIC 

San  Francisco — 42  Powell  Street.    Phone  Sutter  2940. 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Flood  Building.    Palace  Hotel.    Ferry  Building.    Phone  Kearny  3160. 
Third  and  Townsend  Streets.     Phone  Kearny  180. 
OAKLAND — Thirteenth  and  Broadway.    Phone  Oakland  162. 
Sixteenth  Street  Station.    Phone  Oakland  1458. 


I 


Dl'STIX  F.\RNrM 
In    "The    Littlest    Rebel"   at   the   Columbia  Theatre 
commencing  Sunday   night,   November  17th. 


Dr.  J.  DENNIS  ARNOLD 

EAR,  EYE.   NOSE  AND  THROAT  SPECIALIST 
Has  returned  and   resumed   practice   at  the 

Butler  Building 

STOCKTON  and  GEARY  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Telephone  Sutter  672 


Th* 


Ciga^rette 
of  Quality 

AILOMATIC  DELICACY 
MILDNESS 
PURITY 


At  your  Club  or  Dealer's  or 
THB  SURBRUa  CO.,  Maker*.  New  York 


November  16,  1912 


The  San  Francisco  Orchestra 

A  splendid  achievement  was  that  of  Adele 
Rosenthal  at  last  Friday's  popular  concert.  In 
the  Grieg  concerto  for  piano  and  orchestra  Mr. 
Hadley,  so  far  as  the  audience  was  concerned, 
was  eclipsed  by  the  lady  at  the  open  mouth  of  a 
piano.  For  a  woman  to  make  the  piano  perform 
its  function  in  this  Grieg  masterpiece  it  requires, 
it  seems  to  me,  superb  courage.  But  Miss 
Rosenthal  has  beside  her  self-confidence  the 
talent  to  justify  it,  but  the  piano  under  her  touch 
is  far  from  virile  in  tone.  Her  playing  though 
not  notable  for  its  breadth,  fulness  and 
volume  well  demonstrated  the  sustaining 
power  of  the  glorious  instrument.  The  only 
time  Mr.  Hadley  was  in  the  picture  was  when 
as  leading  man  he  congratulated  the  lady  very 
cordially  and  charmingly.  The  Mignon  overture, 
a  Moszkowski  number,  gay  and  blood-stirring  and 
McDowell's  Claire  de  Lune  were  the  numbers 
for  popular  appeal,  and  they  were  delightfully 
played.  Two  movements  of  the  "Symphony 
Pathetique"  were  offered  as  the  piece  de  resist- 
ance to  students  of  music.  Mr.  Hadley  misses 
nothing  in  the  playing  of  this  work.  Indeed 
Mr.  Hadley  extracts  all  that  can  be  extracted  out 
of  the  rarest  concoctions  of  the  composers. 
What  they  have  to  say  is  said  articulately  under 
his  leadership.  If,  as  some  think,  he  does  not 
radiate  magnetism,  he  certainly  renders  music 
with  sensitive,  scholarly  fidelity. 

— H.  M.  B. 


"The  Chocolate  Soldier"  Again 

"The  Chocolate  Soldier"  hasn't  fatigued  us  yet. 
Tliis  is  his  third  visit,  but  he  is  as  welcome  as 
ever,  A  full  house  greeted  him  at  the  Cort  Sun- 
day night  with  unabated  enthusiasm.  The  pretty 
music  and  the  comedy  were  enjoyed  just  as  whole- 
heartedly as  if  this  had  been  his  first  appearance 
among  us.  There  is  a  hint  herein  for  the  makers 
of  musical  entertainments.  These  entertainments 
are  usually  weakest  in  their  librettos,  for  it  seems 
to  be  easier  to  get  a  tuneful  score  than  a  witty 
and  humorous  book.  "The  Chocolate  Soldier," 
having  been  built  on  a  Shavian  comedy,  contains 
lines  and  situations  of  a  superior  kind.  When  the 
plot  of  "Arms  and  the  Man"  was  wedded  to  the 
beautiful  music  of  Oscar  Strauss  the  result  was  so 
happy  that  "The  Chocolate  Soldier"  bids  fair  to 
be  perennial.  None  grudges  him  his  popularity. 
And  it  is  to  the  credit  of  Manager  Whitney  that 
he  has  kept  up  the  high  standard  of  the  cast. 

— The  First  Nighter. 


Concert  of  Miss  Helen  Colburn  Heath 

Musical  and  social  circles  are  evincing  no  end 
of  interest  in  the  concert  to  be  given  by  Helen 
Colburn  Heath  at  the  Colonial  Ball  Room  of  the 
St.  Francis  Hotel,  next  Thursday  evening.  Miss 
Heath  will  be  assisted  by  Herbert  Riley,  'cello 
virtuoso,  and  Uda  Waldrop,  pianist,  and  will  have 
the  following  ladies  as  patronesses:  Mrs.  Richard 
Bayne,  Mrs.  Edgar  Preston  Brinegar,  Mrs.  Frank 
B.  Carpenter,  Mrs.  Robert  Chester  Foute,  Mrs. 
James  Monroe  Goewey,  Mrs.  George  W.  Hallo- 
well,  Mrs.  Ralph  C.  Harrison,  Mrs.  J.  Downey 
Harvey,  Miss  Carolyn  Huntington,  Miss  Rosalie 
Kaufman,  Mrs.  James  Potter  Langhorne,  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Martin,  Mrs.  Benjamin  Franklin  Norris, 
Mrs.  Max  C.  Sloss,  Miss  Henrietta  Stadtmuller, 
Mrs.  Vanderlyn  Stow,  Mrs.  James  Ellis  Tucker. 
Mrs.  Charles  Stetson  Wheeler.  Miss  Heath  has 
exercised  the  most  careful  judgment  in  making 
up  her  program,  and  Mr.  Riley,  Mr.  Waldrop 
and  Miss  Heath  will  be  called  ujion  to  give  their 
very  hesi  efforts.    The  program  will  include  num- 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

bcrs  from  Mozart,  Hugo  Wolf,  Brahms,  Haydn, 
Rachmaninoff,  Arensky,  Weckerlin,  Widor,  Am- 
broise  Thomas,  Chopin,  Popper,  Uda  Waldrop, 
Edith  Simonds,  Henry  Hadley  and  Bruno  Huhn. 
The  Rachmaninoff  and  Arensky  numbers  will  be 
heard  in  concert  in  San  Francisco  for  the  first 
time.  Keen  local  interest  is  centered  in  this  con- 
cert by  reason  of  the  fact  that  the  last  group  of 
songs  on  the  program  will  be  by  composers  who 
at  present  are  residing  in  San  Francisco;  Henry 
Hadley's  "Butterflies,"  Uda  Waldrop's  "Stay  at 
Home,"  and  Bruno  Huhn's  "The  Fountain." 


LESLIE  LEIGH 

Who  will  appear  in  Jesse  L.  Lasky's  American  operetta 
"California"  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

The  Mero  Farewell  Recital 

Mme.  Yolanda  Mero,  the  brilliant  young  Hun- 
garian piano  virtuosa,  will  give  her  farewell  con- 
cert with  a  most  interesting  and  varied  program 
which  includes  a  number  of  works  never  before 
played  in  this  city,  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium, 
this  Saturday  afternoon,  November  16,  at  2:30 
p.  m. 


Gerville-Reache,  the  French  Contralto 

Mme.  Jeanne  Gerville-Reache,  the  French  con- 
tralto who  was  brought  to  this  country  as  a  star 
of  the  original  Hammerstein  company  at  the 
Manhattan  Opera  House,  will  pay  us  her  second 
visit  as  a  concert  artist,  and  is  announced  for  two 
recitals  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  on  Sunday 
afternoons,  December  1  and  8.  No  singer  of  re- 
cent years  left  a  deeper  impression  on  our  music 
lovers  than  Gerville-Reache,  and  we  shall  again 
hear  some  of  the  important  works  of  French  com- 
posers that  are  too  rarely  seen  on  programs. 


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.Mme.  Reache  promises  arias  from  Bruneau's 
"La'Attaque  du  Moulin,"  Massenet's  last  work 
"Roma,"  "Les  Troyens"  by  Berlioz,  and  of 
course  will  sing  groups  of  songs  in  German, 
French,  Italian  and  English.  Miss  Gertrude 
Ross  will  be  the  accompanist. 


Maud  Powell 

The  first  of  the  great  violinists  to  appear  un- 
der the  Greenbaum  management  this  season  will 
be  Maud  Powell.  Maud  Powell  stands  in  the 
front  rank  of  her  profession,  regardless  of  sex, 
and  holds  a  position  among  violinists  such  as 
Carreno  does  among  pianists.  Greenbaum  prom- 
ises three  quite  exceptional  programs  by  Maud 
Powell  during  the  week  of  December  8. 


The  Alice  Nielsen  Events 

Our  own  little  Alice  Nielsen,  now  of  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House,  surrounded  by  an  all- 
star  company  from  the  Boston  Opera  and  a 
complete  grand  opera  orchestra  of  thirty  players 
will  be  the  principal  attraction  of  the  coming 
week.  Mile.  Swartz,  the  contralto  of  the  or- 
ganization, is  the  youngest  alto  on  the  operatic 
stage,  being  just  twenty-one  years  of  age  and 
yet  a  star  member  of  the  Boston  Opera.  Alfredo 
Ramella.  the  tenor,  is  a  true  lyric  tenor  on  the 
style  of  Bonci  and  was  brought  from  Italy 
especially  for  the  lighter  roles  at  the  Boston 
Opera.  Fornari,  the  baritone,  is  well  remem- 
bered for  his  triumphs  here  with  Nordica  and 
Constantino  in  "La  Gioconda"  and  "Les  Huge- 
nots."  Jose  Mardones  is  a  Spanish  basso  and  re- 
puted to  have  the  most  beautiful  voice  heard  in 
this  country  since  the  days  of  Pol  Plancon. 
Luigi  Tavecchia  is  famed  as  a  buffo  and  visited 
this  city  with  Mme.  Sembrich  a  number  of  years 
ago.  Fabio  Rimini,  the  conductor,  is  a  young 
Italian  from  the  opera  at  Bologna,  but  will  be 
attached  this  season  to  the  Boston  Opera.  The 
first  public  performance  will  be  given  next  Thurs- 
day night,  November  21,  in  Scottish  Rite  Aud- 
itorium when  "The  Secret  of  Suzanne,"  an  opera 
in  one  act  by  Wolf-Ferrari  will  be  given  in  its 
original  form  with  the  original  orchestration  for 
which  Miss  Nielsen  possesses  the  sole  rights. 
Manager  Greenbaum  asserts  that  any  other  pres- 
entation of  the  work  must  be  with  a  piano  and 
small  arrangement  for  string  instruments.  The 
original  orchestration  really  made  half  the  suc- 
cess of  the  little  gem.  Costumes,  appointments, 
etc.,  will  be  from  the  Boston  Opera  House. 
Preceding  the  opera  a  concert  will  be  given  which 
alone  would  be  worth  the  price  of  admission. 
Here  is  the  program:  Overture  by  the  Grand 
Opera  Orchestra;  Duet  from  "Linda  di  Cham- 
ounix,"  Signors  Fornari  and  Mardones;  Aria  from 
"La  Boheme,"  Signor  Ramella;  Aria  from  "La 
Tosca,"  Alice  Nielsen;  Aria  from  "The  Barber," 
Rossini,  Signor  Fornari;  Aria  from  "Joan  of 
.^rc,"  Tschaikowsky,  Miss  Swartz;  Aria  from 
"Simon  Boccanegra,"  Verdi,  .Senor  Mardones. 


Mrs.  Birmingham  at  Alcazar 

Mrs.  Lillian  Birmingham,  the  noted  local  con- 
tralto, announces  a  matinee  musicale  for  next 
Friday  at  the  Alcazar  Theatre,  in  which  she  will 
be  assisted  by  Miss  Alma  Birmingham,  pianiste. 
Dr.  H.  J.  Stewart,  Mr.  .Mian  Dunn  and  the 
.'Mcazar  orchestra.  Mrs.  Birmingham's  program 
will  include  songs  by  Gluck,  Beethoven,  Schu- 
bert, Brahms,  Wagner,  Chausson,  Bachelet,  De- 
bussy and  Massenet,  and  is  to  be  followed  by  an 
elaborate  scenic  and  costume  production  of  "The 
Legends  of  the  Yosemite  in  Song  and  Story," 
words  by  Mr.  Dunn  and  music  by  Dr.  Stewart. 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  16,  1912 


A  Ix-aiiliful  stage  picture  of  tlic  ^■(lselllitc■  while 
darkness  is  supplanting  twilight  "ill  be  presented, 
and  Mrs.  Birmingham  and  Mr.  Dunn  will  be  ap- 
propriately attired  in  Indian  f<arh,  the  f(jrmer 
singing  the  legends  and  the  latter  reciting  the 
introductory  lines,  with  Dr.  Stewart  leading  the 
orchestral  accompaniment.  The  advance  sale  of 
seats  for  this  entertainment  presages  a  crush 
audience  in  which  San  I'Vancisco's  artistic  and 
society  circles  will  he  largely  represented. 
Prices  range  from  $1.50  to  SO  cents. 


Dustin  Farnum  in  "The  Littlest  Rebel" 

Dustin  harnuni  in  the  stirring  drama  entitled 
"The  Littlest  Rebel"  promise>  lu  bt-  tlu'  eiiiter 
of  interest  when  he  comes  to  the  ('<  )lunibi.-i  next 
Sunday    niglu.    Xi'\enil)i-r    17      lie    will    play  a 


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two  weeks'  engagement,  with  matinees  on  Wed- 
nesdays and  Saturdays.  The  production  comes 
intact,  preceded  by  flattering  reports  of  success 
in  New  York,  Chicago  and  Boston.  A  feature  of 
the  performance  is  the  introduction  of  a  spec- 
tacular and  thrilling  battle  between  Northern  and 
Southern  forces  just  outside  of  Richmond  in  the 
Spring  of  1864.  Supporting  Dustin  Farnum  are 
Alexis  B.  Luce,  Morris  Burr  (whose  impersona- 
tion of  General  Grant  has  caused  widespread 
comment),  George  Thatcher,  formerly  of  That- 
cher, Primrose  and  West,  dainty  Mary  Miles 
Minter  and  othcr.s  of  importance. 


Acts  for  All  Tastes  at  Pantages 

The  EUis-Nowlin  troupe  of  comedy  acrobats, 
billed  as  the  "Fire-Fighters"  can  be  depended  on 
to  furnish  a  gale  of  laughter  at  Pantages  next 
week.  There  are  ten  skilled  athletes  in  the  act. 
It  is  a  pantomimic  farce  with  lots  of  horse  play 
and  sensational  acrobats.    The  second  headliner 


is  that  sterling  comedienne  Miss  (iertrude  Lee 
I'Olsom,  assisted  by  a  competent  company  in  the 
farce,  "The  Gold  Cure."  The  Philharmonic  Four 
consists  of  a  well  known  orchestra  leader  and 
.^oloist,  Mr.  Julius  Haug.  Miss  Grace  Carlyle,  a 
popular  soprano  soloist,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest 
von  Gizycki  who  have  won  renown  on  the  con- 
cert stage  with  'cello  and  harp.  The  Twin  City 
Quartette  are  masters  of  harmony  in  vocal  selec- 
tions. The  Three  Kelcy  Sisters  are  acrobatic 
dancers  and  singers.  Mabel  Elaine  is  a  dainty 
singing  and  dancing  comedienne.  The  Dunbars, 
Charles  and  Madeline,  ntl'er  :i  novel  singing  turn 


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with  numerous  imitatii>nN.  Interesting  motion 
pictures  completes  a  fine  bill  of  vaudeville. 


"A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel" 

■'.\  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  which  the  Sluiberts 
and  Lewis  Waller  will  offer  at  the  Cort  for  two 
weeks,  beginning  next  Monday.  November  18, 
is  the  joint  w-f)rk  of  Edward  H.  Hemmerde.  a 
king's  counsel  and  member  tjf  the  British  Par- 
liament, and  Francis  Neilson,  M.  P.  It  may  be 
due  to  the  legal  talent  in  this  combined  author- 
sliip  that  the  climax  of  the  drama  is  reached  in  a 
divorce  trial  in  a  court-roimi  scene  which  a  dozen 
lawyers,  present  at  New  \'iirk's  lirst  night  of 
Butterfly  nn  the  Wheel."  i)rnnounce<l  as  tlie 
best  representation  of  its  kind  they  had  seen  on 


a  New  York  stage.  The  production  on  tour,  as 
in  the  New  York  presentation,  has  had  the  per- 
sonal supervision  of  Mr.  Lewis  Waller,  and,  as 
in  New  York,  is  interpreted  by  the  all-English 
company,  selected  by  Mr.  Waller,  which  includes 
Stanley  J.  Warnington,  Hamilton  Deane,  Vincent 
Sternroyd,  Dorothy  Lane,  Florence  Leclerq,  J. 
Malcolm  Dunn,  Henry  Dornton,  Arthur  Benton, 
Kevitt  Mantion,  John  Winstanley,  Alys  Rees, 
Harry  Ross  and  others.  "A  Butterfly  on  the 
Wheel"  comes  direct  from  a  run  of  an  entire  year 
in  New  York,  which  followed  a  similar  season 
of  prosperity  in  London. 


"California,"  an  Operetta  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  bill  for  next  week  will  have  as 
its  headline  novelty  a  one-act  American  operetta 
•California"  by  Cecil  de  Millc,  Robert  Hood 
Bowers.  Grant  Stewart  and  Jesse  L.  Lasky.  The 
story  is  clever,  the  music  lilting,  the  lyrics  bright, 
and  Lasky  has  given  it  a  picturesque  and  elabor- 
ate production.  In  the  company  are  Leslie  Leigh, 
Harry  Griffiths,  Edward  Mora,  Austin  Stewart, 
.Morgan  Jones,  Cecil  Corey,  Lottie  Wells,  Mad- 
eline Sears,  Sophie  Fugcl,  F.  Emerson  Overton, 
Allan  More,  E.  Boneman  and  Charles  B.  Bur- 
tun,  musical  director.  The  scene  of  the  operetta 
is  the  garden  at  San  Juan  and  among  the  lyrics 
sure  to  beecjme  popular  are  "Goodbye  California," 
"Save  the  Mission,"  "1  Love  You"  and  a  tuneful 


November  16,  1912 


TO  W  N  TALK 


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rmalc,  James  J.  Murton,  monologue  comedian, 
returns  after  quite  a  lengthy  absence.  Nonette, 
the  violinist  who  sings  is  also  included.  She  was 
a  favorite  pupil  of  Ygaye,  the  famous  Belgian 
violinist.  Schichtl's  Royal  Marionettes  will  make 
tlieir  first  appearance  here.  The  scene  is  a 
miniature  stage.  By  request  Dane  Claudius  and 
Lillian  Scarlet  will  return  for  next  week  only  to 
Iiresent  their  musical  melange  "The  Songs  of 
I'ifty  Years  Ago"  in  which  they  recently  created 
one  of  the  greatest  vaudeville  furores- ever  known 
in  tliis  city.  Lulu  McConnell  and  Grant  Siinp- 
sim,  George  H.  \Vatt,  "tlic  electric  problem"  and 
.\at    Nazarro   and    cumijany   will    conclude  their 


AMUSEMENTS 


"Secret  of  Suzanne"  at  the  Cort 

It  is  a  difficult  thing  tn  combine  melody  of  tile 
liighest  order  witli  Ininior,  but  tliis  is  tlie  ac- 
complishment of  the  young  Italian  composer, 
Wolf- Ferrari,  in  his  hitest  composition,  "The 
Secret  of  Suzanne"  which  will  be  given  at  the 
Curt,  Sunday  afternoon  and  evening,  November 
17.  At  the  afternoon  concert  Tlie  San  Francisco 
Orchestra  will  give:  Berlioz,  Rakoczy  March  from 
Damnation  of  Faust;  E.  von  Reznicek,  Overture, 
"Donna  Diana,"  (first  time  in  San  Francisco); 
Massenet  Suite,  Scenes  Pitt(>res(|ue.  Tlien  the 
stage  will  be  cleared  for  the  performance  of  the 
"Secret  of  Suzanne."  .\t  the  night  performance 
tlie  "Secret  of  Suzanne"  will  be  preceded  by  a 
grand  operatic  concert.  This  will  be  followed  by 
the  performance  vvitli  an  entire  cliangc  of  cast 
from  that  of  the  afternoon.  It  will  be  ])roduced 
with  a  real  all-star  cast,  drawn  from  the  Chicago 
Grand  Opera  Company,  and  with  all  of  the  effects 
and  environment  of  the  original  production.  The 
orchestra  is  the  pick  of  the  Chicago  Grand  Opera 
Companj'. 


Last  Week  of  Fealy  and  Durkin 

For  the  farewell  week  of  Maude  Fealy  and 
James  Durkin  at  the  .Mcazar,  commencing  Mon- 
day night,  is  announced  their  successful  vehicle, 
"A  Colonial  Girl"  in  which  they  will  be  assisted 
by  the  complete  strength  of  the  stock  company. 
This  play,  written  by  Grace  Livingstone  and 
.\bbey  Sage  Richardson,  is  a  colorful  picture  of 
the  stirring  days  of  '76.  and  Eastern  critics  have 
pronounced  it  an  exceptionally  faithful  depiction. 
Unlike  most  romantic  dramas,  it  is  strongly 
e(|uippe(l  with  comedy  that  is  at  once  clean  and 
original.  Its  climaxes  are  fine  examples  of  ar- 
tistic playwriting.  Ffillowing  the  Fealy-Durkin 
engagement  comes  CJrrin  Johnson,  one  of 
.'Xnierica's  most  ])romincnt  leading  men.  and 
Marguerite  Leslie,  an  English  actress  who  is 
favorably  known  in  London  and  New  York,  with 
a  repertoire  of  modern  plays,  their  opening 
vehicle  being  Charles  Klein's  successful  work, 
"The  Gamblers."  In  all  their  productions  Mr. 
Johnson  and  Miss  Leslie  will  be  aided  by  the 
.\lcazar's  present  regular  acting  corps. 


Burr  Mcintosh— His  Plain  Talk 

Burr  .Mcintosh  has  produced  something  new. 
.After  a  quarter-century  filled  with  excitement 
and  accomplishment,  he  came  to  San  Francisco  a 
year  ago,  to  establish  himself.  He  first  appeared 
at  the  Alcazar.  .'Xfter  that  he  (juietly  entered  into 
the  life  of  the  city.  Last  August  he  established 
his  photographic  studio.  Finally  a  week  ago  in 
Scottish  Rite  Hall  he  produced  his  new  "Plain 
Talk"  on  the  beauties  and  wonders  of  California 
and  our  country.  Next  Tuesday  afternoon  in  the 
Ci^rt  at  three  o'clock  (to  allow  business  men  to 
'-<•  present),  the  "Plain  Talk"  will  be  repeated 
becai'se  of  numerous  nquests.  .Many  interesting 
)u-oplc,  including  .Sir  riii)ma>  Lipton,  Mayor 
Kolph,  C.  C.  Mofjre  and  others  will  be  present. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Last   Time  Toiiigtit — "The  Chocolate  Soldier." 
BliCINNING   MONDAY   NIGHT— Two  Weeks 
Night  and  Saturday  Matinee  Trices — 50c  to  $1.50. 
Entire    Lower    Flour    $1    at    Wednesday  Matinees. 
The  Messrs.  Shubcrt  and  Lewis  Waller  Present  the 
Dramatic   Sensation   <»f   the  Season 

'A  BUTTERFLY  ON  THE  WHEEL" 

With    Lewis   Waller's   All  -  Kiiglish  Company 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.      Matinee  Every  Day 
MARVELOUS  VAUDEVILLE 

Jesse  L.  Laskv's  .\merican  <l]n.ictta  "C  Al.  1 1- (  )  K  .M  .\" 
with  Leslie  Leigh  and  Harry  Grifhth  ;  .I.\.\1ES  .1.  .MOUTO.N, 
"\  I'ellow  of  Infinite  Jest";  NONETTE,  the  Violinist 
Who  Sings;  SCHICHTL'S  KO'S  .XL  M.\1<I()NETTES ; 
Return  of  one  week  only  CL.VfDirS  .\NI)  SC.\ULET 
i>rcsenting  "The  Songs  of  Fifty  \'ears  .\go" ;  Ll'Ll.'  Mc- 
CONNELL  &  GK.\Nr  SIMPSON  in  "The  Right  Girl"; 
(;E()R(;|-:  II.  watt,  the  Electric  I'rolilem;  NEW  DAV- 
LUillT  MOTION  PICTURES.  Last  Week  of  \.\T 
N.\Z.\R1<()  &  CO.,  the  .\cme  of  .\tlilctic  .\rtistry. 

Evening    Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $L00. 
.Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Hume  C  I57U. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

I )"  I*  a  ricll .  near  I'owfll,      I'hunes..  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  445.S 
Week  C'oninienciiig   Monday   Night.   Xovember  ISili 
Farewell   Appearances  of 
MAUDE  FEALY  and  JAMES  DURKIN 
With   tJie   Alcazar   Company   Tluy   Will    Appear  in 

"A  COLONIAL  GIRL" 

A   Romantic  Comedy  ai  the   Days  of  'Jo 
Prices:  Night  25c  to  $1;  Matinees,  25c  to  50c. 
Matinees:    Thursday,    Saturday    and  Sun<lay 

To  Follow:  Orrin  Johnson  and  Marguerite  Leslie  in  a 
Repertoire  of  Modern  I'lays. 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

i'u  o   Weeks   lieginiiing   Sunday    Night.    November  17th 
Evenings   and   Saturday  Matinees,   J5c   to  $1..S0. 
SFFCL\L  PRICKS  AT  WEDNFSDAV  MAT.,  J5c  to  $1. 
A.   n.  Woods"  l're>ent< 

DUSTIN  FARIMUM 

In    the    Massive  I'ri'ductifm 

"THE  LITTLEST  REBEL" 

.\  Story  of  the  Civil  \,y    Ivlwai.l  Pei.lu 

1(10   People  on   t!ie  Stage 


ALICE  NIELSEN 

and    her    ALL-STAR  Company 

and  Grand   Opera  Orchestra 


i^B^\       ''THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE" 

^^^^^  WL  And   ( ;  I  and   <_)pcra  Concert 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

NEXT    THURSDAY    NIGHT.    NOV.    21st    at  8:15. 
and 

SUNDAY   AFTERNOON,   NOVEMBER  24th  at  2:30 

Tickets,  $2.50,  $2.00  and  $1.0n,  ready  Monday  at  Sher- 
man. Clay  &  Co's  and  Kohler  Chase's. 

Mail   Orders  to  Will.   I..  Greenhaum. 


NIELSEN  IN  OAKLAND 

YE    LIBERTY— NEXT    FRIDAY  AFTERNOON. 
NOVEMBER  22nd, 
-ITIi'.  P.AKHER  OF  SEVILLE" 
and   (Jrand  Opera  Concert 


^^SAN  FRANCISCO  - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-  Conductor 
third  popular  concert 
cort  theatre 

SUNDAY   AFTERNOON,   NOVEMBER  17th 

Special  Event 
FINE  ORCHESTRAL  EVENT 

.\nd    .\iidreas    Dippel's    Production  of 

"THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE" 

Opera   hy   W'oH-Ferrari,   with   Members   of  the 
Chicago  Grand  Opera  Company 
Prices — 5nc   to  $2.    Seats  on   sale  at  the  box  offices  of 
Sherin;m.  ("hiy  X-   Co.,  Kohler  &•  Chase  and  Cort  Theatre. 
Out  Ml  iM^\ti    ..vLiits:    (ireek   Theatre,    Berkeley,  Saturday 

aften  ,   .\'i\t,inber  23r(l.  and  Victory  Theatre,  San  .lose, 

Tnesitay  night,  Xovember  26th. 

Frank  VV.  Healy,  Manager.  711  Head  Building.  209  Post 
Street.     'Phone    Sutter  20.i4. 


CORT  THEATRE 

SUNDAY  NIGHT.  NOVEMBER  17th 
"THE  SECRET  OF  SUZANNE" 

Preceding   the   Opera   Menil)cvs   of   the   C<)Tn|)Mny    W  ill  (1 
a  Kecital  of  Operatic  I'^xcerpts 
Seats— $2,   $1.50,   $1,   75c   and   50c.    Boxes— $2.5(1. 
Tickets  on  sale  at  the  usual  i)laces. 

Direction  PK.\.NK  W.  HE.\LV 


CONCERT  OF 

MISS  HELEN  COLBURN  HEATH 

Soprano 

AT  THE  COLONIAL  BALL  ROOM. 
ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  21st,  AT  8:30  P.  M. 

.\ssisteil  by  Herbert  Kiley,  'Cello  anil  L'da  Waldrnp,  Pianist 
Prices — Reserved  .Seats — $1.    liox  Seats — $1.50. 
Seats  on  sale  after  November  14th,  at  Sherman,  Clay  \- 
Co.,   .St.    Francis   Hotel  and   from   Miss   Heath,   J3I15  Clay 
Street.    Telephone  West  4890. 

Direction  KR.\NK  VV.  IIlvVLV 

Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week    Commencing    November    1 7th 

10    ELLIS  NOWLIN  TROUPE— 10 

in  Their  Laughing  Scream. 
•rilE    KIKE  FICllTERS." 

GERTRUDE  LEE-FOLSOM  &.  CO. 

In    the    Comeily.    ■rilh:    COLD  CTKI".." 
7— BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS— 7 
Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.     .Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Snnd.iv 
and    Holidays    Matinees    at    1:30    and    3:30.     Nights  C'Ui 
tinuous  from  6:30. 

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TOWN  TALK 


November  16,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Mad  it  not  l>ecn  for  the  Balkan  war 
and  tlu-  flurries  in  the  various  continental  stock 
markets  accompanied  by  advances  in  discount 
rates  at  London,  Berlin,  Vienna  and  finally  at 
I'aris,  gulil  would  have  been  imported  from 
iuirope  in  larj^e  '|uantities  and  would  have 
eased  the  stringency  here.  But  Kurope  sent 
Wall  street  abfnit  $50,(100,000  in  securities  in 
place  of  gold  and  is  thus  paying  for  cotton, 
wheat  and  other  commodities  by  giving  us  back 
our  own  stocks  and  tokens  of  indebtedness. 
By  retiring  part  of  its  indebtedness  abroad  and 
reacquiring  securities  on  which  dividends  and  in- 
terest have  to  be  paid  to  foreign  holders  every 
year,  the  United  States  becomes  stronger  fin- 
ancially, but  it  is  something  of  a  struggle  to  pay 
off  debt  so  fast.  If  interest  should  remain  high 
here  and  foreign  markets  should  at  the  same  time 
become  easier,  it  might  become  profitable  to  sell 
finance  bills  abroad  and  import  gold.  The  fall 
in  sterling  exchange  rates  which  accompanied 
the  sharp  advance  in  interest  rates  shows  a  tend- 
ency in  this  direction.  At  the  same  time  bidding 
frjr  gold  when  the  country  does  not  demand  its 
importation  in  the  ordinary  course  of  interna- 
tional adjustments  is  a  wasteful  operation,  and 
it  would  be  better  for  the  federal  treasury  to 
deposit  some  of  its  idle  surplus  where  most 
needed  so  as  to  avoid  a  tax  on  our  export  trade 
represented  by  the  cost  of  buying  and  import- 
ing gold.  'I  he  only  objection  to  this  is  the  fear 
expressed  by  some  bankers  that  treasury  depos- 
its might  be  followed  by  exports  of  .gold  to 
Europe.  As  a  result  of  the  forced  restriction  of 
trading  on  the  exchange  under  the  control  of 
the  banking  interests,  accompanied  by  similar 
operations  in  European  centers,  the  week  closed 
without  a  flurry  of  any  sort  in  the  stock  markets 
of  the  world  though  the  Balkan  war  had  taken 
on  a  critical  aspect  and  the  Turkish  armies  were 
being  driven  back  on  C(  nsfantinople. 

Wheat — The  last  week  has  witnessed  a  re- 
instatement of  the  bearish  sentiment  in  all  cereals, 
and  it  has  again  become  as  aggressive  and  in- 
tense as  at  any  previous  time  this  crop  year. 
The  heavy  movement  of  wheat  to  the  market 
centers  has  revived  the  belief  that  this  year's 
production  is  too  great  to  be  absorbed  at  pres- 
ent prices,  and  that  accordingly  values  of  wheat 
must  decline  to  a  far  lower  level  than  they  have 
yet  reached.  The  magnitude  of  the  crop  is 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  public  so  re- 
peatedly and  in  so  many  ways  that  the  investor 
is  conspicuous  by  his  absence,  and  selling  enter- 
prises are  every  day  reaching  larger  and  larger 
proportions.  With  such  a  generous  advertising 
i>f  our  enormous  cereal  wealth  importing  nations 
are  becoming  somewhat  reconciled  to  their  own 
crop   shortage.    They   have   the   assurance  that 


over-abundant  supplies  await  them  on  their  own 
terms  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  The  incon- 
sistencies of  the  situation  are  illustrated  by  the 
recent  statement  of  a  prominent  New  York  fin- 
ancial institution  which,  after  saying  that  this 
year's  big  cereal  production  insures  for  the  West 
and  the  Southwest  greater  prosperity  than  the 
country  dared  hope  for,  adds  that  money  rates 
will  probably  rule  firm  in  this  country.  All  of 
which  seems  to  imply  a  close  money  market,  a 
high  kite  of  interest  and,  infercntially,  that  our 
boasted  wealth  will  tend  to  our  impoverishment. 
In  fact  our  advices  from  the  country  now  in- 
dicate that  the  producer  is  not  regarding  even 
the  present  values  of  grain  with  unalloyed  hap- 
piness, for  it  must  not  be  overlooked  that  the 
(■\irrent  price  of  84  1-2  cents  for  December  wheat 
in  Minneapolis  only  nets  the  farmer  about  70 
cents  i"  the  western  part  of  the  Dakotas  and  an 
average  of  60  cents  in  Montana. 

Corn — The  corn  market  has  also  experienced 
a  fresh  outbreak  of  bearish  sentiment,  based  in 
a  measure  on  the  big  increase  in  the  estimates 
that  crop  experts  are  now  making  of  this  year's 
production.  The  price  for  May  has  already 
reached  a  point  below  the  SO  cents  level  and 
prediction  is  made  of  a  still  further  decline  in 
values.  Should  the  price  decline  to  45  cents  for 
May,  as  some  assert  it  will,  it  implies  that  the 
farmer  will  receive  but  30  to  40  cents  for  his 
corn  after  paying  transportation  charges.  This 
is  so  big  a  drop  from  the  50  to  80  cents  price 
which  corn  has  been  bringing  at  the  farms  for 
so  many  months  of  the  year  that  farmers  will  be 
loath  to  market  freely,  and  will  turn  their  atten- 
tion to  stock  raising  and  feeding  their  corn  on 
the  farms. 

Cotton — It  was  a  bull  market  in  cotton  from 
-.tart  to  finish  the  past  week  and  at  the  close 
Ijrices  are  up  about  $8  per  bale  from  the  extreme 
low  point  made  some  weeks  ago.  Sentiment 
which  is  the  big  factor  in  all  markets,  has  under- 
gone a  decided  change  and  those  who  were 
loudest  in  their  predictions  of  cotton  selling  at  9 
cents  are  arrayed  on  the  bull  side  and  are  now 
predicting  15  cents  before  January  1.  This 
change  in  sentiment  was  brought  about  by  the 
action  of  the  spinners  in  taking  all  the  spot 
cotton  offered  at  southern  ports  and  predicting 
an  unlimited  demand  for  finished  goods.  Spot 
cotton  was  called  by  the  spinners,  and  the  spot 
houses  in  turn  bought  back  their  hedges  in  the 
future  market.  The  market  has  been  heavily 
short  and  notwithstanding  the  unfavorable  polit- 
ical news  from  the  far  east  Liverpool  was  a  heavy 
buyer  here  both  for  the  actual  and  futures.  Ex- 
ports are  running  very  heavy  and  are  almost 
as  large  as  fr)r  the  same  period  last  year.  The 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  1)1,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12,281,957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Roscnfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
r^.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368, 228. SO 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meycrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.   W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.  C.   Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein       Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
l>.  m  ,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND    DISTRICT   BRANCH,   601  CLEMENT 
Corner  of  7th  Avenue 

HAIGHT    ST.    BRANCH,    1456    HAICHT  ST. 
Near  Masonic  Ave. 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   151,140.101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6  :30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


E.  F.  HUTTON  &  CO. 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 


490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New  York.  31-33-35   New  Street 


November  16,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


weather  news  is  liardly  a  factor  now,  although 
clear  weather  is  wanted  to  gather  what  is  left 
of  the  crop.  Business  in  all  lines  is  exception- 
ally good  and  barring  any  more  unfavorable 
news  from  across  the  water  our  market  should 
have  a  still  further  advance.  But  in  view  of  the 
rapid  rise  we  have  had  it  looks  as  if  a  reaction 
is  in  order  speculatively,  and  if  we  get  this  re- 
action cotton  can  be  bought  with  safety. 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  5.) 
ganizations  like  the  symphony  society,  where  they 
can  give  their  performances  and  conduct  their 
studies  and  rehearsals  amidst  sympathetic  and 
encouraging  surroundings. 

"I  hope  and  believe  that  the  enterprise  of  a 
municipal  art  gallery  is  not  very  far  ofif.  It  is 
much  to  be  regretted  that  we  have  not  a  collec- 
tion of  pictures  for  the  entertainment  and  im- 
provement of  our  fellow  citizens  of  the  character 
possessed  by  the  cities  of  Chicago,  New  York 
and  Pittsburg.  When  this  shall  have  been  ac- 
complished those  who  live  and  die  in  California 
will  not  have  so  much  to  regret  as  they  have  now. 
With  the  masterpieces  of  art  within  reach  the 
desire  of  Californians  ever  to  leave  their  lovely 
State  must  surely  be  diminished.  San  Francisco 
needs  only  this  artistic  charm  to  become  a  true 
metropolis  of  the  west.  I  believe  that  many  who 
now  journey  to  the  East  and  to  Europe  would  be 
happy,  if  we  had  fine  music  and  fine  pictures  to 
show  them,  to  come  to  stay  in  San  Francisco. 

"It  is  highly  important  for  the  encouragement 
of  music  that  the  surroundings  should  be  of  a 
harmonious  and  sympathetic  nature,  and  that  one 
should  be  protected  from  all  distractions.  In  my 
mind  the  correct  idea  of  an  opera  house  is  the 
Prinz  Regenten  in  Munich.  There  one  is  given 
a  comfortable  seat,  and  an  unrestricted  view  of 
the  stage  is  secured  by  the  fact  that  the  head  of 
the  person  next  in  front  is  almost  at  one's  feet. 
Performances  are  carried  on  in  religious  silence 
and  in  complete  darkness.  In  the  entr'  acte  one 
can  walk  about  in  a  delightful  garden  where 
there  is  nothing  to  shock  the  imagination  or  to 
dispell    the   charm   tliat   the   music   has   cast.  I 


When  you  rent  a  box  in  the 

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you  have  the  assurance  that  your  vah'ables  placed 
therein  are  absolutely  safe,  and  all  it  costs  you  is 
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think  wc  may  fairly  hope  to  have  something  like 
this  in  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Redding  who  has 
gone  abroad  in  the  interest  of  the  project,  will 
return  with  models  of  the  very  best  opera  houses 
in  Europe.  I  think  that  the  citizens  of  San 
Francisco  may  confidently  look  forward  to  the 
possession  of  an  opera  house  which  for  beauty 
and  comfort  and  sympathetic  surroundings  will 
compare  with  any. 

"One  of  the  most  delightful  features  of  the 
whole  afifair  is  the  harmonious  and  spirited  man- 
ner in  which  our  prominent  citizens  have  com- 
bined in  this  project.  We  have  often  been 
taunted  with  a  lack  of  harmony  in  San  Francisco. 
This  incident  would  seem  to  show  that  disunion, 
if  it  ever  existed,  has  gone,  and  I  believe  that 
in  no  city  in  the  country  of  the  size  and  wealth 
of  San  Francisco  could  so  important  an  enter- 
prise have  found  such  ready  and  enthusiastic 
support." 


The  Splendid  Knight 

(Continued  from  f^age  6.) 
framed  a  proud  and  superb  face.    The  blue  eyes, 
shining  like  stars,  had  in  them  a  dominating  force 

"When  he  saw  my  face  against  the  iron  bars, 
the  outburst  of  his  gaiety  was  so  sudden  and  for- 
midable that  I  almost  fainted. 

"But  I  was  conquered  for  all  time  by  his 
strength,  his  grace  and  his  beauty.  I  could  not 
upderstand  how  such  a  man  had  been  conquered; 
even  though  a  captive,  it  seemed  as  if  he  were  tri- 
umphant and  fairly  lit  up  the  dungeon,  as  if  they 
had  made  a  prisoner  of  the  sun.  I  obtained  from 
the  prince,  my  father,  some  relaxation  of  their 
sufferings;  and  I  dared,  on  the  day  when  that 
dreadful  war,  revived  by  his  own  brother,  was 
about  to  cost  my  father  his  throne,  I  dared  open 
the  prison  in  which  such  bravery  was  lying  idle, 
begging  the  hero  and  his  compainons  to  save  us 
and  then  return. 

"Bohemond  gave  his  oath,  became  a  conquerer, 
and  kept  his  vow. 

"But  one  wound  burned  in  his  soul,  hatred 
against  the  Greek  emperor,  thirst  for  revenge  at 
having  been  betrayed,  and  Bohemond  is  dead 
without  having  avenged  himself. 

"Alas,  alas!  Those  splendid  eyes  are  now 
closed  forever,  those  eyes  whose  blue  would  have 
made  me  believe  in  the  Christian  heaven,  and  now 
I  envy  Death  which  took  him,  the  conquering  en- 
emy to  whom  I  had  given  my  heart!" 

She  was  silent,  and  with  a  wild  gesture  hid  her 
face  in  her  veil,  winding  it  about  her  like  a  black 
shroud. 

A  great  stillness  reigned  over  all  under  the 
blazing  light  of  the  sun,  while  the  prow  of  the 
galley  cut  through  the  sapphire  of  the  waves,  and 
the  sails  distended  like  full  bosoms,  passed  along 
like  phantoms,  carrying  the  dead. 

All  at  once  the  voice  of  a  sailor  was  heard: 
"Land,  land!    To  the  left — the  Isle  of  Corfu!" 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Paid-Up  Capital  

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits 

Total  Resources   

OFFICERS 
HERBERT  FLEISHHACKER 
SIC  GREENEBAUM  Cha 
WASHINGTON  DODGE 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER 
C.  F.  HUNT 
R.  ALTSCHUL 
C.  R.  PARKER 
WM.  H.  HIGH 
H.  CHOYNSKI 
G.  R.  BURDICK 
A.  L.  LANGERMAN 


.  .  .$  4.000,000 
.  .  .$  1,600,000 
.  .  .$40,000,000 


President 
irman  of  the  Board 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Secretary 


Then,  all  at  once,  the  pail  on  the  coffin  Hew  into 
the  air,  and,  with  a  burst  of  laughter  that  sounded 
like  a  trumpet  call,  Bohemond  drew  up  his  tail 
figure  and  shook  out  his  blond  curls  crying:  "Vic- 
tory!" 

All  the  knights  had  risen,  with  the  smiles  of 
men  who  had  known  what  they  were  to  expect. 
Each  quickly  singled  out  a  man  in  the  crew,  whom 
he  prevented  with  his  lance  from  making  any  re- 
sistance. 

Broad  of  shoulder  and  slender  of  waist,  Bohe- 
mond appeared  in  all  his  formidable  strength, 
stretching  his  limbs  and  hungrily  breathing  in  the 
pure  air. 

All  eyes  were  upon  him,  and,  almost  at  his  feet, 
her  hands  joined  in  mute  ecstasy,  Katranida  gazed 
at  him  with  adoring  eyes. 

They  glided  gently  into  the  roadstead  of  Corfu. 
Boats  approached  the  galley,  whose  sails  had  al- 
ready been  lowered.  One  of  them  bore  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Grecian  island;  he  had  come  to  pay 
his  respects  to  his  dead  rival,  who  was  no  longer 
to  be  feared. 

Then  Bohemond  waved  aloft  his  shining  blade 
and  cried: 

"Behold  ine,  Bohemond,  son  of  Robert!  You 
thought  me  dead,  but  I  am  alive  and  you  are  my 
dupes.  I  could  not  give  up  life  until  I  had 
washed  out  the  insults  that  have  tarnished  my 
honor.  I  shall  return  to  my  own  country 
to  call  the  bravest  nations  to  arms  against  you. 
I  shall  make  Constantinople  swim  in  blood.  In- 
solent Greeks,  tell  your  faithless  ruler,  I  am 
more  than  ever  alive,  and  an  evil  day  it  shall 
prove  for  all  of  you." 

And  while  the  galley  spread  her  wings  again 
and  stood  out  for  the  open  sea,  Bohemond  raised 
up  Katranida  and,  folding  her  to  his  broad  chest, 
added,  all  his  anger  drowned  in  the  delicious 
and  tender  expression  of  his  smile: 
"And  for  you,  my  own.  it  shall  prove  a  day  of 
happiness." 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Mrs.  .\lexander  Heynemann  entertained  at  a 
luncheon  on  Friday  in  honor  of  Miss  Margaret 
Casey. 

Miss  M.  A.  Wise  and  Miss  Marie  Payne  will 
be  the  honored  guests  at  a  large  tea  to  be  given 
on  November  21  by  Miss  Ramona  Hamberger 

John  Richards  of  Spokane  who  is  on  business 
in  Southern  California,  is  making  headquarters 
at  Hotel  del  Coronado.  C.  H.  Dickey  of  Honolulu 
is  there  to  remain  for  some  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  W.  S.  Woodward  of  San  Francisco  registered 
a  few  days  ago.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  R.  Kingsbury 
of  San  Francisco  are  at  the  same  hotel.  Others 
registered  from  San  Francisco  arc:  D.  McLeon 
M.  -AIcLeod,  F.  H.  Hillman,  D.  G.  Scofield,  S  g' 
Casad,  W.  S.  Rheem,  D.  W.  Earl,  W.  S.  Miller, 
Miss  Florence  Smith  and  maid,  Mr  and  Mrs' 
Wm.  R.  Wheeler.  E.  F.  Smith  of  Chicago  reg- 
istered during  the  past  few  days.  A  party  from 
Portland  consisting  of  Mrs.  R.  L.  O'Reilly  Miss 
C.  A.  O'Reilly  and  Mr.  R.  J.  S.  O'Rcillv  reg- 
istered recently.  '  * 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

Lust  of  power  has  brought 
to  the  front  all  the  bad  features 
of  unionism. 

The    Citizens    Alliances'    offices  are 
in   the   Russ    Bldg.,   Nos.  363-364-365. 
San   Francisco,  Cal.    The  Free  Reeis- 
'tration  Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


November  16,  1912 


NOTICE   OF   SALE   OF   REAL   ESTATE  AT 
PRIVATE  SALE 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  11,144; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  MARY  E.  O'KANE,  De- 
ceased. 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  sale  made  by  the  Superior  Court  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  on  the 
22nd  day  of  October,  1912,  in  the  matter  of  the  above  estate 
the  administrator  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased  will  sell 
at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  upon  the  terms  and 
conditions  hereinafter  mentioned  subject  to  confirmation  by 
said  Superior  Court,  on  or  after  the  26th  day  of  November, 
1912,  all  the  right,  title,  interest  and  estate  of  said  Mary 

E.  O'Kane,  deceased,  at  the  time  of  her  death  and  all  the 
right,  title,  and  interest  that  said  estate  has  by  operations 
of  law,  or  otherwise  acquired  other  than,  or  in  addition  to 
that  of  said  deceased  at  the  time  of  her  death,  of,  in  and 
to  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and 
being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit: 

COMMENCING  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of  Sut- 
ter Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  forty  (140) 
feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street,  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Sutter 
Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundrcfl  and  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right  angles  easterly 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right 
angles  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet 
and  six  (6)  inches  to  point  of  commencement. 

BEINCJ  a  portion  of  Western  Addition  in  Block  429. 

Terms  and  Conditions  of  Sale — Cash  Gold  coin  of  the 
United  States,  ten  per  cent  (10%)  of  the  purchase  price 
to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  making  said  sale,  balance  on  con- 
firmation of  sale  by  said  Superior  Court,  all  bids  or  offers 
must  be  in  writing  and  may  be  left  at  the  office  of  John 

F.  Hanlon.  Attorney  for  said  Administrator,  at  his  office, 
Room  SOS  Phelan  Building.  San  Francisco,  California,  or 
may  be  delivered  to  the  administrator  personally  or  be 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  said  above  named  Court  at  any 
time  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  and  before 
the  making  of  said  sale.  Deed  and  abstract  taxes  for 
current  year  at  expense  of  the  purchaser. 

Dated:   this  9th  day  of  November,  1912. 

WILLIAM   D.  O'KANE, 
.Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  Mary  E.  O'Kane,  Deceased. 
lOHN  F.  HANLON,  Atty.  for  Administrator, 

505   Phelan   lildg.,  San   Francisco,  Cal.  11-9-3 


CERTIFICATE     OF     NAME     OF     PERSON  DOING 
BUSINESS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME— No.  1073 

1.  the  uiidcrsigiicd,  hereby  certify  that  my  full  name  is 
ELMIRE  KUl'FIICUX,  and  that  the  place  of  my  residence 
is  at  Hotel  Manx,  Noitlnvest  corner  of  Powell  and  O'Farrell 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California;  and  that  I  am  transacting  a  French  Confection- 
ery business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  under  the  name  and  style  of  L.  RUFFIEUX; 

That  the  principal  i)lace  of  my  said  business  is  at  No. 
211  Powell  Street,  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that  I  will  continue  to  transact  such  business 
therein,  under  said  name  and  style; 

That  there  is  no  other  person  interested  with  me  in  said 
business,  and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

Dated,  this  30th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX. 

State  of  California, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

On  this  30th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  One  Thousand 
Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  me,  JAMES  H.  STIR- 
LING, a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  Ciity  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  ELMIRE  RLTKFIEUX, 
known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to 
the  within  instrument,  and  she  duly  acknowledged  to  mc 
that  she  executed  the  same. 

IN  WITNE.SS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  my  Official  Seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  cer- 
tificate first  above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JAMES  H.  STIRLING, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California.  My  Commission  Ex- 
pires September  11,  1915. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  31,  1912.    H.  I.   Mulcrcvy,  Clerk. 
By  W.  R.  Castagnetto,  Deputy  Clerk. 
.\.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  at  Law, 

Vo.  .133  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-9-5 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  FOR  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  GRANTED 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the    City    and    County    of    San    Francisco — (Probate)  ; 
No.   10,980;   Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANTHONY  DORRITY, 

Deceased. 

W.  J.  PALETHORPE,  the  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Dorrily,  Deceased,  having  filed  herein  his  veri- 
fied petition  for  order  of  sale  of  real  property,  and  it  appear- 
ing therefrom  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  tljat  a  sale 
of  the  real  estate  described  in  said  petition  is  necessary  and 
for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
and  those  interested  therein, 

IT  IS  ORDERED:  That  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  deceased  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
appear  before  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  Department  No.  10,  thereof,  in  the 
City  Hall  Building  on  Market  Street  between  Eighth  and 
Ninth  Streets,  San  I'rancisco,  California,  on  Wednesday, 
the  4th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 
of  said  day,  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  an  order 
should  not  be  granted  to  said  administrator  for  the  sale 
of  the  whole  of  the  real  estate  of  the  Estate  of  said  de- 
ceased ;  and 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED:  That  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  once  a  week  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks 
in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
Dated:  October  29,  A.  D.  1912. 

THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  30,  1912.    H.  I.  Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By   E.   B.   Gilson,  Deputy  Clerk. 
COOPER.  GRAY  &  COOPER,  Attys.  at  Law, 

Mills  Bldg.,  .San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-2-5 


NOTICE  OF  INTENTION  TO  t 
SOLE  TP.ADER 
In  the  ouptriiui    ^..ourt  of  the  State  ot   Calilornia,  wffnm 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Application  of  WINIFRED  KIM- 
BALL DE  WOLFE  to  Become  a  Sole  Trader. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  undersigned,  Winifred 
Kimball  de  Wolfe,  the  wife  of  Edgar  S.  de  Wolfe,  who  is 
a  resident  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  intends  to  moke  an  application  to  the  :ibove 
entitled  Court  on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1912,  at  the 
opening  of  the  Court  on  said  day,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
said  application  may  be  heard,  for  a  judgment  and  order 
of  said  Court,  permitting  and  authorizing  her  to  become 
9  Sole  Trader  and  to  transact  business  in  her  own  name, 
and  upon  her  own  account,  as  a  Sole  Trader,  under  the 
provisions  of  Title  XII,  Part  III,  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
Procedure  of  the  State  of  California ;  that  the  nature  of 
the  business  to  be  conducted  by  the  undersigned  is  that  of 
an  Interior  Decorator  and  Designer,  and  to  buy  and  sell 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise,  and  the  place  at  which  it  is 
proposed  to  conduct  said  business  is  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 

Dated  this  5th  day  of  October,  1912. 

WINIFRED    KIMBALL   DE  WOLFE. 
CHARLES  H.  l  AIRALL,  Atty.  for  Petitioner, 

Balboa  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,453; 
Dept.    No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  o<  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MARY  R.   RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  rnore 
tfian  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  iiade. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624   Mills  Bldg..  San   Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Grcig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 
PIECE  NO.  I. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Nortljeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa   Street  and   point  of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of   Potrero  Nuevo   Block  Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  thit  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
day  of  October,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVOTO,  RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

Attorneys    for  Plaintiff, 
68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  1019-10 


ORDER  TO   SHOW  CAUSE 

In  tie  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  12,492; 
Department    No.  7. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ALICE  QUESADA,  De- 
ceased. 

Alice  Schingle  and  Sarah  Sullivan,  administratrices  of 
the  estate  of  Alice  Qucsada,  deceased,  having  this  day 
presented  to  the  Court  and  filed  with  the  clerk  thereof  their 
verified  petition  praying  for  an  order  of  this  Court  au- 
thorizing, empowering  and  directing  them  to  sell  the  whole 
of  the  real  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of  said  de- 
ceased at  either  public  or  private  sale,  as  said  adminis- 
tratrices should  deem  most  beneficial  to  said  estate,  and 
those  interested  therein,  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court 
from  such  petition,  that  it  is  necessary,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
of  said  deceased,  and  those  interested,  to  sell  the  whole  of 
said  real  estate  for  the  purposes  and  reasons  mentioned  in 
said   petition  ; 

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  be  and  appear  before 
this  Court,  Department  No.  7  thereof,  at  its  Courtroom 
situate  in  the  building  known  and  designated  as  the  New 
City  Hall,  south  side  of  Market  street  between  8th  and  9th 
streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Monday,  the  25th 
day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour  of  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 
thereof,  of  said  day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said 
administratrices   for  the   sale  of  such  estate. 

It  is  further  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  order  to 
show  cause  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  successive 
weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation, 
printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM. 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

WALTER    E.    DORN  and 

SULLIVAN,  SULLIVAN  and  THEO.  J.  ROCHE, 
Attorneys   for  Administratrices, 

1108   Humboldt   Savings    Bank  Building, 

San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-26-5 

SUMMONS  TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 
In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Action  No. 
32,803. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

"The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet ;  thence  at 
nght  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.  HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 

MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12:h  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff :  Names, 
none ;   Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   Bldg.,   San   Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 


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A  Romance  Founded  on  History 

The  book  season  is  yet  young  and  there  is  no 
means  of  forecasting  accurately  what  it  holds  in 
store,  yet  it  is  safe  to  prophesy  that  one  of  the 
bright  spots  will  be  Mary  Raymond  Shipman 
Andrews'  first  novel,  "The  Marshal."  What  the 
publishers  think  of  it  is  sufficiently  indicated  by 
the  fact  that  they  have  given  the  illustration  over 
to  Andre  Castaigne.  The  story  carries  us  back 
to  the  early  years  of  the  nineteenth  century  when 
Napoleon  was  the  largest  figure  in  the  eye  of  the 
world,  and  begins  with  a  homely  domestic  scene, 
a  group  of  little  French  peasants  gathered  in  the 
wide  stone  hall  of  the  farm  house  to  beg  a  story 
from  their  grandmother,  and  the  childish  clamor, 
arising  from  each  demanding  his  or  her  favorite 
recital.  Francois,  the  eldest  of  the  little  band,  is 
grandmere's  favorite  and  it  is  his  choice,  which 
he  calls  "Napoleon  Comes,"  that  is  selected.  The 
recital  intimately  concerns  the  little  lad  himself 
for  it  relates  an  incident  of  his  own  baby  days.  It 
was  in  1813  that  Napoleon  with  his  staff  officers, 
on  his  way  towards  Germany,  passed  through 
the  little  village  and  halted  for  a  brief  confer- 
ence, making  the  farm  house  his  temporary  head- 
quarters. The  little  I'rancois,  then  three  years 
of  age,  had  Ijccn  put  to  bed  in  an  interior  room 
for  his  daily  nap,  but  awakened  by  the  talking, 
had  crept  out  of  his  crib  and  into  the  living  room 
w-here,  attracted  by  the  sword  of  Marshal  Ney,  he 
tried  to  convert  it  into  a  plaything.  Thereupon 
ensued  some  banter  amongst  the  officers  which 
ended  in  Napoleon's  taking  the  sword,  and  placing 
the  infant  on  his  knees,  giving  him  the  accolade. 
Addressing  him  as  Chevelier,  he  made  tlie  half 
prophecy  that  some  day,  under  another  Bon- 
aparte, the  little  1)1  ly  might  be  a  Marshal  of 
France.  Whether  it  was  jest  or  earnest  no  one 
could  tell,  but  at  any  rate  the  child,  as  he  grew 
older,  took  it  quite  seriously  and  looked  forward 
to  a  time  when  he  might  be  of  service  to  a  new 
emperor.  He  was  a  winsome  little  lad,  cheerful 
and  manly  and  apparently  without  fear,  and  when 
he  was  about  ten  years  of  age  and  misfortune 
overtook  his  family,  and  Waterloo  and  St.  Helena 
had  become  history,  there  came  to  live  at  the 
ancient  chateau  its  seigneur.  General  Gourgaud, 
with  his  little  motherless  daughter.  It  was  not 
long  before  the  child  Francois  and  the  intimate 
associate  of  the  great  emperor  came  together, 
drawn  by  their  sympathies  though  one  was  a  man 
of  middle  years  and  the  other  a  small  child.  The 
general  was  busy  writing  his  memoirs  of  the  em- 
peror and  the  child  was  employed  in  copying  the 
work  and  in  acting  as  audience,  listening  to 
stories  of  the  great  campaigns  and  becoming 
every  day  more  of  an  enthusiast.  While  he  was 
never  formally  adopted  by  the  geiieral,  never 
separated  from  his  own  family,  little  Francois 
became  to  all  intents  and  purposes  a  son  of  the 
house  and  when,  shortly,  the  Marquis  Zappi,  an 
Italian  nobleman  and  likewise  an  old  Napoleonic 
campaigner  and  life  long  friend  of  the  seigneur, 
brought  his  own  little  son  to  remain  while  he 
went  to  America  to  superintend  property  inter- 
ests in  Virginia,  a  journey  from  which  he  never 
returned,  the  three  children,  one  a  daughter  of 
the  Baron  General  Gourgaud,  another  an  Italian 
marquis,  and  the  third  only  a  little  French  peas- 


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ant,  grew  up  together  like  members  of  one  family, 
without  thought  of  difference  in  social  position. 
The  father  of  little  Francois  never  took  the 
knighting  of  his  child  at  all  seriously  but  General 
Gourgaud  was  of  a  different  opinion.  To  him  the 
emperor's  word  was  no  light  matter  and  he  al- 
ways asserted  that  should  the  Bonapartes  be 
restored  Francois  Beaupre  would  have  an  un- 
doubted right  to  his  title.  It  was  one  day  while 
the  children  were  still  young  enough  to  be  ab- 
sorbed in  a  game  of  robbers  and  bandits  about  an  . 
ancient  ruin  that  they  were  joined  by  a  new  play- 
mate, a  lad  slightly  older  than  themselves,  a  run- 
away schoolboy  who  had  given  his  tutor  the  slip. 
This  proved  to  be  Louis  Napoleon  and  the  en- 
counter fixed  more  firmly  in  the  mind  of  Fran- 
cois the  idea  that  he  was  to  be  of  some  marked 
and  signal  service  to  the  house  of  Bonaparte. 
Devoted  and  unselfish,  his  short  life  was  filled 
with  brave  and  gallant  deeds  and  futile  sacrifices. 
He  neither  spared  himself  nor  was  he  spared  by 
his  associates  and  his  cheerful  disposition,  readi- 
ness of  resource  and  innocent  vanities  disarmed 
criticism.  The  story  leads  from  the  little  French 
village  under  the  Jura  to  an  Austrian  prison,  from 
Europe  to  America  and  back  again,  from  Paris  to 
London,  through  war  and  diplomacy,  and  in  and 
out  of  all  the  tangled  web  of  the  futile  and  pre- 
mature attempts  to  restore  the  French  Empire. 
The  picture  of  the  boy  prince  Louis  who  was 
afterward  Napoleon  III  is  a  much  more  agreeable 
one  than  history  paints  and  the  only  view  of 
Hortense  Beauharnais,  daughter  of  Josephine, 
wife  of  Louis  Bonaparte  and  Queen  of  Holland, 
is  that  of  the  devoted  and  sacrificing  mother. 
Three  great  hopes  filled  the  heart  of  the  peasant- 
born  lad  Francois  Beaupre:  to  win  the  love  of 
his  little  playmate,  Alixe,  to  aid  in  restoring  the 
imperial  throne  to  Louis  Bonaparte  and  to  be  a 
Marshal  of  France.  In  none  of  these  was  he  suc- 
cessful yet  he  died  happy  in  the  belief  that  he  had 
accomplished  them  all.  The  story  is  well  written 
and  shows  a  marked  advance  on  the  part  of  the 
author.  If  it  is  not  precise  history  it  has  mag- 
netic qualities  which  should  awaken  an  interest 
in  history.  Parents  and  guardians  who  are  in 
search  of  something  for  boys  and  girls  would  do 
well  to  substitute  "The  Marshal"  for  the  sloppy 
juveniles  which  are  currently  believed  to  be  the 
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In  politics  it's  the  stump  that  counts,  not  the 
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The  sins  of  omission  are  merely  those  we  for- 
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It  is  just  as  well  to  believe  only  half  you  hear, 
and  then  to  forget  most  of  that. 


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The  Degenerate  Turk 

An  empire  crumbling  like  an  ancient 
palace,  passing  like  a  pageant  on  which  the 
lights  grow  dim,  is  a  mournful  spectacle, 
symbolical  as  it  is  of  life  itself.  The  lesson 
it  teaches  is  as  old  as  the  hills.  There  may 
be  instruction  in  it,  but  of  what  use?  We 
know  there  is  no  escape  from  Time  with  its 
corroding,  subtle  forces  of  decay.  In  the 
East  are  the  yellow  races  awakening  from 
slumber;  in  the  West  an  age-worn  empire 
rapidly  disintegrating.  Historical  parallels 
abound.  To  the  Turks  themselves  we  may 
look  for  one  in  the  days  when  they  swarmed 
southward  from  the  deserts  of  Tartary 
carrying  their  conquests  over  the  fertile 
provinces  of  the  Roman  empire,  meeting  the 
Saracens  half  way  who  were  coming  north- 
ward from  the  deserts  of  Arabia.  As  usual 
commentators  look  not  beyond  the  day  for 
the  causes  of  disaster.  We  are  told  that  the 
Young  Turks  are  wholly  to  blame ;  that  the 
nation  was  unprepared  for  war.  The  truth 
is  that  the  Turks  have  never  in  a  hundred 
years  been  ready  for  war.  Their  unpre- 
paredness  had  become  characteristic.  Ill 
clothed  and  ill  fed,  even  badly  led.  the  Turk 
has  always  been  a  fighter.  What  then  is 
the  explanation  of  the  panic  of  the  follow- 
ers of  Zecki  Pasha?  Time  alone  tells  the 
tale,  just  as  it  told  the  tale  in  Greece  and 
Rome.  There  has  been  decay  in  the  ancient 
austerities  and  pieties.  There  is  loss  of  faith 
in  the  religion  of  the  Turk  which  was  once 
a  call  to  arms.  In  a  measure  the  Koran  is 
a  training  manual.  In  the  old  days  when 
the  Moslem  faith  held  sway  over  the  heart 
of  the  Turk,  he  fought  with  the  ferocity  of 
a  fanatic,  with  a  blind  confidence  in  destiny 
and  the  blessings  of  Allah.  It  was  for 
Islam  that  he  fought  six  years  under  the 
walls  of  Constantinople  when  he  had  his 
first  experience  with  Greek  fire,  the  only 
thing  that  could  repulse  him.  The  modern 
Turk  is  a  materialist.  Allah  is  in  his 
seventh  heaven,  but  the  Turk  is  tainted 
with  the  fleshpots  of  the  West.  This  is  the 
irony  of  history. 


Consecrated  Fraud 

At  a  moment  when  unregenerate  politi- 
cians in  all  sections  of  the  State  are  pointing 
the  fat  finger  of  suspicion  at  Los  Angeles 
and  charging  that  in  that  city  whose  at- 
mosphere is  heavy  with  the  odor  of  sanctity 
raw  work  was  done  in  the  interest  of  the 
sacred  Bull  Moose,  it  must  be  extremely 
painful  to  the  good  citizens  to  learn  that  on 
election  day  the  total  number  of  ballots 
cast  failed  utterly  to  approximate  the  reg- 
istered vote.  From  the  election  returns  it 
appears  that  the  vote  was  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  100,000  shy.  This  disproportionate 
showing  is  exceptional  everywhere  save  in 
Los  Angeles,  a  circumstance  which  must 
intensify  the  embarrassment  of  the  good 
citizens,  those  war  worn  fighters  in  the 
cause  of  militant  reform,  who  greatly 
predominate  in  this  angelic  city  where  even 
kissing  is  tabu.  Excessive  registration, 
which  has  become  an  old  story  in  Los  An- 
geles, appears  to  be  regarded  there  as  the 
only  innocent  form  of  amusement.  True  it 
implies  fraud,  perjury  and  all  that  sort  of 
thing,  but  the  supposition  is  that  it  is  for 
the  greater  glory  of  the  city,  and  thus  it 
seems  to  have  become  consecrated  as  the 
chief  of  the  civic  virtues.  Los  Angeles  has 
a  passion  for  apparent  populousness,  and  a 
big  registered  vote  is  the  end  that  justifies 
the  means.  But  if  it  be  true,  as  rumor  has 
it,  that  every  Tom,  Dick  and  Harry  who 
passes  through  Los  Angeles  during  the 
period  of  registration  is  put  on  the  roll,  then 
it  is  not  unreasonable  to  assume  that  the 
manipulators  of  election  machinery  in  that 
city  would  not  scruple  at  altering  a  handful  of 
figures.  Such  being  the  case  how  poignant 
must  be  the  emotions  of  the  chaste  ones  of 
the  electorate  who  spend  their  time  labor- 
ing with  the  wicked  like  missionaries  in 
Thibet. 


The  Burden  of  Taxation 

The  taxpayers  of  San  Francisco  having 
received  their  bills  from  the  tax  collector 
are  now  aware  that  it  is  easier  to  vote  for 
bond  issues  than  to  stand  the  consequences. 
Along  with  the  high  cost  of  living  has  come 
more  weight  to  the  burden  of  taxation,  with 
the  result  that  the  man  in  the  street  who 
has  been  yielding  his  ear  to  the  propagand- 
ists of  municipal  ownership  has  started  to 
think  on  new  lines.  In  all  probability  it 
would  be  fatal  to  submit  to  the  people  at 
this  time  a  proposition  to  purchase  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  system.  If  the  man 
in  the  street  were  asked  now  to  vote  to 
issue  bonds  to  build  another  municipal 
street  railroad  or  to  build  a  garbage  crem- 
atory or  to  ornament  Twin  Peaks  with  a 
lovely  park,  is  it  not  likely  that  he  would 
ponder  his  tax  bills  before  making  reply? 
To  be  sure  it  was  necessary  for  us  to  issue 


some  bonds,  and  it  may  be  necessary  for  us 
to  issue  some  more,  but  meanwhile  it  would 
be  well  for  those  supervisors  who  have  been 
failures  in  everything  but  politics,  who  can 
conduct  no  business  but  the  city's,  and  who 
therefore  must  depend  on  the  indulgence  of 
the  people  for  a  good  living,  to  exhibit  in 
the  immediate  future  an  aptitude  for  econ- 
omy. One  of  the  good  results  of  the  raise 
in  taxation  is  that  it  has  caused  the  man  in 
the  street  to  sit  up  and  take  notice.  In- 
dubitably he  has  already  done  some  think- 
ing about  the  report  that  the  Mayor,  the. 
City  Attorney,  the  City  Engineer  and  two 
Supervisors  are  to  go  on  to  Washington  to 
argue  the  justice  of  our  attachment  to 
Hetch-Hetchy.  Why,  he  has  probably  asked 
himself,  should  he  be  called  upon  to  pay 
freight  for  this  superabundance  of  brains, 
especially  as  Mr.  Phelan  is  going  as  a  vol- 
unteer being  eager  to  make  a  pilgrimage  to 
New  Jersey,  thus  designing  to  kill  two 
birds  with  one  stone.  It  will  be  hard  to 
convince  the  man  in  the  street  that  Mr. 
Rolph  and  Mr.  Shaughnessy,  who  certainly 
know  all  the  facts,  are  in  need  of  reinforce- 
ments. There  is  no  law  to  be  discussed, 
nor  is  the  highfalutin  stuff  that  passes  for 
eloquence  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  be 
tolerated.  But  bond  issues  have  swollen 
the  sacks  in  the  treasury,  and  the  little  leaks, 
the  ratholes  in  the  dyke  that  start  the 
cataclysm,  are  not  to  be  considered  when 
there's  a  chance  for  a  junket. 


The  Logical  Man 

It  is  with  profound  regret  that  we  hasten 
to  put  ourselves  on  record  in  opposition  to 
our  esteemed  contemporary  the  Call  with 
respect  to  the  nomination  of  the  Hon.  Frank- 
lin K.  Lane  for  a  chair  in  the  Wil.son  cab- 
inet. The  regret  is  for  two  reasons:  first, 
we  prefer  to  be  in  accord  with  our  contem- 
porary ;  secondly,  we  hate  to  put  a  stone  in 
the  beflowered  pathway  of  the  talented 
young  man  with  the  bald  head  from  Cali- 
fornia. There  is  no  question  of  Mr.  Lane's 
fitness.  Moreover  it  is  not  to  be  doubted 
that  Mr.  Lane  in  the  interest  of  his  country 
would  switch  gracefully  from  a  Republican 
to  a  Democratic  administration.  Who,  from 
Siskiyou  to  San  Diego  now  or  in  the  twenty 
years  since  the  San  Francisco  statesman 
first  began  accepting,  has  known  him  to  de- 
cline anything?  No,  Mr.  Lane  is  not  onlv 
qualified,  he  is  available.  And  in  all  i)nil)- 
ability  by  this  time  he  has  his  prehensile 
hooks  on  the  job.  But  we  do  protest  none 
the  less.  Our  reason  is  this, — in  the  event 
of  Mr.  Lane's  entering  the  Cabinet  that  will 
settle  it  so  far  as  California  is  concerned. 
That  will  be  deemed  recognition  enough  for 
California.  We  might  get  some  small  con- 
sulship, or  a  diplomatic  post  in  one  of  the 
Latin   republics,   but   an  Ambassadorship 


4 


TOWN  TALK 


November  23,  1912 


anywhere  on  the  Coutiaent  of  Europe,  that 
would  be  as  inaccesible  to  a  Californian  as 
the  belt  of  Orion.  In  the  circumstances 
how  unjust  it  would  be  to  the  Hon.  James 
D.  Phelan  to  recommend  the  Hon.  Frank- 
lin K.  Lane!  Mr.  Phelan's  claims  must  be 
given  precedence.  Mr.  Phelan  is  our  fore- 
most Democrat.  Mr.  Phelan  has  done  more 
than  hold  ofifice  for  his  party.  Mr.  Phelan 
has  supplied  the  sinews  of  war.  IJesides 
he  is  a  native  son,  whereas  Mr.  Lane  is  only 
a  favorite  son  who  came  to  California  to  get 
on  the  payroll.  It  is  urged  against  Mr. 
Phelan,  as  we  have  been  told,  that  with  all 
his  weath  he  contributed  only  two  thou- 
sand dollars  to  the  Wilson  campaign  fund ; 
but  that  his  whole,  large  and  warm  heart 
was  in  the  tight  there  is  none  to  deny.  Also, 
it  is  a  matter  of  public  knowledge  that  after 
the  election  Mr.  Phelan  stood  ready  to  con- 
tribute to  a  fund  to  defray  the  cost  of  a 
recount  in  California.  Whatever  may  be 
the  sentiments  of  the  State  as  a  whole  we 
are  sure  that  San  Francisco  is  heartily  in 
favor  of  sending  Mr.  Phelan  abroad  to 
whatever  distance  the  President  in  his  wis- 
dom may  see  fit.  And  we  are  also  sure 
that  to  whatever  diplomatic  post  he  is  com- 
mitted he  will  reflect  credit  on  his  country. 
A  man  who  will  not  make  enemies  ra>hi_\  . 
whose  eloquence  is  ceremonial,  warranted 
safe  and  intelligible,  and  who  is  able  to  hold 
his  end  up,  Mr.  Phelan  is  deserving  of 
recognition  at  the  hands  of  a  party  for  the 
success  of  which  he  has  waited  long  and 
patiently. 

Women  Disfranchised 

The  somewhat  startling  discovery  has 
been  made  that  Xew  Jersey  had  woman 
sufYrage  more  than  one  hundred  years  ago. 
It  is  startling  because  Xew  Jersey  has  not 
woman  suffrage  now.  To  be  sure  ar- 
chaeologists have  found  that  there  was  ec|ual 
suffrage  in  certain  ancient  nations,  but  what 
the  effect  was  nobody  cares,  as  of  course 
there  is  no  lesson  to  be  drawn  for  Christian 
people  from  the  political  phenomena  pecu- 
liar to  pagans.  But  it  may  be  worth  while 
to  give  ear  to  history  teaching  by  example 
in  New  Jersey.  The  Constitution  adopted 
by  that  Colony  in  1776  provided  explicitlx- 
for  woman  suffrage :  "'All  inhabitants  of  this 
Colony  of  full  age,  who  are  worth  fifty 
pounds  proclamation  money,  clear  estate  in 
the  same,  and  have  resided  within  the 
county  in  which  they  claim  a  vote  for 
twelve  months  immediately  preceding  the 
election  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  for  Rep- 
resentatives in  Council  and  Assembly,  and 
also  for  all  other  public  officers  that  shall 
be  elected  by  the  people  of  the  country  at 
large."  That  this  clause  meant  what  it  said 
is  evident  from  the  following:  "Every 
voter  shall  openly  and  in  full  view  deposit 
his  or  her  ballot,  which  shall  be  a  single 
written  ticket  containing  the  names  of  the 
persons  for  whom  he  or  she  votes."  This 
law  was  in  force  and  effect  for  fourteen 
years.  It  was  repealed  in  1807.  ^^'hy? 
The  discovery  certainly  suggests  this  ques- 
tion, and  in  all  probability  busybodies 
(against  whom  we  shall  fulminate  impreca- 


tions) will  doubtless  have  the  temerity  to 
investigate. 

The  Bludgeon  in  Arizona 

The  i)eo])le  of  Arizona  having  voted  to 
;)ut  the  recall  in  their  Constitution  the  l!ul- 
ietin  reminds  us  that  President  Taft  refused 

10  approve  the  bill  admitting  Arizona  to 
Statehood  because  of  the  clause  in  the  orig- 
inal Constitution  providing  for  the  applica- 
tion of  the  recall  to  the  judiciary.  .And  al- 
though the  campaign  is  over  the  Bulletin 
takes  occasion  to  charge  that  President  Taft 
was  guilty  of  attempting  without  justifica- 
tion to  coerce  the  people  of  Arizona.  The 
truth  of  the  matter  of  course  is  that  Presi- 
dent Taft  conscientiously  and  courageousK- 
l)erformed  what  he  conceived  to  be  his  duty 
regardless  of  the  enmities  his  action  was 
bound  to  excite.  The  bill  admitting  .Ari- 
zona to  Statehood  required  the  approval  of 
the  I'-esident,  and  he  would  have  been 
false  to  his  oath  had  he  given  his  approval 
while  convinced  that  the  character  of  the 
Constitution  was  irreconcilable  with  the 
spirit  and  principles  of  our  republican  in- 
stitutions. He  knew  it  was  in  the  power  of 
the  ])eo])le  of  Arizona  to  annul  his  action, 
l-ncw  it  was  likely  they  would  do  so,  but  not 
to  conciliate  them  would  he  become  their 
accomplice,  though  to  make  it  all  the 
harder  for  him  to  do  right  Theodore  Roose- 
\e!t  v\as  shouting  his  head  off  in  approval 
i  f  the  principle  of  the  recall.  President 
Taft's  message  on  this  question  was  as 
statesmanlike  as  any  that  he  or  any  other 
1  'resident  ever  uttered.  That  he  knew  what 
to  expect  we  know  from  these  words:  "Even 
if  we  strike  out  the  judicial  recall  now,  they 
can  reincorporate  it  in  their  Constitution 
after  Statehood";  but  he  insisted  that  it  was 
necessary  for  the  authority  "primarily  re- 
sponsible for  its  creation  to  assert  in  no 
doubtful  tones  the  necessity  for  an  inde- 
[iendcnt  and  untrammeled  judiciary."  The 
l)eo])le  of  Arizona  having  seen  fit  to  follow 
the  example  of  California  and  other  neurotic 
States  by  providing  for  the  use  of  the  re- 
c;\]\  as  a  means  of  making  it  easy  to  in- 
timiflate  their  judiciary  it  does  not  follow 
tliat  President  Taft  was  wrong  or  unjust. 

11  the  i)eople  of  Arizona  were  to  make  ap- 
])roval  of  the  judicial  recall  unanimous  they 
could  not  thereby  vindicate  the  truth  of  its 
])rinciple.  It  is  conceivable  that  all  the  peo- 
])le  of  Arizona  might  affirm  by  ballot  that 
the  blackness  of  white  was  self-evident,  but 
one  man  free  from  the  defect  of  color  blind- 
ness would  know  they  were  in  error.  .About 
the  soundness  of  the  principle  of  the  recall 
lionest  men  may  differ  for  the  reason  that 
honest  men  may  not  agree  as  to  the  mean- 
ing of  justice.  There  are  men  who  do  not 
understand  why  justice  is  represented  as 
blind.  Not  understanding  it  they  are  in 
favor  of  the  recall.  There  are  men  unaware 
of  the  fact  that  justice  in  the  sense  of  en- 
forcement of  the  laws  of  the  land  and  as 
distinguished  from  the  virtue  which  nnpels 
us  to  give  to  every  person  his  due,  is  essen- 
tial to  the  stability  of  government.  The\' 
have  no  objection  to  a  Constitution  under 
which  a  maddened  community  may  wreak 


vengeance  with  the  aid  of  a  timid  judge  on 
the  head  of  an  innocent  man.  The  judicial 
recall  has  one  virtue;  it  is  such  a  terrible 
thing  that  few  men  have  the  audacity  to  pro- 
pose the  employment  of  it,  but  while  it  re- 
mains in  the  Constitution  the  demagogue 
at  the  bar  may  have  some  advantage  over  a 
self-respecting  adversary,  and  the  people  of 
the  State  must  suffer  the  reproach  that  thev 
are  not  a  civilized  community. 


Dr.  Abrams  and  His  Critics 

I  he  ])hysicians  who  permitted  themselves 
to  be  lured  into  print  for  the  making  of  a 
newspaper  story  reflecting  discredit  on  Dr. 
.\lbert  Abrams  are  not  to  be  applauded  for 
their  judgment.  The  giving  of  flashlight 
opinions  is  not  indicative  of  the  sound  dis- 
cretion that  ought  to  distinguish  members 
of  the  medical  profession.  Dr.  Abrams  may 
be  pursuing  an  ignis  fatuus,  but  the  doctors 
who  have  been  interviewed  on  the  subject 
of  his  reported  discovery  are  not  informed 
sufficiently  to  pass  judgment.  It  is  con- 
sidered unwise  in  the  medical  profession  to 
accept  as  authentic  anything  respecting 
scientific  research  or  achievement  which 
does  not  come  through  channels  controlled 
l)y  men  or  associations  recognized  as  au- 
thoritative. Yet  the  doctors  who  permitted 
themselves  to  be  interviewed  on  the  subject 
of  the  Abrams  discovery  knew  nothing 
about  it  except  what  they  read  in  the  press 
despatches.  They  certainly  do  not  know 
whether  Dr.  Abrams  was  quoted  correctly. 
Xow  why  this  precipitousness?  It  is  hard 
to  understand,  for  though  envy  loves  a  shin- 
ing mark  there  are  circumstances  that  would 
seem  to  render  the  doctors  of  our  parish 
somewhat  placable  toward  Dr.  Abrams. 
There  is,  for  instance,  the  circumstance  that 
he  is  hardly  to  be  regarded  as  in  competi- 
tion with  them.  .A  man  of  wealth,  he  can 
afford  to  indulge  a  passion  for  research  and 
study,  and  of  late  years  he  has  devoted  very 
little  time  to  active  practice.  He  has  spent 
a  great  deal  of  time  abroad  where  he  has 
l)een  accorded  recognition  by  the  world's 
greatest  scientists  as  a  man  who  has  con- 
tributed to  the  sum  of  human  knowledge. 
It  was  but  a  few  months  ago  that  we  quoted 
a  ])aragraph  of  foreign  comment  on  Dr. 
Abrams.  It  was  not  a  paragraph  from  a 
daily  paper.  It  was  a  paragraph  from  the 
official  organ  of  the  British  Medical  As- 
sociation. It  was  an  excerpt  from  a  speech 
made  by  the  president  of  that  body  at  its 
annual  meeting.  That  gentleman,  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  physicians  of  Eng- 
land, observed  that  Dr.  Abrams  had 
achieved  much  that  was  of  importance  to 
medical  science.  Some  months  before  the 
utterance  of  that  tribute  we  found  that  Dr. 
Abrams  was  receiving  high  praise  from 
men  of  learning  in  Paris,  and  we  quoted 
from  one  of  the  leading  journals  of  that  city 
an  article  conclusive  of  the  fact  that  he  was 
taken  seriously  by  men  who  perhaps  may 
be  sceptical  with  more  grace  than  the 
dogmatists  of  San  Francisco.  Now  if  we 
seem  to  resent  what  has  been  said  by  these 
gentlemen  it  is  not  because  we  hold  a  brief 


November  23,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


for  Dr.  Abrams,  though  we  must  confess 
that  we  have  long  been  curious  regarding 
his  labors,  the  reason  being  that  he  was  a 
home  product  who  gave  promise  of  reflect-, 
ing  credit  on  his  native  State.  Nor  let  it 
be  supposed  that  we  depreciate  the  value 
of  scepticism  that  is  born  of  a  wholesome 
precaution  against  charlatanry,  of  which 
there  is  so  much  reason  to  complain  in  this 
country.  It  is  better  for  doctors  to  be 
sceptical  than  to  be  receptive  toward  new 
theories.  But  there  are  doctors  in  this  city 
who  are  inclined  to  be  brutal  in  their 
scepticism.  We  had  some  experience  of 
them  not  long  ago  when  a  physician  (Dr. 
Schaefer)  who  had  discovered  a  new  serum 
came  to  town  to  acquaint  the  members  of 
his  profession  with  his  discovery.  He  was 
not  a  quack.  He  was  a  physician  in  good 
standing,  who  believed  he  had  made  a  dis- 
covery that  would  be  of  great  benefit  to 


What  will  there  be  to  remember 

Of  us  in  the  days  to  be? 
Whose  faith  was  a  trodden  ember 

And  even  our  doubt  not  free. 
Parliaments  built  of  paper 

And  the  soft  swords  of  gold 
That  twist  like  a  waxen  taper 

In  the  weak  aggressor's  hold. 
.\  hush  around  Hunger  slaying, 

A  city  of  serfs  unfed, 
What  shall  we  leave  for  a  saying 

To  praise  us  when  we  are  dead? 

But  men  shall  remember  the  Mountain 

That  broke  its  forest  chains, 
And  men  shall  remember  the  Mountain 

When  it  marches  against  the  plains 
And  christen  their  children  from  it 

And  season  and  ship  and  street. 
When  the  Mountain  came  to  Mahomet 

And  looked  small  before  his  feet. 
His  head  was  high  as  the  crescent 

Of  the  moon  that  seemed  his  crown, 
.'\nd  on  glory  of  past  and  present 

The  liglit  of  his  eyes  looked  down. 


The  chap  who  writes  the  funny  newspaper 
stories  about  bald-headed  men  is  never  much  of 
a  humorist. 


We  shall  never  cease  being  provincial  till  dis- 
tinguished visitors  forget  to  tell  us  that  our  city 
is  marvelous. 


.A  tax  bill  speaks  louder  than  a  dozen  editorials. 


Is  anybody  really  worried  about  that  Liberty 
Bell? 


Sir  Thoinas  Lipton  is  a  jolly  old  soul.  Yes,  he 
is — so  all  the  girls  say. 


Tom  can't  lift  the  cup  but  he  can  increase  the 
demand  for  his  tea,  and  that's  no  minor  con- 
sideration in  the  Lipton  philosophy. 


mankind.  He  asked  not  that  his  serum  be 
accepted,  endorsed  and  put  upon  the  market, 
but  that  it  be  investigated,  and  at  a  meet- 
ing of  doctors  he  was  treated  like  a  pick- 
pocket. It  was  afterward  explained  that  as 
he  was  a  country  doctor  who  expressed  him- 
self in  the  vernacular  rather  than  in  the 
terms  of  medical  science  he  excited  dis- 
trust. Nevertheless  Dr.  W.  P>.  Coffey,  a 
man  of  great  ability,  who  believed  in  the 
country  doctor,  made  use  of  the  serum  and 
found  that  it  possessed  remarkable  curative 
powers.  Having  this  illustration  of  a  pro- 
fessional tendency  in  mind  we  would 
admonish  the  brethern  of  the  profession, 
who  do  nothing  more  than  practice  what 
they  have  been  taught,  employing  (when 
they  have  it)  superior  skill  and  knowledge 
for  their  exclusive  aggrandizement,  to  prac- 
tice also  forbearance  and  be  at  least  charit- 
able toward  men  of  philanthropic  tempera- 


The  Examiner  advises  us  to  vote  for  Amend- 
ment No.  6  because  it  provides  for  financing  the 
extension  of  public  utilities  by  a  special  tax. 
Which  causes  one  to  wonder  what  proportion 
of  the  raise  in  taxation  the  Examiner  has  been 
called  upon  to  pay. 


The  Rev.  William  Rader  tells  us  that  the  Bul- 
garians are  fighting  for  their  religion.  Dr.  Rader 
also  believed  that  the  Bull  Moose  were  fighting 
for  the  Lord  at  Armageddon. 


Another  Goo  Goo  is  gone  wrong  in  Los  An- 
geles. When  the  last  but  one  is  exposed  then 
Brother  Earl  will  feel  more  at  home. 


Society  like  everything  else  is  becoming  demo- 
cratic, as  you  may  observe  if  you  read  the  news- 
papers. It's  no  longer  who's  who  but  who  isn't 
who. 


ment  who  are  devoting  their  lives  to  re- 
search in  the  interest  of  mankind.  For  the 
medical  profession  we  have  the  very  high- 
est respect,  so  many  are  the  members  of 
it  going  about  doing  good  without  expecta- 
tion of  reward,  and  therefore  it  is  in  the 
kindliest  spirit  that  we  would  rebuke  those 
distinguished  gentlemen  who,  shunning 
publicity  as  they  do  in  deference  to  the 
ethics  of  their  profession,  nevertheless 
hastily  embraced  the  opportunity  of  adver- 
tising their  scientific  conservatism  by  swat- 
ting a  confrere  who  suffers  the  handicap  of 
an  international  reputation.  It  has  been 
said  that  doctors  have  one  advantage  over 
members  of  other  professions  inasmuch  as 
when  they  make  a  mistake  it  is  buried  six 
feet  underground.  Not  so  the  doctors  who 
made  the  mistake  of  assuming  the  accuracy 
of  a  despatch  from  Chicago. 


Though  the  crooked  swords  overcome  it 

And  the  Crooked  Moon  ride  free, 
When  the  Mountain  comes  to  Mahomet 

It  has  more  life  than  he. 
But  what  will  there  be  to  remember 

Or  what  will  there  be  to  see — 
Though  our  towns  through  a  long  November 

Abide  to  the  end  and  be? 
Strength  of  slave  and  mechanic 

Whose  iron  is  ruled  by  gold — 
Peace  of  immortal  panic — 

Love  that  is  hate  grown  cold. 

.\rc  these  a  bribe  or  a  warning 

That  we  turn  not  to  the  sun, 
Nor  look  on  the  lands  of  morning, 

Where  deeds  at  last  are  done? 
Where  men  shall  remember  the  Mountain 

When  truth  forgets  the  plain 
And  walk  in  the  way  of  the  Mountain 

That  did  not  fail  in  vain. 
Death  and  eclipse  and  comet 

Thunder  and  peals  that  rend 

Hien  the  Mountain  came  to  Mahomet 

Because  it  was  the  end. 


So  the  people  of  Los  Angeles  are  thinking  of 
recalling  their  reform  mayor!  And  he's  a  pillar 
of  the  church,  too!  Having  troubles  of  their 
own  the  Pharisees  to  the  south  of  us  cannot  spare 
time  to  pray  for  the  backsliders  of  Portland. 


The  Hon.  William  J.  Bryan  is  busy  jockeying 
himself  into  a  position  to  be  conciliated.  If  there 
ever  was  a  time  when  somebody  felt  like  knock- 
ing him  into  a  cocked  hat  we  are  in  the  midst 
of  it. 

What  are  the  mysteries  of  death  compared 
with  the  mysteries  of  life! 

To  be  graciously  old  seems  quite  as  difficult 
as  to  be  charmingly  young. 

It  is  the  woman  out  of  tune  with  her  surround- 
ings who  spends  her  time  vindicating  her  sym- 
pathy with  the  sorrows  of  the  world. 


The  March  of  the  Black  Mountain 

By  Gilbert  K  .Chesterton 


One  hand  went  f)Ut  to  the  morning 

Over  Brahmin  and  Buddhist  slain, 
.•\nd  one  to  the  west  in  scorning 

To  point  at  the  scars  of  Spain. 
One  foot  on  the  hills  for  warden 

By  the  little  Mountain  trod. 
And  one  was  in  a  garden 

And  stood  on  the  grave  of  God. 
But  men  shall  remember  the  Mountain 

Though  it  fall  down  like  a  tree; 
They  shall  see  the  sign  of  the  Mountain, 

Faith  cast  into  the  sea. 


Perspective  Impressions 


e  TOWNTALK  November  23,  1912 

Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria 

A  Scion  of  the  Infamous  House  of  Orleans  Who  Appears  to  Have  Inherited  Some  of  the  Characteristics  of  His  Forbears 


The  world  h.is  its  eye  on  Czar  l-crdinand  of 
Bulgaria.  Here  is  a  man  who  has  done  big 
things.  Two  months  ago  an  obscurity,  m  as 
many  weeks  he  altered  the  map  of  Europe, 
brought  the  Turl<  to  hi.-  knees  and  made  of  him- 
self a  personality  to  be  reckoned  with  by  the 
nations  of  the  earth.  Ferdinand  furnishes  us  at 
once  food  for  the  imagination  and  an  interesting 
study  in  heredity. 

From  the  leading  newspapers  of  the  European 
capitals  one  gets  the  impression  that  Ferdinand 
has  a  somewhat  narrow  basis  of  wholesome, 
commonplace  human  virtues  to  compensate  for 
the  defects  of  his  character.  He  is  described  as 
a  past-master  of  intrigue,  a  man  of  unblushing 
audacity,  a  scholar  of  the  highest  culture,  a 
politician  witliout  morals.  Something  of  a 
voluptuary  is  Ferdinand,  fond  of  tine  women, 
with  the  tastes  of  Solomon,  I  infer:  the  very 
man  that  might  renew  the  promise  of  Xerxes  to 
reward  him  who  sho  uld  invent  a  new  pleasure. 
In  short  Ferdinand,  though  of  European  birth, 
lineage  and  rearing,  according  to  common  report 
is  the  typical  soldierly  despot  of  the  Orient. 
Singularly  enough  the  press  of  Paris  is  especially 
uncomplimentary  in  its  observations  respecting 
the  character  of  Ferdinand:  singularly  because 
of  the  French  blood  in  the  veins  of  this  con- 
summate captain  who  raised  liimsclf  from  a  petty 
vassal  principality  to  the  throne  of  what  is  soon 
to  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  great  independent 
kingdoms  of  t!ie  world.  The  Paris  press  tells 
us  he  is  a  stern  monarch  who  first  courted  his 
people  and  then  made  them  bow  before  the  iron 
of  his  rule.  Yet  thus  far  it  has  not  occurred  to 
the  press  of  Paris  or  the  press  of  elsewhere  that 
Ferdinand  is  a  true  son  of  France,  or  rather  that 
he  is  the  quintessence  of  all  his  tribe,  a  tribe 
that  through  the  years,  nay,  through  the  centuries 
has  continuously  bred  true  to  type.  Ferdinand's 
grandmother  was  Clementine,  daughter  of  Louis 
Philippe.  King  of  the  French,  whose  father  Louis 
Philippe  Joseph,  called  Egalite,  playfully  dubbed 
King  of  Paris,  was  a  direct  descendant  of  that 
cunning  Duke  of  Orleans  who  was  Regent  in 
the  boyhood  days  of  Louis  XV.  In  other  words 
Ferdinand  is  an  Orleans,  a  name  that  once  stood 
throughout  Europe  for  bloody  and  unnatural 
murder,  a  name  that  was  stamped  with  eternal 
blackness  in  the  days  of  the  Revolution  when 
a  Duke  of  Orleans,  faithless  to  his  blood,  regard- 
less of  the  ties  of  family  and  race,  making  com- 
mon cause  with  the  Jacobins  that  he  might  ride 
the  storm,  cast  his  vote  in  the  National  Conven- 
tion for  the  death  of  the  King. 

The  most  illustrious  ancestor  of  the  Orleans 
family  exhibits  the  political  features  of  the  least 
remarkable  descendant;  and  the  most  remarkable 
descendant — the  present  Czar  of  the  Bulgars — 
exhibits  all  the  characteristic  traits  of  the  earliest 
of  his  forbears.  When  Louis  XIV  sat  upon  the 
throne  of  France  a  Philip  of  Orleans  courted  the 
people.  When  Louis  was  in  his  grave  a  Philip 
of  Orleans  took  violent  possession  of  the  throne 
at  the  bidding  of  a  Parliament  whose  voice  he 
worshiped  that  it  might  be  the  more  efTectually 
silenced.  During  his  regency  he  gave  the  country 
a  government  that  for  corruption  Ferdinand  will 
find  it  difficult  to  surpass.  Nearly  every  Philip 
of  Orleans  was  a  demagogue  born  an  aristocrat — 
the  wolf  of  royalty  in  the  sheepskin  of  Democracy. 
Ferdinand,  from  all  accounts  has  followed  the 


By  Theodore  Bonnet 

example  of  his  ancestors:  at  least  to  the  extent  of 
pampering  the  people  till  they  served  his  pur- 
pose, but  of  c(nirse  with  the  exception  of  tlie 
Regent,  none  ever  attained  the  pt)wer  now  pos- 
sessed by  the  man  w-lio  h.is  been  descril)ed  as 
the  sternest  monarch  in  ICurope. 

Through  the  long  scries  of  portraits  in  the 
liouse  of  Orleans  there  is  no  mistaking  the  family 
likeness.  If  some  features  are  missing  others 
are  accentuated.  We  may  go  back  to  the  founder, 
Philip,  the  second  son  of  Ann  of  Austria  and 
Louis  XI 11.  and  we  shall  find  that  he  bears  a 
resemblance  to  Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria:  for  he 
too  was  a  man  free  from  all  moral  restr:iint. 
True  he  was  not  a  soldier,  but  he  had  a  son  who 
was  no  mean  warrior — that  Duke  de  Chartres 
w  lio  shamed  his  mother  by  marrying  at  his  de- 
jiraved  father's  instigation  the  bastard  daughter 
of  Louis  and  .Madame  Maintenon.  Perhaps  this 
second  of  Ferdinand's  ancestors  resembles  him 
more  tlian  any  of  the  others.  .Skilled  in  intrigue 
was  this  man  who  became  the  Regent.  .'\  soldier, 
righting  the  battles  of  his  country  he  tried  to 
have  himself  made  King  of  Spain  on  conditions 
favorable  to  the  enemy.  His  treachery  having 
l)ecn  discovered  he  was  ever  after  in  l)a(l  odor 
at  Court,  so  that  when  Louis  was  dying,  dreading 
a  regency  which  would  give  the  Duke  uncontrolled 
power,  he  made  a  will  appointing  a  council  at 
which  the  Duke  should  sit  as  President,  the 
other  members  of  which  were  the  Duke's  en- 
emies. The  will  proved  to  be  waste  p.iper.  for 
the  Duke  seized  the  Government  before  the  King 
was  in  his  grave. 

Ferdinand  is  a  scholarly  m.m.  fond  of  astron- 
omy, a  lover  of  the  laboratory.  So  was  his  an- 
cestor, the  Regent,  who  had  so  much-  to  do  with 
alembics  during  the  period  when  poison  ended 
the  lives  of  several  persons  who  stood  between 
him  and  the  throne  that  all  luirope  believed  him 
a  murderer.  This  Duke  of  Orleans  studied 
astrology,  magic  and  the  whole  art  of  necromancy. 
.\nd  of  course  he  was  a  libertine,  but  that  was 
the  fault  of  his  age,  not  his.  To  blame  a  Prince 
of  those  days,  a  contemporary  of  Charles  the 
Second  of  England,  for  his  amorousness  is  to 
betray  a  curious  lack  of  historical  perspective. 
We  are  all  chaste  now.  but  it  was  otherwise  in 
the  days  of  the  Merry  Monarch,  who  was  how- 
ever, less  licentious  than  the  Regent  of  France. 
While  Charles  had  four-and-twenty  fiddlers  for 
his  favorite  fad,  the  Regent  preferred  as  many 
wantons.  The  Regent  was  the  son  of  his  father 
in  all  but  one  of  his  father's  passions,  for  where- 
as the  parent  wore  a  bracelet  and  painted  his 
face  the  Regent  was  inclined  to  be  normal  in 
his  infidelities.  Yet  his  mother  had  said  of  him 
when  he  was  only  sixteen  that  he  had  all  the 
experience  in  vice  of  a  man  of  sixty,  adding  that 
he  "hated  innocent  amusements."  This  royal 
rake  died  with  his  head  reposing  on  the  knees  of 
his  mistress,  the  Duchess  of  Phalaria.  while  she 
was  telling  him  one  of  the  droll  stories  for  which 
she  was  much  celebrated  in  a  circle  that  gloried 
in  its  unblushing  infamy. 

There  never  was  but  one  person  in  Paris  who 
could  go  the  pace  with  more  than  the  speed 
of  the  Regent,  but  the  record  was  kept  in  the 
family,  for  the  Regent  was  sire  to  the  one  more 
facile  than  he  in  debauchery.  It  was  his  own 
daughter  the  Duchess  de  Berri.  A  great  hostess 
was  the   Duchess.    She  used  to  preside  at  her 


father  s  orgies,  l-'rom  all  accounts,  including  the 
most  authoritative,  that  of  her  father's  friend  and 
guide.  Saint-Simon,  she  must  have  been  a  woman 
of  many  charms,  though  that  of  cxclusiveness 
was  not  among  them.  To  find  her  counterpart  in 
history  we  must  go  back  to  the  days  of  the  Em- 
press Faustine  and  her  daughter  Lucille  who 
would  rather  be  with  her  lover  in  a  desert  than 
without  him  in  a  palace. 

The  Regent  left  a  son  who  inherited  from  his 
ancestors  all  but  one  of  their  defects.  He  was 
inclined  to  asceticism  and  devoted  himself  to 
study.  This  passion  for  learning  is  the  one  pas- 
sion that  has  come  down  almost  unintermit- 
tently  in  the  Orleans  family.  So  highly  de- 
veloped was  it  in  the  Regent's  son,  that  although 
in  accordance  with  the  fashion  of  his  day  he  took 
a  dancer  for  his  mistress,  such  time  as  he  pass?(l 
with  the  lady  he  generally  employed  in  a  bar  n- 
less  endeavor  to  convince  her  of  the  truth  of  the 
metempsychosis  theory,  in  which  he  hims -If 
devoutly  believed.  Of  the  Louis- Philippe  who 
comes  next  history  has  preserved  few  records, 
but  such  as  are  to  be  found  indicate  that  not- 
withstanding the  asceticism  of  his  father  he  in- 
herited all  the  characteristics  of  his  race.  Un- 
scrupulous, contemptible  in  pecuniary  matters  h  • 
\vas  hated  and  despised  by  the  nobility  of  Paris, 
but  he  played  the  demagogue  like  a  true  Bmirbon 
of  the  Orleans  branch  with  some  success.  He, 
too,  was  a  soldier,  a  gallant  one,  and  contributed 
largely  to  the  victory  won  by  Marshal  d'Fs'res 
over  the  English  at  Hastenbeck.  This  Dnke 
courted  the  people  so  assiduously  that  they  pby- 
fully  called  him  King  of  Paris  by  way  of  dis 
tinguishing  him  from  the  actual  King,  who  held 
himself  aloof  from  his  subjects  at  Versailles 
The  son  of  the  King  of  Paris,  or  the  great- 
grandson  of  the  Regent,  proved  himself  typical  of 
his  breed.  He  was  as  di  ssolute  as  any  of  his 
ancestors,  and  if  anything  more  assiduous  and 
more  successful  in  cultivating  the  affections  of 
the  mob  while  intriguing  against  the  King.  Like 
F'crdinand  of  Bulgaria  he  also  was  a  student  of 
the  sciences,  but  he  was  not  a  good  soldier.  In- 
deed the  stigma  of  cowardice  was  fixed  upon  him 
in  a  naval  battle  against  the  English.  This  was 
the  Louis- Philippe  who  was  known  as  Egalite, 
who  associated  with  Voltaire  and  Ben  Franklin, 
and  who  voted  for  the  death  of  the  King  to  propi- 
tiate the  mob  that  soon  after  shouted  in  ecstasy 
at  sight  of  its  former  hero  baring  his  neck  to 
the  blade.  And  it  was  this  man's  son,  another 
Louis-Philippe,  who  intrigued  his  way  to  the 
throne  after  the  restoration  of  the  Bourbons  only 
to  find  that  he,  too,  was  attended  by  the  family 
Xemesis.  This  Louis-Philippe,  a  scholar  like  the 
rest  of  them,  was  the  grandfather  of  the  brilliant 
woman  by  whom  Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria  was 
br<rught  intfi  the  world. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


I  NION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


.November  23.  1912  TOWNTALK:  7 


Varied  Types 


CI— CHARLES  SUTRO 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


Probably  it's  because  the  family  comes  from 
Aix-Ia-Chapelle.  Environment  has  a  lot  to  do 
with  inherited  traits,  and  if  a  man  rejoices  in 
forebears  who  showed  discrimination  in  the 
choice  of  their  home,  his  good  fortune  is  sure  to 
exhibit  itself  in  his  personal  characteristics.  I 
suppose  most  of  us  would  rather  have  our  family 
trees  rooted  in  San  Francisco  or  New  York  than 
in  Keokuk  or  Kalamazoo.  Among  old-world 
cities  there  are  some  which  history  has  glamored 
with  an  unusual  fascination.  Aix-la-Chapelle  is 
such  a  city;  and  Charles  Sutro's  family  came 
from  Aix-la-Chapelle. 

You  cannot  have  read  your  medieval  history 
without  succumbing  to  the  charm  of  Aix-hi- 
Chapelle.  Even  in  the  old  days  of  the  Roman 
Ivmpire  it  was  a  distinguished  place,  for  the  rich 
Romans  used  to  go  there  to  worship  in  tlie 
temple  of  Apollo  and  drink  the  hot  sulphur  water 
for  their  rheumatism.  But  when  you  hear  tlie 
name  you  think  at  once  of  Pepin  and  a  greater 
than  Pepin,  namely  that  colossus  of  the  middle 
ages.  Charlemagne.  Charlemagne  made  the 
smiling  valley  town  a  great  city  of  the  Holy 
Roman  Empire.  He  had  been  born  there  and 
when  he  died  they  interred  him  in  the  wondrous 
cathedral  where  since  his  far-ofif  day  tliirly-rivc 
kings  and  eleven  queens  have  reccixed  their 
crowns.  Charlemagne  made  it  too  the  centre  of 
Western  culture,  and  so  it  remained  for  many 
centuries.  Art  and  architecture  found  inspira- 
tion in  the  adornment  of  its  churches  and  its 
palaces  which  became  so  rich  that  when  the  Nor- 
mans harried  up  the  Rhine  they  always  stopped 
to  loot  in  Aix-la-Chapelle.  All  the  fighters  of 
Europe  from  Spanish  Spinola  to  Corsican  Bon- 
aparte have  at  f)ne  time  or  another  marched 
their  veterans  through  its  streets  or  invested  its 
walls  defended  by  stout  burghers. 

When  your  family  comes  from  a  place  like  that 
you  are  apt  to  have  a  lot  of  old-world  enthusiasm 
for  the  best  things  in  art  and  letters  coursing 
with  the  blood  in  your  veins.  That  kind  of  an- 
cestry makes  for  imagination  and  taste  and  gives 
a  hearty  contempt  for  the  superficialities  of  new, 
unpolished  civilizations.  The  thought  is  offered 
in  partial  accounting  for  the  traits  which  Charlie 
Sutro  shares  with  the  other  members  of  his 
family. 

The  elder  members  of  the  Sutro  family  came 
to  San  Francisco  in  the  fifties.  There  were  two 
brothers,  Emil  and  Gustav,  and  their  cousin 
Adolph.  Emil  and  Gustav  established  a  banking 
business  here  in  1858,  and  it  is  still  fluorishing 
Emil  Sutro  was  the  father  of  Gustav  Sutro  who 
is  in  the  bond  business  and  of  .Mfred  and  Oscar 
who  are  eminent  attorneys.  The  latter  married 
the  sister  of  Denis  O'Sullivan.  Gustav  Sutro. 
the  other  brother,  was  the  father  of  Charles  who 
carries  on  the  old  banking  and  broking  business, 
and  Emil.  Finally,  the  cousin  Adolph  Sutro  who 
became  the  Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  had  two 
sons,  Charles  who  is  in  the  real  estate  busines 
and  Edgar  who  is  a  capitalist.  His  daughters  are 
Mrs.  Emma  Merritt,  Mrs.  Kate  Nussbaum,  the 
wife  of  an  eminent  professor  of  the  University 
of  Bonn,  Rose  Morbio  who  is  the  wife  of  an 
Italian  count  and  Mrs.  Clara  English  who  mar- 
ried an  attorney  of  Chicago  and  now  lives  in 
Paris.  Then  there  is  Alfred  Sutro  who  is  the 
son  of  Dr.  Sutro,  another  cousin.  Alfred  is  one 
of  London's  most  distinguished  playwrights.  He 
wrote  "The  Walls  of  Jericho"  and  many  other 


tine  plays,  and  was  the  first  English  translator  of 
Maeterlinck.  Finally  there  is  another  branch  of 
the  family  in  the  East.  The  name  of  Theodore 
Sutro  stands,  in  Baltimore  and  New  York,  for 
high  accomplishment  in  law  and  literature  while 
his  two  daughters  are  pianists  with  an  European 
as  well  as  an  American  reputation. 

Obviously  this  is  an  unusual  family.  Its  tree 
branches  out  from  the  twelve-hundred-years  old 
city  of  Aix-la-Chapelle  to  the  New  World  and 
back  again.  On  its  boughs  everywhere  arc  ar- 
tists, poets,  men  of  high  finance,  professional 
men  and  connoisseurs.  The  student  of  heredity 
should  find  such  a  family  worth  his  study;  the 
eugenist  will  probably  discover  in  its  generations 
an  embodiment  of  his  shadowy  theories. 

Charles  Sutro  did  not  turn  to  art  for  a  career, 
lie  followed  in  his  father's  footsteps,  and  in  the 
money  market  has  achieved  a  conspicuous  suc- 
cess. But  he  could  no  more  keep  away  from 
art  than  a  Lee  could  keep  away  from  soldiering. 

Herein  the  influence  of  the  Old  Wf)rld  is  not 
merely  an  hereditary  influence,  but  also  more  im- 
mediate. For  Charles  Sutro.  like  all  the  others 
of  the  second  generation  in  San  Francisco,  was 
educated  abroad.  He  spent  his  most  impression- 
able years  in  the  atmosphere  of  cultivation  that 
pervades  the  schools  of  Berlin.  He  haunted  the 
picture  galleries,  he  attended  the  opera  and  the 
concerts  of  the  great  artists.  He  read  and  he 
observed,  saturating  his  mind  with  things  worth 
while.  The  result  was  that  Charles  Sutro  came 
back  to  this  city  to  go  into  business,  it  is  true; 
but  also  to  worship  at  the  shrine  of  art.  I  don't 
think  I  ever  heard  him  referred  to  as  a  prominent 
clubman;  you  would  not  name  him  among  the 
regular  first-nighters;  he  is  not  an  inveterate 
(liner-out.  Hut  when  there  is  a  really  good  play 
in  town,  or  a  good  opera  or  a  vocalist  or  instru- 
mentalist one  shouldn't  miss.  Charlie  Sutro 
doesn't  miss.  He's  there  with  a  trained  eye  and 
a  critical  ear. 

Californian  artists  who  give  exhibitions  here 
are  more  than  half  glad  when  he  drops  in  to  see 
their  pictures,  as  he  almost  invariably  does.  For 
lie  is  something  of  a  patron  of  art  as  well  as  a 
connoisseur.  If  he  likes  a  picture  he  is  as  apt  as 
not  to  buy  it,  a  condition  of  affairs  not  as  com- 
mon hereabouts  as  it  ought  to  be. 

Every  once  in  a  while  he  hies  him  to  Europe, 
for  he  doesn't  care  to  get  out  of  touch  with  what 
is  going  on  close  up  to  the  world's  hub  of  cul- 
tivation. T  suppose  there  isn't  a  good  gallery  in 
Europe  which  he  hasn't  gone  over,  not  once  but 
many  times.  I'm  sure  there  isn't  a  big  picture 
dealer  in  London,  Paris  or  Berlin  that  can't  call 
him  by  name.  More  than  that,  he  can  tell  you 
of  more  or  less  obscure  places  in  Florence. 
Venice,  Munich,  Amsterdam  where  a  master- 
piece is  to  be  had  at  a  proper  figure.  You  must 
know  your  Europe  pretty  well  before  you  get  on 
to  such  things.  They  are  not  to  be  read  in 
Baedeker. 

Being  a  very  discriminating  collector,  with  a 
knack  of  severely  appraising  not  only  the  worth 
of  pictures  but  their  adaptability  to  the  atmo- 
sphere of  his  home,  Charlie  Sutro  doesn't  buy 
lavishly,  but  the  pictures  he  possesses  are  su- 
preme of  their  kind.  There's  a  Corot  before 
which  artists  have  done  everything  except  drop 
f)n  their  knees  in  worship.  It  is  not  in  Corot's 
"popular"  manner^ — half  of  the  Corots  which 
Corot  never  painted  are  the  "silver  grays"  that 


faddists  love — but  the  cognoscenti  swear  softly 
and  reverently  that  it's  in  Corot's  best  manner, 
which  is  much  more  important. 

I  know  of  a  fine  Californian  painter  who  was 
invited  several  times  to  inspect  this  Corot.  He 
made  excuses  till  he  could  evade  no  longer. 
When  he  saw  it,  his  eyes  shone  and  he  heaved 
a  sigh  of  relief. 

"Mr.  Sutro,"  he  said,  "I  was  afraid  to  come. 
I  have  seen  so  many  Corots  which  were  not 
Corots.    But  this!" 

Tlie  rest  was  too  rapturous  for  repetition. 

There  are  other  great  pictures  on  the  Sutro 
walls.  There  is  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds'  portrait  of 
Mrs.  Pope,  the  actress;  there  is  a  Sir  Thomas 
Lawrence  portrait  of  a  young  girl;  there's  a  Dirk 
Hals;  there's  a  Vollons  landscape;  and  there's 
the  marvelously  beautiful  Bronzino  portrait  of 
iMancis  the  First  of  the  de  Medici  house.  And 
the  l>est  Californian  artists  are  represented. 

The  Sutros  have  done  a  lot  for  San  Francisco. 
.Vdolph  Sutro  created  a  fairyland  on  a  bluff  over- 
looking the  Pacific  and  threw  it  open  to  the  city. 
More  recently  his  heirs  gave  the  municipality  an 
opixirtunity  to  aeijuire  this  and  contiguous  prop- 
erty for  an  ocean  park.  Xo  doubt  philanthropy 
i>  ])art  of  tliat  ,\ix-Ia-Chapelle  inheritance.  For 
wlien  1  w,is  talking  to  Ch.irlie  Sntr(3  about  his 
pictures  he  remarked,  (|nite  casually,  not  to  say 
carelessly: 

"Tliey'll  belong  to  the  city  some  day." 


WALNUT  CAKE 

Most  people  like  the  flavor  of  nuts,  and  this  cake 
brings  this  seasoning  out  deliciously.  It  makes  an 
ideal  dessert  for  a  well  appointed  meal.  To  get 
best  results  use 

BORDEN'S  EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

RECIPE  —  Cream  one  scant  cup  buller,  add  gradually 
one  and  one-half  cups  sugar,  then  the  beaten  yolks  of  three 
eggs  and  flavor  to  taste.  Mix  and  sift  together  three  cups 
flour  an  done  teaspof.n  baking  powder.  Dilute  two  table- 
spoons Borden's  Condensed  Milk  with  half  a   cup  o(  water. 

Add  the  milk  ai  d  flour  alternalely 
to  the  firit  mixture,  a  little  at  a  time; 
then  add  one   cup  walnut  kernels. 
^  Lastly  addthe  beaten  whites.  Bake 

^J':-...-  -'  in  pans  lined  with  greased  paper, 

from  forty  to  fifty  minutes,  in  a 
moderate  oven. 

H'r/rc  for 
Borden's  Recipe  Book 


BORDEN'S 
CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

"Leaders  of  Quality  * ' 
Est.  1857         New  York 


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J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


/New  York  Stock  Exchange 
}  Ntv/  York  Cotton  Exchange 

Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
VThe  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  S.  F. 

Main   Office— MILLS   BUILDING.   San  Francisco 

Branch  Offices — Los  Angeles.  San  Diego.  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore.,  Seattle,  Wash.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


8 


TOWN  TALK 


November  23,  1912 


The  Donkey  Spring 


In  a  green  valley,  enclosed  by  precipitous 
heights,  there  flows  a  cool,  copious  spring,  called 
the  Donkey  Spring.  The  fountain  is  enclosed 
by  a  wall  and  protected  by  a  roof,  upon  the  ridge 
of  which  there  swings  a  weather-vane  in  the  shape 
of  a  tin  donkey. 

Every  morning  during  the  summertime,  you 
may  see  at  the  spring  pale  city  girls,  under  the 
protection  of  careful  mothers  and  anxious  aunts, 
drinking  the  cool  water  from  dainty  goblets. 
Gentlemen  from  the  city  frequent  the  spring,  too, 
and  forsooth,  not  only  sickly  lads,  but  robust 
fellows,  with  browned  faces  and  smartly  twisted 
mustaches.  A  gray-haired  soldier,  who  for  the 
last  thirty  years  has  been  coming  and  going  with 
the  swallows,  a  poetical,  misunderstood  girl  with 
long  straw-colored  locks,  an  enigmatic  widow  in 
deep  mourning,  a  mountebank,  much  in  demand, 
especially  during  a  rainy  spell,  who  juggles  with 
coins  and  cards — all  these  persons  are  to  be  found 
at  the  Donkey  Spring.  And  thus  there  are  want- 
ing none  of  the  usual  accompaniments  of  a  sum- 
mer's outing.  But,  hold!  we  had  almost  forgotten 
the  most  important  item — the  hostess  of  the 
Golden  Goose.  She  rules  with  sovereign  sway, 
cooks  well,  and  treats  high  and  low  with  an 
honest  grufifncss  that  affects  the  city-folk  as  re- 
freshingly as  May  dew. 

Concerning  the  origin  of  the  name  which  the 
spring  bears  there  is  much  dispute.  Some  say  a 
thirsty  donkey  unlocked  the  fountain  by  pawing, 
others  assert  that  the  spring  bears  its  name  be- 
cause its  water,  like  donkey's  milk,  is  beneficial  to 
weak  persons.  But  both  views  are  erroneous,  as 
will  become  perfectly  plain  to  anyone  who  will 
hear  this  story  to  the  end. 

Many,  many  years  ago,  when  the  mightiest 
trees  of  the  forest  still  slept  as  a  germ  in  a  brown 
acorn,  no  one  knew  the  healing  qualities  of  the 
future  Donkey  Spring.  The  guests  that  assembled 
about  it  were  the  animals  of  the  wood,  or  grazing 
cattle,  herdsmen  and  charcoal-burners.  The  peo- 
ple praised  the  cool  water,  and  the  animals  did 
the  same  after  their  fashion. 

One  day  there  stood  at  the  spring,  on  opposite 
sides,  two  individuals.  He  was  a  donkey  and 
she  was  a  goose  and  both  were  in  the  first  bloom 
of  youth.  They  greeted  each  other  silently  as 
they  quenched  their  thirst.  Then  the  donkey 
drew  bashfully  near  the  goose  and  said: 

"Young  lady,  may  I  accompanay  you?" 

She  nodded  and  would  fain  have  blushed,  but 
could  not.   Then  they  walked  side  by  side  through 


COATES  ORIGINAL 

PLYMOUTH 

DRY  GIN 


The  Finest  Dry  Gin  Imported 

For  Cocktail,  Fizz  and  Rickey 

Alex.  D.  Shav^  &  Co.,  Agent 
2 1 4  Front  Street  S»n  Francisco 


By  Rudolf  Baumbach  (From  the  German) 

the  dale  and  spoke  of  the  weather.  They  had 
walked  some  distance  when  the  donkey  stood 
still  and  asked: 

"Young  lady,  whither  goes  your  way?" 

Sadly  the  goose  cast  a  side  glance  at  her  escort 
and  murmured  softly:  "Oh,  that  I  knew!  I  am 
the  most  uphappy  creature  under  the  sun!"  And 
when  the  donkey  inquired  further  and  urged  her 
to  unburden  her  heart,  she  told  him  the  story  of 
her  life. 

"My  name  is  .-Mheid,"  said  the  goose,  "and  I 
am  of  good  family.  My  ancestress  was  one  of  the 
geese  that  saved  the  Capitol.  You  know  the  story, 
squire,  do  you  not?" 

The  donkey  answered  hesitatingly:  "E-aw," 
which,  in  his  dialect,  is  taken  to  mean,  yes.  Really, 
he  had  not  heard  the  story  at  all.  but  he  did  not 
wish  to  offend  the  goose. 

"Another  ancestress  of  mine,"  continued  Al- 
heid,  "entertained  friendly  relations  with  St. 
Martin.  She  is  even  said,  so  the  legend  has  it,  to 
have  given  up  her  life  for  him.  However,  I  do 
not  wish  to  tarry  with  the  history  of  my  ances- 
tors, but  rather  to  speak  of  myself.  I  first  saw 
the  light  of  the  world,  together  with  eleven 
sisters  and  brothers,  in  a  barnyard  where  my 
mother,  a  brood-goose,  lived  a  life  becoming  her 
position.  I  was  my  mother's  favorite,  for  in  our 
family  the  youngest  child  is  always  the  brightest." 

"Exactly  as  in  our  family,"  remarked  the  don- 
key. 

"I  will  pass  over  the  years  of  my  childhood," 
the  goose  went  on,  "the  happy  games  in  the  vil- 
lage pond  and  in  the  fish-pond  of  the  castle  gar- 
den, where,  in  the  company  of  young  swans,  I 
acquired  the  grace  of  movement  which  people 
have  so  often  praised  in  me.  I  had  long  ago 
cast  oflf  the  yellow  down  of  youth,  and  blossomed 
out  into  young  womanhood,  when  one  day  there 
appeared  at  the  farm  a  man  with  a  prominent 
aquiline  nose  and  two  shining  black  locks  adorn- 
ing his  temples,  carrying  a  bundle  on  his  shoulder. 
The  peasant's  wife  and  the  servant  girls  crowded 
about  him  and  eyed  with  longing  looks  the  rib- 
bons and  cloths  which  he  took  from  his  sack. 
But  I  must  be  brief.  I  was  captured,  and,  with 
wings  and  feet  bound,  given  over  to  the  stranger, 
who  received  me  in  exchange  for  a  piece  of  blue 
cloth,  figured  with  red  roses. 

"And  now  came  sad  days.  I  was  imprisoned  in 
a  narrow  stall  and  reared  as  a  fatted  goose  on 
noodles  and  barley-meal.  With  horror  I  per- 
ceived that  my  circumference  increased  from  day 
to  day,  and  not  even  my  grief  over  my  sad  fate 
could  put  a  stop  to  the  evil." 

Here  the  donkey  cast  a  glance  upon  the  figure 
of  his  escort  and  vowed  he  had  never  seen  a  more 
dainty  goose.  With  a  grateful  glance  at  the 
donkey,  .\lheid  continued: 

"During  the  last  night— horror  seizes  me  when 
I  think  of  it — I  heard  terrified  cries  wnich  pro- 
ceeded, evidently,  from  the  throat  of  one  of  my 
fellow-prisoners.  I  saw  two  eyes  gleam  in  the 
moonlight  and  heard  the  death-rattle.  A  fox  or 
a  weasel  must  have  got  into  the  barn.  Fright 
gave  me  strength.  I  forced  my  way  through 
the  grate  of  my  prison  and  reached  the  open.  I 
was  saved.  My  wings  carried  me  to  this  valley 
and  now  I  shall  try  to  eke  out  a  living  as  a  wild- 
goose  until  winter,  when  I  may  possibly  estab- 
lish myself  as  snow-goose." 

Alheid  drew  a  deep  sigh  and  was  silent. 

"My  fate,"  said  the  donkey,  "is  similar  to  yours. 
Miss  Alheid.  Obse've  the  black  cross  that  adorns 
my  shoulder;  it  will  tell  you  all.    I  am  of  the  race 


of  the  palm-donkeys  and  my  name  is  Boldewin. 
My  ancestral  tree  has  its  roots  in  Noah's  ark; 
Balaam's  ass  and  the  ass  with  whose  jawbone 
Samson  slew  the  two  thousand  Philistines  are 
among  my  ancestors.  That  it  was  one  of  my 
forefathers  who  died  as  a  philosopher  between 
two  cocks  of  hay,  I  will  simply  mention  in  pass- 
ing; neither  will  I  dwell  upon  the  merits  of  my 
ambitious  ancestor  who  founded  the  allied  family 
of  the  mule.  My  parents  were  cloister-folk  and 
bore  pious  monks  upon  their  begging  expedi- 
tions. My  older  brothers  and  sisters  too  became 
serving  brethren,  but  the  good  fathers  sold  me 
to  the  cloister  miller  and  I,  a  palm-donkey,  was 
obliged  by  rude  persons  to  carry  vile  meal-bags. 
For  a  time  I  suffered  in  quiet  submission.  But 
the  last  night,  when  the  maltreatment  of  the  vul- 
gar miller-churl  had  reduced  me  to  despair.  I 
burst  my  shackles  and  made  my  way  to  this  peace- 
ful forestmead,  where  I  found  you,  fair  Alheid,  at 
the  cool  spring.  And  here  I  purpose  to  bide  for 
the  present  and  lead  the  contemplative  life  of  a 
forest  donkey." 

And  thus  donkey  and  goose  remained  in  the 
valley.  They  lived  apart  from  one  another,  as 
decorum  requires,  but  met  and  held  concourse 
daily  until  finally  the  one  could  not  live  without 
the  other.  They  were  happy  and  still  sad,  happy 
because  they  loved  and  were  loved,  sad  because 
they  knew  they  could  never  belong  to  each  other. 

".\las,  that  I  was  born  a  goose!"  sobbed  Al- 
heid, and  Boldewin,  the  donkey,  sighed:  "I  wish 
I  were  a  bird,"  and  he  knew  full  well  what  sort 
of  bird  he  wished  to  be. 

Thus  weeks  rolled  by.  The  donkey  grew  per- 
ceptibly thinner,  although  there  was  no  lack  of 
nourishing  food  in  the  valley,  and  the  ruddy  hue 
of  the  goose's  bill  faded  and  her  little  eyes  grew 
less  sparkling. 

Xow,  there  lived  in  a  hollow  rock  of  the  forest 
an  old  owl:  she  was  the  wisest  woman  far  and 
wide,  and  the  animals  often  asked  her  advice. 
To  her  the  donkey  told  his  tale  of  woe,  and  when 
he  had  finished,  she  said;  "I  can  do  nothing  for 
you,  but  wait  until  the  solstice.  Then  the  white 
wish-fairy  comes  to  the  spring  to  bathe.  Tell 
her  your  need;  perchance  she  will  help  you  and 
change  your  form.    She  is  a  great  sorceress." 

The  donkey  left,  half-consoled.  On  the  eve 
of  the  day  of  the  solstice,  when  Alheid,  the 
goose,  had  already  retired  to  her  bower,  he  con- 
cealed himself  near  the  spring  and  awaited  the 
wish-fairy. 

She  did  not  keep  him  waiting  long.  In  her 
robe  of  swan-down  she  came  flying,  cast  the 
feathery  vestment  aside,  and  bathed  her  white 
limbs  in  the  cool  spring.    With  donkey  patience 

(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


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To  the  West  Indies? 

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Around  the  World? 

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TOWN  TALK 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXVIII— THE  LOW  BROWN  HILLS 


By  Ella  Higginson 


(Ella  Rhoads  Higginson,  the  author  of  the  following  good  poem,  was  born  in  Kansas,  but  was  educated  in 
Oregon  and  was  identified  for  a  good  while  with  the  Pacific  Coast.  She  lived  for  a  time  in  this  city.  She 
has  written  novels,  short  stories,  verses  and  books  of  travel.  The  following  is  from  her  volume  of  poems,  "When 
the  Birds  Go  North  Again,"  published  by  the  Macmillan  Company  in  1907.) 


I  did  not  love  them  overmuch 

Till  I  had  turned  away, 
But  now  they  glimmer  thro'  my  dreams. 

They  haunt  the  summer  day — 
The  low  brown  hills,  the  bare  brown  hills 

Of  San  Francisco  Bay. 

My  heart  ached  for  their  barrenness. 
Their  browns  veined  thro'  with  gray; 

No  tree  where  some  sweet  Western  bird 
Might  sit  and  sing  his  lay — 

But  low  brown   hills  and  bare  brown  hil 
Of  San  Francisco  Bay. 


Not  one  slim  blade  of  living  green 

To  make  the  soft  slopes  gay; 
No  dim  secluded  forest  dells 

Where  one  might  kneel  and  pray — 
But  low  brown  hills  and  bare  brown  hills 

Of  San  Francisco  Bay. 

But  ah,  their  hold  upon  my  heart 

Now  I  am  far  away! 
They  glimmer  thro'  my  dreams  at  night. 

They  haunt  the  summer  day — 
The  low  brown  hills,  the  bare  brown  hills 

Of  San  Francisco  Bay. 


Tell  me  the  secret  of  this  charm 

That  ever  night  and  day. 
From  greener  lands  and  sweeter  lands 

Draws  thought  and  dream  away 
To  the  low  brown  hills,  the  bare  brown  hills 

Of  San  Francisco  Bay. 


Shall  We  Have  Local  Option? 

The  busy  souls  who  sit  up  nights  worrying 
about  other  people's  morals  and  who  have  long 
looked  forward  to  the  day  when  San  Francisco 
could  be  turned  into  a  dry  town,  will  make  their 
first  attempt  in  that  direction  at  the  election  on 
Tuesday,  the  tenth  of  December.  It  may  be  un- 
known to  a  great  many  voters  in  this  city  that 
a  local  option  proposition  will  be  submitted  at 
that  election.  The  champions  of  the  project  have 
been  hunting  their  quarry  without  a  brass  band 
accompaniment,  not  caring  to  arouse  too  much 
attention  in  quarters  where  attention  might  spell 
antagonsim.  But  they  circulated  a  petition  to  get 
their  proposition  on  the  ballot,  and  without  too 
much  difficulty  secured  about  fifteen  thousand 
signatures  where  they  only  needed  about  eight 
thousand.  So  the  city  will  be  given  the  chance 
to  say  whether  it  is  tired  of  being  wet.  On  the 
outcome  of  the  vote  will  depend  the  future  plans 
of  the  sworn  enemies  of  the  demon  rum.  If 
they  are  encouraged,  the  propaganda  of  prohibi- 
tion will  be  vigorously  pushed. 


What  Is  Proposed 

The  proposed  amendment  to  the  Charter  pro- 
vides that  upon  petition  from  twenty-five  per 
cent,  of  the  voters  in  any  specified  district  of 
San  Francisco,  which  must  contain  not  less  than 
fifty  city  blocks,  the  question  of  whether  saloon 
licenses  shall  be  granted  in  that  district  shall  be 
submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people  of  that  par- 
ticular district.  If  a  majority  vote  for  license 
the  saloons  remain,  or  if  they  had  previously 
been  voted  out  may  return.  But  if  a  majority 
vote  against  license,  no  further  licenses  can  be 
granted  in  that  district,  and  six  months  later 
all  existing  saloons  must  close.  It  is  also  pro- 
vided that  the  question  cannot  be  submitted 
twice  to  the  same  voters  within  three  years,  un- 
less twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  voters  ask  for 


The  Spectator 

the  resubmission.  That  this  is  a  very  pretty 
scheme  calculated  to  warm  the  cockles  of  the 
anti-saloon  man's  heart  may  be  seen  without 
much  difficulty.  The  anti-saloon  people  and 
prohibitionists,  by  a  little  manipulation,  could 
easily  mark  out  a  district  of  fifty  blocks  including 
sections  known  to  be  of  dry  tendencies  and  in- 
cluding also  an  entire  business  street,  like  Fill- 
more, Polk  or  Market.  The  necessary  signatures 
could  be  obtained,  and  then  the  voters  of  this 
local  option  district  who  might  be  in  favor  of 
allowing  saloons  in  the  business  parts  of  the  dis- 
trict, but  who  might  wish  to  keep  the  residence 
sections  free  of  saloons,  would  be  confronted  by 
a  difficult  dilemma.  If  they  vote  against  the 
local  option  district  because  they  are  willing  to 
have  saloons  in  the  business  part,  they  are 
apparently  voting  for  saloons  in  the  residence 
section  as  well;  and  on  the  other  hand,  if  they 
vote  for  the  local  option  district  on  account  of 
a  desire  to  keep  the  residence  section  dry,  they 
are  voting  to  put  all  saloon  keepers  in  the 
business  part  out  of  business.  It  would  be  very 
easy  to  catch  the  voters  in  this  dilemma.  Any- 
body can  mark  out  on  a  map  of  the  city  a  local 
option  district  wherein  the  residence  section 
would  be  certain  to  outvote  the  saloon  part  on 
the  business  streets.  It  looks  like  a  case  of 
"heads  I  win,  tails  you  lose"  for  the  prohibition- 
ists. 


What  the  Brewers  Say 

Naturally  the  brewers  are  up  in  arms  against 
the  manifest  injustice  of  this  proposed  amend- 
ment. They  have  taken  practical  means  of  plac- 
ing themselves  on  record.  The  brewers  sub- 
scribed $75,000  for  the  World's  Fair,  and  like 
other  subscribers  have  so  far  been  called  on 
for  a  part  only  of  their  subscription.  Now  they 
say  that  if  this  amendment  to  the  Charter  is 
adopted  they  will  be  compelled  to  withhold  the 


rest  of  their  subscription;  say  they  won't  be  able 
to  afford  the  money  if  their  business  is  jeopard- 
ized by  a  situation  which  they  couldn't  have  fore- 
seen when  they  subscribed.  They  have  told  this 
to  the  Fair  directors  who  are  quite  worried  over 
the  situation.  And  the  worriment  has  extended 
in  all  directions  among  business  men.  Every 
business  which  depends  in  whole  or  in  part  on 
the  breweries,  the  wholesale  liquor  dealers  and 
the  saloons  will  be  affected  if  this  amendment  is 
adopted.  Is  the  time  coming  when  San  Fran- 
cisco will  be  a  dry  town? 


Is  Lipton  Scotch  or  Irish? 

The  query  may  seem  ridiculous.  Certainly 
'twould  never  have  suggested  itself  to  my  mind 
had  it  not  been  for  the  interview  with  the 
Oolong  Baronet  outspread  upon  the  fair  first 
page  of  the  Examiner  by  Mr.  J.  Lawrence  Toole. 
Mr.  Toole  is  a  dramatic  critic,  and  he  regarded 
the  subject  of  his  analysis  as  the  star  in  a  mirth- 
ful farce  which  might  be  dubbed  "Crossing  the 
Bay."  Apparently  Mr.  Toole  bracketed  Sir 
Thomas  with  Harry  Lauder  and  Peter  Donald. 
He  gives  him  a  Scotch  accent.  He  makes  him 
speak  of  himself  as  a  Scotchman.  He  says  he's 
a  Scotchman.  Which  might  be  looked  upon  as 
conclusive  under  ordinary  conditions.  For  Mr. 
Toole  is  a  careful  observer  and  conscientious  in 


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the  matter  of  facts.  But  it  seems  that  on  tliis 
occasion  he  was  carried  away  from  the  realities 
by  a  too  vigorous  enthusiasm.  As  a  Scotchman 
Mr.  Toole  was  eager  to  claim  the  millionaire 
Tea  Knight  as  a  product  of  his  own  country. 
Hence  the  mistake  which  mars  the  texture  of 
Mr.  Toole's  interview.  As  for  Mr.  Toole  him- 
self, we  learn  that  he  is  a  Scotchman  from  Sir 
Thomas'  own  lips.  For  we  read  these  amazing 
words:  "Man,  I  thought  one  Scotchman  would 
have  the  nerve  to  a^k  another  Scotcliman  any- 
thing." 


A  Higher  Authority 

Was  Sir  Thomas  joking  when  he  said  thai!' 
Or  did  Mr.  Toole  misunderstand  him?  Could 
the  baronet  by  any  possibility  have  said  "Irish- 
man" instead  of  "Scotchman"?  I  am  genuinely 
mystified.  Mr.  Toole  says  Sir  Thomas  is  as 
Scotch  as  Colonel  Duncan  Xeill.  He  speaks  of 
the  Clyde  as  being  Sir  Thomas'  river.  He  says 
the  Lipton  accent  is  "as  .soft  as  the  down  of  a 
thistle."  And  he  proves  it  by  cjuoting  him  as 
giving  the  Scotch  twist  to  his  words.  In  my 
bewilderment  over  all  this  I  tried  to  figure  out 
how  so  confirmed  a  Scotchman  as  Lipton  ever 
came  to  name  his  three  most  famous  yachts 
"Shamrock  I,"  "Shamrock  IT"  and  "Shamrock 
III."  Scotchmen  usually  prefer  the  thistle  to 
the  shamrock.  I  resolved  to  consult  a  higher 
authority  than  Mr.  Toole.  I  went  to  the  new 
Encyclopedia  Britannica.  And  there  I  read  tli.it 
Thomas  Lipton  was  born  in  Glasgow  of  Iri-li 
parents.  Unless  the  Britannica  man  nodded  like 
good  old  Hoiner  Sir  Thomas  must  be  Irish  after 
all. 


His  Life  in  America 

In  this  same  interview  Sir  Thomas  touched 
very  lightly  on  his  early  life  in  this  country.  He 
skimmed  over  it  thus:  "The  first  time  I  came  to 
this  country  as  a  lad  of  si.xteen  T  traveled  in 
the  steerage  and  landed  at  Covent  Garden  with- 
out a  cent."  Of  course  Sir  Thomas  had  a  lapse 
of  the  tongue  there.    He  meant  Castle  Garden. 


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But  he  omitted  some  very  interesting  details. 
When  the  Lipton  lad  arrived  in  this  country  he 
went  to  New  Orleans.  There  he  first  worked 
in  a  grocery  store.  Then  he  was  a  conductor  on 
a  street  car.  Rising  in  the  world  he  traveled 
through  the  South  for  a  photograph  firm,  selling 
enlargements  in  pretty  gilded  frames.  Then  he 
got  a  job  on  a  South  Carolina  plantation.  He 
must  have  saved  his  money,  because  when  he 
returned  to  the  old  country  he  was  able  to  em 
bark  in  the  business  which  finally  inade  him  a 
millionaire. 


The  Voice  of  One  Crying 

1  have  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  one  crying  in 
the  downtown  streets  for  lucre.  It  is  the  voice 
of  Doctor  .\ked  and  1  hear  him  complain  that 
imUss  (  ur  good  people  rush  forward  with  their 
fountain  pens  poised  above  their  check  books,  he 
will  have  to  rest  content  with  his  present  Hons,- 
of  God.  Doctor  .Akcd  makes  an  almost  febrile 
appeal.  It  is  addressed  "tf)  rich  and  poor,  to 
Jew  and  Gentile,  to  humble  Christian  and  cul- 
tivated pagan."  It  asks  for  sums  "ranging  from 
cMie  dollar  to  ten  thousand,"  no  doubt  with  the 
accent  on  the  ten  thousand.  The  doctor  points 
out  that  his  is  the  only  Protestant  church  left  in 
the  business  district.  In  a  previous  statement  he 
had  said  that  it  was  the  "only"  church  left  there, 
but  since  then  somebody  has  evidently  called  his 
attention  to  St.  Patrick's,  old  St.  Mary's  and 
I'ather  Caraher's  church:  hence  the  qualifying 
word  Protestant.  Let  me  <|uote  Doctor  Aked  at 
his  most  eloquent:  "There  ought  to  be  one  great 
church  in  the  center  of  the  city  where  men  and 
women  from  all  over  the  world  can  be  satisfied 
that  they  will  hear  preached,  with  whatsoever  of 
In: man  infirmity,  a  Gospel  which  docs  no  violence 
to  modern  culture,  harmonious  with  the  best 
thought  of  our  time,  a  (iospel  as  wide  as  human 
need,  as  broad  as  the  love  of  God." 


The  Priest  of  Human  Culture 

In  this  his  role  of  modern  culture's  exponent 
Doctor  Aked  intrigues  my  fancy.  I  love  to  dally 
with  the  thought  that  we  have  in  our  midst  a 
priest  who  can  fit  the  Gospel  to  "modern  culture" 
lor  all  the  world  as  a  carpenter  fits  tongue  and 
groove.  I  congratulate  Doctor  Aked  for  daring 
the  role  of  a  human  tuning  fork,  fetching  an  as- 
sonance out  of  Christianity  and  "the  best  thought 
f>f  our  time."  But  how  in  the  world  does  he  do 
it?  How  does  he  know  what  is  the  best  thought 
of  our  tiiTie?  Can  mere  man  know  what  is  the 
best  thought  of  any  but  the  bygone  ages?  I  am 
afraid  that  it  has  been  a  long  time  since  Doctor 
.\ked  turned  the  pages  of  Matthew  Arnold.  The 
apostle  of  sweetness  and  light,  no  mean  authority 


to  quote  even  to  an  .\kcd,  was  always  haminering 
home  the  notion  that  thought  must  be  distilled  in 
the  alembic  of  time  before  it  can  be  known  for 
good  or  bad  thought.  But  Arnold  was  an  Oxon- 
ian, and  his  ideas  of  culture  were  not  those  of 
the  university  where  Doctor  Aked  took  his  de- 
gree. Doctor  Aked  lives  and  thinks  wholly  in  the 
present  which  is  for  him  the  best,  the  wisest  and 
the  most  cultured  of  all  possible  times;  an<l  he 
t.ilks  like  the  Zeitgeist. 


The  Optimism  of  Alice 

.\'ext  to  a  President  who  made  his  own  way  in 
the  world  from  obscurity  to  the  white  light  that 
beats  on  the  eminence,  the  plain  people  love  the 
grand  opera  priina  donna  whose  early  struggles 
were  the  test  of  her  genius.  They  like  to  talk 
of  Melba's  shilling  concerts,  of  Sembrich's  shabby 
shoes,  the  self-denial  of  Schumann-Heink  and 
N'ordica's  hats  of  ancient  vintage.  So  why  should 
we  not  hark  back  to  the  early  nineties  and  ponder 
the  Alice  Nielsen  struggles  with  a  capital  S.  Is 
there  in  all  the  wide  world  a  prima  donna  who 
can  pf)int  with  pride  to  so  brilliant  a  record  of 
obstacles  overcome  and  perseverance  rewarded? 
.Mice  Nielsen  is  a  great  optimist.  Nothing  but 
her  sublime  optimism  could  have  carried  her 
through.  In  her  young  days  she  had  nothing  but 
her  native  talent.  She  had  a  mother  and  child 
to  -upport.  Whenever  there  were  any  superfluous 
dollars  she  took  singing  lessons.  In  time  she  bc- 
.gan  to  attract  attention,  but  instead  oi  accepting 
in\itations  to  go  about  she  stayed  at  home  and 
studied  and  studied.  What  with  her  constant  re- 
hearsals at  the  Tivoli  and  performances  at  night 
>lic  was  busy  enough,  but  she  was  taking  singing 
lessons  all  the  time,  so  that  when  her  chances 
came  she  was  ready  for  them.  After  she  was 
established  as  the  American  queen  of  light  opera 
any  manager  in  the  country  would  have  taken 
her  at  a  big  salary  and  percentage,  but  she  pre- 
ferred to  take  the  advice  of  Henry  Russell,  the 
English  impresario  of  broadest  culture  and  go  m 
for  grand  opera.  That  meant  a  big  financial  sac- 
rifice and  three  years  more  of  hard  study.  But 
hadn't  S'he  studied  all  her  life?  She  hied  herself 
to  beautiful  Italy,  and  in  addition  to  music  went 
in  strong  for  Italian  and  French.  Her  tenacity 
of  purpose  is  sublime.  I  hear  she  has  spurned 
several  offers  of  a  second  marriage.  It  goes 
without  saying  that  suitors  always  follow  in  the 
wake  of  a  successful  operatic  star;  but  pretty 
.Mice  has  kept  her  pretty  eyes  always  on  her  be- 
loved .Art. 


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describing  King  Nicholas  of  Montenegro  as  a 
predatory  despot,  and  kindlj'  supplies  me  with  a 
lot  of  first-hand  information  about  the  monarch 
and  his  little  kingdom — the  black  mountain — 
'vhich  is  but  a  microscopic  speck  on  the  map  of 
riurope.  King  Nicholas,  he  tells  me,  is  one  of 
the  gentlest  of  men,  a  patriarch  rather  than  a 
despot.  It  is  true  that  his  sway  over  Montenegro 
is  as  complete  as  was  that  of  Haroun-al-Raschid 
over  Bagdad  but  it  is  the  sway  of  a  fond  and 
beloved  parent.  The  palace  of  the  king  is  not 
half  so  pretentious  as  the  home  of  a  prosperous 
shop-keeper  in  this  country.  He  is  adored  by 
his  subjects,  whom  he  visits  in  their  homes  and 
who  visit  him  without  the  least  ceremony.  He 
receives  in  the  palace  the  lowliest  of  his  subjects. 
He  once  had  to  suspend  an  army  council  to  de- 
cide a  controversy  between  a  peasant  and  his 
father-in-law  over  a  table.  When  the  king  goes 
through  the  streets  lie  exchanges  cigars  and 
cigarettes  with  all  arid  sundry  and  discusses  the 
outlook  for  tourist  travel.  The  evening  finds  the 
king  at  home,  where  he  reads  while  the  women 
knit.  His  intellectual  interests  are  mainly  lit- 
erary, he  being  a  poet  and  a  playwright.  The  Paris 
critics,  who  are  reluctant  to  praise  kingly  poets, 
have  pronounced  Nicholas  a  genuine  poet,  and 
his  drama  "Balsanska  Tsaritza"  has  received  en- 
thusiastic commendations  from  the  Revue  des 
Deu.x  Mondes.  He  has  done  lirilliant  work  in  many 
forms  of  poetical  composition.  His  themes  are 
almost  invariably  patriotic.  He  tells  in  vivid 
verse  that  when  the  old  Serb  kingdom  fell  at 
Kosovf),  Montenegro  was  Ihc  only  safe  asylum 
for  the  Serb  race.  By  no  bard  has  the  racial 
spirit  of  Serb  patriotism  been  more  burningly 
kept  alive. 


His  Passion  for  Simplicity 

Simplicity  remains  as  characteristic  of  the  lit- 
tle kingdom  of  Montenegro,  says  my  correspond- 
ent, as  it  was  fifty  years  ago  when  Nicholas  first 
assumed  patriachal  sway  over  the  people.  The 
state  of  society  in  the  country  has  been  styled 
Homeric  because  of  its  primitive  artlessness.  As 
in  the  Illiad  princesses  washed  clothes,  so  in 
Montenegro  do  the  daughters  of  the  royal  house 
wait  at  table  and  pass  the  dishes.  When  the 
Queen  of  Italy,  who  is  one  of  the  six  daughters 
of  the  king,  and  the  two  Russian  Grand  Duchesses 
who  are  her  sisters  visit  their  father  their  mode 
of  life  remains  uncompromisingly  patriarchal.  It 
is  said  that  when  at  home  in  Montenegro  Queen 
Helena  still  asks  her  father's  permission  before 
helping  herself  to  a  second  goblet  of  wine.  At 
table  Nicholas  is  waited  on  by  one  of  his 
daughters.  The  bread  is  baked  by  the  queen. 
Nowhere  about  the  palace  is  there  any  evidence 
of  kingly  state.  The  king  detests  extravagance 
and  luxury,  and  he  worries  about  the  costliness  of 
the     clothes    of    his    married    daughters.  He 


preaches  frugality  to  his  subjects.  It  is  related 
that  he  once  remonstrated  with  a  hotel  keeper 
who  had  bought  a  gold  watch,  pointing  out  that 
his  own  was  brass.  His  Majesty  has  often  said 
that  European  kings  are  too  extravagant  in  their 
mode  of  life,  thus  setting  their  subjects  a  bad 
example.  He  has  carried  his  passion  for  econ- 
omy to  the  length  of  forbidding  the  only  mil- 
lionaire among  his  people  from  buj^ing  a  costly 
motor  car  in  Paris. 


His  Country's  Tradition 

In  ability  and  in  character  the  King  of  Mon- 
tenegro has  been  pronounced  the  first  monarch 
of  his  age.  Fifty-two  years  ago  he  became  the 
ruler  of  a  principality  which  extended  not  over 
a  thousand  square  miles  of  territory.  Half  a 
decade  had  not  elapsed  since  the  close  of  the 
Crimean  war  and  Turkish  suzerainty  still  pre- 
vailed in  nearly  all  the  lands  south  of  the  Dan- 
ube. To  have  spoken  at  that  time  of  kingship 
in  connection  with  the  black  mountain  would 
have  seemed  utterly  absurd.  But  Nicholas  set 
up  his  claim  to  the  royal  prerogative  and  after 
many  years  of  negotiation  it  was  granted  by  the 
Powers.  That  was  but  two  years  ago.  He  won 
recognition  by  his  ability  as  a  ruler  as  evidenced 
by  the  great  improvements  that  had  taken  place 
in  his  country.  But  of  course  the  courts  of 
Europe  were  kindly  disposed  to  him.  They  en- 
tertain for  him  the  same  profound  respect  they 
formerly  had  for  King  Christian  of  Denmark. 
Like  Christian  he  is  one  of  the  "grandfathers  of 
Europe."  But  King  Nicholas  is  a  king  not  so 
much  in  the  sense  in  which  George  is  King  of 
the  Britons,  but  rather  in  the  heroic  fashion  of 
Ulysses  King  of  the  Ithacans,  and  he  represents 
more  than  the  statistics  of  the  small  population 
of  a  stony  territory.  As  Gladstone  said  of  him 
nearly  twenty  years  ago  when  giving  the  Mon- 
tenegrins their  coveted  little  strip  of  seaboard,  he 
stood  for'  traditions  that  exceeded  "in  glory 
those  of  Marathon  and  Thermopylae  and  all  the 
war  traditions  of  the  world."  He  was  referring 
of  course  to  the  fact  that  the  black  mountain 
heroically  maintained  its  independence  during  the 
many  centuries  when  the  conquering  Turk  was 
undisputed  master  of  all  the  wild  country  by 
which  Montenegro  is  surrounded. 


War  Correspondents  Under  Restraint 

The  dailies  have  been  publishing  a  lot  of  news 
about  the  war,  but  if  you  study  it  you  will  see 
that  most  of  it  isn't  news  at  all.  This  is  hardly 
the  fault  of  the  newspapers.  Rather  it  is  the 
fault  of  the  censors  in  the  Balkans.  These 
censors,  I  learn  from  European  newspapers  are 
even  stricter  than  were  tlie  Japanese  censors  dur- 
ing the  war  with  Russia.  The  war  correspond- 
ents in  the  Balkans  are  not  at  the  front.  They 
arc  not  even  in  the  rear  of  the  marching  hosts. 


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.-\nd  wherever  they  are  the  news  they  are  per- 
mitted to  send  is  not  the  news  they  would  like 
to  send.  So  between  times,  that  is,  the  intervals 
between  the  happenings  of  which  the  war  cor- 
respondents are  informed  and  about  which  they 
are  permitted  to  tell,  they  spend  their  time  mak- 
ing guesses  that  don't  require  sterilization.  And 
their  guesses  thus  far  have  greatly  outnumbered 
their  facts.  They  guessed  the  fall  of  Adrianople 
till  they  got  tired  guessing  it,  and  then  they 
turned  their  attention  to  Constantinople  and  tried 
to  guess  when  the  massacre  would  be  pulled  off. 
What  has  probably  made  guessing  very  difficult 
in  the  Balkans  is  the  indifference  of  the  Bul- 
garians to  principles  of  military  strategy.  No- 
body could  have  guessed,  for  instance,  that  Bul- 
garia would  separate  her  forces  and  send  one  sec- 
tion of  the  army  to  try  to  cut  .A.bdullah  Pasha  off 
from  Constantinople,  but  what  might  have  seemed 
an  extremity  of  rashness  proved  the  safest 
course.  Perhaps  the  air-ship  has  made  it  hard 
for  the  correspondents.  The  Bulgarian  bird  men 
have  set  a  new  pace  in  military  affairs,  and  it's 
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of  inspection  from  the  central  blue.  But  what- 
ever the  shortcomings  of  the  correspondents  it 
is  certain  that  headline  writers  are  making  good. 
Dearth  of  news  has  only  one  effect  on  the  head- 
line writers.    It  stimulates  their  imagination. 


Lane  and  the  Cabinet 

The  Call  has  very  kindly  gone  to  the  assistance 
of  President-elect  Wilson,  and  has  lightened  his 
burdens  by  picking  one  of  his  cabinet  officers.  This 
must  be  as  gratifying  to  the  new  president  as  it 
is  to  Franklin  K.  Lane,  the  man  whom  the  Call 
has  chosen  for  a  Washington  billet.  To  the 
cynical  there  is  no  particular  distinction  about 
being  mentioned  for  a  cabinet  job,  but  thank 
heaven!  we're  not  all  cynics.  So  Franklin  K.  Lane 
may  be  regarded  as  one  to  whom  new  honor  has 
come.  He  must  consider  himself  under  obliga- 
tions to  the  Call.  And  the  Call's  pride  in  its  fight 
for  Lane  will  persist  in  the  face  of  failure.  For 
I'm  afraid  this  fight  for  Lane  is  going  to  fail.  In 
the  first  place  there  is  nothing  to  indicate  that 
President-elect  Wilson  will  allow  the  newspapers 
to  choose  his  advisers  for  him.  In  the  second 
place,  Lane  has  written  to  a  friend  here  that  he 
would  not  accept  a  cabinet  place  if  it  were  of- 
fered; says  he's  not  rich  enough  and  thinks  that 
his  present  work  is  the  work  for  him.  Which 
shows  that  Lane  is  a  pretty  wise  man.  Too  bad 
the  Call  didn't  find  out  how  Lane  stood  before 
it  pitchforked  him  into  the  fight. 


Phelan  an  Ambassador? 

The  local  Democrats  are  wondering  whether 
James  D.  Phelan  will  be  permitted  to  pick  a  plum 
off  the  Wilson  tree  in  return  for  his  distinguished 
services  during  the  campaign.  Some  are  of  the 
opinion  that  Phelan  will  be  m;L<k-  an  ambas^afii ir. 


but  just  what  ground  there  is  for  saying  so  I  iinvc 
been  unable  to  discover.  No  doubt  some  of  the 
Democrats  think  that  a  man  of  sucn  cultivation 
would  shine  in  one  of  tlie  old-world  capitals,  while 
others,  mean  things,  may  want  to  get  Phelan  as 
far  away  from  here  as  possible.  It  is  said  that 
Phelan  has  always  regarded  his  friend  Truxton 
Beale  as  a  lucky  dog  because  "Trux"  was  once 
ambassador  to  Persia  and  is  in  a  position  to  speak 
carelessly  of  the  days  when  he  was  in  the  diplo- 
matic service.  Phelan  would  just  love  to  repre- 
sent the  government  at  Paris  or  London  or 
Vienna,  but  I  doubt  if  he  would  go  to  Teheran. 
As  for  his  chances  of  going  to  London  or  Paris 
or  Vienna — well,  they  are  not  blindingly  bright. 
Just  the  same  he  packed  his  grip  and  hied  him 
East  the  other  day,  and  the  "pollies"  think  they 
know  why. 


The  Pull  Worth  While 

Some  of  our  wise  politicians  have  been  re- 
minded that  in  Cleveland's  day  the  best  Federal 
jobs  in  California  were  obtained  by  influence 
exerteil  through  the  Solid  South,  and  conse- 
quently the  Southern  Club  on  the  brow  of  Xob 
Hill  has  become  a  centre  of  political  interest. 
It  seems  quite  reasonable  to  assume  that  Wood- 
row  Wilson  will  follow  the  example  of  Grover 
Cleveland  when  it  comes  to  distributing  political 
pap  in  California.  It  will  be  remembered  that 
Lawton  of  the  Mint,  John  H.  Wise,  Collector  of 
Port,  Sam  Brooks,  the  sub-Treasurer,  Clarence 
Greathouse,  Minister  to  Korea,  and  several  other 
prominent  job-holders  in  Cleveland's  day  were 
Southern  gentlemen.  It  was  through  the  pull 
of  their  relatives  in  the  South,  not  in  recogni- 
tion of  their  political  prestige  in  California,  that 
they  were  taken  care  of     Long  and  harrowing 


were  the  ululations  of  the  shovelry  of  California 
when  the  plums  went  to  the  chivalry  of  Virginia. 
Kentucky  and  Alabama.  In  all  likelihood  Wood- 
row  Wilson,  who  is  a  Southerner  himself,  will 
heed  the  voice  of  the  South  in  preference  to 
the  clamors  of  a  State  in  which,  he  very  well 
knows,  his  following  is  no  more  than  a  corporal's 
guard.  The  circumstances  that  enabled  him  to 
make  a  showing  this  year  were  of  course  excep- 
tional and  there  is  no  reason  why  he  should  seek 
the  favor  of  the  politicians  who  have  no  pull 
in  the  South.  There  is.  however,  one  Californian 
politician  "close  up"  to  the  distinguished  histor- 
ian, but  as  he  is  keeping  "mum"  the  job-chasers 
have  not  invoked  him.  I  allude  to  Signor  Cam- 
inetti  who  used  to  be  in  Congress  and  who 
knows  the  ways  that  arc  subtle  in  Washington. 


That  Big  Oil  Deal 

When  Eugene  de  Sabia  left  town  some  months 
ago  it  was  known  that  the  suave  promoter  had 
something  big  up  his  sleeve,  but  what  it  was  ni - 
body  could  guess.  A  slick  handler  of  big  fin- 
ancial propositions  is  de  Sabla,  and  he  is  never 
accompanied  by  a  brass  band.  He  always  looks 
like  ready  money,  lots  of  it,  and  he  has  a  very 
winning  personality.  This  oil  deal  that  he  put 
through  the  other  day  is  one  of  the  biggest  in 
the  industrial  history  of  the  State.  It  may  be 
that  not  more  than  a  few  millions  changed  hands, 
but  the  transaction  is  one  that  involves  fifty  mil- 
lion dollars.  The  men  behind  it  have  got  control 
r>f  the  greatest  stretch  of  oil  lands  in  the  State. 
What  the  minority  stockholders  of  the  Union  Oil 
Company  think  of  the  deal  is  something  not 
difficult  of  conjecture.  It  looks  very  much  as 
though  they  have  been  left  out  in  the  cold  by 
those  saintly  citizens  of  Los  Angeles  who  sold 
the  Cf)ntrolling  interest. 


The  Minister  Defined 

Thanks  to  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Sheldon  who 
once  made  a  stir  in  near-literature  by  writing  "In 
His  Steps,"  we  have  a  comprehensive  definition 
of  the  ideal  minister  of  the  gospel.  "A  man,  to 
become  a  modern  minister,"  says  Sheldon,  "must 
be  perfect  physically;  must  have  intellectual 
strength,  spiritual  vision;  possess  the  initiative; 
be  a  public  speaker;  have  a  message  to  deliver; 
be  tactful;  must  not  lack  courtesy;  be  willing  to 
stay  in  one  place;  have  a  knowledge  of  human 
nature;  be  optimistic;  believe  in  the  Gospel;  and 
have  one  purpose  in  view — to  save  men."  Till 
1  read  this  I  had  never  suspected  that  Sheldon 
was  a  humorist,  and  I  am  inclined  to  think  that 
he  meant  it  all  seriously,  as  humorists  are  not 
selected  as  Earl  lecturers  at  Berkeley.  (It  was 
while  lecturing  for  the  pious  Earl  foundation  that 
Sheldon  produced  this  gem.)  If  we  were  to  take 
Sheldon  at  his  word,  we  should  find  no  difficulty 
in  explaining  why  men  don't  go  into  the  ministry 
as  readily  as  they  used  to.  They  feel  that  they 
are  not  worthy.  Surely  anybody  would  hesitate 
to  embrace  a  life  which  calls  for  the  combined 
endowments  of  an  Aked,  a  Rader,  a  Dille  and  a 
Sheldon.  Sheldon's  requirements  for  a  minister 
of  the  gospel  are  as  exacting  as  those  for  a  poet 
mentioned  in  "Rasselas."  You'd  really  think 
Sheldon  was  describing  one  of  the  Twelve 
.\postIes'. 


Zerolene  is  sold  in  one-half,  one  and  five  gallon  cans  the  small  cans, 
flat  shape,  just  fit  in  the  tool  box. 

Insist  on  getting  Zerolene  in  the  original  packages. 
For  sale  everywhere. 

Standard  Oil  Company 

(California) 

San  Francisco,  Cal.    San  Jose.  Cal.  Fresno,  Cal.  Portland,  Ore. 

Oakland,  Cal.  Stockton,  Cal.  Seattle,  Wash.  Nome,  Alaska. 

Los  Angeles,  Cai.       Sacramento,  Cal.  Spokane,  Wash.  Honolulu,  T.  H 

San  Diego,  Cal.  Marysville,  Cal.  Tacoma,  Wash, 


Gladding.HcBean&Co. 

MANUFAailRERS  ClAY  PRODUCTS 

Crocker  Blog.  San  Francisco 

Works.  Lincoln,Cal. 


November  23,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


13 


The  Items  Examined 

Why  a  modern  minister  should  be  perfect 
physically  1  can't  understand.  St.  Paul  was  of 
short  stature,  so  lie  wasn't  perfect  physically;  yet 
he  made  a  pretty  successful  priest.  The  intel- 
lectual strength  and  the  spiritual  vision  may  be 
conceded.  These  are  general  terms;  they  mean 
as  much  or  as  little  as  you  please.  The  initiative 
is  part  of  the  qualifications  of  a  good  grocer  as 
well  as  of  a  modern  clergyman;  so  are  tact  and 
courtesy.  But  "to  be  willing  to  stay  in  one  place!" 
Where,  oh  where  is  the  minister  who  shows  that 
willingness  when  "the  call"  comes  from  a  bigger 
church  or  a  more  prosperous  congregation?  I 
am  glad  Sheldon  includes  belief  in  the  Gospel; 
so  many  modern  clergymen  would  have  been  will- 
ing to  waix'c  that  qualification. 


.'\licy.  But  now  he  is  headed  for  California,  and 
will  rejoin  his  wife  at  Carmel.  They  say  he'll 
be  glad  to  get  there  once  more,  for  "Jimmy" 
yields  not  even  to  George  Sterling  in  his  admira- 
tion for  the  natural  charms  and  artificial  delights 
of  the  literary  colony. 


Jack  London  Ploughing 

"Who  drives  fat  oxen  should  himself  be  fat." 
We  have  the  authority  of  old  Sam  Johnson  for  it. 
More  logically,  who  drives  six  horses  hitched  to 
a  plough  should  be  a  husky  with  muscles  of  steel. 
I  infer  that  Jack  London  answers  the  require- 
ments, for  word  has  just  come  to  me  that  Jack 
has  turned  field  laborer  at  Glen  Ellen.  London 
has  a  magnificent  place  of  one  thousand  acres 
at  Glen  Ellen,  half  of  it  virgin  woods  covered  with 
maple  and  madrone  and  the  rest  under  cultiva- 
tion. He  takes  a  great  interest  in  the  farm  work, 
and  his  latest  essay  is  to  follow  six  horses  up 
and  down  the  heaving  furrows.  The  man  who 
can  do  that  is  no  mollycoddle.  No  doubt  Lon- 
don, like  Bobbie  Burns,  will  find  inspiration  as  he 
ploughs. 


"Bunker  Bean,"  a  California  Product 

Harry  Leon  Wilson,  another  denizen  of  the 
colony  by  the  white-sanded  beach,  is  attracting 
a  great  deal  of  attention  all  over  the  country  with 
his  new  story  "His  Majesty  Bunker  Bean,"  now 
running  in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post.  It  is  one 
of  the  keenest  narratives  vouchsafed  the  readers 
of  serial  fiction  in  many  a  long  day.  It  is  in- 
teresting to  know  that  "Bunker  Bean"  is  a  Cali- 
fornian  product,  though  I  don't  expect  the  Home 
Industry  League  to  be  as  delighted  with  the  news 
as  they  would  be  if  Bunker  were  an  edible  bean 
like  the  dusky  frijole.  "Bunker  Bean"  was  all 
written  at  Carmel.  and  by  the  same  token,  writ- 
ten since  Wilson's  romantic  marriage  to  pretty 
Helen  Cooke,  the  daughter  of  Grace  MacGowan 
Cooke  of  the  Carmel  colony.  So  it  is  evident 
that  Wilson  has  not  been  resigning  himself  to 
uxurious  idleness.  Wilson  is  one  of  those  writers 
who  loafs  and  invites  his  soul  in  the  true  Whit- 
man spirit  for  months  at  a  time,  and  then  plunges 
feverishly  into  work  for  a  month  or  two,  accom- 
plishing a  tremendous  amount  in  the  period  of  ap- 
plication. It  was  so  that  he  wrote  his  best  seller 
"The  Spenders";  also  "The  Boss  of  Little  Ar- 
cady."  It  was  in  the  same  fashion  that  with 
Booth  Tarkington  he  produced  those  popular 
plays  "The  Man  from  Home,"  "Cameo  Kirby" 
and  "Your  Humble  Servant." 


Hopper  Coming  Home 

"Jimmy"  Hopper,  by  many  regarded  as  Cali- 
fornia's premier  short  story  writer,  is  in  New 
York  and  will  soon  cross  the  continent.  Hopper 
has  spent  the  better  part  of  the  past  three  years 
in  Paris,  a  city  he  has  a  great  affection  for,  only 
occasionally  running  across  to  New  York  to  talk 
to  a  publisher  or  eat  a  Welsh  rabbit  in  McDougall 


Judge  Coffey  Shivered 

The  Sunday  before  election  Judge  Coffey  went, 
as  is  his  habit,  to  the  ten  o'clock  mass  at  St. 
Dominic's  Church.  Arriving  early  he  met  the 
Dominican  priest  who  was  to  say  the  mass,  and 
they  chatted  for  a  few  minutes  in  front  of  the 
church  steps.  It  happened  that  among  the 
weekly  announcements  read  from  the  pulpit  that 


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Sunday  was  one  about  a  mass  to  be  said  during 
the  week  for  a  deceased  member  of  the  congrega- 
tion named  Thomas  Judge.  When  the  priest 
came  to  this  item  his  mind  fixed  on  the  word 
Judge  and  strayed  away  a  minute  to  his  chat 
with  Judge  Coffey.  So  this  was  the  way  he  read 
the  announcement:  "On  next  Wednesday  morn- 
ing a  requiem  mass  will  be  said  for  the  repose 
of  the  soul  of  Judge  Coffey."  Many  eyes  in  the 
church  turned  to  the  jurist,  and  my  informant 
says  the  poor  judge  shivered  with  apprehension. 
Meanwhile  the  priest  corrected  his  mistake,  and 
the  congregation  resumed  its  prayers. 


Anthropology  for  the  Masses 

I  am  in  receipt  of  a  communication  from  Pro- 
fessor A.  L.  Kroeber,  the  curator  of  the  Museum 
of  Anthropology  at  the  Affiliated  Colleges,  where- 
in the  information  is  tendered  that  a  miniature 
reproduction  of  the  Taj  Mahal  carved  in  alabaster 
will  be  displayed  to  the  public  this  coming  Sun- 
day. This  will  be  succeeded  on  following  Sun- 
days by  other  exhibits  "illustrating  some  point  in 
the  history  of  civilization."  The  communication 
further  informs  me  that  Professor  Kroeber  "ex- 
pects the  innovation  to  meet  with  approval  be- 
cause in  the  year  the  Museum  has  been  open  he 
has  found  the  San  Francisco  public  hungry  for 
information."  I  am  glad  to  hear  that  our  people 
are  so  avid  of  knowledge.  I  don't  know  whether 
or  not  it  is  necessary  for  me  to  warn  the  pro- 
fessor against  overfeeding  them.  1  dropped  into 
the  Museum  one  Sunday  for  the  particular  pur- 
pose of  seeing  Ishi,  and  was  lured  into  the  lec- 
ture room  where  a  young  man  talked  on  dress 
in  its  anthropological  relation.  When  the  room 
had  been  darkened  and  a  picture  had  been  pro- 
jected on  the  screen  the  young  man  began:  "Dress 
is  a  very  touching  subject.  In  the  first  place  the 
dress  touches  the  body  of  the  wearer.  In  the  sec- 
ond place,  if  you  are  a  married  man,  you  are 
frequently  'touched'  by  your  wife  who  wants  to 
buy  a  new  dress."  Thereat  I  fled  in  the  dark- 
ness, nor  returned  till  the  lecture  was  over  and 
Ishi  was  trotted  out  and  compelliey  to  make 
strange  noises  and  thrust  a  bit  of  shell  through 
the  cartilage  of  his  nose.  .  _ 


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Freckles,  Motti  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient):  "As 
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14 


TOWN  TALK 


November  23.  19i2 


Social  Prattle 


By  TANTALUS 


That  "Campus  Mouser" 

W  lio  \Motf  tlic  "Campus  Mouser"  was  not  <lis- 
i-loscd  by  tlic  program,  and  that  may  be  taken  as 
a  sign  that  tlie  author  repents  and  is  ashamed  of 
his  effort.  However,  it  provides  the  setting  for 
a  series  of  marches,  dances  and  specialties;  so 
what's  the  odds?  Any  nutnber  of  girls  guaran- 
teed to  l)elong  to  rcally-truly  "society"  had  their 
names  in  the  i)rograni,  and  all  who  could  he  ac- 
commodated were  provided  with  musical  and 
dancing  nuinbcrs.  I'ortunately,  before  the  show 
started  Colonel  Howell  arose  in  the  first  ro« 
(not  of  the  chorus  but  of  the  orchestra  chairs) 
and,  looking  very  dark  .and  handsome,  announced 
that  there  would  be  no  "encores  "  A  few  cried 
"Oh!  Oh!"  in  disappointnunt.  InU  the  most  of 
ns  were  mightily  pleased,  .\fter  all.  an  amateur 
show  is  an  amateur  show,  and  one  c.in  get  too 
much  of  it.  There  was  probably  just  enough 
Monday  night.  Tlie  applause  was  very  evenly 
distributed,  each  and  every  girl,  apparently,  hav- 
ing as  many  fond  relations  and  proud  friends  in 
the  theatre  as  each  and  every  other  girl.  If  there 
were  any  heartburnings  they  were  therefore  con- 
cealed from  the  audience.  No  doubt  there  were 
a  few  just  the  same;   there  usually  are. 


Our  Girlish  Kickers 

One  thing  demonstr.ated  by  this  charity  show 
might  give  us  pause  if  we  belonged  to  a  thought- 
ful generation,  which  wc  do  not.  Every  last  one 
of  the  principal  girls  showed  considerable  ability 
as  a  dancer.  And  every  last  one  of  these  same 
girls  showed  a  deplorable  lack  of  voice.  The  only 
explanation  is  that  our  girls  learn  to  dance,  but 
don't  Karn  to  sing.  .\nd  when  I  say  dancing, 
I  mean  stage  dancing  wherein  the  leg  feminine 
is  convoluted  dizzily,  kicked  this  way  and  that 
and'exp(iSed  in  .ill  its  rounded  vilken  glory.  Com- 


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V  I  CTR  O  L  A 

For  Christmas 

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for  Christmas?  You  will  gl.idilen  the  whole  family 
with  .1  world  of  music  .md  entertainment  if  you  do. 
But  do  not  wait  until  the  week  before  Christmas  to 
select  that  VICTKOL.V.  Come  in  now  and  select  at 
your  leisure.  We  will  hold  the  VICTROLA  and 
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pared  to  the  cultivation  of  a  sweet  voice  this  sort 
of  dancing  must  be  regarded  as  a  vulgar  accom- 
plishment. The  situation  is  one  for  the  moralist 
to  enlarge  upon.  I  merely  call  attention  to  it. 
Miss  Marie  Whiting,  Miss  Anna  Peters,  Miss  Har- 
riet .'Mcxander,   Miss   Katherine   Redding,  Miss 


MISS  GF.RTRfnK  W.\RRF.N 
The  talented  Californian  actress  who  will  soon  be  heard 
from  on  Broadway. 

Janet  I'ainter.  Miss  Dorothy  Dean  and  all  the 
rest  of  them  showed  that  they  could  execute 
difficult  steps  with  ease  and  grace;  but  alas!  their 
voices  wouldn't  do  at  all.  The  best  singer  (as 
also  the  best  dancer)  was  Miss  Enid  Gregg  who 
did  a  clever  specialty  with  Willard  Barton,  but 
even  Miss  Gregg's  voice  though  sweet  is  lack- 
ing in  carrying  quality.  Miss  Gregg  danced  like 
a  professional;  she  brought  down  the  house  in  the 
greatest  ovation  of  an  ovating  evening. 


Not  an  Eltinge 

The  exigencies  of  what  passed  for  a  plot  in 
"Campus  Mouser"  compelled  Austin  Sperry  to 
rig  himself  out  in  woman's  clothes.  There  is 
none  of  the  Eltinge  artistry  in  Sperry.  You'd 
never  mistake  him  for  a  girl.  The  same  may  be 
said  of  Stewart  Kendall  who  also  wore  feminine 
togs.  I'm  glad  to  record  this.  There  are  a  lot 
of  effeminate  youngsters  in  our  gilded  society 
circles,  and  I'm  delighted  to  sec  that  the  mistake 
of  allowing  any  of  them  to  play  these  parts  was 
carefully  avoided.  Some  of  them,  I'm  sure,  would 
ha\e  played  them  too  well.  Sperry,  by  the  way. 
displayed  the  only  good  voice  of  the  evening 
He  should  have  had  more  singing  allotted  to  him. 
Mrs.  MacDonald  Spencer  carried  off  the  acting 
honors  in  a  character  part,  and  nearly  gave  us  a 
-eiisation.  Her  skirt  started  to  fall  off,  and  there 
w.is  a  good  deal  of  laughter  as  it  slipped  a  half- 
inch  at  a  time.  But  Mrs.  .Spencer  caught  it  this 
~ide  of  catastrophe. 


Mrs.  Crimmins  Stood  Firm 

.\  number  of  the  army  matrons  stationed  at  the 
F^residio  are  considerably  miflPed  because  Mrs. 
-Martin  Crimmins  consistently  ignored  all  their 
hints  that  she  have  a  formal  "receiving  party"  at 
the  ball  which  she  gave  in  honor  of  Sir  Thomas 
Lipton  at  the  Officers'  Club.  If  a  long  line  of 
the  wives  of  colonels,  majors  and  captains  had 
assisted  Mrs.  Crimmins  in  greeting  her  guest  the 
affair  would  have  taken  on  an  "official"  tone  that 
would  have  gratified  the  vanity  of  the  army 
women,  while  it  would  have  completely  robbed 
Mrs.  Crimmins  of  the  credit  of  giving  a  private 
ball.  But  the  little  hostess  stuck  to  her  original 
intention  of  making  it  her  own  party  to  as  great 
a  degree  as  is  possible  when  one  lives  at  an  army 
post,  and  the  women  whose  social  life  does  not 
extend  beyond  the  confines  of  the  army,  as  Mrs. 
Crimmins'  does,  feel  that  an  opportunity  to  shine 
by  reflected  glory  has  been  absolutely  lost. 


A  Question  of  Armitage  Ethics 

A  nice  question  of  ethics  is  being  discussed  by 


NOW  ON  THE  MARKET 


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those  interested  in  tlic  ;iff;iirs  of  the  Arniitage 
Orphanage  at  San  Mateo.  This  is  the  home  given 
by  Charles  Templeton  Crocker  and  his  sister  Mrs. 
Malcolm  Whitman  as  a  memorial  to  their  parents, 
and  for  which  the  benefit  production  of  the 
"Campus  Mouser"  has  just  netted  a  large  sum  that 
will  enable  the  Board  of  Directors  to  pay  its  ex- 
penses for  the  coming  year.  The  club  women 
of  the  city  who  have  been  so  busy  with  scientific 
analyses  of  the  best  methods  of  dispensing  charity 
will  be  much  interested  in  the  point  at  issue.  To 
assist  a  child  to  be  self-supporting  who  has  been 
dependent  from  his  babyhood  upon  charity  is  the 
main  object  of  those  concerned  in  the  welfare 
of  waifs.  And  the  members  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Armitage  are  of  this  mind  also, 
but  they  find  a  curious  little  obstacle  in  the  way 
of  enc(  uraging  the  boys  in  their  desire  to  earn 
money.  Adjoining  the  Orphanage  is  the  Beres- 
ford  Country  Club,  the  members  of  which  devote 
their  Sundays  to  playing  golf.  They  applied  to 
the  board  of  directors  for  caddies  who  would  be 
able  to  earn  a  tidy  little  sum  each  week,  But 
the  Orphanage  is  a  denominational  institution  and 
Bishop  Nichols  ruled  that  the  boys  should  not  be 
permitted  to  work  on  the  Sabbath.  So  the  boys 
spend  their  Sundays  in  idleness  when  they  fain 
would  be  learning  the  lesson  of  at  least  partial 
self-support  at  the  only  available  occupation  in 
the  neighborhood.  .At  the  same  time,  the  so- 
ciety girls  and  men  who  took  part  in  the  "Campus 
Mouser"  rehearsed  their  songs  and  dances  from 
ten  o'clock  in  the  morning  until  midnight  for  four 
consecutive  Sundays  at  the  St.  Francis  in  order 
to  fill  the  coffers  of  the  .Armitage  Orphanage  for 
the  care  of  these  same  hoys. 


Imported  Novelties 

For  Unique, 
Inexpensive  Gifts 

SUGGESTIONS 


Drinking  Cups    75c 

Purses    75c 

Manicure    Sets   $1.00 

Desk   Sets   $1.25 

Wallets   $1.50 

'QII\Q  ^"^^  

Currency  Books   $1.50 

tONDO<»       Smoking    Stands   $2.00 

Shaving  Sets   $2.00 

Sewing   Baskets   $5.00 


An  Immense 
Line  of  Holiday  Goods 
On  Display 

MARKET  AND  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


Elkins  Going  East 

.After  playing  a  little  jxilo  down  the  peninsula 
Felton  Elkins  will  go  to  New  York  for  diversion. 
He  is  eager  to  see  the  new  plays  which  are  al- 
ready making  this  a  notable  theatrical  season. 
Besides,  he  has  a  play  to  submit  to  the  New  York 
managers.  It  was  written  by  Elkins  in  collabora- 
tion with  Miss  Janet  von  Schroeder,  and  both 
young  people  have  high  hopes  for  it.  The 
theme  is  a  psychological  one  worked  out  on 
pretty  grim  lines,  but  theatrical  managers  rather 
like  that  sort  of  thing  nowadays,  so  Elkins  is 
optimistic  about  his  chance  ot  having  it  pro- 
duced. 


Mrs.  Vincent  and  Irish  Society 

Mrs,  .Arthur  Vincent,  "Billy"  liourn's  dau<;litrr. 
is  delightfully  situated  in  Ireland  in  s  >  far  ,is  s  i 
cial  life  is  concerned.  She  has  the  ideal  home 
for  entertaining,  and  lots  of  distinguished  neigh- 
bors to  entertain.  The  Muckross  es'afe  at  Kil- 
larney  is  undergoing  many  change-^  ;ind  repairs 
Lord  Ardilaun  didn't  keep  it  up  very  well,  s  > 
there  was  much  room  for  improvennnt.  There 
will  be  many  brilliant  house  parties  there  a>  soon 
as  the  alterations  are  completed.  "Angels,  often 
passing  there,  doubt  if  Eden  were  more  fair." 
sang  the  poet  of  the  Muckross  place.  Many  of 
Mrs.  Vincent's  guests  will  have  the  same  doubl. 
Among  these  guests  will  be  many  .Americans,  fur 
there  has  been  a  large  .American  social  "invasion" 
of  Ireland  in  the  past  few  years.  It  might  be  well 
to  mention  some  of  the  distinguished  American 
women  now  residents  of  Ireland  whom  Mrs.  Vin- 
cent will  have  an  opportunity  to  entertain.  There 
is  the  Duchess  of  Manchester  who,  though  little 
seen  in  Dublin,  spends  a  good  deal  of  time  at 
Kylemore  Castle,  her  husband's  romantically 
situated  home  in  Connemara.  In  the  south  there 
is  Lady  Barrymore,  nee  Wadsworth  whose  home. 
Fota  Island,  Queenstown,  is  renowned  for  ils 
lovely  gardens  filled  with  palms  and  all  kinds  of 
tropical  plants.  Then  there  is  the  charming 
.American  countess,  wife  of  the  Earl  (jf  Gr.anard. 
Though  the  earl's  duties  as  Master  of  the  llorsi 
in  his  Majesty's  household  keep  him  and  his  wile 
a  good  deal  in  London,  they  constantly  pay  Hy- 
ing visits  to  Castle  Forbes,  the  family  seat  in 
County  Longford,  where  they  have  been  carrying 
out  a  regular  transformation  scene  in  the  \\a\' 
of  renovations  and  improvements,  .A  still  nion- 
recent  American  bride  is  Lady  Decies  whose  hus- 
band after  a  distinguished  career  in  the  army  now 
commands  the  South  of- Ireland  Horse,  and  who 
in  order  to  keep  in  touch  with  this  gallant  corps 
intends  to  spend  a  good  deal  of  his  time  in 
Ireland  and  has  taken  Lord  Annaly's  charmin,ti 
seat,  Luttrellstown,  near  Clonsilla,  where  he 
elected  to  have  the  annual  training  of  the 
yeomanry  carried  out  l^st  summer.  At  an  early 
date  another  brilliant  American,  Lady  Paget,  will 
have  settled  in  Dublin.  Already  Dublin  social 
circles  are  looking  forward  to  Lady  Paget's  com- 
ing and  to  her  influence  in  a  community  that 
somewhat  lacks  originality  and  initiative  in  en- 
tertaining. Truly  a  brilliant  circle  for  Maud 
Bourn  to  join. 


A  Statue  of  Saint  Barbara 

Santa  Barbara  society  is  to  revive  a  medieval 
ceremony  at  the  unveiling  of  a  new  statue  of 
St.  Barbara  that  has  been  erected  in  the  park 
surrounding  the  St.  Francis  hospital.  It  will  be 
called  the  "Festival  of  Santa  Barbara,"  to  take- 

THANKSGIVING  SUGGESTIONS:  Natural 
looking  little  Turkeys  filled  with  candy;  or 
miniature  candy  plum  puddings  decked  with 
holly,  add  immensely  to  the  attractiveness  of  the 
Thanksgiving  dinner  table.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons 
four  candy  stores. 


Baby's  Comfort 

for  IS  Cents  is  secured  by  I 

the  one  soap  that  never  fails  to 
help  the  most  delicate  skin — and 
never  harms  nor  irritates.  It  is 
both  safe  and  economical  to  use 

Pears* 
S  GAP 

—  15c.  a  Cake  for  the  Vnscented      i  i 




MISS  MARION   BELLE  WHITE 

...School  of  Dancing... 

2868    CALIFORNIA    ST.  Tel.    Fillmore  1871 

Pupil  of  Mr.  Louis  H.  Chalif.  Mme.  Elizabeth 
Menzeli,    Gilbert   Normal   School  of 
Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

iss  \\  hite  has  just  returned  from  New  York  anfl 
will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room,  Fancy,  National, 
Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New  Ball  Room  Dances 
for  this  season:  Tango,  Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Bos- 
ton.   Hall  for  Rent. 


ST.  XAVIER 

APARTMENTS 

2335    Pacific   Avenue,  Near  Fillmore  Street 

In  the  center  of  the  best  Home  district. 
The  most  exclusive  new  building  in  the  city. 
Apartments  of  5,  6  and  7  rooms  furnished 
and  unfurnished  leased  by  the  year  from 
$900.00  to  $2000.00. 

MRS.  L.  FLOWER,  Manager 

Telephone   Fillmore  2205;   West  1746 


Art  and  Refinement  are  Displayed  by  Tasteful  Attire 


Makers  of 

LADIES'   GOWNS   AND    FANCY  COSTUMES 

420  SUTTER,  near  STOCKTON  STREET 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


IA;NCH  75c  REGULAR  DINNER  $1.00 

Short  orders  at  all  hours.    Music  every  evening. 
Banquet   Hall.     Seating  Capacity  800. 


HOF  BRAU 

Pacific  Building,  4th  and  Market  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
A  Dclightrul  Place  To  Dine.    MUSIC  AND  ENTERTAINMENT 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  23,  1912 


place  on  December  4,  the  ceremonies  lasting 
throughout  the  day.  In  the  morning  there  will 
be  a  procession  of  priests  and  acolytes  to  the 
dedication  and  the  afternoon  will  be  given  over 
to  a  garden  party  at  which  the  fairest  flowers  of 
Santa  Barbara's  smart  set  will  receive  the  olla 
podrida.  Among  the  society  leaders  having 
charge  of  the  event  are  Mrs.  Arthur  Alexander, 
whose  mother  was  a  De  La  Guerra,  and  who  is  a 
cousin  to  Miss  Elena  Robinson;  Miss  Josefa 
De  La  Guerra  who  still  lives  in  the  old  family 
adobe,  and  Miss  Amy  Broome,  the  daughter  of 
"Lady"  Broome  who  is  a  frequent  visitor  to  San 
Francisco.  Mrs.  Billy  Graham  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Loui.s  Stevenson  have  promised  the  support  of 
their  presence.  The  ceremony  will  be  attended 
by  friars  from  the  old  Mission  and  will  be  pic- 
turesque in  the  extreme. 


and  her  sister  have  large  cotton  holdings,  and 
she  will  also  pay  a  visit  to  Louisville,  the  home 
of  her  grandparents  and  mother.  She  is  the 
great-grand-niece  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Dawson,  of  one  of  the  most  prominent  families  of 
Louisville  in  the  early  days.  Captain  and  Mrs. 
Dawson  were  Virginians  by  birth,  going  to  Louis- 
ville in  the  early  fifties,  where  Captain  Dawson 
became  a  factor  in  the  financial  interests  of  Louis- 
ville. Mrs.  Swartzenberg  has  a  beautiful  voice 
and  inherits  the  beauty  of  her  grandmother  who 
was  considered  one  of  the  beauties  of  Louisville 
in  her  day,  besides  being  possessed  of  an  exceed- 
ingly fine  voice. 


The  musical  accompaniment  to  "The  Raven"  will 
be  played  on  the  Pianola  Piano  by  Mr.  Riggs. 
Other  features  on  the  program  next  Saturday  will 
be  two  numbers  for  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ, 
namely.  Intermezzo  No.  2  from  Wolf-Ferrari's 
"The  Jewels  of  the  Madonna"  and  the  Prelude 
and  Siciliana  from  "Cavalleria  Rusticana." 


Humane  Bureau  Benefit 

That  most  worthy  charity,  the  Catholic  Humane 
Bureau  for  the  Care  of  Destitute  Children  will 


The  Society  Circus  and  Horse  Show 

Preparations  are  going  on  apace  for  the  So- 
ciety Circus  and  Horse  Show  to  be  given  at  the 
Pavilion  Rink  on  the  evenings  of  Thursday,  Fri- 
day and  Saturday,  December  5,  6  and  7  and  for 
the  afternoon  of  Saturday.  This  big  event  is  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Infant  Shelter,  one  of  the  most 
beneficent  institutions  in  California  and  one  which 
is  sustained  by  absolutely  no  endowment  but  by 
the  hard  work  of  the  ladies  interested  therein 


Miss  Warren  Goes  East 

.\nothcr  Californian  girl  has  been  called  East 
by  the  many  opportunities  there  presented  for 
advancement  in  the  dramatic  field.  Miss  Gert- 
rude Warren,  daughter  of  one  of  the  well  known 
newspapersmen  of  this  city  and  Oakland,  is  now 
in  \ew  York  after  having  spent  a  year  with  the 
.Mcazar  theatre  stock  company  in  this  city.  Miss 
Warren  is  a  beautiful  girl  of  the  brunette  type  and 
has  given  great  promise  of  success  in  the  career 
which  she  has  entered  upon. 


Mrs.  Svi^artzenberg  Here 

Mr.  R.  E.  Mulcahy's  youngest  daughter.  Mrs. 
Helen  Swartzenberg,  arrived  from  New  York  this 
week.  She  will  remain  with  her  father  at  his 
country  home  in  the  foothills  near  Atherton  until 
alter  the  holidays  when  she  will  return  to  her 
vocal  studies  in  New  York.  Mrs.  Swartzenberg 
will  stop  for  a  short  time  in  Texas,  where  she 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's.  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


VIEW    OF   HOTF.r,   GREEX.  P.\SADEX.A 

give  another  afternoon  entertainment  on  Novem- 
ber 13.  This  time  it  will  be  a  musical  tea  at  the 
beautiful  home  of  Mrs.  August  Comte  Jr.  at 
3851  Clay  street  from  three  till  five.  Some  dis- 
tinguished artists  in  private  and  public  life  have 
promised  to  appear  for  the  afternoon  so  some 
pleasing  surprises  arc  in  store.  The  handsome 
Mrs.  Comte  and  her  husband  are  noted  for  their 
lavish  California  hospitality,  so  a  delightful  after- 
noon may  be  expected.  The  previous  affairs  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Bureau  were  given  at  the  homes 
of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  Mrs.  Garret  McEnerney, 
Mrs.  Lacey,  Mrs.  DriscoU  and  Mrs.  Fredericks. 


Dramatic  Reading  of  "The  Raven" 

Kohler  &  Chase  have  engaged  Mrs.  Lillian 
Quinn  Stark,  a  distinguished  dramatic  reader,  to 
interpret  Edgar  Allen  Poc's  famous  poem  "The 
Raven"  with  musical  accompaniment  composed 
by  Max  Heinrich,  the  famous  German  singer,  at 
the  weekly  music  matinee  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall 
Saturday  afternoon,  November  23.  No  cards  of 
invitation  are  required,  but  everyone  is  welcome. 


alone.  The  horsemen  of  Central  California  are 
interesting  themselves  and  all  the  owners  of  high- 
class  horses  in  San  Francisco  are  entering  the 
best  of  their  stables.  There  are  twenty-four 
classes  to  be  judged  at  the  four  performances  and 
many  cups  and  ribbons  will  be  allotted  the  suc- 
cessful competitors.  The  Pavilion  will  be  fitted 
with  two  circus  rings,  forty-two  feet  in  diameter, 
with  a  stage  between,  on  which  will  be  given  a 
special  show  at  every  performance.  The  per- 
formers and  riders  will  include  many  men  and 
women  prominent  in  society,  and  sensational  and 
daring  feats  will  be  executed  by  those  who  or- 
dinarily would  not  disport  themselves  save  for 
the  sake  of  "sweet  charity." 


TeUphon*  Kearnr  11 


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OF  UNION  SAFE  DEPOSff  COMPANY  IN  BUILDING.OF 

Union  Trust  Company 
=  of  San  Francisco  = 

JUNCTION  OF 

MARKET  and  O'FARRELL  STS. 
and  GRANT  AVE. 

Largest,  Strongest  and  Most  Conveniently 
Arranged  Safe  Deposit  West  of  New  York 

BOXES  $4.00  PER  ANNUM  AND  UPWARDS 


Thanksgiving  at  Techau's 

There  will  be  a  merry  gathering  at  Techau 
Tavern  to  enjoy  the  delights  of  a  real  Thanks- 
giving dinner  and  table  reservations  are  already 
pouring  in.  The  Tavern  lends  itself  most  ad- 
mirably to  the  spirit  of  these  festal  occasions, 
when  good  fellowship  is  the  order  of  the  day. 
The  deft  service,  the  harmonious  decorations,  the 
mellow  light  from  the  great  art  glass  lanterns, 
the  superior  music,  the  air  of  culture  and  refine- 
ment, all  combine  to  make  the  Tavern  popular 
on  all  holiday  occasions.  Thanksgiving  day  will 
be  no  exception  to  the  rule  and  promises  to  bring 
even  greater  crowds  to  the  cafe  than  those  which 
assembled  on  the  night  of  the  general  election, 
while  for  gaiety  and  enjoyment  it  bids  fair  to  rank 
with  the  celebrations  of  New  Year's  eve. 


Dr.  J.  DENNIS  ARNOLD 

EAR.  EYE.  NOSE  AND  THROAT  SPECIALIST 
Has  returned  and  resumed  practice  at  the 

Butler  Building 

STOCKTON  and  GEARY  ST..  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Telephone  Sutter  672 


November  23,  1912 


The  Gifted  Nonette 

Nothing  succeeds  like  cleverness  on  the  vaude- 
ville circuit.  A  little  talent  is  no  handicap,  but 
it  is  not  necessary  to  be  talented  in  the  sense  of 
being  able  to  do  easily  what  is  difficult  for  others 
to  do  at  all;  to  be  able  to  affect  a  facility  in  any- 
thing that  is  not  within  the  range  of  everybody's 
power  is  sufficient.  These  reflections  were  in- 
duced by  Nonette  at  the  Orpheum  last  Sunday 
afternoon.  Nonette  is  an  attractive  young 
woman  possessed  of  cleverness  in  the  sense  that 
she  has  a  certain  knack  or  aptitude  which  depends 
more  or  less  on  a  kind  of  adroitness  and  which 
enables  her  to  display  certain  external  graces  to 
the  admiration  of  beholders.  Nonette  plays  the 
violin  and  sings.  She  does  both  at  one  and  the 
same  time.  Now  the  violin  is  not  an  instrument 
for  self-accompaniment.  For  that  matter  neither 
is  the  piano.  To  sing  well  one  must  do  nothing 
more  than  sing.  Likewise  to  play  the  violin  well 
(something  that  is  rarely  done  by  a  woman  since 
the  soul  of  the  instrument  reserves  itself  for 
masculine  caresses)  one  must  do  nothing  but  bow. 
However,  Nonette,  as  I  have  said,  fiddles  and 
sings.  If  Nonette  did  nothing  but  fiddle  she 
would  not  be  on  the  Orpheum  circuit;  if  Nonette 
did  nothing  but  sing  she  would  not  be  on  the 
Orpheum  circuit;  yet  doing  both  together  she  is 
there  with  both  feet — daintily  shod  feet — and  be- 
side fiddling  and  singing  she  attitudinizes  grace- 
fully, accompanying  both  her  voice  and  her  fiddle 
with  undulations  of  her  supple  body.  Instead  of 
listening  to  the  music,  I  worried  about  the  per- 
former, being  certain  that  her  great  efforts  were 
in  vain.  When  the  audience  applauded  I  was 
pleased  though  I  felt  that  the  applause  was  a 
mark  rather  of  generous  feeling  than  of  approba- 
tion. But  she  was  encored.  What  a  kind  au- 
dience! Then  she  was  encored  again.  Slowly  the 
scales  were  falling  from  my  eyes.  Nonette  was 
encored  a  third  time.  Indeed,  if  I  am  any  judge 
at  all  Nonette  was  the  hit  of  the  afternoon. 
When  it  was  all  over  it  was  easy  to  understand. 
The  audience  regarded  Nonette  as  a  very  talented 
woman:  first,  because  she  plays  an  instrument 
that  few  women  ever  attempt  to  play;  secondly, 
because  she  is  her  own  accompanist.  Nonette 
proves  that  in  her  line  of  endeavor  a  little  skill 
may  serve  as  well  as  great  genius.  Martin  Beck 
knows  his  business. 

— Theodore  Bonnet. 


Opera  and  Symphony 

That  so-called  tabloid  grand  opera  "The  Secret 
of  Suzanne"  came  to  us  in  chunks  this  week.  It 
was  first  given  us  Sunday  afternoon  after  an 
interesting  popular  concert,  and  on  that  occa- 
sion it  was  not  given  us  in  a  style  to  create  a 
favorable  impression  of  the  work;  rather  to  stim- 
ulate interest  in  the  performance  to  be  given  later 
by  Alice  Nielsen.  It  is  a  dainty  little  story  that 
this  opera  tells  and  it  is  sung  to  pretty  music 
of  a  rather  simple  character,  which  is  probably 
one  reason  why  it  is  called  Mozartean,  though 
it  is  a  long  way  after  "Figaro"  or  the  "II  Seraglio" 
that  was  the  spontaneous  outpouring  of  a  boyish 
heart.  The  "Secret  of  Suzanne"  is  grand  opera 
of  a  very  light  character.  The  music  is  delight- 
ful, though  almost  as  primitive  as  the  little  marital 
scene  enacted  on  the  stage.  Though  it  imposes 
but  a  very  light  tax  on  the  singers  those  that 
came  to  us  from  Chicago  are  by  no  means  able 
to  do  it  justice.  While  Mr.  Alfreda  Costa  is  ex- 
cellent as  the  Count,  Miss  Cayvan  is  mediocre  as 
the  Countess.  She  has  a  fine  number,  a  smoking 
reverie  in  sustained  style,  which  is  Mozartean 
enough,  but  as  she  gives  it  the  charm  is  not  ap- 


TOWN  TALK 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

parent.  The  allurements  and  fascinations  of  the 
little  bride  were  wholly  lacking,  but  we  shall 
doubtless  enjoy  them  through  the  medium  of 
Alice  Nielsen,  for  the  part  might  have  been  writ- 
ten for  her.  Among  the  vocalists  heard  on  Sun- 
day was  a  Miss  Berry,  who  is  hardly  the  kind 
of  singer  one  expects  to  hear  on  any  such  oc- 
casion. Mr.  Dippel  should  think  better  of  San 
Francisco,  and  when  next  he  has  singers  to  send 
on  the  road  let  him  not  forget  that  Sioux  City 
is  less  hard  to  please  than  the  one  by  the  Golden 
Gate. 

The  third  symphony  concert  on  the  fifteenth 
was  the  best  of  this  season.    The  Rachmaninoff 


GERVILLE-REACHE 

The  French  contralto  who  sings  here  Sunday  afternoons, 
December   1   and   December  8. 

Symphony  (No.  2)  was  superb  and  superbly  given. 
A  lovely  rhapsodic  dance  by  S.  Coleridge  Taylor 
was  played  with  great  spirit.  It  is  in  Wagner  that 
Mr.  Hadley  conducts  with  the  greatest  gusto  of 
enjoyment.  Tschaikowsky  and  Strauss  may  re- 
cede in  the  favor  of  musicians  as  time  passes, 
but  Wagner  will  go  on  making  his  music  clear 
and  singing  his  music  dramas  with  tongues  of 
flame  to  ears  that  develop  in  understanding.  For 
my  part  I  wish  every  concert  would  close  with 
Wagner. 

— Helen  M.  Bonnet. 


The  Child  on  the  Stage 

Beholding  "The  Littlest  Rebel"  I  could  not 
help  feeling  sorry  that  Edward  Peple  wrote  "The 
Prince  Chap."  If  Peple  hadn't  written  "The 
Prince  Chap"  he  would  have  been  spared  the 
dangerous  knowledge    that   one   of   the  easiest 


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roads  to  success  in  playwriting  consists  in  build- 
ing four  acts  around  a  child.  The  child  supported 
the  structure  of  that  play,  and  the  play  was  quite 
a  success.  The  child  therefore  has  become  Ed- 
ward Peple's  main  dramatic  support.  (When  he 
wrote  a  play  for  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  leaving  the 
child  out,  he  made  a  dismal  failure.)  In  "The 
Littlest  Rebel"  the  child  is  almost  the  whole 
show.  The  child  is  a  little  girl  with  golden  hair 
and  bare  legs,  1  can  imagine  all  the  dear  ladies 
and  sweet  girls  at  a  matinee  calling  her  a  perfect 
darling.  No  doubt  she  is  a  perfect  darling.  But 
perfect  darlings  are  sometimes  known  to  pall. 
Most  of  the  time  they  should  be  seen  and  not 
heard.  In  the  theatre,  many  theatre-goers  think, 
they  should  not  even  be  seen.  Some  dramatists 
share  their  views.  Shakespeare  must  have  held 
the  opinion,  because  there  are  no  children  in  his 
plays.  Are  there  any  children  in  Moliere?  But 
the  modern  stage  is  untranimelcd  in  its  efforts  to 
make  the  emotional  appeal.  Anything  calculated 
to  quicken  the  pulse  or  elicit  a  sob  seems  to  be 
permissible.  Hence  we  must  expect  to  see 
golden-haired,  bare-footed  children  pitting  their 
wide-eyed  innocence  against  grown-up  sophistica- 
tion. We  must  sit  in  silence  and  behold  a 
youngster  winding  and  unwinding  the  plot  on  a 
dimpled  finger.  We  must  allow  the  playwright 
to  tangle  up  his  characters  in  baby  curls  and 
condense  his  wisdoin  into  words  of  one  syllable 
for  a  treble  voice.  If  we  protest  we  are  hard- 
hearted wretches,  calloused  to  all  innocent  in- 
fluences, so  soiled  by  the  contacts  of  a  wicked 
world  that  infantile  goodness  is  not  for  us.  It's 
unfair.  It  places  us  in  a  false  position.  We  may 
have  children  of  our  own;  we  may  actually  be 
fond  of  them.  But  we  are  under  suspicion  if  we 
protest  against  seeing  their  counterpart  on  the 
stage.  The  situation  is  all  in  favor  of  the  canny 
dramatist.  It  is,  as  though  he  said  to  us:  "See 
the  pretty  golden-haired,  bare-footed  child.  You 
dare  not  say  you  don't  like  her,  because  if  you  do, 
I  shall  say  that  you're  wicked."  Meanwhile  the 
golden-haired,  bare-footed  child  is  putting  money 
in  the  playwright's  pocket.  The  play  which 
would  not  otherwise  succeed,  has  a  long  run.  By 
the  time  it  is  withdrawn  the  playwright  has  built 
another  play  around  another  child.  Why  not 
leave  the  child  to  the  moving  pictures?  They 
are  not  a  grown-up's  entertainment  anyway. 

—  Edward  F.  O'Day. 


The  Alice  Nielsen  Performance 

Alice  Nielsen  and  her  brilliant  galaxy  of  stars 
give  their  farewell  performance  at  Scottish  Rite 
.\uditorium  this  Sunday  afternoon  at  2:30  p.  m. 
The  feature  will  be  Miss  Nielsen's  production  of 
"The  Secret  of  Suzanne."  She  alone  has  the  right 
to  the  original  version  in  this  city,  and  without  a 
grand  opera  orchestra  the  little  gem  loses  half 
of  its  beauty.  The  cast  will  be  the  same  as  for 
tlie  first  performance,  and  Fabio  Rimini  will  wield 
the  baton.  Among  the  works  to  be  given  in  the 
concert  portion  of  the  program  are  the  trio  for 
male  voices  from  "Faust"  sung  by  Signers  Ra- 
niella,  Fornari  and  Mardones;  the  duet  from 
"Mme.  Butterfly"  sung  by  Alice  Nielsen  and  Mile. 
Swartz;  the  aria  from  "La  Tosca"  by  the  tenor 
Ramella;  "Habanera"  from  "Carmen"  by  Mile. 
Swartz;  some  songs  of  Spain  by  Jose  Mardones; 
and  Fornari's  offerings  will  be  Neapolitan  folk 
songs.  Alice  Nielsen  will  also  sing  a  group  of 
four  songs  in  English.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at 
Sherman  Clay  and  Co.'s  and  Kohler  and  Chase's. 
On  Sunday  the  box  office  will  open  at  ten  o'clock 
at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium. 


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November  23,  1912 


The  Beel  Quartet 

The  Beel  Quartet  will  give  its  second  concert 
at  the  St.  Francis  next  Tuesday  night,  November 
26,  at  8:30  p.  m.  Debussy's  quartet  in  G  minor 
Op.  10  will  be  given  for  the  first  time  here  in 
its  entirety,  and  the  quartet  in  E  minor  Op.  59 
by  Beethoven  and  Haydn's  quartet  in  E  flat  will 
complete  the  program.  Tickets  may  be  obtained 
at  the  usual  Greenbaum  box  offices.  In  order  to 
avoid  the  rush  attendant  on  the  Christmas  seas- 
on, it  has  been  determined  to  give  the  third  Beel 
Quartet  concert  on  Tuesdaj'  night,  December 
10,  instead  of  on  the  seventeenth  as  originally 
announced. 


The  Gerville-Reache  Concerts 

After  an  absence  of  two  years  Mme.  Gerville- 
Reache,  the  French  contralto,  will  pay  us  her 
second  visit,  and  Manager  Greenbaum  announces 
two  concerts,  the  dates  being  Sunday  afternoon, 
December  1,  and  Sunday  afternoon,  December 
8.  Mme.  Gerville-Reache  has  prepared  a  most 
unusual  repertoire  in  German,  French,  Italian  and 
I'-nglish.  Many  of  the  works  on  her  programs 
have  never  been  heard  here.  At  the  opening  con- 
cert she  will  sing  the  aria  from  the  great  success 
"L'.Attaque  du  Moulin"  by  Bruneau,  the  aria  from 
Massenet's  last  triumph  "Roma,"  the  aria  of  the 
blind  mother  from  "La  Gioconda"  and  the  Bran- 
gaene  aria  from  Wagner's  "Tristan  und  Isolde." 
There  will  be  songs  by  Beethoven,  Strauss,  Bauer. 
Saar,  Georges  Hue  and  Paladilhe.  At  the  second 
concert  arias  from  an  old  French  classic  "Jeannot 
et  Colin"  by  Niccolo.  "The  Trojans"  by  Berlioz. 
Tschaikowsky's  "Pique  Dame"  and  Baron  Camille 
Erlangcr's  "Fedia"  will  be  given.  Songs  by 
Brahms.  Schubert,  Schumann,  Gertrude  Ross  and 
others  will  be  given,  among  them  one  by  Harvey 
Wickham,  a  local  newspaperman.  The  sale  of 
seats  for  both  concerts  will  open  next  Wednesday, 
November  27,  at  Sherman  Clay  and  Co.'s  and 
Kohler  and  Chase's.  Mail  orders  should  be  ad- 
dressed to  Will  L.  Greenbaum.  Gerville-Reache 
will  furnish  the  program  for  the  fourth  program 
of  the  St.  Francis  Musical  .Art  Society's  series. 


Maud  Powell 

The  dates  definitely  arranged  for  the  concerts 
Dy  Maud  Powell,  the  great  woman  violinist,  are 
Thursday  night,  December  12,  and  Saturday  and 
Sunday  afternoons,  December  14  and  15.  Green- 
baum promises  programs  of  exceptional  interest. 


Four  Headliners  at  Pantages 

Seven  acts,  all  new  to  San  Francisco,  will  be 
offered  at  Pantages  next  week.  Four  of  the  seven 
are  genuine  headliners.  The  seven  acrobatic 
Hamada  Japs  occupy  the  top  of  the  billing  on 
account  of  the  really  sensational  feats  they  ac- 
complish. There  are  three  men  and  four  Jap- 
anese women  in  the  act.  A  remarkable  musical 
instrument  is  the  Myriophone.  It  is  made  of 
twenty-five  wired  wheels  occupying  a  space  about 
twelve  feet  high  and  ten  feet  wide.  As  the  wheels 
revolve  the  operators  touch  the  wires,  producing 
melodious  airs.  Harrison  Greene  and  Miss 
Katherine  Parker,  well  known  natives  of  San 
Francisco,  are  credited  with  being  a  pair  of 
snappy  entertainers.  They  have  a  fine  line  of 
dialogue,  songs  and  stories.  Jim  Rutherford,  the 
former  well  known  circus  clown,  and  Miss  Lottie 
Munroe  have  a  comedietta  called  "An  Extra  Added 
.Attraction."  Bessie  Leonard  has  a  novel  sing- 
ing and  dancing  act  during  which  she  makes  a 
number  of  changes  in  full  view  of  the  audience. 
The  management  of  Pantages  announce  that  be- 
ginning December  1  they  will  present  the  famous 
mf)tion  picture  of  "The  Garden  of  ."Mlah." 


Orrin  Johnson  and  Miss  Leslie  at  Alcazar 

Orrin    Johnson    and    .Marguerite    Leslie  who 


open  a  limited  starring  >eason  next  Monday  eve- 
ning at  the  Alcazar,  are  new  to  San  Francisco, 
but  bear  Broadway's  stamp  of  approval.  Each 
of  them  has  earned  fame  under  various  manage- 
ments on  "The  Great  White  Way."  and  before 
appearing  there  Miss  Leslie  won  laurels  in 
London.  That  their  engagement  at  the  .-Mcazar 
will  be  profitable  to  all  concerned  goes  without 
saying,  for  their  abilities  are  to  be  exploited  in 
plays  of  established  worth.  Charles  Klein's  lat- 
est successful  American  work,  "The  Gamblers," 
is  to  be  the  medium  of  introducing  Mr.  Johnson 
and  Miss  Leslie  to  the  Alcazar's  clientele.  It  has 
been  hailed  in  the  East  as  the  liiust  thing  Klein 


has  yet  given  to  the  stage,  and  that  means  some- 
thing when  taken  in  connection  with  his  author- 
ship of  "The  Music  Master,"  "The  Lion  and  the 
Mouse"  and  "The  Third  Degree."  Through  its 
unfolding  of  a  Wall-street  conspiracy  is  inter- 
twined a  love  story  both  unusual  and  daring,  yet 
so  discreetly  handled  that  the  New  York  critics 
unanimously  pronounced  it  a  masterpiece  of  skill- 
ful playwriting. 


Ethel  Green  at  the  Orpheum 

Ethel  Green,  one  of  the  daintiest  and  most 
winsome  comediennes  in  vaudeville  and  a  great 
favorite  in  this  city,  will  appear  at  the  Orpheum 
next  week  as  a  monologist  and  singing  com- 
edienne. Sydney  Ayres,  one  of  the  handsomest 
and  most  popular  of  romantic  actors,  will  appear 
next  week  only.  His  offering  will  consist  of  a 
one-act  play  of  his  own  authorship  entitled  "A 
Call  for  the  Wild,"  the  action  of  which  takes 
place  in  Arizona.  He  is  supported  by  an  ex- 
cellent company  which  includes  Roy  Clements. 
Myrtle   Langford   and    Rea    .Mitchell.    The  ver- 


satile comedian  Harry  Gilfoil  will  be  seen  in  his 
greatest  hit  "Baron  Sands."  George  Felix,  the 
Tom-Fool  comedian  assisted  by  the  Barry  girls, 
Emily  and  Gladys,  will  present  his  big  scream 
"The  Boy  Next  Door."  The  natural  independ- 
ence of  the  bull  dog  makes  it  one  of  the  hardest 
.mimals  to  train.  Once  however  his  teaching  is 
accomplished  he  makes  the  best  of  canine  actors. 
W  Rayno  whose  fame  as  an  animal  trainer  is 
w.irld-wide,  will  introduce  a  splendid  assortment 
of  bull  dogs  possessed  of  a  rare  amount  of  in- 
telligence, which  is  exhibited  by  the  clever  man- 
ner in  w'hich  they  perform  a  variety  of  difficult 
vtunts     Next  week  will  be  the  last  of  James  J. 


.Morton:  Schichtl's  Royal  Marionettes  and  Jesse 
Lasky's  production  of  "California." 


'A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  at  the  Cort 

".■\  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  has  been  making 
a  success  at  the  Cort.  The  second  and  final  week 
bcyins  tomorrow  night  and  the  advance  sale  in- 
dicates that  the  same  attendance  will  prevail 
in  the  final  nights  of  the  much-discussed  English 
play.  "A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel"  was  written 
by  Edward  H.  Memmerde  and  Francis  Neiison, 
loth  members  of  the  British  Parliament  and  the 
former  a  King's  Counsel.  The  play  deals  with 
the  divorce  problem  and  concerns  itself  with  a 
frivolous  young  person — the  "butterfly"  of  the 
title — and  her  indiscretions,  prompted  by  the  fact 
lh.it  she  is  married  to  a  man  much  older  than 
herself.  She  is  innocent  of  any  wrong,  however. 
In  the  "big  scene"  of  the  play,  the  interior  of  an 
English  court  is  shown  in  all  its  realism,  the 
serious  foreign  divorce  proceedings  are  repro- 
duced, and  the  "butterfly"  is  flayed  on  the  "wheel" 
of  justice.    The  company  interpreting  the  drama 


November  23,  1912 


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is  an  all-English  one  and  was  selected  and  re- 
hearsed by  Lewis  Waller,  the  actor-producer  who 
brought  the  play  to  America.  Dorothy  Lane 
makes  a  charming  butterfly;  J.  Malcom  Dunn  is 
a  fervent  lover;  some  happy  comedy  work  is  con- 
tributed by  Hamilton  Dean  as  Lord  Ellerdine, 
and  clever  acting  of  difficult  roles  is  contributed 
by  Alys  Rees,  Stanley  Warmington,  Harold  Ross, 
Henry  Dornton,  Vincent  Sternroyd,  Florence 
Lelercq,  and  others.  There  will  be  a  Thanksgiv- 
ing Day  matinee  in  addition  to  the  regular  ones 
on  Wednesday  and  Saturday.  On  Sunday,  De- 
cember 1,  comes  Valeska  Suratt,  as  great  a 
celebrity  as  the  stage  knows,  in  "The  Kiss  Waltz," 
a  New  York  Casino  musical  comedy  that  has  had 
;m  enormous  vogue.  An  elaborate  production 
and  a  beauty  chorus  is  announced. 


ETHEL  GREEN 

\'aiuleville's  daintiest  comedienne  who  will  appear  next 
week   at   the  Orpheum. 

Dustin  Farnum  for  Another  Week 

Dustin  Farnum  as  the  Northern  officer,  Lieut. 
Col.  Morrison  in  the  successful  A.  H.  Woods  pro- 
duction of  the  Civil  War  play  "The  Littlest  Rebel" 
will  be  seen  at  the  Columbia  for  but  one  more 
week,  beginning  Sunday  night  next.  The  fare- 
well performance  will  be  given  on  Sunday  night, 
December  1.  During  the  second  and  last  week 
of  the  San  Francisco  engagement  three  matinee 
performances  are  to  be  given.  These  will  take 
place  on  Wednesday,  Thanksgiving  Day  (Thurs- 
day) and  Saturday.  A  great  musical  treat,  "The 
Quaker  Girl"  comes  to  the  Columbia  following 
the  engagement  of  Dustin  Farnum.  The  first 
presentation  of  the  piece  is  to  be  made  on  Mon- 
day night,  December  2.  There  are  twenty  new 
songs  in  the  piece,  and  "Come  to  the  Ball"  has 
been  pronounced  one  of  the  greatest  waltz  songs 
that  has  ever  come  to  this  country.  Victor  Mor- 
ley  is  the  hero  of  the  play.  There  are  dozens  of 
beautiful  girls  and  the  costumes  are  gorgeous. 


"A  Modern  Eve"  at  the  Cort 

So  musical  play  of  recent  years  has  created 
.1  more  decided  impression  on  the  European  con- 
tinent and  in  America  than  Martin  Beck's  and 
Mort  Singer's  production,  "A  Modern  Eve,"  the 


Berlin  operetta  which  was  presented  at  the  Gar- 
rick  in  Chicago  last  April  and  broke  all  records 
for  a  summer's  run.  Its  success  comes  from  a 
clever  story,  skilful  comedy,  novel  action  and 
several  genuine  song  hits  which  include  the  waltz 
song,  "Good  Bye,  Everybody,"  now  in  vogue 
everywhere.  "A  Modern  Eve"  is  now  in  its 
second  year  at  the  Neus  Theatre,  Berlin,  where 
it  was  originally  produced,  and  where  Mr.  Beck 
and  Mr.  Singer  witnessed  the  performance  which 
induced  them  to  import  the  offering  to  America. 
"A  Modern  Eve"  opens  at  the  Cort  for  a  two 
weeks'  run  on  December  8th. 

 (Continued   on    Page  23.)  


AMUSEMENTS 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week   Commencing   November  24th 

7   HAM.^DA  JAPS,  Acrobats— 7  ' 
WHITNEY'S   OPERATIC  DOLLS 
KARSEY'S  MYRIOPHONE 
GREENE  and  PARKER 
RUTHERFORD   and  MONROE 
ZIMMER,  Juggler 
BESSIE  LEONARD 
MOTION  PICTURES 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  \ights,  7:15  aiid  9:1,1,  .Siin(l:iy 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:31  aii.l  3  ,10  C.m- 
linni.us  from  6-30. 

Prices — 10c.  2()c  and  30c, 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  M-rket 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


•Sl'XOND    .\M1)    LAST    VV1':1-:K    ST.\RTS  T(),\I()RR()W 
Matinees   Wednesday,   Saturday   and   Thanksgiving  Day 
The  Messrs.  Shubert  and  Lewis  Waller  I're-ent 
the    Dramatic    Sensation    of    the  Season 

"A  BUTTERFLY  ON  THE  WHEEL" 

Willi     Lewis    Waller's    All-Knglish  Compnuy 
I 'rices  -.SOc    to    $1.50.     "  IN^p"    $1    Wednesdriy  Matliu-e. 
C'oniinencing  Sunday,   1  )ecember   1  st- — Valeska  Suratt  in 
"The   Kiss  \\'altz." 


AfiWSWV 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.      Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

ICTllKL  (IKliliN,  \'audeville's  Daintiest  Comedienne; 
SYDNEY  .\YRF.S  supported  by  his  own  Company  in  his 
one-act  play  ".\  Call  for  the  Wild"  (Ne.xt  Week  Only); 
H.VKKY  CILFOIL  in  his  original  character  "Raron  Sands"' 
GEORGE  FELLX,  assisted  by  the  BARRS'  GIRI  S  in  "The 
lioy  Next  Door":  .\L  KAYNO'S  I'ER  F(  >  k  M  I \( ,  IUT  1 
DOGS;  T.\MES  T.  MORTON;  SCHICHTI.S  ROY.AI. 
MARIONETTES;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  .MOTION  I'lC- 
TL'RES.  Last  Week  of  Jesse  L.  Lasky's  "CALIFORNI.A," 
an  .\merican  Operetta  with  Leslie  Leigh,  Harry  Griffith  and 
.\usten  Stnart. 

Evening    Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Monday  Evening,  November  25th,  Oiiens  a  Limited  Season  of 
ORRIN  JOHNSON   and   MARGUERITE  LESLIE 
Leading  the  Alcazar  Company  in 

"THE  GAMBLERS" 

Charles  Klein's  (Greatest  Play 
Prices:  Night.  25c  to  $1;  Matinees:  25c  to  50c. 
Matinees:    Thursday,    Saturday    and  Sunday 

CORT  THEATRE 

Ellis  and   Market  Sts.     Phone  Sutter  2460 
Repetition  by  General  Desire  of  the  Great  Success 
TUESDAY    MATINEE,    NOVEMBER    26th   at    3    P.  M. 

BURR  McINTOSH 

"PLAIN    TALK"    ON    THE    BEAUTIES  AND 
WONDERS  OF 

CALIFORNIA  AND  OUR  COUNTRY 

400   COLORED  VIEWS 

Prices- $1.00,    50c   and  25c— ALL  RESERVED. 


ALICE  NIELSEN 

And   Her   Company  in 
GRAND    OPERATIC  CONCERT 

.\nJ   the   One   Act  Opera 


"the  secret  of  SUZANNE" 
SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  NOVEMBER  24  at  2:30 

TicKets:  $2.50,  $2.00,  $1.50  and  $1.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Co's  an  1   Kohkr  &   Chase's.     Sunday  at  the  Hall. 


THE  BEEL  QUARTET 

SECOND  CONCERT 
TUESDAY   EVENING,   NOVEMBER  26th  at  8:30 

ST.  FRANCIS  BALLROOM 


Tickets:    $l.nn,   at  ab. 


GERVILLE-REACHE 


The   French  Contralto 

"A    Woman   With   a    Cello   Voice"  -London  Times 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

SUNDAY    AFTERNOON,   DECEMBER  1st 
and 

SUNDAY   AFTERNOON,   DECEMBER  8th 

Tickets:    $2.00,   $1.50    and  $1.00. 
Lox-offices    open    Wednesday,    November    27th,    at  usual 
Music  Stores. 

to  Will.  L.  (ireenbanm. 
care  either  liox-Office. 


MAIL  ORDERS 


Steinway  I'iano 
Comint'— .\l.\r  1)    i'OWEI.L,  Violiniste. 


/v^AN  FRANCISCO  - 

ORCHESTRA 

Henry Hadley-  Conductor 

FIRST  SYMPHONY  CONCERT 

GREEK  THEATRE 

SATURDAY    AFTERNOON,    NOVEMBER    23,    at  2:15 
Program 

^'^"'''"^  Overture,     "Carnaval  Romain" 

BEETHOVEN  SYMPHONY.   NO.   5,   C  MINOR 

R.  Strauss  Tone  Poem,  "Death  and  Transfiguration" 

Prices:  50c  to  $1..SII.     S.ats        salr  at  l„.x  office,  nf  Sher- 
man.  Clay  &  Co..  San  K,.,nc,M-o  and  Oakland,  and  Siudenfs 
Co-operative   Store,    <ik^s,:er.    Alor^e    \'    (;,;,vv\  Tu,,ner 
Reed's,  The  Sign  of  the  Hear,   and  Sadler's,  'ijc'rkek'v 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

ALL  THIS  AND  NEXT  WEEK 

Nightly  Including  Sunday 
Matinees  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
Special    Iloldiday     Matinee    Thanksgiving  T)ay 
A   H.   \Voods  Presents 

DUSTIN  FARIMUM 

In   lidward   Peple's  Great  Civil  Wn: 


Drama 


"THE   LITTLEST  REBEL" 

I'rices:    Evenings   and   Saturday   Matinee,   $1.50  to  25c 
Wednesday   Matinee,    $1.00   to  25c. 
I'-ngagement    Closes   Sunday   night,    December  1st. 
lieginning  Monday  night,  December  2nd,  "TTIE  Qt.T.\KEK 
( 1 1 RL. " 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


20 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Financial  Outlook 

By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


November  23.  1912 


Stocks — Basing  tlieir  expectation  on  the  favor- 
able news  received  early  in  the  week  regarding 
railroad  earnings,  general  business  and  the  U.  S. 
Steel  statement,  the  bull  pools  started  to  bid  up 
thf  ir  specialties  and  their  efforts  were  fairly  suc- 
cessful. But  unfortunately  for  the  cause  of 
higher  prices,  the  advances  were  purchased  at  the 
expense  of  activity,  and  when  the  laborious  at- 
tempt came  to  an  end  the  market  was  about  as 
dead  as  could  be.  That  is  not  the  way  a  bull 
market  should  act  and  the  net  results  of  the 
week  proved  it.  Tariff  talk  counteracted  the 
bullish  news  and  it  was  said  President-elect  Wil- 
son would  call  an  extra  session  not  later  than 
April  15.  Unless  the  defeat  of  the  Liberal  Gov- 
ernment on  the  Irish  Home  Rule  Bill  is  to  be 
construed  as  increasing  the  chances  of  a  general 
European  war  (because  the  conservative  party 
is  supposed  to  be  more  pugnacious  and  more 
likely  to  become  embroiled  in  disputes  with  Ger- 
many), it  is  hard  to  see  why  it  should  depress 
the  price  of  American  securities.  Elections  have 
been  coming  thick  and  fast  in  the  United  King- 
dom for  several  years,  and  the  stock  market 
should  be  used  to  them  by  this  time.  An  Amer- 
ican stock  market  that  can  bear  up  bravely  un- 
der a  presidential  election  and  then  give  to  prices 
one  week  later  under  the  possibility  of  a  foreign 
election  is  a  queer  affair.  The  market  seemed  to 
be  influenced  by  political  conditions  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  no  special  features  developed  affect- 
ing any  important  stock.  These  conditions  were 
the  outlook  for  an  early  session  of  Congress  and 
an  English  election.  The  worst  feature  of  the 
market  situation  is  not  the  possible  importance 
of  either  event,  but  the  ease  with  which  the  break 
came  and  the  little  support  the  market  received. 

Wheat — The  action  of  the  wheat  market  the 
last  week  furnishes  another  example  of  the  in- 
tensity of  the  bearish  feeling  that  asserts  itself 
at  the  smallest  encouragement.  A  slight  decline 
in  the  foreign  grain  markets,  and  an  improved 
tone  in  the  security  market,  seem  to  be  all  that 
is  necessary  to  assure  the  trade  that  the  foreign 
political  situation  is  more  settled  and  in  less 
danger  of  embroiling  the  big  powers  of  Europe 
than  has  been  the  case  for  some  time  past.  The 
lop-sided  or  one-sided  production  of  wheat  this 
year  is  a  sort  of  confusion  to  the  trade,  and  it  is 
not  unlikely  that  if  the  small  production  in  the 
soft  winter  wheat  States  had  been  in  the  north- 
west, and  the  big  production  of  that  section  had 
been  in  the  soft  winter  wheat  States,  the  senti- 
ment and  price  might  have  differed  considerably 
from  what  they  are,  but  the  big  production  flows 
through  the  gateway  of  Minneapolis  and  Duluth 
where  all  can  see  it,  while  if  a  full  crop  had  been 
raised  where  now  it  is  a  failure,  the  increased 
production  would   not  be  noticed  because  the 


movement  would  not  center  so  conspicuously  as 
that  of  the  northwest.  The  great  irregularity 
in  this  year's  production  of  wheat  is  a  very 
deceptive  influence  to  the  trade,  and  is  likely  to 
prove  more  so  as  the  season  advances.  We  be- 
lieve it  intensifies  the  bearish  sentiment  and  un- 
duly depresses  values  which,  if  much  longer  con- 
tinued, may  result  in  over-exportation  and  greatly 
oversold  markets. 

Corn — The  corn  market  is  weighted  down  by 
the  big  figures  that  are  given  for  this  year's  pro- 
duction. At  present  values  are  based  on  purely 
imaginary  ideas  of  the  conditions  that  are  ex- 
pected to  prevail  by  and  by,  and  not  on  burden- 
some stocks,  for  they  are  near  the  point  of  ex- 
haustion and  are  constantly  being  reduced.  The 
guess  that  corn  is  low  enough  now  will  likely 
prove  true  in  time,  but  it  is  often  observed  that 
even  when  a  commodity  is  low  enough  it  some- 
times vi'ill  decline  still  lower.  This  was  the  case 
two  years  ago  when  corn  for  May  was  cheap  at 
50  cents,  but  it  sold  down  to  46  cents  and  then 
advanced  to  80  cents.  Present  values  for  this 
cereal  will  insure  an  enormous  consumption  on 
the  farms  as  well  as  for  other  domestic  uses,  and 
will  also  meet  a  large  foreign  demand. 

Cotton — The  trend  of  the  market  is  still  up- 
ward under  the  influence  of  continued  extensive 
buying  by  large  interests  who  have  the  situation 
well  in  hand,  for  the  time  being  at  least.  The 
weather  conditions  over  the  entire  belt  have  been 
favorable.  Little  or  no  rain  fell  and  the  tem- 
perature has  been  rather  high  for  this  time  of 
the  year.  There  are  no  indications  for  a  decided 
change  in  the  near  future.  The  movement  to 
market  continues  heavy  with  no  sign  of  a  let-up 
for  the  present.  However,  exports  continue 
heavy  also,  and  while  serving  to  increase  stocks 
in  Europe,  prevent  an  accumulation  at  primary 
points  and  the  interior.'  Weekly  trade  reports  for 
the  United  States  continue  favorable  in  all  lines, 
especially  in  textiles,  sharp  advances  having  fol- 
lowed the  big  rise  in  value  of  the  raw  material. 
Manchester  reports  continue  favorable,  though 
the  higher  prices  for  cloth  are  said  to  be  check- 
ing business,  but  yarns  are  very  firm.  The 
feature  of  late  in  the  market  has  been  the  at- 
titude of  the  American  markets  at  the  opening 
during  the  past  few  days,  completely  ignoring 
disappointed  Liverpool  markets,  the  English 
market  having  shown  a  disposition  to  halt.  But 
the  ,'\nierican  markets  when  due  to  open  lower, 
would  open  higher  and  continue  to  improve  by 
reason  of  unlimited  buying  of  a  speculative  char- 
acter. The  improvement  in  contract  values  has 
carried  near  positions  up  to  nearly  12  1-2  cents, 
which  represents  an  advance  of  nearly  200  points 
without  any  reaction  of  consequence.  This  has 
required  large  incessant  buying. 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12.281.957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman.  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price.  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Chrisleson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas.  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen.  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenleld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Decring,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368.228.50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyrrstein  President 

J.   H.   Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.   Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.  C.  Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.   W.   Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Mcyerstcin  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  Umbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of   the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only : 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH,  S.  W.  Corner 
CLEMENT  and  7th  AVE. 

HAIGHT   STREET   BRANCH.   S.  W.  Corner 
HAIGHT   and  BELVEDERE 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
.Vew  Vork  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C.  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,  31-33  35   New  Street 

November  23,  1912 


Auto  Notes 

PUBLICITY  FOR  THE  FAIR 

Thirty-seven  hundred  miles  of  publicity  and  a 
chain  of  working  organizations,  all  promoting 
the  big  San  Francisco  Fair,  is  the  undertaking 
just  begun  by  C.  W.  Armstrong  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Chamber  of  Commerce  who  has  started  on 
a  tour  from  Boston,  Mass.,  to  San  Francisco  in 
the  interest  of  the  Exposition.  Armstrong  lias 
started  across  the  continent  in  a  Rambler  Cross 
Country  and  will  visit  all  the  principal  cities,  de- 
livering addresses  to  the  Chambers  of  Com  mercc 
and  prominent  business  men's  associations.  The 
Rambler  is  of  the  1913  model  and  is  equipped 
with  the  new  unit  gasoline  and  electric  motor. 


BIG  CLOSED  CAR  SALES 

Statisticians  of  the  automobile  industry  are 
marveling  this  year  at  the  enormous  increase  in 
tlie  sales  of  closed  cars  of  all  types  which  in- 
dicates that  the  motor  car  has  at  last  become 
an  all  year  around  vehicle. 

The  most  progressive  concerns,  which  keep 
accurate  records  to  serve  as  a  barometer  of  sales 
conditions  in  all  sections  of  the  country,  will 
he  interested  in  the  results  of  an  investigation 
made  by  The  Thomas  B.  JefTery  Company,  in- 
dicating that  enclosed  car  sales  are  no  longer 
confined  to  large  centers  of  population,  but  arc 
being  made  by  dealers  in  smaller  towns  and,  in 
some  cases,  to  well  to  do  farmers  throughout 
the  Middle  West. 

The  most  popular  type  of  this  car,  according 
to  The  Thomas  B.  Jefifcry  Company,  is  that  of 
the  Sedan  which  is  designed  especially  for  the 
man  who  likes  to  drive  himself.  The  Gotham 
type,  which  has  a  forward  and  rear  compartment, 
is  next  in  line. 

This  is  a  light  limousine  type  built  on  a  38 
horse  power  chassis  and  a  combination  price  is 
made  when  the  Cross  Country  body  is  taken. 
This  is  a  popular  seller  because  many  people  de- 
sire to  have  an  open  car  in  summer  in  addition 
to  ri  closed  car  in  winter. 


And  see  us  about  renting  a  safe  deposit  box  for  your 
valuables.  It  is  the  only  place  for  them  =f  you  wish 
to  insure  their  safety. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  p„';r.n''<rMar"e; "/u. 


John  F.  Cunningham,  Manaeer 


TOWN  TALK 

The  Donkey  Spring 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 
lie  waited  until  she  had  risen  from  the  water, 
and  as  she  sat  upon  a  rock,  combing  her  hair, 
i.oldewin  stepped  up,  pawed  thrice  with  his  fore- 
h(jol  in  greeting,  and  entreated  the  fairy  earnestly 
ti.  transfurni  him  into  a  gander. 

'1  he  Sorceress  shook  her  head.  "  I  his  i:,  a 
strange  wish,"  .-he  said,  -but  1  can  and  uili  iullil 
it  lor  >on;  and  into  the  ear  ol  the  de\out  ilon- 
key  -lie  u  lii.-pi  red  :  "I'lck  seven  daisies  tomorrow 
at  -umiM.'  and  cat  iheiii  in  silence,  then  dip  your 
head  intcj  the  =|)ring  and  you  will  l)e  transformed 
inti.j  a  spruce  gander.  And  ikjvv  go  and  leave  me 
alone.  ' 

JJeeply  moved,  the  doiike>  I  hanked  her  and 
departetl.  lie  did  not  bleep  a  wink  all  that  niglu, 
and  .lb  soon  as  llu-  tree-tops  were  reddening  he 
uas  ii]i,  looking  lor  the  ^even  daisies.  L  hen  he 
habtcned  to  the  bpring,  dipped  his  head  into  the 
water,  and  when  he  emerged  he  saw,  lo  his  gretit 
Joy,  111  tile  glassy  surface,  the  image  of  a  stately 
gander  with  a  betiutiful  curved  necK. 

.\b  (juickly  as  possible  he  hastened  to  the  neafc. 
in  u  hieh  tlie  goose  had  taken  up  her  abode. 
■'.Viheiil,  nij  belo\ed  Alheid,"  he  cried,  "where  art 
thon.- 

"lieie,  my  lo\e,"  bile  cried  Irom  ine  thicket, 
■Hid  a  dainty  bhe-donkey  came  tripping  lortli 
i.oiii  the  bushes. 

blnick  with  hot  lor,  llie  lox  ers  viewed  each  cjtlier. 
"Uli,  v\hal  an  ass  I  am,  '  groaned  the  gander. 
'Oil,  what  a  goose  1  am,"  bobbed  the  slie-donkey, 
and  then  both  broke  down  v\eeping  ami  .\ihei(i 
related  amid  tears  how  she,  following  the  ad\ice 
ol  the  ov\l,  had  bought  the  wish-fairy  and  upon 
her  bupplicatioiib  had  been  transformed  into  a 
donkey.  Hereupon  the  gander  also  made  a  re- 
poi  t,  mterrupled  often  l)y  great  sobbing.  Xever 
did  the  midbuninier  bUii  bhiiie  down  upon  two 
more  iinliappj-  creatures  than  our  lovers. 

ilut  time  ib  the  great  healer.  Quiet,  patient 
eiidinance  buperseded  agonizing  pain.  One  ray 
ol  linpe  remained.  .\t  her  iie.xt  visit,  perhaps,  the 
\\ibh-lairy  coidd  be  prevailetl  upon  to  gi\e  tcj  one 
ol  the  lo\erb  liib  icniner  shape.  But  a  whole  year 
nuibt  iieedb  pabS  before  then.  Patience,  therefore, 
patience!  .\nd  again  1-ioldewin  and  .\lheid  lived 
together   like   brother  and  sister. 

.Xl'ter  inueh  distress  and  danger  which  winter 
brought  to  the  two  anchorites,  spring  made  her 
triumphal  entry,  the  sun  climbed  higher  and 
higher,  and  linally  the  eve  of  the  day  of  the  sol- 
■■tice  had  come. 

With  anxious  hearts  the  lovers  neared  the  spring 
and  laid  their  case  before  the  wish-fairy. 

"'1  his  is  indeed  a  bad  case,"  said  the  sorceress. 
"1  cannot  retr.ansform  either  one  of  you,  however 
niiieh  1  should  like  to  do  so.  But  let  me  make 
\  oii  a  pidiiosition.  I  low  W(.)nld  it  do  if  ycni  were 
lo  become  human  beings?  To  make  a  m<an  and 
a  Woman  of  a  donkey  and  a  goose  is  not  so  dif- 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1,600.000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HRKBERT  FLEISHHACKER  President 
.SIG  GRF.ENEHAUM  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  DODGE  Vice-President 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  HUNT  Vice-President 
R.  ALTSCHUI-  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

11.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BURDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


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ficult,  and  easily  within  my  powers.  What  do 
you  say?" 

With  one  accord  Roldewin  and  yXlheid  cried: 
"Yes." 

The  fairy  murmured  her  charm  and  C(nn- 
manded  both  of  them  to  dip  their  heads  into  the 
spring.  They  did  so,  and  when  they  straightened 
up.  Bolde  win  had  become  a  strong,  young  lad 
with  a  good-natured  face,  while  opposite  him 
stood  the  most  charming  little  woman  with  the 
prettiest  ruddy  mouth  and  languishing  eyes. 

They  fell  upon  their  knees  before  the  good 
fairy  and  kissed  her  hands  in  gratitude,  and  they 
kissed  each  other  and  wdiispered  words  of  love 
and  troth.  But  the  fairy,  who  perceived  that  she 
was  superfluous,  wrapped  her  robe  of  down  about 
her  and  flew  away. 

The  lovers  remained  in  the  valley  Boldewin 
'>iiih  a  house,  and  in  it  they  p.assed  happy  days. 

In  the  villages  round  about  no  one  surmised 
that  I'.oldewin  had  been  a  donkey  and  Alheid  a 
goose,  for  they  were  as  sensible  as  other  people. 
And,  of  course,  they  did  not  publish  the  story 
of  their  transformation,  for  that  would  have  n.. 
jured  their  reputation.  But  when  they  came  to 
die,  they  entrusted  the  secret  to  their  eldest  s,.n, 
and  it  was  he  who,  in  memory  of  his  parents' 
called  the  house  The  Golden  Goose  and  the  spring 
the  Donkey  Spring,  as  they  are  called  even  to  this 
day. 

How  the  medicinal  properties  of  the  water 
were  discovered,  and  how  gradually  new  life  I'li- 
tered  the  remote  woodland  valley,  is  told  in  full 
in  a  book  which  may  be  had  bv  applying  to  the 
hostess  of  The  Golden  Goose. 

The  wish-fairy  has  long  ago  discontinued  her 
Msits,  presumably  because  the  valley  has  become 
<oo  bustling  for  her.  But  even  today  it  happens 
that  nearly  every  year  a  couple  of  lovers  become 
acquamted  at  the  spring,  who  are  as  well  mated 
as  the  heroes  of  our  tale. 

,     ,,     c  SUMMONS 

(•  .Hforn'ln  Superior  Court   of   the   St.-Ue  of 

-^^U^pCira^d^,^-"^-- 

■ng  between  plaintiff  fnd  tlel^encLt  oT,  .irZumrnr'l'- 
endanfs  w.llful  desertion  of  plaintiff-   also  for^enera  re" 

^^::cir.-^lar-L^!^;  !n:;eb"  -„f-p>a5^tr^s:.'^ 

ment  for  any  moneys  or  damages  <Iemande  1  in  he  ?om,  laini 
ns  ar  s.ng  upon  contract,  <„•  will  apply  to  the  Co^r  oJ 
any  other  rehef  <lemanded  in  the  Complaint 

iHVI'.N    under   my   hand   and   the    SenI    nf  c. 

of  ,he  .state  of  Caiiforni'a,  i"  .fn.f  for  the'  CiTand 
t  o..Mty  of  .Sa„  iM-ancco,  this  16th  day  of  Nover^ber,  A.  D 

„    ,  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk 

M    -M.  GETZ,  ROniNSo'N':^-'^^!'^'^"'  "'-""'^ 
Attorneys  for  I'laintiff. 

■1.1  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-23-10 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

I. list  ol  power  h.is  killed  all 
the  good  features  in  unionism. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  Bldg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


November  23.  1912 


NOTICE   OF   SALE  OF   REAL   ESTATE  AT 
PRIVATE  SALE 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  11,144; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  MARY  E.  O'KANE,  De- 
ceased. 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  sale  made  by  the  Superior  Court  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  California,  on  the 
22nd  day  of  October,  1912,  in  the  matter  of  the  above  estate 
the  administrator  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased  will  sell 
.nt  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  upon  the  terms  and 
conditions  hereinafter  mentioned  subject  to  confirmation  by 
said  Superior  Court,  on  or  after  the  25th  day  of  November, 
1912,  all  the  right,  title,  interest  and  estate  of  said  Mary 

E.  O'Kane,  deceased,  at  the  time  of  her  death  and  all  the 
right,  title,  and  interest  that  said  estate  has  by  operations 
of  law,  or  otherwise  acquired  other  than,  or  in  addition  to 
that  of  said  deceased  at  the  time  of  her  death,  of,  in  and 
to  that  certain  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and 
being  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

COMMENCING  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of  Sut- 
ter Street,  distant  thereon  one  hundred  and  forty  (140) 
feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Pierce  Street,  run- 
ning thence  westerly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Sutter 
Street  twenty-seven  (27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence 
at  right  angles  southerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137) 
feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right  angles  easterly 
twenty-seven  (27)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches;  thence  at  right 
angles  northerly  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (137)  feet 
and  six  (6)  inches  to  point  of  commencement. 

BEING  a  portion  of  Western  Addition  in  Block  429. 

Terms  and  Conditions  of  Sale — Cash  Gold  coin  of  the 
United  States,  ten  per  cent  (10%)  of  the  purchase  price 
to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  making  said  sale,  balance  on  con- 
firmation of  sale  by  said  Superior  Court,  all  bids  or  offers 
must  be  in  writing  and  may  be  left  at  the  office  of  John 

F.  Hanlon,  Attorney  for  said  Administrator,  at  his  office, 
Room  505  Phelan  Building,  San  Francisco,  California,  or 
may  be  delivered  to  the  administrator  personally  or  be 
filed  with  the  Clerk  of  said  above  named  Court  at  any 
time  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  and  before 
the  making  of  said  sale.  Deed  and  abstract  taxes  for 
current  year  at  expense  of  the  purchaser. 

Dated:   this  9th  day  of  November,  1912. 

WILLIAM   D.  O'KANE, 
Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  Mary  E.  O'Kane,  Deceased. 
JOHN  F.  H.\NLON,  Atty.  for  Administrator, 

505   Phelan   Bldg.,  San   Francisco,   Cal.  11-9-3 

CERTIFICATE     OF     NAME     OF     PERSON  DOING 
BUSINESS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME— No.  1073 

I,  the  undersigned,  hereby  certify  that  my  full  name  is 
ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX,  and  that  the  place  of  my  residence 
is  at  Hotel  Manx,  Northwest  corner  of  Powell  and  O'Farrell 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California ;  and  that  I  am  transacting  a  French  Confection- 
ery business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  under  the  name  and  style  of  L.  RUFFIEUX; 

That  the  principal  place  of  my  said  business  is  at  No. 
211  Powell  Street,  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that  I  will  continue  to  transact  such  business 
therein,  under  said  name  and  style; 

That  there  is  no  other  person  interested  with  me  in  said 
business,  and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

Dated,  this  30th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX. 

State  of  California, 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — ss. 

On  this  30th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  One  Thousand 
Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  me,  J.'\MES  H.  STIR- 
LING, a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX, 
known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to 
the  within  instrument,  and  she  duly  acknowledged  to  me 
that  she  executed  the  same. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  my  Official  Seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  cer- 
tificate first  above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JAMES  H.  STIRLING, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California.  My  Commission  Ex- 
pires September  11,  1915. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  31,   1912.    H.   I.   Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
By  W.  R.  Castagnetto,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  at  Law, 

\'o.  333  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-9-5 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  FOR  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  GRANTED 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the    City    and    County    of    San    Francisco — (Probate); 
No.   10,980;   Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANTHONY  DORRITY, 

Deceased. 

W.  J.  PALETHORPE,  the  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Dorrity,  Deceased,  having  filed  herein  his  veri- 
fied petition  for  order  of  sale  of  real  property,  and  it  appear- 
ing therefrom  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  tl^at  a  sale 
of  the  real  estate  described  in  said  petition  is  necessary  and 
for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
and  those  interested  therein, 

IT  IS  ORDERED:  That  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  deceased  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
appear  before  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  Department  No.  10,  thereof,  in  the 
City  Hall  Building  on  Market  Street  between  Eighth  and 
Ninth  Streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday, 
the  4th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 
of  said  day,  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  an  order 
should  not  be  granted  to  said  administrator  for  the  sale 
of  the  whole  of  the  real  estate  of  the  Estate  of  said  de- 
ceased; and 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED:  That  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  once  a  week  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks 
in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  printed  and  pubHshed  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
Dated:  October  29,  A.  D.  1912. 

THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM. 
Judge  of   the  Superior  Court. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  30,   1912.    H.   I.  Mulcrevy.  Clerk. 
By   E.   B.  Gilson,   Deputy  Clerk. 
COOPER,  GRAY  &  COOPER,  Attys.  at  Law, 

Mills  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-2-5 


SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44,453; 
Dept.   No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MARY  R.  RITTER, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to : 
MARY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  more 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  isade. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  Plaintiff, 

624   Mills  Bldg.,  San   Francisco,  Cal.  9-28-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greetmg : 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Greig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 
PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet :  Uience  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ot 
Mariposa  Street  and   point  of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of  Potrero  Nuevo   Block   Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  properly  in 
fee  simple  absolute:  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine ail  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  I4th 
day  of  October,  A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  I9th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVOTO,  RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

Attorneys   for  Plaintiff, 

68  Post  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-10 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  14,294 ; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  CARLO  CASASSA,  De- 
ceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  David  J. 
Casassa,  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  de- 
ceased, to  the  creditors  of  and  all  jiersons  having  claims 
against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  neces- 
sary vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  notice  to  the  said  administrator,  .-it  the 
offices  of  his  attorneys.  Devoto,  Richardson  and  Dcvoto. 
Rooms  600-604  Foxcroft  Building,  68  Post  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  offices  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  deceased. 

DAVID  J.  CASASSA 

.Xdministrator  of  the  Estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  Deceased. 

Dated:  San  Francisco,  November  23.  1912. 
DEVOTO.   RICHARDSOX  &■  DEVOTO, 
.\tt<irneys    for  .Administrator. 

600-604  Foxcroft  Bldg.,  68  Post  St.,  S.  F.  11-23-5 


ORDER  TO   SHOW  CAUSE 

'-.  the  Supen^r  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  12,492; 
Department    No.  7. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ALICE  QUESADA,  De- 
ceased. 

Alice  Schingle  and  Sarah  Sullivan,  administratrices  of 
the  estate  of  Alice  Quesada,  deceased,  having  this  day 
Ijresented  to  the  Court  and  filed  with  the  clerk  thereof  their 
verified  petition  praying  for  an  order  of  this  Court  au- 
thorizing, empowering  and  directing  them  to  sell  the  whole 
of  the  real  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of  said  de- 
ceased at  either  public  or  private  sale,  as  said  adminis- 
tratrices should  deem  most  beneficial  to  said  estate,  and 
lliose  interested  therein,  and  it  appearing  to  the  Court 
from  such  petition,  that  it  is  necessary,  and  that  it  would 
be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
of  said  deceased,  and  those  interested,  to  sell  the  whole  of 
said  real  estate  for  the  purposes  and  reasons  mentioned  in 
said   petition  ; 

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  all  persons  inter- 
ested  in  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  be  and  appear  before 
this  Court,  Department  No.  7  thereof,  at  its  (Courtroom 
situate  in  the  building  known  and  designated  as  the  New 
City  Hall,  south  side  of  Market  street  between  8th  and  9th 
streets,  San  Francisco.  California,  on  Monday,  the  25th 
day  of  November,  1912,  at  the  hour  of  ten  o'clock  a.  m. 
thereof,  of  said  day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said 
administratrices   for   the  sale  of  such  estate. 

It  is  further  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  order  to 
show  cause  be  published  once  a  week  for  four  successive 
weeks  in  "Town  Talk,"  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation, 
Iirinted  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 

Dated:  October  21,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 

WALTER   E.   DORN  and 

SULLIVAN,  SULLIVAN  and  THEO.  J.  ROCHE, 
.Attorneys   for  Administratrices, 

1108   Humboldt   Savings   Bank  Building, 

San  F>ancisco,  Cal.  10-26-5 

SUMMONS  TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 
In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — Action  No. 
32  803 

peter'  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
.\ny  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  properly 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(.Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.    I.   HUGHE.S,   Deputy  Clerk. 

MEMORANDUM 

Tlio  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12;h  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in. 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff:  Names, 
iK)nc;   Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
.Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   Bldg.,  San   Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 


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The  Symphony  in  Berkeley 

Under  tlie  auspices  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra 
will  give  its  first  symphony  concert  at  the  Greek 
Theatre,  Berkeley,  this  afternoon  at  2:15  sharp. 
The  musical  and  dramatic  committee  of  the  Uni- 
versity have  the  affair  in  charge.  The  Musical 
Association  of  San  Francisco  have  determined 
that  this  afternoon's  concert,  from  a  musical 
standpoint,  shall  be  by  long  odds  the  best  that 
can  be  had.  Conductor  Hadley  and  the  entire 
membership  of  the  Orchestra  will  be  on  hand  and 
the  Music  Committee  of  the  Musical  Association 
has  selected  a  program  that  will  call  for  tne  very 
best  efforts  of  Hadley  and  his  men.  The  pro- 
gram will  open  with  the  Overture,  "Carnaval 
Romaine"  of  Berlioz,  a  splendid  composition. 
Richard  Strauss'  Tone  Poem,  "Death  and  Trans- 
figurati(jn,"  the  l)ig  hit  of  the  second  Symphony 
Concert  at  the  Cort  will  close  the  program.  The 
Symphony  will  be  the  Beethoven,  Symphony  No. 
5,  C  Minor.  Opus  67.  Of  all  the  nine  symphonies 
by  Beethoven,  this  is  probably  the  best  known, 
the  most  generally  comprehended,  and  the  most 
widely  popular.  Tickets  are  on  sale  at  the  usual 
places:  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  San  Francisco  and 
Oakland,  and  Student's  Co-operative  Store, 
Glessner,  Morse  &  Geary's,  Tupper  &  Reed's, 
The  Sign  of  the  Bear  and  Sadler's,  Berkeley. 
The  prices  of  admission  are  from  $1.50  to  SO  cents. 
In  the  event  of  inclement  weather,  the  concert 
will  take  place  in  the  Harmon  Gymnasium. 


Burr  Mclntcsh  Scores 

Burr  Mcintosh  greatly  impressed  a  large  au- 
dience with  his  plain  talk  on  the  beauties  of  Cali- 
fornia and  the  United  States  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon. So  successful  was  the  lecture  that  it  will 
be  repeated  by  request  on  Saturday,  November  30, 
this  time  in  the  Colonial  Ballroom  of  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel. 


Letters 


A  MacGrath  Romance 

Harold  MacGrath's  new  novel  "The  Place  of 
Honey  Moons"  begins  in  characteristic  fashion, 
with  a  beautiful  unknown  and  an  introductory 
adventure  which  looks  like  the  commencement  of 
an  intrigue  but  which  proves,  as  usual,  to  be  as 
proper  as  a  Sunday  school  entertainment.  The 
unconventionality  is  assumed  for  one  night  only 
and  the  lady,  preserving  her  incuonitu,  is  well 
enough  acquainted  with  the  character  and  in- 
tegrity of  the  game  she  Ntalks  to  be  certain  she 
is  running  no  risks.  There  is  a  slight  variation 
in  this  plot,  since  the  charming  stranger  who 
seeks  out  Edward  Courtlandt  in  an  (obscure  Paris- 
ian cafe  after  opera  hours  is  only  a  minor  char- 
acter. Courtlandt  is  one  of  the  types  of  the 
American  millionaire  of  romance,  gifted  with  all 
the  graces  of  mind  and  body  and  strictly  up- 
right and  moral.  He  has  been,  as  the  reader 
readily  surmises,  at  some  time  in  the  recent  past, 
a  favored  suitor  of  the  great  prima  donna, 
Eleanora  da  Toscana,  but  for  some  reason  that 
capricious    beauty    whose    father    was    a  prize 


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fighter  and  who  ran  barelegged  on  the  pavements 
in  New  York's  east-side,  haughtily  refuses  to 
recognize  his  existence  any  more,  and  neither  he 
nor  any  other  of  her  train  of  suitors  is  favored 
with  her  address.  The  two  most  persistent  fol- 
lowers are  the  American,  Courtlandt,  and  a  cer- 
tain Russian  grand  duke  who  resembles  him 
superficially,  and  when  da  Toscana  is  abducted, 
decoyed  from  her  hotel  on  pretense  of  an  errand 
of  mercy,  and  kept  five  days  imprisoned  in  a 
villa  at  Versailles,  to  the  temporary  destruction 
of  her  voice  as  well  as  other  inconveniences,  she 
accepts  the  trifling  circumstancial  evidence  as 
proof,  and  holds  Courtlandt  to  be  the  guilty  one 
though,  singularly,  refusing  to  prosecute  him,  ex- 
acting from  him  only  his  promise  before  the 
prefecture  of  police  that  he  will  not  further  in- 
terfere with  her.  The  threads  of  the  drama  are 
drawn  together  at  the  Italian  lakes  later  in  the 
season,  where  da  Toscana,  her  socially  aspiring 
mother  and  her  plain,  blunt  father,  are  sojourn- 
ing, and  where  drift  also  the  grand  duke,  the 
millionaire  and  various  other  friends  and  suitors, 
and  likewise  Flora  Desimone,  an  operatic  star  and 
rival,  with  the  flower  of  her  envy  and  jealousy  in 
full  bloom  though  she  has  already  attached  her 
grand  duke  as  permanently  as  social  canons  will 
sanction.  Da  Toscana  who  is  plain  Nora  Har- 
rigan  in  her  home  circle,  has  her  hands  full  for 
the  threads  of  her  skein  are  badly  tangled  and 
there  is  no  one  she  dares  to  take  into  her  con- 
fidence. It  is  only  after  there  has  been  a  duel 
fought  and  a  bout  of  fisticuffs  between  Courtlandt 
and  the  ex-champion  Harrigan  that  an  accident 
gives  the  key  to  the  whole  mystery,  just  a  secret 
marriage,  an  apparent  breach  of  faith  and  a  tem- 
peramental woman's  assumption  of  the  martyr's 
role.  Of  all  the  present  day  writers  of  popular 
fiction  none  can  rival  Harold  MacGrath  in  the 
matter  of  cheerful  endings.    From  Eobbs-Merrill. 


"A  Man's  World" 

"A  Man's  World"  which  has  reached  its  third 
printing,  is  a  good  book.  The  story  is  that  (if 
an  average  man,  though  the  environment  is  not 
the  common  one.  The  early  chapters  deal  prin- 
cipally with  the  religious  life  of  a  child  born 
and  brought  up  in  the  lower  mountains  of  Ten- 
nessee, in  the  family  of  an  uncle,  a  pious.  God- 
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ister of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  faith,  and 
of  the  first  absolute  and  unquestioning  accept- 
ance of  the  doctrines,  the  formal  union  with  the 
church  at  the  early  age  of  e-leven  years,  and  the 
subsequent  doubts,  disillusionments  and  disbelief. 
"A  Man's  World"  is  not  to  be  classed  among  the 
books  to  be  hidden  from  public  view.  It  is 
straightforward  but  not  bald,  a  book  for  mature 
minds,  and  one  that  furnishes  food  for  thought 
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VALESKA  SURATT 

The  much  discussed  stage  beauty  who  will  make  her  first  San  I'Vancisco  appearance  as  a  star  at  the  Cort  Tlieatre 
Sunday  night  in  "The  Kiss  Waltz." 


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I. OS  .\ngcles  Representative.  W.  R.  Barangcr,  432  South 
Main  street. 

We  decline  to  return  or  to  enter  into  correspondence  as 
to  rejected  communications;  and  to  this  rule  we  can  make 
no  exception.  Manuscripts  not  acknowledged  within  four 
weeks  are  rejected. 


The  Goodness  of  the  Good 

What  a  glorious  and  virtiiuiis  and  vigilant 
Administration  is  this  we  have  at  Sacra- 
mento! To  confess  insensibility  to  its 
manifold  blessings  is  to  convict  oneself  of 
not  reading  the  lion.  Chester  Rowell  in 
the  I'resno  Republican.  There  are  several 
editors  occupying  upholstered  seats  on  the 
State  machine,  but  not  one  testifies  his 
gratitude  so  often  or  so  fervently  as  the 
twinkling  satellite  of  the  prune  belt.  Mr. 
Rowell  is  the  ])rose  laureate  of  an  Admin- 
istration that  represents  all  that  is  good  and 
defies  all  that  is  bad.  Constant  reading  of 
this  chant  royalist  has  given  us  the  impres- 
sion that  of  all  the  sins  that  first  entered 
into  our  clay  with  the  primeval  Adam 
scarcelv  one  is  left  to  remind  us  of  our 
common  humanity.  1  fence  the  gratitude 
due  to  Governor  Johnson,  inventor  of  the 
15oard  of  Control.  This  remarkable  pro- 
duct of  the  Governor's  genius  recently  dis- 
covered that  by  a  system  of  petty  graft  a 
former  warden  of  Folsom  penitentiary  had 
got  hold  of  $261.85  belonging  to  the  State. 
Compelled  to  disgorge,  he  is  now  held  up  to 
us  by  Mr.  Rowell  as  an  awful  example  of 
a  period  that  is  past.  Mr.  Rowell  felicitates 
us  on  the  bygoneness  of  yester-year  and  the 
evanishment  from  public  life  of  the  many 
evildoers  whom  he  has  helped  to  excom- 
municate with  thunder  of  epithet  and 
mighty  swish  of  smoking  pen.  l-'rom  the 
Rowell  rhapsody  on  the  serene  sense  of 
public  trust  well  reposed  we  infer  that  the 
current  disjiensation  is  the  nearest  thing  to 
perfection  that  the  world  has  seen  since  the 
days  of  Eden.  The  Ijoard  of  Control  has 
completely  throttled  the  Monster  that  form- 
erly absorbed  our  sustenance.  Graft  is  as 
dead  as  a  door  nail ;  also  the  system  under 
which  "everybody  was  a  good  fellow."  Mr. 
Rowell  virtually  guarantees  the  conscien- 
tious spending  of  ever)-  cent  of  public 
money.  By  way  of  supplement  to  Mr. 
Rowell's  raptures  we  will  venture  the  pre- 
diction that  during  Governor  Johnson's 
term  the  Board  of  Control  will  never  dis- 
cover anv  wrongdoing  on  the  part  of  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  State  machine.  I'urther- 
more,  "without  fear  of  successful  contradic- 
tion" we  now  solemnly  afifirm  that  not  with 
a  high  power  microscope  is  the  Board  of 


TOWN  TALK 

Control  able  to  discover  a  single  "good  fel- 
low" on  the  water  front.  W  hat  is  bound  to 
be  discovered  when  the  Governor  returns 
to  private  life  is  another  matter  about  which 
discussion  at  this  time  would  be  i)remature. 

The  Governor  and  the  Harbor 

I'rom  several  sources  the  suggestion  has 
cofne  that  Governor  Johnson  should  be 
given  a  dose  of  his  own  medicine.  Doubt- 
less it  would  be  easy  to  recall  Governor 
Johnson,  but  it  would  be  unfortunate  were 
the  recall  invoked  in  his  case  on  any 
of  the  grounds  heretofore  suggested.  Per- 
haps the  most  plausible  of  all  the  reasons 
advanced  as  a  basis  for  a  recall  pro])ositioii 
in  the  case  of  tiie  (io\ernor  is  that  he  was 
instrumental  in  disfranchising  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  voters  of  this  State,  but  that  is 
not  a  gt)od  reason.  To  employ  the  recall 
for  such  a  reason  would  be  to  illustrate  one 
of  the  base  uses  to  which  it  might  be  ])ut.  an  1 
such  employment  could  be  justified  on  no 
other  ground  than  the  expediency  of  im- 
pressing the  people  with  the  perniciousness 
of  an  ultra-democratic  contrivance.  The 
friends  of  the  recall  will  not  admit  that  one 
of  its  purposes  is  to  enable  the  people  to 
itiHict  ])iinishment  on  a  public  servant. 
Their  championship  of  the  recall  is  on  the 
ground  that  it  will  enable  the  peojjle  ttj  get 
rid  of  an  intolerable  ser\  ant  who  has  proved 
himself  unworth\-  of  trust  and  whose  policies 
are  inimical  to  the  public  interests.  Xow  it 
cannot  be  shown  beyond  peradventure  that 
Governor  Johnson  deliberately  disfranchised 
a  number  of  citizens.  \or  is  it  feared  that 
he  will  again  deprive  a  number  of  citizens 
of  their  Constitutional  right.  So  let  us  not 
deal  with  Governor  Johnson  as  he  deals  with 
others.  Let  us  consider  him  not  as  a 
politician  tricky,  narrow  minded  and  au- 
dacious, but  let  us  rather  consider  him  as 
the  helmsman  of  the  ship  of  State  and  see 
whether  it  would  be  advisable  to  summon 
him  before  the  bar  of  public  opinion.  Let 
us  consider  the  attitude  of  the  Johnson 
machine  toward  the  i)roposal  to  transfer 
control  of  the  harbor  of  San  l-Vancisco  from 
the  State  to  the  municipality.  The  wisdom 
of  this  ])roposal  cannot  be  seriously  (|ues- 
tioncd.  The  desirability  of  local  harbor  con- 
trol is  acknowledged  wherever  there  is  a 
harbor.  It  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to 
this  city  that  there  should  be  a  great  in- 
crease of  shipping  facilities  along  our  water 
front.  At  present  as  a  consequence  of  gross 
mismanagement  and  of  favoritism  to  power- 
ful corporations  there  is  a  grievous  lack  of 
accommodations  for  shi])pers  and  ship  own- 
ers, and  there  is  no  prospect  of  adequate  im- 
pro\eiiient  of  the  situation.  It  is  believed 
by  our  commercial  bodies  that  with  the  har- 
bor in  control  of  the  municipal  authorities 
it  would  be  easier  by  force  of  public  opinion 
to  compel  necessary  action  than  it  is  at 
present  or  than  it  ever  will  be.  The  State 
authorities  are  responsible  to  the  whole 
State,  and  the  people  of  the  State  are  but 
vaguely  informed  of  conditions  on  our  water 
front.  Furthermore  there  are  .shortsighted 
communities  in  this  State  that  conceive  it 
to  be  to  their  advantage  to  retard  the  pro- 


November  30,  1912 

gress  of  .San  Francisco.  Is  there  a  man  in 
all  California  who  honestly  believes  that  it 
is  to  the  interest  of  San  Francisco  to  have 
her  harbor  used  as  the  grazing  ground  of 
a  Governor's  understrappers?  There  are 
men  who  have  the  effrontery  to  assert  that 
it  is,  but  they  are  not  disinterested.  They 
will  tell  you  that  agitation  for  local  control 
was  started  in  the  interest  of  the  Octopus, 
and  they  will  ask  you  why  it  was  never  de- 
manded before  Johnson  kicked  the  railroad 
out  of  politics.  The  answer  to  this  question 
is  very  simple.  Before  Johnson's  time  we 
were  not  on  the  eve  of  the  opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal ;  nor  had  we  felt  the  neces- 
sity of  increased  facilities  as  we  have  felt 
it  because  of  the  increase  in  the  volume  of 
shipping.  As  to  the  suggestion  that  the 
Octopus  is  dissatisfied  with  State  control 
now  that  the  good  Mr.  Johnson  is  on  the 
job,  the  disingenuousness  of  it  is  obvious. 
Admitting  that  the  Johnson  machine  com- 
manded by  the  ineflfable  Tom  Finn  stands 
for  something  resembling  all  the  Christian 
virtues,  what  guaranty  have  we  that  the  old 
regime  will  not  recur?  And  as  to  the  sug- 
gestion that  the  Octopus  has  been  kicked 
out  of  politics,  that  may  serve  to  stir  the 
emotions  of  the  marines,  but  let  the  recall 
be  applied  to  the  Governor,  and  then  we 
shall  see  where  the  affections  of  the  Octopus 
are.  Now  Town  Talk  is  not  at  all  in  favor 
of  the  recall,  but  Town  Talk  believes  there 
w  ill  never  be  greater  justification  for  the  use 
of  it  than  that  which  has  been  given  by  the 
.Administration  at  Sacramento  when  it  be- 
gan intriguing  against  the  interest  of  this 
city  from  selfish  and  sordid  motives.  If 
Governor  Johnson  permitted  his  concern 
for  his  jxilitical  machine  to  render  anv  of 
his  policies  inimical  to  the  interests  of  Los 
.\ngeles  the  recall  would  be  resorted  to 
with  speed  that  would  make  his  head  whirl. 
JUit  San  I'rancisco  is  easy-going  and  com- 
plaisant, and  the  Gt^-ernor  is  brazen  and 
defiant  in  the  face  of  criticism,  ever  reatly  to 
resent  a  statement  of  fact  with  the  retort 
fulminant,  caring  not  a  solitary  Armaged- 
don expletive  for  the  sentiments  of  our 
Chamber  of  Commerce  or  any  other  body  of 
citizens. 


The  Hand  Iconoclastic 

With  all  due  deference  to  the  Rev. 
Charles  .\ked,  and  with  no  disposition  to 
discourage  him  in  his  efforts  to  raise  money 
for  the  building  of  a  new  church  we  ask  the 
cpiestion,  W'hat's  the  matter  with  the  old 
one?  We  ask  it  because  we  feel  that  some- 
thing of  sentimental  interest  ought  to  attach 
to  the  venerable  house  of  worship  in  which 
our  new  and  eminent  citizen  reconciles  the 
word  of  God  with  modern  culture  for  the 
edification  or  spiritual  uplift  of  the  re- 
ligiously inclined.  Somewhat  more  in- 
timate with  its  facade  than  w-ith  its  interi«ir 
atmosphere,  nevertheless  the  abbreviated 
structure  at  Post  and  Mason  streets  has  be- 
come endeared  to  us  through  long  years  of 
association.  A  picturescpie  phantom  of  the 
past  is  this  old  brick  church,  a  stationary 
ghost  that  we  should  like  to  have  tarry  with 
us.    The  walls  of  it  are  inspiring  pages  in 


Novcnihcr  30,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


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tile  Iiistory  of  our  cit\'.  It  is  a  sennon  in 
brick  mure  clo(juent  than  Dr.  Aked.  Look- 
ing at  it  in  the  perspective  of  waning^  years 
we  re-tread  in  sweetest  reverie  the  journey 
of  life.  It  breathes  for  us  a  little  of  the 
genius  of  Gothic  repose  amid  the  tumult  of 
a  great  city.  Must  this  old  church  that  has 
served  two  generations  of  (jod's  worshipers, 
tliat  received  their  joy  and  echoed  their  sor- 
row, I)e  torn  down  to  gratify  the  ruthless 
spirit  of  destruction  that  dominates  a 
bourgeois  age?  Dr.  Aked  has  so  decreed. 
But  again  we  ask,  What's  the  matter  with 
the  old  church?  Does  a  church  become  ol)- 
solete  like  an  office  building?  We  have 
never  understood  that  such  was  the  case. 
( )n  the  contrary  our  impression  always  has 
been  that  age  gives  distinction  to  a  church 
and  makes  it  precious  in  the  eyes  of  men. 
Surely  the  First  Congregational  Church  has 
not  outlived  its  usefulness.  We  suspect 
that  the  worst  to  be  said  against  it  is  that 
it  is  not  sufficiently  ornate  to  satisfy  Dr. 
Aked's  fastidious  taste,  but  even  in  sim- 
plicity there  is  merit;  nay,  there  is  beautx", 
especially  when  Time,  who  is  no  mean 
architect,  wdiose  handiwork  is  not  to  be 
lightly  tampered  with,  has  contributed  a 
few  characteristic  touches.  Dr.  Aked  has 
had  an  architect  design  for  him  a  classic 
structure  that  looks  niore  like  one  of  our 
pretty  little  banks  than  anything  else. 
What  a  pity  it  would  be  to  tear  down  the  old 
church  and  rear  in  its  place  a  building  of 
the  style  that  pleases  Dr.  Aked  !  HoAvever 
beautiful  the  architecture  of  ancient  Greece, 
it  has  become  associated  with  commerce  in 
San  Francisco.  To  embody  in  a  church  the 
style  that  was  Athenian,  even  in  a  church 
more  partial  to  modern  culture  than  to  the 
Sermon  on  the  Mount,  wotdd  be,  to  sax-  the 
least,  inejJt.  The  present  church  is  a  con- 
trast to  the  temples  of  ]\Iammon.  and  in  its 
surroundings  is  impressi\  e  even  apart  from 
its  associations,  and  it  can  arouse  in  those 
who  have  imagination  emotions  of  pro- 
found awe.  Even  without  its  spire,  in  its 
perfect  tone  and  cpiietilde  it  is  a  distin- 
guished building.  In  addition  to  style,  char- 
acter and  tradition,  wliich  cannot  be  wholly 
unintelligible  to  Dr.  .\ked.  there  is  another 
consideration  of  no  small  importance  to  be 
urged  in  behalf  of  the  old  church.  With 
this  consideration  Dr.  .\ked  may  ha\e  no 
sympathy  being  a  new-comer  from  foreign 
parts.  What  does  Dr.  .Aked  know  of  our 
young  ])assion  for  the  preservation  of  land- 
marks, our  tender  feeling  for  the  few  ob- 
jects of  sentimental  interest  that  dot  the 
landscape  of  the  State!  True  the  First 
Congregational  Church  is  not  as  rich  in  his- 
toric memories  as  the  Missions,  but  it  is 
not  much  younger  than  old  St.  Mary's,  the 
restoration  of  which  gladdened  the  hearts 
of  people  of  all  creeds :  and  at  any  rate  it  is 
an  inspiring  relic  of  other  days  that  sur- 
vived in  part  the  ravage  of  earthquake  and 
fire.  Now  what  is  the  most  cogent  reason 
to  be  urged  in  justification  of  the  tragedy 
contemplated  by  Dr.  .\ked?  Is  the  old 
church  too  small  to  accommodate  the  crush 
induced  b\-  the  burning  eloquence  of  the 
noted  divine?  W'c  do  not  !)clieve  that  such 
i.;  the  case.    Lack  of  church  attendance  is 


the  complaint  of  the  hour.  .\nd  it  was 
only  last  week  that  Dr.  Aked,  complaining 
of  the  lure  of  the  great  white  way,  ex- 
claimed. What  chance  have  I,  backed  by 
four  musicians,  against  the  attractions  of 
this  big  city?  No,  this  troupe — the  musi- 
cians and  the  monologist — are  not  playing 
to  "standing  room  only."  Perhaps  Dr. 
Aked  has  something  of  the  sentiment  of  the 
English  architect  who  a  few  years  ago 
urged  the  tearing  down  of  Buckingham 
Palace.  He  said  the  old  building  was  all 
right  enough  in  the  time  of  George  the 
Fourth,  but  that  the  nation  had  grown  and 
should  have  a  palace  commensurate  with  its 
size.  San  Francisco  has  grown  since  the 
sixties  of  last  century,  so  perhaps  Dr.  Aked 
feels  that  we  should  have  a  church  .sym- 
l^olical  of  the  march  of  the  materialism  that 
is  in  harmony  with  modern  culture.  Dr. 
Aked  is  certainly  strong  for  modernity. 
Dr.  .\ked  is  right  down  to  date.  Smartness 
is  writ  all  over  him.  He  is  the  be.st-seller 
personified.  And  we  are  convinced  that  he 
is  an  elo(|uent  man,  since  we  know  that  he 
moved  his  congregation  to  acquiesce  in 
his  design  though  every  man  and  woman 
that  sits  at  his  feet  must  have  l)een  ])repos- 
sessed  in  favor  of  the  old  church.  We  sup- 
pose that  Dr.  Aked,  who  abandoned  the 
wicked  of  New  York  because  they  would  not 
tear  down  an  old  church  and  gratify  his  pas- 
sion for  brand  newness  will  have  his 
way  in  San  Francisco,  and  A\e  shall  not  be 
so  impertinent  as  to  protest,  but  we  will 
express  the  regret  that  the  money  sub- 
scribed for  the  work  of  destruction  is  not  to 
be  spent  in  restoring  the  old  tower  and 
spire  and  giving  the  interior  of  the  old 
church  a  little  artistic  decoration  of  the  kind 
conduci\'e  to  genuine  religious  feeling. 

The  Balkan  Situation 

The  time  has  come  fcjr  the  revision  of  the 
Treaty  of  Berlin,  and  the  statesmen  of 
Eurojje  ha\c  a  much  more  complicated 
problem  on  their  hands  than  the  one  that 
Avas  solved  in  July  1878  when  the  Powers 
formally  sanctioned  the  beginning  of  the 
dismemljerment  of  the  Ottoman  Empire. 
It  is  safe  to  say  that  of  Turkey  in  Europe 
little  more  than  the  wish-bone  will  be  left 
when  the  next  carving  will  have  been  done. 
The  Empire  at  the  moment  of  its  greatest 
expansion  some  five  centuries  ago,  held  the 
whole  of  the  vast  peninsula  from  the  Med- 
iterranean and  .\driatic  to  the  Black  Sea, 
stretching  northwards  to  the  gates  of 
Vienna,  where  the  Ottoman  advance  was 
at  length  checked  by  Western  Europe. 
Com|)ellcd  gradually  to  retire,  still  the 
Turks  held  for  a  long  time  all  the  country 
from  the  Mediterranean  northwards  as  far 
as  and  including  modern  Servia  and  Ron- 
mania  and  embracing  Greece,  Macedonia 
and  Bulgaria.  Though  conquered,  the 
national  spirit  of  the  original  inhabitants 
of  these  lands  was  not  extinguished,  and 
found  its  opportunity  in  the  gradual  decay 
and  weakening  of  Turkey.  Greece,  aided 
by  i'.ritish  sympathy,  was  the  first  to  earn 
her  independence  by  the  war  of  1821-9. 
Then  came  the  B.erlin  conference  and  the 
treaty  which  was  in  the  nature  of  a  com- 


l)romise,  taking  no  account  of  the  natural 
aspirations  of  the  peoples  for  whom  it  pro- 
fessed to  legislate,  designed  merely  to  main- 
tain the  equilibrium  which  then  happened 
to  exist  in  the  Near  East.  It  gave  inde- 
pendence to  Roumania,  Servia  and  Mon-' 
tenegro  and  handed  over  certain  territories 
to  Russia.  At  the  same  time  Austria  was 
given  compensation  in  the  Balkans  for  the 
possessions  in  Italy  which  she  lost  in  the 
sixties.  Austria  was  empowered  to  rule  to 
the  exclusion  of  any  other  sovereign  the  two 
beautiful  Turkish  provinces  of  Bosnia  and 
Herzegovina.  So  as  a  matter  of  fact  when  she 
annexed  them  four  years  ago  she  made  no 
great  change  in  the  map  of  Europe.  After 
the  losses  of  Turkey  decreed  by  the  Treaty 
of  Berlin  came  the  practical  severance  of 
Cyprus  and  Egypt,  and,  later  on,  of  Crete ; 
while  in  1881  the  greater  part  of  Thessaly 
and  Epirus  passed  to  Greece.  It  is  clear, 
therefore,  that  the  process  of  the  disintegra- 
tion of  Turkey  has  been  in  progress  many 
years.  It  is  clear,  too,  that  she  is  not 
capable  of  a  very  vigorous  protest  against 
another  carving.  But  when  the  Powers 
meet  the  rights  or  feelings  of  the  Turk  will 
not  seriously  complicate  the  problem  to  be 
solved.  There  are  other  considerations 
much  weightier,  and  of  a  most  perplexing 
character.  The  dominant  Powers  must 
first  consider  their  own  welfare,  and  doubt- 
less they  will  perceive  that,  after  all,  the 
loss  of  Turkish  influence  in  the  Balkans  is 
not  conducive  to  the  peace  of  Europe.  The 
truth  is  the  loss  of  Turkish  influence  has 
made  the  Balkans  a  more  ticklish  problem 
than  ever.  For  as  soon  as  the  war  is  at  an 
end  then  will  he  revived  the  insistent  aspira- 
tions of  the  peoples  who  formed  the  alliance 
against  Turke\'.  It  is  no  wonder  that  Aus- 
tria has  been  serving  notice  on  Servia. 
Austria  sees  trouble  ahead.  Indeed,  at  this 
writing  Austria  is  beset  with  trouble,  and 
there  is  threat  of  a  conflagration  involving 
all  Europe,  all  on  account  of  a  petty  king- 
dom whose  present  ruler  has  not  yet  cleared 
himself  from  the  charge  of  being  at  least  an 
accessory  after  the  fact  to  the  murder  of  his 
])redecessor.  Panslavism  still  appears  to  be 
as  great  a  force  in  Russia  as  it  was  in  1876 
when  many  Russian  volunteers  gave  their 
lives  to  further  the  Servian  insurrection 
against  Ottoman  oppression.  It  was  Rus- 
sian sympathy  with  that  revolt  and  the  Bul- 
garian uprising  that  forced  the  hand  of 
.Mexander  II  and  brought  about  the  Russo- 
'i'urkish  war  of  1877-78.  It  was  thought 
that  since  then  most  of  the  Panslavic 
agitators  having  died,  educated  Russians 
had  become  absorbed  in  their  own  national 
affairs.  But  there  is  a  new  generation 
of  Panslavic  agitators,  and  Servia  is  a  hot- 
bed of  conspiracy  and  intrigue.  Nothing 
short  of  a  Panslavic  confederacy  will  sat- 
isfy the  aspirations  of  the  Servians.  It  was 
the  Servians  by  their  intrigues  and  revolu- 
tionary agitation  that  forced  Austria  for 
self-protection  to  seize  Bosnia  and  Herze- 
govina. Whole  provinces  of  Austria-Hun- 
gary are  teeming  with  several  millions  of 
Southern  Slavs  who  talk  practically  the  lan- 
guage of  their  immediate  neighbors,  the  in- 


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November  30,  1912 


liabitants  of  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina.  If 
we  add  the  very  numerous  Serb-speaking- 
population  of  the  south  of  Hungary  proper, 
we  can  safely  state  that  the  whole  south 
of  Austria-Hungary  is  in  its  vast  preponder- 
ating majority  a  mass  of  people  who  natur- 
ally and  still  more  in  consequence  of  con- 
tinuous and  active  propaganda  deeply  sym- 
pathize with  the  political  aspirations  of  the 
Slavs  in  Servia  and  Bosnia-Herzegovina. 
So  at  this  time  Austria  is  looking  forward 
to  a  revolt  of  nations  who  are  still  in  the 
epic  stage  of  heroic  traditions  and  have  at 
all  times  been  desperate  fighters. 


Two  Good  Amendments 

There  are  two  proposed  amendments  to 
the  Charter  which  ought  to  meet  with  uni- 
versal approval,  designed  as  they  are  to  es- 
tablish the  merit  .system  under  civil  service 
regulations  in  all  county  offices  an<l  to  pro- 
mote efficiency.  l'>y  the  adoption  of  .-\mend- 
ment  \"o.  3  the  clerks  employed  in  the  offices 
of  the  Assessor,  County  Clerk  and  Recorder 
will  cease  to  be  aflfectcd  by  revolutions  of 
the  political  wheel.  This  amendment  will 
put  an  end  to  the  scramble  for  jobs  that 
takes  place  whenever  a  new  county  officer 
is  elected.  The  forces  now  employed  in 
these  offices  having  been  trained  and  dis- 
ciplined under  faithful  and  efficient  public 
servants,  men  of  the  calibre  of  County  Clerk 
Mulcrevy  and  Recorder  (iodchaux.  it 
is  to  the  interest  of  the  city  to  keep  them 
were  they  are  rather  than  to  continue  the 
practice  of  wholesale  removals  which  breeds 
incompetency  and  renders  impossible  the 
orderly  conduct  of  public  business.  Amend- 
ment X'o.  4  is  intended  to  increase  the 
efficiency  of  county  offices  with  but  a  slight 
increase  in  expense.    It  provides  for  the 


raising  of  clerks  to  the  rank  of  deputies  that 
they  may  be  empowered  to  give  greater  as- 
sistance to  their  chiefs.  The  increase  in 
cost  under  this  amendment  will  be  less  than 
one-fifth  of  one  per  cent.  Both  measures 
have  been  approved  by  the  Supervisors, 
the  Grand  Jury,  the  Civic  League  of  Im- 
provement Clubs  and  several  industrial  or- 
ganizations. 


A  School  for  Craftsmen 

With  all  our  provincial  contem|)t  for  the 
way  things  are  done  in  England  we  find  it 
profitable  to  borrow  ideas  from  that  coun- 
try occasionally.  New  York  borrowed  one 
recently  and  is  now  making  good  use  of  it 
through  the  medium  of  a  public  evening 
school  devoted  to  industrial  art.  It  re- 
sembles in  measurable  degree  the  Central 
School  of  Arts  and  Crafts  under  the  Tech- 
nical Education  Board  of  the  London 
County  Council,  a  school  that  has  done 
much  to  foster  the  ideals  of  tasteful  furnish- 
ing and  decoration  in  Great  Britain.  This 
school  has  advisory  boards  of  experts  in  each 
class  of  work,  and  the  output  of  its  grad- 
uates is  of  the  highest  character.  The 
school  has  contributed  greatly  to  a  revival 
of  interest  in  what  William  Morris  used  to 
call  the  lesser  or  decorative  arts.  We  be- 
lieve it  was  the  preaching  of  Morris  that 
induced  the  establishment  of  this  school. 
Morris  was  the  enthusiastic  apostle  in  Eng- 
land of  that  great  body  of  art  by  which  men 
in  all  times  have  .sought  to  beautify  the 
familiar  matters  of  every-day  life.  It  com- 
prises the  crafts  of  house-building,  furniture- 
making,  pottery,  glass-making  and  weav- 
ing. These  arts  give  people  pleasure  in  the 
things  they  must  use.  Morris  argued  that 
there  should  also  be  pleasure  for  the  crafts- 


man in  the  things  that  he  makes.  This 
has  long  ceased  to  be  in  the  United  States, 
and  judging  from  the  sentiments  of  the 
times  it  will  not  be  long  before  it  will  be 
the  unpardonable  sin  against  the  walking 
delegate  for  a  workman  to  do  anything  well 
enough  to  derive  pleasure  from  it.  Most 
of  the  things  that  we  have  for  every-day 
use  are  made  by  machinery,  and  conse- 
quently there  is  little  demand  for  the  ar- 
tistic craftsman.  Hand-made  articles  are 
too  expensive  for  the  plain  people,  but  it 
would  not  be  so  were  there  greater  interest 
in  the  decorative  arts  and  more  craftsmen 
to  increase  the  supply.  Xow  this  is  a  mat- 
ter that  should  engage  the  attention  of  the 
.^tatc.  It  is  important  for  many  reasons 
that  a  taste  should  be  cultivated  for  the 
decorative  arts,  and  that  public  schools 
should  be  established  similar  to  the  one 
in  .\'ew  York.  Xow  that  we  have  a  labor 
trust  it  is  pretty  hard  for  a  boy  to  learn  a 
trade.  Why  not  make  it  easy  for  boys  to 
practice  the  lesser  arts?  This  is  an  in- 
dustrial age  and  this  is  an  industrial  coun- 
try, and  it  would  be  well  for  us  to  educate 
a  great  body  of  craftsmen  in  an  art  made,  as 
Morris  saj's,  by  the  people  and  for  the  peo- 
])le  and  as  a  joy  to  the  maker  and  the  user. 
If  refinement  is  good  for  a  people  then  for 
that  reason  we  should  cultivate  a  taste  ff)r 
the  decorative  arts  and  provide  for  the  train- 
ing of  craftsmen.  If  it  be  well  to  mitigate 
the  .so-called  curse  of  labor,  that  is  another 
rea.son  for  raising  up  skilled  craftsmen,  for 
the  curse  of  labor  is  largely  a  matter  of 
dull,  mechanical  rout  ine,  and  this  is  un- 
known to  workers  in  the  decorative  arts, 
who  indulge  their  imagination  and  fancy 
and  take  the  same  pleasure  and  pride  in 
their  performances  that  is  taken  by  the 
maker  of  a  sonnet  or  the  painter  of  a  picture. 


The  Swallow 

By  Ralph  Hodgson 

Tlu-  morning  that  my  baby  came 
They  found  a  baby  swallow  dead, 
-And  saw  a  something,  hard  to  name. 
I'lit  moth-like  over  l)aby's  bed. 


My  joy,  my  rii)wer.  my  bal)y  dear 
Sleeps  on  my  bosom  well,  but  Oh! 
If  in  the  autumn  of  the  year 
When  swallows  gather  round  and  go  . 


Perspective  Impressions 


.'\  new  S.  P.  terminal  for  this  city.  Good! 
-And  a  new  one  for  Sacramento.  Fine! 


.Andrew  Carnegie's  personally  conducted  pen- 
sion bureau  is  becoming  a  public  nuisance. 


There  ought  to  be  severe  punishment  for  an 
aviator  who  deliberately  throws  men,  women  and 
children  into  a  panic  because  they  are  watching 
his  flight  from  a  vantage  point  where  no  en- 
trance fee  can  be  charged. 


Wouldn't  it  be  funny  if  the  saloon  men  pro- 
[losed  local  option  on  churches! 


San  Francisco,  assured  time  and  again  by  pul- 
pit-thumpers that  she  is  the  wickedest  town  on 
earth,  is  not  too  wicked  to  feel  sorry  for  Portland. 


"If  you  want  a  good  thrashing,"  said  President- 
elect Wilson  to  a  photographer,  "keep  that  up." 
The  professor  has  his  hat  in  the  ring. 


The  Rev.  Rader  grieves  because  an  irreverent 
clergyman  of  Seattle  called  him  a  peanut.  Yet 
to  be  called  a  peanut  is  to  be  pronounced  edible 
and  palatable.  Some  men  are  too  obtuse  to  ap- 
preciate a  compliment. 


The  tight  for  Hetch-Hetchy  reminds  us  of  the 
money  already  spent  on  the  presumption  that  it 
was  ours.  How  businesslike!  And  Mr.  Phclan 
the  banker  largely  responsible  for  it!  Wonder  if 
lie  d  take  the  same  chance  with  his  own  money. 


Blanche  Bates  has  found  an  ideal  husband 
among  the  beniindsey  reformers  of  Denver,  and 
thinks  she  is  going  to  quit  the  stage  for  good. 
Soon  the  footlights  will  be  singing.  "Come  you 
liack  you  darling  actress,  come  you  back  to  old 
Hroadvvay !" 


November  30.  1912  T  O  W  N       T  A  L  iC 


7 


Varied  Types 


CII— MISS  FRANCES  TOLLIFFE 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


"Does  the  oratory  eonie  from  the  English  or 
the  Irish  side  of  the  family?"  I  asked. 

One  is  not  an  courant  with  the  times  unless 
line  takes  a  respectful  interest  in  heredity,  so 
the  question  simply  had  to  be  asked. 

"Oratory?  I'm  not  so  sure  that  it  should  be 
called  oratory,"  said  Miss  Jolliflfe  with  becoming 
modesty.  "But  it  is  politics,  isn't  it,  and  the 
Irish  have  the  knack  of  politics.  So  I  should  say, 
from  the  Irish  side  by  all  means." 

"Are  there  any  other  orators  in  the  family  on 
the  Irish  side?"  I  continued. 

Miss  Jolliffe's  black  eyes  snapped  in  a  smile 
at  that  word  "other"  wherewith  I  conveyed  a  not 
very  subtle  but  deserved  compliment.  I  had 
heard  Democratic  politicians  rhapsodize  on  Miss 
JoUiflfe's  speaking,  and  they  all  insisted  it  was 
real  feminine  oratory. 

"There  is  something  much  more  iniporl.iiU,"  re- 
plied Miss  Jolliffe. 

"What  could  be  more  important?"  1  dc-nianded 
in  my  best  interlocutory  manner. 

"Poetry,"  exclaimed  Miss  JoUiffe.  "I  am  re- 
lated to  James  Clarence  Mangan." 

The  dark  Rosaleen  herself  couldn't  have  in- 
fused a  heartier  enthusiasm  into  the  words. 

"And  what  does  the  English  side  contribute?" 
1  pursued,  for  I  was  by  now  a  confirmed 
liereditarian. 

"On  the  English  side,"  confessed  Miss  Jolliffe, 
"I  am  descended  from  old  Thomas  Jolliffe  of 
Stratford-on-Avon.  From  one  of  his  brothers, 
rather,  for  he  was  a  bachelor.  Of  course  you  have 
heard  of  him." 

"Of  course,"  I  said,  but  so  jauntily  that  Miss 
Jolliflfe  knew  there  was  no  truth  in  me. 

"He  was  the  Carnegie  of  his  day,"  Miss  Jolliflfe 
explained.  "He  founded  the  grammar  school  of 
Stratford  at  which  Shakespeare,  a  century  or  so 
later,  received  his  education.  There  are  Jollififes 
in  the  East  and  they  have  tried  to  trace  the  family 
tree  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick.  But  I'd  rather  be 
connected  with  the  man  who  founded  Shake- 
speare's school  than  with  a  mere  kmg-makcr. 
wouldn't  you?" 

It  was  spoken  like  a  true  democrat,  and  it 
helped  us  to  run  the  conversation  back  to  the 
political  track  from  which  it  had  swerved. 

"Do  you  like  political  speech-making  better 
than  acting?"  I  inquired. 

"No  comparisfin,"  said  Miss  Jolliffe,  rcK-gatmg 
the  art  histrionic  to  the  place  where  it  belonged. 
"In  speech-making  one  is  actor,  author  and  pro- 
ducer." 

Time  was  when  Miss  Frances  Jolliflfe  trod  the 
boards.  That  was  before  she  turned  dramatic 
critic.  But  I  rather  think  she  thinks  that  the 
most  important  as  well  as  the  most  interesting 
work  of  her  life  was  done  in  the  campaign  just 
closed. 

The  woman  stump  speaker  was  a  feature  of  the 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


recent  presidential  contest  in  California  to  which 
insufficient  attention  has  been  directed.  That 
women  should  have  gone  forth  in  the  land  to  ad- 
dress big  gatherings  not  of  their  own  sex  alone 
but  of  men  as  well,  debating  intricate  questions 
like  the  tariflf,  the  minimum  wage,  the  high  cost 
of  living,  the  trusts  and  the  significance  of  the 
third  term  agitation,  is  a  phenomenon  with  which 
the  philosophic  historian  will  have  to  deal  largely 
when  he  strives  to  express  the  spirit  of  our  times. 
Whether  woman  has  come  into  politics  to  stay  or 
whether  her  incursion  is  merely  temporary  no- 


Photo,   George  Fraser 

MISS  FR.VN'CES  .TOLLIFFE 

body  is  wise  enough  to  say.  But  we  have  wit- 
nessed the  innovation,  and  it  is  perhaps  more  im- 
portant than  the  coming  of  the  flying  machine. 
Like  her  friend  Mrs.  .\therton  Miss  Jolliffe  is  one 
of  the  innovators. 

"How  did  it  happen?"  I  asked. 

"Very  unexpectedly,"  explained  Miss  Jolliflfe. 
"I  was  asked  to  make  a  few  remarks  at  a  political 
meeting  in  Berkeley.  I  was  interested  in  the 
topics  under  discussion,  so  I  contributed  my  mite. 
Quite  to  my  own  satisfaction  T  demolished  Pro- 
gressivism,  Roosevelt  and  Governor  Johnson. 
When  the  meeting  was  over  men  who  had  heard 
me  told  me  it  was  all  'quite  cute.' 

"Naturally  I  was  very  much  discouraged,  lint 
a  professor  at  the  University  told  the  men  at  the 
Democratic  headquarters  about  nie.  and  I  was 
asked  to  go  on  the  stump.  The  idea  began  to 
appeal  to  me  and  I  went. 

"In  that  first  talk  I  hadn't  had  time  to  feel 
nervous.  But  before  every  other  speech  I  made 
I  suffered  dreadfully.  My  spirits  were  lowest 
when  1  was  on  my  way  to  Sacramento.  I  thought 
I  should  never  be  able  to  face  the  audience.  It 
was  real  stage  fright,  not  the  nerve-deadening 
kind  which  I  had  once  or  twice  on  the  stage, 
but  bad  enough  just  the  same.  Pauline  Jacobsen 
was  with  me,  and  tried  to  cheer  me  up. 

"  '.All  the  big  fighters  feel  that  way  before  they 
go  into  the  ring,'  she  said  .  'Jeffries  used  to  cry, 
and  Jim  Corbett  was  never  himself.  It's  only  the 
pikers  who  feel  all  right.' 


"But  ten  minutes  before  I  spoke  the  low  spirits 
left  me.  I  was  quite  composed  when  I  faced  the 
audience,  but  I  couldn't  remember  a  word  of 
wiiat  I  had  prepared.  That  Sacramento  audience 
frightened  me  at  first.  I  began  by  telling  them 
that  they  had  a  beautiful  city.  I  suppose  they 
expected  the  usual  flubdub,  for  they  looked  bored. 
When  1  spoke  about  their  beautiful  capitol  they 
all  but  groaned.  But  when  I  told  them  I  was  go- 
ing up  to  their  beautiful  capitol  and  ask  the  Gov- 
ernor's oflfice  boy  how  he  liked  to  run  the  State 
they  laughed,  and  we  got  along  splendidly  together. 
Grove  Johnson  was  my  best  listener.  He  sat  in 
front,  chuckling  and  encouraging  me  with  nods 
I'lul  applause.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  every- 
body gave  three  cheers  for  Wilson,  and  then  some- 
body led  three  cheers  for  me. 

"I  delivered  several  speeches  in  the  interior  and 
as  many  as  three  a  day  in  San  Francisco.  liy 
degrees  1  built  up  a  speech  wliicli  I  think  was 
pretty  eflfective.  At  least  my  audiences  seemed  to 
like  it.  Some  things  which  I  expected  to  score 
heavily  fell  flat,  so  of  course  I  cut  them  out.  The 
audience,  particularly  the  woman  part,  was  al- 
ways impressed  when  I  told  how  the  Jane  .Xd- 
dams  chorus  girls  took  the  words  of  the  hymn 
'Follow  Jesus'  and  substituted  Roosevelt's  name 
for  that  of  the  Savior.  That  was  always  received 
in  a  curious  fashion.  There  was  a  disposition  to 
laugh,  for  of  course  there  is  a  ridiculous  side  to 
it,  but  everybody  of  no  matter  what  creed,  ap- 
preciated the  sacrilege  of  the  substitution. 

"Once  1  attended  lectures  at  Princeton  given 
by  Doctor  Wilson,  and  when  I  told  my  audiences 
about  the  personality  of  the  man  they  were  al- 
ways interested.  .\.n  autlicnce  likes  the  personal 
note.  .And  frcjm  time  to  time  1  tried  to  introduce 
a  little  humor,  Init  not  much.  I  think  the  secret 
of  Governor  Johnson's  effectiveness  in  speaking 
is  that  while  he  possesses  the  sense  of  humor  he 
keeps  it  out  of  his  speeches.  People  like  to  hear 
serious  subjects  seriously  handled.  I  shouldn't 
dream  of  saying  anything  light  or  Iiumorous  in 
the  last  ten  minutes  of  a  speech. 

"But  I  think  the  most  eflfective  thing  in  niy 
speeches  was  the  description  of  conditions  at 
Lawrence.  I  had  been  there  during  the  strike, 
and  I  tried  to  paint  the  miseries  of  those 
unfortunate  workers.  I  really  made  some  of  the 
women  cry.  And  sometimes  I  would  get  so  much 
worked  up  myself  that  I'd  go  on  a  sort  of  emo- 
tional debauch.  That  subject  was  very  close  to 
my  heart,  and  when  you  are  sincere  you  can  al- 
ways impress  your  audience." 

I  had  heard  something  about  that  from  people 
wlio  listened  to  Miss  Jolliflfe.  They  too  told  mc 
of  the  wet  eyes  in  the  audience.  The  influence 
of  heredity?  No  poet  ever  sang  the  miseries  of 
his  unhappy  country  more  poignantly  than  James 
Clarence  Mangan?  So  why  shouldn't  a  dark 
Rosaleen  of  California  make  women  cry  about 
Lawrence? 

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8  TOWNTALK  November  30,  1912 

An  Albanian  Night 


Kvcn  from  tlic  middle  slopes  of  the  great  moun- 
tains, it  was  a  long  climb  up  to  the  valley  that 
wound  into  the  central  cluster  of  bare  and  pre- 
cipitous heights.  Like  all  mountain  roads  in  the 
Balkans,  the  almost  imperceptible  track  wandered 
oveT  masses  of  solid  rock,  and  screes  of  large, 
loose  stones  where  no  English  horse  could 
struggle.  At  one  point,  as  I  climbed,  I  could  see, 
on  looking  back,  a  part  of  Scutari  Lake,  green 
in  the  distance;  and  just  at  one  little  gap,  where 
the  water  from  the  lake  meets  a  branch  of  the 
wild  river  Drin,  and  flows  with  it  down  to  the 
fever-haunted  port  of  Medua — just  beyond  that 
gap  gloomed  the  dark  horizon  of  the  Adriatic. 

It  was  nearly  evening,  and  I  thought  of  the 
.\ustrian-Lloyd  steamers  passing  up  and  down 
that  beautiful  coast  from  Trieste.  I  could  pic- 
ture the  captain,  always  capable  and  polite,  al- 
ways answering  the  unvarying  questions  of  the 
passengers  patiently  in  every  language  that  sails 
the  seas.  I  could  picture  the  passengers  them- 
selves washing  and  dressing  in  their  comfortable 
cabins,  or  reclining  on  deck-chairs  while  they  re- 
called the  amphi-theatre  of  Pela,  or  the  ruins  of 
Spalato  where  Diocletian  constructed  his  palace 
as  a  last  refuge  from  a  vi-orld  rushing  headlong 
into  Christianity.  Now  and  then  one  of  them 
would  say,  "What  a  pity  the  Albanian  mountains 
arc  clouded!  They  are  so  romantic!"  But  at 
ihc  back  of  all  minds  would  lie  the  re-assuring 
expectation  of  the  dinner's  numerous  courses,  to 
conclude  with  ice-pudding. 

Far  up  among  those  clouded  mountains  them- 
selves, the  situation  was,  I  suppose,  romantic. 
Heavy  rain  drenched  the  scene,  and  cold,  grey 
wreaths  of  mist  crept  round  the  corners  and 
across  the  face  of  the  grey  precipices  above,  re- 
vealing and  again  enveloping  the  craggy  summits, 
iir  an  unexpected  clifT  fringed  with  black  pines. 
But  in  the  depth  of  the  glen  the  stony  river-bed 
was  dry  with  the  heat  of  many  months.  No- 
where was  there  sign  of  cultivation.  There  was 
no  sign  of  man  at  all,  except  the  thin  track 
scraped  upon  the  rocks,  until  suddenly  the  walls 
of  a  house  appeared,  and  half-a-mile  further  on 
the  walls  of  another,  and  more  beyond.  Perhaps 
there  were  fifty  houses  in  all.  and  the  obvious 
peculiarity  of  nearly  all  those  houses  was  that 
they  had  no  roofs,  no  windows,  no  doors,  but 
consisted  of  bare  and  blackened  walls,  standing 
like  skeletons  in  a  desert. 

The  peculiarity  caused  me  no  surprise.  In  all 
lands  it  is  still  the  usual  penalty  of  war  or  rebel- 
lion, Tn  the  last  week  I  had  passed  through  ten 
districts  or  villages  devastated  in  the  same  way, 
and  now  my  chief  emotion  was  joy  at  discovering 
that  the  whitewashed  church  and  the  priest's 
house  attached  to  it  still  retained  a  roof.  Enter- 
ing, I  found  the  church  desecrated  as  usual — 
altar,  pictures,  images,  and  everything  smashed  to 
pieces;  even  the  bells  pierced  with  rifle  bullets. 
The  priest's  house  also  was  pillaged  and  empty, 
but  there  is  great  charm  in  a  roof.  "To  have  a 
roof  over  one's  head" — how  good  it  sounds!  In 
a  few  minutes  my  guide,  the  muleteer,  and  I  had 
lighted  a  fire  on  the  open  hearth,  smoking  up  into 
rafters  that  had  been  spared  out  of  some  queer  re- 
spect for  religion.  Three  of  the  churches  have 
been  burnt  like  ordinary  houses,  but,  as  a  rule, 
the  church  roofs  are  untouched,  and  under  their 
shelter  many  families  have  made  a  new  home, 
portioning  out  the  consecrated  floor  into  domestic 
plots,  like  pews. 

I  was  wondering  whether  it  was  only  the  ex- 
treme poverty  of  the  region  that  had  allowed 


By  Henry  W.  Nevison 

Roman  Christianity  to  survive  in  this  northwest 
corner  of  the  mountains,  while  nearly  all  Albania 
accepted  Islam  with  unaccustomed  docility,  when 
a  great  shouting  arose  in  the  valley  outside.  It 
was  the  Malissori  (the  w^ord  only  means  "moun- 
taineers," and  is  distinctive  of  no  particular  clan) 
— it  was  the  mountaineers  announcing  the  appear- 
ance of  strangers  in  their  customary  manner. 
Presently,  the  room  began  to  fill  with  gaunt  and 
hook-nosed  figures,  clothed  in  the  rags  of  the 
.Albanian  costume — the  sleeveless  jacket  and 
tapering  trousers  of  white  woolly  stuff,  with 
broad  black  edgings  dovv'n  the  important  seams, 
finishing  oflf  into  variegated  patterns;  the  little 
white  cap  or  red  handkerchief  on  the  head;  the 
cartridge-belt,  revolver,  silver  chain,  and  yards  of 
giidle  about  the  waist;  and  slung  on  the  back 
the  necessary  rifle — Mauser,  Martini,  or  Gras — 
which  they  have  fought  so  hard  to  keep.  Down 
they  all  sat,  in  a  circle,  on  their  heels,  asking 
questions  and  narrating  deeds  of  war. 

Politeness  being  satisfied,  a  leading  man  (not 
the  "color-bearer"  of  the  clan,  who  was  away) 
invited  us  down  to  a  hut  that  he  and  his  uncle 
had  constructed  beside  the  ruins  of  their  home. 
It  was  the  next  house  in  the  village,  only  twenty 
minutes  away.  The  hut  was  built  of  rough-hewn 
tree-trunks,  thatched  with  straw  and  branches,  all 
on  a  foundation  of  a  loose  stone  wall.  It  was 
about  40  ft.  long  by  15  ft.  broad,  and  almost  any- 
where you  could  stand  upright,  with  a  foot  or  so 
to  spare.  I  have  seen  no  such  excellent  substitute 
for  a  ruined  home.  Most  of  the  substitutes  are 
poor  little  shelters,  rigged  up  with  branches, 
leaves,  petroleum  tins,  and  charred  beams,  against 
a  wall  inside  the  ruins.  They  gave  some  shade 
from  the  blaze  of  sun,  but  now  that  the  rains  had 
come,  they  dripped  in  most  places  (as  do  the 
caves  which  some  of  the  more  fortunate  families 
have  occupied),  and  under  the  snow  and  the 
freezing  winds,  which  are  already  blowing,  many 
of  the  people  in  them  will  die.  Even  through  a 
remnant  of  tiled  roof,  where  I  had  slept  a  few 
nights  before,  the  rain  splashed  on  to  the  cart- 
ridge-box which  was  my  pillow.  But  here  not  a 
drop  came  through.    The  floor  was  dry  earth  and 


rock,  and  fresh  bracken  piled  thickly  upon  it 
served  for  carpet  and  beds. 

It  was  a  waste  of  blood  and  treasure,  but  .\1- 
bania's  reputation  for  hospitality  had  to  be  main- 
tained, and  some  four-footed  thing  was  sacrificed, 
cut  into  lumps,  and  boiled  slowly  in  an  iron  pot 
swinging  from  a  crossbeam.  When  a  man  whu 
had  been  pinching  the  bits  of  flesh  from  time  to 
time,  at  last  declared  they  were  soft  enough,  we 
sat  round  a  hewn  board  upon  the  bracken,  and 
took  what  we  could  get  out  of  the  pot.  Besides 
the  rib  which  I  caught,  I  was,  of  course,  given 
the  head  as  well — tongue,  brains,  eyes,  and  all 
other  delicacies  comprised  in  it.  White,  strong- 
smelling  cheese  followed,  with  segments  of  the 
great  circles  of  bread  made  from  the  maize  still 
irregularly  supplied  by  the  Turkish  Government, 
and  brought  up  by  the  mountaineers  about  once 
a  fortnight  from  distant  Scutari.  The  hf)St  him- 
self and  the  women  served.  It  was  one  woman's 
function  to  wash  our  feet  in  a  wooden  bowl  when 
we  arrived,  to  hold  up  a  tiny  oil  lamp  during  the 
meal,  to  pour  water  over  our  hands  afterwards, 
and  all  the  evening  to  light  the  cigarettes  with 
wood  embers  that  she  snatched  from  the  fire 
with  sugar-tongs  attached  to  her  girdle.  The 
rites  of  hospitality  having  been  thus  observed,  the 
host  and  the  w-omen  took  their  turn  at  the  flesh- 
pot,  while  we  sat  in  a  circle  at  the  other  end  of 
the  hut,  asking  questions  and  narrating  deeds  of 
war. 

Towards  midnight,  some  of  the  men  crept  out 
into  the  rain,  returning  to  their  own  particular 
ruins.  The  rest  settled  down  on  the  bracken, 
with  such  bits  of  rug  and  horsecloth  as  had  been 
saved  from  pillage.  The  women  took  off  their 
heavy  leather  belts,  a  foot  broad,  and  covered 
with  silvery  little  studs;  and  soon  nearly  all  of 
the  ten  or  twelve  of  us  were  asleep.  But  the  f)ld 
grandmother  and  one  of  the  children  kept  crying 
out  and  shaking  with  fever,  for  they  had  just  re- 
turned from  the  distant  lowlands  of  Bragu-Mati 
on  the  coast,  where  this  Klementi  clan  takes  the 
flocks  for  winter,  and  where  the  Government  had 
kept  most  of  them  shut  up  all  through  the  feverish 

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Correspondence 


That  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Scandal 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  Some  time  ago  you 
spoi<e  about  tlie  propaganda  for  the  suppression 
of  prostitution  in  this  State,  and  you  quoted 
Lecky  on  the  subject  of  the  wholesome  influence 
in  society  of  the  "priestess  of  humanity."  I  im- 
mediately bought  Lecky's  "History  of  European 
Morals,"  and  I  have  been  reading  it.  The  other 
day  I  came  across  a  paragraph  which  I  think  is 
worth  quoting  in  view  of  what  has  happened  in 
the  Portland  Y.  M.  C.  A.  I  presume  that  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  gymnasium  in  Portland  is  run  on  the 
same  lines  as  that  in  this  city.  Here  everybody 
swims  stark  naked.  Did  you  know  that?  Yes, 
swimming  trunks  are  prohibited.  The  reason? 
Well  they  say  it  is  a  sanitary  reason  that  causes 
them  to  bar  trunks.  Xow  for  I.ecky:  "This 
vice,  which  never  appears  in  the  writings  of 
Homer  and  Hesiod,  doubtless  arose  under  the 
influence  of  the  public  games,  which,  accustoming 
men  to  the  contemplation  of  absolutely  nude 
figures,  awoke  an  unnatural  passion,  totally  re- 
mote from  all  modern  feelings,  but  which  in 
Greece  it  was  regarded  heroic  to  resist."  In 
Portland  tliere  were  probably  two  things  that  led 
to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  scandal.  In  Portland  the 
women  have  succeeded  in  doing  what  a  lot  of 
fool-women  hope  to  do  in  California.  They  have 
made  it  hard  to  find  a  "priestess  of  humanity." 
By  the  way  I  hear  they  have  done  the  same 
thing  in  Los  Angeles,  and  I  hear  also  that  con- 
ditions are  what  you  predicted  they  would  be  in 
all  large  cities  where  the  fool-women  had  their 


way.  The  priestesses  are  scattered  through  the 
residence  neighborhoods,  and  respectable  women 
arc  frequently  insulted  in  the  public  streets. 

Respectfully, 

— A  Subscriber 


Will  Somebody  Tell? 

November  23,  1912. 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  take  the  Town  Talk 
so  that  I  may  be  posted  on  the  true  inwardness 
of  many  of  the  happenings  in  San  Francisco.  I 
believe  there  is  no  greater  public  service  you 
could  perform  at  this  time  than  to  give  the  in- 
side facts  concerning  the  Sutter  St.  Railway. 
Who  are  the  real  parties  behind  the  so-called 
Municipal  League  that  seem  to  be  so  powerful 
that  they  are  able  to  incommode  a  large  portion 
of  the  population  of  the  city  and  retard  the 
progress  of  the  city  beyond  the  power  of  any 
other  interest  to  advance  it?  What  are  the  priv- 
ate interests  that  are  to  be  conserved  in  prefer- 
ence to  the  welfare  of  the  city?  The  representa- 
tives of  the  league  are  certainly  not  so  powerful 
as  to  accomplish  these  things  of  themselves,  and 
it  will  interest  the  people  who  live  on  the  line  of 
the  Sutter  street  cars  to  know  just  what  power 
it  is  that  has  unnecessarily  compelled  them  to 
endure  such  discomforts  for  so  many  years.  We 
had  hoped  that  this  administration  would  have 
the  backbone  to  stand  up  and  protect  the  interests 
of  the  people  but  it  is  quite  evident  that  the  same 


forces  which  have  impeded  the  city's  progress  in 
tile  past  are  still  in  the  saddle.    Who  is  it? 

Yours  cordially, 

— J.  H.  Morse. 


A  Wail  About  Taxes 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  For  a  long  time 
I  prided  myself  on  my  civic  progrcssivism.  I  was 
full  of  enthusiasm  for  all  sorts  of  municipal  im- 
provements. A  new  park?  Better  streets?  Water 
supply?  Fire  system?  Geary  street  road?  Traf- 
fic tunnels?  Sure!  1  was  for  'em  all.  Every 
time  a  new  bond  issue  was  spoken  of  I  got  out 
and  boosted  the  idea,  and  begged  all  my  friends 
to  vote  right.  Believe  me,  I  was  the  busiest 
little  champion  of  projects  for  the  improvement 
and  adornment  of  our  beloved  city  you  ever  saw. 
But  my  enthusiasm  has  been  dampened.  It  got 
a  jolt  the  other  day  and  has  been  going  to  pieces 
ever  since.  Right  now  I  couldn't  scare  up  enough 
enthusiasm  to  advocate  an  appropriation  for  fill- 
ing up  the  chuck  holes  in  front  of  my  home.  No 
more  for  me.  I'm  through  with  civic  spirit.  The 
metamorphosis  took  place  when  I  paid  my  taxes. 
And  at  that  I  only  paid  the  first  installment; 
couldn't  pay  both  installments  at  once,  as  I  have 
always  been  in  the  habit  of  doing,  because  my 
taxes  have  about  doubled  and  I  didn't  have 
enough  money.  Mention  a  bond  issue  in  my 
presence  and  I  throw  a  fit. 

Sincerely, 

— A  Wage  Earner. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


Bismuth  to  Show  Cancer 

An  important  discovery  in  connection  with  the 
diagnosis  of  cancer  of  the  stomach  was  made 
public  in  Paris  recently.  Hitherto,  it  has  been 
pointed  out,  all  attempts  to  examine  this  organ 
for  cancerous  tumor  by  means  of  the  x-rays 
have  proved  nearly  useless,  as  it  was  hardly  dis- 
tinguishable on  the  plate  among  the  mass  of 
muscles  and  other  organs  of  the  abdomen.  Two 
French  physicians  have  now  found,  however,  that 
if  the  patient  drinks  a  solution  of  bismuth  before 
examination,  the  stomach,  when  filled  with  this 
liquid,  which  is  opaque  to  the  Rontgen  rays,  will 
be  shown  as  a  very  clearly  defined  mass.  Should 
any  gaps  appear  in  the  stomach's  outline,  these 
must  be  due  to  cancerous  bodies,  which  fill  up 
parts  of  the  stomachal  cavity  and  occupy  the 
spaces  which,  in  a  normal  person,  would  contain 
the  bismuth  solution.  In  this  way,  it  is  asserted, 
tumors  can  be  diagnosed  and  exactly  located  at 
the  very  first  symptoms.  Great  interest  has  been 
aroused  among  pliysicians  hy  this  discovery. 


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Czarevitch  a  Bleeder 

Tile  medical  publication  Hospital  of  London 
says  the  Czar's  physicians  have  found  that  the 
Czarevitch  has  haemophilia.  In  other  words  he's 
a  "bleeder."  This  malady  is  frequently  observed 
by  scientists  among  European  royal  fainilies  dat- 
ing from  the  middle  ages.  The  victims  have  a 
tendency  to  bleed  excessively.  Their  blood  lacks 
to  a  greater  or  lesser  degree  that  power  of 
coagulation  or  clottting  which  in  normal  persons 
leads  to  the  natural  arrest  of  hemorrhages  after 
any  except  very  serious  injuries  to  the  large  blood 
vessels.  At  the  present  time  it  would  seem  that 
haemophilia  was  more  prevalent  than  ever  among 
Princes.  The  late  Duke  of  Albany  suffered  from 
it  and  eventually  died  of  it.  The  second  son  of 
the  King  and  Queen  of  Spain  is  said  to  be  af- 
flicted with  it  and  to  be  incurably  deaf  in  conse- 
quence of  hemorrhages  in  the  inner  ear.  Rumors 
also  credit  the  Hohenzollerns  with  not  being 
exempt  from  it,  and  it  is  said  that  some  of  Queen 
Mary's  relations  are  haemophiliacs  to  a  slight  de- 
gree. The  disease  hardly  ever  occurs  in  feinales, 
but  is  handed  down  almost  exclusively  through 
the  female  line. 


Jewish  Colonists  in  Palestine 

There  are  now  over  10(),0(X)  colonizing  Jews 
in  Palestine,  and  they  are  rapidly  redeeming  the 
country.  Of  these  50,000  or  60,000  are  in  Jerusa- 
lem alone,  and  despite  the  "red  passport"  with 
which  foreign  Jews  must  provide  themselves,  and 
which  limits  their  stay    in    Palestine    to  three 


mimths,  their  establishment  of  stores  in  the  city 
and  their  purchase  of  farms  in  the  surrounding 
country  goes  on.  These  foreign  Jews  furnish  the 
capital  and  the  executive  ability  in  making  the 
native  Jews  of  Palestine  self-supporting,  and  in 
many  cases  wealthy,  while  insuring  to  themselves 
the  basis  of  comfortable  fortunes.  What  this 
influx  of  Jewish  capital  and  brains  has  meant 
to  Palestine  may  be  gathered  from  the  figures. 
The  colonists  now  own  40  villages  and  about 
100,000  acres  of  land,  75  per  cent  of  which  are 
under  cultivation.  The  education  of  the  Jewish 
population  of  Palestine  is  in;iinly  in  the  hands  of 
the  French  "Alliance  Israelite  Universelle"  with 
fifteen  schools,  seventy  teachers  and  2,200  pupils, 
and  of  the  German  Jewish  "Hilfsverein"  of  Berlin 
with  twenty-two  schools,  150  teachers  and  3,000 
inipils. 


Going  Abroad? 

To  the  Orient? 

To  the  Mediterranean? 

To  the  West  Indies? 

To  South  America? 

To  Egypt  and  the  Nile? 

To  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and  Italy? 

Around  the  World? 

Or  a  flight  in  a  Zepplin  Airship? 

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Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LXIX— FROM  THE  HILLS 
By  Howard  V.  Sutherland 

(The  following  sonnet  on  San  Francisco  as  seen  from  the  hills  is  from  a  book  of  verses  railed  "Songs  of  a  City" 
written  by  Howard  V.  Sutherland.  The  poem  is  not  of  the  first  order  of  excellence  by  any  means,  but  it  is  inter- 
esting because  it  embodies  a  viewpoint  rather  unusual.  To  .Mr.  Sutherland  this  city  is  "young  but  proud";  so  he 
does  not  agree  with  Bret  Harte  to  whom  San  Francisco  was  "indifferent  of  fate."  Mr.  Sutherland  is  a  prophet; 
he  says  that  San  Francisco  is  one  day  to  arouse  the  world  from  money-grubbing  with  a  message  of  truth.  It  may 
be  so:  ytni  never  can  tell.) 

'Mid  sedges  tall  this  summer  day  I  lie  And  dance  before  the  sun's  voluptuous  eye. 

And  hear  the  waves  fall  softly  on  the  sand.  Beyond  the  dunes  a  city,  young  but  proud. 

So  pure  the  air,  it  seeins  with  outstretched  hand  Uprears  its  front  in  sunshine  and  through  cloud 

One  e'en  might  touch  that  veil  we  call  the  sky.  .And  ever  lures  new  children  to  her  breast; 

From  o'er  the  sea  the  wind  with  fretful  sigh  .-\  man-made  city;  one  whose  voice  shall  sound 

Betakes  its  way  across  the  fertile  land.  In  days  to  come  life's  truth  the  world  around 

Whose  flaunting  poppies  form  a  golden  band,  .And  wake  earth's  leaders  from  their  gold-dru  ged  rest. 


The  Perennial  Picket 

TIh-  raucous  voice  of  the  curbNtone  picket  is 
once  more  heard  in  our  city,  informing  us  that 
;i  fresh  boycott  is  being  waged  by  the  labor  trust, 
'i'lie  curbstone  picket  has  become  a  familiar 
nuisance  in  San  Francisco.  We  have  come  to 
regard  him  as  one  of  the  vital  protagonists  in  the 
drama  of  life.  But  to  visitors  he  is  a  novelty 
and  diversion.  People  from  Europe  and  folks 
from  the  large  Eastern  cities  are  unacquainted 
with  the  San  Francisco  variety  of  picket.  They 
arc  tolerant  of  pickets  elsewhere,  of  men  who 
try  to  get  non-union  men  to  quit  work,  but  the 
picket  who  is  a  menace  to  public  order,  who 
publicly  calumniates  a  merchant  by  describing  his 
store  as  "unfair"  and  who  tries  to  deter  people 
from  buying  therein,  is  a  character  peculiar  to 
California  and  especially  to  San  Francisco.  Here 
he  is  not  cmly  tolerated  but  encouraged  and 
coddled.  Tile  business  men  as  a  whole  of  San 
I'rancisco  heartily  approve  the  boycott  as  con- 
ducted by  organized  labor.  They  dearly  love  the 
noisy  picket.  They  regard  him  as  concrete  evi- 
dence of  our  advanced  civilization.  They  hail 
liim  as  a  -ymbol  of  democracy.  They  are  proud 
to  know  tliat  the  officers  of  the  American  Federa- 
tion of  Labor  have  praised  California  for  its 
friendliness  to  the  labor  trust.  The  bulletin 
made  exclusive  announcement  the  other  day  of 
the  resolution  according  us  this  praise,  .-md  the 


The  Spectator 

ne.\t  day  .Mr.  Crotlurs  went  out  and  induced  a 
few  more  merchants  to  advertise. 


Lovers  of  the  Labor  Trust 

it  is  to  good,  benevolent,  philanthropic  gents 
like  Mr.  Crothers  that  organized  labor  is  in- 
debted for  the  high  esteem  in  which  it  is  held  in 
San  Francisco.  To  be  sure  all  our  public  spirited 
newspaper  proprietors  are  partial  to  organize<l 
labor.  (Were  it  otherwise  the  picket  would  be 
suppressed,  and  the  boycott  would  be  coin- 
paratively  unknown).  But  .Mr.  Crothers  is  the 
most  ardent  of  all  the  newspaper  friends  of  labor. 
He  loves  the  unions  with  a  wholly  disinterested 
passion,  but  even  though  his  heart  were  confined 
to  his  purse  he  would  love  them  just  the  same, 
for  they  have  made  his  affection  profitable.  In 
espousing  the  cause  of  organized  labor  Mr.  Croth- 
ers voices  the  sentiment  of  our  leading  mer- 
chants, as  is  evident  from  the  way  they  increase 
their  advertising  space  in  the  Bulletin.  These 
merchants  might  alienate  Mr.  Crothers'  affection 
from  organized  labor  in  twenty-four  hours  by- 
taking  their  advertisements  out  of  his  paper,  but 
that  they  will  not  do.  Some  of  the  retail 
clothiers  who  are  now  under  boycott  because  they 
refused  to  assist  in  the  creation  of  a  new  walk- 
ing delegate  and  the  manufacture  of  jobs  for 
professional  laborites  are  advertising  in  the  Bul- 
letin just  to  show  that  they  dearly  love  a  picket. 


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.\nd  these  gentlemen  are  only  a  few  of  the  many 
honest  merchants  who  are  known  as  public 
spirited  citizens,  and  who  will  tell  you  that  they 
love  their  city.  Some  of  them  are  of  the  Down 
Town  Association,  some  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  they  love  to  talk  at  banquets  and 
tell  you  what  ought  to  be  done  for  the  dear  old 
city.  Merchants  today  are  not  vastly  different 
from  the  merchants  of  ancient  Babylon  who  were 
required  by  law  to  keep  their  stores  on  the  out- 
skirts of  the  city  for  reasons  that  history  recites. 


A  Temporary  Aberration 

Some  of  our  princes  of  commerce  pretended  to 
be  very  angry  when  the  strike  was  declared 
against  our  leading  retail  clothiers.  I  am  told 
they  got  together  and  organized  a  .Merchants'  and 
Manufacturers'  .\ssociation  similar  to  the  one  in 
Los  Angeles,  and  that  a  great  deal  of  money  has 
been  pledged  for  its  support.  The  purpose  of 
the  association,  'tis  said,  is  to  buck  the  labor 
trust.  This  is  incredible.  Does  anybody  be- 
lieve that  the  merchants  of  San  Francisco  can 
stand  together  for  their  common  interests?  If 
anybody  is  inclined  so  to  believe  let  him  go  forth 
and  size  up  a  few  of  them.  The  spirit  of  the 
merchants  of  San  Francisco,  it  is  certaitily  rea- 
sonable to  assume,  is  reflected  day  by  day  in  the 
incendiary  editorial  columns  of  the  Bulletin. 
Else  why  should  they  so  heartily  contribute  to  the 
support  of  that  paper?  Is  there  a  merchant  who 
will  tell  you  that  he  knows  the  Bulletin  does 
great  harm  to  this  city  but  that  he  advertises  in 
it  because  it  is  a  good  advertising  medium?  If 
so  he  will  confess  himself  a  mean  and  sordid 
wretch  with  no  such  sentiment  in  his  being  as 
love  of  city.  I  do  not  believe  there  is  any  of 
our  distinguished  merchants  who  will  make  so 
humiliating  a  cfmfession.  Look  up  a  list  of  the 
owners  of  the  Emporium,  consider  the  honorable 
gentlemen  who  run  the  Nathan  Dohrmann  com- 
p.my,  Sloan  &  Co.  and  our  other  leading  houses, 
and  then  ask  yourself  if  it  must  not  be  that  these 
silf-respecting  gentlemen  who  dearly  love  the 
city  advertise  in  the  Bulletin  not  only  because 
it  is  a  good  advertising  medium  but  because  in 
catering  to  incendiarism  and  promoting  class 
hatred  it  reflects  their  warmest  sentiments. 


The  Student  of  History  Speaks 

"It  seems  to  me,"  said  my  friend  the  Student 


November  30,  1912 


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11 


of  History,  "that  the  fine  writers  of  the  news- 
papers are  missing  a  great  opportunity  in  connec- 
tion with  this  war  in  the  Balkans."  "As  for  in- 
stance?" I  asked.  "Well,"  expatiated  the  Student 
of  History,  "take  Salonica  for  example.  There's 
a  field  for  plain  and  fancy  writing.  That  old 
city  has  a  story  which  fills  many  volumes.  Why 
don't  the  newspapermen  tell  us  about  it?  It  used 
to  be  Thessalonica  and  was  founded  by  Cassander 
who  named  it  after  his  wife,  the  sister  of  Alex- 
ander the  Great.  In  the  Roman  days  it  was 
traversed  by  the  Via  Egnatia,  the  highroad  to 
Byzantium  and  many  a  Roman  legion  trod  its 
streets  on  the  way  to  battle.  The  old  highway 
is  still  there.  Did  you  ever  read  Paul's  Epistles 
to  the  Thessalonians  ?  They  were  written  to  the 
Christians  of  Salonica.  With  his  co-workers 
Timothy  and  Sylvanus  Paul  founded  a  Christian 
community  there  before  he  went  on  to  Corinth 
and  Athens.  They  were  an  ornery  lot,  and  as 
soon  as  Paul's  back  was  turned  they  fell  into 
evil  ways.  They  became  idle,  thereby  disturbing 
industrial  conditions,  they  drank  too  much  and 
they  hankered  for  the  heathen  gods.  So  Paul 
had  to  write  them  two  pretty  severe  letters.  It 
was  always  a  troubled  town.  In  the  fourth  cen- 
tury Theodosius  massacred  seven  thousand  cit- 
izens for  insurrection.  Constantine  favored  it, 
enriching  it  with  fine  buildings  and  many  art 
treasures.  Naturally  it  tempted  the  Iconoclasts, 
and  the  citizens  fought  like  demons  in  defense 
of  their  statuary.  Later  on  it  passed  through 
many  hands.  Tlic  Slavs,  the  Bulgars  and  the 
Xormans  took  it.  Baldwin,  the  conqueror  of 
Constantinople,  gave  it  to  Boniface  of  Montfer- 
rat.  Later  the  Burgundians  swooped  down  on  it. 
Then  the  Byzantine  emperors  took  it;  later  the 
Venetians;  then  the  Turks;  and  now  it's  back  in 
the  hands  of  the  Greeks.  And  believe  me,  they'll 
have  trouble  holding  it.  There's  nothing  Salonica 
likes  so  much  as  trouble.  They've  always  been 
fighters.  Their  patron  saint  is  a  soldier.  Dem- 
etrius who  was  proconsul  of  Greece  under  the 
Emperor  Maximian." 


He  Is  Shut  Off 

"Did  you  know  that  Scutari  was  mentioned  by 
Livy?"  demanded  the  Student  of  History,  warm- 
ing to  his  theme.  "Or  that  Philippopolis  was  the 
old  Eumolpia  captured  by  old  Phil  of  Macedon 
and  renamed  for  him?  And  did  you  ever  read 
the  description  of  the  plains  of  Thrace  in  the 
Georgics?  I  reckon  Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria  didn't 
forget  that  when  he  was  outside  Adrianople,  for 
he's  a  scholar.  He  knows  that  the  Bulgarians 
are  conquering  Virgil's  land  of  Boreas,  the  north 
wind.  A  great  old  battle  ground  it  is.  Darius 
overran  it.  Its  people  contributed  one  hundred 
and  twenty  ships  to  the  armada  of  Xerxes.  The 
Goths,  the  Huns,  the  old  Bulgars  and  the  Turks 
fought   many   an    engagement   along   its  rivers. 


Did  you  know  that  Orpheus  came  from  Thrace? 
It's  a  fact.  Or  that  it  was  famous  for  its  wor- 
ship of  Dionysus?  Why,  in  certain  out  of  the 
way  places  the  old  Diorlysiac  rites  are  still  per- 
formed. They  still  have  the  old  ritual  play  and 
the  goat  men  still  carry  the  ancient  phallic  em- 
blems while  the  people  bow  down  in  worship. 
There  are  some  rather  strange  details  about  this 
erotic  rite — ."  "But  you're  mistaken  if  you  think 
I'm  going  to  publish  them,"  I  hastily  interposed. 
Whereupon  the  Student  of  History  quit  me  in 
high  dudgeon. 


Alas,  Poor  Malini! 

If  I  were  a  prestidigitateur  I  should  go  right 
out  and  conjure  tears  from  a  turnip  in  order  that 
my  grief  for  the  misfortune  of  Malini  might  be 
fittingly  emphasized.  For  a  great  woe  darkens 
the  brow  of  the  little  magician;  humiliation  drapes 
his  shoulders  like  a  pall  and  his  expressive  eyes 
arc  glazed  by  a  monumental  sorrow.  The  wizard 
who  palmed  King  Edward's  crown,  who  mystified 
the  Queen  of  Holland,  whose  sleight  of  hand  per- 
formances made  the  Duke  of  Connaught  gasp 
and  the  Duchess  draw  a  long  breath  of  aristo- 
cratic bewilderment,  who  caused  Diaz  to 
ejaculate  "Caramba!"  and  who  purposes  to  amaze 
the  new  Mikado  in  his  imperial  palace,  abides  in 
the  slough  of  respond.  Oodles  of  royalties  from 
the  Shah  of  Persia  to  the  Queen  of  Bavaria  have 
been  amazed  at  the  Chevalier  Malini's  feats. 
Less  important  personages  all  over  the  world 
have  sought  in  vain  to  penetrate  his  mysteries. 
From  the  day  that  he  first  arrived  in  San  Fran- 
cisco he  has  been  the  pet  of  the  most  exclusive 
clubs,  the  lion  of  drawing  rooms  in  Broadway 
and  Pacific  avenue,  the  hit  of  a  dozen  professional 
entertainments.  When  the  Chevalier  Malini 
saunters  through  the  lobby  of  the  St.  Francis 
ordinary  mortals  gape  at  him  in  wonder  and  feel 
themselves  privileged  if  they  can  meet  him  on 
familiar  terms  in  the  society  of  the  wine  room. 
He's  a  personage,  is  Malini,  a  Mephistopheles  in 
the  flesh.  He  laughs  at  the  law  of  gravity;  has 
a  speaking  acquaintance  with  the  fourth  dimen- 
sion; and  what  he  can't  do  with  cards  is  con- 
sidered a  negligible,  non-existent  nothing!  But 
alas!  Malini  has  come  to  grief. 


Beaten  at  Cards 

If  there  is  one  branch  of  the  profession  of 
magic  which  Malini  thinks  he  has  mastered,  it  is 
that  which  has  to  do  with  cards.  The  paste- 
boards are  his  fifty-two  familiars,  coming  and  go- 
ing at  his  will,  appearing  at  his  nod  in  the  most 
unexpected  places,  disappearing  at  a  wave  of 
his  chubby  hand  Heaven  knows  where!  There 
arc  no  card  tricks  which  Malini  cannot  perform, 

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yet  tlitro  is  a  game  of  cards  wliich  Malini  likes 
but  has  not  mastered.  Malini  has  a  passion  for 
the  festive  'stud"  and  when  he  is  nf)t  mj'Stifying 
an  audience  he  is  fond  of  dallying  with  table 
stakes.  So  Malini  has  been  in  the  habit  of  sit- 
ting in  at  a  cosy  game  not  a  thousand  miles  from 
Union  Sciuare.  The  gamblers  vvclcomed  him,  ap- 
parently no  whit  appalled  by  his  consummate 
wizardry.  If  they  ever  saw  that  interesting  pic- 
ture which  represents  Malini  playing  cards  with 
the  devil  they  were  not  impressed.  Whenever 
Malini  wanted  a  game  of  "stud"'  he  got  it,  and 
got  it  good!  With  a  skill  not  to  be  despised  the 
poker  players  met  Malini  on  his  own  ground  and 
took  his  measure.  He  lost  heavily  at  many  sit- 
tings. When  his  available  cash  was  gone  he  real- 
ized more  on  his  resplendent  jewels  and  tried 
again  with  the  same  result.  Rumor  hath  it  that 
one  of  Malini's  friends  lent  him  twelve  hundred 
dollars  which  was  soon  conjured  into  the  pockets 
of  his  card  antagonists:  and  that  another  kind 
friend  lent  him  eighteen  hundred  which  went 
the  same  way.  In  the  argot  of  the  Rialto  Malini 
was  "cleaned.'"  The  little  chevalier  proved  no 
match  for  some  of  our  chevaliers  d'industrie  who 
never  saw  a  royalty  in  the  flesh  and  never  want 
to  but  who  are  on  pretty  good  terms  with  tlie 
kings  and  queens  of  the  deck.  It  is  very  sad  and 
Malini  has  my  sympathy. 


"Although  no  announcement  has  been  made,  it 
is  learned  that  the  Toyo  Kisen  Kaisha  Com- 
pany has  as  part  of  its  new  programme  the  es- 
tablishment on  leased  ground  of  a  great  coaling 
station  at  Honolulu,  Hawaii,  where  its  ships  now- 
engaged  in  the  South  American  trade  may  get 
supplies  and  possibly  transship  their  cargoes." 
Is  this  true'  If  the  Japanese  contemplate  it.  will 
the  American  Government  allow  it?  Or  will  the 
saitie  protest  be  made  as  when  it  was  reported 
that  the  Japanese  were  going  to  make  a  big  set- 
tlement on  ^lagdalena  Bay?  Of  course  Japan 
would  like  to  have  a  coaling  station  at  Honolulu. 
It  would  give  her  tremendous  prestige  in  the 
Pacific,  not  merely  commercially  but  also  as  a 
world  power,  for  the  Japanese  merchant  steam- 
ers under  the  subsidy  of  the  Government  belong 
to  her  fleet  in  time  of  w^ar.  This  looks  like  .i 
matter  worth  investigating. 


Japs  to  Coal  at  Honolulu? 

Through  a  despatch  from  Yokohama  to  the 
New  York  Sun  1  learn  that  the  Toyo  Kisen 
Kaisha  is  about  tf)  build  three  ships  for  the  San 
l-'rancisco  trade.  These  ships  are  to  be  of 
greater  tonnage  than  any  now  engaged  in  the 
Pacific  business.  This  is  gratifying,  but  another 
part  of  the  despatch  gives  us  pause.    It  reads: 


A  Matter  of  Mileage 

The  bon  mot  of  the  Lipton  dinner  last  week 
was  thrown  into  the  midst  of  proceedings  by  that 
incorrigible  wit  Larry  Harris,  much  to  the  dis- 
quietude of  the  Hon.  Joseph  Dwyer.  This  dis- 
tinguished representative  of  the  State  machine 
was  one  of  the  speakers  of  the  evening.  Given 
twenty-four  hours  notice  he  prepared  a  gem  of 
eloquence  for  the  occasion,  a  gem  more  ponder- 
out  than  brilliant.  Mr.  Dwyer  had  a  lot  to  say. 
It  was  feared  that  he  had  become  interminable. 
Like  all  speakers  who  try  to  exhaust  their  sub- 
ject he  exhausted  his  hearers.  Then  came  Larry 
Harris.  "Just  before  the  banquet,'"  said  Mr. 
Harris,  "I  met  Mr.  Dwyer,  and  he  told  me  that 
he  had  put  together  the  material  of  his  speech  on 
his  way  down  from  Sacramento.  Thank  God  he 
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Lipton  Was  Game 

.Mi>s  .Maude  Lillian  liirri  was  among  those 
pre>ent  the  night  Sir  Thomas  Lipton  was  enter- 
tained at  the  Press  Club.  Miss  Berri  went  to 
the  piano  to  play  her  own  accompaniment  for 
a  Scotch  song,  and  Sir  Thomas  gallantly  stepped 
forward  to  arrange  the  music.  This  brought  his 
head  quite  close  to  Miss  Berri's.  whereupon  she 
turned-  round  to  the  throng  in  the  jinks  room 
and  ,aid,  "He  isn't  game."  .\gain  Sir  Thomas 
sti.pped  to  turn  the  music  for  Miss  Berri,  and 
again  she  turned  and  laughingly  said:  "He  hasn't 
done  it  yet."  Later  in  the  evening  Sir  Thomas 
approached  Miss  Berri,  took  her  by  the  hands 
.and  said:  "Miss  Berri,  there  seems  to  be  some 
doubt  in  your  mind  as  to  whether  I'm  game. 
Let  me  set  that  doubt  at  rest  here  and  now." 
.\nd  he  did  by  giving  her  a  hearty  kiss. 


He  Liked  the  Texas  Tommy 

There  were  some  expert  Texas  Tommy  dancers 
on  hand  at  the  Press  Club  to  exhibit  their  steps 
for  the  benefit  of  Sir  Thomas,  and  he  enjoyed 
them  hugely.  When  they  had  danced  themselves 
to  the  verge  of  exhaustion  they  quit,  only  to  be 
urgently  requested  by  the  yachtsman  that  they 
start  all  over  again  when  they  had  rested.  And 
of  course  they  did.  "Why  do  you  call  it  the 
Texas  Tommy?"  Sir  Thomas  asked  "Uncle  Bill" 
Xaughton,  the  president  of  the  club.  "The  Tom- 
my is  not  in  my  honor,  is  it?"  Very  diplomatic- 
ally Sir  Thomas  was  informed  that  it  was  not 


War  Abolished  Again 

I'rexy  Starr  Jordan  of  Stanford,  the  distin- 
guished author  of  "Eric's  Book  of  Beasts"  has 
ju-t  indulged  in  his  favorite  diversion  of  abolish- 
ing war.  Writing  of  the  Baron  D'Estournelles 
<le  Constant,  the  French  senator  who  was  out 
here  not  long  ago  lecturing  on  universal  peace, 
Eric  or  Prexy  Jordan  rather,  has  this  to  say: 
"lie  has  succeeded  fairly  in  convincing  France 
tli.it  the  wrong  involved  in  the  seizure  of  Alsace 
and  Lorraine  cannot  be  made  right  by  force  of 
arms.  The  w-ay  out  lies  in  the  recognition  of  the 
common  interests  and  common  civilization  of 
Germany  and  I'rance.  When  these  nations 
ce.ise  to  stand  oppi  sed  to  each  other  as  rival 
mililary  puuvrs.  re.idy  t<>  do  each  other  any  in- 


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justice  tlu'  fence  of  arms  makes  possible,  then 
tlie  two  nati:)ns  will  emerge  from  mediaovalisiii 
iiild  real  civilization."  Olivioiisly  the  I'aron  is  a 
man  after  Jordan's  own  heart,  a  day  dreamer  of 
beauteous  visions  or,  shall  be  say?  a  butler  an- 
nouncing the  Millennium  in  the  House  of  Peace, 
lordan  easily  explains  the  way  out  of  the  .-Msace- 
Lorrainc  difficulty.  The  nations  will  be  like 
States  of  our  republic.  .\nd  "the  French  can- 
tons of  Alsace-Lorraine  will  then  naturally 
adhere  to  France,  the  German  to  Germany." 
.-\nd  there  you  are!  With  all  the  powers  of 
Europe  swabbing  their  gun  barrels  and  Idling 
llicir  cartridge  belts  this  solution  of  a  hard 
])r(d)leni  is  bound  to  iHl  us  all  with  amazement  if 
not  with  admiration. 


The  Obliteration  of  Boundaries 

".Mready,"  continues  Jordan,  "tlie  common  in- 
terests of  commerce  and  education  have  made 
the  world  very  small.  They  have  obliterated 
boundary  lines.  AU  civilized  states  arc  part  of 
the  'Unseen  Empire'  of  Civilization."  The  "com- 
mon interests"  of  commerce  may  be  seen  rather 
actively  at  work  just  now  in  the  trifling  dispute 
between  Austria  and  Scrvia,  between  Germany 
and  Russia.  \Vc  have  seen  some  boundary  lines 
obliterated  recently  too.  The  boundary  lines  of 
Bulgaria  and  Turkey,  of  Greece  and  Macedonia, 
of  Servia  and  Turkey  and  of  Montenegro  and 
Turkey  have  been  rather  suddenly  obliterated, 
but  only  a  Jordan  would  say  that  they  have  been 
obliterated  by  "the  common  interests  of  cofti- 
merce  and  education."  Unfortunately  the  powers 
of  Europe  go  on  making  war,  forgetting  their 
"common  interests"  despite  Jordan  and  his  friend 
D' Estf)urnelles  de  Constant. 


Changes  in  the  Call  Office 

h'roni  present  appearances  and  from  the  gos- 
sip which  is  flying  about  newspaperdoni,  \V.  W. 
Chajjin  is  going  to  cut  down  expenses  on  the  Call. 
I  understand  that  one  of  the  big  presses  has  been 
silenced  and  eleven  pressmen  discharged.  .\lso 


thai  the  .iiK  ertising  staff  has  been  cut  down. 
On  llie  otlier  hand  it  is  said  that  the  salaries  of 
llie  remaining  advertising  men  ha\e  been  raised. 
The  Sunday  department  has  been  abolished.  This 
means  that  the  Call  will  supply  its  readers  with 
a  "syndicate"  Sunday  supplement  instead  of  the 
eight  pages  of  interesting  local  matter  and  pic- 
tures which  constituted  a  big  feature  of  the  Sun- 
day paper  during  the  years  when  Rufus  Steele 
So  ably  presided  over  the  Sunday  department. 
.Another  change  is  the  loss  of  the  services  of 
"Jim"  Tufts,  the  news  editor  of  the  Call.  "Jim" 
Tufts  has  been  one  of  the  best  known  and  ablest 
newspaper  executives  of  this  city  for  many  years, 
and  his  retirement  is  a  real  loss  to  the  paper. 
There  are  rumors  of  other  changes,  for  it  is  said 
that  Fenwick,  the  new  editor  who  came  from 
Seattle  with  Chapin  intends  to  bring  some  of  his 
old  newspaper  pals  from  the  East  and  install  them 
in  responsible  positions  in  the  local  room.  And 
there  is  another  rumor  to  the  effect  that  the  Call 
is  to  be  made  a  two-cent  paper. 


The  Activity  of  Phil  Francis 

Phil  Francis,  valiant  knight  of  the  editorial  pen. 
is  about  to  enter  the  lists  with  a  paper  of  his 
own.  Since  severing  his  connection  with  the 
Call  Phil  has  been  in  Stockton  making  arrange- 
ments to  start  another  daily  paper.  The  first 
number  will  appear  shortly.  I  understand  that 
in  his  First  issue  Phil  will  start  a  movement  for 
the  recall  of  Governor  Johnson.  Phil  will  never 
forgive  the  Governor  for  the  unjustifiable  attack 
which  Johnson  made  on  him,  and  intends  to  go 
after  his  administration  hammer  and  tongs. 
Those  who  thought  they  had  occasion  to  rejoice 
when  Phil  left  the  Call  will  probably  sing  very 
small  when  he  unlimbers  his  editorial  artillery. 
Every  officeliolder  who  felt  the  sting  of  Phil's 
lash  has  been  exulting  more  or  less  openly  since 
his  name  disappeared  from  the  Call's  editorial 
page,  and  Phil  has  been  keeping  track  of  their 
utterances.  Decidedly  there  will  be  some  inter- 
esting reading  in  the  new  jiaper.  llerc's  wish- 
ing Phil  all  sorts  of  success. 


Weill  to  Sanford 

Slate  Senator  John  I'.unyan  -Sanford  was  one 
of  the  Democrats  invited  to  the  Bourbon  love 
feast  given  by  Rapliael  Weill  to  celebrate  the 
election  of  Woodrow  Wilson.  It  was  quite  nat- 
ural that  Sanford  should  be  bidden  because  he 
is  the  national  committeeman  for  California.  But 
Sanford  wasn't  sure  at  first  whether  he  wanted  to 
go.  so  he  wrote  to  Weill  from  Ukiah  saying 
that  he  was  "afraid"  he  would  be  unable  to  at- 
tend. Later  on  Sanford  changed  his  mind,  and 
appeared  at  the  Bohemian  Club  with  the  other 
guests.  Raphael  Weill  received  him.  "Senator 
Sanford."  he  said,  "your  refusal  to  come  will 
make  it  necessary  for  me  to  set  another  place." 
-And  it  was  said  in  a  manner  which  few  besides 
Ra|)hael  Weill  could  achieve. 


Our  Art  Exhibitions 

This  is  that  time  of  year  when  artists  are 
seized  with  the  itch  of  exhibiting,  and  when 
amateurs  with  check  books  buy  Christmas  pres- 
ents for  their  lucky  (or  unlucky)  friends  off 
studio  walls.  You  can't  heave  a  stone  in  Sutter 
street  and  thereabouts  without  hitting  a  picture 
show  I  have  been  to  several  in  the  past  few 
days.  Some  I  would  fain  forget;  others  have  been 
worth  while.  Among  the  latter  was  Boronda's 
at  the  St.  ^"rancis.  Lester  Boronda  is  a  young 
man  of  considerable  accomplishment  and  greater 
promise.  There  is  poetry  in  his  soul,  and  the 
faculty  of  interpreting  beauty  in  her  softer  moods. 
He  lives  at  and  loves  Monterey,  and  some  of  his 
best  little  canvasses  picture  quaint  nooks  in  that 
old  town  so  dear  to  artist-folk.  I  am  glad  to  say 
that  I  saw  "sold"  tickets  on  a  number  of  his  paint- 
ings. Boronda  is  going  to  New  York  to  exhibit, 
a  good  idea — he  will  get  the  always  valuable  judg- 
ment of  outsiders  on  his  work  and  surely  profit 
by  it.  Another  day  I  went  down  to  Jules  Tav- 
ernier's  old  studio  in  upper  Montgomery  street  to 
see  Piazzoni's  exhibition.  This  was  a  most  remark- 
able show  in  that  not  a  canvas  was  for  sale. 
Piazzoni  had  just  returned  frotn  his  first  conquest 
of  Tahoe  with  a  number  of  studies  to  be  worked 
up  later  in  larger  canvasses.  There  were  some 
exquisite  things  on  his  walls,  and  T  can  imagine 
the  connoisseur  leaving  the  studio  in  exaspera- 
tion because  nothing  was  for  sale.  Personally 
1  do  not  suffer  much,  for  the  pictures  I  fancy 
are  apt  to  he  way  beyond  my  means.  On  still 
another  day  I  joined  the  crush  at  the  Bohemian 
Club  where  the  members  who  paint  are  having 
their  annual  hanging. 


All  Sorts  of  Paintings 

.\  heterogeneous  array  is  this  Bohemian  exhibit. 
There  are  some  very  good  pictures,  a  great  many 
very  had  pictures  and  a  slue  of  mediocre  things 
that  are  shamed  by  their  very  presentable  frames. 
Verily,  one  could  walk  through  two-thirds  of 
this  Bohemian  show  with  eyes  shut  and  iniss  lit- 
tle of  worth.  The  omissions  arc  conspicuous. 
There  isn't  a  I'rancis  McComas  on  the  walls;  yet 
m;iny  adjudge  him  Bohemia's  best  painter.  And 
although  I'^red  \'eats  lias  a  landscape  or  two, 
where  arc  his  admirable  portraits?  Speaking  of 
portraits,  Orrin  Peck  shows  a  wonderful  piece  of 


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Including  a  list  of  banks  and  corporations  of  California.  All  the  leading  clubs 
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La  Questa 

One  of  iht  FINEST  RED  WINES 

in  the  world.    Served  at  Firal-Ctass 
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Producer,  E.  H.  RIXFORD 

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San  Francisco 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  30,  1912 


work,  the  portrait  of  some  European  ecclesiastic 
of  high  degree  marvelously  done.  Looking  on 
work  like  this  one  wonders  why  Peck  doesn't  be- 
come a  real  top-notcher  instead  of  a  wavering 
dabbler.  He  can  do  great  work  but  he  only  does 
it  once  in  a  while,  as  in  this  portrait.  Another 
arresting  portrait  is  Frank  Van  Sloun's  of  Mrs. 
Earl  Cummings.  Admirers  of  this  beautiful 
woman  will  tell  you  it  is  not  a  likeness.  That's 
as  you  will,  but  it's  a  bold,  masterly  canvas  just 
the  same.  The  same  artist,  a  newcomer  here  and 
quite  a  young  man,  I'm  told,  has  two  other  pic- 
tures "An  Artist  and  his  Model"  and  "Behind  the 
Scenes"  which  are  quite  admirable.  Robinson 
shows  his  beautifully  poetic  conception,  "Phan- 
tom Ship."  Dickman  has  a  splendid  marine. 
Will  Sparks  has  some  opulent  landscapes  that  dis- 
play a  Turneresque  exaltation,  Arthur  Cahill 
hangs  some  very  good  cartoons  of  Charley  Field, 
MacKenzie  Gordon,  "Jack"  Shiels,  Riley  Hardin 
and  Judge  Melvin,  blithe  Bohemians  all.  And  I 
must  not  forget  some  characteristic  canvasses  by 
our  only  Maynard  Dixon. 


■•TOM"  LIPTO.X  .\T  THE  CLIFF  HOI  SE 
The   noted   yachtsman   was   so   delighted   with  the 
treatment  he  received  at  the  famous  resort  that 
he   insisted   that   manager   Roy  Carruthers 
should  join  him  in  a  souvenir  picture. 

The  Great  Hawkshaw 

When  Detective  Burns  arrested  the  Los  An- 
geles dynamiters  the  newspaper  accounts  of  his 
achievement  were  like  chapters  out  of  an  old 
yellow-covered  dime  novel.  Burns  was  pictured 
as  a  hero  of  the  Nick  Carter  type.  We  were 
told  that  he  took  up  the  case  somewhat  after 
the  style  of  M.  Dupin;  that  what  to  the  ordinary 
iTiind  might  have  seemed  a  triviality  was  to  him 
a  clue  of  the  utmost  importance,  and  that  he  fol- 
lowed it  like  a  bloodhound  after  a  scent.  We 
were  given  no  details.  The  story  of  the  develop- 
ment of  the  clue  was  extremely  vague.  It  was 
a  mystery  story  calculated  to  give  the  impression 
that  the  unraveling  of  the  tangled  skein  was  all 
a  matter  of  the  most  subtle  logical  deduction. 


The  reporters  didn't  pretend  tu  know  how  the 
trick  was  done,  but  they  marveled  at  the  detec- 
tive's wonderful  ingenuity.  Burns  permitted  one 
reporter  to  accompany  him  when  he  went  search- 
ing for  "plants"  of  dynamite,  and  whenever  one 
was  uncovered  the  reporter  experienced  the  same 
sensation  that  is  produced  by  an  Indian  fakir 
when  he  makes  a  tree  grow  spontaneously  to  a 
great  height.  I  remarked  at  the  time  that  it  was 
all  very  simple,  and  predicted  that  in  time  we 
should  learn  that  Burns  didn't  discover  anything; 
that  he  had  merely  acted  on  information  furnished 
by  somebody  who  knew  all  about  the  dynamite 
outrages.  I  explained  that  though  I  had  no  in- 
formation on  the  subject  I  was  very  familiar  with 
the  ways  of  detectives  and  especially  with  the 
ways  of  Burns.  Of  all  this  I  remind  my  readers 
because  of  the  testimony  given  in  Indianapolis 
last  week.  The  testimony  was  that  Secretary 
Hockin  of  the  iron  workers'  union  "peached  on 
his  pals"  long  before  Burns  was  employed,  and 
revealed  not  only  the  identity  of  the  dynamiters 
but  told  where  the  several  "plants"  could  be 
fotind.  Burns  did  little  more  than  furnish  the 
air  of  mystery. 


The  Steflens  Heroes 

.\nother  matter  on  which  the  testimony  taken 
in  Indianapolis  throws  light  is  the  motive  of  the 
McN'amaras.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Lincoln 
Steffens  professed  to  take  an  interest  in  them 
because  he  regarded  them  as  soldiers  in  the  cause 
(jf  labor.  He  told  us  they  believed  in  the  phikis- 
ophy  of  direct  action  and  felt  they  were  justified 
in  resorting  to  violence  for  the  sake  of  the  op- 
pressed. According  to  Steffens  the  McN'amaras 
were  nothing  more  than  misguided  philanthropists 
eager  to  be  of  service  to  the  downtrodden  slaves 
of  capital.  It  now  appears  that  the  McNamaras 
were  imbued  with  nothing  but  enthusiasm  for 
their  own  interests.  They  wanted  money,  they 
murdered  people  for  money.  There  is  nothing 
of  sentiment  in  the  McNamaras.  For  money 
they  would  have  blown  up  a  meeting  of  unionists 
as  readily  as  they  blew  up  the  Times'  building. 


'Ods  Bodkins! 

Paul  Lambeth  certainly  did  disturb  my  Sabbath 
calm  last  Sunday  morning.  Paul  is  the  London 
war  correspondent  of  the  Call.  F"rom  Fleet 
street  Paul  observes  the  march  of  armies  in 
Thrace  and  elsewhere  and  throws  fits  on  his  way 
to  the  cable  office.  Paul's  worst  fit  was  executed 
while  he  was  putting  on  the  cable  the  despatch 
which  spoiled  my  last  Sunday.    In  that  despatcli 


DEWAR'S  SCOTCH 
WHISKY 


Distillers  to  His  Majesty,  King  George  V 

John  Dewar  &  Sons  held  this  Royal  Warrant  also  to  Queen  Victoria 
and  King  Edward— a  record  that  no  other  Distillers  have  ever  attained 


Paul  embroiled  the  whole  world  in  war.  Not 
content  with  hurling  the  legions  of  the  Triple 
.\lliance  at  the  throats  of  the  legions  of  th( 
Triple  Entente,  Paul  dragged  Japan,  China,  the 
United  States  and  Canada  into  the  bloody  fray 
Paul  had  everybody  doin'  it.  "Even  the  hope,' 
cabled  Paul,  "that  the  United  States  may  be 
-pared  from  the  conflict,  that  her  farms  may 
feed  war-famined  Europe,  is  threatened  with  an- 
nihilation tonight."  How  did  this  happen? 
Paul  explains.  Japan  is  about  to  take  advantage 
of  the  Balkan  war  to  overrun  the  new  republic 
of  China.  That  will  necessitate  "the  armed  in- 
tervention in  China  of  the  military  power  of  the 
new  world."  Could  anything  be  simpler?  Paul 
is  an  international  War  Office;  he  presses  the 
button  and  the  armies  do  the  rest.  Paul  is  the 
blood-thirstiest  little  man  we've  seen  since  Bom- 
bastes  Furioso. 


And  Canada  Too! 

Paul  insists  on  dragging  Canada  into  the  world 
turmoil  too.  Thus:  "As  England  is  Japan's  ally, 
the  question  is  being  asked,  'What  will  Canada  do 
if  the  Mikado  demands  the  support  on  American 
soil  of  his  British  treaty  partner?'"  The  answer 
is  easy  for  Paul.  "Canada  would  at  once  secede  ' 
This  terrible  realization  "is  gnawing  at  th< 
vitals  of  crown  officials  and  patriotic  Fleet 
street  editors."  Pity  the  gnawed  vitals  of 
the  ink-slingers  in  Fleet  street!  Later  on  Paul 
speaks  of  "the  abomination  of  the  world's  desola- 
tion." .Mas  for  Paul!  Was  he  soused,  or  did  he 
have  a  pipe  dream?  And  how  did  the  Call  happen 
to  pay  cable  tfills  on  such  blithering  fustian? 


Smokers '  Comforts 
Traveling  Needs 
Practical,  Unique 


Cigarelle  Caaes  of 
soti  sueded,  leather  lined, 
with  spring  fattening, 
thumb  release.  A  great 
variety  of  ityle*  lor 
Christmas.  Prices  from 
$2.25  to  $5.50. 

Cigar  Cases  of  the 
best  British  hide,  soft 
tanned.  A  great  sav- 
ing to  ihe  man  who 
has  good  cigars  to  pro- 
tect, $5.50. 


Smokers'  Tra^  of  clear  glass  with  dull  brass  trim- 
mings. A  very  acceptable  present  for  the  man  ol 
of  the  house, 
$1.50.  Larger 
size,  $2.25. 

Automatic 
Cigar  Lighter, 
certain  in  ac- 
tion. Of  heavy 
nickel  -  plate 
with  neat  stripe  pattern.    Special  price,  95c. 

Initial  Match  Box  Holder,  heavily  nickeled  with 
embossed  iniiial.  Attractive  without  being  cumber- 
some or  obtrusive,  $1 .25. 


MARKET  AND  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


November  30,  1912 


The  Queen's  Wakefulness 

Lt-t  iiic  record  wakefulness  where  1  liave  so 
often  commented  on  a  pretty  somnolence.  Queen 
Eleanor  Martin  (or  should  I  rather  say  Mrs. 
Edward  Martin?)  is  the  only  woman  in  society 
who  can  snatch  forty  winks  in  public  without 
losing  her  dignity.  Time  and  time  again  have  I 
seen  the  Martin  lids  dropped  in  somnial  quietude 
the  while  a  great  artist  plucked  the  soul  of  music 
from  his  violin  or  a  society  amateur  sang  a  rag- 
time ditty.  Rising  superior  to  her  surroundings 
on  the  downy  wings  of  slumber  Mrs.  Martin  has 
repeatedly  aroused  my  admiration.  Watching 
her  my  vagrant  thoughts  have  occasionally 
wandered  away  from  the  concert  or  the  charity 
entertainment  to  those  renowned  sleepers  of 
Ephesus  or  to  the  achievements  of  the  only 
Kowalsky.  What  was  my  surprise,  therefore.  ;it 
the  last  concert  of  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art 
Society  to  mark  Mrs.  Martin's  unusual  wakeful- 
ness. Not  once  while  Alice  Nielsen  or  any  of 
her  supporting  artists  sang  did  Mrs.  Martin  veil 
her  orbs.  It  was  an  unusually  long  concert — 
wasn't  over  till  half  after  eleven — but  Mrs.  Mar- 
tin sat  wide-eyed  in  her  box  through  it  all.  The 
black  eyes  of  the  beautiful  Miss  Nieto  who  sat 
beside  her  were  not  brighter  than  Queen 
Eleanor's.  No  doubt  the  Queen  liad  taken  Iier 
beauty  sleep  late  that  afternoon. 


Ar  Invitation  by  C  ible 

James  Van  Alen,  tlie  millionaire  Xew  ^'orker 
who  expatriated  himself  a  few  years  ago  Ix'cause 
he  preferred  English  to  American  society,  is  go- 
ing to  give  a  big  Christmas  party  at  his  beautiful 
villa  outside  of  London.  There  is  nothing  un- 
usual in  that,  because  everybody  who  can  afford 
to  entertains  out  of  London  during  the  merry 
Yuletide.  But  "Jimmy"  Van  Alen  has  set  a  new 
mark  in  the  fashion  of  issuing  his  invitations  to 
his  country  party.  A  lot  of  the  invitations  have 
been  sent  by  cable.  It  matters  not  where  Van 
Alen's  friends  are;  if  he  wants  them  to  visit  him 
he  asks  them.  Fortunately,  most  of  Van  Alen's 
friends  are  so  nicely  fixed  for  worldly  goods  that 
the  expense  of  travel  doesn't  bother  them  if  the 
invitation  otherwise  appeals.  They  simply  give 
the  necessary  orders  and  depart.  One  of  those 
to  whom  Van  Alen  cabled  an  Xmas  invitation  is 
Mrs.  Fletcher  Ryer  of  this  city.  Mrs.  Ryer  knows 
the  Van  Alens  well.  She  lives  a  great  deal 
abroad,  and  has  entertained  and  been  entertained 


TOWN  TALK 


Social  Prattle 

By  TANTALUS 

l>y  till'  Van  .Mens.  1  hear  that  Mrs.  Ryer  and 
lier  cliarming  daugliter  Doris  will  accept  the  Van 
-Men  invitation. 


Mrs.  Darling  Discussed 

There  has  been  comment  here  on  the  notice- 
able fact  that  Mrs.  John  A.  Darling  has  let  down 
tin-  bars  a  liit  during  her  present  visit.  She  has 
invited  people  to  her  dinners  whom  she  wouldn't 
have  invited  a  few  years  ago.  This  strikes  many 
observers  as  extraordinary.  But  not  me.  Mrs. 
Darling  has  a  right  to  readjust  her  social  stand- 
ards any  way  she  pleases;  and  she  has  not  added 
any   dull    people    to    her   list.     But  explanations 


MRS.  A.  CUMTE  JR. 
Who  gives  a  musicale  and  tea  at  her  home  this  week 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Catholic  Humane  Bureau. 


have  been  attempted.  One  of  them  comes  to  me 
in  an  eastern  paper.  (Mrs.  Darling's  doings  be- 
ing of  more  than  parochial  interest  she  is  dis- 
cussed in  eastern  papers.)  This  paper  gives  quite 
a  fanciful  explanation.  It  says  that  Mrs.  Darling 
was  dying  to  belong  to  the  Century  Club.  But 
she  feared  that,  having  aroused  feminine  envies 
from  time  to  time,  she  might  be  blackballed.  So 
she  relaxed  her  exclusiveness.  She  has  been 
very  attentive,  says  the  paper,  to  Mrs.  Sidney  V. 
Smith,  and  Mrs.  Smith  has  put  up  Mrs.  Darling's 
name  at  (lie  Century. 


Nothing  In  It 

The  eastern  scribe  is  unduly  impressed  with 
llic  importance  of  the  Century  Club.  "To  be 
enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  Century  Club,"  says 
this  wiseacre,  "is  worth  more  to  some  women 
than  a  passport  to  Nirvana."    How  many  of  us 

■MEETING  FRIENDS.  Geo.  Haas  &  Sons 
four  candy  stores  are  ideal  places  to  meet  your 
friends.  When  shopping  down-town  make  your 
appointments  for  the  Phelan  Building  Candy 
Store. 


!5 


l)elieve  llial?  I  happen  to  know  that  Mrs.  Darling- 
cherishes  no  such  illusion.  Mrs.  Darling  is  not 
an  enthusiast  for  women's  clubs.  She  has  never 
taken  the  short  cut  to  culture,  for  she  knows  that 
it  always  leads  to  culturine  which  is  odious  to 
lier.  The  simple  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  Mrs. 
Sidney  Smith  is  an  old  and  esteemed  friend  of 
Mrs.  Darling.  The  first  thing  Mrs.  Darling  did 
when  she  arrived  here  in  September  was  to  give 
a  dinner  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Smith's  daughter  Cora. 
.\nd  when  Mrs.  Smith  suggested  that  she  put  up 
.Mrs.  Darling's  name  at  the  Century,  Mrs.  Dar- 
ling had  no  objection. 


Mrs.  Darling's  Rag  Masque 

The  latest  liostess  in  high  society  boldly  to  send 
forth  invitations  to  a  "rag  dance"  is  Mrs.  John 
Darling.  But  Mrs.  Darling  was  ever  a  progres- 
sive. One  of  the  most  brilliant  women  in  San 
Francisco  society,  she  has  done  a  great  deal  to 
remove  the  curse  of  provincialism  from  the  sets 
she  adorns.  For  there  are  several  sets.  Through 
lier  second  marriage  to  a  distinguished  soldier  of 
Uncle  Sam's  service  Clara  Hastings-Catherwood- 
l);irling  became  identified  with  army  circles,  and 
slie  has  never  drawn  the  money  line  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Social  qualities  without  financial  recom- 
mendation Mrs.  Darling  prefers  to  financial  with- 
"ut  social.  This  comes  from  a  viewpoint  broad- 
ened by  residence  abroad  as  well  as  the  in- 
dependence of  the  thorough-bred.  I  doubt  if  any 
other  of  our  leaders  would  dare  send  out  cards 
for  a  "rag  mas<|ue"  to  the  proper  people. 


Hypocrisy  Among  Raggers 

There  is  no  denying  that  proper  people  do  rag. 
They  are  free  to  confess  it  but  "rag  parties"  are 
not  advertised.  It  reminds  me  of  Mrs.  Atherton's 
independence  with  the  cigarette.  Everyone 
smokes  who  likes  tobacco  and  yet  when  Mrs. 
Atherton  comes  out  for  cigarettes  in  the  public 
prints  there  is  a  sensation.  Everyone  rags  who 
dances.  Yet  when  Mrs.  Darling  sends  out 
formal  invitations  to  a  rag  dance  it  is  a  radical 
departure.  Usually  invitations  are  telephoned  to 
the  limited  number  of  congenial  friends  and  the 
party  may  rag  to  its  heart's  content  until  dawn. 
But  the  next  day  the  dancers  will  support  a  move- 
ment to  revive  the  cotillion  in  society.  It  is  a 
forlorn  cause,  that  of  the  cotillion.  They  have 
tried  to  further  it  in  New  York,  but  the  staid  fig- 
ures are  of  another  time  and  other  manners. 
The  reign  of  the  rag  is  upon  us.  Let  them  call 
it  by  any  name  they  choose.  At  the  Bachelors 
.ind  Benedicks  balls  it  is  known  as  the  one-step 
witli  "crab"  variations  and  so  on.  It  is  all  the 
same.  Society  is  abandoned  to  the  rag.  \arie(l 
unly  by  the  waltz. 


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November  3C,  1912 


institutions  that  have  served  their  purpose, 
accomplished  their  ends,  it  is  relegated  to  limbo. 
The  two-step  destroyed  the  miserable  pirouette 
of  our  forefathers  called  the  polka,  and  paved  the 
way  for  the  rag.  It  was  a  good  dance,  and  in 
the  new  era  should  not  be  forgotten  for  the  part 
it  played.  Do  I  hear  a  protest  that  this  R.  1.  P. 
is  premature?  It  is  not.  Where  the  two-step  still 
stirs,  it  is  a  mere  lingering  impulse.  In  the 
younger  crowds  controlled  by  conservative  chap- 
crones  it  dies  slowly,  and  may  even  know  a  long 
lingering.  There  are  still  traces  in  old-fash- 
ioned dancers  of  another  school,  who  are  en- 
deavoring to  obliterate  them.  They  are  implor- 
ing the  enlightened  to  teach  them  to  rag.  But 
the  two-step  is  dead.    I  aflfirm  it.    R.  I.  P. 


M.  Decherie  Arrives 

I  note  with  interest  the  arrival  from  Paris  of 
Monsieur  Achille  Dechene,  the  gentleman  who  is 
to  design  the  setting  for  Mrs.  Frank  Cardan's 
French  chateau.  The  plans  are  finished  and,  I 
am  told,  show  a  successful  and  beautiful  adapta- 
tion of  the  architecture  of  the  Renaissance  to 
modern  uses.  M.  Dechene"s  work  will  be  to  go 
over  the  estate  that  covers  a  large  acreage  in 
the  hills  back  of  Burlingame,  and  select  the  most 
suitable  site.  There  are  so  many  errors  of  site 
in  the  pensinsula  colonies  that  I  must  con- 
gratulate Mrs.  Carolan  on  her  discretion  in  bring- 
ing an  authority  from  Paris.  A  western  architect 
might  draw  a  perfect  chateau  to  be  set  in  a 
eucalyptus  grove.  I  have  seen  a  formal  English 
garden  surrounding  an  Italian  villa  more  than 
once  and  the  incongruity  of  a  Spanish  adobe  in  a 
Japanese  landscape.  F'-om  the  care  and  delibera- 
tion Mrs.  Carolan  is  employing  in  the  construc- 
tion of  her  chateau,  I  shall  not  be  surprised  if  it 
is  one  of  the  most  perfectly  planned  country 
homes  in  .\merica.  From  the  fact  that  Count 
Boni  de  Castellane  who  is  in  the  advisory  decorat- 
ing business  will  come  from  Paris  to  oversee 
the  installment  of  an  entire  room  taken  from  a 
chateau  on  the  Loire,  the  extent  of  Mrs.  Carolan's 
entliusiasni  may  be  guaged. 


A  Tea  and  Musicale 

This  Saturday  afternoon  the  ladies  of  the 
Catholic  Humane  Bureau  will  give  a  musicale 
and  tea  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  August  Comte  Jr., 
37.S1  Clay  street  for  the  benefit  of  the  very  worthy 
cliarity  to  which  they  devote  their  time.  .Among 
tile  talented  folks  who  will  contribute  to  the  en- 
tertainment are  .Miss  Fernanda  Pratt,  Miss  Von 
W'eick,  Mrs.  Cadenasso,  Miss  .Alice  Guthrie.  Miss 
Dorothy  May,  Miss  Giorgiani,  Judge  Frank  Mur- 
asky.  Professor  Sauvclle.  Joseph  Rosborough  and 
.\lr.  K.  Lastretci. 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


Miss  Dorn's  Concert 

-Mrs.  Xoah  Brandt  is  to  be  felicitated  for  hav- 
ing iTiduced  Miss  Camille  Dorn  to  appear  in  a 
public  piano  recital.  This  beautiful  eighteen- 
year  old  girl  is  mistress  of  the  instrument  and 
more  than  satisfied  the  expectations  of  those  who 
knew  her  artistry  when  she  played  at  the  St. 
Francis  on  Wednesday  evening,  November  20. 
The  colonial  ball  room  was  lilled  with  music 
lovers  who  testified  their  delight  in  the  most 
approved  fashion.  Miss  Dorn  gave  a  splendid 
program.  There  was  a  Schumann  concerto 
played  with  unusual  feeling  for  the  nuances  of 
the  poetic  composer's  moods.  There  were  also 
a  group  of  Chopin  offerings  to  which  Miss  Dorn 
gave  a  distinctive  rendition.  Rubinstein,  Liszt 
and  Moszkowski  numbers  completed  the  offering. 
But  no,  not  quite.  For  there  was  a  pretty  little 
thing  called  "Chasing  the  Butterfly,"  the  work 
of  Miss  Enid  Brandt  which  Miss  Dorn  played 
charmingly. 


Miss  Petre  at  Kohler  and  Chase's 

The  soloist  for  this  Saturday's  music  matinee 
at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall  will  be  Miss  Helen 
Petre,  soprano.  This  able  vocalist  returned  a 
short  time  ago  from  abroad  where  she  made  an 
excellent  reputation.  She  was  a  pupil  of  Mar- 
chesi.  In  addition  to  Miss  Petre's  solos  which 
include  the  Jewel  Song  from  Faust,  there  will  be 
tine  selections  on  the  Pianola  Piano  and  the 
.Aeolian  Pipe  Organ.  The  latter  include  Rubin- 
stein's Staccato  Etude  and  Tschaikowsky's  Over- 
ture 1812. 


The  Kitchenette  at  Techau's 

The  hurried  luncheon  from  the  kitchenette  on 
wheels  is  a  feature  of  Techau  Tavern  service 
which  is  much  appreciated  by  those  whose  en- 
gagements preclude  an  extended  luncheon  hour, 
the  service  being  quick  and  the  menu  unequaled. 
During  the  hours  of  more  leisurely  enjoyment, 
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friends  and  enjoy  the  excellent  music  while  par- 
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tasteful  decorations,  rich  lighting  effects  and  gen- 
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November  30,  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


The  New  Leaders  at  the  Alcazar 

The  introduction  of  a  new  leading  man  at  the 
Alcazar  is  an  important  event  in  matineedom. 
When  a  new  leading  man  and  a  new  leading 
woman  make  their  first  bow  together  the  im- 
portance of  the  event  is  multiplied  by  two.  So 
Monday  night  was  a  great  occasion,  and  the 
regular  Alcazarans  turned  out  in  force  to  sig- 
nalize it.  There  were  lots  of  flowers,  many  ap- 
plausive demonstrations,  excited  chatterings  be- 
tween the  acts  and  the  inevitable  curtain  speech. 


MME.  GERVILLEREACHE 
'l"he  French  contralto  who  sings  two  Sunday  afternoons, 
December  1st  and  8th,  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium. 

The  verdict  cannot  be  given  offhand.  It  never 
is.  The  welcome  is  always  cordial  on  the  first 
night,  but  the  Alcazarans  are  wont  to  withhold 
the  judgment  which  makes  or  breaks  until  ability 
is  amply  demonstrated.  Still,  it  is  undeniable 
that  Orrin  Johnson  and  Marguerite  Leslie  started 
under  favorable  auspices.  It  looks  as  though 
they  are  going  to  make  good  with  their  exacting 
clientele.  Orrin  Johnson  is  tall  and  good  looking. 
He  has  raven  black  curly  hair  which  he  parts 
in  the  middle.  He  carries  himself  well  and  wears 
dress  clothes  with  grace.  He  has  a  good  voice 
and  has  mastered  elocution.  But  perhaps  he  is 
a  little  too  fond  of  sibilant  tones.  And  perhaps 
he  is  a  bit  too  stagey,  sending  his  hand  to  his 
brow  too  often  and  striking  heroic  attitudes.  It 
may  be  too  that  he  lacks  passion;  that  his  voice 
hasn't  the  heart  throb.  We  shall  find  out  later. 
It  is  too  soon  to  pass  on  these  things.  Mar- 
guerite Leslie  is  quite  tall,  good  to  look  upon, 
sumptuously  built.  In  her  negligee  she  was  a 
very  attractive  figure.  The  girls  noticed  that  she 
had  dimples  in  her  elbows.  Her  acting  seems 
to  be  of  leading  lady  standard.  At  times  her 
voice  was  too  low,  but  of  course  she  was  not 
used  tf)  the  playhouse.  Take  them  all  in  all, 
the  auguries  seem  to  favor  the  new  leading  peo- 
ple. "The  Gamblers"  was  a  good  play  for  their 
debut.    It  is  the  kind  of  play  the  Alcazarans  love. 


for  its  "refined  melodrama"  embraces  many  thrills 
and  the  lines  are  not  burdened  with  subtle  mean- 
ings. The  new  people  are  in  good  company. 
Bennison,  Wesner,  Ruggles,  Miss  Carlyle  and  the 
rest  set  a  pace  which  any  leading  people  must 
"go  some"  to  keep  up  with.  Let  us  hope  in  all 
sincerity  that  Mr.  Johnson  and  Miss  Leslie  will 
prove  ccjual  to  the  demand. 

—Edward  F.  O'Day. 

The  Nielsen  Concert 

"Tiie  Secret  of  Suzanne"  as  Alice  Nielsen  gives 
it  is  a  most  delightful  little  opera.  For  Alice 
Nielsen  is  an  actress  as  well  as  a  singer.  She 
gives  us  the  emotions  of  the  part  with  real  feel- 
ing, beauty  and  tenderness.  There  is  a  meaning 
in  every  pause  and  every  gesture.  There  is 
spontaneity  in  her  manner,  and  in  her  voice  a 
passionate  note  that  vibrates  among  the  instru- 
ments and  is  always  a  delight  to  hear.  There  is 
but  one  fault  to  find  with  the  performance  as 
given  by  Mr.  Russell's  company,  and  that  is  that 
the  orchestral  accompaniment  is  too  elaborate. 
It  was  intended  to  be  given  in  miniature  and  that 
is  as  it  should  be.  In  the  concert  that  preceded 
the  operetta  Miss  Nielsen  was  heard  in  several 
charming  songs.  She  won  her  audience  witli 
her  first  number,  an  aria  from  Tosca.  It  was  the 
most  fashionable  audience  I  have  ever  seen  in 
Scottish  Rite  Hall,  but  it  was  not  at  all  self- 
conscious.  It  warmed  to  the  singer  at  the  close 
of  the  first  song  and  showered  her  with  applause. 
All  her  songs  were  evidently  chosen  with  a  view 
to  exhibit  her  facility  in  legato  singing  and  her 
lovely  nuances.  Miss  Nielsen  has  a  very  sweet 
quality  of  voice,  and  she  sings  everything  with 
exquisite  taste,  and  though  she  has  no  great 
range  of  voice  it  is  a  flexible  voice,  and  one  is 
somewhat  disappointed  in  not  hearing  her  venture 
into  songs  with  florid  passages.  At  the  St. 
Francis  Musical  Art  Society  concert  Saturday 
night  the  first  part  of  the  program  was  very 
much  the  same  as  the  concert  at  Scottish  Rite 
Hall.  I  think  it  is  a  mistake  for  singers  who 
give  these  concerts  not  to  extend  their  repertoire. 

—  H.  M.  B. 


The  Sigmund  Beel  Concert 

Nobody  in  the  colonial  ballroom  of  the  St. 
Francis  blamed  Sigmund  Beel  wh"en  he  stopped 
short  after  the  first  few  bars  of  the  Debussy 
Quartet.  For  several  minutes  the  strains  of  an 
alien  music  had  been  floating  into  the  concert 
chamber.  It  came  from  the  tapestry  room  down- 
stairs and  it  was  good  music  as  Herman  Heller's 
music  always  is,  but  it  should  not  have  been 
allowed  to  enter  into  competition  with  Sigmund 
Heel's  quartet  of  magic  strings.  But  there  it  was, 
an  unexpected  and  unwelcome  vagrant  at  our 
feast  of  tone,  and  the  question  was  how  to  ex- 
clude it.  Beel  disappeared  for  a  minute  and 
shortly  after  the  quartet  had  resumed  the  Debussy 
number  there  was  no  inore  jarring  harmony  in 
the  air.  Everybody  breathed  more  easily  and 
sank  back  in  luxurious  enjoyment  of  the  great 
quartet.  At  the  first  Beel  concert  we  heard 
Schumann  and  Dohnanyi  Quartets  and  a  Brahms 
Sonata  for  piano  and  violin.  That  was  an  en- 
thralling program;  but  compared  to  it  the  offer- 
ing Tuesday  night  was  enchanting.  First  there 
was  the  Haydn  Quartet  in  D  which  I  did  not  hear, 
having  arrived  late,  but  I  was  made  aware  of  my 
ill  luck  when  1  heard  music  lovers  using  super- 
latives about  it  after  the  concert.  There  were 
two  other  numbers  on  the  program,  the  Beet- 
hoven Quartet  in  E  minor,  opus  59  and  the  De- 
bussy Quartet  in  G  minor,  opus  10.  Here  were 
two    masterpieces   of   contrasting   greatness  set 


side  by  side,  and  the  comparison  of  their  beauties 
must  have  delighted  all  the  music  lovers  pres- 
ent. Beethoven,  the  master  of  emotions;  De- 
bussy, the  master  of  moods.  Beethoven  stealing 
upon  the  heart  like  a  memory  of  sacred  sweet- 
ness; Debussy  conquering  the  brain  with  the  more 
patent  arts  of  our  self-conscious  timts.  Yet  both 
pouring  upon  the  ear  a  golden  stream  of  sound 
that  lifted  us  away  from  the  workaday  world  into 


■0f 


MISS  ESTHER  MUNDEEL 
Who  will  give  an  interesting  recital  on  Wednesday  night, 
December  4th,  at  the  St.  Francis  ball  room. 

the  realm  of  faery  where  all  sound  is  music  and 
all  speech  is  lyrical.  Seldom  have  I  seen  a  gather- 
ing so  wrapped  in  audial  delight.  The  music  of 
the  strings  fell  upon  a  perfect  silence.  The  au- 
dience need  not  have  applauded  so  generously 
to  show  their  appreciation.  I  am  sure  Beel  and 
his  associates  felt  the  sympathy  of  their  hearers, 
knew  the  effect  they  were  producing.  Beel  should 
be  proud  of  the  audience  which  comes  to  hear  his 
quartet.  Just  as  the  audience  is  proud  of  Beel 
and  Meriz,  of  Firestone  and  Villalpando.  They 
give  our  community  a  rare  musical  distinction. 

— Edward  F.  O'Day. 


The  Gerville-Reache  Concerts 

It  is  just  two  years  since  Manager  Will  Green- 
baum  introduced  us  to  the  voice  and  art  of  Mme. 
Gerville-Reache,  the  star  contralto  of  the  Ham- 


NATALIE  ALT 
.\l)I)caring  in  the  title  role  of  "The  Quaker  Girl" 
at  the  Columbia. 


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TOWN  TALK 


November  30,  1912 


inerstcin  forces.  Sincf  that  time  Mmc.  Gcrville- 
Reache  has  devoted  most  of  her  time  to  concert 
work  and  has  prepared  a  repertoire  of  works  that 
will  interest  every  music  lover.  Her  programs 
are  replete  with  novelties  and  unhackneyed  gems. 
Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  will  witness  Gerville- 
Reachc's  first  concert  this  Sunday  afternoon. 
Novelties  by  Bruneau,  Massenet  and  others  will 
be  given,  and  songs  in  German.  French,  English 
and  Italian  will  be  included.  The  second  con- 
cert with  an  entire  change  of  program  will  be 


ADRIK.NNE  .VLGARDK 
'l  ilt-  fa\uiitc  English  comedienne  who  will  appear  next 
week  at  the  (iri)heum. 

given  Sunday  afternoon,  December  8.  Ne.xt  Tues- 
day night  Mme.  Gerville-Reachc  will  sing  for  the 
St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society. 


Maud  Powell 

In  tlie  midst  of  tile  many  announcements  for 
piano  and  song  recitals  it  will  be  a  welcome 
change  to  hear  a  violin  concert,  especially  by  an 
artist  like  our  own  American  woman  Maud  Powell. 
In  Europe  as  well  as  in  this  country,  when  one 
speaks  of  the  greatest  living  virtuosi,  the  name  of 
Maud  Powell  is  mentioned  witii  Elman,  Ysaye. 
Zimbalist,  Marteau  and  the  other  masters.  Green- 
baum  announces  concerts  by  Maud  Powell  on 
Thursday  night,  December  12,  and  Saturday  and 
Sunday  afternoons,   December   14  and  IS. 


The  Return  of  Esther  Mundell 

Esther  Mundell  who  used  to  teach  in  many 
of  our  best  families  and  who  is  an  accomplished 
pianist,  a  splendid  theorist  and  excellent  musician 
besides  being  a  singer  with  a  voice  of  unusual 
beauty,  has  returned  after  four  years  abroad.  She 
appeared  in  concert  in  France  and  England  and 


devoted  much  time  to  her  vocal  studies  under  the 
direction  of  Jean  De  Reszke.  Miss  Mundell  has 
decided  to  devote  her  career  to  the  vocal  side  of 
her  art.  and  announces  a  most  interesting  recital 
at  the  St.  Francis  on  Wednesday  night,  December 
4.  when  she  will  sing  songs  and  arias  in  four 
languages  and  will  be  assisted  by  that  excellent 
pianist  Uda  Waldrop.  Tickets  for  Miss  Mun- 
dell's  concert  may  be  secured  at  Sherman  Clay 
and  Co.'s  and  at  the  St.  Francis  news  stand. 


A  Master  Pianist  Coming 

'{"here  arc  fifteen  piano  virtuosi  touring  in 
America  this  season.  All  have  been  ofifered  to 
Manager  Will  Greenbaum  before  any  one  else. 
Out  of  the  list  he  has  selected  four,  each  an  artist 
of  a  diflferent  type.  Thus  far  we  have  heard  Ru- 
dolf Ganz  and  Yolanda  Mcro.  A  wonderful  pian- 
st  will  appear  here  under  Greenbaum's  direction 
in  January.    The  artist  is  Leopold  Godowsky,  and 


he  holds  the  position  of  head  master  at  the  master 
school  of  pianists  in  the  Royal  Conservatory  of 
Vienna.  He  is  said  to  do  things  on  the  piano 
that  seem  impossible  to  the  average  virtuoso, 
(iodowsky  will  play  at  the  Columbia. 


"The  Quaker  Girl"  at  the  Columbia 

The  story  of  "The  Quaker  Girl"  which  comes 
to  the  Columbia  next  Monday  evening,  Decem- 
ber 2,  for  an  engagement  of  two  weeks,  with 
matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday,  is  built 
around  a  Quaker  girl  who,  when  cast  off  by  her 
own  people,  joins  an  exiled  Bonapartist  princess 
and  goes  to  Paris  where  she  secures  a  position  as 
a  model  in  a  dressmaker's  establishment  and  in- 
cidentally learns  many  things  about  the  world 
from  which  she  has  been  so  rigorously  shielded. 
In  the  dressmaking  salon  in  the  second  act  there 
is  a  delightful  exhibition  of  modish  feminine  at- 
tire.   In  the  last  act,  also,  there  is  a  gorgeous 


dress  display.  It  represents  a  grand  ball  and  the 
gowns  are  as  elaborate  as  such  a  function  re- 
(juires.  The  array  of  beautiful  women  dressed  in 
wonderful  gowns  and  flashing  jewels  is  a  sight 
seldi^m  offered  on  the  stage  and  is  one  of  the 
great  features  of  this  production.  The  music  is 
simple  and  melodic  and  the  lyrics  are  of  the 
catchy  sort.  The  great  waltz  song  "Come  to  the 
liall"  which  has  become  so  popular  is  one  of  the 
big  hits.  There  are  twenty  new  and  beautiful 
sf)ngs.  Victor  Morley  and  Natalie  Alt  head  the 
company  of  one  hundred.  An  orchestra  of 
twenty-eight  will  be  heard. 


The  Garden  of  Allah  at  Pantages 

Among  the  most  impressive  announcements  of 
the  season  is  that  made  by  the  management  of 
I'aiitages  that  the  wonderful  pictures  of  the  Gar- 
den of  Allah  will  be  shown  for  the  week  start- 


ing Sunday,  December  1.  The  pictures  are  guar- 
anteed to  be  exclusive  and  first  run.  They  are 
genuine  pictures  of  the  original  Garden  of  Allah 
and  the  makers  traveled  10,000  miles  to  the 
desert  of  Sahara  to  secure  them.  J.  P.  Read  se- 
cured the  permission  and  co-operation  of  the 
I.iebler  Co.  to  go  to  the  desert  of  Sahara  in 
.\frica  where  the  real  Garden  of  Allah  is  located, 
to  secure  in  motion  pictures  the  original  scenes 
and  native  characters  around  which  the  play  and 
book  were  written.  The  result  was  that  Mr. 
Read  secured  over  sixty  scenes  many  of  which 
it  was  impossible  to  produce  in  the  play.  The 
pictures  show  the  Torture  Dance  of  the  Howling 
Dervishes,  the  Snake  Biting  Dervish  charmer, 
the  Soudanese  Triumph  dance,  the  dance  of  the 
Ould  Nails,  etc.  Menio  Moore's  "Stage  Door 
Johnnies"  with  dainty  little  Trix  Oliver  is  the 
headline  act.  It  is  a  bit  of  song,  dance,  laugh 
and    revel.    Special    scenery,    electrical  cflFects. 


November  30,  1912 


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19 


some  gorgeous  wardrobe  and  many  catchy  musi- 
cal numbers  are  interpolated.  The  Maybelle 
Fonda  Troupe  of  young  men  and  women  jugglers; 
the  Arlington  Four,  singing  and  dancing  mes- 
senger boys:  Howard's  Bears  and  Dogs;  A! 
Carlton,  the  "Skinny  Guy,"  well  known  here  for 
his  fun,  are  the  other  acts  that  go  to  make  up 
the  bill. 


AMUSEMENTS 


"The  Witching  Hour"  at  the  Alcazar 

"The  Witching  Hour"  in  which  Orrin  Johnson 
and  Marguerite  Leslie  will  op  n  the  second  week 
of  their  season  at  the  Alcazar  next  Monday  eve- 
ning, was  written  by  Augustus  Thomas,  and  by 
many  competent  critics  it  has  been  pronounced 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  plays  launched  this 
century.  No  other  American  dramatic  work  pro- 
duced during  that  period  has  equalled  it  in  en- 
during magnetism.  For  four  years  it  served  John 
Mason  as  a  starring  medium,  being  presented  by 
him  more  than  once  in  every  city  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada  east  of  the  Rockies,  and  since 
its  release  for  stock  company  use  the  competition 
to  obtain  it  has  been  so  keen  as  to  raise  its  rental 
to  an  almost  prohibitive  figure.  If  the  Alcazar 
were  not  equipped  with  two  stars  who  are  in 
themselves  a  mighty  attraction  tlie  management 
might  have  hesitated  to  pay  the  royalty  demanded 
for  "The  Witching  Hour,"  but  with  such  pkiyers 
ill  such  a  play  there  is  double  assurance  of  a 
profitable  week.  Mental  telepathy  is  the  theme 
of  "The  Witching  Houh,"  and  its  exposition  is 
reflective  of  the  rare  stagecraft  and  fine  knowl- 
edge of  public  taste  for  which  Augustus  Thomas 
is  famous. 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week    Commencing    Sunday,    December  1st 

Exclusive    First    Run    Motion    Pictures  of 
New  York's  Memorable  Success" 
"THE  GARDEN   OF  ALLAH" 
Menlo   Moore's   Spectacular  Extravaganza 
"STAGE   DOOR  JOHNNIES" 
In    a    ISit   of   Song,    Dance,    Laugh   and    Revel    Set   to  the 
"Clink,"  the  "Pop"  and  the  "Honk  Honk"  of 
Midnight  Life. 
7— BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS— 7 

.Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6:30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


CORX 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


To  Lecture  for  Charity 

Burr  Mcintosh  has  organized  "The  Sunshine 
and  Flower  League"  for  the  laudable  purpose  of 
supplying  flowers  to  the  poor  inmates  of  all  the 
hospitals  of  California.  To  give  the  society  a 
good  start  he  is  contributing  a  benefit  which  will 
take  place  this  Saturday  evening  at  the  St. 
(Continued  on   Page  23.) 


Last   Time  Tonight — ".\    ijutterfly   on   the  Wheel." 
BEGINNING  TOMORROW  (SUNDAY)  NIGHT 
One  Week  Only — Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
The  (Jueen   of  Beauty 

VALESKA  SURATT 

In   the   New    'i'ork   Casino   Melody  Masterpiece 

"THE  KISS  WALTZ" 

Prices — 50c    to    $2.     Wednesday    Matinee,  $1.50. 
Commencing  Sunday,   December  8th — "A  Modern  ICve." 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 

BEGINNING  MONDAY  NIGHT,  DECEMBER  2nd 
Engagement  of  Two  Weeks  with 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAYS  AND  SATURDAYS 
The    Henry    B.    Harris    Estate  Present 
The  Musical  Triumph  of  Three  Continents 

"THE  QUAKER  GIRL" 

With  VICTOR  MORLEY  and  a  Company  of  100 
Orchestra  of  28. 

Prices :    Evenings    and    Saturday    Matinees.    $2   to  25c 
Wednesday  Matinee,  $1.50  to  25c. 


MME. 

GERVILLE  REACHE 

CONTRALTO  EXTRAORDINARY! 
Two   Exceptional   Programs  at 

SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

THIS  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  DECEMBER  1st  at  2:30 
and 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  DECEMBER  8th,  at  2:30 
Tickets,  $1.00,  $1.50  and  $2.00,  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's 
and  Kohler  and  Chase's.    Sunday  at  Hall. 

Steinway  Piano  Used 
Coming  MAUD  POWELL,  Violinist. 


^^SAN  FRANCISCO  m 

Orchestra 

HenryHadley-Conductor 

FOURTH  POPULAR  CONCERT 

CORT  THEATRE 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  DECEMBER  1.  at  3:15 
Soloist— TINA  LERNER,  Pianist. 

Program   includes   Mendelssohn,    Overture,    "Ruy  Bias"; 
Grieg,  "Heart  Wounds"  and  "Last  Spring";  Tschaikowsky 
Concerto  for  Piano  and   Orchestra;   Liszt,   "Liehestraum" ; 
Richard  Strauss,  Tone   I'oem,   "Death  and  Transfiguration." 
Prices -,Vtc  to  $1.00. 


/^M^       «       ^  Safest    and  Most 

VSmsvvcaxswv  ":::t: 

0"f  ^RRtVV  Bti  STOCWTOU  £r  PQNNtVV  America 

Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

M.VRION  LITTLKI-TELD'S  FLORENTINE  SINGERS: 
ADUIKNNE  .M'G.VKDE  and  her  Company  in  Mrs.  Richard 
Bnrtc.n's  one  act  comedy  ".\  Matter  of  Duty";  ED  MOR- 
TO.X.  the  Comedian  who  sings;  FLYING  MARTINS  Sen- 
sational Wizards  of  the  Air;  H.ARRY  GILFOIL  as 
"l!.\RON  S.\NUS";  GEORGE  FELIX  and  the  !!.\RRV 
GIRLS  in  "The  Boy  Next  Door";  AL  RAYNf)'S  PFK- 
KdRMING  BULL  DOGS;  NEW  DAYLIGHT  MOTION 
PICTURES.  La.st  Week— Tremendous  Hit  of  ETHEL 
GKICEN,   Vaudeville's   Daintiest  Comedienne. 

Evening   Prices,    10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00. 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C1570 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Karrell.  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Monday  Evening.  Decemhcr  5th.  and  Throughout  the  Week 
ORRIN  JOHNSON  and   MARGUERITE  LESLIE 

Leading  the  Alcazar  Company  in 
.\ugustns  Thomas'   ^Iost  .Successful  I'lay 

"THE  WITCHING  HOUR" 

I'liccs:  Night,  25c  to  $1;  Matinees:  25c  to  SOc. 
Matinees:    Thursday,    Saturday    and  Sunday 

ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

SATURDAY  NOV.  30TH 

(COLONIAL  HALL)  8:30  O'CLOCK 

BURR  McINTOSH  and  his  plain  talk 

On  the 

"WONDERS  AND   BEAUTIES  OF 

CALIFORNIA"  ^cTotZ"- 

I'OR  TtlE  n F.N K FIT  Ol' 

"Sunshine  and  Flower  League" 

Orchestra,   $1.50.     I'.oxcs,   $10,   $12.  $15,  $20. 
Stcurahlc  at   News   Stand   of  Hotel   r)r  hy  Mail. 


STAGE  DOOR  JOHNNIES 
Who    will    appear   at   the    Pantages    commencing  next 
Sunday  afternoon,  Decemher  1st. 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


20 


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November  30,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — Traders  who  could  foresee  the  swings, 
made  money  in  tlic  stock  market  last  week. 
I'luctuations  were  wide  enough  to  give  spec- 
ulators plenty  of  action,  yet  in  the  end  the  net 
gains  and  losses  in  the  better  class  of  securities 
were  not  great.  As  was  anticipated  by  good 
judges  of  conditions,  the  stock  market  is  now  wit- 
nessing a  periodical  weeding  out  of  the  goats 
from  the  sheep.  Those  issues  which  have  been 
the  subject  of  pool  manipulation  on  one  side  and 
blind  buying  on  tips  by  the  public  on  the  other, 
arc  breaking  away  from  the  general  list.  This 
painful  process  of  elimination  has  to  come  once 
in  a  while,  and  it  seems  to  be  going  on  now  in 
an  orderly  fashion  that  causes  no  real  disturb- 
ance or  anxiety.  In  fact,  it  is  welcomed  by  the 
more  conservative  brokers  who  always  wish  their 
clients  to  stick  to  issues  of  corporations  of  true 
standing  which  publish  full  information  of  their 
earnings  and  tinances  for  the  benefit  of  share- 
Iidlders  and  investors.  In  addition  to  this  the 
week  has  seen  industrial  securities  depressed  by 
fears  regarding  tariflF  revision.  Wall  Street  did 
not  respond  freely  to  the  decided  improvement  in 
most  European  financial  centers.  The  N'ew  York 
stock  market  has  been  less  buoyant  than  foreign 
exchanges,  though  Europe  has  turned  buyer  of 
.\mcrican  securities  on  a  large  scale,  showing  lit- 
tle fear  of  tariflf  changes  and  perfect  assurance 
that  our  railroads  will  profit  greatly  from  the 
splendid  crops  that  have  been  harvested.  Gen- 
eral trade  reports  showed  still  further  improve- 
ment. Sales  of  iron  and  steel  products  broke 
records  and  prices  continued  to  show  a  rising 
tendency.  Grain  markets  softened  under  pres- 
sure of  heavy  oflferings,  but  prices  are  still  good 
for  such  large  crops  and  the  declines  should  les- 
sen the  high  cost  of  living. 

Wheat — The  most  demoralized  market  in  the 
country  today  is  that  of  wheat.  It  is  now  34  cents 
below  the  high  point  in  May;  10  cents  lower  than 
at  the  same  time  a  year  ago;  while  Minneapolis 
(|Uotations  are  23  cents  per  bushel  lower  than 
those  of  last  year.  .Xt  the  prevailing  prices  in 
the  markets  of  the  northwest  and  southwest  the 
producer  in  large  areas  of  the  western  sections 
of  the  country,  after  paying  transportation 
charges,  finds  that  his  wheat  nets  him  from  55 
to  65  cents  per  bushel,  .^s  labor  is  scarce  and 
liigh  and  the  cost  of  production  has  greatly  in- 
creased in  the  last  few  years,  the  farmer  is  try- 
ing to  figure  out  what  the  basis  is  for  all  the 
prosperity  talk  about  which  so  much  is  said. 
Besides  the  producer,  there  are  people  in  other 
occupations  who  are  puzzled  in  reconciling  the 
inconsistencies  in  economic  conditions,  especially 
those  that  pertain  to  the  wheat  market.  It  is 
observed  that  while  values  of  wheat  here  are  sink- 
ing, prices  at  Liverpool  and  .'\ntwerp  are  main- 


tained at  a  remarkable  high  parity  of  23  to  27 
cents  above  those  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
while  Paris  quotations  are  around  166  cents  per 
bushel  which,  exclusive  of  the  import  duty  of 
36}/^  cents,  is  $1.25  cents  per  bushel  or  35  cents 
above  Chicago,  39  cents  above  Minneapolis  and 
40  cents  above  Kansas  City.  Another  peculiarity 
is  that  prices  in  Europe  seem  more  disposed  to 
advance  than  to  decline.  The  foreign  trade  ap- 
pears apprehensive  about  insufficient  supplies  for 
its  future  requirements,  while  the  American  trade 
is  hysterical  in  its  belief  in  such  an  overabund- 
ance that  values  of  wheat  must  recede  to  a  far 
lower  level  when  already  they  are  below  the  cost 
of  production. 

Corn  like  wheat  has  a  severe  attack  of  bearish 
sentiment,  but  there  is  some  excuse  for  it,  be- 
ca'use  it  is  conceded  that  a  big  crop  lias  been 
raised,  and  that  the  movement  from  the  farms 
to  the  market  centers  throughout  the  months  of 
December  and  January  is  usually  much  in  excess 
of  the  consumptive  demand.  .  But  it  must  also 
be  remembered  that  corn  already  has  declined  40 
cents  per  bushel,  and  that  for  several  months 
during  this  year,  and  until  recently,  the  consump- 
tive demand  absorbed  all  the  receipts  and  reduced 
the  old  stock  to  the  vanishing  point  at  prices 
30  to  40  cents  above  present  values.  It  was  a 
wise  observation  that  one  of  the  well  known  crop 
experts  made  a  few  days  ago  when  he  said  that 
farmers  were  laying  aside  a  great  deal  of  corn  to 
guard  against  the  possibility  of  crop  failure  such 
as  occurred  in  corn,  hay  and  oats  in  1911.  As 
present  prices  are  satisfactory  to  the  consumer 
of  corn  at  home  and  abroad  and  unsatisfactory 
to  the  producer  it  would  appear  to  furnish  a  good 
opportunity  for  an  investor. 

Cotton — There  was  the  resumption  of  extensive 
buying  at  the  start  of  the  week  and  it  was  kept 
up  to  the  close  with  very  few  reactions,  the 
close  showing  the  highest  prices  so  far  on  this 
upward  swing.  The  weather  remains  favorable  in 
all  parts  of  the  belt  with  very  little  or  no  rain. 
Weekly  trade  advices  for  the  United  States  re- 
mained favorable  in  all  lines  of  business,  although 
the  export  demand  for  cotton  goods  is  said  to  be 
tjuieter.  Ocean  freight  rates  have  been  easier  by 
three  points  to  Liverpool,  denoting  a  less  urgent 
demand  for  forward  shipments  to  Europe.  Ac- 
cording to  the  Census  Bureau  report  the  amount 
of  cotton  ginned  for  the  period  up  to  November 
14  was  10.294.000  bales  against  11.313.000  bales 
last  year.  These  are  pretty  full  figures  and 
would  indicate  that  the  crop  is  larger  than  earlj' 
estimates  would  indicate.  But  traders  are  work- 
ing on  the  idea  of  a  record  consumption  of 
.American  cotton  by  the  world  tins  season  and  for 
that  reason  the  larger  crop  ideas  have  had  little 
or  no  influence  as  yet.    The  movement  to  market 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12,281,957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  \Vm. 
Haas,  F.  \V.  Van  Sicklcn,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Ilerrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits,  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1,639,482.36 

Deposits    6,368,228  50 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meycrstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    \V.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Roardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Ciavin  McNab 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstcin       Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  ('■.  H.  Cmbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated   1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA   ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only: 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572   MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH.  S.  W.  Corner 
CLEMENT  and  7th  AVE. 

HAIGHT   STREET   BRANCH.   S.   W.  Corner 
HAIGHT   and  BELVEDERE 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 
Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m,  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 


R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 


Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 


E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
New   York,   31-33-35   New  Street 


November  30,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


cimtinucs  on  a  vcvy  licavy  scale  and  pin  t  irccipls 
for  the  week  were  71*^,(H)().  Sentinunit  eiinlnnies 
verj-  l)iillisli  and  predictions  are  freely  niadi-  of 
IS  cents  cotton  before  the  lirst  of  llu-  year,  but 
it  looks  as  if  the  trade  were  overdoing  the  ad- 
vance the  same  as  they  did  the  decline  down  to 
around  1050  and  a  good  setback  should  l)c  in 
order  from  this  level.  However  we  feel  friendly 
to  the  market,  believe  that  the  money  is  on  the 
long  side  and  would  take  advantage  of  any  fair 
reaction  to  buy  cotton  for  an  investment. 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

"No,  I  don't  think  I  was  treated  merely  as  a 
woman,"  said  Miss  JoUifife  in  answer  to  a  ques- 
tion. "I  was  always  careful  to  address  myself 
principally  to  the  women  in  an  audience,  so  that 
the  men  might  not  think  that  a  woman  was  trying 
to  enlighten  them.  The  hardest  test  was  at  the 
Union  Iron  Works  where  I  made  my  only  mid- 
day open  air  speech.  Rudolph  Spreckels  was  with 
me,  and  after  the  meeting  one  of  the  workingmen 
who  didn't  know  that  Mr.  Spreckels  was  my 
brother-in-law  said  to  him: 

"  'Why  in  blazes  did  they  send  that  man  to 
speak  over  here?  But  gee!  did  you  hear  that 
little  woman!'" 

"Tell  me  the  compliment  ■  you  liked  lu  st?"  I 
begged. 

Miss  Jolliffe's  lips  moved,  but  she  changed  her 
mind. 

"Out  with  it!"  T  insisted. 

"Well,"  Miss  JollifTe  confessed  laughing,  "the 
chairman  at  Sacramento  said  I  was  the  only  real 
woman  speaker  he  had  ever  heard." 

"Have  you  had  enough  of  it?"  I  asked. 

"I  don't  think  so,"  replied  Miss  JollifTe.  "It 
gets  harder  every  time,  and  there  is  nearly  al- 
ways a  sense  of  inadequacy  when  you  sit  down. 
But  it  has  a  charm  which  grows.  You  feel  that 
you're  doing  something  worth  while." 

"So  you'll  try  it  again?" 

The  relative  of  James  Clarence  Mangan  and  old 
Tlionias  Jolliffe  of  Stratford  considered. 

"Well,  1  should  like  to  go  on  the  stump  a.gainst 
ihe  .Munici])al  Opera  House." 


CROCKER  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

All  it  will  cost  you  is  $4.00  per  year  and  you  have 
the  assurance  that  your  valuable  papers,  etc.,  are  safe. 
In  a  Safe  Deposit  box  in  the 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  pi;r.'„'dMark';"su. 

John  F.  Cunningham,  Manaser 


An  Albanian  Night 

(Continued  frum   I'agc  S.) 

summer  to  prevent  them  joining  in  the  revolt. 

During  the  night,  a  rekindled  stick  upon  the 
hearth  sometimes  lit  up  the  interior  of  the  long, 
low  roof,  and  revealed  the  sleeping  forms  upon 
the  ground.  Outside,  the  rain  fell  in  torrents, 
and  the  wind  howled  like  a  stage  storm  in  "King 
Lear."  At  half-past  four  the  women  began  to 
stir,  softly  making  up  the  lire  and  clearing  away 
the  bracken.  At  the  first  light  I  went  out  into 
the  thin  grey  air.  The  rain  had  stopped,  l)ut  a 
bitter  wind  raged  down  the  vallej'.  where  in  win- 
ter the  sun  appears  only  for  one  hour  a  day. 
Looking  up  at  the  highest  peaks,  I  saw  they  were 
already  turning  white  under  a  transparent  mist 
of  snow. 

Who  will  help  to  keep  these  people  alive  dur- 
ing the  winter?  It  is  a  strange  race  to  have  sur- 
vived into  days  like  ours — a  people  ignorant  of 
all  learning,  but  eager  to  learn;  child-like  in  their 
conceptions  of  politics  and  war;  incapable  of  com- 
bination, but  proud  of  their  blood,  rigorous  in 
their  code  of  lionor,  and  clinging  like  wolves  to 
their  ancestral  rights  and  ancestral  religion.  They 
are  suflFering  now,  and  the  suffering  will  increase 
every  week. 

ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAtJSE  WHY  ORDER  OF  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

III  the  Superior  Court  of  the  .State  of  California,  in  anil 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  1J,489; 
Department    No.  10. 

Ill  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  GIOVANNI  PODESTA, 
also  known  as  CIOVANNINI  PODESTA,  and  as  C. 
I'ODESTA,  Deceased. 

.\delina  I'odesta,  administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Giovanni 
I'odesta,  also  known  as  Giovannini  Podesta,  ?nd  as  C. 
I'odesta,  deceased,  having  this  day  filed  herein  her  verified 
pttition  for  an  order  of  sale  of  a  portion  of  the  real  estate 
of   said   decedent   for  the  purposes  therein   set  forth; 

.\nd  it  appearing  therefrom  that  it  is  necessary,  and  also 
that  it  would  be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  inter- 
ests of  said  estate,  and  of  those  interested  therein  to  sell 
the  said  portion  of  said  real  estate; 

IT  IS  ORDERED  that  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  decedent  appear  before  this  Court,  Depart- 
ment Xo.  10  'hereof,  at  its  courtroom  in  the  New  City 
1 1  all,  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Market  Street,  between 
liighth  and  Ninth  Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
l'"raiicisco.  State  of  California,  on  Monday,  the  30th  day 
of  December,  1912,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said 
day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why 
an  order  shoidd  not  be  granted  to  said  administratrix  for 
the  sale  of  the  said  portion  of  said  real  estate; 

IT  IS  FI  KTIIICR  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  at  least  once  a  week,  for  four  (4)  suc- 
cessive weeks,  in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  of  general  cir- 
culation printed  and  published  in  said  City  anil  County 
of  San  Francisco. 

Dated,    .November    27,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Suncrior  (^ourt. 
.\.   P.  DESSOCSLAVY  and  I'.  A.  liERGEROT. 
,\ttys.    for  Administratrix, 

110  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  11 -.10-5 


The  Gentle  Cynic 

It  isn't  because  they  are  helpless  that  some 
people  never  help  others. 

When  you  treat  a  man  like  a  dog  you  can't 
blame  him  for  growling  about  it. 

A  man  never  realizes  how  many  friends  he 
hasn't  till  he  needs  a  few. 

One  man's  point  of  view  is  as  good  as  an- 
other's, until  you  try  to  sit  on  it. 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


H  * 


Paid-Up  Capital  

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  . 

Total  Resources   

OFFICERS 
HERBERT  FLEISHIIACKER 
SIG  GREENEKAUM  Chai 
WASHINGTON  DODGE 
JOS.  FRIEDLANDER 
C.  F.  HUNT 
R.  ALTSCHUL 
C.  R.  PARKER 
WM.  H.  HIGH 
H.  CHOYNSKI 
G.   R.  BURDICK 
A.  L.  LANGERMAN 


.$  4.000,000 
.$  1,600,000 
.$40,000,000 


President 
irman  of  the  Board 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Vice-President 
Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Assistant  Cashier 
Secretary 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

I  ill'  (iarret  iMcEncrneys  have  relumed  from 
lluir  annual  sojourn  at  Nauheim.  This  year  they 
spent  three  months  at  the  delightful  old  German 
resort,  returning  home  via  Paris  and  London 
where  they  have  many  friends  by  whom  they  were 
entertained  during  their  stay. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  F.  Thompson  of  Ottawa,  On- 
tario, are  registered  at  Hotel  del  Coronado.  Mrs. 
A.  M.  Joy  of  Boston  and  Mrs.  F.  Thurber  Seal 
of  New  York  are  guests  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
Ollcsheimer  of  Berlin  arc  there  for  the  winter. 
Mr.  F.  R.  Benjamin  of  New  York  is  spending 
some  time.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Collins  and  Mrs.  J. 
lladley  Doyle  of  Washington,  D.  C,  are  enjoy- 
ing themselves.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  N.  McPhillip  of 
Vancouver  and  Mrs.  H.  MacKenzie  of  Victoria 
are  visiting  Southern  California  and  making  head- 
<iuarters  at  Coronado.  F.  H.  Seeley  of  Kansas 
City  is  visiting  there.  Visitors  from  afar  include: 
-Mrs.  Clarence  Thomas,  London,  and  Chas.  .\. 
Brown  and  Mrs.  Susan  J.  Stone  of  Honolulu. 
II.  H.  Sands  and  Eric  Roland  of  New  York  are 
registered.  Mrs.  W.  E.  Rhodcr,  Mrs.  John  Dupee, 
11.  A.  Seller  and  R.  S.  Ilotz  are  from  Chicago. 
Los  Angelenos  include:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  J.  Hud- 
son, Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  J.  Wheeler,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Roy  Masten,  Mrs.  Geo.  E.  Burnall,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
\V.  H.  Wise,  John  G.  Graves,  W.  T.  F.  Donald, 
.Miss  Clara  Germain,  W.  H.  Bcntley,  Worthington 
(iates,  Harrison  Albright. 

Joseph  Beringer,  pianist  and  director  of  the 
well  known  Beringer  Conservatory  of  .Music  in 
this  city,  will  be  in  Santa  Rosa  next  Thursday, 
December  5,  to  conduct  the  semi-annual  examina- 
tion of  the  music  students  at  the  Ursuline  Col- 
lege. Professor  Beringer  will  precede  the  exam- 
ination with  a  lecture  on  "Piano  Composition  for 
I'Our  Hands." 

.\mong  the  many  guests  at  Paso  Robles  just 
now  one  of  the  most  attractive  f)ersonalities  is 
tile  charming  coloratura  soprano,  Madame  Bcr- 
nice  de  Pasquali.  The  Signor  de  Pasquali  will 
s(".n  join  her,  and  after  some  weeks  of  rest  and 
baths  at  the  famous  springs,  will  escort  her  to 
San  F-rancisco  where  she  has  engagements. 
With  Madame  de  Pasquali  are  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  (i. 
VV.  McCaslin,  New  York  friends.  The  parly  ar- 
rived at  Paso  Robles  from  the  East  by  train,  and 
.Mr.  McCaslin's  automobile  is  now  en  route  by 
freight.  The  clientele  of  the  springs  includes  a 
very  large  number  of  people  from  our  Northwest 
and  the  Canadian  provinces.  The  arri\;ils  ;ire 
unusually  early  and  indications  arc  that  an  in- 
creased number  will  enjoy  the  baths  and  the  sun- 
shine this  winter.  Among  those  already  settled 
may  be  mentioned  Mr.  G.  Clazy  with  Mrs.  Clazy, 
prominent  society  people  of  Vancouver,  accom- 
I)anied  by  Miss  Allen.  Mr.  C.  A.  Stoess,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  note,  also  from  Vancouver;  Mr.  ]■'. 
.M.  Jordan  and  wife  of  Seattle. 


■'He's  a  financial  genius.  Split  a  cup  of  coffee 
over  a  fellow's  light-colored  trousers — " 

••.\nd  got  out  of  paying  for  the  trousers,  eh?" 

"Why,  he  talked  the  other  fellow  into  paying 
loi-  ihe  coffee!" 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


November  30,  1912 


CERTIFICATE     OF     NAME     OF     PERSON  DOING 
BUSINESS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME— No.  1073 

I.  tlif  undersigiu'd,  luriby  cirlify  lli.il  my  full  iiami;  is 
I:L,MIKF,  RUFKIF-UX,  and  that  llie  place  o{  my  residence 
is  at  Hotel  Manx,  Northwest  corner  of  I'owell  and  O'Farrell 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California;  and  that  I  am  transacting  a  French  Confection- 
ery business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  under  the  name  and  style  of  L.  RUFFIEUX; 

That  the  principal  place  of  my  said  business  is  at  No. 
211  I'owell  Street,  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that  I  will  continue  to  transact  such  business 
therein,  under  said  name  and  style; 

That  there  is  no  other  person  interested  with  me  in  said 
business,  and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

Dated,  this  30th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

ELMIKE  RUFFIEUX. 

State  of  California, 
City  and  County  of  San  I~rancisco — ss. 

On  this  30th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  One  Thousand 
Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  me.  J.KMES  M.  STIR- 
LING, a  Notary  I'ublic  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  ELMIRE  RUFFIEUX, 
known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to 
the  within  instrument,  and  she  duly  acknowledged  to  me 
that  she  executed  the  same. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  my  (Jliicial  Seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  cer- 
tificate tirst  above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JAMES  H.  STIRLING, 

Notary  I'ublic  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
I-'rancisco,  State  of  California.  My  Commission  Ex- 
pires September  11,  1915. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  31,   1912.    H.  I.   Mulcrevy,  Clerk. 
I'.y  W.  R.  Castagnetto.  Deputy  Clerk. 
.\.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  at  Law, 

Vn.  .!33  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-9-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

In   llie   Superior  Court  of  the   State  of   California,   in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco-  -No.  14,294 ; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  CARLO  CASASSA,  De- 
ceased. -J  T 
Notice   is   hereby   given    by   the   undersigned,    David  J. 
Casassa,  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  de- 
ceased, to  the  creditors  of  and  all   persons  having  claims 
against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  neces- 
sary vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication  of   this  notice   to   the   said   administrator,   at  the 
offices  of  his   attorneys.    Dcvoto.   Richardson   and  Devoto, 
Rooms    600-604    Foxcroft    Building,    68    Post    Street,  San 
Francisco,    California,    which    said   offices    the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  deceased. 

DAVID  J.  CASASSA 
.Vdministrator  of  the  Estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  Deceased. 
Dated:  San  Francisco,  November  23,  1912. 
DEVOTO,   RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 
.\ttoi-nevs   tor  .Administrator, 

600-604  Foxcroft  Hldg..  68  Post  St..  S.  F.  11-23-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  JUI.I.\  ( )'C<  I.N.N  FI-L.  sometnm  v  aii<l  also 
known  as  and  called  JULI.V  CONNELL,  Deceased— No. 
13,908;   Department  No.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  executors  of 
the  estate  of  lulia  O'Connell.  sometimes  and  also  known 
as  and  called  Julia  Connell,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  executors  at  the  office  of  their  attorney.  John  J. 
liarrett,  Room  1255  Flood  Huilding.  San  Francisco.  Cali- 
fornia, which  said  office  the  undersigned  select  as  the  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Julia  O'Connell.  sometimes  and  also  known  as  and  called 
"inlia   Connell,  deceased. 

JAMES  MADDEN, 
JOSEPH  MADDEN. 
Executors  of  the  Estate  of  Julia  O'Connell,  sometimes  and 
also  known   as  and  called  Julia  Connell,  Deceased. 
Dated.  .San   Francisco.  California,  November  30,  1912. 
IDIIN   T.   D.VRRETT,  Attorney  for  Executors, 

1255  Flood  Rldg..  San  Francisco.  Cal.  11-30-5 

ORPKR  GETTING  TIME  AND  PLACE  FOR  HEARING 

PETITION  FOR  ORDER  DIRECTING  EXECUTRIX 

TO   MAKE  CONVEYANCE 
III  the  Superior  Court  of  the  .State  of  California,  in  and  for 

the   City   and   County   of   San    Francisco — No.  10,645: 

Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANaA  M.  HUTCIII.N- 
SO.N.  Deceased. 

LILLIAN  H.  P.  SURRVIINE,  executrix  of  the  last  will 
of  .\nna  M.  Hutchinson,  deceased,  having  filed  herein  her 
verifierl  tietition  praying  for  a  decree  of  this  court  authorizing 
anil  directing  her,  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  of  said 
deceased,  to  convey  and  transfer  certain  real  property,  in 
said  petition  and  hereinafter  described,  to  E.  J.  Rinckel ;  and 
it  a|)])earing  from  saiti  petition  that  the  said  .\nna  M. 
Hutchinson  was,  during  her  lifetime,  bound  by  a  contract 
in  writing  to  convey  said  real  estate  as  in  said  petition  set 
forth: 

IT  IS  lUvREIiV  ORDERED  that  Monday,  the  thirtieth 
day  of  December,  1912.  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  upon  said  day, 
and  the  courtroom  of  the  above  entitled  court,  department 
10  thereof,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  fixed  as  the  time 
and  place  for  the  hearing  of  said  petition. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  hearing  said  petition  be  given  by  publication 
of  a  copy  of  this  order  for  at  least  four  (4)  successive 
weeks  before  saiil  day  of  hearing,  in  Town  Talk,  a  news- 
Iiaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco. 

The  real  property  hereinabove  and  in  said  petition  re- 
ferred to  is  describetl  as  follows  : 

All  that  certain  real  property  in  the  City  of  Oakland, 
County  of  -Mameda,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

Lot  number  nine  (9),  as  laid  down  and  delineated  on  n 
certain  may  entitled,  "Map  of  Robley  Terrace,  Oakland, 
California.  June,  1908,  F.  C.  Turner,  City  Engineer,"  filed 
Julv  23rd.  1908.  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of 
said  Alameda  County. 

Dated.  November  26th,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM.  Judge. 
THOMAS  E.  HAVEN,  Atty.  at  Law, 

Monadnock  Bldg.,  Rooms  941-943,  San  Francisco.  11-30-5 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  FOR  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  GRANTED 

III  tlie  Superior  Court  of  (he  State  of  California,  in  anil  fiT 
the    Citv    antl    County    of    San    Francisco — (Probate); 
No.   10,980;   Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANTHONY  DORRITY, 
Deceased. 

W.  J.  PALETHORPE,  the  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Anthony  Dorrity,  Deceased,  having  filed  herein  his  veri- 
fied petition  for  order  of  sale  of  real  property,  and  it  appear- 
ing therefrom  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Court  tliat  a  sale 
of  the  real  estate  described  in  said  petition  is  necessary  and 
for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  interests  of  the  estate 
and  those   interested  therein, 

IT  IS  ORDERED:  That  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  deceased  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
appear  before  the  .Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
at  the  Courtroom  of  Department  No.  10,  thereof,  in  the 
City  Hall  Building  on  Market  Street  between  Eighth  and 
Ninth  Streets,  San  Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday, 
the  4th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 
of  said  day,  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  an  order 
should  not  be  granted  to  said  administrator  for  the  sale 
of  the  whole  of  the  real  estate  of  the  Estate  of  said  <le- 
ceased  ;  and 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED:  That  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  once  a  week  for  four  (4)  successive  weeks 
in   Town   Talk,   a  newspaper   printed   and   published   in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
Dated:  October  29,  A.  D.  1912. 

THOMAS  F.  GRAHAM. 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 
Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  30,   1912.    H.   I.  Mulcrevy.  Clerk. 
r>y    E.    B.   Gilson,    Deputy  Clerk. 
COOPER.  GRAY  X  COOPER,  Attvs.  at  Law, 

Mills  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-2-5 

SUMMONS   TO    ESTABLISH  TITLE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  tn  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — .Action  No. 
32,803. 

PETER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
.\ny  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
iierein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  sai<l  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feel;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
iudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  pro;)erty  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description  ;  that  plaintifT  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  S.    I.    HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12;h  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintifT:  Names, 
none;   .Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POI.ITZER, 
Attorneys  for  PlaintifT, 

Mills    Bldg.,   San    Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  ami 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  44.453  ; 
Dept.    No.  10. 

ARTHUR  RITTER,  PlaintifT.  vs.  MARY  K.  KITTKR, 
Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  (iretling  to : 
MARY  R.  RITTER,  Defendant. 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  in  an  action  brought 
against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Complaint  filed 
therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of  service) 
after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served  within 
this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within  thirty 
days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and 
decree  of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony 
now  existing  between  plaintifT  and  defendant,  on  the  ground 
of  defendant's  wilful  desertion  of  said  plaintiff  for  niorc 
than  one  year  prior  to  the  commencement  of  said  action ; 
also  for  general  relief,  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the 
Complaint  on  file,  to  which  special  reference  is  hereby  i  lade. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  PlaintifT  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
plaint as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  the  State  of  (California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  this  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk 
F.  J.  CRISP,  Atty.  for  PlaintifT. 

624   Mills  Bldg.,  San   Francisco.  Cal.  9-28-10 


SUMMONS 

III  Ihc  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  f<ir 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  PlaintifT,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
.Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part   Thereof.  Defendants. 

"Ihe  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiining  any  interest  in.  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Cireig,  plaintifT,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  anu  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit : 
PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
.Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ot 
Mariposa  Street  and   point   of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of  I'otrero  Nuevo   Block   Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  .North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

r<eing  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
.'mil  answer,  the  plaintitT  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
lelief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
jutiged  that  the  plaintifT  is  the  owner  of  said  properly  in 
tee  sim,>Ie  absolute ;  that  his  title  to  said  jiroperty  be 
e^i:iblished  and  <|uitted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  it 
ami  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  th< 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
C'Miiingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintifT  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  I4tli 
day  of  October,   A.   D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  11.   I.  PORTER,  Ue.mty  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

'I  he  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
l)i;VOT(J,   RICHARDSON   &  DEVOTO, 

.\ttorneys   for  PlaintifT, 

68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-19-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  45.551; 
Department   No.  3. 

JOHN  FLNDLKY  MILLIKEN,  PlaintifT.  vs.  MYRTLE 
Ml  I. LIKEN,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
U.'itifoniia,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  F'ran- 
ciseo,  and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  sai<l  City  and  County. 

The  I^eople  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
.\n  UTLE   MILLIKEN.  Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  ac- 
ti<ui  brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  PlaintifT  in  the 
Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  ^n  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Com- 
]il;iiiit  filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
sei\ice)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
tliiriy  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree 
of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  exist- 
ing between  iilaintifT  and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  de- 
fendant's willful  desertion  of  plaintifT ;  also  for  general  re- 
liif.  as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to 
wliieli  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
.■iitswer  as  above  required,  the  said  PlaintifT  will  take  judg- 
intnt  for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  ujion  contract,  or  will  a^iply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

GIVEN  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  this  I6th  day  of  November.  A.  D. 
1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MffLCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  T.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
M.  M.  GETZ.  ROBINSON  S:  GETZ, 
,\ttornevs   for  PlaintifT, 

45  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-23-10 


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Francis.  On  tliis  oecnsioii  lie  will  rci)eat  his 
"plain  talk"  on  tiie  wonders  and  lx>anties  of  Cali- 
fornia and  oiir  country.  The  leclurc  has  won 
liigii  encomiums,  not  only  for  its  matter  hut  also 
for  the  four  hundred  marvelous  colored  views 
with  which  it  is  illustrated.  Reserved  seats  may 
he  had  at  the  news  stand  of  the  St.  I-^-ancis. 


Miss  Lerner  and  Arthur  Hadley 

Unless  well  laid  plans  fail  Tina  Lerner,  the  l)ril- 
liant  Russian  pianiste  and  Arthur  Hadley.  the 
talented  brother  of  Conductor  Henry  Hadley, 
will  soon  be  presented  by  Frank  W.  Healy  in  a 
joint  concert  in  the  colonial  ball  room  of  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel.  Arthur  Hadley's  friends  and  ad- 
mirers in  San  Francisco  are  legion,  and  an  an- 
nouncement that  he  is  to  appear  as  soloist  should 
I)e  suflicient  to  crowd  the  col(jnial  hall  roijni. 


The  Fourth  Popular  Concert 

Holders  of  season  tickets  for  the  series  of 
popular  concerts  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra 
are  notilied  tliat  the  fourth  popular  concert  will 
be  given  this  Sunday  afternoon  at  the  Cort  at 
3:15  o'clock.  The  Music  Committee  has  engaged 
Tina  l.enuM-  for  two  concerts.  The  work  of  this 
beautiful  Rissian  pianiste  is  said  to  be  brilliant. 
The  program:  Mendelssohn,  Overture,  Ruy  Bias; 
Grieg,  Heart  Wounds,  Last.  Spring  (for  string 
orchestra);  Tschaikowsky,  Concerto  (Tina  Ler- 
ner), Li-zt.  Liebestraum;  R.  Strauss,  Tone  Poem 
— Death  ;ind  Transfiguration. 


Florentine  Singers  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  next  week  will  have  for  head- 
line attraction  Marion  Littlefield's  Florentine 
Singers,  consisting  of  Helena  Morrill  and  Helen 
Alton,  sopranos;  Marion  Littlefield  and  Florence 
Le  Moyne,  contraltos;  Stefano  Pettine  and  An- 
gelo  Liguori,  tenors  and  Alfred  Swinton  and  F:rn- 
cst  Armor,  bassos.  They  will  give  the  following 
program:  1.  Traumerei,  Schumann;  2.  Medley  of 
Old  Italian  Airs;  3.  Misere  from  Trovatore; 
4.  La  Paloma;  5.  Baritone  Solos  from  Trovatore 
and  Faust;  6.  Annie  Laurie.  Miss  Littlefield  has 
a  fine  contralto.  Alfredo  Zambarano  is  musical 
director.  Handsome  costumes  and  picturesque 
scenery  are  in  evidence.  Adrienne  Augarde,  an 
English  singing  comedienne  who  is  immensely 
popular  in  her  own  country  and  alsr)  in  Mew  ^'(jrk. 
will  appear  in  a  one-act  comedy  by  Mrs.  Ricliard 
Burton  entitled  "A  Matter  of  Duty."  The  author 
is  the  wife  of  Professor  Burton  of  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  one  of  the  contemporary  author- 
ities on  the  drama.  Ed  Morton  is  a  singing 
comedian.  Before  going  on  the  stage  Morton 
was  a  sergeant  of  police  in  Philadelphia.  The 
Flying  Martins  are  the  limit  for  daring  and  speed 
on  the  double  trapeze.  Next  week  will  be  the 
last  of  Harry  Gilfoil  in  "Baron  Sands";  George 
Felix  and  the  Barry  Girls  in  "The  !5oy  Next 
Door";  Al  Rayno's  trained  bull  dogs  and  the 
dainty  comedienne  Ethel  Green  in  her  delightful 
singing  monologue. 


Valeska  Suratt  in  "The  Kiss  Waltz" 

Valeska  Suratt  will  make  her  first  local  ap- 
pearance as  a  star  at  the  Cort  Sunday  night  in 
"The  Kiss  Waltz,"  a  melodious  operetta  from 
the  Casino.  She  is  heralded  as  a  beauty  and  is 
a  much  discussed  person.  "The  Kiss  Waltz"  is 
the  best  vehicle  she  has  had  to  display  her  talent 
and  beauty.  The  score  is  tuneful.  The  piece  de 
resistance  i-,  Ihe  famous  waltz  which  is  sung, 
danced  and  wlii-,|Ii(l  througlu)ut  the  i)iece.  There 
are  (jtlier  good  musical  numbers.    The  score  is 


the  work  of  Ziehrer  who  wrote  "iMUe.  Mischief" 
for  Fritzi  Scheflf.  The  American  book  of  the 
piece  is  by  Edgar  Smith  and  Mark  Swan.  The 
lyrics  arc  by  Mathew  Howard.  J.  C.  Huflfman 
and  William  J.  Wilson  are  responsible  for  the 
staging,  and  the  costumes  were  designed  by  Mel- 
ville Ellis.  The  production,  from  a  sartorial 
standpoint,  is  declared  to  be  magnificent.  The 
final  performance  of  "A  Butterfly  on  the  Wheel" 
will  be  given  this  Saturday  night.  On  Sunday 
night,  December  8,  comes  "A  Alodcrn  F,ve,"  an- 
other musical  comedy  which  is  presented  by  Mar- 
tin Reck  and  Mort  H.  Singer. 


Letters 


Boys'  Books  by  Sabin 

The  Thomas  Crowell  Company  has  just 
brought  out  the  fourth  of  Edwin  L.  Sabin's  books 
of  boy  life  in  the  West,  "Old  Four  Toes,  or  the 
Hunters  of  the  Peaks."  The  stories  are  indepen- 
dent of  each  other,  but  all  concern  the  adven- 
tures of  the  same  two  lads,  one  the  son  of  a 
Western  ranchman  and  the  other  a  Chicaga  youth 
who  has  been  spending  his  vacation  in  the  West, 
doing  real  work  with  cattle  and  sheep  and  taking 
his  part  in  all  the  incidents  of  range,  trail  and 
home  ranch.  The  accounts  are  well  written,  and 
without  the  objectionable  exploitation  of  mock 
heroisms  or  impossible  boy  wonders.  It  was 
inevitable  that  the  organization  of  the  Boy  Scouts 
should  he  the  motive  of  innumerable  juveniles. 
Indeed  it  is  claimed  that  the  Thompson-Scton 
"Two  Little  Savages"  contained  the  germ  of  the 
idea,  and  like  the  famous  proprietary  medicine, 
"children  cry  for  it."  Infinitely  better  than  any 
thing  else  in  its  line  is  the  same  author's  "Pluck 
on  the  Long  Trail,"  which  purports  the  relate 
the  adventures  of  a  detail  of  half  a  dozen  scouts 
on  the  Long  Trail,"  which  purports  to  relate 
to  deliver  a  message  from  the  mayor  of  their 
home  town  to  the  mayor  of  another  city  distant 
one  hundred  miles  across  the  mountains,  to  make 
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Vol.  XX.    No.  1059  SAN   FRANCISCO,  DECEMBER  7,    1912  PRICE,  10  CENTS 

Ten  Reasons  Why  Charter  Amendment 
No.  27  Should  be  Rejected 
On  December  10th: 

1st — Because  its  title,  "Local  Option  for  Districts,"  is  misleading  since  there  is  no  limit  to  the 
size  of  the  "Districts."  They  must  embrace  not  less  than  fifty  blocks,  but  they  may  include 
100 — 200  or  1,000  blocks,  so  long  as  no  established  election  precinct  is  divided. 

2nd — Because  the  "districts"  are  not  confined  to  residence  sections,  but  may  consist  of  "ANY 
PORTION  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO." 

3rd — Because  this  amendment  would  enable  advocates  of  the  measure  to  tack  business  sections 
on  to  residence  sections  and  v^ipe  out  the  licenses  of  our  hotels,  cafes,  restaurants  and  clubs 
which  sell  in  quantities  less  than  one  quart  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises. 

4th — Because  the  necessary  25  per  cent  of  signatures  to  a  petition  to  force  an  election  cover- 
ing residence  and  business  sections,  might  be  secured  from  the  residence  territory  without 
giving  the  business  section  the  slightest  voice  in  the  matter. 

5th — Because  the  whole  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  grounds  might  easily  be  dried 
up  by  tacking  it  on  to  a  residence  section.  There  is  no  vote  there,  and  consequently  fifty 
or  more  blocks  adjoining  the  site  could  easily  make  it  "no  license"  territory. 

6th — Because  the  men  who  helped  to  frame  Charter  Amendment  No.  27  are  using  every  effort 
to  make  California  dry  by  1915. 

7th — Because  at  this  time  we  cannot  afford  to  encourage  internal  fights.  We  must  bring  in 
5,000,000  visitors  to  San  Francisco  during  1915  to  insure  the  success  of  the  Exposition,  and 
to  accomplish  this  task  the  whole  city  must  work  harmoniously. 

8th — Because  if  San  Francisco's  hotels,  cafes  and  clubs  are  unable  to  extend  true  California 
hospitality,  the  Exposition  will  be  shunned  by  visitors  from  every  nation  of  the  world. 

9th — Because  if  our  Exposition  site  is  dried  up,  it  will  make  us  the  laughing  stock  of  foreign 
nations. 

10th — Because  the  amendment  has  been  framed  to  fool  and  delude  the  voters  and  has  been  dis- 
approved by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Civic  League  of  Improvement  Clubs,  San  Fran- 
cisco Real  Estate  Board,  the  Mission  Promotion  Association,  and  the  San  Francisco  Labor 
Council. 


Vote  "NO"  on  Amendment  No.  27 


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TOWN  TALK 

THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


Vol.  XX  San  Francisco,  December  7,  1912  No.  1059 


Published  Weekly  by 
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The  Danger  that  Confronts  Us 

The  people  are  expected  to  \'c)tc  right 
next  Tuesday,  but  one  cannot  read  the  daily 
papers  without  perceiving"  that  there  are 
misgivings  in  high  places.  It  is  feared  that 
certain  amendments,  such  for  example  as  1 
and  2,  which  provide  for  certain  essentials  in 
connection  with  the  civic  center  and  the  Ex- 
position, may  not  be  carried.  There  is  ap- 
prehension regarding  Amendment  27,  which 
is  designed  by  the  hired  agitators  of  the 
Prohibition  propaganda  to  make  San  Fran- 
cisco a  field  for  incessant  agitation  and  to 
make  dry  the  Exposition  site.  It  would  be 
very  unfortunate  if  the  people  should  do  the 
wrong  thing  at  the  right  time,  but  sooner 
fir  later  the  city  must  suffer  the  conse- 
quences of  the  folly  of  presuming  to  convert 
the  multitude  into  a  deliberative  body.  The 
sooner  the  people  realize  the  unwisdom  of 
having  puppets  in  office  empowered  only  to 
carry  into  effect  the  judgment  of  a  majority 
of  voters,  which  is  generally  a  minority  of 
the  electorate,  the  better  it  will  be  for  the 
city.  In  government  as  in  everything  else 
the  danger  is,  lest  those  who  can  do  what- 
ever they  will  may  will  to  do  more  or  less 
than  is  for  their  ultimate  interest.  It  was 
the  will  of  the  people  of  this  city  that  they 
should  have  more  than  ultimate  control  of 
their  government,  that  they  should  be 
privileged  to  make  of  themselves  a  legisla- 
tive body  in  perpetual  session,  and  thus 
having  accommodated  the  restive  busy- 
bodies  of  the  community  they  find  them- 
selves constantly  threatened  with  calamity. 
Under  the  new  order  of  things  unnecessary 
indebtedness  has  been  created,  and  from 
prodigality  there  has  been  reaction,  and  such 
is  public  temper  today  that  there  is  danger 
of  the  masses  going  to  the  other  extreme. 
Let  us  hope  the  danger  is  more  apparent 
than  real.  San  Francisco  cannot  afford  to 
take  a  step  backward.  Nor  can  it  afford 
to  increase  the  opportunities  of  its  mis- 
chievous busybodies  by  adopting  Amend- 
ment 27,  the  effect  of  which  would  be  end- 
less strife  and  turmoil. 


The  High  Cost  of  Reform 

There  appears  to  be  nothing  so  costly  in 
American  politics  as  reform.  It  is  always 
under  reform  administrations  that  new 
schemes  of  government  are  devised,  new 
commissions  created,  and  for  everything 
new  in  politics  the  taxpayer  has  to  pay.  The 
increase  in  taxation  is  always  in  proportion 
to  the  supply  of  virtue  voted  into  office. 
Civic  righteousness  as  we  have  come  to 
know  it  is  so  costly  a  luxury  that  it  is  hardly 
to  the  pecuniary  interests  of  the  citizen  to 
encourage  it.  San  Francisco  has  had  ex- 
perience with  all  kinds  of  public  servants, 
and  for  at  least  a  quarter  of  a  century  it  has 
been  alternately  the  sport  of  demagogues 
and  the  prey  of  knaves.  And  now,  if  we 
judge  impartially  from  experience,  we  may 
well  ask  ourselves  whether  the  public  service 
corporation  that  buys  the  favor  of  public 
servants  may  not  be  a  public  benefactor  in 
disguise.  For  aid  to  speculative  inquiry 
consider  the  experience  of  the  city  with  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  Company.  For  many 
years  it  was  notorious  that  this  corporation 
bribed  supervisors,  sometimes  to  prevent 
the  confiscation  of  its  property,  sometimes 
to  get  more  than  it  was  entitled  to.  If  its 
conduct  was  immoral  it  was  not  any  more 
so  than  the  conduct  of  the  dear  people  who 
used  to  pledge  their  candidates  for  the 
board  of  supervisors  to  make  a  certain  per- 
centage of  reduction  in  rates  without  hav- 
ing the  slightest  knowledge  of  the  facts  that 
should  serve  as  the  basis  on  which  to  fix  the 
the  company's  revenue.  About  ten  years 
ago  the  management  of  the  company 
changed  hands  and  immediately  operating 
expenses  were  reduced,  much  to  the  disgust 
of  public  servants.  Our  demagogues  raged 
more  tempestuously  than  ever,  but  the  of- 
ficials of  the  company  stood  firm,  relying  on 
the  courts  for  protection.  But  in  time, 
wearied  of  bickering  and  incessant  litiga- 
tion, concluding  perhaps  that  their  business 
was  a  hazardous  one,  they  offered  to  sell 
their  plant  to  the  city  for  $26,000,000.  A 
better  bargain  the  city  never  had  a  chance 
to  make,  but  our  crackbrained  demagogues 
made  the  proposition  the  subject  of  ridicule. 
If  the  Hon.  James  D.  Phelan  did  not  lead 
the  chorus  it  was  the  first  time  that  his 
treble  note  was  not  heard  above  the  din. 
The  proposition  was  rejected,  and  the  price 
of  the  water  plant  has  been  soaring  ever 
since,  and  the  city  must  buy.  Somewhere 
between  twenty-six  million  and  the  price 
that  will  eventually  be  paid  is  the  figure  that 
represents  a  fraction  of  the  cost  of  the  civic 
righteousness  that  is  embodied  in  the 
Phelans  and  the  Taylors  who  employed  a 
Marsdon  Manson  to  pipe  water  from  Hetch- 
lletchy  on  the  strength  of  a  revocable  per- 
mit. 


The  Hetch-Hetchy  Enterprise 

That  supremely  credulous  gentleman,  the 
average  taxpayer,  famous  for  his  voracious 
appetite  for  humbug,  flubdub  and  all  the 
congeners  of  the  favorite  food  of  the  gullible 
received  a  shock  last  week  when  he  learned 
of  the  outcome  of  the  conflict  of  tongues  at 
the  seat  of  our  national  government.  The  news 
of  Secretary  Fisher's  decision  in  its  effect 
on  the  average  taxpayer  was  like  that  of  a 
plunge  into  ice  water  on  a  man  expecting  a 
warm  bath.  For  our  daily  newspapers  had 
raised  high  the  expectations  of  their  etern- 
ally gullible  readers.  They  were  no  nearer 
the  truth  in  their  reports  of  proceedings  than 
they  have  been  in  their  utterances  about 
anything  connected  with  the  Hetch-Iietchy 
water  scheme.  Right  along  since  the  day 
we  accepted  as  gild-edge  security  a  revocable 
permit  issued  by  that  irresponsible  prig  of 
the  Tennis  Cabinet,  the  Hon.  Jimmy  Gar- 
field, down  to  the  payment  of  an  expert  en- 
gineer for  two  months'  services  squeezed 
into  one,  the  public  has  received  nothing 
but  misinformation  about  the  municipal 
water  project.  Even  about  the  outcome  in 
Washington  last  week  they  have  not  been 
told  the  whole  truth.  Perhaps  in  the  his- 
tory of  municipal  misgovernment  in  this 
country  there  is  nothing  to  be  found  that 
will  match  the  incompetency  and  imbecility 
of  the  management  and  direction  of  this  en- 
terprise from  its  inception  down  to  date.  It 
is  almost  impossible  to  give  serious  thought 
to  some  of  the  things  that  have  been  done 
without  challenging  the  motives  of  those  on 
whom  the  responsibility  rests.  Consider 
that  we  have  already  spent  nearly  two  mil- 
lion dollars  on  this  water  project,  that  most 
of  the  money  was  spent  after  our  title  was 
(|uestioned,  and  that  now  it  seems  likely  to 
have  been  spent  in  vain.  Yet  what  has  hai)- 
pened  was  forecasted,  and  the  forecasting 
was  done  by  mere  amateurs  in  prophecy, 
who  doubtless  were  aided  by  the  many  con- 
siderations that  would  have  given  us  pause 
were  it  not  for  the  impatience  of  the  Phelans 
and  Taylors.  Proud  of  their  darling  scheme, 
indifferent  to  the  fact  that  there  were  other 
sources  of  supply  and  powerful  opposition 
to  the  one  sought  they  were  for  going  ahead 
and  taking  a  gambler's  chance  with  the 
people's  money.  To  preach  caution,  or  to 
c|uestion  the  wisdom  of  the  course  that  was 
being  ])ursued,  was  to  provoke  assault  and 
incur  the  horrible  suspicion  of  being  in- 
spired by  Spring  Valley.  Such,  by  the  way, 
is  the  favorite  controversial  method  of  those 
distinguished  gentlemen  who  have  shaped 
all  our  grand  movements  for  universal  bet- 
terment and  in  whom  the  dear  people  have 
unbounded  confidence.  They  are  the  same 
men  who  guaranteed  the  Charter  and  hurled 
imprecations  at  its  critics;  who  guaranteed, 
indeed,  every  scheme  of  civic  redemption 
that  has  proved  a  failure  in  the  last  twenty 


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December  7.  1912 


years.  These  men  labored  under  the  delu- 
sion that  they  could  bluff  the  l-'ederal  au- 
thorities with  the  same  ease  with  which 
they  throttled  criticism  at  home,  liehind 
them  the  power  of  the  daily  press,  w  hich  has 
hated  Spring  Valley  ever  since  Spring  \  al- 
ley  (luit  corrupting  supervisors  and  con- 
ciliating editors,  their  assurance  was  en- 
ormous. And  in  time  the  newsi)a])ers  find- 
ing that  they  were  as  deeply  im])licated  in 
the  blunders  that  had  been  made  as  the 
men  who  executed  them  shrewdly  re- 
frained from  divulging  the  details,  i'.chind 
this  prodigious  fiasco  is  material  tor  a 
mighty  big  scandal,  but  it  will  do  no  good 
now  to  exploit  it.  We  are  confronted  by  a 
very  grave  situation.  Something  must  be 
done  speedily  to  provide  this  city  with  an 
adequate  water  supply.  I-ong  ago  we 
should  either  have  i)urchased  the  S])ring 
X'alley  plant  or  have  ceased  baiting  the  cor- 
poration and  given  its  officers  such  assur- 
ance as  would  have  justified  them  in  adding 
to  their  available  sources  of  supply,  but  the 
demagogues  of  press  and  politics  brought 
about  a  very  embarrassing  state  of  afl'airs. 
and  Mayor  Rolph.  who  happily  is  not  re- 
sponsible for  existing  complications,  has  a 
most  perplexing  problem  on  his  hands.  He 
is  not  to  be  aided  in  the  solution  of  it  by 
shrieks  of  indignation.  newspa])er  brain- 
storms, conniption  fits,  or  any  of  the  other 
familiar  devices  that  serve  as  testimony  of 
affection  for  the  dear  people. 

A  Bible  For  Baptists 

.\  new  version  of  the  ISible  has  been 
placed  on  the  market  by  the  American 
Baptist  Publication  Society.  Presumably 
llaptists  were  not  satisfied  with  any  of  the 
old  versions,  else  why  should  a  revision  have 
been  made?  Vet.  judging  from  the  new- 
version.  P>aptist  dis.satisfaction  was  not 
grounded  in  cpiestions  of  doctrine.  The 
llible  ajipears  to  have  been  revised  to  sat- 
isfy a  literary  taste,  to  meet  the  demands  of 
that  school  of  modern  culture  which  Dr. 
Aked  probably  has  in  mind  when  he  ex- 
pounds the  Gospel,  for  Dr.  .\ked  was  a 
P>aptist  just  before  he  gave  ear  to  the 
Macedonian  cry  from  San  hVancisco.  The 
keynote  of  this  modern  culture,  judging 
from  the  IJaptist  \ersion  of  the  Bible,  is 
literalism.  It  appears  to  be  distinguished 
by  an  insensibility  to  beauty  and  a  passion 
for  the  prosaic.  The  men  who  revised  the 
Bible  for  Baptist  consumption  have  done 
their  best  to  render  it  unpoetic.  They 
thought  it  advisable  to  "eliminate  anticpiated 
language,"  and  that  there  might  be  no  more 
questioning  as  to  where  the  comma  should 
be  placed  in  the  Lord's  Prayer  they  have 
rendered  it  in  this  fashion  :  "Thy  kingdom 
come.  Thy  will  be  done,  as  in  heaven,  so 
on  earth."  .\nd  to  give  us  a  more  literal 
translation  they  have  put  it  this  way :  ".\nd 
forgive  us  our  debt  as  we  also  have  for- 
given our  debtors."  Thus  has  the  Lord's 
Prayer  been  adapted  for  counting  house 
purposes.  Another  notable  alteration  made 
by  the  revisers  is  the  substitution  of  "un- 
derworld" for  "hell.  "  This  alteration  hardly 
serves  to  bring  the  liible  up  to  date,  since 


to  the  underworld,  according  to  the  modern 
acceptation  of  the  term,  good  as  well  as  bad 
I'.ai)tists  go  not  for  ])unishment  but  for 
diversion.  In  banishing  hell  the  revisers  are 
somewhat  inconsistent  as  they  are  now  re- 
quired to  pray  not  for  delivery  from  evil 
but  from  the  l^\  il  ( )ne.  and  him  it  is  hard 
to  think  of  without  scenting  brimstone. 

The  Virtue  of  Coffee 

In  a  world  where  the  dread  of  death  is 
but  little  greater  than  the  fear  of  living; 
where  almost  everything  that  is  desiral)le 
as  a  means  of  assuaging  the  ills  we  are  heir 
to  is  interdicted  by  science;  where  doctors 
are  in  league  with  morality  to  hinder  the 
lusts  of  the  flesh,  it  is  refreshing  to  learn 
occasionally  that  we  have  been  denying  our- 
seKes  under  a  misapprehension.  Let  us  be 
grateful  then  to  Dr.  H.  L.  1  loUings .vorth 
who  has  been  conducting  experiments  to 
ascertain  the  action  of  caffeine,  the  chief 
active  principle  of  coffee,  oh  the  nerves  and 
mind,  ife  has  succeeded  in  demonstrating 
that  the  popular  idea  that  coffee  stimulates 
mental  processes  and  counteracts  the  de- 
pressing effects  of  fatigue  is  correct,  but 
that  insomnia  is  not  induced.  The  in- 
(lixiduals  experimented  on  were  students 
i.iiiging  between  the  ages  of  \^)  and  3*^.  It 
was  found  that  the  stimulating  effect  of 
caffeine  is  felt  within  ninety  minutes  after 
administration  and  ])ersists  from  one  to 
four  hours;  also,  that  in  i)ersons  doing 
clerical  work  it  impro\  es  not  onl\-  the  speed 
but  the  (jualit}'.  The  common  idea  that 
w  akefulness  is  produced  Dr.  I  loUingsworth 
has  dis])ro\  ed.  Doses  reaching  four  grains, 
an  estimated  e(|uivalent  of  a  ])int  of  strong 
coffee,  had  no  ajjpreciable  slee])  distur1)ing 
eft'ect.  The  truth  about  caffeine  is  that  like 
other  drugs  it  is  absorbed  within  two  hours 
and  its  effect  i)asses  off  within  four  hours, 
^'ou  can  take  two  large  cups  of  coffee  a 
day.  and  if  }-ou  are  in  good  health  they  will 
do  no  harm.  In  an  emergency  when  \'ou 
wish  to  stimulate  your  system  to  bring  out 
its  reserve  supj)ly  of  energy  take  a  cup  of 
coffee  and  in  ninety  minutes  get  busy. 

The  People  Distrusted 

\\'here\er  there  is  direct  legislation  the 
ciim|)laint  is  heard  that  too  many  proj)osi- 
tions  are  submitted  to  the  dear  ])eople.  .And 
it  is  no  reactionary  complaint.  It  is  \oiced 
by  the  sages  of  journalism  who  ha\e  long 
been  hymning  the  joys  of  progressive  go\- 
ernment  and  thundering  against  the  malign 
conservatism  that  was  blind  to  the  manifold 
v  irtues  of  innovation.  The  Examiner  fears 
that  the  people  whom  it  has  always  ex- 
tolled for  their  omniscience  w  ill  not  vote  in- 
telligently on  the  Charter  amendments. 
The  Los  .-Xngeles  Tribune  views  with  sorrow 
the  several  yards  of  ballot  in  Oregon,  antl 
Progressives  everywhere  are  te'ling  us  tint 
direct  legislation  was  not  meant  for  indis- 
criminate use.  This  is  like  saying  that 
democracx-  is  a  good  thine  when  practiced 
discreetly.  The  trouble  with  democracy  is 
'h-'t  it  insists  on  taking  the  bit  in  its  teeth. 
''  h's  's  the  essential  tendencv  of  democracy, 
an  l  it  is  because  vi  this  peculiarity  that 


men  with  comuion  sense  object  to  ojiening 
the  way  for  other  tendencies,  as,  for  ex- 
anq)le.  by  means  of  the  recall,  the  initiative 
and  the  referendum.  When  we  adopted 
the.se  catholicons  at  the  instigation  of  a 
demagogic  press,  it  was  thought  we  were 
on  the  verge  of  the  Millennium,  but  as  yet 
there  are  no  signs  of  an  ideal  felicity.  On 
the  contrary  our  troubles  are  multiplying. 
In  time  the  people  will  become  aware  of  the 
truth  of  the  ancient  maxim  that  what  they 
chiefly  need  to  be  safeguarded  against  is 
themselves.  Then  it  will  be  seen  that  pro- 
.gress  is  to  be  made  backward  toward  the 
old  moorings.  .\Iready  it  must  be  dawning 
on  the  intellectuals  of  many  worthy  citizens 
that  a  novel  result  attained  by  a  new  polit- 
ical contrivance  is  not  necessarily  a  manifes- 
tation of  progress.  Each  new  device  is  apt 
to  bring  with  it  a  train  of  unsuspected  dis- 
orders and  unknown  discomforts.  There  are 
certain  ])rinciples  of  human  nature  not  to 
be  rashly  ignored  when  trying  to  reach  per- 
fection with  the  aid  of  machinery.  These 
principles  were  taken  into  account  by  the 
men  who  laid  the  foundat  ions  of  this  re- 
l)ublic.  but  in  this  period  of  irreverence  and 
persiflage  they  have  been  lost  sight  of.  We 
have  been  acting  on  the  theory  that  it  is 
safe  to  trust  the  people  to  govern  by  un- 
conscious cerebration  or  by  some  special 
impulse  such  as  that  which  prompts  the  bee 
to  undergo  labors  and  sacrifices  for  future 
generations.  We  are  instinctively  afraid  of 
nothing  but  the  teachings  of  whole  centuries 
of  experience  and  of  logic  and  close  rea- 
soning. 


Wilson's  Foreign  Policy 

There  is  much  curiosity  in  Europe  regard- 
ing the  foreign  policy  of  Woodrow  Wilson. 
Will  he  undo  some  of  the  things  that  have 
been  done  by  Mr.  Roosevelt  and  Mr.  Taft? 
Phis  is  the  <|\iestion  foreign  diplomats  are 
asking.  There  is  but  one  im])ortant  matter 
of  foreign  policy  about  which  the  President- 
elect has  exi)ressed  his  sentiments.  This  is 
the  matter  of  Russian  treatment  of  the 
foreign  passport  cpiestion.  Dr.  Wilson  has 
said  that  he  would  give  his  sanction  to  no 
treaty  which  did  not  guarantee  the  same 
courtesies  to  all  .American  citizens  regard- 
less of  race  or  religion.  He  has  even  said 
it  would  be  better  to  lose  our  trade  with 
Russia  than  to  accept  treatment  from  her 
contrary  to  the  rights  of  .American  citizen- 
ship. In  England  it  is  believed  that  Dr. 
\\  ilson  will  be  guided  in  his  foreign  policy 
rather  by  principles  of  justice  than  by  a 
desire  to  conciliate  jingo  sentiment,  and 
therefore  he  is  expected  to  heed  British  pro- 
test against  the  attitude  this  country  has 
taken  in  the  Panama  Canal  controversy, 
fhis  is  not  the  only  canal  matter  to  come 
l)efore  the  next  President.  One  of  the  most 
interesting  problems  he  will  have  to  solve 
is  the  matter  of  soothing  Columbia  for  the 
loss  of  Panama.  Democrats  in  Congress 
have  agitated  this  matter  for  the  last  two 
years.  They  have  characterized  as  the 
blackest  chapter  in  .American  history  the 
chapter  that  recites  the  story  of  our  ac(|uisi- 


December  7,  1912 


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5 


tion  of  the  canal  zone.  This  is  also  the 
sentiment  of  many  foreign  critics  some  of- 
whom  ha\e  recently  told  in  type  the  story 
of  the  revolution  pulled  off  by  President 
Roosevelt  for  the  greater  glory  of  his  Ad- 
ministration. It  is  said  that  Panama  will 
accept  $10,000,000  as  conii)ensation  for  the 
loss  suffered  by  the  Roosevelt  revolution  : 
also,  that  the  Wilson  Administration  will 
see  that  justice  is  done.  Wut  to  soothe 
Columbia  we  must  confess  that  a  President 
of  the  United  States  was  guilty  of  conduct 
deserving  the  reprobation  of  the  civilized 
world.    Are  we  prepared  to  go  that  far? 


The  Making  of  Heroes 

One  of  the  wisest  and  wittiest  of  journals. 
Life,  of  New  York,  reminds  us  that  we  are 
indebted  to  Colonel  Harvey  for  our  esteemed 
1 'resident-elect.  "Six  or  eight  years  ago," 
says  Life,  "Colonel  Harvey  picked  out  Dr. 
Wilson  as  a  likely  man  to  make  a  com- 
petent, radical,  Democratic  I'residcnt. 
Steadily  and  ably  he  blew  the  doctor's  horn, 
gradually  making  him  a  familiar  topic  of 
discussion  in  the  newspapers  and  bringing 
him  to  the  knowledge  of  their  readers." 
This  is  (|uite  true.  It  is  also  cpiite  true,  as 
Life  says,  that  Colonel  Harvey  groomed  Dr. 
W  ilson  for  his  gubernatorial  job  and  with 
the  consent  <if  Senator  James  .Smith  got  him 
nominated  for  Governor.    Also  it  is  true, 


as  the  same  excellent  authority  observes, 
that  Colonel  Harvey  deserves  great  credit 
for  his  "exploit  in  promotion,"  but  this  sort 
of  thing  is  not  unprecedented  in  .American 
politics.  Perhaps  there  is  no  other  instance 
of  the  making  of  a  President  in  ])recisely 
the  way  Dr.  Wilson  was  made  President 
by  Colonel  Harvey,  but  there  are  innum- 
erable instances  of  press-made  public  serv- 
ants. Other  editors  ha\c  planned  "polit- 
ical creations"  along  the  same  lines  that 
Colonel  Harvey  followed  so  successfully. 
And  other  editors  have  been  equally  suc- 
cessful. Also  they  have  experienced  the 
same  species  of  ingratitude  which  has  been 
charged  against  Dr.  Wilson  b}'  that  emin- 
ent authority  Colonel  Watterson.  The 
country  is  full  of  press-made  statesmen.  It 
is  full  of  heroes  manufactured  for  public 
worship,  of  idols  with  feet  of  clay  made  on 
linotype  machines.  One  of  the  favorite 
pastimes  of  the  press  is  that  of  adjusting 
halos  to  serviceable  heads.  Nearly  every 
editor,  almost  every  reporter,  is  somebody's 
press  agent.  The  booming  of  social  and 
political  aspirations  is  a  continuous  per- 
formance, and  it  is  probably  the  most  thank- 
less of  all  the  tasks  that  man  in  his  stupidity 
e\  er  devoted  himself  to.  Read  in  the  light 
of  every-day  experience  Mrs.  Shelley's  story 
of  b'rankenstein  is  a  parable  of  the  news- 
l)a])er  business.  The  bavarde  who  makes  a 
(|uccn  bee  of  the  social  hive  today  is  stung 


1)}-  her  creature  on  the  morrow.  The  editor 
who  manufactures  a  public  hero  soon  finds 
that  his  creature  believes  himself  to  be  all 
that  was  said  of  him  in  the  process  of  his 
making.  The  editor  has  but  one  consola- 
tion— that  his  masterpiece  cannot  live  up  to 
expectations ;  for  your  ])ress-made  hero  is 
always  mostly  brummagem.  Editors  are 
seldom  wise  in  their  choice  of  material. 
L'sually  they  idealize  the  impossible,  as 
though  the  pleasure  of  the  performance  was 
in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the  imposture. 
Writing  on  this  subject  we  are  disposed  to 
become  reminiscent.  Years  ago  when  Mr. 
A.  M.  Lawrence,  now  of  Chicago,  was  man- 
aging editor  of  the  Examiner  he  devoted 
himself  to  the  task  of  creating  a  mayor.  The 
raw  material  on  which  he  worked  was 
labeled  James  D.  Phelan,  As  clay  to  the 
l^otter's  hand,  so  the  soft  and  ductile  Phelan 
l^ersonality  to  the  subtle  touch  of  the  clever 
editor.  Mr.  Phelan,  millionaire,  stockholder 
in  public  utilities,  member  of  the  exclusive 
Pacific-Union  Club  and  studiously  aloof 
from  the  common  herd,  was  suddenly  trans- 
formed into  a  friend  and  associate  of  the 
l)lain  people.  Lawrence's  was  a  masterl\- 
achievement,  but  long  since  he  ceased  to 
be  jtroud  of  it.  Perhaps  quite  as  masterly 
was  the  achievement  of  Mr.  Fremont  Older 
in  converting  Hiram  Johnson,  criminal 
lawyer,  into  Hiram  Johnson,  sacrosanct 
(inx  ernor  of  California. 


The  Willow -Wren 


'Tvvas  in  the  well-beloved  shire,  beneath  an  oak, 
Beside  a  brcnvn-eyed,  shyly-glancing  brook,  I  lay 
One  afternoon,  a-dreaming,  when  inethoughts  a  fay 

(Dryad  or  Naiad — who  can  tell  these  fairy  folk?) 

Stole  forth  and  dipt  an  urn  and  poured.    A  long  slant  stroke 
Of  light  on  her  and  on  her  lucent  toy  did  play. 
Nine  times  she  stooped  ;nul  i\\]>t.  and,  lifting,  loosed  away 

The  little  cascatellc  of  crystal,  ere  I  woke — 


.^nd  saw  no  nymph  nor  urn;  only  amongst  the  boughs 

That    little    grey-brown    bird    they    call    the  willow-wren. 
Emptying  his  whole  lieart's  peace  in  one  quintessenced  phrase. 
Which,  oft  ingeminating,  he  as  oft  allows 
The  expectant  ear  to  gather  appetite  again: 

So  pure  and  line  he  forms  each  lyric  finuer  of  praise. 

—J.  S.  Phillimore. 


Perspective  Impressions 


-After  all,  society  is  a  circus  all  the  year  round. 


The  bald-headed  man  who  likes  to  be  kissed  on 
his  deformity  deserves  to  be  bald. 


"Can  San  hranciscans  pull  together." — The  Ex- 
aminer. Isn't  the  question  of  sufficient  import- 
ance to  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people. 


Thirty-seven  more  amendments  to  the  heaven- 
sent Charter!  Why  not  rub  it  all  out  and  start 
all  over  again? 

The  Colonel  says  he  wouldn't  accept  a  Carnegie 
pension.  But  he's  already  indebted  to  the  Thane 
of  Skibo  for  the  cost  of  the  African  expedition. 


There  is  probably  less  stupidity  in  I'lorida  than 
in  any  State  in  the  Union.  In  Florida  Roosevelt, 
beaten  by  the  Socialist,  ran  fourth. 


Deatli  is  fast  retiring  the  exhibition  aviators. 


.So  the  suratticisms  of  Valeska  are  objectionable 
to  some  of  our  club  women!  But  they  serve  an 
excellent  purpose,  since  by  reason  of  them  some 
of  our  club  women  break  into  print. 


"The  devil  would  hesitate  to  introduce  it  into 
hell,"  ^'did  a  Minneapolis  preacher  of  the  rag.  Of 
course  he  would.  Isn't  hell  a  place  of  punish- 
ment? 


'I'he  inimitable  Pauline  Jacobson  has  been  tell- 
ing the  readers  of  the  Bulletin  that  Town  Talk 
wishes  to  lia\e  .Abe  Rucf  reformed.  Town  Talk 
is  never  for  the  reform  of  anything.  It  doesn't 
even  wish  to  reform  tin  lone  of  the  Bulletin's 
choicest  blossoms,  Tow  n  Talk's  motto  is,  Every 
man  according  to  his  lights,  and  no  discrimination 
against  sex. 


Instead  of  trying  to  amend  the  Charter  l)y 
wholesale  and  legislating  by  referendum  at  the 
same  time  wouldn't  it  be  better  to  hold  an  election 
every  week  and  take  up  the  propositions  seriatim? 


Secretary  Fisher  appears  to  be  a  better  friend 
of  Spring  Valley  than  was  Secretary  Ballinger; 
yet  Ballinger  is  still  remembered  in  circles  where 
civic  virtue  ever  blooms  as  anathema — and  then 
some. 


It  is  of  course  remarkable  that  Sara  Bernhardt 
should  have  returned  for  another  "farewell"  en- 
gagement, but  what  is  Sara  compared  to  Ninon 
de  L'EncIos!  Though  able  to  act  Sara  is 
decrepit  and  no  hniger  fascinating,  and  she  is 
hardly  seventy.  A  twenty-year  old  lover  com- 
mitted suicide  on  account  of  Ninon  when  she 
was  sixty,  and  she  was  won  by  her  last  lover  on 
her  eightieth  birthday. 


TOWN  TALK 


December  7,  1912 


Correspondence 


The  Recall  and  Johnson 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir;  Your  suggestion  that 
the  recall  ought  to  be  tried  on  Governor  John- 
son for  his  attitude  toward  San  Francisco  in  the 
matter  of  harbor  control  is  a  good  one,  and  one 
that  he  approves  in  principle.  In  one  of  his  in- 
terviews in  the  East  he  tali<cd  of  the  good  effect 
of  the  recall  on  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State. 
Ought  w-e  not  try  to  make  it  have  a  good  effect 
on  Johnson?  I  am  convinced  that  about  three- 
fourths  of  the  electorate  of  this  State  if  given  the 
chance  vs'ould  vote  for  the  recall  of  our  Gov- 
ernor. Of  course  there  are  lots  of  people  who 
will  pooh-pooh  the  idea.  They  will  tell  you  it 
is  bad  to  have  too  many  elections,  and  that 
it  isn't  a  good  idea  to  let  the  world  see  what  an 
unsettled  state  we  are  in.  But  we  are  in  an 
unsettled  state  and  Johnson  is  largely  respon- 
sible for  the  state  we  are  in,  and  while  he  re- 
mains in  office  there  will  be  no  improvement. 
Unfortunately  Johnson  appears  to  be  very  satis- 
factory to  the  interests  and  there  will  be  no  as- 
sistance from  them  in  an  effort  to  get  the  re- 
call in  motion.  Once  in  motion,  however,  the 
interests  will  not  be  able  to  save  him. 

Respectfully,  — A  Subscriber. 


Dr.  Aked  and  His  Church 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir;  As  a  pioneer  of  San 


Francisco  1  wish  to  congratulate  you  on  what 
you  said  last  week  about  Dr.  Aked's  plan  to  tear 
down  the  old  church  at  Post  and  Mason  streets 
which  is  one  of  the  few  landmarks  of  other  days. 
That  old  churcli  ought  to  be  restored.  It  would 
be  a  shame  to  tear  it  down.  Why  don't  you 
lead  a  movement  for  its  restoration?  I  think  you 
would  receive  the  support  of  many  members  of 
Dr.  .Aked's  congregation.  I  have  talked  with 
some  of  them,  and  they  do  not  want  a  new 
church.  As  you  say,  if  the  old  one  were  too 
small  that  might  be  a  good  reason  to  build  a 
new-  one,  but  is  it  too  small?  1  read  in  the  papers 
the  other  day  that  Dr.  Aked  held  union  services 
on  Thanksgiving.  The  people  of  three  churches 
united  to  give  thanksgiving  in  Dr.  Aked's  church, 
and  there  was  a  special  attraction  for  the  occa- 
sion. The  choir  gave  a  special  program  of  music 
and  two  ministers  and  a  rabbi  conducted  the 
services.  Surely  Dr.  Aked  does  not  believe  the 
church  is  too  small.  If  he  did  he  would  not  have 
held  union  services  in  the  old  building.  Dr. 
Aked  is  a  very  energetic  man.  He  takes  a  very 
active  part  in  affairs  of  all  kinds,  and  as  he 
led  the  campaign  for  woman  suffrage  he  ought 
to  have  a  very  big  feminine  following,  but  he 
really  doesn't  need  a  new  church. 

Yours  truly, 

— A  Pioneer. 


Map  Makers,  Attention! 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  Let  me  quote 
from  an  item  I  read  in  last  Sunday's  New  York 
Sun : 

"Mrs.  Lydia  Berkeley  Tague,  judge  of  the 
county  court  of  Eagle  County,  California,  is  be 
lieved  to  be  the  first  woman  in  this  country  t. 
be  appointed  to  the  bench  of  a  county  court 
Her  husband  had  been  serving  as  county  judge 
at  Red  Cliffe  for  a  good  many  years  when  he 
died,  and  she  applied  for  his  unfinished  term 
She  was  given  the  place.  The  salary  of  a  judi: 
of  the  Eagle  County  court  is  about  $1,200  a  year 

Now  in  this  connection  I  feel  that  I,  in  rnm- 
mon  with  all  other  Native  Sons,  have  a  grievance 
against  the  men  who  make  the  maps  of  Cah- 
fornia.  Would  you  believe  it?  There  isn't  a 
map  of  this  State  on  which  Eagle  County  is 
shown.  I've  gone  over  them  all  with  a  micro- 
scope and  can't  find  Eagle  County.  Why  did  the 
map  makers  leave  it  out?  Is  there  a  conspiracy 
of  silence  against  the  prosperity  of  Eagle- 
County?  Why  don't  the  good  people  of  Red 
Cliffe,  Eagle  County,  California,  rise  in  their 
might  and  demand  to  be  put  on  the  map?  This 
is  a  serious  matter.  Perhaps  Mrs.  Tague  of 
Red  Cliffe,  Eagle  County.  California,  is  in- 
fluential enough  to  have  this  wrong  righted.  I'm 
for  calling  it  to  her  attention. 

Sinccrel)'.  — .-\  Stanford  Parloritc. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


The  Right  to  Die 

This  alleged  right  of  man  is  being  discussed 
in  the  German  medical  world.  Some  physicians 
think  that  they  should  be  allowed  to  put  a  patient 
out  of  his  agony  when  there  is  no  chance  of  cur- 
ing him.  But  it  is  being  pointed  out  that  no 
physician  is  competent  to  decide  that  a  patient  is 
beyond  hope  of  recovery.  It  is  also  feared  that 
the  authority  to  kill  incurables,  if  granted,  would 
l)c  criminally  exploited  by  the  unscrupulous. 
The  discussion  must  be  regarded  as  academic, 
for  the  present  German  law  provides  a  punish- 
ment of  imprisonment  for  three  years  for  a  doc- 
tor who  kills  a  patient  at  the  latter's  request. 
Still,  there  is  a  proposal  to  reduce  this  penalty  to 
I  minimum  of  six  months. 


Dutch-American  Alliance 

Certain  European  newspapers  announced  re- 
cently that  the  governments  of  the  Netherlands 
and  the  United  States  had  signed  a  defensive 
convention  to  protect  the  East  Indian  isles  and 
the  Philippines  against  attack  by  Japan.  This 
was  untrue,  but  it  is  true  that  the  Dutch  have 
thought  of  and  would  welcome  such  a  convention. 
.\  committee  sat  at  the  Hague  to  consider  the 
best  means  of  reorganizing  the  Dutch  navy,  and 
the  matter  was  discussed  informally.  The  Phil- 
ippines, lying  between  the  Dutch  Indian  arch- 
ipelago and  two  Oriental  powers,  Japan  and 
China,  would  be  seriously  affected  if  an  invasion 
on  a  large  scale  were  made  from  China  or  Japan 
into  the  Dutch  Indian  colonies.  There  are  rea- 
sons of  national  policy  and  of  material  interest 
why  America  should  frown  on  any  extension  of 
territory    in    that    direction    by    Japan    or  the 


Chinese  Republic.  So  a  maritime  defensive  con- 
vention between  Holland  and  the  United  States 
would  be  a  desirable  arrangement. 


The  Allies'  Wounded 

-\ccording  to  a  Red  Cross  surge<jn  who  writes 
in  the  London  Lancet,  the  recovery  of  soldiers 
wounded  in  the  Balkans  is  extremely  rapid. 
-Men  who  had  been  shot  through  the  body,  the 
l)ullet  penetrating  the  liver,  lung,  spleen  or  in- 
testines, recovered  in  a  fortnight.  He  explains 
that  the  modern  bullet  is  rendered  aseptic  by  the 
enormous  heat  of  the  burning  powder  and  hardly 
ever  shatters  long  bones.  The  severest  wounds 
by  the  bayonet  were  healed  with  more  difficulty 
than  those  from  the  bullet.  Incidentally,  this 
war  has  proved  the  necessity  of  the  bayonet.  In 
'92  the  Bulgarians  thought  of  abandoning  the 
bayonet  as  an  obsolete  weapon.  They  ordered 
Mannlicher  rifles  without  bayonets.  But  the 
opinion  of  the  soldiers  made  itself  felt  in  favor 
of  the  bayonet  and  it  was  restored  in  the  knife 
form.  It  is  interesting  to  speculate  what  the 
Bulgarian  fortunes  might  have  been  without  it, 
for  they  have  been  meeting  the  Turks  in  hand 
to  hand  encounters  right  along  and  doing  fearful 
execution. 


Shorten   Drinking  Hours 

There's  a  tendency  in  some  parts  of  England 
to  shorten  the  time  for  drinking.  Recently 
Liverpool  altered  the  closing  hour  for  drinking 
bars  from  11  p.  m.  to  9:30  p.  m.  Birmingham 
is  following  suit.  That  city  has  fixed  the  open- 
ing hour  for  saloons  at  8:30  a.  m.  instead  of  6, 


and  the  closing  hour  at  10  p.  m.  instead  of  11.  Of 
course  there  have  been  many  protests,  but  it 
dfiesn't  look  as  though  the  protestants  are  to 
accomplish  their  purpose  of  going  back  to  the 
longer  hours.  Nowadays  in  Liverpool  and  Birm- 
ingham you  must  regulate  your  thirst  by  the 
clock. 


The  Baby  Born  out  of  Wedlock 

France  has  passed  a  law  to  make  the  father  in- 
stead of  the  mother  responsible  for  the  baby 
born  out  of  wedlock.  Hitherto  the  mother  had 
no  claim  on  the  father  in  such  cases  unless  the 
father  was  willing  to  acknowledge  paternity. 
The  attempt  to  enact  this  law  extended  over 
forty  years.  Briand  had  a  great  deal  to  do  with 
getting  it  passed,  but  many  will  give  a  large 
part  of  the  credit  to  Brieux  who  agitated  the 
(luestion  in  his  "Maternity."  When  the  Sen- 
ators seemed  inclined  to  kill  the  measure  Henri 
Rochefort  caustically  told  them  that  their  ages 
relieved  them  of  any  cause  for  anxiety  under  the 
act.  Suits  arising  under  the  law  must  not  be 
reported  in  the  press,  this  regulation  also  apply- 
ing to  divorce  actions. 


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TOWN  TALK 


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Varied  Types 


cm— FATHER  BERNARD  VAUGHAN 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 


A  charmingly  comfortable  man  to  interview  is 
this  English  Jesuit  whose  black  beast  is  race 
suicide  and  whose  pulpit  shibboleth  the  sinful- 
ness of  society.  Charmingly  comfortable  is  his 
exterior  and  charmingly  comfortable  his  manner 
of  imparting  himself  to  the  questioner. 

Sleeker  he  is.  more  satiny  skinned  and  bloom- 
ing, than  most  of  the  Jesuits  it  has  been  my 
good  fortune  to  meet.  How  different  from  the 
gray  humility  of  a  Prelato  or  a  Maraschi  his 
large,  enfolding  pulpit  manner,  his  sonorous 
opulence  of  speech,  the  pinkness  of  his  prelatical 
face  and  the  dignity  that  inheres  in  his  sumptuous 
cassock  and  his  daintily  poised  black  zucchetto! 

How  restful  to  observe  him  stretched  cosily  in 
an  easy  chair  in  the  lulling  warmth  of  the 
archbishop's  study,  eyes  half-lidded,  white  fingers 
delicately  bridged  across  his  breast  and  one  black- 
spatted  foot  swung  lightly  over  the  other,  how 
restful  to  observe  him  thus  as  he  rolls  forth 
orotund   utterance   on  tremendous  topics! 

No  "hot  gospeller"  this,  but  a  soothing  smacker 
of  naughtiness,  a  honeyed  missionary  who  re- 
bukes defilement  in  rounded  phrases  of  English 
undefiled. 

If  there  be  a  royal  road  to  interviewing,  an 
esplanade  that  leads  to  the  interview's  end  with 
no  chuck  holes  on  the  way,  no  dust  to  breathe, 
no  hills  to  climb,  then  Father  Vaughan  points  it 
out,  an  affable  human  sign  post  lightening  labor. 
For  he  asks  his  own  questions  and  has  the  an- 
swer ever  ready.  And  he  rushes  first  aid  to  the 
uncertain  orthographist.  Alone  of  all  the  men 
I  have  interviewed  he  spells  hard  words  for  you. 
No,  not  alone,  .\nother  distinguished  pulpiteer, 
another  Englishman  too,  has  the  same  engaging 
simplicity.  Doctor  Aked  is  like  F'ather  Vaughan 
in  this  reverence  for  the  alphabet,  this  touching 
concern  for  the  rights  of  the  spelling'  book. 

Two  themes  intertwined  in  his  talk.  His 
monologue — ffir  it  was  a  monologue,  and  my  in- 
terlocutory interruptions  were  perfunctory,  neg- 
ligible— flitted  with  light  and  airy  grace  from 
one  theme  to  the  other.  He  spoke  of  homes, 
the  sacredness  of  homes,  the  splendor  of  fam- 
ilies. And  one  was  the  Courtfield  home  '<{  the 
Vaughan  family  while  the  other  was  the  rooftree 
that  shelters  any  husband  and  any  wife. 

"I  come,"  he  confided,  "from  the  Vaughans  of 
Courtfield.  Courtfield  is  situated  on  a  horse 
shoe  bend  of  the  silvern  Wye  in  Herefordshire." 

To  indicate  the  manner  of  this  statement,  the 
polished  British  seriousness  of  its  utterance,  is 
beyond  me.  Suffice  that  it  was  rendered  with 
parenthetical  aids  to  accuracy,  for  Father 
Vaughan  carefully  told  me  how  to  spell  Wye  and 
Herefordshire  and  suggested  that  "silvern  Wye" 
be  cuddled  in  quotation  marks  since  the  adjective 
was  married  to  the  river  by  Wordswortli.  And 
so  he  smoothed  the  way  through  all  his  talk. 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


"Under  that  rooftree,"  he  swept  on,  "Henry 
the  Fifth  was  nursed  and  had  his  early  training. 
In  Heath's  E.xcursion  down  the  Wye,  published 
1799,  Courtfield  is  described  as  being  entered  by 
a  short  paved  court  walled  on  each  side  and 
fronted  with  iron  gates  of  great  size.  The 
garden  is  divided  by  grand  stone  terraces  and 
intersected  with  spacious  gravel  walks  shaded  by 
yew  hedges.  On  the  south  is  a  beautiful  terrace 
which  overlooks  the  Wye,  and  the  steps  alone  in 
the  garden  would  be  sufiicient  to  build  a  hand- 
some modern  mansion. 

"A  genealogical  table  of  the  Vaughans  seen  by 
Heath  at   Courtfield  in   1797  traced  its  descent 


FATHER  BERNARD  VAUGHAN,  S.  .T. 

from  Caradoc  Vreich  Vras,  Lord  Ferle-x  who  was 
a  contemporary  of  King  Arthur  and  a  Knight  of 
the  Round  Table  in  A.  D.  517." 

Father  Vaughan  delved  deeper  amid  the  roots 
of  the  family  tree,  but  what  of  that?  Then  he 
clambered  amid  the  branches,  shaking  down  for 
my  edification  Vaughans  who  had  been  pros- 
ecuted for  their  Papist  recusancy  and  Vaughans 
who  were  with  Prince  Charlie  at  Culloden. 

And  then  he  deprecated  Herefordshire  and 
Wordsworth's  silvern  Wye,  but  not  Courtfield. 

"Compared  to  this  California,"  he  said,  "to  this 
ever  expanding  theatre  of  God's  wonders,  Here- 
fordshire is  a  bijou.  If  you  ask  me  what  is  the 
most  beautiful  thing  on  this  continent,  I  answer. 
Lake  Louise.    Shall  I  describe  it?" 

I  waived  the  description,  and  I  fancy  Father 
Vaughan  was  a  bit  disappointed.  However  he  did 
describe  Yosemite,  waxing  lyrical  over  "the  big 
trees  with  their  feet  in  the  grass  and  their  heads  in 
the  stars"  and  their  "beautiful  fluted  jasper  col- 
umns," And  our  flowers!  Especially  our  roses 
whose  names  he  spelled!  "All  in  one  garden 
blending  together  in  a  perfect  mosaic  of  color!" 
And  the  eucalyptus  "flowering  into  color  in  its 
three  hundred  varieties!"  And  the  dahlia  "in  its 
six  hundred  varieties!"  Father  Vaughan  is  an 
enthusiast,  a  regular  Newton  Lynch  pippin  of  a 
bf  oster  who  can  outcount  Heinzl 


And  our  people!  How  charming  et  cetera! 
.'^nd  our  archbishop  "who  is  the  typical  San  Fran- 
ciscan, cultured,  kind,  courteous,  eloquent,  with 
a  fascinating  manner  that  holds  you  spellbound." 

"Do  you  know  what  I  thought  you  were  go- 
ing to  say.  Father?"  I  interposed  very  gravely. 
l'"ather  Vaughan  couldn't  imagine. 

"I  thought  you  were  going  to  say,  'with  a 
fascinating  manner  that  fits  him  for  the  College 
of  Cardinals.'  " 

l'"ather  Vaughan  had  read  the  despatch  from 
Rome,  but  what  this  Jesuit  brother  of  a  cardinal 
said  about  cardinals  I  shall  never  divulge.  I'd 
like  to  but  he  sealed  my  lips. 

We  had  been  traveling  leisurely  from  Court- 
field  by  Wordsworth's  silvern  Wye  in  bijou 
Herefordshire  to  that  other  family  of  Father 
Vaughan's  discourse,  the  family  where  the  sins 
of  society  are  committed.  And  now  we  crossed 
its  naughty  threshold. 

"I  should  like  to  see  more  home  life  liere," 
said  Father  Vaughan. 

Now  he  talked  sermonically.  in  pulpit  i)eri<)ds, 
and  I  can  only  reflect  the  high  lights  of  his  ar- 
gument. 

That  we  are  living  in  the  "age  of  headlines, 
snapshots,  motor  cars  and  music  halls";  that 
our  lives  "are  like  the  cinematograph,"  "a  night- 
mare in  the  glare  of  day;  that  our  streets  are 
'a  delirium  of  panic";  that  our  homes  are  "sadly, 
almost  studiously  neglected";  that  married  life 
is  "life  in  a  hired  flat  where  everything  is  fur- 
nished but  the  cradle";  that  the  "living  poems, 
tlie  joybells,  the  fairest  bloom  of  the  household, 
children,"  are  not  to  be  found;  that  "anything 
favoring  racial  suicide  should  be  shunned  as  you 
would  avoid  some  pestilential  breeding  swamp"; 
that  unless  something  is  done  we  shall  be  "hir- 
ing hearses  instead  of  purchasing  cradles";  that 
"the  state  depends  on  the  hoine,  the  home  on  the 
marriage  tie  and  the  marriage  tie  on  the  char- 
acter of  the  union  between  the  prospective  father 
and  mother";  but  that  our  men  and  women  "want 
a  good  time  instead  of  children" — these  were 
some  of  Father  Vaughan's  strictures  upon 
.American  life.  They  are  his  strictures  upon 
British  life  as  well;  they  syllabus  his  book  "The 
Sins  of  Society"  which  we  have  all  read  of  course. 
So  it  is  not  necessary  to  enlarge  upon  them  now. 

A  polished  man  indeed!  One  would  fain  talk 
literature  with  him  instead  of  race  suicide.  Per- 
haps I  missed  my  opportunity  when  he  men- 
tioned Wordsworth.  Who  knows  but  that  by  a 
deft  twist,  when  we  stood  at  that  horseshoe  bend 
of  the  silvern  Wye,  I  could  have  switched  the 
current  of  talk  to  more  genial  topics?  But  after 
all  it  was  not  my  interview.  It  was  most  literally 
l'"ather  Vaughan's.  And  besides,  horrid  tliought! 
lie  might  have  felt  the  necessity  of  turning  tlie 
symposium  into  a  bally  spelling  bee! 


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One  of  the  Crowd 


December  7,  1912 


He  comes  out  of  the  office,  which  is  a  pretty 
large  one,  with  a  series  of  nods — condescending, 
curt,  indifferent,  friendly,  and  deferential.  He  has 
detestations  and  preferences,  even  cronies;  and 
if  he  has  superiors,  he  has  also  inferiors.  But 
whereas  his  fate  depends  on  the  esteem  of  a 
superior,  the  fate  of  no  inferior  depends  on  his 
esteem.  When  he  nods  deferentially  he  is  bow- 
ing to  an  august  power  before  which  all  others 
are  in  essence  equal;  the  least  of  his  inferiors 
knows  that.  And  the  least  of  his  inferiors  will 
light,  on  the  stairs,  a  cigarette  with  the  same 
gesture,  and  of  perhaps'  the  same  brand,  as  his 
own — to  signalize  the  tnoment  of  freedom,  of 
emergence  from  the  machine  into  human  citizen- 
ship. Presently  he  is  walking  down  the  crammed 
street  with  one  or  two  preferences  or  indiffer- 
ences, and  they  are  communicating  with  each 
other  in  slang,  across  the  shoulders  of  jostling 
interrupters,  and  amid  the  shouts  of  newsboys 
and  the  immense  roaring  of  the  roadway.  And 
at  the  back  of  his  mind,  wliile  he  talks  and  smiles, 
or  frowns,  is  a  clear  vision  of  a  terminus  and  a 
clock  and  a  train.  Just  as  the  water-side  man, 
wherever  he  may  l)e.  is  aware,  night  and  day, 
(jf  the  exact  state  of  the  tide,  so  this  man  carries 
in  his  brain  a  time-table  of  a  particular  series  of 
trains,  and  subconsciously  he  is  always  aware 
whether  he  must  hurry  or  may  loiter.  His  case 
is  not  peculiar.  He  is  just  an  indistinguishable 
tnan  on  the  crowded  footpaths,  and  all  the  men 
on  the  footpaths,  like  him,  are  secretly  obsessed 
by  the  vision  of  a  train  just  moving  out  of  a 
station. 

He  arrives  at  the  terminus  with  only  one  com- 
panion; the  rest,  with  nods,  have  vanished  away 
at  one  street  corner  or  another.  Gradually  he 
is  sorting  himself  out.  Both  he  and  his  compan- 
ion know  that  there  are  a  hundred  and  twenty 
seconds  to  spare.  The  companion  relates  a  new 
humorous  story  of  something  unprintable,  alleged 
to  have  happened  between  a  man  and  a  woman. 
The  receiver  of  the  story  laughs  with  honest 
glee,  and  is  grateful,  and  the  companion  has  the 
air  of  a  benefactor;  which  indeed  he  is,  for  these 
stories  are  the  ready-money  of  social  intercourse. 
The  companion  strides  off,  with  a  nod.  The 
other  remains  solitary.  He  has  sorted  himself 
out,  but  only  for  a  minute.  In  a  minute  he  is 
an  indistinguishable  unit  again,  with  nine  others, 
in  the  compartment  of  a  moving  train.  He  reads 
an  evening  newspaper,  which  seems  to  have  come 
into  his  hand  of  its  own  agency,  for  he  catches 
it  every  night  with  a  purely  mechanical  grasp  as 
it  flies  in  the  street.  He  reads  of  deeds  and  mis- 
deeds, and  glances  aside  imcasily  from  the  dis- 
turbing tidings  of  restless  men  who  will  not  let 
the  social  order  alone.  Suddenly,  after  the  train 
has  stopped  several  times,  he  folds  up  the  news- 
paper as  it  is  stopping  again,  and  gets  blindly 
out.  As  he  surges  up  into  the  street  on  a  torrent 
of  his  brothers,  he  seems  less  sorted  than  ever. 
The  street  into  which  he  comes  is  broad  and  busy, 
and  the  same  newspapers  are  flying  in  it.  Never- 
theless, the  street  is  different  from  the  streets 
of  the  centre.  It  has  a  reddish  or  a  yellowish 
quality  of  color,  and  there  is  not  the  same  haste 
in  it.  He  walks  more  quickly  now.  He  walks 
a  long  way  up  another  broad  street,  in  which 
rare  autobuses  and  tradesmen's  carts  rattle  and 
thunder.  The  street  gets  imperceptibly  quieter, 
and  more  verdurous.  He  passes  a  dozen  side- 
streets,  and  at  last  he  turns  into  a  side-street. 
And  this  side-street  is  full  of  trees  and  tranqnil- 


By  Arnold  Bennett 

lity.  It  is  so  silent  that  to  reach  it  he  might 
have  travelled  seventy  miles  instead  of  seven. 
There  are  glimpses  of  yellow  and  red  houses  be- 
hind thick  summer  verdure.  His  pace  still  quick- 
ens. He  smiles  to  himself  at  the  story,  and 
wonders  to  whom  he  can  present  it  on  the  mor- 
row. And  then  he  halts  and  pushes  open  a 
gate  upon  which  is  painted  a  name.  And  he  is 
in  a  small  garden,  with  a  vista  of  a  larger  garden 
behind.  And  down  the  vista  is  a  young  girl, 
with  the  innocence  and  grace  and  awkwardness 
and  knowingness  of  her  years — sixteen;  a  little 
shabby,  or  perhaps  careless,  in  her  attire,  but 
enchanting.  She  starts  forward,  smiling,  and  ex- 
claims: 
"Father!" 

Xow  he  is  definitely  sorted  out. 

Though  this  man  is  one  of  the  crowd,  thougii 
nobody  vvoultj  look  twice  at  him  in  Cannon 
street,  yet  it  is  to  the  successful  and  the  felicitous 
crowd  that  he  belongs.  There  are  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  his  grade;  but  he  has  the  right  to  fancy 
himself  a  bit.  He  can  do  certain  difficult  things 
very  well — else  how,  in  the  fierce  and  gigantic 
struggle  for  money,  should  he  contrive  to  get 
hold   of  five   hundred   pounds  a  year? 

He  is  a  lord  in  his  demesne;  nay,  even  a  sort 
of  eternal  father.  Two  servants  go  in  fear  of 
him,  because  his  wife  uses  him  as  a  bogey  to 
intimidate  them.  His  son,  the  schoolboy,  the 
"lie  at  school,  knows  there  is  no  appeal  from 
him.  and  quite  sincerely  has  an  idea  that  his  pock- 
ets are  inexhaustible.  Whenever  his  son  has 
seen  him  called  upon  to  pay  he  has  always  paid, 
and  money  has  always  been  left  in  his  pocket. 
His  daughter  adores  and  exasperates  him.  His 
wife,  with  her  private  system  of  visits,  and  lur 
suff ragetting,  and  her  independences,  recognizes 
ultimately  in  every  conflict  that  the  resultant  of 
forces  is  against  her  and  for  him.  When  he  is 
very  benevolent  he  joins  her  in  the  game  of  pre- 
tending that  they  are  equals.  He  is  the  distrib- 
utor of  joy.  When  he  laughs,  all  laugh,  and 
word  shoots  through  the  demesne  that  father  is 
in  good  humor. 

He  laughs  tonight.  The  weather  is  superb;  il 
is  the  best  time  of  the  year  in  the  suburbs.  Twi- 
light is  endless;  the  silver  will  not  die  out  of  the 
sky.  He  wanders  in  the  garden,  the  others  with 
him.  He  works  potteringly.  He  shows  himself 
more  powerful  than  his  son,  both  physically  and 
mentally.  He  spoils  his  daughter,  who  is  daily 
growing  more  mysterious.  He  administers  flat- 
tery to  his  wife.  He  throws  scraps  of  kindness 
to  the  servants.  It  is  his  wife  who  at  last  insists 
on  the  children  going  to  bed.  Lights  show  at 
the  upper  windows.  The  kitchen  is  dark  and 
silent.  His  wife  calls  to  him  from  upstairs.  He 
strolls  round  to  the  front  patch  of  garden,  stares 
down  the  side  road,  sees  an  autobus  slide  past 
the  end  of  it,  shuts  and  secures  the  gate,  comes 
into  the  house,  bolts  the  front-door,  bolts  the 
back-door,  inspects  the  windows,  glances  at  the 
kitchen;  finally,  he  extinguishes  the  gas  in  the 
hall.  Then  he  leaves  the  ground-floor  to  its 
solitude,  and  on  the  first-floor  peeps  in  at  his 
snoring  son,  and  admonishes  his  daughter 
through  a  door  ajar  not  to  read  in  bed.  He  goes 
to  the  chief  bedroom,  and  locks  himself  therein 
with  his  wife;  and  yawns.  The  night  has  come. 
He  has  made  his  dispositions  for  the  night,  .^nd 
now  he  must  trust  himself,  and  all  that  is  his. 
to  the  night.  A  vague,  faint  anxiety  penetrates 
him.  He  can  feel  the  weight  of  five  human  beings 
depending  on  him;  their  faith  in  him  lies  heavy. 


In  the  middle  of  the  night  he  wakes  up,  and  is 
reminded  of  such-and-such  a  dish  of  which  he 
partook.  He  remembers  what  his  wife  said: 
"There's  no  doing  anything  with  that  girl" — the 
daughter — "1  don't  know  what's  come  over  her." 
.\nd  he  thinks  of  all  his  son's  faults  and  stupid- 
ities, and  of  what  it  will  be  to  have  two  children 
adult.  It  is  true — there  is  no  doing  anything 
with  either  one  or  the  other.  Their  characte.'s 
are  unchangeable — to  be  taken  or  left.  This  is 
one  lesson  he  has  learnt  in  the  last  ten  years. 
.And  his  wife  .  .  .  !  The  whole  organism  of 
the  demesne  presents  itself  to  him,  lying  awake, 
as  most  extraordinarily  complicated.  The  garden 
alone,  the  '  rose-trees  alone — what  a  constant 
cause  of  solicitude!  The  friction  of  the  servants 
— was  one  of  them  a  thief  or  was  she  not?  Tin 
landlord  must  be  bulled  about  the  roof.  Then, 
new  wall-papers!  A  hinge!  His  clothes'  His 
boots!  His  wife's  clothes,  and  her  occasio'ial 
strange  discf)ncerting  apathy!  The  children's 
clothes!  Rent!  Taxes!  Rates!  Season-ticket! 
Subscriptions!  Negligence  of  the  newsvendor! 
Bills!  Seaside  holiday!  Erratic  striking  of  the 
drawing-room  clock!  The  pain  in  his  daughter's 
back!  The  singular  pain  in  his  own  groin — noth- 
ing, and  yet  .  .  .  !  Insurance  premium  I 
.\nd  ;d)ove  all  the  office!  Who  knew,  who  could 
tell,  what  might  happen?  There  was  no  margin 
of  safety,  not  fifty  pounds  margin  of  safety.  He 
walked  in  success  and  happiness  on  a  thin  brittle 
crust!  Crack!  And  where  would  they  all  be? 
Where  would  be  the  illusion  of  his  son  and 
(laughter  that  he  was  an  impregnable  and  un- 
shakable rock?  What  would  his  son  think  if  he 
knew  that  his  father  often  calculated  to  half-a- 
crown,  and  economized  in  cigarettes  and  a  great 
deal  in  lunches?    .    .  . 

(Continued   on    Tage  21.) 


Does  SO  Years' 
Experience 

in  the  skillful  distillation  of 


HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 

MEAN  ANYTHING  TO  YOU? 

It  haa  brought  this  finest  product  of  Maryland**  famous 
dUtillerie*  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  peifection 

THE  AMERICAN  GENTLEMAN'S  WHISKEY 

Sold  at  all  first-class  caftrs  and  by  jobbers 
WM.  I.ANAHAN  &  SON.  Baltimore.  Md. 


December  7,  1912  Q  TALK 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 

LXX— THE  POTTER'S  FIELD 
By  Edward  Robeson  Taylor 

(This  sonnet  by  Dr.  Taylor  celebrates  the  old  City  Cemetery  which  was  recently  cleared  of  its  tombs  and 
converted  into  Lincoln  Park.  The  lines  are  taken  from  Dr.  Taylor's  volume  "Lavender  and  Other  Verses,"  pub- 
lish by  Paul   Elder  and  Company  of  this  city.) 

The  wind  blows  keen  from  off  the  ocean's  breast  Then  fell  to  death  unheeded  and  unblest. 

Where  springtime  grasses,  done  with  living,  lie  But  soon  the  cypresses  will  grip  the  bones 

Low  on  these  graves,  that  list  no  human  sigh  Of  these  lorn  dead,  and  on  their  bodies  feed 

For  those  who  there  all  unregarded  rest —  To  bid  them  live  anew  in  branch  and  leaf; 

Each  nameless  one  the  City's  wayworn  guest,  And  children  here,  in  merry-making  tones. 

Who  long,  beneath  Misfortune's  sullen  sky,  All  things  of  happiness  will  gaily  breed. 

Strove,  till  he  could  no  more  his  woes  defy,  Nor  know  that  under  them  roll  seas  of  grief. 


The  Spectator 


An  Arrest  and  a  Moral 

About  two  weeks  ago  a  Japanese  lace  house  in 
the  downtown  shopping  district  was  broken  into 
by  burglars  who  managed  to  make  their  "get- 
away" with  a  lot  of  valuable  loot.  A  few  days 
later  the  police  made  several  arrests,  and  one  of 
the  suspects  whom  they  locked  up  on  pretty  good 
evidence  is  an  old  acquaintance  of  our  thief-takers 
named  Adam  Stroh.  The  arrest  of  Adam  Stroh 
is  interesting,  because  it  holds  a  moral  for  our 
amateur  penologists  whose  soft  hearts  yearn  for 
wholesale  jail  deliveries.  Adam  Stroh  is  a  con- 
vict who  would  not  have  been  at  large  when  the 
recent  burglary  was  committed  had  it  not  been 
for  the  kindly  offices  of  Fremont  Older.  Older's 
faith  in  Stroh  was  very  strong,  but  it  rpay  be 
doubted  whether  the  editor-philanthropist  con- 
tinues to  regard  him  as  a  worthy  object  of  sen- 
timental solicitude.  If  Older  still  has  faith  in 
Adam  Stroh,  then  Older's  is  a  faith  which  can 
move  mountains. 


A  "Reformed"  Burglar 

Fremont  Older  interested  himself  in  Adam 
Stroh  because  he  was  assured  that  Adam  Stroh 
had  reformed.  This  assurance  was  conveyed  to 
Older  by  Donald  Lowrie  who  had  met  Stroh 
when  both  were  doing  time  at  San  Quentin  and 
who  should  have  been  in  a  position  to  know.  It 
was  high  time  that  Stroh  reformed  anyway.  His 
criminal  record  is  a  pretty  full  one  and  it  dates 
back  to  the  year  1884.  Stroh  is  a  five  time  loser; 
that  is  to  say,  he  has  made  the  journey  across 
the  bay  to  San  Quentin  five  times.  His  last  sen- 
tence was  for  twenty  years,  but  he  was  paroled 
in  1909  and  discharged  from  parole  in  1911. 
Shortly  after  his  restoration  to  entire  freedom  he 
was  arrested  for  burglary,  and  was  held  for  trial 
in  January  of  this  year.  It  was  then  that  Stroh 
convinced  Donald  Lowrie  that  he  had  reformed. 
Lowrie  in  turn  convinced  Older,  and  the  latter 
enthusiastic  penologist  was  so  impressed  that  he 
went  to  the  front  for  Stroh  with  the  result  that 
repentant  Adam  was  admitted  to  probation.  But 
alas!  the  old  Adam  in  Adam  Stroh  asserted  it- 
self, and  his  arrest  for  burglarizing  the  Japanese 
lace  house  followed.  He  hadn't  reformed  after 
all.  Of  course  his  probation  has  been  revoked, 
and  he  will  be  tried  for  burglary. 


Phelan  versus  Newlands 

Are  we  to  have  a  battle  of  the  little  giants  on 
the  Pacific  Coast?  Are  the  millions  and  the  in- 
fluence of  James  Duval  Phelan  to  be  pitted 
against  the  millions  and  the  influence  of  Francis 
Griflfith  Newlands?    .'Xrc  these  two  suave  Dem- 


ocrats to  clash  in  a  catch-as-catch-can  struggle 
for  seats  at  the  Cabinet  table  in  the  White 
House?  From  what  I  have  heard  it  looks  that 
way.  The  rumble  of  opposing  parks  of  political 
artillery  reaches  the  ear  that  is  held  patiently 
to  the  ground.  The  indications  are  that  we  are 
to  be  treated  to  as  pretty  a  scrap  as  can  be  seen 
this  side  of  Thrace.  For  it  seems  that  "Jimmy" 
Phelan  and  Frank  Newlands  are  contestants  for 
the  honor  of  representing  the  Pacific  Coast  in 
the  official  family  of  President  Woodrow  Wilson. 
Each  is  determined  to  win;  each  is  shapening  a 
knife  for  the  slitting  of  the  other's  weasand.  Lay 
on!  say  I,  and  damned  be  him  that  first  cries 
"Sufficient!" 


Their  Rival  Claims 

Volunteer  cabinet  makers  in  this  vicinity  have 
settled  it  to  their  own  satisfaction  that  the 
Pacific  Coast  is  to  have  a  representative  in  the 
Cabinet.  Of  course  the  volunteer  cabinet  makers 
may  be  very  wrong.  President  Wilson  may  not 
see  the  necessity  of  giving  the  Coast  a  place. 
But  granting  that  when  he  returns  from  Bermuda 
he  will  decide  to  appoint  a  Cabinet  officer  from 
this  side  of  the  continent,  say  to  the  Department 
of  the  Interior  or  the  Department  of  Commerce 
and  Labor,  the  two  warring  aspirants  will  be 
Phelan  and  Newlands.  J?oth  think  they  have 
claims  on  Woodrow.  Phelan  contributed  to  the 
national  campaign  fund  and  to  the  campaign 
fund  for  this  State.  His  total  contributions,  I 
suppose,  totalled  some  six  or  seven  thousand  dol- 
lars. Not  a  great  deal  for  a  millionaire,  to  be 
sure.    Newlands  was  more  generous.  Probably 


twenty  thousand  dollars  of  his  good  money  went 
into  the  fight,  principally  into  the  fight  in  Nevada. 
Phelan  was  one  of  the  original  Wilson  men  in 
California.  So  was  Newlands  in  Nevada.  S" 
far  it  looks  like  a  stand-off. 


Newlands'  Coup 

But  Newlands  has  a  very  particular  claim  on 
the  gratitude  of  his  party.  He  probably  did  more 
than  any  other  man  to  help  Key  Pitman  take 
the  Nevada  senatorial  toga  away  from  Judge 
Massey.  That  was  a  hard  fight.  George  Wing- 
ficld  and  his  friends  who  are  legion  were  all 
lined  up  on  the  side  of  Judge  Massey.  Newlands 
threw  himself  heart  and  soul  into  the  Pitman 
canvass.  The  California  campaign  managers 
wanted  Newlands  to  speak  in  this  State  during 
the  campaign,  but  he  declined,  pleading  as  excuse 
that  his  hands  were  full  of  the  task  of  electing 
Key  Pitman.  Pitman  won  by  a  narrow  margin 
of  eighty-nine  votes.  His  election  is  of  peculiar 
importance  because  when  he  takes  his  seat  he  will 
turn  the  scale  in  the  Senate  against  the  Repub- 
licans. With  Pitman's  vote  the  Democrats  of  the 
Senate  will  muster  forty-nine  votes  while  the  Re- 
publicans will  have  forty-eight.  So  Newlands  did 
a  great  service  for  the  party,  and  he  will  expect 
his  reward. 


Jimmy  is  Close  Up 

Phelan  offsets  this  athantage  by  enjoying  the 
personal  friendship  of  the  President  elect. 
Woodrow  and  Jimmy  are  very  chummy.  Wood- 
row  has  expressed  his  esteem  for  Jimmy  and 
his  respect  for  his  abilities.     Besides,  Phelan  has 


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the  close  friendship  of  William  J.  Bryan.  Bryan 
would  go  out  of  his  way  to  help  Phelan  in  a 
fight.  So  there  you  are.  It  looks  as  though  it 
will  be  a  fight  worth  while.  When  the  first  sign 
of  any  attempt  to  program  the  Pacific  Coast  for 
Phelan  is  given,  the  Xewlands  adherents  will  get 
busy.  And  they  say  that  what  they  won't  do  to 
the  San  Francisco  man  won't  be  worth  mention- 
ing. The  only  other  Pacific  Coast  aspirant  for 
a  Cabinet  position  I  have  heard  of  is  Judge  Will 
R.  King  of  Oregon.  King  is  national  commit- 
teeman for  Oregon  and  was  in  charge  of  the 
bureau  of  supplies  for  the  national  committee 
during  the  campaign.  But  he  is  not  to  be  con- 
sidered over  seriously. 


The  Circus  and  the  Band 

The  women  of  the  Infants'  Shelter  who  man- 
aged the  society  circus  have  learned  a  lot  about 
the  principles  of  organized  labor.  To  that  lovely 
body  of  gentlemen,  the  Musicians'  Union,  they 
are  indebted  for  enlightenment.  One  of  the 
essentials  of  a  circus  being  a  band  the  women 
thought  it  would  be  a  good  idea  to  get  the  one 
at  the  Presidio.  Uncle  Sam's  musicians  were 
willing  to  play  for  the  fun  of  the  thing,  to  con- 
tribute their  services  to  charity.  Almost  every- 
thing else  had  been  donated.  Printing  cost 
nothing.  The  theatres  furnished  stage  hands  and 
ushers.  .\11  the  talent  had  been  volunteered,  but 
when  the  Musicians'  Union  heard  that  the  music 
was  to  be  furnished  by  the  army  there  was  an 
uproar.  The  officers  of  the  union  were  asked 
what  they  would  charge  for  a  band.  They  would 
charge  only  $900.  They  were  told  the  price  was 
too  steep.  Presently  the  women  learned  that  or- 
ganized labor  through  its  pull  at  Washington  had 
caused  a  rule  to  be  made  prohibiting  army  bands 
from  competing  with  union  bands.  The  women 
entered  into  communication  with  the  War  De- 
partment, and  meanwhile  they  tried  to  conciliate 
the  officers  of  the  union.  It  was  suggested  that 
as  the  Infants'  Shelter  was  maintained  for  the 
benefit  of  the  poor  and  that  as  the  children  of 
union  men  were  often  cared  for  there,  the 
musicians  if  they  would  not  volunteer  their 
services  should  at  least  iKJt  insist  on  cutting 
down  the  profits  of  the  entertainment.  But  the 
musicians  were  not  to  be  moved  by  an  appeal 
to  a  feeling  of  charity.  For  a  time  the  women 
stood  firm,  and  the  union  cut  the  price,  first  to 
five  hundred  and  then  to  three  hundred,  and 
finally  it  was  decided  to  hire  the  union  band,  not 
as  a  concession  to  union  labor  but  because  it  was 
feared  that   the  carpenters  might   be  called  out. 


Morals  of  the  Auto  Trade 

The  Candicl  Friend  of  the  Sunday  Call  quotes 
approvingly  a  suggestion  that  the  automobile 
should  be  Christianized  as  it  is  a  most  immoral 
machine.  The  automobile  certainly  has  a  demor- 
alizing efTect  on  folks  addicted  to  it;  likewise  on 
persons  engaged  in  handling  it  for  owners.  The 
morals  of  the  automobile  trade  are  in  an  awful 
state.  Herbert  Spencer  once  wrote  an  essay  on 
the  morals  of  trade  in  which  he  said  that  illicit 
practices  of  every  form  and  shade,  from  venial 
deception  up  to  all  but  direct  theft,  may  be 
brought  home  not  only  to  the  lower  classes  but 
also  to  the  higher  grades  of  the  commercial 
world.  He  maintained  that  many  elaborately 
devised  frauds  had  become  established  as  "cus- 
toms of  the  trade."  It  is  probably  under  this 
head  that  the  delinquencies  of  the  automobile 
business  are  properly  to  be  classed.  The  giving 
of  commissions  is  of  course  one  of  the  customs 
of  trade,  and  as  a  result  of  this  custom  many 
automobiles  are  sent  to  the  repair  shop  when  the 
only  thing  that  needs  repair  is  the  chauffeur's 
purSe.  I  heard  of  a  millionaire  automobile  owner 
who  recently  discovered  that  every  time  a  tire 
was  bought  for  his  machine  he  was  charged  for 
two.  I  know  of  several  wealthy  men  who  have 
sold  their  autos  from  sheer  exasperation  at  the 
continual  fleecing  from  which  they  suffered. 
Tliey  concluded  that  it  was  cheaper  and  less 
troublesome  to  hire  taxis. 


The  Good  Chauffeur 

The  most  exasperating  of  all  the  troubles  of 
the  automobile  owner  is  that  of  keeping  the 
machine  for  his  own  exclusive  use.  Perhaps  of 
all  the  rare  things  under  the  sun  there  is  nothing 
(|uite  so  rare  as  the  chauffeur  who  never  goes 
joyriding  at  the  expense  of  his  employer.  There 
is  a  prominent  physician  in  town  who  used  to 
boast  that  he  was  fortunate  above  other  mortals, 
having,  as  he  was  certain,  a  chauflfeur  who  was 
too  virtuous  to  take  the  machine  out  without 
permission.  One  morning  at  breakfast  he  learned 
from  his  favorite  journal  that  the  night  before 
his  machine  had  furnished  a  car-load  of  patients 
to  one  of  the  hospitals;  also,  that  the  machine 
w.as  fit  only  for  the  scrap-heap.  That  goo<l 
chauffeur  had  done  the  trick. 


The  Air-Tight  Garage 

Some  time  ago  automobile  owners  were  made 
happy  by  the  opening  of  a  garage  in  a  fashion- 
al'le  neighborhood  the  management  of  which  had 


DEWAR'S  SCOTCH 
WHISKY 


Distillers  to  His  Majesty,  King  George  V 

John  Dewar  &  Sons  held  this  Royal  Warrant  also  to  Queen  Victoria 
and  King  Edward — a  record  that  no  other  Distillers  have  ever  attained 


devised  a  plan  to  safeguard  machines  from  the 
passion  for  surreptitious  joyriding.  In  this 
garage  a  man  was  stationed  near  the  entrance 
night  and  day  to  keep  tab  on  every  machine  that 
came  in  and  went  out.  At  the  end  of  each  month 
each  owner  received  a  report  of  the  exact  hour 
of  entrance  and  exit.  One  night  one  of  the 
patrons  of  this  garage  found  his  machine  in  tlie 
tenderloin.  He  said  nothing.  At  the  end  of  the 
month  he  received  his  report.  It  showed  that 
on  the  night  the  machine  was  in  the  tenderloin 
it  never  left  the  garage.  He  told  some  of  his 
friends  the  story,  and  they  investigated  and  found 
that  between  the  night  watchman  at  the  garage 
and  the  chauffeurs  there  were  very  friendly  rela- 


Knocking  the  Pioneers 

It  isn't  a  bit  kind  of  an  elderly  gentleman  like 
Hubert  Howe  Bancroft  to  take  a  swat  at  our 
Society  of  California  Pioneers.  One  wouldn't 
have  expected  such  unkindness  from  an  old  chap 
who  has  reached  the  age  which  mellows.  Yet 
Hubert  Howe  Bancroft  has  actually  done  this. 
He  girds  at  the  Pioneers  in  his  latest  book  called 
■Retrospection."  Listen  to  the  veteran  publisher 
and  publicist:  "There  were  never  any  pioneers, 
properly  so  called,  in  California,  though  there  is 
a  pioneer  society  in  San  Francisco,  the  distin- 
guishing character  of  whose  members  is  not 
merit,  achievement  or  intellect,  but  simply  exist- 
ence. They  or  their  progenitors  came  to  Cali- 
fornia before  a  certain  date.  If  as  horse  thieves, 
the  membership  requirement  would  be  met  all 
the  same."  That's  pretty  bad  language.  The 
f.act    that    it   is   the   truth   (li^esn't    sc^m   t^^  take 


CHRISTMAS 
QUESTIONS 
SOLVED 


q  ytsi  pocket 

O^cra  G/aj>  insofi 
c  aje  of  pigskin  or 
colo'cd  morocco. 
Compact  and  con- 
venient— practical 
and  inexpemive. 
An  appreciated 
momenta  fre- 
quently used. 


^  Pencil  Stand,  for  desk  UM. 
containing  six  pencils  o/oariou* 
colors  and  doubte  tipped  erat- 
UTt,  in  hconj  nickel  plate  or 
dull  brass.  $2  50.  W/M 
folding  rule  instead  of  erasure, 
$1.75. 


q  Hat  Pin  Holder,  an 
absolutely  rtecessafjt  ar- 
ticle for  a  iooman's  table, 
nill  add  beauty  to  any 
"  set  "  on  dresser.  A 
proper  gift  to  woman — 
$1.25  up. 


q  "Cfou" 

traJc  mark 
lib  Ao3fA«xime 
significanct 

fUng  "  has 
.^^^       in  sih^er — 
*0«dO'*    $o  a  "Cross' 
gijt  U  "correct." 


MARKET  AND  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


December  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


11 


liie  curse  off  it.  Suppose  the  progeny  of  Yankee 
Sullivan  or  any  other  victim  of  the  Vigilance 
Committee  of  1856  is  eligible  for  membership  in 
our  Society  of  Pioneers?  Must  we  be  reminded 
of  our  antecedents  in  this  cavalier  fashion?  I 
for  one  don't  like  it.  I  expect  to  hear  a  mighty 
protest  directed  at  Hubert  Howe  Bancroft's  head. 
Maybe  he's  envious  because,  having  arrived  only 
in   '52,  he  isn't  eligible  for  membership. 


The  Hotel  Rafael  on  the  Block 

So  the  Hotel  Rafael  is  to  he  -sold  at  auction! 
And  Baron  Von  Schrocder  is  going  to  return  to 
his  native  country!  We  are  coming  to  the  end 
of  the  chapter.  I  am  glad  the  Hotel  Rafael  is 
to  be  sold,  but  I  am  sorry  the  Baron  is  going  to 
leave  us.  It  is  of  considerable  importance  to 
this  city  that  the  hotel  property  in  San  Rafael 
should  change  hands,  for  the  hotel  ought  to  be 
a  means  of  attracting  people  to  the  most  beauti- 
ful county  in  our  State,  proximity  to  which  is 
C)ne  of  San  Francisco's  finest  assets.  But  how 
little  is  it  known!  So  far  as  the  stranger  from 
the  East  is  concerned  San  Rafael  is  as  far  away 
from  San  Francisco  as  San  Francisco  is 
from  San  Diego.  It  is  really  a  suburb  of  the 
metropolis,  and  in  its  reticent  aspect,  its  variety 
and  engaging  details  of  scenery  it  has  all  the 
charm  of  a  picturesque  Spanish  village  in  the 
(lays  of  the  Missions.  Almost  anywhere  in 
Marin  County,  whether  in  the  mellow  sunshine 
on  the  flanks  of  Tamalpais  or  along  the  winding 
roads  of  the  foothills,  is  to  be  found  the  ideal 
home  site  for  the  man  who  would  fare  far  from 
the  madding  crowd  yet  remain  within  striking 
distance.  But  Marin  County  is  known  nowhere 
but  in  California.  It  ought  to  have  a  big  fine 
hotel,  and  it  would  have  had  one  long  ago  if  Baron 
Von  Schroeder  could  have  been  induced  to  sell 
his  property. 


No  Great  Captain  of  Industry 

liaron  Von  Schroeder  tried  to  make  the  Hotel 
\y,\y  under  his  own  management  some  years  ago, 
but  was  unsuccessful.  The  Baron  is  not  a  great 
business  man.  During  the  years  he  has  man- 
a.ged  the  estate  of  his  wife  it  has  not  grown. 
Indeed  the  Baron  has  been  very  unfortunate  in 
his  business  ventures;  so  much  so  that  he  has 
probably  become  disgusted  with  the  ways  of 
business  in  this  country,  and  doubtless  longs  for 
the  repose  and  (juiet  of  a  nice  little  estate  in 
Germany  where  the  high  cost  of  living  is  not 
the  problem  of  the  hour.  The  Baroness  Von 
Schroeder  inherited  nearly  two  million  dollars 
from  her  father.  She  will  not  take  that  much 
to  Germany  with  her. 


Equals  the  Besf  in 
Bouquet,  Flavor  and 
Sparkle 

GOLDEN  STATE 

Extra  Dry 
California  Champagne 


A    Superb     Home  Product 
that  should   be  served  on  all 
Festive  Occasions 

Produced  by  iho 

ITALIAN -SWISS  COLONY 


Is  the  Hill  Railroad  Coming? 

Once  more  there  is  activity  in  Bay  I'"arni  Island 
real  estate,  and  agam  it  is  attributed  to  the  de- 
signs of  the  Jim  Hill  railroad  interests.  Bay 
Farm  Island  is  a  fine  level  stretch  of  territory 
just  south  of  the  town  of  Alameda,  long  regarded 
as  an  ideal  spot  for  terminal  facilities  for  a  rail- 
road. Several  years  ago  it  was  said  that  Jim 
Hill  had  his  eye  on  this  property.  Now  it  is 
said  that  the  Hill  railroad  people  have  expressed 
their  determination  to  reach  the  waters  of  San 
Francisco  Bay.  I  have  no  authentic  informa- 
tion on  the  subject,  but  I  know  that  somebody 
has  been  offering  $3,000  an  acre  for  Bay  Farm 
Island,  and  that  althougli  a  few  years  ago  the 
land  was  valued  at  $1,000  an  acre,  the  owners 
are  now  holding  out  for  $5,000  ;in  acre. 


A  Poet  and  His  Prize 

George  Sterling  made  a  little  easy  money  the 
other  day.  He  was  one  of  the  tliree  winners  of 
"The  Lyric  Year  Prizes."  Some  time  ago 
Mitchell  Kennerley,  the  publisher,  announced  that 
an  anonymous  lover  of  poetry  had  offered  $1,000 
to  be  coinpeted  for  by  poets,  and  to  be  divided 
into  three  prizes,  $500  for  the  first  and  $250  for 
each  of  the  others.  George  Sterling  did  not 
compete  in  the  sense  of  writing  a  poem  for  a 
prize,  but  a  poem  inspired  by  the  Browning 
centenary  which  he  had  published  months  ago 
was  submitted  and  it  was  awarded  second  prize. 
The  first  prize  was  won  by  Orrick  Johns  of  St. 
Louis,  and  second  money  was  divided  between 
Sterling  and  Thomas  Augustin  Daly  of  Phil- 
adelphia. The  Ledger  of  that  city  in  its  ac- 
count of  the  winning  of  the  prizes  -refers  to 
Sterling  as  "a  writer  of  Italian  and  Irish  dialect 
verse,"  which  is  perhaps  more  of  a  joke  on  Daly 
than  on  Sterling,  for  Daly  is  the  writer  of  Italian 
and  Irish  dialect  verse,  and  he  lives  in  Phil- 
adelphia. A  somnolent  Quaker  city  journal  is 
not  to  be  wakened  even  by  the  singing  of  the 
poet  next  door. 


What  Saith  Hassett? 

Y'ciung  Hiester,  the  son  of  him  who  once  con- 
trolled the  destinies  of  the  old  Daily  Report,  was 
on  the  witness  stand  in  a  case  before  Judge  Mur- 
asky  the  other  day.  An  attorney  examined  him 
as  to  the  age  of  the  woman  involved  in  the  law 
suit.  "I  should  say  that  she  is  about  seventy 
years  of  age,"  said  Hiester  in  reply  to  a  question. 
"Don't  you  know,"  thundered  counsel,  "that  this 
woman  is  not  more  than  fifty  years  old?''  "How 
should  I  know?"  replied  Hiester.  "I  am  not  an 
expert  on  age.  I  know  for  a  fact  that  M.  C. 
Hassett  is  eighty-one  years  old,  but  he  claims 
to  be  sixty  and  doesn't  Imik  a  day  over  seventy." 


The  Great  "Fingy" 

It  is  our  unusual  privilege  to  entertain  two 
distinguished  politicians  and  newspaper  publish- 
ers at  one  and  the  same  time.  Singularly  enough, 
they  both  come  from  Buffalo.  I  refer  of  course 
to  Norman  E.  Mack,  for  many  years  chairman 
of  the  Democratic  National  Committee,  and 
"Fingy"  Conners,  for  quite  a  long  time  the  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  State  Committee  of  New- 
York.  Mack  and  Conners  are  rival  editors. 
Mack's  paper  is  the  Buffalo  Times  while  Conners 
has  two  to  his  credit,  the  Morning  Courier  and 
the  Evening  Enquirer.  Mack  is  a  polished  gen- 
tleman, a  suave  man  of  affairs  and  of  the  world. 
"Fingy"  or  W.  J.  Conners  is  a  man  of  another 
stamp.  A  millionaire  and  one  of  the  largest  em- 
jjloyers  of  labor  in  the  world,  "Fingy"  has  never 
succeeded  in  obliterating  the  telltale  marks  that 
link  him  to  his  rough  and  tumble  past.    He  has 


By  E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer  (Estab.  1902) 

REAL  ESTATE  AT  AUCTION 

TUESDAY 

TUESDAY   .    .   DECEMBER  17,  1912,  AT  12  M- 
By  Order  Baron  and  Baroness  von  Schroeder 
At  Offices, 
A.  J.  RICH  &  CO. 

121  AND  123  SUTTER  ST. 

Parcel  No.  1— THAT  COMMANDING 
CORNER  (N.E.),  MISSION  AND  FIRST, 
in  the  very  heart  of  the  wholesale  business 
section.  It  measures  129  feet  6  inches  on 
Mission  by  113  feet  4  inches  on  First. 

Parcel  No.  2— THE  HOTEL  RAFAEL, 
SAN  RAFAEL,  MARIN  CO.  Twenty- 
three  Acres,  beautifully  parked,  and  im- 
provements thereon.  Hotel  has  165  Fully 
Furnished  Rooms,  as  per  inventory;  65 
Baths,  Steam  Heat,  Room  Telephone  Serv- 
ice, Brick  Kitchen  separated  from  building, 
one  Two-Story  Residence,  3  Cottages, 
Clubhouse,  Garage,  Stable,  New  Laundry, 
Ice  Plant,  Tennis  Court  with  Pavilion. 

Ultra  liberal  terms.  Inspection  orders 
issued  at  offices. 

A.  J.  RICH  &  CO.,  121-123  Sutter. 
E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer. 


La  Questa 

One  of  iht  FINEST  RED  WINES 

in  the  world.    Served  al  First-Ctass 
Hotels,  Cafes,  Clubs,  Etc. 


Producer,  E.  H.  RIXFORD 

California-Pacific  Building,  105  Montgomery  St. 
San  Francisco 


San  Francisco 
"Overland  Limited'' 


Leaves  10:20  A.  M.  Daily 
Arrives  at  Chicago  in  68  Hours 

Pullman  equipment  of  latest  design. 
Electric  lighted  throughout. 

Rotunda  Observation  Car  contains  Li- 
brary, Parlor  and  Clubroom. 

Daily  market  reports  and  news  items  by 
telegraph. 

Excellent  Dining  Car  Service 
Meals  a  la  carte. 

Every  attention  shown  patrons  by 
courteous  employees. 

UNION  PACIFIC 

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Phone   Sutter  2940 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

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Phone  Kearny  3160 


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TOWN  TALK 


December  7,  1912 


1)0011  liltiiigly  (loscriboil  ;is  :i  uaiil  lioolor  raisod 
to  llio  nth  i)0\vcr,  a  typical  ri\or  fnint  tmiRli  niily 
partly  tamed  and  civilized  and  made  iiitu  mil- 
lionaire. 


Saving  His  Face 

Tun  ycar^  ago  Connors  was  engaged  in  one 
of  his  periodical  political  lights.  It  was  a  hit- 
tor  contest  for  supremacy  in  the  New  ^'ork  State 
oommittee,  and  the  outlook  was  so  d.nk  that 
"l'"iiigy"  was  inclined  to  compromise.  riien 
came  from  .Mrs.  "F'ingy"  Conners  the  message 
which  is  still  repeated  when  politicians  gather  to 
roiiiiiiisco  '  Remember."  she  wired,  "that  I  would 
rather  ho  tlio  widow  of  a  brave  man  than  the 
wife  nf  a  coward."  .\ot  very  encouraging  per- 
haps, lull  it  stoolod  "Fingy"  to  the  fray  and  he 
">a\od  his  t'aco  "  Yes,  he  saved  his  f;ico,  where- 
upon one  cynical  piditician  wanted  to  know 
whothor  it  wa--  worth  saving.  It's  a  romarkablo 
l)hi/.,  witliDiit  a  doubt,  TIk'n-  toll  a  >tory  .about 
it.  It  >tonis  that  Connors  once  iirosonted  his 
iiowspapor  p.iss  tn  a  train  conductor  who  did  not 
Know  him  by  --ight.  'I'lio  oiiiiductur  thought  it 
had  boon  stolon  ;nid  took  il  up  Tlion  ho  wired 
to  division  hoadcpiarters :  "Man  with  a  pass  who 
looks  like  a  prizefighter  and  acts  like  a  tough  says 
he's  W.  J.  Connors. '■■  Promptly  came  the  answer: 
"That's  him." 


He's  a  Fighter 

Connors  started  life  as  a  cabin  boy  on  a  lake 
stoanior;  then  he  became  a  porter;  later  a  hmg- 
shiironian.  h'ighting  was  a  big  part  of  the  day's 
work  (111  the  HnfTalo  waterfront  and  "Fingy"  was 
a  groat  lighter  Ho  followed  the  dock  law:  "If 
you  can't  whip  your  man  with  your  fists,  whip 
him  with  a  bale  stick  or  ;i  bo\  hook  or  :inything 


(dso  that  comes  handy — only  wliip  him."  Rut 
he  didn't  waste  his  fighting  force.  When  ho  was 
made  foreman  of  a  gang  of  freight  handlers  ho 
lined  the  men  up  on  the  wharf.  "If  there's  a 
mother's  son  in  this  gang  what  thinks  he  can 
lick  me,'"  he  said,  "let  him  come  and  do  it  right 
now."  A  six-footer  stepped  forward,  rolling  up 
his  sleeves.  "So  ye  think  yez  are  as  good  a  man 
as  me,  do  ye,  Pat?"  asked  Conners,  and  tlie 
other  admitted  the  soft  impeachment.  "Well 
then,"  replied  Conners,  "yez  are  fired,  for  I  won't 
have  no  man  in  the  gang  that  thinks  he  can  lick 

1110." 


His  Big  Fight 

"h'ingy"  got  into  the  saloon  business  on  the 
docks  and  began  to  make  money.  Then  he  con- 
ceived the  idea  which  made  him  a  millionaire. 
He  became  a  labor  contractor,  taking  contracts 
to  handle  freight  for  all  the  big  steamship  com- 
panies that  put  into  Buffalo.  At  first  he  had 
trouble  with  the  unions,  but  he  knew  how  to  con- 
tnd  men  and  he  saw  to  it  that  the  labor  leaders 
\  ere  his  creatures.  In  other  words  he  soon  came 
to  own  the  unions.  He  made  a  big  mistake  when 
he  tried  to  control  the  grain  business  as  he  had 
the  freight  business.  The  grain  handlers  drink 
an  enormous  amount  of  red  liquor  and  "Fingy" 
made  a  rule  that  they  must  drink  it  in  his  saloons. 
If  they  didn't  drink  enough  he  fired  them.  The 
result  was  that  if  a  man  vi'ent  home  on  pay  night 
without  a  "load"  he  went  home  without  a  job. 
The  wives  of  the  grain  handlers  soon  arose  in 
their  wrath  against  this  system.  They  enlisted 
the  help  of  the  clergy,  and  made  it  so  hot  for 
"Fingy"  that  he  had  to  retire  from  the  grain 
business.  "The  diamonds  he  wears  arc  the 
crystallized  tears  of  your  women,"  said  a  priest 


addressing  the  men.  It  was  "iMiigys"  biggest 
light  and  ho  was  badly  beaten. 


Signs  of  Prosperity 

When  "Fingy"  became  prosperous  he  built  him- 
self a  sumptuous  home  in  Buffalo's  best  residence 
section.  On  the  lawn  in  front  of  the  house  ho 
had  his  name  spelled  out  in  big  white  stones 
"What  does  he  think  he's  doing — building  a  rail 
way  station?"  asked  one  indignant  dowager.  He 
ran  to  diamonds  too,  wearing  stones  like  flash- 
lights in  his  shirt  front,  on  his  fingers  and  his 
sleeves.  When  somebody  made  objection  to  this 
"Fingy"  settled  the  matter  with  an  epigram: 
"  Them  that  has  'em,  wears  'em." 


A  Chameleon  in  Politics 

Conners  entered  politics  years  ago  as  a  Re- 
publican, but  didn't  attach  himself  irrevocably  to 
the  party.  He  has  switched  from  party  to  party 
as  his  interests  demanded,  but  since  the  first  Mc- 
Kinley  campaign  has  been  a  Democrat.  He 
formed  an  alliance  with  Charles  Murphy  of 
Tammany,  and  was  instrumental  in  making 
Murphy  swallow  Hearst  as  a  gubernatorial  can- 
didate. "There's  ain't  nothin'  can  come  between 
me  and  Charlie  Murphy,"  he  said  once;  "they 
don't  make  nothin'  as  thin  as  that."  But  thoy 
quarreled  just  the  same,  and  he  called  Murpli\ 
Some  pretty  hard  names.  "Fingy"  has  less 
crudity  now  than  he  used  to  have,  but  nol>od> 
would  mistake  him  for  a  college  graduate.  The 
Buffalo  newspapermen  say  he's  a  good  boss  to 
work  for. 


The  Eclipse  of  Black 

1  he  placid,  not  to  say  somnolent  convention 
I  if  the  State  Bar  Association  at  Fresno  wa> 
ruffled  out  of  its  calm  by  only  one  incident. 
There  was  interminable  discussion  about  some 
l)roposed  amendment  of  our  civil  proceedure. 
-Attorney  R.  S.  Gray  of  this  city  took  a  lively  in 
torest  in  the  debate,  and  when  the  proper  moment 
(.11110  ho  jumped  to  his  feet  to  deliver  an  impas- 
-ii'iiod  argument.  When  he  sat  down  Attorney 
.\  P.  Black  of  this  city  arose  to  reply.  "Let 
mo  inject  a  little  color  into  this  discussion," 
liloaded  Black  and  proceeded  to  darken  counsel. 
When  ho  had  finished  Jim  Brennan  of  Charlie 
l  iokert's  staff  took  the  floor.  "Mr.  Black,"  ho 
said,  "has  asked  permission  to  inject  a  little  color 
into  this  debate.  I  have  always  understood  that 
black  was  the  total  absence  of  color,  and  having 
hoard  Mr.  Black  1  see  no  reason  to  change  my 
opinion." 


Bohemians,  Spare  That  Tree! 

1  bus  Vaiidorlynii  Stow  to  his  fellows  of  the 
Hoiiemian  Club.  But  a  lot  of  his  fellows  don't 
want  to  spare  that  tree,  and  there's  a  pretty  row 
'11  ill  the  land  of  the  owl.  Vanderlynn  Stow  is 
ilio  head  and  front  of  Bohemia's  grove  comniit- 
loo,  and  the  other  members,  William  Letts  Oliver 
;ind  Jake  I.evison,  are  wont  to  let  him  run  the 
boautiful  preserve  by  the  Russian  River  pretty 
much  as  he  sees  fit.  For  years  nothing  has  been 
done  in  Bohemian  Grove  except  at  the  direction 
i  f  Vanderlynn  Stow,  and  his  services  have  been 
III  so  praiseworthy  a  sort  that  the  admiring 
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TOWN  TALK 


13 


bronze  tablet.  But  just  now  Vanderlynn  Stow 
is  in  trouble.  His  latest  project  has  hit  a  snag. 
It  seems  that  a  great  tree  interferes  with  freedom 
of  action  on  Bohemia's  woodland  stage.  Joe  Red- 
ding and  Henry  Hadley  found  it  in  the  way 
when  they  were  preparing  "The  Atonement  of 
Pan"  but  did  the  best  they  could.  But  now,  on 
account  of  that  inconvenient  tree,  Stow  wants  to 
move  the  stage  to  another  part  of  the  grove.  Of 
course  that  would  entail  a  great  expense,  and  a 
number  of  insurgents  who  think  the  grove  costs 
the  club  too  much  money  anyway,  have  uttered  a 
roar  of  protest.  They  propose  to  solve  the  prob- 
lem more  cheaply  by  cutting  the  tree  down.  But 
Stow  will  not  think  of  letting  the  woodman  lay 
his  ax  to  the  tree.  Matters  have  come  to  an 
impasse.  Shall  Stow  remain  the  autocrat  of  the 
grove?  Or  shall  the  insurgents  have  their  way? 
Stow  says  he'll  resign  if  the  stage  is  not  moved. 
"Let  him!"  cry  the  insurgents.  So  it's  a  serious 
matter.  Meanwhile  the  disinterested  are  hum- 
ming that  popular  ditty  of  Bohemia,  "The 
Benches  of  Vanderlynn  Stow"  and  waiting  to  see 
what  will  happen. 


Seattle's  Purity  Squad 

In  common  with  our  pious  sister-town  of  Los 
Angeles  the  sea  port  city  of  Seattle  has  a  Purity 
Squad.  For  the  benefit  of  San  Franciscans  thus 
far  unfamiliar  with  this  particular  manifestation 
of  the  uplift,  it  may  be  explained  that  a  Purity 
S<iuad  is  a  force  of  women  who  go  about  by  day 
and  night  with  a  carrienational  determination  to 
keep  young  men  and  women  from  yielding  to 
their  carnal  inclinations.  The  modus  operandi  of 
the  Seattle  Purity  Squad  may  be  understood  from 
a  tale  which  a  traveler  from  the  northern  town 
brings  me.  It  seems  that  one  night  recently  two 
sailors  went  to  Seattle  from  the  Bremerton  navy 
yard  to  call  on  two  girls  they  knew  and  take 
them  to  the  theatre.  After  the  theatre  they  were 
walking  along  the  street  with  these  girl  friends 
when  two  members  of  the  Purity  Squad,  women 
of  forbidding  visage,  approached  them.  The 
Purity  Squadsters  scented  wickedness  and  show- 


ing their  halites,  insisted  that  the  sailors  separate 
from  the  girls.  There  was,  in  the  end.  nothing 
else  for  the  sailors  to  do,  so  they  went  back  to 
Bremerton  while  the  two  viragoes  escorted  tlu- 
girls  to  their  homes.  The  sailors  reported  the 
matter  to  the  commandant  at  Bremerton,  and  that 
official  waxed  exceeding  wrathy.  He  carried  the 
case  to  Washington  as  an  unwarranted  interfer- 
ence with  the  liberty  of  two  servants  of  Uncle 
Sam,  and  things  became  very  unpleasant  for  the 
Purity  Squad.  The  women  succeeded  in  fright- 
ening the  girls  into  statements  that  they  were  glad 
they  had  been  separated  from  the  sailors,  but 
Uncle  Sam  is  not  satisfied  and  it  looks  as  though 
the  Purity  Squad  of  Seattle  is  doomed. 


Back  from  Pueblo  Land 

If  you  want  to  hear  a  painter  rhapsodize  get 
Artist  Best  a-talking  about  his  recent  visit  to 
New  Mexico.  He  waxes  alinost  lyrical  about 
that  land  of  sage  brush,  cactus  and  drifting  sand 
which  supported  in  prehistoric  ages  a  mighty 
population  whose  relics,  now  hidden,  now  re- 
vealed by  the  restless  sands  awe  the  modern 
traveler.  In  company  of  a  former  pupil  Best 
visited  many  Indian  villages  and  explored  the 
ruins  that  crown  the  heights  above  Beaver  Creek. 
Cliffs  were  scaled  and  dwellings  entered  where 
white  men  never  trod  before.  Best  returns  with 
a  sketch  book  bursting  with  studies  for  the  brush 
work  of  many  years.  He  has  already  painted 
two  canvases  that  vibrate  with  the  atmosphere 
of  the  desert  while  suggesting  the  mystery  and 
romance  of  the  ancient  inhabitants.  These  with 
a  score  of  other  pictures  will  be  displayed  at  an 
exhibition  Best  will  give  beginning  Monday,  De- 
cember 9  at  his  studio,  1625  California  street. 
The  announcement  of  an  exhibition  by  A.  W. 
Best  is  always  an  important  item  for  art  lovers. 
.Among  the  painters  of  California  he  holds  a  high 
place  for  the  depth  of  feeling  wedded  to  impec- 
cable technique  which  distinguishes  his  landscapes 
and  his  figure  paintings.  Best  is  not  a  painter 
merely,  but  also  a  poet;  he  sees  the  beauty  in 
familiar    sciius    and    expresses   it    in  wonderful 


color.s.  His  is  a  magic  brush  known  not  here 
alone  but  also  throughout  the  Fast.  One  of  his 
canvases  hangs  amid  the  works  of  other  great 
painters  in  the  Corcoran  Gallery  at  Washington, 
and  eastern  dealers  have  no  difficulty  in  disposing 
of  the  pictures  he  sends  them.  Decidedly  Best's 
exhibition  will  be  worth  while. 


Hector  Fuller  Known  Here 

Hector  h'niler  who  arrived  here  the  other  day 
after  vainly  chasing  Jordan  Lawrence  Mott  and 
his  affinity  Mrs.  Francis  Howlett  Bowne  all  the 
way  around  the  world,  is  not  unknown  to  San 
h'rancisco.  He  was  here  a  few  years  ago  as  the 
advance  agent  for  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  and  made 
himself  popular  among  the  newspapermen  and 
other  livers  of  the  night  life  by  his  engaging  per- 
sonality and  his  knack  of  telling  a  story.  Fuller 
is  a  soldier  of  fortune.  I  believe  he  was  born  in 
the  Antipodes  of  British  parents,  but  he  is  an 
Oxford  man.  After  taking  his  degree  he  shipped 
before  the  mast  and  later  served  in  both  the 
British  and  American  navies.  He  drifted  into  / 
Indianapolis  one  day,  and  a  managing  editor  dis- 
covered that  he  could  write.  He  did  dramatics 
till  the  Russian-Japanese  war  broke  out  and  then 
he  made  for  the  front.  It  is  said  that  he  reached 
Vladisvostock  in  a  sampan  and  managed  to  get 
within  the  Russian  lines.  I  believe  he  was  taken 
prisoner  for  finding  out  too  much.  After  his 
escape  he  returned  to  this  country  and  became  an 
advance  man,  giving  that  up  for  the  exciting 
chase  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  for  the  past 
year. 


Valeska's  College  Yell 

Mackenzie  Gordon  should  sue  Valeska  Suratt 
for  infringement  of  copyright.  For  Valeska  has 
been  "lifting"  some  of  Gordon's  "stuff'  as  they 
say  in  the  elegant  parlance  of  the  wings.  In 
the  second  act  of  "The  Kiss  Waltz"  Valeska  asks 
her  audience,  apropos  of  nothing.  "Have  you 
ever  heard  the  Phoenix,  Arizona,  college  yell?" 
Then  she  gives  it:  "We  will  get  well;  we  will 
get  well"  followed  by  a  consumptive  cough. 
That's  Gordon's.  He  invented  that  for  the  last 
Bohemian  Grove  low  jinks,  only  it  wasn't  the 
I'hoenix  College  he  fastened  it  to  but  the  Uni- 
\rrsity  of  Southern  California. 


Mr.  Lately  Married — But,  dearest,  I  thought  we 
had  planned  to  go  to  the  opera  this  evening? 

Mrs.  Ditto — Yes,  love;  but  I  have  changed  our 
mind. 


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TOWN  TALK 


December  7.  1912 


Social  Prattl 


By  TANTALUS 


Our  Vanishing  Aristocracy 

Xwt  liiiig  ago  1  read  in  a  l-onduii  paper  that 
one  by  one  the  members  of  the  British  aristocracy 
were  relinquishing  their  great  parts  in  the  drama 
of  English  life,  disappearing  from  the  stage  and 
divesting  themselves  from  their  insignia  of  rank. 
The  very  dukes  it  appears  are  efifacing  them- 
selves. From  the  pomps  and  dignities  of  their 
past  estate  they  are  one  by  one  passing  into 
obscurity.  The  thought  occurred  to  me  that 
something  of  the  same  kind  was  happening  in 
San  Francisco,  and  tlien  I  read  in  one  of  our 
morning  papers  a  long  article  about  our  "400" 
and  the  different  sets  that  compose  our  aristo- 
cracy. l*"rom  tliis  article  I  learned  that  we  really 
have  ^omething  that  approximates  an  old  world 
aristocracy,  but  one,  1  fancy,  that  lives  in  the 
past.  The  writer  of  this  morning  newspaper  ar- 
ticle harks  back  to  the  Crocker  ball  that  opened 
Xew  Place  and  the  "famous"  dinner  at  Beaulicu. 
Nothing  has  happened  since  worth  writing  about, 
except  perhaps  some  of  the  charity  entertain- 
ments that  enable  climbers  to  get  into  the  lime- 
light and  get  written  up  as  society  women.  What 
a  lot  of  these  society  women  are  to  be  found 
selling  tickets  in  hotel  corridors!  The  town  is 
full  of  them.  Xow  some  years  ago  we  did  have 
a  very  active  social  Set  down  in  Burlingame,  but 
most  of  its  members  have  effaced  themselves.  At 
any  rate  you  don't  find  them  much  in  evidence 
these  days.  The  bavardcs  write  about  them  to 
be  sure,  but  chiefly  for  the  purpose  of  mingling 
their  names  with  the  aspiring  ones  of  the  day. 
That's  as  near  as  some  of  the  advertised  belles 
and  matrons  ever  get  to  the  set  to  which  th«y 
aspire.  But  it  seems  to  satisfy  them,  this  getting 
into  society  by  means  of  cognomenal  juxtaposi- 
tion in  a  newspaper  column. 


The  Question  of  Leadership 

"Mrs.  Crocker  seems  quite  as  fitted  for  leader- 
ship as  Mrs.  Carolan,"  says  the  writer  referred  to 
in  the  foregoing  paragraph.  What  constitutes 
litness  for  leadership,  1  wonder.  Mrs.  Crocker 
is  a  woman  of  education,  refinement,  imagination 
and  wealth.  Of  Mrs.  Carolan  I  know  nothing 
but  that  she  is  a  woman  of  wealth  who  likes  ex- 
pensive bookbindings  and  who  used  to  like  to 
dress  like  Mrs.  Pat  Campbell.  She  may  possess 
all  the  qualifications  of  leadership  for  all  I  know, 
but  what  these  qualifications  are  according  to 
the  provincial  idea  I  do  not  know.  Apart  from 
such  consideration,  however,  is  the  point  I  wish 


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V  I  CTR  O  L  A 

For  Christmas 

.\re  you  not  thinking  about  giving  a  VICTROKA 
for  Christmas?  You  will  gladden  the  whole  family 
with  a  world  of  music  and  entertainment  if  you  do. 
But  do  not  wait  until  the  week  before  Christmas  to 
select  that  VICTROLA.  Come  in  now  and  select  at 
your  leisure.  We  will  hold  the  VICTROLA  and 
deliver  it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you  desire. 

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Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
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Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


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to  make,  which  is  this,  that  neither  Mrs.  Crocker 
nor  Mrs.  Carolan  is  making  any  effort  to  take  the 
Ijosition  of  social  leader  in  San  Francisco,  .^s 
compared  with  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin  both  have 
almost  effaced  themselves  from  contemporary 
social  history.  And  Mrs.  Martin  has  never  sought 
leadership.  Mrs.  Martin  has  a  consuming  pas- 
sion for  diversion,  and  she  goes  everywhere  and 
in  her  home  she  is  the  genius  of  .San  Francisco 


.MISS  C.\MI!.LF.  nOR\ 
.\    cliarming   young   girl,   the   daughter   of   Cnlonel  and 
Mrs.  D.  S.  Dorn,  who  showed  rare  artistry  at  the 
piano  in  a  recent  concert  at  the  St.  Francis. 

liiispitality,  but  she  wouldn't  take  the  job  of 
presiding  over  a  social  set  for  anything.  That, 
in  Mrs.  Martin's  philosophy,  comes  under  the 
head  of  serious  business. 


A  Leader  Nominated 

Xow  if  I  were  entrusted  with  the  important 
duty  of  picking  out  a  social  leader  I  should  con- 
sider a  woman  like  Mrs.  Jaines  Shea.  I  don't 
know  Mrs.  Shea.  I  have  never  seen  Mrs.  Shea, 
but  I  hear  she  looks  like  Gadsky,  and  I  read 
about  her  almost  every  time  I  read  a  social 
column  in  a  daily  newspaper.  I  am  told  she  be- 
longs to  the  St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society  and 
that  she  is  in  touch  with  the  Green  way  Bachelors' 
and  Benedicks',  so  it  is  clear  she  is  in  the 
I);irochial  swim  up  to  the  chin.  Being  a  woman 
I  if  wealth  with  a  taste  for  social  gaiety  Mrs.  Shea 
lias  certainly  some  of  the  qualifications  for 
leadership.  But  not  for  the  present  would  she 
be  able  to  take  hold,  for  I  have  just  read  in  my 
morning  paper  that  Mrs.  James  Shea  and  Miss 
Kathleen  Farrell  have  left  for  New  York  and 
Boston  to  be  away  several  weeks  where  they  will 
\isit  relatives,  and  where  Miss  Farrell  will  be 
tile  guest  of  some  of  the  young  women  with 
whom  she  attended  school  in  Paris;  also,  that 
Miss  Farrell  made  her  debut  two  seasons  ago 
with  Miss  Ila  Sonntag,  Miss  Elva  de  Pue  and 
others  of  that  coterie  of  belles,  and  has  been 
much  entertained  since,  responding  with  generous 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's,  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


hospitality.  In  conclusion  the  writer  says  "Mrs. 
Shea  will  be  much  missed."  Perhaps  Mrs.  Shea 
will  conquest  Newport  before  she  returns.  If  so 
then  will  she  be  all  the  more  qualified  for  leader- 
ship. 


Doctor  Tevis  Planned  It 

That  Dr.  Harry  Tevis  is  the  most  accomplished 
host  in  society  has  never  been  disputed.  The 
famous  dinner  he  gave  a  number  of  years  ago  at 
the  old  Taylor  street  home  was  recorded  in 
social  annals  as  the  most  beautiful  entertainment 
of  the  time.  I  recall  as  one  detail  the  fire-works 
on  the  bay.  The  dining  room  of  the  Tevis  home 
had  broad  French  windows  commanding  a  view 
of  the  bay  and  Alameda  hills.  During  dinner 
several  small  boats  anchored  in  the  free  space  be- 
tween Goat  Island  and  the  docks  and  sent  a  bril- 
liant pyrothechnic  display  into  the  heavens  for 
the  pleasure  of  Dr.  Tevis"  guests  in  the  dining- 
room  on  the  hill.  But  what  I  wished  to  em- 
phasize was  the  success  of  this  famous  host's 
sister  Mrs.  Sharon  who  rivaled  Mrs.  Carolan  in 
the  splendor  of  her  ball  Thursday  night.  Dr. 
Tevis  came  up  from  Los  Gatos  for  the  event  and 
offered  suggestions  for  the  scheme  of  decoration 
which  I  have  not  seen  surpassed  in  San  Francisco. 
The  affair  which  formally  introduced  Mrs.  Shar- 
on's god-daughter,  Louise  Janin,  to  society,  took 
place  at  the  Palace  which  is  one  of  the  properties 
of  the  Sharon  estate  and  to  which  the  family  is 
ever  faithful.  For  days  architects  and  decorators 
had  been  at  w'ork  in  the  entire  southern  end  of 
the  ground  floor  and  the  scene  Thursday  evening 
when  six  hundred  of  the  elite  were  gathered  there 
was  fairy-like.  The  long  corridor  leading  to  this 
ball-room  was  arched  with  bending  cypress  trees 
set  between  bays  and  palms.  At  the  entrance  to 
the  ball-room  a  sylvan  setting  of  classic  beauty 
led  to  the  gold  room  where  a  veritable  trans- 
formation had  taken  place.  The  room  is  very 
broad,  almost  square,  and  the  width  had  been  cut 
away  along  the  west  side  to  form  a  garden 
scene.  There  was  a  terrace  bowered  with  cypress 
and  palms  and  among  the  flowers  were  posed 
gorgeous  peacocks.  Carved  seats  surrounded 
fountains  and  dim  lights  were  hung  among  the 
branches.  The  ball-room  opened  to  this  scene 
through  white  columned  archs.  Between  dances 
a  vaudeville  performance  was  given  on  a  stage  at 
one  end  of  the  room  and  for  older  sets  there  were 


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Pupil  of  Mr.  Louis  H.  Chalif,  Mme.  Elizabeth 
Menzeli.   Gilbert   Normal   School  of 
Dancing  of  New  York  City. 

Miss  White  has  just  returned  from  New  York  and 
will  teach  the  latest  Ball  Room.  Fancy,  National. 
Classical  and  Folk  Dances.  New  Ball  Room  Dances 
for  this  season:  Tango.  Crab  Crawl,  Four  Step  Bos- 
ton.   Hall  for  Rent. 


December  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


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card  tables  in  tlic  smaller  reception  rooms.  The 
society  scribes  did  their  best  the  next  day  but 
there  is  still  much  to  be  said  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful ball  of  many  seasons  in  San  Francisco. 


On  to  Newport! 

Walter  Martin  and  his  charming  wife  Mary 
Scott  Martin  have  turned  their  backs  on  San 
Francisco  for  a  spell.  "They,"  the  anonymous 
circulators  of  social  chatter,  "they"  say  that 
Walter  and  his  spouse  are  headed  East  with  the 
determination  to  conquer  Newport.  Interesting. 
I'm  sure.  The  Walter  Martins  tried  to  conquer 
Newport  once  before,  and  while  they  passed  the 
portals  of  its  exclusiveness,  they  did  not  achieve 
any  particular  success  there.  That  first  splurge 
Newportward  was  made  after  Peter  Martin  mar- 
ried Lillie  Oelrichs.  For  some  reason  or  other 
Lillie  Oelrichs  Martin  did  not  go  mtf  of  her 
way  to  help  Mary  Scott  Martin  into  the  frothy 
eastern  swim.  Mrs.  Walter  Martin  was  a  good 
deal  disappointed  at  that  time.  Now  she  is  to 
repeat  her  attempt,  at  least  so  "they"  say.  And 
this  time  "they"  say  her  sponsor  will  be  Jennie 
Crocker  Whitman.  Mrs.  Walter  Martin  and 
Mrs.  Whitman  have  always  been  close  friends. 
The  Scotts  and  the  Crockers  have  a  long-estab- 
lished alliance.  Mrs.  Martin's  father,  Henry  T. 
Scott,  has  been  credited  with  vastly  increasing 
the  fortunes  of  Jennie  and  Templeton  Crocker  by 
his  shrewd  business  administration  of  their  in- 
heritance. Aside  from  that  Mary  and  Jennie  have 
have  always  been  pals.  So,  no  doubt  Jennie  will 
do  all  she  can  to  further  Mary's  Newport  ambi- 
tion. But  I  have  not  heard  so  far  that  Mrs. 
Whitman  has  been  taken  into  the  Newport  set.  I 
don't  even  know  how  anxious  she  is  to  get  in. 
Maybe  she'll  invade  it  for  the  sake  of  Mrs.  Walter 
Martin.    Anyway  it  will  be  interesting  to  watch. 


The  Tribute  to  Mrs.  Hearst 

That  was  a  fine  tribute  the  university  regents 
and  others  paid  to  that  fairy  god-mother  Mrs. 
Phoebe  Hearst  on  the  occasion  of  her  seventieth 
l)irthday.    Mrs.  Hearst  is  a  fine  woman  who  has 

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qualities  which  make  Pears'  Soap  the 
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Dr.  J.  DENNIS  ARNOLD 

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she  has  brought  niucli  sunshine  into  the  lives  of 
many  people  but  because  she  has  set  a  beautiful 
example  to  all  women  who  have  it  in  their  power 
to  smooth  the  pathway  of  less  fortunate  mortals. 
Few  women  are  so  widely  beloved  as  Mrs. 
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the  evening  of  a  well-spent  life  brings  its  lamps 
with  it.  Mrs.  Hearst  told  President  Wheeler  that 
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a  woman  to  reach  the  three  score  year  and  ten 
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TOWN  TALK 


December  7,  1912 


Young  Atherton's  Family 

I  was  interested  to  read  of  the  devotion  of 
youiij;  Stephen  Atherton  to  pretty  Estelle  Hous- 
ton that  the  sudden  marriage  of  this  piquant 
belle  to  Bud  Havens  revealed.  He  is  a  clever 
young  man,  scion  of  the  Menlo  Park  house  of 
Atherton.  His  sister  is  Mrs.  George  Mullen 
fOIga  Atherton)  and  his  aunt  is  Mrs.  Ed  Eyre 
who  was  P'lorence,  the  sister  of  Faxon  Atherton. 
The  bride  of  Tuesday's  wedding  first  came  into 
social  prominence  at  Bud  Havens'  ball  given  at 
tiie  St.  Francis  last  year  when  she  danced  the 
Texas  Tommy  with  Bud  and  Charlie  De  Young 
in  a  way  to  make  others  stop  to  admire  and 
inquire  who  she  was. 


in  walks.  In  New  York  they  call  it  the  Venus  de 
Miio  stoop,  the  Xazimova  crouch  and  the  Mary 
Garden  slouch.  Here  it  is  the  sag,  and  all  the 
girls  are  doing  it  or  attempting  to.  Among  the 
uptodate  girls  it  is  considered  old-fashioned  to 
hold  yourself  erect  when  you  walk.  You  must 
sag.    Hence  the  rhyme  by  some  society  poetaster: 

If  you  want  to  be  swagger 
You  must  be  a  sagger. 


comes  in  at  the  door  the  mannishness  usually 
flies  out  at  the  window. 


Mirza  at  Montecito 

It  seems  to  be  getting  so  that  that  amiable 
Persian  charge  d'affaires,  Mirza  Ali  Kuli  Khan 


A  Changed  Bobby 

Has  Eleonor  Sears  abandoned  the  strenuous 
life?  Has  she  become  a  feminine  mollycoddle 
devoted  to  frills  and  feathers?  Will  she  be  going 
in  for  tea  fights  instead  of  polo,  for  women's 
clubs  instead  of  long  hikes?  There  seems  to  be 
a  metamorphosis.  It  was  noted  by  observant 
scribes  at  the  New  York  horse  show.  "Bobby" 


3^ 


1^ 


lURD'S  KVE  VIEW  F.\MOUS  HOTEL  GREEN,  rAS.\DEN,\,  C.\I.. 


pays  us  a  yearly  visit.  Last  year  he  came  here 
and  was  entertained  a  great  deal  by  the  Frank 
Carolaiis.  This  year  he  has  gone  farther  south; 
in  fact  he  seems  to  be  greatly  taken  with  the 
beauties  of  Santa  Barbara  and  Montecito.  When 
I  say  "beauties,"  I  refer  to  the  natural  beauties 
of  that  paradise,  though  Mirza  likes  to  chat  with 
a  pretty  girl  too.  Mrs.  Miller  Graham  has  had 
him  to  Bellosguardo  for  sotne  formal  affairs. 
Rut  I  wonder  that  Mirza  doesn't  go  to  Carmel. 
Once  when  he  came  to  California  he  informed 
the  world  that  Carmel  was  the  literary  hub  of 
the  universe,  the  successor  not  of  Boston  but  of 
.Athens.  Thinking  so,  he  should  go  there  more 
frequently.  Can  it  be  that  the  hub  has  moved 
farther  south? 


The  Latest  Walk 

The  girls  who  don't  sag  or  try  to  sag  are  hope- 
lessly out  of  it  these  days.    It's  the  latest  thing 


was  there  of  course.  But  what  a  different 
Bobby!  Says  one  writer:  "No  horse  show  would 
be  complete  without  our  only  Eleonora,  and  she 
was  present  at  nearly  every  session.  But  a  very 
different  Miss  Sears  appeared  in  the  boxes — 
usually  in  Judge  Moore's  or  in  one  of  the  Van- 
derbilt's— from  the  short-skirted  hatless  and 
bronzed  girl  f>f  the  tennis  courts  and  polo  fields, 
who  has  given  the  general  impression  that  she  is 
a  careless,  democratic  young  person  of  rather 
masculine  appearance  and  tastes.  This  is  a  new 
Eleonora  altogether  to  the  public — a  dignified, 
exceedingly  well  dressed  and  good-looking  young 
woman,  marcelled,  chiffoned  and  picture-hatted, 
whom  one  would  never  dream  could  outride,  out- 
swim,  outwalk  and  generally  <»utclass  nearly 
every  man  of  her  acquaintance."  Perhaps  a  rea- 
>on  for  the  change  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that 
Harold  Vanderbilt  was  always  hovering  near  her. 
They  say  there's  a  romance  there.    When  love 


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An  Exceptional  Balladist 

The  program  for  this  Saturday  afternoon's 
music  matinee  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall  will  in- 
clude Miss  Jessie  Mary  Murray,  soprano,  as  solo- 
ist. This  successful  young  vocalist  possesses  a 
very  delightful  voice  and  is  exceptional  in  the  in- 
terpretation of  English  ballads.  Among  other 
features  will  be  an  interpretation  on  the  Aeolian 
Pipe  of  the  beautiful  Walk  to  the  Grail  Castle 
from  Wagner's  Parsifal,  and  Wieniawsky's  Valse 
de  Concert  to  be  played  on  the  Pianola  Piano. 


A  Surprise  at  the  Tavern 

One  hundred  and  two  members  and  guests  of 
the  Rotary  Club  were  present  at  the  weekly 
luncheon  at  Techau  Tavern  last  Tuesday.  Such 
a  large  attendance  speaks  volumes  for  the  satis- 
factory service  and  menu  of  the  Tavern,  for  it  is 
a  well  known  fact  that,  no  matter  how  interesting 
the  proceedings  of  an  organization  may  be,  or 
how  strong  its  fraternal  spirit,  the  attendance  at 
its  luncheons  and  banquets  will  inevitably  decrease 
unless  a  high  culinary  standard  is  maintained.  In 
this  high  standard  lies  the  popularity  of  the 
Tavern,  and  to  it  is  due  the  fact  that  on  all  holi- 
days it  is  impossible  to  accommodate  all  who  wish 
to  dine.  Thanksgiving  Day  was  the  greatest  suc- 
cess the  Tavern  has  ever  known,  and  on  this  oc- 
casion each  lady  was  presented  with  a  souvenir 
bottle  of  Hanson-Jenks  Violet  Brut  Toilet  Water, 
a  pleasant  surprise  which  was  much  appreciated. 


The  high  roller  is  seldom  the  one  with  lofty 
ideals. 


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A  SKIN  OF  BEAUTY  IS  A  JOY  FOREVER 

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OR  MAGICAL  BEAUTIFIER 

Removes  Tan,  Pimples. 
Freckles,  Moth  Patches, 
Rash  and  Skin  Diseases, 
and  every  bemish  on  beauty, 
and  defies  detection.  It  has 
stood  the  test  for  62  years; 
no  other  has,  and  it  is  so 
harmless  we  taste  it  to  be 
sure  it  is  properly  made. 
The  distinguished  Dr.  L.  A. 
Sayre  said  to  a  lady  of  the 
haut-ton  (a  patient);  "As 
you  ladies  will  use  them, 
recommend  'Gouraud's  Cream'  as  the  last  harmful  of 
all  the  skin  preparations. 

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complexion.    Price  25  Cents,  by  Mail. 

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December  7,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


17 


Valeska  Suratt  and  '*The  Quaker  Girl" 


Here  is  a  young  woman  who  seems  to  disturb 
the  equilibrium  of  every  small  town  she  enters. 
Apparently  she's  as  exciting  as  an  earthquake  or 
a  cyclone  or  any  other  convulsion  of  nature. 
She  gets  as  much  space  in  the  papers  as  Tommy 
Lipton  or  the  Bulgarians.  Her  utterances  are  as 
faithfully  chronicled  as  those  of  Teddy  or  Wood- 
row.  Her  hats,  her  gowns,  her  cloaks  and 
pretty  nearly  everything  else  she  wears  are  dis- 
played and  price-marked  for  our  awed  admira- 
tion. If  she  likes  our  women  we  are  abundantly 
told  so,  and  if  she  disapproves  of  our  night  life 
as  too  slow  we  are  expected  to  assume  the  hum- 
ble attitude  apologetic.  Whom  she  married  and 
why,  and  wherefore  she  divorced  him  are  set 
forth  in  exhaustive  detail.  The  color  of  her  eyes, 
the  tint  of  her  cheeks  and  the  exact  shade  of 
red  she  wears  on  her  lips  are  found  worthy  of 
extensive  description.  Her  coming  is  an  event 
no  whit  less  signalized  by  the  spillers  of  printer's 
ink  than  the  arrival  of  a  Bernhardt  or  a  Maude 
Adams.  Why  is  it?  What  charm  docs  she 
exude?  What  dizzy  heights  of  art  has  she  con- 
quered? Does  she  boast  a  Cleopatra's  beauty? 
Has  she  the  wit  of  a  Recamier?  Does  she  shine 
in  the  reflected  glow  of  an  aristocratic  lineage? 
Or  is  she  one  of  our  humble  girls  who  has  risen 
through  a  genius  for  taking  pains  to  a  glorious 
supremacy  on  a  stage  that  honored  Mary  Ander- 
son and  Modjeska?  I  went  to  the  Cort  to  find 
out.  .\nd  I  left  the  Cort  asking  myself,  Why  is 
Valeska?  For  the  life  of  me  I  can't  answer  the 
(|uestion.  I  found  a  woman  of  riddlesome  age 
who  applies  the  scene  painter's  broad  strokes 
to  the  adornment  of  her  face.  Great  dashes  of 
black  and  purple  and  vcrmillion  accentuate  her 
eyes  and  cheeks  and  lips  till  she  looks  like  a 
Babylonian  charmer  color-splashed  for  the  cap- 
tivation  of  a  high  priest.  I  found  a  woman  who 
trains  her  hair  down  over  her  cheeks  to  the 
corners  of  her  mouth,  so  that  you'd  think  she  cul- 
tivated side  chops.  I  found  a  woman  who  is  ex- 
ceedingly conscious  of  her  physical  contours  and 
insists  on  making  you  conscious  of  tliem  too. 
Every  posture  accentuates  some  curve  of  her 
body.  Every  gown  is  built  to  lure  the  eye  to  her 
fleshly  envelope.  Every  transparent  drapery 
she  dons  is  manipulated  to  breed  suggestiveness. 
She  bares  her  breast,  she  flings  her  naked  arms, 
she  tosses  her  legs  in  a  mad  attempt  to  over- 
whelm. She  descends  upon  an  inofTensive  au- 
dience in  prancing  abandon  and  leaves  sticky 
mouth  marks  on  the  shining  domes  of  men  who 
are  unfortunate  enough  to  be  bald.  She  dances 
after  a  fashion  and  sings  after  a  fashion,  but 
without  grace  and  most  assuredly  without  dis- 
tinction. She  simulates  good  spirits  which  are 
not  infectious,  and  laughs  the  hollow  mockery  of 
musical  comedy  laughter  without  awakening  a 
single  sincere  echo  in  her  audience.  She  inter- 
polates lines  which  are  not  funny,  and  distributes 


By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

an  unexpected  largess  of  osculation  among  the 
men  of  her  company.  Why  should  it  be?  Why 
should  an  actress  make  a  marketplace  of  her  lips 
and  a  Punch  and  Judy  show  of  her  body?  Why 
should  a  big  production  be  constructed  round  a 
personality  that  flaunts  vulgarity?  If  the  days 
when  well-meaning  women  strove  to  elevate  the 
stage  are  gone  beyond  recall,  why  should  we  be 
constrained  to  study  the  degeneracy  of  the  theatre 
as  exemplified  in  one  who  is  not  even  elevated 


MISS  FR.WKIE  CARPENTER 

Who    will    appear    with    Jere    Grady    in    their  newest 
comedy  "The  Butterfly"  next  week  at  the  Orpheum. 

by  the  stage?  Are  we  not  insulting  our  own 
intelligence,  mediocre  though  it  be?  Or  is  this 
the  sort  of  woman  in  the  sort  of  offering  which 
pleases  us  best?  I  don't  really  think  it  is.  But 
then  the  question  recurs.  Why  is  Valeska?  I  give 
it  up. 

4:  ^  Jf:  >)C  #  if 

Very  refreshing  after  the  feverish  attempt  at 
entertainment  presided  over  by  Valeska  Suratt 
was  the  English  musical  comedy  "The  Quaker 
Girl"  at  the  Columbia.    Here  is  musical  comedy 


of  the  sort  we  have  grown  to  expect  from  Lon- 
don ever  since  "Florodora"  set  out  on  its  journey 
round  the  world.  A  simple,  coherent  and  very  in- 
teresting plot  is  developed  through  three  acts 
with  considerable  dramatic  skill  and  with  dialogue 
which  is  always  attractive  and  very  frequently 
humorous  enough  to  induce  hearty  laughter. 
The  characters  are  clearly  visualized  and  are 
given  things  to  do  which  make  them  worthy  the 
best  efforts  of  good  actors  and  actresses.  In 
other  words  great  pains  have  been  taken  with  the 
libretto,  the  result  being  that  it  shames  the  slap- 
dash efforts  of  our  American  librettists  who  dash 
off  their  "books,"  apparently,  between  dinner  and 
supper.  It  is  only  necessary  to  say  of  the  music 
that  it  was  written  by  Lionel  Monckton,  an  Eng- 
lish composer  who  has  a  great  deal  of  very  pleas- 
ing light  music  to  his  credit  and  who  has  reason 
to  feel  proud  of  this  his  latest  attempt.  From 
start  to  finish  the  music  enthralls  the  ear,  and 
there  are  a  number  of  delicious  lyrics  with  mel- 
odies that  linger  after  the  strains  have  died  away. 
"The  Quaker  Girl,"  in  fact,  is  one  of  those  enter- 
tainments which  gives  so  much  delight  the  first 
time  it  is  heard  that  the  hearer  makes  up  his  mind 
to  hear  it  again.  And  I  don't  think  it  would  pall 
after  the  second  or  third  hearing.  The  company 
is  one  of  unusual  excellence  for  this  sort  of  enter- 
tainment. At  its  head  are  Victor  Morley,  already 
a  favorite  here,  and  Miss  Natalie  Alt,  a  young 
woman  of  beauty  who  knows  a  great  deal  about 
acting  and  possesses  a  very  svi-eet,  true  voice. 
Having  made  Miss  Alt's  acquaintance  under  the 
pleasantest  auspices  we  all  hope  to  see  her  again, 
and  that  soon.  Victor  Morley  plays  his  part  with 
great  gusto  and  dances  as  we  are  accustomed 
to  see  him  dance,  with  nimble  grace  and  that 
thing  called  "class."  In  his  lovemaking  in  the 
first  act  he  is  very  engaging,  and  so  is  the  demure 
Miss  Alt.  The  story  of  the  hunting  of  the 
"gezink"  which  he  tells  in  the  second  act  is  one 
of  the  most  delicious  bits  of  foolery  we  have  had 
in  a  long  time.  Another  player  is  Miss  Andree 
Corday  who  handles  the  part  of  a  French  modiste 
with  great  comic  spirit.  A  great  deal  of  the  fun 
is  made  by  William  Friend,  a  comedian  who  is 
never  vulgar  and  always  atnusing.  He  plays  op- 
posite Miss  Amy  Lesser,  a  young  woman  who 
never  forgets  that  hers  is  a  character  part.  The 
hoydenish  dance  she  does  in  the  second  act  wins 
deserved  applause.  All  the  dancing  in  "The 
Quaker  Girl"  is  very  good,  and  the  choruses  have 
been  trained  to  preserve  the  atmosphere  of  the 
piece.  Too  much  praise  cannot  be  given  to  the 
stage  director,  for  he  has  observed  the  English 
rule  that  every  player  must  stay  within  the  limits 
of  his  or  her  character  and  thus  show  proper  re- 
gard for  the  ensemble  effect.  "The  Quaker  Girl" 
is  very  welcome,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  she 
will  be  properly  appreciated  during  her  stay  with 
us. 


Two  Women 

With  Mme.  Gerville-Reache  and  Tina  Lerncr 
making  history  in  San  Francisco  almost  at  one 
and  the  same  time  we  ought  to  feel  that  far  as 
we  are  from  the  centre  of  mundane  affairs  at 
least  we  are  in  touch  with  that  invisible  world 
whose  echoes  are  the  graces  fif  music.  Mme. 
Gerville-Reache  is  no  stranger  to  us,  though,  I 
am  sorry  to  say,  this  great  artist  has  not  been 


Gossip  of  the  Theatre 

accorded  the  welcome  that  she  was  justified  in 
expecting  after  the  proof  she  gave  us  of  her 
supremacy  in  song  on  her  first  visit.  Tina  Lerner 
is  another  story.  She  was  not  unheralded,  but  we 
had  no  conception  of  her  gifts — physical,  mental 
or  spiritual.  Tina  Lerner!  There  is  magic  in 
Ihe  name  as  well  as  in  her  dainty  fingers.  It 
makes  one  think  of  Corinna  of  Tanagra  perhaps 
because  she  is  so  like  one  of  those  fragile  fig- 


urines and  a  veritable  phantom  of  delight  when 
she  plays.  Tina  Lerner  is  the  first  big  sensation 
of  the  symphony  season.  A  wonderful  artist  at 
the  piano  is  she.  In  the  Tschaikowsky  concerto 
she  caused  both  wonder  and  delight.  She  comes 
to  ilu'  piano  with  the  authority  of  power,  and 
plays  with  a  calm  certainty  of  self,  with  the  as- 
surance of  complete  mastery.  Tschaikowsky  was 
a  born  musician,  who  found  in  music  his  instinc- 


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December  7,  1912 


live  and  -  sole  modo  of  utterance,  ami  though 
Tina  Lcrner  puts  her  own  (|ualitics  into  her  in- 
terpretation she  forces  one  to  fall  into  the  com- 
poser's state  of  mind,  which  from  all  accounts 
contained  many  spectre-haunted  chambers,  Her 
execution  is  tremendous  and  exhilarating.  It  is 
as  though  her  lingers  were  intoxicated  with 
sound.  She  makes  one  wonder  what  really  arc 
the  limitations  of  the  pianaforte.  .  .  .  Mme. 
(ierville-Reachc  must  have  been  somewhat  dis- 
lieartened  at  her  opening  concert  last  Sunday  so 
poor  was  the  attendance.  I  can  account  for  it 
only  by  blaming  it  on  the  we.itlur.  Tliough  not 
a  day  of  war  sunshine,  the  mid-winter  atmo- 
sphere was  bracing  enough  to  tempt  lovers  of  the 
open  air  and  to  make  competition  even  for  a 
great  song-bird.  How-ever,  those  who  attended 
the  concert  enjoyed  a  rare  treat,  as  the  sparse 
attendance  seemed  to  have  no  effect  on  the  en- 
thusiasm of  the  singer.  Yet  it  seemed  to  nie  she 
was  in  even  better  spirits  Tuesday  ni^hl  at  the 
-St.  Francis  when  - the  audience  itself  was  full  of 
enthusiasm  and  got  many  encores  for  its  manifes- 
tations of  keen  appreciation.  .Mnie.  Gerville- 
Reache  is  one  of  the  rarest  of  vocal  artists,  being 
a  contralto  with  the  true  contralto  nuality  and  a 
range  that  is  exceptional.  She  soars  from  the 
deepest  organ  tones  up  to  bird-like  notes  of  the 
most  colorful  beauty,  and  her  registers  are  per- 
fectly blended.  O  for  a  concert  with  both  Tina 
l.erner  and  (ierville-Rcache  making  -weet  music 
for  us! 

— H.  .M.  B. 


The  Gerville-Reache  Concert 

The  second  and  farewell  concert  of  Mine.  Ger- 
ville-Reache will  be  given  at  Scottish  Rite  Au- 
ditorium this  Sunday  afternoon,  .\mong  the  im- 
portant works  will  be  arias  from  the  old  classic 
opera  "Jcannot  et  Colin"  by  Nicolo,  from  Ber- 
lioz' masterpiece  "The  'I'rojans"  (Les  Troyens) 
and  from  "La  Pique  Dame"  by  Tschaikowsky. 
The  German  group  will  consist  of  "Ich  Grollc 
Nicht,"  Schumann;  "Saphische  Ode,"  Brahms: 
and  "Death  and  the  Maiden,"  Schubert.  There 
will  also  be  interesting  groups  in  English  and 
l-'rench  and  among  the  latter  will  be  the  rom- 
anza  "Fedia"  by  Baron  Camille  Erlanger. 


The  Beel  Quartet 

The  third  cnneert  of  the  Beel  Quartet  season 
will  be  given  Tuesday  night,  Deceinber  10,  in 
the  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis.  The  feature  of 
the  program  will  be  tlie  Quintet  by  Schumann  for 
piano  and  strings  in  which  the  organization  will 
be  assisted  by  Mrs.  Oscar  .Mansfeldt.  A  Quar- 
tet by  Mendelssohn  and  the  "Andante  and  Varia- 
tions" from  Schubert's  Quartet  in  D  minor  will 
complete  the  ofTering.  Tickets  may  be  secured 
at  the  usual  Greenbaum  box  offices. 


Maud  Powell,  Violinist 

Xext  Thursday  night,  December  12  at  Scottish 
Rite  Auditorium,  Maud  Powell,  the  violinist,  will 
give  the  first  of  a  series  of  three  exceptionally  fine 
programs.  On  this  occasion  she  will  introduce 
the  new  Concerto  for  violin  by  S.  Coleridgc- 
Taxior.   the   brilliant   negro   composer   who  re- 


MALI)  row  ELL 

Violin    virtuusa,    who    will    appear   at    Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium. 

cently  died.  Other  numbers  will  be  "Serenade," 
Schubert;  "Scherzo-Marionettes,"  Gilbert  (first 
time  here);  "Caprice,"  Ogarew  (first  time  here); 
Fritz  Kreisler's  "Liebeslied"  and  works  by 
Caesar  Cui  and  Wieniawski.  The  second  Powell 
concert  will  be  given  Saturday  afternoon,  De- 
cember 14  with  an  entire  change  of  program. 
Harold  Osborn  Smith  who  visited  us  as  a  pianist 
witii  Bispham  and  Honci  will  be  with  Maud 
Powell  in  a  similar  capacity.  The  sale  of  seats 
will  open  Monday  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Go's  and 
Kohler  &  Chase's. 


"The  Money  Moon"  at  the  Alcazar 

.\  delicious  stage  offering  is  "The  .Money  Moon" 
in  which  Orrin  Johnson  and  Marguerite  Leslie 
will  open  the  third  week  of  their  very  successful 
starring  season  at  the  Alcazar  Monday  night. 
Adapted  by  Hartley  Manners  from  Jeffrey  Fer- 
nold's  novel  similarly  titled,  it  is  introduced  as  "a 
modern  fairy  play  in  four  acts,"  and  the  designa- 
tion is  very  apt,  for  it  possesses  the  "child  spirit" 
that  appeals  to  grown-ups  no  less  forcibly  than  to 
the  younger,  as  witness  the  enduring  magnetism 
<>{  "Peter  Pan,"  "Sentimental  Tommy."  and  Bar- 
rie's  other  expositions  of  juvenility's  mind  applied 
to  practical  life-problems.  All  the  scenes  of  "The 
Money  Moon"  are  laid  in  rural  Kent,  the  garden 
spot  of  England,  and  sharing  prominence  with 
the  principal  adult  characters  is  an  eight-year-old 
boy,  nicknamed  "Small  Porges."  Mr.  Johnson 
anrl  Miss  Leslie  will  be  seen  in  the  characters 
Ihey  originated  and  played  six  weeks  in  Los  An- 
geles, and  Gertrude  Short  has  been  brought  from 
the  southland  city  to  renew  her  performance  of 


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tlie  child  part.  Also  in  the  cast  are  Louis  Ben- 
nison,  Burt  Wesner,  Charles  Ruggles,  Thomas 
Chatterton,  Lee  Millar,  Roy  Neill,  Edmond  Lowe, 
John  Ellicott,  Pearl  Cook,  and  Margaret  Sayres. 
An  auction  sale  scene  in  the  third  act  is  brimful 
of  uproarious  comedy. 


Little  Billy  at  the  Orpheum 

Little  Billy,  the  Orpheum's  hcadlincr  next  week 
is  a  tiny  chap  of  nineteen  well  educated  and  gifted 
with  great  histrionic  ability.  As  a  comedian,  in 
singing  and  dancing,  and  in  impersonations  Billy 
is  well  worth  while.  Direct  from  Tokio  come  the 
Mikado's  royal  Japanese  athletes,  sixteen  in  num- 
ber. The  first  part  of  their  act  is  devoted  to  two 
Japanese  women  and  three  men  in  jiu  jitsu;  the 
second  part  consists  of  wrestling.  Jere  Grady  and 
Frankie  Carpenter  supported  by  their  own  com- 
pany will  appear  in  the  comedy  "The  Butterfly." 
Miss  Carpenter  is  handsome  and  accomplished. 
Mignonette  Kokin,  the  original  English  turkey 
hop  girl,  will  be  a  welcome  feature.  Galetti's 
Monkeys  will  present  "A  Day  at  the  Circus." 
Next  week  closes  the  engagements  of  Ed  Morton, 
the  Flying  Martins  and  Marion  Littlefield's  Flor- 
entine singers.  The  latter  will  be  heard  in  a  new 
program. 


The  Fifth  Popular  Concert 

The  Board  of  Governors  of  the  San  Francisco 
Orchestra  announce  the  fifth  popular  concert  for 
Friday  afternoon,  December  13  at  the  Cort  at 
3:15  o'clock.  They  request  that  subscribers  watch 
the  papers  for  announcements  of  dates,  as  all  dates 
arc  subject  to  change.  The  program  for  the 
fifth  concert  is  devoted  entirely  to  Wagner  and 
is  expected  to  prove  of  great  musical  value.  It 
is:  Rienzi,  Overture;  Die  Gotterdammerung,  Sieg- 
fried's Rhine  Journey;  Parsifal,  Transformation 
Scene  and  End  of  Act  One,  Prelude;  Siegfried, 
Forest  Murmurs;  Tristan  and  Isolde,  Introduction 
and  Love-Death. 


Miss  Lerner  to  Return 

Miss  Tina  Lerner,  the  beautiful  young  Rus- 
sian pianist  who  created  such  a  sensation  at  the 
fourth  symphony  concert  and  the  fourth  popular 
concert  of  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra,  has  suc- 
ceeded in  arranging  her  eastern  dates  so  tliat  she 
will  return  to  San  Francisco  during  the  week  of 
December  16  and  give  a  piano  recital,  at  which 
she  will  render  the  following  splendid  program: 
Mozart,  "Larghetto";  Weber,  "Rondo  Brilliante"; 
Schumann,  Sonate  F.  Sharp  Minor;  Chopin.  3 
Etudes,  Nocturne  F  Sharp  Minor;  Strauss-Tausig, 
Valse  Caprice,  "Man  lebt  nur  cinmal";  Liszt, 
"Sonetto  123  del  Pctrarca";  Liszt,  "Spanish 
Rhapsodic." 


"The  Rose  Maid"  Coming 

"The  Rose  Maid"  is  a  Vienesse  operetta  with- 
out a  prince  for  its  central  figure.  So  it  is  some- 
thing of  a  novelty.  This  latest  success  by  the 
producers  of  "The  Spring  Maid"  is  tilled  with 
musical  surprises.  Its  roman.cc,  its  music  and 
its  gay  scenes  all  combine  to  make  such  a  charm- 
ing entertainment  that  it  ran  through  the  entire 
summer  on  Broadway.  It  is  booked  for  an  en- 
gagement at  the  Columbia,  commencing  Monday 
night,  December  16.  "The  Quaker  Girl"  will  be 
seen  again  next  week  with  Wednesday  and  Sat- 
urday matinees. 


"A  Modern  Eve"  at  the  Cort 

There  will  be  an  unusually  interesting  evening 
for  music  lovers  at  the  Cort  Sunday  night,  when 
the  first  presentation  here  of  Martin  Beck's  and 
Mort  H.  Singer's  successful  Berlin  operetta,  "A 
Modern  Eve,"  will  be  given.  This  musical 
comedy  has  been  the  talk  of  Chicago  for  the  past 
twenty  weeks.    Tuneful  songs,  pretty  girls,  beau- 


tiful costumes,  capable  principals  and  lively 
dances  are  promised.  The  operetta  is  in  its  sec- 
ond year  of  popularity  in  the  German  capital. 
Among  the  many  song  hits  are  "Goodbye,  Every- 
body," a  waltz  song.  Included  in  the  large  cast 
of  principals  will  be  Adele  Rowland,  Alexander 
Clark,  Ray  Raymond,  Louis  Kelso,  John  Dickin- 
son, John  Patton,  Marion  Roddy,  Henrietta  Tedro 
and  Arline  Boling. 


Pictures  of  the  Pope  at  Pantages 

Musical  comedy  at  its  best  will  be  heard  at 
Pantages  ne.xt  week  when  Tom  Linton,  the 
comedian  and  his  "Jungle  Girls"  with  Miss  Grace 
Lindquist,  will  make  their  local  debut  in  "The 
Up-to-Date  Missionary."  The  scenic  and  elec- 
trical effects  are  great.  Sol  Berns  is  a  delineator 
of  Hebrew  character  whose  work  is  funny  yet 
never  offensive.  Thiessen's  Pets  will  afTord  the 
younger  patrons  opportunity  to  enjoy  themselves, 
for  these  wonderful  little  fox  terriers  give  a  per- 
formance that  is  astonishing.  Comedy  and  pathos 
are  blended  in  "A  Matter  of  Custom"  which  L. 
H.  Rose  and  his  excellent  supporting  company 
will  present.  Paul  Florus,  one  of  the  best 
xylophone  artists  in  the  world,  will  be  another 
attraction.  The  Lovelands,  musical  artists;  Dc 
Kolb  and  his  equilibristic  girls;  Mile.  Ethelea, 
the  dainty  aerial  artist;  and  the  wonderful  Pope 
pictures  showing  His  Holiness  Pope  Pius  X,  with 
views  of  the  Vatican,  complete  the  bill. 


Mrs.  Alex.  Pantages*  Pet  Charity 

In  a  quiet  way  it  has  always  been  known  that 
Mrs.  Alex.  Pantages  has  gone  in  for  extensive 
charity  and  her  contributions  have  been  numer- 
ous and  generous,  but  doubtless  the  best  of  all 
her  pet  charities  is  the  innovation  she  has  es- 
tablished of  entertaining  the  orphans  and  poor 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


AMUSEMENTS 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street.  Opposite  Mason 

Week  Commencing  Sunday.   December  8th 

TOM  LINTON  AND  HIS  JUNGLE  GIRLS 

With  Miss  Grace  Lindquist  in  "The  Up-to-Date  Missionary," 
A   Scenic   Singing   and    Dancing   Tropical  Oddity. 

I'-xcIusivc    ( )uthentic   Motion    Plnlures  of 

POPE  PIUS  X 


7— ALL  STAR  ACTS— 7 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Niglits,  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


CQRX 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Last  Time  Tonight —Valeska   Suratt   in  "The   Kiss  Waltz." 
COMMENCING    TOMORROW    (SUND.W)  NIGHT 
Two    Weeks— Matinees    Wednesday    and  Saturday 
Martin  Heck  and  Mort  H.  Singer  Present  the 
Latest   Berlin  Operetta 

"A  MODERN  EVE" 

The   World   Is   Singing   Its  Songs 
Six  Months  in  Chicago 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

O'Farrell,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 

Monday  Evening,  Decemher  9th,  and  Throughout  the  Week 
ORRIN   JOHNSON   and   MARGUERITE  LESLIE 

In    T     Hartley   .Manner's   Modern   Fairv    I'lay   in    Four  .Nets 

"THE  MONEY  MOON" 

.\da|ite<l  from  .lelfrey  Eernohr-.  Delicious  Story 
Prices:  Night,  25c  to  $1;  .Matinees:  25c  to  50c. 
Matinees:    Thursday,    Saturday    and  Sunday 


SCOTTISH  RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Van  Ness  at  Sutter 

GERVILLE  REACHE 

The   Great  Contralto 

THIS   SUNDAY   AFTERNOON   DECEMBER   8,  at  2:30 
Tickets:   $1.00,   $1.50  and  $2.00. 


POWELL 

Violin  Virtuosa 
NEXT   THURSDAY    EVENING,    DEC.  12th 
SATURDAY  AFTERNOON,   DEC.  14th 

and 

SUNDAY   AFTERNOON,    DEC.  15th 

SCOTTISH    RITE  AUDITORIUM 

Tickets:  $1.00,  $1.50  and  $2.00,  ready  Monday  at  Sherman, 
Clay  X  Go's  and  Kohler  &  Chase's. 

Steinway  Piano. 
Coming- -GODOWSKY,  Master-Pianist. 


^    SAN  FRANCISCO  ^ 

ORCHESTRA 

HenryHadley-  Conductor 

FIFTH   POPULAR  CONCERT 

FRIDAY  AFTERNOON,  DECEMBER  13,  1912 

WAGNER  PROGRAM 

Rienzi    Overture 

Die    Gotterdammerung  Siegfried's    Rhine  Journey 

Parsifal.  .Transformation  Scene  and  End  of  Act  One.  Prelude 

Siegfried  Forest  Murmurs 

Tristan  and  Isolde  Introduction  and  Love-Death 

.Seats  on  Sale  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co.,  Cort  Theatre  and 
Kohler  &  Chase. 

Prices  :  35c  to  $1.00. 


Safest    and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

O" F^RRtVV  all  S^^OCVvTO^A  ?>  PQNNtVV  America 

Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.     Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

l.riTT.I-:  1!IL^.^■.  Vaudeville's  Tiniest  Headliner;  THE 
MIKADO'S  R(1V.\L  T.\PANESE  ATHLETES;  JERK 
(.R.\DY.  FRANKIE  CARPENTER  &  CO.,  playing"  their 
newest  comedy  "The  Butterfly";  MIGNONETTE  KOKIN, 
the  Original  English  Turkey  Hop  Girl;  "A  D-VY  .\T  THE 
CIRCL'S"  hy  GALETTI'S  MONKEYS;  ED  MORTON 
ilie  Comedian  Who  Sings;  THE  FL^'ING  MARTINS.  Sen- 
^.^tional  Wizards  of  the  Air;  NEW  D.AYLIGHT  MOTION 
I'ICTl'KES.  Last- Week— Great  Success  of  M.^RION  LIT- 
TLEFIELD'S  FLORENTINE   SINGERS,   New  Program. 

Evening   Prices,   10c,   25c,   50c,   75c.     Box   Seats,  $1.00 
.Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1570. 


COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 
Night    including  Sunday 
M.\TINEES  WEDNESDAYS  AND  's.^Tl^RDAVS 
Second  and  Last  Week  Begins  Monday.  December  9th 
Tlie    Musical    Hit   of   Three  Continents 

"THE  QUAKER  GIRL" 

N'ittor   .Morlcy   and   Company   of   100;    Enlarged  Orchestra 

Trices:    ICvcnings   and   Saturday    Matinees.   $2   to  25c. 
Wednesday  Matinee,  $1.50  to  25c. 
.Monday,     Dec.     If.th  "THK    ROSE  MAID." 


SECOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CHASE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
Piano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


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December  7,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — The  stock  market  was  comparatively 
(inict  throughout  the  week.  The  av^erage  price  of 
till-  barometer  stocks  at  the  end  was  practically 
unchanged  from  the  previous  Saturday.  Floor 
leaders  tried  to  scalp  the  market  on  the  short 
side  when  it  displayed  a  sagging  tendency  early 
in  the  week,  but  the  element  committed  to  its  sup- 
port turned  the  tables  on  them  and  ran  the  whole 
list  up  about  a  point  while  the  bears  covered. 
That  was  the  only  real  excitement,  and  it  was 
short-lived.  These  gains  were  gradually  wiped 
out.  Stocks  evidently  rested  in  strong  liands. 
But  investors  are  not  disposed  to  buy  at  present 
levels,  so  the  market  drifts  in  aimless  fashion. 
Tliere  was  no  lack  of  news.  The  varying  for- 
times  of  the  Balkan  w-ar  kept  Europe  on  the 
:iM.\ious  seat,  but  it  bought  more  than  it  sold  and 
international  houses  are  sending  securities  back 
to  London,  Berlin  and  Paris.  Fears  of  tariff 
changes  continue  to  depress  many  industrial  se- 
curities. To  this  source  of  worry  Wall  street 
added  the  possible  make-up  of  the  Wilson  Cab- 
inet. Politics  w-ill  play  a  large  part  in  determin- 
ing the  course  of  the  stock  market  in  the  next 
six  months.  In  a  trading  market  such  as  this  is 
likely  to  be  for  some  time,  many  changes  in 
the  relative  position  of  securities  will  probably 
be  made.  Those  issues  that  depend  upon  a  pro- 
tective tariff  for  dividends  will  display  nervous- 
ness until  their  cases  are  decided  by  Congress. 
Manufacturing  profits  must  be  satisfactory  at 
liresent.  The  Supreme  Court  decision  in  the 
Hath  Tub  case  will  affect  some  other  industries 
that  control  certain  products  through  patents, 
but  will  do  no  particular  harm  to  the  trades  af- 
fected, as  some  will  gain  while  others  lose.  It 
will  not  decrease  the  total  production  or  con- 
sumption of  such  goods. 

Wheat — The  most  important  feature  in  the 
wheat  situation  has  been  the  decline  of  one  cent  in 
ocean  freight  rates,  and  the  probability  of  a  still 
more  plentiful  supply  of  freight  room  in  the  near 
future.  The  rate  is  now  10  cents  per  bushel  on 
wheat  shipped  from  the  .Atlantic  seaboard  to 
Liverpool.  It  has  been  extraordinarily  high  for 
months  past,  and  while  emphasizing  the  acute 
foreign  demand  that  has  existed  all  along  for  our 
food  products,  it  has  worked  to  our  disadvantage 
in  more  ways  than  one.  If  the  supply  of  ocean 
freight  room  should  increase,  as  anticipated,  it 
will  have  the  effect  of  lowering  transportation 
rates  and  equalizing  values  of  food  products  be- 
tween this  country  and  those  of  importing  na- 
tions, and  work  to  the  advantage  of  all.  The 
wheat  market  still  shows  speculative  apathy,  and 
has  not  yet  passed  the  qualifying  stage  where 
every  opinion  must  be  prefixed  by  an  IF.  It 
has  too  many  weak  influences  to  create  a  strong 
market,  and  too  many  strong  ones  for  a  weak 


situation.  As  far  as  the  wheat  situation  is  con- 
cerned, we  do  not  believe  existing  conditions  war- 
rant the  present  depression.  The  market  ap- 
pears to  he  governed  more  by  sentimental  theories 
than  by  an  unsold  economic  condition,  and  in  a 
little  time  it  will  develop  that  such  is  the  case. 

Corn — The  corn  market  is  a  characteristic  one 
for  tliis  season  of  the  year,  for  there  is  now  the 
usual  apprehension  that  receipts  will  soon  be  too 
large  for  the  consumptive  demand  which  for 
several  months  to  come  will  be  deprived  of  cheap 
water  transportation  and  must  depend  upon  the 
railroads,  with  poorer  facilities  and  higher  rates. 
There  are.  however,  no  signs  of  any  accumula- 
tion as  yet.  for  the  visible  supply  is  near  tile 
vanishing  point,  and  there  was  a  small  reduction 
last  week.  .\  nf)ticcable  feature  is  the  reports  of 
disappointing  husking  returns  that  come  from 
Illinois,  Kansas,  Oklalioma  and  Nebraska.  Tin 
market  may  drag  for  a  time,  but  the  price  is  en- 
tirely satisfactory  to  the  consumer  and  disappoint- 
ing to  the  producer,  which  presents  a  situation 
that  should  be  inviting  to  an  investor. 

Cotton — The  lowist  estimate  on  tlie  crop  so 
far  this  season  was  made  last  week  by  a  Mem- 
phis spot  house  predicting  only  13.6OO.0C0  bales 
including  linters,  etc..  maximum.  .As  a  result 
new  high  levels  thus  far  this  season  were  estab- 
lished, distant  deliveries  almost  reaching  the  1.^ 
cents  level  Then  followed  a  report  that  the 
National  Ginners'  .\ssociation  will  estimate  the 
crop  at  13.700,000,  predicting  miicli  liigher  prices 
eventually.  In  the  circumstances  it  seems  that 
the  trade  really  believes  that  there  will  not  be 
enough  cotton  to  go  round  this  season  and  that 
prices  will  continue  to  advance  until  a  level  has 
been  reached  that  will  restrict  consumption.  But 
famine  prices  prevail  already,  and  the  l.ict  shows 
that  the  trade  is  in  the  midst  of  plenty,  since  the 
world's  visible  and  invisible  supply  at  the  moment 
is  the  largest  on  record.  It  must  be  remembered 
that  foreign  crops  were  short  last  year  and  that 
the  average  price  at  which  last  season's  .American 
crop  sold  was  10.16  basis  of  middling.  This  year 
foreign  crops  are  large,  the  yield  in  Russia.  Egypt 
and  India  is  large,  while  the  price  of  middling 
at  the  ports  averages  about  12  1-2  cents.  It  i'^ 
probable  therefore  that  European  spinners  will 
eventually  take  more  of  the  foreign  growth  at 
the  expense  of  the  American  product.  In  1909 
the  crop  was  only  10,609.000,  and  in  1910  it  was 
only  12.120,000  bales.  This  year,  if  the  crop  is 
f)nly  13,600,000  bales  (and  it  may  be  one  million 
larger),  the  combined  yield  of  1911  and  1912 
would  be  30,101,0(X)  bales  plus  the  carryover  of 
about  two  million  bales  on  September  1,  1911 
This  would  provide  a  total  supply  of  31,983,0<K1 
bales,  whereas  the  consumption  fr)r  last  season 
and  this  season,  if  it  should  be  as  large  as  last 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  $11,070,803.23 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   12.281.957.46 

Deposits    30,104,366.00 

Officers— Isaias  W.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Pres. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
V.-Pres.;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  \V.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  Wm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law,  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld,  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  .\.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner   New   Montgomery  and   Market  Streets 

Capital,  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  .$1,768,076.98 

Cash  and  Sight  Exchange   1.639,482.36 

Deposits    e,368,228.S0 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  MeyiTstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.   Jones  Cashier 

Geo.   Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.   Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    W.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    Boardman  W.  J.  Hotchkiss 

James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Civin  McNab 

.Mfred  L.  Meyerstein  Robert  Oxnard 
Frederick  F.  Sayre  John  H.  Spring 
Harry  N.  Stetson  G.  H.  I'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m..  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA   ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
Deposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH.  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH.  S.  W.  Corner 
CLEMENT  and  7th  AVE. 

HAIGHT   STREET   BRANCH,   S.   W.  Corner 
HAIGHT   and  BELVEDERE 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1,656,403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140,109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56,609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 
only. 


Telephone  DOUGLAS  2487 

R.  E.  MULCAHY,  Manager 

E. 

F. 

HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

CO. 

Members 
New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
New  York  Coffee  Exchange 
Chicago  Beard  of  Trade 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 

Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington.  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
I. OS  Angeles,  112  W.  Third  Street 
.\cw   York,  31-33-35   New  Street 

December  7,  1912 

'.c.-iSdii,  cmilil  only  ;ini..nt  tu  29.030,000  1)alcs  ;m<l 
leave  a  surplus  at  llic  cldsc  of  next  AuRUSt  of 
2.953,(}(;()  hales.  As  regards  the  nexl  erop.  llu- 
big  decline  in  grain  this  }-ear  and  the  big  advance 
in  cotton  will  be  the  incentive  to  make  a  large 
increase  in  the  cotton  acreage. 


TOWN  TALK 


One  of  the  Crowd 

(Continued  from  Page  8.) 

He  asks,  "Why  did  I  I)ring  all  this  on  myself? 
Where  do  I  come  in,  after  all?"  .  .  .  The 
dawn,  very  early;  and  he  goes  to  sleep  once  more! 

The  next  morning,  factitiously  bright  after  his 
bath,  he  is  eating  his  breakfast,  reading  liis  news- 
paper, and  looking  at  his  watch.  The  night  is 
over;  the  complicated  organism  is  in  full  work 
again,  with  its  air  of  absolute  security.  Mis 
newspaper,  inspired  by  a  millionaire  to  gain  ;i 
millionaire's  ends  by  appealing  to  the  ingenuous- 
ness of  this  clever  struggler.  is  uneasy  with  ac- 
counts of  attacks  meditated  on  the  established 
order.  His  mind  is  made  up.  The  established 
order  may  not  be  perfect,  but  he  is  in  favor  of 
it.  He  has  arrived  at  an  equilibrium,  unstable 
possibly,  but  an  equilibrium.  One  push,  and  he 
would  be  over!  Therefore,  no  push!  He  hard- 
ens his  heart  against  the  complaint  of  the  un- 
justly treated.  He  has  his  own  folk  to  think 
;ibout. 

The  station  is  now  drawitig  him  like  a  magnet. 
He  sees  in  his  mind's  eye  every  yard  of  the  way 
between  the  side-street  and  the  office,  and  in 
imagination  he  can  hear  the  clock  striking  at  the 
other  end.  He  must  go;  he  must  go!  Several 
persons  help  him  to  go,  and  at  the  garden-gate 
he  stoops  ^nd  kisses  that  mysterious  daughter. 
He  strides  down  the  side-street.  Only  a  moment 
ago,  it  seems,  he  was  striding  up  it!  He  turns 
into  the  long  road.  It  is  a  grinding  walk  in  the 
already  hot  sun.  He  reaches  the  station  and 
descends  into  it.  and  is  diminished  from  an  eternal 
father  to  a  mere  unit  of  a  throng.  But  on  the 
platform  he  meets  a  jolly  acquaintance.  His 
f.ice  relaxes  as  they  salute.  "1  say."  he  says  after 
.•in  instant,  bursting  with  a  good  thing,  "Hnxe  you 
heard  the  tale  about  the — " 


Against  the  loss  of  your  Will,  Deeds  and  other  val- 
uable papers  by  placing  them  in  a  safe  deposit  box, 
where  fire  and  burglars   are  unknown.    $4   per  year. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  p„^.r.*^d"Mt"e;  s'u. 


John  F.  C 


gham,  Manaser 


Stage 


(CVmlinucil  from  P.-i^e  19.) 
children  of  every  city  in  which  her  husband  has 
a  theatre,  on  Christmas  morning,  with  a  special 
vaudeville  performance,  a  Christmas  tree,  candy 
and  useful  presents  as  well  as  toys.  The  coming 
Christmas  will  be  no  exeeiition  to  the  est;iblished 
custom  and  locally  it  h.is  an  added  interest,  for 
it  will  be  the  first  time  held  here  and  it  will  also 
celebrate  the  lirst  year  of  the  Pantages  Theatre 
in  San  Francisco.  All  of  the  orphans  of  the  city 
as  well  as  tlie  newsboys  and  poor  cliildren  will 
be  admitted  to  the  theatre  free  and  a  big  vaude- 
ville program  has  been  arranged  lasting  from 
iO  a.  m.  until  noon. 


IN  THE  SOCIAL  SPOTLIGHT 

Dr  and  Mrs.  L.  B.  Bangs  and  maid  from  .\'ew 
York  have  arrived  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  for  a 
stay.  They  will  spend  the  winter  in  California. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Carroll  of  Butte  arrived 
by  motor,  .\mong  other  recent  arrivals  are  Mrs. 
Howard  Humphrey  and  Mrs.  Alex  C.  Blair  from 
Bloomington,  111.  Capt.  A.  S.  Halstead,  U.  S. 
N'avy,  Flagship  California,  is  registered.  Dr. 
Douglas  Brown,  acc(jmpanied  by  Mrs.  Brown 
will  remain  for  sonie  time.  Dr.  F.rown  is  the 
ni;inagcr  of  the  Spreckels  Sugar  Relinery  at 
Spreckels,  California.  Jud.ge  Peter  Grosscup  of 
Chicago  will  spend  some  time.  Jud.ge  Grosscup 
is  the  father  of  Mrs.  J.  I'.  Jordan  who  lias  a  home 
at  Coronado.  Hotel  del  Coron.'ido  is  a  popular 
rendezvous  for  the  army  and  navy  officers,  and 
the  .glittering  utiiforms  add  to  the  attractiveness 
of  all  social  functions  given  at  the  famous  hos- 
telry. The  gold  and  braid  holds  a  lurc'  which  is 
dear  to  the  hearts  of  all.  .Many  hinclieons  and 
dinner  parties  have  been  ,gi\'en  during  the  past 
week.  Major  C.  S.  Hill,  U.  S.  Marine  Corps, 
on  board  U.  S.  S.  California,  has  taken  rooms. 


Baron  Von  Schroeder  and  Family  to  Leave 

Baron  J.  H.  Von  Schroeder,  together  with  his 
wife  and  children,  will  leave  California  in  tin- 
spring  for  Europe,  it  being  their  intention  to  m;ike 
Germany  their  future  home.  The  Baron  is  the 
pcssessfjr  of  a  large  estate  and  residence  in  the 
\  icinity  of  Hainburg,  Germany,  and  had  been  de- 
sirous of  enjoying  these  for  some  time.  Baron 
Von  Schroeder  is  well  known  to  Californians, 
liaving  spent  the  last  twenty  years  in  this  State. 
The  Baroness  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Peter 
l)(mahue.  They  are  large  holders  of  real  estate 
in  San  Francisco,  Marin  and  San  Luis  Obispo 
counties.  Both  the  San  Francisco  property,  the 
old  Union  Foundry  Block  on  the  northeast  corner 
of  First  and  Mission  streets,  and  the  celebrated 
Hotel  Rafael  at  San  Rafael,  will  be  sold  at  pub- 
lic auction  December  17.  The  auction  of  these 
various  properties  has  been  turned  over  to  A.  J. 
Rich  &  Co.  of  this  city  wlio  state  these  properties 
will  absolutely  be  aucticjued  at  their  offices  on 
that  date. 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000.000 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1, COO. 000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

IIKUBERT  FLIlISHHACKIvR  President 
SIC  GREENEHAl'M  Chairman  of  the  Board 

WASHINGTON  nODGE  Vice-President 
J(JS.  KRIEDLANnER  Vice-President 
C.  F.  Hl_)NT  Vice-President 
R.  AI.TSCHI  I.  Cashier 
C.  R.  PARKER  Assistant  Cashier 

W.M.   H.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKI  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BIIRDICK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  L.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


21 


SUPERSENSUAL 

When  rir<l  the  busy,  clumsy  tongue  is  stilled, 
S;i\-e   that   s.inie  childish,  stammering  words  of 
love 

The  coming  birth  of  man's  true  language  prove: 

\Vhen,  one  and  all. 
The  wistful,  seeking  senses  are  full/lied 
With  strange,  austere  delight: 

When  eye  and  ear 
.Are  inward  turned  to  meet  the  flooding  light, 
The  cadence  of  Thy  coming  quick  to  hear: 

When  on  Thy  mystic  flight. 
Thou  Swift  yet  Changeless,  herald  breezes  bring 
Tf)  scent  the  heart's  swept  cell 
With  incense  from  the  thurible  of  spring. 
The  fragrance  whicli  the  lily  seeks  in  vain: 

When  touch  no  more  may  tell 
The  verities  of  contact  iinexpressed. 
-And.  decplier  pressed. 
To  that  surrender  which  is  holiest  pain. 
We  taste  Thy  very  rest — 

Ah,  then  we  find. 
Folded  about  by  kindly-nurturing  night. 
Instinct  with  silence  sweetly  musicai. 
The  rapt  communion  of  the  mind  with  .Mind. 

Then  may  the  senses  fall 
V.-inquishcd  indeed,  nor  dread 
That  this  their  dear  defeat  be  counted  sin: 

For  every  door  of  flesh  shall  lift  its  head. 
Because  the  King  of  Life  is  entered  in. 

— Evelyn  I'nderhill, 


Pills  for  Oscar  Wilde 

Mrs.  Walford,  the  novelist,  in  lu-r  "Recollec- 
tions." has  a  good  story  of  Oscar  Wilde,  charac- 
teristic of  the  "pose"  which  was  part  of  his  stock 
ill  trade  to  the  end.  Wilde  was  ill.  He  sent  for 
a  doctor,  who  gave  him  a  prescription,  but  when 
't  was  made  u)>  at  the  chemist's  Wilde  shuddered. 
The  medicine  in  the  bottle  was  a  dingy  brown 
"olor,  ,ind  the  pills  were  gray.  They  were  sent 
back  to  the  chemist  at  once  with  the  message 
that  unless  he  could  make  both  the  draught  and 
the  pills  beautiful  Oscar  Wilde  could  not  take 
them.  "1  ,-ini  willing  to  die,"  Wilde  said,  "rather 
than  pollute  my  lips  with  that  ugly  stuff."  The 
<  heiiiisf  Inew  Wilde  and  proceeded  to  carry  his 
>■  ishes  into  effect.  "The  Muid  in  the  bottle  came 
1  ack  a  rosy  red — "of  :\  heavenly  color!"  the  lady 
^:iid,  "while  the  eoninioii  lookin.g  gray  pilK  shone 
li'  e  gold." 


An  Excuse 

I  grant  we  wandered  ofl'  .alone, 
.And  stayed  until  the  falling  dew; 

But,  dear,  1  only  went  because 

I  fancied  lh:it  she  looked  like  you. 

T  grant  my  arm  .iround  her  waist 

In  wisely  strayed.    What  could  I  do? 

I  had  to  draw  her  close  to  see 

If,  in  the  dusk,  she  looked  like  you. 

1  gr.ant  upon  her  cheek  1  pressed 
A  single  kiss — no  more?  well — two. 

^■ou  never  were  content  with  one. 

And  she— she  looked  so  much  like  you. 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


December  7,  1912 


CERTIFICATE     OF     NAME     OF     PERSON  DOING 
BUSINESS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME— No.  1073 

1,  the  undersigned,  hereby  certify  that  my  full  name  is 
KI^MIRE  KL'FFIEUX,  and  that  the  place  of  my  residence 
is  at  Hotel  Manx,  Northwest  corner  of  i'owell  and  O'Farrell 
Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California ;  and  that  I  am  transacting  a  French  Confection- 
ery business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  under  the  name  and  style  of  L.  RLFFIEUX; 

That  the  principal  place  of  my  said  business  is  at  No. 
211  Powell  Street,  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that  I  will  continue  to  transact  such  business 
therein,  under  said  name  and  style; 

That  there  is  no  other  person  interested  with  me  in  said 
business,  and  that  I  am  the  sole  owner  thereof. 

Dated,  this  30th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

ELMIKE  KUFFIEUX. 

State  of  California, 
City  and  County  of  San   Francisco — ss. 

On  this  30th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  One  Thousand 
Nine  Hundred  and  Twelve,  before  nie,  JAiMES  II.  STIR- 
LING, a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  personally  appeared  ELMIRE  RL'FFIIilCX, 
known  to  me  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to 
the  within  instrument,  and  she  duly  acknowledged  to  me 
that  she  executed  the  same. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  affixed  my  Official  .Seal,  at  my  office  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  day  and  year  in  this  cer- 
tificate first  above  written. 

(Notarial  Seal)  JAMES  H.  STIRLING, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California.  My  Commission  Ex- 
pires September  11,  1915. 

Endorsed:   Filed  Oct.  31.   1912.    H.   I.   Mulcrcvy,  Clerk. 
By  W.  R.  Castagnetto,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  COMTE,  JR.,  Atty.  at  Law, 

\q.  333  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  11-9-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Califc.rnia,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  -No.  14,294 ; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  CARLO  CASASSA,  De- 
ceased. .       ,     „    ■.  , 
Notice    is   hereby   given    by   the   undersigned,    David  J. 
Casassa.  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  de- 
ceased, to  the  creditors  of  and  all   persons  having  claims 
against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  neces- 
sary vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication  of   this  notice   to   the   said   administrator,   at  the 
offices  of  his  attorneys,   Devoto.   Richardson   and  Devoto, 
Rooms    600-604    Foxcroft    Ruilding,    68    Post    Street,  San 
Francisco,    California,    which    said   offices    the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  deceased. 

DAVID  J.  CASASSA 
.\dministrator  of  the  Estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  Deceased. 
Dated:  San  Francisco,  November  23.  1912. 
DEVOTO.   RICHARDSON   &  DEVOTO, 
.\ttoriicvs   for  .Xdministrator, 

(,n0-f,n4  Foxcroft  I'.Ulg.,  68  Post  St..  S.  F.  "-23-5 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  JILIA  O'CONNELL,  sometimes  and  also 
known  as  and  called  JULIA  CONNELL,  Deceased— No. 
13.908;   Department  No.  10. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  executors  ol 
the  estate  of  Tulia  O'Connell.  sometimes  and  also  known 
as  and  called  Tulia  Conncll,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  (4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  executors  at  the  office  of  their  attorney,  John  .1. 
Harrett,  Room  1255  Flood  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, which  said  office  the  undersigned  select  as  the  place 
•  •f  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Julia  O'Connell.  sometimes  and  also  known  as  and  called 
lulia  Coiiiiell.  deceased. 

TAMES  MADDEN, 
JOSEPH  MADDEN, 
Executors  of  the   Estate  of  Julia  O'Connell,   sometimes  and 
also   known   as   and   called   Julia   Connell,  Deceased. 
Dated,  San  I'rancisco,  California.  November  30.  1912. 
lOHN   T.   n.\RRETT.  .•\ttorney  for  Executors, 

1255  Flood  EUlg..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-30-5 

ORDER  SETTING  TIME  AND  PLACE  FOR  HEARING 
PETITION  FOR  ORDER  DIRECTING  EXECUTRIX 
TO   MAKE  CONVEYANCE 

111  tlie  Suiicriur  Court  of  the  Stale  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  10.645; 
Deiiartment  No.  10. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  ANNA  M.  TU'TCITIN- 
SON.  Deceased. 

LILLIAN  H.  P.  SURRVIINE,  executrix  of  the  last  will 
of  .\nna  M.  Hutchinson,  deceased,  having  filed  herein^  her 
verified  petition  praying  for  a  decree  of  this  court  authorizing 
and  directing  her.  as  executrix  c}f  the  last  will  of  said 
cleceased.  to  convey  and  transfer  certain  real  property,  in 
said  petition  and  hereinafter  described,  to  E.  J.  Rinckel ;  and 
it  appearing  from  said  petition  that  the  said  Anna  M. 
Hutchinson  was,  during  her  lifetime,  bound  by  a  contract 
in  writing  to  convey  said  real  estate  as  in  said  petition  set 
forth: 

IT  IS  HEREP.V  ORDERED  that  Monday,  the  thirtieth 
ilay  of  December,  1912,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  upon  said  day. 
and  the  courtroom  of  the  above  entitled  court,  department 
10  thereof,  be.  and  the  same  are  hereby,  fixed  as  the  time 
and  place  for  the  hearing  of  said  petition. 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  hearing  said  petition  be  given  by  publication 
of  a  copy  of  this  order  for  at  least  four  M)  successive 
weeks  before  said  day  of  hearing,  in  Town  Talk,  a  news- 
paper printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco. 

The  real  property  hereinabove  and  in  said  petition  re- 
ferred to  is  described  as  follows  : 

All  that  certain  real  property  in  tlie  City  of  Oakland. 
County  of  Alameda.  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

Lot  number  nine  (9),  as  laid  down  and  delineated  on  a 
certain  may  entitled.  "Map  of  Robley  Terrace,  Oakland. 
California.  June,  1908,  F.  C.  Turner,  City  Engineer,"  filed 
Julv  23rd.  1908,  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of 
said  Alameda  County. 

Dated,  November  26th,  1912. 

THO.S.  F.  GRAHAM,  Judge. 
THOMAS  E.  HAVEN,  Atty.  at  Law, 

Monadnock  Bldg.,  Rooms  941-943,  San  Francisco.  11-30-5 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  OF  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

III  Hu  Sii|ieiiiir  Court  of  the  Stale  of  (.!alifciriiia.  in  .iiid 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  13.4.*<9; 
neit.'irtmeiit    No.  10. 

In  the  .Mati.r  of  the  Estate  of  GIOVANNI  PODESTA. 
also  known  as  GIOV.VNNINI  PODESTA,  and  as  G. 
PODESTA.  Deceased. 

.\delina  Podesta,  administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Giovanni 
Podesta,  also  known  as  Giovannini  Podesta,  and  as  G. 
Podesta,  deceased,  having  this  day  filed  herein  her  verified 
petition  for  an  order  of  sale  of  a  jiortion  of  the  real  estate 
of  said  decedent  for  the  purposes  therein  set  forth ; 

And  it  appearing  therefrom  that  it  is  necessary,  and  also 
that  it  would  be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  l)est  inter- 
ests of  said  estate,  and  of  those  interested  therein  to  sell 
the  saitl  portitm  of  said  real  estate; 

IT  IS  ORDERED  that  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  decedent  appear  before  this  Court.  Depart- 
ment No.  10  ^hereof,  at  its  courtroom  in  the  New  City 
Hall,  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Market  Street,  between 
ICighth  and  Ninth  Streets,  in  the  City  anil  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  on  Moiulay,  the  30th  dhy 
of  December,  1912,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said 
day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why 
;in  order  shouhl  not  be  granted  to  said  administratrix  for 
the  sale  of  the  said  portion  of  said  real  estate; 

IT  IS  FL  KTHER  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  at  least  once  a  week,  for  four  (4)  suc- 
cessive weeks,  in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  of  general  cir- 
culation printed  and  published  in  said  City  aiul  County 
of  San  Francisco. 

Dated.    November   27,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court. 
A.  P.  DESSOLSLAVY  and  P.  A.  BERGEROT, 
Attvs.    for  Administratrix, 

I'lO  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-30-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32,898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any   Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  William  Creig,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  and  to 
set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
bounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-w't : 
PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  line  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Nortlieasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ot 
Mariposa   Street  and   point  of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of   Potrero  Nuevo   Block  Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Heing  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
lee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
meet  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
.lay  of  October,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H-  I-  MULCREVY,  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DEVOTO,   RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

Attorneys   for  Plaintiff, 

68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10  19  10 

Usually  the  Way 

Miss  Si.-ntiiiunt;il :  "Cliarlcs.  did  ymi  f\iT  ;illii\v 
your  mind  to  picric  tlic  secret  of  the  universe,  to 
rc;isnii  that  this  dull,  cold  earth  is  but  the  sepul- 
chre of  ages  past,  that  man  in  all  his  glory  is  but 
the  soil  we  tread,  which  every  breeze  wafts  in  ;iii 
ever-shifting  inazc,  to  be  found  and  lost  in  an 
iiilinity  of  particles — the  dust  of  centuries,  re- 
united and  dissolved  as  long  as  time  shall  en- 
dure ?" 

Charles:  "No-o.  I  dnnno  as  I  did.  You  see,  I've 
li;id  to  earn  my  living." 


SUMMONS  TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 

111  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— .^ction  No. 
32.803. 

PICTER  KOCELJ,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
.\ny  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  the  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit :  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  S.   I.   HUGHES,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12;h  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in. 
or  lien  upon,  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff :  Names, 
none;   Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills    Bldg..   San    Francisco,   Cal.  10-12-10 

SUMMONS 

111  ihe  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  45,551  ; 
Department  No.  3. 

lOHN  FINDLEY  MILLIKEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MYRTLE 
MILLIKEN,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Supciior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
MYRTLE   MILLIKEN,  Defendant. 

YOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  ac- 
tion brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the 
Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Com- 
plaint filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree 
of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  exist- 
ing between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  de- 
fendant's willful  desertion  of  plaintiff ;  also  for  general  re- 
lief, as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to 
which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.\nd  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

(ilVE.N  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  this  16th  day  of  November,  .A.  D. 
1912. 

(Seal)  H.  I.  Ml'LCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  L.  T.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
.M.  M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ. 
.\ttornevs  for  Plaintiff. 

A-^  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-23-10 


"Win-  does   she  always   dress   in  black?" 
"She's  in  training." 
"Training  for  what?" 

"Well,  you  see,  she  married  an  octogenarian." 


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Letters 


A  Splendid  Girl's  Book 

Xo  liigher  commendation  of  Elizabeth  Jordan's 
stories  of  school  girl  life  could  be  desired  than 
the  fact  that  the  good  sisters  have  been  read- 
ing the  chronicles  aloud  to  their  pupils,  and  the 
girls  acknowledge  the  truth  of  the  presentation. 
"That's  just  exactly  the  way  we  get  set  down 
in  our  convent,"  is  the  universal  comment.  Miss 
Jordan's  first  volume,  "May  Iverson,  Her  Book" 
made  its  appearance  several  years  ago  and  those 
who  read  it  are  not  apt  to  forget  the  coterie  of 
young  misses,  boarders  at  St.  Catherine's  Acad- 
emy, with  their  activities  and  ambitions  and  mis- 
takes. May  Iverson,  Maudie  Joyce,  Mabel  Blos- 
som, Adeline  Thurston,  Kittie  James  and  Mabel 
Muriel  Mtirphy  were  no  machine-made  dolls. 
The  chronicles  diflfered  in  one  important  par- 
ticular from  most  stories  of  school  life,  for  while 
the  pupils  were  as  active  and  resourceful  as  any 
of  their  age  were  likely  to  prove,  and  were  ac- 
corded a  wholesome  degree  of  liberty  in  which 
to  exercise  their  ingenuity,  they  were  always 
brought  liack  to  earth  by  the  firm  yet  gentle  re- 
straint of  their  guardians,  instead  of  rioting 
triumphantly  over  all  bounds.  May  Iverson  was 
a  delicioi  s  specimen  of  naive  egotism.  She  had 
dcterminf  (1  to  be  a  great  literary  light  and  was 
seriously  .-it  work  on  the  tirst  carving.*  of  her 
career,  her  book  being  a  combination  of  school 
chronicle  and  personal  diary.  May  is  still  the 
s.-ribc  in  this  new  volume,  "May  Iverson  Tackles 
Life"  and  still  the  same  May.  a  few  years  older, 
slightly  more  mature,  but  with  the  same  con- 
fidence in  herself  and  her  high  destiny,  the  same 
obtuseness  to  criticism  which  is  not  lance- 
pointed  and  hard-pressed.  "Life's  grim  and  ter- 
rible problems"  absorb  her  energies,  and  amongst 
those  which  she  essays  to  solve  are  women's 
sufTrage,  play  writing,  the  reduction  of  super- 
fluous flesh,  the  cultivation  of  beauty,  the  con- 
servation of  energy  and  the  elimination  of  worry, 
with  about  as  satisfactory  results  as  those 
achieved  by  any  of  the  culture  clubs  of  the  out- 
side world.  One  of  the  most  amusing  of  the 
chronicles,  "Mabel  Blossom's  Pearl  Pin,"  tells  of 
a  trifling  bit  of  jewelry  which  was  mislaid,  and 
while  the  search  for  it  went  on  the  legend  of  its 
value,  antiquity  and  occult  powers  grew  until 
the  famous  Hope  diamond  with  its  category  was 
but  a  blue  glass  bead  in  comparison.  Miss  Jor- 
day  assures  us  in  her  foreword  that  only  two  of 
the  girls.  May  Iverson  and  Mabel  Blossom,  arc 
even  shadowy  pictures  of  real  characters,  but  fat 
little  Kittie  James  with  her  indifference  to  study 
and  her  enjoyment  nf  creature  comforts,  Mabel 
Muriel  Murphy,  with  her  mislit  name,  her  in- 
dulgent millionaire  father,  her  piety  and  her 
desperate  efforts  to  achieve  ladyhood;  Adeline 
Thurston  in  her  self-designed  esthetic  costumes 
and  her  poetic  poses  are  as  vivid  as  photographs. 
It  is  a  question  whether  girls  of  the  correspond- 
ing age  quite  appreciate  books  about  girls.  They 
are  passing  through  the  same  or  kindred  ex- 
periences, and,  looking  at  life  through  the  same 
spectacles,  they  are  apt  to  miss  the  good  thing- 
through  seeing  them  too  near  at  hand,  but  surely 
no  adult  would  fail  to  enjoy  May  Iverson,  and 
the  girls,  when  they  have  gained  sufificient  per- 
spective to  look  back  upon  their  own  young  lives, 
will  recognize  her  as  an  old  companion.  From 
Harper  and  Brothers. 


"The  Midlanders" 

Charles  Tenney  Jackson  has  already  given  us 
two  books  far  above  the  general  average.  A 
third  from  the  same  pen  makes  it  evident  that 
his  has  luen  no  accidental  success,  nor  has  he 


made  the  too  common  mistake  of  traveling  in 
the  path  of  least  res'stance  and  making  each  new 
book  a  parallel  of  its  predecessors.  "The  Mid- 
landers"  is  as  different  from  "Their  Day  of  Souls" 
as  that  differed  from  ".My  Brother's  Keeper," 
neither  characters,  plot  nor  environment  being 
suggestive.  The  scenes  of  "The  Midlanders" 
shift  from  the  swamps  of  Louisiana  to  the  rich 
corn  bottoms  of  Iowa  and  the  characters  range 
from  a  waif  of  unknown  parentage  to  a  judge 
of  the  Supreme  Court.  While  not  avowedly  a 
novel  of  politics,  political  cunditions  and  strifes 
underlay  and  overlap  all  else,  and  the  conditions 
are.  or  perhaps  one  had  better  say  were,  typical 
of  the  whole  Middle  West.  It  is,  in  truth,  a 
cross  section  of  western  life.  Though  the  polit- 
ical situation  is  the  dominating  characteristic  it 
is  by  no  means  the  sole  interest.  There  are 
several  love  affairs,  some  labor  troubles,  a 
glimpse  at  some  freak  religious  fanaticism,  and  a 
mystery  explained.  "The  Midlanders"  is  a  full 
book  without  a  superfluous  paragraph.  From 
Bobbs-Merrill. 


A  Mayor  and  a  Baby 

"The  Elected  Mother"  is  a  short  story  by  .Maria 
Thompson  Daviess,  reprinted  and  put  into  sepa- 
rale  covers  by  request.  It  !ias  for  its  theme  the 
equal  rights  of  the  sexes,  and,  of  course,  fore- 
shadows all  the  wonderful  things  that  will  be  done 
for  children  when  fathers  and  mothers  have  e(|ual 
claims  to  guardianship  before  the  law.  The  par- 
ticular story  is  that  of  a  young  married  woman 
nominated  in  a  western  town  for  the  mayor's 
chair  whose  most  wonderful  baby  was  born  on 
election  day.  A  charmingly  lovely  mayoress 
caressing  her  first  baby  is  a  pretty  sight.  From 
Bobbs-Merrill. 


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TOWN  TALK 

THE   PACIFIC  WEEKLY 


Vol.  XX 


Published  Weekly  by 
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The  Election 

If  the  people  did  not  do  all  that  was  ex- 
pected of  them  last  Tuesday  at  an_v  rate  they 
refrained  from  doing  the  city  much  harm. 
So  much  was  the  mischief  that  might  have 
been  done  that  on  the  general  result  we 
are  deserving  of  felicitation.  Considering 
the  advice  that  was  given  and  the  advice 
that  was  not  given  it  is  evident  that  there 
is  a  pretty  strong  minority  in  the  electorate 
of  this  city  possessed  of  sound  judgment. 
Consider  for  example  the  advice  given  by 
the  Examiner  with  respect  to  Amendment 
Xo.  14.  This  is  the  amendment  which  pro- 
vided for  the  raise  of  the  limit  on  bonded 
indebtedness  to  the  sky-line.  X(jtwith- 
standing  the  present  heavy  burden  of  taxa- 
tion and  the  con,se(|uent  loss  that  has  been 
suiYered  by  every  property  owner  by  reason 
of  the  reduction  in  the  value  of  his  property, 
the  Examiner  was  warmly  in  favor  of  an 
amendment  the  adoption  of  which  would 
have  made  matters  much  worse.  Fortun- 
ately the  amendment  was  beaten.  Consider 
the  advice  which  was  not  given  with  respect 
to  the  local  option  amendment,  one  of  the 
most  important  of  all  the  propositions  sub- 
mitted to  the  people.  All  our  leading  com- 
mercial bodies  were  opposed  to  it,  yet  the 
daily  papers  that  boast  of  their  devotion  to 
the  interests  of  the  city  were  too  cowardly 
to  discus.s  it.  They  were  not,  however,  too 
cowardly  to  take  the  money  of  the  liquor 
interests  that  waged  a  fight  against  the 
amendment.  Perhaps  the  most  earnest  of 
all  the  advice  that  was  given  to  the  people 
was  that  which  emanated  from  the  ])ul])it. 
The  good  ministers  of  San  Francisco  were 
keen  for  local  option,  and  last  .Sunday  from 
one  end  of  the  town  to  the  other  they 
preached  in  fa\iir  of  more  leisure  for  our 
brave  firemen.  The  exhortations  of  the 
open  mouth  of  the  pul])it  were  in  vain.  If 
the  hearts  penetrated  by  our  eloquent 
divines  are  not  more  numerous  than  the 
votes  which  they  influence  the  churches  are 
more  in  need  than  the  Fire  Department  of 
the  two-platoon  system. 


San  l'"rancisci),  Doceiiilx-r  14,  1912 


Incompetency  for  Exhibition  Purposes 

Nowhere  in  the  world  are  the  terrors  of 
municipal  ownership  so  frightfully  exempli- 
lied  as  right  here  in  this  our  beautiful  city 
where  the  peoples  of  the  earth  are  to  be 
entertained  and  edified  in  1915.  Would  it 
not  therefore  be  well  to  make  an  exhibit  of 
the  masterpieces  of  misconstruction  which 
stand  as  monuments  of  the  expert  inability 
discovered,  bought  and  paid  for  by  the 
people  of  San  F'rancisco?  Reservoirs  that 
are  averse  to  holding  water,  sewers  that 
How  not,  neither  do  they  empty,  a  viaduct 
innocent  of  entrance  or  exit — these  are  but 
a  few  of  the  silent  testimonies  of  ingenious 
futility  and  inefificiency  warning  us  against 
those  awful  terrors  with  which  every  species 
of  public  enterprise  is  pregnant.  Our  street 
railroad  is  yet  to  be  put  in  operatiitn.  Per- 
haps the  trolley  will  refuse  to  carry  juice, 
or  mayhap  an  irreconcilability  may  develop 
between  rails  and  wheels.  The  more  famil- 
iar we  become  with  municipal  engineering 
the  more  we  should  felicitate  ourselves  on 
our  good  fortune  in  not  having  thrown 
away  more  than  two  million  dollars  in 
Hetch-Ketchy.  If  j\Ir.  Phelan  and  his  as- 
sociates had  had  their  way  the  very  same 
engineers  whose  incompetency  has  kept  the 
town  on  a  broad  grin  for  months  would  long- 
ago  have  been  engaged  in  boring  miles  of 
solid  granite  for  pipe  lines  which  in  all 
])robability   would   never  hold  water. 


An  Arbitrable  Question 

Great  ]!ritain  has  formally  entered  a  ])r()- 
test  against  that  section  of  the  Panama 
Canal  act  which  discriminates  against  Brit- 
ish shipping,  and  we  are  told  that  the  State 
Department  will  hold  that  there  is  no 
arbitrable  question.  Xo  intelligent  and 
sincere  friend  of  the  .Vdministration  will  be 
pleased  to  have  the  matter  thus  disposed  of, 
for  it  will  hardly  redound  to  the  credit  of 
President  Taft  to  overrule  the  protest  willi 
jingo  self-assertiveness.  It  may  be  poi)ular 
to  hold  that  the  (]uestion  is  not  arbitrable, 
but  certainly  it  is  not  just.  The  position 
that  has  been  taken  by  this  couiUry  is  that 
we  have  the  right  to  discriminate  in  our 
own  favor  because  the  canal  is  in  our  own 
territory.  This  would  be  a  sound  position 
had  we  never  been  bound  by  a  treaty  un- 
der the  terms  of  which  we  surrendered  the 
right  to  construct  the  canal.  That  was  the 
ilay-Pauncefotc  treaty.  There  is  no  (|ues- 
tion  that  with  the  treaty  in  existence  we 
could  not  have  constructed  the  canal.  I'.ut 
that  treaty  was  abrogated  by  the  llay- 
Pauncefote  treaty.  Xow  the  (|tiestioii  is. 
<lid  Great  P>ritain  enter  into  the  lla_\- 
Pauncefote  treaty  with  the  understanding 
that  the  canal  should  be  open  to  i'ritish  and 
United  States  vessels  on  terms  of  e<|ual 
treatment?    So  while  it  may  be  true  that 


No.  1060 


ordinarily  we  have  the  right  to  do  as  we 
jdease  with  a  canal  in  our  own  territory  it 
may  not  be  true  in  this  particular  instance. 
If  the  (juestion  is  not  arbitrable  it  is  be- 
cause we  would  rather  plunge  the  country 
into  war  than  take  the  chance  of  ascertain- 
ing that  a  commercial  advantage  which  we 
wished  to  enjoy  was  dishonestly  obtained. 
The  Democrats  in  Congress  have  so  often 
tried  to  "put  President  Taft  in  the  hole" 
that  he  ought  to  seize  this  opportunity  of 
retaliating  by  handing  the  question  down 
to  his  successor. 


Bristow's  Amendments 

Notwithstanding  what  happened  to 
Theodore  Roosevelt  last  month  Senator 
liristow  of  Kansas  is  under  the  impression 
that  the  country  is  impatient  of  constitu- 
tional government  and  eager  for  market 
democracy.  Out  of  his  seething  brain  have 
come  two  specimens  of  Progressive  crafts- 
manship by  which  he  fondly  hopes  to  rev- 
ulutionize  our  government  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  the  Prophet  of  Oyster  Pay. 
The  Prophet's  scheme  for  rendering  the 
judicial  branch  of  the  government  a  neg- 
ligible quantity  by  making  the  decisions  of 
the  Supreme  Court  reversible  by  the  voice 
of  the  people  Senator  liristow  would  have 
us  realize,  and  to  that  end  he  has  prepared 
a  constitutional  amendment.  Also  Senator 
Bristow  would  increase  the  ])otentialities  for 
mischief  in  every  Yahoo  that  gets  himself 
elected  to  Congress  by  conferring  on  him 
the  ])rivilege  of  submitting  to  the  electorate 
of  the  whole  country  any  old  proposition 
that  he  is  able  to  conceive  and  that  his 
confreres  ha\e  not  the  stupidity  to  approve. 
.Some  months  ago  it  was  observed  in  these 
columns  that  it  were  well  to  experiment 
with  the  referendum  and  the  other  i)opulis- 
tic  fads  and  fancies  in  those  States  where 
political  lunacy  was  raging  so  that  by  the 
time  the  attempt  was  made,  as  it  certainly 
would  be,  to  torment  the  nation  with  them 
the  people  would  be  surfeited  with  the 
(piack  nostrums  of  the  culturinc  school  of 
statecraft.  Something  of  wdiat  we  foresaw 
has  happened.  Enthusiasm  for  the  i^efer- 
endum  and  the  recall  is  waning.  People 
everywhere  have  grown  tired  of  having 
politics  thrust  on  them  as  the  chief  aim  and 
business  of  existence.  Where  the  goxern- 
ment  has  been  "brought  back  to  the  people" 
the  feeling  is  prevalent  that  nothing  short 
of  the  grace  of  Ciod  can  separate  the  people 
from  their  tribulations.  However,  Senator 
liristow  will  not  be  without  encouragement 
in  the  .Senate,  for  the  Senate  as  a  result  of 
the  populism  of  the  past  few  years  has  be- 
come as  degenerate  as  the  public  service  in 
almost  all  sections  of  the  country.  The 
average  of  intellect  in  the  Senate  has  been 
reduced  almost  to  the  level  of  a  Works,  who 


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December  14,  1912 


may  be  taken  as  the  type  of  statesman  that 
always  rises  to  the  top  when  democracy  is 
unleashed. 

The  Wickedness  of  Cities 

There  is  nothing  that  causes  greater  pain 
in  the  parochial  bosom  than  the  charge  of 
wickedness.    As  the  consciousness  of  virtue 
makes  the  parochial  bosom  swell  with  pride, 
so  the  reproach  of  the  over-righteous  causes 
it  to  sag  with  humiliation.    It  is  only  wdien 
the  city  throws  oft  its  swaddling  clothes 
and  takes  on  metropolitan  airs  that  it  has 
a  smile  of  indifference  for  the  censorious 
stranger  who  is  shocked  at  its  perversity. 
There  are  no  indignation  meetings  in  Pans 
when  the  wickedness  of  it  is  made  the  theme 
of  pulpit  discourse  by  some  Dr.  Aked  ol 
New  England.    Years  ago  Dr.  Rader  went 
to  London  as  correspondent  of  the  Bul- 
letin, and  apparently  there  was  nothing  in 
all  that  great  city  with  its  wealth  of  monu- 
ments and  traditions  which  impressed  him 
half  so  much  as  the  fallen  women  who  ac- 
costed him  in  the  streets.    Dr.  Rader  penned 
some  stinging  animadversions  on  the  vice 
of  London,  and  to  this  day  nobody  has 
taken  the  trouble  to  write  to  the  Times  and 
take  the  good  Dr.  Rader  to  task.  Berlin, 
Cairo,  New  York,  Vienna.  Nice,  Liverpool. 
Naples — each  of  these  cities  has  been  pro- 
nounced the  worst  city  in  the  world  by 
vociferous  and  multitudinous  authority,  and 
none    has    ever    demanded    a  retraction. 
Rudyard  Kipling,  man  of  letters  with  in- 
timate experience  of  many  cities,  vouches 
for  it  that  for  downright  wickedness  Port 
Said  has  never  been  surpassed  since  the 
golden  age  of  refined  vice  that  was  the  glory 
of  Babylon.    And  Port  Said  wallows  in  her 
w^ickedness  with  never  a  symptom  of  re- 
morse or  repentence.    Buda-pest  has  the 
distinction  of  being  a  city  wherein,  'tis  said, 
at  the  average  funeral  there  is  more  of  carnal 
gaiety  than  in  any  harlot's  house  in  Paris ; 
but  Buda-pest  goes  her  bad,  mad  way,  reek- 
ing of  sin  and  unmindful  of  the  jeremiads 
of  her  critics.    Let  it  not  be  supposed  that 
we  approve  of  the  complacency  of  these 
bizarre  and  wicked  cities.    Not  to  our  taste 
their  revelry  that  rings  hollow,  their  mirth- 
less laughter  and  their  strong  odors  of  stale 
champagne,  musk  and  patchouli.    We  de- 
plore them,  we  should  like  to  see  them  mend 
their  ways,  but  they  are  cities,  and  they  are 
not  amenable  to  foreign  criticism.    By  their 
indifference  we  know  them.    Some  of  them 
to  be  sure  are  not  so  bad  as  they  have  been 
depicted  by  Cook's  tourists.     Homer  may 
have  been  born  in  seven  cities,  but  not  more 
than  one  city  can  be  the  worst  city  in  the 
world.    And  this  distinction  we  are  sure 
does  not  belong  to  San  Francisco.  Indeed 
we  are  sure  that  San  Francisco  is  one  of  the 
best  cities  in  the  world,  and  we  earnestly 
wish  that  it  would  prove  its  right  to  rank 
as  a  metropolis  by  overcoming  the  parochial 
habit   of   heeding   the    reproaches    of  its 
preachers  at  home  and  its  libellers  abroad. 
The  other  day  a  police  captain  of  Chicago 
affected  to  be  shocked  at  conditions  as  he 
saw  them  in  the  underworld  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  he  was  at  once  taken  seriously. 


Now  anybody  knowing  anything  about 
Chicago  who  believes  that  that  police  cap- 
tain believes  what  he  said  must  be  wholly 
bereft  of  a  sense  of  humor. 


Eastern  Criticism  of  Los  Angeles 

A  city  may  do  worse  than  establish  a 
reputation  for  naughtiness.  It  may,  for  ex- 
ample, establish  a  reputation  for  puritanism. 
Now  puritanism  implies  self-righteousness, 
Pharisaism,  intolerance,  bigotry.  It  thrives 
only  in  darkness.  Where  there  is  puritan- 
ism there  is  prejudice  against  love  and 
light.  The  city  of  Los  Angeles  illustrates 
the  evil  of  the  puritanical  spirit.  Los  An- 
geles prides  itself  on  its  climate.  It  has 
become  known  all  over  the  world  as  a  de- 
lightful place  of  residence.  But  of  late  the 
fanatics  of  Los  Angeles  have  been  seriously 
impairing  its  reputation.  By  reason  of  their 
prejudice  against  the  science  of  medicine 
they  have  given  rise  to  the  report  that  health 
conservation  is  not  one  of  the  aims  of  the 
municipality.  It  was  but  the  other  day  that 
the  New  York  Sun  commented  on  the  in- 
dift'erence  of  Los  Angeles  to  the  lives  and 
health  of  its  citizens.  The  Sun  quotes  from 
a  Southern  California  medical  journal  to 
show  that  sanitary  conditions  in  Los  An- 
geles are  deplorable  because  of  prejudice 
against  vaccination  and  all  scientific  methods 
of  preventing  the  development  and  spread 
of  disease.  Owing  to  lack  of  dairy  inspec- 
tion the  people  of  Los  Angeles  are  advised 
to  drink  only  pasteurized  milk.  It  is  said 
there  is  hardly  any  inspection  of  fruit  in 
Los  Angeles  though  it  is  a  great  fruit  centre, 
and  that  only  one  official  inspects  the  apart- 
ment houses  of  which  there  are  2,900, 
lodging  85,000  people.  The  Sun  attributes 
this  state  of  affairs  to  the  fact  that  the  non- 
existence of  disease  as  an  entity  has  many 
believers  in  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Sun  in- 
forms its  readers  that  Los  Angeles  is  fed 
on  "the  doctrines  of  Senator  Works,  who 
in  the  United  States  Senate  was  permitted 
to  revile  all  physicians  and  to  commend  all 
hygienists  and  teachers  of  sanitation  to  the 
District  Attorney  for  criminal  prosecution." 
]f  Los  Angeles  is  to  get  much  more  of  this 
kind  of  advertising  the  real  estate  dealers 
of  that  beautiful  city  will  soon  begin  to  real- 
ize that  it  would  be  advisable  to  neglect  the 
propaganda  against  the  diabolical  free  lunch 
and  the  satanic  pastime  of  kissing  and  to 
devote  a  little  of  the  zeal  hitherto  employed 
in  the  improvement  of  private  morals  to  in- 
culcating a  love  of  cleanliness  and  spreading 
an  understanding  of  matters  sanitary.  Not 
successfully  can  a  health  resort  be  run  on 
epidemics.  One  well-nourished  microbe  can 
do  more  harm  to  a  populous  city  than  a 
whole  flock  of  lunch  counters.  If  Los  An- 
geles is  to  continue  its  rapid  growth  its 
citizens  must  learn  that  the  objection  to 
kissing  should  be  scientific,  not  moral,  and 
that  while  concern  for  spiritual  welfare  is 
desirable  it  should  not  lead  to  the  kind  of 
godliness  that  is  far  from  cleanliness.  For- 
tunately the  signs  of  the  times  are  improv- 
ing in  our  beautiful  city  of  the  orange 
groves.  Los  Angeles  accomplished  some- 
thing by  the  defeat  of  a  preposterous  charter 


Cdustructed  and  ])ro])()sed  by  a  coterie  of 
its  longest  haired  citizens.  The  defeat  dI 
the  charter  was  a  rebuke  to  those  incor- 
rigible busybodies,  and  if  it  was  not  a  vin- 
dication of  the  sanity  of  the  community  at 
least  it  entitles  the  community  to  the  pre- 
sumption of  a  lucid  interval.  The  truth  with 
respect  to  Los  Angeles  is  that  it  is  more 
pharasaical  than  virtuous.  Sincerely  wish- 
ing to  be  better  than  its  neighbors,  yet  it 
would  not  become  so  ascetic  as  to  hurt  busi- 
ness. Even  the  best  people  of  Los  Angeles 
are  tolerant  of  reasonably  sinful  tourists. 
Ne\ertheless  Los  Angeles  is  somewhat 
handicapped  by  an  incontrollable  conscience 
that  ranges  at  large  over  the  inconse- 
(juential,  breaking  butterflies  on  wheels,  get- 
ting out  of  breath  climbing  mole-hills  of 
wrongdoing  and  rendering  unto  God  the 
things  that  are  Caesar's.  As  a  consequence 
Los  Angeles  has  become  known  in  some 
quarters  as  a  sort  of  neurotic  community, 
and  it  has  been  getting  a  kind  of  publicity 
that  is  bound  to  do  much  harm. 


The  Sorceress  of  Today 

It  is  not  generally  known  that  the  arts 
of  the  sorceress  have  come  down  to  us  from 
the  days  of  Ulysses,  who,  it  will  be  re- 
membered, with  the  aid  of  Mercury  suc- 
ceeded in  baffling  the  fair  daughter  of  the 
sun.  The  popular  notion  is  that  Cleopatra 
was  the  last  of  the  fair  enchanters  who  had 
the  power  of  enslaving  the  bodies  and  souls 
of  men.  But  the  truth  is  the  power  of  sor- 
cery in  fair  women  exists  unto  this  day,  as 
may  be  learned  from  the  daily  papers. 
Every  little  while  we  read  of  some  married 
man  who  has  tasted  to  intoxication,  to 
delirium,  a  magic  draught  that  fills  the  brain 
with  strange  madness.  He  may  not  explain 
his  singular  waywardness,  the  prosaic  re- 
porters may  allude  to  the  woman  who  ex- 
ercises an  imperious  sway  over  his  senses 
as  his  affinity,  but  if  he  has  a  wife,  the  kind 
that  is  heaven's  best  gift  to  man,  who  is 
faithful  in  her  attachment  to  him,  his  sup- 
porter and  comforter  under  misfortune,  she 
makes  the  matter  clear.  The  faithful  wife, 
tender  as  true,  who  beams  forgiveness  on 
her  bewitched  husband,  always  knows  the 
secret  of  what  the  world  in  its  ignorance 
calls  his  disloyalty.  She  knows  that  he  is 
the  victim  of  a  Circe,  and  invariably  she 
outs  with  the  truth  of  the  matter.  A  case 
in  point  is  that  of  the  young  married  man 
who  was  shot  the  other  day  in  the  rooms 
of  a  lady  with  a  past.  For  months  this 
woman  has  held  him  thrall.  How  did  she 
do  it?  His  wife  knows  and  she  tells.  The 
evil  woman  exercised  a  "malign  influence" 
over  him.  "No  one,"  says  a  famous  French 
woman,  "has  a  right  to  judge  those  who 
love."  The  famous  French  woman  is 
wrong.  When  it  is  a  married  man  that 
loves,  his  wife  has  a  right  to  judge.  In  this 
instance  the  wife  judges  and  acquits.  She 
tells  us  that  when  her  husband  wrote  cer- 
tain passionate  letters  to  the  fair  wanton 
he  was  "mentally  irresponsible."  She  tells 
us  the  woman  "is  a  menace  to  the  peace  of 
homes"  and  ought  to  be  prosecuted.  This 


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5 


is  not  at  all  unreasonable.  A  few  centuries 
agone  women  of  this  kind  were  denounced 
hy  good  wi\'es  as  witches,  and  were  ac- 
cordingly reduced  to  cinders.  Unfortun- 
ately society  has  ceased  to  be  aware  of  the 
arts  of  the  Sorceress.  Society  in  its  ignor- 
ance no  longer  understands  that  the  world 
is  full  of  Circes  who  go  about  mixing  spices 
with  i)ale  honey  and  Pramnian  wine  and 


touching  their  \ictims  with  magic  wands. 
The  tremendous  truth  is  of  course  that  hus- 
bands are  being  lured  from  home  every  day 
by  these  terrible  witches.  The  fascinations 
of  these  women  would  not  be  so  deplorable 
if  all  wi\  es  were  as  wise  and  loyal  and  rea- 
sonable as  the  woman  from  I^os  Angeles. 
The  tr()id)le  is  there  are  so  many  unreason- 
able wi\cs  in  the  world  and  so  many  sus- 


ce|)tible  husbands  who  have  not  even  the 
self-control  of  a  Julius  Caesar.  Julius,  it 
will  be  remembered,  went  up  against  Cleo- 
])atra  and  behaved  with  discretion.  The 
modern  husband  is  as  weak  as  Benjamin 
Constant  whom  Madame  Recamier  inspired 
with  the  most  violent  passion  merely  by 
taking  off  her  gloves  and  letting  him  glimpse 
her  beautiful  arms. 


Perspective  Impressions 


It  is  fitting  that  Armageddun  and  the  Windy 
City  should  both  mean  Chicago. 


A  censor  of  news  at  Stanford?  One  war  meas- 
ure that  Peace  Propagandist  Jordan  approves. 


Let's  drink  to  what  happened  to  Xo.  27. 


Is  it  not  about  time  to  get  together  and  apply 
the  recall  to  the  referendum? 


The  tircmen  will  have  all  the  UKjre  time  to  de- 
vote to  their  crocheting. 


Let  us  hope  the  censorship  at  Stanford  may 
be  applied  to  the  niaunderings  of  the  author  of 
"Eric's  Book  of  Beasts." 


'J"he  era  of  municipal  extravagance  is  now  past, 
and  Mr.  'I'a.xpayer  has  served  notice  on  the  waste- 
ful willies  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  quit 
passing  the  buck  up  to  the  mob. 


"Gcjvernor  JohnS(]n  will  not  join  the  Progres- 
sives in  Chicago." — Press  dispatch.  Too  nuich 
.Vrmageddon  for  Uncle  Hiram.  He's  sulking  at 
the  pie-connter. 


Why  "burn  the  hammer  of  knockers?"  Self- 
complacence  nia\'  be  indulged  too  much.  "Be 
displeased  with  what  thou  art,  if  thou  desirest 
to  attain  what  thou  art  not,"  is  a  good  motto 
for  any  city. 


Colonel  Roosevelt  denies  ever  having  said  that 
he  would  never  again  be  a  candidate  for  Presi- 
dent. But  is  the  Colonel's  denial  any  better  than 
his  affirmation? 


.\nother  important  election  has  been  carried  in 
San  iManci^ci)  by  a  minority  of  the  registered 
voters.  Such  is  majority  rule  under  the  new 
Progressive  democracy. 


Correspondence 


A  Suggestion 

Editor  Town  Talk.  Dear  Sir:  Being  a  con- 
sistent reader  of  your  paper  and  generally  in 
accord  with  its  views  of  politics  and  politicians 
I  will  venture  to  offer  a  suggestion  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  water  problem.  If  we  have  to  buy 
Spring  Valley  why  not  buy  it  with  the  money 
that  was  to  be  spent  in  bringing  water  from 
Hetch  Hetchy?  Perhaps  when  we  get  Spring 
Valley  we  shall  see  that  we  don't  need  Hetch 
Hetchy.  I  am  informed  by  what  I  regard  as 
high  authority  that  Spring  Valley  has  many 
available  sources  of  supply  that  need  nothing  but 
development,  and  that  if  they  were  developed  we 
should  have  no  need  of  going  to  the  Sierras  for 
more  water.  Anyway  Hetch  Hetchy  will  keep, 
and  there  is  no  danger  of  the  Sierras  quitting 
business.  Let  us  cross  the  bridge  when  we 
C(jnie  to  it. 

Yours  truly, 

— L.  \L  Slater. 


A  Boost  or  a  Knock? 

Edit(jr  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  I  write  to  con- 
gratulate your  city.  I  have  been  staying  here  for 
several  days,  and  I  gather  from  my  observations 
that  you  are  waking  up.  I  read  in  one  of  your 
papers  the  other  day  that  you  are  to  burn  a 
hammer  on  Christmas  Eve  in  order  to  show  the 
world  that  you  are  done  with  knocking.  That's 
fme!  That  shows  the  proper  spirit!  San  Fran- 
cisco is  falling  into  line  behind  Seattle.  Hence 
niy  congratulations.  Wc  burned  a  hammer  as 
you  propose  to  do,  four  years  ago.  I  suppose 
you  borrowed  the  idea  from  us,  and  you  are 
welcome  to  it.  You  cannot  go  far  wrong  if  you 
follow  Seattle,  even  if  you  are  four  years  be- 
hind. The  idea,  by  the  way,  didn't  originate  with 
us.  I  l)elieve  we  borrowed  it  from  the  eiUer- 
prising  city  of  Walla  Walla.   The  Walla  Wallans, 


I  li,i\e  licard,  borrowed  it  from  the  thriving  city 
(if  Eugene,  (Dregon.  .\nd  1  have  been  told  that 
luigenc  got  it  from  a  tourist  all  the  way  fmni 
the  up-to-date  city  of  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  the 
ceremony  ushered  in  a  new  era  of  civic  pros- 
perity. So  you  are  in  good  company.  San  Fran- 
cisco is  bound  to  go  ahead  when  it  takes  a  tip 
from  bustling  centers  of  trade  and  culture  like 
Seattle,  Walla  Walla,  Eugene  and  Keokuk.  Keep 
up  the  good  work  and  when  you  feel  discouraged 
remember  that  Seattle  is  always  ready  to  give 
you  a  friendly  pat  on  the  back.  Follow  us  and 
you'll  wear  diamonds,  so  to  speak!.. 

Sincerely, 

— A  Seattle  Booster. 


Expert  Opinion 

Editor  'J\)wn  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  My  interest 
having  been  aroused  by  what  you  have  said  about 
the  old  church  at  the  corner  of  Post  and  Mason 
streets  I  made  a  survey  of  the  building  the  other 
day,  and  I  heartily  agree  with  you  that  it  should 
be  restored.  It  would  not  take  much  money  to 
put  the  building  in  the  condition  it  was  in  be- 
fore the  lire.  It  was  a  noble  structure,  well  built, 
and  it  would  be  a  shame  to  tear  it  down. 

Yours  truly, 

— Architect. 


Timely  Approval 

h'-ditor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  I  second  the 
noniinalion  of  Mrs.  .Sliea  for  leader  of  the  400. 
But  I  would  suggest  that  she  prove  her  com- 
petency for  the  job  by  giving  a  big  blow-out 
either  at  the  St.  Francis  or  the  Fairmont.  By 
her  list  of  "those  preseiU"  we  shall  know  her. 
We  are  in  great  need  of  a  Ward  McAllister  to 
divide  the  sheep  from  the  goats.  Our  aristocracy 
is  become  too  democratic.    It  seems  as  if  almost 


anybody  can  break  in.  Ned  Greenway  is  too 
soft-hearted  in  the  autumn  of  his  brilliant  career. 
He  can  no  longer  resist  the  importunities  of 
climbers.  O  for  a  Mrs.  Shea  to  draw  the  line 
and  set  up  a  standard  of  eligibility!  What  joy 
and  cheer  for  the  blown-in-the-bottle  aristocrats 
to  find  themselves  once  more  in  an  inspiriting 
atmosphere  of  exclusiveness! — especially  with 
Mrs.  Shea  as  hostess. 

Sincerely  yours, 

—  Debutante. 


CHRbliViAb  1  u  DOING 

No  Christmas  Dinner  is  complete  without 
an  Old-fashioned  Christmas  Pudding.  Use 
the  following  line  recipe  with 

BORDEN'S 
EAGLE  BRAND 
CONDENSED  MILK 

RECIPE— Dilute  tud-llilrd.i  ciin  of  ISiirilen's 
Kagle  linirirt   Comli-iisea   JUlk  with  i>iin  iiiid 
Olie-fouifh  clipa  ot  wiitt-r.    Helll,  clKlit  I'gt'a  vol y 
lliilit;  add  to  them  liiUt  the  milk  iiiul  beni  bolli 
togellicr;   stir    111    griullially    one    pound  of 
crumbled  iTiii'kers;  then  mid  one  iioiind  Buet 
(clioppcd  flue),  one  Kmted  iiminei!,  one  tablc- 
epoonfnl  cinnamon,  one  tea. 
spoonful  cloves,  aplnch  of  salt, 
\       and  two  pnniids  ralBlns  (welwli 
;ilt"M  stoinnt;  and  celt  lot:  tbeni) ; 
1  isllv.ndd  llii'iinnuln.liTof  IIh' 
nillK.     P'lMr  ititn  ;i  pnddink' 
nionld  aruUltMin  six  bonis. 
Si  i  vi-  \vilh  vaniUa  nance. 

Write  (orBorden'i  RecipeBook  | 
BORDEN'S 
CONDENSED  MILK  CO. 

/         "Lenders  of  Quality" 
y'    Ell.  1857  New  York] 


e  TOWNTALK  December  14,  1912 

The  Banquet 


In  every  large  London  restaurant,  and  in  many 
^nvdW  ones,  there  is  a  spacious  hall  (or  several) 
curtained  away  from  the  public,  in  which  every 
night  strange  secret  things  go  on.  Few  suspect, 
and  still  fewer  realize,  the  strangeness  of  these 
secret  things.  In  the  richly  decorated  interior 
(sometimes  marked  with  mystic  signs),  at  a  table 
which  in  space  reaches  from  everlasting  to  ever- 
lasting, and  has  the  form  of  a  grill  or  a  curry- 
comb or  the  end  of  a  rake — at  such  a  table  sit 
fifty  or  five  hundred  males.  They  are  all  dressed 
exactly  alike,  in  black  and  white;  but  occasionally 
they  display  a  colored  flower,  and  each  man  beais 
exactly  the  same  species  and  tint  and  size  of 
flower,  so  that  you  think  of  regiments  of  flowers 
trained  throughout  their  lives  in  barracks  to  the 
end  of  shining  for  a  night  in  unison  on  the  black 
and  white  bosoms  of  these  males.  Although  there 
is  not  even  a  buffet  in  the  great  room,  and  no 
sign  of  the  apparatus  of  a  restaurant,  all  these 
males  are  eating  a  dinner,  and  it  is  the  same 
dinner.  They  do  not  wish  to  choose;  they  ac- 
cept, reading  the  menu  like  a  decree  of  fate.  They 
do  not  inquire  upon  the  machinery;  a  slave,  un- 
glanced  at,  places  a  certain  quantity  of  a  dish  in 
front  of  them — and  lo!  the  same  quantity  of  the 
same  dish  is  in  frmit  of  all  of  them;  they  do 
not  ask  whence  nor  how  it  came;  they  eat,  with 
industry,  knowing  that  at  a  given  moinent, 
whether  they  have  finished  or  not,  a  hand  will 
steal  round  from  behind  them,  and  the  plate  will 
vanish  into  limbo.  Thus  the  repast  continues, 
ruthlessly,  under  the  aquiline  gaze  of  a  slave  who 
is  also  a  commander-in-chief,  manoeuvring  his 
men  silently,  manoeuvring  them  with  naught  but 
a  glance.  With  one  glance  he  causes  to  disap- 
pear five  lunulrLtl  salad-plates,  and  with  another 
he  conjures  from  behind  a  screen  five  hundred  ices, 
each  duly  below  zero,  and  each  calculated  to  im- 
pede the  digesting  of  a  salad.  The  service  of 
the  dinner  is  a  miracle,  but  the  diners,  absorbed 
in  the  expectancy  of  rites  to  come,  reck  not;  they 
assume  the  service  as  they  assume  the  rising  of 
the  sun.  Only  a  few  remember  the  old,  old  days, 
in  the  'eighties  (before  a  cabal  of  international 
men  had  put  their  heads  together  and  inaugurated 
a  new  age  of  miracles),  when  these  solemn  repasts 
were  a  scramble  and  a  guerilla,  after  which  one- 
half  of  the  combatants  went  home  starving,  and 
the  other  half  went  home  glutted  and  drenched. 
Nowadays  these  repasts  are  the  most  perfectly 
democratic  in  England;  and  anybody  who  has 
ever  assisted  at  one  knows  by  a  morsel  of  ex- 
perience what  life  would  be  if  the  imaginative 
Tory's  nightmare  of  Socialism  were  to  become  a 
reality.  But  each  person  has  enough,  and  has  it 
promptl}'. 

The  ceremonial  iiegins  with  a  meal,  because  it 
would  be  impossible  on  an  empty  stomach.  Its 
object  is  ostensibly  either  to  celebrate  the  mem- 
ory of  some  deed  or  some  dead  man,  or  to  sig- 
nalize the  triumph  of  some  living  contemporary. 
Clubs  and  societies  exist  throughout  London  in 
hundreds  expressly  for  the  execution  of  these 
purposes,  and  each  of  them  is  a  remunerative 
client  of  a  large  restaurant.  Societies  even  exist 
solely  in  order  to  watch  for  the  triumphs  of  con- 
temporaries, and  to  gather  in  the  triumphant  to 
a  repast  and  inform  them  positively  that  they  are 
great.  So  much  so  that  it  is  difficult  to  accom- 
plish anything  unusual,  such  as  the  discovery  of 
one  pole  or  another,  or  the  successful  defence  of 
a  libel  action,  without  submitting  to  the  ordeal  of 
these  societies  one  after  the  other  in  a  chain,  and 
emerging  therefrom  with  modesty  ruined  and  the 


By  Arnold  Bennett 

brazen  conceit  of  a  star  actor.  But  the  ostensible 
object  is  merely  a  cover  for  the  real  object,  the 
unadmitted  and  often  unsuspected  object:  which 
is.  to  indulge  in  a  debauch  of  universal  mutual 
admiration.  When  the  physical  appetite  is  as- 
suaged, then  the  appetite  for  praise  and  senti- 
mentality is  whetted,  and  the  design  of  the  mighty 
institution  of  the  banquet  is  to  minister,  in  a  man- 
ner majestic  and  unexceptionable,  to  this  base 
appetite,  whose  one  excuse  is  its  naivete. 

.\  pleasurable  and  even  voluptuous  thrill  of  an- 
ticipation runs  through  the  assemblage  when  the 
chairman  rises  to  open  the  orgy.  Everybody 
screws  himself  up.  as  a  fiddler  screwing  the  pegs 
of  a  fiddle,  to  what  he  deems  the  correct  pitch  of 
appreciativeness;  and  almost  the  breath  is  held. 
.■\nd  the  chairman  says;  "Whatever  differences 
may  divide  us  upon  other  subjects.  I  am  abso- 
lutely convinced,  and  I  do  not  hesitate  to  state 
my  conviction  in  the  clearest  possible  way,  that 
we  are  enthusiastically  and  completely  agreed 
upon  one  point,"  the  point  being  that  such  and 
such  a  person  or  such  and  such  a  work  is  the 
greatest  person  or  the  greatest  work  of  the  kind 
in  the  whole  history  of  the  human  race,  .^nd  al- 
though the  point  is  one  utterly  inadmissible  upon 
an  empty  stomach,  although  it  is  indeed  a  glaring 
falsity,  everybody  at  once  feverishly  endorses  it. 
either  with  shrill  articulate  cries,  or  with  deep  in- 
articulate booming,  or  with  noises  produced  by 
the  shock  of  flesh  on  flesh,  or  ivory  on  wood,  or 
steel  on  crystal.  The  uproar  is  enormous.  The 
chairman  grows  into  a  sacramental  priest,  or  a 
philosopher  of  amazing  insight  and  courage.  .And 
everybody  says  to  himself:  "I  had  not  screwed 
myself  up  quite  high  enough."  and  proceeds  to  a 
further  screwing.  And  in  every  heart  is  the 
thought:  "This  is  grand!  This  is  worth  living 
for!  This  alone  is  the  true  reward  of  endeavor!" 
.'Xnd  the  corporate  soul  muses  ecstatically:  "This 
work,  or  this  man.  is  ours,  by  reason  of  our  ap- 
preciation and  our  enthusiasm.  .\nd  he,  or  it.  is 
ours  exclusively."  .\nd,  since  the  soul  and  the 
body  are  locked  together  in  the  closest  sym- 
pathetic intimacy,  all  those  cautious  dyspeptic 
ones  who  have  hitherto  shirked  danger,  immedi- 
ately put  on  courage  like  a  splendid  garment, 
and  order  the  strongest  drinks  and  the  longest 
cigars  that  the  establishment  can  offer.  The  real 
world  fades  into  unreality;  the  morrow  is  lost  in 
eternity;  the  moment  and  the  illusion  alone  arc 
real. 

The  key  of  the  mood  is  to  be  sought  less  in 
the  speeches  as  they  succeed  each  other  than  in 
the  applause.  For  the  applauders  are  not  in- 
fluenced by  a  sense  of  responsibility,  or  made  self- 
conscious  by  publicity.  They  can  be  natural,  and 
they  are.  What  fear  can  prevent  them  from 
translating  instantly  their  emotions  into  sound? 


By  the  applause,  if  you  arc  a  slave  and  non- 
participator,  you  may  correct  your  too  kindly  es- 
timate of  men  in  the  mass.  Note  how  the  most 
outrageous  exaggeration,  the  grossest  flattery,  the 
most  banal  platitude,  the  most  fatuous  optimism, 
gain  the  loudest  approval.  Note  how  any  reserva- 
tion produces  a  fall  of  temperature.  Note  how 
the  smallest  jokes  are  seized  on  ravenously,  as  a 
worm  by  a  young  bird.  And  note  always  the 
girlish  sentimentality,  ever  gushing  forth,  of  these 
strong,  hard-headed  males  whose  habit  is  to  pro- 
verbialize  the  sentimentality  of  women. 

The  emotional  crisis  arrives.  Feeling  tran- 
scends the  vehicle  of  speech,  and  escapes  in  song. 
And  one  guest,  honored  either  for  some  special 
deed  of  his  own  or  because  his  name  has  been 
"coupled"  with  some  historic  deed  or  movement, 
remains  sitting,  in  the  most  exquisite  self-con- 
sciousness that  human  ingenuity  ever  brought 
about,  while  all  the  rest  fling  hoarsely  at  him  the 
fifteen  sacred  words  of  a  refrain  which  in  its  in- 
credible vulgarity  surpasses  even  the  Natiinal 
.\nthein. 

The  reaction  is  now  not  far  off.  But  owing  to 
several  reasons  it  is  postponed  yet  awhile.  The 
honored  guest's  response  is  one  of  the  chief  at- 
tractions of  the'  night.  Very  many  diners  have 
been  drawn  to  the  banquet  by  the  desire  to  in- 
spect the  honored  guest  at  their  leisure,  to  sec 
his  antics,  to  divine  his  human  weaknesses  and  his 
ridiculous  side.  And,  moreover,  the  honored  guest 
must  give  praise  for  praise,  and  lie  for  lie.  He 
is  bound  by  the  strictest  conventions  of  social 
intercourse  to  say  in  so  many  words:  "Gentlemen, 
you  are  the  most  enlightened  body  of  men  thatl 
ever  had  the  good  fortune  to  meet;  and  your  hos- 
pitality is  the  greatest  compliment  that  I  have 
ever  had,  or  ever  shall  have,  or  could  conceive. 
l"!ach  of  you  is  a  prince  of  the  earth.  And  1  am 
a  worm  ."    .\nd  then  there  are  the  minor 

speeches,  finishing  off  in  detail  the  vast  embroid- 
ery of  laudation  which  was  begun  by  the  chair- 
man. Everybody  is  more  or  less  enfolded  in 
that  immense  mantle.  And  everybody  is  satisfied 
and  sated,  save  those  who  have  sat  through  the 
night  awaiting  the  sweet  mention  of  their  own 
names,  and  who  have  been  disappointed.  At  every 
banquet  there  are  such.  And  it  is  they  who,  by 
their  impatience,  definitely  cause  the  reaction  at 
last.  The  speakers  who  terminate  the  affair  fight 
against  the  reaction  in  vain.  The  applause  at  the 
dose  is  perfunctory — how  different  from  the  fever 
of  the  commencement  and  the  hysteria  of  the  mid- 
dle! The  illusion  is  over.  The  emotional  de- 
bauch is  finished.  The  adult  and  bearded  boys 
have  played  the  delicious  make-believe  of  being 
truly  great,  and  the  game  is  at  an  end;  and  each 
boy.  looking  within,  perceives  without  too  much 

(Continued   on    Page  21.) 


Just  the  Thing  For  A  Christmas  Remembrance 

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JUDGE  C.  C.  GOODWIN 

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TOWN  TALiv 


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The  gas  company  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  St. 
Francis  a  few  days  ago.  Assembled  at  the 
board  were  a  number  of  the  corporation's  head 
men  and  quite  a  few  outsiders  of  the  sort 
usually  designated  in  the  patter  of  the  press 
"prominent  citizens."  It  was  not  merely  a  fes- 
tive but  also  an  informative  occasion,  for  while 
the  lunchers  lunched  a  pleasant-faced  gentleman 
whose  head  shines  on  the  top  and  whose  eyes 
look  smilingly  through  big  glasses  talked  about 
the  pictures  thrown  on  a  screen  at  one  end  of 
the  room. 

The  pictures  subtracted  a  great  deal  of  inter- 
est from  the  menu,  for  thougli  the  menu  was  up 
to  the  high  St.  Francis  standard,  the  pictures 
were  unusually  attractive  and  the  pleasant-faced 
gentleman  made  them  tell  an  enthralling  story. 
When  the  illustrated  lecture  was  over  and  the 
lunchers  had  expressed  tlieir  appreciation  in  ap- 
plause, a  distinguished  looking  gentleman  wl:o 
was  a  stranger  to  most  of  those  gathered  there, 
arose  from  his  seat  and  said: 

"May  I  speak  a  word  ur  two,  .Mr.  llollierti m  r" 

"We  shall  be  glad  to  hear  from  yon,  Mr. 
Ryan,"  replied  the  pleasant-faced  gentleman. 

"I've  had  a  good  deal  to  do  with  power  and 
Ii^jhting  plants  in  my  day,"  said  Mr.  Ryan,  "and 
I've  just  come  from  the  Panama  Canal  where 
liiey  develop  power  and  go  in  for  lighting  nn 
rather  a  large  scale,  but  I  want  to  say  that  the 
power  and  lighting  system  which  has  been  shown 
in  these  pictures  is,  to  my  mind,  the  greatest  in 
the  world." 

Everybody  was  deeply  impressed.  Everybody 
who  didn't  know  already  wanted  to  find  out  whn 
the  extremely  complimentary  gentleman  was. 
They  discovered  that  he  was  W.  D.  Ryan,  the 
man  who  lit  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  man  who 
is  going  to  light  our  World's  Fair  for  us. 

"It  was  very  nice  to  get  a  compliment  like  that 
from  a  man  like  that,"  confesses  George  C.  Hol- 
berton. 

And  Holberton  looked  as  though  he  meant  it. 

Holberton  is  not  a  lecturer.  He  doesn't  make 
a  practice  of  coaxing  a  story  from  screen  jjic- 
tures  while  other  people  are  dallying  with  tlit 
salad.  But  Holberton  is  a  Pacific  Gas  and  Elec- 
tric man.  He's  an  enthusiast  for  what  you  see 
described!  on  the  more  or  less  outlawed  bill 
boards  and  in  the  street  cars  and  in  the  display 
advertisements  in  newspapers  as  "Pacific  service." 
Tlicre's  an  esprit  de  corps  in  the  gas- company, 
a  pulling  all  together  not  as  common  as  it  might 
be  in  many  big  industrial  corporations.  One  of 
the  results  of  this  is  that  everybody  from  Gen- 
eral Manager  Johnny  Britton  down  has  a  lot  to 
tell  the  public,  and  doesn't  liesitate  to  mount  the 
platform  for  the  purpose  of  imparting  it.  So 
Holberton  rather  enjoyed  giving  that  lecture.  It 
was  diversion  for  an  exceedingly  busy  chief  en- 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Varied  Types 

CIV— GEORGE  C.  HOLBERTON 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

ginecr.  And  it  was  very  gratifying  to  elicit  such 
a  nifty  compliment  in  such  a  public  manner  from 
such  an  authority  as  the  man  who  lit  the  Big 
Ditch.  After  all,  work  is  fun  when  you  approach 
it  in  the  proper  spirit. 

For  some  fifteen  years  George  Holberton  has 
been  engineering  for  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric. 
In  that  space  he  has  seen  the  company  grow 
and  expand  from  a  comparatively  small  concern 
to  its  present  condition.    What  is  that  condition? 

"The  greatest  development  of  its  kind  in  the 
world,  bar  none."  says  Holberton  decisively. 

Just  now  Holberton  is  working  on  the  Lake 


I'liuto,   Terktlson   and  Henry 

C.EORGE  C.  HOLBERTON 


Spaulding  dam.  You  never  heard  of  it?  Well, 
1  hadn't  heard  much  about  it  myself  till  Holber- 
tc>n  got  my  car. 

"It  will  be  three  hundred  feet  high,"  says 
Holberton;   "the  largest  dam  in   the  world." 

Los  Angeles  people  would  have  known  that 
long  ago  and  would  have  insisted  long  since  that 
the  world  share  their  knowledge  if  Lake  Spauld- 
ing were  in  southern  instead  of  northern  Cali- 
fornia. But  somehow  or  other  we're  different. 
That  the  power  and  lighting  system  which  Mr. 
Ryan  from  Panama  says  is  the  greatest  in  the 
world  should  be  constructing  the  largest  dam  in 
the  world  is  a  fact  which  permeates  slowl)- 
through  the  intellectual  crevices  of  your  ordinary 
San  Franciscan. 

But  a  dam  three  hundred  feet  high  doesn't  mean 
much  to  a  layman.  1  asked  Holberton  to  make 
it  clearer. 

"The  amount  of  water  impounded  in  that  dam," 
he  explained,  "would  be  sufficient  to  supply  .San 
Francisco  for  tlirce  years  at  her  present  rate  of 
water  consumption.  In  other  words,  San  I'r.m- 
cisco,  which  consumes  thirty-five  million  gallons 
of  water  a  day,  would  be  three  years  using  up 
the  water  to  be  impounded  at  Lake  Spaulding." 

"Has  the  gas  company  any  thought  of  com- 
peting with  Spring  Valley  or  Hetch  Hetchy?" 
T  asked. 

"N'one  at  all,"  said  Holberton  smiling.  "We 
need  that  water  in  our  business.  After  using  it 
for  power  purposes  we  pick   it  up  again  and 


supply  it  to  the  farmers  for  irrigation.  We  ir- 
rigate right  now  from  twenty  to  twenty-live 
thousand  acres.  The  citrus  fruit  of  nortliern 
California  is  watered  from  otn-  ditches.  At  that 
we're  in  the  water  business  too.  \Vc  supply 
twenty  cities  with  water  for  domestic  purposes." 

"What  is  the  company's  territory?"  I  asked. 

"Roughly,  all  California  from  Chico  to  Gil- 
roy." 

And  that,  roughly  speaking,  is  a  territory  of 
some  thirty-five  thousand  square  miles. 

"I  think  the  business  policy  implied  by  'Pa- 
cific service'  has  done  a  good  deal  for  the  State," 
continued  Flolberton.  "From  the  outset  of  its 
career  the  company  has  co-operated  in  building 
ui)  a  market  at  the  same  time  that  it  built  up 
power  devcloptnent.  The  two  go  together.  Our 
methods  arc  educational.  Thus,  wc  equipped  a 
ear  on  the  Northern  Electric  with  all  sorts  of 
l>umps  and  other  machinery  for  farmers,  and  sent 
it  through  the  valleys.  We  equipped  a  similar  car 
on  the  University  of  California  demonstration 
train.  The  result  is  that  we  sell  thousands  of 
horse  power  for  irrigation  and  reclamation. 
\early  all  the  work  of  that  sort  on  the  islands 
of  the  delta  region  is  done  by  electricity  now. 
It  saves  labor  hills  and  eliminates  hauling,  so 
It's  much  cheaper  for  the  farmer.  lie  simiily 
sl.irts  up  his  automatic  pump  and  goes  about  his 
otiier  business.  There  are  big  industries  like 
the  cement  works  at  Suisun,  Davenport  and  Napa 
\\liich  couldn't  exist  without  our  service.  Of 
course  the  tremendous  development  of  electric 
railroading  has  developed  our  business.  We 
supply  power  to  the  Northern  Electric  and  the 
Oakland  Traction,  and  we  own  the  Sacramento 
electric  roads." 

"I  suppose  the  sale  of  gas  has  become  a  sec- 
ondary factor  in  the  business?"  I  ventured. 

"Don't  you  believe  it,"  said  Holberton.  "As  a 
matter  of  fact,  the  revenue  from  our  gas  and 
electric  development  is  about  a  stand-oflf.  Elec- 
tricity is  used  more  and  more  for  lighting,  but 
the  use  of  gas  for  cooking  and  heating  has  in- 
creased tremendously.  In  all  our  territory  we 
are  the  only  company  with  the  exception  of  a 
small  concern  in  Stockton  which  supplies  gas. 
Here  again  our  methods  have  been  educational. 
We've  taught  people  the  economy  and  the  con- 
\cnience  of  cooking  with  gas." 

"How  docs  the  public  regard  the  company?" 
I  asked. 

"The  public  attitude  toward  us  is  fine,"  an- 
swered Holberton.  "The  spirit  is  friendly,  and 
there  are  few  complaints.  Our  first  principle  is, 
the  consumer  first  and  the  company  afterwards, 
and  all  our  five  thousand  employees  are  im- 
pressed with  the  necessity  of  adopting  this  prin- 
ciple in  all  their  dealings." 

"Afraid  of  public  ownership?"  I  hinted. 
(Continued  on  Page  21.) 


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Poems  About  San  Francisco 


December  14,  1912 


LXXI— AS  I  CAME  DOWN  MOUNT  TAMALPAIS 
By  Clarence  Urmy 

(Tl-is  is  one  ol  the  best  poems  by   Clarence  Urmy,  the    San   Jose   singer,   and    was    published    in    his   volume  "A  Vintage  of  Verse.  ") 


As  1  came-  down  Mount  Tanialpais, 

To  north  the  fair  Sonoma  hills 
Lay  like  a  trembling  thread  of  blue 

Beneath  a  sky  of  daffodils; 
Through  tules  green  a  silver  stream 

Ran  south  to  meet  the  tranquil  bay. 
Whispering  a  dreamy,  tender  tale 

Of  vales  and  valleys  far  away. 

As  I  came  down  Mount  Tanialpais, 

To  south  the  city  brightly  shone, 
Touched  by  the  sunset's  good-night  kiss 

Across  the  golden  ocean  blow'n; 
I  saw  its  hills,  its  tapering  masts, 

I  almost  heard  its  tramp  and  tread. 
.And  saw  against  the  sky  the  cross 

Which  marks  the  City  of  the  Dead. 


.'\s  1  came  dnwn  .Mnunt  Tamalpais, 

To  east  San  Pablo's  water  lay. 
Touched  with  a  holy  purple  light. 

The  benedictio'n  of  the  day; 
\o  ripple  on  its  twilight  tide, 

No  parting  of  its  evening  vale. 
Save  dimly  in  the  far-off  haze 

One  dreamy,  yellow  sunset  sail. 

.\s  I  came  down  Mount  Tamalpais, 

To  west  Heaven's  gateway  opened  wide, 
And  through  it,  freighted  with  day-cares, 

The  cloud-ships  floated  with  the  tide; 
Tlien,  silently  through  stilly  air. 

Starlight  flew  down  from  Paradise, 
Folded  her  silver  wings  and  slept 

Upon  the  slopes  of  Tamalpais. 


The  Spectator 


Aked  Knocks  at  Boost  Dinner 

One  (jf  the  tangible  results  of  the  boost  ban- 
(|uet  given  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Mon- 
day night  was  a  new  slogan.  No  doubt  people 
who  believe  in  municipal  slogans  are  gratified. 
But  I  should  prefer  something  more  to  the  point. 
l-"or  instance,  1  should  be  glad  to  learn  tliat  the 
banquet  marked  the  beginning  of  our  emergence 
from  provincialism.  But  I'm  afraid  it  didn't. 
My  fear  is  based  on  what  I  have  heard  of  the 
banquet,  not  on  what  I  read  in  the  papers.  The 
papers  gave  the  speeches  of  all  the  orators  in 
full — with  one  exception.  They  gave  only  half  of 
Doctor  Aked's  speech.  The  half  which  they  left  out 
illustrated  the  spirit  of  parochialism  which  is 
widespread  in  this  city.  I  have  heard  a  good  deal 
about  that  half  of  Doctor  Aked's  speech  since 
Monday  night.  A  lot  of  men  who  heard  it  are 
very  sore.  They  are  the  men  in  whom  lies  the 
best  hope  of  this  city,  for  they  are  sufficiently 
free  from  provincialism  to  feel  disgust  when  San 
Francisco  is  denounced  in  public  by  a  San  Fran- 
ciscan for  its  wickedness.  And  therefore  they 
are  exceedingly  disgusted  with  Doctor  Aked. 
They  said  so  Monday  night  and  have  been  say- 
ing so  ever  since.  They  don't  see  why  Doctor 
Aked,  a  newcoincr  in  our  midst,  should  knock  at 
a  boost  banquet.  They  feel  that  if  he  can't  be 
prevented  from  airing  his  provincial  views  he 
should  be  muzzled. 


What  Aked  Said 

The  papers  suppressed  Doctor  Aked's  denuncia- 
tion of  San  Francisco.  They  printed  all  his 
honeyed  phrases  and  ignored  the  rest.    As  Doctor 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


Members 


New  York  Stock  Exchange 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
The  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  S. 


Main    Office— MILLS    BUILDING.    Sin  Francisco 

Branch  Offices — Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore.,  Seattle,  Wash.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


Aked  divided  his  speech  nicely  between  praise 
and  denunciation,  the  papers  gave  exactly  one- 
half  of  his  after-dinner  efTort.  Let  me  summar- 
ize the  other  half.  Doctor  Aked  said  that  the 
name  of  San  Francisco  was,  with  other  cities,  a 
synonym  for  civic  corruption  and  the  cynical  ex- 
ploitation of  vice.  He  said  it  was  regarded  as 
a  place  where  vice  was  the  leading  feature  and 
where  indecency  was  flaunted  shamelessly  in  the 
faces  of  visitors.  He  said  that  conditions  were  so 
bad  here  that  young  boys  could  go  at  will  through 
the  vice  district  and  behold  immoral  women  en- 
gaged in  their  sinful  practices.  He  said  that  it 
was  bad  enough  for  the  individual  to  exploit  vice 
for  gain,  but  that  for  a  city  to  do  so  was  for  that 
city  to  commit  the  worst  of  all  crimes.  He  said 
that  San  Francisco  was  doing  this.  He  said  that 
he  had  heard  the  plea  that  a  wide  open  town 
paid,  but  that  this  was  really  the  worst  advertise- 
ment a  city  could  get.  He  said  that  San  Fran- 
cisco was  behind  all  the  other  great  .American 
cities  in  dealing  with  this  problem  of  vice.  He 
mentioned  several  cities,  including  Chicago,  .At- 
lanta and  Portland,  as  cities  where  the  vice  area 
had  been  wiped  out.  He  said  that  to  wipe  out 
vice  we  didn't  need  new  laws  but  only  to  enforce 
those  we  have  already.  Finally  he  said  that  he 
was  not  a  fanatic  on  the  subject  of  purity  but 
that  he  wished  the  city  officials  to  give  this  awful 
condition  their  most  earnest  attention. 


A  Talent  for  Exaggeration 

Doctor  Aked  is  very  provincial,  else  he  w^ould 
not  have  said  all  these  things.  He  has  the 
provincial's  and  the  pulpiteer's  talent  for  exag- 
geration. Exaggeration  may  at  times  be  very 
effective  in  a  sermon  but  it  is  out  of  place  when 
it  is  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  knocking  at  a  boost 
banquet.  Doctor  Aked  can't  know  much  about 
vice  conditions  in  other  cities  of  America  except 
New  York  because  he  has  never  lived  in  any  of 
them,  -^nd  Doctor  Aked  should  know  that  New 
York's  vice  conditions  are  infinitely  worse  than 
San  Francisco's.    Having  spent  a  great  deal  of 


time  in  London  Doctor  .\ked  should  have  Ihuught 
of  vice  conditions  there  before  applying  super- 
latives of  denunciation  to  his  newly  adopted  city. 
In  London  prostitutes  ply  their  trade  unmolested 
in  the  big  music  halls.  In  fact  the  parade  of  the 
prostitutes  in  the  foyers  of  the  London  music  halls 
is  regarded  by  many  tourists  as  one  of  the  sights 
of  London.  No  doubt  too  Doctor  Aked  has  been 
on  Oxford  street  after  dusk  and  has  seen  the 
continuous  stream  of  street  walkers  flowing  up 
and  down  that  "stony-hearted"  thoroughfare  from 
seven  o'clock  till  midnight.  No  doubt  he  knows 
conditions  in  Soho  too.  How  often  has  Aked 
seen  a  street  walker  in  San  Francisco?  Doctor 
.Aked  lived  for  many  years  in  Liverpool.  Has 
he  forgotten  that  street  walkers  are  abroad  in 
the  streets  of  Liverpool  all  day  long  as  well  as 
at  night?  Conditions  such  as  these  should  fur- 
nish Doctor  Aked  with  a  basis  of  reasonable  com- 
parison. But  Doctor  Aked  is  not  a  reasonable 
man;  he  is  too  much  of  a  provincial  for  that. 
He  has  the  sensational  preacher's  habit  of  say- 
ing that  every  town  he  enters  is  the  worst  in 


BUCHANAN'S 

BLACK  AND  WHITE 

SCOTCH  WHISKY 


The  Highest  Standard  of  Quality 


Alex.  D.  Shaw  &  Co.,  Agents.  Pacific  Coast 
214  Front  Street,  San  Francisco 


December  14,  1912 


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the  world.  Our  police  arc  competent  to  liandlc 
vice  conditions  here,  and  they  arc  actually  hand- 
ling them  very  well.  Their  work  is  hampered, 
not  helped,  by  such  silly  public  utterances  as 
those  of  Doctor  Aked  at  the  boost  banquet  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


Field  Found  Fault 

I  am  sorry  to  hear  that  Charlie  Field,  the  sen- 
sible and  broadminded  editor  of  Sunset,  was  be- 
trayed at  this  same  dinner  into  an  utterance  of 
the  Aked  kind.  Field  pointed  out  that  rubber- 
neck wagons  tour  the  restricted  vice  district  and 
that  strangers  who  ride  on  the  rubberneck  wagons 
catch  glimpses  of  vicious  conditions  on  which 
their  imaginations  get  to  work,  thereby  register- 
ing lasting  impressions  which  they  carry  away 
with  them.  That  strikes  me  as  a  sensible  critic- 
ism, if  the  condition  exists,  and  no  doubt  it  does, 
for  Field  is  careful  in  his  statements.  But  I  can- 
not help  feeling  that  Field  made  a  mistake  in 
uttering  that  criticism  publicly.  A  hint  to  the 
police  would  accomplish  a  reform  here.  The 
rubberneck  wagon  people  would  soon  stop  send- 
ing their  passengers  through  the  restricted  vice 
district  if  warned  by  the  police.  Why  blazen 
these  matters  to  the  world?  There  are  ever  so 
many  matters  of  greater  importance  suited  to 
public  discussion  at  boost  dinners. 


Sproule's  Speech 

The  most  impressive  of  the  speeches  made  at 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  banquet  was  Bill  (or 
should  I  say  William  now  that  he  is  president  of 
the  Southern  Pacific?)  Sproule's.  No  novice  at 
speechmaking  is  Mr.  Sproule.  In  the  old  days  when 
nobody  hesitated  to  curtail  his  Christian  name, 
he  was  one  of  the  most  graceful  of  the  many 
clever  speakers  who  used  to  contribute  to  the 
gaiety  of  Bohemian  Club  jinks.  In  those  days 
he  was  noted  for  his  wit  and  especially  for  his 
biting  sarcasms.  At  the  banquet  the  other  night 
he  was  in  sober  earnest,  but  he  was  none  the 
less  entertaining.  His  speech  was  distinguished 
by  a  kind  of  plain,  downright  common  sense. 
There  were  no  intricacies  in  his  argument.  He 
convinced  his  hearers  by  the  sincerity  of  his 
utterances,  by  the  earnestness  and  simplicity  of 
his  manner.  The  speech  was  an  appeal  for  fair 
play,  for  the  square  deal,  and  the  subject  was 


handled  in  a  masterly  fashion.  I''irst  the  speaker 
set  before  his  hearers  some  facts  that  might 
serve  to  warrant  his  plea  for  decent  treatment 
from  the  public.  Briefly  stated  the  facts  are 
these:  in  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30  the 
Southern  Pacific  disbursed  in  San  Francisco  one 
dollar  and  ten  cents  for  every  dollar  gross  its 
lines  west  of  El  Paso,  Ogden  or  Portland  earned 
for  its  own  treasury  in  payment  for  transporta- 
tion of  freight  into  or  out  of  San  Francisco;  in 
the  same  fiscal  year  the  company  paid  out  seventy- 
six  cents  directly  to  the  people  of  this  State  for 
every  dollar  gross  that  it  earned  for  its  own 
treasury  for  transportation  services  rendered  with- 
in the  State  of  California.  From  these  figures  it 
is  evident  that  the  Southern  Pacific  contributes  no 
small  share  to  the  volume  of  business  done  in 
San  Francisco  and  in  the  State.  According  to 
Mr.  Sproule's  figures,  which,  by  the  way,  are  ac- 
cessible to  State  and  Federal  authorities,  the 
company  turned  over  to  the  people  of  San  Fran- 
cisco every  dollar  its  Pacific  system  of  six  thou- 
sand five  hundred  miles  received  in  payment  for 
its  own  services  in  the  carriage  of  freight  into 
San  Francisco  and  the  carriage  of  freight  out  of 
San  Francisco  and  to  each  dollar  added  ten  cents. 
Of  this  money  fifty-seven  cents  out  of  every  dol- 
lar was  for  wages  and  fifty-three  cents  for  ma- 
terials and  supplies.  The  seventy-six  cents  paid 
to  the  State  does  not  include  any  payments  fur 
interest  on  bonds,  for  dividends  or  anything  of 
that  kind.  In  wages  alone  the  company  paid  out 
in  this  State  $32,000,000  and  for  merchandise 
$10,000,000  more. 


His  Plea  for  Fair  Play 

Evidently  the  Southern  Pacific  is  not  lacking  in 
loyalty  to  San  Francisco  or  to  California.  Now 
all  Mr.  Sproule  asks  in  return  is  expressed  in 
these  words:  "I  would  venture  further  by  com- 
mending to  your  judgment  the  suggestion  that 
hereafter  whenever  any  attempt  is  made  to  recall 
the  ghost  of  what  was  once  known  as  the  rail- 
road question  for  the  purpose  of  dragging  it  into 
the  political  arena,  the  railroads  should  be  able  to 
rely  fearlessly  and  fully  upon  the  business  men 
and  the  public  spirit  of  this  city  and  of  this 
State  to  stamp  out  that  attempt  as  inimical  tqi 
the  public  interests,  by  which  I  mean  the  interests 
of  all  the  people.    The  railroad  systems  of  today, 


I  believe,  without  exception,  are  endeavoring  to 
bring  their  properties  up  to  a  high  standard  of 
efficiency  and  to  maintain  them  at  that  standard. 
Their  efforts  are  in  the  single  direction  of  giving 
the  public  good  service  and  of  making  that  serv- 
ice satisfactory  to  the  people  generally."    *    *  * 


His  Most  Valuable  Asset 

Of  course  Mr.  Sproule  is  not  so  unsophisticated 
as  to  expect  fair  play  from  the  politicians.  Though 
not  a  politician  himself,  he  knows  the  ways  of 
tlie  demagogue  in  office  who  strives  incessantly 
to  make  political  capital  out  of  an  afifected  hos- 
tility to  public  service  corporations.  Against  the 
michievous  wiles  of  the  demagogue  he  would 
warn  the  business  interests,  and  happily  he  could 
speak  as  one  who  has  never  been  identified  with 
any  politicial  machine.  As  he  very  pertinently 
observed  in  the  course  of  his  introductory  re- 
marks "the  good  opinion  and  confidence  of  the 
business  men  of  this  city  and  of  this  State," 
which  it  has  been  his  good  fortune  to  enjoy  has 
been  his  "most  valuable  asset."  Undoubtedly  it 
was  chiefly  because  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  was 
known  to  be  held  in  this  State  that  he  was 
chosen  for  the  important  position  he  now  holds. 
His  elevation  to  that  position  was  an  acknowledg- 
ment on  the  part  of  the  men  who  control  the 
Southern  Pacific  system  that  the  time  had  arrived 
for  the  railroad  to  deal  directly  with  the  people. 
This  is  what  Mr.  Sproule  probably  had  in  mind 
when  he  said:  "The  principle  of  regulation  we 
accept.  It  is  not  expected  of  the  railroads  that 
they  shall  accept  confusion  and  conflict  of  regula- 
tion, nor  are  they  expected  to  accept  the  regula- 
tion of  prejudice,  or  regulation  that  takes  little 
heed  of  its  destructive  effects.  What  the  rail- 
roads may  urge  with  propriety  and  with  public  ap- 
proval is  that  regulation,  being  accepted  in  prin- 
ciple, its  application  shall  be  unprejudiced  and 
shall  be  just." 


Why  Bancroft  Knocks 

I  learn  that  there  is  a  very  natural  explanation 
of  the  unkind  language  which  Hubert  Howe  Ban- 
croft applies  to  the  Society  of  California  Pio- 
neers in  his  new  book  "Retrospection."  Last 
week  I  quoted  Bancroft  as  saying:  "There  were 
never  any  pioneers,  properly  so  called,  in  Cali- 
fornia, though  there  is  a  pioneer  society  in 
San  Francisco,  the  distinguishing  character  of 
whose  members  is  not  merit,  achievement  or  in- 
tellect, but  simply  existence.  They  or  their  pro- 
genitors came  to  California  before  a  certain  date. 
If  as  horse  thieves,  the  membership  requirement 
would  be  met  all  the  same."  It  seems  that  the 
relations  between  Bancroft  and  the  local  pioneer 
society  are  far  from  cordial.  The  records  of  the 
organization  show  that  he  was  admitted  to 
honorary  membership  on  the  third  of  April,  1876, 
and  expelled  on  the  fifth  of  February,  1894.  This 
expulsion  took  place  after  a  regular  trial  at  which 
Bancroft  was  found  guilty  of  abusing  members 
of  the  f)rder  and  of  other  conduct  unbecoming  a 
mem  ber. 


The  Charges  Against  Him 

The  rare  pamphlet  containing  the  charges 
against  Bancroft  has  been  placed  in  my  hands, 
and  I  find  that  he  sinned  very  much  as  McGroarty 
and  Zoeth  I'-ldrcdge  have  since  been  charged  with 
sinning,  namely  by  attacking;  the  characters  of 
the  early  Californians  and  the  pioneers.  The 
charges  were  brought  by  VV.  B.  Farwell  at  the 
instance  of  Dr.  Washington  Aycr,  and  must  have 
necessitated  great  labor,  as  they  are  based  on 
extracts  from  practically  all  of  Bancroft's  mul- 
titudinous histories.  That  Bancroft  called  Fre- 
mont a  filibuster  and  other  hard  names;  belittled 
Commodore  Stockton;  said  General  Sutter  never 
paid  his  debts;  impugned  the  integrity  of  Judge 


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().  l'.  I'rall;  (kiiouiKcd  Viidrcw  J.  Cirajson,  lU-ii- 
jaiiiiii  S.  Lippincott.  George  McDougal  ami 
any  numbor  of  otlicrs — all  this  was  set  forth  in 
detail.  Instances  where  Bancroft  substituted 
high  praise  of  various  men  in  his  second  edition 
where  his  first  had  contained  violent  attack  are 
yiven,  and  they  are  among  the  most  curious 
things  in  this  interesting  pamphlet.  The  charges 
were  submitted  to  the  Pioneer  Society  by  Will- 
iam Simpson,  R.  Thompson,  A.  S.  Hall  and  S. 
W.  Holiaday,  and  at  a  meeting  attended  by  eiglity 
members  it  was  unanimously  agreed  to  drop 
Bancroft  from  Ihe  roll.     Hinc  illae  laclirymae. 


That  Vicksburg  Party 

That  wine  supper  on  the  gunboat  Vicksburg 
which  ended  rather  disastrously  when  one  of  the 
two  fair  guests  from  Vallejo  was  hurried  to  the 
hospital  with  a  fractured  skull,  makes  quite  in- 
teresting reading,  but  as  far  as  the  officers  are 
concerned,  is  not  likely  to  have  serious  conse- 
(juences.  The  two  women  who  were  entertained 
aboard  were  respectable  w'omen,  as  the  saying 
goes.  One  was  the  wife  of  a  bartender  while  the 
other  was  a  candy  girl.  Being  respectable  there 
was  no  reason  why  the  officers  of  the  Vicksburg 
should  not  entertain  them  aboard  ship,  provided 
the  proprieties  were  observed.  That  it  was  a  gay 
party  there  seems  no  doubt,  but  that  anything 
tinscemly  occurred  up  to  the  time  when  a  wine 
bottle  hurtling  through  the  air  put  a  stop  to  the 
merriment  there  is  no  evidence  whatever.  If  the 
women  had  been  disreputable  women,  women  of 
notorious  life  in  other  words,  if  the  party  had 
been  an  orgy,  or  if  one  of  the  officers  had  thrown 
the  bottle,  the  officers  who  took  part  would 
be  liable  to  court  martial.  As  it  is.  they  are  not 
likely  to  get  into  any  serious  trouble. 


Who  Threw  the  Bottle? 

This  is  the  question  of  the  hour  in  Vallejo. 
Many  wluj  discuss  the  matter  insist  that  the  news- 
papers arc  right  in  saying  that  the  missile  was 
aimed  by  the  wife  of  one  of  the  mysterious  of- 
ficers who  gave  the  little  supper  party.  But  there 
is  a  more  exciting  theory  too.  This  is  that  the 
husband  of  the  woman  who  was  hit  came  aboard 
the  gunboat  disguised  as  a  sailor  and  took  that 
rather  dangerous  means  of  admonishing  his  wife. 
There  may  be  nothing  to  this,  but  I  give  it  to 
show  that  Vallejo  is  busying  itself  with  more 
than  one  solution  of  the  interesting  mystery.  If 
a  bottle  actually  was  thrown — which  the  officers 
deny  most  emphatically — jealousy  was  no  doubt 


at  the  bottom  of  the  act,  and  wliere  there  is  a 
sign  of  jealousy  there  may  ensue  unpleasant  com- 
plications. But  it  is  probable  that  the  word  of 
the  officers  that  the  woman  hurt  herself  by  fall- 
ing will  be  accepted  as  the  truth. 


Was  It  a  Wine  Bottle? 

^■<>u  may  ha\  e  noticed  that  the  officers  staled 
tliat  only  two  bottles  of  light  wine  were  consumetl 
during  the  supper  party.  For  purposes  of  pub- 
lication the  officers  of  the  United  States  Navy 
never  drink  anything  except  wine  or  beer  aboard 
ship.  This  for  the  reason  that  the  use  of  "hard 
luiuor"  on  any  of  Uncle  Sam's  fighting  boats  is 
forbidden  by  the  regulations.  The  ban  was  im- 
posed out  of  deference  to  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  but 
the  prohibition  is  not  seriously  considered.  As 
a  matter  of  course  naval  officers  drink  their  cock- 
tails or  their  Scotch  and  soda  whenever  they 
want  to,  and  the  breach  of  rules  is  connived  at 
by  their  superior  officers.  Just  how  the  navy 
department  stands  in  this  matter  may  be  inferred 
from  the  fact  that  cocktail  and  whiskey  glasses 
are  included  in  the  official  enumeration  of  mess 
equipment.  .\nd  one  of  the  gifts  which  a  State 
invariably  presents  to  the  ship  named  after  it  is 
a  punch  bowl.  So,  if  a  bottle  was  thrown,  it 
may  not  have  been  a  sauterne  or  a  hock  bottle 
after  all. 


Audial  Acquaintance 

They  were  discussing,  in  the  wine  room  of  the 
Fiohemian  Club,  a  loud  blustery  fellow  w-hose 
voice  is  a  perpetual  din  in  the  tympani  of  those 
with  whom  he  insists  on  conversing.  Charlie 
Dickman  and  George  Sterling  were  of  the  party. 
"Do  you  know  the  noisy  chap  we're  talking  about. 
George?"  Dickman  asked  the  poet.  "Well,  I've 
never  met  him  formally,"  replied  Sterling,  "but  T 
know  him  by  ear," 


A  New  Policy  at  Stanford 

Those  who  follow  afifairs  at  Stanford  think  they 
see  signs  of  an  important  new  policy  in  the  elec- 
tion of  Herbert  C.  Hoover  to  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  university  in  place  of  George  K. 
Crothers.  While  the  original  trustees  of  the  uni- 
versity chosen  by  Mrs.  Stanford  were  appointed 
to  serve  for  life,  those  elected  to  replace  the  old- 
timers  as  the  latter  died  have  been  given  tcn-ye.ir 
instead  of  life  terms.  Still,  it  has  been  the  cus- 
tom of  the  board  to  reappoint  the  ten-year  trus- 
tees when  their  terms  expired.  Attorney  George 
F.    Crothers  is  the  first  -who  has  not  been  thu- 


DEWAR'S  SCOTCH 
WHISKY 


Distillers  to  His  Majesty,  King  George  V 

John  Dewar  &  Sons  held  this  Royal  Warrant  also  to  Queen  Victoria 
and  King  Edward — a  record  that  no  other  Distillers  have  ever  attained 


reappointed.  He  was  elected  in  19<)2,  so  his  term 
is  up  this  year.  I  have  heard  it  said  that  he  was 
not  returned  to  the  board  because  he  had  a 
disagreement  with  some  of  his  fellow  trustees,  but 
on  the  other  hand  I  have  heard  this  rumor 
emphatically  denied.  It  seems  more  plausible  to 
believe  that  a  new  policy  is  being  pursued,  and 
that  is  the  general  impression.  It  seems  that  the 
older  trustees  feel  that  new  blood  should  be  kept 
circulating  and  to  this  end  have  determined  not 
to  reappoint  trustees  when  their  ten-year  terms 
expire.  No  doubt  it  is  the  hope  of  the  wiser 
heads  that  Stanford,  through  the  working  of  this 
policy,  may  cease  to  be  what  the  Call  dubbed  it, 
a  "sick"  university. 


Starr  Jordan  is  Sore 

For  the  first  time  since  the  foundation  of  the 
Xobel  prizes  the  Nobel  committee  has  refrained 
this  year  from  awarding  the  $40,000  peace  prize. 
The  explanation  given  by  the  committee  of  the 
Norwegian  Parliament  is  that  no  work  worthy 
of  reward  has  been  done  for  the  cause  of  peace 
during  the  year.  I  have  received  a  private  tip, 
from  whom  I  shall  not  say,  that  when  this  news 
came  over  the  cable  the  visage  of  David  Starr 
Jordan  was  enveloped  in  gloom  and  his  manner 
took  on  all  the  indications  of  extreme  peevish- 
ness. For  during  the  past  year  Jordan  not  only 
produced  his  literary  masterpiece  "Eric's  Book 
of  Beasts"  but  also  accomplished  much  which 
he  regarded  as  very  conducive  to  universal  peace. 
.\nd  he's  been  working  for  that  Nobel  prize  for 
years. 


Useful  Gifts  and  Novelties 
in  Great  Array 

We  are  showing  even  more  complete  and 
tempting  stocks  this  year  than  ever  before. 
It  is  easy  and  convenient  to  shop  at  Roos 
Bros.    We  suggest : 

German  Silver  Cigar 
Lighter — never 
fail  .     .  .95c 

Traveling  Slippers  of 
best  calf   leather  in 
compact  case,  all  sizes 
in  black  and 
tan   .    .  $2.50 

Flat  Brushes  with 
back  or  hide 
or  pig  skin  $1.75 
Pure  Linen  Handkerchiefs  with  hand 
embroidered  Arabesque  initials,  either  plain 
white  or  colored.  In  handsome 
gift  box  containing  three  .  .  $1.00 
Balh  Robes  and  Smoking  Jackets 

$4.75,  $4.85  up  to  $40.00 
An  Almost  Endless  Variety 

MARKET  AND  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


December  14,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


11 


By  E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer  (Estab.  1902) 

REAL  ESTATE  AT  AUCTION 

TUESDAY 

TUESDAY   .    .   DECEMBER  17,  1912,  AT  12  M 
By  Order  Baron  and  Baroness  von  Schroeder 
At  Offices, 
A.  J.  RICH  &  CO. 

121  AND  123  SUTTER  ST. 

Parcel  No.  1— THAT  COMMANDING 
CORNER  (N.E.),  MISSION  AND  FIRST, 
in  the  very  heart  of  the  wholesale  business 
section.  It  measures  129  feet  6  inches  on 
Mission  by  113  feet  4  inches  on  First. 

Parcel  No.  2— THE  HOTEL  RAFAEL, 
SAN  RAFAEL,  MARIN  CO.  Twenty- 
three  Acres,  beautifully  parked,  and  im- 
provements thereon.  Hotel  has  165  Fully 
Furnished  Rooms,  as  per  inventory;  65 
Baths,  Steam  Heat,  Room  Telephone  Serv- 
ice, Brick  Kitchen  separated  from  building, 
one  Two-Story  Residence,  3  Cottages, 
Clubhouse,  Garage,  Stable,  New  Laundry, 
Ice  Plant,  Tennis  Court  with  Pavilion. 

Ultra  liberal  terms.  Inspection  orders 
issued  at  offices. 

A.  J.  RICH  &  CO.,  121-123  Sutter. 
E.  CURTIS,  Auctioneer. 


Bargains  in  Bibles 

It  may  be  a  sign  of  these  irreverent  times  or 
it  may  be  owing  to  the  propinquity  of  the  Christ- 
mas season,  but  for  some  reason  or  other  three 
rare  Bibles  were  sold  in  this  city  last  week  at 
surprisingly  low  figures.  The  Bibles  in  question 
were  put  up  at  auction  in  the  salesrooms  of  Taylor 
Curtis.  One  was  the  Salamanca  Bible  of  Fran- 
ciscus  Vatablus  published  in  1584.  This  Bible  was 
at  first  prohibited,  but  was  finally  ordered  ex- 
purgated in  pen  and  ink  by  the  officers  of  the 
Inquisition.  The  copy  sold  has  the  erasures  as 
made  by  two  hands.  The  second  was  the  well 
known  American  Bible  known  as  the  Brown 
Bible.  This  was  the  first  important  American 
edition  of  the  Scriptures  and  was  published  in 
1792.  The  list  of  subscribers  is  printed  at  the 
end  and  includes  the  names  of  Washington, 
Hamilton,  John  Jay,  Cornelius  Roosevelt,  the 
Vanderbilts  and  many  other  distinguished  men. 
Finally  there  was  the  beautifully  illustrated  Roy- 
amaunt  Bible  published  in  1701.  It  contains  240 
splendid  engravings  and  five  maps,  and  the  copy 
sold  carried  the  bookplate  of  Thomas  Basker- 
ville.  The  highest  price  obtained  for  any  of  these 
Bibles  was  fifty  dollars.  I  think  Henry  Hunting- 
ton or  Mrs.  I'^rank  Carolan  would  give  more  than 
that. 


An  Educated  Horse 

Tales  of  other  society  circuses  held  in  the  long 
ago  have  been  retold  during  the  last  few  days. 
One  of  them  has  to  do  with  Edgar  Mizner. 
Edgar  was  ringmaster  of  this  particular  circus, 
and  one  of  his  stunts  consisted  in  putting  a  trick 
horse  named  "Barny"  through  its  paces.  At  the 
outset  Mizner  struck  a  snag.  "Lay  down"  he 
commanded.  But  "Barny,"  instead  of  lowering 
himself,  stood  stock  still.  "Lay  down,"  cried 
Mizner  in  a  loud  voice.  But  still  "Barny"  re- 
fused to  obey.  Then  came  a  voice  from  the 
bleachers,  the  voice  of  the  irrepressible  small  boy. 
"Say,  mister,"  he  cried,  "that's  an  educated  horse. 
Tell  him  to  lie  down!"    A  great  wave  of  laughter 

Wells  Fargo  &  Com- 
pany Express 

HOLIDAY  PACKAGES 

Forwarded  to  All  Parts  of  the  World 
at 

REASONABLE  RATES 

Which  Will  Be  Found  Consistent 
With  Responsibilty  and  Reliable 
Service 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OFFICES: 

Corner  Second  and  Mission  Streets 
Ferry  Depot  Third  Street  Depot 

Ocean  Shore  Depot 
1834  Geary  Street,  near  Fillmore 

1136  Valencia  Street,  near  22nd 
1131  Polk  Street,  near  Sutter 
The  Emporium  The  White  House 


swept  through  the  canvas  cnclosin-c  as  Mizner 
corrected  his  Englisli.  .\nd  sure  enough,  this 
time  "Barny"  obeyed. 


Our  Prose  Poet  Once  More 

Alexander  McAdie,  the  prose  poet  who  sings 
to  us  from  his  ivory  tower  of  the  weather,  is  be- 
tween book  covers  once  more.  Strophe  by 
strophe  McAdie's  prose  songs  have  been  grow- 
ing since  the  first  was  published  in  the  Philopolis 
Magazine.  First  there  were  "Infra  Nubem," 
"The  Lights  Outside"  and  "La  Bocana";  now 
there  are  also  "The  Ephebic  Oath,"  "Thalassa, 
Thalassa!"  and  "The  Strength  of  the  Hills."  "In- 
fra Nubem"  gave  the  title  to  a  little  volume  pub- 
lished sometime  since  by  Aleck  Robertson. 
That  little  book  is  out  of  print;  so  now  we  have 
those  essays,  with  others  added,  in  a  delightful 
little  volume  bearing  Robertson's  imprint  and 
issued  from  the  same  Philopolis  Press.  The 
book  is  richly  printed  on  Normandy  vellum 
from  hand-set  Caslon,  a  font  the  bibliophile  loves, 
with  rubricated  decorations  and  illustrated  with 
eight  halftone  plates.  There  is  for  frontispiece 
a  painting  by  Arthur  F.  Mathews  and  the  dec- 
orations are  by  Lucia  K.  Mathews.  The  bind- 
ing is  of  vellum  with  a  golden  design  on  the 
front  cover  and  a  title  label  in  stamped  red 
leather  on  the  backbone.  Altogether,  one  of  the 
best  books  the  Philopolis  Press  has  made. 


"The  Ephebic  Oath" 

This  gives  the  book  its  title.  If  you  have  for- 
gotten your  Grote  or  your  Mahafify,  consult  the 
dictionary  and  you  will  find  that  the  ephebe  was 
the  youth  of  Attica  who  after  proper  examina- 
tion was  entered  on  the  book  of  his  tribe  and 
bound  himself  by  solemn  (jath  to  the  service  of 
his  city.  McAdie  thinks  that  San  Francisco's 
ephebes  should  take  sucli  an  oath.  "There  is," 
he  says,  "a  breeze-swept  city  by  the  Western 
Gate  quite  unlike  other  cities  of  its  size  and  age. 
A  breeze-swept  city  where  the  inanimate  seems 
to  mold  the  animate;  where  skies  and  winds  and 
clouds  are  woven  into  the  te.\ture  of  one's  daily 
life.  Here,  fogs  like  silver  threaded  scarfs  trail 
their  loose  ends  upon  the  waters,  or  wind  them- 
selves like  bridal  veils  around  the  brown  and 
russet  hills.  The  city  is  not  a  swollen  macropolis. 
Even  in  the  crowded  quarters,  the  air  sweeps 
pure  and  free  and  there  is  no  sense  of  misery 
and  squalor.  There  is  time  to  live.  .  .  . 
Fortunate  indeed  are  the  citizeiis  of  such  a 
city.  .  .  .  Yet  stay.  Something  is  wanting. 
.  .  .  .Shall  we  not  give  the  youth  opportunity 
to  prize  and  seek  the  ancient  privilege  of  serv- 
ing, serving  not  one  but  all;  serving  not  once 
but  always?"  Mc^die  sings  too  of  the  sea  and 
the  hills,  sings  very  beautifully.  Incidentally  he 
gives  us  a  new  name  for  our  commuters.  They 
are  "transmarini,  name  more  restful  than  com- 
muters." So  let  it  be,  though  the  commuters 
themselves  are  a  pretty  restless  lot! 


He  Cussed  Doctor  Aked 

Downey  Harvey  likes  to  play  golf,  lie  likes  to 
play  particularly  with  a  well  known  member  of 
the  San  Francisco  Golf  Club  who  is  seen  con- 
tinually on  the  Ingleside  links.  Very  often  of  an 
afternoon  Downey  rings  up  this  friend  of  his  and 
makes  an  appointment  for  a  game.  But  Downey 
likes  his  little  joke,  and  he  rarely  gives  his  own 
name  over  the  telephone.  One  day  he  will  ring 
up  his  friend  and  say:  "This  is  Archbishop  Rior- 


THE  EQUAL  OF  ANY  BRAND 

is  the  Italian-Swiss  Colony's  GOLDEN  STATE, 
EXTRA  DRY,  California  Champagne. 


La  Questa 

One  of  ihe  FINEST  RED  WINES 

in  Ihe  world.    Served  at  First-Class 
Hotels,  Cafes,  Clubs,  Etc. 

Producer,  E.  H.  RIXFORD 

California-Pacific  Building,  105  Montgomery  St. 
San  Francisco 

San  Francisco 
"Overland  Limited" 

Leaves  10:20  A.  M.  Daily 
Arrives  at  Chicago  in  68  Hours 

Pullman  equipment  of  latest  design. 
Electric  lighted  throughout. 

Rotunda  Observation  Car  contains  Li- 
brary, Parlor  and  Clubroom. 

Daily  market  reports  and  news  items  by 
telegraph. 

Excellent  Dining  Car  Service 
Meals  a  la  carte. 

Every  attention  shown  patrons  by 
courteous  employees. 

UNION  PACIFIC 

42  Powell  Street 
Phone   Sutter  2940 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Flood    Building,    Palace   Hotel,    Ferry  Station 
Phone  Kearny  3160 


12 


TOWN  TALK 


December  14,  1912 


dan  talkiiis^.  ]\ow  abiiut  a  little  game  today." 
Another  time  it  will  be:  "This  is  Bishop  Nichols 
talking.  Shall  we  have  a  little  golf  this  after- 
noon." Of  course  Downey's  friend  always  rec- 
ognizes Downey's  voice.  The  other  afternoon 
this  friend  of  Downey's  was  called  to  the  tel- 
ephone. A  voice  which  he  thought  he  recognized 
as  Downey's  said;  "This  is  Doctor  Charles  Aked 

talking."    "Oh,  go  to  h  ,  Downey!"  said  the 

golfer.    "I  repeat,"  said  the  voice,  "this  is  Doctor 

Aked  talking."    "Cut  out  that  d  d  nonsense, 

Downey!"  replied  the  golfer.  And  there  were 
other  unseemly  remarks  before  he  was  chilled  by 
the  realization  that  it  was  not  Downey  Harvey 
but  actually  Doctor  Aked  to  whom  he  was  speak- 
ing. 


Revenge  is  Sweet 

Down  in  Salinas  the  motor  cop  will  catch  you 
if  you  don't  watch  out.  Until  recently  a  twenty- 
mile  per  hour  rate  of  speed  was  permitted  in 
Salinas,  but  it  has  been  cut  down  by  ordinance, 
and  automobilists  who  have  not  taken  the  trouble 
to  keep  in  touch  with  afTairs  of  government  down 
that  way  have  been  arrested  for  their  sinful  neg- 
ligence. And  some  of  them  are  mighty  indignant. 
They  have  forsworn  Salinas  forever.  No  more 
of  their  good  money  for  that  greedy  burg.  They 
are  even  talking  of  organizing  an  association  to 
give  impetus  to  the  movement  to  prevail  on  the 
highway  commission  to  build  a  new  boulevard  be- 
tween Castroville  and  Monterey,  thereby  cutting 
out  the  always  dangerous  San  Juan  Hill  and 
shortening  the  distance  to  Del  Monte.  The  au- 
thorities of  Salinas  have  made  some  pretty  power- 
ful enemies  by  what  was  doubtless  regarded  as 
very  "slick"  work. 


Vanderbilt  Joins  the  Press  Club 

Js  Willie  K.  Vanderbilt  Jr.,  tlie  millionaire  hus- 
band of  our  own  Birdie  Fair,  going  to  identify 
himself  more  closely  with  the  life  of  San  Fran- 
cisco? Speculation  on  the  subject  is  caused  by 
the  fact  that  young  Vanderbilt  has  just  joined 
the  Press  Club  of  this  city.  He  has  become  a 
life  member.  His  check  and  a  letter  signifying 
his  desire  to  have  his  name  submitted  for  mem- 
bership came  to  -Vuditor  Tom  Boyle,  the  treasurer 
of  the  club  a  short  time  ago.  I  understand  that 
the  board  of  directors  headed  by  "Uncle  Bill" 
Naughton  found  no  objection  to  the  applicant 
and  that  he  was  duly  installed  on  the  roster  of 
the  newspapermen's  organization.  I  haven't 
heard  that  the  junior  Vanderbilts  plan  coming  to 
this  city  to  stay  nor  do  I  suppose  that  they  have 
any  such  intention  just  now.  But  they  have  big 
interests  here,  and  feel  particularly  well  disposed 
toward  the  city  since  they  coTicluded  their  very 
advantageous  leases  with  the  Panama- Pacific 
directorate  which  needed  their  water  lots  to  build 
the  World's  Fair  on.  Perhaps  Vanderbilt  joined 
tlie  Pros  Club  just  to  indicate  his  gratitude  to 
San  r'rancisco.  .\s  far  as  I  know,  he  doesn't  be- 
long to  the  Pacitic-Union,  the  Bohemian  or  the 
Family. 


Frank  Marston's  Luck 

Colonel  Frank  W.  Marston,  one  of  our  most 
picturesque  citizens,  is  being  congratulated  these 
days.  He  is  the  owner  of  the  beautiful  electric 
motor  car  which  has  been  on  exhibition  in  the 
tapestrj-  room  of  the  St.  Francis  and  which  was 
later  displayed  at  the  society  circus.  Colonel 
Marston's  luck  may  be  judged  from  the  fact 
that  this  handsome  car  cost  him  only  four  dol- 
l.irs.    I  should  not  be  a  bit  surprised  if  Colonel 


Marston  presented  the  car  to  the  good  ladies  of 
the  Infant  Shelter  so  that  they  may  sell  it  and 
devote  its  price  to  their  worthy  charity.  Colonel 
Marston  is  a  rich  man  and  possesses  other  motor 
cars. 


A  Political  Forecast 

If  some  of  the  political  cronies  of  the  Hon. 
James  D.  Phelan  are  to  be  believed  the  fine 
Celtic  hand  of  the  former  mayor  is  not  less  potent 
in  local  politics  today  than  it  was  in  the  years 
agone.  To  them  is  attributed  the  report  that 
when  William  Metson's  term  as  park  commis- 
sioner expires  he  will  not  be  asked  to  give  his 
services  any  longer  to  the  city.  Mr.  Metson,  it 
appears,  enjoys  the  disesteem  of  the  celebrated 
discoverer  of  Hetch-Hetchy,  and  Mr.  Phelan,  so 
the  story  goes,  relies  on  his  friend  Father 
Crowley  to  put  the  stiletto  into  Mr.  Metson.  Ail 
of  which  carries  with  it  the  implication  that 
Mayor  Rolph  is  not  wise  to  the  ways  that  are 
dark  for  which  James  D.  is  peculiar.  But  Mayor 
Rolph,  though  a  novice  in  politics,  is  rapidly  go- 
ing to  the  head  of  the  class.  Whatever  may  be 
his  intentions  regarding  Golden  Gate  Park  it  is 
not  likely  that  he  purposes  making  it  the  play- 
ground of  political  hacks.  William  H.  Metson  is 
one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  park  commissioners 
San  Francisco  ever  had.  The  park  is  his  hobby. 
He  knows  every  inch  of  it,  and  he  is  devoted  to 
its  welfare. 


Father  Crowley  for  Local  Option 

Speakiiig  of  Father  Crowley  I  am  reminded 
that  he  is  the  only  Catholic  priest  in  San  Fran- 
cisco who  dissented  from  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  San  Francisco  Real  Estate  Board  and 
the  Civic  League  of  Improvement  Clubs  with  re- 
spect to  Amendment  27.  The  well-financed  or- 
ganization that  made  the  campaign  for  local  op- 
tion believing  Father  Crowley  to  be  one  of  its 
strongest  arguments  issued  a  card  on  which  the 
following  was  printed. 

Vote  for  Amendment  No.  27. 

Rev.  D.  O.  Crowley,  chaplain  nf  the  .Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians  and  president  of  the  Youths' 
Directory,  has  endorsed  that  amendment. 

By  order  <>t 

The  Committee. 

The  probability  is  that  the  great  majority  of 
tin-  .\.  O.  H.  voted  against  the  amendment. 


Honor  for  Louis  Mooser 

For  years  the  New  York  Sun  has  been  enroll- 
ing members  in  an  imaginary  hall  of  fame.  Ad- 
mittance to  this  particular  temple  is  only  gained 
by  men  and  women  who  rejoice  in  names  that 
accord  with  their  occupations  or  achievements. 
Thus  if  a  man's  name  be  Miller  and  he  happens 
lo  be  in  the  flour  business,  he's  eligible  for  mem- 
her.-.hip.  The  honor  thus  conferred  reminds  one 
of  what  a  great  English  lord  once  said  of  the 
Order  of  the  Bath:  "There's  no  d — d  merit  about 
it."  The  latest  entrant  into  this  hall  of  fame 
is  Louis  Mooser  of  this  city.  Here  is  the  manner 
in  which  Louis  was  proposed: 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Sun — Sir:  For  gal- 
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Central   Committee,  San   Francisco,  Cal. 

— C.  N.  li. 

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The  Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 

Common  prudence  indicates  that  the  form  of 
safety  that  will  create  a  peace  of  mind  in  the 
owner  of  any  kind  of  treasures  is  such  as  is 
provided  by  the  great  vaults  of  the  Crocker  Safe 
Deposit  Vaults.  These  vaults,  of  the  most  mod- 
ern and  approved  construction,  are  absolutely 
proof  against  attack  of  any  kind.  This  composite 
construction,  of  the  hardest  chrome  steel  and 
reinforced  concrete,  will  withstand  the  worst 
earthquake,  the  fiercest  fire,  and  the  most  astute 
Inirglar.  Of  course,  protection  against  burglary 
is  simplified  by  the  utilization  of  watciimen  and 
concealed  electric  wires,  interference  with  which 
would  sound  an  alarm  that  would  l)ring  the 
police  upon  the  trespasser.  To  enter  one  of 
these  great  vaults  the  burglar  would  require  time 
and  opportunity  he  could  not  hope  to  have.  As 
for  the  danger  of  fire,  it  is  removed  utterly  by 
the  construction  of  the  vaults  and  their  location 
in  the  basement  of  a  fireproof  building.  Mr. 
John  F.  Cunningham,  the  manager,  who  has  been 
identified  with  this  department  for  many  years, 
will  be  glad  to  show  the  unequalled  facilities,  not 
alone  of  the  safe  deposit  department,  but  of  the 
companion  vault  that  is  devoted  to  tlie  storage 
of  bulkier  articles  of  value. 


Letters 


The  Story  of  a  Gem 

Lincoln  Colcord  is  not  the  first  to  write  a  story 
around  a  gem  as  a  theme.  At  least  two  other 
tales  will  occur  to  the  most  casual  of  readers, 
Wilkic  Collins'  "Moonstone"  and  Robert  Hichens' 
"Slave,"  but  whereas  in  the  other  cases  the  stone 
itself  was  passive,  in  "The  Drifting  Diamond"  it 
is  an  active  and  baleful  agent.  The  Penang 
diamond  was  an  Oriental  stone  of  great  size, 
beauty  and  financial  value.  It  was  one  of  the 
state  jewels  of  the  Maharajah  of  Pancore,  and 
liow  it  come  to  be  in  the  market  of  Singapore  is 
a  part  of  its  unrevealed  history.  It  came  into 
the  possession  of  a  young  English  globe-trotter 
Rodney  Lane  who  paid  for  it  a  hundred  thousand 
pounds  in  notes  drawn  on  his  indulgent  uncle. 
An  article  of  such  great  value  in  small  bulk  would 
be  a  dangerous  possession  at  any  time,  but  in 
the  Far  East  where  life  is  cheap  and  morals  and 
conscience  unknown  quantities,  even  to  be  in 
close    proximity    with    the    possessor    became  a 


BISCOLA 

A  Shortening  made  in  California  which  is  better 
than  Pure  Lard  or  Butter,  and  requires  one- 
third  less. 

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Manufactured  by 

MILLER  &  LUX,  Incorporated 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


position  of  insecurity.  'J"he  story  is  told  in 
reminiscent  vein  by  Captain  Nichols  who  liail 
spent  the  greater  part  of  his  lifetime  in  the  Orient. 
Associated  with  him  is  a  Chinese  merchant,  Lee 
Fu  Chang,  a  man  of  education,  wide  experience 
and  a  profound  knowledge  of  Oriental  character. 
Lee  F'u  Chang  is  far  too  wise  to  doubt  what  is 
merely  improbalile  or  apparently  impossible  anil 
his  philosophical  speculations  and  the  fulfilment 
of  some  of  his  half-prophecies  are  uncanny.  It 
is  his  idea  that  the  Penang  diamond  is  no  dead 
stone  but  that,  apart  from  its  rare  beauty  and 
high  lianancial  value,  it  is  itself  a  li\-ing  thing 
with  a  powerful  will  and  a  "b;ul  heart."  It  is  a 
gruesome  and  ghastly  record  of  murder,  piracy, 
mutiny,  treachery,  greed  and  dishonor  which 
follows  each  successive  change  of  ownership,  for 
it  seems  to  have  the  power  of  evoking  every  slum- 
bering evil  passion,  and  it  is  a  re;i!  relief  to  the 
reader  as  well  as  to  those  who  have  been  con- 
nected with  its  career  when  it  is  cast  for  a  second 
time  into  the  sea.  The  name,  the  drifting  dia- 
mond, was  given  to  it  by  Captain  Nichols  because 
after  it  had  been  cast  overboard  in  a  sealed  bottle 
in  the  China  sea,  he  met  it  again  five  years  later 
in  the  possession  of  a  simple  native  of  the  Gilbert 
Islands  who  had  no  idea  of  its  great  worth  but 


KNIT  GIFTS 


Many  of  the  exclusive  presents  at  the  Knit  Shop  appeal  to  those 
wishing  to  depart  from  the  usual  and  commonplace  in  gift  giving. 
The  high  standard  maintained  in  our  merchandise  over  a  period  of 
years  has  won  for  us  a  place  among  people  who  wish  to  be  practical 
in  gift  giving  while  at  the  same  time  retaining  the  exclusiveness  so 
necessary  to  the  fullest  appreciation  of  the  gift.  Many  specials  in 
each  department  will  enable  the  gift  seeker  to  select  presents  at  rare 
values. 


A  MERCHANDISE  ORDER  WILL  PLEASE 


Hosiery 
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Pajamas 
Steamer  Rugs 


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Bath  Robes 
Angora  Coats 
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\\  lio.  nevertheless,  lost  his  life  in  trying  to  dc- 
lenil  himself  from  dopoilment.  Though  the 
stor\-  of  the  great  diamond,  extending  across  a 
period  of  nearly  twenty  years,  is  the  central 
theme,  there  are  incidental  bits  of  description  and 
dramatic  scenes  which  stand  out  vividly  in  the 
narrative.  There  is  the  description  of  the  typhoon 
in  the  China  sea  for  the  ccAinterpart  of  which 
one  must  refer  to  Joseph  Conrad's  story  bearing 
that  title.  Only  the  late  Homer  Lea  has  given 
us,  in  his  "Vermilion  Pencil,"  another  scene  to 
match  the  abject  cowering  fear  that  assailed  the 
mutinous  crew  when  Lee  Fu  Chang  spoke  the 
one  mystic  word  which  revealed  him  as  their 
master.  The  author  acknowledges  indebtedness 
to  R.  L.  S.  for  the  description  of  the  singing  con- 
test at  Karataritari,  but  the  conference  in  the  House 
of  State  at  Sariki  ho  owes  to  none  but  himself. 
"The  Drifting  Diamond"  lies  quite  outside  the 
usual  course  and  will  repay  readers  who  are  at- 
tracted by  the  occult  and  inexplicable.  However 
improbable  the  incidents  may  appear  when  re- 
viewed in  cold  blood,  it  is  not  until  the  book  is 
closed  and  the  spell  broken  that  the  improba- 
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TOWN  TALK 

Social  Prattl 


December  14.  1912 


By  TANTALUS 


The  Hobart  Imbroglio 

When  .Mrs.  Walter  Hobart  returned  from 
Europe  there  was  a  rumor  that  she  intended 
commencing  suit  for  divorce.  The  more  op- 
timistic among  her  friends  and  Walter's  hoped 
that  this  was  untrue,  but  I  hear  that  they  have 
now  given  up  hope.  It  is  said  that  Mrs.  Hobart 
is  preparing  to  bring  suit  for  a  legal  separation. 
Those  who  discuss  the  matter  take  that  for 
granted,  and  indulge  in  speculation  as  to  the 
grounds  on  which  the  action  will  be  based.  They 
hope  that  the  suit  will  be  an  amicable  one  with 
no  unpleasant  features.  What  use  Walter  will 
make  of  his  freedom  is  another  topic  of  discus- 
sion. Temperamental  difTerences  led  to  an 
estrangement  between  the  polo  player  and  his 
wife  several  years  ago,  and  they  have  been  apart 
for  quite  a  long  time.  In  such  cases  divorce 
seems  the  inevitable  outcome.  So  it  is  not  sur- 
prising that  the  Hobarts  have  reached  the  end  of 
the  chapter. 


Mrs.  Spreckels  Has  a  Studio 

Mrs.  Jack  Sprccktls  is  going  in  for  art.  That 
doesn't  seem  to  be  the  proper  way  to  express  it, 
but  society  matrons  always  "go  in"  for  things, 
and  Mrs.  Jack  Spreckels  is  not  only  a  society 
matron  but  a  very  charming  one.  In  the  past 
Mrs.  Spreckels  has  gone  in  a  bit  for  the  art 
histrionic,  appearing  from  time  to  time  in  ama- 
teur theatricals,  and  not  without  success.  This 
time  it  is  the  art  of  the  brush  and  palette.  .Mrs. 
Spreqkels  is  not  only  taking  lessons  in  drawing 
and  color,  but,  doing  the  thing  thoroughly,  has 
taken  a  studio.  She  has  fitted  up  a  cosy  atelier 
in  the  old  studio  building  in  upper  .Montgomery 
street  where  Jules  Tavernier  and  other  artists 
of  note  did  some  of  their  best  work.  I  am  told 
that  she  shows  considerable  aptitude  for  the 
work  and  loves  it  besides.  Some  day  we  may 
have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  pictures  by  .Mrs. 
Spreckels  in  local  art  exhibitions. 


The  Society  Circus 

Societi"  at  the  circus  comported  itself  well, 
both  in  the  sawdust  ring  and  in  the  grand  stand. 
In  the  ring  there  was  evident  a  strenuous  desire 
to  perform  effectively;  in  the  grand  stand  a  good- 
natured  determination  to  let  it  be  seen  that  every- 
body was  getting  his  money's  worth.  Where 
such  an  entente  exists  criticism  seems  out  of  or- 
der, and  yet  it  may  be  said  here  that  the  circus 
was  not  overwhelmingly  exciting.  People  with 
weak  hearts  were  in  no  danger  of  severe  shocks. 
Performers  were  in  no  danger  from  hair-raising 
feats.    In  fact,  there  were  no  hair-raising  feats. 


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There  was  riding  and  tumbling  and  dancing  and 
the  putting  of  trick  dogs  through  their  paces 
and  lemonade  and  peanuts  and  chewing  gum. 
'Really,  the  star  events  were  hardly  less  innocuous 
than  the  lemonade.  And  the  patter  of  the  ped- 
lers  in  yama  yama  costume  was  as  amusing  as 
the  antics  of  the  clowns.  This  is  not  deprecia- 
tion; it  is  the  award  of  praise  where  praise  is  due. 
.\ll  who  took  part  are  deserving  of  praise  for  at- 
tempting something  very  difficult  and  "getting 
away  with  it "  as  well  as  they  did.  Charity  ben- 
efited exceedingly,  so  all  hail  the  energetic  men 
and  women  who  worked  so  hard!  The  ball  after 
the  horse  show  Saturday  night  was  a  gay  aflfair. 
There  was  an  enormous  throng,  and  everybody 
was  doin'  it.  The  last  dance  was  romped  at  four 
o'clock  Sunday  morning. 


A  Mistaken  Mother 

That  the  matrimonial  prospects  of  a  pretty 
equestrienne  at  the  Horse  Show  will  be  ma- 
terially advanced  because  of  her  appearance  at 
the  Charity  Circus  is  the  firm  belief  of  the  young 
lady's  mother.  The  girl  in  question  does  not  be- 
long in  the  ranks  of  the  smart  set.  and  at  first 
the  impression  was  abroad  that  the  performers 
were  to  be  limited  to  those  whose  names  appear 
in  the  social  register  as  has  been  the  case  in  the 
past  when  Kirmesses  and  operettas  have  been 
given  for  charity  under  the  auspices  of  society. 
So  the  mother  of  the  girl  went  to  considerable 
trouble  about  seeing  committees  and  patronesses 
in  order  to  be  certain  that  her  daughter  would 
be  listed  among  those  to  appear  at  the  circus. 
"But  why  are  you  so  anxious  that  she  should 
take  part  in  it?"  inquired  a  friend.  "Why!"  re- 
plied the  complacent  mother,  "I  know  perfectly 
well  if  she  has  an  opportunity  to  ride  w-herc  all 
those  rich  young  men  can  see  her,  at  least  one 
of  them  will  fall  in  love  with  her.  .\nd  with  her 
good  looks  and  clever  riding  she  has  only  to  be 
seen  to  get  a  wealthy  husband."  .Mas!  the  poor 
lady  has  evidently  no  conception  of  the  blase  at- 
titude of  our  rich  young  bachelors. 


Eluded  Their  Chaperones 

Tlie  chaperones  at  .Mrs.  Howie  Dcitrick's  .\s- 
sembly  on  Saturday  night  were  very  remiss  in 
their  duties  and  have  left  themselves  wide  open 
to  censure.  Three  of  their  charges  were  found 
ragging  at  two  o'clock  Sunday  morning  at  the 
Pavilion  dance  following  the  Society  Circus. 
Mrs.  Deitrick  has  been  firm  in  her  decision  that 
none  of  the  young  girls  or  boys  attending  her 
.Assemblies  shall  rag  and  the  orchestra  has  been 
ordered  to  confine  its  music  to  waltzes  and  two- 
steps.  Protests  have  been  of  no  aVail.  Satur- 
day night  about  eleven,  three  of  the  girls  and 
their  three  youthful  escorts  quietly  left  the  Deitrick 
.Assembly  at  Century  Hall  and  half  an  hour  later 
were  mingling  gaily  with  the  crowd  at  the  rink 
and  ragging  to  their  hearts'  content.  They  took 
no  account  of  time  and  were  considerably 
chagrined  w-hen  the  irate  mother  of  one  of  the 
girls  pounced  down  upon  them  and  carried  the 
whole  party  ofT.  Considerable  alarm  had  been 
felt  in  the  homes  of  the  girls  when  they  did  not 
return  at  midnight,  the  hour  at  which  the  -As- 
semblies alwaj's  terminate,  and  it  was  only  after 
an  hour  of  frantic  telephoning  that  they  were  lo- 

The  dream  of  the  best  dressers  is  realized  in 
our  offerings. — Vogel's.  Ladies  Tailor — 420  Sut- 
ter Street. 


cate<l.  Since  Mrs.  Deitrick  has  seen  fit  to  tax  all 
chaperones  accompanying  the  girls,  a  number  of 
frugal  mothers  have  been  sending  their  daughters 
in  the  care  of  their  maids  who  take  them  to  the 
hall  and  later  call  for  them.  After  the  escapade 
of  Saturday  night,  however,  it  is  expected  that 
all  the  mothers  will  be  in  their  places  at  the  next 
-Assembly. 


Some  New  Cinderellas 

I  note  with  interest  several  new  names  in  the 
list  of  patronesses  of  the  Cinderella  ball  which  is 
announced  for  January  17.  The  Cinderellas  are 
known  as  the  most  exclusive  affairs  given  in  San 
Francisco.  Lines  are  drawn  as  they  are  at  no 
other  balls  of  the  season,  not  excluding  the  priv- 
ate parties  like  the  Sharon  ball  and  the  Crocker 
dance.  I  venture  to  say  at  least  fifty  of  those 
entertained  by  Mrs.  Frederick  Sharon  last  week 
have  not  received  cards  to  the  Cinderella  and  nc 
amount  of  wire-pulling  will  get  them  invitations. 
This  is  not  because  Mrs.  Sharon's  guests  were 
not  all  of  our  smartest  set,  but  because  the  Cin- 
derellas are  so  ultra-exclusive.  The  first  list  for 
invitations  submitted  by  the  patronesses  is  gone 
over  and  cut  down  mercilessly  by  common  con- 
sent. This  weeding  out  process  is  agreed  upon 
in  advance  and  there  is  no  ill-feeling.  Mrs.  John 
Brice  is  one  of  the  new  names.  Mrs.  Brice  who 
is  one  of  the  Tallants,  daughter  of  the  pioneer 
banker  of  that  name,  is  presenting  her  daughter 
Elizabeth  this  season  and  is  taking  an  active 
part  in  society  for  the  first  time  in  years.  I  do 
not  recall  Mrs.  Harry  Stetson  among  the 
patronesses  of  other  seasons.  She  is  one  of  the 
younger  matrons  of  Burlingame  who  has  been 
more  identified  with  the  country  life  than  the  gay 
whirl  in  town.  Before  her  marriage  she  lived  in 
Santa  Barbara.  Mrs.  Donahoe,  Mrs.  Percy 
Moore  and  the  latter's  intimate,  Mrs.  William 
Delaware  Xeilsen  are  among  the  old  stand-bys 
who  have  maintained  the  exclusiveness  of  the 
Cinderellas  in  the  past. 


Mrs.  Sharon's  List 

Speaking  of  the  Sharon  ball  the  hostess  of 
this  beautiful  affair  that  set  a  new  standard  for 
entertaining  in  San  Francisco  was  most  gen- 
erous with  the  invitations.  The  original  list  was 
expanded  up  to  the  hour  of  the  ball.  Relatives 
telephoned   for   cards   for  their   friends  at  the 


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Miss  \\'hite  has  just  returned  from  New  York  and 
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Decc-mbcr  14.  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


last  miiHitc  and  Mrs.  Sharon's  secretary  made 
tluni  i>ut.  'riic  result  was  a  crush,  but  a  select 
crush  for  all  that,  and  it  gave  pleasure  t<i  many 
of  the  older  contingent  who  are  seldom  seen  in 
society  nowadays  and  who  gathered  to  enjoy  the 
event  as  a  spectacle.  Mrs.  Sharon  proved  her- 
self a  gracious  hostess  to  many  known  only  to  her 
l)y  name. 


Ragged  in  the  Red  Room 

The  Red  Room  of  the  Bohemian  Club  was  the 
scene  of  a  rag  party  last  week,  and  I  am  told  cer- 
tain members  of  the  club  are  expressing  their 
disapproval  of  the  affair.  Not  because  the  guests 
ragged.  But  because  they  believe  the  Red  Room 
should  not  be  given  over  to  dancing,  it  being 
essentially  a  place  for  dining.  Old  timers  brought 
up  the  dance  Colonel  Draper  gave  for  the  debut 
of  his  daughter  in  the  old  Red  Room  and  all 
the  fuss  it  caused.  The  directors  had  to  meet 
and  pass  a  resolution  against  dances  in  the  club. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Smith  were  the  hosts  of  last 
week  and  the  affair  was  a  delightful  dance  for 
fifty  of  the  younger  contingent  of  society.  It 
was  not  designated  a  "rag  party,"  but  the  rag 
was  danced  as  it  is  wherever  two  or  three  are 
gathered  together  these  days  in  the  name  of 
Terpsichore. 


Miss  Ord  Enters  a  Convent 

Despite  the  efforts  made  by  her  mother  to  in- 
duce her  to  change  her  mind,  Helen  Ord  insists 
on  becoming  a  religious.  So,  in  company  with 
the  Mother  Superior  of  tlie  local  convent  of  the 
Mesdames  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  she  left  a  few 
days  ago  for  New  York  where  she  will  begin  her 
novitiate.  Miss  Ord  is  the  daughter  of  Captain 
and  Mrs.  E.  O.  C.  Ord  and  granddaughter  of  the 
late  General  Ord,  once  commandant  at  the 
Presidio.  She  is  an  unusually  brilliant  and  at- 
tractive girl.  Though  Mrs.  Ord  is  a  devout 
Catholic  she  opposed  her  daughter's  intention  of 
becoming  a  nun  until  she  was  convinced  that 
Helen's  vocation  was  undeniable.  Then  she  gave 
in  but  she  is  deeply  grieved  at  losing  her  daughter 
just  the  same.  Miss  Ord's  aunt,  Mrs.  Starr,  the 
wife  of  Colonel  Starr,  U.  S.  A.  (retired),  had  just 
returned  from  Paris  bringing  with  her  a  trunk 
full  of  beautiful  things  for  her  niece,  but  the  young 
girl  has  turned  her  back  on  the  world  and  its 
vanities,  so  some  other  girl  will  receive  the 
dresses  and  knick  knacks  intended  for  her  by  her 
loving  aunt. 


The  Entertaining  of  Gerville-  Reache 

During  her  recent  visit  to  San  I-rancisco  Mme. 
Gerville-Reache  was  taken  into  the  heart  of  so- 
ciety. Nearly  all  great  artists  of  the  stage  are 
entertained  by  society  folks  in   .San  Francisco, 


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For  Christmas 

Are  you  not  thinking  about  giving  a  VICTKOLA 
for  Christmas?  You  will  gladden  the  whole  family 
with  a  world  of  music  and  entertainment  if  you  do. 
But  do  not  wait  until  the  week  before  Christmas  to 
select  that  VICTROLA.  Come  in  now  and  select  at 
your  leisure.  We  will  hold  the  VICTROI.A  and 
deliver  it  any  day — Christmas  day  if  you  desire. 

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Apollo  and  Cecilian   Player  Pianos 
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Fourteenth  and  Clay  Sts.,  Oakland 


l)nl  tin'  enterlaining  that  was  done  for  the  hr\\- 
lianl  l-iench  contralto  broke  all  records.  She 
and  her  clever  husband  must  have  gone  away 
with  the  impression  that  San  l""rancisco  well  de- 
serves her  reputation  for  hospitality.  The  circle 
in  which  they  were  entertained  c.xtentled  as  far 
down  the  peninsula  as  Palo  Alto  where  they  met 
the  faculty  clique  at  a  tea.  At  Burlingame  they 
were  entertained  by  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan,  who,  I 
believe  had  her  voice  cultivated  in  Paris  by  Mme. 
Gerville-Reache's  teacher.  Mrs.  Carolan  has  de- 
veloped a  consuming  passion  for  music,  and  slie 
is  having  a  music  room  fitted  up  in  her  home 
that  is  of  astonishing  magnificence.  Mme.  Ger- 
ville-Reache went  into  ecstasies  over  it,  and  ])roni- 
ised  to  sing  at  the  formal  opening  of  it.  The 
contralto  and  her  husband  spent  most  of  their 
time  while  here  in  the  company  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Pedar  Bruguiere  who  entertained  them  at  supper 
after  the  performance  under  the  auspices  of  the 
St.  Francis  Musical  Art  Society  and  subse(|uently 
gave  a  dinner  at  their  home  in  her  honor. 


Sacrifices  Court  Glitter  for  Love 

Pretty  Irene  Sabin  whose  engagement  to  John 
A.  Merrill  was  announced  the  other  day  will  give 
up  a  brilliant  season  in  Berlin  to  become  the 
bride  of  the  man  of  her  choice;  love  in  a  cot- 
tage she  prefers  to  the  glitter  of  life  in  palaces.  It 
had  been  decided  that  she  should  go  abroad 
to  spend  the  winter  with  lier  sister  Mrs.  Alfred 
Bjornsted,  wife  of  the  military  attache  of  the 
American  Embassy  in  Berlin.  The  Bjornsteds 
occupy  a  beautiful  home  in  the  German  capital 
and  entertain  lavishly,  and  I  am  told  the  dignified 
beauty  of  Pearl  Sabin  that  was  has  made  a  most 
favorable  impression  at  court.  The  Sabins  have 
discouraged  the  romance  of  the  yoivngest 
daughter  of  the  household  and  it  was  thought  a 
gay  season  abroad  would  prove  effective  in 
check-mating  Cupid.  But  the  family  reckoned 
without  Irene's  determination. 


Polo  for  Indolence 

Somebody  told  the  two  Payne  brolliers,  Herbert 
and  Arthur,  that  they  were  indolent.  It  was 
somebody  whose  opinion  they  respected  because, 
while  they  resented  the  charge  at  first,  tliey  ad- 
mitted it  after  calmer  consideration.  "Yes," 
said  Herbert  and  Arthur,  "it's  true;  we  are  in- 
dolent, too  indolent  for  any  use."  They  cheer- 
fully admitted  too  that  their  cjther  brother,  Clare, 
was  likewise  indolent.  .\s  Clare  .is  in  the  liast 
just  now  he  has  no  opportunity  to  deny  the  im- 
peachment. But  perhaps'  he  would  be  too  in- 
dolent to  deny  it  if  he  were  here.  But  Herl)crt 
and  Arthur  took  the  accusation  seriously.  They 
decided  that  it  was  time  to  cease  being 
indolent.  What  should  they  go  in  for? 
It  took  some  time  to  reach  a  decisi(in.  Hut 
at  last  they  made  a  mighty  resolve.  What  game 
so  destructive  of  indolence  as  polo?  So  they  are 
going  in  for  polo.  They  are  at  present  pur- 
chasing polo  ponies  with  anything  but  indolent 
interest.  Next  season  we  shall  see  two  I'.iyne 
boys  transferred  from  indolent  chaps  alxiut  town 
into  active  polo  players. 


A  Dinner  for  Relicts 

Some  time  ago  a  bright  spirit  of  the  Press  Chih 
proposed  a  dinner  for  divorced  members.  Tliat 
affair  has  not  taken  place  so  far,  but  the  latest 
novelty  in  dinners  approximates  the  idea.  I  re- 
fer to  the  dinner  for  relicts  given  by  J.  J.  I'"agan 
of  the  Crocker  National  Bank  and  his  charmin.tr 

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What  better  way  to  meet  the  Christmas  prob- 
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contents  delight  the  recipient  of  your  gift. 


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December  14.  1912 


wife  in  llicir  Broadway  home.  Only  widows  and 
widowers  were  bidden  to  this  dinner,  and  they 
were  widows  and  widowers  of  the  genuine  sort, 
widowed  by  death.  Before  dinner  the  guests 
were  assembled  in  the  drawing  room,  and  the 
ladies  looked  exceedingly  effective  in  their  black 
weeds.  At  the  proper  time  each  widower  selected 
a  widow  as  his  dinner  partner,  and  the  jolly 
affair  was  one.  After  an  evening  of  good  cheer, 
music  and  dancing  the  party  motored  to  the  beach. 
If  there  are  any  romances  as  a  result  of  this 
novel  party  I'll  tell  you  about  them  later. 


aria  from  Pagliacci  which  shows  her  voice  to 
line  advantage.  Miss  Gray-Oliver  is  just  begin- 
ning to  become  known  in  the  local  concert  Field. 
In  addition  to  the  vocal  numbers  there  will  be 
several  interesting  instrumental  selections  for  the 
Pianola  Piano  and  the  Aeolian  Pipe  Organ. 


Card  Parties  at  Techau's 

It  has  always  been  the  endeavor  of  the  man- 
agement of  Techau  Tavern  to  exercise  par- 
ticular care  in  providing  for  the  comfort  and 
entertainment    of    its    lady    patrons.    Its  card 


A   DKI.lC.irn- IL  .SI'OT  (IS  A  KDiiF  (;.\1<DE 

Training  Society  Youngsters 

Social  climbers  would  certainly  be  discouraged 
if  they  but  knew  that  the  real  members  of  the 
Greenway  set  and  those  who  expect  to  arrive 
without  difficulty  when  they  reach  debutante  age, 
actually  go  into  training  here  when  they  are  small 
children.  They  may  be  found  today  in  the  danc- 
ing club  which  Mrs.  Horace  Pillsbury  has  been 
instrumental  in  organizing  for  the  little  boys  and 
girls  who  ten  years  from  now  will  be  the  society 
beaux  and  belles  of  the  city.  They  already  have 
blase  graces  far  beyond  their  years  and  any  doubt 
as  to  their  ability  to  qualify  for  the  Greenway 
balls  in  later  years  would  be  dispelled  after  an 
hour's  observation  of  little  "airs"  at  the  dancing 
club.  They  graduate  from  this  juvenile  dancing 
club  into  Mrs.  Bowie  Deitrick's  Junior  Assembly 
where  they  develop  some  of  the  fashionable 
gaucherie  which  labels  them  as  "smart"  when  they 
present  themselves  as  applicants  for  Greenway 
honors. 


X  (Jl-   HOTEL  GREK.V,   I'.\S.\1;1.\.\.  CAL. 

rooms,  where  tables  are  provided  without  charge, 
have  become  extremely  popular  with  hostesses 
who  appreciate  the  fact  that  less  trouble  and  ex- 
pense are  involved  in  holding  card  parties  at  the 
Tavern  than  elsewhere.  To  the  Tavern  manage- 
ment belongs  also  the  credit  of  having  originated 
the  afternoon  luncheon  for  shoppers,  when,  be- 
tween the  hours  of  3:30  and  5  o'clock,  a  specially 
printed  menu  has  been  provided  at  reduced  prices, 
while,  for  those  who  prefer  it,  dainty  specialties 
are  served  gratuitously.  On  the  afternoon  of 
December  7  no  less  than  twelve  hundred  I.  X.  L. 
tamales  were  served  gratuitously.  These  tamales 
are  the  product  of  the  1.  X.  L.  Company,  of 
which  Mr.  Workman  is  the  president,  and  are 
superior  in  that  they  have  no  husks.  It  was  not 
the  custom  to  serve  tamales  at  the  Tavern  until 
this  superior  brand  was  produced,  as  those  with 
husks  required  warming  over  and  were  thus  rend- 
ered unsightly  and  undesirable. 


Two  Vocalists  at  Kohler  and  Chase 

At  the  regular  weekly  music  matinee  to  be 
given  by  Kohler  &  Chase  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall 
on  Saturday,  December  14,  an  especially  interest- 
ing and  extensive  program  will  be  presented. 
Two  soloists  have  been  engaged  for  this  event. 
They  are  Mrs.  Irene  Kelley  Williams,  soprano, 
and  Miss  Dorothy  Gray-Oliver,  mezzo-soprano. 
Mrs.  Williams'  most  important  song  will  be  an 


In  the  Social  Spotlight 

Owing  to  the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Dar- 
ling recalled  invitations  to  a  tea  which  she  had 
sent  out  for  December  10. 

Mrs.  William  A.  Lange  gave  a  charming  tea 
on  Monday  at  her  bijou  home  on  Golden  Gate 
avenue.  Her  mother  Mrs.  William  Gieselman 
was  the  motif  of  the  delightful  occasion.  Mrs. 
Lange  and  Mrs.  Gieselman  were  both  handsomely 
gowned.  Delicious  refreshments  were  daintily 
served,  lovely,  langourous  music  was  played  while 


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two  hundred  and  fifty  guests,  friends  of  the  two 
ladies  were  cordially  welcomed. 

Henry  Hadley  is  giving  a  large  musicale  at  the 
Bohemian  Club  on  the  evening  of  December  19. 
At  this  affair  he  will  introduce  his  new  quintet 
which  will  be  played  by  members  of  the  Sym- 
phony Orchestra  with  Mr.  Hadley  at  the  piano. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  C.  Hunt  leave  for  New 
York  Sunday  for  an  extended  pleasure  trip. 
They  will  visit  all  the  important  cities  in  the 
United  States  returning  by  way  of  Canada. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Legler  and  Master  Leglcr  have 
arrived  at  Hotel  del  Coronado  for  an  extended 
stay,  having  motored  down  from  San  Jose  where 
they  have  a  large  ranch.  J.  T.  Dille  and  his 
daughter  Miss  Dille  are  registered.  Mr.  Dille  is 
a  railroad  man  from  Berkeley.  Mr.  and  .Mrs. 
C.  D.  McAphee  are  among  the  recent  arrivals. 
They  have  a  home  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  near 
Denver.  A.  Mosely,  noted  English  writer,  has 
taken  apartments  for  the  season.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
L.  A.  Bigger  of  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  arrived  by 
motor.  They  traveled  across  country  and  re- 
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December  14,  1912  TOWNTALK  17 

Gossip  of  the  Theatre 


The  Drama  of  Vaudeville 

Whenever  in  doubt  go  to  vaudeville.  This  is 
a  maxim  for  everybody  in  quest  of  amusement, 
which  in  a  spirit  of  pliilanthropy  I  have  refrained 
from  copyrighting.  If  drama  finds  you  in  the 
wrong  mood  your  case  is  hopeless,  and  there  is 
no  compensation  for  the  tedium  of  it,  but  where 
there  is  so  much  variety  as  in  vaudeville  some- 
where along  the  line  you  are  bound  to  come  out 
of  yourself,  sit  up  and  take  notice.  Life,  after 
all,  is  not  straight  comedy  or  straight  tragedy,  but 
something  strangely  mixed,  and  so  vaudeville 
comes  nearer  to  life  than  the  average  drama. 
Indeed  vaudeville  is  life,  and  drama  is  only  make 
believe.  In  drama  you  see  people  acting  in  con- 
cert in  obedience  to  the  plans  of  the  playwright 
and  directions  of  the  stage  manager.  They  do 
nothing  on  their  own  initiative.  In  vaudeville 
you  see  people  employing  their  talents  in  their 
own  way,  making  the  most  of  what  ability  they 
have  along  lines  laid  down  by  themselves;  and  to 
one  of  a  philosophic  turn  they  afford  a  very  in- 
teresting study  even  when  they  hardly  rise  above 
mediocrity.  Take  for  example  Ed.  Morton  who 
is  at  the  Orpheum  this  week.  He  does  nothing 
but  sing,  and  he  has  no  voice  to  speak  of.  A 
very  ordinary  sort  of  person  is  Ed.  Morton,  yet 
doubtless  he  is  making  a  good  living  in  vaude- 
ville. He  never  fails  to  get  applause,  and  he  does 
not  appear  to  be  more  than  half  trying,  and  as- 
suredly he  does  not  radiate  magnetism.  Further- 
mfjre  his  songs  are  not  gems  of  the  lyric  art. 
Now  by  what  means  does  he  get  in  touch  with 
the  otiier  side  of  the  footlights?  By  the  very 
simple  means  of  subtle  suggestion.  Each  of  his 
songs  has  a  point  in  it,  and  for  perceiving  the 
point  the  audience  is  delighted  with  itself  and 
applauds  Morton  for  having  confidence  in  the 
intelligence  of  his  hearers.  Such  is  the  psychol- 
ogy of  a  vaudeville  turn.  Mignonette  Kokin  is 
another  of  the  interesting  studies  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week.  A  song  and  dance  artist  who  pokes 
fun  at  her  own  voluptuous  figure  is  Mignonette. 
She  does  a  lot  of  hard  work,  some  of  it  very  grace- 
fully, and  gets  her  measure  of  applause.  Then 
there  is  Galetti,  a  gentleman  with  a  faculty  for 
inducing  monkeys  to  act  as  though  they  were 
real  vaudeville  artists,  and  there  are  the  Flying 
Martins  who  risk  their  necks  on  the  frail  trapeze, 
and  there  is  Little  Billy,  a  midget  who  sings  and 
(lances  and  gives  you  the  impression  that  he  is 
a  precocious  child  of  seven — all  self-impersonators 
these — living  their  own  lives  right  out  before 
everybody  in  a  drama  in  which  we  are  all  play- 
ing a  part.  And  now  for  a  word  of  criticism,  for 
it  just  occurs  to  me  that  as  yet  I  have  not  men- 
tioned what  to  me  are  the  most  pleasing  num- 
bers on  the  bill — the  eight  Florentine  singers  and 
the  sixteen  Japanese  wrestlers.  The  Florentine 
singers  in  their  quartettes,  trios  and  ensembles 
are  excellent,  and  there  is  one  soprano  among 
them  vi-ith  a  very  sweet  top  note.  I  wonder  why 
she  isn't  permitted  a  solo.  Surely  she  must  be 
more  tolerable  than  the  barytone.  As  to  the 
Mikado's  Royal  Japanese  athletes,  it  doesn't  mat- 
ter whether  or  not  the  Mikado  ever  saw  them, 
they  do  a  mighty  good  turn,  and  though  their 
wrestling  is  far  from  impromptu  there  is  less  of 
banal  theatricality  in  it  than  in  the  sketch  called 
"The  Butterfly."  Good  drama  is  as  rare  in  vaude- 
ville as  in  drama. 

— Theodore  Bonnet. 


"A  Modern  Eve"  is  Funny 

'i'es,  it  is  very  funny.  It  begins  to  he  funny 
when  Miss  Adele  Rowland  makes  lier  first  ap- 
pearance in  the  role  of  an  advanced  young  woman 


ADA  RKEVE 
I-cndoii's  owti  siiiKinK  comctlienne  who  will  appear  next 
week  at   the  ()r[)heuni. 


practicing  medicine.  Miss  Rovvfland  is  one  of 
those  rare  young  women  of  the  stage  wiio  can 
extract  laughter  without  pain.  So  is  Miss 
Henrietta  Tedro  who  adds  to  the  fun  when  she 
swaggers  in  as  the  suffragette  wife  of  a  hen- 
pecked husband.  But  the  fun  becomes  hilarious 
when  the  henpecked  husband,  Alexander  Clark, 
minces  'cross  stage  at  the  command  of  his  formid- 
able spouse.  From  that  moment  "A  Modern 
Eve"  exists  principally  for  the  funny  uses  of 
Alexander  Clark.  He  has  a  funny  face,  funny 
knees,  funny  shoulders;  so  it  is  no  effort  for  him 
to  make  funny  grimaces,  to  walk  funnily  and  to 
contort  his  body  in  the  grand  old  cause  of  fun. 
The  result  is  laughter  all  the  time  Clark  is  on 


llie  stage  and  eager  waiting  for  his  return  when 
he  is  off.  The  principals  of  this  amusing  piece 
are  all  very  good.  In  addition  to  those  already 
mentioned  Miss  Marion  Roddy,  a  beautiful  girl, 
and  Louis  Kelso,  the  leading  man,  must  not  be 
overlooked.  The  chorus  is  a  hard-working  group 
of  young  men  and  women  whose  hard  work  is 
not  in  vain.  The  girls  take  particular  pains  to 
display  whatever  graces  of  figure  they  possess, 
and  let  the  audience  into  the  mysteries  of  their 
underclothing.  This  seems  unnecessary,  unless 
it  be  of  importance  for  us  to  know  that  "women 
are  wearing  'em  again,"  to  quote  what  Tony 
Chute  said  to  Diane  in  "The  Quaker  Girl."  The 
fact  that  "A  Modern  Eve"  has  the  most  in- 
explicable plot  of  any  offering  we've  seen  in  a 
year  need  not  deter  anybody  from  patronising  it. 
Plot  can  be  dispensed  with  when  tiicrc  is  plenty 
of  fun. 

—Edward  F,  O'Day. 


Miss  Lerner  Returns 

Tina  Lerner,  the  beautiful  and  brilliant  Russian 
pianist  who  achieved  such  a  triumph  at  her  two 
appearances  with  the  San  Francisco  Orchestra, 
will  return  to  San  Francisco  tonight  and  at  8:30 
Tuesday  night,  December  17,  at  Scottish  Rite 
Hall,  will  be  heard  in  a  concert  that  gives  every 
indication  of  being  one  of  the  most  pleasing 
affairs  of  its  kind  ever  given  in  this  city.  Miss 
Lerner  came  here  to  appear  with  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Orchestra  and  immediately  captured  our 
music  lovers.  She  will  give  the  same  program 
with  which  she  will  make  her  appearance  in  New 
York.  Frank  W.  Healy  under  whose  direction 
Miss  Lerner  appears  locally,  has  arranged  a 
schedule  of  prices  ranging  from  fifty  cents  to 
two  dollars.  Seats  are  on  sale  at  the  Sutter  street 
box  office  of  Sherman,  Clay  &  Company  and  the 
complete  program  follows:  Mozart,  "Larghetto"; 
Weber,  "Rondo  Brilliante";  Schumann,  Sonate  F' 
Sliarp  Minor;  Chopin,  3  Etudes,  Nocturne  I- 
Sharp  Minor;  Strauss-Tausig,  Valse  Caprice 
"Man  lebt  nur  einmal";  Liszt,  "Sonetto  123  del 
Petrarca";  Liszt,  "Spanish  Rhapsodic." 


The  Sixth  Symphony  Concert 

The  sixth  symphony  concert  of  the  San  I'ran- 
cisco  Orchestra  will  be  given  at  the  Cort,  Friday 
afternoon,  December  20.  The  week  of  December 
16  being  that  in  which  the  two  American  com- 
posers, Henry  Hadley  and  Edward  MacDowell, 
were  born,  it  is  fitting  that  they  be  represented  in 
the  program.  Mr.  Hadley  will  he  represented  by 
his  Symphony  No.  4,  "North,  East,  South  and 
West,"  which  will  be  performed  for  the  first  time 
here.  It  is  in  the  usual  four  movements  and  is 
scored  for  grand  orchestra.  The  second  part  of 
tlie  program  will  present  Mr.  Gottfried  Galston 
in  tlie  Liszt  Concerto  in  E  Flat  for  piano  and 
orchestra.  Mr.  Galston,  the  celebrated  Munich 
pianist,  is  making  his  first  American  tour.  The 
last  part  of  the  program  is  reserved  for  the  Suite 
No.  1,  Op.  42  of  MacDowell.  The  niovetnents 
follow:  T,  In  a  Haunted  I'orest;  II.  Summer 
Idyll;  III.  In  October;  IV.  The  Shepherdess' 
Song;  V.  Forest  Spirits. 


Henry  Hadley  will  have  his  Rhapsody  "The 
Culprit  Fay"  performed  in  Berlin  for  the  first 
time  on  December  17  by  the  Philharmonic 
Orchestra  under  Theodore  Spiering. 


The  Maud  Powell  Concerts 

Maud  I'owell,  the  famous  American  \ioiinisl 
and  one  of  the  world's  great  artists,  will  give  two 


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matinee  concei  ts  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditorium  un- 
der the  Greenbaum  direction.  The  first  will  be 
given  this  Saturday  afternoon  at  2:30  p.  ni.  The 
program  will  include  Lalo's  Spanish  Symphonic, 
two  Mozart  gems,  a  "Scherzo  Caprice"  by  Grasse, 
one  of  the  brilliant  Brahms-Joachim  "Hungarian 
Dances"  and  Wicniawski's  "Faust"  Fantasic  be- 
sides the  beautiful  "Sonata"  in  E  major  for  piano 
and  violin  by  Bach.  At  the  Sunday  afternoon 
concert,  December  15,  Mme.  Povirell  will  intro- 
duce to  us  the  "Concertstueck"  by  Max  Bruch, 
Coleridge-Taylor's  "Deep  River"  and  "Up  the 
I'oklawaha"  by  Marian  Bauer.  Other  interesting 
numbers  will  be  "Air"  by  Tenaglia;  "Prelude," 
Pugnani-Kreisler;  "Minute  Waltz,"  Chopin-Pow- 
ell; "Minuet,"  Bethoven  and  the  charming 
"Sonata"  by  Grieg  for  piano  and  violin.  Tickets 
may  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co's  and 
Kohlcr  &  Chase's  and  on  Sunday  at  the  hall. 


Miss  Leslie  at  the  Alcazar,  as  Evelyn  Vaughan 
and  Bert  Lytell  are  booked  to  begin  a  limited 
starring  season  there  on  Mondaj'  evening,  De- 
cember 23,  their  opening  vehicle  being  "The  For- 
tune Hunter." 


Godowski  Coming 

With  the  Maud  Powell  concerts  Manager  Will 


bination  concerts,  Mme.  Gadski,  Mme.  Yolanda 
Mero,  the  foremost  woman  pianist,  Alice  Nielsen 
and  her  company,  Gerville-Reache  and  Maud 
Powell.  For  his  first  attraction  for  1913  Green- 
baum will  present  one  of  the  most  important 
living  pianists  and  one  of  the  greatest  artists 
now  on  tour,  Mr.  Leopold  Godowsky.  The  work 
of  this  player  and  composer  has  been  called  "the 


'Cello  Virtuoso  Coming 

When  Mme.  Sembrich  appears  here  in  January 
she  will  introduce  to  us  Giuta  Casini,  a  seventeen- 
year  old  'cello  prodigy  whom  she  discovered  in 
Russia.  It  has  been  a  number  of  years  since 
this  city  has  been  visited  by  a  virtuoso  of  that 
beloved  instrument,  and  the  advent  of  the  young 
artist  will  be  welcome. 


"A  Gentleman  of  Leisure"  at  the  Alcazar 

I'lir  the  farewell  week  of  Orrin  Johnson  and 
Marguerite  Leslie  at  the  Alcazar,  beginning  next 
Monday  night,  "A  Gentleman  of  Leisure"  is  an- 
nounced. This  comedy  of  modern  .American  life 
has  never  been  presented  in  San  Francisco,  al- 
though it  had  a  successful  season  in  New  York 
and  a  profitable  tour  on  the  Eastern  circuits,  and 
the  critics  unanimously  pronounced  it  an  example 
of  clever  plot  building  and  character  drawing. 
Besides  Mr.  Johnson  and  Miss  Leslie,  Burt  Wcs- 
ncr,  Charles  Ruggles,  Louis  Bennison  and  all  the 


riVK    MISICAL  GREENS 
.\t  l*aiilagcs  next  week. 

last  word  in  piano  playing."  The  concerts  will 
be  given  at  the  Columbia  on  Sunday  afternoons, 
January  5  and  12,  and  there  will  be  a  special 
Oakland  concert  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  Jan- 
uarv  14. 


•A    MODKUN  V.\\r 
■.ncci^^fiil    mu-ical    coimdy  now 


at   the  t'l 


(iilur  members  of  the  stock  company  and  several 
-pecially  engaged  players  will  lie  in  the  cast. 
There  cannot  possibly  be  an  extension  of  the 
very  successful  engagement  of  Mr.  Johnson  and 


(jreenl):unii  will  chise  his  activities  for  the  pres- 
ent year.  .Mlliuugh  the  season  is  still  young,  this 
energetic  manager  has  offered  a  splendid  list  nf 
attractions  including  Martin  and  Ganz  in  corn- 


Ada  Reeve  at  the  Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  announces  another  great  new 
bill  for  next  week.  Ada  Reeve,  the  famous  Lon- 
don singing  comedienne  will  begin  an  engage- 
nieijt.  The  immense  success  she  scored  here  a 
year  ago  is  fresh  in  the  public  memory  and  her 
return  is  in  compliance  w^ith  a  generally  ex- 
pressed wish.  Miss  Reeve  will  be  heard  in  an 
entirely  new  repertoire  of  songs,  all  of  the  clever 
and  distinct  type  of  those  used  on  her  previous 
visit,  and  she  also  brings  with  her  a  beautiful 
assortment  of  the  most  modish  costumes.  Paul 
Dickey  who  will  make  his  first  appearance  here, 
has  achieved  considerable  renown  both  in  vaude- 
ville and  on  the  legitimate  stage.  His  oflfering 
will  consist  of  a  one-act  play  called  "The  Conn- 
Back."  a  romance  of  the  campus.  His  support 
includes  Corbctt  Morris,  Stewart  Robbins,  Clay 
Boyd,  Sam  Kelly,  Bud  Ellis  and  Inez  Plummer. 
Caesar  Rivoli,  the  man  who  changes  his  clothes 
(juicker  than  a  woman  changes  her  mind  will  be 
an  interesting  and  puzzling  feature  of  the  new 
bill.  In  his  playlet  "A  Scandal  in  a  Restaurant" 
he  acts  seven  different  roles.  He  also  imper- 
sonates Creatore,  Verdi,  Rossini,  Suppe.  Liszt. 
Mascagni,  Strauss,  Gounod,  Wagner  and  Sousa. 
Direct  from  the  London  Hippodrome  where  they 
have  been  delighting  the  most  critical  of  British 
audiences  come  Oscar  and  Suzette.  These  two 
English  favorites  are  considered  the  foremost 
ballroom  dancers  of  the  day.  Next  week  will 
be  the  last  of  Jere  Grady  and  1-rankie  Carpenter; 
Mignonette  Kokin;  Galetti's  Monkeys  and  Little 
Billy. 


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"The  Rose  Maid"  at  the  Columbia 

As  full  of  good  things  as  a  Christmas  stocking 
is  "The  Rose  Maid,"  Werba  and  Luescher's  most 
recent  big  musical  success  which  took  New  York 
by  storm  last  winter  and  continued  without  loss 
of  patronage  through  the  heat  of  summer  and 
into  its  second  season.  This  charming  operetta 
will  begin  its  San  Francisco  engagement  at  the 
Columbia  on  next  Monday  night,  and  W crba  and 
Luescher  announce  the  singers,  comedians,  great 
chorus  and  "Rose  Maid"  orchestra  that  were 
heard  during  the  New  York  engagement.  "The 
Rose  Maid"  is  of  the  new  style.  It  has  set  a  new 
pace  for  light  operatic  productions.  The  stage 
settings  for  the  two  great  acts  are  beautiful.  The 
cast  will  include  Perle  Barti,  the  beautiful  Italian 
singer,  Juliette  Lange,  Jeannette  Bageard,  Ida 
Van  Tine,  Henry  Coote,  Edward  Gallagher,  well 
known  in  San  Francisco;  Leo  Stark,  H.  Tyler 
Brooke,  Wilmer  Bentley,  and  many  others  besides 
the  charming  group  of  "Kute  Kiddies." 


M.\UD  POWELL 
Who   will   appear  at   Scottish    Rite  .Xuditorium. 

Another  Week  of  "A  Modern  Eve" 

"A  Modern  Eve"  enters  the  second  week  of  its 
engagement  at  the  Cort  this  Sunday.  There  will 
be  matinees  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday  during 
this  final  week.  Walker  Whiteside  in  "The 
Typhoon"  comes  to  the  Cort  Sunday,  Decem- 
ber 22. 


Doctor  Cook  at  Pantages 

The  management  of  Pantages  announce  the  im- 
portant engagement,  for  the  week  starting  Sun- 
day, December  15,  of  the  world-known  Dr.  Fred- 
erick A.  Cook,  about  whom  so  nnicli  has  been 
written.  Dr.  Cook  will  deliver  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture, depicting  with  marvelous  photographs 
thrown  upon  a  screen,  the  thrilling  narrative  of 
the  perils  of  the  North.  He  was  surgeon  for 
seven  Arctic  and  Antarctic  expeditions  and  there- 
fore his  lecture  will  be  keenly  interesting.  The 
Five  Musical  Greens  and  the  Four  Cook  Sisters 
will  be  on  the  same  bill.  Other  acts  and  features 
will  be  Agnes  Mahr  and  B.  Mykoff,  international 
dancers  in  Hungarian,  Russian,  English,  French, 
classic  and  ballet  dances;  the  Three  Elliott 
Brothers,  remarkable  acrobats;  Frank  Rodgers, 
the  colored  ventriloquist;  Shaw  and  Wilson  in  a 
comedy  offering  called  "Back  to  Missouri";  the 
Cook  Sisters,  "Lady  Chefs"  serving  courses  of 
harmony.  Timely  motion  pictures  will  close  the 
biggest  bill  of  vaudeville  ever  offered  at  Pan- 
tages. 


"I'm  going  to  do  something  for  which  this  in- 
fant will  be  grateful  to  me  in  after  life." 
"What  is  that?" 

"I'm  going  to  see  that  he  is  never  photographed 
minus  his  clothes." 


Glassy 

"1  suppose,"  said  the  man  in  the  yellow  coat, 
trying  to  be  chummy,  "it  doesn't  hurt  your  glass 
eye  when  you  get  anything  in  it?" 

"Does  it  look  as  if  it  would  ever  be  likely  to 
have  a  pane  in  it?"  responded  the  other  frigidly. 
And  he  gave  him  a  glassy  stare. 


Opposites 

Tlie  dapper  little  ribbon  clerk  gazed  languish- 
ingly  into  the  dark  eyes  of  the  handsome  brunette 
waitress. 

"Isn't  it  wonderful,"  he  gurgled,  "how  opposites 
seem  to  be  attracted  to  each  other?" 

"It  sure  is,"  agreed  the  beauty.  "1  noticed  only 
today  that  the  tallest  man  at  the  lunch-counter 
ordered  shortcake. 


Too  True 

"You  certainly  have  a  trim  little  waist," 

I  said  as  she  put  on  her  hat. 
But  she  turned  me  aside  and  quickly  replied, 

"You're  right — there's  no  getting  round  that." 


Rubber 

He  rubbered  at  a  girl. 

He  stretched  a  point  and  spoke  to  her. 

She  extended  an  invitation  for  him  to  call. 

On  his  first   visit  he  drew  her  out. 

He  found  her  spirits  were  very  elastic. 

In  a  year  she  wore  a  band  of  gold. 

The  next  year  she  gave  him  a  bouncing  baby  boy. 


AMUSEMENTS 


•SIS' 


Pantage's  Theatre 

Market  Street,  Opposite  Mason 

Week  Commencing  Sunday,   December  15th 

Engagement    Kxtraonlinary    at    One    of   tlie  Cireatcst 
Sal ar it's    I'' ver   ] 'aid   in  Vaudeville 
THE  INTREPID  ARCTIC  EXPLORER 

DR.  FREDERICK  A.  COOK 

I'resenting   in    Illustrated    Lecture    Form    His  Tlirilling 
Narrative  of  the   Perilous  North 
"THE   ATTAINMENT   OF  THE  POLE" 


7— BIG  VAUDEVILLE  ACTS— 7 

Matinee  Daily  at  2:30.  Nights.  7:15  and  9:15.  Sunday 
and  Holidays  Matinees  at  1:30  and  3:30.  Nights  Con- 
tinuous from  6  :30. 

Prices — 10c,  20c  and  30c. 


Safest    and  Most 
Magnificent 
Theatre  in 

0"f  KRRtVV       S"^OCV^TOU  tr  PQ\Nt\.\.  America 


MISS  TINA 

LERNER 

(Pianist) 

SCOTTISH  RITE  HALL 

VAN    NESS    AVE.    AND    SUTTER  STREETS 

TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  17,  1912 

At  8:30  Sharp 

i'rogram  Includes;  Mozart,  Weber,  Schumann.  Llu)[>iii, 
Strauss-Tausig,  Liszt. 

Prices:    50c,   75c,    $1.00,    $l.,';u  $2.00.. 
Seats  at   Sherman,   Clay   &  Co. 


MAUD 


Week  Beginning  This  Sunday  Afternoon.      Matinee  Every  Day 
THE  HIGHEST  STANDARD  OF  VAUDEVILLE 

Request   Return  Tour  of 
ADA  REEVE 
London's   Own  Comedienne 
PAUL  DICKEY  &  CO.  in  "The  Come  Back";  C.XKSAR 
RIVOLI,  the  Man  of  100   Roles;   OSC.\R  &  SUZETTK, 
Creators  of  the  Back  to   Back  W.iltz  ;    TKRE   GRADY  K; 
FRANKIE     CARPENTER;      M  I(  i.NM  )N'ETTE  KOKIN; 
GALETTI'S   MONKEYS;    NEW    D.VYLinilT  MOTION 
PICTURES.    Last     Week— immense     Hit     ol  l.lTI'Li; 
BILLY,   Vaudeville's   Tiniest  Hcadlincr. 

Coming  Sunday  Matinee,  DecemUer  2Jnd 

ORPHEUM  ROAD  SHOW 

Evening    Prices,    10c,    25c,    50c,    75c.      Box    Seats,  $1.00 
Matinee  Prices  (except  Sundays  and  Holidays),  10c,  25c,  50c. 
Phones,  Douglas  70  and  Home  C  1S7II 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE 

i)'FarreIl,  near  Powell.    Phones,  Kearny  2  and  Home  C  4455 
.Monday  Night,  December  1 6th,  and  ThrouKhout  the  Week 
Farewell    .Xppea ranees  of 
ORRIN  JOHNSON   and   MARGUERITE  LESLIE 

Leading   the    Alcazar    Cnmiiany    in    a    N'ew  Comedy 
of   American  Life 

"A  GENTLEMAN  OF  LEISURE" 

liy  John  Slaplcton  and  P.  (i.  Wodeliousc 
Its  First   Presentation  Here 
Prices;  Night,  25c  lo  $1;  Matinees:  25c  to  50c. 
Matinees:    Thursday,    Saturday    and  Sunday 
To    Follow ;    Evelyn    Vauglian    and    licrt    Lytell    in  a 
Repertoire  of  Modern  Plays. 


POWELL 

Violinist 

SCOTTISH    RITE  AUDITORIUM 

THIS   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON, 
DECEMBER  !4th  at  2:30 

and 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  DEC.  15th  at  2:30 

:  $1.00.  $1.50,  $2.00.  Box  Otflces  at  Sherman, 
Co's   and   Kohlcr   ^:  Chase's. 

Steinway  Piano 
Coming— GOD()\\'SK\'.    Master  Pianist. 


^    SAN  FRANCISCO  - 

ORCHESTRA 

HenryHadley-  Conductor 

SIXTH  SYMPHONY  CONCERT 

CORT  THEATRE 
FRIDAY  AFTERNOON,  DECEMBER  20,  1912 

Soloist:    GOTTFRIED    GALSTON.  Pianist 
Hadley.  ..  .Symphony  No.  4.  "North.  East.  South  and  West" 
(New — First  time  in  San  Francisco) 

Liszt  Concerto   in   E  Flat 

Gottfried  Galston 

MacDowell  Suite    No.    1.    Op.  42 

Composed  in  Wiesbaden 
I'riccs:   7Sc  to   $2.00.    Seats   at   Cort  Tlieatre,  Sherman, 
Clay  \-  Co.  and  Kohler  &  Chase. 


Leading  Theatre 

Ellis  and  Market 
Phone  Sutter  2460 


Second    and    Last    liig    Week    Starts    Tomorrow  Xigiit 
and    Saturday    Matinee.    Prices — 50c   to  $l.,sO. 
Entire  Lower  Floor  at  Wednesday  Matinee.  $1.00. 
Martin    Beck  and   Mort   11.   Singer  Present  the  Latest 
Berlin    "Musical  Comedy 

"A  MODERN  EVE" 

A    Hit    fntni   the   (lardcn   (d  ICdcn 
Sunday.  Dec.  11  -Walker  Whiteside  in  "The  Typhoun." 

COLUMBIA  THEATRE 

The  Leading  Playhouse.    Geary  and  Mason  Sts. 
Phones,  Franklin  150  and  Home  C  5783 
licginning  MONDAY  NIGTTT.  ni-XI-.MIlKU  W.lh 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAYS  AND  SATURDAYS 
Wcrha    and    Luescher    I'rcscnt  the 
( )pcrctt  a    of    I'uii    and  l'"ashion 

"THE  ROSE  MAID" 

Great    Metrojiolitan   Cast   and  Production 
.\   Rosebud  Garden  of  Girls 
l-.vcnings   and    Saturday   Matinee:    25c   to  $2. 
Wednesday  Matinee:  20c  to  $1.50. 


SFXOND  SEASON  OF  THE  KOHLER  &  CH.\SE 

MATINEES  OF  MUSIC 

EVERY   SATURDAY  AFTERNOON 
AT  3  O'CLOCK 

26  O'Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco 

Featuring  eminent  California  Soloists,  the  Pianola 
]*iano  and  the  wonderful  Aeolian   Pipe  Organ. 

No  Cards  of  Admission  Required 
Open  to  the  Public 


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December  14,  1912 


The  Financial  Outlook 


By  R.  E.  Mulcahy 


Stocks — The  high  rate  of  call  money  last  week 
gave  Congress  an  object  lesson  regarding  the 
currency  situation  and  the  need  for  reform.  As 
the  banks  have  no  practical  way  of  reducing  their 
circulation  in  dull  times  they  press  idle  money 
on  the  market  where  not  needed  in  general  busi- 
ness. This  gluts  Wall  street  with  funds  and 
leads  to  over-speculation,  but  gives  no  leeway 
for  expansion  when  the  crops  begin  to  move.  To 
make  matters  worse  the  federal  treasury  locks 
up  a  vast  surplus  of  idle  gold  in  its  vaults,  amount- 
ing to  about  one  hundred  million  dollars  at  pres- 
ent. This  is  burning  the  candle  at  both  ends. 
This  gold  should  be  kept  in  circulation  where 
needed  and  the  Government  should  get  interest 
on  it  from  the  banks.  Had  half  of  this  vast  sur- 
plus been  deposited  in  western  and  southern  banks 
last  October,  to  relieve  the  strain  of  moving  the 
crops,  its  benefit  would  have  been  incalculable. 
The  stock  market  has  behaved  very  well.  Stocks 
are  in  strong  hands  and  actually  advanced  a  lit- 
tle while  trading  fell  to  very  small  proportions. 
Speculators  and  pool  operators  have  not  been 
allowed  to  borrow  money  for  untimely  booms, 
but  holders  of  standard  securities  have  been  pro- 
tected, maintaining  quotations  and  avoiding 
coarse  liquidation  where  it  would  do  harm.  The 
railroads  in  the  eastern  district  have  not  j'et 
estimated  the  cost  of  the  arbitrator's  award  li.x- 
ing  a  minimum  wage  for  locomotive  drivers,  a 
principle  which  is  likely  to  be  extended  to  other 
branches  of  the  service.  The  gross  revenues  of 
the  railroads  have  been  very  satisfactory.  Xet 
earnings  have  been  better  than  expected  in  the 
face  of  high  labor  costs.  General  trade  has  met 
with  no  setback.  Taking  the  reports  of  new  or- 
ders for  steel  products  as  published  from  day 
to  day  as  a  basis,  the  unfilled  tonnage  of  the 
U.  S.  Steel  corporation  at  the  close  of  November 
will  probably  show  a  gain  of  2.S0,O00  tons  and 
will  make  a  new  high  record. 

Wheat — The  wheat  market  last  week,  while 
liovcring  much  of  the  time  around  the  90  cents 
level  for  May,  has  stubbornly  refused  to  remain 
long  below  that  price,  and  just  now  shows  a  lit- 
tle more  life  and  animation  than  it  has  for  some 
time  back.  There  seems  however  to  be  no  de- 
cided change  in  sentiment.  The  small  advances 
lliat  occur  from  time  to  time  arc  looked  upon  only 
as  afiFording  better  selling  opportunities,  and  the 
trade  still  views  the  large  spring  movement  as 
an  atlas-like  load  in  which  it  will  have  no  hand 
in  carrying  the  burden.  The  trade  continues  to 
look  toward  the  northwest  as  regularly  as  the 
followers  of  Mahomet  turn  toward  the  east.  It 
seems  to  be  generally  thought  that  the  spring 
wheat  section  of  the  country  can  supply  the  re- 
(|uirements  at  home  and  abroad  and  still  have  a 
burdensimic  surplus.    Tliat  tlic  wheat  trade  in  tlic 


country  is  on  a  solid  substantial,  commercial 
basis  goes  without  saying.  Present  prices  are 
pleasing  to  the  consumer  and  unsatisfactory  to 
the  producer.  Stocks  of  wheat  arc  not  burden- 
some, and  there  is  still  much  wheat  and  flour 
sold  to  go  abroad  that  will  consume  future  re- 
ceipts, sell  our  exports,  and  taken  altogether,  the 
market  while  dull,  appears  to  be  on  an  unusually 
healthy  and  inviting  basis  for  the  investor. 

Com — The  strong  feeling  that  exists  in  tlie 
corn  market  is  due  to  the  disappointing  yields  in 
so  many  important  sections  of  the  corn  belt,  to- 
gether with  the  reluctance  of  many  farmers  to 
market  their  corn  on  the  present  level  of  prices. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  trade  is  of  the  opinion  that 
a  little  further  rise  in  values  will  so  enlarge  the 
offerings  that  the  current  demand  will  not  be 
sufficient  to  absorb  them. 

Cotton — On  October  9  we  issued  a  circular  en- 
titled "What  of  Consumption"  in  which  we  en- 
deavored to  point  out  that  with  cotton  below  11 
cents  the  question  of  consumption  was  far  more 
important  than  the  size  of  the  crop.  When  this 
circular  was  published  sentiment  was  almost  un- 
animously bearish  and  even  the  suggestion  that 
the  world's  spinners  might  require  14  1-2  million 
bales  following  the  enormous  crop  of  16,100,(!(M1 
last  year  was  considered  ridiculous.  Statisticians 
and  crop  experts  were  busy  estimating  the  crop 
at  between  14  1-2  and  15  million  bales.  Futures 
in  Xew  York  were  quoted  around  10  1-2  cents 
with  8  1-2  cents  or  9  cents  before  the  end  of  the 
year  freely  predicted  and  widely  accepted  as  a 
foregone  conclusion.  Since  the  twelfth  of  Oc- 
tober, January  contracts  have  advanced  from 
1034  to  1289,  or  nearly  $13  per  bale.  The  same 
people  who  less  than  eight  weeks  ago  were  so 
confidently  estimating  the  crop  at  IS  million  bales 
and  figuring  the  price  at  which  it  should  sell  as 
low  as  9  cents  are  now  just  as  certain  that  the 
crop  is  only  13  to  13  1-2  million  bales  and  that  the 
price  will  be  14  cents  before  the  first  of  January 
and  15  cents  soon  after.  Meanwhile  their  ideas 
of  the  world's  consumption  of  American  cotton 
have  increased  to  around  14  1-2  and  15  million 
hales.  In  other  words  sentiment  has  become  uni- 
versally bullish.  We  believe  it  is  time  to  ex- 
amine again  the  reverse  side  of  the  medal.  The 
present  visible  supply  is  the  largest  in  his- 
tory by  almost  three-quarters  of  a  million  bales. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  movement  or  the  ginning 
returns  to  suggest  a  commercial  crop  of  less  than 
14.200,000  bales.  This  added  to  the  carry-over 
from  last  season  of  1,300.000  indicates  a  supply 
of  IS.SOO.OW),  whereas,  it  is  doubtful  if  over  14 
million  bales  will  be  required  at  13  cents  or 
higher.  Th  e  season  is  only  one-fourth  spent. 
Cotton  that  would  have  gone  into  consumption 
at  below   11   cents   will  instead  go  to  swell  the 


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Members 
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E.  F.  HUTTON  & 

THE  PIONEER  HOUSE 

BROKERS 

490  CALIFORNIA  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Branch,  ST.  FRANCIS  HOTEL 


Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

No.  2  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital.  Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits.  ..  .$1  1.131.055.03 

Cash   and   Sight    Exchange   12,543.447.14 

Deposits    28,624,329.28 

Officers— Isaias  \V.  Hellman,  Pres.;  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
V.-Prcs. ;  F.  L.  Lipman,  V.-Pres. ;  James  K.  Wilson, 
v. -Pres. ;  Frank  B.  King,  Cashier;  W.  McGavin,  Asst. 
Cashier;  E.  L.  Jacobs,  Asst.  Cashier;  C.  L.  Davis,  Asst. 
Cashier;  A.  D.  Oliver,  Asst.  Cashier;  A.  B.  Price,  Asst. 
Cashier. 

Directors — Isaias  W.  Hellman,  I.  W.  Hellman  Jr., 
Joseph  Sloss,  A.  Christeson,  Percy  T.  Morgan,  \Vm. 
Haas,  F.  W.  Van  Sicklen,  Hartland  Law.  Wm.  F. 
Herrin,  Henry  Rosenfeld.  John  C.  Kirkpatrick,  James 
L.  Flood,  J.  Henry  Meyer,  Chas.  J.  Deering,  A.  H. 
Payson,  James  K.  Wilson  and  F.  L.  Lipman. 
Customers  of  this  Bank  are  offered  every  facility  consis- 
tent with  prudent  banking.  New  accounts  are  invited. 
Safe  Deposit  Vaults 


Merchants  National  Bank 
of  San  Francisco 

Corner  New  Montgomery  and  Market  Streets 

Capital.    Surplus   and    Undivided    Profits.  .  .$1,779,470.63 

Cash   and    Sight    Exchange   1.293,071.30 

Deposits    5,532.917.59 

OFFICERS 

Alfred  L.  Meyerstein  President 

J.    H.    Spring  Vice-President 

C.    A.    Hawkins  Vice-President 

R.  B.  Murdoch   Assistant  to  President 

W.    W.    Jones  Cashier 

Geo.  Long   Assistant  Cashier 

C.   C.    Campbell  Assistant  Cashier 

F.    \V.    Judson  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 
Geo.   C.    r.oardman         W.  J.  Hotchkiss 
James  C.  Eschen  C.  A.  Hawkins 

John  M.  Keith  Gavin  McNab 

.Mfred  L.  Meyerstein       Robert  Oxnard 
I'rederick  F.  Sayre         John  H.  Spring 
Horry  N.  Stetson  C,.  H.  t'mbsen 

A.  A.  Watkins 

The  officers  of  this  Bank  will  be  pleased  to  meet  or 
c.>rrespond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 
changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 

Safe  Deposit  Vaults  open  from  7:30  a.  m.  to  12 
p.  m.,  Sundays  and  Holidays  included. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society 

(THE  GERMAN  BANK) 
Savings  Incorporated  1868  Commercial 

526  CAUFORNIA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Member  of  the   Associated   Savings  Banks 
of  San  Francisco 

The  following  Branches  for  Receipt  and  Payment  of 
I )cposits  only  : 

MISSION   BRANCH,  2572  MISSION  STREET 
Between  21st  and  22nd 

RICHMOND  DISTRICT  BRANCH.  S.  W.  Corner 
CLEMENT  and  7th  AVE. 

HAIGHT   STREET   BRANCH.   S.  W.  Corner 
HAIGHT   and  BELVEDERE 

JUNE  29th,  1912: 

Assets   $51,140,101.75 

Capital  actually  paid  up  in  Cash   1.000.000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds   1.656.403.80 

Employees'  Pension  Fund   140.109.60 

Number  of  Depositors    56.609 

Office  Hours:  10  o'clock  a.  m.  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  ex- 
cept Saturdays  to  12  o'clock  m.  and  Saturday  evenings 
from  6:30  p.  m.  to  8  o'clock  p.  m.  for  receipt  of  deposits 

only. 


R.  E.  MULCAHY.  Manager 


CO. 


Two  Private  Wires  to 
Chicago  and  New  York 

Washington,  D.  C,  1301  F  Street 
Los  .Xngeles.  112  W.  Third  Street 
-New   York.  31-33-35   New  Street 


December  14,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


\isiblr  siipijly  lij^iircs  at  abu\c  13  (.'cnls.  'I'lusc 
liigli  i)i'ic(.s  riglit  rit  the  iiuuptioii  of  liic  season, 
ill  addition  tn  cheekiiiK  ei  iiisiinii)ti<  m,  wiH  j^rc.itlv 
stimulate  production,  and  if  maintained  until 
spring  the  acreage  will  in  all  probabilities  exceed 
the  previcms  record  of  36,700,000  planted  in  1011. 


Varied  Types 


(Continued  from  Page  7.) 

"Not  at  all,"  said  Holberton.  "1  don't  l)elieve 
any  sort  e)f  public  ownership  will  extend  to  our 
utility  for  a  very  long  time  to  come.  Public 
ownership  is  a  passing  fad.  In  the  great  cities  it 
has  come  to  be  understood  that  public  control 
is  the  better  method  of  handling  the  problem. 
.\nd  we're  for  that,  because  the  public  is  a 
partner  in  our  business." 

I  guess  he's  right.  There's  a  pretty  good  feel- 
ing toward  the  gas  company  in  this  community. 
Men  of  broad  mind,  like  Holberton,  have  brought 
it  about. 


The  Banquet 


(Continued  from  Page  6.) 
surprise  that  he  is  after  all  only  himself.  A 
;ohort  "of  the  best,"  foregathered  in  the  cloak- 
room, say  to  each  other,  "Delightful  evening! 
Splendid!  Ripping!"  And  then  one  s;iys,  ironic- 
ally leering,  in  a  low  voice,  and  a  tune  lieav\' 
with  realistic  disesteem;  "Well,  what  do  yon  tliink 
of   ?"    Naming  the  lion  of  the  night. 


Also  don't  lose  sight  of  .the  fact  tliat  the 
worm  catches  the  fish. 

Half  the  flattery  is  expended  on  women, 
other  half  on  tombstones. 

You  can't  place  any  market  value  on  ad 
until  it  has  been  used. 

An  ounce  of  silence  is  S(jmetimes  more 
(juent  tlian  a  pound  of  sermons. 

A  financier  is  one  who  takes  advantay:e  of 
parting  of  a  fool  and  his  money. 

Just  because  all  tlie  world's  a  stage  don't 
to  be  the  whole  show. 

Two  of  the  greatest  forces  ;ire  electricity 
flattery. 


arly 
the 
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■lo- 
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try 
and 


m  LIKE 
SmTHIS 


When   you   rent   .1  box   in  tlic 

CROCKER  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

you  h<Tve  the  assur.nnce  tliat  your  valuaoles  placed 
llierein  are  absolutely  safe,  and  all  it  costs  you  is 
$4  per  year. 

Crocker  Safe  Deposit  Vaults  pfr;„''d"Nfari!e;"st.. 

John  F.  Cunningham.  Manager 


mx  Srmtmsi  Ite  Sack 

27TH  ANNUAL  EDITION 
The  Private  Address  Directory  of  the  Representative  Families  of  California — 
Containing  Over  50,000  Names  and  Addresses. 
EMBRACING  IN  DEPARTMENTS: 


San  Francisco 
Oakland 
Piedmont 
Berkeley 
Alameda 
Burlingame 
San  Mateo 
Menlo  Park 

Redwood 
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Palo  Alto 

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San  Rafael 

wT* 

Ross  Valley 

Sausalito 

Belvedere 

Santa  Barbara 

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Los  Angeles 

Pasadena 

San  Diego 

Including  a  list  of  banks  and  corporations  of  California.  All  the  leading  clubs 
of  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Los  Angeles  and  principal  cities  of  California,  giv- 
ing the  officers  and  addresses  of  members.  Permanent  guests  of  the  principal 
hotels,  personnel  of  the  press,  and  theater  diagrams.  The  names  in  San  Francisco 
will  be  arranged  alphabetically,  also  numerically  by  streets.  Now  being  com- 
piled and  reservations  made. 

Address  all  communications  and  changes  to 

CHARLES  C.  HOAG,  Publisher 

340  SANSOME  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Phone  Douglas  1229. 


Blew  Him  Out 

"No,  sir,"  said  the  Kansas  editor,  "your  serv- 
ices are  no  longer  required." 

"May  I  venture  to  ask  why  1  am  discharged?" 

"You're  too  hlamed  funny.  That  style  may  do 
in  the  hlase  and  heartless  East,  hut  when  you  re- 
fer to  ,-1  death  in  a  cyclone  as  a  'terrible  blow"  to 
llie  faniilv.  vou  overdo  it  out  here." 


Her  Idea 


Cruel  Insinuation 

"Innuendo  is  very  effective  in  oratory,"  .said 
William  Jennings  Bryan. 

"A  gentleman  once  \i>ited  Tuckahoc.  As  he 
sat  on  the  liotel  porch  and  fought  the  Tuckahoc 
mos(|uitoes,  he  said  to  an  old  residenter: 

"Have  you  a  newspaper  here?" 

The  residenter,  skilled  in  innuendo,  answered: 

"Oh.  no!    We  have  a  ladies'  sewing  circle." 


can  support  my 
hat  to  whieli  she 


F;itlier — Do  you  think  ynw 
dau.^hter  in  better  style  lliaii 
has  been  accustomed? 

Suitor — Privately,  ;ind  between  you  and  me,  sir 
1  bebeve  .Mabel's  idea  that  1  can  is  one  of  the 
reasitiis  why  she  is  leaving  home. 


Cynical  but  True 

".\  wom;in  may  be  shocked  if  you  make  love  to 
her.  but  she  is  disap'pointed  if  you  don't." 

"If  people  hiok  wicked,  they  are;  if  they  look 
good  they  may  be." 

".\  life-long  devotion  shonlil  ne\'er  last  less 
than  two  years;  by  lliat  time  it  will  lia\'e  seemed 
life-long." 

"Never  iiesitate  in  telling  a  woman  that  you 
love  her;  it  increases  her  self  respect." 


The  Most  Appealing 

Oh,   the    lily-wliile    hands   that    we  never 

The  joy  of  tile  unkissed  kiss! 
'i'lie  wonderful  pipe-dreams  of  what  in;iy  be, 

'I'he  ma.gie  of  things  miss! 

Oh,  tile  f:iilh  (if  Ihr  friend  who  never  was, 

i  he  (k]ith  of  the  love  to  be! 

It's  ilic  things  th;it  ha\-en't  yet  come  true 

That  most  appeal  to  me! 


lasp. 


ANGLO  &  LONDON 
PARIS  NATIONAL  BANK 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Paid-Up     Capital  $  4,000,000 

.'Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits   $  1. COO. 000 

Total    Resources   $40,000,000 

OFFICERS 

HKKIiKUT  FI.ICISIIIIACKF.R  President 
SIG  GRKI-:Nlil'..M!M  Chairman  of  the  Board 

VVASIIINCTON  DODGK  Vice-President 
lO.S.  l'RIF,nLANDF.I<  Vice-President 
C.  F.  Ht'NT  Vice-President 
R.  ALT.SCIIUI.  Cashier 
C.  U.  PARKF.R  Assistant  Cashier 

WM.   II.   HIGH  Assistant  Cashier 

H.  CHOYNSKl  Assistant  Cashier 

G.   R.    BI'RniCK  Assistant  Cashier 

A.  I,.  LANGERMAN  Secretary 


Circumstantial  Evidence 

A  young  wife  was  in  tears  a  few  mornings  ago 
when  her  mother  called.  Wlien  asked  wdiat  was 
tile  ni.-itter,  she  replied  th;it  her  liusliand  was  out 
late  the  night  liefoie  .-ind  had  lieen  lo  ;i  ch-inking 
Ii.arty. 

"What  makes  yoii  think  that  lie  li.id  been  t..  a 
drinking  ]>,-irty?"  asked  the  mother. 

"Me  c;inie  home,"  sobbed  the  young  wife,  "wear- 
ing a  i)honogr;ipli  horn  for  a  iiat." 


Citizens'    Alliance    of    San  Francisco 

OPEN  SHOP 

Unionism  has  nothing  in  comnton 
with  democracy  or  socialism.  Union- 
ism is  Autocracy,  begotten  by  Politics 

and     Intolerance    and     its     name  is 

Monojjoly. 

The  Citizens  Alliances'  offices  are 
in  the  Russ  lildg.,  Nos.  363-364-365, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  Free  Regis- 
tration Bureau  for  labor  of  all  kinds  is 
located  here,  and  open  to  all. 


22 


TOWN  TALK 


December  14,  1912 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

In  tlic  Superior  C'oiirl   of  tlic-  State  of  Calit<  riiia,  in  ami 
for  the  City  and  Cotiiity  of  San  Francisco  -No.  14.29-4; 
Department  No.  10. 
In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  CARI-O  C.\S.^SSA,  De- 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersignctl,  David  J. 
Casassa.  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Carlo  Ca?assa  de- 
ceased, to  the  creditors  of  and  all  persons  'laving  claims 
against  the  said  deceased,  to  exhibit  them  with  the  neces- 
sary vouchers  within  ten  (10)  months  after  the  first  pub- 
lication of  this  notice  to  the  said  administrator,  at  the 
offices  of  his  attorneys,  Devoto,  Kichardson  and  Devote, 
Rooms  600-604  Foxcroft  Building,  68  I'ost  Street,  San 
Francisco,  California,  which  said  offices  the  undersigned 
selects  as  his  place  of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with 
said  estate  of  Carlo  Casassa,  ^-eased.  ^  c.XS.-\SS.\ 

.Administrator  of  the  Estate  of  Carlo  Casassa.  Deceased. 

Dated:  San  Francisco,  November  23.  1912. 
OEVOTO.   RICHARDSON  DEVOTO, 

.\ttorneys    for    .Administrator.  ,  ,  c 

600-604  Foxcroft  Bhlg.,  68  Post  St.,  S.  I-.  ll  -i-i 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS 

Estate  of  TL'LIA  O'CON.VELL,  sometimes  and  also 
known  as  and  called  Jl'LlA  CONNELL,  Deceased-.Vo. 
13,908:   Department  No.  10.  ,     .       ,  .  „  „f 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned  executors  of 
the  estate  of  Tulia  O'Connell,  sometimes  and  also  known 
as  and  called  Julia  Connell,  deceased,  to  the  creditors  of  and 
all  persons  having  claims  against  the  said  deceased,  to  ex- 
hibit them  with  the  necessary  vouchers  within  four  4) 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  notice  to  the 
said  executors  at  the  office  of  their  attorney,  John  J. 
Barrett,  Room  1255  Flood  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, which  said  office  the  undersigned  select  as  the  place 
of  business  in  all  matters  connected  with  said  estate  of 
Julia  O'Connell,  sometimes  and  also  known  as  and  called 
Julia  Connell,  deceased. 

TAMES  MADDEN, 
jfOSEPH  MADDEN. 
Executors  of  the  Estate  of  Julia  O'Connell,  sometimes  and 
also  known  as  and  called  Julia  Connell.  Deceased. 
Dated    San   Francisco,  California,  November  30,  1912. 
JOHN   T.   BARRETT,  Attorney  for  Executors,         , ,  , 
1255'  Flood  Bldg..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11-30-5 

ORDER  SETTING  TIME  AND  PLACE  FOR  iIeARING 
PETITION  FOR  ORDER  DIRECTING  EXECUTRIX 
TO   MAKE  CONVEYANCE 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  a""  i?"" 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  10.64.-> ; 
Department  No.  10.  triT-r<-iiix' 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  AN.nA  M.  HUTCHIN- 
.SOX,  Deceased.  ,    .     ,  .,, 

I  lELIAN  H.  P.  SURRYHNE,  executrix  of  the  last  will 
of  Anna  M.  Hutchinson,  deceased,  having  filed  herein  her 
verified  petition  praying  for  a  decree  of  this  court  authorizing 
and  directing  her.  as  executrix  of  the  last  will  of  said 
deceased,  to  convey  and  transfer  certain  real  proiicrty,  in 
said  petition  and  hereinafter  described,  to  E.  J.  Rmckel  ;  and 
it  appearing  from  said  petition  that  the  said  Anna  M. 
Hutchinson  was,  during  her  lifetime,  bound  by  a  contract 
in  writing  to  convey  said  real  estate  as  in  said  petition  set 
forth :  ,  .   

IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  Monday,  the  thirtieth 
day  of  December,  1912.  at  10  o'clock  a.  m..  upon  said  day. 
and  the  courtroom  of  the  above  entitled  court,  department 
10  thereof,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  fixed  as  the  time 
and  place  for  the  hearing  of  said  petition. 

IT  IS  FL  RTHER  ORDERED  that  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  hearing  said  petition  be  given  by  publication 
of  a  copy  of  this  order  for  at  least  four  (4)  successive 
weeks  before  said  day  of  hearing,  in  Town  Talk,  a  news- 
paper printed  and  published  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco. 

The  real  property  hereinabove  and  in  said  petition  re- 
ferred to  is  described  as  follows  : 

All  that  certain  real  property  in  the  City  of  Oakland. 
County  of  Alameda,  State  of  California,  and  particularly 
described  as  follows,  to-wit : 

Lot  number  nine  (9).  as  laid  down  and  delineated  on  a 
certain  may  entitled.  "Map  of  Robley  Terrace.  Oakland. 
California.  Tune.  1908,  F.  C.  Turner.  City  Engineer,"  filcil 
July  2}Td.  1908.  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  of 
said  Alameda  County. 

Dated.  November  26th,  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM,  Judge. 
THOMAS  E.  HAVEN,  Atty.  at  Law, 

Monadnock  Bldg..  Rooms  941-943.  San  Francisco.  11-30-5 

Nothing  New  Under  the  Sun 

"My  dear,"  .said  .Adam,  as  he  and  Eve  were  di.s- 
ciis.sing  the  fall  fashions  in  the  Garden  of  Eden, 
"which  system  of  dressmaking  do  you  favor?" 

"Well,"  replied  Eve  thoughtfully,  "they  all  have 
their  merits,  but  the  loose-leaf  system  is  good 
eiKjugh  for  me." 


Patient — I  \vi-.li  tn  coiisiiU  ynu  with  regard  to 
my  utter  loss  of  memory. 

Doctor — Ah,  yes!  Why — cr — in  cases  of  this 
nature,  I  always  rciiuirc  my  fee  in  advance. 


Bible  Student  (preaching  his  first  sermon)  — 
Yes,  my  friends,  1  am  trying  to  follow  the  divine 
injunction  to  cast  out  the  sick,  heal  tin-  dead  and 
raise  the  devil. 


"Razor  hurt  you,  sir?"  asked  the  energetic 
barber. 

"Not  a  particle,"  replied  the  sarcastic  victim  in 
the  chair;  "but  the  blood  running  down  my  neck 
'r,  a  little  annoying." 


ORDER  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  ORDER  OF  SALE 
OF  REAL  ESTATE  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MADE 

In  the  .Superior  Court  of  the  .Stale  of  California,  in  ami 
for  the  City  and  County  of  .San  Francisco — No.  13,489; 
Department    No.  10. 

In  the  Matter  of  the  Estate  of  GIOVANNI  PODESTA, 
also  known  as  (;i<)V.\NNIN  I  PODESTA,  and  as  G. 
PODESTA.  Deceased. 

.\delina  Podesta.  administratrix  of  the  estate  of  Giovanni 
Podesta,  also  known  as  Giovannini  Podesta,  and  as  G. 
Podesta,  deceased,  having  this  day  filed  herein  her  verified 
petition  for  an  order  of-  sale  of  a  portion  of  the  real  estate 
of  said  decedent  for  the  purposes  therein  set  forth ; 

.\nd  it  appearing  therefrom  that  it  is  necessary,  and  also 
that  it  would  be  for  the  advantage,  benefit  and  best  inter- 
ests of  said  estate,  and  of  those  interested  therein  to  sell 
the  sai<l  portion  of  said  real  estate; 

IT  IS  ORDERED  that  all  persons  interested  in  the 
estate  of  said  decedent  appear  before  this  Court.  Depart- 
ment No.  10  'hereof,  at  its  courtroom  in  the  New  City 
Hall,  on  the  southeasterly  side  of  Market  Street,  between 
Eighth  and  Ninth  .Streets,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  State  of  California,  on  Mf)iiday,  the  30lh  tlay 
of  December,  1912,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said 
day,  then  and  there  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why 
an  order  should  not  be  granted  to  said  administratrix  for 
the  sale  of  the  said  portion  of  said  real  estate: 

IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  a  copy  of  this  or- 
der be  published  at  least  once  a  week,  for  four  (4)  suc- 
cessive weeks,  in  Town  Talk,  a  newspaper  of  general  cir- 
culation printed  and  published  in  said  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco. 

Dated,    November   27.  1912. 

THOS.  F.  GRAHAM. 
Judge  of  the  Sui)erior  Court. 
A.  P.  DESSOUSLAVY  and  P.  A.  BERGEROT, 
Attys.    for  Administratrix, 

110  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  11  30-5 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  32.898; 
Department  No.  10. 

WILLIAM  GREIG,  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  Persons  Claiming 
Any  Interest  in  or  Lien  Upon  the  Real  Property  H<'rein 
Described  or  Any   Part   Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California:  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon  the  real  property 
herein  described,  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting; 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
I'laint  of  William  Greig,  plaintitf,  filed  with  the  Clerk  of 
the  above  entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within  three 
months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons,  an<l  to 
^>et  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any  you  have,  in  or  upon 
those  certain  lots,  pieces  or  parcels  of  land,  situated  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and 
Pounded  and  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-w 't : 
PIECE  NO.  1. 

Commencing  at  a  point,  situate  on  the  Northerly  liitc  of 
Mariposa  Street,  distant  thereon  50  feet  Easterly  from  the 
Northeasterly  corner  of  Mariposa  and  Missouri  Streets; 
running  thence  Easterly  along  said  Northerly  line  of  Mari- 
posa Street,  25  feet;  thence  at  right  angles  Northerly  100 
feet ;  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  25  feet,  and  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  100  feet  to  the  Northerly  line  ol 
.Mariposa   Street   and   point   of  commencement. 

Being  portion  of  Potrero  Nuevo  Block   Number  270. 
PIECE   NO.  2. 

Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi 
Street,  distant  thereon  225  feet  Southerly  from  the  South- 
erly line  of  Mariposa  Street,  running  thence  Southerly  along 
said  Easterly  line  of  Mississippi  Street  25  feet,  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  100  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  North- 
erly 25  feet,  thence  at  right  angles  Westerly  100  feet  to 
tlie  point  of  beginning. 

Being  a  portion  of  Potrero  Block  No.  305. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
judged that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
lee  simple  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,,  interests  and  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or 
contingent,  and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages 
or  liens  of  any  description;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be 
melt  in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  14th 
day  of  October,  A.   D.  1912. 

(seal)  H.  I.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  H.  I.  PORTER,  Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  summons  was  made  in  "Town 
Talk"  newspaper  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in,  or 
lien  upon  said  property  adverse  to  plaintiff — None. 
DKVOTO,   RICHARDSON  &  DEVOTO, 

.Attorneys   for  Plaintiff, 

dK  Post  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  10-1910 

SUMMONS 

III  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  ami 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  45,8X3; 
Department  No.  10. 

TII  LIE  POOLOS.  also  known  as  TILLIL  POPPI-.R, 
Plaintiff,  vs.  SAMUEL  POOLOS,  Defendant. 

.\ction  brought  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  of  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Send  Greeting  to : 
SAMUEL    POOLOS.  Defendant. 

YOU  .ARE  HEREBY  REQl'IRED  to  appear  and  an- 
swer the  complaint  in  an  action  entitled  as  above,  brought 
pgainst  you  in  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
within  ten  days  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons — 
if  .served  within  this  City  and  County;  or  within  thirty 
davs  if  served  elsewhere. 

And  you  are  herebv  notified  that  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  money  or  damages  demanded  in  the  com- 
nlaint  as  arising  upon  contract  or  will  apply  to  the  Court 
for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 

GIVEN  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  the  Citv  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, this'  5th  day  of  December.  ;\-  .p-    '''r-  , 

fCpall  II.   I.  MILCREV\,  Clerk. 

By  L.  T.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 
FRANK  D.  MACBETH.  .Atty.  for  Plaintiff. 

706-707   Mutual   Savings   Bank    liuilding,   San  I-rancisco, 

California.  12-14-10 


SUMMONS   TO   ESTABLISH  TITLE 
In   the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and 
for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco--.Actlon  No. 
32.803. 

PETER  KOCELJ.  Plaintiff,  vs.  All  I'ersons  Claiming 
.Any  Interest  in,  or  Lien  Upon,  the  Real  Property  Herein 
Described  or  Any  Part  Thereof,  Defendants. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California :  To  all  persons 
claiming  any  interest  in,  or  lien  upon,  the  real  property 
herein  described  or  any  part  thereof,  defendants,  greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required  to  appear  and  answer  the  com- 
plaint of  PETER  KOCELJ,  plaintiff,  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  above-entitled  Court  and  City  and  County,  within 
three  months  after  the  first  publication  of  this  Summons, 
and  to  set  forth  what  interest  or  lien,  if  any,  you  have  in 
or  upon  that  certain  real  property  or  any  part  thereof, 
situated  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State 
of  California,  particularly  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  on  the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue 
at  a  point  distant  Northerly  Three  Hundred  Sixteen  (316) 
feet  measured  along  said  line,  from  tUe  Northerly  line  of 
Lake  Street;  running  thence  Northerly  along  said  line  of 
Twenty-fifth  Avenue  Twenty-six  (26)  feet ;  tlience  at  right 
angles  Westerly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet;  thence 
at  right  angles  Southerly  Twenty-six  (26)  feet ;  thence  at 
right  angles  Easterly  One  Hundred  Twenty  (120)  feet  to 
the  Westerly  line  of  Twenty-fifth  Avenue  and  the  point  of 
beginning.    Being  a  portion  of  Outside  Lands  Block  47. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  so  appear 
and  answer,  the  plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaint,  to-wit:  That  it  be  ad- 
iudged  that  the  plaintiff  is  the  owner  of  said  property  in 
fee  simple  as  absolute;  that  his  title  to  said  property  be 
established  and  quieted ;  that  the  Court  ascertain  and  de- 
termine all  estates,  rights,  titles,  interests  an<l  claims  in 
and  to  said  property,  and  every  part  thereof,  whether  the 
same  be  legal  or  equitable,  present  or  future,  vested  or  con- 
tingent, and  whether  the  same  consists  of  mortgages  or 
liens  of  any  description ;  that  plaintiff  recover  his  costs 
herein  and  have  such  other  and  further  relief  as  may  be  meet 
in  the  premises. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  Court  this  26th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1912. 

(Seal)  H.  1.  MULCREVY.  Clerk. 

By  S.    I.   HUGHES,   Deputy  Clerk. 
MEMORANDUM 

The  first  publication  of  this  Summons  was  made  in 
"Town  Talk"  newspaper  on  the  12:h  day  of  October,  A.  L). 
1912. 

The  following  persons  are  said  to  claim  an  interest  in, 
or   lien   upon,   said   property  adverse  to   plaintiff:  Names, 

none;   -Addresses,  none. 

BRADLEY  L.  WALLACE  and  JEROME  M.  POLITZER, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

Mills   Bldg.,   San    Francisco.   Cal.  10-12-10 

SUMMONS 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco — No.  45,551  ; 
Department   No.  3. 

lOHN  FINDLEY  MILLIKEN,  Plaintiff,  vs.  MYRTLE 
M'ILLIKE.N,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  Supeiior  Court  of  the  State  of 
California,  in  and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  Complaint  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  said  City  and  County. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  Send  Greeting  to: 
.MYRTLE   MILLIKEN,  Defendant. 

VOU  ARE  HEREBY  REQUIRED  to  appear  in  an  ac- 
tion brought  against  you  by  the  above  named  Plaintiff  in  the 
Superior  (Tourt  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  Com- 
plaint filed  therein  within  ten  days  (exclusive  of  the  day  of 
service)  after  the  service  on  you  of  this  summons,  if  served 
within  this  City  and  County;  or  if  served  elsewhere  within 
thirty  days. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  judgment  and  decree 
of  this  Court  dissolving  the  bonds  of  matrimony  now  exist- 
ing between  plaintiff  and  defendant,  on  the  ground  of  de- 
fendant's willful  desertion  of  plaintiff;  also  for  general  re- 
lief, as  will  more  fully  appear  in  the  Complaint  on  file,  to 
which  special  reference  is  hereby  made. 

.And  you  are  hereby  notified  that,  unless  you  appear  and 
answer  as  above  required,  the  said  Plaintiff  will  take  judg- 
ment for  any  moneys  or  damages  demanded  in  the  complaint 
as  arising  upon  contract,  or  will  apply  to  the  Court  for 
any  other  relief  demanded  in  the  Complaint. 

GIVEN  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  this  16th  day  of  November,  A.  U. 

1  Ql  ? 

Seal)  H.  I.  MI'LCREVY,  Clerk. 

^  By  L.  J.  WELCH,  Deputy  Clerk. 

M.  M.  GETZ,  ROBINSON  &  GETZ, 
Attorneys  for  Plaintiff, 

45  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


11-23-10 


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Letters 


Rosalie  Once  More 

Those  readers  who  recall  Will  Irwin's  "Rosalie 
the  Medium,"  published  a  few  years  ago,  will 
have  no  objection  to  holding  another  seance  with 
the  same  heroine.  "The  Red  Button"  is  a  detec- 
tive story,  but  there  is  no  official  detective  in  it, 
and  all  the  real  work  wliich  le,\ds  up  to  the 
elucidation  of  the  mystery  is  performed  by  one 
who  is  not  legally  recognized.  Rosalie  LaGrangc, 
having  come  in  for  a  comfortable  fortune,  has 
retired  from  her  semi-criminal  occupation  and 
has  been  doing  her  best  to  he  a  lady,  but  it  has 
proved  to  be  a  dull  and  uninteresting  existence 
and  with  the  originality  one  would  e.xpect  from 
a  woman  of  her  type,  she  has  decided  to  inject 
some  animation  into  her  life  by  turning  her  well- 
furnished,  comfortable  abode  into  a  boarding 
house.  She  is  just  on  the  eve  of  opening  her 
iloors  when  a  singular  stroke  of  fortune  trans- 
fers to  her  bodily  and  intact  every  inmate  of  the 
house  across  he  street,  save  Captain  Hanska 
who  has  been  murdered.  Before  the  patrons 
of  Mrs.  Moore's  boarding  house  fairly  knew  how- 
scared  they  were  Rosalie  had  them  inoved  to  her 
own  house  across  the  street,  and  almost  as  quickly 
she  was  in  communication  with  her  old  friend 
Inspector  Marty  McGee  who  was  really  indebted 


to  her  cleverness  and  silence  for  his  own  ex- 
cellent reputation  as  a  solver  of  perplexities.  It 
was  the  finding  of  a  trifling  red  shoe  button  in 
an  unexpected  situation  in  the  ck'sertcd  Moore 
house  that  gave  Rosalie  a  cine  to  the  mystery. 
She  resorted  to  her  old  art  of  cliiirvoyance  and 
trance-mediumship  t(j  verify  her  conclusions. 
The  truth  was  a  surprise  to  Rosalie  herself.  ;ind 
a  far  greater  one  to  Insjjector  Mctiee.  l'"or  a 
story  dealing  with  a  murder  mystery  which  is 
not  cleared  up  till  ne.-irly  the  last  page  it  is  a 
cheerful  tale  with  passages  of  unforced  humor, 
variety  in  characters  and  realism  enough  to  sat- 
isfy any  but  the  over-exacting.  There  are  no 
less  than  three  love  stories  piloted  to  a  safe 
anchorage  and  the  interest  between  these  and 
the  great  mystery  in  which  all  of  the  characters 
are  more  or  less  enmeshed  is  e\enly  balanced. 
From  Bobbs-Merrill. 


A  Civil  War  Story 

In  "The  Siege"  John  S.  Williams  has  given  us 
a  novel  including  a  novelty,  for  it  is  a  story  of 
the  Civil  War  in  which  the  love  interest  does  not 
center  upon  a  hero  and  heroine  divided  by  the 
sectional  strife.  The  siege  which  gives  title  tn 
the  story  is  that  of  Vicksburg.  in  or  near  which 
the  families  of  the  hero  and  heroine  had  their 
homes.     Cosmopolit.'in  Press. 


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Christmas  Giving 

So  there  has  l)een  formed  a  society  for 
the  "Prevention  of  Useless  Christmas  Giv- 
ing" !  Xothing  is  to  be  permitted  to  escape 
the  blight  of  the  terrible  American  madness 
called  reform.  There  are  societies  for  the 
prevention  of  almost  everything  under  the 
sun.  All  are  embodiments  of  the  spirit  of 
protest  that  the  Devil  brought  over  on  the 
Mayflower  and  that  ran  riot  in  the  days  of 
Emerson,  who  tells  us  of  the  innumerable 
projects  for  the  salvation  of  the  world  that 
set  people  by  the  ears  throughout  Xevv  Eng- 
land. Perhaps  the  only  convention  or  cus- 
tom that  was  not  assailed  by  Emerson's 
contemporaries  is  the  one  now  occupying 
the  attention  of  the  Society  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Useless  Christmas  Giving.  The 
members  of  this  society,  prominent  among 
whom  is  Theodore  Roosevelt,  are  typical  re- 
formers with  a  vague  sense  of  the  common 
facts  of  existence.  Incapable  of  making  the 
best  of  the  world,  they  are  for  making  the 
world  better  by  compelling  it  to  suit  their 
perverted  taste.  Understanding  nothing  of 
symbolism,  they  would  regulate  the  joys  of 
the  Christmas  season  by  reforming  the 
characteristic  custom  of  the  festival  along 
economic  lines.  The  giving  of  anything  de- 
void of  utilitarian  value  is  in  their  oi^inion 
economic  anarchy  and  should  be  prohibited. 
It  is  not  to  be  gainsaid  that  Christmas  giv- 
ing is  not  conducted  scientifically,  but  if  the 
principle  of  looking  a  gift  horse  in  the  mouth 
is  to  be  adopted  what  a  lot  of  risk  will  be 
attached  to  indulgence  of  the  impulse  to 
make  somebody  ha])py  !  Christmas  is  a  holi- 
day for  the  suspension  of  com  mem  sense.  .\ 
buoyant  spirit  is  the  essence  of  the  festival, 
and  a  man  cannot  have  that  if  he  is  required 
when  making  purchases  to  be  as  sagacious 
and  cautious  as  though  he  were  selecting  a 
phvsician.  To  be  commended  of  course  is 
the  custom  of  giving  to  folk  of  small  means 
what  may  be  useful  to  them,  but  that  is  not 
the  true  expression  of  the  Christmas  spirit. 
Indeed  the  Christmas  spirit  is  too  often 
violated  by  receivers  of  presents  who  dis- 
criminate between  things  they  want  and 
things  they  don't  want.  Such  people  ha\c 
not  cultivated  the  art  of  receiving  which  is 
a  complement  of  the  art  of  giving.  The  re- 
ceiver should  always  see  to  it  that  the  giv- 
er's intention  is  not  frustrated.    The  art  of 


receiving  is  near  perfection  when  one  finds 
it  much  easier  to  receive  trifles  from  the 
rich  than  things  of  intrinsic  value  from  the 
poor.  The  most  perfect  receivers  are  chil- 
dren who  accept  a  cheap  mechanical  toy 
frt)m  a  servant  in  the  house  with  as  much 
delight  as  they  accept  a  gold  ornament  from 
a  rich  relation.  To  approach  the  guileless- 
ness  of  children  would  be  much  better  than 
to  regulate  the  Christmas  festival  on  econ- 
omic lines.  W^e  are  practical  enough  fifty- 
one  weeks  in  the  year.  Let  us  be  foolish 
as  we  please  in  the  fifty-second.  Let  us 
consider  gifts  as  tokens  of  regard,  and  be 
prepared  to  accept  embroidered  suspenders 
or  a  gold-head  cane  with  apparently  as  much 
joy  as  the  Queen  manifested  when  she  re- 
ceived from  Lord  Kitchener  a  donkey  twelve 
hands  high  with  ears  to  match.  Let  us  cul- 
tivate the  spirit  in  wdiich  the  wise  men  from 
the  East  were  received  in  the  Bethlehem 
stable  with  their  frankincense  and  myrrh, 
which  were  hardly  as  useful  as  their  gold. 
Let  us  remember  that  the  Lord  loveth  not 
the  intelligent,  but  the  cheerful  giver. 

Human  Intelligence  of  the  Multitude 

The  ])eo])le  of  San  I'Vancisco  \-oted  with 
excellent  judgment  last  week.  The  one 
mistake  the}'  made,  we  arc  told,  was  in  vot- 
ing against  Amendment  .\o.  34.  lUit  e\en 
in  this  matter  their  judgment  was  not  so 
much  at  fault  as  their  newspaper  critics  be- 
lieve. True  it  was  a  slightly  warped  judg- 
ment that  dictated  many  of  the  votes  on 
that  amendment.  That  noble  young  patriot 
Rudolph  Spreckels,  a  man  after  Samuel 
Johnson's  own  heart,  being  a  true  barbarian 
in  his  hatreds,  believing  that  the  L'nited 
I^ailroads  wanted  the  ])eople  to  adoj^t  the 
amendment  went  to  considerable  expense  to 
advise  the  peo])le  to  vote  against  it. 
.Shoulder  to  shoulder  with  .Mr.  E.  P.  E.  Troy, 
the  midget  with  the  imperceptible  brain. 
Mr.  Spreckels  gave  a  fine  illustration  of  the 
fatuity  that  Cervantes  symbolizes  in  the 
attack  on  the  windmills.  Like  Don  Quixote 
Mr.  Spreckels  thought  he  was  doing  dread- 
ful damage  to  an  enem3^  lint  the  truth  is 
the  United  Railroads  was  not  in  favor  of 
the  amendment.  The  charter  amendment 
wanted  by  the  United  Railroads  is  quite 
different  from  the  one  ])roposed  and  de- 
feated. The  L  nited  Railroads  wishes  to 
protect  itself  against  demagogues.  It 
wishes  to  build  railroads  with  the  distinct 
understanding  that  it  will  be  ade(|uately 
compensated  in  the  event  of  their  being 
taken  over  \)y  tlic  cit\'.  ,\nd  not  until  priv- 
ate cai)ital  can  get  the  desired  assurance 
will  there  be  any  great  amount  of  railroad 
building  in  this  city.  .So  if  the  people  ap- 
pear to  have  voted  wrong  it  is  hardly  their 
fault.  Rather  is  it  the  fault  of  such  patriots 
as  Troy  and  Spreckels  who  have  brought 
about  a  situation  in  San  I'Vancisco  that  gives 
private  capital  pause. 

And  a  Deficit  to  Come 

It  ma}-  seem  rather  inconsistent  on  the 
Ijart  of  the  people  to  go  to  the  polls  as  they 
did  last  week  and  vote  not  only  against 
what  was  regarded  as  a  proposition  to  in- 
duce the  United  Railroads  to  extend  its  sys- 


tem but  also  against  a  proposition  to  en- 
able i)ublic  servants  to  supply  the  city  with 
more  public  utilities.  But  the  people  were 
consistent  enough  in  the  circumstances. 
Their  mental  operations  were  the  reflex  ac- 
ti(jn  of  their  pocket  nerve.  Enough  for  the 
day  was  the  evil  thereof.  On  the  whole 
they  discriminated  with  almost  miraculous 
shrewdness.  Obviously  their  paramount 
motive  was  to  warn  their  heady  servants 
against  increasing  the  burdens  of  taxation. 
.And  they  made  that  warning  ring  out  like 
a  general  alarm  on  the  drowsy  air  of  a 
slumbering  city.  Xo  longer  is  there  a  pos- 
sibility of  mistaking  the  state  of  the  ])ublic 
mind,  wdiich  needs  but  the  whole  truth  from 
Sacramento  to  be  thrown  into  a  frenzy. 
Eor  Governor  Johnson  is  the  last  word  not 
only  in  reform  but  in  the  cost  thereof.  Con- 
troller Xye  has  timidly  adumbrated  the  ter- 
rible truth  in  his  biennial  report  which  ])re- 
pares  us  for  a  deficit  and  puts  the  blame  on 
the  cor])oration  tax  laws.  Mr.  Xye  tells  us 
that  some  means  must  be  devised  to  raise 
more  revenue.  What  the  average  taxpayer 
would  like  to  see  devised  is  a  means  of  cut- 
ting down  expenditures,  antl  the  axerage 
taxpayer  with  his  pocket  nerve  on  edge  is 
\-ery  likely  to  get  wise  to  the  reasons  of  the 
high  cost  of  gc^vernment  before  the  time 
comes  for  the  election  of  another  Johnson. 
\\  hat  Town  Talk  ])reflicted  just  when  the 
city  was  getting  read}'  for  its  debauch  of 
munici])al  ownership  and  the  State  was 
looking  forward  to  an  era  of  Utopian  felicity 
has  come  to  pass.  The  pendulum  is  swing- 
ing back.  The  peoi)le  have  had  their  fill  of 
the  go\crnnient  that  was  l)rought  back  to 
them  1)}-  their  passionate  lovers,  and  if  they 
are  not  pre])ared  to  kick  the  referendum  into 
a  cocked  hat  at  least  they  will  keep  their 
eyes  on  those  demagogic  supervisors  who 
liaxe  been  cultivating  constituents  by  sub- 
mitting to  the  mob  proposals  to  facilitate 
raids  on  the  treasury.  I-'or  though  the  peo- 
ple may  be  able  to  exhibit  almost  human 
intelligence  at  the  jxills,  the}'  are  beginning 
to  object  to  the  heart-shocks  that  are  in- 
duced every  little  while  by  an  election  that 
threatens  to  leave  them  without  a  roof  o\er 
their  head. 


Dr.  Aked's  Old  Town 

In  England  as  well  as  in  this  counti}'  the 
W'hite  Slave  traffic  is  receiving  a  great  deal 
of  attention.  ,\  bill  for  its  extinction  has 
engendered  much  warmth  in  Parliament, 
and  the  Peers  of  luigland  have  seen  fit  to 
legalize  the  whiii])ing  post  once  more  that 
])ersons  engaged  in  the  horrible  traffic  may 
be  flogged  into  a  sense  of  their  shame  and 
\  iciousiiess.  As  a  result  of  the  ])ro])aganda 
against  white  slaver}  the  news])ai)ers  of 
London  have  been  giving  their  readers 
glimpses  of  the  underworld  of  the  great  city, 
and  they  are  of  a  most  startling  character. 
The  newspapers  have  described  a  house  de- 
voted to  vice  where  young  girls  are  trapped 
and  virtually  held  prisoners  for  the  vilest 
purposes  with  the  acquiescence  of  the  police. 
The  nevvs|)apers  agree  that  the  horrors  of 
the  underworld  of  London  will  scarcely  bear 
recital.  So  London,  the  birthplace  of  Dr. 
.'Vked,  the  city  where  he  was  raised  and 


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December  21,  1912 


educated,  though  a  mighty  wicked  city,  he 
abandt)ned  without  compunction  to  let  it 
wallow  in  the  wantonness  of  its  reeking 
suni])s  and  fc-ns  with  all  their  phenomena 
I  if  (k-tiant  degradation.  Indeed  Dr.  Aked 
abandoned  his  native  country  forever  to  be- 
come a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  here  to 
bniid  churches,  enlighten  the  heathen  and 
purify  morals.  We  ought  to  be  and  we  are 
exceedingly  grateful  to  Dr.  Aked,  but  with 
all  due  deference  to  the  distinguished  clergy- 
man we  submit  that  his  loyalty  to  his 
ado])tcd  country  is  not  to  be  challenged  on 
the  ground  that  he  reads  the  London  papers. 
This  suggestion  we  make  because  we  fear 
that  Dr.  Aked  forswore  the  press  of  Eng- 
land as  well  as  the  government.  r>y  keep- 
ing in  touch  through  the  press  with  condi- 
tions in  London  Dr.  Aked  might  come  to 
think  better  of  San  Francisco.  It  is  by  con- 
trast that  we  may  learn  what  a  good  city 
this  is. 


Shaw  on  Prostitution 

A  ncwspa])er  called  the  Awakener  has 
been  founded  in  London  to  serve  as  the 
organ  of  the  White  Slave  propaganda.  For 
the  first  number  George  Bernard  Shaw  con- 
tributed an  article,  and  as  might  have  been 
expected  that  incorrigible  cynic  tore  the 
W  hite  Slave  bill  to  tatters  and  demonstrated 
beyond  cavil  and  dispute  its  utter  worth- 
lessness.  \\'hat  Mr.  Shaw  says  of  white 
slavery  is  worth  pondering.  His  argument 
applies  to  conditions  in  this  city  as  well  as 
to  conditions  in  London.    For  instance : 

The  fundamental  condition  of  the  exist- 
ence of  this  traffic  is  that  society  must  be  so 
organized  that  a  large  class  of  women  are 
more  highly  paid  and  better  treated  as 
])rostitutes  than  they  would  be  as  respect- 
able women,  and  that  people  who  organize 
the  labor  of  prostitutes  make  larger  profits 
than  those  who  organize  the  labor  of  re- 
spectable women.  In  other  words,  society 
must  be  like  English  society  at  the  present 
day,  where  the  heroine  of  Tom  Hood's 
Bridge  of  Sighs  is  much  better  off  than  the 
heroine  of  his  Song  of  the  Shirt,  and,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  neither  jumps  ofT  Waterloo 
I'ridge  nor  has  to  work  two  hours  to  make 
3y2d.  And  until  you  change  this  condition 
of  society,  and  secure  to  every  respectable 
woman  a  sufficient  wage  for  a  decent  life 
with  reasonable  hours  of  labor,  you  will 
never  get  rid  of  the  "White  Slave  traffic. 

It  would  be  well  were  the  good  women  of 
our  clubs  who  are  interested  in  the  move- 
ment for  the  suppression  of  prostitution  in 
this  State  to  investigate  the  business  of 
some  of  our  big  stores  where  girls  and 
women  are  employed,  and  ascertain  the 
wage-rate.  They  can  get  much  useful  in- 
formation from  the  State  Labor  Commis- 
sioner. It  is  commonly  reported  that  there 
are  girls  who  work  behind  counters  in  day- 
light and  dance  on  the  Barbary  Coast  by 
electric  light.  It  is  not  because  they  are 
fond  of  gaiety  in  the  dance  halls  but  be- 
cause they  have  no  other  way  of  keeping 
bodies  and  souls  together.  Organized  Labor 
takes  no  interest  in  these  poor  girls.  There 
are  no  boycotts  on  their  account.  They 
work  day  and  night  making  dividends  for 
the    husbands    of    women    who    ride  in 


limousines.  They  make  bargain  sales  pos- 
sible for  women  who  hate  prostitution,  yet 
it  would  not  be  astonishing  if  some  of  them 
went  astra}'  occasionally. 

A  Tragic  Picture 

George  Bernard  Shaw  is  of  the  opinion 
that  the  folk  who  really  deserve  flogging 
will  not  suffer  as  a  consequence  of  the  re- 
\i\al  of  the  whii)ping  post.    He  says: 

.  .  .  .  most  of  those  who  are  living 
on  the  ])rofits  of  prostitution  will  not  be 
Hogged ;  on  the  contrary,  they  are  already 
among  the  most  indignant  advocates  of 
flogging.  They  are  ladies  and  gentlemen, 
clergymen,  bishops,  judges.  Members  of 
Parliament,  highly  connected  ladies  leading 
society  in  Cathedral  towns,  peers  and  peer- 
esses, and  pillars  of  solid  middle-class 
Puritanism.  These  people  have  shares  in 
industrial  enterprises  which  employ  women 
and  girls.  Thousands  of  these  women  and 
girls  get  wages  which  are  insufficient  to 
support  them,  and  are  treated  with  less  per- 
sonal respect  than  any  prostitute.  If  a 
woman  applying  for  employment  coni])lains 
Of  the  low  wage  and  asks  for  more  she  is 
told  that  if  she  will  not  take  it  others  will. 
If  she  asks  how  she  is  to  live  on  it  she  is 
told  that  others  contrive  to  live  on  it.  They 
manage  to  make  it  up  somehow,  she 
hears.  .  .  .  The  somehow,  in  short,  is  on 
the  streets.  Of  course,  she  is  not  told  this, 
because  many  of  the  girls  and  women  are 
quite  respectable.  They  are  living  with 
their  families,  and  are  saved  from  the  streets 
by  their  husbands'  or  their  fathers'  wages. 
l)Ut  there  are  alwa\s  orphans  and  widows 
and  girls  from  the  country  and  abroad  who 
have  no  families  and  no  husbands :  and  these 
must  submit  to  the  blackest  misery  that  a 
slum  garret  and  an  income  of  ^rom  eight- 
pence  to  a  shilling  a  day  can  bring  to  a 
lonely,  despised,  shabby,  dirty,  underfed 
woman,  or  else  add  to  their  wages  by  pros- 
titution. Thus  the  woman's  strength  and 
energy  are  maintained  b}^  what  she  earns  in 
the  street,  and  used  in  making  dividends  for 
rich  shareholders  who  clamor  to  have  pub- 
lic attention  distracted  from  their  complicity 
by  the  flogging  of  a  few  souteneurs,  wlio  are 
always  described  as  foreigners. 

From  what  Shaw  says  it  is  evident  that 
conditions  in  the  city  where  Dr.  Aked 
formerly  preached  are  somewhat  worse  than 
conditions  in  San  Francisco.  But  they  are 
bad  enough  here.  Furthermore  the  objec- 
tion to  a  white  slave  law  in  London  is 
equally  applicable  to  a  law  in  this  State  de- 
signed to  discourage  prostitution.  To 
quote  Mr.  Shaw  again  : 

And  please  remark  that  every  additional 
power  you  give  to  the  policeman  to  harry 
these  victims  of  yours  increases  the  power 
of  the  organizer  and  exploiter  of  prostitu- 
tion over  the  prostitute.  When  you  are 
robbed  and  beaten  and  bullied  you  call  the 
police ;  and  they  protect  you.  But  the 
policeman  himself  may  bully  and  beat  the 
prostitute:  he  may  tear  her  fine  clothes  to 
rags  and  drag  her  through  the  mud.  and 
twist  her  arms  almost  out  of  their  sockets, 
and  then  have  her  sent  to  prison  on  a  charge 
of  disorder  or  solicitation  if  she  annoys  him 
with  appeals  for  protection,  and  if  she  re- 
fuses to  share  her  gains  with  him.  In  every 
police  force  in  the  world  there  are  men  who 
do  this  systematically  ;  for  though  the  police- 


man may  be  no  worse  than  the  rest  of  us, 
you  cannot  find  eighteen  thousand  angels 
in  London  for  twenty-four  shillings  a  week 
to  exercise  powers  which  we  cut  off  the 
head  of  a  king  sooner  than  entrust  to  him. 
This  is  the  secret  of  the  terrible  power  of 
the  W'hite  Slave  agent  over  his  victim. 
Why  does  she  cling  to  him  in  spite  of  all 
she  suffers  at  his  hands?  Simply  because 
he  can  always  bring  her  to  her  knees  by 
threatening  to  set  the  police  on  her.  She 
is  far  more  afraid  of  the  policeman  than  of 
the  souteneur;  for  a  police  magistrate  might 
take  her  word  against  a  souteneur's :  and  if 
she  defends  herself  by  main  force  against 
his  violence  he  has  only  his  own  hands  to 
help  him  and  may  get  the  worst  of  it;  but 
nobody  will  take  her  word  against  a  police- 
man's ;  and  to  assault  him  is  to  have  to 
face  the  whole  forces  of  the  State  and  its 
prisons  as  well  as  the  personal  vengeance 
of  the  officer.  The  police  cell  is  the  only 
room  in  which  you  cannot  throw  up  the 
window  and  call  for  help.  That  is  why, 
with  law  and  order  and  police  and  clergy 
reigning  from  the  L'ral  mountains  to  the 
island  of  Achill,  women  are  dragged  through 
Europe  by  White  Slave  traffickers  more 
helplessly  than  they  could  be  through  the 
heart  of  Africa  or  the  deserts  of  .\rabia. 

It  is  a  pretty  dark  and  tragic  picture  that 
Shaw  draw's,  but  nobody  that  knows  any- 
thing about  the  ways  of  the  jjolicc  in  big 
cities  will  accuse  him  of  exaggeration. 

The  Autocrat  of  Politics 

A  great  man  is  John  Eshleman  who  pre- 
sides over  Governor  Johnson's  railroad  com- 
mission. The  greatness  of  him,  the  pro- 
fundity of  his  intellect,  his  business  capac- 
ity, his  genius  for  administration — all  these 
things  are  to  be  presumed  from  the  im- 
portance of  his  position  and  the  responsi- 
bilities that  he  bears  with  grace,  nay,  with 
enthusiasm.  Mr.  Eshleman  well  exemplifies 
what  we  all  know,  that  the  people  always 
choose  for  their  servants  the  most  instructed 
and  the  ablest  persons  who  can  be  found, 
thus  compelling  jjrivatc  interests  to  depend 
for  service  on  incompetents.  Mr.  Eshle- 
man is  a  product  of  our  State  university, 
nominally  of  the  profession  of  the  law,  to 
the  heights  of  which  he  does  not  aspire,  pre- 
ferring in  the  ardor  of  his  passion  for  the 
public  interests  to  be  the  noblest  work  of 
the  divine  multitude — a  politician.  The 
other  day  Mr.  Eshleman  read  in  the  papers 
a  speech  deli\ered  by  President  Sproule,  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  The  speech 
kindled  a  flame  of  sacred  vehemence  in  his 
breast,  and  it  burst  forth  with  a  fury  that 
must  have  awed  every  ])ublic  utility  in 
California.  At  a  talkfest  in  Berkeley  Mr. 
Eshleman  stood  up  as  the  high-priest  of  his 
calling  to  maintain  a  cause  which  lies  near- 
est to  that  great  heart  of  him  wherein  is 
enshrined  the  interests  of  the  people ;  to 
preserve  the  ark  of  our  new-fangled  Con- 
stitution from  sacrilegious  touch.  It  was 
clear  that  Mr.  Eshleman  regarded  the 
Sproule  speech  as  a  swat  at  the  Railroad 
Commission.  The  swat  he  resented  with 
burning  phrase,  to  Mr.  Sproule  he  gave  the 
lie.  Mr.  Sproule  had  said  that  for  every 
dollar  taken  out  of  .San  Francisco  in  one- 
year  by  the  -Southern  Pacific,  the  company 


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gave  l)ack  one  dollar  and  ten  cents.  Mr. 
Eshleman  traversed  this  observation  with 
an  expression  of  disbeHef.  He  charged 
that  Mr.  Sproule  had  uttered  a  half-truth, 
but  he  did  not  deign  to  produce  facts  and  fig- 
ures to  prove  that  the  truth  had  been  only 
half  told.  Sufficient  for  this  great  man, 
though  he  has  access  to  the  books  of  the 
company,  merely  to  assert  his  disbelief,  ft 
was  not  so  much  what  Mr.  Sproule  said  as 
what  he  enabled  the  astute  Eshleman  to  in- 
fer that  roused  the  indignation  of  this  great 
lawyer  who  is  practicing  politics  day  and 
night.  He  inferred,  for  instance,  that  Mr. 
Sproule's  speech  was  uttered  in  furtherance 
of  a  conspiracy  "to  strangle  efYective  reg- 
ulation." This  is  what  made  Mr.  Eshleman 
fret  himself  into  a  lather  and  flare  up  like 
a  turkey-cock  at  a  piece  of  red  flannel.  Vet 
Mr.  Sproule  said  nothing  at  all  against  reg- 
ulation. He  said  that  regulation  was  here 
"to  remain,"  and  he  added,  "The  principle 
of  regulation  we  accept."  He  had  no  ob- 
jection to  honest,  consistent  regulation,  and 
he  called  on  his  hearers  to  support  the  com- 


mission in  its  honest  decisions,  and  begged 
them  not  to  assume  that  a  decision  was 
wrong  because  it  was  in  favor  of  a  railroad. 
Mr.  Sproule's  speech  was  a  plea  for  fair 
play  from  the  business  interests.  He  asked 
the  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
to  cultivate  a  spirit  of  friendliness  for  the 
railroads.  And  Mr.  Eshleman  is  indignant 
that  Mr.  Sproule  should  seek  to  have  such 
a  spirit  cultivated.  He  says,  "If  they  can 
succeed  in  arraying  you  gentlemen  against 
us  and  the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  the  representatives  of  the  finan- 
cial interests  generally,  it  will  be  unpleasant 
of  course,  but  we  will  not  change  our  at- 
titude, not  one  iota.  We  will  proceed  just 
as  we  have  heretofore  so  long  as  we  have 
the  approval  of  ourselves."  In  other  words, 
or  rather  in  the  immortal  words  of  a  Van- 
derbilt,  "The  public  be  damned!"  Mr. 
Eshleman's  rhetoric  is  not  to  be  preferred. 
It  weakens  the  sentiment,  but  the  clarity  of 
it  remains.  His  meaning  is  obvious.  He  and 
his  associates  will  regret  displeasing  the  men 
who  pay  the  freight,  the  men  who  re]iresent 


the  business  interests  and  who  are  deeply 
concerned  for  the  welfare  of  the  State,  but 
they  will  ]nirsue  the  even  tenor  of  their 
ruthless  way  regardless  of  the  wishes  of 
the  mere  business  man.  This  is  at  it  should 
be  in  this  day  and  generation.  We  are  now 
in  the  heyday  of  jiolitics.  The  politician  is 
supreme.  He  is  the  despot  of  the  hour,  and 
his  will  is  law.  "He's  loved  of  the  dis- 
tracted multitude,"  as  never  before. 
"    dumb  men  throng  to  see  him  and 

The  blind  to  hear  him  speak  

Let  us  take  ofif  our  hats  to  Eshleman.  He 
knows  better  than  we  what's  good  for  us. 
He  knows  more  than  Sproule  about  running 
a  railroad,  for,  as  he  informs  us,  rate  reduc- 
tion has  greatly  benefited  the  railroad,  and 
Sproule  hasn't  sense  enough  to  ]3erceive 
that  business  improves  when  transporta- 
tion is  made  cheaper.  So  shrewd  an  ad- 
ministrator is  this  brainy  country  lawyer 
that  the  Captains  f)f  Industry  will  soon  be 
clamoring  for  his  services,  but  in  vain ;  his 
talents  are  consecrated  to  the  service  of  the 
])eople  aufl  he  will  abide  with  them  forever. 


The  Newer  Vainglory 

Two  men  went  up  to  pray;  and  one  gave  thanks. 

Not   with   himself — aloud. 
With  proclamation,  calling  on   the  ranks 

Of  an  attentive  crowd; 

"Thank  God,  I  clap  not  my  own  humble  breast. 

But  other  ruffians'  backs, 
Imputing  crime — such  is  my  tolerant  haste — 

To  any  man  that  lacks. 

"For  I  am  tolerant,  generous,  keep  no  rules, 

And  the  age  honors  me. 
Thank  God,  I  am  not  as  these  rigid  fools, 

Even  as  this  Pharisee." 

— .Alice  Meynell. 


Perspective  Impressions 


A  bond  issue  looks  nice  in  a  ballot  but  it's  very 
unsightly  in  a  tax  bill. 


This  is  the  season  of  the  year  to  remember 
that  we  need  not  fear  spoiling  children  by  making 
them  happy. 

Perhaps  the  Bulletin  is  against  capital  punish- 
ment because  it  has  a  well-founded  dread  of  the 
hangman. 

Says  the  Portland  Oregonian:  "California  has 
one  automobile  for  every  twenty-eight  inhabit- 
ants." But  this  is  not  the  only  evidence  of  lun- 
acy that  our  Progressive  State  is  able  to  furnish. 


Gertrude  Atherton,  speaking  of  the  crusaders 
against  capital  punishment,  thus:  "If  these  peo- 
ple really  want  to  abolish  it  let  them  begin  by 
giving  their  brains  a  tonic." — But  suppose  they 
haven't  any? 


Helen  Gould's  engagement  reminds  us  that  it's 
a  wise  bachelor  who  knows  that  the  psychological 
moment  in  an  old  maid's  life  is  not  far  removed 
from  the  dangerous  age  of  forty. 


.Some  men  are  getting  ready  to  turn  over  a  new 
leaf,  Inn  there  are  others  wlio  are  sure  to  turn  it 
down. 


Dr.  Jordan  has  neglected  thus  far  to  become 
a  Spug,  but  the  charter  roll  is  still  open,  and  it's 
a  safe  bet  that  the  sage  of  Palo  Alto  will  get  in 
on  the  ground  floor. 


One  of  the  evil  effects  of  science  is  the  preser- 
vation of  damphools.  Think  of  the  number  that 
go  unscathed  now  that  a  combustible  Santa  Claus 
may  trip  gaily  around  a  brightly  illuminated 
Christmas  tree  without  any  danger.  It  was  differ- 
ent before  the  electric  light  supplanted  the  salut- 
ary candle. 


If  Hays  Hatiimond  goes  to  St.  James'  he  can 
nudge  King  George  to  his  heart's  content. 


The  I'lxamiiier  points  with  pride  to  the  fact  that 
California  spends  more  per  capita  than  any  other 
State  on  her  school  system.  Doubtless  it  is 
something  to  be  proud  of,  yet  it  is  saddening  to 
reflect  that  in  a  State  where  so  much  is  paid  for 
enlightenment  Mr.  Hearst  has  the  largest  cir- 
culation and  the  people  have  just  got  through  eat- 
ing out  of  Governor  Johnson's  sleek  and  oily 
fist. 


Representative  Hayes  is  the  author  of  a  bill 
designed  to  put  an  end  to  all  immigration  from 
the  Orient.  He  is  opposed  to  admitting  foreign- 
ers who  arc  ineligible  to  citizenship.  But  the 
foreigners  whom  we  really  ought  to  consider  un- 
desirable are  eligible  to  citizenship,  and  it  is 
principally  for  that  reason  wc  should  bar  them. 
The  anarchists  from  the  slums  of  Europe  arc  the 
forei.gners  against  wlumi  we  should  legislate. 


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December  21.  1912 


"I  should  as  soon  think  of  contradicting  a 
bishop !" 

According  to  the  veracious  Boswell  old  Doc 
Johnson  boomed  that  statement  one  night  when 
somebody  suggested  that  he  had  contradicted 
George  Psalmanazar. 

It  came  into  my  head  Sunday  afternoon  when 
I  sat  in  Pantages  and  hearkened  to  Doc  Cook 
as  he  rediscovered  the  North  Pole  and  roasted 
the  tar  out  of  Commodore  Peary.  For  George 
Psalmanazar  was  the  Doc  Cook  of  his  day.  A 
Frenchman  of  Languedoc  he  sauntered  into  Lon- 
don, represented  himself  as  a  Japanese  with  a 
yearning  toward  Christianity,  engaged  the  ad- 
miring attent  on  of  the  Bishop  of  London  and 
wrote  a  best  seller  about  his  marvelous  explora- 
tions in  the  island  of  Formosa.  When  it  was 
proved  that  he  had  never  seen  Formosa  he  con- 
fessed that  he  had  been  faking  right  along,  and 
followed  confession  by  repentance,  waxing  so 
pious  that  oil'  Doc  Johnson  would  as  soon  have 
thcnight  of  contradicting  a  bishop. 

So  I  wondered  whether  old  Doc  Johnson  wouhl 
contradict  Doc  Cook. 

Perhaps  he  would,  for  old  Doc  Johnson  was  a 
conlirmed  contradictor  and  Doc  Cook  arouses  the 
mood  contradictory  more  quickly  than  any  man 
I've  listened  to  for  a  long,  long  time. 

At  Pantages  Sunday  Doc  Cook  followetl  tlie 
Cook  sisters  (not  his  sisters,  no  relation)  and 
the  Elliott  brothers.  When  the  Cook  sisters  liad 
sung  and  the  Elliott  brothers  had  tumbled,  Doc 
Cook  followed  a  carafe  and  a  water  glass  onto 
the  stage  and  bathed  his  face  in  the  spotlight. 

"Ladies  and  fellow  explorers,"  he  said,  where- 
upon a  series  of  pictures  was  flashed  on  the 
screen  and  the  Doc  took  us  to  the  North  Pole. 

It  was  very  interesting,  albeit  a  lot  of  the  glass 
slides  were  abundantly  cracked.  That  mean  man 
Commodore  Peary  would  find  there  a  symbol  of 
the  Doc's  flawed  reputation  for  veracity. 

When  we  had  made  our  dash  right  up  to  the 
Pole — we  knew  we  were  there  because  we  had  the 
Doc's  word  for  it — the  screen  disappeared,  the 
lights  were  turned  up,  the  Doc  fortified  himself 
from  the  carafe  and  the  most  interesting  part  of 
the  Doc's  vaudeville  turn  began.  He  tore  loose 
and  told  what  he  thought  of  Peary,  .\mong  the 
things  he  thinks  are  that  Peary  is  a  coward,  that 
Peary  is  a  liar,  that  Peary  is  a  briber,  that  Peary 
is  a  suborner  of  perjury,  that  Peary  is  a  thief 
and  that  Peary  is  an  attempted  murderer.  It 
seems  to  me  that  if  George  Psalmanazar  had  said 
some  of  these  things  even  old  Doc  Johnson  would 
not  have  hesitated  to  contradict  him.  Especially 
as  the  Doc  made  all  these  assertions  without  sup- 
plying an  iota  of  proof. 

I  asked  him  about  that  later  when  he  led  me 
to  his  dressing  room. 

"The  talk  which  you  heard,"  he  told  me,  "is 


INVITATIONS  MONOGRAMS  CRESTS 

VISITING  CARD  PLATES  ENGRAVED 


ROBERTSON 


UNION  SQUARE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Varied  Types 

CV— DR.  FREDERICK  A.  COOK 

By  Edward  F.  O'Day 

only  a  part  of  my  usual  lecture.  The  lecture 
takes  an  hour  and  a  half.  In  vaudeville  I  speak 
for  only  half  an  liour.  So  1  canncjt  go  into  de- 
tails." 

"Hut  do  you  tliink  your  audiences  will  accept 
your  bare  statements?"  I  asked. 

"I  do  not  ask  them  to,"  he  answered.  "1  aim 
only  to  interest  them  in  the  controversy.  Then 
they  will  buy  my  book,  or  other  books,  and  study 
the  question  for  themselves." 

Then  1  learned  that  the  book  was  on  sale  at 
the  theatre,  so  you  see  the  Doc  has  an  eye  to 
business,  though  he  says  he  is  not  much  inter- 
ested in  money. 

"I  am  handling  this  matter  in  such  a  way,"  he 
says,  '"that   Peary   will   either   liave   to  have  me 


I)K.   FREDERICK  .\.  COOK 


arrested  or  admit  that  I  am  right  and  he  is 
wrong.  You  heard  the  charges  1  made  against 
liim.  There  are  others  which  I  cannot  make  be- 
fore a  public  audience,  they  are  so  unfit  for  pub- 
lic discussion." 

"For  instance?"  I  said. 

"Well,  I  charge  him  with  the  prostitution  of  the 
public  schools." 

"What  does  that  mean?"  I  inquired. 

"It  means  that  Mr.  Peary  took  money  raised 
by  the  public  school  children  and  used  it  to  fit 
out  a  ship  in  which  he  carried  white  girls  into 
the  North.  It  means  that  Peary  maintains  a 
liarem  in  the  North.  I  call  him  the  Sultan  of 
the  .A.rctic." 

The  picture  is  interesting.  Can't  you  imagine 
Sultan  Peary  lolling  amid  his  shivering  houris  in 
an  icy  seraglio  where  every  kiss  is  a  frost  bite? 
I'm  chilled  to  the  bone  by  the  very  thought. 

But  I  did  not  contradict  Doc  Cook.  I  bore  in 
inind  what  Doc  Johnson  had  said  about  George 
Psalmanazar  and  asked  respectfully: 

"What  are  your  future  plans?" 

"I  shall  continue  my  public  speaking,  in  vaude- 
ville, on  the  lecture  platform  and  on  the 
Chautauqua  circuit  until  I  arouse  such  a  public 
sentiment  that  a  Congressional  investigation  will 


be  inevitable,  .\fter  I  am  vindicated  I  shail  go 
back  to  exploring.  I  want  to  climb  Mount  Ever- 
est. Nobody  has  ever  climbed  to  its  top,  but  I 
intend  to." 

Thus  we  see  that  the  Doc  is  a  glutton  for  pun- 
ishment. If  he  lives  to  make  the  attempt,  we 
shall  have  another  addition  to  the  literature  of 

pseudology. 

Not  that  it  is  beyond  the  bounds  of  possibility 
that  Doc  Cook  should  conquer  Everest.  But  will 
the  world  believe  him  when  he  comes  back  and 
tleclares  that  as  it  was  with  Mount  McKinley  and 
the  North  Pole,  so  also  is  it  with  Mount  Ever- 
est? 

Justly  or  unjustly  the  Doc  has  been  docketed. 
The  world  has  pigeonholed  his  works  with  those 
of  George  Psalmanazar  and  Baron  Munchausen, 
with  Sir  John  Mandeville  and  Du  Halde,  with  Cap- 
tain Lawson  and  de  Rougemont.  We  know 
George  Psalmanazar  didn't  explore  Formosa,  and 
that  the  Forinosan  language  he  wrote  and  spoke 
was  entirely  his  own  invention.  We  take  leave 
to  laugh  at  the  exploits  of  Munchausen.  We 
know  that  Sir  John  Mandeville  never  was  in 
Ethiopia  or  Tartary;  that  he  never  saw  the  won- 
derful Arbor  Vitae.  We  know  that  Du  Halde 
was  never  out  of  France  and  that  his  journeys 
to  China  were  faked  in  his  comfortable  study. 
We  Know  that  Captain  Lawson  never  wandered, 
Ks  he  says  he  did,  in  New  Guinea.  We  don't 
believe  that  he  ever  scaled  Mount  Hercules  which, 
he  says,  is  one  mile  higher  than  that  Moun*: 
Everest  on  which  Doc  Cook  has  designs.  And 
we  know  that  de  Rougemont  didn't  live  for  twenty 
wildly  adventurous  years  in  the  wildest  Aus- 
tralian bush. 

Having  been  fooled  so  often  before  we  refuse 
to  be  fooled  by  Doc  Cook.  His  efforts  at  vin- 
dication do  not  excite  our  enthusiasm,  .^nd  yet 
tile  audience  at  Pantages  received  him  very  well. 
Tliere  was  a  good  deal  of  applause  for  his  ex 
parte  denunciations  of  Peary.  He  was  pleased 
with  his  reception.  He  thinks  he's  making  pro- 
.gress.  He  says  in  so  many  words  that  Peary 
"got  the  goats"  of  the  newspapers,  but.  seems  to 
think  his  own  efforts  at  goat  hunting  are  quite 
satisfactory  so  far.  He  says  the  papers  are  treat- 
ing him  better  than  they  used  to. 

"But  they  don't  publish  a  line  of  my  charges 
against  Peary,"  he  remarked.  "And  the  As- 
sociated Press  has  always  been  against  me.  You 
see,  Melville  Stone  and  Peary  are  personal 
friends." 

Melville  Stone,  be  it  understood,  is  at  the  head 
of  the  Associated  Press,  an  organization  which 
supplies  news  to  papers  of  all  sorts  and  condi- 
tions. If  Melville  Stone  allowed  a  personal 
friendship  to  color  the  world's  news  his  position 
wouldn't  be  worth  an  ,\rctic  gum  drop.  (.■\ni! 
Doc  Cook  told  me  there  were  no  ,\rctic  gum 
drops.) 

However,  I  reminded  myself  of  old  Doc  John- 
son's charitable  attitude  toward  George  Psalman- 
azar, and  forbore  contradicting  Doc  Cook.  After 
all,  he's  a  vaudevillain  now,  and  men  and  women 
of  that  milieu  are  allowed  a  certain  laxity  of  state- 
ment, even  in  interviews. 


HENRY  P.  TRICOU 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 
525  CALIFORNIA  ST.  Phone  Kearny  3074 

Residence,  882  Grove  St.    Phone  Park  1870 


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TOWN  TALK 


Beyond  the  Sunset 

By  George  Sterling 

Ere  dawn  of  that  grey  hero  did  I  read — 

Hard  Ulysses,  whose  oars 
Followed  the  sunset  and  the  winds  that  lead 

Time's  galleys  to  the  shores 
Of  demigod  and  siren,  and  I  said: 

"Whose  was  the  hand  that  led. 
And  in  what  faith  did  those  intrepid  men 

Fare  forth  on  waters  wide 
Whose  western  foam  they  should  not  cross  again? 

What  hunger  and  what  pride 
Were  at  their  helm?    Surely  their  hearts  were  great 

And  deep  their  trust  in  Fate; 

For  they  went  not  as  we, 
Guarded  and  buttressed  from  the  hostile  sea. 

For  they  had  but  their  arms, 
A  width  of  oak,  and  stronger  thews  than  ours 

To  brave  the  ocean  powers 
And  all  the  deep's  mysterious  alarms. 
What  bulwark  hid  Ulysses  from  the  wave, 
What  engines  from  the  reef  and  tempest,  save 
The  piston  and  the  staunchions  of  his  heart? 

Aye!  and  a  thing  apart, 
A  thing  our  weaker  flesh  and  wiser  brains 
Have  lost,  or  slowly  lose — the  old-time  trust 
In  One  whose  angels  sway  the  hurricanes, 
And  whose  designs  make  swift  the  mortal  dust! 
They  had  the  gods,  but  sought  for  realms  unknown, 

But  we  have  overthrown 
Old  faiths  and  old  illusions — on  our  charts 

Each  isle  of  earth  is  shown 
But  no  -eternal  harbor  fur  our  hearts." 

And  still  our  old  men  fare  into  the  West, 

And  still  the  timeless  quest 
Of  happiness  awaits  us,  and  we  go 

On  paths  they  did  not  know — 
Those  men  whose  names  are  as  a  trumpet-blast 

From  out  the  armored  Past. 
To  them  the  deep  was  as  infinity. 

But  unto  us  the  sea 
Lies  sounded  and  familiar,  and  our  rule 
Is  over  empires  that  the  child  at  school 
Must  learn  by  name,  but  which  old  Ulysses 
Held  buried  in  his  faith's  wide  mysteries. 
Aye!  we  have  sought  and  found,  but  did  not  find 

Something  the  ancient  mind 
F'ound  greater  than  our  engines  and  our  charts — 

A  trust  that  old-world  hearts 
Found  equal  to  the  tempest  and  the  wave, — 

Something  the  western  wind 
Whispered  to  spirits  harborless  and  brave, 

And  sang  on  oceans  wide: 
"Fear  not,  for  I  the  god  am  at  thy  side!" 

And  now  as  men  go  forth 
To  islands  of  the  orient  and  north, 
l''cnded  and  sheltered  from  the  sea's  alarms, 

Something  perhaps  they  lose — 

A  sense  of  mighty  arms 
That  shield  and  shadow  and  in  some  wise  use 
Our  journeys  to  a  purpose  not  our  own. 
And  I  have  dreamt  I  heard  from  the  unknown 

A  voice  from  past  our  years, 

A  quiet  voice  that  saith: 

"Thou,  man,  dost  still  thy  fears, 
And  dare  the  sea's  cold  ways  of  toil  and  death 
And  put  thy  faith  in  keels  thy  strength  hath  planned 

And  charts  thy  captains  read. 

Yea,  the  great  deep  is  spanned 
And  all  earth's  forces  broken  to  thy  need: 

Me  only,  child  of  dust. 

Thou  wilt  no  longer  trust!" 


10 


The  Moral  of  Our  Time 

Editor  Town  Talk,  Sir:  I  have  read  with  iintch 
interest  what  you  have  said  about  Dr.  Aked"s 
passion  for  newness  and  his  desire  to  erect  a 
buikling  that  will  look  like  a  bank  in  the  place 
of  the  old  church  on  Post  street.  I  have  also 
read  an  article  by  Filson  Ycning  from  which  I 
excerpt  the  following  which  may  be  of  interest 
to  your  readers:  "1  understand  that  housebreak- 
ing on  a  large  and  highly  organized  scale  is  an 
entirely  modern  trick.  The  thing  which  it 
symbolizes  is  not  \  cry  happy.  There  is  no 
merit  in  pulling  a  thing  down  unless  you  are 
to  put  something  better  in  its  place.  ...  It 
seems  to  point  the  moral  of  our  time — to  pull 
down  that  which  appeals  to  the  imagination  and 
to  put  up  instead  that  which  can  appeal  only 
to  common  sense  and  material  desire."  Imag- 
ination is  a  fine  thing.  Mr.  Editor,  and  it  occurs 
to  me  that  it  is  just  the  thing  that  most  of  our 
fashionable  preachers  lack.  If  they  had  imagina- 
tifin  they  would  occasionally  find  something  new 
to  talk  of.  How  dull  they  must  be!  Eager  al- 
ways to  arrest  attention  with  sensational  dis- 
course, they  harp  eternally  on  the  same  topics — 
the  Demon  Rum  and  the  Vice  of  the  Slums.  N'o 
wonder  that  people  are  bored  and  take  no  in- 
terest in  church.  The  pulpit  has  grown  stale  and 
unprofitable.  It  has  damnable  iteration — noth- 
ing else.  Sincerely  yours. 

— Louis  I'anning. 


TOWN  TALK 

Correspondence 

The  Eshelman  Harangue 
Editor  Town  Talk,  Dear  Sir:  A  little  of  your 
valuable  space  please  that  !  may  have  a  word 
on  a  burning  issue.  President  Eshelman  of  the 
Railroad  Coniinission  has  attacked  President 
Sproule  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  for 
remarks  which  the  latter  made  concerning  the 
value  to  California  of  certain  regulations  adopted 
by  his  commission.  Mr.  Sproule's  statement  was 
that  a  railroad's  ability  to  build  extensions  de- 
pended upon  its  ability  to  borrow  money;  that 
its  ability  to  borrow  money  depended  primarily 
on  its  ability  to  pay  interest;  and  that  decrease 
in  revenue  meant  decrease  in  ability  to  pay  such 
interest.  The  very  A  B  C  of  finance  surely;  but 
Mr.  Eshelman  discerns  in  it  an  insidious  and 
dangerous  onslaught  upon  the  principle  of  regu- 
lating public  service  corporations — in  other  words, 
an  attack  on  Mr.  Eshelman's  salary,  lie  meets 
his  treacherous  foe  openly  and  valiantly  by  the 
ringing  declartion  that  he  will  continue  to  regu- 
late on  behalf  of  the  people  not  only  till  the  cows 
come  home,  but  even  after  they  have  been  milked 
and  foddered  down  for  the  night.  Mr.  Eshle- 
man's  mind  being  fully  occupied  with  the  red- 
tiled  roof  "regulated"  by  his  board  for  the  Berk- 
eley depot,  is  unable  to  grasp  the  real  meaning 
of  Mr.  Sproule's  remarks,  and  Mr.  Sproule  is 
■  iltogether  too  courteous  a  gentleman  to  enlighten 
liini.    Those  remarks  contain  no  attack  on  the 


December  21.  1912 


principle  of  regulation.  That  principle  was  es- 
tablished beyond  controversy  by  the  Supreme 
Courts  of  the  United  States  and  of  all  the  States 
before  Mr.  Eshleman  was  born.  It  was 
but  the  gentlest  of  cautions  touching  the 
evil  eflFects,  of  course,  to  the  railroads,  but 
equally  to  the  State,  of  "cinch"  regulation 
and  regulation  by  incompetency.  Mr.  Eshleman 
by  force  of  native  ability  might  reach  the  re- 
sponsible position  of  ferry  ticket  puncher  in  the 
railroad  he  is  regulating.  Regulation  as  now 
conducted  is  the  pronouncement  of  imperial 
edicts  as  to  what  a  corporation  may  or  may  not 
do,  may  or  may  not  charge.  The  management 
of  the  corporation  must  be  carried  on  in 
subordination  to  those  edicts.  Its  development, 
prosperity,  and  even  existence  is  dependent 
upon  their  reasonableness.  In  all  this,  the  com- 
missions and  boards  of  control  are  not  dealing 
with  their  own  property,  are  not  even  dealing 
with  public  property,  but  solely  with  private 
property.  Manifestly,  therefore,  it  requires  as 
high  ability  justly  to  regulate  such  corporations 
as  is  expected  of  their  managerial  heads.  Does 
Mr.  Eshelman  now  begin  to  perceive  why  the 
corporations  may.  without  at  all  attacking  the 
sacred  principle  of  regulation,  sorrow  when  they 
sec  fifty-dollar  men  regulating  fifty-million  dollar 
businesses  ? 

-E.  L.  j. 


Siftings  from  Many  Sources 

Being  a  Brief  Chronicle  of  Significant  Events  the  Wide  World  Over 
By  Robert  McTavish 


Unfrocked  Priests  and  Celibacy 

Prominent  unfrocked  priests  in  Italy  arc  pro- 
moting an  agitation  among  tlie  CallKjlic  clergy 
of  Italy  against  the  vow  t>i  celibacy.  A  meet- 
ing of  protest  was  held  in  N'aples  and  several 
priests  who  were  about  to  leave  the  Church  in 
order  to  marry  attended  and  discussed  the  mat- 
ter. The  Methodists  used  to  welcome  Italian 
priests  who  left  the  Church  on  account  of  "love 
affairs,"  but  they  seem  to  have  discovered  tliat 
such  acquisitions  were  of  dubious  value  to  their 
cause;  but  the  anti-clericals  are  still  willing  to  re- 
ceive these  men  provided  they  w-age  war  openly 
on  Catholicism.  Most  of  the  unfrocked  priests 
have  married  rich  women.  A  report  of  the 
Naples  meeting  was  brought  to  the  Pope,  and 
he  is  reported  to  have  said:  "These  poor  men 
remind  me  of  soldiers  who  deserted  the  army 
on  the  eve  of  battle  and  are  trying  to  convince 
themselves  that  they  did  not  fly  because  they 
were  afraid  to  fight." 


The  Girl  of  1913 

Max  Xordau  and  other  wondrous  s.avants  have 
it  all  figured  out  that  "the  girl  of  1913"  will  be 
very  different  from  the  girls  of  other  years.  Her 
prime  characteristic,  they  say,  will  be  her  sim- 
plicity. Her  modesty  will  not  express  itself  in 
the  artificial  bashfulness  of  former  years.  She 
will  have  a  thorough  education  in  art,  literature, 
philosophy  and  languages,  but  will  by  no  means 
neglect  cooking,  nursing,  hygiene  and  general 
household  management.  She  will  be  a  serious 
worker  who  will  despise  "piano  solos."  She  will 
drink  no  wine,  but  more  tea  than  ever.  And 
she  will  be  a  thorough  sportswoman.  Just  how 
Max  knows  this  it  is  impossible  to  say.  Equally 
impossible  is  it  to  explain  how  the  girl  of  1912 
is  to  be  made  over  into  the  tremendous  "girl  of 
1913"  between  the  Christmas  holidays  and  Xew 
^'ear's  eve. 


Blamed  for  Race  Suicide 

.Mthough  there  arc  no  new  statistics  showing 
the  approach  to  a  common  figure  of  the  birth 
and  death  rates  of  France,  a  document  just  is- 
sued by  the  Ministry  of  the  Interior  enables  one 
to  arrive  at  a  conclusion  as  to  who  the  "culprits' 
arc  in  the  crime  of  race  suicide — that  is  as  far 
as  a  class  can  be  considered  culpable.  The  docu- 
ment shows  that  fishermen  and  seamen  have  the 
largest  families.  Their  average  is  486  children 
born  alive  for  every  hundred  families.  Next  comes 
the  laboring  class,  with  an  average  of  404.  The 
class  of  employers  of  labor  comes  third  with 
3(X)  children  per  100  families.  Capitalists  and 
"personnes  sans  profession"  provide  330  per  100 
families,  and  clerks  and  officials  310.  .\s  far  as 
the  latter  are  concerned,  it  is  interesting  to  note 
as  the  result  of  a  careful  computation,  the  fol- 
lowing paradox  was  established:  the  larger  the 
salary,  the  smaller  the  family. 


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11 


The  Empty  Chair 

By  Veritas 


Christmas  is,  par  excellence,  the  season  of  the 
children — not  only  of  the  real  children  but 
equally  of  those  favored  few,  the  grown-up  chil- 
dren, in  whom  neither  maturity  of  years,  nor  the 
struggle  of  life,  nor  the  buffetings  of  the  world, 
have  been  able  to  <iuench  the  joyous  spirit  of  their 
perennial  childhood. 

Happy,  happy  grown-up  children!  How  we 
envy  you,  we  who  graduated  with  honors  in  the 
school  of  life  while  we  were  still  in  our  teens — 
we  who  were  men  of  the  world  at  tive-and-twenty, 
and  who  now,  at  forty,  have  few  beliefs  and  no 
illusions  left  unto  us! 

But  you,  at  seventy,  are  younger — far  younger 
than  ever  we  were  at  seventeen — and  your  hearts 
are  still  simple,  your  imaginations  still  pure,  your 
spirits  are  still  buoyant,  and  your  faith  still  un- 
shaken. To  you  the  earth  is  still  a  beautiful 
place  from  which  the  glory  has  never  passed 
away.  You  have  reached  the  allotted  age  of  man, 
and  still  the  shades  of  the  prison-house  have 
never  closed  around  you.  O  blessed  secret  of 
eternal  youthfulness !  O  happy,  happy  grown-up 
child! 

I  do  not  quite  know  what  has  led  me  to  indulge 
in  these  reflections.  Certainly  they  have  no  im- 
mediate bearing  upon  my  story;  but  as  I  sat  down 
to  write  it,  the  thoughts  came,  and  so  I  com- 
mitted them  to  paper.  At  first,  on  reading  them 
through,  1  was  minded  to  strike  them  out  as  en- 
tirely irrele\'ant.  But,  after  consideration,  I  de- 
cided to  let  them  stand,  because  they  seemed  to 
me,  somehow,  calculated  to  create  a  befitting  at- 
mosphere for  a  sentimental  story — to  induce  in 
the  reader  that  condition  of  mind  in  which  such 
a  story  should  be  approached.  One  cannot — at 
least,  such  is  my  experience — appreciate  a  sen- 
timental story  unless  one  is  first  coaxed  into  a 
sentimental  mood.  It  is  like  taking  off  one's  hat 
when  one  goes  into  church.  The  very  action  of 
doing  so  helps  to  induce  a  reverential  spirit  at 
the  outset.  And  if,  O  reader,  my  somewhat  sen- 
timental reflections  have  induced  in  you  a  senti- 
mental spirit  at  the  outset,  a  great  object  has 
been  gained.  For  this  story  is  a  purely  senti- 
mental story — a  sentimental  story  from  real  life. 

Wyndham  Corfield  was  one  of  those  stern,  grim, 
reserved  men  who  seem  to  be  exempt  alike  from 
the  amiabilities  and  the  weaknesses  of  human 
nature.  Of  the  moralities — the  conventional  mor- 
alities, at  least — he  was  a  thorough-going  up- 
holder. He  never  committed  a  lapse  therefrom 
himself  and  he  never  forgave  anybody  else  who 
did.  In  Society  he  was  cold,  silent,  and  uncom- 
municative, always  carrying  with  him  the  air  of 
a  man  who  despised,  and  desired  to  hold  aloof 
from,  its  frivolities  and  hypocrisies. 

In  his  home  life  he  was  scarcely  more  genial. 
He  was  deeply  attached  to  his  wife  and  his  little 
boy — their  only  child — but  he  was  never  demon- 
strative of  his  affection.  In  fact,  he  disliked  what 
he  contemptuously  called  "gush"  of  any  kind,  and 
discouraged  it  in  them  as  firmly  as  he  repressed 
it  in  himself.    Apart  from  tliis,  the  lighter  side 


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of  life,  in  general,  had  no  attraction  for  him,  and 
he  was  totally  unsympathetic  towards  those  so- 
cial gaieties  in  which  his  wife,  woman-like,  was 
fain  to  seek  occasional  relief  from  the  nioiicitony 
of  her  domestic  existence. 

She  had  been  one  of  a  large  family — accustomed 
to  the  constant  companionship  of  bright,  high- 
spirited  young  people — to  the  unreserved  so- 
ciability of  a  number  of  brothers  and  sisters.  So 
by-and-by,  when  the  first  novelty  and  glamour  of 
marriage  had  worn  ofif,  she  began  to  find  life  with 
this  silent,  stern,  undemonstrative,  and  unsociable 
man,  at  first  monotonous,  then  irksome,  and  finally 
insupportable. 

Had  she  known  how  deeply  he  loved  her,  it 
would  have  made  all  the  difference.  But  he  never 
showed  his  love  by  fond  word,  by  afTectionate 
caress,  by  any  one  of  those  tliousand-and-one  lit- 
tle outward  marks  of  endearment,  for  which  the 
hearts  of  loving  women  crave.  She  jumped  to  the 
conclusion  (as,  in  these  cases,  women  so  often  do) 
that  the  absence  of  demonstration  meant  the  ab- 
sence of  love.  She  grew  to  fear,  almost  to  hate, 
this  grim,  cold,  passionless  man.  And  presently, 
the  image  of  another  began  to  fill  her  empty  heart. 
.  .  .  Then  intoxication.  .  .  .  Then  madness. 
She  went  to  him. 

It  hit  Corfield  hard.  But  he  grimly  repressed 
every  outward  manifestation  of  his  grief,  of  his 
rage  against  his  wife's  seducer,  as  he  invariably 
repressed  outward  manifestations  of  all  his  feel- 
ings. A  little  colder,  a  little  sterner,  a  little  more 
reserved.  That  was  all.  That  a  heart  well-nigh 
broken  lay  behind  that  grim,  immobile  face  you 
would  never  have  guessed.  Rather  would  you 
have  said  that  the  man  was  made  of  cast-iron  and 
had  no  feelings. 

Only  once  after  his  wife's  flight  did  her  name 
pass  his  lips,  and  that  because  it  was  extorted 
from  him  by  his  little  boy's  questions. 

"Daddy,  where  has  mummie  gone?" 

"My  boy,  I  neither  know  nor  care.  She  is  dead 
to  you  and  to  me,  for  ever." 

"Oh!  Daddy"  (and  the  childish  lips  began  to 
quiver),  "is  mummy  really  dead?" 

"She  is  worse  than  dead,"  replied  his  father, 
grimly,  "and  you  must  never  mention  her  name 
again." 

Such  was  the  man's  look  and  tone,  that  the 
child  was  awed  into  instant  silence.  He  saw  that 
something  very,  very  bad  had  happened.  More 
than  that,  he  was  too  young  to  understand.  And 
he  should  never  see  his  muinmie  again — never, 
never.  He  was  not  even  to  speak  of  her.  But 
he  could  think  of  her;  and  when  he  was  alone, 
as  he  so  often  was,  he  could  talk  to  God  about  her. 
A  thoughtful,  fanciful  little  boy,  he  often  talked 
to  God  about  things  that  exercised  or  perplexed 
him,  just  as  though  God  were  actually  present 
in  the  room  with  hitii.  You  see,  God  was  so  very 
real  to  him,  as  He  is  to  children — and  to  grown- 
up children.  .  .  .  .^h,  perhaps  here  we  have 
it!  Perhaps  that  is  the  true  secret  of  perpetual 
youthfulness.  Perhaps  constant  familiar  inter- 
course with  Him  Who  never  grows  old  is  what 
keeps  these  happy  grown-up  children  from  ever 
growing  old  either.    Who  shall  say? 

The  year  went  slowly  on,  and  at  length  Christ- 
mas Day — the  day  of  the  children  and  the  grown- 
up children — came. 

It  was  a  gloomy  Christmas  for  Wyndham  Cor- 
field. If  he  had  followed  his  inclinations  he 
would  have  tried  to  forget  that  it  was  Christmas 
Day  at  all,  and  would  have  dispensed  with  every- 
thing reminiscent  of  the  festive  occasion  so  lit- 
tle in  harmony  with  his  bitter,  aching  heart.  But 


custom,  and  love  for  his  little  boy,  were  too 
strong  for  him  here.  Perchance,  also,  pride  had 
something  to  say  to  it — that  stern  pride  which 
would  not  allow  him  to  admit  his  hidden  grief 
or  do  anything  that  should  betray  how  hard  he 
was  hit.  So  he  went  through  with  the  day's 
celebrations  as  usual. 

He  bought  his  boy  the  usual  presents.  He  took 
him  to  morning  church,  and  when  they  came  back 
there  was  the  usual  Christmas  mid-day  dinner, 
with  the  turkey,  the  plum  pudding,  the  mince  pies, 
and  all  the  other  seasonable  good  cheer.  Nothing 
was  omitted.  Everything  was  done  that  the  child 
should  enjoy  his  Christmas  as  usual.  Everything 
was,  also,  done  that  the  servants  might  see  how 
little  their  master  felt  the  blow  that  had  fallen 
on  him  since  last  Christmas. 

Thus  he  kept  up  the  grim,  proud  pretence.  No 
one  should  guess  the  pain  that  gnawed  at  his 
heart-strings — the  still  unabated  "wrath  with  one 
he  loved"  that  "worked  like  madness  in  his  brain." 

He  would  have  flung  her  from  his  thoughts,  if 
he  could  have  done  so.  But  he  could  not.  Her 
memory  was  all  the  while  present  to  him,  filling 
his  soul  with  resentful  bitterness.  ...  If 
only  he  would  have  forgiven;  or,  if  only  he  could 
have  forgotten.  But  alas!  he  would  not  forgive, 
and  he  could  not  forget. 

It  was  not  exactly  a  festive  Christmas  dinner, 
as  you  may  well  conceive.  Corfield  sat  moody 
and  silent,  scarcely  speaking  a  word.  Even  the 
child  prattled  less  than  usual.  It  was  easy  to 
see  that  he  had  something  on  his  small  mind. 
And  presently  out  it  came. 

"Daddy,"  he  exclaimed,  looking  up  half  timidly 
at  his  father,  "I  had  such — such  an  int'esting 
dream  last  night.    Please  may  I  tell  it  to  you?" 

"May  you?  Of  course,  you  may,  sonnie,"  re- 
plied Corfield,  kindly  enough,  but  with  rather  an 
absent-minded  air.    "Why  do  you  ask,  my  boy?" 

"Please,  'cos  I  was  afraid  you  mightn't  want  to 
hear  it,  daddy.  You  said  I  wasn't  never  to  speak 
to  mummie  again.  And  my  dream  was  all  about 
mummie,"  said  the  little  fellow,  regarding  his 
father's  face  anxiously. 

Corfield  frowned,  but  said  nothing. 

"Please,  you're  not  angry  with  me,"  went  on 
the  child,  deprecatingly,  "'cos  I  can't  help  my 
dreams,  you  know,  daddy,  can  I?" 

"No,  I'm  not  angry  with  you,"  replied  his  father, 
shortly. 

"I  dreamt,"  the  little  fellow  continued,  clasping 
his  hands  in  front  of  him,  while  a  strange,  intense 

(Continued   on    Page  32.) 


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December  21,  1912 


The  Residence  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Spreckels 


Architects:  MacDonald  &  Applegarth,  SAN   FRANCISCO   HAS  MANY   BEAUTIFLL   HOMES,   Bl'T   FOR  CHASTE 

San  Francisco.  ARCHITECTURE  THIS   ONE   IS  UNSURPASSED 


The  new  residence  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Spreckels  at 
the  northeastern  corner  of  Washington  and  Oc- 
tavia  streets  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  ar- 
tistic homes,  not  only  of  San  Francisco,  the  city 
of  magnificent  homes,  but  also  of  the  entire  State 
of  California. 

The  exterior  of  this  noble  edifice  is  designed 
in  the  purest  architectural  treatment  of  what  is 
known  technically  as  "French  Renaissance."  It 
is  finished  in  a  beautiful  light  cream  Manti  lime- 
stone with  capacious  balconies,  gates  and  grille 
doors  of  solid  tooled  bronze. 

The  first  story  which  is  the  main  floor  of  this 
luxurious  residence  contains  the  apartments 
known  as  the  grand  salon,  the  reception  room, 
the  den,  the  living  room,  the  dining  room  and  the 
magnificent  Pompeiian  Court. 

All  of  these  apartments  have  been  designed 
with  the  greatest  of  care,  no  effort  having  been 


spared  to  make  them  as  artistically  perfect  as 
was  possible.  The  result  has  won  the  admiration 
of  the  most  exacting  architects  and  experts. 

The  second  floor  of  the  Spreckels  mansion  con- 
tains spacious  bed  chambers.  It  also  contains  the 
library  wherein  Mr.  Spreckels'  splendid  collection 
of  books  will  be  fittingly  installed.  This  collec- 
tion embraces  innumerable  first  editions  of  the 
rarest  books,  editions  de  luxe  of  classic  and 
modern  authors  and  a  general  assemblage  of  the 
best  editions  of  the  standard  authors  both  Amer- 
ican and  European. 

In  an  attic  story  concealed  from  view  from  the 
street  is  a  sunny  children's  playroom.  This  is 
probably  one  of  the  most  charming  and  most 
fascinating  apartments  in  the  mansion. 

In  the  basement  of  the  new  home  arc  the 
kitchen,  the  rooms  for  the  servants,  a  com- 
modious garage  and  all  the  other  apartments 
needed  for  the  menage  of  a  millionaire. 


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Decembfr  21,  1912 


We  sat  in  a  tavern,  and  as  time  hung  heavily 
upon  me,  I  asked  mj'  companion  to  tell  me  a 
story  out  of  his  life.  My  companion  was  an 
extremely  tattered  and  worn  fellow.  He  looked 
as  if  he  had  all  his  life  been  squeezed  through 
tight  places;  his  clothes  were  in  shreds  and  his 
body  at  certain  points  shrank  away  as  if  parts 
of  it  had  been  torn  off  in  the  struggle.  The  man 
was  thin,  angular  and  quite  bald;  not  a  single 
hair  grew  upon  his  yellow  cranium.  His  checks 
were  sunken,  his  cheek-bones  forming  two  bright 
points,  and  the  skin  covering  them  was  so  tightly 
stretched  that  it  glistened  and  brought  into 
greater  prominence  the  wrinkles  with  which  his 
whole  face  was  cut  up.  But  his  eyes  shone  bright 
and  clear;  his  long,  gristly  nose  contracted  con- 
stantly in  an  ironic  expression,  and  his  talk  came 
fluently  out  of  his  mouth,  which  was  partly 
covered  by  a  stubbly  red  mustache.  It  seemed 
to  me  that  the  story  of  his  life  would  be  very  in- 
teresting. 

"You  wish  to  hear  my  story?"  he  asked  in  a 
hoarse  voice. 
"Well,  yes." 

"Then  I'll  tell  it  to  you,  since  you  desire  it. 
But  the  whole  story — that  won't  go.  I  have  lived 
through  an  unusually  long  life;  it  would  bore  you 
t<:i  listen  to  it  and  it — it  is  not  altogether  amusing 
to  tell.  But  just  one  little  thing,  a  sort  of  anec- 
dote— that  goes  all  right.  Would  you  like  to 
lienr  it?  Very  well.  But  you  will  surely  order 
a  couple  of  bottles  of  beer,  for  my  trouble.  For 
you  know  it  is  sometimes  as  unpleasant  for  a 
fellow  to  go  into  his  past  as  it  is  to  go  down  into 
a  sewer. 

"This  little  story,  my  dear  sir,  will  not  strike 
you  as  being  important  and  will  hardly  suit  your 
literary  taste,  but  to  me  it  is — I  like  it.  The  mat- 
ter, as  you  will  sec,  is  very  simple;  it  happened 
in  this  way: 

"It  was  on  a  Christinas  Eve,  and  we — my  com- 
rade Yaschka  Sizov  and  myself — had  been  hang- 
ing around  the  street  the  whole  day.  We  offered 
f>ur  services  as  baggage  carriers  to  the  ladies 
who  passed  with  their  Christmas  bundles,  but 
they  didn't  seem  to  hear  our  words,  and  would 


TOWN  TALK 

On  Christmas  Eve 

By  .Ma.xim  Gorky   (From  the  Russian) 

enter  tlieir  carriages  and  ride  off — from  which 
you  can  see  that  we  were  not  in  luck's  way.  We 
also  did  some  begging,  and  in  this  way  managed 
to  collect  something.  I  got  together  about  twen- 
ty-nine copecks,  out  of  which  a  ten-copeck  piece, 
given  to  me  by  a  gentleman  on  the  courthouse 
steps,  proved  to  be  counterfeit. 

"But  Yaschka — a  fellow  in  many  ways  more 
talented  than  I  am — became  toward  evening  really 
a  rich  man.  He  had  eleven  rubles  and  twenty- 
six  copecks.  According  to  his  story  all  this  money 
was  given  to  him  in  one  lump  by  a  lady  who  had 
suddenly  become  so  generous  that  she  not  only 
handed  him  the  money  itself  but  her  purse  and 
silk  handkerchief  as  well.  That  sometimes  hap- 
pens, you  know.  A  sudden  impulse  of  virtue 
often  brings  a  person  into  a  state  where  he  for- 
gets all  about  his  dignity  and  then  does  any- 
thing to  crush  this  goodness  in  order  to  get  rid 
of  it. 

"As  Yaschka  told  me  about  the  really  Christian 
conduct  of  the  lady,  for  some  reason  or  other  he 
glanced  furtively  about  him.  I  suppose  he  wanted 
to  thank  the  noble  soul  again  for  her  generous 
gift.    Suddenly  he  shouted  to  me: 

"'Hey  there,  run  faster!' 

"We  ran  as  fast  as  we  could.  Every  part  of 
my  body  seemed  to  be  frozen,  and  I  hurried  on 
to  warm  it  a  bit.  The  wind  blew  fiercely,  causing 
the  snow  on  the  streets  to  rise  into  a  whirl  and 
throwing  it  off  the  roofs  in  cold  and  pointed  mis- 
siles, flying  in  the  air  and  falling  down  my  neck. 
My  face  felt  as  if  it  was  being  cut  with  knives,  and 
my  neck  was  so  frozen  that  it  seemed  to  have  be- 
come as  thin  as  a  finger.  I  thought  it  would 
break  at  any  careless  movement  I  might  make, 
and  fearing  to  lose  my  head,  I  buried  it  as  deeply 
as  I  could  between  my  shoulders.  Neither  of  us 
was  suitably  clothed  for  such  weather,  but 
Yaschka  felt  warmer  than  I  did,  which  made 
me,  out  of  envy  of  him,  feel  colder  still. 

"You  know,  I  have  never  been  a  favorite  of 
fortune- — devil  take  me!  Only  once  in  my  life 
was  I  presented  with  a  samovar,  and  that  was 
filled  with  boiling  water,  which,  as  I  tried  to  get 
away  witli  it,  so  scalded  my  feet  that  I  had  to 
spend  a  week  and  a  half  in  the  prison  hospital. 


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At  another  time — but  that's  another  story.  Well, 
then;  so  I  ran  on  with  Yaschka,  while  he  kept 
saying  to  himself: 

"  'We'll  celebrate  the  holiday  in  great  style. 
We'll  pay  our  rent — here,  you  old  witch,  here 
it  is — a  pint  of  whisky,  and  perhaps  a  leg  of  ham. 
li'm!  A  leg  of  ham  wouldn't  be  at  all  bad,  but 
it  would  be  expensive.  Do  you  know  what  the 
price  of  ham  is  in  the  market?' 

"I  did  not,  but  I  knew  the  real  value  of  a  leg 
of  ham,  and  we  decided  to  acquire  it.  We  de- 
termined to  go  to  that  market  where  there  were 
the  most  people.  When  the  store  is  crowded 
with  customers  it's  a  sure  sign  that  it  sells  the 
best  goods;  ergo,  as  the  Latins  used  to  say,  it's 
.itist  the  place  where  one  can  pick  up  whatever 
one  wants. 

"  'A  leg  of  ham,  please,  cried  Yaschka,  pushing 
ills  way  into  the  crowd  of  buyers.  'Show  me  a 
leg  of  ham — not  big,  but  good — excuse  me;  you 
hit  me  in  the  side.  I  know  very  well  which  of 
us  is  not  well-bred;  but  I  also  know  that  it's  not 
easy  to  be  polite  under  present  circumstances.  I 
can't  help  being  so  uncomfortably  close  here. 
What's  that?  I've  touched  you  pocket?  Excuse 
me,  sir,  that  was  your  own  hand  which  met  mine 
as  it  was  crawling  into  my  breast  pocket.  I  buy 
for  cash,  so  do  you,  therefore  we  have  both  equal 
rights.' 

"From  Yaschka's  bearing  in  the  market  you 
would  have  thought  he  had  come  to  buy  a  whole 
carload  of  hams — perhaps  three  hundred.  Mean- 
vvliile,  I  took  advantage  of  the  confusion  and, 
aided  by  what  ability  I  had,  lifted  a  box  of  mar- 
malade, a  bottle  of  olive  oil  and  two  large 
sausages. 

"  'Now  we.  too,  will  have  a  holiday,'  rejoiced 
Yaschka.  'It  will  be  a  great  feast!'  He  skipped 
as  he  walked  and  sniffed  with  his  big,  wide  nose. 
His  little  gray  eyes  were  bright  with  joy,  and  I, 
too,  was  rejoicing.  A  square,  appetizing  meal, 
once  in  a  while,  is  no  small  pleasure  for  people 
like  us,  sir. 

"And  now,  with  the  wind  driving  us  forward, 
we  were  nearing  our  home.  At  that  time  we 
lived  at  the  extreme  end  of  the  cfty,  near  the  old 
clothes  market,  where  we  occupied  a  basement 
belonging  to  a  very  old  woman.  This  part  of  the 
town  was  always  deserted  after  six  o'clock  in 
the  evening,  and  it  was  seldom  that  a  living 
being  was  met  with  in  this  neighborhood  after 
that  time.  If  anyone  ever  did  make  his  ap- 
pearance here  after  that  hour  he  most  certainly 
carried  his  life  in  his  heels. 

"So  we  ran  on.  Suddenly  we  saw  the  figure 
of  a  man  before  us.  He  tottered  as  he  walked, 
and  it  soon  became  evident  that  he  was  drunk. 
Yaschka  nudged  mc  and  whispered:  'Fut  coat.' 

"Now,  you  must  know  that  to  meet  a  man  in 
a  fur  coat  is  very  pleasant  indeed.  You  see,  a 
fur  coat  has  no  buttons  and  is  easily  pulled  off. 
Walking  stealthily  behind  the  man,  we  saw  that 
he  was  big  and  broad-shouldered.  He  was  mut- 
tering something  to  himself.  We.  on  our  part, 
were  thinking  something,  too. 

"The  man  stopped  so  suddenly  that  our  noses 
almost  touched  his  back.  He  raised  his  hands 
high,  and  in  a  strong  bass  voice  growled  out: 

"'I  am  he  whom  no  one  loves!' 

"If  a  cannon  ball  had  struck  us  we  should  not 
have  been  more  surprised.  We  quickly  retreated. 
But  he  had  already  seen  us,  and  turning  to  us 
with  his  back  to  the  fence — evidently  he  knew 
where  he  was — he  asked: 

"  'Who  are  you,  you  scamps?' 

"  'Brother  beggars,'  Yaschka  answered. 

(Continued  on  Page  30.) 


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TOWN      TALK  December  21.  1912 

Poems  About  San  Francisco 


LXXII— THUS  SPOKE  THE  ANCIENT  GULL 


By  R.  K.  Culver 


(The  following  light  verses  were  published  in  Sunset  Magazine  for  December,  1904.  Those  who  have  followed 
this  series  of  poems  about  San  Francisco  need  not  be  reminded  that  Sunset  has  been  the  original  repository  for 
a  great  many  such  poems,  usually  of  admirable  workmanship.  Time  and  again  poems  suitable  for  this  series  have 
been  found  in  the  files  of  Sunset.  The  gull  is  invested  with  a  rollicksome.  devil-may-care  disposition  in  the  follow- 
ing verses.  Those  who  have  studied  him  know  that  that  is  his  character.  Being  only  a  gull  he  will  be  par- 
doned for  contracting  the  name  of  our  city.  He's  an  irreverent  bird  at  best  and  probably  calls  Verba  Buena 
Goat  Island.) 


I'm  a  grafter  bold  as  stows  my  hold 
With  things  what  comes  my  way, 

And  I  laughs,  "Yo,  ho!"  as  I  chucks  below 
The  graft  from  'Frisco  Bay. 

There  was  once  a  time  in  a  foreign  clime 

When  I  was  a  rovin'  tar: 
I  liked  the  sea,  and  dodgast  me! 

I  couldn't  sail  too  far! 

But  blow  my  eyes!    When  this  cove  I  spies 

I  anchors  to  them  piles, 
And  I  sees  all  hands  they  understands 

By  the  way  they  kind  o'  smiles. 


So  we  trails  them  craft  and  we  works  the  graft 

And  we  fills  our  hulls  each  day 
With  various  freight  and  pieces  o'  eight 

What  they  heaves  into  the  bay. 

But  most  we  gloat  when  a  ferry  boat 

Starts  out  with  a  picnic  crowd. 
With  pie  and  cake  along  of  her  wake — 

Yo,  ho! — but  we  laughs  some  loud. 

Then  I  seeks  a  pile  and  I  rests  awhile 

And  I  sort  o'  reefs  my  wings. 
And  I  stretches  a  leg — just  to  rest  that  peg — 

And  then  I  ups  and  sings: 


"I'm  a  grafter  bold  as  stows  my  hold 
With  things  what  comes  my  way, 

And  I  laughs,  'Yo,  ho!'  as  I  chucks  below 
The  graft  from  'Frisco  Bay." 


Our  $50,000  Expert 

Considering  that  he  has  already  cost  us  so 
much  and  will  cost  us  a  great  deal  more  before 
we  are  through  with  him,  it  is  worth  while  finding 
out  what  John  R.  Freeman,  special  engineer  on 
the  Hetch  Hetchy  project,  accomplished  for  San 
Francisco  during  the  recent  hearing  before  the 
Secretary  of  the  Interior  in  Washington.  Free- 
man has  so  far  cost  the  city  in  the  neighborhood 
of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Can  it  be  said  that  in 
exchange  for  that  sum  the  Hetch  Hetchy  project 
has  been  appreciably  advanced?  I'm  afraid  not. 
I've  been  looking  over  the  bulky  transcript  of  the 
Washington  hearing,  and  I'm  not  too  much  im- 
pressed with  Freeman.  Neither  for  that  matter 
was  Secretary  Walter  Fisher.  All  who  were  in 
Washington  for  that  hearing  will  tell  you  that 
Secretary  Fisher  showed  himself  eminently  fair 
to  all  parties  concerned,  at  the  same  time  exhibit- 
ing a  truly  marvelous  grasp  of  the  questions  at 
issue  and  the  technical  matters  on  which  their 
solution  depends.  Yet  despite  his  fair  and  kindly 
attitude  Secretary  Fisher  made  it  plain  several 
times  that  he  was  displeased  with  Freeman.  The 
reason  is  easily  explained.  Several  months  ago 
Secretary  Fisher  told  Freeman  what  he  wanted 
him  to  bring  out  during  the  hearing.  When  the 
hearing  took  place  Freeman  was  not  prepared 
to  bring  out  what  Secretary  Fisher  wanted.  Nat- 
urally this  somewhat  angered  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior.    Secretary  Fisher  had  carefully  ex- 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 

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Branch  OflSces — Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Coronado 
Beach,  Portland,  Ore.,  Seattle,  Wash.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


The  Spectator 

plained  his  position.  He  held  that  if  any  of  the 
alternate  water  supplies  offered  to  San  Francisco 
was  as  good  as  Hetch  Hetchy  and  could  be  ob- 
tained for  the  same  money,  it  would  be  his  duty 
as  the  guardian  of  the  national  parks  to  prefer 
that  other  source  to  Hetch  Hetchy.  So  he  asked 
Freeman  to  prepare  data  placing  all  the  proposed 
supplies  on  a  parity  so  that  they  might  be  prop- 
erly compared  unit  by  unit.  Freeinan  failed  to 
do  this,  and  Secretary  Fisher  was  irritated.  The 
result  is  that  he  felt  it  necessary  to  call  for  ad- 
ditional data.  He  gave  the  city  until  December 
21  to  supply  the  evidence  he  had  expected  to  re- 
ceive during  the  recent  hearing.  When  the  other 
projects  have  been  placed  on  a  parity  with  Free- 
man's Hetch  Hetchy  estimates  he  will  be  pre- 
pared to  give  his  decision.  I  suppose  this  will 
cost  the  city  something  like  twenty-five  or  thirty 
thousand  dollars  more. 


A  Costly  Party 

That  little  excursion  to  Washington  which 
didn't  accomplish  as  much  as  it  should  because 
Freeman  hadn't  armed  himself  with  the  data  Sec- 
retary Fisher  wanted  will  cost  a  pretty  penny. 
There  were  fourteen  men  in  the  party  which  went 


to  present  the  claims  of  the  city.  There  were 
Mayor  Rolph,  Supervisors  Alexander  Vogelsang 
and  Andrew  Gallagher  and  Jack  Dunnigan,  the 
clerk  of  the  Board,  City  Attorney  Long  and  his 
assistants  Havens  and  English,  John  R.  Freeman, 
special  Hetch  Hetchy  expert.  City  Engineer  M. 
M.  O'Shaughnessy  and  his  assistant  Cyril  Will- 
iams Jr.,  Myron  L.  Fuller,  the  geologist  for  the 
city,  Allen  Hazen  and  Horace  Ropes,  consult- 
ing engineers,  and  finally  Professor  Whipple,  an 
expert  on  filtration.  I  understand  that  they 
stopped  at  the  New  Willard.  That  is  a  very 
expensive  hotel.  I  believe  it  charges  seven 
cents  a  piece  for  prunes  and  that  other  things 
are  in  proportion.  Yes,  the  five  days  of  that 
hearing  from  November  25  to  November  30  will 
cost  the  taxpayers  a  pretty  penny.  I  suppose 
the  money  will  come  out  of  the  sale  of  Hetch 
Hetchy  bonds. 


A  Rebuke  for  Freeman 

Let  me  quote  from  the  transcript  to  show 
how  Secretary  Fisher  found  it  necessary  to  put 
Freeman  in  his  proper  place.  The  price  of  pipe 
for  the  Hetch  Hetchy  as  compared  with  the  price 


EDWARD  BROWN  &  SONS,  General  Agents 
PACIFIC  DEPARTMENT 


No.  202  Sansome  Street 


San  Francuco.  CaJifornia 


SVEA  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

Of  Gothenburg,  Sweden.    AsaeU  in  the  United  States,  $1,351,000 

AGRICULTURAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY       GLOBE  &  RUTGERS  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO. 

of  Watertown.  N.  Y  [  Asseu,  $4,042,000   Net  Surplus.  $1,305,000  of  New  York    Aiseu,  $6,674,000   Nei  Surplus.  $2,703,000 

HAMILTON  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  GLOBE  UNDERWRITERS  AGENCY 

ot  New  York       A«eu.  $415,957       Net  Surplus.  $50,237  of  New  York    As^u,  over  $6,000,000    Surplus  .o^Poh^^rs, 


December  21,  1912 


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13 


of  pipe  for  the  Saoramento  project  was  under 
discussion. 

Secretary  Fisher — You  think  that  Mr.  Hazen's 
price  is  $21  for  pipe  laid,  including  labor? 

Mr.  Freeman — Mr.  Hazen  can  answer  that. 

Secretary  Fisher — We  would  like  to  get  your 
understanding.  We  got  your  conclusions  as  to 
other  matters,  and  if  you  are  wrong,  that  affects 
our  judgment  of  your  opinion.  So,  you  are  ap- 
pearing in  two  capacities:  first,  to  give  us  in- 
formation, and  second,  to  enable  us  to  determine 
what  confidence  we  shall  place  in  your  engineer- 
ing assurances. 

Then  Freeman  came  off  his  high  horse  and  an- 
swered. 


Of  Interest  to  Union  Labor 

One  declaration  of  policy  made  by  Freeman  will 
engage  the  interest  of  the  labor  unions  or  I  miss 
my  guess.  Freeman  had  stated  that  the  Sacra- 
mento water  supply  would  cost  $60,000,000  as 
against  $36,000,000,  his  figure  for  the  cost  of 
Hetch  Hetchy.  But  it  came  out  that  the  two 
projects  had  not  been  estimated  on  a  parity  of 
conditions  as  Secretary  Fisher  wanted  them  to 
be  estimated.  For  the  Sacramento  project  wages 
had  been  figured  at  $3  a  day  while  for  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  project  wages  had  been  figured  at  $2.25, 
thus  making  an  enormous  difference  in  cost. 
Freeman  explained  the  reason  for  using  the 
lower  scale  thus: 

Mr.  Freeman — I  feel  that  San  Francisco  should 
do  just  as  Los  Angeles  is  now  doing,  and  that 
very  different  reasons  prevail  on  every  large  work 
outside  the  city,  where  men  live  in  camps,  and 
are  not  citizens  but  laborers  picked  up,  floating 
labor,  for  which  you  pay  the  market  price.  That 
kind  of  labor  may  be  properly  hired  at  the  market 
price,  and  at  the  same  time  conditions  do  ob- 
tain where  men  are  working  for  the  city,  and 
have  homes  in  the  city,  and  who  very  naturally 
in  all  our  cities  receive  more  than  is  paid  by 
contractors  to  floating  laborers  and  men  without 
homes. 

Mr.  McCutchen — But  I  have  an  impression  that 
the  city  of  San  Francisco  has  fixed  $3.00  the 
minimum  wage. 

Mr.  English — There  is  a  charter  amendment 
that  is  going  to  change  that. 


Relied  on  His  Name 

Freeman  seems  to  have  relied  on  his  name  and 
fame  as  an  engineer  to  carry  the  matter  suc- 
cessfully past  Secretary  Fisher,  but  Secretary 
Fisher  is  not  the  sort  of  man  to  take  anything  for 
granted.    Freeman's  failure  to  do  what  Secre- 


tary Fisher  had  asked  him  to  created  an  un- 
favorable impression.  The  army  engineers,  by 
the  way,  advised  Freeman  to  examine  fully  into 
the  merits  of  the  McCloud  project,  for  they 
thought  highly  of  it,  but  he  neglected  to  follow 
their  advice.  As  a  consequence  the  city  is 
caught  unprepared  now  that  the  McCloud  project 
suddenly  looms  into  prominence.  It  is  also 
claimed  that  Freeman  committed  a  serious 
tactical  blunder  in  throwing  the  Garfield  permit 
to  the  winds.  By  so  doing  he  incurred  the  dis- 
favor of  the  powerful  irrigationists  of  the  Tur- 
lock  and  Modesto  districts.  In  this  connection 
let  me  quote  what  Secretary  Fisher  said  to  Free- 
man after  the  latter  had  had  an  interchange 
with  Patrick  Griffin,  the  attorney  for  the  irriga- 
tionists: 

"Mr.  Freeman,  you  are  permitting  yourself  to 
get  into  a  very  conflicting  position.  You  said  to 
me  just  a  moment  ago  that  you  believed  it  was 
my  duty  under  the  law  and  as  executive  officer 
of  the  Government  to  make  that  water  go  just 
as  far  as  it  could  without  legal  rights;  to  use 
the  water  of  this  whole  territory  so  that  it 
would  produce  the  most  beneficial  use.  That  is 
so  absolutely  in  conflict  with  the  position  you 
have  just  taken  that  I  do  not  understand  how  it 
could  be  made  in  the  same  afternoon  by  the 
same  gentleman." 


always  oppose  this  matter  while  the  judgment 
depends  on  the  investigation  of  any  ex  parte  en- 
gineer, no  matter  if  he  is  as  able  as  Mr.  Free- 
man." 


What  the  Nature  Lover  Said 

The  nature  lovers  who  oppose  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  project  were  represented  at  the  hearing 
by  President  McFarland  of  the  American  Civic 
Association.  McFarland  more  than  once  sub- 
mitted the  following  question  to  Freeman: 

"Mr.  Freman  admitting  that  he  has  not  per- 
sonally investigated  for  the  purposes  of  a 
municipal  water  supply  any  of  the  alternative 
sources  upon  which  he  has  reported,  why  has  he 
more  faith  in  the  findings  of  Mr.  Manson  and 
Mr.  Grunsky  in  these  cases  than  in  the  Hetch 
Hetchy,  where  he  has  disregarded  them?" 

McFarland  did  not  receive  a  satisfactory  an- 
swer to  this  question.  He  paid  his  respects  to 
the  Freeman  report  as  follows: 

"When  I  read  this  report — I  have  read  it  with 
pains  several  times — I  find  the  constant  disposi- 
tion to  argue  questions  of  sources  of  water  sup- 
ply, and  I  find  rank  inconsistencies  which  have 
already  been  pointed  out.  Figures  have  been 
used  when  they  were  favorable  in  one  case,  and 
discarded  when  they  were  unfavorable.  I  must 
confess  that  that  jars  one's  belief  in  the  im- 
partiality of  the  facts,  and  .L  will  say  right  now, 
for  those   I  most  unworthily  represent,  I  shall 


DEWAR'S  SCOTCH 
WHISKY 


Distillers  to  His  Majesty,  King  George  V 

John  Dewar  &  Sons  held  this  Royal  Warrant  also  to  Queen  Victoria 
and  King  Edward — a  record  that  no  other  Distillers  have  ever  attained 


Graft  and  Incompetency 

The  people  were  called  on  this  week  to  au- 
thorize a  bond  issue  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
$1,521,227,  which  is  said  to  be  the  sum  required 
for  the  completion  of  the  County  Hospital.  This 
is  one  of  the  jokes  of  municipal  government.  It 
was  estimated  that  the  County  Hospital  would 
cost  $2,313,733,  and  that  is  about  what  it  ought 
to  cost,  but  as  it  is  a  public  building  it  will  cost 
nearly  half  as  much  more.  This  is  not  the  ex- 
ceptional but  the  usual  thing.  There  is  always  a 
great  hiatus  between  the  estimated  cost  and  the 
actual  cost  of  a  public  building.  It  was  so  in 
the  old  days  when  we  were  building  that  monu- 
ment of  greed  and  extravagance  the  City  Hall 
that  was  shattered  by  the  earthquake,  and  it  has 
been  so  ever  since.  The  explanation  of  this 
phenomenon  is  not  hard  to  find.  The  phenom- 
enon is  due  both  to  graft  and  incompetency,  and 
it  is  a  question  whether  the  taxpayers  suffer  more 
from  the  follies  than  from  the  dishonesty  of  their 
servants.  First-rate  ability  is  seldom  to  be  found 
on  the  payroll  of  city  or  State,  for  the  professional 
man  with  ambition  and  pride  of  intellect  is  not 
looking  for  a  political  job.  It  is  the  incompetent 
professional  man  whose  blunders  .furnish  ma- 
terial for  comic  opera,  as  for  instance  the  Beale 
street  bridge  that  doesn't  fit.  That  bridge,  by 
the  way,  isn't  the  only  preposterous  specimen  of 
incompetency  now  before  the  public.  There  is, 
for  instance,  the  auxiliary  water  system,  the  relic 


Useful  Gifts  and  Novelties 
in  Great  Array 

We  are  showing  even  more  complete  and 
tempting  stocks  this  year  than  ever  before. 
It  is  easy  and  convenient  to  shop  at  Roos 
Bros.    We  suggest : 

German  Silver  Cigar 
Lighter — never 
fail   .     .  .95c 

Traveling  Slippers  of 
best   calf    leather  in 
compact  case,  all  sizes 
in  black  and 
tan   .    .    .  $2.50 

Flat  Brushes  with 
back  or  hide 
or  pig  skin  $1.75 
Pure  Linen  Handkerchiefs  with  hand 
embroidered  Arabesque  initials,  either  plain 
white  or  colored.  In  handsome 
gift  box  containing  three  $1.00 
Bath  Robes  and  Smoking  Jackets 

$4.75,  $4.85  up  to  $40.00 
An  Almost  Endless  Variety 

MARKET  AND  STOCKTON 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


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December  21,  1912 


of  a  past  Administration.  When  finished  it  was 
found  to  leak  to  the  extent  of  250,000  gallons  a 
day. 

The  Cost  of  Indulging  Genius 

Mayor  Rolph  has  put  new  talent  into  the  de- 
partment of  engineering,  and  it  was  badly  needed. 
The  leaks  that  were  in  that  department  were  as 
bad  as  the  leaks  in  the  water  system.  They  were 
due  in  part  I  am  told  to  a  passion  for  experimenta- 
tion. One  engineer  thought  he  could  improve  on 
the  established  methods  of  making  reservoirs, 
and  the  result  was  the  sieve-like  affair  on  Twin 
Peaks.  Another  engineer  thought  he  could  in- 
vent a  new  pipe-joint.  There  was  no  need  of  a 
new  pipe-joint,  but  this  engineer  spent  about  two 
thousand  dollars  of  public  money  to  prove  to  his 
own  satisfaction  that  the  principle  on  which  he 
was  working  was  all  wrong.  Is  it  any  wonder 
that  men  of  intelligence  have  the  same  coy 
reluctance  to  municipal  ownersliip  that  the  devil 
has  for  holy  water. 


A  Piece  of  Extravagance 

Two  blocks  away  from  the  County  Hospital  the 
city  in  its  enthusiasm  for  municipal  ownership  is 
building  a  garbage  crematory.  In  connection 
with  this  plant  a  fine  stone  building  is  in  course 
of  construction,  and  for  what  purpose,  think  you? 
In  that  fine  stone  building  the  city  is  to  store 
its  clinker.  The  building  is  fire-proof.  This  is 
not  all.  At  the  County  Hospital  two  blocks  away 
the  city  is  constructing  a  fine  heating  plant.  A 
pipe  line  between  the  incinerator  plant  and  the 
hospital  would  be  sufficient  to  furnish  the  hospital 
with  more  heat  than  it  ever  will  need,  but  that 
would  be  a  cheap  way  of  getting  heat,  hence  the 
heating  plant. 


Some  Costly  Blundering 

There  has  been  much  criticism  of  the  Geary 
street  road,  but  the  public  is  not  aware  of  half 
the  blundering  that  has  marked  the  progress  of 
this  great  municipal  enterprise.  Everybody 
knows  that  the  cars  were  not  ready  on  time,  but 
everybody  doesn't  know  that  the  contractor  who 
built  the  road  was  paid  a  bonus  for  getting  it 
finished  before  a  certain  date.  That  bonus  was 
thrown  away  owing  to  the  failure  of  the  city  to 
offer  a  bonus  for  the  delivery  of  the  cars  before 
a  certain  date.  And  there  are  other  blunders 
worth  mentioning.    The  change  from  a  cable  to 


an  electric  system  could  have  been  made  with- 
out shutting  down  the  road.  That  was  blunder 
No.  1.  Blunder  No.  2  was  the  suspending  of 
wires  which  had  to  be  taken  down.  Perhaps  the 
worst  blunder  of  all  was  in  having  the  road  con- 
structed for  more  than  double  what  it  would 
have  cost  a  private  corporation.  The  last  ad- 
ministration ordered  forty-three  cars  for  Geary 
street  at  $7,700  per  car,  and  they  are  being  built, 
though  not  more  than  twenty  can  be  used  at  a 
time. 


The  New  Catholic  Bishop 

Next  week  will  see  a  new  auxiliary  bishop  in- 
stalled in  the  Roman  Catholic  diocese  of  San 
Francisco.  This  is  quite  an  interesting  event,  for 
the  diocese  has  been  without  an  auxiliary  bishop 
ever  since  Bishop  O'Connell  was  transferred  at 
his  own  request  to  the  bishopric  of  Richmond, 
Virginia.  A  splendid  reputation  precedes  Bishop 
Hanna,  the  new  suffragan.  He  is  a  scholar  with 
quite  a  reputation  as  a  theologian,  a  publicist,  a 
good  mixer  and  a  cleric  who  is  credited  with  pos- 
sessing a  good  deal  of  influence  in  Rome.  His 
coming  will  relieve  Archbishop  Riordan  of  many 
of  the  most  onerous  duties  of  his  position,  and 
considering  that  the  Archbishop's  health  is  far 
from  robust,  this  will  be  a  very  good  thing.  Such 
matters  as  confirming  children,  ordaining  priests, 
dedicating  churches  and  consecrating  altars,  cer- 
emonies that  greatly  tax  Archbishop  Riordan's 
"Strength,  will  henceforth  be  entrusted  to  Bishop 
Hanna  as  they  used  to  be  entrusted  to  Bishop 
O'Connell  and  before  that  to  Archbishop  Mont- 
gomerj-. 


No  Right  of  Succession 

At  one  time  it  looked  as  though  Dr.  Hanna 
would  come  to  San  Francisco  as  coadjutor  bishop 
with  the  right  of  succeeding  Archbishop  Riordan 
when  the  latter  died.  But  he  does  not  come  here 
now  in  that  capacity.  He  is  to  be  auxiliary  bishop 
only.  Archbishop  Montgomery  was  not  an  aux- 
iliary or  suffragan  bishop;  he  was  a  coadjutor, 
and  if  he  had  outlived  Archbishop  Riordan  he 
would  have  succeeded  to  his  exalted  position. 
But  he  died,  and  the  pastors  of  the  archdiocese 
were  called  upon  to  elect  his  successor.  This 
election  is  held  by  secret  ballot,  each  pastor  nam- 
ing three  men,  designating  his  first,  second  and 
third  choice.  Then  the  Pope  makes  the  selec- 
tion from  these  lists.     In  the  election  held  to  ob- 


tain a  successor  to  .Archbishop  Montgomery,  Dr. 
Hanna  of  Rochester  received  some  votes.  It 
looked  as  though  he  might  be  appointed,  for  it 
was  quite  well  known  that  he  was  a  friend  of 
.•\rchbishop  Riordan  and  that  the  archbishop 
favored  him  above  the  other  candidates.  But  at 
the  time  the  agitation  against  modernism  was  at 
its  height,  and  it  had  been  charged  by  certain 
theologians  that  Dr.  Hanna  showed  modernistic 
tendencies  in  his  treatment  of  certain  theological 
questions.  The  charge  of  modernism  was  re- 
vived, and  a  protest  was  sent  to  Rome  by  certain 
pastors  of  this  archdiocese.  The  result  was  that 
neither  Dr.  Hanna  nor  any  of  the  other  candidates 
was  appointed  coadjutor  bishop.  Some  time  af- 
terwards Bishop  O'Connell  came  here  as  auxiliary 
bishop.  Xo  election  was  needed  then,  because 
an  auxiliary  bishop  dots  not  receive  his  appoint- 
ment "cum  jure  successionis."  It  is  known  that 
Bishop  O'Connell  was  not  very  happy  here,  and 
that  he  asked  to  be  sent  elsewhere. 


A  Vindication  of  Dr.  Hanna 

The  choice  of  Dr.  Ilanna  to  succeed  Bishop 
O'Connell  is  in  the  nature  of  a  vindication.  He 
was  deeply  grieved  by  the  charges  of  modernism 
made  against  him,  and  submitted  all  his  writings 
to  the  Pope,  offering  to  repudiate  anything  in 
them  which  might  be  discovered  to  have  the  taint 
of  modernism.  I  do  not  think  that  any  of  his 
propositions  has  ever  been  condemned  at  Rome. 
So  the  fact  that  he  is  to  be  bishop  here  in  spite 
of  the  former  objections  clears  his  name  from 


La  Questa 

One  o/  the  FINEST  RED  WINES 
in  the  world.  Served  at  Firtt-Clats 
Hotels,  Cafes,  Clubs,  Etc. 

Producer,  E.  H.  RIXFORD 

California-Pacific  Building,  105  Montgomery  St. 
San  Francisco 


San  Francisco 
"Overland  Limited" 

Leaves  10:20  A.  M.  Daily 
Arrives  at  Chicago  in  68  Hours 

Pullman  equipment  of  latest  design. 
Electric  lighted  throughout. 

Rotunda  Observation  Car  contains  Li- 
brary, Parlor  and  Clubroom. 

Daily  market  reports  and  news  items  by 
telegraph. 

Excellent  Dining  Car  Service 
Meals  a  la  carte. 

Every  attention  shown  patrons  by 
courteous  employees. 

UNION  PACIFIC 

42  Powell  Street 
Phone    Sutter  2940 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC 

Flood    Building,    Palace    Hotel,    Ferry  Station 
Phone  Kearny  3160 


The  Christmas  Store 

Exceptional  Large  Assortment  of  Gifts  for  Every  One 
Silverware,  Fine  Cut  Glass,  Dainty  China,  Artistic  Brassware,  Cutlery,  Smokers' 

Articles,  Sporting  Goods,  Etc. 

Open  Evenings  Until  Christmas 

For  the  accommodation  and  convenience  of  such  of  our  patrons  who  are  unable  to 

shop  in  the  daytime 

Chas.  Brown  &  Sons 

Complete  Outfitters  for  Kitchen  and  Dining  Room 
871-873  Market  St.,  0pp.  Powell  San  Francisco 


December  21,  1912 


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17 


an  accusation  which  a  faithful  clergyman  abhors. 
And  yet  it  is  only  a  partial  vindication  after  all, 
for  an  auxiliarj'  bishop  is  not  clothed  with  any- 
thing like  the  authority  or  honor  of  a  coadjutor. 
Bishop  Hanna  may  go  from  San  Francisco  to 
some  other  diocese  in  a  year  or  five  years.  His 
powers  will  be  about  the  same  as  those  of  Vicar 
General  Prendergast.  His  coming  will  not 
arouse  among  the  clergy  the  same  enthusiasm  as 
would  be  evoked  by  the  coming  of  a  coadjutor. 


A  Great  Seminarian 

It  is  not  difficult  to  guess  why  Archbishop 
Riordan  wants  Dr.  Hanna.  The  great  monument 
of  Archbishop  Riordan's  episcopal  career  in  this 
State  is  the  seminary  at  Menlo  Park.  That  is 
the  institution  in  which  his  heart  is  wrapped  up. 
He  is  justly  proud  of  it  and  of  the  men 
whom  he  has  gathered  to  teach  in  it.  He  is  like- 
wise proud  of  the  energetic  young  priests  who 
have  received  their  education  within  its  walls. 
Dr.  Hanna  is  pre-eminently  a  seminarian.  He 
has  been  a  teacher  for  years  and  has  achieved 
conspicuous  success.  He  is  in  sympathy  with  the 
work  which  Archbishop  Riordan  has  done  at 
Menlo,  and  he  will  help  to  carry  it  along.  No 
doubt  in  his  heart  Archbishop  Riordan  cherishes 
the  hope  that  Bishop  Hanna  will  be  his  succes- 
sor. If  Bishop  Hanna  makes  a  hit  with  the 
pastors  of  the  archdiocese,  as  no  doubt  he  will, 
that  may  one  day  come  to  pass. 


Older's  Spellbinders 

Fremont  Older  is  like  David  Belasco  in  that 
he  knows  how  to  set  the  stage.  To  have  twenty- 
four  hours  of  rabble  rousing,  a  day  and  a  night 
of  al  fresco  protest  against  capital  punishment — 
that  was  a  picturesque  idea,  a  good  theatrical  con- 
ception. To  put  his  speakers  on  the  stump  on 
the  particular  day — Friday  the  thirteenth  at  that — 
when  men  were  going  to  the  scafifold,  showed 
a  feeling  for  atmosphere,  a  sense  of  color  values 
which  would  certainly  win  the  approval  of  Dave 
Belasco  if  it  were  called  to  his  attention.  So  I 
extend  to  Older  proper  credit  for  what  he  did. 
But  alas!  some  of  his  actors  proved  unruly.  They 
stepped  out  of  their  parts;  they  committed  the 
theatrical  sin  known  as  "gagging"  (which  has 
nothing  to  do  with  the  retching  of  nausea).  The 
members  of  the  Bulletin  staff  were  not  among 
these  insubordinates.  The  men  and  women  of 
the  Bulletin  who  voiced  their  employer's  objec- 
tions to  capital  punishment  spoke  by  the  card. 
They  are  a  serious  crowd,  these  Bulletin  men  and 
women,  very  unlike  the  old  Bulletin  staff.  They 
carry  the  burdens  of  the  universe,  and  they  solve 


the  big  problems  of  humanity  every  time  their 
wrists  bend  over  their  typewriters.  So  these  kept 
to  the  program.  But  others  did  not,  and  the  re- 
sult must  have  been  a  bit  embarrassing  to 
Older. 


The  Girl  Bibliophobe 

There  was  for  instance  a  young  girl  named 
Rose  Markus,  a  chunky,  full-breasted,  dark- 
haired  and  dark-eyed  girl.  I  heard  here  voice 
Wednesday  night  about  half  after  eleven  when  I 
was  a  block  away  in  Union  Square.  When  1 
reached  the  open  space  between  the  two  white 
bank  buildings  I  found  her  taxing  her  excellent 
lungs  to  their  utmost  and  furiously  emphasizing 
her  remarks  with  a  chubby  finger.  A  cop  told 
me  she  was  only  sixteen  years  old,  and  she  didn't 
look  older.  I  paused  to  listen,  and  found  she  had 
forgotten  the  Older  propaganda.  Not  a  word 
about  capital  punishment,  but  oh  my!  how  she 
did  lambaste  religion!  "The  Bible  tells  you  that 
God  created  man,  but  I  tell  you  that  man  created 
God!"  Which  disposed  of  that  question  once 
and  for  all.  "I  spit  upon  God!  I  spit  upon  the 
Bible!"  A  bartender  standing  next  to  me  asked 
if  there  wasn't  a  law  against  blasphemy  in  Cali- 
fornia, so  this  young  girl  shocked  one  man  at 
least.  No  doubt  that  was  her  purpose.  And  then 
she  paid  her  respects  to  the  Bible.  "That  col- 
lection of  filthy  and  obscene  stories  which  is  so 
euphemistically  and  naively  called  the  Bible  con- 
tains more  of  murder,  more  of  prostitution,  more 
of  degeneracy,  more  of  thievery  and  more  of  can- 
nibalism than  any  other  book  ever  written  in  the 
history  of  writing."  Then  she  told  of  the  advice 
which  St.  Augustine  whom  she  located  for  her 
hearers  as  a  writer  of  the  middle  ages,  gave  to 
the  monks:  "If  the  people  ask  for  books  give 
them  the  Bible,  but  don't  unlock  the  treasures 
of  learning  to  them  because  once  the  veil  of 
ignorance  is  torn  from  their  eyes  our  power  will 
be  gone  forever."  I  should  like  to  find  that 
passage  in  good  old  Austin!  Of  course  she  de- 
plored the  middle  ages.  "They  say  to  us.  What 
would  we  have  done  without  the  middle  ages? 
But  I  say  to  you,  what  would  we  not  have  done 
without  them?"  There  was  a  great  deal  more 
of  the  same  sort  of  jolly  rot  but  not  a  word  about 
capital  punishment,  so  1  moved  along  to  hear 
another  speaker,  for  there  were  two  groups. 


Roasting  the  Catholics 

This  was  a  raucous  fellow  of  the  clenched-fist 
school  of  oratory.  He  kept  to  the  subject  of 
capital  punishment,  but  he  insisted  on  blaming 
the   Catholic   Church  for  it,  which  surely  can't 


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years  ago  what  did  her  priests  do?  Read  your 
history  and  find  out.  They  sent  fifty  men  to  the 
gallows  on  Tower  Hill  for  stealing  sheep.  And 
what  happened?  Immediately  afterwards  there 
was  more  sheep  stealing  than  ever  before."  This 
I  regard  as  a  gem  of  the  argumentative-historical 
kind.  But  it  saddened  me.  Not  because  the 
Catholics  were  attacked;  they  are  quite  equal  to 
the  task  of  taking  care  of  themselves  in  such 
matters.  Nor  because  those  fifty  wretches  were 
hanged.  No,  it  saddened  me  to  hear  one  of  Mr. 
Older's  orators  sending  sheep-stealing  rascals  to 
the  gallows  on  Tower  Hill.  Mr.  Older  who  is 
a  student  of  history  could  tell  this  spellbinder 
that  thieves  were  hanged  at  Tyburn.  Tower  Hill 
was  reserved  for  the  beheading  of  those  whom 
Mr.  Older  would  call  the  "higher-ups."  I  heard 
more,  but  was  not  impressed.  As  I  walked  away 
a  very  serious-looking  young  woman  handed  me 
a  slip  of  paper  which  at  first  I  mistook  for  a 
transfer.  It  wasn't.  It  bore  the  stirring  words: 
"If  I  die  tonight  were  shall  I  spend  eternity?" 
I  shaped  my  steps  towards  Tait's  to  think  it  over. 


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TOWN  TALK 


December  21,  1912 


Two  Who  Didn't  Speak 

AllKiiiK  IIkjsi-  ;iiiiI(iM1U  rd  .is  spi^Uii''  wiit  llir 
Kcvri-.iiil    Dr.    I!i:i<lfnr,l    l.c.ivill  llic  Kcvir- 

i  inl    1)1.    ,\hiiiiri    .Miyn       I  lu-sc    two  cIcrKymi'ii 
.iiilccl  ()l(liT.     1  11.  )   ilidii'l  spi-aU.     Why  I 
(liiii'l  Uiiiiu      Hut   I   i;ui  iiiaki'  a  i^ui-ss  Duulil 
liss    ><inul)()(ly  lluiii    alxiiil    the    ki"'  "''u 

hlasplu'iiifd  and  spil  "ii  llu'  liiblo  and  al)()iil 

tlic  iiKin  who  had  (alholic  priist.s  SflidiiiK  shci'p 
sl(.il(  is  111  Tiiwcr  lldl  X'aliiially  thoy  vvouid  not 
I  ai  r  In  sh.ii  r  llic  mslrtiin  uilh  slu'h  rahhlc 
IdllSl'Is. 

The  Bold  Mr.  Barry 

(  )iir  lA  |)r.iii  .Swill's  f<MiiaK-  admiiiTs  mI)Si-i\'i-<I 
lli.il  hi  i  niihl  urilr  hiirl\  uii  a  sulijcil  III  nil  mine 
niipi  II  1 .1.111  r  lhaii  .1  I  >i  1  m  mi  s|  irU .  I  am  ri'iiiiiidvd 
i<\  lliis  .  .lisri  val  ii'ii  liy  m>  cslicmcd  cc  m  I  ciiipor- 
aiy  .Ml  .I..I111  I).  I'.any  c,l  ihi-  liiillcliii  ,\lnrc 
fi'iiiark.ililc  lhaii  Sulll  is  .\lr  l!.iir\  iiiasmiu  h 
as  he  (.111  wciti'  liiuly  .ihollt  ilolliiilK  It  i.s  iiiily 
wiu  ii  .\li  Harry  atti-iiipls  t<>  .say  somctliiiin  about 
any t hint.!  that  iu-  loses  his  jtrip.  Tlir  cxplaiiation 
of  this  is  that  wlu'ii  he  writi'S  about  iiotliiiig  he 
docs  not  havi'  to  say  ;inylliiiiK.  whcroas  wlun 
111-  writes  about  anything  ho  has  to  say  smiu' 
ihiiiK.  I  lie  otlu  r  iMniiiK  in  the  spirit  of  .a  n.aluri' 
loM'r  lie  .ii>iiird  llu-  \.ist  army  of  oiildoor  writers 
\\h.i  miil.ilr  riioie.iii  liy  alTectinn  a  siilille  syiii 
p,illi\  Willi  ii.ilure  ill  her  varying  moods,  and 
llini  lie  sal  ilowii  .Hill  lelieilaled  liinisell  on  his 
esipiisile  eiiiolions  lie  wrole  liiiely  .iliolil  ilolll 
iilK  d.iy   or    tun   later    lie    urole   .1  eailserie 

on  "The  I'si'  of  I  ..iiiniiam'."  ■mil  'he  pel  foi  ni.iiiee 
w.is  li.iKie,  The  n-.isoii  is  obxiuiis  l''.iioriiii  msly 
iiiipirfeet  as  is  iny  knowledne  ol  llie  subjeil  I 
e.an  see  thai    .\lr.   Harry's  is  even  ^'rcater  This 


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.imi.ililr  K<'"tl'-inan  who  ean  ^{ossip  pleasantly  and 
pl.iusibly  about  hangings  he  has  seen,  and  with 
enthusiasm  about  inaiic  personalities  he  has  met, 
when  he  descants  on  a  subject  mastery  of  which 
presupposes  profound  study,  is  guilty  of  one  of 
I  he  worst  characteristics  of  irresponsible  journ.il 
ism;  that  is,  he  reels  off  a  lot  of  generalizations 
which  are  either  trite  or  unsupported  except  by 
.issertion. 


His  Curious  Message 

Mr.  Barry's  eauserie  is  a  protest  against  the  at- 
litnde  which  he  says  cultivated  folk  have  taken 
toward  the  English  language.  He  says  "they  feel 
that  they  own  the  language,"  that  they  cannot 
reconcile  themselves  to  the  simple  truth  that 
language  changes,  and  that  they  try  to  strangle 
it  with  rules  and  regulations.  He  tells  us  also 
llial  ediie.iled  folks  labor  under  the  delusion  th.it 
LuiKiiaKe  descends  from  the  heights  "instead  of 
Coming  .IS  it  docs  from  the  depths";  but  there  ;ire 
exceptions,  a  notable  one  being  Professor  Loiins- 
bury  who  hates  pedantry.  After  reading  this 
eauserie  one  wonders  who  the  cultivated  folk  are 
that  Mr.  Harry  has  met.  1  have  never  met  an 
educated  man  who  was  unaware  of  the  growth 
of  language.  The  only  persons  who  try  to 
strangle  our  language  with  rules  and  regulations 
.ire  schoolmasters,  and  they  are  not  cultivated. 
.All  cultivated  persons  know  tiiat  ours  being  a 
langii.ige  with  few  inflections  is  a  grammarless 
l.iiiHU.ige,  and  that  the  rules  of  syntax  ;ire  mostly 
buncombe,  as  sentences  are  not  constructed  ;ie 
Cording  to  a  formal  relation  of  w(jrds.  In  oilier 
languages  there  are  visible  signs  indicating  the 
relation  of  words,  but  these  signs  are  not  to  lie 
foimd  in  Knglish.  As  to  words  and  the  use  of 
words  in  I^nglisli  the  standard  is  chielly  reason 
.ind  partly  analogy.  This  assertion  all  cultivated 
persons  will  recognize  as  platitudinous,  bidelity 
to  grammar  is  the  pedant's  hobby.  The  cultivated 
are  concerned  less  about  rules  than  about  the 
ways  of  managing  the  language.  They  arc  con- 
cerned about  treatment,  style  and  diction.  What 
I  hey  look  for  is  freedom.  Now  Mr.  Harry,  I 
fancy.  regar<ls  style  as  a  matter  of  no  import- 
ance. I  fancy  this  because  Mr.  Harry,  being  a 
Hullelin  democrat  and  a  worshiper  of  Demos, 
l.iki'S  the  position  in  his  eauserie  thai  language 
I  onu  s  from  the  "lower  classes"  and  depends  on 
the  "lower  classes"  for  its  growth  aiul  loses  "its 
most  precious  heritage"  when  sch(dars  get  hold 
of  it.  Style,  however,  is  a  matter  of  the  lirst  im 
ixirtance,  and  it  is  seldom  found  except  among 
writers  of  the  highest  cultivation.  lUinyan  had 
il.  but  Hunyan  was  a  genius.  Style  is  worth 
cultivating  because  in  many  instances  the 
thoughls  of  a  writer  arc  of  no  greater  importance 
lli.in  the  means  employed  to  make  them  clearly 
understood.  It  requires  style  to  kindle  in  the 
mind  a  keen  sense  of  the  value  of  thoughts. 
There  are  convictions  not  to  be  established,  doid)ts 
not  to  be  dispelled,  save  by  the  artist  in  wor<ls. 
uid  lie  doesn't  often  come  front  the  depths 


Some  Loose  Assertions 

.Mr  Harry  tells  n->  llial  llu-  "fornuili/iiig  of  a 
language"  is  one  of  "tlie  inevitable  signs  of  ap- 
proaching death";  also,  that  Rnglish  "goes  on 
moulding  itself  through  human  character,  chang- 
ing its  shape  according  to  needs,  adapting  itself 
to  Inim.inity  just  as  clothes  adapt  themselves  to 
the  liuman  I'lgure."  Most  of  which  is  nothing  but 
aiulacious  assertion.  Language  grows,  but  il 
doesn't  do  all  the  things  that  .\lr.  Marry  enumer 
ates.  And  as  to  the  formalizing  of  luiglish  that 
took  place  several  hundred  years  ago,  and  the 
language  isn't  dead  yet.  Knglish  had  crystallized 
even  before  the  time  that  William  Caxton  was 
makin,u;  history.  Now  William  Caxton  was  a 
I'linler.  but  he  was  of  the  lieights  not  of  the 
deplhs.     lie    translated    into    luiglish    a  I'Vench 


version  of  the  .Arneid  In  his  preface  he  says 
among  otlier  things;  "And  also  my  Lord  Abbott 
of  Westminster  did  show  to  me  of  late  certain 
evidences  written  in  old  English  for  to  reduce 
it  to  our  Rnglish  now  used,  and  certainly  it  was 
written  in  such  wise  that  it  was  more  like  Dutch 
lliaii  iMiglish."  In  other  words  the  language 
had  changed  almost  beyond  recognition,  but  if 
you  read  that  wlnde  long  i)reface  of  Caxton's 
you  will  see  that  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
words  it  is  written  in  the  Knglish  of  today. 
Kvery  stu<lent  of  language  knows  that  the  lan- 
guages of  all  peo|)les  taking  part  in  the  business 
ol  the  world  are  affected  by  causes  that  allow 
;liein  no  respite  froin  change,  but  it  is  not  true, 
;is  .\lr.  Harry  says,  that  language  "moulds  itself 
llivough  human  character."  The  people  of  France 
;ire  Celts  by  descent,  with  ch;iracteristic  Celtic 
trails  which  cannot  be  obliterated,  but  there  is 
liardly  an  element  of  Celtic  in  the  language.  We 
of  this  country  are  the  products  of  the  world's 
nu'lting  pot,  and  we  speak  English,  a  language 
derived  from  the  Anglo-Saxons,  who  derived  it 
in  great  part  from  the  Morseinen,  a  Germanic  race 
who  got  it  from  the  French,  a  Celtic  race  who 
got  it  from  the  Italians  among  whom  the  Latin 
speaking  community  were  insignificant  num- 
erically. And  what  have  we  done  with  the  lan- 
guage since  Shakespeare's  day?  Except  that 
which  was  slang  or  loose  colloquialism  in  the 
plays  there  is  little  which  is  not  spoken  now,  and 
to  Shakesi)eare's  vocabulary  we  have  added  little 
exee|)t  wdrds  which  are  names  for  new  things. 


As  to  Derivations 

Mr.  Harry,  still  sneering  at  the  cultivated,  tells 
us  that  they  are  much  concerned  about  deriva- 
tions. "How  about  tracing  language  back  to  its 
original  sources?"  they  ask.  The  cultivated  ask 
nothing  of  the  kind.  The  half-educated  pedant 
may  consider  derivations  of  the  first  importance, 
but  not  the  cultivated.  The  cultivated  know  that 
the  question  to  be  asked  about  a  word  is  not 
what  was  its  primitive  meaning,  but  what  is  its 
meaning  now     The   study  of  derivations  is  of 


Bear  This  Fact  in  Mind 


THE  SOFT,  MELLOW  DELICIOUSNESS  OF 

HUNTER 

BALTIMORE 

RYE 


WILL  ONLY  BE  FOUND  IN  AN 
ABSOLUTELY  PURE.  WELL 
MADE  AND  MATURED  WHISKEY 

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December  21.  1912 


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19 


some  value  because  not  many  words  have  deviated 
from  their  first  ' meaning.  Generally  speaking,  in 
the  evolution  of  words  each  successive  stage  of 
meaning  may  be  determined  by  that  which  pre- 
ceded it,  but  in  many  cases  the  evolution  has 
been  faulty,  the  chain  of  affinities  has  been 
broken  through  ignorance  wliich  sometimes  pre- 
vails. And  consequently  there  are  words  that 
have  completely  changed  their  meaning.  What 
matters  it  whence  the  word  "admire"  was  derived. 
The  word  originally  meant  "to  wonder  at."  Of 
what  benefit  is  it  to  know  that  the  word  '"cen- 
surc"  was  derived  from  the  Latin  censeo,  the 
meaning  of  which  is  vastly  different  from  the 
meaning  of  its  English  offspring.  Xo,  the  cul- 
tivated are  not  greatly  concerned  about  deriva- 
tives. And  now,  as  to  Professor  Lounsbury 
whom  Mr.  Barry  greatly  admires  because  of  his 
hostility  to  pedantry.  Professor  Lounsliiiry  is 
himself  a  pedant.  Though  he  hates  school- 
masters' grammar  he  is  a  great  stickler  for  usage. 
"A  usage  deliberately  rejected  by  all  authors 
of  excellence,"  says  Lounsbury,  "is  to  be  shunned, 
no  matter  if  thousands  of  a  lower  class  employ 
it  unhesitatingly."  This  sentiment  is  in  conflict 
with  the  Barry  theory  that  language  comes 
from  the  depths,  and  tliat  wc  all  speak  the  lan- 
guage, as  he  says,  of  the  "lower  class."  We 
see  that  Professor  Lounsbury  believes  in  rules 
just  as  does  the  ordinary  schoolmaster.  .\nil 
absurd  is  the  rule  that  he  sets  forth.  Why  should 
we  shun  a  usuage  merely  because  it  has  been 
shunned  by  many  excellent  authors?  On  the 
same  principle  if  for  several  hundred  years  tlie 
best  scientists  insisted  that  the  earth  was  flat  then 
the  roundness  of  it  should  always  be  denied.  The 
misuse  of  a  language  can  be  justified  by  no  au- 
thority however  great.  Usage  is  not  the  law  of 
language.  Reason  is  the  better  guide.  Usa.ge  is 
to  be  preferred  only  when  the  rejection  of  ac- 
cepted modes  of  expression  makes  it  difficult  to 
express  oneself  intelligibly.  That  Professor 
Lounsbury  is  himself  a  pedant  I  conclude  because 
he  devotes  a  whole  chapter  of  a  book  to  a  discus- 
sion of  split  infinitives.  The  fact  that  his  pur- 
pose is  to  prove  that  the  splitting  of  infinitives 
is  not  only  justified  by  good  usage  but  also  by 
the  history  of  English  does  not  acquit  him  of 
the  charge  of  pedantry.  But  it  is  not  a  very 
serious  charge.  It  is  easy  to  drop  into  pedantry. 
One  does  so  by  breaking  a  butterfly  on  a  wheel 
as  T  have  done  in  the  foregoing  paragraphs. 

The  Honoring  of  MuIIally 

On  Thursday  night  of  last  week  Thornwell 
Mullally.  acting  president  of  the  United  Railroads, 


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was  the  gnesl  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  at  the 
Cliff  House.  The  dinner  was  in  the  spirit  of  the 
one  given  in  November  in  honor  of  James  Woods. 
And  in  the  same  spirit  a  dinner  will  be  given  each 
month  to  somebody  who  has  been  adjudged  by 
a  competent  tribunal  worthy  of  honor  at  the 
hands  f)f  representative  citizens  of  San  Francisco. 
Tiie  worth  of  Mullally  was  celebrated  by  more 
than  a  hundred  men.  They  were  representative 
of  every  business  and  profession.  Frank  Mor- 
oney  was  the  toastmaster,  and  the  speakers  were 
Father  Joseph  McQuaide,  General  M.  H.  De 
Young,  William  H.  Metson,  Frank  Michael, 
Richard  M.  I-lotaling,  Willis  Polk,  James  C. 
Nealon,  John  J.  Barrett,  Justice  Harry  Melvm, 
Judge  Thomas  F.  Graham.  The  speakers  paid 
higli  tribute  to  the  character  and  achievements  of 
the  guest  of  honor.  The  performances  that  have 
made  him  conspicuous  in  the  life  of  the  city 
were  viewed  from  many  angles,  and  anecdotes 
were  told  to  illustrate  the  nature  of  the  divers 
impressions  he  had  made  on  his  friends.  Mr. 
^Mullally  when  called  on  for  a  speech  responded 
in  a  most  graceful  manner.  While  modestly 
deprecating  the  eulogiums  of  his  friends  he  ob- 
served that  the  occasion  furnished  him  with  a 
novel  experience.  "Somewhat  different,"  he  said, 
"was  the  kind  of  entertainment  heretofore  handed 
to  me  in  San  Francisco." 


This  may  be  taken  as  a  typical  instance  of  Colonel 
Marston's  uptodate  financial  alertness.  When 
the  news  of  this  sale  was  conveyed  to  the  good 
women  who  have  the  Infant  Shelter  in  their 
charitable  charge,  the  same  good  women  who  or- 
ganized the  Society  Circus  for  that  worthy 
cause,  their  delight  knew  no  bounds.  I'Vir  it  is 
the  custom  of  wealthy  men  who  are  as  fortunate 
at  Colonel  Marston  was,  to  show  their  charitable 
disposition  by  presenting  the  object  of  the  charity 
by  which  they  profited  with  a  substantial  check. 
The  women  of  the  Infant  Shelter  take  it  for 
granted  that  Colonel  Marston  will  send  them  at 
least  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  youngsters. 
They  are  waiting  for  Colonel  Marston  to  play 
Santa  Claus. 


Frank  Marston,  Santa  Claus 

Colonel  h'rank  Marston,  tlie  distinguished 
civilian  soldier  who  got  the  beautiful  electric 
motor  car  at  the  Society  Circus,  has  parted  with 
his  prize.  Colonel  Marston  hadn't  possessed  the 
car  for  a  day  before,  with  a  business  acumen 
for  which  he  is  noted,  he  had  disposed  of  it  most 
advantageously.  The  cat"  cost  Colonel  Marston 
four  dollars,  and  he  has  sold  it  for  two  thousand. 


The  Hammer  in  Stockton 

In  the  Morning  Letter  of  Stockton  I  find  some 
interesting  criticism  of  the  Call's  hammer-burial 
ceremony.  The  Morning  Letter,  by  the  way,  is 
a  new  daily  founded  by  Phil  Francis.  It  is  only 
three  weeks  old.  Unlike  almost  every  other  daily 
paper  in  existence  it  paid  from  the  start.  Francis 
reported  to  his  readers  at  the  end  of  the  first 
week  that  lie  had  $312  on  the  right  side  of  the 
ledger.  But  to  return  to  the  hammer  affair. 
Francis  says  that  the  new  managers  of  the  Call 
must  regard  San  Francisco  as  "aisy  and  pro- 
vincial." "They  have  decided  to  bury  a  hammer 
at  Lotta's  fountain,"  he  says,  "a  real  eighty-five 
cent  hammer  and  to  invite  the  entire  city  to 
attend  the  ceremony.  Pages  of  the  Call  are  given 
up  to  this  portentous  event.  After  the  ceremony 
our  esteemed  fellow-citizen,  Mr.  W.  W.  Chapin, 
probably  will  treat  to  popcorn  at  the  town  hall. 
Our  town  is  livening  up,  by  gum."  Long  life  to 
Phil's  hammer! 


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TOWN  TALK 


December  21,  1912 


Guatemala,  Its  President  and  Consul 


'J  ho  Pan-Anicricaii  iiKal  of  James  G.  Blaine 
is  soon  to  be  realized.  What  the  diplomacy  of 
this  country  has  been  eager  to  eiTect  is  bound 
to  result  hardly  without  effort  when  the  Panama 
Canal  is  opened  to  commerce.  Then  shall  we 
come  to  know  our  neighbors  to  the  south  of  us, 
and  knowing  them  we  shall  come  to  like  them 
and  they  shall  come  to  like  us.  Not  only  shall 
we  be  brought  in  close  touch  with  the  countries 
of  South  America,  we  shall  also  see  more  of  the 
republics,  for  there  will  be  a  greater  increase  of 
traffic  up  and  down  the  whole  coast  line.  It  is 
not  my  purpose  to  write  in  one  short  article  of 
all  the  countries  to  the  south  of  us.  Less  than 
enough  can  be  said  in  so  little  space  of  one  of 
them,  Guatemala,  the  most  northern  of  the  five 
Central  American  republics,  which  has  an  area 
of  50,000  square  miles  and  more  than  2,000,000 
inhabitants.  A  beautiful  country  is  Guatemala; 
of  a  varied  and  salubrious  climate,  suitable  to 
the  cultivation  of  every  plant  and  vegetable 
beneficial  to  man,  producing  in  greatest  abundance 
the  products  of  the  frigid  zone,  the  temperate 
and  the  tropical.  The  country  is  especially  cele- 
brated for  its  coffee  and  cocoa  which  bring  the 
highest  prices  in  the  most  discriminating  markets 
of  the  world.    The  country  is  also  noted  for  its 


I'KE.-^IDIi.Nl    .M.WI  KL   l-:STI<.\I).\  t.\HRI-:R.\ 
cereals,  its  fruits  and  its  vast  primeval  forests, 
ebony,  pine  and  oak. 

Great  has  been  the  development  of  Guatemala 
under  the  wise  and  benign  administration  of 
President  Manuel  Estrada  Cabrera,  who,  with 
far-sighted  wisdom  and  with  rare  executive 
ability,  has  put  into  practical  operation  up-to- 
date  ideas  of  government.  President  Cabrera  is 
a  man  of  culture  and  of  a  most  ardent  patriotism 
with  the  higlu'st  hopes  U>v  the  future  of  his 
country. 

To  give  stimulus  to  the  youth  of  the  country 
and  make  them  more  anxious  to  attend  the  public 
schools.  President  Cabrera  evolved  the  idea  of 
the  Feast  of  Minerva,  the  great  annual  celebration 
which  attracts  thousands  of  people  to  the 
Guatemalan  capital,  and  which  is  in  itself  one 
of  the  most  brilliant  affairs  to  be  seen  in  any 
of  the  Central  or  South  American  republics.  As 
a  result  of  his  passion  for  education  Guatemala 
has  1800  primary  schools,  more  than  twenty 
secondary  schools,  several  kindergartens  and  six 
institutes.  Attending  these  schools  are  more 
than  60,000  children.  The  study  of  English  is 
obligatory  and  good  progress  has  been  made  in 
its  study  by  pupils  of  the  public  schools.  How 
etificient  some  of  them  have  become  was  shown 
during  the  recent  visit  of  the  American  Secretary 
of  State,  Hon.  Philander  C.  Knox,  to  Guatemala. 
He  expressed  his  surprise  and  gratification  at 
an  address  delivered  before  him  in  English  by 
a  12-year-old  native  school  boy. 


By  Robert  McTavish 

Under  the  Cabrera  administration  there  has 
been  great  development  of  railroads  and  of  the 
telegraph  and  mail  service.  Also  there  has  been 
much  legislation  of  the  kind  designed  to  provide 
for  the  rights  (jf  foreigners  residing  in  the  re- 
public and  doing  business  therein. 

Today  Guatemala  offers  the  American  business 
man  opportunities  for  investment  which  are  un- 
excelled in  the  Central  American  republics,  noted 
for  their  richness  and  fertility  of  soil  and  great 
mineral  wealth.  Its  doors  are  opened  to  every 
man  of  means  and  it  holds  out  to  him 
legitimate  enterprises,  stability  of  government, 
protective  laws  and  rights  which,  if  investigated, 
are  sure  to  bring  within  the  Guatemalan  republic 
men  of  large  affairs  whose  work  will  assist  that 
of  the  government  in  the  development  of  the 
country  and  the  creation  of  a  greater  Guatemala. 

President  Cabrera  has  been  decorated  with  the 
Red  Eagle  of  Germany;  with  the  Grand  Cross  of 
Isabelle  Catholic;  Grand  Cross  of  Civil  Order 
of  Alphonse  XII;  Grand  Cross  of  Saint  Lazarus 
and  Saint  Maurice;  and  so  many  other  distinctions 
that  they  would  fill  more  than  a  column  of  our 
paper. 

President  Cabrera  has  tempered  his  soul  in  the 
crucible  of  pain  and  has  never  yielded  in  spite 
of  the  great  and  repeated  misfortunes  which  have 
befallen  him.  He  has  engraved  his  name  in  the 
liearts  of  his  country.  Future  generations  will 
render  him  justice,  recognizing  the  magnitude 
of  his  great  achievements.  For  men  of  such 
extraordinary  <iualities  •  as  those  of  President 
Estrada  Cabrera  will  always  find  affections 
strong,  and  he  receives  warm  thanks  for  his 
devotion  to  the  cause  of  the  little  suns  of  Guate- 
mala who  will  call  him  their  father  and  generous 
benefactor, 

Guatemala  has  for  its  rejiresentritive  in  this 
city  a  gentleman  who  has  done  mucli  toward 
establishing  more  cordial  relations  betw-een  the 
business  intrests  of  San  Francisco  and  those  of 
liis  prosperous  country.  I  refer  to  Juan  Padilla 
.Matute,  M.  D.  This  gentleman  was  born  in  the 
city  of  Guatemala,  October  18.  1847.  He  engaged 
in  the  study  of  law  and  distinguished  himself 
among  his  condisciples,  F.  Cruz,  R.  Casanova, 
A.  Batres,  S.  Falla  and  Alborcs  who  have  at- 
tained an  enviable  renown  among  their  country- 
men. Having  been  obliged  to  accompany  his 
lallur  on  a  trip  to  Peru  in  the  year  1864,  at  his 
return  to  Guatemala  he  entered  at  the  school  of 
medicine  in  1866.  Having  terminated  his  studies 
he  went  to  Costa  Rica  and  practiced  there  after 
his  incorporation  in  the  Faculty  of  Medicine  of 
Costa  Rica.  Some  time  after  he  married  Miss 
Elena  Nanne,  daughter  of  the  well  known  railroad 
man  Mr.  William  Nanne,  one  of  the  old  Cali- 
fornia pioneers. 

When  Dr.  Zaldizar  left  Costa  Kica  to  occupy 
the  office  of  President  of  the  republic  of  Salvador, 
Dr.  Matute  was  appointed  chief  surgeon  of  the 
army  of  Costa  Rica  in  his  place.  Some  years 
later  he  went  to  San  Salvador  where  he  was 
designated  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Hospital  of  San  Salvador  tcr' fill  the  place  of  the 
famous  Dr.  Emilio  Alvarez  who  was  absent  for 
some  time.  He  served  as  chief  surgeon  of  the 
nrr.ij  of  Salvador  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  The 
St.vernment  of  Costa  Rica  appointed  him  Con- 
sul-General  in  the  Republic  of  Salvador,  He 
made  a  trip  to  Europe,  accompanying  the  presi- 
dent not  only  for  his  important  services  as  a 
physician  but  for  his  knowledge  of  several 
European  languages.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Royal    .\cademy   of   Spanish    Language,   of  the 


.\^s n  i-i'.ion  of  Artists  and  Writers,  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Hygiene,  of  the  Spanish  Red  Cross,  etc. 

In  his  country  he  has  been  professor  of 
Therapeutics  and  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Medi- 
cine by  election  of  the  same  faculty  in  two 
different  periods.  When  the  actual  President  of 
the  Republic  of  Guatemala  was  Minister  of  the 
Interior  he  was  appointed  Counsellor  of  State. 
In  the  year  1894  he  was  sent  in  special  commission 


DR.    JIAN  l'.\DILI.A 

to  London  to  arrange  the  Guatemalan  debt  with 
tne  foreign  bondholders.  Besides  all  this  he  has 
attained  the  highest  place  in  Masonry  as  Sove- 
reign Grand  Commander  of  the  A.  &  A.  S.  R. 
for  the  five  Central  American  Republics.  Today 
he  is  a  guest  of  this  city  as  Consul-General  of 
Guatemala. 


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December  21,  1912 


TOWN  TALK 


21 


William  H.  Chamberl  ain 

One  of  the  best  known  attorneys  in  tlie  State 
is  William  Henry  Chamberlain,  who  has  been 
identified  with  some  of  the  most  important  and 
far  reaching  legal  problems  that  have  ever  come 
before  the  attention  of  the  courts  in  California. 

Chamberlain  is  a  native  son,  having  been  born 
in  Columbia,  Tuolumne  County,  in  1855.  His 
father,  Charles  H.  Chamberlain,  was  an  influential 
and  prominent  man,  a  miner  and  rancher  and 
finally  a  well  known  attorney  who  served  as 
Judge  in  San  Joaquin  County  and  was  sent  to  the 
Legislature  from  that  district  for  several  terms. 
He  was  appointed  Receiver  of  the  United  States 
Land  Office  at  San  Francisco,  and  served  in  that 
post  for  over  nineteen  years.  Chamberlain's 
mother,  Mrs.  Susan  G.  Chamberlain,  a  relative  of 
President-elect  Wilson,  was  a  woman  of  high  in- 
tellectual charms  and  beloved  of  all  whn  knew 
her. 


Wri.LI.X.M    II.  CH.\MBERLAIN 


William  II.  Chamberlain  went  to  the  public 
schools,  afterwards  attended  the  celebrated  Mc- 
Clure's  Military  Academy  and  finally  graduated 
from  the  University  of  California  with  the  class 
<if  1876. 

.\fter  graduating  he  became  part  owner  in  the 
Oakland  Transcript,  a  morning  daily  Republican 
paper.  He  taught  at  the  California  Military 
Academy  and  afterwards  was  principal  of  the  San 
Leandro  public  schools  for  two  years.  He  then 
went  into  his  father's  office  and  commenced  the 
study  of  law.  An  opening  occurred  in  the  Cen- 
tral Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  he  took  ad- 
vantage of  this,  and  soon  rose  to  the  responsible 
position  of  general  expert  and  traveling  auditor. 
He  was  soon  afterwards  appointed  National  Bank 
Examiner  for  California,  Nevada,  Utah  and 
Colorado,  with  special  work  in  the  other  States 
on  the  coast.  He  served  as  such  until  1893  when 
he  resigned  on  account  of  his  hcaltli  Iireaking 
down. 

On  regaining  his  health  Chamberlain  com- 
menced the  practice  of  law  in  San  Francisco, 
specializing  on  the  lines  of  irrigation  district  and 
corporation  law  in  which  he  had  had  so  much 
actual  experience  in  his  former  work.  Through 
early  military  training  he  was  greatly  interested 
in  militia  aflfairs,  and  served  on  the  staff  of 
Brigadier-General  Vernon,  and  formed  and  was 
captain  of  the  famed  "G  Company,"  coinposed  of 
(he  pick  of  Ihe  leading  young  men  of  that  day. 
He  was  promoted  to  be  Colonel  and  Division 
Insocctcr  1:y  General  W.   11.  I..  Barnes.  When 


James  G.  Blaine  was  nominated  for  the  presidency 
he  organized  the  famous  "Dirigo  Club"  to  help 
campaign  for  the  Republican  party. 

One  of  Mr.  Chamberlain's  greatest  achieve- 
ments and  one  which  has  done  the  most  good 
for  California  is  the  clearing  up  of  irrigation  dis- 
trict and  bond  matters  in  Yuba,  Glenn  and 
Colusa  counties.  This  enabled  the  Pittsburg 
syndicate  headed  by  the  Kuhns  to  invest  in  and 
open  for  settlement  over  250,000  acres  of  land 
in  the  Sacramento  Valley.  When  he  t<jok  hold 
of  the  Browns  Valley  irrigation  district  in  Yuba 
county,  and  the  Central  irrigation  district  in 
Colusa  and  Glenn  counties,  they  were  in  bad 
shape.  He  succeeded  so  well  in  clearing  away 
the  various  legal  entanglements  that  the  largest 
colonization  proposition  in  California  is  the  al- 
most direct  result  of  his  work.  Througliout  his 
career  he  has  proved  that  he  has  genius  for  in- 
vestigation and  organization. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  married  Geraldine  M.  Pres- 
ton, daughter  of  O.  J.  Preston,  a  prominent  ship- 
ping and  lumber  dealer  in  this  city,  and  has  three 
sons,  Charles  P.,  Harry  W.  and  Gerald  W.  Cham- 
berlain. The  eldest  son  Charles  Preston  holds  a 
responsible  position  as  confidential  man  with  the 
well  known  firm  of  Hind,  Rolph  and  Company  of 
this  city. 

Eugenic  Congress  at 
World's  Fair 

Tliere  is  to  be  a  great  congress  of  eugenists 
at  the  World's  Fair  in  this  city  in  1915.  The 
idea  was  conceived  by  Boutwell  Dunlap  of  tliis 
city.  He  placed  the  proposition  before  tlie  de- 
partment of  conventions  of  the  E.xposition  and 
before  the  California  Genealogical  Society,  and 
joint  invitations  from  the  two  bodies  have  been 
sent  out.  From  responses  already  received,  the 
project  gives  promise  of  bringing  thousands  here, 
more  people  in  fact  than  any  other  group  of  or- 
ganized bodies  can  hope  to  summon. 

It  will  be  one  of  the  most  remarkable  gather- 
ings ever  held,  and  in  the  opinion  of  many  will 
be  the  unique  non-commercial  feature  of  our 
World's  Fair.  Not  only  will  all  eugenic  societies 
be  invited  to  meet  here  but  all  allied  organiza- 
tions such  as  family  associations,  lieraldic  •  so- 
cieties, historical  and  genealogical  bodies  and 
breeding  organizations. 

Boutwell  Dunlap  conceived  the  idea  after  the 
meeting  of  the  first  Eugenic  Congress  held  in 
the  University  of  London  last  July.  For  many 
years  Dunlap  has  been  a  deep  student  of  eugenics 
and  allied  problems.  He  has  written  authorita- 
tively for  agricultural  papers  on  tlie  breeding  of 
horses,  and  has  been  called  into  consultation  by 
the  owners  of  racing  studs  in  Kentucky  upon  the 
mating  of  their  animals.  His  collection  of  books 
on  the  subject  of  eugenices  is  probably  the  best 
in  the  State.  It  has  been  said  that  few  men  in 
the  United  States  can  speak  witli  more  weight 
oti  tlie  scientific  phases  of  human  mating,  for 
tliis  h.'is  been   his  favorite  study  for  years. 

Dunlai)  is  a  prominent  attorney  of  this  city 
and  comes  from  distinguished  and  infiuential  an- 
cestors. I  lis  father  William  Dunlap  and  his 
maternal  grand-uncle  .Stephen  .\.  Boutwell  were 
territorial  i)i(jncers,  owning  a  forty-two  thousand 
acre  ranch  in  the  Sacramento  Valley.  He  is  of 
the  Dunlap  family  of  the  South,  of  whom  were 
General  George  Rogers  Clark  of  the  Revolution 
and  General  Sam  Houston  of  Texas. 

Boutwell  Dunlap  was  born  in  Sacramento,  No- 
vember 14,  1877.  He  graduated  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Social  Sciences,  University  of  California, 
in  1901  wi